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How Involved Is Too Involved?
Twenty-two Years and Still Wondering
by David Treadway
The sky had gone dark and ominous. The halyards kept banging on the mast as the wind picked up. I was in an exposed anchorage and had to get out of there before the blow hit. Unfortunately, this was my last writing day on my boat, and I had barely started winnowing down my list of most challenging cases. I wondered what criteria I should use to select the best one to write about. Was it the most complex cases, like those in which I have been the marriage, family and individual therapist to many different members of three generations? Or, maybe, the most dangerous, like the time when I was inadvertently locked in with a violently psychotic kid and the staff forgot about me for six hours? Perhaps, I'd talk about the most unusual, like the group I ran for three teenage transvestite male prostitutes.
I had finally narrowed the list to six clients who were culled from 30 years of clinical practice. I wondered what those last six cases had in common? As I shut down the computer, it was suddenly obvious why I had chosen them. The cases I had listed were really different, except for one thing: they all had been emotionally devastating for me. It was then that I knew I had to write about Amy.
I went up on deck and put a double reef in the main before raising the anchor. Better safe than sorry, I thought to myself. I wish I had been so wise when I started working with Amy a long time ago.
1978 --After 22 years, I can still see Amy sitting there, cross-legged, with her arms folded across her chest and her dirty blond hair falling down over her face. She was perched on the hood of my car. It was 9:00 p.m., and I was just leaving my office. Amy glared at me as I approached. Our therapy session had ended five hours earlier.
"Don't you think your Moms will be worried? You better head on home."
She took a long, studied drag on her cigarette and then flicked the butt away. "I'm not going home. I'm headed for the mountains of Montana. I just wanted to say goodbye. Do you have a problem with that? Or do you shrinks only care what happens when your victim's in your office and you're getting paid to be nice."
"Oh shit," I thought to myself, "here we go again." And I was dumb enough to think that we had had a good session earlier. Amy was one of my first private practice patients, and I was too embarrassed by the case to admit to myself what a mess it had become. It hadn't started out that way.
Amy's mother and her same-sex partner had asked me to see 16-year-old Amy in individual therapy because they thought she was depressed and possibly had an eating disorder. They also described her as increasingly combative and hostile. They had heard that I was good with adolescents, and even thought that my being a male might help a little, since she had no relationship with her father.
Since I was primarily a family therapist, I met the whole family at the first interview. Amy wore baggy clothes and looked a little like a war refugee, but she wasn't overtly hostile. She just stared at the ground and spoke in a barely audible whisper. Amy's mom seemed engaged and concerned. The stepmom seemed to understand the importance of not being too parental. Amy hardly spoke, but she did mumble agreement when asked if she wanted to have a few sessions alone.
Our work started off well. Amy was basically a good kid who was terribly lonely and very self-conscious. After a month or so of pretty benign how-to-deal-with-high-school sessions, Amy began to hint at the need to tell things she had never said to anyone. I was as gentle and reassuring as I knew how to be. After several false starts, she whispered haltingly about being little and her dad in the middle of the night; the smell of his breath, the weight of his body. Despite my never having done trauma work with an incest survivor, I felt I could help. I hoped that my bearing witness to her darkness and shame would allow her to risk opening herself back up to the world around her. She soon asked to come for more frequent sessions because she felt they were so helpful. I was pleased. Then she confided in me that she sometimes cut her wrists and often thought of killing herself. "I never thought I would ever be able to tell anyone," she said. I felt like her knight in shining armor. I should have known then that I was headed for trouble.
Amy began calling me at home. When I tried to help her understand that it wasn't okay to call me there, she was devastated. That's when she accused me of just being a rent-a-friend. Then she began making hang-up phone calls, started cutting her wrists again and threatened suicide. I utterly believed her when she promised to kill herself if I told anyone how suicidal she was. She told me that I was the only one who could possibly save her life. I remember her saying to me, "If you quit on me, Treadway, I'll be dead before you get home." And I was arrogant, foolish and scared enough to believe her.
My mother had killed herself seven years earlier, and both my father and older sister had had nervous breakdowns. I had been the de facto head of my family for years and was fairly entrenched in my role as codependent rescuer. Because I had been in my own therapy and believed that I had dealt with my issues, I didn't see how much my work with Amy had become a reprise of my desperate desire to save my mom and protect my sister.
Finally, I got so distraught over the hang-up phone calls, her suicidal threats and her desperate pleas for help that my wife insisted that I get some kind of help. I recognized that my heroic efforts might be doing more harm than good and that it was time to invite her mother to a session. Amy tried to make good on her threat and slashed her wrists, took an overdose of Valium and drank a bottle of wine. She was rushed to the hospital. The staff there concluded that Amy was a Borderline, that she was overly dependent on me and that it would be better for her to stop seeing me. I felt both relieved and terribly guilty. I knew Amy would be deeply hurt by my withdrawing from the case, but I didn't stand up to the clinicians. I was too afraid that they already felt I had bungled the case and was way too enmeshed with Amy.
The last session was harsh. Amy sat curled up in a fetal position, while the psychiatrist, social worker, her mother and I all tried to engage her. She wouldn't look at me or talk to me. I tried to tell her how sorry I was that our work had to stop and that I hadn't been able to help her enough. "Amy, it's not your fault. I just didn't know enough about how to work with you. I am so sorry." "So, Dr. Rat gets to leave the sinking ship," she spat out. "Good for the rat, bad for the fucking ship."
The psychiatrist motioned for me to leave. I closed the door of the office. I felt like ripping my face off.
1996--The phone rang during dinner one summer evening. "Just don't hang up. I'm okay now. Please let me talk to you. Just for a minute. Please."
After 17 years, I still recognized that voice. Through the years, I had assumed that Amy had either continued to struggle in and out of hospitals or had finally killed herself. Instead, she sounded great. She had actually moved to Montana and become a dental hygienist. She also reported that she was happily married and had a 2-year-old baby girl. She said she just wanted to bring me up-to-date on her success and thank me for being there for her during her tough times. I was delighted for her.
A couple of months later, Amy called again. This time, she confided that she had been to many therapists since seeing me and that no one had ever been able to help her as well as I had. She asked if I would please be willing to consider doing a few phone sessions with her about parenting, because she was having a little difficulty with her daughter.
Incredibly, I agreed. I thought I knew what I was doing. I had written a therapy book and many articles, had directed a family therapy training institute for a decade and had traveled the country giving workshops. More important, I had some decent training in treating trauma survivors. Surely I could help Amy appropriately within safe boundaries in a carefully managed short-term contract. I thought that, if I set it up carefully, I might be a bridge for her into a healthy therapeutic alliance in her own community. Part of me worried that once again I was falling into my knight in shining armor role, but I felt like I was being careful and avoiding the obvious pitfalls.
