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Gothenburg rolls past Ord 28-7
Swedes move to 2-0.
ORD—Even though the Swedes never felt threatened by Ord Friday night, Gothenburg coach Craig Haake said his team was not in complete control during the 28-7 win.
"We accomplished what we went to do and that's win a ball game," Haake said, "just maybe not the way we wanted to do it."
There was little emotion in the first half, even as the Swedes cruised out to a 22-0 lead.
"We played much like we practiced last week," the coach said. "When we're focused, we're pretty tough. When we're not, well, let's just say we hope to get better each week."
The Swedes recovered a fumble during Ord's first series of the ballgame but turned the ball over with an interception.
After holding the Chanticleers again and forcing a punt, the Swedes scored on a 23-yard run by Mark Hilderbrand after a short drive.
The two-point conversion was unsuccessful.
Gothenburg forced Ord to punt again and scored quickly on a 60-yard run up the middle by Landen Haake.
"It was a simple iso play that worked just like it's supposed to," the coach said.
With a PAT pass from Hilderbrand to Doran Johnson, the Swedes led 14-0 to close out the first quarter.
The offense had a bit of trouble finishing possessions in the second period. Haake said the boys moved the ball fairly well but stalled on penalties or turnovers.
"We didn't do a good job of putting them away," Haake said.
Gothenburg did manage to score again before halftime.
Haake said the defense set up the offense with a short field and Hilderbrand ran in from 9 yards out. A PAT run by Joel Teahon put the Swedes up 22-0 heading into halftime.
"Defensively we were playing well," Haake said, "but there wasn't a lot of fire."
Strong drives followed by errors continued into the third period. For example, Tannor Mroczek returned a punt for what the crowd thought was a touchdown only to realize the play had been called back due to a penalty.
"It's that kind of stuff that's a little bothersome," Haake said.
On the first series of the fourth period, Ord found the endzone after a short punt by the Swedes set up a quick drive.
Blake Augustyn ran in the 1-yard touchdown.
Gothenburg fumbled on the next possession but held Ord to three and out.
On the punt return, Mroczek looked to be pinned against the sideline but squirted out for the final 54-yard touchdown.
"Ord spent most of the night trying to punt away from him," Haake said of his junior punt returner. "We had them stuck back against the goal line, though, and they didn't have much choice."
The point-after conversion failed.
"We proved that we can't just show up for games," Haake said. "Practice matters and we're going to have to do a better job of that."
Landen Haake led the Swede ground attack with 170 yards on 19 carries.
Hilderbrand was 2-of-7 passing for 13 yards.
Haake said he hopes the boys will have a little more life when Gothenburg hosts Southern Valley this week.
The Eagles, who had an open week this week, are 0-1 after having lost to Cozad 20-8 in the opening game of the season.
"We're not worrying about them right now," Haake said of Southern Valley. "We're going to focus on what we need to work on."
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Quilled Ring of Keys - Ann Martin
A few years ago I became interested in translating found and natural objects into paper filigree; my mission was to make them as realistic as possible. Mostly I replicated plants, but then tried my hand at quilling an ornate key, inspired by one that fits an antique Victrola.
From there I went on to create a few more and put them on a ring, which I also made of paper.
Ring of Keys is one of the pieces that was on display in my show last summer at the Brandywine River Museum. I exhibited it at the annual convention of the North American Quilling Guild too.
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oh my word ! how beautiful are they? exquisite... we are all in awe here...whole family examined them & all very impressed. Really Lovely Ann. =)ReplyDelete
Thanks so much Sharon. I give a lot of credit to the metallic papers. They're wonderful; malleable and strong.ReplyDelete
Ann, this is amazing! Unbelievable!ReplyDelete
How amazing are they?? You must have so much patience and such an eye for detail! Thanks so much for sharing!ReplyDelete
Wwow Ann, when I first saw that I thought "Why is that on a quilling site?" Beautiful!ReplyDelete
WoWie - these replica keys are awesome and totally fool the eye. Just unbelievable to think you could do something like this in paper if I didn't see it with my own eyes. Love love love them. Well done.ReplyDelete
As for your giving credit to the metallic papers, I say, those papers didn't form into keys on their own. You yourself deserve much of the credit for this lovely creation. Awesome!
So glad I found this visual from Folding Trees.
- MonzieJuly 14, 2009 at 9:29 AM
They are divine!ReplyDelete
I couldn't believe my eyes. These keys fashioned with paper are awesome!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! and hooray for the brandywine river museum! Go Delaware!ReplyDelete
These are stunning. I had to really look to see that they were quilled. Beautiful work.ReplyDelete
these are so beautiful!! I couldn't even tell they were made out of paper. wonderful work :)
Fantastic work! Congrats!ReplyDelete
I'd love to see a tutorial on these keys. Ever thought about it? I'd love to learn! They would go well with the boxes I craft! Cheers, JulieReplyDelete
I didn't realize at first sight that these were NOT real keys! Great work, great artist! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Wow, gorgeous work. I would never have believed that they were paper if I hadn't seen the close up picture. Even then....ReplyDelete
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I can't believe how real these look! AMAZING!ReplyDelete
Rachel :)
I love paper and i love making things with paper...these keys are absolutely amazing!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks very much for all the kind comments. Julie, I plan on including instuctions for the keys in a book I'm working on... stay tuned!ReplyDelete
They keys and key ring are outstanding, Ann! Wow.ReplyDelete
(And very glad to read you're working on a book. Yay you!)
These keys are amazing...I had to look twice when I read the word quilling over at Folding Trees.ReplyDelete
- Alysse KJuly 24, 2009 at 2:46 AM
Their amazing!ReplyDelete
These are brilliant! I have added them to my stumbleupon blogReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2009 at 3:36 AM
Any news on your book yet?ReplyDelete
I really would like to get to making keys that look that GREAT ;)
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I. In Focus This Week
Is 2011 the year of voter ID?
Photo identification legislation filed in statehouses across the country
Each day Americans present their photo ID to complete all sorts of daily transactions from purchasing alcohol, to entering government buildings, to flying on airplanes to writing checks. What the majority of Americans still don't do though is present a photo ID to cast a ballot.
While more than half of the states in the U.S. require a voter to show some form of identification in order to cast a ballot there are still only two states, Georgia and Indiana, which require a photo ID with no exceptions (Oklahoma's new law takes effect July 1, 2011). In total, nine states require or request a voter to show photo identification and 18 states require an ID of some sort, ranging from a driver's license to a utility bill.
With statehouses across the country getting back to work in the New Year, experts expect that number to increase in 2011. In a number of states, some legislators are so eager to start the fight that voter ID legislation has been pre-filed in advance of the session.
In the past, the discourse over voter ID has been heated. In South Carolina, legislators walked out of the statehouse in protest and in Texas, one legislator was brought in on a hospital bed in order to vote against voter ID.
"I tend to doubt the dynamics of voter/photo identification will change very much," said Michael J. Pitts, associate professor of law at Indiana University School of Law. "I think you'll see voter/photo ID get passed where Republicans control all the levels of government and generally not get passed where they don't."
Currently, nearly a dozen states have legislation circulating through the process or are planning to introduce it when their sessions convene. Here is a sampling of some of that legislation:
Mississippi: In 2009, voter photo ID legislation fell one vote short of passage in Mississippi. Following the defeat, supporters of photo ID garnered enough signatures to place a photo ID initiative on the ballot for the next general election. In spite of that, at least one voter photo ID piece of legislation has been filed. HB0233 would require a photo ID and proof of citizenship to vote. In addition, another piece of legislation HB0462 would provide a free Mississippi voter photo ID card for any voter who does not have a driver's license.
Missouri: The legislature in the Show Me state want voters to show them their IDs and are once again tackling photo ID in the 2011 session. SB3 requires a voter to show some form of state or federal issued photo ID. The legislation also provides for reimbursement from the state for "all costs incurred by the election authority associated with implementing the new identification requirements."
Montana: H152 amends the state's current voter ID law—which allows a voter to show a photo ID or two other types of ID — to limit possible types of ID to photo only. The bill has been referred to the House State Administration Committee.
North Carolina: Although no legislation has yet been filed — the General Assembly convenes on Jan. 26 — Republican members of the Assembly have said that passing photo ID legislation in the first 100 days of the session is a top priority. Although the Republicans now control the General Assembly which experts say makes the passage of photo ID more likely, Gov. Bev Perdue is not necessarily sold on the idea.
South Carolina: The very first bill filed in this year's session S1 would require voters to show a photo ID to vote. If the voter does not have a photo ID, they may cast a provisional ballot. Exceptions are made for religious opposition to having a photo taken.
