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"Special Days" can be difficult.
Today, while sweet Greg is out riding, for exercise, I am reaching out to survivors of abuse, anyone in recovery, and my fellow introverts. You are my people, my tribe and Special Days can be grim for US.
A lil vexed, as my sister continues to establish and nurture relations with my ex and his family. Perhaps less objectionable if any connection at all had existed prior to our divorce. In more wholesome families, even historical relations with prior in-laws would be set aside. I speculate my sister will wish to perform a "family" dinner for my ex, his father and my boys this weekend- featuring her demonstrations of grace and hospitality- proof that she is the good one, cloaked in all white with her stiff and practiced smile. (barfing emoji here) The antics are an unpleasant fact, not a problem. Clearly, I am not yet in acceptance of this shit-show circus. Her investment in these alliances which, for obvious reasons, creates unnecessary conflict between my ex and me (miraculous survivors of hellish marriage and divorce-who worked miracles), intensify our struggle to coparent cohesively for our sons. This is unkind and a disservice to our children. My request to "Please Stop" has been found laughable.
More evolved souls, would spare children. Having divorced parents is challenge enough. My sons share that it does not "feel nice" but uncomfortable. They sense how the gatherings favor Jilan's (Jilan: the name she used for her first 16 years, I love it!) unwholesome interest in my ex husband. As good for his ego as for hers, my ex obliges…. If this were a live conversation, my family would eagerly point out my anger, as evidence of my defectiveness, to deflect attention away from their own divisive behaviors …to shame and silence me to inspire hysteria as proof that I am insane, overly sensitive, and the cause for their behaviors. Hell yeh, I am angry AF ! And, at times, my old reactions to pain served only to substantiate for them, their exploitations. See, I am new to the practice of handling feelings appropriately. I am a work in progress.
The real kicker of my female sibling's righteous wrangling of my children via their Dad: Ten years ago, my older son and I travelled for family therapy sessions to work with a therapist whom my mother and sister had already front loaded with their positions about me. Oh okay.. The meetings were directed at helping us to all confirm me, as our sole problem. Anyway, nursing a 10 month old and 10 weeks pregnant, hormonal, and beyond stressed by the occasion, I miscarried at that time.
Overwhelmed and craving safety, I was disinterested in trick or treating with my sister's family immediately following our debacle of therapy and my bleeding. My mother and sister expressed collective outrage when I declined THEIR invite. I was effing miscarrying, being scapegoated and it was my son's first Halloween. So, being wth THEM didn't seem sane or safe. Two months later my sister sent a Trojan Horse birthday gift to my son containing a computer generated note (not hand written) to me declaring that "Until we could all be together as a family, she would prefer I not communicate with her daughter(age 10 at the time) via email anymore." Then, she followed up with an email from her daughter's email posing as her daughter or dictating to her daughter that we would not be communicating further. Who does this? Jilan fucken Ghoneim or Catherine Whitney. So sad to have our little relationship snatched as a consequence for my non-compliance. And– here we are again 10 years later. Same shit all because I said NO. My sister patrolled contact with her now grown daughters while wrangling and trying to woo my sons via their dad, although WE are in a state of not talking. Yes, this makes me sad and angry. I have feelings, messy ones.
OK-back to Father's Day-
Nineteen years old and totally lost AF (no clear sense of roots, wings, or direction—just AWAY, fast and RFN, please), the last time I saw my dad was for an unfortunate Father's Day lunch in which we battled mostly over who was a bigger asshole. My mother's tie breaker vote declared me the winner. He sent me a handwritten apology one week later, which I have managed to keep with me for three decades.
His health was in trouble, I guess he wanted to express some good things to me while he still could. He died a several weeks later. I wept, a lot…not because he was gone, but because the gatherings for his death illuminated for me how disconnected I was from myself, my family, my community of very white Christian people. My mother was refused by a few local churches to have his service in their sanctuaries. Because of his/OUR Middle Eastern heritage and practices, some said NO. I felt as connected at home as I did in our community.
I recall little about my dad. As a small child, I often eagerly awaited his return from work with smiles, candy (Brach's sourballs) and random treats from the canteen at the VA Hospital, where he worked. So strange to acknowledge that I hated and feared him and recall missing him terribly when he was gone and fluctuated between waiting at the door for him and dreading hearing his Ford Fiesta roll up. Whatever that is, that is how I learned to feel about most people, to whom I attempted to be close. He and mother fought continually. And while I hated him for being Egyptian and different from the rest of the world around me, I loathed her more. The two of them were terrifying when they fought and more so as a team. Their energy left no safe space for a child like myself; highly strung with sensory issues and prone to emotional expression, deeply affected by the energy of others.
