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Dr. Bill Maier on Divorce
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How Will Divorce Affect My Child?
Dear Dr. Bill: In the middle of marital struggles with my husband, we became pregnant. Despite this, my husband announced that he's leaving me and wants a divorce. Since I am originally from Europe, I am considering a move back home rather than staying in this country where I have friends but no family. But I wonder if this is the best decision for my child.
Is it better for children to know their father and possibly build a relationship with him? Or should we simply ask this man to leave our lives and not be involved with him at all? That's my preference, but what do children who grew up with divorced parents think about this?
My heart goes out to you in this very difficult situation. But I would encourage you not to give up hope. Because you are under such a great deal of stress, now is not the time for making major decisions. Give yourself some time and space to think through all of the alternatives available to you.
The research on divorce shows that if couples will slow down the process and seek outside professional help, many marriages can be saved. Although it may feel to you or your husband that divorce is the only option, in reality it's not.
You asked about the impact on your child. The research shows that children do better on every measure of well-being if they grow up in a home with a married mother and father. Even if a marriage is less than perfect, staying together is always better for your kids than getting a divorce. Many studies on adult children from divorced homes confirm this. The one exception would be if there is physical or emotional abuse occurring in the home.
Even if your husband has no desire to reconcile, if he is willing to take an active role in your child's life, I would encourage you not to move back to Europe. Fatherlessness has profoundly negative impacts on children, and your son needs his dad.
On the other hand, if your husband wants nothing to do with his child and refuses to take responsibility for him, moving back to Europe to live with your extended family could be the best option. A loving, involved grandfather or uncle can't replace your son's father, but can certainly give him the male attention and affirmation he so desperately needs.
What I would do is encourage you to contact our counseling department. You'll receive caring, godly advice form one of our licensed Christian therapists. They can also refer you to a Christian counselor in your local area. I pray that your husband will be willing to consider marital counseling, but even if he won't, you'll find the support of a caring therapist invaluable during this difficult time in your life.
Reconciling a Broken Marriage
Dear Dr. Bill: My husband and I are both Christians and know the right things to do, but we were still divorced recently. My husband is full of anger, hurt, pain, and bitterness, and he won't even consider counseling. I'm very concerned about our 3-year-old son and I pray every day that God will change my husband's heart. But I'm also wondering if you can give me some suggestions on positive things I can do to reconcile this marriage?
Unfortunately in situations like this there isn't a whole lot you can do. If your husband is angry, hurt, and bitter and won't consider counseling, your options are somewhat limited. The Bible tells us that God hates divorce, and clearly His will would be for the two of you to reconcile. But God also allows each of us free will, and at this point it seems obvious that your husband has no desire to continue the relationship.
You mention that you pray every day that God will change your husband's heart, but are you also praying that God will change your heart? Have you asked God to show you the areas in which you need to change, and how you contributed to the breakup?
I realize it may be difficult for you to hear, but when separation and divorce occurs it's common for each of the spouses to focus on the changes that the other spouse needs to make, rather than engaging in the honest self-evaluation that is necessary for true growth and healing.
One good place to start would be to join a therapy group led by a Christian counselor or a divorce recovery group at a local church. In a small-group setting where honesty, openness, and vulnerability are stressed, you will begin to see some of your own blind spots. You'll be exposed to personality characteristics and behavior patterns that others see, but that you may be unaware of.
The Bible refers to this as "iron sharpening iron." It can be a painful process as God "burns off" the rough edges of our heart, but if we're willing to stick with it, it can lead to tremendous growth and healing.
I'd suggest you contact the Focus on the Family counseling department. Ask them to provide you with the names of Christian counselors in your community. Then call some of these individuals and ask them if they can suggest a good therapy group or divorce recovery group in your area.
I'd also like to recommend an excellent book that you'll find helpful. It's called Safe People and was written by two Christian psychologists I respect, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend. You can order it through most Christian bookstores or online booksellers.
Low Conflict Divorces
Dear Dr. Bill: I have a question about my son who's been married for two and a half years to a woman he lived with for several years prior to marriage. My son has recently asked for a divorce because he says there's no passion in their relationship. He also says that his wife depends on him for all her emotional needs, which he thought would change in marriage. Basically he is very unhappy and doesn't want to spend the rest of his life with this woman. I don't know how to help my son — he's resistant to counseling, and it looks like they're simply going to throw their marriage away. Do you have any suggestions for our family?
Thanks for writing. I appreciate the love and concern you have for your son and his wife. It's interesting that you mentioned that they lived together before marriage. Couples who cohabit before marriage have a 50-80% higher divorce rate than those who don't.
Unfortunately, the majority of divorces in this country are what psychologists call "low conflict" divorces. That means there are no huge fights, no domestic abuse, couples simply say they "fall out of love" and that their spouse is "no longer meeting their needs." That view of marriage is extremely self-centered and individualistic. People who get divorced for these reasons don't understand that marriage is much more than getting your personal needs met. God created marriage to be a life-long commitment that involves self-sacrifice., forbearing with one another in love, and putting your spouse's needs above your own. I don't know if your son is a Christian, but it sounds like he doesn't see it that way. Sadly, there's probably nothing you can do that will change his mind. The fact that he's resistant to counseling indicates to me that he's unwilling to look at how HE has contributed to the marital problems. All you can really do is pray for him and speak the truth in love.
By the way, there's some interesting new research that you might want to share with your son. It shows that if people who are in unhappy marriages will just stick it out, a large percentage of them go on to describe their marriages as "very happy" five years later. On the other hand, folks who say they're in unhappy marriages and get divorced describe themselves as just as unhappy divorced as they were when they were married.
If your son does get to the point where he is willing to consider counseling, please encourage him to contact our counseling department. We have licensed Christian therapists who will offer him a free, confidential counseling session over the phone and then refer him to a marriage counselor in his local area.
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Well, I don't know about everyone else, but I had fun coming up with a few morsels for VRC: Food On A Stick. It was equally fun to see the entries pop up in my inbox. And all of them look really good. I mean, mouthwatering good. One of the best parts about hosting this month's VRC, is that I have "Met" several food bloggers that are new to me. I have added their blogs to my favorites, and I'm looking forward to seeing more from all of them. While I ideally would have liked more entries, this was fun anyways, and I appreciate everyone who participated. And if you're reading this and going "Oops!" It's okay, if you send me a late submission, I'll add it on to the round-up anyway.
Let's move on to this months entries for the Virtual Recipe Club, because I just can't wait to share the delicious looking recipes with the rest of the blogosphere. You will also see a recurring theme...
First up, we have a pair of kebab recipes from My Life As A Reluctant Housewife. Gabriella starts us off with her Lamb Kebabs With The Three C's. Oh my, they look tempting.
And if that's not enough for you, she also shares with us Steak Kebab With Pineapple Marinade. Thanks so much Gabriella!
Next we have Eliza from Notes From My Food Diary. Eliza brings Napoleon Beef On A Skewer- also called Thit Bo Lui. Doesn't this just make you want to run out and get some beef? Thank you for joining us this month Eliza!
Next we have Kalyn joining us from Kalyn's Kitchen. When I saw a submission from Kalyn, I knew I wouldn't be disappointed. And how could I be with Chicken and Veggie Kabobs with Garlic and Basil. Thanks a bunch for sharing Kalyn!
