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Message From the Chair
– Chris Nickelson
As the long hot Texas summer comes to a close and we transition to fall I want to talk to you about change. Change is an inevitable part of life. Seasons change. We change as we progress from infancy into childhood into adulthood and into old age. Change is an inevitable part of life because the world we live in is not static, but is ever changing for better or worse. Change surrounds us and it transforms us as we respond to it. How you choose to deal with change defines who you are as a person and as a people.
We family lawyers are no strangers to change. We have a long history of rising to meet the challenges of our times. In the 1960s, the pioneers of family law took on and brought down the system of laws known as coverture which restricted a woman's right to own, manage, and dispose of her own community and separate property. In the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, the pioneers turned their attention to drafting and enacting a modern, comprehensive family code to bring stability and predictability to the practice of family law. Through the 1980s and 1990s the Family Law Section dedicated substantial resources to maintaining and reforming the family code in response to societal change, and it dedicated substantial resources to drafting the Texas Family Law Practice Manual which, through its forms and practice notes, brought much needed uniformity to the practice of family law as well as lower costs to clients. Through the 1990s and early 2000s the Family Law Section once again dedicated significant resources to maintaining and reforming the family code in response to societal change, and it created and implemented our award winning pro bono program in order to meet the needs of underserved Texans.
We family lawyers are a distinct people that have been molded over many decades through both challenge and change. We, as a people, have banded together under the banner of the Family Law Section in order to promote stability in the law and its practice, to represent the views of all parties to family law litigation, including spouses, parents, children, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and others who are similarly situated, to promote fellowship and professionalism, and to help underserved Texans find the representation they need. No one person is responsible for making the Section what it is. It has been a multi-generational effort by many people who care deeply about the law, its practice, and the friends they made while volunteering their time to the Section.
The mission of the Family Law Section is "to promote the highest degree of professionalism, education, fellowship, and excellence in the practice of family law." Today, the Section attempts to fulfill its mission by publishing practical literature to educate and assist attorneys across the State in their daily practice of law, by generating legislation to keep the law predictable and steady across the State, by working with Texas Bar CLE to generate some of the best CLE in the nation, by sponsoring socials at our CLE events so attorneys from across the State can become better acquainted, and by promoting pro bono representation across the State through our pro bono seminars.
None of the foregoing things would happen without the help of the many people who volunteer their time, talent, and effort to help the Section accomplish its on-going mission. I want to take this opportunity to update you on what your Section has been doing, the challenges we face, and the changes we have made to address the challenges of our day. I also want to let you know about upcoming events and to recognize and thank a number of people who have recently volunteered their time, talent, and effort to the Section.
Advanced Family Law
First, I want to thank the Course Directors for this year's Advanced Family Law Course, Lisa Hoppes and Charles Hardy, the Course Director for the 101 Course, Greg Beane, the Planning Committee for both courses, and Texas Bar CLE for their leadership and hard work in assembling both courses. Texas Bar CLE reported that over 2000 people attended the Advanced Family Law Course this year and several hundred attended the 101 Course. A number of people stopped me during the course to tell me what an outstanding job everyone did in planning and executing the courses. Make sure to tell Lisa, Charles, Greg, the members of the Planning Committee, and the Texas Bar CLE staff "thank you" for a job well done.
The Family Law Section produces some of the best and most helpful publications to aid its members in the practice of law. Publications include the Family Law Checklists, Predicates Manual, Family Law At Your Fingertips, the Family Lawyer's Essential Toolkit, and the Client Handbook. The Section also sells DVDs that instruct and inform clients regarding depositions, trials, mediation, and social media presence. The foregoing publications and DVDs can be purchased now, by going to our website, or they can be purchased, in person, at Advanced Family Law this year. I want to thank our Publications Committee, headed by Christina Molitor and Jim Mueller, for their hard work and dedication to ensure the publications are up-to-date and a great product. I would also like to thank Heather King for producing the DVDs, Kathryn Murphy and Aimee Pingenot Key for their work on Family Law At Your Fingertips, Charla Bradshaw for her work on the Family Law Checklists, and Heather King and Jessica Janicek for their work on the Predicates Manual. Georganna Simpson and Norma Trusch along with the Formbook Committee have also volunteered hundreds of hours to update and revise the Texas Family Law Practice Manual and we all owe them a debt of gratitude for their efforts in bringing uniformity to the practice of family law in this State.
As a member of the Family Law Section, you also receive this quarterly Section Report, an annual Bibliography of recent CLE articles, and a bi-annual Legislative Update. Georganna Simpson works tirelessly to publish these materials on time and with an eye towards keeping us all informed about the law and current events. Thank you, Georganna.
The 86th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature has been a high-wire act! It was a session marked by having several high profile bills walk a fine line, with the high suspense, as to whether they would fall or make it through. A big thank-you goes to the leaders of the Legislative Committee, Jack Marr and Diana Friedman, as well as its members, who volunteered many hours to develop the Section's legislative package and to serve as a resource for bills introduced by others. Although this legislative session is wrapping up, the Legislative Committee will soon go to work preparing the package for the next legislative session. Thanks also goes to the Section members who gave a week of their time to be in Austin to meet with legislators, testify before legislative committees, and to be an expert on whichever bill was in front of them at the time.
The members of the Texas Family Law Foundation also deserve our gratitude. They worked tirelessly on trying to get the Section's legislative package passed, but they worked equally as hard, if not harder, on trying to stop bad law from becoming a reality. Steve and Amy Bresnen and Bresnen & Associates worked tirelessly on behalf of the Foundation in this regard.
For more information on the new legislation, please plan to attend the Family Law Section's Legislative Update CLE events in Dallas on June 26, Houston on June 28, and Auston on July 10. See www.texasbarcle.com for more information.
Pro Bono
I am proud of the pro bono efforts on behalf of the Section. We have an active Pro Bono Committee that puts together live seminars across the state and via webcast. The seminar is free with the commitment that the attendee will take two pro bono cases in a 12-month period. The volunteers who speak at these seminars travel on their own time and their own dime with no reimbursement. Thank you to the Pro Bono Committee, the Committee's leaders, Lisa Hoppes and Leigh de la Reza, and the Section Members who volunteered their time, for all of your hard work.
As many of you know, our website went down some time ago and had to be painstakingly rebuilt. I want to thank Kristal Thomson, Leigh de la Reza, Christi Lankford, and the Website Committee for all the work they put into the new website. In addition, I want to thank them for helping us reach a new milestone this year—the ability to engage in e-commerce! Check out the products for sale on our website, and if so inclined, submit an order and have one of our publications or DVDs shipped to your home or office.
This past year, the Appellate Committee reviewed several requests for amicus support and submitted briefing in two different cases on behalf of the Family Law Section. I want to thank the Chair of the Appellate Committee, Anna McKim, the Members of the Committee, and all who helped with the briefing.
Upcoming CLE
Annual Meeting will be June 13-14, 2019, at the JW Marriott in Austin. The Family Law Section is providing CLE on Thursday June 13, 2019, from 1:25 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Advanced Family Law Course (directed by Charles Hardy and Lisa Hoppes) is scheduled in San Antonio August 12-15, 2019, at the Marriott Rivercenter. Charles and Lisa have crafted a unique, entertaining, and informative seminar. For those of you who are new to family law, or just looking for an update on the basics, make sure and attend Family Law 101 (aka "Bootcamp") on August 11, directed by Greg Beane.
