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Discover how to have a more loving and secure relationship by transforming disappointment and struggle into an opportunity for deeper intimacy.
Is your relationship a source of anxiety in your life?
If you've been feeling a distance between you and your partner, it can affect every aspect of your life—your health, your job, and your sense of well-being.
Most of us simply don't know how to handle when the people we love suddenly start behaving like strangers to us. When did their feelings for us change? When did we start to feel so much resentment and fear?
There's a very good reason why we feel so much anxiety when things aren't going well in love. We are taught to avoid fighting and conflict in relationships as much as we can. We avoid, stuff down, and talk ourselves out of confrontation.
Further, we mistakenly believe that if you're not getting along, or if a crisis has created tension between you and your loved one, your future with that person is questionable. We may even begin to wonder if we are really compatible, or if it's even worth staying in the relationship.
Like most people in this situation, you may have already made some attempts to smooth things over and get back to what feels "normal." You've accommodated your partner's desires. You've given your partner more space, or the opposite—you've been paying more attention to him.
When all else fails, you seek advice from friends, therapists, or the Internet. The advice from friends was reassuring but not all that helpful. Your partner refused to go to therapy with you or if he did, you found it expensive and not all that effective. The internet gave you lots of hopeful quick and easy solutions that ended up getting you nowhere.
And despite what you've tried, things aren't improving much.
You agonize:
- If only he would see things from my perspective…
- If only she could remember how good things used to be, and fall in love with me again…
- If only he would listen, and really understand where I'm coming from…
- If only she would stop withholding real honesty and affection, things could be so much better…
The Specific Reason Why You're Still Struggling
The reason why you're struggling isn't because your partner is stubborn or lacks the right motivation (or love) to make things right again.
From my many years of professional experience, I've discovered the real reason why most conflict occurs is because neither partner really knows each other as well as they think they do!
Additionally, most couples don't understand the true nature of relationships and how they grow and thrive over time. There is a very specific, predictable developmental pathway, that when understood, empowers you to move through normal and expected times of conflict onto deeper levels of intimacy and love.
This fundamental lack of understanding is the underlying problem that needs to be solved.
It's not about getting your partner to "do" anything or "be" a certain way.
Without a deep and profound understanding of both your partner's internal motivations and your own, all you'll be doing is addressing the symptoms (such as lack of affection, poor listening skills, power struggles). You won't be solving the underlying problem, so the cycle perpetuates.
The fight over one thing will become a fight over something else tomorrow. The contempt won't really disappear. It'll just get buried until the next time something triggers you or your partner. The only way to address the core of what's really wrong is through discovering who both of you really are and what it is that each of you needs from your relationship.
What I also see over and over with couples who come to me for help is a focus on getting the other person to change and conform to their perception of who their partner is.
For example, you've always thought your partner was a compassionate, understanding person—you don't know where all this rage and coldness is coming from and you want it to stop. You admired your partner for his level-headedness and practicality—so why is he suddenly acting like he's having a mid-life crisis?
Has your partner really changed, or has he simply shattered your false illusion of who he really is?
What Healthy Relationships Have in Common
Healthy relationships that grow and flourish are rich with self-discovery and self-responsibility. Failing relationships that wither are always about getting the other person to "change."
The secret to having a healthy, secure relationship is knowing more about who you are and who your partner is. It's simple, and yet, this is not as easy as it may seem. You must know the right questions to ask and the exact steps to take to transform disappointment and pain into deeper intimacy.
Through my work as a psychotherapist and executive coach, I came to understand that every relationship goes through the same four stages, regardless of which specific struggles appear.
Out of this work, I created a relationship model--a roadmap that shows you how to address every issue that has and will arise in your relationship in a way that creates healing and transformation for you and your significant other. My goal is to teach you the process so that you are forever equipped to handle any relationship issue successfully. So, how do you do that? I'll show you how!
Understand That in Every Crisis, There's an Opportunity
Your partner lied to you…cheated on you…turned a cold shoulder…ignored your needs…
Your relationship is at a turning point that will either break you apart, or bring you closer.
And while it may seem counterintuitive, you now have the opportunity for strengthening your relationship.
Every relationship moves through four distinct phases. Sometimes it takes a long time to move from one phase to another, and sometimes you can fluctuate between two phases in just one day. Each phase has its unique challenges and opportunities. If you know what those are, you can transform whatever crisis you're experiencing into higher levels of intimacy and love.
In The Pathway to Love book, workbook, and audio program, you'll learn how to strengthen and develop your relationship by using crisis (or lack thereof) to evolve your relationship to a more evolved phase.
Which phase of your developing relationship are you in right now? Where is the unique opportunity for growth and intimacy for you? See if you recognize anything about your situation from the context of the four phases:
Phase 1:
You see your partner as your potential soul mate; you are physically and emotionally attracted and excited by who he or she is. But something is going wrong. Suddenly your partner withdraws, stops calling, turns away from you, or tells you that he or she is not ready for the kind of relationship you want.
Your Opportunity: The Pathway to Love program will help you understand how you're projecting your fantasies and expectations onto your partner, so you can navigate to a long-term, committed relationship.
Phase 2:
Your partner seems to have changed from when you first fell in love. You're fighting a lot. New disappointments crop up. He or she isn't meeting your needs and doesn't seem interested in what you have to say. Sometimes your needs don't seem to matter to your partner.
Your Opportunity: The Pathway to Love program allows you to understand yourself, your triggers and reactions. Real love grows from a place of authenticity, not fantasy.
Phase 3:
Some kind of crisis throws your relationship into a tailspin: job loss, infidelity, health issues, or challenges around parenthood. You feel like you've been going on autopilot and you've lost yourself in the relationship. You're wondering if your love can survive what is troubling you.
Your Opportunity: The Pathway to Love program allows you to use conflicts as a vehicle toward deeper understanding, acceptance, and love. By learning to be vulnerable and authentic, you can create genuine intimacy.
Phase 4:
You've gone through a lot together as a couple. You've weathered many storms. But now you're not sure why you're still together after all these years. Things seem stagnant and you don't have a lot in common anymore. Maybe you're wondering if you're still in love, and what the future holds for you as a couple.
Your Opportunity: By defining a greater meaning and purpose for your relationship —a vision—and aligning all actions and decisions with the needs of the relationship first, you create a transformational relationship. This is the highest evolution of relationship, and The Pathway to Love program will show you how to attain it.
No Matter How Bad Things Seem Right Now…
No matter how difficult things seem, whether you're dating, in a committed long-term relationship, or married for decades, The Pathway to Love program can guide you, step by step, through the challenges you're facing right now in your relationship. This is your opportunity to learn what it really takes to create a powerful and transformational relationship.
Here's what you can expect from The Pathway to Love program.
I will not promise you any magical simple one-step solutions that sound enticing but have no real substance to back them up.
I will promise to give you a process that works as long as you work the process.
I will help you gain the confidence and skill-set to ensure success in mastering your relationships.
I will save you time and money so you can create the changes you want, and inspire the best of your partner to come forward, even if your partner never reads the books or even knows what you're up to.
Here's how it works:
The Pathway to Love Book
...will teach you about all the challenges and opportunities in the four phases of a developing relationship, help you identify which phase you're in right now, and illustrate the way through stories of how couples evolved their relationships to greater levels of intimacy through conflict, so you can see your relationship in the context of these four phases.
The Pathway to Love Workbook
...will take you, step by step, through a series of questions and reflections that you can do on your own or with your loved one that will move you from your "stuck" state of conflict to resolution and understanding. You'll have an opportunity to deeply explore your true fears and desires and to learn things about your partner you've never known before. You'll feel your love and trust build with every exercise and question.
The Pathway to Love Audio Guide
...is a candid recording of real sessions with real clients as they work with me to move through their specific struggles. You'll hear me advise a woman who is distraught over a boyfriend who stops returning calls, help a wife and mother decide whether to stay married after her husband had an affair, and offer guidance to a couple who can't seem to agree on how much closeness and affection is enough. By listening to these real sessions, you'll see The Pathway to Love program "in action" and be able to apply the core lessons to your own situation.
