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Dear friends,
Today is the day I was planning to reply to your *amazing* reaction to my appeal, but the likely terrorist attack in Saint Petersburg made me decide to begin with a short reminder which I feel is important. I will keep it short and to the point, and then turn to my main topic. One request: please don't comment here about this attack, but do that in the café. Thank you.
Saint Petersburg bombing:
Russia is at war. With the Empire and with the Empire's footsoldiers/cannon-fodder – the Takfiri crazies and Ukrainian Nazis. I usually say that this war is roughly 80% informational, 15% economic and 5% kinetic. The Saint Petersburg bombing falls into the last category. Horrible as this may be, this is sadly "normal" and to be expected. I have a friend from Moscow visiting right now and her reaction was "yes, that figures, we are used to this". The bombing of the Russian airliner in Egypt, the murder of the Russian ambassador and other instances always remind us that there is a price in blood, innocent blood, to be paid for confronting evil. When something like this happen, it is crucial to remain cool-headed, even if the heart suffers in compassion for the victims, and understand that with a person like Putin at the helm of the Russian state this kind of attack will not achieve either one of its three goals: to terrify the Russian people, to trigger an over-reaction by the authorities or a change in Russian policies. Neither of them will happen. Sad as this fact is, but Russians are used to live with terrorism. I don't mean to say that they are not hurt and horrified – they are – but that they understand that the only response to that kind of attack is to remain firm on the correct course. For whatever this is worth, I am pretty confident that those who planted this bomb will be found and killed. Alas, those who ordered this bombing will remain out of reach. Again, this is a sad reality we have to accept and learn to live with. Memory eternal to all those who died!
Saker's open letter to the Saker community
Introduction: a confession and an apology
I was gone for the past 10 days and this is explains my long silence. Thanks to the amazing generosity of two friends (thanks F. and A.!!!) I was able to accept an invitation of Sheikh Imran Hosein to visit him on the beautiful island of Tobago in the southern Caribbean, just north of Venezuela. This trip was absolutely amazing and very productive (much more about that later in this post). Also participating in the meeting was Stefan Karganovic, the head of the Serbian Saker blog and a friend of his, a neurosurgeon known for his work on the forensic investigation of the Srebrenica. Not to be totally paranoid, but considering the long list of enemies the four of us have, considering the location, the very high level of violence (on Trinidad) and prevalent police corruption we decided to keep our meeting, well, maybe not quite a secret, but a low-profile event. Tobago is nothing shot of a gem, more about that later, but the Internet connection in my location was either terrible or totally absent. All I could do is use my smartphone's data plan to kind of pretend I was still here so I apologize for not replying to so many emails. This is also why I could not post my latest article "Searching for Russia" until my return. However, I will say that leaving my appeal for support up for 10 days resulted in a huge response. Let's turn to that now and I will return to the topic of my trip further below.
The community's response to my appeal
Dear friends, your reaction was nothing short of *amazing*. Not only did I get a lot of donations (more about that later too), but I also got a lot of very useful advice and an immense outpouring of moral support. To say that I am deeply touched does not even begin to cover it. I also received a lot of traditional "snail-mail" letters and packages. One of the most precious benefits of my appeal was the 270 comments I got including many suggestions, a lot of them very good ones. So what I propose to do next, is to reply to what I think are the most important ones one by one. Here they are no no specific order:
Accept advertisements: that will not happen for both ethical and technological reasons. First, I am morally opposed to the capitalist logic which says that I can get money for advertisements I do not control. If we are a community, then this blog is our "common space" our commons, our collective meeting place in cyberspace. The last thing I want is to pollute it with "commercial forcefeed" most of which I find offensive anyway. So while I fully understand the logic of those who say "dude, relax, the pragmatic a logical thing to do is to play by these rules and do like so many others", I would not be me if I accepted to play by these rules. There is also a pragmatic technological reason: ads use up bandwidth on both sides – server and client – and they penalize those with slow machines or slow connections. And don't even get me started on pop-ups which I always take as an "attempted mental rape". No, friends, I don't care what the rest of the world does or does not do, ads will never happen here.
Merchandising: I tried that in the past. Not really to make any money, but actually to help a person in needed. Still, I was immediately accused of trying to make money by selling trinkets even though I made no money on that at all. Also, this would require time, energy, creativity – all things which I don't have. However, I would be willing to try out what the Debian community did. If not me, but somebody else, wants to merchandise Saker-related items and if that person pledges to pay me a little something for each sold item (as this is the original purpose to begin with) I would place a post somewhere on the blog indicating where these items could be purchased. Frankly, I doubt that I would make more then a few bucks on that, but that could have a very nice side-effect of creating a visible, tangible, sign of our community. So I like the idea, but I can't do it myself nor do I expect that to yield any real benefits for me. But, if somebody is interested, please email me and we can discuss it.
Recognizing sponsors: that seems to be a very good idea. If an individual or a corporation would decide to support my work in a substantial way I would be delighted to let the community know about this. Herb, our webmaster, and I had already done some thinking about a "Saker supporters" page, but the persons/entities we wanted to list were not really interested. However, I think that we can resurrect that idea. These are the figures Herb collected last year about the number of visitors and pages served last year:
Keep in mind that these figures really mis-represent our visibility since a lot of our articles are re-published by many other websites and blogs and that these do not include the articles translated into French, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Serbian, Portuguese, German and sometimes even in Polish and Hungarian. So our *real* visibility and reach is way bigger than what these figures, pretty good ones to begin with, suggest. So if somebody is interested in reaching the kind of public/audience/readership this blog attracts, I would be delighted to maybe not "advertise" them, but recognize them as dedicated members of our community.
I don't have too big hopes here, to be honest, considering the political climate of the day, being a supporter of my work would definitely be considered as a liability for many, I understand that. But, if somebody is interested, I am not opposed to that idea.
Subscriptions, paywalls, 2-tiers, etc.: ain't gonna happen :-) Let me explain why. First, any fixed system of payment penalizes the poor and favors the rich. Just read that 270 comments in reply to my appeal and count how many members of our community report that they are barely making ends meet, some are at minimal survival level. To tell them to pay a fixed figure for anything would be deeply immoral. These poor members of our community should not be treated as second-rate citizens here, quite to the contrary as they are already suffering difficult personal circumstances. The very *least* we all should be able to agree upon is that these members should at least be able to feel welcome here without having to pay for the privilege. So there is no way I am going to go down the subscription-only or paywall road. I have no problems with others doing that, I can understand the logic for it, but I, in my conscience cannot and will not do that. Just like with advertisements, I would simply not be me if I accepted any such fundraising methods. Having thought long and hard about this, I have come up with only *one* possible "kinda-exception" to this and this is what I have in mind:
I like what Peter Lavelle did at the Duran with his idea of a "Duran sponsor program" (check it out here). I won't copy this model exactly, but I think that I could offer the following: a Skype/Hangouts/ call with me or a suggested topic for an article or podcast. Since the topic discussed in the Skype/Hangouts/ call would be whatever if of interest to this one the caller and since the article/podcast would be public, I don't feel that this would penalize the poor. If, however, some person with little means would feel discriminated against on the basis of his/her low income, I would also offer to accept a Skype/Hangouts/ call or a topic suggestion free of charge if/when requested. I think that this is a civilized and ethical way to deal with that issue. Please let me know if you agree!
Reduce IT costs: here let me begin by clarifying that his is not my decision. For one thing, I don't have the expertise. Second, I trust my webmaster Herb at 110%. Third, what he explained to me about why we do it this way and not another makes sense to me. Fourth, nobody has complained for a long long time. So, if you *really* feel that there is a better way and you also *really* believe that you know what you are talking about, please feel free to email Herb at [email protected] and submit your suggestions to him. But I am not the right person to make those suggestions to.
Quarterly fundraising reminders: okay, I hate them, I always am so embarrassed and mortified about having to ask for money, but yeah, this works. Intellectually, I understand that there is absolutely nothing wrong with reminding the community that I have costs and that I don't just live from "love and fresh water" (as the French say), but in my gut I always am embarrassed. Still, this is the right thing to do and I will do it. Idea adopted. Also, while on the topic, I won't do a quarterly blog "shut down" as some have suggested, but I will leave an appeal up for a full week in the most visible "analyses" section. If the reaction is flaccid, I might even decide to leave it up for two weeks. That would give me a much needed break and illustrate what happens when the usual flow of work stops.
Patreon, Gofundme, Paysafecard, Payoneer, Current, etc. I will consider every one of them because
PayPal sucks. I hear you! And I agree. Quite a lot of you are even reporting that the PP system is buggy and rejects attempts to transfer money. Give me some time to investigate them all and I will offer as much of them as I can. Idea adopted.