In October, New Frontiers in Marital Property Law (directed by Susan McLerran and Jim Mueller) will be in Savannah, Georgia, on October 24-25, 2019, at The Desoto. As usual, New Frontiers is a program that is designed to "think outside the box" and to stimulate discussion regarding complex marital property matters.
Advanced Family Law Drafting (directed by Lon Loveless) is scheduled in Dallas on December 12-13, 2019, at the Westin Galleria. Lon is planning an informative course with a plethora of documents that you will be able to take to your office and start using on a daily basis.
The American Academy of Family Law Specialist's Annual Innovations in Child Custody Litigation Seminar (directed by Leigh De la Reza and Tammy Moon) will be in Houston, January 23-24, 2020, at the JW Marriott.
The Texas Academy of Family Law Specialist's Annual Trial Institute (directed by Jim Mueller and Sara Valentine) will take place in Annapolis, Maryland, February 28-29, 2020 at the Westin. See www.tafls.org in the coming weeks for more information.
The course directors and planning committees, along with the State Bar staff, have spent countless hours crafting great CLE programs. Please check out all of the upcoming State Bar of Texas CLE seminars at www.texasbarcle.com.
In closing, I want to thank the Executive Committee, Council Members, Committee Chairs and Members, Council Liaisons, and volunteer paralegals, attorneys, accountants and other professionals in the family law community for all of your hard work and commitment to the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. No one person is responsible for making the Section what it is. It has been a multi-generational effort by many people who care deeply about the law, its practice, and the friends they made while volunteering their time to the Section. I look forward to working with all you to continue our collective efforts "to promote the highest degree of professionalism, education, fellowship, and excellence in the practice of family law."
Chris Nickelson
Chair, Family Law Section


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Match ends, Everton 3, Stoke City 4.
Everton 3-4 Stoke City
- From the section Football
Xherdan Shaqiri scored one of the goals of the season as Stoke earned a thrilling win at Everton through Marko Arnautovic's injury-time penalty.
The Potters led through Shaqiri early on and after Romelu Lukaku levelled from eight yards, the Swiss looped a stunning half-volley over Tim Howard.
Lukaku struck again after the break and Gerard Deulofeu tapped Everton ahead.
But Joselu volleyed his first Premier League goal and Arnautovic won it after being brought down by John Stones.
Relive Stoke's dramatic win at Goodison Park
Follow all the reaction to Saturday's Premier League games
Shaqiri underlines the wow factor
Arnautovic - impressive himself throughout - will be deemed the match winner, but Shaqiri's strike will capture copious column inches in the aftermath of a win which moves Stoke two places above Everton and into ninth.
An ex-Inter Milan and Bayern Munich forward, summer-signing Shaqiri perhaps symbolises the ambition Mark Hughes' side now have and his first goals for the club will raise hopes of many more to come.
Stoke kept eight clean sheets in the 11 league games leading up to this win and although their frugal side went missing at Goodison Park, flair at the other end was on show throughout.
Shaqiri's first from six yards saw the combination of Bojan and Arnautovic craft a sublime team goal, while his second - from a wonderful Bojan pass - saw him reach for the ball and clip it over Tim Howard and into the top corner from 18 yards.
"That is the best goal I have seen this season," said Final Score pundit Garth Crooks. "He knew exactly what he was doing, it is absolutely sublime."
Stoke punish in a way Everton could not
Everton had lost just once in eight league games before kick-off but with no back-to-back wins in the league this season, their fans could be forgiven for wishing their side packed the killer punch Stoke mustered on Merseyside.
Hughes made no changes to his squad despite a 48-hour turnaround from Saturday's win over Manchester United but the likes of Ibrahim Afellay and Glenn Whelan delivered displays of note, both completing 95% of their passes.
It briefly appeared that substituting Bojan moments before Lukaku pulled a long ball down to fire Everton level at 2-2 would prove key, but after falling behind, Stoke's fresh legs earned their manager a fifth league win in eight games.
Arnautovic delivered a telling cross for substitute Joselu to smash a smart volley home and picked himself up to slam a penalty down the middle despite slipping before making contact.
It was a fitting reward as no Stoke player completed more sprints than the Austrian's 54 in the game and although Shaqiri's brilliance will overshadow such work ethic, the Potters admirably married graft with quality.
Home failure again for Toffees
Everton's industry and spirit are tough to question after they fought back to lead late on but they will rue the chance to close out the victory having led with just 10 minutes to spare.
There may be some contention around the winning penalty - referee Mark Clattenburg took an age to point to the spot - but even allowing Stoke back into the game having fought so hard to earn a lead was sloppy.
In all, Everton had 15 shots and as many crosses but the end result smacks of the inconsistency which continues to hamper their hopes of a push for a top-four spot.
At the halfway stage of the campaign, they are five points worse off than they were at the same point last season and the gap to Manchester City in fourth is now nine points.
Will Roberto Martinez regret making four changes to the side which won at Newcastle on Boxing Day? His introduction of James McCarthy into the side after a month out injured backfired as the midfielder limped off early on.
In Lukaku, they now boast the Premier League's joint top scorer with Jamie Vardy on 15, but three wins from 10 home matches this season is a damning statistic they must improve quickly if their final league position is to match their ambitions.
Man of the match - Xherdan Shaqiri
Manager reaction
Everton manager Roberto Martinez on Stoke's penalty: "Looking at the replay it shows John Stones touches the ball. That decision is hard to take. To get a decision wrong like that so late in the game makes you feel furious and is unacceptable."
Stoke manager Mark Hughes: "The only thing lacking up until today for Shaqiri was goals - performances had been fine - but now he has added that. He has that quality - it's his first mark in terms of goals and I'm sure there will be more to come. It was end to end and I thought both sides came out with great credit."
The stats you need to know
- Everton scored with all three of their shots on target.
- The Toffees have not won at home since 21 November, a 4-0 win over Aston Villa.
- Stoke have conceded 19 goals this season, only four sides have leaked less.
- Stoke are four points better off than at the halfway stage last season.
Up next
Stoke can make it three wins from three if they win at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday while Everton host Tottenham 24 hours later.
- 24Howard
- 23Coleman
- 5StonesBooked at 90mins
- 25Funes Mori
- 32Galloway
- 20Barkley
- 18Barry
- 16McCarthySubstituted forCleverleyat 26'minutesSubstituted forNaismithat 65'minutes
- 19DeulofeuBooked at 40mins
- 10Lukaku
- 9Koné
- 1Robles
- 3Baines
- 4Gibson
- 14Naismith
- 15Cleverley
- 17Besic
- 21Osman
- 1Butland
- 8Johnson
- 17Shawcross
- 26WollscheidBooked at 23mins
- 3Pieters
- 20CameronSubstituted forWaltersat 78'minutes
- 6Whelan
- 22ShaqiriSubstituted forVan Ginkelat 87'minutes
- 14Afellay
- 10Arnautovic
- 27BojanSubstituted forJoseluat 64'minutes
- 11Joselu
- 12Wilson
- 15Van Ginkel
- 16Adam
- 18Diouf
- 19Walters
- 29Haugaard
- Referee:
- Mark Clattenburg
- Attendance:
- 39,340
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home15
- Away8
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away5
- Corners
- Home6
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away12
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Everton 3, Stoke City 4.
Brendan Galloway (Everton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Joselu (Stoke City).
Goal! Everton 3, Stoke City 4. Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
John Stones (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by John Stones (Everton) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Stoke City. Marko Arnautovic draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Seamus Coleman (Everton) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
John Stones (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Marco Van Ginkel (Stoke City).
Offside, Stoke City. Ibrahim Afellay tries a through ball, but Ryan Shawcross is caught offside.
