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'Elementary', Modern-Day Sherlock Holmes No One Wanted, Keeps Casting
Well, you don't have to be a die-hard fan of the BBC's modern adaptation of Sherlock Holmes 'Sherlock' to be worried about the direction CBS' upcoming adaptation seems to be taking, but it certainly helps!
Shortly after breaking the news that Lucy Liu would take on the traditional "Watson" role from the classic Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novels to Johnny Lee Miller's Sherlock, now Deadline TV reports that 'Elementary' has cast another: 'Prime Suspect' and 'Weeds' star Aidan Quinn. Quinn won't take the role of any existing Sherlock Holmes character mind you, but rather original creation NYPD Captain Gregson.
In this modern re-telling of the classic character, Gregson worked with Sherlock at Scotland Yard after 9/11 and was taken enough with the eccentric's work that he invited him to work as a consultant to the police in New York City. According to the description from Deadline, Gregson "grew accustomed to Sherlock's 'eccentricities' in the U.K., but knows they won't necessarily fly in the Big Apple."
Ugh, who even calls it that anymore?
While the description may sound somewhat akin to the traditional "Watson" role, Lucy Liu plays "Joan Watson," a "sober companion" to Holmes and "former surgeon who lost her license after a patient died, while consulting for the NYPD." Miller's Sherlock originally worked in Scotland Yard, until his addictions lead him to a rehab program in New York City, from which he's been released to Brooklyn.
As previously reported, he series comes from 'Medium' scribe Rob Doherty, with its pilot directed by 'Homeland' vet Michael Cuesta. Both will serve as Executive Producer to 'Elementary' should CBS pick it up to series, alongside Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly.
So, does 'Elementary' seem like it's shaping up to be anything worthwhile, or it it still a mystery too slow in its unraveling? Does your inner Benedict Cumberbatch fan have you seething with Moriarty-like rage at CBS? Give us your deductions in the comments below!


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James and the Giant Peach is a popular children's novel written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl. The original first edition published by Alfred Knopf featured illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. However, there have been various reillustrated versions of it over the years, done by Michael Simeon for the first British edition, Emma Chichester Clark, Lane Smith and Quentin Blake. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1996.
The plot centres on a young English orphan boy who enters a gigantic, magical peach, and has a wild and surreal cross-world adventure with seven magically-altered garden bugs he meets. Roald Dahl was originally going to write about a giant cherry, but changed it to James and the Giant Peach because a peach is "prettier, bigger and squishier than a cherry."
Because of the story's occasional macabre and potentially frightening content, it has become a regular target of the censors and is No. 56 on the American Library Association's top 100 list of most frequently challenged books. The actor Jeremy Irons provides the English language audiobook recording.

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It's crazy to think considering most men in America name her as their top celeb crush, but Jessica Alba confessed to Health magazine recently that she was "so self-conscious" about her body before having her daughters. She admits, "I was a lot more critical of my body when it was probably pretty awesome. It's like, why did I not ever wear jean shorts? That's so crazy. I was so skinny! I didn't have any cellulite ... what was I thinking?!"
Aww. I can so relate -- I feel like we all can think back to one time or another when we were so self-conscious but really shouldn't have been. It's a great lesson to embrace the here and now and not put off wearing something you want to wear or doing something you want to do because you're feeling self-conscious. Hand-in-hand with a positive body image is of course healthy habits, which Jessica elaborated on as well ...
Jessica explained her approach to healthy eating as clean and simple:
To me, it's knowing that if you eat unprocessed fresh food -- it doesn't all have to be organic, but try to have the least amount of GMOs [genetically modified organisms] and pesticides -- you have energy, aren't starving and don't have to count calories. When I'm 'dieting,' I'm not eating as many snacks -- because I love snacks. Popchips, Pirate's Booty -- or I could eat a pound of fruit. So I cut down on snacking when I'm trying to be healthy.
Love this approach. Steering toward unprocessed, whole, preferably organic foods really does have a way of helping you look and feel your best. And while she kinda seems to have gotten caught up in the "axing snacking" aspect, I feel like the main takeaway here is to focus on eating clean, unprocessed foods -- be it for a meal or a snack.
While it may sound risky to do away with calorie-counting altogether, you really don't have to be as diligent about it if you're making certain choices -- i.e., lean protein, raw veggies, complex carbs, keeping sugar to a minimum, little to no processed foods, etc. I actually swear by this approach, because after years of "writing every bite" on Weight Watchers, I didn't want to have to worry about every calorie or fat gram or label anymore. I wanted to focus more on how and with what I was fueling my body. As a result, I feel healthier than I ever did when I was zeroed in on calorie-counting.
Sounds like that's the strategy Jessica digs, too, and judging by the hot mama's newfound confidence and glow, it's no joke!
Have you ever tried clean eating in lieu of calorie-counting? How'd it go?
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AARP is an organization that gives discounts to seniors through affiliate businesses. Membership requires an annual fee. Other similar organizations that provide senior discounts include the Seniors Coalition, the American Seniors Association, and the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association.
When visiting local grocery stores, be sure to ask about senior discount programs as they usually feature varying discounts on different days. In terms of flights, Southwest Airlines offers excellent senior fares to customers who are at least 65 years old.


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October 26, 2015 Re-build party! We'll be re-arranging parts to make a 96-node cluster in 108A Marksbury. If you're a student at UK, you're welcome to join us; we could use help from 9AM-5PM.October 26, 2015
October 9, 2015 End of days for HAK. We'll be dismantling the 96-node HAK cluster and a 32-node Pentium 4 cluster in 672FPAT starting around 1PM. The useful bits of HAK will be going to 108 Marksbury to be absorbed into an upgrade of NAK.October 9, 2015
September 25, 2015 We are proud to announce the posting of KARWY , a program that performs credible repair of artifacts in Sony ARW2 raw files using analysis of pixel value uncertainty and computational texture synthesis.September 25, 2015
February 10, 2015 Prof. Dietz presented two papers (one talk, one poster) and a research exhibit at the SPIE Electronic Imaging conference. The papers are: ISO-less? ( slides , slides ) and Frameless representation and manipulation of image data , ( full paper ).February 10, 2015
January 26, 2015 Our primary CGI server died . Thus, various interactive things will not be working. This notice will be modified when things are back up.January 26, 2015
January 6, 2015 We've been working with 3D printing technology for a while, but we've finally built some support software worthy of distribution. Trace2SCAD: Converting Images Into OpenSCAD Models is a simple script that automates creation of bounded-complexity OpenSCAD 3D models from 2D images.January 6, 2015
November 17-20, 2014 We will once again have a major research exhibit at , in New Orleans, LA. See us there!November 17-20, 2014
October 2014
We've been using CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) for many years, but last year created a reference card for it. It's now on the CHDK Wiki as
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, as well as being linked from Aggregate.Org's CHDK for Computational Photography page. There will be much more going up there shortly, largely related to our Cameras as Computer Systems course.