Thermometer or deficit chart. This is tricky. Let me explain. I don't want to give out that kind of information for two main reasons: it can be used against me in many ways and that kind of information is by nature and by necessity subjective. Why? Because in reality such figures are *always* rather subjective. Say I declare that I miss $200. But the reality is that we have a small IT budget from where I could take them. Not only that, but I could use some of my own money. Or ask a friend. Or I could decide to change the definition of the budget item needing funding (like government do for inflation or unemployment figures). The bottom line is this: I believe that all such figures are fudged (not out of dishonesty, but out of necessity) and that the only correct why to present financial info is by means of a public made audit. That, I am not willing to do either because, first, nobody ought to be subject to that kind of scrutiny and, second, because whatever I say will say will inevitably my misrepresented (in case you did not know, there are a lot of "Saker-haters" out there: some for ideological reasons, others because their are envious of the success of this blog, others because they are simply batshit crazy. By now I have developed a healthy respect for the kind of damage the mix of hate and stupidity can heap upon an unsuspecting person). What I am willing to do is to share some more info about myself. Think of it as a "full disclosure sidebar".
[Full disclosure sidebar: First, and especially for newcomers: my real identity has been a pseudo-secret for a long while already (you can read about it here and here). My real name is Andrei Raevsky and while in the past I used "the Saker" is a way to remain anonymous, now I consider "The Saker" as my nom de plume, or pen name. I want to keep it for three reasons: that is a way to show that those who dishonorably betrayed my trust achieved nothing with their betrayal, that is still a way to keep the blog focused on issues rather than individuals and, frankly, I simply came to love that bird :-). So please, respect my wish and do not use my real name. Next, I do have a full-time job. My wife is a veterinarian and we have a mobile clinic where she is the brains and I am the dumb brute force: driver, boxes carrier, bodyguard (we carry controlled substances) and occasional pet handler. We have a decent house we love, 2 cars – one work one private – and we are making ends meet. But barely. We also have three kids (all young adults, two in college), plenty of medical costs, no pension fund to speak of, plenty of credit card debt and a lot of expenses. Since we home schooled all our three kids for the past 21 years we always had to live on one income, never two. That was a very deliberate sacrifice which we made with our eyes open and which we do not regret. The money I get from the blog just about plugs enough wholes to keep us "one nostril above water" as I say. So no, I am not making a lot of money from this blog, but it is crucial money for me: either I do that or I go back to work as a translator or the credit card debt goes further up. I do work very hard on this blog, often many long hours even before I begin to write something which will be posted, and I do feel that a minimal amount of compensation for that work is simply fair. I wanted to share all that with whose who might might have illusions about me becoming some millionaire blogger or something equally silly].
Writing individual thank you letters. The vast majority of donations are under ten dollars. And there is a lot of them. I simply don't have time to write individual thank you letters to everybody. How about individual thank you letters for bigger donations? Here we run in the same problem as above: this penalizes the poor, who are already penalized, and this privileges the rich, who are already privileged. To some this will sound silly, but that I how I am: these ethical issues mean a lot to me. I am who I am. I rather thank everybody by a post, or reply only to some emails or donations for a unique reason, than to create a money-based multi-tier system.
Now, there two more issues which are not directly connected, but since they have been mentioned, I will react to the comments.
Moderation. Moderation stays. First, all the mods are volunteers. Second, I feel that they provide an absolutely crucial service. When I see what the non-moderated comment threads look like I get horrified and I never, ever, post on them on principle. Oh yes, I know, moderators make mistakes, they have their own biases, prejudices and weaknesses. Guess what? That means that they are just like the rest of us: human. And it is naive to expect perfection from any human being (except maybe my wife). But these moderators are the "thin line" standing between us and a torrent of insults, stupidity, trolling, ad hominens and all the other filth that you see in the mental sewer which non-moderated comments section are. Initially, when my blog was tiny, I never ever banned a comment on the basis of my strong libertarian leanings and out of respect for freedom of speech. But now that we serve well over a million of pages each month this is not an option. Shutting down all comments is an option, but a bad one which I will not accept either: what kind of community are we if we can't even talk to each other somewhere? Yes, there will always be problems with moderation, but I do believe that with time a specific kind of person stays while others leave. For one thing, all the "pure" ideologues who come here on a basis of one article mostly run in disgust when they see an apparently opposite point of view posted. Then the trolls who eventually are always spotted, banned, fight the ban and then give up. What is left is a unique and diverse mix of high-IQ adults with a strong appreciation for free, intelligent and non-ideological discourse. That is exactly whom I feel that I write for. So moderation stays.
Facebook/Twitter: Scott, who is a real person in spite of what some dummies have suggested, is currently running the official Saker FB account. I personally absolutely loathe the social media, especially "tweets" and "hashtags" so I ain't touching this stuff. Besides, I have no time for that either.
Here is our official Facebook page Scott runs for me: https://www.facebook.com/thevineyardsaker/.
This is our official Twitter account https://twitter.com/VineyardofSaker, also run by Scott.
(There is another Saker account on Twitter, https://twitter.com/VineyardSaker, but we don't control it)
If you want to contact Scott, you can write to him at: [email protected].
My articles for the Unz Review. Ron Unz has been a terrific supporter and he has offered me a wonderful deal: I would write a weekly column for his review and I would be able to post it on the blog. The very least I could do was to indicate that the article in question was written for the Unz Review. Why that bothers somebody is beyond me. Also, I consider Ramin Mazaheri an absolutely brilliant analyst and I personally recommended him to Ron. I sure hope that Ramin's brilliant analyses will get posted on my blog and on the Unz Review. Why that would bother anybody is also beyond me. Is it not the single most important thing of all to get the Truth out there? I am personally absolutely delighted with my collaboration with Ron and with the fact that Ramin has had an article of his posted on the Unz Review. Let me add a very important thing here, please pay close attention:
There are those out there, I shall not name them but you can easily guess who they are, who seek a monopoly on the 'alternative news market'. These are the folks who see everybody else in their own camp not as allies, but as competitors. Let me be blunt here: these guys are only in this business for the money. Period. All their so-called "values" are crap. Money is all they want and that is why thy badmouth everybody else and see every "ally" as a competitor which has to be shut down or otherwise pushed aside. I loathe this crowd. In total contrast, I see everybody out there who is fighting for truth, justice, freedom and against Empire as an ally and I rejoice when an ally does well or has a success. The perfect example of such allies are Ron Unz and Ramin Mazaheri. Ron is most definitely an ally of freedom as for Ramin, he is not a resource I am going to hoard and try to keep just for myself! Not only that, but even those whom I might have disagreements with but who are on the right side of the barricade I see as precious allies too. This is one reason I strenuously avoid getting involved in exchanges of insults, ideological fights or why I don't rejoice is somebody else's failures. Augustin of Hippo wrote "in necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas" which I like to freely translate as "unity in the essential, freedom in the debatable and love in everything". This is the principle which I see at the center of my collaboration with others and not some kind of competition for clicks or dollars. As for those "professional revolutionaries", I want nothing to do with them, that was already the case when I started the blog in 2007 and that still is the case today: let them stew in their petty universe of copyright protections, DMCA complaints and avarice. Eventually everybody will recognize them for the fakes they are.
Results from the appeal for support
I am fully funded for at least the next quarter, possibly further!!! Not only that, by one person has offered to cover my IT costs! To say that I am deeply grateful would be an understatement. After the (frankly) completely failed previous two attempts, this time around the response was much stronger. I explain that by my failure to previously present the real costs underlying such a community of websites. Now that I gave you all the numbers, your response was nothing short of "explosive". Thanks, friends, consider that your "dues" have been paid in full: I will now pay the bills and the blog will run at full capacity with no service reduction of any kind.
Upcoming goodies!!
Good stuff planned for this year.
First, there will soon be a Saker Android app. I have seen the beta version and it look great. It basically pumps 50 or 100 latest articles, including media, and stores them for convenient offline reading. Not the comments (at least so far). The developer wants no money for it, but I disagree. So I need some way to get him paid. My solution? Make the app available on the Google Android Market in two versions, one free and one for a couple of bucks. The developer promised me that the code will be fully free and open source software (FOSS) and "copylefted" so I will *beg* everybody to get the paid version. I need to contact the FSF lawyers for a few technical details and then talk some more with the developer before we release. I will keep you posted.
Second, a Saker audiobook. I am not sure yet exactly if that will happen and when that will happen. But things look good. I was contacted by a professional book reader/recorder and the samples he sent me look excellent.
Third, Sheikh Imran and myself have agreed on the outline of a book we will write together. It will center on the comparison on Orthodox Christian and Islamic eschatology and on the issue of Russia and Islam.
Fourth, speaking of Islam, I plan to record of full podcast on the topic "my views on Islam" since I get a lot of questions about this and even a lot of silly accusations.