Texas: Rep. Charles Anderson pre-filed HB539 on Jan. 6 which would require a voter to show a photo ID or two forms of other ID including a utility bill or bank statement. In addition House Elections Committee Chairman Todd Smith, who led the charge over voter ID in 2009, introduced HB401. The legislation is modeled after Georgia's photo ID law and in addition to requiring a photo ID to vote would also authorize creation of a voter identification card. According to the Star-Telegram, the outlook for a voter ID measure has changed dramatically after a Republican sweep in the November elections and two Democrats' recent defections.
Wisconsin: This week, Republicans in Wisconsin introduced a bill that would require a photo ID to vote in the Badger state. According to the legislators, the bill is modeled after Indiana's voter ID law and would allow voters only to cast a ballot with a photo ID, those without would cast a provisional ballot. The legislation includes a provision to provide free identification to those who cannot afford it and would exempt those living in senior housing or nursing homes if an election official is sent to the facility. In addition to introducing the legislation, Representative Jeff Stone and Senator Joe Leibham also announced their plans to amend the state's constitution to include voter photo ID.
Voter ID, and in particular photo ID, played a central role in several states during the 2010 campaign cycle. Although nothing has yet to make its way through the legislative pipeline, expectations are high that Colorado, Iowa, Kansas and New Mexico will see movement on the voter ID front this legislative session. All states are now in session or will be by the end of the month.
"My sense is that for better or for worse, the trend toward the adoption of photo identification requirements at the state level will continue," Pitts said. "Moreover, with the federal government now divided between Democrats and Republicans, there is no prospect for federal legislation that would pre-empt state photo identification laws."
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LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) — The family of an American tour operator and Christian missionary who has been detained in North Korea for the past nine months is renewing calls for his release as concerns about his health mount.
Kenneth Bae was arrested last November, when he was accused of "hostile acts" against the government, and has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor — farming beans, potatoes and other vegetables.
His recent letters home have portrayed troubling health conditions, including blurred vision that could be associated with his diabetes, his sister, Terri Chung, said Wednesday during an interview at her mother's home in the north Seattle suburb of Lynnwood.
"He doesn't know how much longer his body can stand the physical labor," Chung said. "Eight hours a day, six days a week in the fields — it's not the kind of thing the average American is used to."
Bae, a 45-year-old father of three, was born in South Korea and immigrated to the U.S. with his parents and sister in 1985. For the past seven years he has been living in China, and a couple of years ago began leading small tour groups, mostly of American and Canadian citizens, into a "special economic zone" designed to encourage commerce in the northeastern region of Roson in North Korea, Chung said.
Chung said the family has few details about why her brother was imprisoned. She said she is familiar with a video of him taken several years ago, in which he advocates bringing Americans to North Korea for a mass prayer session to bring about the reunification of North and South Korea.
"His personal convictions and his beliefs as a Christian may have been deemed as, I don't know, perhaps hostile acts, but all I know is that he only had the best of intentions to help the people," Chung said. "Maybe he was a little bit overzealous, I'm not sure."
The family has largely remained quiet as State Department officials and others have called for Bae's release because they were concerned about fouling back-channel efforts to free him, she said.
But with the North Koreans allowing the release of an interview with Bae in his cell last month and with Bae himself urging them in his letters to take a more prominent role, "it seemed like this was the time to speak up."
Chung and her mother, Myunghee Bae, scheduled a prayer vigil Saturday at a Seattle church and have granted a series of news interviews. They said that in addition to his diabetes, Bae has an enlarged heart and a bad back, and in the video released last month he appeared to have lost 30 to 40 pounds since his imprisonment.
Bae is at least the sixth American detained in North Korea since 2009. The others were eventually allowed to leave without serving out their terms, some after clemency missions by prominent Americans, including former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.
North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong Un, has the power to grant special pardons under the constitution.
There is no sign yet that a high-profile American envoy is set to travel to North Korea, Chung said.
Analysts have suggested North Korea is using Bae as a diplomatic bargaining chip. The country remains locked in a standoff with the U.S. and its allies for continuing to develop nuclear weapons despite United Nations sanctions.
The family has received five batches of letters from Bae, the most recent on Wednesday, she said. He wrote that he has been treated well and has access to a doctor, and that he has been wearing a hat and placing a towel on his neck to protect himself from the sun while he works.
He had hoped to be released in time for the 70th birthday of his father last month and had been planning a family reunion in Hawaii to celebrate it. Now, Chung said, the family hopes to reschedule it when he's released.
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
How can a positive diagnosis of Asperger's help an already established adult?
35 comments:
- Rachel said...
Great post, Gavin.
Getting diagnosed with Asperger's later in life has been a great relief to me. I've gone through a lot of post-diagnosis grief, but it's had less to do with the diagnosis, and more to do with recognizing what was there all along: that I'd never reach that elusive goal of becoming "just like everyone else." It's difficult to face these things, but I wouldn't give up this process for anything. I am seeing myself more clearly and understanding more about my life than I could have without the diagnosis. For me, that is a tangible and crucial benefit.
My greatest frustration is the lack of services for Asperger's adults. Think of how many adults have been autistic all their lives and don't know it yet! I wish there were some sort of outreach to people who have lived 30+ years with this condition and can't understand what's up with them.
- October 20, 2009 at 9:39 AM
- Dave Angel said...
That's an interesting article Gavin. The benefits are much higher for children than adults. Rachel's comment is also so true - a huge lack of services for adults. But to be honest even children's specialist services are pretty limited. I couldn't work out if you are saying you actually had an adult diagnosis or not Gavin?
- October 20, 2009 at 10:53 AM
- Dave Angel said...
Very true Gavin and also Rcahel's point about a lack of services. But to be honest children's servcies are not as good as they could be in most parts of the world. Thanks for interesting article Gavin.
- October 20, 2009 at 10:55 AM
- Dave Angel said...
Oops just saw that my 1st and 2nd commenst went through direct to you Gavin - sorry I thought there was an error!
- October 20, 2009 at 10:56 AM
- Gavin Bollard said...
Hi Dave,
I did get diagnosed but it was only relatively recently - aged 37 - and in response to the discovery of my son's diagnosis.
It hasn't brought me any tangible benefit but I do feel better.
- October 20, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- M said...
i read about a lot of adults getting the diagnosis and reacting with a sense of "so that explains it". it's basically positive, adds clarity. i just never reacted this way, it's been a tough pill to swallow. my sense is that it really depends on where you are as an adult, in your life. if a family, career are in progress...then having a diagnosis = self-understanding, it's good to know. not a big deal. but if someone has been isolated, isn't doing very well in terms of large-scale life milestones...then it can be a raw, painful thing. finding out that there was an undiagnosed condition, that's sort of bitter realization. knowing that the differences that have contributed to one's difficulties are then going to be there for life, making progress with the milestones difficult, every step of the way...that it's a long road from that point on, all uphill...anyway. self-knowledge is good...sometimes. it can also be painful, dangerous, a thing with edges.
- October 20, 2009 at 2:15 PM
My husband and I have been spending thousands of dollars on child therapy for our aspergers 9 year old. I am glad to say we can stop spending money after all these years, and start reading your blog it has givin us a real ray of hope so much more than any therapy session thank you
- October 20, 2009 at 2:23 PM
I'm 21 and only recently found out. I've been ecstatic!
For one thing, I spend several hours a day rocking, which I'd been trying to quit since I was a teenager. My family always told me I was a freak for it, and it's a huge time waster. If I could dedicate that much time to anything else I'd be much better off. It's something that caused me a great deal of shame my whole life. It's also made school and work difficult as I often would rock instead of doing homework or going to class or work. When I get stressed out I tend to stop functioning and start rocking (although only in private). Finding out why I rock was revolutionary.
It also brought to light issues I wasn't aware of before and gave me and my boyfriend a chance to talk through them.
I'm a lot better off now.
- October 20, 2009 at 2:25 PM
- Gavin Bollard said...
I can never understand why people place so much emphasis on milestones.
I had three things I wanted to do;
1. Get a Degree
2. Go Overseas
3. Get married and have Kids
I achieved the last of the three about 6 years ago and I don't have any more. I'm done.
I was rushed to hospital earlier this year with a heart issue and as I was lying in the bed, I thought... "well, if this is the end, that's ok. I guess I could go now".
My wife was obviously not too happy about this comment and I can see why. The listmaker in me has ticked the last tickbox.
I think it would probably be better if I stopped living the milestones and started enjoying life for what it provides on a day-to-day basis.
- October 20, 2009 at 2:54 PM
- JenM said...
For most I can see where an adult diagnosis doesn't give you much but as the wife of an adult diagnosed with Aspergers I DO see a benefit.