October 10, 2014 At 1:30, we invite students who would like to learn more about our research group to join us in 108 Marksbury. Of course, folks are generally welcome to drop by whenever we're around the lab, but this is an opportunity to get a more coherent overview.October 10, 2014
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Literally translated as "staging in action," mise-en-scène originated in the theater and is used in film to refer to everything that goes into the composition of a shot–framing, movement of the camera and characters, lighting , set design and the visual environment, and sound .
Early cinema's finished products were often closer to stage dramas, with a static camera stringing together a series of narrative sections. Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon (1902) is an example of this tendency toward the theatrical as opposed to the cinematic. The beginnings of cinematic mise-en-scène are still apparent.
The term "mise-en-scène" is often used in film criticism to refer to the director's control over what appears in the film frame–ranging from real locations to the studio soundstage. In Robert Weine's 1919 film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , we see a dramatic example of a world that is completely artificial. Furthermore, Conrad Veidt's portrayal of the character Cesare shows the importance that acting plays in mise-en-scène.
In Hollywood during the 1930s and '40s, the style and look of a film could easily be associated with a particular studio. Vincente Minnelli's film Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) is an excellent example of the MGM style: elaborate sets, lit using full, high-key lighting, taking advantage of the biggest costume, property, and art departments in Hollywood.
Similarly, film noir in the postwar period developed its own mise-en-scène. In this sequence from Mildred Pierce (1945), the mise-en-scène emphasizes familiar themes in noir, like the idea of no escape and the state of being on the run.
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Windows of New York , by José Guízar, a designer and art director based in New York, is a wonderfully simple idea, elegantly executed. It is, exactly what it sounds like, a series of beautifully illustrated windows of New York.
As Guízar puts it:
[It is] a collection of windows that somehow caught my restless eye… The project is part ode to architecture and part self-challenge to never stop looking up.
Take a look, it's a lovely, "Weekly illustrated atlas."
I'm a terrible procrastiworker . Given the choice between working on the task at hand or moonlighting on something 'a little more interesting', I'll opt for the latter every time.
Don't get me wrong, I rarely miss a deadline, I'm just late binding.
Late binding is a technical term drawn from the field of computer science, which essentially means delaying decisions until as late as possible. As our computer scientist friends would put it, delaying decisions until runtime.
As Don Norman puts it, in
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, late-binding (delay, or procrastination) offers many benefits:
Delaying decisions until the time for action is beneficial for lots of reason. First, it provides the maximum amount of time to think, plan, and determine alternatives. Second, it enhances flexibility, allowing the actual action to take full advantage of the unique circumstances at the time it is required. And third, because the requirements are continually shifting and changing, delaying decisions allows the most current issues and situations to be accommodated.
All are compelling arguments for late binding, however, it is a passage towards the end of Norman's piece that caught me:
Note too that deadlines are equally valuable. Without the rapidly approaching deadline when I have to stand up after dinner and deliver this after-dinner talk, I would still be procrastinating. A lack of time pressure allows the mind to be creative, to explore possibilities. A bit of stress focuses the mind, allowing the final compilation of all the earlier random, creative thoughts. Late binding is beneficial.
Your mileage may vary, of course, but late binding might be a strategy worth exploring. It certainly works for me, allowing me the latitude to explore, en route, to the task at hand.
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Notably, when the 1891 New Mexico Territorial Legislature appropriated $1,200 "to catalogue, number, index, bind, and translate the old Spanish and Mexican archives," Bandelier was hired for the job. Bandelier indicated that he had finished arranging the archives on 25 June 1891, but aside from a list of 1074 documents, a list which is no longer extant, no translations or index have surfaced. Nearly $2000 was appropriated by the legislature in 1891 and 1893 and additional expenses were paid from the Governor's contingency funds for the project. [31]
In 1888 the archives were moved from the Palace of the Governors, where they had been kept for nearly two centuries, to the recently completed Territorial capitol building. [32] There seems to have been a collective sigh of relief from all concerned. New Mexico's archives were at last within a secure building where they would be safe from the elements.
Ironically, after surviving the previous centuries of leaky roofs, neglect, and vandalism, the archives soon came close to being completely destroyed in the one place where all agreed they were safe at last. In 1892, the new capital was destroyed by a fire which has often been described as being "of suspicious origins." Quick action by librarian Facundo Pino and historian Twitchell, as well as others who knew where the archives were being stored, saved them from sure destruction. Books from the library were destroyed, along with a number of Pino's personal possessions, but the Spanish and Mexican archives escaped unharmed and were temporarily stored in a vault at the Santa Fe County Courthouse. [33]
By 1900 the archives had been transferred from the facilities provided by the County of Santa Fe to the second new capitol building, where they were placed in a "fire-proof" vault in the office of the Territorial Secretary.
Soon, however, Secretary George H. Wallace complained they were taking up too much space in the vault and suggested that if arrangements for their removal and preservation were not made soon, he would be forced to store them in the basement to make room for current records.
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At this time, Territorial Librarian José Segura and Secretary Wallace had noted that in addition to the space they were occupying, the old documents were showing signs of deterioration from frequent use and handling. According to Segura, their condition in 1898 had prompted Professor Elliot Coues of Washington, D.C., to suggest that he be allowed to take the entire collection to Washington. Coues proposed to arrange and translate the documents, after which he would return them to New Mexico along with a hundred copies of the translations. Secretary Wallace noted that such action was prohibited by territorial law but suggested that if the legislature gave their endorsement, Professor Coues's proposal could be a solution to the chronic problem of caring for the archives while still making them available to the public. [36]
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Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital, one of the few high-profile money managers to predict a Donald Trump win, on Friday suggested that the Treasury sell off that has hammered yields is about 80% done.