Foul by John Stones (Everton).
Marco Van Ginkel (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Stoke City. Marco Van Ginkel replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
Offside, Stoke City. Ibrahim Afellay tries a through ball, but Jonathan Walters is caught offside.
Offside, Everton. Ross Barkley tries a through ball, but Seamus Coleman is caught offside.
Hand ball by Joselu (Stoke City).
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Philipp Wollscheid.
Goal! Everton 3, Stoke City 3. Joselu (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal.
Foul by Arouna Koné (Everton).
Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Stoke City. Jonathan Walters replaces Geoff Cameron.
Attempt missed. Gerard Deulofeu (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Goal! Everton 3, Stoke City 2. Gerard Deulofeu (Everton) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Ryan Shawcross.
Attempt blocked. Steven Naismith (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
Seamus Coleman (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City).
Offside, Stoke City. Marko Arnautovic tries a through ball, but Joselu is caught offside.
Substitution, Everton. Steven Naismith replaces Tom Cleverley.
Goal! Everton 2, Stoke City 2. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Cleverley.
Substitution, Stoke City. Joselu replaces Bojan.
Attempt missed. Arouna Koné (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Tom Cleverley.
Attempt blocked. Ross Barkley (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gerard Deulofeu.
Attempt saved. Geoff Cameron (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Erik Pieters.
Foul by Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City).
Gerard Deulofeu (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City).

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Plano, Texas - Homes for Sale and Community Information
Plano is located about 15 miles north of Dallas in Collin County, Texas. Plano's population of nearly 270,000 makes it the ninth most populous city in Texas. Plano is home to many national corporate offices, including Frito-Lay, J.C. Penney, Cinemark Theaters, and HP Enterprise Services. In 2005, 2006 and 2011, Plano was designated the "best place to live in the U.S." by CNN/Money.
Plano is a proud Texas city that offers home buyers a solid post-secondary school system, a thriving economy and quiet neighborhoods. These benefits make Plano homes for sale some of the best values in the Dallas-area real estate market.
The modern history of Plano homes can be traced back to 1844 when a group of settlers from the Peters Colony established Plano's first neighborhoods.
Many of these settlers' families established factories during the 1870s that created high-quality clothing, plumbing products and steel wire. Other residents established thriving cattle ranches that were located near the Shawnee Trail.
Many of these factories and ranches were located near a railroad station that was established by the Houston and Texas Central Railway. The railroad station quickly became an important transfer point for travelers who commuted to Dallas, Houston and other Texas transportation hubs.
The demand for Plano TX real estate increased during the 1890s after the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway Company established an intersection with the Houston and Texas Central Railway. Many of the Plano home buyers who purchased homes during this time were merchants who established thriving stores near what is now Plano's downtown area.
The modern Plano TX real estate market was established during the 1950s by Plano real estate agents who advertised homes to Dallas-area home buyers. It experienced significant growth during the 1970s and 1980s after Dallas-area home buyers discovered Plano's quiet lifestyle.
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Monday Morning Links Are Visible from Space
* The schedule for the next four weeks of my Cultural Preservation course is up at the course blog. Benjamin! Fight Club! Ani DiFranco! Oh my!
* Half of Sexual Abuse Claims in American Prisons Involve Guards, Study Says. Nearly 10 percent of inmates suffer sexual abuse.
* Black Chicago Residents Are 10 Times More Likely To Be Shot By Police Than White Residents. What could explain it?
* The comeback of guaranteed basic income. Alive in the Sunshine.
* David Graeber: What's the Point If We Can't Have Fun?
* After Tyrone Hayes said that a chemical was harmful, its maker pursued him.
* On Glimpsing Heat from Alien Technologies.
* ICE/ISEE-3 to return to an Earth no longer capable of speaking to it.
* That "distressed baby" who Tim Armstrong blamed for benefit cuts? She's my daughter. Armstrong could have paid for the full "cost" of both the babies directly out of his own salary and still made ten million dollars that year (in base salary).
* Dylan Farrow Responds to Woody Allen: "I Have Never Wavered." 10 Undeniable Facts About the Woody Allen Sexual-Abuse Allegation. Just the Facts . Brainwashing Woody.
* What would Middle Earth look like from space?
* South Bronx Students May Have Found Site of Slave Burial Ground.
* Duke's Own Julia Gaffield describes her finding the first known copy of the Haitian Declaration of Independence.
* I think about the ways to address people who think computers are magic, and there's lots of them, the ways I mean although there are also lots of people sufficiently baffled by their own phones to presume that physical laws SHIT LIKE TIME AND SPACE don't apply to digitization projects…
* "The legislation is almost certainly unconstitutional, it's a bad law, and it reinforces stereotypes about Jewish influence," said one pro-Israel Democratic strategist familiar with the groups' thinking. "It's so bad that AIPAC and ADL oppose it."
* At long last, the purges begin at Occupy Wall Street.
* No one likes Obama's terrible college rankings.
* Concerned with growing class sizes, teaching assistant union files complaint against UC.
* Renowned science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the award-winning "Mars Trilogy," will select the winners of a national flash-science fiction contest co-organized by Wisconsin Public Radio's nationally syndicated show "To the Best of Our Knowledge" and the Center for the Humanities and Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gates "Beverly Crusher" McFadden will produce the scripts for radio.
* The Truman Show as eldercare: 'Dementia Village' – as it has become known — is a place where residents can live a seemingly normal life, but in reality are being watched all the time. Caretakers staff the restaurant, grocery store, hair salon and theater — although the residents don't always realize they are carers — and are also watching in the residents' living quarters.
* The Squalid Grace of Flappy Bird.
* The prohibition and attempted eradication of drugs can be a nightmare for the climate and environment. Particularly in Latin America, the fight against drug production has led to deforestation, widespread contamination with toxic chemicals, and contributed to a warming climate. Meanwhile: Climate Change Comes for Your Cup of Tea.
* I used to be a good teacher.
* Ideology at its purest: Saying it needed to prevent inbreeding, the Copenhagen Zoo killed a 2-year-old giraffe and fed its remains to lions as visitors watched.
* Scientists Think They Have Found The Mythical 'Sunstone' Vikings Used To Navigate Warships.
* 11 Alarming Weather Flukes That Happen When it Gets Really Cold.
* The Way We Live Now, by David Brooks.
* This Student Is On His Death Bed, But His Family Still Has To Prove He Can't Take A Standardized Test.
* The worst people in the world: Four Long Island workers arrested for running 'developmentally disabled fight club.'
* Sports Corner! How will news that Michael Sam is gay affect his NFL draft stock? 10 Points About College Hoops All-American Marcus Smart's Pushing a 'Fan.' Why Superfan Jeff Orr Is A Much Bigger Problem For College Basketball Than Marcus Smart. More details on the Raiders' cheerleaders wage theft suit. Olympic Committee Supports Russia's Arrest of LGBT Activists. Why the Olympics Are a Lot Like 'The Hunger Games.' Detroit's Unrealized Olympic Dreams. Only six of the previous 19 Winter Olympics host cities would be suitable to host the Games again by the end of this century due to warming temperatures, according to a new analysis. And The George Zimmerman-DMX Fight Has Been Cancelled, So At Least There's That.
* How Crowdworkers Became the Ghosts in the Digital Machine.
* New York State has roughly 15,000 zombie homes and leads the nation in the time required to foreclose on a home, at almost three years, according to data from RealtyTrac, a company that tracks troubled properties.
* If you've been wondering how Mockingjay will handle Philip Seymour Hoffman's sudden death, here's your answer.