Next, I think that the proper title for the next section ought to be
A few possibly goofy ideas
First, what do you think of organizing a Saker community get together/conference? Of course, this begs the question where. I can think of three locations: southern Virginia (because I know an ideal hotel for that there), Tobago (more about that later) or on the Playa Girón (aka "Bay of Pigs") in Cuba (the symbolism here would be just sweet!). Of course, if we do that we would have to create a travel fund for those who could not afford the trip. The goal? To spend a couple of days together, get to know each other, listen to a few interesting presentations (I can invite some interesting friends) and just celebrate our community. I have to tell you that I met so many wonderful people through this blog that I want to share that wealth with the rest of you. Another way to maybe make that happen is my 2nd idea:
What about creating a Saker community member contact service? I know, some of you want (or even need!) to remain anonymous. For some this is even crucial. But others don't care. So what about offering to create some kind of way for you all to meet each other. Only for those who don't care about anonymity, of course, and who would ask for such a service. Say somebody travels to location X where there happens to be another member of our community. If they both want that, I could link them up? I used to be a member of the IISS (The International Institute for Strategic Studies in London) before resigning in disgust over their dumb knee-jerk support for anything NATO. Well, the IISS offers each member a little booklet with the info about all the other members, individuals, corporate or government representatives. That is, I think, I neat idea. Anywhere you go, any region or topic you want to look into, you get somebody who can help. Now, the IISS is your typical pompous think tank with a lot of "world elite" names. My idea would be far more modest: to introduce good people to each other as a way to fight the feeling of being alone, a "submarine in the desert" on a world gone crazy. The truth is that there is A LOT of us out there. Why should I be the only one benefiting from our amazing community?
Okay, I think I have covered it all. Now, for those interested,
A short report about my trip to Tobago
Sheikh Imran Hosein and I have been corresponding for a long time already and I introduced him to some members of our community. Eventually the Sheikh decided that we had to meet face to face to first, spend some time together and, second, to prepare a book on a topic which is dear to both of us: Orthodoxy, Russia. eschatology and Islam. He invited me last year, but I had to decline simply because I could not pay for the trip (locally, thanks to the Sheikh's amazing hospitality, I had no costs). However, two dear friends insisted to pay for the flight so two weeks ago I boarded a Jet Blue flight to Trinidad and then a small island hopper aircraft from Caribbean Airways which brought me to the small airfield on the south end of Tobago.
Pretty soon, I realized that I was in heaven. For one thing, the kindness and hospitality of Shiekh Imran was amazing. Second, Tobago is really a pearl. Now I understand why he always writes about "my enchanting Tobago" or "my beloved Tobago". The place is simply beautiful. Not only that, but the people there are wonderful, amongst the kindest and friendliest people I have ever met. Make no mistake, the island of Tobago is rather poor. Not abject poverty, no, but still pretty poor. While Trinidad lives of its oil sales, Tobago lives mainly of tourism but the amazing levels of violence and general criminality on Trinidad (mostly due to drugs and gang warfare) seem to deter a lot of tourists from visiting Tobago even though Tobago is much safer. For me, however, this was a blessing since I don't really like the presence of (frankly often dumb) tourists anywhere. On Tobago about 99% of the people I met were either locals or people from Trinidad who seek the peace and beauty of Tobago.
Most Tobagonians are of African extraction, descendants of slaves. But you also meet a lot of Indians, mostly Muslims, and Arabs. There are also Chinese, Hispanics and a few White expats. All in all, a very nice mix which produces some very nice local dishes including my favorite the "Roti", an Indian dish adapted to local spices (basically a mix of curries wrapped in Indian bread). Great stuff, mouth watering and very healthy too. As I said, Tobagonians are extremely friendly, joyful and kind and many times a day I was greeting with big, kindness-beaming smiles.
Nature on Tobago is amazing too. Beautiful beaches, crystal clear water, hills covered with a dense rain forest. And some totally unique locations like the amazing Nylon Pool.
Do I need to say that I enthusiastically recommend Tobago (but not Trinidad!) for anybody wanting to visit a little peace of paradise on earth?
I had to admit that before leaving for Tobago I was pretty close to a burnout. After this trip, I feel like I am 10 years younger and my batteries are full again. I will be forever in debt to Sheikh Imran and my friends for making this trip possible for me!
The main purpose of the trip was still work. As I said, I worked on the structure of our upcoming book with Sheikh Imran while I also worked with Stefan on issues related to the History of the Orthodox People project. I am very satisfied with the results of this trip and I feel like now I can go back to work with renewed enthusiasm and energy.
*YOUR* turn now!
I want to hear your reactions to my replies today. I think that I have really tried to go out of my way to be as candid as possible with you and I would like to keep this an ongoing dialog between us. My personal preference would be if you could post your comments/reactions here, in the comments section, but if you prefer, you can, of course, email me. But please keep in mind that right now I have 80 unanswered emails in my inbox :-((
So, please let me know what you think.
In conclusion, I will add a cautionary note: 2018 will be a tough year. First, all he hopes we might have had for Trump are now pretty much gone. At best, he will do very little or nothing at all, at worst the Neocons and the 'deep state' will force him to comply with their all their demented demands. He sure looks pretty beat to me and when I hear that Flynn is now offering to testify against immunity I fear that Flynn will now make Trump pay for having betrayed him. What is sure is that the Trump plan to create some kind of Kurdistan is totally idiotic and will end in abject failure (my next analysis will probably be about that). As for Russia, the Russians are pretty much fed up with waiting for some sign from Trump, they are now basically pursuing their own policies and have unofficially given up any hopes of actually getting a real partnership going between the USA and Russia. I cannot blame them. How long can they continue to pretend that Nikki Haley does not exist or that NATO is not hiring Russian-speakers to play the role of civilians in military exercises where NATO soldiers will practice the occupation of "Russian villages" (in the Baltic or the Ukraine?). The Ukraine is breaking apart on all her seams, even if Poroshenko might hold on to power for quite a while longer. Serbia and Montenegro are under tremendous pressure to accept US demands ranging from homosexual parades to the recognition of Kosovo as an independent state. A civil war is now a real possibility. While the war in Syria is slowly winding down, Trump is now considering triggering a civil war in Turkey. Iraq is a total mess and Iran is in the USA's crosshairs. Israel might be arrogant enough to force Russia to shoot down an Israeli aircraft over Syria while the Saudi Wahabis are planning a further escalation of violence in Yemen. Last but not least, I think that there is a very real risk of violent civil unrest inside the USA (expect an analysis combined with a book review on that topic in the near future). So all in all, tough times. Maybe not nuclear WWIII as would have been the case with Hillary, but most definitely not a period of peace thanks to a draining of a swamp in Washington, DC.
So when the bovine excreta hits the fan (it will) and things get ugly (they will), don't get discouraged, don't lose heart, remain focused and calm and, most importantly, don't listen to the naysayers! We are winning. The struggle is far from over. But we are most definitely winning!!
Thanks, hugs and cheers to all,
The Saker


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Today's topic is an interesting one, an opportunity to talk about a knitter or crocheter who has inspired me in some way. There are many many amazing people out there whose work I admire, and inspire me on a regular basis. However for this assignment, I'd like to talk about someone I've never met.
My great grandmother.
I don't know a lot about her, she was born in the 19th century, had 4 children in a short period of time and was married to a man who believed that she should keep a perfect house, and if she had time to do handwork that wasn't "productive" there were chores that were being neglected.
In spite of his attitude, my great grandmother was a prolific crocheter. Not just small pieces, either. She crocheted tablecloths – large enough for a dining room table that could seat 10. She also sewed quite a bit, so she made her own aprons. I'm told they were long aprons, with pockets as large as the apron itself. She'd tuck her work into the pocket, and pull it out whenever she had a free moment (without "neglecting her chores."). I love her ingenuity. I love that she figured out a way to continue to crochet in an environment that wasn't conducive to her creativity.
Don't think I'm not horrified by my great grandfather's attitude. I'm sorry my great grandmother had to be this inventive for this reason, but I admire that she was, and the amazing work she left behind.
I don't have any pictures of her work, this post should give me the incentive to try and get some pictures.

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Some of New York's most high-profile and high-tech buildings are resorting to an ancient method to keep cool.
Skyscrapers including Rockefeller Center, Bank of America (BAC) Tower, Goldman Sachs (FADXX), Morgan Stanley (AACXX) and Credit Suisse (CCRSX) are now using ice to supplement their air-conditioning.
The buildings have installed massive ice-making tanks in their basements or rooftops. Water is frozen overnight to produce gigantic blocks of solid ice, when electricity is the cheapest, and melted during the day, when electricity is most expensive. The ice is used to chill air, which is then circulated throughout the building to help cool the occupants.
This freezing and melting process is called "thermal storage." By shifting electricity use to off-peak hours, costs can be brought significantly lower than using power during a normal weekday.
Equipped with 41 cylindrical tanks -- each holding 2,200 gallons of water -- Rockefeller Center's giant ice blocks help the 8 million square foot complex to stay cool, even during the recent heat wave that pushed power demand in New York City to a record high.
"[Using ice] helps reduce cooling energy costs by as much as 40 percent in commercial buildings," said Paul Valenta, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Calmac, the largest thermal energy storage equipment maker based in New Jersey, which manufactured Rockefeller Center's ice tanks.
Related: Global CO2 emissions at record high in 2012
On average, an ice tank measures about 8 feet high and 7 feet wide, weighs 16,900 pounds, and costs from $15,000 to $30,000. Each tank typically requires the same amount of floor space as a water heater requires in a 2,000 square foot home, according to the company.
"It requires about 150 to 400 pounds of ice to cool down a person in an office building every day," said Mark MacCracken, chief executive of Calmac.