Joining us next is Haalo who hails to us from Cook (Almost) Anything At Least Once. Haalo shares two recipes with us today from the land Down Under. Just look at these Skewered Lemongrass Prawns!
Haalo also shares with us this rather unique recipe for Potato Skewers. I would have never thought to put potatoes on a skewer, but these babies sure have me planning on giving them a try. I don't know which looks better- the potato, or the clove of garlic on the end. Thank you Haalo for the new inspiration!
And last, but certainly not least, here are my two entries. First up, we have a Chicken Tikka.
Followed by my newly created Grilled Meatballs. And that is this month's round-up. Now comes the hard part- deciding which one of these precious "Foods On A Stick" to try first. Thank you to everyone for participating, it was so much fun to "meet" you all, and I'm looking forward to following more of your cooking adventures.
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NEWTON, Mass. (information taken from a Lasell press release) -- Junior forward Sapir Edalati (Great Neck, N.Y./Great Neck South) scored her second goal of the game 34 seconds into overtime to lift the 12th-ranked Brandeis University women's soccer team past host Lasell College, 3-2, in a rematch of a 2012 NCAA Tournament contest. With the win, the Judges improve to 3-0 on the season, while the Lasers suffer their first loss and fall to 3-1.
Brandeis scored the lone goal of the first half when junior forward Dara Spital (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep) took a feed from rookie Cidney Moscovich (Coral Springs, Fla./Coral Glades) on the right side of the box and fired a shot just inside the right post to put the visitors in front in the 27th minute. The goal was Spital's fourth of the season and the 18th of her career, while the assist was Moscovich's first of her collegiate career.
Brandeis held a five to one advantage in shots in the opening half, and Lasell's Leah Pappalardo (Whitman, Mass.) made four saves to keep the hosts within striking distance.
The Lasers drew level in the 56th minute when a Devon Day (Hartford, Vt.) corner kick found Bridget Lynch (Dover, N.H.) inside the top of the 6 yard box for an easy finish, knotting the score at 1-1.
Spital sprung Edalati with a long ball that Edalati slid past Pappalardo to put Brandeis back in front, 2-1 in the 69th minute. Edalati's first goal of the game was the 11th of her career.
Kayla Lynch (Dover, N.H.) pulled Lasell back just six minutes later, when a throw-in by Arianna DiOrio (Revere, Mass.) found Lynch inside the box, where Lynch took a touch and slotted past Judge junior keeper Michelle Savuto (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) tying the match 2-2. Both teams created chances in the final 15 minutes of regulation but neither team was able to break the deadlock and the two teams headed to extra time.
A failed clearance by Lasell deflected past Lasell's Papallardo to an unmarked Edalati in the box where she calmly touched the ball over the goal line to give Brandeis the 3-2 win just 34 seconds into the extra session. The goal was the third game-winner of Edalati's career - and the second against the Lasers, having won last year's NCAA post-season showdown as well - and gave her her second multi-goal game.
Pappalardo made eight saves in the contest for Lasell, while Savuto stopped four shots in the net for Brandeis. Lasell will return to action onTuesday September 10th at 4:00 p.m. when they host Endicott College at Grellier Field, while Brandeis will play host to Bridgewater State at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday September 10th.


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Ryan veep prospects split GOP
As Mitt Romney's vice presidential selection nears and buzz about Rep. Paul Ryan's prospects builds, a split is emerging among Republicans about whether the choice of the House Budget chairman and architect of the party's controversial tax and spending plan would be a daring plus for the ticket or a miscalculation that would turn a close election into a referendum on Medicare.
Ryan advocates, including some of his colleagues and high-profile conservative elites, believe Romney will lose if he doesn't make a more assertive case for his candidacy and that selecting the 42-year-old wonky golden boy would sound a clarion call to the electorate about the sort of reforms the presumptive GOP nominee wants to bring to Washington. Call them the "go bold" crowd.
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Their opposites, pragmatic-minded Republican strategists and elected officials, believe that to select Ryan is to hand President Barack Obama's campaign a twin-edged blade, letting the incumbent slash Romney on the Wisconsin congressman's Medicare proposal and carve in the challenger a scarlet "C" for the unpopular Congress. This is the cautious corner.
Romney and his high command have kept a close hold on the vice presidential selection process, but sources familiar with the candidate's thinking say Ryan remains under consideration. The two men, both consumers of weighty tomes and papers, have bonded over policy and developed an easy professional rapport this year. Ryan told colleagues in Washington last week, before the House escaped for a monthlong recess, that he hadn't spoken with top Romney aides in about a month though he had submitted paperwork for vice presidential vetting, according to a source close to the Budget chair.
The intraparty debate over who Romney should select as his running mate is not just the stuff of Capitol Hill Club parlor games. It's a stand-in for a broader argument among Republicans about what sort of campaign Romney ought to be running. As the clock ticks toward Election Day — now less than 100 days away — a growing chorus of Republicans is urging the former Massachusetts governor to take some risks, to do something more than run a one-note campaign based on voters' disappointment in Obama. To tap Ryan, this thinking goes, would be to ensure a choice election and offer Romney the prospect of a mandate for a conservative reform agenda.
"It would excite some people who right now are there for Romney because they're opposed to another four years of Obama, not because they're excited about a Romney presidency," said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), who serves with Ryan on the budget panel.
Cole, a political operative before entering public office, said Romney picking Ryan would be akin to Ronald Reagan in 1980 selecting Jack Kemp, then a young, up-and-coming conservative congressman, rather than George H.W. Bush.
"Reagan picked up and ran on Kemp-Roth," said Cole, referring to the tax-cut proposal that encapsulated conservative thinking of the time. "And a lot of people thought that was a dangerous and radical idea."
But even steep reductions on taxes for the wealthy don't carry the same political risk as proposing to change Medicare for future recipients into a voucher-style program in the fashion of Ryan's budget plan.


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Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny, (count of ) (born March 27, 1797, Loches, Fr.—died Sept. 17, 1863, Paris), poet, dramatist, and novelist who was the most philosophical of the French Romantic writers.
Youth and Romantic works.
Vigny was born into an aristocratic family that had been reduced to modest circumstances by the French Revolution. His father, a 60-year-old retired soldier at the time of his son's birth, was a veteran of the Seven Years' War; and his maternal grandfather, the Marquis de Baraudin, had served as commodore in the royal navy. Vigny grew up in Paris and took preparatory studies for the École Polytechnique at the Lycée Bonaparte, where he conceived an "inordinate love for the glory of bearing arms," a passion common to the young men of his generation. Attached to the monarchy by family tradition, he became a second lieutenant in the king's guard when the Bourbons returned to power in 1814 and when he was only 17 years old.
Though he was promoted to first lieutenant in 1822 and to captain the following year, the military profession, limited to garrison duty rather than pursued on the battlefield, bored the young officer, who preferred the adventures of a literary career. After several leaves of absence, he abandoned military life in 1827. In the meantime, he had published his first poem, "Le Bal," in 1820. Two years later his first collection of verse was published as Poèmes, along with contributions to Victor Hugo's politically conservative literary periodical La Muse Française. Salons and reviews in Paris hailed the birth of a poet who combined grace with a strength and depth that was totally Romantic. Vigny's expanded version of Poèmes under the title Poèmes antiques et modernes (1826) was also a success.
