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Monday, January 8, 2007
Many Catholic schools in the District seemed moribund in 1995. Paint was peeling, and enrollment and test scores were dropping. Advisers urged the archbishop of Washington to shut or consolidate several schools serving low-income neighborhoods.
Cardinal James A. Hickey refused. "I won't abandon this city," he said. Instead, Washington's Catholic schools began a series of drastic changes in 1997. New administrators armed with research on what worked in urban education put many schools under the same office. They told teachers that they would be judged on how much their students improved, required them to use common math and reading curricula and adopted learning standards that had worked well in Indiana, 500 miles away.
It was one of the most radical realignments of Catholic education ever attempted in a U.S. city. Ten years later, principals and teachers at the 14 schools in the archdiocese's Center City Consortium are celebrating a sharp turnaround in student achievement and faculty support. The consortium serves about 2,400 students through eighth grade, nearly a third of whom receive federally funded tuition vouchers.
Scores on the TerraNova standardized test at these schools jumped sharply over a five-year period, according to new figures from the consortium. Average reading scores rose more than 60 percent from 2000 to 2005, the data show, and math scores rose 78 percent. Meantime, the teacher turnover rate in the consortium schools dropped from 50 percent in 2000 to 10 percent in 2005.
"This is a very different story than what we are seeing in nearly every other big city in the country, where Catholic schools are in a death spiral," said Michael J. Petrilli, vice president for national programs and policy at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a D.C.-based organization that supports school choice and high academic standards. "That we are seeing some great improvement in student achievement is a real testament to the strategy that the archdiocese has followed here."
The consortium has made progress with its youngest students. In fall 2003, 59 percent of first-graders and 83 percent of second-graders were at or above grade level in reading. By spring 2004, 82 percent of first-graders and 94 percent of second-graders were at or above grade level. The release of such testing data is unusual for nonpublic schools.
Consortium leaders credit a new group of relatively young teachers that has sought to become immersed in student achievement data.
Jodi Bossio, 26, a fourth-grade teacher at Sacred Heart School in Northwest Washington, said she used the TerraNova data to improve her teaching and to help the students she promoted to fifth grade. "We just took apart the data, and I saw that Leslie, for instance, got questions wrong that I thought she had mastered already," she said. "So I used it for my end-of-the-year planning and made it part of the portfolio I sent her new teacher."
Mary Anne Stanton, who recently retired as executive director of the consortium, said teachers now take responsibility for student work in ways that did not happen before. "We have blown away the notion that 'If the kindergarten teachers were doing a better job, I wouldn't have the problems I am having in the second grade,' " she said.
Consortium leaders say their schools shine next to D.C. public schools, although there are no test data to enable direct comparisons. Catholic schools offer an alternative to traditional public schools as Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) is proposing to take over the governance of the struggling D.C. public school system. Like public charter schools, which operate independently, Catholic schools can serve as laboratories to help education experts sift out what works and what doesn't in the classroom.
About 60 percent of consortium students come from low-income families, and nearly all are minorities. Most -- 74 percent -- are non-Catholic. Asked about this, consortium officials quote Hickey: "We don't educate these children because they are Catholic. We educate them because we are Catholic."
But the D.C. Catholic schools continue to struggle financially, part of a national trend. Petrilli wrote in a recent report that the Archdiocese of Detroit had shut 21 schools, with more closures likely. In addition, he wrote, the New York and Brooklyn archdioceses shut down 36 schools, and the Chicago archdiocese closed 18 schools.
The Washington archdiocese has announced that four schools, including two in the consortium, might close in the coming school year. The consortium has raised more than $30 million since 1997. Among many fundraising activities is an annual dinner led by Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). But the financial drain continues. Consortium schools charge about $4,500 in tuition and fees per student each year, and many families pay less than that. But officials say the cost is about $8,000 per student.
Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl said he and his staff were pursuing a three-pronged approach to the problem: an extension of the federal voucher program, a search for more funding through a coalition with community leaders and continued support from the church.
Consortium teachers say higher learning standards have raised teacher morale and made good teachers more willing to stay. The schools use the Saxon math program, which emphasizes basic skills and frequent review, and the Open Court reading program, which emphasizes phonics. The Indiana standards were adopted because they got high marks from the Fordham Institute, which promotes rating schools by test results, and because the Archdiocese of Indianapolis recommended them.
Stanton said students who use vouchers to move from public schools to consortium schools find a new attitude about learning. She told of one such student who was asked why she had not done her homework. The student replied casually: "Oh, okay, I'll take a zero. That's what they do at my old school."
"We don't do zeroes here," the teacher explained, sitting her down to do the work.
Bossio, who used to teach at a D.C. public charter school, said she would make $10,000 more a year if she were still in public schools. But she prefers the consortium.
"I like that the standards for teachers in the consortium are high, and they are continually raising the bar," she said. "We are given the tools and the support to be effective instructors and to allow our students to be successful as well."


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The Chelsea boss reportedly slammed members of his team at half-time in their 0-0 draw with Norwich City
After being dumped out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night, Chelsea's remaining hopes of winning a trophy this season were also ended after a 0-0 draw with Norwich City on Sunday.
Chelsea had needed to win their two remaining fixtures and hope that Liverpool and Manchester City slipped-up in their remaining games if they were to end up victorious in the Premier League, but this stalemate has all but ended their title hopes.