The thermal storage idea has been around for about 10 to 15 years in New York, but the market has been slow in adopting the new technology due to a lack of public awareness.
"Ice storage systems only make up 1% of the air-conditioning market. Most large buildings are still using conventional electric chillers," said Jasmine Williams, marketing manager at Calmac.
Related: Coal companies hit by oversupply, Obama
Other manufacturers with similar products include Trane, a New Jersey-based subsidiary of Ingersoll Rand (IR), Baltimore Aircoil Company, and Colorado-based Ice Energy.
There are approximately 4,000 ice storage systems in use in the United States and 8,000 worldwide, including a McDonald's (MCD) franchise in Geneva, Switzerland, JC Penney's (JCP) corporate headquarters in Plano, Texas, and the Tuntex Sky Tower in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, according to Calmac.
"Ice storage is a clever idea that makes a lot of sense. It can help to reduce peak load, mitigate energy system stress, and stabilize the electrical grid in New York," said Laurie Kerr, director of the city energy project at Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group based in New York.
Kerr said the most significant benefits are that the storage system is able to reduce air pollution and help stabilize the electrical grid. By shifting the electricity use to night time, fewer of the dirtiest plants such as coal and oil plants will be needed, reducing emissions of air pollutants; also it help keeps electrical demand from exceeding supply by reducing energy use during the hottest hours.
In comparison, the ice cooling approach has less impact on global warming, since shifting to nighttime power leads to less dramatic reductions in carbon emissions, she said.


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I first became aware of Helvetica when I was visiting New York during the Spring of 2002. I knew nothing about the fundamentals of typography back then (graphic design classes were four years off), but when I strolled into the F.I.T. bookstore and spotted a small red book emblazoned with a large H, my whole world changed. The book was Helvetica: Homage To A Typeface by Lars Müller. As I flipped through the pages of Helvetica-covered images, I made the connection that the typeface was all around me (including the subway I used to get back downtown). I've since looked at the book so many times that the spine has cracked!
Most people seeme to have a love or hate relationship with Helvetica, as I discovered with my recent purchase of the Helvetica notebook. The "lines" on the pages are really quotes about Helvetica in 3 point type….
One of the quotes on the Love side reads:
"I always really enjoy using Helvetica because you know, some people say they use a different typeface because it gives a different feeling. I really enjoy making Helvetica speak in different ways. It's been around for fifty years, coming up, and it's just as fresh as it was. Obviously, it wasn't intended to be this cool thing, but it's just a beautiful font." -Michael C. Place
And, on the Hate side, here's a sample:
"Most people who use Helvetica use it because it's umbiquitous. It's like going to McDonald's instead of thinking about food. Because it's there. It's on every street corner. So let's eat crap because it's on the corner. " -Ed Spiekermann
Personally, I think Helvetica has its time and place and shouldn't be slapped on everything just because it's simple and easy (though I'm guilty of using way too much Hevetica Neue Ultra Light).
What's your opinion on Helvetica?
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Sprint has committed to buying 30.5 million iPhones over the next four years, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company, which has not had a profitable year since 2006, is likely to initially lose money on the deal, which requires it to subsidize the cost of iPhones to Apple at $500 a pop. The hope is that it will help produce subscriber growth.
According to the WSJ's article, Dan Hesse, Sprint's CEO, described the plan to the company's board in August. It will involve a long-term contract with Apple for its smartphones—a contract worth $20 billion at the phone's current valuation. That will constitute a huge hit to the company's operating revenue, an anonymous source said.
Hesse's proclamation unnerved the board, but they agreed the company has few other options if it is to remain competitive with carriers that already offer the iPhone. Hesse stated at a conference last month that the iPhone is "the number one reason customers leave or switch" from Sprint.
While the company's decision to buy iPhones that have not yet been invented seems risky, other carriers may be engaging in similar deals and successfully moving the phones. Even as the iPhone 4 and 3G S grew long in the tooth in the first half of this year, Verizon and AT&T sold 12 million of the handsets between them, and 128 million of the phones have been sold worldwide since 2007.
Selling 30.5 million iPhones in four years may be an optimistic goal, but it's not impossible, particularly in light of Sprint's service offerings. The company finished second to Verizon in customer satisfaction (though many of its customers only have pay-as-you-go service), and is the only remaining carrier that still offers unlimited data use. Its growing 4G network can serve that data at a fast pace.
Apple is expected to unveil the first handset that will fill out Sprint's commitment at an event tomorrow. Stay tuned for Ars' live coverage tomorrow at 10AM PDT.


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Ninja Turtles... in Astoria!
The year was 1993. Clinton was in office, war was erupting in Eastern Europe… and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were back in time!
Few kids from the early 90's missed out on the summer blockbusters that were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies. Starting in 1990, the franchise quickly spawned two sequels coming out, one after another, each summer. With voice talent provided by Corey Feldman, Robbie Rist (Cousin Oliver … anyone?), and Brian Tochi, the Turtles became a pop culture phenomenon.
On August 8, the franchise that created a hundred 90's catchphrases will try to do it again with a reboot produced by universally-respected cinema auteur Michael Bay. (Watch the trailer here. Be sure to turn the volume down. ) But while you wait, you might be so inclined to satisfy your Turtle needs by renting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, which was filmed in our very own Astoria.
The franchise decided to take a different direction with the third installment, abandoning many of the fan favorite advisories in favor of sending the masked wearing turtles back in time to ancient Japan. Pitting them against evil Samurai, the masked wearing hero's must do battle for the salvation of a small village, while they try to discover what it means to grow up.
Meanwhile, Astoria was going through quite a filming boom during the late 80's-early 90's. Film classics such as The Goonies, Free Willy, Kindergarten Cop, and Benji, The Hunted, were all primarily filmed in the area around the coastal town. The combination of lush wilderness, small town ambiance, and open coastline made Astoria the ideal filming location for many Hollywood execs. The Turtles were no different. Producers of the film sought to recreate the atmosphere of ancient Japan, without the hassle of actually going there.
The film received lackluster reviews upon its release, but has maintained as a good testament to a bygone age (early 90's, not ancient Japan). Over-the-top action, humorous catchphrases, and pre-CGI special effects that remind us how far our technology has come. Viewing a movie like this, it might be best just to suspend disbelief and just let your nostalgia take over. Put on your TMNT shirt, grab your old plastic cup you made your mom buy at Wal-Mart, and just enjoy it!


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The Most Popular TV Show Set in Each State
Today let's look at two maps that tried to nail down the most popular TV show set in each state. The first comes from Andrew Shears, and the second is a rebuttal from Mike Nudelman, shared by Kirsten Acuna. This version cuts out most of the reality shows:
Areas of contention include Colorado (Mork & Mindy vs. South Park), Illinois (Married With Children vs. Roseanne), and Georgia (The Dukes of Hazzard vs. The Walking Dead).
Did either map get your state right? Apologies to Charles in Charge, but you can't argue The Sopranos for New Jersey.
Glad to see My Secret Identity getting some love.
The Afternoon Map is a new semi-regular feature in which we post maps and infographics. In the afternoon. Semi-regularly. Thanks to geography professor Andrew Shears and Business Insider for today's maps.


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The holidays are upon us, and last year we told you about the New Orleans tradition of Reveillon Dinners. These are special holiday dinners that remind us of the Creole feasts that begon in the 19th century – due to traditions brought over from Europe. The tradition carries on with just under 50 participating restaurants in NOLA this year. We are going to tell you about three that are not far from our inn. When you stay with us at 1896 O'Malley Bed & Breakfast, take part in this New Orleans tradition, and enjoy the holidays our way!
The Bombay Club
The Bombay Club is at 830 Conti St. (2.8 miles away) and reservations can be made by calling (504) 586-0972. Starting at $46, enjoy four courses of delicious and unique items including Warm Crawfish & Creole Cream Cheese Strudel with Tomato Aioli; Grilled Redfish with Creamed Fingerling Potato-Crab Broth & Fried Crab Wonton; and English Toffee Bread Pudding Topped with White Chocolate Sauce. These unique offerings will put anyone in the holiday spirit.
You'll find Tujague's, which has been around for 140 years, at 823 Decatur St. (3.4 miles away) and you can make reservations at (504) 525-8676. Beginning at $45, the four courses include such traditional and flavorful items as Fried Oyster Spinach Salad with Shaved Red Onions, Blue Cheese, Spicy Pecans, Warm Bacon Vinaigrette; House-made Gnocchi with Louisiana Blue Crab and Wild Mushroom Cream Sauce; and good old fashioned Bread Pudding. This authentic menu will give you a taste of the flavors that make New Orleans a savory adventure!
Restaurant August
Enjoy the unique offerings at Restaurant August at 301 Tchoupitoulas St. (just under 3 miles away). Make reservations at (504) 299-9777. Their five course Reveillon meal starts at $97 and features such delicious items as Brouillade aux Truffes, Local Farm Eggs & Butter with Fresh Winter Truffle; Carved Aged Beef Rib-Eye with Oyster Dressing; and Chocolate Torte with Creole Cream Cheese, Pecan & Satsuma Ice Cream. Chef John Besh, recently rated one of the Top 10 Chefs in America, shares his talent and amazing palate with visitors through a mouth-watering menu. This delicious dinner will leave you satisfied!