* Nabokov's immigration card. (Nationality: "without.")
* If You Thought You Couldn't Go To Jail For Debt Anymore, You're Wrong.
* And standardized testing? Just opt out.
* Werner Herzog casts Mike Tyson, Pamela Anderson, and Russell Brand in his next movie, because life is chaos.
* Justice Department to give married same-sex couples equal protection.
* Good news: FX will make Redshirts a limited series.
* And can The LEGO Movie really be that good? MetaFilter is on the scene.
Friday Morning Links
* 10 Forgotten Photos of The Civil Rights Struggle.
* The world's ten oldest trees.
* Putin's $50-billion Olympic Games. White Snow, Brown Rage. Primetime TV schedule.
* On Occupy, climate justice, and climate democracy.
* River Contaminated With High Levels Of Lead, Arsenic, Mercury After NC Coal Ash Spill.
* Fracking Is Stressing Water Supplies In Areas Already Wracked By Drought.
* AOL's Miserly New 401k Policy Will Ruin It For the Rest of Us. Why have these sick babies betrayed us?
* Question: what's the best way to escape international justice? Answer: Get yourself elected president, of course.
* FBI Checks Wrong Box, Places Student on No-Fly List. Just ten years and $4 million later, though, it's all resolved.
* And a little something for the sports nerds: a new basketball stat.
Saturday Night Links
* Austerity: not all bad? Meat Industry May Shut Down For Weeks Due To U.S. Spending Cuts.
* The Journal-Sentinel profiles Einstein Productions, a Milwaukee non-profit founded with the help of the Marquette University College of Communications providing job training assistance to people on the autism spectrum.
* The (surprisingly heated) comments on this anti-BDS post from Claire "Tenured Radical" Potter are a real education in the history and terms of the BDS movement.
* The Myth of "Saudi America."
* Natural gas and oil production is the second-biggest source of U.S. greenhouse gases, the government said, emboldening environmentalists who say tighter measures are needed to curb the emissions from hydraulic fracturing.
* Winter in an era of climate change: "We will see a shorter snow season, but more intense individual snowfall events."
* Boston University student tasered for throwing a snowball at a cop. Seems proportional.
* According to the new survey, 54 percent of Americans approve of using drones to kill high-level terrorism suspects, while 18 percent disapprove and 28 percent are undecided. … But support for drone strikes in the new HuffPost/YouGov survey dropped to 43 percent if the terrorism suspects are U.S. citizens, with 27 percent disapproving and 31 percent saying they're not sure. If innocent civilians may also be killed in the process of targeting terrorism suspects, only 29 percent approve of using them and 42 percent disapprove. I'm amazed the numbers are that low, to be honest. Perhaps there's an opportunity here to leverage Republicans' knee-jerk hatred of Obama for anti-imperialist ends.
* A British professor who specializes in cities and urban life has been convicted of damaging luxury cars with graffiti that was surprisingly polite.
* The surfeit of attention paid to the figure of the entrepreneur in the present moment reveals it to be an object of impossible longing, a fiction riven by ideological contradictions. He—it is usually a he as portrayed in media—is an abstraction but also manifest as a Mark Zuckerberg or a Peter Thiel. He is both an idea and a real person. The distance between the two—mirrored in the gulf between what he is meant to stand for and what we are supposed to do in emulating flesh-and-blood entrepreneurs—reveals some of the deep contradictions in how we live our lives and how we think.
* Ruth Fowler reads Christopher Dorner's manifesto in light of his rampage.
"I am a man who has lost complete faith in the system, when the system betrayed, slandered and libeled me," Dorner writes, who identifies throughout his manifesto as a patriot whose core beliefs have been shattered. He realizes that he has, as we might say, 'lost the plot'. He's happy to tell you why that is, and why he believes he has to divert his killing skills away from the people they were intended for, and against those who trained him. His manifesto or letter, titled simply, 'Last Resort'. is addressed to America, in a final plea, perhaps, that they address the heart of darkness that lies at its core. The heart of darkness which turned Christopher Dorner from a man who believed that he could best serve his country by working as a navy reservist and LAPD officer, to a man who believed he could best serve his country by destroying the LAPD entirely using the skills he learned in the navy.
* And you've always wondered: how does AOL make money? The Atlantic reports.
Sunday Links
* Two articles I read on the plane: "The Brain on Trial" and Aleksander Hemon's account of his young daughter's illness. The latter is only available offline, which (trust me) is for the best. By the end I was nearly bawling. For your own happiness do not read this article.
* The growing controversy over President Obama's illegal waging of war in Libya got much bigger last night with Charlie Savage's New York Times scoop. He reveals that top administration lawyers — Attorney General Eric Holder, OLC Chief Caroline Krass, and DoD General Counsel Jeh Johnson — all told Obama that his latest, widely panned excuse for waging war without Congressional approval (that it does not rise to the level of "hostilities" under the War Powers Resolution (WPR)) was invalid and that such authorization was legally required after 60 days: itself a generous intepretation of the President's war powers. But Obama rejected those views and (with the support of administration lawyers in lesser positions: his White House counsel and long-time political operative Robert Bauer and State Department "legal adviser" Harold Koh) publicly claimed that the WPR does not apply to Libya.
* Rick Perry vetoes no-texting-while-driving bill because of freedom.
"I support measures that make our roads safer for everyone, but House Bill 242 is a government effort to micromanage the behavior of adults," Perry wrote in his explanation of one of his vetoes.
Perry said in his veto statement that the key to stopping people from texting while driving is "information and education."
* Mightygodking highlights ethical interpretation with twenty-five movies distilled to a one-sentence moral.
* And Love These Pics takes us on another trip to the New Orleans Six Flags Theme Park abandoned after Hurricane Katrina.


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A couple of nights ago, Bearhug and Cuddlebug decided to play rock, paper, scissors (or "rock, papers, scissors, shoe" as they often call it, not sure where that came from) to decide what they wanted for dinner. I had to separate them because they CHEAT. Every time they got to the end, instead of choosing an option, both of their hands kept morphing as they watched each other to see what the other would choose. So I moved them where they couldn't see each other so we could get to a decision.
It reminded me of a few months ago when they first came up with idea to settle disputes this way. Here's the story out of my journal (names edited):
...on Tuesday I took the boys to the park after school. On the way there, Cuddlebug said "hey Mama, did you know we're near my favorite park?" but unfortunately I'd forgotten about that park and was headed to another one. I asked if he wanted me to turn around and he said yes, then Bearhug said no, because "Wall park" (it's not really called that but it has a big wall on one side so they call it that) is his favorite park. Ugh. I told them to agree on one or we're going home. So they're arguing about the park and then Bearhug said "I know, let's do 'paper, rock, scissors' to decide." I was impressed… but then Cuddlebug said "no, let's do 'eenie, meenie, miney, moe' to decide" and then they were arguing about how to resolve their argument…
It gets better. Bearhug won out so they did paper, rock, scissors. He said "Ok [Cuddlebug], I picked scissors, what are you going to pick?" (ok, we need to work on the concept of how this game is supposed to be played). Cuddlebug said "I pick paper!" (ok, we REEEAAALLLY need to work on the concept of how this game works). Then he asked me why we were still heading for "wall" park, and was pretty disappointed when I told him "because scissors cut paper." LOL, I did tell him we'd go to his favorite park next time. I was impressed that they were being so civil about it, most of the time they just start screaming and attacking each other.For more Silly Monkey stories, visit 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires.