"We have really critical resistance on yields," he told CNBC in an interview. "So I do think this rate rise is about 80% of the way through—at least this leg of it." Yields rise as debt prices fall.
Gundlach's prognosis follows a selloff in the bond market by investors anticipating an accelerated rise in debt as President-elect Trump goes on a fiscal stimulus spree.
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The 10-year Treasury yield TMUBMUSD10Y, -0.89% jumped 33.5 basis points to 2.118% this week, according to Dow Jones data. The largest one-week rise since June 2013 pushed the 10-year yield to its highest close since Jan. 11. The bond market is closed Friday to commemorate Veterans Day.
The savvy investor, often referred to as the "bond king," added that the collapse in Treasury prices is not surprising given the narrative that has emerged since Trump's election.
Gundlach said he expects buying to revive once the 10-year Treasury yield hits 2.35%.
"We should get a tradeable rally off of that level," he said. But if appetite for bonds does not materialize at that point, then the economy could be in trouble given how long rates have remained low.
The housing market would be among the first to be impacted as mortgage payments rise in line with higher rates. The stock market will also feel the effect as companies rethink buybacks and financial transactions, he said.
The rally in equities fueled by Trump's upset has cooled on Friday but the S&P 500 SPX, -0.55% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.50% are both on track for big weekly gains.


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No matter how people pick job, relationships or lifestyles, society has its own way of transforming everything around.
This is not the issue of being open-minded or close-minded; neither being conservative or openly liberated. This is about conforming with the TRUTH.
"What is truth?" this was asked by Pontius Pilate to Jesus once the Lord was confronted before he was sentenced to be hung on the cross. And this line is popular among us when we don't understand something, or if something is unclear or if we are doubtful and blinded or if we're simply just IGNORANT.
In the book of John, many times Jesus was persecuted by those who can't accept His teachings.
"You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life." (John 5:39-40)
"If you believe Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?" (John 5:46-47)
"I tell you the truth, you are looking for Me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval." (John 6:26-27)
"Then they asked Him, 'What must we do to do the works God requires?' Jesus answered, 'The work of God is this: to believe in the one He has sent.'" (John 6:28)
"Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never go hungry, and he who believes in Me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen Me and still you do not believe." (John 6:35-37)
"I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drinks His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has enabled him." (John 6:47, 49-51, 53, 56, 65)
"The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil." (John 7:7)
"To the Jews who had believed Him, Jesus said, 'If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin." (John 8:31-32, 34)
"If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come from my own; but He sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language. For he is a liar and the father of lies. Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? I am telling you the truth, why you don't believe me? He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God." (John 8:42-47)
It is finished.
Colossians 2:14 which says, "Having cancelled out the certificate of debt consisting of its decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross..," proved that it is DONE. IT IS FINISHED. This privilege was granted to all sinners.
But do we have the right to sin over and over again because we know God is merciful to forgive us? Do we have the right of choosing to sin because of the fact that we're only humans and weak? Or, is it acceptable to say, "We're doing it because everybody's doing it!"?
I personally labeled lukewarm Christian as "picky Christian" for he would pick the ways and work of God the way he wanted. He would obey some and disregard others. He study the Word of God, attend regular church meetings but still conform to the things of the world and do the works of the flesh. Whilst compromising Christian half-heartedly wanted to fully follow God's ways resulting of being trapped in a situation which leads him to the wrong way—the dead end.
Here are some: choosing to get drunk and go to places you know isn't right for you because you're ashamed to say "NO" to your friends or boss; or enjoying you're one-night-stand to compromise with your lonely, deceived emotion?
Do they worth it?
Personal experiences…
Many years for so long, I've been so wrong about believing that I've already known Jesus and accepted Him as my personal savior. I realized those were just verbal and insincere. It was not from the heart.
I was in high school when I first encounter Jesus but it was only last year when I fully gave my heart to Him in full submission and confessing all of my sins which was followed by many spiritual visitations resulting to my spiritual growth. I've learned that spiritual growth has seasons-winter, spring, summer and fall.
It's tragic to know that many Christian believers believe that they are safe as long as they attend church every Sunday. The truth is, it's not when we start to attend Sunday school that we got born again, it's not even after we got baptized in water but it is after our hearts are circumcised to Him with a crucified and dedicated life to His will. And unless we start having a personal intimate relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ we're still hanging on the cliff but if not, we're well guided by the Holy Spirit on the right track. Knowing Him is first knowing His heart. Then you'll know how to please Him.
Playing safe and playing church is not useful from the beginning since we have to also work with our salvation. It's a daily basis the same as we eat every day and we sin every day so we must also pray every day and confess of our sins every day and ask for His forgiveness every day, so on and so forth.
The fact that I was baptized in water in 2003 could not exempt me from falling apart just as any other Christian does. My high school and college life had been a struggle both to my emotional and spiritual. I was overcome by the world and the worries of life. Many times I knew God was calling me and was knocking on my heart.
I had experienced spiritual drought. I had felt the emptiness, dissatisfaction and discontentment from life. As a result, I was asking and praying to know the Lord more and more. Ever since childhood, I have that hunger and thirst to know Him personally. That hunger did not die out though I was becoming busier in school, in work or in any other stuff as I was growing physically, emotionally, and mentally. In fact, that hunger grows more intensely the more I lose the time to pray and unable to have my quiet time and personal devotion to Him. And He's gracious and true to His Word. He makes Him known to me through His Word, revelations, circumstances…
I want to share one of my night visions on February 1st 2015. I woke up at 2:45 in the morning and start writing what I saw in my dream.
In my dream, my dad was being interviewed for a Christian evangelistic TV program. These were his lines: "I used to have live-in partner for over 10 years but after 3 years of struggling, I ended up the relationship. I can't take it anymore. (He explained how the relationship got so stormy and though he did not directly say but it could be understood that it rooted from the absence of LOVE.) Then I met this woman (his wife now, my stepmom) and I'd been so in love and she got lots of money. (He emphasize that it was because he became successful in his work.)