And it was all too much for the Chelsea manager to take. According to The Daily Mail, the Portuguese boss slammed some of his players at half-time after their disappointing performance in the final home fixture of the season.
He reportedly told Nemanja Matic that he is unconvinced that he should have signed him from Benfica in January and said to Mohamed Salah that he needs to come back from the summer break 'ready to be a footballer'.
It all means that Chelsea's campaign, which has promised much but ultimately not returned a trophy, has ended in far from ideal circumstances.
There are rumours that Mourinho is set to bring in new players to his squad over the summer and it would appear, after his rant, that he isn't satisfied with some of the players available to him.
Already touted to be joining in the summer are the Atletico Madrid pair of Diego Costa and Felipe Luis, whilst there are major doubts about some of the more experienced campaigners at the club.
Ashley Cole was moved to tears at the players did their lap of honour at the end of the match, adding further credence to the rumours that the club may not offer him a new contract in the summer, when his current deal expires.
Whatever happens, it is eminently clear that Mourinho, who declared himself 'The Happy One' when he re-signed for Chelsea last year, is far from that at the moment.

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It is pretty much spring here in Tennessee. By the time we say goodbye to March, the school year seems to be winding down; just two months until graduation for this year's high school seniors. Amazing, isn't it? Time marches on, and as day turns into day and year turns into year, we may get the feeling that things are out of control or are not as in our control as we would like them to be.
"In our control" is an interesting prepositional phrase. We as moms feel the need to control our environment, which is totally natural. Of course we must manage what we have been given to manage. You no doubt are an amazing mom, capable of taking large blocks of time and turning them into learning opportunities for your children. You do what many people are paid to do professionally – you have accepted the challenge of educating your children.
If you are a homeschooling mom, you are an amazing combination of mother and educator. While neatly organizing your children's educational timelines, you also manage your physical household, which undoubtedly requires much thought and energy in order to keep things running smoothly. While most days you may not feel amazing, I want to look you right in the eye and tell you, remind you, that you are amazing.
I am willing to bet that you would not admit that. I am willing to bet that you don't realize how truly valuable you are to those around you; moreover, I suspect that you may be just a little weary from carrying burdens day after day after day. Perhaps things have gotten more than a little out of control in your life right now.
Generally, in this space I present you with a strategy for de-pressurizing your homeschool world. This time, I would like to share with you a very personal tip that has the power to de-pressurize your life.
To begin, let me ask you a question: do you reverently fear the Lord, listen carefully to His voice and aim to obey day after day, yet the cares of life steal your sense of well-being on a regular basis? Do you sometimes find yourself overwhelmed with inertia, unable to move beyond the nagging burdens facing you at the moment? Funny, but Isaiah asked this same question of the folks in his day.
"Who is among you who reverently fears the Lord, who obeys the voice of His servant, yet who walks with darkness and deep trouble and has no shining splendor in his heart?" (Isaiah 50:10a)
Some time ago, I stumbled upon this verse, and I confess that it hit me hard. Isaiah is saying, "Do you love the Lord, spend time with Him, yet turn right around and get sucked into worry and fear the minute after you say 'Amen'"? In other words, do your children see a somber-spirited mom who is distracted with concerns and cares? Is your normal demeanor lacking an internal flame of peace? Are you often occupied with frustration, anger, doubt, and other agitating emotions?
If you answered yes to any of the above, there is a seemingly simple solution given in the second part of verse 10: "Let him rely on, trust in, and be confident in the name of the Lord, and let him lean upon and be supported by his God."
The solution is found in the verbs rely, trust, lean, and be confident. We can escape the vicious cycle of acknowledging God with our heads, but denying Him in our hearts and by our actions. Rely, trust, lean on and be confident. How does one demonstrate trust and confidence? The elusive answer is by resting. The evidence of faith is rest.
Quite frankly, Isaiah is telling godly folks that if they claim to be members of God's household yet fail to rely on the Lord to care for them, then something is wrong. There is a disconnect somewhere in the wiring of our hearts if we say we love the Lord, yet we don't display a "shining splendor" that comes from within.
In order to understand how great your God is, you have to grasp the fact that He is concerned with every detail of your life, and He wants you to be able to recline in His arms, rested, unworried, unburdened, and full of faith in His ability to meet your needs.
If we truly understood that He is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond what we can ask or think, then we wouldn't be frustrated or anxious or worried or frightened or unduly concerned about what is facing us today. Think about it; what is keeping you from feeling peaceful right this moment? Hold that thought.
Let's move on to verse 11 of Isaiah 50, as it may just illustrate further the state in which we so often find ourselves.
"Look, all you enemies of your own selves who attempt to kindle your own fires and work out your own plans of salvation, who surround and gird yourselves with momentary sparks that you set aflame! Walk by the light of your self-made fire and of the sparks that you have kindled for yourself if you will. But this shall you have from My hand: you shall lie down in grief and in torment."
Wow! Scripture says that we are our own enemy if we try to make things work on our own, expending our precious time and energy doing things our own way instead of honoring God by simply laying down our burdens. We can work our own deliverance, but the end result will be less than desirable. Who in their right mind would choose grief and torment over rest? We do ourselves a favor when we rest in the Lord.
After I read the verses in Isaiah and truly comprehended the magnitude of what he was saying, I realized that I was missing out on the unstressed life that was mine in Jesus, and my mindset needed to change. It needed to change because I was trying to control my life instead of trusting the Lord to do what He wanted to do. I thought that I could handle whatever came my way by praying about it and then doing what I thought best.
