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Let the Republican Civil War BeginSaturday, November 6th, 2010
The cracks in Republican unity are already beginning to show.
Even before the election, Politico reported that the Republican establishment was working to try to find a viable alternative candidate to defeat Sarah Palin in the 2012 primaries for president.
Increasingly, it seems that Palin would have a good shot at the nomination, starting with a win in Evangelical dominated Iowa, followed by a tougher, but not impossible race in New Hampshire, and then another good chance in South Carolina. But John Heilman's recent piece on how she could actually win the presidency relies on the idea that New York mayor Michael Bloomburg would run, split the electoral college vote and send the election to the House of Representatives (where the Republicans would elect her president, even though she failed to win the election outright). The fact that he needs to rely on so many "ifs" for Palin to win the general election shows how difficult this would be.
Sister Sarah fought back hard on the Politico article, using her favorite Republican tactic of blaming the media, calling out Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen by name and telling them to "man up." The woman's a treasure.
Meanwhile, another intra-party skirmish has broken out in the wake of the Republicans underperformance in the Senate elections. To be sure, a 6 seat pickup is nothing to scoff at, but there's a clear case to make that two more Senate seats (in Delaware and Colorado) would have shifted to the Republican column and a plausible case that Sue Lowden could have succeeded in Nevada where Sharron Angle failed, effectively tie-ing up the Senate and elevating Joe Biden's official role of presiding over the Senate to more than ceremonial duty.
The day after the election, the divide was in full effect, with prominent Republicans Lindsey Graham stating the obvious:
Candidates matter," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). "It was a good night for Republicans but it could have been a better one. We left some on the table….If you think what happened in Delaware is 'a win' for the Republican Party then we don't have a snowball's chance to win the White House," he said. "If you think Delaware was a wake-up call for Republicans than we have shot at doing well for a long time."
An anonomously sourced "high-profile" Republican senator was even more direct, saying of Senator Jim DeMint, the biggest supporter of GOP ideological purity, "It's like you're on the five-yard line ready to score and the quarterback calls the play and some member of your team tackles one of your members and keeps you from scoring…We came tantalizingly close to a majority."
Fox talking head Mort Konracke was just as withering, pointing the finger at Palin and DeMint specifically:
The people who got slapped the hardest in this election — besides Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama — are Jim DeMint and Sarah Palin…Jim DeMint and Sarah Palin are responsible for the fact that the Senate did not go Republican. They're the ones who are responsible for Christine O'Donnell. They're the ones who are responsible for Joe Miller in Alaska. They're the ones who are responsible for Ken Buck in Colorado. They're the ones who are responsible for Sharron Angle in Nevada.
Kondracke also said of Palin, "She's a joke even within her own party. The idea that she would be the presidential nominee is unthinkable."
The fight between the old country club Republicans and the Tea Party nuts is going to be a fun side show over the next couple of years.


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Deficit Financing
It was during the seventies that the value of imports went up sharply. This was Largely due to the hike in the prices of petroleum and petroleum products Effected by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 1979 and 1980. That is why the value of imports registered an increase 37 percent in 1980-81. During 1970-71 to 1979-80, the value of imports increased by more than 500 percent. During the late eighties, partly due to an increase in the quantum of petroleum products imported and partly due to a rise in the international oil prices, the value of imports once again increased sharply. The 'Gulf crisis' in 1990 and the currency devaluation in 1991 further pushed up the country's import bill. But since the eighties Petroleum products and capital goods determined the growth trends in the value of imports, to a large extent.
In 1991, major reductions in tariffs have been introduced in the nineties. The import weighted average tariff for the whole economy fell from 76.7 percent in 1990-91 to 40 percent in 1993-94, this further fell in 1994-95. Another aspect of import growth during the current year is that due to * a fall in domestic crude oil production,
* (ii) a sharp rise in domestic demand and
* (iii) the recent spurt in world oil prices, imports of petroleum products are likely to push up the import bill in a big way. Export
During the 80s, particularly in the early 80s, the growth of exports slowed down. Exports grew by about 11 percent in the first half of eighties but the growth picked up later and exports grew by almost 27 percent in the second half of eighties. The sluggishness in export growth in the early eighties was mainly due to decline in demand for Indian exports abroad – adoption of protective measures by developed countries – fall in the value of the US dollar, among others.
In 1990-91, export growth once again declined but only marginally to about 18 percent. This deceleration in exports was attributed to: (1) A slowdown in the expansion of world trade. The volume of world trade decelerated from 7.3 percent in 1989 to 4.2 percent in 1990 and further to 0.9 percent in 1991. (2) Loss of export markets in the Middle East due to the Gulf crisis. (3) Political and economic upheavals in Eastern Europe, which earlier provided a sheltered market to Indian exports. (4) Import curbs introduced during 1990-91 affecting export-related imports. (5) Movement in the exchange rate
(6) Internal law and order problems in some states.
Thus, India's exports have grown considerably both in terms of value and volume, over a period of time. Despite the significant growth, India's share in world exports was negligible and the relative share remained more or less at the same level. This is attributed to India's failure in improving its competitiveness in terms of price and quality in the international market.
The composition of foreign trade refers to the kinds of goods imported and exported by a country. It is essential to understand the composition of imports and exports as it reveals the economic status of a country. The changes that may occur in the composition of trade over a period of time reflect the economic transformation of a country.
In 1980-81, their relative share peaked to about 78 percent. This was largely due to a rise in the quantum and prices of petroleum products. In 1985-86, the share of raw materials and intermediates relatively declined to 71 percent. Of the raw materials and intermediates,
* Petroleum, oil and lubricants (P.O.L)
* Fertilisers and chemical products
* Pearls, precious and semi-precious stones
* Iron and steel
* Non-ferrous metals are the major items of imports.
In fact, the industrial liberalisation of the 90's, has further pushed up these imports in the first half of nineties. However, there is a remarkable fall in the capital goods imports during April-June, 1996 which is attributed to a...
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Mary F. Dinello, 88, passed away peacefully after a brief struggle with cancer on January 23, 2010 at the Franciscan Manor in Chippewa Township after living most of her life in Hopewell Township, PA.
She was born Marietta Ferraccio on January 9, 1922 in Isola del Gran Sasso, Provincia Teramo, Italy. A daughter of the late Silvestro and Concetta (Fieni) Ferraccio. She was a retired legal secretary to Attorney Milton Selkovits, a retired employee of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company (P&LE) and a retired employee of the Mount Carmel United Presbyterian Church Nursery. She was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church and was a former member of the Christian Mothers there. Mary was an avid floral gardener, with a special fondness for roses. She also was an excellent cook, and was an outstanding seamstress, having created wonderful embroideries and hand-made bridal dolls for many of her family members.
In addition to her mother and father, her eldest son, Charles, preceded her in death on October 20, 1974 in a motorcycle accident in California. Also preceding her in death were her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Carlo and Angelina Dinello; two brothers-in-law and two sisters-in-law, Albert and Frances Dinello, Janice Dinello, and Jack Botinovch.
She is survived by her children: a daughter and son-in-law, Darlene and Bruce Mills Center Township; three sons, Mark Dinello, Chicago, IL; Ronald Dinello, Hanover Township and Donald Dinello, Lake Okeechobee, FL; three beautiful granddaughters, Erica and Daphne Dinello, and Christa Mills; two great-grandchildren, Todd, Jr. (T.J.) and Vannessa. Also surviving Mary are her sister, Olga Botinovch; the father of her children, Marko Dinello, and a brother-in-law, Ted Dinello, and a dozen loving nieces and nephews and their families.
Friends will be received Monday from 1 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. in the ANTHONY MASTROFRANCESCO FUNERAL HOME INC., 21st and McMinn Streets, Aliquippa, 724-375-0496, where a service will be held on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, with Rev. Father Howard Campbell, officiating.
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11/10/2003 Archived Entry: "Slackin'"
I'm so lazy, I can't even be bothered to put the "g" at the end of my gerund (above). But I am compelled to take the time to write an entire paragraph pointing out my almost certainly spurious idiosyncracy. I'm funny like that.