My sister as I thought was not paying attention on TV suddenly commented, maybe her ears could not agree with what she just heard.
That segment aired on TV seemed discouraging live-in relationships prior to marriage and fornication. What's notable for me in his statement was he never mentioned the whole thing. Anyway, it's hard to fit your whole story in a single minute. Mine was I also wanted him to share about his first family, the original, how we went through because of him, his mistakes. I was a little dismayed because on the interview or while recording his message, he still play safe and dishonest. He's still afraid of what others say.
When my mom heard about his appearance on that TV program, she helped me understand the whole point that dad failed to say. I asked her, "Mom, why does he try to discourage live-in relationships prior to marriage? Why does he say, 'I can't take it anymore?" My mom answered, "He can't stop getting jealous because he did not have legal documents to support his ownership over his partner. If his partner finds another man, he can't do anything about it because they're not married. So he was just afraid of losing his partner…that's why he's so possessive and unreasonably jealous and that's why he said he can't take it anymore."
After this, I got another dream with different scene and characters and a different story. The location was luscious garden with overlooking valleys, hills and plains. There was an interesting spot there where steps on the hill seemed reach the sky. I was dying to take pictures on that view. I did favor to take some picture to a friend. I did take it perfectly and I would want her to do the same thing, of course with the steps as background. But when it's my time to pose, she did not make it perfectly. Her shots were not my expectation. I reacted childishly out of dismay and I realized I'd been so selfish. I remember the days when I used to display lots of emotions while having pictorials. It's like I was addicted to it to the point that I wanted them to take lots of pictures of me more than me to them and end up so disappointed (always) because the camera angles I wanted were not met.
Then my high school bestfriend came. We pose for a groupie. She changed a lot physically. It starts at her hair which turns into super blonde and curly from her original long silky straight hair. She said she only did change her hairstyle because her boss wanted her to do so. She's just obedient fearing she might lose her job. Other friends like her new look. They crowded on her and took some groupie pose.
From that moment, the Holy Spirit warned me of my future company to work with: the company don't respect diverse religious differences but only apply the company's concerns and policies; they don't accept excuses out from religious beliefs and practices; the manager and the HR are atheist. So I was warned to be careful so as not to compromise with my job over my walk with God. I assured Him that if that happens, I can easily hop to other company or find another job. Afterwards, there was a long silence. I did not know if the Holy Spirit agrees or not with me. Then I woke up.
Six months has already passed since my mom accepted the offer to be the caretaker of one of my cousin's properties, a boarding house. She was obedient to the Lord for this task though she can't accept any compensation. Others would wonder why she did not demand anything. She would simply say, "It is one way to help my nephew…it's one of my ministry to my family and relatives." From a worldly perspective, they can't agree with my mom knowing my cousin is so wealthy and my mom is not. "What kind of help can you give when he already has lots of money?" they probably thought.
My cousin has been a lover of money ever since he succeeded in his business and got wealthy and don't have the right relationship to the people around him–to his family and relatives and subordinates. In fact, he receives many death threats from former employees he had maltreated and abused. He hated ministers of God because he hated to give the tithes to the house of God. He antagonized them as only looking after his wealth. But since he doesn't read the bible, he doesn't believe about giving the tenth of our income to the Lord and even so we taught him about it, he's still stiff-necked as he was. When his wife got sick of Cancer we thought he'd change. We thought he would come to Jesus. Eventually, his wife died and he got worse. So who says it is only those who are poor who needs helping hands? Are not the poor rich in the sight of God?
James 2:5 says, "Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?"
A house and not a home?
My mom always wonder why most of the rooms in the boarding house she take care of are occupied by couples who are living together in a relationship out of the context of marriage. Then after I had that dream about my dad and my mom, I realized some things—"you are more effective to share to those who are in the situations you used to have."
For 11 years, my parents were living together out of the context of marriage and were never married; I and my sister were illegitimate children. Honestly my parent's life as couple was shaky, stormy and full of bitterness. My mom always played martyr to dad's unfaithfulness.
I remember I had this very simple prayer to Him when I was 7 years old when I knew something was wrong and must be stopped, "I prayed that mom and dad would separate so that dad would no longer have the chance to hurt my mom and us." If I wronged to have asked that prayer then why did He grant it? At my young age, I did not know if it was the matter to celebrate or a matter to grieve with because the result of the separation was hardship with my mom as a single parent but at the same time the baggage was taken away, that domestic violence. And not to mention the traumatic experience children would have is to let them choose who to live with, "mom or dad?"
Years after and even now, we never ever regret living under the roof of broken family as what they technically call it. In my opinion, family can't be called broken although one member is missing physically or legally expelled or cast out (I'm not sure of the right word to use). Nevertheless, although all family members are physically present and tied together, it is still called "broken"; yes it's broken because it's incomplete without God, if God is not the center of their home. God is love. Both my parents are happily married to their respective partners now. I respected their legal partners, my stepmom and stepdad.
If we choose to be right, we can learn from others' mistakes and by looking at Jesus as the center of our focus since He is the author and finisher of life.
I wanted to share one very interesting idea of Roberts Liardon in one of his books "God's Generals" that I agree with.
Roberts said, "Evan Roberts had discovered the keys to revival. And if those keys were important then, they are certainly important now. I believe "repentance" is a word that is somewhat tarnished today. It has lost much of its meaning due to social issues and wrong attitudes. Some people are so carried away with God's law of grace and mercy that they overlook the rest of His laws. Grace and mercy don't give us license to live however we want to. We don't live under cheap grace and mercy. The righteousness we enjoy as believers was purchased by the blood of Jesus—a price too great for words. If we don't obey, we won't receive. Repentance brought us into the kingdom of God, and repentance will keep us moving.
Also, we must love God more than we love anything else. When I was young boy, I felt impressed to quit playing basketball. There's nothing wrong with basketball. But at the time, I knew what God called me to do, and it seemed I loved basketball more than I love to pray. So I quit playing basketball. God had set the plan for my life. I agree to it, and prayer became my life-giving force. It's fine to enjoy life. Just make sure you don't live life more than God."