The Pathway to Love program will also enable you to:
- Go from struggle, fighting and disappointment to feeling deeper love, deeper trust, and more security in your relationship
- Explore the truth about yourself and your partner so you can fully accept yourself and your partner and stop feeling "triggered"
- Redefine, reignite, and breathe new life into your relationship, no matter how long you've been together or how much distance you're feeling now
- Create the right conditions from which you and your partner can heal, grow, and transform
I've Built My Career on Helping Couples…
My name is Julie Orlov, and I've been a psychotherapist, executive coach, trainer, and consultant for more than 24 years. I've helped thousands of individuals and couples overcome all types of crises, from personal, to relational and professional.
What I know from my many years of experience is that relationships are complex. There are a multitude of factors playing out in each and every moment, including biological differences, childhood experiences, interpersonal dynamics, and past trauma.
I base my work from the context of the four phases of a developing relationship because it provides a framework from which to observe ourselves and others more objectively. This framework creates awareness, awareness creates openings, and openings create possibilities—to appreciate, support, and understand one another more profoundly, so that real love can flourish.
If you want to feel secure and loved in your relationship,
Have understanding and acceptance from your partner,
End the fighting and struggle so you can experience peace of mind,
And enjoy having your partner listen to and care about your needs,
So you can stop feeling so alone in your relationship…
Then The Pathway to Love will help you on the journey to transforming your relationship from one of struggle and pain to one of true intimacy and profound love.
Don't let struggle or disappointment ruin what could be the love of a lifetime! Let me show you how to work through what you're experiencing and get more love, more affection, and more understanding from your relationship.
The key to your well-being and happiness lies in how well you are able to navigate the challenges and opportunities in love. Let me show you my unique, step-by-step method for transforming conflict into greater intimacy.
Here's what people are saying about The Pathway to Love program and how it changed their lives...
"Insightful, practical, heartfully and psychologically sound, The Pathway to Love provides the steppingstones to creating genuine love in your life. It is a must-read for those who value honesty, authentic commitment to self and other, and appreciate relationship as a vehicle to self-actualization."
—Michael Bernard Beckwith, author of Spiritual Liberation~Fulfilling Your Soul's Potential
"The Pathway to Love, for those who did not experience love as a child and fear relationships, is a journey of self-discovery. You will acquire a whole new appreciation for who you are and what you can bring to your relationship with yourself and others. Orlov demonstrates not only how we affect and create our relationship with ourselves and others but how they can affect us in return on the creative journey of self-discovery and self-love."
— Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of 365 Prescriptions For The Soul and 101 Exercises For The Soul
"A mercifully easy read, when love certainly isn't, the book describes the 'Four Phases of Love.' Assessing at which level of development sample relationships are floundering, Dr. Orlov shows us the keys to the next door to intimacy with the encouragement that self-discovery will be the ultimate prize."
—Melanie Chartoff, Actress, Writer
"A little book with a gigantic message... The Pathway to Love is an outstanding guide to building strong and intimate relationships in your life. To help the reader understand the four distinct phases of a relationship, author Julie Orlov lets us peek into the lives of four different couples- each couple in a different phase of relationship. From stage one -object fantasy, to the fourth stage of relational transformation, you will recognize yourself and gain valuable insight that will equip you with all the tools you need for relationship building. At the end of each story, the author reviews what we have gleaned from the couples and ways to navigate relational hurdles. The Pathway To Love is a unique answer to help qualify us for the very rewarding and serious business of human intimacy. Successful relationship will be tolerant, supportive, curious, eager and honest. I give this book a hearty cheer and found it not only informative but very enjoyable."
—Rhonda Kendle, Spokane, WA
"Orlov presents a developmental model of the pathway to love in a way that is informative and trains the reader how to take charge of developing a love relationship from its present phase to its best outcome."
—Shahin Sakhi, MD, PhD, clinical faculty, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, and President, Grex, Group Relations
"You will wonder at times how she knew about you and a particular significant other because she seems to describe you and the relationship to a T. And, when you read the last page you will wish you had read it years and a number of relationships earlier."
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"I have read other books on this topic which spoke to me... This book, which I got in the Kindle version, pulled it all together for me--the biology, personal values, self identity, the human quest for belonging and intimacy. The book... brought to me great understanding. I wish I had ordered the paper version with the workbook. I ended up going back and ordering it."
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I just finished your book "the Pathway to Love." Oh boy, as informative as the book is, I also found it to be very emotional. It touched me down to my core. It felt like it was written specially for me... After I read your book I understood that intuitively we created a relationship that is evolving and growing. We learned somehow to balance the "togetherness" with independence and self-growth. Thank you Julie for this wonderful insight,
--Michal Caspi, C.Ht.
"Knowing is not doing! This workbook is your path to actually doing what Julie teaches. Like any great guide, the workbook takes your hand and shows you the step-by-step, self-discovery process to reach your relationship destination. I encourage you to start your journey today."
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The IDT dance company, which is an affiliate of the department of dance at Hope College, will present its first annual repertory workshop for middle school and high school students interested in tap and jazz dance on Saturday, Jan. 17.
Rhythm Iis open to intermediate and advanced dancers who are interested in working beyond technique by learning selections from IDT's annual concert. Dancers will work in Hope College's studios with IDT choreographers, directors and dancers.
For a day, participants will live the collegiate dance experience complete with four repertory classes, lunch at the dining hall, tickets to IDT's concerts on the 16th or 17th, a workshop t-shirt and a chance to tap on-stage with the company to close the concert. All classes, performances and meals are within walking distance on the Hope campus.
Two schedules of classes are available; one that includes tap and several styles of jazz, and another for non-tappers emphasizing various styles of jazz dance. Participants may choose to attend the 8 p.m. performance on either Friday, Jan. 16, or Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Knickerbocker Theatre. Registration for the day-long workshop is $65 per dancer.
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Meanwhile I have distracted myself here and there with the hefty Dick Blick catalog that arrived in the mail. I don't think I have mentioned this but I have been a lifelong fan of Dick Blick and also, for a short stint, a Dick Blick employee. As you might imagine that was quite a dangerous job and it's amazing I ever brought home a dime of my paycheck. While I skimmed the pages of the catalog I was delighted to find so many products I had never seen before and would LOVE to get my hands on. I thought I'd share a few today but I SWEAR Dick Blick and I do NOT have some sort of weird agreement - I'm sure you can get this stuff lots of places.
First is this 'task board' from the paper section. This stuff sounds amazing! You can sand it, make 'invisible joints' use any glue or paint with it - and get this - you can either get it wet or use steam to bend it or make it pliable and as it dries it regains it's rigidity. Oh the play potential!
I had never heard of "Montana" brand products but check out these cool paint markers they make
They come pre-filled or you can buy empty ones and fill however you choose. The barrel is clear so you know how much is left and they can be used on paper, plastic, glass, metal or concrete. Also by Montana is a line of spray paints that have changeable caps for creating different effects. Sweet!
So those are just a few of the many many things that caught my eye and sparked my imagination. I told Vince that looking at art supplies like that just makes me want to lock myself in a room with a couple thousand dollars worth of new 'toys' and he can just slide a sandwich or two under the door once in a while. Who knows when I would ever come out.
But... I won't do that I promise. I seem to be short the thousands of dollars AND the lock for the door. Oh well, a girl can dream, right?


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A former Richmond County sheriff's deputy accused of beating a handcuffed suspect was acquitted Friday.A Richmond County Superior Court jury deliberated for about two hours before finding Bryan P. Johnson, 33, not guilty of aggravated battery.
Johnson had been charged with the felony offense and fired in connection with the July 24, 2009, arrest of Christopher Kersey at the Country Club Dance Hall and Saloon in Augusta.