The real problem is that I signed up for National Novel Writing Month again, but I haven't started writing my novel yet. I thought about continuing last year's effort, but that's more than a bit cheating. So I'm stuck without inspiration or, frankly, much motivation. Like I said: Lazy.
On the other hand, I did spend six hours playing Civ3 PTW with DeeAnn yesterday. No laziness there. Building an empire is hard work.
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Week 2 of TAB
This week, as we continued to explore the media centers, the students brought so much enthusiasm and excitement to our new Choice-Based classroom. The 4th and 5th Graders had a chance to delve deeper into perspective in the Drawing Center, while the K-3 students had an opportunity to look at paper sculpture options in the Sculpture Center. I have been really impressed by the amount of students who have engaged and persisted through the Weaving/Fiber Center making pillows, stuffed creatures and bracelets. Next week we'll start focusing on WOW Projects as we push into ending the school year with a BANG!
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From creating your own brand to evangelizing your company's, Steven Handmaker, CMO of Assurance, shared his secrets for success during the Future CMO Club Summit.
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Jacuzzi Cleaning
Cleaning Instructions
- The water will be drained out the ball valve, situated at the pump system.
- Make sure the heating element is off.
- Switch the water jets on by pressing the bellow button.
- Attach the 50mm PVC pipe into the ball valve, and direct the pipe to where the water needs to be drained.
- Once the drain pipe has been connected, open the ball valve. The water will start draining.
Cleaning Products
- Spa tabs will be the only product/chemical used to keep the water clean. Depending on how frequently the spa is used, one chlorine tablet a week will be sufficient.
- A filter cartridge installed with the pump system will also filter the water reducing dirt and debris.
- After draining the water, methylated spirits is the ideal product to clean the spa with. Once this is done the spa can be filled with water.


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Why use ET?
Cattle and sheep may be superovulated so that they will have multiple ovulations allowing numerous embryos to be collected on each flushing occasion. ET is also commonly referred to as MOET (Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer), that refers to the whole process from superovulation of the donor female, flushing of the embryos, to the transfer of the embryos to the recipient female.
Embryo transfer is a tool used by livestock breeders worldwide to assist in the transfer of genetics. Embryos may be frozen and shipped in liquid nitrogen that may be cheaper than physically transporting live animals.
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Need a Mother's Day gift that truly shines? Take these fun and practical ideas into consideration.
1. A clean house. Let mom take a load off now and again. Hire a cleaning service once a month for a year—or, if you're on a budget, do it yourself. From laundry to dishes, an IOU ticket to take care of the chores she would usually handle will give mom an opportunity to take more time for herself to read a book or go out with friends.
2. A classic accessory. If you're looking for something classic, give mom an accessory that combines function and fashion, such as a classic timepieces, toiletry bags, leather goods or writing instruments.
3. Some rest and relaxation. Send mom for a spa day, where she can select the treatments and services she wants best. Or, help her to create a spa-like environment at home, with face masks, a foot spa and bath bombs for the tub.
4. A hobby. Has mom always wanted to learn to play piano? Consider gifting portable technology to help her achieve this dream. There are also a variety of craft gift packages you can give your mother through which she can learn to make everything from jewelry and ceramics to flower crafts or even small furniture.
5. Time together. Spend some quality time with mom. Take a cooking class or comedy workshop together—or, look for sip and paint options, where you learn painting skills while enjoying a glass of wine or beer. Local cafes and bars often host such events—however, you might want to check out the community center or community college for class options as well.
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Tajikistan | International Alert
International Alert will work with Tajik NGO partners to build a multi-component project to address underlying factors that condone and contribute to domestic violence in Tajikistan. The project will work to develop economic and business opportunities for women, but will also work with the wider community, including men and influential community institutions to begin wider conversations to shift social norms and gender stereotypes that contribute to an environment that condones violence against women and girls.
Part 1: Social empowerment
Zindagii Shoista is a workshop series designed to help promote harmony within families and reduce violence. By considering wider family dynamics when working with local communities, it aims to create a socio-economic environment that enables women to enjoy greater protection from sexual and gender-based violence, with a focus on violence against women and girls.
Part 2: Enabling economic empowerment through income generating activities
Zindagii Shoista: Enabling economic empowerment (EE) through income generating activities (IGAs) is a workshop designed to promote families' understanding of managing household budgets in order to strengthen household economies. Part 2 of the Zindagii Shoista manual, focusing on enabling EE through IGAs, complements the Zindagii Shoista intervention (Part 1) designed to promote gender equity and harmonious partner and family relationships, with the aim of reducing violence against women and girls in Tajikistan.
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is widespread throughout Tajikistan, with half of all women experiencing violence at the hands of their husbands or in-laws. Young married women aged 18-24 are especially vulnerable. In response, International Alert and its partners, Action, Development and Prosperity (ATO), Cesvi, Farodis and Women of the Orient worked with the South African Medical Research Council to develop an innovative family-centred social and economic intervention tailored to the specific Tajik context with the aim of combatting VAWG. The approach sought to address the reality of young women marrying into strong extended families and facing violence from their husbands and/or in-laws.
This evidence brief reveals that the intervention successfully reduced the number of young women experiencing violence from both their husbands and in-laws by 50%. The mental health, livelihoods and food security of participating families also significantly improved. These findings support global evidence that gender transformative social change interventions combined with empowerment interventions can have a significant impact on reducing VAWG. Such approaches can also have positive impacts on people's emotional wellbeing, family dynamics and economic security.
Gibbs, A., Corboz, J., & Jewkes, R. (2018). Factors associated with recent intimate partner violence experience amongst currently married women in Afghanistan and health impacts of IPV: a cross sectional study. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 593.
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Consortium Director, What Works Global Programme
Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls in Tajikistan
Henri Myrttinen International Alert
Firuzah is a 44-year-old married woman from Tajikistan. She had a difficult time adapting from economic dependency when her husband was deported from Russia, where he worked as a labour migrant, and lost his job.
When Firuzah's husband lost his job and could no longer provide for the family he became nervous and stressed. Although she understood it was hard for him and tried to be there to support him morally, she found herself navigating a number of difficult family issues, and they quarrelled a lot.
Gulshan is an unmarried 21-year-old woman from Tajikistan, who aims to graduate from a University this year. She participated in the International Alert-led Zindagii Shoista - Living with Dignity' project last year.


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Marks and Spencers support Ramsgate RNLI
For the past year Ramsgate RNLI has been the chosen charity of the local branch of Marks and Spencers which has resulted in a total of £4626.20 being raised.
Yesterday Ramsgate lifeboat station's representatives Jan Pearce, collections organiser, Ray Noble Lifeboat Operations Manager and Joan Jenkins, fundraiser (pictured extreme left and extreme right respectively) visited the store to thank the management and staff for their support and present them with a plaque and certificate.
The staff at the store, situated in the area's popular 'out of town' shopping centre, Westwood Cross, raised some of the money and facilitated the station's fundraisers to carry out a bucket collection for two days in each month.
The station's thanks go to all involved and especially Jan Pearce for all of her hard work in organising the collections.
RNLI media contacts
- John Ray, Volunteer RNLI Press Officer, Ramsgate on 07759 480825 email@example.com
- Tim Ash, RNLI Public Relations Manager (London/East/South East) on 0207 6207426, 07785 296252 email@example.com
- Paul Dunt, RNLI Press Officer (London/East/South East) on 0207 6207416, 07786 668825 email@example.com
- For enquiries outside normal business hours, contact the RNLI duty press officer on 01202 336789
Key facts about the RNLI
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is the charity that saves lives at sea. Our volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service in the United Kingdom and Ireland from 238 lifeboat stations, including four along the River Thames and inland lifeboat stations at Loch Ness, Lough Derg, Enniskillen, Carrybridge and Lough Ree. Additionally the RNLI has more than 1,000 lifeguards on over 240 beaches around the UK and operates a specialist flood rescue team, which can respond anywhere across the UK and Ireland when inland flooding puts lives at risk.
The RNLI relies on public donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. As a charity it is separate from, but works alongside, government-controlled and funded coastguard services. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824 our lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved at least 140,000 lives. Volunteers make up 95% of the charity, including 4,600 volunteer lifeboat crew members and 3,000 volunteer shore crew. Additionally, tens of thousands of other dedicated volunteers raise funds and awareness, give safety advice, and help in our museums, shops and offices.