First, I talked with her and her husband together. He had heard all about me and, apparently, I had been placed back on the pedestal in the intervening years. So he thought it was a great idea. I warned her that the work had to be short term, and encouraged her to join a parenting group and find a local family therapist. I also contracted with her for safety, even though she laughingly said that I didn't have anything to worry about on that score, after all, she had her daughter, Heather, to worry about. She and I even talked about transference issues and how difficult it might be for her to work with me again even on a short-term basis. We both seemed to understand the risks.
Unfortunately, within the first month of seemingly benign phone sessions, Amy's secrets began tumbling out again. She had been stealing pain killers from the dentist's office and drinking wine. She confessed that she sometimes raged at Heather, which would made her feel terrible, which led to cutting and suicidal fantasies.
She was caught in the vortex once more and, like a complete fool, so was I. I even wondered if I had caused all this. But at least I knew that I couldn't be her therapist over the phone. Like many trauma survivors, Amy was desperately seeking gentle, loving compassion. But our therapeutic relationship seems to have provided a dollop of caring that invariably stimulated an insatiable hunger in Amy that she couldn't manage. It was almost as if she had a kind of lactose intolerance to nurturing. And I hadn't been able to manage my anxiety and grandiose codependency well enough to maintain the stringent boundaries that might allow Amy to tolerate our relationship and grow through our work together.
When I insisted that Amy find a therapist locally, she went into crisis again, and there were hang-up phone calls, another suicide attempt and an emergency hospitalization. Fortunately, a gifted therapist at the hospital was willing to take her case. On a conference call with her new therapist, I terminated with Amy. Once again, she was furious. Once again, I felt that, somehow, I had let her down. I realized I had gotten caught in my own grandiosity. I tried to reassure myself that as messy as it was, at least Amy had found a good person and maybe it would still turn out alright. I felt sad for her, and for me. And I also felt relieved.
1999--Once again, the sound of Amy's voice on the line was a jolt. "Joe was killed in a car accident. I didn't know who else to call. This time, I'm not going to make it," she said in a flat monotone.
Three years had passed, but it seemed like a day. I can imagine your thoughts, gentle readers, "No, Treadway, you didn't do it again! How arrogant and dumb can you be?"
At least, this time, I knew that I couldn't be her therapist, even temporarily. That was progress. But I couldn't turn my back on Amy when she was in such desperate straits. I'd known her since she was 16, and I couldn't just refer her to her local emergency room. So I told Amy that I would talk with her if she went back to her therapist and the three of us worked out a plan. Although I was essentially using myself as a bribe, at least it got her back to therapy. Amy acknowledged that it wouldn't work for me to be her therapist, but pleaded with me not to just dump her again. Given what she was going through, both her therapist and I thought it was a reasonable request. Even though it was highly unconventional, we agreed that Amy could have a once-a-month, half-hour, check-in call with me, if she was willing to recommit to her therapy out there. I volunteered to be a support person for her as long as she and her therapist thought her contact with me was helpful and that she was making progress. Although I had never done it before with a client, I decided to offer this contact without charging a fee, because I wanted to make my limited role with her absolutely clear.
Many of you may feel this latest arrangement was also highly suspect and that Treadway and his lifetime client were just remixing the same old brew in a different bowl. I hoped, for both Amy's and my sake, that this wasn't true. Despite my best efforts through the years, I may have done Amy more harm than good. Certainly, if I had to do it all over again, I would have insisted on family therapy and groups as the two main treatment modalities as soon as she acknowledged her suicidality. I also should have sought intensive consultation early on. I might have gotten some therapy around my intense countertransference vulnerability to suicidality. I never should have tried to do long-distance phone therapy. Would'ves, could'ves and should'ves. However, although there was nothing I could do to change the past, I wanted to support her through the loss of her husband and help her slowly find a way to rebuild her life.
Was I still playing the knight in shining armor after all these years? Probably. But I had turned my back on Amy twice, and I simply decided that I was going to hang in there and hope for the best. The role we three defined for me felt like a balance between my being overly involved and simply disconnecting from her. I hope it was the right choice.
2000--"Heather looked so cute in her life preserver, holding her paddle. I just wish Joe could see her." Amy said wistfully.
I just listened.
It's been more than a year since Joe died. She has absolutely kept to the rules of our contract and, to the best of my knowledge, is no longer cutting herself and drinking. Although she still thinks about suicide, she also has a part-time job and a good relationship with her daughter. Her therapist has been as steady as a heartbeat and feels that Amy's making slow, but substantive, progress. Our monthly talks are just support calls. She gives me honest and painful updates on her struggles, and I don't offer much advice. I commiserate and bear witness. I don't know that it's making any difference. I hope it is. We both know that, someday, she still might kill herself, but we don't talk about it much anymore. One day, I hope to say goodbye to Amy and see her on her way. But I don't know if we will have a good ending. I am still scared for her. Her life is truly in her hands. I pray for her.
It's been embarrassing to write about Amy's and my story, because it seems clear that I made a lot of mistakes throughout, and maybe I am continuing to make a mistake. This is what makes it my most challenging case. I don't know to this day if it's a success or a failure. If Amy ultimately kills herself, does that mean my involvement in her life was wrong. If she makes it, do I deserve the credit for a job well done? Am I still acting out some ancient rescue fantasies? Probably. But it's unclear whether the impact of my efforts is ultimately positive for her or not. I don't know, nor do I think I ever will. I do know that, in the end, I have to live with my choices, and I'd rather have risked caring too much than too little. I pray for me, too.
David Treadway, Ph.D., is a family therapist in private practice. He is the author of Before It's Too Late: Working With Substance Abuse in the Family and Dead Reckoning: A Therapist Confronts His Own Grief. Address: 228 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA 02193.


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Matt Flynn struggled mightily against the Detroit Lions last Thursday in a 40-10 loss, and questions about his arm strength persist after the Lions dared him to throw deep and he couldn't successfully pull it off.
Flynn has been bothered by tendinitis in his throwing elbow in the past, but he said in the locker room today that his arm is fine.
"Yeah. I think it is," said Flynn. "You know ... out at practice I feel like it's 100%....I think Ive kind of gotten the problem this last week of trying and maybe trying to guide the ball a little too much instead of just kind of let it cut loose a little bit, after so many negative plays and things like that, and trying to be too precise with things. Instead of just going out there and playing and cutting loose."
When asked about Flynn's arm strength today, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said: "I mean, as far as some of the throws that Matts made to point, some of those are anticipation, timing. He had one today, I thought it was an excellent throw. I thought it was an excellent route. Its really the timing that you establish over the long haul between receiver and quarterback. But as far as his arm strength, I think hes fine. Its more getting in tune with who hes throwing to, when to throw it, making the protection adjustments, particularly the way defenses have been playing us. I think its more of that."