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CineParis is one of the oldest cinemas in Brussels. Back in 1920, when it was founded, it was a normal cinema called "Majestic Cinema". In the 1970s, CineParis became specialised in what some people call nature documentaries aka hardcore porn. While the famous adult cinemas ABC, which were located across the street, had to close their doors in 2013, CineParis is still standing strong.
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Robert Payne was not one of my direct ancestors but may be related to me as later indirect generations of a direct ancestor..
Robert Payne was possibly born around 1460. He was maybe possibly the son of Thomas Payne & Agnes. He was fined for 'tenements' in East Grinstead under Henry Vii (1487/88)
THE STRUCTURE BELOW IS STILL EVOLVING and is probably wrong in parts
Robert Payne had at least two children, probably more- All details taken from Source 1& 2
John Payne (ref 1 A above), son of John Payne (the Elder), had succeeded his parents at Pixtons.
In 1532 William Tomson granted the land at Lower Gibbs Farm to John Payne in East Grinstead, Sussex. The Felbridge History group has this as John of Brambletye but later documents indicate that it is more likely to be John of Pyckstones. On 20th May 1538, John Payne granted [Lower] Gibbes to Michael Egerton and the land then descended to his son Thomas Egerton. This property was part of the Manor of Walsted other parts of which as we have seen was also farmed by the Payne family in Lindfield (Felbridge and District History Group). In 1541 William Chalfroft, John Payne and John Myles are paid to enclose the land called Mylwoode (ESRO SAS/G43/87) Then in November 1542, John Payne who held Gybbes at fenne, sold six acres being part of Gybbes at fenne to John Jewell de Lymsfield. These six acres probably refer to the property formerly known as Honey's alias Cuhling Croft (later known as Little Gibbshaven). Twenty years later in 1562, the Court Book for the manor of Hedgecourt records John Bysshe paying rent for Gibbs Att ffen, containing twenty acres at that date, but unfortunately it has not yet been possible to determine when John Bysshe succeeded John Payne at Gibbs Att fen. (Source 11).
His descendants seem to have owned Pixtons farm until, in 1615, John Payne, sen., of Pickstones, and Elizabeth, his wife, sold it to John Goodwin, gent., from whose family it seems to have passed to Mr. John Conyers, who married a Miss Goodwin and was M.P. for East Grinstead in 1695, and later it belonged to Mr. Wicken and the Trulock family. In 1615 the Manor of Pixtons seems to have consisted of one messuage, one barn, one garden, one orchard, 20 acres of arable land, 16 acres of meadow land, 14 acres of pasture, four acres of wood and three acres of moorland, all in East Grinstead, and the whole appears to have been acquired by John Goodwin for the modest sum of £100. This John (great great grandson of John the Elder - see ref 1 A ii a I above) may have remained as a tenant for at his burial in 1633 he was still referred to as John Payne of Pyckstones. (source 10)
George Payne (ref 1 B above), son of John Payne, of Pixtons was evidently a yeoman of good substance . His father in 1507 had devised to him the tenement of Beeches (in AshurstWood), but whether George lived there we have no certain information beyond the fact that he seems from the evidence of his own will to have undertaken repair of the road between Forest Row and East Grinstead.
He owned Burstow Park (in Surrey) which to left to his son John in his 'Will'). See also Richard Infield for more description and confusion about Burstow Park.
George Payne left two sons, John and Edward, who both became prominent townsmen of East Grinstead.
John Payne (ref 1 B i above), the elder son of George Payne was connected with the old almshouses in Church Street, and he was also one of the burgesses of East Grinstead to whom the silver seal was presented in 1572, and a prosperous ironmaster (source 10). His properties included the tenement at "Smythes fforge (or Smythes Fourth) which his father George had acquired on 28 Jan 1535 in a grant from Roger Aven of Worth(SAS/G43/30). The property was occupied by Joseph Duffield and John Larke and situated in East Grinstead. In this grant he also acquired the lands called Honneys in Worth. An inquisition was held in East Grinstead on 21 March 1580 in which it was stated that his heir, was brother Edward Payne, aged 40 actually he had to be at least 41 since his father died in 1538). George's lands called "Gaynesfords", "Connyclappers", "Lanefeld" were settled on Mary his wife for life,"Tannershyll", "Palmers", "Stonefield" etc., all in East Grinstead and came to Edward following her death (sources 10 & 11 and also Archive item 2 - PM Inquistion).
Edward Payne (ref 1 B iii above), the younger son of George Payne, born about 1536, was buried at East Grinstead in 1599 as "Edward Paine the Elder." He was a burgess of East Grinstead.
Their eldest son Edward (1560-1642) became the direct ancestor of a long line of Paynes " of the Town," who, as ironmasters and landowners, rose to considerable affluence in East Grinstead and the neighbouring district during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. See Edward Payne & Katherine Losco for further details.


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Roth Extends Deal With Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Television President Peter Roth has extended his deal with the studio under a new five-year agreement and will expand his purview to include oversight of the newly created Warner Horizon Television, which will create lower-budget scripted and reality fare for networks and cable prime time series.
"As the television business continues to change and business models evolve, Warner Horizon Television will enable us to take more creative risks," says Bruce Rosenblum, president of Warner Bros. Television Group.
The studio's move to expand its basic cable presence comes as Sony Pictures Television (SPT), the only major studio left that is not aligned with a broadcast network, has begun to see a return on its investment. It made basic cable a prime component of its overall TV production strategy after cutting back on deficit-financed broadcast network pilots in the face of industry consolidation.
SPT sold FX's The Shield to Spike TV for a per-episode price reported to be in the low to mid six figures, marking the first cable-to-cable off-network deal.
Warner Bros. already produces Nip/Tuck and The Closer for cable, but its primary focus under Roth, the former Fox Entertainment president who joined Warner Bros. in March 1999, continues to be on the more profitable broadcast network business. It has been the prime time production leader the past three seasons and 16 of the last 19.
This past season, Warner Bros. placed 33 series on the prime time schedule, including a record 17 returning shows, 11 new programs and five for midseason. The list includes many of the projects that Roth green lighted, including The West Wing, Two and a Half Men, Without a Trace, The O.C.,Cold Case, Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls, Smallville, George Lopez, Supernatural and The New Adventures of Old Christine.
The new Warner Horizon unit is expected to operate with a separate staff. The new company will also handle reality shows currently under Warner Bros. TV Group's Telepictures division, including The Bachelor, and possibly develop low-budget series for broadcast and digital platforms.--Anne Becker contributed to this story


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How Windows Desktop Search works in Microsoft Outlook 2007
The Windows Desktop Search feature in Microsoft Outlook 2007 offers improved search capabilities. Get details on the Windows Desktop Search feature, how it works in various versions of Windows and some of its benefits, including improved indexing for email and delegate mailboxes.
Although it's not immediately apparent from the user interface, Microsoft improved Outlook 2007's search capabilities. In this article from Exchange Server expert Brien Posey, you'll learn about Windows Desktop Search and some benefits of Outlook 2007's search capabilities.
Microsoft Outlook 2007 uses Windows Desktop Search, an internal indexer and search engine that's built into Windows Vista. But how does the Outlook 2007 search feature work if Outlook is installed on Windows XP SP2 or higher? Windows XP doesn't include the required version of Windows Desktop Search, but you can download it.
Windows Desktop Search version 4.0 performs better and is more stable than the version that is included with Vista. It also offers improved indexing of online email; however, Microsoft recommends running Outlook in cached mode.
Windows Desktop Search 4.0 can also index delegate mailboxes. Some other improvements include the ability to index encrypted files and the ability to perform queries against remote file systems.