Vigny, however, was not content to excel merely in poetry, and he revealed his narrative talent in Cinq-Mars (1826), a historical novel centred around the conspiracy of Louis XIII's favourite, the Marquis de Cinq-Mars, against the Cardinal de Richelieu. Cinq-Mars was the first important historical novel in French, and it derived much of its popularity at the time from the enormous vogue of the novels of Sir Walter Scott. Vigny also showed a typically Romantic interest in William Shakespeare, freely adapting Othello (Le More de Venise, first performed 1829) as well as The Merchant of Venice (Shylock, 1829). During these years Vigny was regarded as a literary leader of the Romantic movement in France. The Romantic poet Alphonse de Lamartine recognized his talents, and Hugo and Charles Sainte-Beuve treated him as a friend. Vigny and the writer Delphine Gay, the "muse of the country" as she was called—for her beauty as well as her literary talents—formed a striking couple before his marriage in February 1825 to Lydia Bunbury, daughter of a wealthy Englishman.
Maturity and disillusionment.
By 1830 Vigny's temperament had become more sombre. The July Revolution engendered in him a political pessimism inspired by the repeated faults of the French monarchy, an issue that had become evident already in Cinq-Mars. As a point of honour he, like Chateaubriand, sought to remain faithful to the monarchy, but he did not conceal the fact that the cause of the Bourbon king Charles X was worth no more than that of Louis-Philippe, who had been placed on the throne by the moneyed bourgeoisie. He searched unsuccessfully for a political creed and studied every shade of opinion without giving his allegiance to any. From this time on he closely followed current affairs, grasping them with a clarity that was at times prophetic, though his overt political activity remained erratic.
He acknowledged his disillusionment as early as 1831 in "Paris," a poem of a new genre that he termed élévations. He felt all the more tormented, for he could no longer count on the religious faith of his childhood. His feelings on this score are evident in another poem (1832) in which he contemplated suicide: "And God? Such were the times, they no longer thought about Him." The only thing left for him to doubt was love itself, a trauma he painfully experienced in the course of his liaison (1831–38) with the actress Marie Dorval, for whom he was to create the role of Kitty Bell in the play Chatterton in 1835. He accused Dorval of deceiving him and of having maintained an overaffectionate friendship with the writer George Sand. His relationship with Dorval left Vigny profoundly embittered.
In Stello (1832) Vigny put together a series of consultations, or dialogues, between two symbolic figures: Doctor Noir (the Black Doctor), who represents Vigny's own intellect; and Stello, who represents the poet's desire for an active part in the public arena. In seeking to preserve Stello from the dangers of his imprudent enthusiasm, Doctor Noir tells him three anecdotes. In these three short stories Vigny examines the poet in his dealings with political authority: the levity of Louis XV condemns Nicolas Gilbert to die in privation; the fanaticism of the republican tyrant Robespierre leads André Chénier to the scaffold; the egoism of William Beckford, lord mayor of London, provokes the suicide of the poet Thomas Chatterton; all political regimes inflict on the poet the harshness of "perpetual ostracism." What then is this evil malaise? Vigny questions himself on the nature of it. He submits Stello to a sort of psychoanalytic examination, as confided to Doctor Noir. After having listened to Stello, the doctor prescribes a remedy of "separating poetic life from political life" and advises the poet against direct involvement in politics in order to preserve the dignity of his art and escape the horrible cruelties that characterize every kind of fanaticism.
Vigny adapted the part of Stello dealing with the suicide of Chatterton into a prose drama in three acts, Chatterton (1835). In presenting the last moments of Chatterton's life, he exalts the nobility and suffering of a misunderstood genius in a pitiless and materialistic society. The triumph of Vigny's career as a playwright, Chatterton remains one of the best Romantic dramas. It is far superior to La Maréchale d'Ancre (first performed 1831) and expresses Vigny's melancholy genius more seasonably than does his spiritual comedy Quitte pour la peur (first performed 1833).
Vigny's novel Servitude et grandeur militaires (1835; "Servitude and Military Greatness"; Eng. trans. The Military Necessity) is also a consultation. The book's three stories, linked by personal comment, deal with the dignity and suffering of the soldier, who is obliged by his profession to kill yet who is condemned by it to passive obedience as well. The first and third stories in this volume are Vigny's masterpieces in prose, and the third story's portrait of Captain Renaud, an old Napoleonic soldier, is a profound portrait of human greatness. Vigny began another ambitious consultation dealing with the religious prophet, but only one story, Daphné (published 1912), about the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate, survives.
Vigny's consultations enlarged upon his philosophy, formulated theories about the fate of man, and defined the principles that he thought should govern human conduct. To give these ideas the finish they required, he turned again, between 1838 and his death, to poetry, slowly composing the 11 poems that were later collected under the title Les Destinées (1864). The early poems are very pessimistic, but the later ones are increasingly confident affirmations of the imperishable nature of human spiritual powers.
In middle age Vigny gradually withdrew into a curious silence and retired, according to the famous expression of Sainte-Beuve, to an "ivory tower." He rarely went out, preferring the calm of his country manor to the excitement of Paris. In 1841 he stood as a candidate to the Académie Française, but he was elected only in 1845, after five checks, and was received there with a perfidious speech by Count Molé. His wife, Lydia, whose longtime invalidism had caused him constant anxiety, died in 1862, and Vigny himself died of cancer of the stomach after much suffering the following year. He left several unedited works whose posthumous publication enhanced his reputation: Les Destinées, Le Journal d'un poète (1867), Daphné, and Mémoires inédits (1958).
Vigny's literary art is uneven. He does not possess great technical facility, and when not profoundly inspired, he is prosaic; there are long passages in Les Destinées that are laborious and dull. His austere imagination soberly developed a few symbols of the human condition and condensed them to achieve what he called a "hard, brilliant diamond."
It is Les Destinées above all that has earned Vigny his reputation as a philosopher-poet. His work is a poignant plea against all that is inhumane in the forces that rule the world: expedience (Cinq-Mars), governments and the mob (Stello and Daphné), and the treacherous love of women ("La Colère de Samson"). Vigny is particularly critical of the equivocality of Providence, which is silent in the face of suffering ("Le Mont des Oliviers") and as coldly insensitive as nature ("La Maison du Berger"). Vigny's belief in God is just strong enough for Vigny to reproach him. As a tormented skeptic, he proposes that strictly human values—honour, pity, and the love of beauty—should be adopted. His last poem celebrates the apotheosis of a Holy Spirit ("L'Esprit pur") that is essentially human and takes over the place of God.