The problem was that I would indeed pray about a situation, but then I would worry about it, constantly look at it from a bazillion angles and worry some more – usually worrying about the "what-ifs." In case you don't already know, "what-ifs" will cause you to lie down in grief and torment.
Experience is often the very best teacher. Have you ever been in a situation where you have had no one but God to rely upon? The problem is that too many of us work out our own deliverance in order to avoid the position of needing God absolutely. Quite frankly, we are afraid to rest ourselves fully on God. It is our human nature that loudly calls to us to start our own fires, to knock rocks together in order to get a tiny spark that we can then fan into flame, expending great time and energy on something that we don't need to be doing in the first place.
Worry, fear, depression, anxiety: there is nothing new under the sun. Isaiah was addressing the faithful ones of his day who obviously feared the Lord, but who obviously were still living in darkness and fear. People haven't changed; we still choose fear and darkness when we could embrace rest and peace. Stop the craziness!
Here is a practical suggestion for how to break the cycle of fear and doubt and worry: Get a journal. Decide for one month that you are going to take God at His word. Commit your worries and concerns to the pages of your journal each day for 30 days. Also, read Isaiah 50:10 and 11 each day.
After you have laid out your cares in the journal, in your mind's eye picture yourself leaning against the Lord, resting on Him and refusing to pick those burdens back up just for that day. Before you leave the solitude of your room or wherever you are writing, determine that you are not going to worry just for that day.
What you will find is when you refuse to fall into the old patterns of working things out yourself, the Lord is going to meet your needs in ways you couldn't imagine. God will make a way where there seems to be no way. When He meets those needs, and as you see how He walks with you through the day, record that in your journal the next day.
Leave a trail of answered prayers that you can look back on and reread when your faith falters. Give the Lord an opportunity to be the one in control just for today.
Eventually, even after just one month, you will be living within the parameters of a new mindset! You will be more joyful and relaxed which will carry over to the homeschool realm most certainly. Moreover, the Lord will do things His way, which is what we truly want, isn't it?
As we learn how to walk each day in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit, our minds will be renewed, and we will be empowered to be the parents we are called to be, the home educators we are called to be, and so on.
When we cease trying to light our own fires and struggling to make things happen in our own strength, we illustrate to our children that the Lord is God and can be trusted in all matters; we have experienced Him and found Him to be faithful.
Truly this is one of the most valuable lessons we could possibly hope to pass on to the next generation.
All scripture quoted from The Amplified Bible.


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Today, Political morons are at work as they have been for much of the past five years. They work tirelessly to undermine this President. It's something they do because of a pathetic yearning for political power. They have little if any regard for the state of our nation; the same nation they would desire to lead. America's sharp warrior spirit has been dulled by their endless sniping.
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Julia Serano on "cis"
Laura // 18 May 2009
Julia Serano, author of Whipping Girl, has written a comprehensive post on the terms cis, cissexual and cisgender, which I thoroughly recommend for anyone who is unaware of or uncomfortable with these terms.
I didn't really understand the term when I first came across it in Helen G's Trans101 feature, but reading Whipping Girl helped me see through my privilege and begin to challenge my beliefs on gender and identity, and I now wonder why I had such difficulty with it. Cis is simply used to designate those individuals who are not trans. As Julia Serano explains:
"Trans" means "across" or "on the opposite side of," whereas "cis" means "on the same side of." So if someone who was assigned one sex at birth, but comes to identify and live as a member of the other sex, is called a "transsexual" (because they have crossed from one sex to the other), then the someone who lives and identifies as the sex they were assigned at birth is called a "cissexual."
In other words, cissexual people do not experience dissonance between the sex assigned to them at birth in accordance with their physical body, and the gender or 'subconscious sex' that they know and feel themselves to be. Crucially, for those who may not have come across the term before, it should be noted that a cis person may dislike the gender stereotypes and roles that are forced on them by patriarchal society, but they do not feel this sense of dissonance between their physical sex (their body) and the sex their brain tells them they are. So while I may not identify with the term "woman" as I have come to understand it in a patriarchal society, I do not feel any internal mental and/or physical rejection of being gendered female, I do not feel that my female body is incongruous with how I gender myself; rather, I have created my own definition of "woman", and I am happy with that, and with my body. Therefore, I am cis.
The term is important because it places cis and trans people on an equal footing, where terms such as non-trans or normatively gendered posit trans people as an abnormal Other. (And on a purely practical level it's a hell of a lot quicker than writing "people who are not trans".) By giving a name to the experience and fact of being cissexual, the term also enables us to recognise and challenge the privileges that cis people benefit from. Serano explains this with reference to the terms homosexuality and heterosexuality:
Fifty years ago, homosexuality was almost universally seen as unnatural, immoral, illegitimate, etc. Back then, people regularly talked about "homosexuals," but nobody ever talked about "heterosexuals." In a sense, there were no "heterosexuals"—everyone who wasn't engaged in same-sex behavior was simply considered "normal." Their sexualities were unmarked and taken for granted.
If you were lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) during this time period, there was almost no way for you to convince the rest of society that you were unfairly marginalized. In society's eyes, nobody was oppressing you, it was simply your fault or problem that you were "abnormal." In fact, it was quite common for LGB people to buy into this presumption of abnormality themselves, as there was simply no other obvious way to view their predicament.