After the trial, Johnson said he is relieved to be vindicated because he is innocent. Johnson wants to return to law enforcement, the profession in which he worked for more than 20 years. The first step is to seek reinstatement of his certification with the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, Johnson said.
In his closing argument to the jury Friday, defense attorney Jacque Hawk implored them to see reasonable doubt in the contradictory accounts of witnesses. Although some testified Johnson was beating Kersey, others saw officers just doing their jobs trying to subdue a combative, intoxicated man. Still others, Hawk told jurors, testified that it was other officers working security that night - Joe Micheaux and Michael Shore - who hit the handcuffed Kersey.
"We're not fighting about money here, we'll talking about people's lives," Hawk said.
Johnson's attorney attacked Kersey's account of what happened as incredulous. Kersey was injured that night, but officers are allowed to use force when faced with violence, he said.
Assistant District Attorney Laura Stewart argued that it was Johnson, not Kersey, on trial. By all accounts, Kersey was drunken and resisting arrest, but he did not deserve the beating inflicted - the kneeing in his face, his head used as a battering ram, and punches in the face while handcuffed, Stewart said.
Displaying a photograph of Kersey's battered face, Stewart asked the jury to speak for the community and say it is not reasonable use of force to inflict such injuries.
Hawk argued that the sheriff's investigators went on a witch hunt based of Kersey's statement that he had two facial bone fractures and a cracked and dislocated jaw. Stewart countered that it was far from a witch hunt and that the decision to arrest Johnson was made at the top, by the sheriff. It was very difficult for officers and prosecutors to take action against one of their own, but it must be done because no one is above the law, she said.
Hawk argued that having Kersey as a prosecutor had turned justice upside down.
Johnson said after the trial that he would love to return to the Richmond County Sheriff's Office. He said he doesn't hold it against the county that it settled Kersey's civil rights lawsuit.


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Re: "Colorado lawmakers again debate felony charges for repeat DUIs," March 28 news story.
It is hard to understand how our legislators can continue to debate whether to call repeat DUI offenses misdemeanors instead of felonies, especially after the latest murder by a driver who has had two decades of traffic offenses and two DUIs. [Ever Olivos-Gutierrez faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of 17-year-old Juan Carlos Dominguez-Palomino last month in Aurora.]
Colorado is one of only four states that do not call repeat DUIs a felony. Does anyone else wonder what is wrong with our system? The excuses are that it costs too much money, and that we need to implement programs to change behavior.
It already costs lots of money if one district attorney, Stan Garnett, deals with five to eight repeat third-DUI cases in his district each week. And implementing programs to change behavior is a nice thought, but for now, how about changing behavior by locking up these felons instead of continuing to put them back on streets to continue their irresponsible behavior?
Eliza and Howard Crosslen, Arvada
This letter was published in the April 1 edition.
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The only real difference Ive discovered is this smart object difference. I cant open my LR files in PS as smart objects. So after I make some layer edits in PS, I cant just open the smart object to tweak my LR settings. Instead, I have to tweak my original LR version, and open it in PS, drag it onto the layered version and use it to replace the background layer. The end result is identical, but not as quick or easy as using a smart object. Its not a big deal for me since I dont process a lot of photos, but others may find it a much bigger hassle.
Your ACR must be a different version from everyone else? ACR can't handle layers.
You should be careful when adding ...Ignorance.... to a post. This is a quote from Jeff Schewe on the Adobe forum October 5 You can't...once an image is open you can't send it to ACR. Unless you had opened the image in Camera Raw and proceeded to open the image in Photoshop as a Smart Object, the layer or the image is no long capable of being used in ACR. You'll have to flatten the image and save it as a JPEG or flattened TIFF.Once a layer is flattened it is no longer a layer but part of a Tiff - or jpeg - and can't in reality be regarded as a layer? Opening Tiff's in ACR is normal practice and can't be regarded as a Hallelujah moment? I don't know if you were trying to hoodwink the posters in the thread or you didn't genuinely understand the process. BTW the script for what it is worth won't run in Process 2012 because it uses fill light as part of the process so won't be terribly useful to LR 4.2 users. The topic of the thread was LR 4.2.


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by dlikat
This fabric has its own story… decades ago I spotted a very cool yellow coat at Kate Spade. Of course the price was beyond my limits, I was not willing to BUY a coat … kind of honor-thing I am afraid. O.K. I can manage to sew a similar one. So I got a very expensive "Walkloden" (the origin name for all that cooked wool-fabrics, a very traditional method to handle wool fabrics to be more weatherproof, very common in Austria and Southern Bavaria).
After a good amount of time I had the fabric in my stash, my taste changed and I was no longer soooo fascinated by this certain Kate-Spade-coat. So what to do with the fabric???
One day I scrolled and clicked through Burda Style and saw the next most fascinating coat:
She did such an amazing version of a Burda magazine pattern!
Best thing – and worst: I OWN that certain magazine … and why did it not came to my mind just to skip that very silly ruffle-thing? I did remember very well what came into my mind as I picked the mag: "What an idiot detail, who is designing such strange fashion?"
OK shame on me – and my very arrogant behavior. Which trapped me in strange feelings and so I was not able to see beyond.
But after I had seen kokuryus coat, I was totally into this pattern!
She just skipped the frills, I wanted to go one step ahead – was it possible to skip the whole bib-part?
Of course – and very easy too!
So in the end, my version got some veeeery soft frills too: I gathered the bust dart-amount of fabric at the raglan seams.
Plus: I thought the now so clean and simple look could bear some big pockets.
So I remembered how to sew on pockets with no visible seams – by machine. Worked well enough – wool fabric is always very kind, so some ironing finished the job to a satisfying level.
Thats not all: I wanted a surprise-effect inside: A stripy lining. But of course, you cannot find any stripy lining fabrics. So I made one for myself: bought black and white lining, cut into big stripes and sewed it together.
Only thing I forgot to check: for my taste the sleeves are too short – the are more elbow length, then 3/4, which I would have preferred. I did a facing hem to win at least the 4 cm seam allowance, but still a bit too short.
But in general: I am super satisfied.
Material Notes
very fancy, great to work with "walkloden" – cooked wool from KWL, an austrian traditional company for cooked wool
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Oct 26, 2015, 02.14 PMby Sabrina Wharton-Brown
This looks so professional that when I saw it on Pinterest I thought it was shop-bought! :)
Aug 19, 2015, 11.45 PMby jrjpie
how was that the pockets were applied?
Mar 3, 2014, 10.38 PMby annemieke
Good job, very nice color! Actually your coat inspired me to make mine (http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/blue-bubble-coat). I was wondering: how did you manage to take of the bib part? Because the shape creates a dart. Doesn't leaving the bib cause the coat to become wider at the top? I'm curious how you worked around that.
Jun 15, 2012, 07.29 PMby pixiesam
Wow, this coat looks amazing! Your version looks so much better than the original.
Apr 2, 2012, 03.03 PMby dlikat
OMG – hey guys sooo many soooo super nice comments! you make me blushing ;-))) Thank you! This means a lot to me, as I said in the coat-story, the pattern and I – this was not a first-sight-lovestory …
Apr 1, 2012, 08.44 AMby carottesauvage
waow! Stunning!
Mar 31, 2012, 02.19 AMby sunnilj9
I think it looks fabulous! I love that color, no I ADORE that color! What a great idea for the coat too! Taking off the ruffles and the bib never made anything look so good. Very modern and chic! One word: perfect! xoxo, Sunni
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Apr 2, 2012, 03.01 PMby dlikat
thank you for your kind words ;-)))
I am happy now, but as I mentioned, I did not see the possibilities of the pattern at the first sight …
Mar 30, 2012, 04.55 PMby loves2sew555
Totals agree with u about the ruffles, it looks great without. The fabric is fab and the colour is amazing!
Mar 30, 2012, 03.27 PMby lizah
it looks so simple and beautiful!