I have been married for 15 years and only in the last year and a half have I started to really understand my husband. At least for us there was a communication gap that drove me crazy and didn't bother him much at all.
With out going into tons of detail let me just say that after reading everything I could get my hands on and talking to an expert both my husband and I are happier with our relationship. In our case at least diagnosis lead to a very positive outcome.
- October 20, 2009 at 3:41 PM
- M said...
"I think it would probably be better if I stopped living the milestones and started enjoying life for what it provides on a day-to-day basis."
i certainly don't think living for the sake of filling out a checklist is the way to go. but basic, basic milestones...compasionhsip, friendships, having a child...i think it's okay to desire these, feel pained at their absence. i probably just should have used a better word than milestone since, as you indicate, it connotes a checklist sort of mentality.
- October 20, 2009 at 3:45 PM
- Catana/Sylvie Mac said...
Everybody's different, of course, but for me, the benefits are tangible and important. I just wish I'd known about my Asperger's before I became a widow. It would have helped my marriage. I was delighted when Asperger's filled in the last gaps of my self-knowledge. It's made a huge difference in my life.
- October 20, 2009 at 11:42 PM
- Sir Wobin said...
I have 3 reasons for seeking a professional diagnosis:
1) I use words "strangely" sometimes. I can be very literal and sometimes people think I'm poking fun at them or being sarcastic which isn't so. It would be nice if I can explain why so that we might better get over the miscommunication. Dealing with police and authorities worries me especially in this regard.
2) I have classic level of detail problems at work. I don't want my management to think I'm slacking or thick but they might need to be explicit in telling me what they want.
3) My coping mechanisms are quite good and many friends and family members simply don't believe that this is the case. I can see their point that self diagnosis from something I read on the Internet can be quite suspicious.
In each of these cases it's about being believed that I really do have AS and that I'm not just being difficult. I really want to be believed in these situations and it's important enough for me to spend the money.
- October 21, 2009 at 9:06 PM
- Lee said...
Gavin, I felt exactly as you did when I was diagnosed as an adult as relating to the initial feeling of depression. I looked back at my life's choices, hobbies, pursuits, friends, (or lack thereof). I felt, and was told, that I was a uniquely different individual, then later learned upon diagnosis, that my choices had been "typical" of a person with AS. This saddened me, as I began to wonder, how individual am I, am I just an Aspie, no free will here? I know, too deep for me as well. Yes, I also am a list maker as well, wife always complaining I can't live in the present but am always projecting future goals/results. That all being said, the depression did give way to relief, as I felt a peace about who I am and why I am. Keep up the great blog, enjoying it as always.
- October 21, 2009 at 11:32 PM
- eaucoin said...
Gavin, I wonder if the reason why you fared so well even before being diagnosed is that you had another disability which was recognized. Was there maybe less obsession with how you were different since one way you were different was recognized and accepted? In terms of what you missed hearing, some of it was probably verbal abuse that would have damaged your emotional resilience. When I look at my own siblings, it's not the one with the greatest handicap who fared the worst, but the one whose difficulties were not recognized as evidence of being disabled but instead were attributed to selfishness, stubborness or laziness.
- October 22, 2009 at 3:33 AM
- Tyler Mac said...
You are very precise with your research, i myself am diagnosed with Aspergers, i just find it so hard, i thinnk for the beat suggestion for our children is to have them checked early.
- October 23, 2009 at 1:49 AM
- DJ Kirkby said...
I feel that being diagnosed with AS at the age fo 40 was very life enhancing. I can now explain to people, with just a few words, why I am the way I am. I felt no grief and have moved forwards at a great pace. Life is still a daily struggle but it is now a struggle with a purpose.
- October 23, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- Lee said...
Gavin I sure hope your heart issue is ok. I related to many parts of your post, especially the initial feeling of depression when I realized all the quirky habits and mannerisms which I thought made me unique suddenly just seemed to be manifestations of the Asperger's. I wondered how much free will I was exercising, and how much was being created by my "condition". Now I have come to to accept myself and feel truly relieved that there is an explanation for everything I do. Keep up the great posts, and I hope you are well.
- October 23, 2009 at 8:35 PM
- Lee said...
I realize I posted nearly the same thing twice, I thought the first post was lost, my apologies.
- October 27, 2009 at 2:22 PM
At 39 years old I have yet to get the official diagnosis. I am working on getting it for free through the State. I just recently discovered that I probably have Asperger's in the last 2 years. My daughter has just been diagnosed with it, she's 20. I can see it in my 2 other children as well.
For me the diagnosis will be a positive thing. It helps me understand why I have been on the outside my entire life. What I am sad about is the same thing I've been sad about since I was younger, that I can't relate to people and am left out by most. As an adult I am struggling in the work place, like Sir Wobin's experience, because of needing to hear instructions explicitly to understand them which makes me look like an idiot. Taking things too literally is hurting me at work too. So, I'm sad about the way this affects my life but happy to know why I am the way I am.
- October 31, 2009 at 6:38 AM
- Bea said...
I don't have a diagnosis of Aspergers and in fact work with children with severe autism. I have recently came to realise that I fit the profile of someone with aspergers and actually it does and always had quite an effect on my life. I am looking at exploring a private assessment as I feel that it would actually explain a lot of things in my life and would like that confirmation.
- November 12, 2009 at 7:28 AM
- Zena Warrior Princess said...
Thank you for your informative posts. I am new to blogging and have not quite figured out how to leave comments or encourage others to read my blog. I am a wife of someone with Asperger's Syndrome/characteristics of AS. I have loved him for five years and from the start, knew he had Asperger's but am still learning and growing in my comprehension of his brain type and my brain type and how we can work together and grow together. Would love to hear from you and have you subscribe to my blog as I am looking to establish a support system and to educate myself more about this brain type. Thank you.
- November 12, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- Gavin Bollard said...
The best ways to promote your blog are to;
a. Include it as part of your signature on forums in which you post.
b. Comment on other people's posts as yourself. This often encourages the original bloggers to follow your comments back to your blog and become "followers".
If you want to contact me you can either do it via my Facebook page or via the Kontactr link on the blog. Both of these are worthwhile additions to your own blog.
Good luck.
- November 12, 2009 at 2:44 PM
- Lee said...
I was diagnosed two years ago, aged 47. It has been a very positive experience for me; I'm now financially much better off and am receiving regular support from Social Services. Unfortunately the damage done by all those decades of social isolation cannot be undone.
- May 8, 2011 at 9:29 PM
- johndoughy said...
This article is very true. I found out and it did leave me feeling the most screwed up I've felt in years for about a week, but since then, I have seen everything differently, and know what I am working with.
I appreciate your blog, perhaps it seems silly sometimes(as it does to me) to write about yourself constantly and in depth, but comparing your posts to myself, my wife will see things better for what they are. So I appreciate this blog, for my wife's sake!
- June 10, 2011 at 7:14 AM
How much ways did I try to solve my problems... finding friends, finding a woman... finding a job.
You run around and never get things accomplished, or if you can start something, it ends in chaos...
...and try again and again.
And then ... becoming discouraged.
Maybe later trying again... and failing again...
...with different approaches...
...and never get it done.
Then a diagnosis on Asperger (I have none so far but want to get a yes/no on that topic from an expert soon) would blow away the haze.
Some things I might never get done; or maybe I get it done with a different approach...
...not in trying to be "like the others", because I don't know how to do that.
If for example I try to say nice things to a newly met woman, and this is coming out of my ratio, and my own thinking about the situation... no wonder that it always go wrong, and she might become pissed of by me.
And if I try to imitate the other men, but I can't do it that way, it will always look clumsy. => fails too
But knowing, that I will never be able to do it "the normal way" (or one of the many "normal" approaches of NT's I know that I have to radically change my strategy.
Then I see it's not my fault to be a loner. Sometimes I enjoy it, but often I hate to be one.
I'm in the mid 40-ies and was most of the time of my life alone. And I looked for ways to change that. The NT's way did not worked for me.
And I doubt it will ever work for me.
So, a diagnosis on Aspergers would show me clearly: this and that can never work for me.
And I see it as a possibility,
start trying to solve the problems in an Aspies way, inmstead of a not-for-me-worlking NT's way.
I really hated me to not get things done. A diagnosis would help me a lot.
I had many psychotherapies and they helped only little.... because the psychologists didn't know about Aspergers and tried to impose other diagnoses on me, which always were nonsense.
- July 18, 2011 at 3:51 AM
- rekall said...