But then gay rights activists began challenging this notion. They pointed out that all people have sexualities (not just homosexuals). The so-called "normal" people weren't really "normal" per se, but rather they were "heterosexual." And the activists pointed out that heterosexuals weren't necessarily any better or more righteous than homosexuals. It was just that heterosexism—the belief that same-sex attraction and relationships are less natural and legitimate than heterosexual ones—is institutionalized within society and functions to unfairly marginalize those who engage in same-sex relationships.
She also addresses cis people's oft-repeated complaint that they don't identify with the term:
Cis is not meant to be an identity. Rather, it simply describes the way that one is perceived by others.
An analogy: I don't strongly *identify* with the terms "white" and "able-bodied," even though I am both of those things. After all, I have been able to navigate my way through the world without ever having to give much thought to those aspects of my person. And that's the point: It is my white privilege and able-bodied privilege that enables me *not* to have to deal with racism and ableism on a daily basis!
In general, we only identify with those aspects of ourselves that are marked. For example, I identify as bisexual, and as a trans woman, because those are issues that I have to deal with all of the time (because of other people's prejudices). While I may not strongly identify as white or able-bodied, it would be entitled for me to completely disavow myself from those labels, as it would deny the white privilege and able-bodied privilege I regularly experience.
You can read the rest of the post here, and check out the Cis Privilege Checklist here.
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Rachel H-G // Posted 18 May 2009 at 11:28 pm
Although I understand the need for challenging heteronormativity, I resent being referred to as "cis" anything. It's a label I have not chosen and am not comfortable with.
What's wrong with "woman"?
Laura // Posted 19 May 2009 at 5:27 pm
Hi Rachel,
Because if we talk about 'woman' and 'trans woman', this positions the cis woman as the norm (she doesn't need a label, she's the default) and the trans woman as abnormal. This kind of thinking is what lies behind much of the discrimination trans people face. By differentiating between cis and trans we make it clear that the two groups are different from each other, but there is no hierarchy there.
Why do you resent being referred to as cis? I didn't actively choose to label myself white, or able-bodied, but for the purposes of describing my ethnicity and the state of my body, that's what I am, just as for the purposes of describing my gender identity and my experience of my physical sex I am cis: I really don't see how that is in any way offensive or harmful.
Renee // Posted 19 May 2009 at 5:57 pm
Honestly it does not matter whether or nor you resent it if your body and gender align that is exactly what you are. It is not a slur it is simply a statement of fact. I suspect the reason that you have difficulty with the term is that it forces you to realize the privilege that are embedded to your body because socially we have decided that certain bodies deserve privilege.
terese // Posted 19 May 2009 at 6:56 pm
Rachel – seriously? this is your response to this post? Did you even read it? Did you read Julia Serano's post that this linked to? Or any of the other links Laura put in?
Trans women ARE women. That's why simply using 'woman' does not work in contexts when it is necessary to distinguish between trans and cis women.
And it's not about challenging heteronormativity (because trans is not about sexuality, it's about gender) it's about challenging cisnormativity. How can this be challenged if it can't be named?
Aimee // Posted 19 May 2009 at 10:34 pm
Because calling trans women 'trans' and non trans women 'women' implies that trans women are not legitimate women, they are an 'other'. Applying a label to non trans women redresses the balance and legitimises trans women.
I think the fact that a woman finds it difficult or odd to consider a concept like 'being cis' shows how hard it is to accept one's priviledge. Even if we don't actively discriminate, non trans women are still priviledged in comparison to trans women, but it's hard to comprehend because we resent the implication that we are somehow the 'opressors'. I'm not trying to justify anything, i just don't think we can be too hard on people without giving them the opportunity to understand better.
Clare // Posted 20 May 2009 at 12:34 pm
How does being intersex fit with this? What happens if you are uncomfortable with any of the genders you are being asked to identify with or happy to adopt either?
Rachel // Posted 5 July 2009 at 7:42 pm
I'd like to go back to Rachel's question: What is wrong with "woman"? Why do we need to distinguish between cis and trans? Let me be clear: I don't resent the label; I don't understand the need for it – neither the trans nor the cis part! To me, this differentiation is at the heart of the discrimination because although Lauren claims there is no hierarchy there, having two labels tends to bring us hierarchies because one is viewed as the norm and the other as, well, the other. Sure, there might be a need to label something, say during a clinical exam or even an analysis, the differentiation might help, but overall whether a woman is cis or trans shouldn't make a difference – she is a woman. I fear that by adding the label cis or trans, we keep reinforcing that there is a difference. To me the goal is to view a person as the identified gender they are now, no matter how they got there.