Mar 30, 2012, 03.16 PMby marec
Wonderful! I used giant snaps like those recently…they are so cool. Have fun with this beautiful coat.
Mar 30, 2012, 02.48 PMby Jolands
Very Beautiful . Love the lining too.
Mar 30, 2012, 12.46 PMby Anna Aasbjerg
Great coat! Love the colour! :-)
Mar 30, 2012, 11.44 AMby aficionada
Thank you for sharing your story of the coat. I might now also take a second look at the pattern! I like the color on you and also the idea of the striped lining. Very well done! :)
Mar 30, 2012, 11.36 AMby catofdrurylane
Beautiful coat! Love the idea of the lining. I can't believe you made the pattern look so good.
Mar 30, 2012, 10.21 AMby kelerabeus
Gorgeous, I love the color you choose! How clever of you to create your own lining fabric, looks amazing.
Mar 30, 2012, 10.06 AMby candicej
Lovely coat, and I love the whole look – very cool!
Mar 30, 2012, 10.03 AMby MientjiB
This coat is GORGEOUS! I love everything about it – the colour, the adaptations, the button-toggle-thingies. Well done!
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Located right on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, The Carolina Inn is a longtime destination and iconic landmark for college families, visitors to this region of the Carolinas, and travelers to nearby Research Triangle Park (RTP).
Rooted in the traditions and charm of the south, Chapel Hill is home to rich history and exuberance of life. With its own culture, arts and recreational activities, the University of North Carolina is proud to call Chapel Hill home.
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Proposals to extend permitted development rights, dubbed a planning 'free-for-all', could be kept beyond the initial three year trial period, according to government sources
Newly appointed planning minister, Nick Bowles, has spoken out in support of proposals to change planning rights in the UK suggesting that, if accepted, the changes could be made permanent.
Announced last month, the proposals are part of measures to boost construction by doubling the size of extension which a home owner can build without planning consent.
The proposals have been the subject of much criticism from local authorities, who are concerned the changes could lead to unsightly and out of character development.
Bowles struck out at local councils, who have been vocal against the proposals, saying 'I can see that it is a liberalisation but it is hardly a crime against humanity.'
He stressed that legislation on building regulations and access to light would remain in place.
An eight week consultation on the changes will begin within the next two weeks.
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A charter for cowboy builders and slum landlords. Will do nothing for the housebuilding industry other than encourage more shoddy unsustainable extensions and produce yet more party wall, boundary and other neighbour disputes. Encouraging more affordable housing is what is needed not sops to the middle and upper classes. Bowles is out of touch and frankly incompetent. Still what do you expect from the Tory party.
I think this is an excellent initiative but not one which is going to drive the economy.
Increasing the density of existing urban areas makes good sense - rather than building in the green belt.
However small projects are not going to amount to huge increases in construction spending across the economy.
The upside is that there will be opportunities for the majority of architects in the UK who work in micro practices and depend on small domestic projects.
Absolutely agree with Neville MOrgan and absolutely disagree with Lucy Mori. Unless you live in a high density area with traditional period housing stock, it is difficult to understand what the existing regulations do for poor quality extensions. The majority of the "extensions are us" companies are limited in skills and expertise, cut corners, use unsuitable materials and invariably cause ructions with neighbours. They have no knowledge of planning, building regs and party wall issues and work prohibited hours. London is too densely populated already and older housing stock is being turned into something it was never designed to be. Small terraced houses are being turned into 4 bedroomed houses with unsympathetic dormer extensions and plastic windows overlooking and overshadowing neighbours. Unpleasant and unregulated .
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According to the German Finance Ministry, Germany will save a total of €40.9 billion (roughly $55 billion) in interest payments in the years 2010 to 2014, because of the difference between actual and budgeted interest payments.
On average, the interest rate on all new federal government bond issues fell by almost a full percentage point in the 2010 to 2014 period, according to the report, and Germany is a considered a very safe creditor in investors' circles.
The rule of when it rains it pours seems to be working in Germany's favor as well: it is seeing unprecedented high tax revenues from its robust economy, which has also led to a decline in new borrowing.
Between 2010 and 2012, the German government issued €73 billion (about $97 billion) less in new debt than it had planned.
On the other side of things, according to the Finance Ministry, the costs of the euro crisis for Germany have so far added up to €599 million, Spiegel reported.
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Another couple of photos I found with some names on it. They are not related to me in any way that I can tell.
Introducing Sterling Dewey Nipper and his wife Josephine Gurwell Nipper. He was born 12 March 1910 in Benton, Polk, Tennessee and died 1 April 1982 in Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho. He is buried in Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho. She was born 7 January 1926 in Martinsburg, Audrain, Missouri and died 24 May 2004 in Buhl. She is also buried in Filer. Since this photo was in the collection of a family from Buhl, I assume I have the right Dewey and Josephine Nipper. The photo did not have the Gurwell name on it. I have no idea who the boy is, as far as I can tell the Nipper children are all still alive, however many there were.
Interesting my father was born the same day this photo was taken and Grandpa was preparing for war in Hawaii.
I don't know that these children are related, but the photos have Nipper names on them. Therefore, I assume there is some relationship.
This following photo reads, "Jess Nipper's children". I don't know if that is Josephine's nickname or if Jess is short for Jesse or something else.
However, this photo reads, "Jess Nipper's Kids, he was married to Grandma Williams' sister Pearl" and from that I conclude Jess is someone else. There is a Jesse Franklin Nipper, born 10 October 1887 in Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee and died 8 January 1967 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho. He is the uncle to Sterling Dewey Nipper. He married Pearl Lulu Ownbey, born 20 November 1887 in Custer County, Idaho and died 9 March 1930 in Buhl.
With the information on that photo, I found a sister to Pearl Lulu Ownbey named Ethel Gertrude Ownbey born 15 August 1886 in Green Forest, Carroll, Arkansas, and died 1 May 1967. She was married to Solomon Walker Williams born 27 October 1879 in Sevierville, Sevier, Tennessee, and died 22 April 1958. Therefore, all the names and references seem to add up so I am confident I have the right people. Unfortunately, none of the children are named and the records I am looking at do not show any deceased children. They could all very well still be alive out there in the world somewhere.


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Do Planners Have A Role in Wildfire?
Yes! Maybe it's not strapping on heavy gear and dragging hose, but Molly Mowery (MCP 2008) argues that planners play an important role in shaping policies that reduce catastrophic wildfire incidents. Since writing her DUSP thesis on wildfire and development, Molly has been advocating for stronger links between planning decisions and wildfire risk. You can see her latest thoughts on this topic in this New York Times Room for Debate thread, "Does the Government Cause or Prevent Wildfires?"
In Molly's 2008 thesis, she claims that traditional roles dictate that the wildfire problem is someone else's responsibility – namely, fire and emergency services. Yet planners and community leaders who sanction development decisions in wildfire-prone areas can and must ensure communities have taken measures to reduce their wildfire risk. With the recent home losses throughout the West, this issue is more timely than ever.
If planners DO allow development to occur in wildfire-prone areas (which, by the way, includes over 70,000 communities throughout the United States), they have a toolkit of options. These options reduce the likelihood of damage when a fire does occur, and include: overlay zoning districts that identify high-risk areas, development and design standards, subdivision ordinances, and comprehensive planning policies. Through such tools, planners can require vegetation maintenance surrounding a property, fire-resistant building and construction materials, adequate water supply, and access and driveway clearance. Incorporating standards into the development process before development occurs is more cost effective than retrofits. More importantly, proactive planning makes the job of the firefighter easier, and increases the likelihood that homes, businesses, and lives will be safe during a wildfire event.
Learn more about effective regulations to reduce wildfire risk at www.nfpa.org/regulatorytools and general wildfire risk reduction programs by visiting the Fire Adapted Communities website: www.fireadapted.org
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When Apple released the Production Suite a little more than a year ago, bundling Final Cut Pro HD, Motion, and DVD Studio Pro, it felt like a me-too kind of offering. After all, several editing system manufacturers had started selling "suite" or "studio" bundles, all with the implication that simply putting applications together in one retail box would help them all work together more efficiently. But often it just meant that they came in the same box.