It would be unjust, however, to regard Vigny solely as a philosopher. His literary creations spring less from a system of thought than from a spontaneously tragic conception of existence. Thwarted love, unrecognized goodwill, humiliated greatness, the tormented conscience of the soldier who detests war but fights on energetically—these are more than just general ideas: they express a wounded sensitivity and a soul torn by moral scruples. Under the anonymous cloak of symbols, Vigny extends to the whole of humanity his own conflicts and agonies, and his work is an effort to resolve them. Therein lies the poignancy of his work.Paul ViallaneixPierre-Georges CastexThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oeuvres complètes, ed. by F. Baldensperger (with Le Journal d'un poète), 2 vol. (1948); Oeuvres complétes, ed. by P. Viallaneix (1965), with all of the articles published by Vigny; Correspondance (1822–1863), ed. by L. Seché (1913); Correspondance (1816–1835), ed. by F. Baldensperger (1933); Mémoires inédits, ed. by J. Sangnier, 2nd ed. (1958); Poèmes antiques et modernes, ed. by E. Estève (1931); Les Destinées, ed. by V.L. Saulnier (1947); Stello and Daphné, ed. by F. Germain (1970); Servitude et grandeur militaires, ed. by F. Germain (1965).
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"Greetings from paradise," announced the postcard invitation to Jeremy Scott's spring show at Milk Studio, and what a brazen journey we went on to "the land of sunshine" for spring 12 – set to the rockin' tune of Motley Crue's strip club anthem 'Girls, girls, girls'. With a fantastically kooky crowd in attendance, as loud vocally and aesthetically as the irreverent wares being paraded down the catwalk, the audience was treated to a cartoonlike Wild West feast of purposely over-the-top sexy 90s and fetish-inspired looks. Girls with Dolly Parton-like bouffant hair and pig-tails, sweeping false eye-lashes and drawn on cutesy freckles, stepped out in skin-tight high-waisted denim skirts and jeans with bustier tops, while for the boys it was all comical coyboy style rippling muscles – chap pants and jeans revealed Jeremy Scott underwear beneath, paired with low-cut leather vests to showcase worked-on pecs.
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Back in the administration of W., we looked for the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. That was the wrong place; they're here at home. Normally the W.M.D. I write about is the Standard American Diet (yes: SAD); occasionally I talk about food safety, or climate change, or related topics. But no matter what you look at, the basic problem remains so-called leadership that cannot stand up to big ag, big food, big energy, Wall Street …or the N.R.A.
Since 9/11, 33 Americans have been killed by "terrorists"; roughly 150,000 Americans have been killed by non-terrorists: that is, your run-of-the-mill murderers. Murder, like the leading cause of death — heart disease — is often preventable, through regulations, education and medical intervention.
We don't know why Jared Loughner — had you, too, forgotten his name before he reappeared in the news on Tuesday? — shot Gabby Giffords, but we do know that he told his shrink that he wished he'd taken the antidepressants he'd been prescribed before the shooting. We don't know why James Holmes allegedly shot up the Batman crowd, but we do know he was acting in a weird manner, and though his analyst told the police he was troubled, there was no one to help him. We gather that the suicidal Wade M. Page was a racist so ignorant he didn't know a Sikh from a Muslim.
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The Wisconsin Industrial Commission, which was responsible for implementing the nation's first Worker's Compensation law, among many other thing, existed from 1911 until 1966.
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The Kellett Commission studying organization of state government recommended consolidating labor-related functions and creating the Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations (DILHR) from the old Industrial Commission.
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The Department of Workforce Development was created after the Legislative Audit Bureau and the SAVE Commission found that a myriad of employment programs existed, many of them competing or uncoordinated, causing confusion and frustration for employers and job seekers.
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George W. Bush returned to the White House last week, for the unveiling of his official presidential portrait. Fox Nation used the occasion to ressurrect the billboard that loomed over a Wyoming, MN, which featured a head shot of W. next to a caption that asked, "Miss me yet?"
Not that Bush asked the question himself, during his visit, but the American people are still answering it with a resounding "No."
Make that, "Hell, no." According to a recent poll, George W. Bush is our most unpopular living president.
More than half of Americans view former President George W. Bush unfavorably, making him the most unpopular living U.S. president, according to a CNN poll released Thursday.
Just 43 percent of people questioned said they have a favorable opinion of Bush, while 54 percent said they view him unfavorably. Two-thirds of Americans, in contrast, said they have a positive view of Bush's predecessor, former President Bill Clinton.
Of the other living former presidents, Jimmy Carter is viewed favorably by 54 percent of people questioned and George H.W. Bush gets a 59 percent rating.
Bush's 43-percent favorable rating is roughly the same as it was in 2010. It is higher than it was immediately following his tenure in the White House in 2009, when his favorable rating bottomed out in the high 20s.
Too bad for Bush that the survey was limited to living ex-presidents. He might've had a shot at beating Richard Nixon, at the very least. Maybe. Still, it must sting to be left in the dust by Jimmy Carter. (On the campaign trail, Mitt Romney mentions Carter more often than he mentions Dubya.)
It may be a coincidence that Bush's unpopularity is in the news during the same week as the anniversary of the Bush tax cuts. I reflected on ten years of the Bush Tax cuts one year ago. This year, Alan Grayson looks back on the damage after 11 years.
Bush claimed (as right-wingers always do) that tax breaks for the rich would create jobs in the private sector. Well, they haven't. There were 110 million private sector jobs in America in 2001. There are 110 million private sector jobs in America today. Despite a population increase of more than 25 million, there are no more private sector jobs today than when the Bush tax breaks for the rich became law.
In the past 11 years, the number of Americans living in poverty has increased from 33 million to 44 million. The number of Americans receiving food stamps has risen from 18 million to 46 million. "Trickle-down" has not even been a trickle.
But what could we expect? We didn't give tax breaks to the poor; we gave tax breaks to the rich. And for the rich, the past 11 years has been one long party. According to the Paris School of Economics, the top 1% in America saw their share of national income increase by more than 13% from 2001 to 2010. The top 0.1% saw their share of income increase by 20%. The top 0.01% saw their share of income explode by more than 37%, from 2.4% of all of the income in America to 3.3%.
The Bush tax breaks for the rich have yielded the most unequal distribution of wealth in American history, more unequal even than that of 1929, just before the Great Depression.
Ouch. It's so bad the even Dubya kinda wishes they weren't called "the Bush tax cuts."
Maybe that's why Bush is our most unpopular president. Maybe that's why Mitt Romney seems to have forgotten all about the Bush years, and is banking on the rest of us forgetting how bad the Bush years were. After all, polls consistently show that a majority of Americans blame Bush for the recession.
The latest Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that 54 percent of Americans consider George W. Bush primarily responsible for the problems facing the economy, while only 29 percent put the blame on President Obama. Even one in five Republicans blames Bush rather than Obama.
Of course, voters could pin the recession on Bush but still feel Obama hasnt done enough to speed the recovery. This is largely the argument Mitt Romney makes when he says Obama made the recession worse. And the poll provides some support of it: 48 percent of Americans approve of Obamas job performance an increase over recent months but only 45 percent approve of his work on job creation, and 52 percent say Obama, in general, has accomplished not much or little or nothing.
There are at least two kinds of Americans who can't forget the Bush years, however much we want to: those who are living with the aftermath, and those who have to figure out how to clean it up.
Maybe that's why the unveiling of Bush's portrait was was an awkward moment. Bush was in a good mood, cracking his usual jokes, while Obama remained civil-but-reserved.
Of course Dubya could still make jokes.