Learn more about the RNLI
For more information please visit the RNLI website or Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. News releases, videos and photos are available on the News Centre.
Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries
Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 or by email.
The RNLI is a charity registered in England and Wales (209603) and Scotland (SC037736). Charity number 20003326 in the Republic of Ireland


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Kissing Sean in the water felt 'good'. It suddenly brings it all back,that night, four years ago, she realized that she loved kissing him, before, during and then after ..
And now ,the man before her was the boy, he was sure, his lips firm and the way his tongue caressed her lips was that of a man who knew what he did and liked what he did and melting to his kiss came naturally, all her pent up emotions suddenly melted away, her stiffness, her walls and years of desire comes stumbling down..
And when he pulls her closer to kiss her…she ached.
"Mummy?" that tiny voice felt like cold iced water being poured on top of her head hitting her with a thousand senses.
What the hell was she doing and why the hell was she kissing Sean O'Conner?
Oh God!!
Her eyes shoots open, her walls come back up and so did her anger, she pushes him away and slaps him again square in the face and drags herself out of the water, she grabs kiki's hands and begins to walk away, followed by a very confused Tonia and leaves behind a very shocked Zachary.
Sean comes out of the water touching his face, he swears he couldn't remember how many slaps he just received in one day… he rubs his cheeks.
"What the actual fxxk was that Sean? I thought you said you didn't like hot sexy mother, what the hell mehn?"'
"I don't!!"
"'And you go around kissing chicks you don't like, did I not get the memo? Why would you kiss her if you don't like her?"
"I swear I don't know, I really don't. It just happened..and I swear Zachary, it felt like I had kissed her before…but damn! she doesn't hit like a girl, my cheeks burns"
"'Dude, not nice, I told you I liked her!"'
"'Sorry bro, I swear it wasn't planned, I know it's against the bro code but….I don't know"'
Zachary drinks his beer and hands Sean one "It hurts though but its fine. I think my consolation is that I never stood a chance with her, I talked and gave out all my charms and she didn't even pick on my lights, didn't give me a smile. So I already gave up before you swung her over your shoulders though, so may the forces be with you man, but as your friend I will tell you, I think you just burned the bridge because she seemed pretty mad"
"I know, but she kissed me back, was kinda nice..really nice"'
"So again my question, do you like monster kid's hot sexy momma?"'
Sean thinks for a moment ,really…he didn't. Well, he scratches his head… honestly he has no idea…
But one thing was certain, that little unplanned kiss? He liked it and he would love to kiss her again.
Just to find out if…it was mutual… the likeness of the 'kiss'that is.
Whatever it was that was pulling him towards Megan, he has to find out.
"I don't know man, maybe, maybe I do and it's funny because a few hours ago or days ago I could say no but right this minute, I swear I don't know"'
"Well, what you gonna do?"
"What else, stay in her radar, know for sure"'
"And if you really see that you like her, what next, are you ready to commit to a single mum?"
"'Erm… I would date her, for real and about that? look, I ain't getting younger anyways and I know its a huge responsibility but… I like kiki, we sort of click, I mean it I can have a relationship with her little girl the way we do, I guess it wouldn't be so hard. One thing about liking and loving someone is to be able to love all of that person… baggage, flaws, responsibilities!"
"And Tasha Williams, girlfriend, soon-to-be-fiancé soon-to-be-wife?"
"I told you already, she is great but she has so many issues, all about her and money, she hasn't asked how work is, how my family is and if I am good, her messages is all about car, party, money…I don't want to settle for that Zachary… I don't"'
"You saw her like that and dated her"
"Yeah! I thought she would change or simmer down"'
"You can't change a person Sean"
"I know. But, I really can't settle for that either.."
Zachary sighs "I pray for you man, God loves you bro, he does, I can only pray for you"'
Sean laughs "Get out of here,let's go, need to get them home"'
"You want to explain that kiss Megan, I mean one minute you hate the guy, next you don't want him near kiki and now you smooching him in the water and kissing him, what was that, I mean I am happy you getting back in there but… care to explain?"
Megan is fuming.. "he kissed me'
"'You both were kissing each other, still"'
"Look, it just happened, I let my guard down and he did, I am furious, I am beyond pissed, how dare he?"
"'Hmm hmm, I hear you, you liked the kiss didn't you? Its okay, you both can keep kissing" Tonia chuckles "Really hot kiss there Megan, dammit!!"
Megan rolls her eyes, she is frowning
"Mummy,erm.."Kiki is scratching her head" You kissed Uncle Sean?" she frowns
"' Uncle Sean was helping me with something in my eyes" she lies
"Liar!!" Tonia coughs, Megan shoots her a look
"But, you were kissing him, but why did you slap him and kiss him?" Kiki face is contorted in a curious frown
"He made me angry but I wasn't kissing him"'
"But Mum you we-"'
"Kiki, drink your juice" she pushes juice to Kiki's lips as she saw them coming, determined to avoid him she turns away
"Hey kiki, ready to go?" Sean asks, she nods as he opens the car and she climbs in, he is staring at Megan, she avoids his eye and climbs in behind kiki, Tonia does same trying to hide a smile.
They drive back in silence, Zachary trying to lighten the tension in the air, puts the radio on and sings along to the song playing, soon Tonia joins and kiki too when a kiddies song comes on, Sean and Megan remain quiet and all the while he kept looking at her through the mirror, she seemed really livid and for the life of him he didn't plan to kiss her nor wanted to… sometimes he couldn't explain but it felt… right. that was what was bothering him. Maybe he should just apologize to her and try not to make things more awkward.
As soon as they got home, Megan jumps out of the car.."Say your goodbyes Kiki"'
Kiki turns to Zachary and says a shy bye, then at Sean, she lets go off her mother's hand and rushes to him and hugs his legs "Bye Uncle Sean,"'
Sean felt something warm in his heart spreading, he lifts her off the ground and stares into her face "You had fun?"' she nods "well I am glad. Goodnight kiddo, I don't do goodbyes, not with little princess as beautiful as you, by the way"' he eyes Megan and lowers his voice "I think I made mummy angry again, what can I get her this time,?"
Kiki giggles and places her little finger to her jaw as though she is thinking,
Tonia has a knowing look on her face when she stares at Megan, see, nature is taking it's cause Megan,they now gossip together,Megan groans inwardly.What the hell were those too saying "Kiki, time to go, come down"
Kiki looks at her mother and then back at him "Erm I don't know, maybe you could get her a big teddy bear, I like teddy bears or now, she really loves one movie, saw it one time, she cries when she watches that movie. She always watch it"'
"'Know the name?"
Kiki shakes her head, then she thinks for a moment as her eyes shines, she nods "its the same as my school book"'
Sean is confused "'What?"
"Book! I remember because it's the same as my school book"'
"Erm… I don't know"
"NOTEBOOK!" She giggles shaking her head "Uncle Sean is dumb"
"Hey I am not dumb" he laughs shaking his head "Slow not dumb, and I didn't realize" Sean chuckles, hmm movie and a teddy bear "I could do that" he lifts her from the car, trying to put her down she grabs his neck and hugs him tight "Ohhh hey..aww" he hugs her back and puts her down
"Goodnight Sean O'Conner"" Tonia says "And you too Zachary"
"Night" Sean and Zachary says "Megan, can I talk to you for a minute please?"
"Goodbye Sean" she says turning away and going into her house with Tonia and Kiki following.
""Live to fight another day son" Zachary grabs his shoulders and turns him away "Live to fight another day"
Kiki was fast asleep when Tonia comes into the room, "Still pissed?"
"Why though??"
"'What do you mean why do, he forced himself on me""
"'No he didn't, he kissed you, he probably likes you."'
"No he doesn't, he took advantage of the situation"
"What if he does like you though? I mean would it be so bad, do you know how hard it is to have your baby daddy come back after a few years and wants to have something with the mother of his child?"
"Well he doesn't know that and what is to say he doesn't run with the tail between his legs when he does, now he might think it cool to flirt with a single mother, he can always hit and run, no strings attached."'
"Do you like him?"
"What's with the 21 questions Tonia, whose side are you on?"