Still, an integration trend was clearly emerging. With it came greater attention to creating a smarter and more efficient workflow. And while there wasn't much integration in that first Production Suite, it's usually a safe bet that Apple won't remain much of a follower for very long. For those who took that bet, Final Cut Studio—introduced at NAB 2005—pays off handsomely. There are some nice feature additions perfect for videographers found in the individual application upgrades—for example, Final Cut Pro's new multicam editing feature—but together Studio is more than the sum of its parts.
Final Cut Studio ($1,299, $499 upgrade from the Production Suite) starts with new versions of all three Production Suite applications and adds a fourth for audio editing and sweetening. Here's what's in the box:
But what makes this Studio special is the work that Apple has done between the different pieces, letting you go back and forth between the applications, in most cases without worrying about project files, saving, importing, or exporting. There's still some room for improvement, particularly with DVD Studio Pro, but in many places Final Cut Studio functions like one application rather than four separate ones.
Final Cut Studio, of course, runs on a Mac OS G4 or G5 (the latter is highly preferable if you're expecting a lot of real-time editing). And as always with Mac vs. Windows, that's a deterrent to the large majority of users who already have Windows computers. Still, if you're serious about editing, you'll probably want to have a dedicated editing station, and Final Cut Studio is a very compelling video postproduction collection that is silly to ignore out of hand for only operating systems reasons. Even if you do most of your computing work in Windows, with Final Cut Studio, Apple makes a compelling case for you to take a look.
"Edit Anything, Wait for Nothing"
Like many marketing taglines, Apple's "Edit Anything, Wait for Nothing" isn't meant to be taken completely literally. After all, it's pretty easy to pile up layers in any software-only interface Sequence window and choke the CPU. Final Cut's timeline still has red bars above it from time to time that indicate that something needs to be rendered. But Apple has made some clever improvements that should keep most users from reaching that point too often, and that makes Final Cut Pro 5 extremely flexible and powerful.
The "Edit Anything" part is a direct result of the QuickTime architecture, now in its seventh revision and more than a decade-and-a-half-old. It's the foundation of each of the four Studio applications, and because QuickTime is a codec- and resolution-independent container format, Apple is able to support a wide variety of file and compression types in both SD and HD. The most important one for event videographers is native, in-the-timeline support for HDV, although Apple has also added support for DVCPro HD, uncompressed 8- and 10-bit HD, and additional standard definition formats including Sony IMX, DVCAM, and DVCPro 50, as well as support for Panasonic's P2 media cards.
You can even mix HD and SD footage in the same sequence, although there's a caveat: while QuickTime is resolution-independent, Final Cut Sequences are not. That's where "Wait for Nothing" starts to need a little qualification. Mixing resolutions often means that some of your clips will need to be rendered, although we found that Final Cut can usually downconvert HD and HDV footage to standard definition for real-time—if jittery—playback. Going the other way—upconverting DV—requires rendering, and, of course, waiting.
Still, special qualifications aside, "Wait for Nothing" isn't an idle boast. An important new feature called Dynamic RT is designed to give you maximum flexibility in terms of real-time playback options regardless of the power of your CPU or what's on the timeline. Essentially, Dynamic RT will sub-sample your video (as with the real-time downconversion) by reducing image quality and frame rate as much as needed to play through a sequence in real time. That often means choppy or blocky video, of course, but there are times during editing when just seeing and feeling the timing is most important, and that's what Apple is offering. And you do have a variety of options for determining how Dynamic RT functions; you can set priorities for quality, smooth motion, etc., or turn off the dynamic mode altogether. Obviously, the more CPU power you have, the better your results will be.
Event videographers are an ideal audience for Final Cut's main new feature: a best-in-class implementation of multicam editing that may, by itself, be enough for some to take a serious look at Final Cut Studio. If you regularly shoot wedding ceremonies or other events with multiple cameras—perhaps a lock-down of the altar and a couple of handhelds—there's never been an easier way to edit them all together.
It starts by literally grouping all the different-angle clips (up to 128!) together as a single Multiclip. You can sync them by timecode, in-point, or out-point. Opening a Multiclip automatically opens them all together in the source viewer in a 4, 9, or 16 matrix. Hit Play and they all play together.
"Editing" your clips is then as easy as watching and clicking on the "take" you want, just as if you were running a real-time switcher at a live event. (Yes, you can even assign keyboard shortcuts for each angle.) But it's without the stress of a real-time switching session, because if you second-guess yourself you always can go back and edit what you have done. While you're playing through the Multiclip in real time and choosing takes, Final Cut is laying everything down in a Sequence, inserting cuts where you've made them. That's your rough cut. Done. After that, you'll be editing, sliding cut points, adding transitions, substituting clips, etc.: it's all normal editing in the Final Cut Sequence.
More than Soundtrack Turned Pro
Soundtrack Pro is an entirely new audio editing and sweetening tool and, despite the name, is not an upgrade to Soundtrack. Like Soundtrack, the new Soundtrack Pro offers a library of some 5,000 sound effects and royalty-free music loops, but the resemblances end there. Soundtrack Pro is new software built from the ground up as a complement to Final Cut Pro. And while it has a professional-quality audio waveform editor interface and multitrack timeline that supports more than 100 tracks, the focus of Soundtrack Pro is not professional audio editing. Instead, it's really a video editor's audio-editing interface.
For example, while you can now use Final Cut Pro 5 to capture up to 24 simultaneous audio tracks from a professional sound panel, you can't capture more than a stereo pair at one time with Soundtrack Pro. That's surely just a first-version omission and an anomaly that will probably be rectified in an early upgrade, but it does speak directly to Soundtrack Pro's priority as an audio assistant for video editors.
And that's not a bad thing. The majority of event videographers don't usually travel with large audio panels or mixers. They're more likely to need that quick and easy way to eliminate awkward noises from video clips, try different sound mixes, or build audio tracks to go with video images. Naturally, you can do a lot of that in Final Cut's own timeline, but Soundtrack Pro is built for audio, letting you, for example, edit down to the sample rather than a fraction of a frame and do it with audio-centric tools.
Soundtrack Pro keeps the interface relatively accessible and easy for a video editor to work in, often with many of the same interface and timeline conventions as Final Cut Pro. You still have the familiar audio rubberbanding of Final Cut, as well as a waveform editor, but Soundtrack Pro adds a frequency spectrum view that lets you actually "see" the sounds and easily identify problem areas. A more feature-rich software audio mixing console can be linked to and controlled by a hardware panel (Mackie control protocol). And there's a handy Ambient Noise Print cloning tool that lets you replace unwanted noises—even unwanted background conversations—with ambient noise from elsewhere in the clip. And it can automatically fit to fill in a specific length of time without measuring or editing.
"Intelligent Find-and-Fix" is designed to find and repair common audio problems; the most frequent fix probably being finding and eliminating various kinds of hum. By using AppleScripts, you can even automate the process of sending clips to Soundtrack and finding and eliminating hum. Other Find-and-Fix options include fixing pops and clicks, should you happen to dig up an old song on vinyl that you want to use in your production. Naturally, this feature may have more limited appeal in the world of CD audio.
Second that Motion
While Final Cut Pro 5 claims real-time performance, Motion 2 truly delivers it. There's clearly less overhead in Motion, because HD clips that drop frames during playback in Final Cut play very smoothly in Motion 2, even if you twist, turn, or do anything else Motion has to offer. Motion is now GPU-Accelerated with 32-bit float rendering and uses the graphics hardware to accelerate rendering of composited clips, without image degradation. For very complicated composites, you can always fall back on RAM preview if necessary to deliver a perfectly smooth playback.