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A group of dedicated activists made the case for the tax equity bills in the General Assembly on Tax Day. Standing in front of the now-abandoned Network RI, LIFT (Lasting Investment Through Fair Taxes) RI assembled speakers from a variety of backgrounds to demonstrate the need for taking the steps necessary to prevent brutal cuts to state programs.
Signs like "Thank You Taxes for Parks and Beaches" and "Don't Tread on Me, Tread on Someone Richer" dotted LIFT's supporters as speakers like Ryan Fox, an unemployed graduate of Rhode Island College argued that the General Assembly should stop funding tax cuts for those making over $250,000 a year. "I'm not asking for a handout," he told the crowd, as he related a story of the difficulty he's had in obtaining full-time work in Rhode Island, at times getting finding paid work in Massachusetts. He said he didn't want to leave Rhode Island, but the unemployment rate and lack of work forced him to look elsewhere.
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WASHINGTON (AP) While some NFL players want to travel and relax in the offseason, Karim Barton wants to work – and not just on football.
The 25-year-old offensive lineman is already planning for his post-playing life by gathering as much real-world experience as he can. Barton spent time with Under Armour, Fanatics and Mattress Firm in previous years, and over the past few weeks took his preparation in a different direction by working on Capitol Hill with Congresswoman Yvette Clarke.
Barton is one of 41 men who took part in the fourth year of the NFLPA's externship program that gives players opportunities to see what it's like in a corporate, financial, charitable or political environment. Three players – Barton, free agent safety Dion Bailey and Seattle Seahawks lineman William Pericak – earned the chance to extern on Capitol Hill.
On Tuesday, Barton sat in on a committee hearing on anti-doping measures that included testimony from Michael Phelps, and in his 2 1-2-week crash course on all things congressional he has researched immigration issues, helped draft legislation, and attended a town hall meeting in Clarke's Brooklyn district.
"He's gotten a really good lens into what it is to one, be a legislator, but beyond that be the staff person for a legislator," Clarke said. "He really got a full exposure to what it is to be an advocate, to be a leader, to support someone who's in an office like this and what it takes to keep all the trains running."
Barton, who grew up in Jamaica and has a "broad" business administration degree from Morgan State, isn't sure if he wants to get into politics or law. He just realizes football isn't forever.
"Before I came into the NFL it was just my obligation to make sure I have a solid backup plan, to always be proactive outside of football," Barton said in an interview in Clarke's office this week. "I do these internships because I want to find that one passion that's going to get me out of bed like what's getting me out of bed for football."
Now with the Tennessee Titans after stints with the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles, Barton didn't waste any time trying to discover that passion. He hasn't found it yet, but has a head start on a lot of NFL players who don't consider their options until they're almost ready to hang up their cleats.
Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Jake Long, 31, is one of those guys. Long attended the NFL Business Academy last week in Ann Arbor, Michigan, along with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston and others, and came away wishing he would've taken part in the program at a younger age.
"Football can be over at any moment for us," Long said. "Guys know that and we're starting to have more programs like this and to get more educated and think about life after football because the average career isn't very long, and even if you have a long career it's a short part of your life and you've got to have something beyond that."
Barton, who hasn't appeared in a regular-season game since turning pro, grasps that, which is why he was so eager to learn about e-commerce, politics and even bedding and mattresses. Not only does he think he has a strong foundation for his future, but he considers himself more prepared to return to football.
"Going through different settings have allowed me to analyze certain things differently, to conceptualize information," Barton said. "Football is all about a vast amount of information that you have to be able to picture it at a fast pace. I just believe just going through these types of things just helps me in terms of being able to (think), `All right I've been there, done that,' whether off the field or on the field."
When he's back on the field with the Titans, Barton can't wait to tell teammates about how he was tasked with drafting a resolution to posthumously pardon early 20th century Jamaican-born activist Marcus Garvey, and got to attend a packed town hall meeting with Clarke in the place he was born but knows little about.
Clarke, who serendipitously is also of Jamaican heritage and happened to be paired up with Barton, said his experience dealing with the response to President Trump's travel ban on seven predominantly Muslim countries – and other immigration orders and debates over the Affordable Care Act – will help him be a better citizen and a well-rounded person.
"I hope this will be something that just opened his mind to the realm of possibilities in terms of what he can do with his talent, what he can do with his passion, and how he can impact others across the United States and around the world," Clarke said. "Karim has had an opportunity to experience the spectrum of that."
Puzzled as to why more players don't take advantage of the NFLPA's externship program, Barton is glad it's getting more competitive. A committed part of the program, he appreciates the chance to see life outside football, even if it means training at 6 a.m. before his Capitol Hill shift started.
"Not everybody gets to sit in on these big meetings and hear how these people go about their issues and how they're planning to solve it," Barton said. "Very busy from 9 to 6, which is cool, man. This is the real world, and I'm just going at it full fledge."
AP Sports Writer Larry Lage contributed.
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Today, my Fiance saw a close family friend and she offered to make biscotti because he loved the way her grandmother made it when they were little kids. Again, very nice offer, but why? Why not just offer to make some and give it to us?
We're having a formal wedding. It's completely catered and with a sit-down dinner. I don't even know what to do with random food that other people might bring. Who is supposed to get these items to the caterer to set out? Will the caterer be insulted? Never in my life have a heard of people offering to bring food to a catered event – is it some sort ofcultural thing I'm missing? My Fiance is white and from upstate New York, so I didn't think it would be that different than weddings my friends and family have. Also, our wedding is vegan and neither of those items are vegan. I know I'll have to let it slide and gracefully accept if the people make the food, but it does irk me that someone would be bringing non-vegan food to a vegan wedding. Honestly, I'm just crossing my fingers that these are "in the moment" nice thoughts and no one will follow through.
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Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny says their defence deserve greater recognition.
Since shipping six at City on December 14, Arsenal's defence has been breached just four times - with Arsene Wenger's men registering seven clean sheets from those 10 matches in all competitions.
"Our defensive record, especially at home has been fantastic and we know that if we keep clean sheets we have got every chance of winning the game," said Szczesny.