"Kiki's side, if it works out,it's a win Megan, I mean…the way those two connect, don't you see that everything, nature, God wants them to find themselves..?""
"Drop it Tonia, please, that kiss or whatever happened tonight is never happening again, Sean would soon get bored and forget about kiki and life will go on"'
"'Are you still gonna move Kiki away?"
Tonia sighs… "Goodnight Megan, sometimes it is draining talking sense into you""
"Especially when you aren't the one wearing the shoes you think it's that easy to just forget about four years ago and move on like it never happened. He left, he didn't care about the girl who showed up years ago, he won't care about her when he finds out that I am the girl nor the child is his, reality hits you square in the face Tonia and all this you see him exhibiting is just superficial, it would go and I would be left with a broken child who would go back into her shell,worse than this… I am talking my daughter away Tonia, all this has to stop, I am doing it for her"' Megan says turning
"Okay, if you believe that, okay but today, you are not running away for Kiki, you are running away for you." Tonia leaves her.
What the hell does that mean? Megan stares at the closed door.
By Monday morning, dropping off Kiki at school she had gone to the proprietress "You really want to?"
""Yes, you said you will make the transfer"'
"But it's exams period Megan, in two weeks they would go on break, why don't you wait? she wouldn't be able to cope once you pull her out, all schools got exams this period"'
"She is smart, Kiki won't have any problem"'
"Even the smartest kids needs time, I have already prepared it but think about your daughter Megan, after the exams with her results you can pull her out…please"'
Megan felt like everyone was working against her to keep Kiki in the vicinity of where Sean would be able to see her…
"Megan Philips, at the end it is your decision, she is your daughter after all, whatever happens should be on you not us"
"Okay,two weeks "'
Divine meets her at the door, "So, leaving?"
"'In two weeks,after the exams. ""
"Okay, glad, at least she gets to be with her friends longer"
Megan remembers something and then pauses "'I wonder, do you know who gave Mr Sean O'Conner my address?"'
That look of guilt ,"I am sorry, it was me, he was so sweet and said he wanted to apologize, I wanted to tell you but you were so angry that day"
Megan sighs ""Please don't ever give strangers my address or any information about me, I don't care if they look like Jesus and sound like an angel"'
"Sorry Megan" she says as Megan walks away
For the next couple of days, Sean found it hard to concentrate. He had made up his mind to stay away from Megan and her daughter and try not to make her hate him any further but something keeps making him think about her and when he does, he also is reminded of her little girl and it didn't make sense to him.
And he realised, since he kissed her, he thinks about her a lot, when he sleeps, he sees her, but in his dreams, they are not in the pool, they are in a different environment and the vision is blurred but he could swear it was her… he touches the scar at his temple..
What was he trying to remember that he cant'. That fall was years ago, after graduation.. but the doctor says he was good, he had temporary amnesia, 24 hours max but he remembered everything else afterwards… but why did he feel like there was something missing..
He sighs..
When he isn't working, he is hanging with Zachary and when he is doing neither he is home, and some days too often he is thinking about her… then when his thoughts gets to kiki, he smiles. She reminds him so much of something too.. the way she smiles and the way her eyes lights up. He loved children, never been so close to any but he was a lover of children; there was something uniquely different about this child kiki, he feels warmth for her, like what someone would feel for someone they know and love and it was strangely unsettling too.
But the most unsettling one was her mother, there is that feeling of familiarity, especially when he kissed her lips like he had kissed those lips once before and the way she tasted. They used to say that every woman has a distinctive taste and right now he believes. He had kissed a few women and he could attest to them being different and yet he could swear that this wasn't the first time he had kissed Megan Philips… and that was a mystery.
He spoke to Zachary about it but the fool laughed and told him "You like her Sean, just admit it" and he didn't have a reply for that.
Tasha called again, this time he spoke to her,but he realized something, he really wasn't talking about her excessive-ness because he wanted to push her away because he was tired of her, he liked her, a lot at some point, maybe enough but when a woman is only with you for your money and status, it shows. To her, he was her trophy man, the one she shows off to her friends, the one she brags about and gets so much from. He wanted love, compassion, realness and a woman who isn't concerned only about all material wealth. If and when he finds that woman, he would give her the world whether she asks or not, and sadly, Tasha wasn't that woman. He needs to break it off with her, not because he met Megan and maybe likes her, Megan or not, Tasha…wasn't the one. He needs to end it.
Would it be so bad to do it over the phone, or fly over and do so?
He sighs running a hand through his hair.
Tomorrow was Kiki's birthday, he marked it on his calendar… he should do something nice for the little girl and maybe he could talk to Megan too about that kiss and find out for certain if he has feelings for her.
"It's her birthday tomorrow" Ruth says to her husband
"Kikina, Megan's daughter, can we..at least call her, the girl. Please"
"No Ruth, NO!! I told you before and I would say it again""
"She is my daughter too Charles, mine and my granddaughter and I hurt day and night, I forgive her, I do, and I am tired, I won't live forever. I am getting old and I won't die without making up with my child and you should put your pride and ego aside and forgive her. She left me too, not just you, it's been four years, four..it's a long time to hold a grudge and I am tired, I am tired. I want to see my granddaughter and hold her and kiss her and make up for the time lost, I want to look into my daughter's eyes and I tell her I love her and that she did good for herself, she is strong and she did good Charles, our baby did okay" She cries, tears rolling down
"I won't forgive and that is that!!" Charles gets up and leaves the room
Ruth is holding the picture of Kiki she hid under the bed. She had gone out to pick up the parcel Megan left when Charles was away… she had read the letters, cried and she had kissed Kiki's picture.
She made up her mind,with Charles or not, She was going to find her daughter and granddaughter, the address was there, she would write it out and put it on the table, if he wanted to come he should, if not she was done being unforgiving. She was!.
"'How many kids are you expecting?" Tonia asks setting the table as people begin to show up with kids, they were using the outside, they have already placed small canopies and chairs… it was a small party for kiki and her classmates.. homemade food and pastries, juice, drinks a clown and a small cake.
"15 kids and their parents, that's all" Megan says
"Where is Kiki?"
"Oh you know her, she's excited " then she frowns "She wants to wear the Tiara and bracelet Sean got her, she doesn't listen to me anymore. She has been playing with that tab all day everyday too"
"Let her, it's her birthday!"
Kiki comes out, dressd in a beautiful pink dress, holding a princess wand, wearing the Tiara and bracelet and lookS beautiful.. "Mummy, I look like a princess"
"'Yes you do baby, my very own" Megan picks her up and kisses her "Ready? All your friends are waiting for you"'
"Yes.."' she squeals
Three hours later, kids screaming and running everywhere, Megan playing the perfect host and Tonia helping her, Kiki was having the time of her life, parents mingling..and everything was going on well until someone drives in and alights opening his booth to reveal a big present that was wrapped which he drags down from his car, a passenger seated in the car didn't come down.
Tonia taps Megan who looks up "Oh Lord no" Megan exclaims
Kiki sees him and squeals in excitement running to him "You came!!" she jumps at him,
Sean envelops her in a hug.."Yes, and I brought you a present, what is a princess without her very own castle! " he points at it, kiki screams as her friends run and gather about him.
Then, from the corner, Megan saw her, a woman coming down from a taxi, looking at the paper in her hands, she was staring at the houses as one confused, looking around.. When their eyes meets, Megan staggers up… even blind, she would recognize her.
"Mum!!" she chokes "'MUM?" Then she began to run.
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April 2018
1. ISABELLA BENNAR, sixth grade, Southwood Middle, Washington, D.C. Trip Winner:
Isabella was involved in a golf cart accident on July 4, 2016 where her brother Devin suffered a traumatic brain injury. Family members spent many months taking turns living at the hospital. When summer ended, Isabella returned to school but continued to visit her brother daily and take turns sleeping by him on the weekends. Through this ordeal, Isabella has suffered a lot. She wakes up at night sometimes crying that her brother died or that she is in a car accident. The family is trying to help Isabella work through the anxiety but her main concern is always for her brother. She has maintained Honor Roll since the accident. Now that Devin is home, Isabella shares a room with him, even helping with his feeding machine and administering his medications. Devin is Homebound now for school and Bella sits with him and helps with his homework even with the amount of work she does on her own. She has also made it into the Dance Magnet at school. But her days spent taking care of her brother have not stopped her from her dreams and goals in and outside of school. She deserves this award because she continues to do the right thing in school and at home on a daily basis.