Father's Day ramblings…
To all those with pain, emptiness, fear, unresolved anger. Feel your feelings. We can't heal what we don't feel. Healing is wholesome and badass and we cannot do it alone, and there are those who are incapable to do it AT all. We are the blessed ones!!!. Forget anyone saying otherwise. Let's make the best of this day. It is just Sunday. ODAAT. It is another day to heal and grow. Thank good God!
As my mother said while denying my request to PLEASE stop "I wish you well" from behind her closing door which she promptly locked behind me, for what is surely our last visit on this earth. My boys like to kiss me goodbye in the morning or before bed and say "I wish you well." Laughing at the messiness of our feelings is part of how we heal in our home.Much Love,
Magda Gee
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The virtual tour for Miss Emily kicks off today at writer Shauna Gilligan's blog. She interviews me about the book here. There is a copy of Miss Emily up for grabs!
My interview on Newstalk with Seán Moncrieff is online as a podcast now here. Needless to say, he was lovely :)

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St. Patrick's Day weekend is here and we're throwing not one, but 2 nights of the biggest and best green block parties in Downtown Orlando!
St. Practice Day Block Party: Friday 3/16 8pm-2am
St. Patrick's Day Block Party: Saturday 3/17 Noon-2am
Throw on something green and party with live Irish music, tons of beads & giveaways, green beer, jello shots, and even a Leprechaun! That's right, look out for a Leprechaun on Wall St and his shot of gold!
Grab a $5 Guinness or Jameson and rock out to live music from bands and DJs plus Irish Pipes & Drums!
Performing Friday: The Adam Moreno Project, Rosie O' Grady's Pipes & Drums, DJ Jorge
Performing Saturday: Seven Nations, Audio Exchange, Rosie O' Grady's Pipes & Drums, DJ Korndogg
Drink Specials for both nights:
- $5 Guinness Pints
- $5 Harp
- $5 Jameson Irish Whiskey
- $5 Irish Car Bombs
- $3 Jell-O Shots
Orlando Pub Crawl is goin' Green with a twist this year by giving you a St. Patrick's Day practice run before the official St. Patrick's Day. Grab some green and get lucky on this OPC tradition! The OPC Lucky Leprechaun's will be crawlin all over downtown Orlando.
- CHECK IN ONLY: 7:30PM-10PM Sideshow
- 8pm – Lizzy McCormack's/Lodge/Finn Henry's
- 9:15 – Aero/The Patio/64 North
- 10:30 – Chillers/Latitudes/Cahoots
- 11:45 -Wall St. Plaza's St. Practice Day Block Party
With your ticket you'll receive the following:
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By S.L. Lewis
In the magical realm known as Eden, witches and wizards were protected from the demon realms by a powerful wizard known as the Guardian. Like clockwork, Guardians were replaced in every generation until the death of Logan triggered a prophecy the Wizarding Council always feared.
Daniel Smith and his family were then ripped from Eden and sent to live in the human world for their own protection until he came of age. Daniel had grown used to his non-magical life until a new History teacher arrived at Greenfield High revealing his true identity as the next Guardian.
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On any vacation in Walt Disney World you can most likely find me relaxing high above Tomorrowland on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover, the "highway in the sky." Ideal for views of Tomorrowland and other parts of the Magic Kingdom, wonderful breezes, a chance to sit down and catch your breath, glimpses into nearby attractions, and guaranteed low waits, the TTA is an attraction that is a must do during any visit to WDW.
When the ride originally opened on July 1, 1975 it was called the WEDWay PeopleMover with WED standing for Walter Elias Disney. In 1994 the name was changed to the Tomorrowland Transit Authority and in 2010 the original PeopleMover title was reinstated dubbing the attraction with the name we refer to it with today. Aside from the name, the attraction itself is unique in how it operates. With a continuous rotation of cars each looping 4,574 feet over ten minutes you could argue that the TTA uses a lot of energy. You would be right, but did you know that the attraction is completely emission free? That's right; it's powered entirely by magnets! The track uses linear induction which utilizes 533 electromagnets embedded in the track which alternately push and pull the cars to propel them along the attraction's route. The linear induction system is so efficient that in 1981 a similar system was added in the Houston Intercontinental Airport.