What are the benefits of Outlook using a search engine that's part of the Windows OS, rather than Outlook's internal search engine? The main advantage is that Windows Desktop Search can retrieve results from several locations.
Windows Desktop Search can be difficult to locate. When Microsoft released Windows Vista SP1, they removed the Search command from the Start menu. Many people wrongly assumed that Windows Desktop Search was removed from the OS. But you can still access it by holding down the Windows key on your keyboard and pressing F.
When Windows Search opens, enter a search phrase and it will pull search results from a variety of indexed locations. For example, I entered the phrase "SearchExchange" into Windows Desktop Search. Figure 1 shows that the search results include email messages, attachments within email messages and Outlook calendar entries. However, these results aren't Outlook specific. They also include individual hard drive files, which don't appear in the screen capture.
Figure 1. The Windows Desktop Search results contain entries from the file system and Microsoft Outlook 2007.
Searching within Microsoft Outlook 2007
Although Windows Desktop Search can display email messages within the search results, you don't have to rely on the interface shown in Figure 1. You can also perform queries within Outlook 2007.
Outlook's search interface uses word wheeling, which means that, as you type each letter, Outlook shows you all messages containing text strings matching those letters. If your search phrase appears within an email message's subject line, Outlook will highlight the search string for you (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Microsoft Outlook highlights occurrences of your search string within the subject line of email messages.
Using Windows Desktop Search in older versions of Outlook
Although Microsoft Outlook 2007 is the only version of Outlook to use Windows Desktop Search by default, it's not the only version that can benefit from it. Windows Desktop Search supports older versions of Outlook, including Outlook 2002 (from Microsoft Office XP and Outlook 2003. However, if you are running Outlook 2002 , it must be running in either corporate or workgroup Mode. Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 are more flexible; however, Microsoft also recommends running them in cached mode.
About the author: Brien M. Posey, MCSE, is a five-time recipient of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for his work with Exchange Server, Windows Server, Internet Information Services (IIS), and File Systems and Storage. Brien has served as CIO for a nationwide chain of hospitals and was once responsible for the Department of Information Management at Fort Knox. As a freelance technical writer, Brien has written for Microsoft, TechTarget, CNET, ZDNet, MSD2D, Relevant Technologies and other technology companies. You can visit Brien's personal website at www.brienposey.com.
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With the joy of the winter holidays in our hearts and the SDGs in our mind, The United Nations Youth Association of Albania organized an event that combined the giving spirit of the season with goal nr.4 Quality Education. Book Feast started as a campaign for donating new and used books for children between six and sixteen years old. A list of recommended titles was carefully drafted by our members. The destination for the small "library" was the Orphanage of the city of Shkodra. Empty boxes with the poster of the event were put at E Per7shme, Hemingway Bar Albania, Friend's Book House and several high schools.
After 3 extensive weeks of the campaign, we were delighted to discover that we had collected 219 books. Orphans have one of the highest high school drop-out rates in the country. By donating books and talking to the children about the magic and power that lies in them, we aimed at encouraging this fragile category of the society to pursue education as a path that leads to a better future. The activity of reading and the accumulation of knowledge should be two processes that do not stop when school ends. Promoting lifelong learning is a duty of every responsible citizen and the best way to achieve this is by fostering the love for books and knowledge. Book Feast inspired Hemingway Fun Club Albania and Cabej Publishing House to continue the campaign of donations even after our project had ended by including it in their book fair. We hope that our visit brought joy to the children and we hope that we managed to give to them not only another reason to not drop out but also one to rethink their present and their future.


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His abs received an executive producer credit.
About three-quarters of the way through the film, Pitt's Achilles faces off against the noble Hector, played by Eric Bana, and kills him while his entire family watches, dragging Hector's corpse around the walls of the city just in case any of them missed it (Achilles was a bit of a dick). However, while filming the scene, the fight did not go nearly as well for Pitt: While performing a difficult jumping strike against Bana directly into his raised shield, Pitt landed awkwardly and injured his leg.
Pitt's most awkward scene not involving his accent.
The only area of Achilles' body that was vulnerable, according to myth, and consequently the only part of the human anatomy that bears his name, was the one area on Brad Pitt's entire body to sustain injury while playing Achilles in a movie. Yes, it turns out the Greek gods are real, and they mock us.
It wasn't a particularly light injury, either. The filming of some scenes in the movie had to be delayed for a couple of months because Pitt could only sort of hobble around, which greatly inhibited his ability to run around trolling the people of Troy. When filming did restart, they celebrated Pitt's recovery by shooting the scene where Legolas lances an arrow through Achilles' eponymous heel, in the precise location of Pitt's injury.


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President Obama on Monday seized on a report claiming that Mitt Romney's economic plan would create jobs overseas to ramp up his attacks on his Republican rival.
Obama cited a Tax Notes newsletter by Reed College economist Kimberly Clausing that said Romney's jobs plan "would increase employment in low-tax countries by about 800,000 jobs."
"Today we learned that Romney's jobs plan would create 800,000 jobs," Obama said at a campaign stop in Cincinnati on Monday. "There's only one problem: they wouldn't be in America."
The president's comments underscored his efforts to hit Romney on the issue of outsourcing. They dovetailed with his campaign's criticism of Romney's work for the private-equity firm Bain Capital, which Obama's team has argued shipped jobs overseas during Romney's tenure.
Romney has fought back, saying Obama is lying about his record and that instances of offshoring by companies purchased by Bain happened after he left the firm.
He has called for Obama to apologize for comments by his campaign team, and pushed back Monday with a new video decrying the president's "Chicago-style politics."
The Obama campaign distributed the Tax Notes report to members of the press aboard Air Force One earlier in the day.
"[The Romney plan] would significantly increase incentives for U.S. firms to move economic activity abroad," Clausing wrote, adding that "those new, low-tax-country jobs could displace jobs at home."
The Weekly Standard pointed out that Clausing donated $250 to Obama for America (OFA) in 2012, and $242 to OFA in 2011.
"We don't need a President who plans to shift jobs overseas," Obama continued. "I want to give tax breaks to companies that are investing right here in Ohio."
The offshoring argument also buttresses the president's personal attacks against Romney for holding bank accounts overseas, in places like Switzerland, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
"[Romney's policies will] encourage companies to shift money to foreign havens," Obama continued.
Romney doesn't have any public events scheduled for Monday, but he decried the president's tactics in an interview on Fox News Monday morning.
Romney also looked to move beyond Obama's attacks on his links to Bain Capital with a new line of attack accusing the White House of favoring political donors with government contracts.


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by Lorna Barrett / Lorraine Bartlett / L.L. Bartlett
It got me thinking that some days (actually most) I spend more time working on the business end of writing rather than the writing itself. I can't say I don't enjoy it, either. I keep spreadsheets on my sales--both for my traditionally published books (think the Booktown and Victoria Square mysteries) and or my indie publishing projects (short stories, my Jeff Resnick mysteries, and my cookbook. And BTW, did you know that my first Jeff Resnick mystery is free for a limited time on Kindle, iTunes, Kobo, and Smashwords?)
Some days I tell myself I'll dabble with email etc. until noon and then start writing. But then I get emails that answered the emails I sent earlier in the day and the next thing you know, it's time to quit for the day. I send out a lot of bookmarks and bookplates, and even doing one or two a day takes 30 minutes or more by the time I record the addresses, sort out the bookmarks, sticker and stamp the envelopes, and hustle them out to the mailbox.