2. SAVANNAH BENNAR, tenth grade, Coral Reef Senior. Washington, D.C. Trip Winner:
On July 4, 2016, Savannah was involved in a golf cart accident that left her brother Devin with a severe traumatic brain injury. She was the first one to attend to her brother at the scene of the accident. She has always wanted to be a doctor and her natural instincts went into play. Savannah made sure all the other children in the golf cart were okay. She then moved her brother from the middle of the road and cared for him until first responders and other people arrived. Savannah remained completely calm, all the while knowing how injured her brother was. She visited her brother every day in the hospital for several months and would take turns sleeping there. When the school year began, Savannah had been planning to attend MAST but without transportation, she attended another high school closer to home. Still visiting her brother daily, Savannah maintained Honor Roll every quarter. She recently entered into a HOSA called Medical Innovation Original where she placed 4th in state. Savannah has a bright future ahead and she deserves to be awarded for all she accomplished through this tragedy. She is a hero to her brother, siblings, friends and family!
3. SHANE BENNAR, ninth grade, Florida Virtual School, Washington, D.C. Trip Winner:
Shane witnessed all three of his siblings get into a horrific golf cart accident on July 4, 2016 leaving his younger brother Devin with a traumatic brain injury. While his brother spent five months in the hospital, Shane never left his side. He even joined Home School so that he could help take care of his brother. It has been almost 2 years and Shane still has not left his side. He does his class work on a computer by his brother's side and has maintained Honor Roll grades. He gave up his dream to attend Coral Reef Senior High to become an engineer so that his brother would not be alone. Shane witnessed the accident, which has been traumatizing for him, but he knew the right thing to do was to be strong for his brother and continue his schooling. He wants to show his brother the importance of never giving up regardless of what he has been through. Prior to Home School, Shane was in the Art Magnet Program. He has been an Honor Roll student since Kindergarten and he takes every day as a blessing that his siblings are alive. He truly deserves recognition for his hard work and dedication to his brother.
4. AILEN FLEITES, eighth grade, Hialeah Gardens Middle:
Ailen comes from a very humble background in Cuba filled with tragedies and sadness. Prior to her older sister's birth, her maternal grandmother died of cancer causing her mom to suffer depression for some time. Thankfully, with the birth of her daughters, she was able to move on. Ailen's early years were spent in her native country of Cuba, surrounded by family but as destiny would have it, everything started to change one day. At just three years old, the family was broken up with Ailen's father leaving and her mom becoming a different person, barely leaving her bedroom or eating. She stopped pursuing her career in medicine and one day overdosed, taking her own life and leaving behind her two small daughters. Thankfully they lived with a great-aunt and great grandmother who helped raise them. Ailen remembers for years just staring at that bedroom door never going back inside after that night, crying herself to sleep and until this day having nightmares about it. Her father would sometimes come on the weekends, but when Ailen was seven, he left the country on a "mission" and would only send money once in a while. In Cuba, she excelled as a student despite her tragic young life and achieved numerous awards for Best Student of the Year, and Highest Grades and won several mathematics and literature contests. At just 11 years old, she also volunteered over 100 hours at a nearby daycare helping by feeding the children, telling them stories, and putting them to sleep. She tried to be the mommy to them that she also longed for. Sadly, she had to live with the stigma of her mother's death, but thankfully everything was about to change. During her father's "mission" outside the country, with much effort and sacrifice, he was able to immigrate to the United States, and later reunite by bringing Ailen and her sister here. From the moment Ailen arrived in the U.S., she decided to quickly adapt. She loved to read and would bury herself in books for days determined to learn English. She felt close to her mom in doing so since she had been an avid reader too. She decided to write a letter to her mother which she later turned into a monologue that she performed during the Hispanic Heritage Show earlier this school year where she also served as Mistress of Ceremonies. Although Ailen arrived in the U.S. midway through sixth grade, she achieved perfect attendance that year, an ESOL 1 Best Student Award, History Best Student Award, and Science Best Student Award. In seventh grade, she achieved Superior Honor Roll and Principal's Honor Roll, and the Language Arts thru ESOL Best Student of the Year Award and had the leading role in the school play. This year, she has achieved Superior Honor Roll and is a stellar member of the Spanish, Art, and Drama Clubs. A talented artist, she won First Place in the district's Peace Poster Contest where her poster was on public display and entered into various other contests. Despite her past, Ailen is a confident, studious young woman with set goals and aspirations in her mind for finding a cure for cancer. She is changing her story from someone once pitied, to someone admired and wants to honor her mother as well as the sacrifices of her dad, great-aunt, and great grandmother by demonstrating the amazing woman she will become.
5. LUNA GARCIA, fifth grade, Frank C. Martin K-8:
Luna and another student (Iliana) went to their counselor over concern for a mutual friend who had talked about committing suicide. They also shared that there was another student in the class encouraging the girl who wanted to hurt herself to go ahead with it. She even went as far as to give the girl ideas as to what she could do. Iliana and Luna were extremely concerned about their classmate and friend so they came and sought help. They wanted to make sure the school was aware and that their friend would be safe despite the fact that the other student told them not to say anything. Those involved are very proud of these two young ladies for stepping up and showing great character. They did not let anyone intimidate them as they spoke up to protect their friend. This shows empathy, integrity, honor, care, kindness, and human decency all of which are amazing qualities that we wish more students would display. Luna and Iliana absolutely deserve to be recognized for doing the right thing!
6. ISABELLA GONZALEZ, second grade, Dr. Gilbert Porter Elementary:
Isabella is an amazing student who always does her work to the best of her ability. She is a kind and generous friend and a good listener who helps others whenever possible. According to her mom, Isabella has had a heart of gold since she was a baby. She is always willing to assist at home as well as help her younger brother and family. If anyone has a rough day, Isabella makes sure to put a smile on his or her face. Recently, Isabella saw a fellow student choking on a snack next to her. Isabella sprang into action and helped get the food dislodged from his throat doing all the right things and saving a life. The child that was choking had his mom come to the class so she could meet the young lady who saved his life.
7. ILIANA HILL, fifth grade, Frank C. Martin K-8:
Iliana and another student, Luna (see below), came to see their counselor as they were concerned about a friend in their class who had talked about committing suicide. They also shared that there was another student in the class encouraging the girl who wanted to hurt herself to go ahead with it. She even went as far as to give the girl ideas as to what she could do. Iliana and Luna were extremely concerned about their classmate and friend so they came and sought help. They wanted to make sure the school was aware and that their friend would be safe despite the fact that the other student told them not to say anything. Those involved are very proud of these two young ladies for stepping up and showing great character. They did not let anyone intimidate them as they spoke up to protect their friend. This shows empathy, integrity, honor, care, kindness, and human decency all of which are amazing qualities that we wish more students would display. Iliana and Luna absolutely deserve to be recognized for doing the right thing!
8. ALEXAVIER PEREDA, eighth grade, Hialeah Middle:
Alexavier was born into a family struggling with a chronically ill 8 year-old child. His older brother has Battens disease, a fatal disease that effects the nervous system and usually presents itself between the ages of 5-10. His brother has been blind for as long as Alexavier can remember. He suffers from mental impairment and seizures, and is progressively losing his ability to communicate through speech. Alexavier is now 13 years old, and his brother is 21 years old, an age considered a milestone for a person with Battens disease. This life is the "normal" life for Alexavier, filled with challenges and grief. Being raised by a single mother who has struggled immensely to raise her sons, Alexavier has helped to care for his brother since an early age. He has taken the role on full force with no complaint. He is a dedicated, loving brother and son who assists with feeding his brother, helping his brother get in and out of his wheelchair and bed and even dressing his brother. Alexavier does not only go above and beyond every day at home but he continues doing the right thing for his peers at school. Alexavier has volunteered to assist new students entering his school by showing them around to their classes and offering to be a friend. He is an Honor Roll student and challenges himself daily with two high school courses. An exceptional leader, Alexavier has been the president of his Drama Club where he has played the lead role in numerous plays. He has always dreamed big with aspirations of becoming a legendary actor. Acting is Alexavier's getaway from reality, helping him cope with all the trauma from home and stress from school. Alexavier also learned how to set up the stage lights and run the sound system and he volunteers his time to assist other clubs with performances in the auditorium. Alexavier also volunteers at his step-sister's Girl Scouts Troop attending bake sales, beach cleanups, and food drives. Although Alexavier has missed out on the innocence of a childhood, he is a very giving and kind individual who strives for greatness each and every day using life's challenges to grow and be a strong leader.