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The recent "fiscal cliff" deal allows the federal government to keep the lights on for now, but the last minute deal and any coming spending cuts must dim the future for some. One group with a darker financial future is older Americans. With some new twists to old-fashioned retirement saving plans, Americans can fill some gaps we can expect as Social Security, Medicare and other safety net programs get recast.
Though Congress has yet to strike a deal on spending cuts, it looks as if the coming so-called grand bargain, and any deals struck after that, will require older Americans to rely more on ...


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Ryan Hartman of the Whalers
Plymouth Whalers forward Ryan Hartman is enjoying what could be his final week as a fan of the Chicago Blackhawks.
Hartman, from West Dundee, Ill., watched on TV as the Blackhawks beat the Bruins in Boston to win the Stanley Cup on Monday night. He attended the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup parade in 2010 and said he planned to attend Friday's Cup parade in Chicago before traveling to Newark, N.J., for Sunday's NHL draft.
"I've always been a Blackhawks fan my whole life and gone to the games," Hartman said. "But I've lived the past three years in Michigan." ...


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Michigan State's Gary Harris takes the ball to the basket in the first half against Indiana Saturday in Bloomington, Ind. Michigan State won 73-56 and Harris scored 26 points in the game to set up a top five showdown Tuesday night against Ohio State.
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The No. 3 Buckeyes have a world-class defense, and their offense is one of the best in the Big Ten in terms of efficiency.
However, there appears to be an Achilles heel for Ohio State this season - rebounding.
The Buckeyes are ninth in the conference in rebounding margin at just plus-2.3 and spent much of Saturday against Nebraska trailing the worst rebounding team in the league by a half-dozen before ending at plus-1. ...


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In nine years with New England Revolution, midfielder Shalrie Joseph scored a total of 37 goals in 261 games (254 starts) with the club. Then Joseph was traded on August 1 to Chivas USA, but it didn't take long for him to begin scoring for the Goats, notching two goals in one game, a special one for the Grenada-born player.
Chivas USA travelled to Boston on August 29 for a mid-week match against the Revolution, Joseph's first return since being traded earlier that month. Just when all seemed lost for the Goats after going down 3-nil by the 20th minute, Joseph scored. As if one goal against his former club wasn't enough, Joseph notched his second of the night for the Red-and-White to make the match 3-2.
In the last minute of the first half, Juan Agudelo made a pass to Joseph who with a left-footed shot from outside the box, put the ball into the back of the net to put the Goats back in the game. It was a real comeback game for the Goats who avoided leaving Gillette Stadium without any points; the match ended in a 3-3 draw after Miller Bolaños scored the third goal in the 47th minute.
Stay tuned for the rest of the countdown! At the end, make sure to look for the poll to cast your vote for your favorite goal.
Paolo Cardozo joined Chivas USA after the club traded David Junior Lopes to the LA Galaxy in early April. And in his first match against his old club, the Uruguayan-born midfielder let the Galaxy know what they let go, notching his first professional goal in MLS.
Cardozo came into the match in the 45th minute of the second SuperClásico of the season. Seven minutes into the match, Cardozo took a shot from the 18-yard line, striking it past Galaxy goalkeeper Josh Saunders, giving the Goats hope for a comeback after going down 2-nil. Unfortunately, the match ended in a 3-1 win for the Galaxy.
Despite the loss, Cardozo's goal earned him a nomination for MLS Goal of the Week. Check it out:
Stay tuned for the rest of the countdown! At the end, make sure to look for the poll to cast your vote for your favorite goal.
The season might be over for Chivas USA, but the team returned to The Home Depot Center this morning for training after two days off.
The Goats kicked off the morning with light warm-up exercises led by coach Jim Liston. The team then proceeded to what would cover the rest of the training: a 5v5 tournament with four groups. The team with black jerseys took first place with 23 points, just one point more than second place grey team. In the final game, the black team defeated the grey squad 2-1. In the end of the tournament, goalkeeper coach Daniel Gonzalez was named MVP of the tournament, with the least amount of goals against.
Chivas will return to training tomorrow morning and will have the weekend off before returning to training once again Monday morning.
Click here to view a training gallery from today's training.
In his first return to Red Bull Arena since leaving New York Red Bulls in 2011, Colombian forward Juan Pablo Angel notched an amazing goal against former club to give Chivas USA a 1-0 lead.
In the 47th minute of the match, a corner kick taken by then-Chivas midfielder Blair Gavin found Rauwshan McKenzie, whose header found Juan Pablo Angel, leading to the game-opening goal. Ten minutes later, New York would score the equalizer, ending the match in a 1-1 draw. Angel's 70th MLS career goal earned him a nomination for Goal of the Week.
Angel was the team's top goal scorer in 2012, notching four goals in the season. Since joining the club mid-season in 2011, Angel has scored a total of 11 goals, playing in 28 games (18 starts). Angel, who played for the Red Bulls from 2007-10, is the top goal scorer in the club's history, scoring 58 goals.
Re-live Angel's goal and classy celebration, and make sure to vote for him for MLS Goal of the Year:
Two matches into 2012, Chivas USA was unable to reach victory or score the first goal of the season. Then the road match at Real Salt Lake came and 2012 MLS SuperDraft pick Casey Townsend made the difference in the game, giving the Goats their first three points and notching the first goal of the season.
In the 72nd minute of the match, defender Ante Jazic made a cross that RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando attempted to grab the ball but let go, allowing Townsend to score his first professional goal.
Stay tuned for the rest of the countdown! At the end, make sure to look for the poll to cast your vote for your favorite goal.
Chivas USA U16 players Hugo Arellano, Joshua Perez and Coach Mike Munoz joined the U.S. U15 Team training camp last Saturday in Carson. And this Thursday, the two players and coach will go head-to-head against the Red-and-White U15 squad at 5 p.m. in The Home Depot Center's Field 2.
Just last Sunday, Chivas USA's U16 squad was able to earn their third consecutive win, this time against Real So Cal. Mark Hernandez, Edgar Murillo and Alejandro Vergara each scored one goal to give the young Red-and-White team the 3-nil victory. With the win, the Goats remain firm in second place with a 3-1-2 record.
Meanwhile, the U.S. squad initiated camp last Saturday. Chivas, along with 11 other teams, give the squad two players currently listed in U.S. Soccer Development Academy rosters.
Make sure to come and cheer on Chivas USA's U15 squad; entry is free.
Who was your Ortho Defender of the Match against FC Dallas? Cast your vote for Tim Melia, Ben Zemanski, Shalrie Joseph, Bobby Burling or Jorge Villafaña here:
Even the last minute has 60 seconds and forward Juan Agudelo proved that Chivas USA was going to fight until the end. Moments before the final whistle of 2012, Agudelo scored the second for the Goats, giving the team a final 2-2 draw with FC Dallas.