"but i do feel better" is a benefit inherent in the process of seeking advice, i'd say...
i'd often suspected myself a self-titled "highly functional autistic of some sort" but arrived at an initial diagnosis of asperger's today during my second session with a psychotherapist (ever).
so now at least he and i can work on developing "tricks" i can essentially play on my own mind whenever i need to successfully interact with mere mortals in my midst ;-)
Age 35, here.
- January 12, 2012 at 11:38 AM
Excellent article. As a woman with both her children diagnosed with Aspergers and seeing a lot of traits in myself I've contemplated the merits of getting a formal diagnosis. However, giving my unique way of being a label offers no benefit. As a family we already embrace our "weird" and "special way" of looking at the world. I do think for kids it can offer a lot of benefits, and it definitely helps in the long term to recognize that being different isn't always a bad thing. We consider Autism a gift.
- February 6, 2012 at 11:33 AM
I am very sure I have Asperger's. I'm 20, though, and my mother didn't believe in doctors so she never got me help.
I am seeking a diagnosis because I feel like I need help. I know what I'm doing with my life (becoming an academic) but I need social help and help dealing with all this stimulation....if I don't get it I'm afraid that my intellectual life will suffer, and it's the only part of life that brings me joy and happiness. It's who I am.
Are there services for adults who get diagnosed? I hope so, because this is tough.
- April 2, 2012 at 10:49 AM
- Marley Kool said...
Hello, and thankyou for your friendly and simply informative blog. :)
I am 53 years old and have flirted over the recent year with the possibility that I may live with aspergers
I recently read a news article about an 18 yo working and living with as, and due to the events surrounding me, and the emotional turmoil they have illicited, it was glaringly obvious, that I do live with this.
I then found my as clearly and simply explained here http://autism.about.com/od/aspergerssyndrome/tp/whygetasdx.htm
I have fought all my life to fit in, feeling like I am the only person like me on the planet. I snub, ignore, and push people away, to protect myself from the non-acceptance and rejection that I will perceive. I see myself as selfish, self-centred, self-obsessed and most of all - scared, that there has been and is no way out of my profound lonliness. My husband is always there for me and we have four beautiful children, hey, what could I want for more ? But I do. :)
- April 20, 2012 at 10:01 AM
- SYM said...
"You begin to understand why you never felt like you fitted in."
hit the nail on the head, though at nearly 40, I will probably never be diagnosed, just understanding why I'm different, that I'm not a freak has changed my life forever.
we are going through the process of diagnosing my daughter and I worry a little about teaching her social skills when I don't have them, but will cross that bridge when I come to it . . . :)
- December 22, 2012 at 7:17 PM
Labels aren't the problem itself: If find it counterproductive to insinuate that they are, even in passing.
Furthermore, people who pass on genetic conditions, whatever they are, ARE responsible for their children's suffering. For the obvious reason that, if they had not procreated, no one would have suffered.
And back on the topic of labels: they are FREEING. That is because they explain why you are the way you are in ways that people cannot ask you to change, e.g. "oh just snap out of it!!!". Why in the WORLD did you react with depression? That's a non-sequitur if I ever saw one.
- December 29, 2012 at 6:40 AM
If you look at the long list of social difference makers with aspergers or some element of an ASD, it's rather apparent to me that Baron Cohen's proposal of a redesignation of Asperger's to a difference of development rather than a "disorder" makes a lot of sense. I don't consider myself as having a disorder. I consider myself part of the small percentage who have a more socially evolved cognitive process, more dependent on logic and honest, less on emotional reaction and self-protective guile.
- July 14, 2013 at 7:55 AM
I started to realize that I have Aspergers around 2 years ago, but would never seek a diagnosis. I just don't see a need for myself, not saying that it wouldn't be the right choice for others. I will say, coming to the conclusion that I have Aspergers was freeing. I no longer felt like a misfit. I knew none of the odd encounters were my fault and finally learned to be comfortable with myself. I'm not nearly as hard on myself when social encounters don't go the way I'd like them to go. I also don't put myself in the same situations as I used to. My husband used to have a hard time with my behavior and now he understands it perfectly. Our relationship is so much better because he understands I have certain limitations and am not purposely being a jerk.
- September 25, 2015 at 1:06 PM
The psychiatrist told me getting a diagnosis wouldn't do much for me as I am unwilling to change but she has arranged one for me regardless of this. I have been ignoring what happened during and following my visit to her and do not know how to react to it. It seems to me like a lot of bother for something of no large importance. However, a positive diagnosis will explain to me and to others the reasons for my behaviour. Perhaps I may also become more 'myself' and stop trying to copy the behaviour of my friends and colleagues (rather poorly, apparently). Like the psychiatrist told me, I think it will make little difference but there are benefits which will hopefully make it worthwile.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will return to the roots of his ministry during a trip to Brazil this July for World Youth Day. The Vatican says the pontiff will visit one of Rio de Janeiro's slums as part of his week-long visit. As archbishop of Buenos Aires, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio (HOHR'-hay behr-GOHG'-lee-oh) often worked and preached in Argentina's slums.


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When Netflix's "House of Cards" vies with cable series "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men" for best drama honors at the Emmy Awards, it will be a milestone in the coming-of-age of online entertainment.
The political thriller, the first online program to compete for the top trophy, is part of a video universe explosion that's added streaming services including Netflix and websites like YouTube to broadcast, cable and satellite TV delivery.
The Emmy ceremony, airing at 8 p.m. EDT Sunday on CBS with host Neil Patrick Harris, will boast its fair share of movie stars, among them TV movie nominees Michael Douglas and Matt Damon for the Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra" and Al Pacino and Helen Mirren for "Phil Spector."
There could be history made: "Scandal" star Kerry Washington, the first African-American nominee for best actress in a drama since Cicely Tyson in 1995 for "Sweet Justice," would be the first ever to win.
ABC's "Modern Family" has the chance at its fourth consecutive best comedy series trophy.
AMC's "Mad Men" is tied with past greats "Hill Street Blues," "The West Wing," and "L.A. Law." Last year, Showtime's "Homeland" played spoiler by taking the trophy and is nominated again along with PBS' "Downton Abbey" and HBO's "Game of Thrones."
Bryan Cranston is bidding for a fourth lead-actor trophy for "Breaking Bad," facing competitors including Kevin Spacey of "House of Cards" and Jon Hamm of "Mad Men."
Spacey, his co-star Robin Wright and Jason Bateman of Netflix's comedy "Arrested Development" are the first to snare lead online series bids.
There have been Internet nominees before, such as last year's "Web Therapy" and "30 Rock: The Webisodes" in a short-format category, but not in the premier fields of acting and best series.
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Ke$ha & Rita Ora: New Year's Eve Performances for MTV!
Check out Ke$ha and Rita Ora performing during New Year's Eve for MTV's Club NYE 2013 in New York City's Times Square.
The "Die Young" singer and the 22-year-old British singer joined Sean Kingston, Conor Maynard, and Ne-Yo, who kicked off the show with his hit song "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)".
Rita got the crowd pumping during "This Is How We Do (Party)," while Ke$ha closed the show with her new single "C'mon."
On the same day, Ke$ha tweeted, "Happy NEW YEAR ANIMALS!! Let's make 2013 the MOST MAGICAL YEAR EVER!!!!!!"
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As Life Time Fitness grows its portfolio nationally, Lifestyle Family Fitness is drastically cutting back its operations, focusing its efforts instead in its home state of Florida.
Last month, in a deal that involved two top 10 club companies on Club Industry's Top 100 Clubs list, Life Time acquired four Lifestyle clubs, two each in the Indianapolis and Columbus, OH, areas. Before the deal is finalized, though, Life Time could acquire more Lifestyle clubs, including up to five of the six Lifestyle clubs in North Carolina, says Jason Thunstrom, vice president of public relations and corporate communications for Chanhassen, MN-based Life Time. (Update: As of Dec. 1, Life Time is operating a total of nine former Lifestyle clubs, Thunstrom says.)
With the sale and club closures, St. Petersburg, FL-based Lifestyle is leaving the Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina markets entirely. It closed six clubs in Ohio, two clubs in Indianapolis and, according to Thunstrom, is closing the remaining club in North Carolina (Cary). The company, which had 55 clubs before the sale, now has 33 clubs—all in Florida—where it plans to make investments and upgrades. (Lifestyle closed two Florida clubs this month.)
Lifestyle made its first foray into Columbus in 2005 when it purchased eight former California Fitness Clubs.
"A lot of club companies grew at the height of the market—2005, 2006, 2007," says Geoff Dyer, founder and former CEO of Lifestyle Family Fitness. "We developed clubs when rents were high and the economy was at a very high level as far as economic growth and employment. Subsequent to that time, we've seen continuous increases in unemployment levels, and there's been a lot of rent reductions that other businesses have been able to enjoy and grow with. We didn't have those privileges.