With several restaurants to choose from, you'll relish in this New Orleans tradition. We hope you'll delight in the Reveillon Dinners during your stay with us. Happy Holidays!


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Recari beats Kim in Kia Classic playoff
Carlsbad, CA – Beatriz Recari birdied the second playoff hole Sunday to beat I.K. Kim and win the Kia Classic.
Kim bogeyed the final hole of regulation to close a round of 1-under 71. Recari also bogeyed the 18th for a 2-over 74. They ended regulation tied at 9- under-par 279.
The duo returned to the 18th tee at Aviara Golf Club for the playoff. Both found the short grass with their tee shots. Recari pulled her second shot into the chipping area left of the green.
Kim did the same. After Recari played her third shot seven feet by the hole, Kim left her birdie effort nine feet short. Kim missed the par putt left. With a chance to win, Recari missed her par chance right of the hole.
They both tapped in for bogey and headed back to the 18th tee for a second time. Kim and Recari both found the fairway off the tee again.
Recari's second flirted with the water right of the green, but ended on the fringe. Kim's approach stopped about 35 feet short of the hole. Kim missed her birdie try left of the cup.
Recari poured in her birdie try from off the green to earn her second LPGA Tour title.
"It was hard down the stretch. I had a birdie on 16, then after that this (18th) green was tough. I really, really have to thank my family and my coach. It's really special to get my second win," Recari said through tears in a greenside interview.
"I'm not close to calm right not. It's the opposite. Every victory is different. This is just amazing, I can't believe it. I'm just really happy."
Pornanong Phatlum, like Recari and Kim, bogeyed the last to miss the playoff by one. Phatlum posted a 4-under 68 to end at minus-8. She ended alongside Cristie Kerr (71) and Mo Martin (69).
Karrie Webb (74), Jane Park (71) and Lizette Salas (72) shared sixth place at 7-under-par 281.
Women's world No. 1 Stacy Lewis moved to 11-under and into a share of the lead, but dropped five shots over the last eight holes to end three back at minus-6.
Lewis was one of five players that had at least a piece of the lead in the final round.
Recari was two clear at the start of the round, but had nine pars and two bogeys through 11 holes. She was two back at minus-9.
The Spaniard birdied the 16th to reclaim a piece of the lead. With a chance to win in regulation, she bogeyed the last to go into the extra session.
Kim, who missed a tap-in par at the final hole of regulation and lost in a playoff at last year's Kraft Nabisco Championship, flew into the lead with three birdies in the first seven holes. That got her to 11-under, but she stumbled to three consecutive bogeys from the 11th.
The three-time winner on the LPGA Tour bounced back with birdies on 15 and 16 to regain a share of the lead. Kim 3-putted for bogey at the last to slip into the playoff.
NOTES: Recari collected $255,000 for the victory ... She also won the 2010 CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge ... Phatlum's 68 was one of the four on the day, and they were the low rounds on Sunday ... After a week off, the LPGA Tour heads to Rancho Mirage for the season's first major, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, where Sun Young Yoo beat Kim in a playoff last year.


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UNITED STATES, Appt., v. LEWIS E. BROWN. NO 283. LEWIS E. BROWN, Appt., v. UNITED STATES. NO 284.
27 S.Ct. 620
51 L.Ed. 1046
UNITED STATES, Appt.,
LEWIS E. BROWN. NO 283. LEWIS E. BROWN, Appt., v. UNITED STATES. NO 284.
Nos. 283, 284.
Submitted April 25, 1907.
Decided May 13, 1907.
Assistant Attorney General Van Orsdel and Messrs. George B. Davis and Franklyn W. Collins for the United States.
[Argument of Counsel from page 241 intentionally omitted]
Messrs. Lorenzo A. Bailey, W. W. Dudley, and L. T. Michener for Brown.
[Argument of Counsel from page 242 intentionally omitted]
Mr. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion of the court:
This is a claim for pay as first lieutenant of United States Volunteers after February 17, 1899, on which date, by the sentence of a court-martial, the claimant was dismissed from the service. The court-martial consisted of five members, the minimum number by the 75th and 79th articles of war (Rev. Stat. § 1342, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, pp. 959, 960), and the president of the court was an officer in the Regular Army. By article 77 'officers of the Regular Army shall not be competent to sit on courts-martial to try the officers of soldiers of other forces, except as provided in article 78.' (Article 78 has no bearing on the case.) On this ground it is contended that the proceedings were void. Even if the presence of an incompetent person as a member would not have made the proceedings invalid in any event, in this case without him there would have been no court. It has been decided that a sentence against a volunteer officer by a court composed wholly of regular officers is void, and this principle is thought to govern the present case. McClaughry v. Deming, 186 U. S. 49, 46 L. ed. 1049, 22 Sup. Ct. Rep. 786. On this ground the court of claims decided that the claimant was entitled to recover up to the time of the final muster out of his regiment on May 25, 1899, including two months' extra pay under the act of January 12, 1899, chap. 46 (30 Stat. at L. 784). 41 Ct. Cl. 275, 515. There are cross appeals to this court.
The answer of the United States to the foregoing argument is that the regular officer had been granted an indefinite leave of absence from the Regular Army in order to enable him to accept a commission as lieutenant colonel, Second United States Volunteer Infantry, and that he was serving in the letter capacity when he sat upon the court. It is argued that it always has been understood that under such circumstances the position in the volunteer service alone is to be regarded, that much harm will be done if a contrary construction should be adopted now, and that the leave given to appoint regular officers to the volunteer service should be construed to carry with an appointment the same consequences that would attach to a commission if held by anyone else. Act of April 22, 1898, chap. 187, § 13, 30 Stat. at L. 363; act of May 28, 1898, chap. 367, § 2, 30 Stat. at L. 421, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 881.
This argument would have great force when it was required, as formerly, only that courts-martial for the trial of militia officers 'should be composed entirely of militia officers.' Act of April 10, 1806, chap. 20, art. 97, 2 Stat. at L. 359, 371. If there was a settled practice of treating these words as satisfied if the members of the court were militia officers, whether they also held commissions in the Regular Army or not, we well might hesitate to overthrow it. But when the express prohibition contained in article 77 was adopted by the Revised Statutes (U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 959), it made the former construction no longer possible. The words of the statute are peremptory and must be obeyed. We do not apprehend any serious consequences, in view of the date of the change. But, whatever the consequences, we must accept the plain meaning of plain words. It follows that the proceedings of the court were void and that it is not necessary to mention or consider other objections that were urged.
We are of opinion that the court of claims was right also in the allowances made to the claimant. In 1900 the claimant applied for an honorable discharge as of May 25, 1899, the date when his regiment was mustered out, but was refused. Of course, the refusal of a certificate of honorable discharge on the ground that the applicant already has been dishonorably discharged is not an active retention of the officer in the service. The act of March 2, 1899, chap. 352, § 15 (30 Stat. at L. 977, 981), provided that the officers and men of the Volunteer Army should be mustered out, and, under the act of January 12, 1899, chap. 46 (30 Stat. at L. 784), 'as far as practicable,' the discharge of officers and men was to take effect at the muster out of the organization to which they belonged. It would be monstrous to hold that it had been determined not to be practical to discharge the claimant when his regiment was mustered out, or that the circumstances of his case, notwithstanding his technical success, afford a ground for a later claim. The claimant was allowed two months' extra pay for service outside the United States. He was not entitled to one month's extra pay for service within the United States. See act of May 26, 1900, chap. 586, 31 Stat. at L. 205, 217, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 3346. Of course, the claim for travel under the same act (31 Stat. at L. 210, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 841) must fail. The claimant was discharged before that act was passed.
Judgment affirmed.
Mr. Justice Moody did not sit and took no part in the decision.
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Healthy diet plans do not mean that you should starve to remain fit and agile. Your diet plan has to be linked to your body constitution, your daily routine and your metabolism factor.
A healthy diet plan keeps you light, fresh and mentally active through out the day. While there are a number of theories about the contents of a healthy diet plan, modern research proves that your diet plan should encourage you to eat healthy and eat organic foods.
Your diet plan should include eating small and medium servings at least 4-5 times a day, as compared to 2-3 heavy meals. Small and varied servings throughout the day keep you content without a heavy feeling. It also helps you avoid getting that craving for mid-meal snacks.
Make it a point to include generous amounts of fresh fruits, green vegetables, whole grain cereals and milk products in your diet plan. Fresh and organic fruits are good source of vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates and develop your immunity levels. Green vegetables are rich in iron, calcium and minerals.
If you are a non-vegetarian, then fish and egg white can be taken to meet your protein requirements. Pulses, nuts, tofu and beans are a good option for vegetarians.
One major misgiving about a healthy diet plan is that fat needs to be avoided at all costs. Remember that fat is an important element for your body to function efficiently.
It is like oil to your body machinery. You need to take unsaturated fats available in olive, sunflower and corn and avoid the saturated variety, which is generally found in animal products and bakery items.