After going down 2-nil, Chivas USA replaced Peter Vagenas for Laurent Courtois in the 80th minute. Ten minutes later, Courtois notches the first for the Goats to put the team back in the game.


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Old Grand Dad 43%.
Old Grand Dad 43%.
Willet Pot Still Reserve
VWFRR ('09 "A" Bottle)
"A person can work up a mean, mean thirst after a hard day of nothing much at all . . . "
On Bulleit bottle of to the recycler, with an ERSB not far behind it.
Imagine a world where everything is wonderful, everyone is happy, and there is no strife ....... in other words, a world where everyone has bourbon.
WT101 Rye Down to less than a shot.
Great stuff
Makers 46 and Four Roses Small Batch both go down after a long, cold rainy trip to pick a friend up from the airport (and they were delayed an hour).
Both of them I consider to be quite nice pours, and I'd be more than pleased to have a drink of either if anyone is pouring, but at their price points, I don't see myself buying either again anytime soon.
1792 hit the recycle bin tonight so I got another from the bunker.
Another 1792 here.
HH 10 YO Bib White label.... hate to see this on bite the dust....
"The most futile and disastrous day seems well spent when it is reviewed through the blue, fragrant smoke of a Havana Cigar"
"Something old, something new..." 1969 Old Crow from the chess decanters, and a 2010 WLW. Joe
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Power management stretches battery life on laptop computers, and can reduce electrical usage on your desktop computer. Here's how to set it up:
Log on to your computer as an administrator.
Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Click Performance and Maintenance.
Click Power Options.
In the Power Options Properties dialog box, on the Power Schemes tab, click the Power schemes drop-down list and select the power scheme that most closely matches how you use your computer.
If available, adjust the System standby and System hibernates settings if you are not happy with the default selection.
Standby reduces power usage when your computer is not in use by turning off the parts of your computer that use the most energy. It only takes a few seconds to start a computer from standby. Hibernation saves your programs and shuts your computer down completely. Hibernation uses no power, but it takes a few seconds longer to recover from hibernation when you need to use your computer again.
Setting shorter delays before standby and hibernation reduces power usage, but waiting for your computer to start may be inconvenient.
On the Advanced tab, you can adjust the default behavior of the power buttons on your computer. On notebook computers, you can significantly extend the battery life by setting the When I close the lid on my portable computer option to Stand by.
On the Hibernate tab, select Enable hibernation if it is not already selected.
Click OK.
Power managements options, such as System standby and System hibernation, are a compromise between power usage and convenience. If you find it annoying when your computer goes into standby or hibernation, repeat these steps to increase the length of the delay or to disable those features completely.


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Sinclair Secures Clearance to Fly Unmanned Aircraft at Wilmington Air Park
Sinclair Community College has earned clearance to fly unmanned aircraft at Wilmington Air Park.
The school announced Thursday it has received two Certificates of Authorization—or CoA's—from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly UAVs in limited airspace in Wilmington. The two CoA's allow the school to fly two unmanned aircraft; the Vireo and the SPEAR. Unmanned aircraft are typically called UAV's or UAS.
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realswobby wrote::shock: I'm sorry, something wrong was happen with it I'll fix it as fast as I can
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Countdown to Insanity
Geroth wrote:Hey there, if the offer is still actual, I would love to get someone's opinion on my latest amv, so I know what people think about it .
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There was an elderly gentleman who lived down the street from me in Las Vegas. I hadn't paid much attention to him for the first couple of years that we live close together, I would just see him sitting out on his porch or walking his Yorkshire Terrier from time to time. That was about it.
One friday afternoon, I saw him going through some things in his garage and stopped to see if he needed any help with what he was doing. He said "No, he was doing fine, but thanks anyway". I started to leave but something caught my eye and I couldn't help but mention the object to him. It was a rather large Nazi flag that looked almost new. I asked him about it and he seemed to not want to talk about it. I just stood there looking him straight in the eyes and he said it was a trophy he had taken from a POW Camp he had been in during the last weeks of WWII. I said "Really?", and he began to tell me about how he had been captured in the Colmer pocket. He was getting tired after about 20 minutes of conversation so I bade him good bye and left. The nest day I noticed he was having a garage sale and stopped by to see what he had. The stuff in the garage was the usual stuff you find at garage sales all over the country, nothing much to get excited about. It was what was in the house that got my blood pumping through my veins, however.
There on the wall was a very large box frame with the medals and decorations this unseemingly humble man had hanging on his living room wall. I couldn't believe my eyes. There in front of me were more medals than I had ever seen from one man and being an Army Brat, I have seen my share.
At the top of the frame were patches of the 45th Division, The Thunderbirds, Master Sargeant stripes and a 5th Army patch. Below them was a lone medal - the Distinguished Service Cross, the second highest medal for bravery in the U.S. Military. Below that were 5 Silver Stars and below those hung 6 Bronze Stars with "V" Devices signifying they were awarded for valor. Below that were 5 Purple hearts. Below that were the usual medals given for anyone who served in combat in Europe during the war. There was also a POW Medal that had obviously been added recently.
In another smaller box frame there were foreign decorations including the French Croix d Guerre in the grade of Chevalier. There were other French and English decorations that I did not recognize. In yet another boz frame were another Silver Star, a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. Above them was a solitary CIB with a star in the wreath, meaning the award had been awarded twice. To most soldiers who have been in combat, the CBI is the only award worth having as it indicates you have been in the line of enemy fire and have returned that fire. Below the Silver, Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart were some other medals from the South Korean Government, including the Korean Medal of Honor (I can't remember it's name - "Tak" something.
In any case, here was an old man that had been awarded the second highest award for bravery once, the third highest award for bravery 6 times, the fourth highest award for bravery 7 times, 6 Purple Hearts for having been wounded 6 different times, France's second highest award for gallantry, S. Korea's Medal of Honor and all the other decorations displayed in those cases and no one knew this man even existed outside his family.
You can talk and read all about America's heroes from all the wars fought over the years and centuries but to my way of thinking this old, stooped man was the quintessential hero of this country. A single act of heroism can get a person America's Medal of Honor, the highest award there is. How that medal pales in the gleeming light of this old man's display.
Heros? There is the kind of hero movies should be made about - books written about - and statues erected for.
That, readers, is what I call a real HERO.


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Is there any news on the 714 line coming out? I was curious if the MB line will go under any radical changes like is expected in the 714 Ap2's.
Word is that tour seeding could start at the Travelers.
Any word on this Mike? Any chance of a peak?
The golf channel reported yesterday that they were going to start seeding the 714 line at the at&t national next week.
Last night on Golf Channel's On The Range show, they said that 714 iron seeding began this week at The Travelers. Has anyone decided to use the clubs this week.
They mentioned that two years ago only one player decided to use the new irons the week they were introduced and he WON!!