"We had clubs that we had built that hadn't fully matured, some that had. Some of those markets were doing extremely well. It was really a great opportunity for us to do something with Life Time that made us elect not to continue our growth in those states."
The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Although Life Time is a public company, the company is not compelled to disclose the terms of each deal individually and instead reports all acquisition investments in an aggregated manner each quarter, Thunstrom says.
In a statement, Bahram Akradi, Life Time's chairman, president and CEO, said that once the company absorbs the integration costs in the deal, it expects the acquisition "to be neutral to slightly accretive" to its 2012 earnings.
"Consistent with our long-held strategy, the acquisition and operation of these clubs, which are similar to our existing, smaller format Life Time centers, brings an infill opportunity to markets in which we already operate large Life Time destinations," Akradi said in the statement. "We are excited to extend our Healthy Way of Life programs, services and certified experts to a new base of members as we further expand in these current Life Time markets via this agreement."
Life Time already operates a large-format club in Indianapolis and two large-format clubs in the Columbus area. It also operates a large-format club in Cary, NC, where Lifestyle had also operated.
Thunstrom says that since 1995, the company has strategically placed smaller-format clubs in areas in which Life Time operates large-format clubs in order to "extend our Life Time–Healthy Way of Life presence in those markets." Examples of the smaller-format clubs include five in Minnesota (Apple Valley, Bloomington, Highland Park, New Hope and Roseville) and three in Texas (North Dallas, Premiere Place and Kingwood).
"Regardless of square footage, however, all of our centers bring the Life Time look, finish and brand consistency consumers have come to expect," Thunstrom says.
Dyer says Life Time and Akradi have shown an interest in Lifestyle for quite some time.
"We've always had a great relationship with Life Time, and I've always had a good relationship with Bahram Akradi," Dyer says. "We've talked about this being a possibility as many as three or four years ago. This wasn't something that just happened in 90 days. It was something that I think in the back of his mind, he has probably always considered this to be an option for Life Time. In many respects, [Lifestyle] is very similar to [Life Time's] model—month-to-month memberships, mid-price-level price points, not dissimilar operationally. I don't consider this to be an unusual outcome. It was a matter of time anyway."
Life Time is No. 3 on the Top 100 Clubs list this year with a reported $912.8 million in 2010 revenue. Prior to the announcement of the acquisition, Life Time operated 92 clubs in 21 states, so the deal could potentially put Life Time over the 100 clubs mark. The company grew revenue by 11.4 percent in third quarter 2011 and by 10.7 percent for the first nine months of 2011. It expects to generate at least $1 billion this year. Next year, the company plans to open three new clubs, including one in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and another in Tulsa, OK.
Lifestyle is No. 10 on the Top 100 Clubs list with a reported $102.4 million in 2010 revenue.
Dyer, who will operate the two remaining clubs in Ohio as well as remain a member of Lifestyle's board, says Life Time's acquisition is a good one overall for the industry.
"It's going to create a lot of opportunities," he says. "[Life Time is] a high-value proposition, and I think when you've got so many low-price clubs opening, it's good to see someone investing with confidence in that area."


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UPDATED: Thousands of Market Basket part-timers told not to report to work; company says it's not a layoffBY MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 07. 2014 3:04PM
Thousands of part-time Market Basket employees in New Hampshire have been told not to report to work next week, but co-CEO Felicia Thornton said they are not being laid off.
"All Store Directors are to let their associates know that they are not laid off," Thornton said in a statement. "All Store Directors as part of their normal responsibilities are able to and often do reduce hours but they need to make clear when doing so that the individuals are still employees of DSM."
The New Hampshire Union Leader has confirmed at least 3,000 part-time workers in New Hampshire have had all their hours cut for next week's schedule.
Gov. Maggie Hassan on Thursday estimated that company's part-time workforce totaled nearly 8,000 in New Hampshire across about 30 stores. Statements from the governor and the state Attorney General's Office referenced laid-off workers.
Some store managers interviewed Thursday called the move layoffs while others referred to them only as cuts in hours.
Steve Paulenka, a top organizer of recent worker rallies who lives in Londonderry, said an estimated 20,000 part-timers working in the chain's 71 stores across three states were expected to be affected.
"If you know anyone at the unemployment office, they better put on a second shift," Paulenka said.
Store managers said they were cutting all part-timer's hours, effective Sunday, in an effort to better match payroll with cash-register receipts amid a customer boycott that has reduced sales by up to 96 percent at some locations.
Manchester store manager Peter Gulezian said he gave notices to 240 part-time workers.
"People were crying. They just couldn't believe what's happening to them," said Gulezian, who has been with Market Basket 31 years. "In the history of our company, we've never had to do this."
Gulezian said 65 to 70 full-time workers and managers work at the store, but sales are not enough to keep them employed.
"I'm still not going to achieve my payroll rate," he said. "I guess my next step is to lay off my full-time workers and managers. That could come the following week."
Several workers were picketing along Manchester's Elm Street.
"It stinks for us," said Melissa Noel, who works at the front end and has been at Market Basket for six months. She makes $8 an hour and usually got 20 to 25 hours a week. She said her husband is disabled: his paycheck covers rent and the car payment. Her check is supposed to provide food and pay other bills. She expects her initial unemployment claim will be denied, and she will have to appeal, a process that could take four to six weeks.
"Where are we going to come up with the money? We still have rent, still have bills," the Manchester resident said. "A lot of us, we live paycheck to paycheck."
Attorney General Joseph Foster reported that his office was receiving "numerous" telephone calls from employees of Market Basket reporting that they have been laid off from their jobs and were instructed to call the Attorney General's Office.
"Unlike the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office does not handle employment issues; New Hampshire Employment Security and the New Hampshire Department of Labor do," Foster said.
Affected workers can call 1-800-266-2252 or 223-6126 for unemployment questions and claims. Also the Attorney General's Office does not handle unemployment claims or wage-and-hour issues. Those questions should be directed to the state Department of Labor at 271-3176.
The Nashua store at 375 Amherst St. eliminated all hours for about 380 part-time workers, according to Store Director Marty Maguire.
"We have very upset employees," Maguire said. "We have employees crying and begging me for hours. Some of these households, that's the only income."
The Londonderry store is cutting all hours for 470 part-time workers, according to Jim Theriault, a site manager.
"This is going to be pretty devastating for many of them," he said.
The Hooksett store is cutting hours for all 297 part-time positions, according to Store Director Ray Castles. The store is keeping 33 full-time workers and 16 managers.
The Stratham store is cutting all hours to all 200 part-time workers to help cut payroll because the store's business is down as much as 96 percent, according to Store Director Dean Clevesy.
"It's mathematically impossible to make payroll," he said.
He has seen the reaction mixed among the affected workers.
"We've had good and bad," he said. "Some people are accepting. Other people very sad. A lot of tears. Heart-broken."
Epping Store Director Cindy Whelan said the 350 to 375 part-timers there will get no hours next week. Also, fewer than 10 full-time workers will go from 40 to 38 hours next week but maintain their eligibility for health insurance, she said.
"I didn't think it would come to this ever," Whelan said. "We were accustomed to a sense of security under the leadership of (Arthur T. Demoulas) and it's actually shock and awe."
Workers want company shareholders to return Demoulas to his position of running the company again. He has put in a bid to buy the remaining 50.5 percent of the family that his side of the family doesn't control.
Market Basket executives have said they are weighing offers from him and other potential suitors.
Kenny Caira, manager at the Market Basket at 34 Northwest Blvd. in Nashua, said he has 280 part-time workers who will not be scheduled to work next week.
"The morale is getting pretty bad at this point," Caira said. "The kids are getting pretty upset, and they just don't understand why this is happening."
While there is a mix of younger and older part-time employees, Caira said most of the staff is young adults who depend on the work hours and income.
At another Nashua store at 261 Daniel Webster Highway, 500 part-timers won't get any hours next week, according to store manager Scott Marsden.
"It is heart-wrenching," he said. " I have known some of these guys for 12 or 14 years. It is heart-wrenching to see them in tears."
Customers have been boycotting stores for weeks, siding with workers and cutting cash register receipts by 90 percent or more, according to store managers, in support of returnining ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas to his position with the company.
Paulenka said he can't understand how company management could conduct a three-day job fair this week after sending out a directive to store directors on Aug. 1 telling them their staffing needs to be better aligned with their store sales.
"How the hell can they have a job fair looking for more people when your own directive says to get rid of people?" asked Paulenka.