Also, keep an eye on your calorie intake. Your calorie consumption is linked to your activity level and structure. People leading a sedentary life style require less calories compared to those who are more physically active. Gradually reduce your consumption of calories, if you are taking more than you need. Do not bring your intake to less than 1200 per day or otherwise you will feel burnt out.
Thus, to follow a healthy diet plan, you need to think positively and be prepared to make changes in your life style and food habits. Moderation is the key to success, and balanced food is an important ingredient for healthy and happy living.


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Couples Counselor
Lisa Silk, MSW, LCSW
Addiction Therapist, Family Therapist
In 19041 - Nearby to Paoli.
Coupleship is a unique dynamic. Often we fall head over heels for someone.. everything seems meant to be and then after awhile you look over at this person and think...huh? This is way more common than people think. Making a partnership work is not easy as we were promised in fairy tales, but it can be the most amazing and deepest intimacy we have ever known if we are honest, healthy and truly committed. I help couples find this true intimacy again through couples counseling. My approach is practical, respectful, and solution oriented. If you have found this, you still have hope for the relationship. This is so important, let me help you take the next step to love deeply.
Couples Counselor
Christopher DiOrio, MS MLA
Individual and Couples Counselor MS, MLA
In 19032 - Nearby to Paoli.
Having a safe and open environment to address communication challenges, expressing vulnerability, and seeking the support to become accountable in your relationship is what couples counseling can offer. This process can help you and your partner gain greater stability and a deeper understanding of your relationship dynamic. I find that when I work with couple communication is a major issue. Therefore working with a counselor who can help you and your partner feel heard have the potential to open the door to getting certain needs in the relationship met and understood.
Couples Counselor
Philip Friedman, Ph.D
Director: Foundation for Well-Being; Psychologist
In 19462 - Nearby to Paoli.
I create a safe, warm, caring atmosphere so that you and your spouse or partner can share your stressful conflicts that cause hurt, anger, depression, bitterness, sadness, helplessness, discouragement, withdrawal, attack and hopelessness. Either or both of you may also be experiencing guilt, shame, loss, grief and serious family, parent-child or career/job) problems. I can help you shift from this state of emotional and mental distress/darkness to the experience of emotional and mental light and can help you learn to communicate more effectively and harmoniously. I can help you learn how to be more appropriately assertive; listen more from the heart and resolve problems in a win-win mutua
Couples Counselor
Manisha Shendge, D.Min., FT, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist
In 19460 - Nearby to Paoli.
Not feeling as close to your partner? Feeling that you have grown apart over time? Communication issues? Conflict? Stress in your relationship? Over time most couples experience some stress in their relationship and do not feel that they are the couple they wanted to be. Let us help you rediscover each other and what your relationship can be. We emphasize communication, connection and restoration in a safe environment and help you and your partner reconnect.
Couples Counselor
Jennifer McCarron, MA, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified EMDR Therapist
In 18936 - Nearby to Paoli.
Not all couples are married, but many couples still have the same problems as married people do such as communication, intimacy, recovering from affairs and how to move forward . I use the research-based tools from the Gottman Couples Therapy Method to help couples who are struggling with issues relating to their relationship and how to progress to the next level.
Couples Counselor
Robert Castle, M.S., LCPC, NCC
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Available for Online Therapy
Couples therapy can be like inviting someone into your "home," the special relational zone that you share with your significant other. Teletherapy can offer further enrichment to the therapeutic process, in addition to convenience factors. I strive to maintain a neutral and gentle perspective, helping you each observe and better manage your relational patterns of communion or disconnect. I can adapt my style to help you learn and practice new ways to empathize with your partner's perspective, communicate effectively, resolve conflict and enjoy healthy connected-ness. I use tools such as the Myers-Briggs temperament styles, IMAGO techniques, and the Prepare-Enrich assessment survey.
Couples Counselor
Lee Bowers, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
In 19085 - Nearby to Paoli.
I always prefer to see couples BEFORE they get married, because so many problems can be avoided by getting started out on the right foot. By learning good communication and problem solving skills before marriage, you can move on to that next step with confidence and skill. I also work with couples for whom marriage is not the goal, who are gay or lesbian, or couples who simply have reached an impasse on an issue and are looking for an objective third party.
Couples Counselor
Jennifer Bullock, M.Ed, M.L.S.P., LPC
Licensed Profesional Counselor
In 19102 - Nearby to Paoli.
How to Get the Love You Want Take a minute to think about what you expect from a loving relationship with a partner. Does your list contain any of the following common expectations? o Healing past wounds o Meeting all of your current emotional needs o Fulfilling fantasies and idealizations of how life should be o Making up for other less rewarding aspects of life / making your life "whole" Any one of these expectations alone can be a very tall order! Not surprisingly, relationships often buckle under these kinds of pressures. So, what to do? Learn to take care of and give to the relationship; in other words, give instead of trying to get the love you want. Take care of the rel....
Couples Counselor
Lindsay Bauer, LMFT, RYT
Marriage and Family Therapist, Yoga Instructor
In 19103 - Nearby to Paoli.
A relationship requires work but it doesn't have to feel painful and exhausting along the way. Couples therapy focuses on helping partners form positive and meaningful interactions, develop relational goals, and build on communication skills in order to feel heard, understood, and deeply loved by your significant other. I use Emotion Focused Therapy to help partners label and understand each other's underlying feelings and to develop more affect and compassion for one another. I also offer couples yoga to work on intimacy and trust issues.
Couples Counselor
Qatana Samanen, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
In 19301 - Nearby to Paoli.
The most important thing in couples therapy is helping both people learn what they can do differently to transform negative patterns into a mutually respectful, loving relationship. When people learn to really listen to each other, communication improves. Understanding and compassion take the place of anger and resentment, transforming power struggles into mutual support. What a relief! I specialize in helping couples move beyond the crisis of infidelity to create a relationship that's better and stronger than ever. When this happens, trust is rebuilt and both partners gain confidence that they will never again suffer the pain of an affair
Couples Counselor
Kevin Fleming, Ph.D.
Coach/Change Agent/Consultant
At Home or Private Discreet Intensives
What are the most common couples' issues? If you are thinking "communication, conflict, sex, money, child rearing" you are correct. However, most therapists will go after the symptom on each side of the couple fence thinking that the way to effective change is by getting each party to "work" on their respective "issue". Many times the parties don't agree but comply. Imagine if you could align the unconscious brains of a couple and stop the "working on your issues" part that has become so popular in therapy settings? Contact email@example.com to learn how! Or call 877-606-6161. DR. FLEMING'S NEW RELATIONSHIP/COUPLES INTENSIVES. www.kevinflemingphd.com/marriage-couples-retreats.php
Couples Counselor
Cheryl Sparks, PhD, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
In 19087 - Nearby to Paoli.
We are meant to form connections that are safe and close and loving, but most couples at some time or another find themselves stuck in a repetitive pattern of interacting which leaves each person feeling hurt and alone. Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples, the most well-researched approach to couple therapy, is a powerful tool that will help get to the heart of the problem and to find your way back to that experience of loving connection. Interrupting that downward spiral feels like hard work for most couples, but beginning to move to a new, warm, close place, is immensely rewarding, even for those who have previously been distressed or shut down. I have great hope for couples!
Couples Counselor
Walter Matweychuk, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
In 19102 - Nearby to Paoli.
Anger is not an aphrodisiac nor is it helpful in getting more of what you want. Couples in conflict often focus too much energy on changing their partner. The problem is that each partner does not have direct control over the other. The way out is of this dilemma is to learn how to not get so upset over what you dislike in your partner. I teach each partner how to improve their relationship by first modifying their own behavior. By having better control over your emotional and behavioral reactions you can more constructively communicate, negotiate and influence your partner. I teach you how to get your message across and positively influence your partner so that you can enjoy the results!
Couples Counselor
Barbara Shaw, MS, LMFT
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
In 19468 - Nearby to Paoli.
You are struggling in your relationship and come to me feeling confused, hopeless, overwhelmed, angry, lonely, unloved, frustrated. . . I am specifically trained to help you identify what your true emotions and motivations are, what you are both really thinking and feeling. Often, couples feel they are in direct conflict when in fact they are simply not understanding the other's point of view. In many cases, when individuals realize what is really going on for the other beneath the surface, these insights alone can promote healing in the relationship. Gradually, conflict and feelings of isolation and confusion are replaced by feelings of understanding and connection.
Couples Counselor
Vivian Good, LPC, MA, MS, ACS
Licensed Professional Counselor, Accredited Clinical Supervisor
In 19087 - Nearby to Paoli.
As a couples counselor I am on the side of the relationship. While I may spend some time focusing on one partner or the other in order to understand relational dynamics, my primary goal is to help the relationship. Each relationship is unique. Some issues that affect couples include trust building, healthy boundaries, open communication, individual and relational growth, transitional life stages, financial issues, decision making. We will identify the strengths and weakness of your specific relationship, explore what makes a successful relationship and suggest ways to improve your relationship.
Couples Counselor
Eugene Kayser, M.A., M.F.T.
PA Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
In 18936 - Nearby to Paoli.