Former President George W. Bush returned to the White House today for the unveiling of his official portrait. At the ceremony, Mr. Bush encouraged First Lady Michelle Obama to protect his portrait and gave some advice to President Barack Obama.
When the British burned the White House in 1814, Dolley Madison famously saved this portrait of the first George W. Now, Michelle, if anything happens theres your man, Mr. Bush said. I am also pleased, Mr. President, that when you are wandering these halls as you wrestle with tough decisions, you will now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask, what would George do?
"What would George do?" Please. The rest of are still bearing the consequences of what George did.


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I am. And I'm betting most women are. In fact, a study found that women apologize more than men do. Why? Men have a higher tolerance for what they perceive is worthy of an apology. Women who want to instill harmony in their relationships are more sensitive to transgressions, and more apt to feel like victims of wrongdoing.
The Bad Thing About Over-Apologizing
The thing about saying, "I'm sorry" is that it becomes habitual. Some of us do it as a courtesy, a polite remark. Others say it because they genuinely feel bad for something they've done. It can also be an afterthought, an easy statement to appease it's recipients: "I'm sorry for not blogging, for my last inadequate post, for snubbing you, for what I wore today, for not working hard enough, for breathing."
As women we're taught to apologize, to appear polite, to sweep up the dust under the rug so no one sees it. But when does saying, "I'm sorry" become too much?
After the tenth time apologizing for a transgression (maybe you're constantly late or you continually offend a friend), your apology may become watered down. Maybe it's a sign you need to delve in deep and figure out why you're really doing what you're doing.
What Apologizing Could Really Be Hiding
You're always late for a class or a meeting. Why? There's a part of you that just doesn't want to be there. It could be a sign you're avoiding addressing an issue because it's uncomfortable. Instead of just relinquishing a commitment, it feels easier to apologize for being late or unavailable.
If you find yourself continuously apologizing to a friend or your partner, you probably feel pretty resentful inside. Maybe you do it because you don't know any other way to communicate. Maybe you're afraid to open up and express how you really feel. It feels a lot easier to pacify an angry person then it is to figure out if you should be in this relationship in the first place.
Apologizing can heal a relationship, but it can also be a temporary band-aid. The key is to figure out what role it serves in your relationships. Are you apologizing because you feel less than, to temper a difficult person or issue or are you doing it because you are sincerely sorry for what you have done?
To be human means you ache. You hurt for the things you don't have, the life you never got, the people who betrayed you. Some days seem full of grief, heartbreak and anger. And it's so easy to stay in this place.
Although you're never promised a perfect life, you gripe in agony over the things don't turn out as planned. Perhaps, serious transgressions occurred at one time and you wish desperately for a way to right the wrong. And instead of wading your way through it, you allow anger to slough away the vulnerability and toughen your insides. It can become a daily obsession. "What if this didn't happen? Why did it have to happen to me?"
This kind of thinking is in no way helpful, productive or beneficial. In fact a lifetime of daily bitterness is a pill that will end up killing the soul, one negative thought at the time.
Nobody wants a life like that. No one deserves it. But how do we transition from victim to victor when we're enduring so much pain?
This F-word will always do it. Forgiveness.
On *Oprah's Next Chapter, Olympian Greg Louganis shared his inspirational story about how he went from a troubled childhood, being bullied, abusing drugs, suffering from depression and rape to getting to the other side of victim toward hope, freedom and happiness via forgiveness. In fact, he's not only forgive them, but thanks them for the gifts they brought.
Here's my favorite quote from him:
"[A] lot of those experiences were the gems of my life. It also allows me to empathize with people who are in similar situations. If I share my story, if I share who I am, it just kind of opens up that door to let other people know that they're not alone."
The truth is, forgiveness isn't about the other person. It's always about us. It's about allowing ourselves to heal, to move on and to let the experience change us in a positive way. There will always be love and light if we open that door. When we allow ourselves to finally forgive, let go and make peace with a situation that cannot be changed, we give ourselves the freedom to love others and love life again.
*click here to watch the actual video.
I think one of the greatest obstacles we grapple with is learning how to accept what is instead of moaning and groaning about what we don't have.
It's like we're sitting there one hand full of riches and the other hand open full of potential. But we don't see it. Nope. We're too focused on the fact that the other hand is empty and not filled yet.
"Why oh why is it not filled yet?," we ask.
It causes us to transform back into our 2-year-old selves, throwing punches to the air, crying out for all the things we deserve to have, but don't. Praying about how much we need it, how much better our lives would be with it. And there we are so focused on our poor, wounded souls that we neglect the jewels that fill us, surround us and already make us whole.
If you ever need to be reminded of that, check in with your nearest and dearest furry child. Notice how they seem utterly forgetful about all the mishaps you do. Analyze how a mere treat, a pet on the head or a cuddle could make them silly with joy. See how they seem to pass up the chance to moan about their loss sibling that you had to adopt them away from or the fact that they don't have a mate, kids or even anyone that even slightly resembles them. They just move on.
Accepting your situation can feel hard. It can be like welcoming an uninvited guest or settling for less.
But it's not.
Learning how to accept whatever you're going through and wherever you are is a gift.
It's about returning to a state of vulnerability in realizing you have less control over life than you think. And that is okay.
It's about loosening your grip over the outcome and opening your heart up to possibility instead of forced intention.
It's about seeing your life as a large red carpet unfolding in front of you instead of a predetermined path.
It's about releasing the rigidity of adulthood that sometimes tricks us into believing we know everything.
It's a lesson in gratitude for what you have instead of what you still haven't received.
It's a muscle being flexed to exercise resiliency.
It's a reminder that the events of your life ebbs and flows like waves. No matter what you're going through it will not always be this way.
More importantly, it's about relinquishing the need to know what's next. It's about continuing to relax and release when we feel the need to grasp on harder. It's about giving up our ego and just letting things be.
Acceptance isn't easy.
But if we let go into the wave of difficulty rather than force our way through it, we will find the ride much easier. And almost always it will take our breath away.
Fear if left alone will only grow bigger. And if confronted can reap so many unexpectedly beautiful things.
Such a small choice like deciding to go out with a new friend or trying a new restaurant, a new way home, can be like a car wash for your soul. Sometimes it's small ripples that cause the biggest waves.
Driving over this scenic highway, I thought about all the opportunities I would have missed had I allowed fear to control my life.
Staying safe seems comfortable, the way it feels to slide into your bunny slippers or have a warm meal on a cold day. It feels good. And it should. But over time, comfort sticks over our life like cobwebs. It makes it harder to trust your instincts, have faith and LIVE your life.
I thought about the relationships I held onto in fear of never finding the right one, jobs I took out of desperation and times when I overstayed my welcome because knowing what was in front of me (no matter how bad) was better than the unknown.
Perhaps the biggest lessons I learned is this:
"You were never safer anyway."
Believing that you'll stay safe by not traveling, by turning down a scary, but exciting opportunity doesn't guarantee you'll live longer or that you'll prevent heartache, financial despair or difficulty. We grow up thinking that we can control life. But we can only control how we prepare and and how we react to things. The rest? That's where faith comes in.
Remember that the next time you start to believe in false certainties. The only difference between living a life "safe" and living on the edge is that the former is filled with regrets and latter will bring you closer to your dreams.