Reporters Mark Hayward and Dan Tuohy as well as correspondents Kimberly Houghton and April Guilmet contributed to this report.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 21, 2007) - The ETSU women's tennis team fell to the No. 12 Vanderbilt Commodores Sunday afternoon, 7-0 at the Currey Tennis Center. ETSU falls to 2-2 on the season while Vanderbilt improves to 2-0.
Vanderbilt took the early 1-0 lead as they swept all three doubles matches. Olya Batsula (
The Commodores took the 5-0 advantage in singles plays, as junior Olya Batsula fell to No. 11 Amanda Taylor, 6-3, 6-0 in the No. 1 position, while Yevgeniya Stupak fell to No. 7 Taka Bertrand, 6-0, 6-3 in the No. 2 position.
In the No. 3 slot Tara Byrne fell to Courtney Ulery, 6-2, 6-4 as junior Elena Volobueva (
Senior Masha Ilina and sophomore Vita Moskaliova extended their matches to three sets but fell to No. 9 Catherine Newman and Caroline Ferrell. Ilina fell to Newman, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the No. 4 position while Moskaliova fell to Ferrell, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 in the No. 6 position.
"For the second day in a row we played for four hours. It's pretty good when we play a Top 20 team for that long. It just shows that we are getting better as a team," said head coach Steve Brooks. "Overall I was real happy with the way we played, we almost took away a couple of matches. Even though some of the scores don't show it we had a lot of game point opportunities that we just didn't convert on them. Hopefully we can get a little bit better at converting on them.
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No. 2- No. 7 Taka Bertrand (VU) def. Yevgeniya Stupak (ETSU) 6-0, 6-3
No. 3- Courtney Ulery (VU) def. Tara Byrne (ETSU) 6-2, 6-4
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Fifteen Sundance Films to Get Excited For
Before Midnight! Amy Poehler! Daniel Radcliffe!
The 2013 edition of the Sundance Film Festival begins tomorrow, and programmers ought to be doubly happy this year: Not only is the lineup packed with promising, star-driven pictures, but last year's Sundance hit Beasts of the Southern Wild recently roared out of the Oscar gates, snagging big-deal nominations for Best Picture and Best Director. Can the following fifteen films, each earning plenty of pre-fest buzz, follow in the auroch-size footprints of Beasts? We'll soon see.
That title (which stands for Adult Children of Divorce) is an instant turn-off, but the cast of this comedy reels us back in: Parks and Recreation lovers Adam Scott and Amy Poehler star … only this time, she's playing his new stepmom. Complicated! Catherine O'Hara and Richard Jenkins are in it, too, if Scott and Poehler didn't already have you at hello.
Mia Wasikowska and Nicole Kidman topline this killer-family creepfest, which upped the ante a few months ago with a vicious, impeccably made teaser trailer. Even more intriguing: The film was scripted by Prison Break star Wentworth Miller.
Two Mothers
Naomi Watts and Robin Wright play two hot cougars who fall for each other's hot sons, Aussie hunks Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville. So wrong ... and so right. Get it, girls!
Don Jon's Addiction
Joseph Gordon-Levitt directs and stars in this tale of a preening, porn-addicted Lothario, and he's wooed Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, and his former Angels in the Outfield co-star Tony Danza to fill out the cast of his filmmaking debut.
Before Midnight
Independent film now has an unlikely romantic trilogy to call its own, as Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reunite with director Richard Linklater to check back in on Jesse and Celine, the eternally circling soul mates of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. Will they finally get together? Possibly. Will they walk and talk in picturesque locations for 90 minutes? Almost certainly.
Kill Your Darlings
Daniel Radcliffe graduates from Hogwarts in this college-set true-crime story, all the more remarkable because it's about the 1944 murder that drew together Beat figures Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.
The Closing Night film is often of dubious quality, but how can you not be a little curious when Ashton Kutcher is playing Apple guru Steve Jobs?
Hollywood has long hoped to make a film from the life story of Deep Throat actress Linda Lovelace, and finally, Amanda Seyfried will get her Fantine moment as the young woman coerced into becoming one of the most famous porn actresses of all time.
The East
After actress Brit Marling and director Zal Batmanglij collaborated on the cult thriller Sound of My Voice, they reunite for this similar but bigger-scale story of a woman infiltrating a circle of anarchists, co-starring Alexander Skarsgård and Ellen Page.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
A dirty, hardscrabble drama about an outlaw's attempt to reunite with his wife, with a promising cast of indie actors including Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, and Nate Parker.
Touchy Feely
After the excellent Humpday and Your Sister's Sister, director Lynn Shelton heads in a more dramatic direction, though the plot's still worth a chuckle: A massage therapist suddenly finds herself repulsed by human touch. Starring Rosemarie DeWitt and Ellen Page.
Upstream Color
Director Shane Carruth impressed with the time-travel indie Primer in 2004, but it's taken him this long to mount a follow-up. No one has a clue what it's about; everybody can't wait to see it.
The Way Way Back
Need your Dean fix before Community finally returns? Jim Rash co-directed this teen coming-of-age comedy with Nat Faxon (they also won an Oscar for writing The Descendants), which is filled with comic ringers like Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, and Maya Rudolph.
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
A buzzy script enticed Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood to play star-crossed thrillers who run afoul of her violent ex in Romania.
Magic Magic
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It makes for a good commercial but is it in line with reality?
The good commercial, for those who didn't see it during the Super Bowl on Sunday or on YouTube, was the Taco Bell ad in which Bernie Goldblatt and his buddies sneak out of their retirement home for a wild night on the town.
Over the course of their spree that night, they sneak into a swimming pool; they go disco dancing; one elderly woman has a dalliance in a bathroom stall with a much younger man; and Bernie gets his last name tattooed across his back. The old fogies finish off the night, much like my teenage sons, at Taco Bell before heading back to the Glencobrooke Retirement Home.
You can watch the ad, titled "Viva Young" - 2013 Taco Bell Game Day Commercial here. (Of note, it was Grandparents.com's favorite commercial from the Super Bowl.)
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Now the truth of the matter is that this commercial is far from the truth, or at least far from the truth I know. When my father lived in an assisted living facility several years ago few, if any, of the residents had wild nights on the town such as that in the Taco Bell commercial. In fact, most of the residents were in bed by 7 p.m.
It is true that the residents did take road trips. However, all of these road trips were sponsored events. They would shuffle onto a bus to go on a whale watch, or watch the Pawtucket Red Sox, or grab a quick lunch at Hooters. And no one that I ever met there ever ate spicy food.
Still, the Taco Bell commercial strikes a chord. Who among us doesn't want to be young at heart? Who among us doesn't want to recapture a piece of the past, even if only for an evening? Who among us doesn't want to throw caution to the wind and go wild every now and then?
Well, the answer is that all of us would like go on a spree like Bernie and his friends every now and then. Unfortunately some (or is it many?) of us don't know what it would take be youthful again, even if means getting heartburn or throwing out your back.
What would it take? Who has the permission slips? Well, here's what experts say you have to do to stay young in deed and thought.
Change your perspective
Annarose Ingarra-Milch has the main character in her novel, "Lunch with Lucille," address the concept of youthfulness. Lucille, the nonagenarian, breaks it down to four diamonds or four valuable lessons. Learn more about the book, "Lunch with Lucille," here.
The first diamond, said Ingarra-Milch, is all about changing our perspective. "If we see ourselves as old, we will act old," she said. "We will focus on what we can't do. What we have lost. And as a terrible consequence people will treat us as old folk, stick us in a corner, and ignore us."
If, however, you change your perspective and see your age as something valuable, then it makes sense that the more years, the more value, Ingarra-Milch said. "The knowledge we have learned over our lifetime, our crystallized intelligence, is a priceless commodity and only gifted to a select few."
In other words, how you see yourself is key to how others see and treat you. "If we see ourselves as fun-loving and adventurous, then others will too," said Ingarra-Milch. "Going forward, think how the nurse will relate to Goldblatt and his crew should she become privy to their nighttime antics?"
Let go of the past
The second diamond is about letting go of the past, said Ingarra-Milch. "It is no secret that we live in a youth-centered culture," she said. "Hell, we created it. Hide the gray. Get rid of the wrinkles. Look younger and be happy."
You can certainly try and keep up with that to-do list, but it will be a losing battle. And that in turn will create stress.
The antidote, said Ingarra-Milch, is self-acceptance. "Enjoy where we are now," she said. "Where ever we are on the adulthood spectrum, carpe diem."
Her advice: Do new things, learn new ways of doing old things, taste different foods, sip different drinks, and read different genres of books. "We still need to stay open to the smorgasbord of people and their ideas, no matter how kooky they may seem," she said. "And of course, we must make an effort to be actively involved in what goes on around us—in our own health, our family, our community, and our world."