The TTA not only is relaxing, but it offers you great views of Tomorrowland and plenty of sneak peeks into surrounding area attractions. When you board the attraction, you are right underneath the Astro Orbiter in Rocket Tower Plaza. One of the first things you encounter once moving is an inspiration model of Progress City which helped to create the inspiration of Epcot. Soon after you arrive at a window where you can look down into Mickey's Star Traders, the biggest merchandise shop in all of Tomorrowland. Suddenly you can smell gas and are offered a pretty awesome view of the Tomorrowland Speedway complete with cars coming around every bend. Perhaps my favorite part of the TTA is when you enter into Space Mountain and are offered glimpses into the initial ascent hill complete with astronauts defying gravity. You get a second glimpse into the mountain where in the near dark you can just make out cars whizzing by amid the stars. Don't bother trying to take a picture to see what the structure of Space Mountain looks like, there is a Plexiglas window separating you from the ride which reflects your flash preventing you from seeing anything. However, if Space Mountain is broken down and you ride the TTA you are given a glimpse of the monstrous mountain with all of its lights on. It's pretty cool, but if you don't want to ruin the magic make sure that Space Mountain is up and running before boarding the TTA.
Next up on your tour of Tomorrowland is a loop past the Carousel of Progress followed by a glimpse at a woman getting her hair done in quite the futuristic way. Check out the woman's belt, you just might find a Hidden Mickey! Also be on the lookout for a view down into Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin. You can get a great view of the volcano room, and be sure to look for the TTA cars moving past above while you are riding Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin as well! In addition to the Tomorrowland attractions that you can see from the TTA, you also are able to take in the sights of the hub, Cinderella Castle, the Contemporary Resort, and even the WDW Railroad if you have good timing.
There is one more detail that is literally my favorite thing about the TTA, and it's one some people might not pick up on. Listen during your ride for a page directed at a very special individual- "Paging Mr. Morrow, Mr. Tom Morrow." Many people may just assume that this announcement is a play on the word tomorrow as you are in Tomorrowland, but it actually is paying homage to an extinct Tomorrowland attraction. Flight to the Moon previously existed where Stitch's Great Escape is now and Tom Morrow was the Director of Operations in Mission Control in that attraction. It is great little details like this that add such dimension to WDW and make it so special.
The Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover is one of my favorite attractions in all of WDW and is definitely the one that I visit the most throughout my vacations. While I love experiencing it at any time of the day, riding at night is really a beautiful thing as the lights and ambiance of Tomorrowland make it a whole different experience. So be sure to visit the TTA, whether to take in the sights, glimpse some attractions, or to simply relax. Trust me, it's worth the ride.
Do you love the TTA? What is your favorite thing to have a bird's eye view of in Tomorrowland? Let me know in the comments below, I would love to hear from you!
Caitlin Corsello was born and raised in New York. She graduated from Adelphi University with a Masters in Mental Health Counseling in 2012. Her love for Disney started as an infant and has continued to grow with family vacations to Disney parks almost every year since. She holds a particular interest in WDW's parks and attractions, never passing up an opportunity to visit. She looks forward to continuing to explore and learn about all things Disney and to share that passion with readers.
4 thoughts on "Disney From The Twenty-Something: The Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover"
I love the TTA, I probably ride it the second most times of all attractions. Haunted Mansion being first for me. It is a nice relaxing ride that allows you to take in the surrounding areas.
I ride the TTA every time I go to MK. I love the leisurely ride around Tomorrowland
Awesome ride! Always the first thing I go on when I get to Magic Kingdom to kick things off. Favorite part is the model of Progress City
Love love love the TTA! I don't know if I could pick a favorite spot though, it's an all around awesome experience.
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Lauren Potter Is Defined by Ability, Not Disability
Career Development The "Glee" star talks about how she worked hard to achieve her dreams and why it's important to look at someone's skills, not their condition.
Lauren Potter was born for show business. At age 3 she was already studying dance. She made her acting debut at age 16, and soon after that, turned her love for singing into a major role in the hit musical TV show "Glee." She recently produced and starred in the indie film "Guest Room," which premiered at the South by Southwest festival last year. These are a lot of achievements for a 26-year-old, and she's done it all in spite of dealing with Down syndrome.
Dreaming big
"I always tell people," says Potter, "to only listen to those people who tell you that you can do it, not those who tell you that you can't." These are words everyone can relate to, and it's by focusing on perseverance and knowing herself, rather than focusing on her disability, that Potter has succeeded. "Don't be afraid to dream big," says Potter, "And if you do the hard work to get there, your dreams can come true."