But I guess overall I like what I'm doing and I can't seem to stop it. Of course, I'm currently trying to write the first couple of chapters of two different books, and that's the part about writing I hate the most -- the beginning of the book. I don't know where they're going. I don't know what new characters will show up. And I face the blank text document with fear. Will I remember how to construct a book? Will it be okay? What if people don't like it?
What keeps you from starting or finishing what needs to get done?
Friday, July 20, 2012
Business is Business is ... goofing off?
Posted by Anonymous at 12:05 AM
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2 comments:
- Aurian said...
Lol, when I should be writing a review for instance, I keep playing Spider solitaire, or reading Twitter.
And of course, all household chores are on hold when I am reading a good book. Those chores will be there tomorrow as well, so why hurry...
- July 20, 2012 at 4:10 AM
- Dru said...
I always say I'll play on Facebook for 30 minutes and the next thing I know two hours have past. The same goes for reading..just an hour and yep there's another two hours lost.
- July 20, 2012 at 7:02 AM
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If you are working as a household service worker, a babysitter or a nanny in other countries, you are lucky if you land on a good employer that will give you a reasonable job that you can take and enjoy.
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One example of this is the life of Sheena Rose Tamayo, an OFW in Hong Kong who works as a nanny, not of kids but of dogs. Tamayo was featured in GMA news where she talks about taking good care of not just one but eight dogs of her owner. According to Sheena Rose, she started working as a dog nanny in 2016 and started with one dog. And because she is a dog person, her employer is happy and contented on how she takes care of their first dog and inspired them to buy more until it became eight as of now.
Read: 4 Common OFW Financial Mistakes: Which One You Commit?
And take note, these dogs are not lap dogs but some dogs are bigger than her. Part of her job is to walk the dogs along the streets and in the parks as part of their exercise. She is currently taking care of two standard poodles, two German Shepherds, two Akita Inus and two Chinese Mongrels. So for animal lovers just like Sheen Rose, this is a dream job!
According to Sheena Rose, dogs are loving creatures. She also talks to them like human and she considered them as her best friends, stress relievers and helps her overcome homesickness.
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Wildlife Officer: Steve McAusland
Weather: Strong westerly winds, sea state 4-5, light rain showers.
Summary of sightings:
Marine Mammals:
Common Dolphin 7
Harbour Porpoise 2 (Brief glimpse)
Grey Seal 24
Manx Shearwater
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Terrestrial birds:
Meadow Pipit
House Sparrow
Wood Pigeon
Carrion Crow
Pied Wagtail
Willow Warbler
I arrived in Ilfracombe at 9:00am for my last Lundy trip of 2018 where the weather was windy and there was a good chance of rain during the crossing. The crossing was rather bumpy with the expected rain making an appearance after we were underway.
As the MS Oldenburg started out of the harbour the ships motion made it difficult to chat to as many passengers as I would normally. The ones I did speak to were very interested in the work of MARINElife and took a leaflet with a view to logging on to the website and to hopefully support the charity in the future.
Firecrest (Library photo: Peter Howlett)
The count of birds at sea was very low as was the number of species which was a first for this usually plentiful crossing. Birds of note were Manx Shearwater and Gannet along with the usual common gulls, plus Kittiwake and Fulmar. What was very surprising was no Guillemots and Razorbills were seen all day.
As the Oldenburg made its way slowly towards the landing bay there were a few Grey Seals on the rocks and a few Shag on the water. A wet afternoon ensued and the highlight was a Firecrest in the woodland next to the walled garden.
As we left to return to Ilfracombe the weather changed to give a more pleasant sailing back. Here we enjoyed 7 Common Dolphins and 2 Harbour Porpoises.
Common Dolphin (Library photo: Steve McAusland)
Before disembarking I thanked the Captain for his and his crews' continued support for MARINElife.
Maggie Gamble and Amanda Jones, Research Surveyors for MARINElife (Registered Charity No. 1110884; Registered Company No. 5057367)
Weather: Outward - overcast, wind S force 4, good visibility. Return - overcast, wind S 4-6, good visibility.
Summary of sightings:
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus 2
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 3
Gannet Morus bassanus 34
Herring Gull Larus argentatus 8
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 2
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 62
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 1
Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 9
Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 2
Wader sp. 18
When I arrived in Ilfracombe the residents of Ilfracombe were busy setting up for their Harbour Festival. I met up with Amanda my fellow surveyor who had already collected our tickets and we boarded the Oldenburg for what was to be Amanda's first survey.
Pomarine Skua (Library photo: Peter Howlett)
It was a quiet survey overall, no cetaceans were spotted and fairly low numbers of seabirds. However, that gave us plenty of time to cover the survey methodology and to enjoy watching the birds we saw. The great bonus of sea watching from a boat is the amazing close views you can have of these wonderful marine inhabitants. So, it was a day of quality birds and not quantity but it gave Amanda plenty of time to admire some new species. Manx Shearwaters were working the air currents and a couple of diminutive European Storm Petrels flitted past on their way to the southern tip of Africa for yet another summer. Bird of the day was a Pomarine Skua, a passage migrant on its way south to the coast of west Africa was a bonus spot by Amanda.
Storm Petrel (Library photo: Mark Darlaston)
Unfortunately Saturday was the day that the 2018 hottest, driest summer for decades finally broke. Lundy was suffering from a shortage of water but there was plenty coming down outside. The Marisco Tavern was clearly the place to be for a hot meal and a cup of tea. Afterwards I made my way back down to the pier for the return leg of the survey. Just off the beach were a couple of Grey Seals and their pupping/ breeding season will soon commence.
On our arrival back in the harbour Ilfracombe was in the middle of glorious bird-man eccentricity. Teams of people in fancy dress and various props leaping seawards off the harbour attempting to achieve flight. None of them flew as well as a Manx Shearwater and a vertical but heroic plunge was the norm. Once again our thanks go to the Landmark Trust and the Captain and crew of the Oldenburg for enabling us to continue this survey.
Nicola Simpson MARINElife WLO
Summary of sightings
Grey seal 2
Manx Shearwater
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
I arrived at Ilfracombe harbour at 9.15am, ready to check in and board the Oldenburg for our journey to Lundy. I met the two MARINElife surveyors, Maggie and Amanda, onboard for our trip. Ilfracombe was very busy as people were setting up for a festival starting later that day.
We boarded and set off at around 10am, the weather was cloudy with a gentle breeze. Heading out into the channel I made my way around the decks greeting people, whilst keeping an eye out for any sightings.
We saw plenty of gulls as we left the harbour and as we headed out into the channel. A little further out we spotted Gannet and Manx Shearwater. I spoke to many passengers and families who were looking forward to their visit to Lundy and spotting wildlife once on the island. As we arrived into Lundy seabird numbers started to increase once again and we saw many gulls.
Grey Seal off Lundy (Nicola Simpson)
We disembarked onto Lundy, although it was overcast, I had a lovely walk around the island stopping and chatting to passengers I had met on our outward journey.
As we waited to re-board the boat for our return journey I spotted two Grey Seals popping out of the water to wave us off. On our return journey we had additional sightings of Kittiwake, Fulmar and Shag. We returned to Ilfracombe in good time, with the festival now in full swing and people jumping off the pier in front of a panel of judges.
I disembarked thanking the Captain and his crew for the wonderful journey and their assistance.
Wildlife Officer: Hazel Pittwood
Summary of sightings:
Common Dolphin 5
Unidentified dolphins 9 (seen from the Island)
Minke Whale (probable, seen by passenger/crew member)
Manx Shearwater
Herring Gull
Great black-backed Gull
Lesser black-backed Gull
After travelling down to Ilfracombe the evening before and being met with thick fog I was relieved to see the air had cleared on the morning of the sailing! With good visibility and a lovely, calm sea state 1 I was excited for my first time volunteering as a Wildlife Officer on this journey.