There are more than 500 new visual effects and filters, including 3D simulation with 3D rotate, Extrude, and Vignette. Those are not true 3D, something not yet possible with Motion, but they can offer something that yields a 3D look with minimal effort. There is also a lot of new eye candy in Motion 2, and it's the kind of stuff that can make your videos look downright goofy if overused. However, when used judiciously, these effects can make fast work out of designing professional-looking, custom motion graphics, DVD menus, and other background graphics and mattes. For example, the new Replicator lets you build patterns by repeating and compositing images or geometric elements. There are also new particle generator controls and presets that can more easily produce effects like smoke and sparkles for animated backgrounds or foreground mattes.
And all of that is really only a beginning thanks to Apple's new FxPlug plug-in architecture that allows third-party developers to build and add new Motion capabilities. That's just what has happened with a burgeoning community of individual Adobe After Effects plug-in developers, and it's what Apple is hoping to encourage for Motion. FxPlug takes full advantage of Motion's 32-bit processing so plug-ins can be of extremely high quality. Several vendors have already announced FxPlug plug-ins, including some well-known companies like Maxon, Boris, and Zaxwerks, who plans to bring that elusive "true" 3D control to Motion with their own plug-in.
Studio 4
Not much has changed visually with DVD Studio Pro 4, but, Apple has done some nice work under the hood, particularly in the area of encoding. Most notably, DVD Studio Pro now supports the HD-capable workflow added to the rest of the Studio.
Of course, the DVD spec does not support HD, but that doesn't mean HD support isn't valuable for several reasons. First, maintaining the quality of HD for as long as possible ultimately yields better SD quality when your project is finally encoded to MPEG-2 (quality in, quality out). Second, you can increasingly find Hybrid DVDs today that include both SD versions of content for standard DVD players and HD versions for desktop playback. DVD Studio Pro's Compressor supports HD encoding, including to H.264. Finally, HD encoding and delivery puts DVD Studio Pro on the cutting edge of a future high-definition disc format like Blu-ray or HD DVD. Apple has also integrated Dolby Digital Professional encoding into Compressor.
Apple has also seriously augmented DVD Studio Pro's ability to control GPRM values. If you've seen any of the DVD-based games that are coming to market, like Scene-it or Star Wars DVD Trivial Pursuit, you can probably guess that something needs to be able to tell the DVD player what to play, how to keep score, or how to even respond to commands from the viewer's remote. That's accomplished by programming and storing values to one of 16 different GPRM placeholders. You could do it with previous DVD Studio Pro versions, but the possibilities were limited: Apple used up some of the GPRM values as part of the interface design functionality. Now, by partitioning each of the remaining placeholders into eight parts, DVD Studio Pro lets you program interaction around having 112 available register partitions.
Four Tools, One ToolBox
Even if individual new features of Final Cut Studio's applications don't impress you or fit your specific needs, it's still an impressive bundle, for the simple reason that it will increase your efficiency. With Final Cut Studio, you can often bounce between applications without ever importing or exporting, and you never have to exit one to get to another. Often, it's nothing more than hitting Save before you toggle back.
A new Send to option in the File Menu now appears under the familiar Import and Export commands in Final Cut, and its sub-menus include options for each of the other applications, although some are grayed out in your Final Cut interface depending on what is selected in your Sequence. Send to Motion is all you need to do to open a video clip or Sequence there. It automatically launches a Motion Sequence if needed, and opens the clip or Sequence in Motion's interface ready for work. You can add an image warp, a flying title, or some other Motion filter Sequence and simply Save. Your Final Cut Sequence gets updated before you can toggle back to it. Naturally, any changes you make affect only the specific instance of the clip in your project and not the original asset on your hard drive.
You can take advantage of the same efficient give-and-take when moving between Final Cut and Soundtrack Pro for audio editing or sweetening, although there are a couple of qualifications. You can work in exactly the same way with individual audio clips, although there may be times when a traditional Save and Re-import might work better, such as when trying different audio mixes. And "Multitrack" audio editing requires you to manually substitute the Soundtrack Pro project in your Final Cut timeline, although that yields the opportunity to Open and re-edit the Multitrack in Soundtrack Pro.
DVD Studio Pro also has an Open in Editor command that automatically launches Motion or Soundtrack Pro to make alterations to motion backgrounds or sound clips that were created in one of those applications. And merely hitting Save automatically updates the menu or sound clip back in DVD Studio. You cannot, however, automatically open any motion or static menu in Motion that was created in another application in Motion—for example, to add a Motion filter or effect to a random video clip (same for Soundtrack Pro)—and that would make the combination even more powerful.
The Cut?
Final Cut's new multicam editing is a terrific feature for event video-making and it should be enough to warrant the individual application upgrade to version 5. And if you're still deciding on a system, it's an awfully compelling reason to look at the Mac OS. Naturally, if you're working in HD at all, the upgrade is really a must, from Final Cut to Motion to DVD Studio and even HD preview in Soundtrack Pro.
Yet it's the bundle itself that's the best reason to look at Final Cut Studio. If you're already working with any version of Final Cut and the other Apple creative application, upgrading to Final Cut Studio should be almost automatic. Being able to move fluidly between the various applications is almost as liberating as the migration a decade ago from old linear deck-to-deck editing to nonlinear editing. Apple hasn't necessarily blown away the competition—Adobe in particular—with Final Cut Studio integration, but Apple is certainly not following anymore either.
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Adobe Systems: www.adobe.com
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River Ridge Harbor is a gated private development on the Alabama River just minutes from Montgomery and Prattville. A scenic private paved road leads down to the river where the lots are located. Abundant wildlife and beautiful common areas are located around the property. There is a private boat ramp and dock for all owners to use. Privacy along with amazing views and amenities make this the nicest development anywhere on the Alabama River. Lot 33 is priced to move and is a nice size lot at 1.22 acres. This level lot features great views of the Alabama River from any direction. Would make a nice Home or Cabin site.


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Every year, people with very good intentions sit down and type out a list of New Years resolutions, usually consisting of some lofty goals like "I will never touch fast food again" or "I will whip those saddle bags into shape" or "I will be a more patient parent."
How to Make New Year's Eve Kid-Friendly
If New Year's Eve means staying at home with the kids this year, making it a kid-friendly festivity is easier than you might think. Parents can still have lots of fun, ringing in the new year with their little ones. New Year's Eve isn't exclusively for grownups anymore, and you really don't have to go out somewhere to make it a great celebration. With family friendly New Year's Eve parties becoming more popular, the ideas for planning a fun event are endless:
Spending More Time with Your Children: A New Years Resolution You Can Keep
If you're like many people, you've put spending time with your family at or near the top of your New Year's resolution list. Now you're wondering how you can possibly do it–you're over-extended, overwhelmed, and exhausted most of the time. You mainly just want to get through what has to …
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Eastman Mandolins, Mandolas and Mandocellos
have become the instruments of choice for many professional musicians as well as musicians who play solely for their personal enjoyment. Eastman Mandolins are available in the two traditional body shapes, the A-style (teardrop/ European style), and the F-style (bluegrass style). Both body styles are available in oval hole and F-hole models.
Eastman also proudly presents the exclusive "Dawg Series" Mandolins, inspired by and developed in collaboration with master mandolinist David Grisman. Dawg Series Mandolins are based on rare specimens from David's personal collection, and are skillfully handcrafted to meet David's critical approval.


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May is National Stroke Awareness Month
Glenn M.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
By: Glenn Miller
I was born 3 months early. I was born with a condition in my brain called hydrocephalus and was born with a heart defect and a heart murmur. I had a brain bleed just as Ii was born and had my first shunt for hydrocephalus at 2 months old. I had a brain aneurysm just after I was born. When my family was living in Norway. I had a bad stroke at 9 months old. At the hospital they had never seen anyone ever as young as me have a stroke, so they were not sure what to do. They left me for 3 days with blood in my brain. When they tried to help I was basically gone. They have to try and bring me back.