"Over the last couple of seasons we have had less luck with injuries. I never played with the same back four for more than two or three games whereas now we play with the same back four, sometimes we rotate the full-backs but in general we stay with the same defence.
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GUESTS: Rethink 2014: Teens and Technology By Virginia Prescott • Jan 7, 2014 Sara Plourde Teenagers are the most tech-savviest among us with their heads glued to their screens, posting stylized selfies on Instagram and compulsively checking Facebook. Or are they? Our guest Cliff Watson challenged our conceptions about the digitally-driven lives of teens. "Teens aren't abandoning 'social,' he writes in an article for Medium, "they're just using the word correctly." Teen Drinking In New Hampshire By Laura Knoy • Sep 11, 2013 thomselomsen via Flickr Creative Commons Despite our reputation as one of the healthiest states, young people here abuse alcohol at much greater rates than the rest of the country. With this comes other risky behaviors – from drunk driving to assault, as well as a greater chance of addiction down the road. We'll look at how the state's communities are tackling this issue. Guests: Wages For Babysitters Rise While Other Sectors Remain Stalled By Virginia Prescott • Aug 27, 2013 Nick McPhee via flickr Creative Commons The Department of Labor reports that last year's national wage rate crept up only 2%, confirming what many US workers can already tell you: wages have stagnated. Not so for one high-demand job: babysitters. Over the past 30 years, teenage babysitting rates have risen nine times faster than the rate of inflation – commanding an average of $10 per hour. Depending on location and a sitter's skill set, parents can shell out as much as $17 an hour for a night out. Megan Woolhouse covers the economy for the Boston Globe's business section. Her article on babysitters making bank alerted us to this one sector of high wage growth. The New Confessional Booth Conveniently Located In Your Computer By Virginia Prescott • Jun 3, 2013 10ch via Flickr Creative Commons Time for a high school confessional…the digital edition. Teenagers and young adults often get stern warnings against over-sharing on social media…one incriminating photo or post could torpedo a college or job application, after all. Now, students across America are turning to online confession pages – anonymous forums for relaying painful experiences, grievances, and the baring of souls. The appeal of anonymity and ease of use found on Facebook makes confession pages extremely popular among young adults. For example, UNH's Facebook confession page has more than sixty-four hundred followers. Justine Sharrock is West Coast editor at Buzzfeed.com; she joined us to talk about high school confession pages. Don't You Kids Have Somewhere To Go? By Virginia Prescott • Mar 29, 2012 Photo by Id-iom via Flickr Creative Commons The First Amendment protects the freedom to assemble peacefully – and incidentally, the freedom to loiter in front of downtown storefronts nationwide. And yet, shopkeepers persist in employing any means possible to drive away teenage yobs (as the British call them) without sending away paying customers. Dartmouth Study Says Alcohol in Movies Compels Teens to Drink By Rachel Gotbaum • Feb 29, 2012 A new study from researchers at Dartmouth Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center found that the more movies teenagers watch with images of alcohol, the more likely teens will start drinking. The study also found that an increase in movie watching was a major risk factor for teens who already drink to start binge drinking.


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The recent debate over whether Phil Jackson is the greatest coach has been put to rest. The NBA put its finest "crack" team of researchers together to come up with little seen video of a coach many believe to be better. The tape, now being offered at www.cnnsi.com, cleverly title "2004 NBA champs, Detroit Pistons" clearly shows Larry Brown doing what Phil couldnt: coaching.
Michael Jordan, in an attempt to gravy-train more PR, offers to become part owner of the Miami Heat. Following this announcement, Scottie Pippin announces his retirement to become Michael's personal sycophant.
Red Aurobach (However its spelled) is/was the best coach period
better than Jackson, Torre, Parcells, Brown, Bowden, Paterno, Coach K etc.


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Last month we reported that Furthur drummer Jay Lane has left the group to begin a stint with Primus. He has just announced, however, that he will "preserve and perpetuate" the music of the former group, with his new band, Farther. Not wishing to tarnish the Furthur legacy, Lane has tapped some fitting players, including "that guy from Dark Star Orchestra who sort of looks like a mid-70s Bob Weir in that one promo shot," someone with a 420 email handle, at least one Liza Minnelli impersonator and Joe Russo.


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Sofa space can be at a premium for families on movie night. Keep the couch clear for Mom and Dad to enjoy while each kid gets comfortable on their own personal pillowcase lounger. Movie night has never been so comfortable.
- 4-5 pillowcases
- 4-5 pillows
- Sewing machine
- Thread
- Scissors
- Fusible Velcro
- Iron
Start by cutting out 2 (2-inch) sections of fusible Velcro for each pillowcase. Line up the "hook" and "loop" strips on opposite sides of the pillowcase. Heat up your iron and fuse the Velcro in place according to the package instructions. Repeat for each pillowcase.
Line up the long sides of 2 of the pillowcases. Sew the 2 pillowcases together with a 1/8-inch seam allowance. I recommend using a shorter stitch length for added durability and back-stitching at the ends to prevent the seam from coming undone. Continue sewing the pillowcases together in this way until all of the pillowcases are connected.
I sewed 4 pillowcases together total, which was the perfect size with room to spare for my preschooler. You may want to sew together 5 pillowcases for an older child.
Stuff each of the pillowcases with a pillow, then seal the Velcro ends to keep the pillows from coming out.
Fold the top 2 pillows up to create the headrest for your pillowcase lounger. Now you are ready to pop some popcorn, relax and enjoy movie night.


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Sunday, May 10, 2015
High Blood Pressure
Severe high blood pressure in legs
I asked this question yesterday...but typed in the wrong numbers for my blood pressure.
What are some possible causes of high blood pressure in the legs? My upper arm pressure was 150/95 (NOT 15/95 like I incorrectly typed yesterday). But my middle calf blood pressure was 210/118. Also, how is high blood pressure treated? Thank you.
It is normal for the blood pressure to be slightly higher in the legs than in the arms. The difference is usually only a few points. However, in patients with arterial stiffness ("hardening of the arteries"), usually older persons, the difference can be greater. This is due to the pulse wave that travels down the arteries. If the arteries are stiff, the pressure wave can be augmented. There is reflection of pressure waves from several points along the arteries.