However, just because Potter had the power to achieve great things doesn't mean it hasn't been a struggle. "I think maybe people look at me and think I can't do things because I have Down syndrome," says Potter, "I have to prove myself over and over again." This doesn't just apply to her professional life, but also to the extra challenges in making friends and building the life of an independent young woman.
Fighting stigma
Having worked hard in spite of the challenges of her disability, Potter has indeed proven herself (winning several SAG awards along the way). This has helped her gain a platform to make people aware of the stigmas against the differently-abled. She was appointed to President Obama's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities as an advisor on Down syndrome. She's participated in the Abilitypath anti-bullying campaign. She's used her recognition to promote organizations like the Wylie Center, the Down Syndrome Congress and the National Down Syndrome Society.
"'I always tell people,' says Potter, 'to only listen to those people who tell you that you can do it, not those who tell you that you can't.'"
Potter is also trying to take the focus off of disabilities themselves and make us look more at the human beings who live with them. With her venture last year, "Guest Room," Potter produced as well as starred in a film about a character dealing with an unplanned pregnancy. By watching a character with Down syndrome deal with something other than their disability, audiences are able to see more than a person's condition.
Always growing
Most important, though, is that despite her achievements in acting and activism, Potter remains humbly committed to bettering herself. "I have learned to still be myself and not let the success I've had so far go to my head," says Potter, "I just want to keep growing, learning and getting better." Her emphasis on working hard despite life's challenges can be a source of inspiration to not just the disability community, but to anyone, no matter their struggle.


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This is just a standard USB-A jack. It's a sturdy metal with 4 pins in the back and 2 small mounting tabs that make it easy to use in your next USB project
We use this USB-A jack for everything, really. With a little effort you can bend the side mounting tabs and solder the 4 data/power pins into a Perma Proto. Its not good for solderless breadboards, the pins are not very long.
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PHILBILLY SHOW - Flip Flop
by Wayne Carlan
played in a co-ed softball tournament a few weeks
back to raise money for a friends church. I
sprained my left knee, pulled my right hamstring
and my left glute. But I got some ice, Bengay and
Geratol so I think I will live.
The thing was,
as we were getting ready for our first game the
other team was waiting on their last girl player.
All of a sudden a tow truck pulls up and a girl
hops out wearing blue jeans, flip flops, a
Grateful Dead tattoo and a Marlboro hangin
from her lips. Well that cant be her,
I said to myself, so I keep warming up with a
friend. Then I hear the umpire yell Play
ball! Huh? Flip Flop is walking to the
field with a glove. Shes playing right
field and its my turn to bat. This is gonna
be great! Ok, Wayne, just hit it to the
weak spot, right field
I step up to
the plate, tap my cleats with the bat, dig in and
stare down the pitcher. He gives me a weak stare,
winds up and throws the first pitch; its a
ball. I step back out of the batters box,
take a deep breath and prepare for the next pitch.
I tap my cleats a couple of times with the bat
and step back in. The next pitch is a beauty and
I knock the heck out of the ball. Its deep
to right field and it looks like a home run!
jogging to first base with my arms raised high in
the air but then, Ms. Grateful Dead hops out of
her flip flops, takes the Marlboro out of her
mouth, runs like a deer to the fence and jumps 6.2
feet in the air catching my home run ball. What
the heck just happened?
Now I guess
this is a good time to tell you that I didnt
obtain all my injuries playing ball. Most of them
were because I threw my hat on the ground and
kicked it as hard as I could after Ms. Tow Truck
robbed me of my home run. Craaaaap! Then my 16
year old niece, lets call her Brittany Lee,
knocks one out of the park.
I gotta get me
a pair of them flip flops. Im just
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The IT pros at COMPANYNAME are definitely experts when it comes to technology. We love using our expertise to help businesses, yet we are humble enough to admit that we do not know-it-all. The knowledge vertical of the IT field is vast. Technology is built around finding solutions to problems. Every problem is complex and creates more problems. At COMPANYNAME, we have the expertise to handle 99 IT problems, but fixin' a copy machine ain't one.
Actually, we do know a thing or two about copy machines, but the point we are trying to make is that the IT field is so vast that sometimes IT experts have to call in other IT experts to handle complicated problems. At COMPANYNAME, we have worked hard to establish a network of trusted IT experts so that we can position ourselves as your know-it-all IT managed solutions provider.