Really only side effects from it was that it changed my hydrocephalus to where my ventricals never ever change size, always stay real tiny. I have had 9 brain operations. I have some other side effects, not sure if they are from the stroke or my hydrocephalus. Since my left side is weaker then my right when I walk a bit my left leg gets real tired. After a while I have to drag it and my body overheats easy, and now I have high blood pressure. So now I have to take pills for it, which helps just a little. My Drs think I still have the hole in my heart that I was born with. I only get around 2 to 3 hours of sleep a night which does not help all the pain in my head.
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How many times do we have to go through this before teachers, school administrators, counselors, teachers' aides and janitors get it?
Any suspicion of child abuse must be immediately reported to police or county welfare. This is not optional. Failure to notify is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in county jail and a $1,000 fine.
Telling a boss or school officials does not relieve school workers of the responsibility to immediately alert authorities. Delaying to internally investigate is not permissible. State law is clear.
Yet, as we've seen in Moraga cases involving teacher sexual abuse of students, in a Brentwood incident where a teacher kicked a 5-year-old child lying on the ground and, now, in Antioch where a teacher duct-taped an 8-year-old student's mouth shut, school personnel remain woefully ignorant of the law. It's inexcusable.
The latest case, at Antioch Charter Academy II, provides a prime example of why internal investigations will not suffice.
According to a claim filed by the parents of an 8-year-old with learning disabilities, one of the boy's third-grade teachers, Michelle Mankewich, placed duct tape over his mouth. In a separate incident, the claim says another teacher, Marianne Dubitsky, put him underneath a chair and then sat on it to keep him in place.
When the child's parents heard of the incidents, they notified and met with the principal. Two days later, they met with the principal and the two teachers. Mankewich admitted the duct-tape incident, while Dubitsky refused to discuss the chair accusation, according to the claim.
At the end of the meeting, the principal said a full investigation would be undertaken and appropriate action taken. Six weeks later, the parents received a letter from the principal and two other school administrators notifying them that "a comprehensive investigation" had found "no legal violations."
During all this time, according to the claim, neither teachers who were present in the classroom nor school administrators notified authorities. Oh yes, one other detail: The principal is Jeannie Dubitsky, the mother of the teacher who allegedly put the boy under the chair and then sat on it.
In other words, not only did the principal apparently fail to follow the notification requirements of the law, she conducted an investigation involving her own daughter and then cleared her. But even if there were no family connection, this would have been very wrong.
Too many such notification failures are coming to light. School workers don't seem to understand their role. It's time for county prosecutors to remind them.
In this case, the parents did what the school should have done and reported the incident to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department.
A spokesman for the department said deputies have interviewed the parents, school officials and the teachers in question, and that the case is with the investigative division.
It is important that these type of cases get full attention and that school officials once and for all grasp that reporting suspected child abuse is mandatory in California.


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Treated Like Queens In Queenstown
The very kind owners of Blue Peaks Lodge & Apartments Queenstown, Anne & Michael recently hosted three members of the Golden Chain Motels reservations team
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The reservations team consisting of Krystle, Tanya and Cathy had an incredible time - staying in the ideal location, dined in the town's hotspots and enjoyed just a smidge of the many activities and experiences the region has to offer.
Anne & Michael gave these girls an experience they will never forget. Here is what they got up to.
Where they stayed:
The girls were hosted at Blue Peaks Lodge & Apartments. These luxury apartments are conveniently located with just a 2 minute walk to the town centre.
The apartments had a light and spacious living area and a balcony that overlooked landscaped gardens. After each days adventures the balcony became a haven to relax in the warm autumn sunshine and sip away at glass of wine.
With luxury fittings and furnishings throughout, the apartments provided a great space for girls with separate bedrooms and bathrooms providing comfort and privacy.
Where they dined:
On the first night the girls enjoyed a ride up the Skyline Gondola – which is one of the steepest in the Southern Hemisphere.
The views were breath-taking – Coronet Peak, The Remarkables and the town below at twilight, was a great way to start off the evening. Dinner in the Restaurant at the top was a feast to say the least. The buffet consisted of all the favourites – seafood, salads, roast meat, classic dishes and divine desserts - all whilst being captivated by the panoramic views.
The second night the girls took a wander down Church Street and found Searle Lane Bar & Rotisserie. What a great find! The rustic and casual ambience along with the roaring fireplace provided the perfect spot for the girls to enjoy some hearty comfort food. The ciders went down nicely too.
Leaving the warmth and snugness of Searle Lane the girls thought they would test themselves and ask each other – could they HANDLE... THE THRILL OF THE CHILL?! Dressed up like an Eskimo, they entered into the MINUS 5° ICE BAR. With over 18 tonnes of crystal clear ice architecture including ice carvings, ice furniture and even ice glassware the girls enjoyed a couple of cocktails before heading back to their warm and inviting apartment.
The adventures:
There is no better way to see this beautiful region than by air and by boat.
Although a little nervous by the small plane, the nerves were soon forgotten once on-board their Milford Sound Scenic Flight. The dramatic scenery was indescribable and so overwhelming but they wanted more.
Once landing in Milford Sound the boat was ready and waiting to show them what makes this area so beautiful. The cruise explored all the nooks and crannies along the edge of the fiord and got them up close to waterfalls, flora, dolphins, birds and other wildlife.
Check out their amazing photos from their time in Queenstown.


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What type should I play
I can't decide if I should switch to Baritone or Tenor Sax, or if I should stay an Alto Sax. Can you help me decide
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I can't decide if I should switch to Baritone or Tenor Sax, or if I should stay an Alto Sax. Can you help me decide
I made this arr. because some of my friends that played the in the jazz band with me are coming over to play with me. I would like some constructive criticism to help improve my MuseScore skills . Take this link
https://musescore.com/user/27607623/scores/5649481 , copy it, paste it in google and listen. Thanks!
I spent a few days on trying to arrange Viva La Vida by Coldplay. Some critique would be nice.
Thanks guys!
I was wondering what the most common saxophone variant is, whether is be soprano, alto, tenor, or baritone. Can you tell me your type.
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Can I get some critique on my arrangement of Senorita by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello? Thanks guys!
I finished composing the first movement of my suite as a 50 follower special. Here is the link:
Hey guys, I just did an arrangement of Havana by Camila Cabello. Any critiques or feedback would great and very much appreciated!
I am having trouble thinking of song ideas to compose, I am trying to create a remix kind of like the kinds I play in marching band, Ideas would be really helpful!!!!
Hello MuseScore DCI community! I have decided to attempt a transcription of the Blue Devils' 2019 show, "Ghostlight"! As I am rather new to this (compared to the likes of /TheMTCrew or /dillonreese), any and all constructive feedback is welcome!
The score can be found here: https://musescore.com/user/177701/scores/5642986
I'm kinda drawing a blank as far as melodies go and I want to make a longer piece with fast and slow parts. I have almost no direction as of yet but would love it if someone could help make a melody, I will credit you for your work!
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I just started playing alto sax last week for a summer program and I think all in all it's an easy instrument to start off on (maybe because I have been playing clarinet for 3 years). But I am still struggling with holding it. It's very heavy and sometimes my thumb is swollen from holding it. My friend who has been playing alto sax for 4 years says my sax is bigger than hers. I'm sure its alto because my music teacher gave it to me and I can't switch it out for a different one. Does anyone have any tips on how to hold the sax? Thxxx and I appreciate it- Flutinetist ^~^
A lot of cool sax players out there, but what is your favorite one and why? What is the particular thing that makes it special for you? what distinguishes him from others?
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this is the best form of my mary had a little lamb parody (it sounds dumb, but it actually sis one of my better pieces)
Check it out!
This is a pep band arrangement of a mary had a little lamb inspired piece (I promise it isn't as stupid as it sounds)
This is a mary had a little lamb inspired piece for pep band. It is not as dumb as it sounds, trust me


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Google Glass With Aki Watanabe: Fossil Prep Lab main content.