Brandi-Ann Uyemura is a freelance writer who specializes in psychology and self-help articles. She has a MA in Counseling Psychology and writes for several publications and websites. You can get more information about her here. She also blogs about inspiration, writing inspiration and psychology.


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Saturday, 12 May 2012
Marvel's Avengers
Now that the set is complete, I thought I'd post a few group shots so you can see how they all look together. If anyones been tempted to make them but not got around to it yet, I hope this will give you the incentive!
As you can see, they make a pretty good team. I DO feel that something's certainly missing so I MAY get around to making a Loki sometime in the future. If I do, I might do a Chitauri army builder as well, but this won't be for a while.
Here's links to all of the individuals pages, incase you've just been linked to this page, and to save everyone dredging back through all my old files to find the Iron Man. (Though I'd love you to go through all the old pages anyway, there's even a silver surfer and a lot of models I guarantee any X-Men fans will love)
Click here to go to Captain America
Click here to go to Iron Man (from 2009)
Click here to go to Thor
Click here to go to Hulk
Click here to go to Black Widow
Click here to go to Hawkeye
Click here to go to Nick Fury
Thanks for staying with me for my Avengers releases. I hope you all have a load of fun making them and that you really enjoy the Movie too!!!!
Any questions feel free to ask, and I'd LOVE to hear any feed back that you have!
As always, if you like them feel free to drop me a donation if you want, to help me keep on top of my ink costs!
Hope you enjoy!!!
Keep coming back regularly, I intend to keep producing new models for my blog each month and I'm already working on my next model.
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and loki?
- 12 May 2012 at 09:15
- William said...
can you do a loki tample please!!!??
- 12 May 2012 at 12:53
- Jeff said...
Loki or no Loki, you've done a knockout job here. Great work, Xavier.
- 12 May 2012 at 22:38
Great work Sir !!!!
- 13 May 2012 at 03:50
- Prop Builder Extraordinaire said...
Amazing work! Would you ever consider comic style Batman characters? Perhaps from the HUSH realm?
- 14 May 2012 at 10:10
- sarah said...
So awesome. I would love love love a Loki, though! I did all the other ones for my friends since we each 'collect' different characters.
Fantastic work!
- 17 May 2012 at 15:49
OMG I'm so in love with them! They are amazing, thank you. But what about Loki and Maria Hill? Please?
- 20 May 2012 at 15:43
- Xavier Gale-Sides said...
Glad you're enjoying them all :)
So, Loki seems to be becoming a popular request. I might have to try and move up my plans for getting him done.
- 21 May 2012 at 02:44
- bea said...
Loving these! Thanks:) How about making Game of Thrones characters as well?:P
- 21 May 2012 at 06:25
- mic? said...
Xavier, you are AMAZING! Thank you for all of your Paper Heroes!
You, sir, got yourself a new hardcore fan!
- 21 May 2012 at 14:45
- 24 May 2012 at 21:32
could you make loki, and the antman and the panter from the avengers: earth`s mightiest heroes please i want them :)
- 26 May 2012 at 07:03
- Xavier Gale-Sides said...
I will definately be doing a Loki, just got a few different models I'm currently before I get around to him.
- 30 May 2012 at 03:38
I absolutely love these! Since I made Thor for one of my friends, I've been getting requests to make the other Avengers! I cannot wait until you make a Loki!
- 31 May 2012 at 13:00
These are just fantastic, can't wait to give making one a go. Would love to see Batman in the future.
- 4 June 2012 at 06:21
I just got introduced to your page by a co worker. First let me say...YOU ARE AWESOME. I feel like im a kidd again. I can't wait to get started. But I must ask. Have you ever considered doing charaters such as Wonder Woman, Electra, the Invisible Woman, and so on?
If so I would LOVE to make those as well. :)
- 5 June 2012 at 11:08
- melanie kai murray said...
you are amazing sounds great and wonderful!!
can't wait to make them and share them with my little ones!
- 14 June 2012 at 12:17
Only have hawkeye left to do then i have my avengerS!
Loving your new site layout, looks awesome, i see that theres a DOC OCK in the lineup?! is that WIP?, also in the background, seems to be a spiderman chest? also a WIP?
- 15 June 2012 at 09:53
- lehcyfer said...
My female friends beg me for Loki model. I made the simplistic one done by Gus Santome but yours are just awesome.
Definitely next one in line waiting for the Loki :)
- 17 June 2012 at 00:14
- Xavier Gale-Sides said...
Spider-man WIP? Nah, that'd probably be somebody else...
Thanks for the kind words though everyone :D
- 27 June 2012 at 06:13
- Davis, o nosso shar pei said...
Hi! Tahnk you so much! Me and my nephew are fans!:))It will be great to do these as now he's out of school and lots of free time!
- 2 July 2012 at 14:48
- Davis, o nosso shar pei said...
My nephew next to The Avengers poster!:))
- 2 July 2012 at 14:50
can you do a agent coulson tample please!!!??
- 22 July 2012 at 15:57
- Faku y Lau said...
- 24 July 2012 at 09:45
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- 28 July 2012 at 15:16
- DHARMA CORPSE said...
heyy you did a great job i like so much this avengers :D but please made a loki please :D
- 28 July 2012 at 15:18
These are awesome and I'm totally making them. I want to second/third/whatevs the Coulson request.
- 20 August 2012 at 15:32
I used these as a center piece for my son's Avenger birthday party and the kids LOVED them! Thank you so much for making these available! I made a donation, so please have a drink on me!
- 25 October 2012 at 06:43
- Scrappin Kaz... said...
Thank you for sharing your awesome work! I am currently in the process of making Captain America for my son's 5th Birthday.
Can't wait to see the finished product.
Thank you again..
- 17 November 2012 at 21:30
- Mama-Jenn 0712 said...
Hi. I am about to start making these for my son's 6th bday party. I was curious as to what type of paper should be used. Card stock? Please let me know. His party is Feb. 9th so I have to get my butt in gear quickly....lol
- 23 January 2013 at 09:18
- Xavier Gale-Sides said...
Really sorry I didn't see your comment in time Jenn,
They can be made using plain A4 printing paper, but if you get the chance grab some 160gm paper.. its only sliiiiiightly thicker, but enough to make building the models a bit easier.
Hope it worked out for you ok in the end.
- 24 February 2013 at 13:00
- Kevin Scott said...
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- 1 May 2013 at 23:55
Love the Avengers paper heroes!!!!!!! I have already made Iron Man and Captain America and I am planning on making the rest. It would be cool if you added a Mark 1 Iron Man, Superman, Spider-Man, and a Green Lantern. Thx
- 21 June 2013 at 22:33
Is there any chance you could please make an Agent Coulson?? Please?
- 2 November 2013 at 20:54
these are amazing! thanks so much for these. the kid loves them, and it makes for some great activity time!
if you're a fan of the films, you should check out my commentary on each of them, indexed here: http://cobyscomics.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-mcu-or-earth-1999999.html
- 3 April 2014 at 07:45
- Julio César Borges said...
Eu sou de São Paulo/Brasil e adoro os seus papercrafts. Já fiz o Thor, Iron Man, Hulk e Capitão América e ficou ótimo. Parabéns pelo trabalho e obrigado!