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Press release from the issuing companyPORTLAND, Ore.--Feb. 19, 2002--Extensis today announced that it has entered into a partnership with WAM!NET, a global provider of enterprise-wide digital content delivery and hosting solutions, to sell integrated preflight and file-transfer solutions to customers in the print and publishing industries. Under the agreement, WAM!NET will now offer Extensis preflighting technology in its secure, fully managed file transport and content storage services. Preflighting services will be provided through Extensis Preflight Online, the company's patent-pending web-based preflighting service. "When it comes to managing today's increasingly complex digital workflows, publishers and print service providers are looking for integrated solutions that can address multiple processes seamlessly. They want to insure that the jobs are print-ready and free from problems and they want a fast and secure method for delivering jobs to printers,'' said Joseph Schorr, senior product manager at Extensis. "Combining Preflight Online with WAM!NET's content delivery services makes for a total solution -- one that virtually guarantees the reliable delivery of error-free files.'' "Our global base of printing and publishing customers have realized significant cost savings and cycle time reductions by incorporating WAM!NET's content distribution services into their workflows,'' said Tim Elliott, executive director, WAM!NET Global Marketing. "By complementing our services with Extensis Preflight Online, we help our customers to enable even faster turnaround times against tight deadlines, while ensuring the integrity of the content itself.'' With an integrated Extensis/WAM!NET solution installed, customers can first run jobs through Preflight Online to make sure they meet the required print specifications and quickly move the files from their LAN to a dedicated WAM!NET network interface device (the "Purple Box'') for secure, managed transfer and delivery across the WAM!NET network. Customers also may upload print-verified jobs using WAM!NET Internet Gateway or WAM!NET WorkSpace -- file transfer and storage services that are accessible through a standard FTP client or Web browser. For customers that do not have a WAM!NET Purple Box and choose not to build an internal FTP solution, WAM!NET WorkSpace serves as a virtual FTP server, allowing for creation of multiple customer accounts and a repository for print jobs until they are ready for production. "The Extensis/WAM!NET combination is an ideal solution for service providers who are concerned about the security of incoming files,'' said Ed Zepernick, director of prepress for Continental Web Press, which began using Preflight Online last year. "Jobs delivered using Preflight Online can be routed directly into a secure WAM!NET Purple Box, instead of sitting on a publicly-accessible FTP server.''
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Michael P. King was sworn in as the new president of the National Press Photographers Association on Sunday at the conclusion of the 2018 NPPA annual board meeting at Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Athens, Georgia.
Carolyn Hall Jensen was also elected vice president, and Andrea Wise was elected secretary. Melissa Lyttle was sworn into the official role of past president of the NPPA.
King had served as NPPA vice president for the past two years. Hall has served as NPPA treasurer and is coming back after a year off of the executive council. Wise served on the NPPA Board of Directors this last year before being elected as secretary. The NPPA treasurer is Kyle Grantham who is halfway through a two-year term.
Because Wise has resigned her board position to take the secretary role, her place will go to Brent Lewis who had the highest number of votes in the recent board elections after the two directors who were elected.


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doomith wrote:From what I've read regarding other warranty claims, most likely they will send you a new hub, you'll need to get it rebuilt by your own LBS.
doomith - Thanks for the warning. That would suck because 1. the wheel arrived with a bad hub (why should I pay to have it fixed? Shouldn't they?), and 2. I've already broken 2 spokes on that wheel (in less than 300 miles...anybody else going through rear CX-Rays that fast?). As my rich friends on Zipps all reminded me this morning, I get what I pay for. Although, the front wheels have been fine and the set of Farsports track wheels with the Novatec track hubs have been great, too.


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No one should go through IVF alone, and sometimes friends and family just aren't enough. Here's why sharing a struggle with infertility on social media can help.
When I was 20 weeks pregnant last April, my husband and I announced on Facebook that we were expecting a baby girl. Like most people who post such news, I was flooded with congratulations. The next day, I posted this status:
"Thank you all so much for your lovely messages. I know it was strange for me to have been so open in such a public space about infertility but sharing helped me in so many ways. I gained a ton of support from my family and friends and from the amazing people who came out of the woodwork to share their own struggles and successes. Your stories made me feel less alone and also so hopeful."
Rewind a few years.