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Aki Watanabe, a student in the comparative biology doctoral program at the Museum's Richard Gilder Graduate School, was recently chosen as a beta-tester for Google Glass.
Here, Aki gives his Glass to Museum fossil preparator Ana Balcarcel. When fossils arrive from the field, they are encased in plaster jackets and the rock, or matrix, that was deposited around them in the ground. In this video, Balcarcel shows how preparators carefully restore these rare bones and teeth back to their original state.
For more about the prep lab, check out this Dinosaurs Explained video with preparator Justy Alicea. For more Google Glass videos, see this post.


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Former Jets receiver George Sauer dies at 69; played big role in club's only Super Bowl win
WESTERVILLE, Ohio – George Sauer, a wide receiver on the New York Jets' only Super Bowl championship team, has died. He was 69.
The Moreland Funeral Home in Westerville said he died Tuesday after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
Sauer played a key role in the Jets' 16-7 win over the Baltimore Colts in the 1969 Super Bowl. He caught eight passes from Joe Namath that day in one of the greatest upsets in pro football history.
He played for the Jets in the AFL and then the NFL from 1965-70. He was chosen to four all-star teams and was a two-time All-Pro. In 84 games, he caught 309 passes for 4,965 yards and 28 touchdowns.


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Research Director, Datacenter Networks, IDC
Today, multi-cloud is the new norm for cloud adopting organizations. The organizations that thrive will be those that can adapt their multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud architecture to simply and reliably deliver applications. According to IDC, 94% of organizations are already reassessing, modifying, or overhauling their network to facilitate app delivery for a cloud-first world. Wanting to dive deeper, Citrix commissioned IDC to conduct a custom survey of 900 organizations to uncover how enterprises were meeting the network requirements for cloud adaptation.
Join guest speaker Brad Casemore, IDC's Research Director, Datacenter Networks and George McGregor, Citrix Senior Director of Product Marketing, as we present the results of this unique survey, which delves into the infrastructure required to deliver applications and what changes are needed from the traditional datacenter approach as apps move to the cloud.
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Identity Protection Services…To Pay or Not to Pay?
No doubt you've heard the pitch to buy identity protection services. Identity theft is a major hassle at the least and can destroy your finances at the worst, so it might be worth it…
But first, take some steps that cost little or nothing.
For a small fee you can instruct the three credit agencies to freeze your records so no one can apply for credit in your name—not even you. You'll pay again to unfreeze it when you're ready.
As I've suggested many times (and will continue to at every opportunity!), monitor your credit by ordering a free copy of your credit report once a year from AnnualCreditReport.com—it covers all three companies.
Also, many banks and credit cards offer identity theft protection for their customers so be sure to check with them to see how much protection you might already have.
Then, if you decide you want more coverage through an identity monitoring service, be sure to get a very clear explanation of what's covered and how often they'll review your records.
If a company "guarantees" protection—that's a red flag. No one can do that!


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Syria's Assad pledges to attend proposed peace talks, says his side is winning war
Syrian President Bashar Assad claimed in an interview broadcast Thursday that his government is winning the country's civil war and pledged that he would personally attend proposed peace talks in Geneva tentatively set for later this summer.
"We will go to Geneva as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people," Assad said in an interview that was broadcast on a Lebanese television station.
His statement contrasted with the likelihood that Syrian rebels would decline to attend the talks, which are being sponsored by the United States and Russia.
Assad also predicted that his country would receive a shipment of advanced Russian anti-aircraft missiles, but he declined to comment specifically on when they might arrive. "All of our agreements with Russia will be implemented," he said.
Assad's comments came in a lengthy pre-recorded interview with al Manar television, the broadcast outlet of Lebanon's Hezbollah militia, which has recently assumed an increasingly important role in Assad's fight against rebel forces. Hezbollah has taken a leading role in a government push to recapture Qusayr, a strategic town near the Lebanese border. Last weekend, Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, told his followers that Hezbollah would fight in Syria until Assad's survival was assured.
Assad, however, discounted the importance of Hezbollah's presence in Syria, saying the number of fighters the Lebanese group had sent to his country was a "drop in the ocean" compared with the "hundreds of thousands" of Syrian government troops fighting on his behalf.
"Logically speaking, if Hezbollah . . . wanted to defend Syria by sending fighters, how many could they send – a few hundred, a thousand or two?" he said. "We are talking about a battle in which hundreds of thousands of Syrian troops are involved against tens of thousands of terrorists."
In his wide-ranging interview, given in the presidential palace in Damascus, Assad also sought to link the armed rebellion against his rule to Israel's efforts to undermine Arab opposition to its existence, said that opponents who want him to step aside should seek to reform the country's constitution first, and credited his military's recent advances against the rebels to Syrians who'd once sided with the opposition and are now supporting the government.
"There was support in some regions for the militants, and I assure you that was not the result of a lack in patriotism, but a lack of awareness," Assad said. "There are many stories about individuals who submitted to terrorist groups thinking it was a revolution. . . . This support shifted and many militants left these groups and went back to their normal lives; this is the basic reason."
He also suggested that he might seek re-election next year when his current term expires.
"It is still too early to discuss this," he said. "When the time comes, and I feel, through my meetings and interactions with the Syrian people, that there is a need and public desire for me to nominate myself, I will not hesitate."
He also took a slap at Syrian opposition leaders in Turkey who have been meeting for the past week to sort out whether to add members to their coalition and to decide on new leaders and a government-in-exile. On Thursday, the Supreme Military Council, which is backed by countries supporting the Syrian opposition with weapons and non-lethal aid, denounced the inability of the Syrian Opposition Coalition to reach a decision and demanded that it be given 50 percent of the seats in a new coalition.
"Whom do they represent?" Assad asked.
Assad's refusal to discuss whether his country has received S-300 anti-aircraft missiles did not stop Israeli officials from speculating about their use and when they might be delivered.
The officials said they had no indications that the anti-aircraft system had reached Syria and that even if the Russian government were to speed delivery, it would take "weeks, maybe more then a month," for the complicated system to reach Syria.
"This isn't something that it airlifted in over night. This is something that moves slowly, over international waters, until it reaches a Syrian port," one Israeli defense official said under the condition of anonymity because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned his government from discussing the subject. "This is a sophisticated system that you can't sneak around or hide."
Syria's 2-year-old civil war has left more than 90,000 dead, according to one human rights group, and displaced millions. Despite early predictions that Assad's government would fall quickly, he has capitalized on fears that the rebels fighting the government would usher in a more repressive government than his own, and one that would not protect minority rights. Radical religious rebel groups, some of which have taken over strategic infrastructure and large amounts of territory, have contributed to those fears.
McClatchy special correspondent Sheera Frenkel contributed to this report from Majdal Shams, Golan Heights.


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We're excited to announce that LastPass Sentry is now also supported as part of the LastPass Security Challenge! The update means that a full check can be performed locally against your entire LastPass vault to look for accounts that may have been affected by a breach, in addition to the ongoing monitoring of your LastPass account email address.
How LastPass Sentry now works:
- Sentry still performs daily checks, with the latest updates to the PwnedList database, to see if LastPass account email addresses are on the list.
- If a match is found, an email notification is sent to the LastPass user, notifying them of the domain that was breached and the potential risk.
- Users can also run the LastPass Security Challenge (from the LastPass Icon's Tools menu) and select the option to look for breaches of their stored accounts.
- If any matches are found between the PwnedList database and the data in your vault, notifications are sent to the affected email addresses with information on the breach and a reminder to update your passwords.
- We then recommend updating the password for any affected accounts, and any other accounts using that password (which the Security Challenge will help you identify), using LastPass to generate a new, strong password.
We plan to continue increasing the frequency of our database checks to work towards real-time notifications and further enhance the service to provide ongoing value to our users.
What do you think of the update to LastPass Sentry? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!