I'm from Sao Paulo / Brazil and I love your papercrafts. I've done Thor, Iron Man, Hulk and Captain America and it was great. Congratulations and thanks for the work!
- 17 April 2014 at 06:41
Awesome work. My sons just chosen an avengers themed bday. Cant wait to make these and display :) thank you so much for your awsome work!
- 3 August 2014 at 05:34
- Fernando Trozzo said...
I'm from Argentina and I really like to do every kind of paper craft. I would like to know if You have paper model of the last Superman and Spiderman. I want to tell U that your models are just great!!! I hope to can do every of them soon.
- 30 September 2014 at 19:18
- nuixen marketing said...
- 14 January 2015 at 04:15
- ana ornelas said...
you are so amazing !!!! this is awesome !
- 23 April 2015 at 09:37
Please put Deadpool,ultron or stan lee,
but first Deadpool
- 8 September 2015 at 01:34
- Ricardo Machado said...
Fantastic work.
- 12 October 2015 at 20:49
- viviane de jesus da silva said...
Adorei seus trabalhos, gostaria de saber se vc não faz outros personagens como a minie, dragobolz e outros mais.
- 24 September 2016 at 21:58
- viviane de jesus da silva said...
Adorei seus trabalhos, gostaria de saber se vc não faz outros personagens como a minie, dragobolz e outros mais.
- 25 September 2016 at 10:00
- thepenetrator86 said...
- 20 January 2019 at 15:20
- Unknown said...
Idont know how to make it
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Baseball Tomorrow Fund awards $150K to Boys & Girls Clubs of greater Kansas City
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MLB Players AssociationIn support of the ongoing commitment from Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association to increase youth participation in baseball throughout the world, the Baseball Tomorrow Fund awarded a grant of $150,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City. The grant enabled the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City to provide funding to renovate four youth ball fields that will benefit approximately 1,000 young people. Additionally, the grant will facilitate the continued expansion of the Kansas City Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program.
The Baseball Tomorrow Fund will be recognized for its contribution on Monday, June 20 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the new fields. The ceremony will take place at 6:15 p.m. (CDT) at the Cleveland Park, RBI Baseball Complex. Judy Heeter, Director of Licensing, MLB Players Association and Board member of the Baseball Tomorrow Fund, will participate in the festivities. Heeter will be joined by a number of Kansas City Royals executives including: Dan Glass, President; Muzzy Jackson, Vice President & Assistant General Manger, Baseball Operations; and Ben Aken, Manager, Public Relations.
The grant to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City represents the fourth Baseball Tomorrow Fund grant awarded in Missouri and brings the total amount awarded to youth organizations within the state to more than $350,000. (A complete list of Missouri BTF grants is provided at the end of the release).
Founded in 1912, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City promotes the development of self-esteem, values and skills for boys and girls ages 5-18. The renovation of the four fields will benefit 885 Kansas City RBI participants. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City serves 6,000 members and sponsors the RBI program in addition to providing programming assistance to the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department for all youth sports.
RBI is a youth outreach program designed to promote interest in baseball, increase the self-esteem of disadvantaged children, and encourage kids to stay in school and off the streets. Managed by Major League Baseball in conjunction with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, RBI programs have been initiated in more than 200 cities worldwide. The RBI Program annually provides as many as 120,000 boys and girls the opportunity to play baseball and softball.
The Baseball Tomorrow Fund is designed to promote and enhance the growth of baseball throughout the world by funding programs, field improvements and equipment purchases to encourage and maintain youth participation in baseball and softball. Since its inception in 1999, the Baseball Tomorrow Fund has awarded grants totaling more than $8 million benefiting nearly 90,000 youth participating in more than 160 youth baseball and softball programs across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands and Europe. For more information visit www.baseballtomorrowfund.com.
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Former Northwest Colorado resident slain in Thailand
Craig — Troy "Chip" Pilkington was a quiet and hardworking family man who lived in Craig, Hayden and Steamboat Springs in the 1990s.
His life was less than boring, living in Alaska and eventually Thailand, where he resided until his death July 6. He had family in Thailand and America, and no one would have guessed that his life would come to such a violent end.
A taxi driver in Bangkok reportedly killed Pilkington with a machete after the two men had a dispute about Pilkington being overcharged $1.60 for his cab fare.
His family thinks he refused to pay the cab driver the overcharged amount.
"I guess the taxi driver came up behind him with a machete or a samurai sword, and that's what I know," Pilkington's sister Tracy Shaffer said.
Now, Pilkington's family is trying to wrap their heads around his death.
"Chip didn't die over $1.60. He died fighting over a principle … and in our minds, that was worth it — however sad and crazy and ridiculous this is. In our family, he was the one that was a bit on the quiet side, always thinking, tough, yet level-headed. Chip left this world with his dignity and honor intact. That is what his family in America and Thailand will remember," his cousin John Pilkington said.
Chip Pilkington married a Thai woman and was a stepfather to her son. His wife's sisters and their children lived with them, too.
"Chip took care of all of them financially. He put the kids in private schools," Shaffer said.
Pilkington lived in Craig, Hayden, Steamboat, Aurora and Alaska before moving to Thailand.
He came to Craig in 1991 and worked at Magnum Metals in 1992. In 1996, he and his brother started Fishtail Trucking. Pilkington left Craig to attend college in Alaska, and then returned to Northwest Colorado after graduation and worked at Wagner in Hayden. In 1999, he worked for the city of Steamboat.
His family said he will be deeply missed.
Pilkington's family plans to scatter his ashes in Alaska next to his dad.
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The Wabash College Art Department is proud to present the work of senior art majors Dan Gillespie and Mike Russell. The 2008 Senior Art Majors Exhibition will be on display in the Eric Dean Gallery through May 11.
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This exhibit represents the culmination of four years of thought, creativity, and work by the graduating artists. The last show of the season, the Senior Show, is a tradition in the art department and a rite of passage for each art major.
Dan Gillespie (right) explores the differences between the memories and emotions evoked from viewing a painting in comparison to a photograph. "The difference between the painting and the photo seems to be in the viewership," explained Gillespie. "For example, if a stranger is looking through my photo album, they are not going to infer the same sense of emotion as I do when I look at my album. An artwork transcends this gap; as a snapshot of the qualitative circumstances of my emotional state, the artwork's true content can be inferred and shared by both the stranger and myself."
In his recent body of work, Gillespie began to combine personal photographs into his paintings. "The process of incorporating photographs into my paintings symbolizes my active process of viewing the photos, remembering the places, people and times extracting the qualitative emotional elements that exist within the photographs, and re-expressing them into the photograph," he said.
Gillespie's interest in the connection of memory and emotion to art stemmed from receiving several photo albums from his family. It is his hope that viewers will be able to find personal connection to the memories that he creates through his paintings.
Mike Russell (left) focuses upon the use of basic elements of composition and organization in his paintings. Russell composes a complex and detailed work to engage the viewer. "I use simple forms and shapes and a variety of colors to explore the play between 2-D surface and 3-D illusion," said Russell. "The canvas and some of the forms I use are flat yet they include lines, forms and value modulation that tell the eyes of the viewer it is seeing something in three dimensions."