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Don't count on any major changes to the MB line.
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The new 714 MB's look nice. They look like they have a little more muscle to them. Reminds me of my 660's in a way.
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At 50 years old, George Clooney is just old enough to be a father to ex-girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis.
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"He was a very special person for me -- like a father," Canalis, 33, tells Italian broadcaster Bruno Vespa in his new book, "This Love." The Italian model and TV personality parted ways with actor Clooney over the summer after about two years together. He quickly rebounded with a younger woman, former WWE wrestler Stacy Keibler, 32.
"With George, it was more of a father-daughter relationship," Canalis reveals of the romance. "It was a great love and it was like living a fairy tale. George is a real gentleman even with his private life. I was very well respected as a partner."
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But Canalis shoots down widely held assumptions that they broke up because she was desperate to marry and have children with him.
"We both decided it was time to split up," she says. "George and I never spoke about marriage or children. I'm not saying that I don't want them but neither he nor I ever imagined having children together."
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Why did they split, then? "We split up for our own personal reasons not because of marriage," she says, vaguely, adding that it was love at first sight for her when they met back in 2009. "I threw myself body and soul into my relationship with George. Four days after we met I packed my bags and moved in with him."
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"He respected my feminine sensibility and was a marvelous boyfriend and one of the nicest people I have ever met because of his humanity," Canalis gushed.
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I am definitely no professional genealogist, researcher (in this life) or blogger, and have only ever posted 3 pieces. But none the less, I have heeded your advice, and explained why I don't add much to the world of genealogy / family history blogging, but follow other such posts so intently
Thanks for the advice
Linda, you have a lovely blog and your off to a great start. Just keep writing. It does get easier, like everything in life it takes practice and you will find your voice.ReplyDelete
Linda, thanks for the good advice. I started a new photography blog so now I have to go and "fluff it up."ReplyDelete
I think people who are new to blogging are a bit reluctant to post their name.
Check it and any constructive criticism is welcome.
Thank you for the mention. I definitely agree...I like to know whose work I'm reading.ReplyDelete
I agree, t oo, that it takes practice. The first couple of months of blogging were really hard for me. It felt like writing term papers. When I finally relaxed a bit, it got SO much easier...and SO much more fun. Hang in there!
@Kerry that's hard to imagine, your writing seems so effortless. I've always thought you should teach writing humour, and your great at writing blog titles that grab your attention.(but of course you already have a new job so you don't need my suggestions)ReplyDelete
Thank you! Some require more effort than others, but none are effortless. I've been blogging for almost three years, and it's taken a long time to get to the point where I've found my "voice." In fact, my first year of blogging was on an entirely different topic, and switching to genealogy was part of that process.ReplyDelete
I agree completely. When one of my society members shared her blog at a meeting, the first suggestion I made to her was to put her name and a bio on the blog. She had no identifying information, but the blog was specifically to make connections to a family. If she didn't identify herself, why would anyone else?ReplyDelete
Great points! I do have to mention that Julie Tarr has been blogging longer than both Kerry and Marion, though. The blog you mention her at is a newer one for her, I believe.ReplyDelete
I agree with your points in theory, Lynn, but as one who started blogging with a nom de plume and still doesn't have a current photograph up I'm not sure one's real name and current photograph are needed- especially for personal, rather than professional, blogs. What is needed is some introduction and description of one's goals.ReplyDelete
Many of us start blogging for our families rather than a broader public and may be startled to realize others are interested.
My greatest wish is that all bloggers would include an email address or link so one could communicate privately.
@Banai Lynn, point well taken, I was thinking of my own needs in wanting to address the blogger in a more personal manner, but certainly if you wish to make connections with cousins a name is critical.ReplyDelete
@Miriam, not aware of her other blog, but regardless, her About page was simple and clear, and it stands as a great example to new bloggers.
@Susan, great point, I realize not everyone wishes to engage the larger community, my comments speak to those who do. I think for the most part it is an over-site for new bloggers. I've seen plenty of blogs with beautiful pictures, a well thought out bio but still no name. Just hoping bloggers go back to their 'about page' and ask themselves is it accomplishing what I want? If it is carry on!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the helpful info! I just tweaked my blog to reflect your suggestions.ReplyDelete
I appreciate it!
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Well...I don't know if SUSAN will see this or not but I must say to you my friend, I was SO glad when you finally gave me a name to go by! Much of the time, even on Facebook, people refuse to put a real (and current) photo out there and it really makes you wonder....ReplyDelete
This was a very good post with great points. I try my best to support the new people and to encourage seasoned genealogists to join in on the fun of blogging!
Sorry to frustrate you so! I've added a name to my About page. :)ReplyDelete
Guess I should jump in the conversation...lol.ReplyDelete
Lynn, my main blog, GenBlog, has been around since 2008...in fact, I just turned 3 in late July. I recently developed a new blog, Writing Your Way to the Past (formerly GenWriter). This particular blog is geared to my professional life, whereas GenBlog is more my personal research and such.
Thanks for mentioned my blog and bio. I totally agree with you on the "who are you" issue. I understand some people are shy or worried about privacy issues, but I feel like if you want to be out there and have something to say, I'd like to know who you are and why I should care. I'm also not a big fan of pseudonyms, but I suppose it's better than no identity at all!
Thanks Julie for clearing that up. I did see the name change this week for GenWriter.ReplyDelete
Excellent Points...Now Let me check and see if I have done the same.ReplyDelete


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Jason Lindsey is a pioneer
in the revolutionary e-business market. He partnered
with Patrick Byrne to start Overstock.com, a company
specializing in buying surplus merchandise from manufacturers
and retailers, and selling it to consumers online.
Since the companys launch
in 1999, Jason has served as the organizations CFO,
as well as its president. He played an integral
role in both the companys initial and follow-up public
offerings. Last year, when he decided to move
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Byrne, commented that the shareholders owed Jason a
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Prior to making the commitment
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of the Haverford Group, an investment company. He
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Jason earned a bachelors
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also completed a masters in accounting at Utah State
in 1995. While he was a student, he worked
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role and oversee the consolidation of the companys
European division. He also participated in
the activities of Beta Alpha Psi, the School of Accountancys
highly acclaimed honor society.
Currently, Jason serves
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Institutes December Graduation
Its been
a long time coming, but students graduating in December
will finally have a commencement of their own. For
years, thousands of students who finished their degree
requirements in December had to wait until the spring
to participate in the traditional commencement ceremony.
Commencement is the culmination
of their time here at Utah State, but for some students
it has been inconvenient to return for the event, Assistant
Provost Sydney Peterson said. We hope that
adding a December commencement will allow more students
to participate. We want every one of them to
take part in the celebration!