After introducing myself to the friendly crew I waited until the ship departed the dock and then headed out onto deck to talk with the passengers. Wearing a MARINElife high-vis jacket to be easily identifiable, I explained my role on the journey as a volunteer present to help spot and identify wildlife as an added element to this crossing.
West coast of Lundy (Hazel Pittwood)
We were accompanied out of port by a flock of Herring Gull, consisting mainly of juveniles. The crew had reported seeing large numbers of Manx Shearwater over the past few days and sure enough it wasn't long before we started seeing these magnificent birds. Sightings of Gannet, Fulmar, Cormorant and Guillemot followed. We also had a fantastic view of an Ocean Sunfish as it passed close by the ship on the starboard side!
We then had our first cetacean sighting of the journey, I spotted fins breaking the surface in the middle distance on the port side and I called out to let passengers know and explained to them where to look to see these animals. As we kept watch it became clear they were Common Dolphin and their behaviour suggested they were feeding.
Passengers were thrilled to see the occasional solitary Puffin along the way and it was a delight to see numerous Kittiwake. As we came into dock a passenger shouted that they had seen a whale, a crew member also confirmed that they had seen the animal, which he believed was a Minke Whale (this is indeed the most likely, as the most common whale dwelling in shallow waters around the UK). Sadly I didn't see it!
Grey Seal in Landing Bay, Lundy (Hazel Pittwood)
The sight of at least six Grey Seals bobbing inquisitively around the island near the jetty provided great excitement as we left the ship. I sat and watched them on the shore as a huge male seal drifted lazily, allowing the tide to carry him to and fro. I walked up to the top of the island and sat in the long grass. As I ate my lunch I watched as a pod of dolphins moved across the sea in the distance.
Compass Jellyfish (Hazel Pittwood)
Whilst waiting to board the ship I joined passengers in spotting jellyfish moving slowly in the shallows. On this return journey we were treated to more of the same in terms of seabird sightings, but no more cetaceans. Flocks of Manx Shearwater, a few hundred strong, were an impressive sight. Lots of passengers approached me to ask what they were, captivated by their graceful, gliding flight.
Thank you as always to the crew of the MS Oldenburg for their kind assistance.


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New technology helps you sleep better, feel more rested, for even the toughest cases.
By Michael Cohen, Founder, Center for Brain Training –
Do you find yourself lying awake at night worrying or being unable to shut off your mind? Maybe you don't feel rested or like you're always trying to "catch-up" on sleep? Do you wake multiple times througout the night? Does your child struggle with a sleep problem like nightmares or bedwetting?
Perhaps you've tried medications but didn't like how foggy you felt the next day. Maybe you want an alternative to taking medications or long term. Have you tried various supplements and not seen much of a difference?
Sleep Problems and the Brain
Sleep is critical to good health. Over 40 million Americans suffer from chronic, long-term sleep disorders each year, and another 20 million experience occasional sleep problems.
Poor sleep can contribute to increased stress, lowered immune functioning, decreased cognitive functioning, depression, anxiety, ADHD, and other emotional and behavioral challenges. Many times, sleep problems are brain issues.
Our brains regulate our sleep. When your brain functions optimally, it smoothly transitions from an alert and awake state, to a relaxed state, and then into a sleep state, allowing a healthy amount of rest for your entire body to recharge and repair itself. If the brain's timing is out-of-sync, the brain has difficulty switching to these states, if at all.
If brain waves are too fast or slow, sleep problems can become more pronounced and difficult to manage. Sometimes the brain needs a tune-up to help it function better and maintain healthier patterns.
How Do I "Tune-Up" My Brain?
One option that consistently and effectively helps improve sleep is neurofeedback. Neurofeedback helps your brain change itself and create healthier patterns without medication. It's a powerful tool to help regulate sleep naturally.
Cheryl, a woman in her 60's, came to us because she had struggled since high school with both going to sleep and staying asleep. She told us she had spent most of her life sleeping about four hours per night, and rarely up to five. She was always tired and concerned about cognitive decline.
Within three months of brain training with neurofeedback, her sleep gradually increased. She now falls fell asleep much more quickly and reported staying asleep for up to seven hours.
She said, "I feel much more energy and optimistic as a result of the increase in sleep. It's made all the difference."
How Does Neurofeedback Work?
Neurofeedback helps change brain patterns naturally. It measures your brain's rhythms and rewards you when you make healthy patterns. For instance, with sleep problems, certain patterns in the brain are often moving too fast. Neurofeedback helps your brain learn how to make healthier patterns by giving your brain a reward when it slows down.
With repeated training, the brain learns to maintain those healthier patterns. Correcting sleep issues with neurofeedback just takes practice and reinforcement.
Another client, Bill, came to us because he was unable to sleep before 1:30 or 2:00 in the morning. He had to be awake by 6:15 a.m. to get to work, and his inability to sleep was affecting his work performance and his family life.
We were already working with one of Bill's kids for ADHD. When his wife mentioned his sleep problem during a brain training session with their son, we suggested he try neurofeedback as well.
In just over two months of neurofeedback, he was able to fall asleep between 10:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. almost every night.
Why Have I Not Heard of Neurofeedback for Sleep?
Many physicians aren't aware of neurofeedback or its role in helping improve sleep, although it's often the first significant change noticed by people when they start neurofeedback, even if they came to neurofeedback for something completely unrelated to sleep struggles.
Once doctors learn about the positive results in their patients, they are generally very receptive to neurofeedback and want to learn more.
We know sleep hygiene (habits before sleep) can play a role in improving sleep, as can certain other behavioral modifications, yet many people resort to medication because medications are commonly known, and doctors are trained to provide prescriptions to help relieve their patients' problems.
Contributory factors such as sleep apnea also need to be assessed in combination with neurofeedback training.
Does Neurofeedback Work for Kids and Adults?
People of all ages can have brain patterns that cause disruptions to their sleep. Neurofeedback is an excellent tool for kids and adults because it's similar to playing a video game, except the game is played with your brain.
Many parents report to us that their child's sleep is much improved, which can behavioral and emotional responses. People often see a noticeable change in sleep within the first four-six sessions.
Neurofeedback can be also beneficial for kids with difficulty falling asleep, kids who have nightmares or bedwetting problems, and kids who are difficult to wake up in the morning.
We offer a variety of other biofeedback and brain tools that can be helpful with sleep problems, and we encourage our clients to try different methods to see which work best.
Neurofeedback is a powerful tool to help regulate sleep. If you are interested in additional information about how neurofeedback can help your sleep issues, call our office at 561-744-7616.
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The Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO), with its six diplomatic missions (Geneva, Montreal, Nairobi, New York, Rome, and Vienna), develops and implements U.S. policy at the United Nations and in a wide range of other multilateral organizations. IO's mission statement is to employ multilateral diplomacy as a tool for advancing U.S. interests through a more effective and efficient UN and multilateral system. The Bureau advances the President's vision of strong, sustained U.S. leadership at the UN and in other multilateral venues to advance America's national interests, protect the American people, promote American prosperity and values, and drive reforms necessary to ensure the continuing utility of international organizations.
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Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kevin E. Moley is on travel to Bern, Switzerland and Rome, Italy from April 8-12. In Bern, Assistant Secretary Moley will attend the Universal Postal Union (UPU) Council of Administration meetings. In Rome, Assistant Secretary Moley will attend the 161st Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization […]Read More
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