Upon further examination, the viewer is brought back to the two-dimensional quality of the canvas. The juxtaposition between the 2-D surface and 3-D illusion forces the viewers to scan the entire work as well as each shape to decide whether they are viewing a two-dimensional piece or a three-dimensional illusion. "I also strive to balance every aspect of my work so that the viewers' vision constantly is moving; never settling in one place. The viewer should never be drawn to one area or by overwhelmed by a single object," explained Russell.
In addition to the art exhibit opening, senior art history major, Ivan Acebo-Choy presented his senior thesis, titled "Coded Bodies and the New Queer in Mexican Contemporary Art," on Monday, April 14. Acebo-Choy conducts ground breaking research by analyzing examples of Mexican Queer Art from Modernist and Postmodernist periods. "The cultural and social causes that have both hindered and encouraged the emergence of this type of art in Mexico, and the existence of this type of art is a big enterprise, one that has caught little (or none) attention from Art Historians," said Acebo-Choy.
The Eric Dean Gallery is located on the south end of the Fine Arts Center. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The gallery is free and open to the public.


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Amphibians and Reptiles of Oklahoma's Wildlife Management Areas
When we think of Oklahoma's Wildlife Management Areas, the first image is of a 5-point buck, a record-size large-mouthed bass, or a spectacular tom turkey. As nearly every hunter or fisherman will tell you, a remarkable diversity of reptiles and amphibians can be found under foot in the WMAs. Oklahoma is situated on one of the largest habitat gradients in the United States, and as a result, habitats of the many WMAs differ geographically, as do species of amphibians and reptiles. To the east, WMAs such as the Cookson Hills WMA contain amphibians and reptiles characteristic of the Ozark Mountains and the deciduous forests of the eastern United States, including cave salamanders and spring peepers. To the west, WMAs like Packsaddle and Sandy Sanders, contain a western fauna, including such gems as long-nosed snakes and prairie rattlesnakes. In the southeast, Red Slough WMA and others contain alligators, mudsnakes, and the bizarre lesser sirens (salamanders that are totally aquatic and have tiny front limbs and gills.)
The web page includes a description of the area, photographs of all species, and individual web pages for each species that provide information on natural history, how to observe the species, and for frogs, even their calls. We provide some useful tips on identifying species, including photographic keys to turtle and lizard heads. We are in the process of developing a similar web page for the Atoka WMA.
Why do we need to know what species of amphibians and reptiles occur in the WMAs? First and foremost, maintenance of the natural fauna and flora are an integral part of maintaining WMAs and other natural areas so that future generations can enjoy them. Moreover, monitoring the natural fauna allows us to determine if and when major changes take place, as has happened globally with disappearances of many amphibians. To date, we have not seen reductions in amphibians that have been observed elsewhere, but now we have data that will allow us to detect such changes. With the growing interest in natural history and conservation, our surveys provide a stepping stone for naturalists as well as for hunters and fisherman interested in learning about the animals that they so often see. Finally, the natural fauna of the state is part of our natural heritage and we should cherish it. Few places in the United States contain the diversity that we have, jumping, crawling, sliding, and swimming around us. With 160 species and subspecies of amphibians and reptiles, Oklahoma has more of these animals than all but a few larger states in the country.
This project is funded by the State Wildlife Grants Program. The State Wildlife Grants Program provides federal cost-share money to every state and territory for cost-effective conservation aimed at preventing wildlife from becoming endangered. This program is administered by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and continues the long history of cooperation between the federal government and the states for managing and conserving wildlife species. For more information, visit www.teaming.com.
Laurie Vitt is a George Lynn Cross Research Professor and Curator of Reptiles and Janalee Caldwell is Professor and Curator of Amphibians in both the SNOMNH and the Department of Zoology at OU. Both conduct research on the ecology, evolution, and systematics of amphibians and reptiles.
Kaw WMA
Winter months are perfect to visit this gem of a management area.
Many different activities can be experienced at the WMA. One extraordinary activity occurring each January is the Kaw Lake Eagle Watch. Over 60 bald eagles winter at Kaw Lake from November through February. These eagles are visible from numerous sites around the lake but opportunities to view them peak in January. This activity has been bolstered by the increase in eagle numbers thanks to the release of 275 southern bald eagles from 1984 to 1992 that were raised by Sutton Avian Research Center and released into several southeastern states. Between 1985 and 1990, ODWC's Wildlife Diversity Program assisted Sutton Avian Research Center with the release of 90 eaglets in eastern Oklahoma, including 59 birds in 1990 alone. This has led to the recent removal of the bald eagle from the endangered and threatened species lists. This is truly a wildlife success story and we have the opportunity to observe this success of our national symbol right in our own backyard! Contact Biologist Ron Folks at (405) 823-7936.
Brett Cooper is a MS student at Oklahoma State University, Cooperative Extension Service.
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One of the easiest ways to attract birds to your yard is by providing a food source. In order to attract the highest variety of species, there should also be a high variety of food. The four primary groups of bird feeds are: seeds, fruits, suet and sugar water. Some birds will take advantage of more than one type of food source, while others are quite particular in what they eat.
Another way to have birds frequently visiting your yard is to have feeders placed at various areas and levels. This will promote better foraging behavior due to the fact that it mimics nature. When a bird has only one option for a feeding location, it is more likely to be uneasy or not even visit that locale.
Fresh water is also a resource that should not be overlooked. A source of water for drinking and bathing is a vital ingredient to attract birds, even in the winter. It should be far enough away from vegetation to allow clear sight paths, but close enough to seek refuge if it is needed.
For help identifying backyard visitors, log on to www.okwinterbirds.com This interactive birding tool identifies 52 species that frequent Oklahoma in the winter time and provides pictures, descriptions and ID tips for them. Good luck and enjoy!
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'The Giver' trailer is finally out, and superstar-turned-actress Taylor Swift makes her debut as the character Rosemary in a (very) brief appearance.
Fans of the singer have been eagerly awaiting a glimpse of Swift ever since her part in the film was announced. Although her role is small -- and her part in the trailer is even smaller -- she explains that it was perfect for her.
"The role in the movie is a character named Rosemary," Swift shares. "It's the ideal situation for me because it's a great cast, incredible movie, wonderful script, amazing director, small role."
While Swift was filming in South Africa, she was spotted with brunette locks, and the trailer confirms that the 'I Knew You Were Trouble' singer indeed went dark for the movie. The clip shows her sporting brown hair that seems to have a tint of auburn and parted down the middle.
The star's role in the film came about in a very unexpected way. While on her 2013 Red Tour in Los Angeles, a few movie executives were scouting her out, unbeknownst to the songstress, and apparently, they liked what they saw.
Adapted from the beloved young adult novel by Lois Lowry, Swift's name lies among the film's A-list actors Jeff Bridges (who was in all of her scenes), Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard and Katie Holmes on 'The Giver' roster.
The haunting story of 'The Giver' centers on Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.
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The Rotek Racing Audi TTRS will be starting from the front row in the second group, as part of the SP4T class, and it'll be piloted by Rob Huff, Kevin Gleason, Daryl O'Young, and, of course, friend of Jalopnik Robb Holland.
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