Holly Combe // Posted 5 July 2009 at 10:29 pm
I see what you mean and, to a certain extent, share the fear that the terms could be used to perpetuate the othering of trans people. Like any method of consciousness raising, I guess there's always the chance that it could be counter-productive to its own goals. However, I reckon that has more to do with the general dynamics a cisexist society perpetuates rather than the terms somehow being "at the heart of the discrimination itself". I'd say just about any perspective, however egalitarian, can probably be twisted back to suit the status quo if left unchecked but surely that doesn't mean we shouldn't actively support ways to push things forward? Ideally, those ways wouldn't need to exist because, as you say, whether a woman is cis or trans shouldn't make a difference. Unfortunately, I don't think thats the situation we have. As Serano says in the piece, she uses the term because of the "vastly different ways in which we are perceived and treated by others (based on whether or not we are trans) and the way those differences impact our unique physical and social experiences with both femaleness and maleness". She does recognise that the language could be said to contribute to a "reverse discourse" that "simply reinforces the distinction between transsexuals and cissexuals" and has marginalized her in the first place but I think the following excerpt lends more weight to an argument for using the terms:
"…while transsexuals are extremely familiar with cissexual perspectives of gender (as they dominate in our culture), most cissexuals remain largely unfamiliar with trans perspectives. Thus, to ask me to only use words that cissexuals are familiar with in order to describe my gendered experiences is similar to asking a musician to only use words that non-musicians understand when describing music. It can be done, but something crucial would surely be lost in the translation. Just as a musician cannot fully explain their reaction to a particular song without bringing up concepts such as "minor key" or "time signature," there are certain trans-specific words and ideas that will appear throughout this book that are crucial for me to precisely convey my thoughts and experiences regarding gender. In order to have an illuminating and nuanced discussion about my experiences and perspectives as a trans woman, we must begin to think in terms of words and ideas that accurately describe that experience".
Rachel // Posted 5 July 2009 at 11:04 pm
Thanks for enlightening me! :-) I realize now (after reading your response and here and here) that the main flaws in my thinking were that (a) using labels creates hierarchies and (b) removing the labels removes/prevents those hierarchies. If I call a carpet "red" it simply states that it's made out of mostly red yarn. It doesn't mean that it's better or worse than a blue carpet. Using terms like "trans" and "cis" simply describes a fact. It doesn't mean that one is better or worse than the other. Also, describing myself as a cis woman doesn't automatically mean that I am transphobic… And do I wish that we could bring down patriarchy simply by calling everybody human rather than men and women…
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The ability to be moved by another's pain is one of the distinguishing features of our humanity. When we feel for a person, we are emotionally impacted by their particular struggle or circumstance. When this occurs, we may be more likely to react compassionately in some way (for instance, giving a loved one who is upset a hug; meeting with a recently-divorced friend to offer support; donating to a charity).
Clearly our capacity to be sympathetic is an important part of our relationships. It encourages us to reach out at times, bringing out the nurturer, caregiver and protector in us. A sympathetic response shifts our priorities, making what's going on for someone else our immediate concern. How often have you put something you were doing on hold in order to be there for someone you're concerned about?
Expressions like, "My heart goes out to him"; "I'm so sorry to hear about your loss"; "Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you" are just a few of the phrases that reflect our sympathetic experiences.
A sympathetic response cannot be forced. It's an emotional reaction that either happens or doesn't. Certain things will move you emotionally, some won't.
Let's turn our attention now to empathy. It's easy to confuse sympathy with empathy, but there are important differences that matter to your marriage/relationship.
Why is empathic listening so important in intimate relationships?
Empathic listening allows us to reach past our sympathetic response in order to put ourselves in someone else's shoes. During a sympathetic reaction you are feeling for another; through empathy you are feeling with another.
And empathy is something you can practice. While empathy may seem to come more naturally to some people, it's important to underscore that empathic listening can be practiced. It's a communication skill that you'll want to have in your relationship communication toolbox, and it's available to each and every one of us.
This capability is quite remarkable, and it's highly beneficial for your marriage/relationship. Your empathic abilities and intentions help you tune into what it must be like to be your spouse/partner in a particular moment in time.
The importance of empathic listening was captured by a husband who shared the following:
"Empathy has always been a challenge for me, but when I was a teenager, a friend's dad I looked up to told me that 'sooner or later our sympathies run out, so you have to practice empathy.' And it's true. I can easily get frustrated if my wife is upset about the same thing and I'm ready to move on. But then I try to imagine it from her perspective, and when I do this I find that I can be there for her." ~ Christopher, married seven years
As Christopher was told long ago, despite our loving intentions, our sympathies aren't infinite. You may have experienced this with your partner or a friend. One of the things I frequently hear from people who are struggling emotionally is that they don't want to "burden" their friends by repeatedly talking about their problems. Have you ever felt this way? You might reach out initially, but you're concerned that if you keep at it, sooner or later the person you're reaching out to may pull away from you. You may have seen firsthand that the compassion of others isn't endless.
- If we give too much of ourselves, don't we all get emotionally taxed at some point?
- Is there anything we can do to replenish our sympathy reservoir so that we can be there for each other?
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Let's turn our attention to how you and your partner can become more emotionally present and available to each other.
The first has to do with setting healthy boundaries in your marriage/relationship. Setting boundaries helps us deal with the issue of feeling emotionally overwhelmed or taxed. The second, practicing empathic listening, helps us pull out of the vortex of negativity and defensiveness by reestablishing emotional connection.
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If our loving compassion has its limits (even though we may wish it was limitless), then it might be best to set better boundaries for ourselves with others. When our psychological boundaries are too porous, we can end up giving so much of ourselves that it feels like there is nothing left. In these instances, you'll be running on emotional empty, and if your partner reaches out for you, you may find yourself pulling away or become agitated/frustrated with him/her.
And yes, boundary-setting can also occur in marriage and intimate relationships. It might be as simple as saying, "I really do want to hear about the difficulties you're having at work, but I just got home. I had a long day and I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed myself at the moment. I'd like to lie down for a while and maybe later we can talk?"