9. A'MIRACLE WALLACE, fourth grade, Colonial Drive Elementary, Rapids Water Park Trip Winner:
A'Miracle is just that, a miracle. Her mom was not sure she would live through her early life when doctors discovered she was born with a rare condition that affects her digestion. A'Miracle has had an uphill climb due to the difficulties of her illness that affected her attendance in school. However, A'Miracle perseveres through it all and does the right thing. A'Miracle realizes that many people have helped her through the years to maintain her health and education and she wants to give back to others. One day, after school, A'Miracle noticed a new student having difficulty finding his bus. The student, who is autistic, was visibly frustrated and A'Miracle intervened making sure he got on the right bus knowing he needed extra help and kindness. Now, each day A'Miracle waits for her new friend to talk to him and escort him to his bus. A'Miracle's bus is usually the last bus to arrive after school, so after she sees her friend off, she helps around the school, putting away heavy security cones, assisting the Safety Patrol Supervisor with lowering the flags, and with general clean up. A'Miracle's kindness to classmates knows no bounds. In class, A'Miracle helps lowers chairs to desks. She also sets up computers for her teacher and straightens backpacks on chairs. She goes above and beyond to help others such as retrieving paper towels for a sick student and putting her arms around the child for comfort. She has also come to the aid of a child who was crying due to bullying. At home, A'Miracle does the right things to help her mom who works long hours such as checking the mail and cleaning up around the house. A'Miracle is striving to do the right thing.
10. DAVID WOLF, fifth grade, E.W.F. Pinecrest Academy South Charter:
David's kind heart and good behavior caught the attention of the school counselor who nominated him. Not only is he well behaved, David excels academically. He is a quiet boy who doesn't brag or bother others and who instead helps out, is a good friend and a good student. He is a funny, compassionate, caring, and inquisitive child. Outside of school, David goes above and beyond any child of his age. For many years, he has been volunteering for several different foundations. He has joined the Miami Dolphins and the AARP and has participated in the 1,000,000 meal pack. David has also participated in the Relay for Life walking to try to raise funds to find the cure for cancer. Cancer has personally touched his family and his mom is a survivor. Yearly, he participates in the Honor Flight where he gets to greet soldiers who are returning from their tours and hand them thank you letters from other children in the community. David enjoys honoring our veterans and is proud to show them his gratitude. David and his mother also participate in the Miami Autism, Juvenile Diabetes, and Kidney Foundation walks. He truly believes in raising awareness and funds to help people affected by these diseases. For many years, David has also volunteered for the Possible Dream Foundation where he plays with children with disabilities and enjoys making a difference in their lives. David has even donated his hair twice to the Children with Hair Loss Foundation. David encompasses what a good citizen and a good human being is all about. His good heart, noble deeds, and dedication are impressive and inspiring.


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Silly Songs
By WE. Reinka
A Gershwin tune comes on the radio. "They don't write 'em like that anymore,'' remark to my wife who often endures my harangues about today's unsophisticated music. Sometimes seniors arc accused of having convenient memories. Perhaps I m a tiny bit guilty of that. If I step out of harrumphing mode for a second, I might concede that not every song of my youth achieved the elevated lyrical standards of Ira Gershwin or Lorenz Hart. Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing They don't write 'em like that anymore either. "Ja Da" dates back all the way to 1918. Written by Bob Carleton, a navy reservist, he donated all proceeds from the song to the Naval Relief Society. That proved to be no insignificant amount. Twenty years after it was written, "JaDa" was still being recorded by such luminaries as Eddie Condon, Bobby Hackett and Tommy Dorsey. In 1939, it was featured in two movies, "Babes in Arms" and "Rose of Washington Square." Still not having had its fill, Hollywood reprised it in 1941 for "The Great American Broadcast." Good songs never die.
Thank you for your kind words about my Silly Songs article in Tri-State Senior. It took me a sec to remember which article you meant. I write for senior papers all over the country. Even the papers where my work appears every month will sometimes wait a year after submission to publish a piece. Given that were still in early October, I had it in mind that you meant another column entitled September Songs which a couple of papers revived last month. Anyway, after my brain hiccup were now on the same page so to speak.
Well, of course, it would be my honor if Mr. Dee posts this article on the GMMY website. Im flattered by the invitation (and appreciate that you asked permission). The article is available to you free of charge with the proviso that it runs with my by-line, W.E. Reinka.
I went to the website and saw the photo of you two standing alongside Al Martino. It looks as if youre really getting the most out of your love for vintage popular music. I love to see anyone indulging their passion.
Speaking of passions, one of mine if you cant tell, is the Great American Songbook. I often listen to the Cabaret section of accuradio.com while working. As I close, my wifes and my special song, How Long Has This Been Going On?, by George and Ira just began to play.
Again, thanks
for making my day with your kind words.
W.E. (Bill) Reinka
From:Dick & Shirley
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 10:41 AM
To: email@example.com
Subject: Silly Songs
Hi Mr. Reinka,
We read your article in the Tri State Senior News...We think this is a classic....We would like your permission to post this article on www.GMMY.com This is a site that features the entertainers of the 30's, 40's and 50's...Also GMMY Radio plays music from the same period with Opera and classical Music...The host of this site, Frank E. Dee, would enjoy hearing from you...We are active on the Al Martino page and also the Tenors page...We also do 1 hour radio shows on GMMY Radio...
Thank you for writing this great article...It brought back many memories....
Dick & Shirley Finnell
Submitted 6/16/03- By Frank E. Dee
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« Life At The Top + 20 »
In a gesture perhaps only of significance to me, I have now posted to this site my original journal entry that set the pace for about ten years of handwritten entries, and now about ten years of electronic entries. The documentation is elsewhere on the site, and also on this post which features the entire text of the thing with just enough fixes for clarity. It also features several pictures and documents to help spice it up so you can see some of the characters involved. It is a long, 6,000 word entry that takes on a range of experiences during my high school time, with a particular emphasis on my senior year, which was perhaps as good as it got for me in my academic career.
At the time of its original writing, I was barely aware of my future. I had only a big plan to go to Europe a few weeks later with my old man. I was planning to go to Mesa College in the fall, which doesn't exactly show a total plan for a glorious future! It was sort of standard issue stuff. I never applied to any colleges as a senior. I had no big ambitions. I wanted to play my drums, listen to my music (it was on that same day after graduation when I bought my first Yes cassette, 90125). I was head over heels for Shelby, who is well discussed in the entry. (Told from the perspective my naive, wishful point of view that interestingly was already tempered with the kind of insight I needed to know all about how things would play out, and did!) I had no more than a few weeks' future, really.
On reading the giant entry now, several times over in the course of transcribing and editing, what strikes me is how many of my present concerns are somehow present in this document from 1991 that narrates experiences and impressions and hopes from the years leading up to it. As I seek the clues that lead me to understand really what my life's purpose is, evidence like this is revealing and compelling. Either it is stated that I am interested in X, Y, or Z, or sometimes the negative is true: the signs are that all along, I should not be engaged in X, Y, or Z.
