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Titleist Brand Ambassador Roger Sloan made par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to claim the Nova Scotia Open on the Web.com Tour.
Let's take a closer look at the Titleist equipment Roger trusted en route to his victory this weekend...
What's in Rogers Bag?
Golf Ball: Pro V1xDriver: Titleist 913 D3 (10.5º) with Fujikura VC 7.0 (X) shaft, SureFit Hosel Setting A•1Fairway Wood: Titleist 913 FD (15º) Aldila Tour Blue 75 (X) shaft, SureFit Hosel Setting D•1Irons: Titleist 714 MB (4-PW) with DG X100 shafts. Std. LengthWedges: Vokey Design Spin Milled SM5 50.08 F, SM5 56.10 S, SM5 60.07 S
Congratulations, Roger!
On the PGA Tour, Pro V1x loyalist Angel Cabrera shot consecutive 64's on the weekend to claim his third-career PGA TOUR title at the Greenbrier Classic. Cabrera's final round included an eagle 2 on the difficult par-4 13th. He finished with a 16-under-par, 264 total.
Titleist Brand Ambassador Roger Sloan claimed his first Web.com Tour title on the first playoff hole to capture the inaugural Nova Scotia Open over Pro V1x golf ball loyalist Derek Fathauer. The pair finished regulation at 11-under 263 following a marathon 36-hole Sunday.
Rounding out the weekend success, Titleist Brand Ambassador Matt Harmon fired a final-round 6-under-par 66 to capture the Canadian PGA Tour's Dakota Dunes Open by three shots over Pro V1x golf ball loyalist William Kropp.
With three more wins this week, Titleist's year-to-date victory count advances to 91. That's more than four times the nearest competitor with 22 and more than all competitors combined.
In total, 12,878 players have teed up Titleist golf balls in competition on the 2014 worldwide professional tours, more than six times the nearest competitor with 2,110 and more than all competitors combined.
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Posted: July 4, 2014
The PGA Tour is in White Sulphur Springs, WV this week for the Greenbrier Classic. Players will be looking to take on the difficult 7,287-yard Old White course in hopes of taking home the trophy.
And when it comes to taking on the difficult layout, Titleist is the overwhelming golf ball of choice with 97 players in the field trusting a Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball for their success. That's more than four times the nearest competitor with 22 and more than all competitors combined.
Titleist was also the top choice among players in the sand, lob and approach wedge (155) and putters (57) categories.
Fast Fact: Pro V1x loyalist Jonas Blixt came from four strokes behind the leader to claim the 2013 Greenbrier Classic.
Check out the slideshow above for an inside-the-ropes look at the action earlier this week.
Posted: July 1, 2014
Ask just about any golfer and they'll most likely agree that downhill chip shots around the green are some of the hardest shots in the game. And your ability to successfully execute these shots is usually the difference between saving par and making bogey.
In this edition of Tips from the Tour, Titleist Brand Ambassador Chesson Hadley explains how the proper setup and technique can help golfers get up and down from these awkward lies.
Fast Facts: Chesson won his first PGA Tour event at the 2014 Puerto Rico Open. It was the 11th start of his rookie season on tour and he shot all four rounds in the 60's (68-65-67-67).
As we head into the holiday weekend, we've teamed up with our good friends and partners at the Folds of Honor Foundation to provide Team Titleist with another exciting opportunity to win some exclusive gear.
We've assembled a very special prize pack featuring limited edition items from this year's annual Patriot Cup event played over Memorial Day weekend at the Patriot Golf Club in Tulsa, OK.
The prize pack includes:
>> One (1) commemorative collection of Pro V1 golf balls created for Folds of Honor supporters
>> One (1) dozen Team Titleist logoed Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf balls
>> One (1) autographed Titleist performance fabric hat signed by Titleist Brand Ambassadors Jay Haas and Bill Has along with Pro V1x loyalists Rickie Fowler and Bo Van Pelt, among others
>> One (1) commemorative Patriot Golf Day coin
In the spirit of the Folds of Honor and to make this sweeps a little more fun, we want the lucky winner to be able to share the prize pack with a wingman. That's right, we're giving away one prize pack for the winner and one for a friend.
HERE'S HOW TO ENTER: To enter the contest, add a comment to this blog post (see below) with your golf ball model of choice (Pro V1 or Pro V1x) and the name of the friend you would like to share the prize with by Sunday, July 6, 2014 at 11:59 pm EDT.
SAMPLE ENTRY: Pro V1 and my wingman is my best friend John Smith.
Yes, it's that easy. And feel free to share a story about why you selected your friend to be your wingman (not required).
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>> Keep in mind, all comments are moderated and it may take some time for your comment to appear. We'll do our best to approve comments quickly but if you enter more than one reply, we have to disqualify you from the drawing (sorry to repeat this but we want to make sure it's clear).
U.S. only. Here's some more info: Why are Titleist sweepstakes U.S. only?