The treatment of high blood pressure should be based on the pressure in the arms. A blood pressure of 120/80 is normal, and any blood pressure above 140/90 should be treated. Treatment almost always involves medication. Many physicians prefer to start a patient on an ACE inhibitor (e.g. lisinopril) or a diuretic (e.g. hydrochlorothiazide). If one drug is not enough or reach goal blood pressure, a second drug and possibly a third one can be added.
Max C Reif, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director of Hypertension Section
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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The city of South Bend has been using a provision in the city code that prohibits businesses in residentially zoned areas as its justification for banning parking on lawns during University of Notre Dame football games.
That's the only justification it can come up with since a judge ruled that the city zoning ordinance no longer bans parking on lawns. A plan in the works to change the zoning law so that it does in fact ban lawn parking near campus can't be voted on until later this fall -- well after ND takes the field on Saturday.
The business restriction was a pretty lame excuse since many near-campus residents who allow cars to be parked in their yards don't charge for the privilege. Even those who do charge are hardly conducting what we'd call businesses. There are only a handful of ND games a year, after all.
Advocates for banning the game day parking always have claimed that it's a public safety issue. But those in the neighborhoods who want to be allowed to open their yards to visitors' cars think that's just an excuse.


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Marinas with sailboats under a blue sky over the Hudson River—that peaceful view from the train stood in marked contrast to my destination, Newburgh, N.Y., a city long suffering from economic downturns. A year had passed since my first visit there to a school for girls from low-income families, based on the NativityMiguel model that includes small class sizes and an extended day. Now my destination was a similar school for boys, the new San Miguel Academy.
The Rev. Mark Connell, the academy's president who met me at the station, spoke of Newburgh as one of the four poorest urban centers in the nation. In the midst of such a scene, I was soon to learn, was a haven in which boys from 11 to 14 could have a learning experience aimed at developing gifts that might otherwise remain buried.
Minutes after I entered the school, housed in space rented from a Methodist church, a Latino student stepped forward with a firm handshake and, introducing himself, said, "Welcome to the San Miguel Academy." His poise was one benefit of an education that includes instilling a self-confidence that many lack when they begin their first year.
The student body is roughly two-thirds Latino and one-third African-American. Although the school is named after a 19th-century Ecuadoran saint-educator, Miguel Febres Cordero—a de la Salle Christian brother—both Father Connell and the principal, Lois Dee, O.P., try to dispel the mistaken perception of the academy as a "Spanish school." Outreach efforts to the African-American community make it clear that the school is open to all so long as their incomes are low enough to meet federal guidelines for free or reduced price lunches.
As with all NativityMiguel schools, tuition is low, and inability to pay is never an impediment to acceptance. Parents generally work in factories or in the area's apple orchards. Both Father Connell and Sister Lois were dramatically reminded of the city's poverty when nearby Mount St. Mary College offered a gift of beds in mint condition. Father Connell, who is the chaplain and campus minister as well as a faculty member, rounded up students, loaded a truck with the beds and drove through streets near the school. "We ran the beds up two and three flights of stairs," he said, recalling one apartment in particular. "A little girl looked up and said, 'Is that a bed for me?' I realized she'd never slept in a bed, but on some blankets on the floor in the corner." At times the academy helps with rent payments. Initially, Father Connell and Sister Lois said, they thought they were educating children. But soon, they realized "we were taking on the whole family."
Even with only two grades in place at the time of my visit (there will eventually be four in all, grades five through eight), in just two years test scores have risen by almost two grade levels. Sister Lois spread the score reports out on the table where we sat together in the assembly room by the kitchen. "When I'm feeling tired at the end of a long day," Sister Lois said, "I look at these scores and think, 'It's all worth it.'"
As in other schools around the country that follow the NativityMiguel model, the extended day is long indeed, to ensure maximum possibilities for learning in its widest sense. It begins at 8 a.m. with breakfast and continues till 5 p.m., with lunch and a healthy snack along the way.
Two LaSallian volunteers, and a de la Salle brother who is a master teacher, along with other staff members, create not only a fertile learning environment, but also one through which, as Sister Lois put it, the close relationships make clear to all in the building that "we are a family." The school year actually begins with a five-week summer school, in part to prepare incoming fifth graders for their new experience.
What pays for the special features that distinguish NativityMiguel schools? Funding is a constant challenge, since the per-student cost is $10,000 a year. In addition to grants from foundations, the lay board of trustees plays a major role in fundraising, Father Connell said. Other schools based on this model may lie in the future for the mid-Hudson Valley. Both he and Sister Lois envisage the possibility of two more, in the nearby cities of Poughkeepsie and Kingston, forming "a triangle" of NativityMiguel schools. Fulfillment of that dream may lie far in the future, but at least one corner of the triangle is off to a promising start.


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April 20, 2011 Before being swamped by the publicly-funded tide of neo-Marxist feminist propaganda there were two outstanding movies that portrayed a side of intimate partner violence that far too many men are familiar with.
The first was the 1971 Clint Eastwood movie Play Misty For Me depicting the type of insanely jealous lunachic stalker that makes this thriller so realistic for many men. If you haven't seen this early work by Eastwood, and have had to deal with a stalker, you will find this movie chillingly realistic.
The second was a March 14, 1993 CBS made-for-TV movie Men Don't Tell that has been widely known about but deeply buried until now. The entire movie is available at this link and I recommend you watch it, whichever side of abuse you have had to deal with. It remains as true today as then that men don't tell when they are abused. But trying to cover up the abuse can be fatal to a man's dreams and ambitions, and sometimes his life. However, men can generally expect no help from police, courts, victim's advocates, or battered women's shelters, as this movie notes.
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Since the Domestic Violence Against Men web site went public in November of 1999 we have received thousands of emails, letters, and phone calls from or about abused men. Our sample is not valid statistically in any fashion and the individuals are often not even self-selected as men don't tell, as noted above. Commonly we hear about the abuse from the man's parents (usually his mother), his sister, brother, cousin, or other relative, his new girlfriend, or even a neighbor.
While not a statistically valid sample, the problems these men have tend to cluster into specific types that are of qualitative interest. However, the real damage these men suffer often isn't at the hands of their intimate partner, though many are maimed and murdered before they can escape. But, almost inevitably, the primary abuse these men have suffered is at the hands of a legal system gone mad.