One thing that stands out is how in the few months I worked at my first job, I worked on Sundays for a while. People don't think a lot about that anymore but at the time, I was cautioned from my conservative family folk that I shouldn't work on Sunday. You might say teenage rebellion would drive me to reject that. But what happened was that the hobby store (that I used to hang out at endlessly the year before) called me and asked me to work for a bit. They knew I loved the place (true a year before before I abandoned the hobby and got into drums) and would do it. Almost immediately I began to feel at a distance from my church community where I had been a part for nearly a solid year before. I had established the community relationships there, and traded it in for a minimum wage job that I worked at for just a few months, not even always on Sundays. Life At The Top, the journal, tells about that season of mid-1990 being one of depression, alienation, even suicidal ideation. After that, I had a hard time reestablishing a connection to the church, and began a long history of searching for ways to fill a void using work, consumption, and other means. Only later on in 2005 when I met Lee Van Ham did I start to understand the Sabbath idea of rest and renewal in a community setting. I've now been willing to stand up for keeping Sundays for that purpose, even at the cost of losing my jobs. I am not certain, but I think that was a contributing factor in losing my last job. I know such boundaries were clear causes for another dismissal.
Reading Life At The Top now just makes me want to cuddle my 17-year old self, and soothingly say, "forget Shelby." It is true. I knew the patterns by the time I graduated. She never wanted to be with me. But such was the power of desire. I basically went blind for another ten years, even as I knew what I needed to know by two and a half years into it all. But the initial revelation of the power of having a friend was real. I did feel heard. I did feel like someone cared enough. That is the legacy of Shelby, to help make the world safe enough to recognize that those things could happen in my life. But as I tried to hold that flame too close, I got burned, and kept trying over the years, till finally I was willing to grab it for all it was worth, get baptized by the fire, and released into a new form, no longer slave to the delusion that stayed with me for exactly twelve years and a week. But in 1991, I was building up in a huge way to win her over with ...something? There were enough optimism-producing moments to keep me strung along, but that was me interpreting things, not what she was sending.
In all fairness to her, I should point out that she was an early voice for the more liberal strands of thought I have aligned myself with. Politically, socially, environmentally, she was planting seeds of consciousness in my mind well before I knew what it meant. I sort of wish I had a chance to thank her for that, even as it was just distracting talk that always seemed to criticize my lifestyle (of blindness) back when it was happening. Her international and interstate travels and studies always made her interesting. I never felt interesting, I guess. She had conviction that I could not fathom. She also had an athiestic streak that always made me confused, especially in how we met at a church! But I guess that was just another way to learn things as an anthropologist would, hanging out with the savages, as it were. I do know she was always too much for me. I don't have a problem imagining how a girl of her intellect and enthusiasm for life would not be interested in an uptight guy like me who was only then starting to encounter a world outside of a conservative family life shaped by the military and Norman Rockwell. I only wish I had been able to not delude myself so much, and perhaps to let it go and find other girls to date who were emotionally available.
Speaking of that, I noticed there is no mention of Kelli in Life At The Top. None in particular, but when I am talking about youth group, Adventure Class, Shalom Group, and some other church references happening after mid 1990, I am speaking too of my future bride. One great divine joke on me was that I tolerated the Shelby indignities for so long, feeling that a long history of friendship would pave the way for more. What I did not see coming up in the rear view mirror was that exactly that was happening with Kelli over a decade and more before we started "dating" in 2001-2! In fact, that is where the decade + of history went to add up to something, not with Shelby! She and I had a slow building relationship that involved our intimate moments along the way, that so far has turned into the much wanted, much needed relationship of stability that I had been pining for. I just didn't see it that way. It was a matter of not trying so desperately to manage the thing; Kelli and I were pretty casual friends but we shared deeply when we did meet up. Funny too that she was of a liberal mind, well experienced in life, and had a deep social, environmental, and political consciousness too. (Clearly she is not living as an athiest either.) But in 1991, who knew where the 14-year old Kelli and I were going?
Stephan and I are in occasional contact. Over the years, we have been in touch by letters or by phone, but I rather like the Skype option. He's in Germany mainly, working for a major tire company. After getting a degree in engineering and working for a manufacturer of convertible car tops, he now works as a traveling rep on an international scale, primarily in the Eurozone. It has been 19 years since I saw him on my second trip to Europe in 1992. I still feel there is a quality of friendship with him that is hard to attain with my stateside connections. In 1991, he was the first male with whom I had the kind of exchange that put Shelby on the map. But of course, since amorous love doesn't play a clouding role, we've had that kind of depth in conversation often enough, and while living for a lot of years thinking he had a better life than me (on account of being a university graduate with a "good job"), our more recent communications have leveled us back to two men who have had girl problems, job issues, regrets, and the like—bringing us full circle back to the original spark that brought us together as close friends in early 1991.
(My new look at Life At The Top revealed I downplayed Steve while masking some of the statements about Shelby that reflected my mixed mind about her. This year's transcription tried to reconcile that and other similar issues of self-censorship, aiming to recapture the spirit of the manuscript with a few fixes for clarity and style. But the heart is back!)
Jerry Lawritson, my pastor in LATT, is no longer my pastor. But I still regard him highly as a teacher, and perhaps the best one of them all, given the nature of his message and the period of time he has been around to offer it. In fact, for my Young Adults event last night, I was willing to go to bat for the Book of Revelation based on the materials he has provided over the years, but was nice enough to share with me this month, even four years after I left his church, and joined another. At least prior to that departure in 2007, he continued to be quite an advocate for me in my deepest life struggles. He was who I called when I knew it was madness to have a bottle of sleeping pills lined up like chorus girls on my desk. He helped make possible two years of therapy (don't tell anyone) following that. But for reasons not known to me, the setting of that church was not the right place for me to grow up and put to use the lessons I learned from him. The type of family situations I was in up to about 2007 was something that I knew he was unable to fully address. Eventually I felt that I had to move on. For a lot of years, he was father to me when it came to teaching lessons of wisdom and for hanging on to life. So it was heartbreaking when I had to admit that that era was over in 2007, a little shy of 20 years since that first epic conversation at the beach picnic in LATT. With one exception in 2008, we have not talked about things at that level since I left. And that one time in 2008 was an epic occassion that was unlike any other I've had with him. I sort of feel there was more authenticity in that exchange between two men who had to part ways than in the years of our pastor/young congregant relationship.
Judy Slaughter was in town for a couple years after LATT was written, but for some years was 30 miles away in Escondido as senior pastor of another church. That period was during my decade-long spell of not attending church, so I lost touch for a while. She's in Hawaii now. Was pastor there at a couple churches, but is now quite troubled by health issues and most of the time, I talk to her husband Jay, who speaks on her behalf. The times I've talked to her, or emailed her, have been nice in how she is always validating to me. She and Jerry were huge figures in keeping me on track during high school. The Shalom community, a side group of youth in the church around the early 90s, was a place where Kelli and I got to know each other, and it was all Jerry and Judy's initiative, with them taking me out to lunch sometimes to get my input on what might be needed in such a group.
Harry Steinmetz was big in 12th grade but also on a couple other occassions: I had a public speaking class with him in 9th grade, and again, years later at Mesa College in 2003, I took another public speaking class with him at Mesa College just as I was in my suicidal crisis and subsequent return to life. Some of the things I spoke of in class were linked to that experience, and the experience of being reborn during that same semester. He egged me on, knowing that I wasn't just uttering the words off the page. A later experience, during 2005, I was flyering the school for my Peak Oil forum, and I came by his classroom, not even as a student. He called me up to the front to do an improptu speech and Q&A on peak oil and to make my pitch for coming to the event! He has always been a learned man who love to teach, and to help animate people with a spirit and vitality for their work. It isn't enough just to learn the topics. I occasionally run into in town and give him the latest news. He also is responsible for my preference for public radio listening. No one but him.
My step mom Eda is still around though we are in a period of estrangement. She just turned 89 last month. I feel mixed about keeping silent with her, but for a year or so in 2008, but I have been put off by her increasing intolerance and condescension about being married to a liberal woman who doesn't just stay home and serve me, or (and this is probably the kicker) that Kelli was on the path to be ordained as a full-fledged minister. Every meeting is likely to touch on some aspect of those related topics. For a woman who talks as much God as she does, you'd think that she'd see that God can call anyone to ministry. Or that the duties of married and work life can be balanced out so both parties are reasonably content. I know there is a paradigm gap between us; clearly she is of another age. But she is quite sharp of mind. She still is "there." Still, I do tend to identify her more strongly as my mom than I do with my own mother. There is both quantitative and qualitative support for this. In fact, in my senior yearbook memories (a block of text where we could put anything, often looking like txtmsgspeek) I did proclaim that "EDAISMYMUM."