In this example, a boundary is gently established that accomplishes two things:
a) You're telling your spouse/partner what you need in the moment (an act of self-care).
b) You are also sending the message that you still want to be there for him/her when you're ready.
Boundary-setting in this way allows us to emotionally replenish ourselves while modeling that self-care also benefits the marriage or relationship. This isn't a selfish act. You cannot give to others if you do not give to yourself.
2) Practicing Empathic Listening
There are times when patterns of negativity take hold of our relationship. Defensive responding starts to block our capacity to hear each other. The ideals of emotional openness and loving compassion get subsumed under the stresses of misunderstandings.
Reactions like, "You're being unreasonable" or "I can't believe you're still talking about that!" reflect these struggles. In these moments, real listening is severed. It can feel like there is no room left inside of us to process what is going on for our partner/spouse. So we quickly slam the door shut and remain closed-off.
Haven't we all been in this defensive, closed-off place?
The power of empathetic listening
Being exhausted or overwhelmed clearly has the capacity to negatively impact emotional connection. And, as stated above, so does defensiveness. You cannot be empathic and defensive at the same time. These are incompatible, mutually-exclusive experiences.
In the quote above, Christopher mentioned how trying to take his wife's perspective helps him soften emotionally toward her. Something internally shifts for him, and therefore frustration (fed by defensiveness) is replaced with an openness and willingness to be there for her. In these moments, he is practicing empathy. Whenever we try to take the perspective of another, to understand (rather than judge) why they are feeling X or Y, we are walking the path of empathy.
Emphatic listening requires practice. We must set the intention to imagine what the world might be like for our partner in a particular moment. This is a real challenge, especially during the occasions when empathy requires that we acknowledge and understand that we've had a negative impact on her/him.
Why go through all this trouble in becoming a more empathetic listener?
Listening in this way creates bridges, which means that it has the potential to feed and strengthen the emotional connection in your relationship.
Think about the last time you felt listened to by someone (whether it was your partner or someone else). Feeling listened to means feeling understood. And when you feel understood by your partner, relational magic happens. Emotional intimacy is nurtured and the closeness that is central to intimate relationship is allowed to flourish.
So, are you ready to start practicing healthy boundary-setting and empathic listening in your own marriage or relationship?


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We Don't Need A Map - A Martu experience of the Western Desert
Fremantle Art Gallery • 17 November 2012 - 20 January 2013
Exhibition incorporating Martu paintings, a video work celebrating the public phones in remote communities, aerial desert photography, finely wrought Martu objects and Fremantle Art Centre's Pilbara Garden. The public program Martu Mob at FAC includes bush tucker cooking, carving and gallery tours with Martu artists and rangers and a film night featuring Contact. Over 40 Martu artists and bush rangers attended the event along with staff from Martumili Artists and Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa.
The event was an undeniable success with Fremantle Art Centre recording their highest visitor numbers in history over the 3 days the opening events ran.
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A shattered window, a makeshift bomb, and then a fire in California. A car set ablaze in New Orleans. A fire in Washington state. A hatchet attack in New Hampshire.
Just hours before a gunman staged an hours-long siege at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, over 140 public health and pro-choice groups sent a letter asking the Obama administration to investigate a surge in attacks and threats to abortion providers, arguing that the incidents were "not just acts of hatred and violence but acts of domestic terrorism." The letter linked the violence to the series of heavily edited undercover videos regarding Planned Parenthood's tissue-donation program that an anti-abortion group began releasing in July.
The escalation received scant attention, but now, with three people dead and nine wounded in Colorado, there's a deeper resonance to calls for treating anti-abortion violence as a terror threat. "Unfortunately, we could have predicted this attack," said NARAL Pro-Choice America president Ilyse Hogue, who joined other advocates on a call with reporters on Wednesday to explain why they've asked the Department of Justice to handle clinic violence as acts of terrorism. The attacks have been "politically motivated, narrow in target, but intended to scare a wide audience," Hogue said. "Even though there is one man who pulled the trigger [in Colorado Springs], there is a network of actors that created the culture of hate and violence that led to it."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines domestic terrorism as acts "intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population" and "to influence policy of a government by intimidation or coercion." The Colorado shooting, and clinic violence more generally, clearly matches that description, Hogue argued. Two-thirds of people polled recently said they thought clinic attacks were a form of terrorism. But domestic terrorism is not of itself a crime; ideologically motivated criminals like Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh are typically charged with murder, use of a weapon of mass destruction, or hate crimes. Robert Dear, the alleged Colorado Springs gunman, faces first degree murder charges. Attorney General Loretta Lynch referred to the shooting as an "unconscionable attack," and the Justice Department is still weighing the option to press federal charges.


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Ballistic Impact's first official operation has begun and takes us to Chernarus. A former Soviet Bloc state with a recent history plagued by the communist insurgency of the "Chernarussian Movement of the Red Star", known as the Chedakis by the locals. This problem became compounded when the Chedaki insurgents seized a small Chernarussian base, gaining access to heavy military equipment and becoming much more than a simple thorn in the Chernarussian Governments side. The Russian government, seeing this as potential weakness and being emboldened by their seizure of Crimea and unchallenged interventions in the middle east, took this opportunity to launch a lightning quick offensive. Having crushed the Chernarussian military their more advanced equipment, the Russian military occupied the nation and seemingly began preparations for proceeding further into Europe, forcing a response from NATO.