Students graduating in
December will receive a certificate of commencement
at the ceremony, with their diplomas reaching them
by mail at a later date. There will be a student
speaker and college valedictorians, but no honorary
degrees or faculty awards will be presented. The
processional route, due to weather concerns, has
yet to be determined.
The commencement ceremonies
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Pride in Iraq
USU Aggies
of the 115th Engineer Group, Utah National Guard, in
southern Iraq recently requested an Aggie banner from
the Alumni Office to hang in Camp Adder. The
mission of the 115th Engineer Group is rebuilding infrastructure
throughout the Dhi Qar province. This includes
completing the construction of Highway 1 that connects
Kuwait and Baghdad. The 115th EN GP has worked
with Iraqi engineers to rebuild schools and public
utilities and is working on expanding Camp Adder for
future rotations of American and other Coalition Forces.
row from left to right: CSM Sid Cardon
(att 66, 69) MAJ Scott Reading, (PhD, 01',
COS) LTC Robert Dunton (88' BS, CNR),
MAJ Lynn Hinckley (BS 78, MS 94, CE &HS),
SPC Aaron Matthews (att 03) and CPT Patrick
Osmond (BS 92,' CHA& SS).
Front row from left to right: LTC
Don Summit (BS 85', MS
90', CE), SGT Ron Hammond
(att 69-72), and SPC Ashley
Phillips (att 03').
Not shown: CPT Dan Dygert
MAJ Joel Miller (97' MS,
CHA & SS), SPC Thomas Dannenberg
(att 03')
The Aggie
banner arrived and was the envy of U and BYU fans
here, reported LTC Robert Dunton. I have
posted a guard on it to ensure its well being. The
Aggie banner was used in a ceremony on September
11 to honor the soldiers who have served in the
conflict. The dozen Aggies in this group
have decided to sign the banner and return it to
the Alumni Center when they come home next spring. Hopefully,
Aggies in other units will also participate.
Soldiers of the 115th
have developed a good working relationship with the
local tribal leaders and Iraqi police officers.
ceremony was held recently to honor many of the
policemen. The Iraqi Police are very brave
men that put their lives and their families lives
in harms way daily, he said.
When asked
how we can help, LTC Dunton replied, "We have
received so much support from so many wonderful
people in Utah that we decided to use many of the
supplies for the tribes and the orphans in An Nasiriyah.
and Utah are never far from our thoughts," said
Dunton via email, "and hopefully AFN (Armed
Forces Network) will give the Aggies some air time
this fall.
Maughan Buehler - Homecoming Grand Marshall
Maughan Buehlers formal
education began in a rural two-room schoolhouse
and continued at Utah State Agricultural
College. There, he earned a bachelors
degree in accounting, as well as a reserve
officer commission as a second lieutenant.
his leaving the army as a colonel, Vern returned
to Logan and Utah State University as Associate Professor
of Business Administration. He was later promoted
to Professor and Assistant Dean. In 1970, he
founded the College of Business Partners Program. Vernon
directed this program, which brings business, academic,
and government leaders to USU for lectures and seminars,
until his retirement in 1989.
his wifes death in 1990, Vern became a consultant
at Weber State University s School of Business,
working with its international programs. It
was this service that led to his acceptance of a
UN professorship at an academy in southern Poland
in 1991. During the 1990s, Vern served as
a volunteer professor in Poland, the Ukraine and
Russia, as well as consulting in Thailand.
the many awards he has received are membership in
the prestigious Cosmos Club, the Legion of Merit
and the Commendation Medal. Utah State University
honored Vern with the Distinguished Alumnus Award
in 1989 and the Distinguished Service Award in 2001.
G. Sant - 2004 Alumnus of the Year
G. Sant has never forgotten where he came
from. After growing up in Preston,
ID, David attended Utah State University
where he received his bachelors and masters
degrees in engineering. Since his
graduation in 1964, he has made a lasting
impact on the telecommunications and computer
industry. David has worked for IBM,
Rolm, VMX, Stratacom, and numerous other
the years, David has done much to support USU. He
has said that it was the time that he gave back to
the university that helped him succeed in his life. David
has donated a significant amount of time and money
to the College of Engineering. He has served
as a member for the College of Engineerings campaign
steering committee, as well as donating countless
volunteer hours to various fundraising efforts. So
great has been his support that the third floor of
the new Engineering Building has been named the David
G. and Diann L. Sant Student Success Center.
Davids generosity spreads beyond the borders of
the College of Engineering. Recently, a letter
reached David from a young Ogden woman whom he didnt
know. The letter explained the womans difficulty
in paying the hospital bills for her infant son who
suffers from a severe brain disorder. After
one phone conversation, David wrote out a check to
pay the boys medical expenses. In addition,
David recently assisted with a scholarship fund designed
to help the children of soldiers killed in Iraq.
Now semi-retired, Sant
consults for firms seeking venture capital.
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State University Alumni Relations sponsors many exciting
events throughout the year. To keep informed about
the most current ones, visit www.usu.edu/alumni/events.html often.
Chapter News
information on these events will be forthcoming.
Salt Lake County Aggie Chapter
2005 Utah Grizzlies game
April 2005 To
Kill A Mockingbird at the Hale Center
20, 2005 Utah/SLC
Chapter Golf Tournament at Thanksgiving
2005 Family
Swim and Aggie Ice Cream Night
Utah County Aggie Chapter
18, 2004 Ice
Cream Social and USU vs. BYU Basketball game
11, 2005 Sweetheart
Dinner at the Utah County Rotunda-Ballroom
20, 2005 Utah/SLC
Chapter Golf Tournament at Thanksgiving
16, 2005 Aggie
Family Swim Night at the Scera Pool
Former Volleyball Player Named
NCAA Woman of the Year
For the first
time in Aggie Athletics, a USU student-athlete has
been named the NCAA Woman of the Year for the state
of Utah . Former USU volleyball player Erin Cartwright-Davis
was honored with the award, which recognizes outstanding
female student-athletes who have excelled in academics,
athletics and community leadership, and have completed
their collegiate athletics eligibility. Cartwright-Davis
was chosen from 276 candidates from all over Utah
During her playing days,
Cartwright-Davis was a two-time All-Big West selection,
a two-time all-academic honoree, and the 2002 and
2003 Big West Female Scholar Athlete of the Year.
She was also named an honorable mention All-American
in 2003. This marked the first time in 23 years
an Aggie had received All-American honors.
Women's Football Clinic
come learn all you ever wanted to know about the
game of football! Utah State s Big Blue Club is
sponsoring an Aggie Womens Football Clinic on October
14, 2004 from 7:00 - 8:30 pm.
The clinic is free of
charge and will be held on the turf at Romney Stadium.
All aspects of the game will be covered: learn
the plays, learn the rules, learn the skills, and
also meet the coaches and players
Dont miss out on this great opportunity to learn the ins and
outs of Aggie football. (In
case of bad weather the clinic location will be moved to the
Stan Laub Center.)
out utahstateaggies.com for
the latest news and information about Aggie Athletics.