Starting in the fall of 2012, a year after I had started trying to conceive and within a few weeks of starting IVF, I decided to come out of the "infertility closet" on Facebook. My family and close friends already knew about my issues and I had already told many of my colleagues. However, trying to get pregnant was now my life and because social media is a place to share, I decided to do it.
It's not that I was lacking support. My husband was my rock throughout the process and I received a lot of support from family and friends, but it's hard to completely understand what an infertile woman is going through if you haven't had that experience yourself.
You need someone who isn't going to tell you to "just relax, it'll happen" or "it's all in God's hands now." You need someone who is going to understand why you cry hysterically when you learn that your cousin is pregnant with her third child or a friend conceived on her first try. You need a person to get why you feel like someone kicked you in the stomach every time you see a pregnant person on the street. Social media gave me a place to vent and also made me realize I was not alone.
RELATED: Formerly infertile: Becoming a mom after IVF
The social support network
Once I started being open on Facebook, I received many messages from women who had gone through infertility struggles themselves. Thanks to their stories, I grew much more hopeful. Also, I used Facebook to reach out to a friend who had told me about her own struggle in passing. After I sent her a message about starting treatments, she became my IVF coach and my go-to person for every step of the process. She helped me to advocate for myself, do my research and be strong.
I also started coaching a few other women in their own fertility journeys who reached out to me through social media. It felt good being able to help other women—to answer their questions, cry with them and cheer them on when one after another they got pregnant (all before I did!).
When their journeys were complete, they returned the favor and supported me every step of the way. They had all experienced the same feelings of loneliness. They all had stories about insensitive comments made by well meaning relatives or the desperate jealousy they felt when they knew people who got pregnant instantly. They understood the humiliation of having your partner give you progesterone shots in the butt. They told me I wasn't an awful person when I left my sister-in-law's baby shower early after failing a round of IVF only days before.
Good news feels even better
When I finally got pregnant, those women shared my joy in a way that few others could. They understood why I was scared every time I had an appointment, why I held my breath until I heard a heartbeat and why I didn't want to tell anyone for the longest time. It was nice to have friends to share my good news with from the moment there was a positive blood test and heartbeat. They understood why I never fully relaxed until I held my daughter in my arms.
Infertility is a very lonely, uncertain and scary struggle. No one wants to admit to not being able to get pregnant and couples tend to suffer in silence as everyone around them has children. But, if I hadn't shared my story so openly, I never would have created a little team to support me. I never would have developed the courage to trust my gut, to seek out expert help and to be strong through four failed rounds of IVF.
Outside the status box
You don't need to post your story on Facebook, but you do need people. You need a team of women who know how you are feeling and what you are going through. Maybe that's someone you're already friends with, a relative or maybe it's someone you meet at a support group or anonymously in a web forum. You need someone you can cry desperately with or vent in frustration to, who won't spew platitudes at you and who will understand—in detail—every step you take to have a baby.
It took me a lot of courage to share my story but it wasn't one that was worth hiding because the benefits far outweighed the risks. I am forever grateful for my infertility coaches (I should have named my daughter after them!) for giving me strength, hope and courage. I hope all women out there vocalize their own stories one way or another and build their own teams. Remember, we're all in this together.
Author Dorothy Sasso with baby Claire, born after IVF
Dorothy Sasso wrote for Soap Opera Digest for three years before becoming a private school history teacher for eight years. Currently, she is raising her daughter, writing book reviews and covering Philadelphia events for the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, as well as contributing to the website TV Recappers' Delight.


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The Epic Saga of Finnish Metal
Finland, the small and remote country in the Northeastern corner of Europe, is highly regarded by the global metalhead community. Its capital Helsinki contends for the title of metal world's top spot. A look at the gig listings of the numerous venues and clubs in Helsinki, and elsewhere, confirms that heavy metal and hard rock bands take to the stage daily. Finnish album sales and down- load charts feast on the heavy stuff.
Finland is still a marginal player in the global music industry. Music exports are twenty times smaller in value than they are in neighboring Sweden, and Finland's main music markets are in Europe and the US –which accounts for one-tenth of the total. Nevertheless, Music Export Finland (Musex) claims that exports have risen ten times in value since the millennium and were worth 32 million euros in 2009. A significant proportion of this is likely to have been in heavy metal sales.