The USMC MARSOC (Marine Special Operations Command) unit Raider-1 was tasked with preparing for the arrival of the US led NATO forces. Their job was to infiltrate under cover of night, clear a small village of a Russian guard element, and then move on to an airfield in the Northeast corner of the Russian territory on Chernarus.
Phase 1 of Operation Paladin went off almost without a hitch, Raider-1 was deployed 3km off the coast of Chernarus from the HMS Proteus and infiltrated via RHIB. After landing and collecting their gear they made their way to the nearby village. Air support was not available in any way so recon was conducted via HuntIR Grenades. The HuntIR grenade is a 40mm grenade launched from under the barrel of the rifle, once reaching it's maximum height it deploys a parachute, and activates its camera for use by the squad leader. Thankfully the village was taken without the alarm being raised and not a shot fired by the Russian troops. Raider-1 moved on towards the nearby airbase, and after a not so short (or quiet for that matter) engagement with an enemy BRDM was able to move on with clearing the airfield.
(Even Top Tier Operators don't want to get out of bed sometimes)
After the airfield was secured Raider-1 was reinforced by another contingent of marines deployed from the Proteus. Preparations began to defend against a counterattack.
(Chedaki Scouts preform recon and harass the base from afar.)
The fight to hold the airfield lasted for 4 hours, Raider-1 and the reinforcing Marines managed to fight off multiple platoons of Chedaki insurgents as well as a platoon of Russian Special Forces and three main battle tanks before coming under heavy fire from enemy artillery. After a close escape from the bombarded airfield Raider-1 made their way to the Chedaki artillery base and called in fire support from the Proteus to destroy it.
(Raider-1 Preforming Battle Damage Assessment - Tomahawk Cruise Missiles don't tend to leave many survivors.)
With a successfully taken and defended base, now US Forces can begin moving in and build a more defensible position, setting up for what could become a long drawn out war against Russia and Her Allies.
This was just the beginning of our first official operation. Overall, it's going well so far, we hope to continue playing and bringing new members into our ranks so we can move onto even larger operations. Thanks for reading, and I'll see you with the report from our next mission soon! - Cipher


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Last night I went to my first SXSW showcase. The first band, L.P. had this wildly androgynous lead singer who looked like a cross between Pat & a young Donovan. When she/he said their name was L.P. that didn't help me figure it out. Either way once s/h started singing it was incredible (and incredibly loud). They had this effortlessly high, clear voice.
The next act was a British singer/song writer/rapper Ed Sheeran. This guy was a one man acoustic guitar playing, loop pedal phenom. He broke all but two strings on his guitar and still managed to blow minds and not skip a beat.
The band I was most excited was Punch Brothers. They were impossibly good. Tight harmonies, complex arrangements, and virtuosic playing. Oh man.
Also on this bill was Kimbra (wha wha) Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and Dr. John (as in THE Dr. John).
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Commander Cosimo Nicastro said: "We think that in the same area where we found five people today is the place where it's more possible that we can find other people."
The Italian Coastguard distributed a video handout showing strategic meetings, rescue attempts, divers pulling up body bags and a helicopter surveying the areas of the ship that are now difficult to get to.
Commander Nicastro pointed out the dangers inherent in such rescue attempts.
"The ship could go deeper, because there is a problem with the stability and everything, so it's really more difficult than usual," he said.
The death toll the Costa Concordia tragedy rose to 11 today when five bodies – four men and one woman – were recovered from the submerged portion of the ship, which ran into a reef, then capsized near the Tuscan island of Giglio on Friday night.
Rescuers are continuing to search the partially submerged ship for about two dozen people who are still missing.
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Old Dominion University baseball coach Mark Newman has resigned to take a job as coordinator of minor-league operations for the New York Yankees. He is scheduled to appear at the Yankee's minor-league headquarters in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 15.
"I regret leaving what I regard as one of the finest baseball programs ..." said Newman, whose Monarchs' teams went 319-162-8 in his nine seasons and were ranked in the nation's top 25 five times in the last eight years. "My nine years at ODU were the best of my life. ... but I couldn't afford to reject this offer from the Yankees. It's a great opportunity with a great organization."
Newman was chosen by George Bradley, the Yankees' vice president of player development and scouting.


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What a stupid bitch!I love that no one told her she could only buy 1 (or 2 at the Apple Store). Not even the news team who did a good job staying out of the story. 100,000 would buy about 150 of the 8GB iPhones - most AT&T stores only received between 50 and 100 iPhones period. What a vapid waste of a human, I bet she scalps McQuarrie figures as well.Even if she could find 150 iPhones, they're only clearing $750 on eBay. That could be a potential $15,000 profit for her, if her extra 150 phones hitting eBay didn't drive the price down.
More brilliance, from me this time.I ran my Shuffle through the wash (gym shorts pocket), TWICE.And after a night to air dry (caught it before it went into the dryer) it works.
iLounge.com recommended this as the premier FM transmitter. I've tried other trasnmitters with varying success, but if this doesn't work, then I'll have to look into replacing the car stereoes in both of my vehicles.
Let me know how that one works. That's the next piece I'm after for is the FM transmitter to hook into the car. I need to upgrade the speakers in the car as well, so maybe upgrading the deck isn't such a bad idea either, but I'd rather put the money into the speakers if I can get a decent FM transmitter.