Travel Opportunities
Canal Cruise
February 6-15,
aboard the Coral Princess to
visit the ports of Limon, Grand Cayman,
Belize and Cozumel and marvel at the
wondrous Panama Canal on the 10-day adventure.
and Utah are never far from our thoughts, and hopefully
AFN (Armed Forces Network) will give the Aggies some
air time this fall. -LTC Robert Dunton


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Sobekhotep wrote:formiko wrote:My friend Misha lives in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn and he's darker skinned (like Israeli) and his entire family is from St. Petersburg.
Eh? Most of the Israeli Ashkenazim I've seen have had rather light complexions. I suppose they may be ever so slightly darker than the average Russian but they're all "white" to me.
linguoboy wrote:Sobekhotep wrote:But don't worry, I'll spell it out specially for you: formiko mentioned that Brooklyn has a huge RUSSIAN immigrant population. Then he added that it's called "Little Odessa". Since Odessa is in UKRAINE it makes little sense to me for it to be used as a nickname for an area known for its RUSSIAN immigrants.
If you knew anything at all about the demography of Ukraine, then you would've gotten my point. Odessa is essentially a Russian city in Ukrainian territory. (And since you didn't understand my reference to Riga, let me spell it out for you: Despite being the capital of Latvia, less than half its population is Latvian-speaking. No prizes for guessing what the most commonly-spoken language in Riga is.)
Sobekhotep wrote:I assumed that when formiko mentioned Russian immigrants he was talking about Russian nationals and not Russophones or ethnic Russians, especially since he added that many of them are Jews.
What about ethnic Russians in Ukraine?vSobekhotep wrote:Look, if a person is from Ukraine, that makes their nationality Ukrainian, regardless of what language they speak natively.
Originally, although there could have been some Sephardim in Russia. I'd expect any Jews from that part of Europe to be Ashkenazim though.Sephardim aren't the Jews that lived in Russia though. I'm pretty sure it refers to the Jews who settled in Spain and North Africa...
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"it was a very good show you visited".
Anders wrote:rickardspaghetti wrote:A friend of mine made a "false friend"-ish mistake when speaking English.
"it was a very good show you visited".
Here is what another Swede wrote:
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Check points at border if Scotland breaks away from union?
Published at 14:19, Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Passport controls may have to go up near the Scottish border if it votes for independence, the UK's Europe Minister said.
David Lidington said Scotland would not necessarily inherit the UK's opt-out of the Schengen Agreement which permits freedom of movement around most of Europe.
The opt-out means EU citizens are still subject to passport checks at UK borders and they may have to be established along the border at Gretna.
Mr Lidington made the remarks yesterday as he visited the Scottish Parliament to discuss developments in the eurozone with MSPs.
Speaking in a post-committee briefing, he said opt-outs like Schengen, and also of the euro currency, "require not just a bilateral agreement between the UK and an independent Scotland, it would require the agreement of all of the other member states as well".
He said: "The fact that the UK has an opt-out from Schengen means that we are able to maintain the border controls that you don't have on the borders between Schengen countries.
"Logically, if Scotland were in Schengen, every Schengen country has to dismantle border checks with other Schengen countries, and have border checks with other EU states that are outside Schengen.
"That is why, for example, if I fly to Munich from London I have to go through a passport check before I can transit to a plane connecting to Poland.
"So there's a logic in the way that Schengen is organised, and that is a clear problem that Scotland would have to face up to."
He said Scotland's membership of Europe is not "something that can simply be assumed".
He said: "Membership is something which requires the unanimous agreement of every other member state. The United Kingdom is a member of the European Union. We have our accession treaty. We are a signatory to it and are bound by European law.
"Now, I can quite see that if Scotland wanted to leave the UK, and I hope it doesn't, it would probably want to be in the European Union. But that is something that would have to be negotiated and would require the agreement of every member."
Mr Lidington said "The UK would continue to exist" without Scotland, with "three of the countries still belonging to that union".
The Scottish Government wants to hold a referendum in 2014.
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I agree they should have border controls,then they could stop all the worlds waifs and strays,sleeper terrorists from all over the world, all the bogus asylum seekers and all the war criminals from former yugoslavia and africa currently residing in England from leaving, after all any normal country that thinks about the peace and security of it's citizens would not allow them to come here in the first place would they ?.
I live in northern ireland but have lived in carlisle before,I believe if scotland gets independence it will do more harm than good not only for trade and commerce for carlisle but i believe it would restart the troubles in northern ireland. Since the republic of ireland became independent from the uk in 1922, areas around the border of northern ireland have became poverish to save the least due to the low fuel duty and low corperation tax in the south, i think because england will have no oil/ depleated stocks it will push up fuel tax to compensate for the supply slump from the north sea as a result people in carlisle will go over the border to get their fuel.
Not only that but the uk has been through 2 world wars and alex salmond is doing what hitler failed to do by braking up the union.
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"Developed by the independent Institute of Medicine, the new guidelines require new health insurance plans to cover women's preventive services such as well-woman visits, breastfeeding support, domestic violence screening, and contraception without charging a co-payment, co-insurance or a deductible," read an HHS press release.
"The Affordable Care Act helps stop health problems before they start," said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. "These historic guidelines are based on science and existing literature and will help ensure women get the preventive health benefits they need."
According to an article on CNN.com, many pro-life groups are displeased with the guidelines, claiming they may undermine individual religious rights. They fear that pro-life employers may be required to provide these services against their conscience, through mandated health insurance coverage from the Affordable Care Act.
However, "[t]he Obama administration released an amendment to the prevention regulation that allows religious institutions offering health insurance to their employees the choice of whether or not to cover contraception services," the article read.
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, chairman of Committee on Pro-Life Activities with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, told the news site that "pregnancy is not a disease, and fertility is not a pathological condition to be suppressed by any means technically possible."


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Salazar now sole leader in Girls Division at The National Golf Club of Kansas City
PARKVILLE, Mo. — Kyle Lewis of Shawnee, Okla., and Curtis Yonke of Overland Park, Kan., are now tied atop the Boys Division leaderboard at 3-under-par 141 after mirroring each other's scorecards, each shooting 71 and 70 during rounds one and two. Meanwhile in the Girls Division, Lauren Salazar of Santa Clara, Calif., sits alone in first at 2-over-par 146 after carding her second straight 1-over-par 73.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the Lockton Kansas City Junior is a 54-hole stroke-play event being held at The National Golf Club of Kansas City in Parkville, Mo. The tournament field consists of 75 boys and 24 girls, ages 12-18, from 20 states, Canada and China. The Boys Division is playing The National Golf Club of Kansas City course at 6,762 yards, and the Girls Division is playing the course at 5,928 yards, par-72.