Have goals
The third diamond, meanwhile, keeps us looking forward and into the future. "Having goals gives us a target," said Ingarra-Milch.
To be fair, you don't have to look down the road 10, 20 or 30 years as you once did. Your goals can be as short term as deciding what you will have for dinner tonight, what shoes you will wear tomorrow, what movie you will see next week, or in Goldblatt's case, how you will sneak past the nurse's station when it's go-time. "Looking to the future allows us to continue moving," she said. "We keep from getting stagnant. We keep questioning, 'what else, where else, how else?'"
In the novel, for instance, the main character, Lucille, raises her glass each day at lunch and toasts "Cent'anni," 100 years in Italian. "It is a goal she wishes for herself and each of her lunch companions," said Ingarra-Milch. "Well, I figure that if we are looking to live to be 100 years old, there must be a lot of things we want to do before we get there."
Others, by the way, are of the same opinion. Consider, for instance, the advice of Jim Stovall, author of the best-selling novel "The Ultimate Gift." "People stay young as long as they have something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to," he said. "We stay young as long as we believe our best days are still ahead."
George Kinder of the Kinder Institute of Life Planning also thinks it's wise to ask yourself the following questions: What would you do if you had all the money you needed or all the time? What would you do if you had only five to 10 years to live? And, what would you regret not having done if you learned you only had one day left to live?
You might not head out to Taco Bell after asking yourself those questions, but odds are high the answers will help you focus on what's important to you in your golden years.
Develop a gratitude attitude
In Ingarra-Milch's novel, Lucille recommends developing a gratitude attitude. The advice is this: Be thankful for what you have no matter how minor, for what you can do or still do, for the people in your life or the people you had in your life, or for whatever goes on in your day. "Each and every day we must look to find what it is we appreciate and then remind ourselves of our good fortune," said Ingarra-Milch." This positive outlook, as the song goes, keeps us on the "sunny side of the street" and makes every day a celebration. It is no secret that people are attracted to positive, upbeat people. It is an easy way to keep our old friends close as well as attract new ones."
Ingarra-Milch said Lucille's four diamonds are fundamental best practices for keeping a youthful presence. And, she acknowledges that they do take effort and persistence to master. "But we know that, we have lived long enough to know that everything worthwhile takes effort and persistence," she said. "Changing our perspective, letting go of the past, making new goals, and choosing a positive attitude can turn anyone into a 'Goldblatt.'"
Hats off to Taco Bell
And for what it's worth, Ingarra-Milch also praised Taco Bell for airing the Bernie Goldblatt commercial. "Unfortunately, I, like many I suppose, have become accustomed to only seeing seniors in commercials hawking how to pay for their own funeral expenses, discreetly manage their incontinence, and yelling for help after they've fallen and can't get up," she said.
In fact, Ingarra-Milch said the commercial reminded her of her youth. "I thought back to when I was a teenager and right after Johnny Carson signed off, I would creep past my sleeping mother and out the back door to hang with my friends and be up to 'no good,'" she said "Way to go Taco Bell for recognizing that age has nothing to do with wanting to have fun, laughing, smiling, playing, sharing time with friends, taking risks, and (still) bucking the system."
Robert Powell is editor of Retirement Weekly, published by MarketWatch. Learn more about Retirement Weekly here.Follow his tweets at RJPIII.


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The Yoakum Heritage Museum will have a chicken breast drive-thru dinner from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Monday behind the Yoakum Community Center, 105 Huck St. The meal will include chicken breast with mushroom gravy, squash casserole, buttered potatoes, roll and cobbler. Tickets are $8 and may be purchased at the museum, 312 Simpson St., First State Bank, Yoakum National Bank, Kvinta Law Office and Gaus, Natho & Swaney Law Office. Proceeds will be used for museum repairs.
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Guest: Dirticus (3737 days ago)
FArt PAnts thinks hes a video detective, but the evidence only proves he can't interpret reality. All the shadows line up corectly. Every years hundres of idiots die just like the jerk on the security tape who made it by the skin of his teath
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Guest: Jim Bob, Wasilla (3486 days ago)
Half barriers are cheaper that's why they are used. That train driver should be fined heavily for noise nuisance. I expect he is a Muslim. They have no respect for anyone else.
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Guest: (3511 days ago)
The shadows line up perfectly and it's a half-barrier. Verdict: Genuine near f*** up.
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Guest: (3527 days ago)
Yes Dave, a fair comment. This is a stupid hoax. Better things to do with my time boreme
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Guest: (3708 days ago)
That is a piss poor fake, they could of at least made the effort to make the barrier break instead of magically driving through it.
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Guest: jeh (3712 days ago)
gonna do that again dumbass?
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Guest: Avril (3716 days ago)
Omg this man/women don't know who luckey thay are. Keep that kind of shit up and your not going to be around for long.
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Guest: Numpad (3738 days ago)
he drove around the barrier....
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What makes you think it's fake fartpants?
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Guest: fartpants (3738 days ago)
Pity its fake
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Guest: bubba (3738 days ago)
I think its safe to say the driver just shit his/her pants.
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Guest: (3383 days ago)
The train drivers should avoid them.
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Guest: (3737 days ago)
I'm just pissed off the Prius DIDN'T get hit!
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Guest: Sal (3738 days ago)
Looks like it was set up. The car was a f*****g Prius!
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fake - shadows are wrong!
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Guest: gar (3515 days ago)
It clearly is not a fake its only a half barrier I drove around.....wont do that again...
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Guest: fartpants (3738 days ago)
Watch the car drive through the barrier that doesn't move during or after
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Guest: dave (3671 days ago)
no i agree with the man who said the shaddows are out of sync look at 26 second,s the train and the gate shaddow are far longer than the shaddow of the car, the car shaddow moves far right but the train and gat are slight right
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Guest: six-six (3575 days ago)
tomorrow will be the best day in raymonds life
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Guest: to guest below Jim Bob (3460 days ago)
but in the uk the cameras are higher up and on more of an angle to catch the reg. number
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Guest: (3499 days ago)
Half barriers like this are common all across the UK - people drive round them all the time - some get hit... It's the train drivers I feel sorry for as they have no choice.
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First it was wrong sort of leaves, then the wrong sort of snow, now it's shadows!
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Guest: (3735 days ago)
I think it's fake too. Securitycameras are installed on a higher level to have a better overview and even new ones record still in greyscale. Someone filmed two scenes and made an overlay.
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Guest: Henrik (3183 days ago)
Latest comment: This took place in Holland, and it's not a fake, it really happened. If you like I can send a link to the safety report, if you can read Dutch.
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Guest: GBlair (3702 days ago)
The barrier only blocks one side of the road, so you could drive round it. Though I must admit I thought it looked fake as well.
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By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former top financial bureaucrat Toshiro Muto is leading the field of candidates to become Japan's next central bank governor as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe closes in on picking a nominee, sources close to the process told Reuters.
The choice of Muto, 69, would suggest the Bank of Japan will intensify stimulus efforts to reflate the economy, which has struggled with deflation for years, but refrain from the more radical measures advocated by other candidates.
Some policymakers and government officials worry radical measures could unsettle markets and risk increasing tensions with Group of 20 nations. A sharp yen decline since Abe started pushing for bold BOJ measures has already sparked criticism of Japan's policies ahead of a G20 meeting starting Friday.
"The choice of Muto appears to be gaining momentum," said one of the sources familiar with the selection process. Still, Muto's selection is not a done deal given the political maneuvering needed to ensure parliamentary approval.
Abe and his advisers have cut the field of final candidates to two or three and have excluded academic and private-sector economists in favor of those with bureaucratic experience.
The premier is expected to reach a final decision in the next few days, said several people familiar with the process. They declined to be identified because the decision is still pending and discussions remain private.
Muto has long been considered a leading candidate to replace Masaaki Shirakawa, 63, who steps down with his two deputies on March 19.
He has close ties with ruling party lawmakers and past experience steering fiscal and monetary policies, having moved up the ranks of the powerful finance ministry and serving as deputy BOJ governor between 2003 and 2008.
Japan's Nikkei stock average fell and the yen rose on the report as investors scaled back expectations of aggressive monetary easing given Muto's relatively more moderate views compared with other candidates.
"Muto is considered as someone who would only follow the traditional approach such as expanding the BOJ's asset buying program. It would merely be an 'enhanced' version of the conventional approach," said Norihiro Fujito, senior investment strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities.
"We cannot picture Muto going bold like buying foreign funds, a move that could accelerate yen declines."
Abe, who led his party back to power in December with promises of aggressive monetary and fiscal stimulus, has said he wanted the new BOJ governor to pursue bold monetary easing.