With a Cover Flow-themed widescreen graphic for its invitation, Apple has invited selected members of the media to a September 5, 2007 Special Event in San Francisco, California. The graphic, titled The beat goes on., shows a silhouetted iTunes dancer holding a fifth-generation iPod in hand alongside six album covers. As with other major iPod- and iTunes-themed events, the Moscone Center has been selected as the venue, suggesting the need for greater seating capacity than the smaller Mac- and iPod accessory events Apple has staged in months and years past. iLounge editors will be on site to cover the Event live.
Apple announces Sept. 5 Special EventQuoteEither that, or the announcement that The Beatles' catalog will finally be made available on iTunes.Or maybe both. I'd say both. McCartney, Lennon and now Ringo have all recently been added to iTunes...
Either that, or the announcement that The Beatles' catalog will finally be made available on iTunes.Or maybe both.
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Cash flow is an extremely hot topic for any type of business. A few weeks ago, I bumped into a friend of mine who is the controller for a local construction firm. While talking, I asked her to name the single biggest issue she's facing. Without hesitating, she said, "Cash flow."
For most industries, there is risk but predictability in cash flow. This is less true for construction. Contractors face an environment in which not only is risk present (and these days quite high), but it is much harder to predict and control. Over the next few days, we'll take a look at some of the elements that make it difficult to manage construction cash flow starting with estimating and income verses outgo.
The Guestimate
I'll never cease to be amazed at how construction estimators take mind-numbingly complex construction projects with hundreds of thousands of elements and boil it down into a cost estimate that turns out to be incredibly accurate. But even the best will tell you that there is still a scary amount of intuition and guesswork, though not because of a lack of process or knowledge. No matter if a contractor uses Excel spreadsheets or specialized construction software, they simply can't "know what they don't know." Change will happen—material prices will fluctuate, labor availability will change, even the weather can conspire against the best-laid estimates.
Burning Big Logs
The best analogy for construction cash flow I've heard came from a CFO of a General Contractor we work with. Paraphrasing, he said, "John, it's like burning big logs—you get a campfire going with small sticks that are easy to gather, then you start putting in big logs to keep it going. The big logs take time and effort to find, so if the fire starts burning low and you're about out of logs, you're in trouble." In construction, cash tends to come in large chunks but is burned at a steady pace. Managing cash in this environment takes the right mix of skill, tools, and constant diligence.
What tools are you using to manage cash flow?


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We started the summer in Zurich with a school and a workshop to explore quantum foundations.
All lecture videos now available here. Photos here.
Lectures at the summer school
- Roger Colbeck, University of York, UK – Bell inequalities
- Angela Karanjai, University of Sydney, Australia – Epistemic models
- Matthew Leifer, Chapman University, US – No-go theorems
- Lluis Masanes, UCL, UK – Axiomatic derivations of quantum theory
- Renato Renner, ETH Zurich, Switzerland – Interpretations of quantum theory
- Katja Ried, U. Innsbruck, Austria – Causality
- Ana Belén Sainz, Perimeter Institute, Canada – Contextuality
- Robert W. Spekkens, Perimeter Institute, Canada – Experimental quantum foundations
Confirmed speakers for the workshop
- Simon Kochen, U. Princeton, USA
- Alastair Abbott, Institut Néel, France
- Joseba Alonso, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Chris Fuchs, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
- Jürg Fröhlich, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Angela Karanjai, U. Sidney, Australia
- Otfried Gühne, U. Siegen, Germany
- Robert Raussendorf, U. British Columbia, Canada
- Marc-Olivier Renou, U. Geneva, Switzerland
- Ana Belén Sainz, Perimeter Institute, Canada
- Robert W. Spekkens, Perimeter Institute, Canada
In 2017 we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Kochen-Specker theorem, developed partly at ETH Zurich, where Ernst Specker lectured. The theorem ruled out a whole class of intuitive hidden variable theories for observations consistent with quantum mechanics, and established contextuality as a key feature of nature.
Half a century on, research in quantum foundations is more prolific than ever. Bell inequalities have been generalized to explore nonlocality, and found applications in device-independent cryptography and free randomness expansion; axiomatic approaches to quantum theory derive the mathematical formalism of quantum theory from physical principles; epistemic models have been proposed to explain quantum strangeness, and ruled out by no-go theorems developed in response; contextuality has been shown fundamental for universal quantum computation; the measurement problem has become even more problematic with extensions to Wigner's friend thought experiment; and high-precision experiments have started to probe quantum theory towards the mesoscopic regime.
Summer school on quantum foundations, 18-21 June
Despite there being a large community actively working on quantum foundations, and several specialized workshops for experts, there has been a lack of events directed at junior researchers entering the field, particularly in Europe. This summer school on quantum foundations comes to fill that gap, providing a solid introduction to different approaches and problems within foundations.
The school is mostly directed at PhD students and junior postdocs in quantum information and related fields who are interested on quantum foundations. More senior researchers and master students are also welcome.
Workshop on contextuality, 22-23 June
The school will be followed by a workshop on contextuality directed at experts. The aim of this workshop is to bring together to the ETH Zurich, the place where the Kochen-Specker theorem was conceived, leading researchers in all contextuality-related fields in order to develop broader perspectives, draw connections between different approaches, stimulate collaborations, and envision objectives for future research.