Abused men who contact the Equal Justice Foundation, or whose problems are described to us by those close to them, have typically:
Lost their jobs, homes, and professional licenses. This category includes cases where the men lost their security clearances or could no longer carry a gun (police and military particularly). We also have numerous cases of medical doctors, dentists, stockbrokers, hazardous material truck drivers, powder monkeys, etc., losing their licenses as well. The case of Dr. Tim Emerson is but one egregious example.
Are now destitute and often living on the streets, in their car, with relatives, or in friend's homes.
Called the police because she attacked him, usually with a weapon, and the police came and arrested him, or made no arrest at all. For revenge, she then commonly called the police and claimed he attacked her, and the police then arrested him. To add credence to her claim she will commonly scratch or bruise herself, or break things in the home before the police arrive.
Called the police because she was abusing the children and, when he tried to protect the little ones, she attacked him. When the police were called they arrested him and the courts subsequently gave her full custody of the children she is abusing.
Found evidence his wife was having an affair. She then charged him with domestic violence or got a restraining order to cover her adultery. By doing so she got possession of the kids, the house, the car, the checking account, and everything else he owned. For married men this is the largest single grouping with about half the married men we hear about falling in this category. More than half the men we've heard from, or about, are married or he was living with her (common law).
Found he is being stalked by a former wife or girlfriend who is using the legal system to harass him with DV charges and restraining orders in addition to the phone calls, vandalism, visitation games, etc., she is playing. Often when she finds him she uses her cell phone to call police and claim he has violated the restraining order and has him arrested. A variation on this are vindictive girlfriends who get a restraining order that keeps a man from his own home or apartment, which she then often trashes or steals everything from.
Have lost all contact with any children they had for months and years. Commonly they were arrested or harassed if they've tried to contact their children.
Found she has an uncontrollable substance abuse problem, a mental disorder, or both, and is using the legal system, victim's advocates, and women's shelters to harass and charge him with everything short of the rape of the Sabine women (though I think some men even get charged with that). It appears that the crazier a woman is the better "victim" she makes for the DV industry.
Found that their military or police service is used against them in court. The redfem mantra is that such men are "trained killers." Such ad hominem attacks seem to be most common against men who have served in the elite branches of the military, e.g., Marines, Seals, Special Forces (Green Berets), and Rangers.
Have been batted like a shuttlecock between judges. It is not uncommon to hear from men who have been before twelve to fifteen different judges, none of whom have taken the trouble to read the case documents or attempt to understand the issues in the case.
Have spent from three months to ten years or more in jail though they had no police record prior to meeting this woman and very often there is no evidence of violence whatsoever. Includes cases where men lost their jobs because of the false allegations she made against them, were laid off during the recession, or the court "imputed" income they did not have and could not pay child support, and they were jailed for contempt of court (debtor's prison).
Are victims of paternity fraud. Women commonly use restraining orders or allegations of domestic violence or child abuse to keep a "father" away from children they know or suspect their husband or lover is not the biological father of. That is done so that he can't get DNA paternity tests done but she can collect child support from him. When men don't pay the child support for these children they are thrown in jail even when they have managed to prove they are not the biological father.
Are suffering from one or more symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), virtually without exception. Sleeplessness, paranoia, nervousness, nightmares, impotence, flashbacks, dissociative episodes, depression, physical or mental breakdowns, etc., are so common we hardly even ask about them, and simply take them as a given. Associated problems with attempts at self medication with alcohol and sleep medication, e.g., Ambien, are also a routine part of the problems encountered.
Suffered severe health problems. Heart attacks, seizures, asthma, vision problems, are common. Any preexisting health problems are exacerbated. Many men become totally disabled as a result of the stress of false allegations and losing their children, homes, jobs, and everything they worked for.
There are, of course, many individual stories that don't include these components and seldom are two stories from different men the same. Age is often a factor and I always ask if the woman is over 35 as perimenopause can put many women over the edge.
Young girls are the most violent of all with upwards of 30% or more teenage and college-age women reporting they initiated violence in their relationships in several studies. It is also quite well documented that in young couples women are two- to three-times more violent than their male partners.
For those men who can afford to defend themselves in these cases, legal fees commonly exceed $100,000 and minimum attorney fees are likely to be at least $5,000. So these injustices are very popular with attorneys, who often take a man's retainer for $5,000 to $50,000 and then sell them down the river with a plea bargain.
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Teacher evaluations to be more dependent on student test scores
Michigan teachers are seeing an increase in their evaluations based off of student test scores.
"It's about a snapshot. That's what a test is. It's a snapshot of who they are," said Sue Rutherford.
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A wrenching account of how the author gave birth to a stillborn baby and coped with the loss of her child.
Heineman (History and Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies/Univ. of Iowa; Before Porn Was Legal: The Erotica Empire of Beate Uhse, 2011, etc.) was approaching her mid-40s when she and her partner decided to try for a baby. Conception happened relatively quickly, though, and the pregnancy was easy. Against medical advice to the contrary, she decided to have her baby at home with only a midwife in attendance. Heineman knew an out-of-hospital delivery was risky and that her advanced maternal age made her vulnerable to problems during pregnancy as well as childbirth. But she was also unwilling to have her baby in an impersonal hospital setting. Heineman remained optimistic even after her pregnancy stretched beyond 40 weeks: Her health was excellent, her baby was in good condition, and Deirdre, her midwife, had been practicing midwifery more than 20 years "with no bad outcomes." Just as she was about to give birth, an unexpected placental abruption occurred, and the child, a boy she had nicknamed Thor, was born dead. Heineman found that little support existed to help grieving parents of stillborn children make sense of their losses. She also discovered the grim truth that, in a society afraid to acknowledge the reality of death, the proper place of corpses was not among loved ones but "away from the living." With tenderness and lucidity, Heineman writes about the bonding rituals she and her partner developed around Thor's body, which a sympathetic funeral director allowed them to keep before interment. These descriptions are disturbing yet refreshing for their honesty. However, some readers may find the author's protracted post-mortem of both her decision to give birth at home and its consequences overdone and obsessive.
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