Looking now at LATT, I was struck by my struggle to simultaneously branch out and sink roots. I did feel that I was coming to life and that must be what trees do: bigger top branches require deeper and wider roots. I was never on the cutting edge of anything, nor even a few steps back. Things like opening my mouth to risk an answer in class, or wearing one pink shirt, or playing drums in public for the first time were huge to me. I was grappling with being simultaneously drawn in by and repulsed by institutions. I wasn't a rebel or slacker at school, but I was also inclined to do "just well enough." I was immersed in my church because of the community there, then I got a job and all that inverted itself and I was later writing how I couldn't stand my experiences at church. My journalism class progress report essentially shows ambivalence about the kinds of authoritative bodies I was surrounded by. I was grappling with being taken into a system. Not so very different than what I grapple with now.
I detect a bit of a wannabe/patronizing tone in my narrative about tutoring math to three people who really were classmates of mine, not particularly friends of any deep nature. Tina Moraga did in fact go way back to the early days of elementary school, but I think by the time LATT was written, I had just gotten to know her a bit more. I don't recall knowing her well prior to that. So the tone was a bit inauthentic to my senses now. Interestingly, in 2003-05, I was delivering to an older man who lived across the street from her grandmother's and I got some occasional updates about Tina. I do recall having a talk with her a year or so after high school and she did tell me about some screwed up and manipulative marriage that was doomed. It did hurt to hear about all that. But I think the tone in LATT is a bit too eager to help. Too much inspirational speaker about it. But whatever works. We graduated. With the exception of occasions like a reunion next month, there is pretty much nothing of contact between me and my classmates.
Interesting that my senior year interests included being a teacher/mentor, and that I mentioned that history was important. The matter of interpersonal relations runs through the entire LATT journal too. And the fact that I was on the school paper, making my initial attempts at journalism was a kicker too. Isn't all that the basis for what I am doing now? It kind of warms my heart that somehow, I am still doing what I wanted. In fact, yesterday's Young Adults event was something that tied all that together in some way. I am older than most of the group so there is always a bit of a mentor/mentee kind of relationship hovering but not clearly defined; the matter of presenting the Book of Revelation as a document requiring historical understanding, and then following it with a movie (What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire) that is basically a 10,000 year history lesson of human endeavors sort of shows that history figures into my concerns now; the discussion turned to how people act in society, for good or for ill, true to themselves or not (and even facilitating the discussion to that point is an act of mentoring); and then of course, the kinds of material I write and present at my "classes" do have a teacher's or a journalist's heart about them. And to tie it all together, there is a Christian-rooted message behind it. I suppose by this analysis you could say that I either haven't developed, or I am doing what I have always thought I should be doing!
The question does arise. Why does any of this matter? It's the past! It is, and it is not. Even the original entry admits that looking at things like this is my way. As you'll see on TAPKAE.com since about 2009, there are a sprinking of posts that are of a "+20" nature. It is like Socrates said, "the unexamined life is not worth living." All I really have is my life and experiences and they are as important to me as anyone elses who has scaled the ladder of power, or who has a doctorate or who has won the olympics. And, in a way that is perhaps more recognizeably true in the twenty years since, it is a scattered bunch of things if I were to list them on paper. My resume reminds me of this, but what holds it together? It seems that no one but me puts in the time to figure out what the longer threads are and where they lead. I do get clues from people on the outside of my mind; people do recognize things, but it is not their job. The 17 year old me who wrote LATT was discovering how scattered pieces were, and looking for a pattern, maybe or maybe not knowing where to go (I think not so, at least consciously). Now, at 37, with 20 years fewer to live my life, the clues are rather interesting to trace. I did myself some good service by charting all that I have over twenty years. I still wish for more depth. Not always was I able to go past reciting the events and their times and places. But who was I inside? Learning anything about emotional vocabulary came much later. Spiritual vocabulary later still.
Leaving these kinds of journalistic breadcrumbs help me find my way home to who I am. I feel like I'd be lost without them.


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ISO ISO Baby!by Comms-care Colin
January 11, 2013
So, our second week of the year is already over, I have a feeling this year is going to fly by!
We have started off the year by welcoming a few fresh faced employees into the Comms-care family. Two engineers, a Service Desk Analyst and an Internal Sales Account Manager have embarked on a new challenge for 2013 and are settling into their roles very well. These new starters are all intakes from our biggest recruitment drive to date. Our recruitment drive is still on-going as we continue to take on new channel partners and expand on the IT support services we provide to our current partners. So if you're looking for a new challenge to start the year, make sure you get in touch to see the recruitment opportunities we have available for you.
This week we have had all hands on deck across all departments in preparation for out upcoming ISO audits. The audits are carried out on an annual basis to ensure that all standards and requirements needed for our ISO accreditations are continually carried out throughout the organisation. Comms-care holds four ISO accreditations for IT Security Management, IT Service Management, Environmental Management and IT Quality Management. Our ISO accreditations provide Comms-care with a unique selling point to our channel partners; they can be assured that the services they are receiving are of industry accredited standards and they in turn can pass these assurances on to the end-user customer. By holding these ISO accreditations, we provide our channel partners with a competitive advantage over their competitors.
Over the coming months, Comms-care has a number of success stories being developed with our channel partners in the form of case studies. These case studies are a great tool for our new channel partners to hear about our capabilities and service offerings from those who have used our support services themselves. They also help our channel partners to promote their service offerings to potential end-user customers. Make sure you keep a regular eye on our website for the release of these case studies!
Has anyone seen our Management team in the press this week? Our newly appointed Management team have been making headlines in the industry publications such as, CRN, Microscope and Comms Dealer. You can view the full news story and the press coverage on our website.
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HIS311: Nigeria from 1900 � 1960 A.D.(3 credit units)
This course examines the History of Nigeria in two parts; 1900 to 1960 and 1960 to the Present. It covers the period of British Conquest, the Colonial Rule and Independence Movements up to Nigeria�s Independence. The second part covers the First Republic, the coups of 1966, the subsequent Civil War, the Reconstruction, The Oil Boom, the Second Republic and the subsequent Military Regimes down to the Third Republic from 1999 to the Present.
HIS321: History Research Methodology(3 credit units)
These courses treat various methods, which can be used to collect and interpret research data, especially in non-literate societies. The course is designed to prepare students for their research projects.
HIS331: USSR from 1905 to 1950(3 credit units)
The course examines the Russian Revolution, its antecedents, the roles of social Revolutionaries, Mensteviks and Bolsheviks; Lenin and his Leadership, the Revolution of 1917, the Civil War, 1919 � 1920, Stalin and �Socialism in the century� Russia in the second world war, and the cold war.
HIS341: History of the Commonwealth(3 credit units)
The course examines the process, arguments and activities by which the old British Empire ruled from Whitehall and how it has been transformed into a commonwealth of independent and friendly nations � the Imperial Federation idea, colonial conferences, 1897, 1902, 1887, 1911, the first world war and its effect, Imperial conference 1917, 1921, 1923, 1926, the Balfour Declaration, 1931 statute of West Minister, the Empire-Commonwelth in the 1930s, World War II and its effects, independence of India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Malaya, Ghana, Nigeria etc. Modern Prime Minister, and other Commonwealth Conferences. The case of South Africa and the Commonwealth.
HIS351: Problems and Prospects of Regional Economic Development in West Africa(3 credit units)
The course examines the various regional organizations in West Africa which have been set up by the joint efforts of West African States to facilitate economic developments. The problems encountered and the prospects of such efforts are discussed.
HIS361: The Military in African History(2 credit units)
This course encompasses studies of African military history from pre-colonial times to the present. Beginning with a look at the meaning of military history and an examination of African military historiography, the course will pay attention to the nature and role of pre-colonial African organizations. Furthermore, it will examine in detail, the beginning, growth and role of military organizations, which became the legacies of independent African states. Other significant phenomena such as the changing and expanding role of the military and military intervention and participation in the politics and governance of independent African states will so be discussed.
HIS371: Capitalism, Communism and Mixed Economy(3 credit units)
The course examines the three types of economic systems of capitalism, communism and mixed economy, highlighting the modes of production and distribution and the problems associated with each type.
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