Yonke took a page out of his own playbook and continued his trend of quick starts. He birdied No. 1 and then watched his ball roll in for another birdie on the 178-yard par-3 No. 4.
"I got off to another quick start today," Yonke said. "Quick starts always put a positive feel on the day."
This will be Yonke's first final-pairing appearance at an AJGA Open Championship.
Lewis also picked up where he left off, registering 16 greens in regulation for the second consecutive day. He finished the day with 15 pars, and one eagle, one birdie and one bogey.
Lewis is going for his second AJGA win in as many tries.
"I won two weeks ago at San Antonio," Lewis said. "I want to feed off my thought process then and translate it back here."
Four strokes off the pace and sitting tied for third at 1-over-par 145 are Landon Lyons of Baton Rouge, La., and Blake Waller of West Des Moines, Iowa. Right behind them is Christopher Reinert of Parkville, Mo., who sits in fifth with a 2-over-par 146.
In the Girls Division, Salazar opted to switch things up a bit and relied more on her putting and less on her woods and irons.
"I hit the ball worse today but I putted better," Salazar said while recalling a 30-footer she drained on the 165-yard par-3 No. 6 that saved par.
While she hasn't been able to put both parts of her game together yet, she is confident she can continue to play well at The National Golf Club of Kansas City going into Thursday's final round.
"I'm feeling pretty comfortable," Salazar said. "I don't like to get too ahead of myself."
Courtney Hooton of Del Mar, Calif., sits in second at 6-over-par 150. Elizabeth Doty of Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., is in third at 8-over-par 152.
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Start an external application with two parameters depending on the current file type?
I've written a small .au3 (AutoIt) script, that uses an .ini file which contains different sections for each known help file entries for the resolution to what the .chm file will be resized, position, the general path for a topic inside the file (like: /idh_scripting_comref.htm\#idh_sc_<topic name>), etc.
It takes (currently) 2 parameters:
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So the plugin should execute a line like this:
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<current keyword>
It should take the word that is currently under the cursor or if no [a-zA-Z] is found at the current position it should find & take the first letter left from it and use that word instead.
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The cursor is not on a keyword (getpathcomponent) so search for the first letter on the left side of the cursor position ("t") and get the word under it (getpathcomponent again). Why this? I normally type the command and want to see the help file right after typing it.
<current file type>
Just use the extension of the current document without the leading dot.
It would be nice if I can define the keyboard shortcut for the plugin (to execute it) afterwards.
This would allow me / us to hit the same key for displaying a .chm help file with the correct topic, regardless if I'm currently working on a .au3, .ps1, .xys, etc. file.
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The authors, from the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, European Diabetes Working Party for Older People, and International Task Force of Experts in Diabetes, identified major research areas that need to be explored, including:
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Once again, Chinese pet jerky products are causing family pets to become very ill and in some cases die. As before, as soon as this info makes the news, the phone calls and emails pile in. The questions are always similar: Is Ark Naturals an American company? (Yes!) Is Ark manufactured in the USA? (Yes!) Are all the ingredients in every single Ark and or Gray Muzzle purchased in the USA from USA companies (Yes!) Is every ingredient in our products of USA origin? (No.) Which ingredients typically are not of USA origin? Glucosamine and Chondroitin.
Who determines the standards for Made in the USA? The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) makes that determination.
"The consumer perception evidence available to the Commission indicates that the country in which a product is put together or completed is highly significant to consumers in evaluating where the product is "made." Thus, regardless of the extent of a product's other U.S. parts or processing, in order to be considered all or virtually all made in the United States, it is a prerequisite that the product have been last "substantially transformed" in the United States, as that term is used by the U.S. Customs Service" http://www.ftc.gov
Pet remedy /health products and human natural remedy/health products are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and in cases of pet products the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) also regulates. The FDA requires that product claims ("structure and function claims") are truthful, not misleading and supported by scientific studies. The FDA has the right to recall or ban dietary supplements that are found to be unsafe. The FDA requires that they are manufactured in accordance with Good Manufacturing practices (GMPs) using documentation and consistent methods. Information about FDA regulations can be found at the FDA website.
Virtually 99.999% of all the glucosamine and chondroitin in the marketplace (both human and pet) is from China. Why do we (Ark and our competitors as well as human products) purchase Glucosamine & Chondroitin from China? Purchasing those ingredients from American sources would be substantially more expensive – and would force all of us (our competitors included) to raise our prices- which would be passed on to the consumer.
The most important question is how do we protect our customers (your pets)? We protect our customers (your pets) by following the following protocols: To make sure these ingredients meet label claim and contain no harmful additives – we purchase our raw materials way before we actually need them. This gives us ample time to inspect the ingredients and send samples of every single lot purchased to licensed and independent USA testing labs. There are specific/defined protocols for testing raw materials. The samples are sent according to protocol and are identified by numbers only. This assures that the tests are not biased. We test for bacteria and for efficacy – This makes sure we are providing you (your pets) with the best quality ingredient that is not only safe but effective.
What do we mean by effective? Glucosamine, Chondroitin, MSM are just a few of the ingredients that have come to be known as nutraceuticals. A nutraceutical is something that starts from a natural source i.e. fish cartilage or bovine cartilage and then undergoes a process that isolates the beneficial characteristics of that natural ingredient. They are then compounded, processed and stabilized to provide the benefits of that particular raw material.
Did you know that glucosamine and chondroitin are sold in grades (level of effectiveness). Ark Naturals takes of this one step further as we only purchase "A" grade nutraceuticals and claim the effectiveness percentage on our labels.
Meaning that 500mg (on a label) is not a measure of quality. It is only a measure of weight. 500mg of a lesser grade of glucosamine or chondroitin is less effective than 500mg of an ingredient that is 99.9% pure.
Finally, every product Ark manufactured is safety sealed, has an expiration date and lot number. We hold a pouch, bottle, or container of every product of every lot number. We hold these for a minimum of 4 years – well past the expiration date. Additionally, we can trace every single product to the first point of distribution. Meaning if there should be a problem we'd be able to alert our retailers and distributors immediately.
Another safety practice in place is that we are founding and audited members of the NASC www.nasc.cc. The NASC is a trade organization comprised of competitor companies. They routinely pull products off retail shelves – indiscriminately and sends the products to 3rd party laboratories – They check to see our products meet label claim.
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Guided by moderator Myra Gelband, a Senior Trustee at the University of Rochester and former senior editor of Sports Illustrated, international golf stars Laura Diaz, Jeong Jang, Lorie Kane, and Patricia Meunier-Labouc will talk about their lives on the road - from playing tournaments as expectant mothers to the challenges of international competition.
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Lt. Josey has made headlines in the past. He was exonerated in the shooting death of a Philadelphia man shortly after the man robbed a convenience store in Lower Merion in March 2010.
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