That gave rise to the view he may choose dark-horse candidates from academia who have advocated unorthodox policy measures, such as economics professor Kikuo Iwata. It also pushed the yen lower and boosted the stock market on the prospects for exporters to benefit from the weaker currency.
But many within Abe's ruling party, including Finance Minister Taro Aso, feel that the top BOJ job should go to someone with strong management and negotiation skills.
The prime minister's short-list includes Asian Development Bank head Haruhiko Kuroda, Japan's former currency tsar, and Kazumasa Iwata, a former government economist who served as deputy BOJ governor alongside Muto.
Under Shirakawa's leadership, the central bank has cut interest rates almost to zero and adopted policies that inject cash into the economy. But he has been criticized as having a cautious and gradualistic approach to stimulus.
After intense pressure from Abe, the central bank agreed last month to its boldest measures yet. It doubled its inflation target to 2 percent and promised to adopt "open ended" asset buying from next year to achieve it.
Abe will need the approval of both houses of parliament for his nomination. His Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lacks a majority in the upper house, so needs the cooperation of opposition parties.
The biggest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), has indicated it would support a former bureaucrat like Muto, but has given the LDP no assurances it will cooperate. Some fringe parties, on the other hand, have opposed the idea of selecting a former financial bureaucrat.
Muto has said the BOJ has room to boost government bond purchases to pump more money into the economy. But he has also warned that printing money to finance public debt could backfire and trigger a sharp bond yield spike, suggesting that he will take a more cautious approach than other candidates.
Muto has also played down the idea advocated by some lawmakers that the central bank should buy foreign bonds to curb the strength of the yen.
Currently chairman of private think-tank Daiwa Institute of Research, Muto was the Ministry of Finance's top bureaucrat. He was nominated to head the BOJ by the LDP in 2008, but his candidacy was struck down due to opposition by the DPJ.
Abe's push for more aggressive BOJ action has driven the yen to three-year lows and pushed the stock market to its highest levels since late 2008.
(Additional reporting by Sumio Ito, Yuko Yoshikawa, Shinji Kitamura and Ayai Tomisawa, writing by Leika Kihara and Tomasz Janowski; Editing by Neil Fullick)


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Cotton growers lay success for no-till A RYE COVER crop and controlled traffic provide the framework for Doc and Danny Davis' Elk, City, Okla., no-till cotton operation.
The process starts before cotton harvest. They seed rye into the middles of standing cotton, using a Tye drill, modified with shields to protect the bolls.
"Ideally, we like to seed the rye 45 to 60 days before we harvest cotton," Danny says. "We're usually through by late August."
Prolonged drought delayed seeding this year until after harvest, however.
In late winter they scout for winter weeds and treat with 2,4-D, Banvel or a phenoxy-type herbicide, as necessary. "We may fertilize the rye if we need to," Danny says, "but that's not a general rule."
They run a stalk cutter through the old cotton toward the end of March, "after the threat of blowing snow is past," Doc says.
They terminate rye in April. "The date depends on moisture and amount of growth on rye," says Danny. "If moisture is limited, we may kill the rye a little earlier to preserve moisture for the cotton."
"We run a bedworker over the old cotton row," Doc says, "to prepare a narrow seedbed."
The bedworker is an implement Danny has adapted over the years, combining several operations into one pass to prepare a narrow seedbed over the old cotton row.
"This year it was so dry, we did a little of our land preparation earlier than usual, before we killed the cover crop," Danny says. "The bed worker and cover crop termination chores may flip flop, some years, depending on height of the rye."
When the soil warms enough to germinate cottonseed, they plant with a modified John Deere planter, in 40-inch rows. They prefer to plant into moisture, following a rain and after the soil surfaces has dried.
"We take care of weeds with an over-the-top application of Roundup on Roundup Ready varieties, before the four-leaf stage," Danny says.
"And we apply Roundup post-directed with a Redball hooded sprayer as necessary, usually by late June or early July. We mix ammonium sulfate with the Roundup but add no other herbicides to the mix.
"We occasionally use Prowl, but that would go on with the bed-worker."
Doc says before Roundup Ready cotton was available, the hooded sprayer was even more important to season-long weed control.
They always maintain the same traffic pattern in each field. "When we first plant, we ro-till under the row, hip up a small bed and establish a six-row pattern of 40-inch rows. We stay with that pattern with everything else we do. The following years, we'll still follow that pattern."
Controlled traffic, they say, prevents hardpans and allows roots to penetrate deeply into the soil. Fields soak up moisture better, too.
Rye also improves soil permeability.
Doc and Danny prefer rye to wheat or other cover crops. "It reaches desired height faster than wheat," Danny says. "And rye has a root system 10 times more aggressive than wheat. That deep root penetration provides a network to move nutrients and moisture into the soil.
"We've documented that with soil tests. Subsoil samples show a low nitrate level, now eight or 10 units compared to 20 to 30 before. Cotton or a cover crop growing all the time prevents leaching of leftover nutrients. Also, we apply nitrogen to produce the cover crop, and that contributes to organic matter in the soil."
They usually fertilize for the cotton crop before they run the bed worker.
"We surface apply fertilizer, which may raise some eyebrows," Danny says. "But with cover crops, we do no deep breaking, banding or side-by-side banding. If we had no cover, we'd fertilize differently."
Danny says they allow some nitrogen for the cover crop when they fertilize cotton.
Doc says some farmers are concerned that no-till will increase potential for cotton diseases because of the residue left on the ground.
"That has not been a factor," he says. "In fact, we probably have less disease pressure than we did with conventional. Sand injury will encourage thrips damage, which opens plants to disease infection. And microbial activity we get from increased organic matter helps improve root health.
"We also use an in-furrow insecticide, Thimet," Doc says. "It's one of those inexpensive insurance policies that pays off."
"We had to spray a little for thrips two or three years ago," Danny says. "That's the only time we've sprayed in years."
They say the in-furrow treatment costs from $5 to $6 per acre and puts an extra pound of lint in the trailer. "It's not hard to pay for the insecticide with the added yield," Doc says.
"We make more first position bolls because of the in-furrow treatment," Danny says.
Boll Weevil Eradication also has increased yield and cut costs. "We're going into our third diapause treatment this fall," Danny says.
"We can definitely tell a difference,"adds Doc.
They use Paymaster varieties: 2326 stacked gene and 2280. "We use 2326 Roundup Ready for our refuge crop," Danny says.


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STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — A California teacher fired after she was accused of operating pornographic websites from a school-issued laptop is fighting to get her job back in hearings that began this week.
An attorney for Heidi Kaeslin argued Monday before a Stockton administrative law judge that the Lincoln Unified School District crafted disconnected events "into a theme that simply didn't happen" when they fired her last year.
According to attorney Tom Driscoll, Kaeslin's participation in the websites was brief and her role wasn't pornographic, the Stockton Record reported (http://bit.ly/UvuitH).
Driscoll likened topless photos of her on a boat on the Sacramento Delta as "just breasts, a la National Geographic." She allegedly was involved with the now-defunct websites from late 2010 until at least April 2011.
Kaeslin is neither immoral nor unfit to teach, Driscoll said. Misleading evidence includes a boudoir photography book she made as an anniversary gift for her husband, he said. Photos of her naked children found on the computer were typical photos that parents take of toddlers, Driscoll said.
Lincoln Unified counters that Kaeslin, 36, engaged in unprofessional and immoral conduct. The district accuses Kaeslin of keeping thousands of pornographic and erotic images on her school-issued laptop, then lying about her activities when administrators questioned her. The district was subject to embarrassment when the story hit the Internet, the district has maintained.
"If you were to Google her name today, you would find there are still over 10,000 live hits," attorney Marlene Sacks said, adding that Kaeslin "set an appalling example for a teacher" and that her character is "so fundamentally flawed" she cannot return to the classroom.
The three-member panel will decide the issue after hearing from an estimated 15 witnesses. It can be appealed to San Joaquin County Superior Court.


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Gov. Pat Quinn says term limits are good policy for Illinois and he's going to limit himself to two terms.
The Chicago Democrat told reporters Monday after a City Club of Chicago speech that he won't seek a third term if he wins in November against Republican Bruce Rauner.
Quinn has long advocated for term limits, including pushing a ballot initiative in the 1990s. However, when asked in recent months he wouldn't commit to two terms for himself.
Last week, Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno introduced legislation to amend the Illinois Constitution to limit statewide officials to two terms of four years. The plan needs a three-fifths vote in each legislative chamber to get on the November ballot.
Rauner is leading efforts to limit lawmakers' time in office.