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We shouldn't be surprised I suppose. After all churches and religions, like schools and universities, are cultural institutions. They therefore also make very useful tools for accessing a person's inner values, attitudes, and beliefs and changing them. At a 2007 UNESCO Workshop in Spain we were once again not invited to, the world's religions were called on to "assist in the great transition to a viable future for all species." http://www.arcworld.org/downloads/Barcelona%20Report.pdf Religions were called on "to renew and transform themselves" in italics just like that and to begin to "present alternative visions to counter the allure of endless consumption and endless economic growth, opening us up to something bigger than ourselves." The workshop declared that the UN's Decade of Education for Sustainable Development that commenced in 2005 was "not just about the environment, it's about social change and transforming economic and political structures."
Education for sustainability "should aim towards 'a change in mind and heart, changing who we are." That intrusive goal of course gets much easier if schools globally are being pushed quietly to make new values, ethics, and moral development the invisible center of all instruction and assessment while religions are told they must now "come together" to push towards comparable personal and social transformations. The title quote comes from a Rabbi Arthur Waskow:
"the whole world is today in an earthquake: politics, economics, sexuality…all is off the ground. People look for something that isn't quaking, desperately trying to find something stable, and so they don't pay attention to the state of the Earth…Our calling today is like 'learning to dance in an earthquake.' This quaking will transform everything including religions: 'We know what religious traditions were like three hundred years ago, but we don't know how they will be after learning to dance in an earthquake."
Now if an earthquake does come, I personally think survival will call on all my wits and knowledge about what has worked in the past and what consistently leads to tragedies. But then I am not a current or former politician or NGO bureaucrat. I am not even a professor. Just a lawyer seriously tracking all the things being pushed now in the name of Common Core in the US and why the required classroom implementation never looks like all the hype used to try to gain popular support for our own political and economic execution. If you are wondering how on earth today's post veered into discussing religion when we were just overseas visiting with the Swedes from the 1960s, here's my reply. It's the same vision and really the same means as well.
In the kind of collaborative effort now going on between me and blog readers who have also read my book Credentialed to Destroy and thus really mastered the overall framework of the sought transformation, they find troubling documents and ask me to look at them. In this case it was UNESCO's push of the acronym KSAVE as what the new assessments should be measuring globally as they looked for the students to change to reflect the desired Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes, Values, and Ethics. At the center of what the student was to become via education according to UNESCO were the Core Values. Next was an outer circle of what were called Social and Emotional Competencies that coincide perfectly with what David Conley listed in 2007 in a paper for the Gates Foundation as "College Ready Skills." Renamed duplicitously in the US to try to hold off a full taxpayer rebellion from the reality of Social and Emotional Competencies and a commitment to Communitarianism as the new goals of K-12 under the Common Core.
It was Singapore's new vision that was featured in the 2011 Keynote Address in China for the vision of Next Generation Schools, which is interesting since I happen to know Singapore is a listed partner in the global Curriculum Redesign Project. http://www.invisibleserfscollar.com/drawing-back-the-standards-curtain-to-discover-the-global-coordination-to-redesign-the-very-nature-of-curriculum/ The key question of course is what values and ethics are to be that guiding core. That's where both UNESCO's entire Values Curriculum and Peace Education push and the determination to shift all religions in an Eastern spirituality direction came tumbling out. Quickly. With very little effort. Clearly a core component of the transformation via education vision.
So that's why once again we have to talk about religion. It's where the values, attitudes, ethics, and vision of the transformations and the future are coming from. In his 1989 book The Inner Limits of Mankind Ervin Laszlo, who we first met acting with the Dalai Llama to urge education to create a Holos Consciousness, described the Baha'i Faith as the emerging global religion. Apparently it is what all the others are supposedly transitioning to. The Encyclopedia of Peace Education from 2008 created by Teachers College at Columbia has an article by Marie Gervais laying out the close working relationship from the beginning between the UN and representatives of the Baha'i Faith. Me? I had never really heard of the "world's newest major religion" until references to it began pouring out on where the values and transformative vision of education were coming from.
Interesting for us in trying to figure out the implications of all this is the acknowledgment quoted by Gervais from the Chancellor of the University of Maryland in 2004 that "What the Baha'i Chair is all about, is the elevation of the common good. It seeks this higher ground by focusing not on what divides people, but rather on what unites them…we must ensure that throughout their higher education journey, our students travel with an open mind while exposed to the widest variety of ethical, spiritual and philosophical thought." Which of course the students are to view in the desired way much like marionettes on the end of a puppeteer's strings. i don't think the Chancellor was just referring to religion majors.
In the 2007 Workshop I wrote about above, one of the participants was Arthur Dahl. He is listed as representing the International Economic Forum based in Switzerland. In the 2012 UNESCO and Earth Charter paper called "Exploring Synergies between Faith Values and Education for Sustainable Development" Dahl wrote the Baha'i Faith vision (pages 44-48). He stated that the "transition to a sustainable world is the fundamental aim and purpose of the Baha'i Faith" and that this transformation "will entail no less than an organic change in the structure of society itself." I know you will be stunned to hear that the vision then goes on to basically replicate what we have taken to calling Uncle Karl's vision of a small c, Marxist Humanism, human development society (that the Swedes pioneered) that meets everyone's needs in the world as a matter of right just from being born. Just think of all the administrative jobs trying to fulfill that vision the UN and governments at all levels get to create.
And guess what institution is first and foremost the way in? Yes, ten points, but it is not education in the traditional sense anymore. Here's Dahl again in as concise an explanation of what transformative education is all about as I have ever read.
"If education is to effect the profound changes in the minds of people and in the structures of society needed to shift towards sustainability, the nature of the educational processes will need to be rethought. As a starting point, the programme of education must be based on a clear vision of the kind of society we wish to live in, and the kind of individuals that will bring this about. It needs to help learners reflect on the purpose of life and help them step out of their cultural realities to develop alternative visions and approaches to the problems at hand, and to understand the manifold consequences of their behaviours and to adjust them accordingly."
I could go on and point out how the various elements of the required transformations, including the ubiquitous service learning, replicate listed elements and practices attributed by one of these cited sources to the Baha'i Faith. I could point out how the required Communities of Learners and Positive School Climates sound just like Dahl describing people working "constructively to shaping communities that reflect principles of justice, equity and unity."
I think this is enough for now though. We really are dealing with an official vision that seeks to regulate through the schools AND religious institutions what MUST be believed and valued and thought.
Conspiracy is certainly the wrong term for such a coordinated effort to make each of us servile to the exercise of political and economic power.
Now that these goals and the means have been once again pulled out of the shadows into the sunlight, what shall we do?
Some things really do need to be repudiated by individuals learning to act collectively against taxpayer funded planned predation.


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Jury selection to begin in trial of man accused of killing UNH student
Seth Mazzaglia allegedly strangled or suffocated 19-year-old
Lawyers for a man accused of raping and killing a 19-year-old college student are concerned about the effects that graphic sexual testimony and evidence would have on potential jurors, according to court documents.
Jury selection begins Wednesday in Strafford County Superior Court in the first-degree murder trial of Seth Mazzaglia, 31, of Dover. Prosecutors say he strangled or suffocated University of New Hampshire sophomore Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott on Oct. 9, 2012, after Mazzaglia's girlfriend lured her to their apartment.
Prosecutors say the pair then dumped Marriott's body into the Piscataqua River off Portsmouth's Peirce Island. It has not been found.
Mazzaglia has pleaded not guilty, saying Marriott died accidentally during consensual rough sex. Prosecutors say there was nothing consensual about Marriott's death.
The trial is scheduled to start May 27.
In opening statements, prosecutors will say for the first time what they believe happened to Marriott after she arrived at Mazzaglia's apartment. Their case will hinge on the testimony of Mazzaglia's former girlfriend -- Kathryn "Kat" McDonough -- who they say witnessed the killing.
McDonough pleaded guilty in July to hindering the prosecution, tampering with a witness and conspiracy. She is serving a sentence of 18 months to three years. Her plea and sentence were tied to her willingness to testify against Mazzaglia.
In court motions, Mazzaglia's lawyers want the judge to question potential jurors about whether they would be disturbed or distracted by lurid descriptions of sex acts involving bondage and sadomasochism.
Authorities describe Mazzaglia and McDonough as bondage enthusiasts who frequented fetish sites. Police affidavits describe a text message Mazzaglia sent to McDonough in August, describing in lurid detail a bondage sexual encounter and suggesting McDonough include a friend, someone to "offer" to him.
Marriott, from Westborough, Massachusetts, had transferred to UNH five weeks before her death. She met McDonough while working at a department store not far from campus.
In their motions to the judge, prosecutors say they'll ask jurors whether they have been swayed by intense media coverage of the case, something that prosecutor Peter Hinckley of the state attorney general's office said is a standard request. He expects the state's case to take two to three weeks to present.
Mazzaglia's lawyers list seven witnesses they may call. Prosecutors say they plan to call about three dozen witnesses, including McDonough.
Marriott's parents are both on the witness list. Her father, Bob Marriott, said Friday he couldn't comment on the upcoming trial.