A Finnish Brand
To have a unique product proposition is important for a small country like Finland, proud of its distinctive character. As the Finnish Music Information Center suggests: "In our sparsely populated country there is room for music to grow and blossom. There is space for the most diverse of phenomena, with the new and the eccentric rubbing shoulders with the traditional and conventional." Indeed, the Finnish metal apparatus has brought forth many pioneering musical concepts that combine eccentricity with tradition and this has fuelled a crossover appeal to the metal genre.
For example, Amorphis has created a progressive symbiosis of melody and growl rooted in Finnish folklore, particularly on the "Kalevala", the nation's epic work of poetry. Turisas, Finntroll and other acts, have made their mark with "folk/pagan" metal. Nightwish, the prime metal group of the country, has paved the way for throngs of followers that have embraced the domain of operatic landscapes and screaming female soundalikes. While Children of Bodom is known for death metal, HIM has preached its "Love Metal" to fans abroad. If there is someone who comes up with the idea of playing metal with four cellos, like Apocalyptica did, it likely is a Finn.
Heavy metal is fractured into dozens of style categories and subcategories, many of which have a relatively small yet devoted fan base dispersed across the world. In the wake of the best-known acts, others are re- sorting to promotion using social media and touring abroad. Swallow The Sun, Insomnium, and Moonsorrow have reached individual fans and earned respect beyond the Finnish border.
Thus, metal music exports have changed perceptions about Finland. Metal has recently become a major ingredient of Finland's branding and is perhaps as influential as its classical music, with composer Jean Sibelius, ever was. Following the unexpected victory of the monster group Lordi in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006, it was not unusual to hear the Finnish president or foreign minister mention the importance of metal in media, or to witness the prime minister publicly showing the sign of the horns for the press. The 'Finnish Metal' motto, often used both by media, and music practitioners, and internalized by audiences, has propelled a number of smaller and novel bands with notoriety. Through metal, many fans of Finnish bands have also become interested in the history and geography of the country.
Nightwish, a band from Kitee, a small city in the Finnish countryside, is the biggest export article and has sold millions of records. "Imaginaerum", their latest, sold triple platinum in Finland just a couple of days after its release. Total sales have now exceeded 100,000 copies in a country of only 5.4 million inhabitants. The band has truly managed to tack their grandiose atmospheric metal sound into the mainstream. To date, it has gathered over 2.7 million likes on its Facebook site, an impressive number for a Finnish group. Of course, Nightwish has work to do to become a top player in the world stage. Industry giant Metallica has 24.3 million likes and even Evanescence, stylistically the distant American kin of Nightwish, has gathered some 13.6 million hits. But the progressive metal kings Dream Theater are behind with just 2.4 million.
Traditionally, the American music market has been difficult for Finns. Gaining recognition crossing the Atlantic requires intensive touring in geographically dispersed locations. Nightwish has gained most of its international success in mainland Europe and in some South American countries, playing at venues of a capacity of 4,000 to 10,000 and sometimes reaching gold record status. Recent tours covered the whole Globe, yet the challenge is still to win a stronger foothold in the US market.
The current Imaginaerum World Tour kicked off in Los Angeles, unofficially and undercover. The band played at the Key Club in January 2012 and continued its tradition of playing a secret small-scale show with a pseudonym, and used "Rubberband Of Wolves". It was followed by the official tour start in front of some 4,000 people at the Gibson Amphitheater. Imaginaerum also debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at #27 in its first week of release.
Imaginaerum is a concept that is taking Nightwish to a new narrative, a hybrid of an album and a full-length feature film (to be released later in 2012). Novel ideas are also brought forward to add to the visual experience. The concept is praised as a rather unique endeavor not only by the band and fans alike, but also by the metal press. Marketing can be unorthodox with a mix of conventional campaigns, contests, and other means of fan engagement. The first single of the album, the song Storytime, was released through the website of 'Aku Ankka', the Finnish Donald Duck comic. Tuomas Holopainen, the band's keyboard player who is a serious Disney fan, suggested the move. Nightwish also collaborated with Battery Energy Drink, owned and produced by Sinebrychoff (a Finnish company that belongs to the Carlsberg Breweries Group from Denmark). Battery was named as "the official energy drink of Nightwish", and the joint business is being marketed in various ways including the launch of a "Battery Limited Edition by Nightwish" with Nightwish graphics on the can.