Mazzaglia's lawyer, Joachim Barth, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.


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FRIDAY, June 28, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- As American women continue to delay parenthood, rates of teenage births and births for women in their early 20s are at all-time lows, federal health officials reported Friday.
U.S. women have their first baby at age 25.6 on average, according to 2011 figures released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is up slightly from 2010 and significantly older than the 1970 average of 21.4 years.
Births to girls 15 to 19 declined 8 percent between 2010 and 2011, and births to women 20 to 24 years old dropped 3 percent to a record low, the CDC report stated.
"If this [trend] results in more births being planned and intended it is difficult to object to it," said Dr. Jeffrey Ecker, director of Obstetrical Clinical Research and Quality Assurance at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
"If we are talking about a shift from early 20s to late 20s or early 30s, the expectation is that outcomes would be safe and healthy. The message isn't that it's fine to wait until a woman is in her late 30s or 40s to think about becoming pregnant," added Ecker, who is also chair of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Committee on Obstetric Practice.
As women get older it is more difficult to become pregnant, Ecker said, adding that the likelihood of miscarriage and other complications also increases.
Overall, 3.9 million U.S. births were reported in 2011, representing the lowest general birth rate since 1998 -- 63.2 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 -- and 1 percent less than in 2010, the CDC reported.
Birth rates were unchanged for women aged 30 to 34 but rose for women 35 to 44.
Births to unmarried women declined in 2011 for the third year in a row -- down another 2 percent from 2010.
Experts found good news in the report.
In terms of health, highlights are a leveling off of cesarean births and the continued decline in the preterm birth rate, said lead author Joyce Martin, an epidemiologist at CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, Reproductive Statistics.
In 2011 the rate of cesarean delivery remained about the same as the year before -- nearly 33 percent of all births. Previously, the number of women undergoing C-sections had increased steadily, jumping 60 percent from 1996 to 2009.
Meanwhile, the rate of preterm deliveries (before 37 weeks) dropped in 2011 for the fifth straight year to 11.7 percent of all births, down 2 percent from 2010 and 8 percent from its high in 2006.
The rate of babies born at a low birth weight in 2011 was 8.10 percent -- down somewhat from 8.15 percent in 2010 and 2 percent lower than the 2006 peak of 8.26 percent.
Other notable findings: Multiple births were relatively unchanged in recent years. Twins accounted for 33.2 per 1,000 total births in 2011.
Births of triplets and more also remained unchanged at 137 per 100,000.
Dr. Mitchell Maiman, chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City, said he expects that women will continue to postpone childbirth.
"More and more women are not only in the workforce, but more women are the primary breadwinner in the family," he said.
"So you are going to have more women who are delaying childbearing to enhance their careers. And you have amazing technology to enable them to accomplish that," Maiman said. "You are going to see older and older mothers."
More information
For more information on healthy mothers and babies, visit the March of Dimes.


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At the Future in Review (FiRe), hosted by Mark Anderson, founder and publisher of the Strategic News Service and held May 21-24, 2013 at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach California, high tech industry leaders participate in presentations and discussions about the future in technology, including the global economy, cloud computing, biology and medical diagnostics, governmental and corporate policy, global information systems, protection of intellectual property, environmental sustainability, and other fields that contribute to technology outcomes. Strategic News Service and the SNS weekly global report have been accurately predicting the technology industry's future since 1995.
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A few weeks back spoke at a Pragmatic Works Training on the T's on indexing that was titled 5 Ways to Improve Performance through Indexing. The abstract for the sessions is:
Sometimes the hardest performance issues in your environment have simple solutions. One of these simple solutions is through properly indexing the database. In this session, we'll look at five ways that performance of a database can be improved through indexing. When we finish, you'll be armed with scripts and methodologies that you can put into place today to improve database performance.
After the session, I had a number of questions that came in. I hadn't had a chance to answer the questions until now, hopefully the questions and answers helps some people. Hopefully, these answer the questions that are out there, if there are more, please let me know.
Filtered Indexes
Q: Are filtered indexes available in Standard Edition of SQL Server 2005?
No, they were not introduced until SQL Server 2008.
Q: Would using dynamic SQL force the use of a filtered index?
That is a good option for ensuring that the query will utilize the filtered index. The downsides to dynamic SQL would be the prejudice that people have against it and the opportunity for poor coding standards (lack of parameterization and using EXEC). An added benefit of this practice would be that stored procedures wouldn't be limited to the filter criteria for the query, in cases where the filtered index didn't cover the predicates, it could still be used on those values.
Q: Are partitioned tables generally considered candidates for filtered indexes?
When partitioning tables, it can be quite useful to use filtered indexes to cover the ranges of values in table, provided those values will be used when applying predicate.
Q: How would you balance between the query plan improvements when using a parameterized query versus a non-parameterized query of filtered index?
Look at the performance with and without the filtered index, and then compare what is lost through parameterization. For instance, if a filtered index improves a 20 minute query to 1 minute, and then parameterization adds back on 30 seconds, then this is likely a good balance of performance.
Q: Question for the end: how is a filtered index good on a large table that gets a large number of inserts every day?
It depends which part of the data is getting filtered. If the data that is static is within a filtered index, then there is really no impact to the index maintenance of the tables. If the filtered portion of the index is being modified, then the cost is similar to that of a regular non-clustered index. It's not more expensive to have filtered indexes than their non-filtered counterparts, then filtering just provides the limited scope of data that is indexes which decreases the effort for creating and maintaining the index. Along with the value in making a scan across a smaller set of pages less costly than the whole table.
Other Performance
Q: Could we get more discussion regarding Merge Joins?
For more information on Merge Joins, I recommend reading Craig Freedman's blog post on the topic.
Index Design
Q: Could you discuss cases where an index can help with certain queries and hurt others (on the same table), e.g., reading data vs. inserting data. Thank you.
Supposes you had a system where the modified date for a column was being indexed. This column would be updated with every update that occurs on the table. The order of rows with the clustered index key would shift often, resulting in a lot of shifting of data between pages in the index. An index, though, on the modified date may be useful for a small subset of queries that leverage modified date to identify recently updated rows, such as an ETL process that extracts the last days worth of modifications. Without the index, the ETL may be slow and cause deadlocks to occur on the table. But with the index, there is an index that is constantly thrashed throughout the day. In this case, you need to balance the read / write activity to choose the lesser of two evils.
Q: How do you determine in which order you should include the columns in an index. Does the column order in an index make a difference?
Generally, the most selective of the columns should be first. The trouble is, with some columns, certain values may be more selective than other values and depending on the set of queries, one order may be better than the other. In this case, create the different combinations of the index and test to see which is preferred by SQL Server. Depending on the rate of change in the column values, it could be most beneficial to have numerous variations of the same set of indexed columns, this won't happen too often, though.
Q: Do indexes have to be co-located with tables or different set of disks on file groups in SQL Server
This depends entirely on the underlying disk and the level of use of the database. If you have some indexes that is accessed more frequently and it's causing contention in the database, then look at splitting the indexes apart onto other disk arrays. There isn't a hard and fast rule that they need to be separated.
Q: I understand a best practice is not to modify the schema of a database of a third party application. Do you recommend tweaking indexes of third party applications?
I won't say that I recommend changing indexes on third-party applications, but I can say that I've done it before. Sometimes building indexes on third-party applications is the difference between having a weekend and babysitting their application.
Q: Is it possible to create clustered and non-clustered on same column? What about the performance in that case?
It is possible to have a clustered index and a non-clustered index with the same key values. This can be useful if you have queries that need to get the values in those columns quickly and the base table is wide. The way to think about it is, all of the int values for a single column in a non-clustered index, will take up much less space that the same int in a clustered index where the average row size is 900-bytes. By using the non-clustered index, some queries would be much faster than if they could only access the clustered index.
Q: Off the cuff, the INCLUDE to cover sounds good. Is there a corresponding cost/beneift to number/size of columns included versus db size or some other variable
There is definitely a cost/benefit for the number of columns that should appear in the INCLUDED column list. The point of this cost/benefit will be different per table. The cost of including a large number of unchanging values is not the same as including two or three values that change often. You will want to monitor the rate of usage compared to updates and then review what columns are updated most often. In some cases reverting to using a lookup can be more beneficial. From a rule of thumb perspective, I try not to add more than half of the columns from a table into an index.
Q: When avoiding lookups by adding columns to indexes, do you tend to add an INCLUDE over adding them to the index? Can you explain the advantage?
Generally, I'll add the column in as an INCLUDED column. The reason for this is that columns that are being retried through a lookup generally are not being used as predicates. Since they are search columns I don't need to be concerned about their order and can add them into the index without any thought to order.
Index Analysis
Q: how did he get info for Case Study 1?
I used the Index Analysis script that can be found on this page and described in these posts.
Q: How do you get this info showed in the table, regarding number of seeks and lookups?
Same as the previous answer.
Q: Which report produces this summary?
Again, same as the previous answer.
Based on the last three questions, is there interest from people for me to show some examples of where I've used the Index Analysis script and how to get recommendations out of it?


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