Nightwish represents Nordic eccentricity in terms of its concept, but the band is not characteristically Finnish in its appearance. Traits of Finnish culture and mindset are surely present, but the Nightwish narrative, manifested through the lyrical, musical, and visual landscape of the band's albums and concerts, is more universal. The Nightwish universe and mythology is Holopainen's personal vision entangled with many external references to well-known messengers of fan- tasy fairylands. It contains reminiscences of J.R. Tolkien and Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Disney and Tim Burton, Ennio Morricone, Neil Gaiman and Salvador Dali. All are personal favorites of Holopainen and great inspirations for his song writing.
This confluence of Finnish and foreign interests may explain the band's appeal. It may be proof too that music will always embody the values of a particular culture at a given time, but that such values are much more universal now than they have ever been. In the meantime, Finnish metal music may well be said to be coming a full circle, seemingly returning value to the world that inspired it.
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Nelson Agholor briefly stopped to say hello to a couple of former teammates Saturday at the Coliseum.
Former All-American receiver Robert Woods, now of the Buffalo Bills, was there to watch the Trojans go through their first scrimmage drill of spring practice.
Marqise Lee, the 2012 Biletnikoff Award winner and projected first-round NFL draft pick, also roamed the sideline.
After exchanging pleasantries with both, Agholor went out and showed them that he was ready to step into the role as USC's next top receiver.
The junior caught a long touchdown pass from quarterback Cody Kessler and made several other impressive plays during a brief period that included tackling.
"When you label it a scrimmage, it kind of gives it more of a game atmosphere," Agholor said. "When you label it a scrimmage in the Coliseum… there's so much more, like, juice."
Agholor was the standout player for an offense that took advantage of defensive rustiness, at least in terms of tackling.
The Trojans had not been in full pads during the first five spring workouts. Not surprisingly, it looked like a first day Saturday, Coach Steve Sarkisian said.
"Guys were a little sloppy when it came down to actual fundamentals and technique," he said of the tackling.
Agholor and Kessler, who have been roommates, appeared in sync.
"I threw it a few times before he even broke out of his route," Kessler said.
Two years ago, Agholor came on as the third receiver behind Woods and Lee. Last season, he was the No. 2 option behind Lee, but injuries suffered by Lee enabled Agholor to become Kessler's top target in the second half of the season.
He caught 56 passes for 918 yards and six touchdowns.
Agholor did not catch a pass against Washington in 2012, and the Trojans did not play the Huskies last fall. But Sarkisian saw plenty of film of Agholor and watched him in the Las Vegas Bowl.
"You see him making plays or punt returns and you're kind of, 'Oh, that [No.] 15 is pretty good at 'SC," Sarkisian said. "And then you get a chance to coach him. His willingness to prepare, mentally and physically — I've been very impressed by him."
Agholor, sophomore Darreus Rogers and junior Victor Blackwell are taking most of the first-team snaps during spring. Junior George Farmer, who is coming back from knee surgery, is performing most drills but is being held out during live tackling. Redshirt freshman Steven Mitchell also is coming off knee surgery and has been limited.
Sarkisian said Agholor is capable of providing the Trojans with a No. 1 threat similar to Woods and Lee.
"He has the ability to do it," Sarkisian said, "and I think he has the want-to to do it."
Kessler comfortable
Kessler appears comfortable running the new fast-paced no-huddle offense and shows no signs of losing hold of his role as the starter for the second consecutive season.
"I just feel really in the zone right now, and that I can make every throw on the field," he said.
Redshirt freshman Max Browne was victimized by several dropped passes, but he said he still feels "in the hunt" for a shot at the starting job.
Sarkisian has been encouraging Kessler to trust receivers and anticipate throws.
"Max is improving as well," he said, "but I think maybe not at the rapid pace that Cody has been so far."
Quick hits
Tailback Javorius Allen sat out nearly the entire practice after suffering what he described as a right ankle sprain during a drill. Allen, the Trojans' leading rusher last season, said he would probably have X-rays…. Defensive tackle Antwaun Woods is "arguably playing as good as anybody on the field right now," Sarkisian said…. The Trojans resume practice Tuesday.
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Publication Details
Title:Preliminary geologic map of Tertiary rocks in the southeastern part of Lituya district, Alaska
Authors:Miller, D.J.
Publication Date:1953
Publisher:U.S. Geological Survey
Comments:This publication was reclassified with a new publication number in 1975; see below for the updated classification number.
Ordering Info:This publication is out of print. Reproductions may be available. USGS Publications Warehouse
Bibliographic Reference
Miller, D.J., 1953, Preliminary geologic map of Tertiary rocks in the southeastern part of Lituya district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report: Technical Data Unit classification number 81, 2 p., 2 sheets.
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