No purchase necessary. View complete rules here:http://www.titleist.com/company/Community-Policy.aspx#sweepstakes
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In what is becoming something of a growing trend, developing world stocks and many of the ETFs that track them are cascading lower -- even on days when U.S. equities rally. The reasons are plentiful and the recent declines for an array of emerging markets are staggering.
Weak currencies, slowing growth, concerns about the end of quantitative easing here in the U.S., interest rate cuts that have yet to work, interest rate hikes that have proved equally futile among other factors have prompted severe punishment of emerging markets bonds, currencies and stocks.
That could change on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve signals the end of easing is not imminent, but that does not change domestic strife that is plaguing some emerging markets ETF, such as the following:
iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index Fund (TUR) The iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index Fund has gained 1.6% in the past five days, but don't be deceived because the ETF is down 16% in the past month. Just weeks after TUR was boosted by news of Turkey's new investment-grade credit rating, the arcane and inept leadership of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is punishing TUR and the Turkey investment thesis (Benzinga).
With the specter of an Arab Spring type of revolution looming, investors are taking on significant risk for possibly no near-term reward with TUR. Do not expect things to ease up. Protesters want Erdogan gone. A fresh wave of demonstrations indicates as much.
Market Vectors Egypt ETF (EGPT) Speaking of the Arab Spring, although EGPT has recovered a bit, it continues to hover near prices not seen since the Arab Spring (Benzinga).
The easiest way of explaining things in Egypt is that one dictator has been exchanged for another in the form of current President Mohammed Morsi. Egypt is already dealing with protests, but the situation could become even more turbulent as massive protests are planned for June 30, the anniversary of the day Morsi ascended to power.
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MA in Depth Psychology
A central tenet of purpose in Depth Psychology is to extend the theories and practices of psychology beyond the confines of the clinical consulting room, and to reach into the culture and community in new and innovative ways. This is apparent in the various curricula of our specialties, but is also evident in the lives of our students, before, during and after their studies. In addition to a natural affiliation with traditional professions such as psychotherapy and organizational consultation, we attract students with very diverse professional goals.
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Like many Pacifica students, those in the Depth Psychology program often do not need or want to complete a graduate degree within a certain time frame. Most who graduated in 2011-12 (69%) completed the MA degree, which is PhD-related, within the 36 month period considered standard for any master's degree by our accreditation agency, and many (53%) complete it in less the 28 months. Those who pass the oral comprehensive exam and complete the dissertation required for the rigorous PhD requirements typically take longer, averaging 6.54 years, with 48% completing between 5 and 7 years and 51% between 8 and 10 years.
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Pacifica Graduate Institute's U. S. Department of Education's Office of Post Secondary Education identification number (OPEID): 031268-00
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**The Depth program is designed to be completed in 24 months for the MA degree and 60 months for the MA/PhD, as published in the 2011-12 Pacifica catalog.
***Department of Education Gainful Employment "Program On-time to Completion."
MA Time to Completion 2011-2012:
Students who completed the MA program between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012 within the Department of Education Gainful Employment "Program On-time to Completion" reported equaled approximately 27%. An additional 60% completed between 2-4 years.
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MA (24 mos/2 yrs) $52,968
MA (24 mos/2 yrs) $2,400
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Residential Fee for Depth Psychology and Depth Psychology with Emphasis in Community Psychology, Liberation Psychology, & Ecopsychology: $4,206
Residential Fee for Depth Psychology with Emphasis in Jungian and Archetypal Studies: $2,624
Residential Fee for Depth Psychology with Emphasis in Somatic Studies and Depth Psychology with Emphasis in Psychotherapy: $5,052
Nonresidential Fee for Depth Psychology and Depth Psychology with Emphasis in Community Psychology, Liberation Psychology, & Ecopsychology: $2,403
Nonresidential Fee for Depth Psychology with Emphasis in Jungian and Archetypal Studies: $1,424
Nonresidential Fee for Depth Psychology with Emphasis in Somatic Studies and Depth Psychology with Emphasis in Psychotherapy: $2,848
Annual direct program cost information: http://www.pacifica.edu/fee.aspx
Annual cost of attendance: http://www.pacifica.edu/COA_2.aspx
MA Debt for all graduates between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012:
Of the 13 MA graduates who completed the program during this time, 11 completed with student loan debt.
Median cumulative debt (borrowers and non-borrowers):Federal student loan debt: $51,250 (including Plus)Private loan debt: $0Institutional financing plan debt: $0
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Postedon Aug 02, 2011 at 01:35 pm
Today the NOH8 campaign launched a PSA video as part of Freedom to Marry's Say I Do campaign starring Larry King, David Hasselhoff, Sara Bareilles, Trina, Tommy Joe Ratliff, Bret Lockett, and Verne Troyer.
Senate hearing scheduled on the Respect for Marriage Act
Postedon Jul 19, 2011 at 03:01 pm
Today, at 9:45am EST, the first ever congressional hearing on the Respect for Marriage will be held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
President Obama Endorses the Respect for Marriage Act
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President Obama has announced his support for the Respect for Marriage Act.
Freedom to Marry calls on President Obama to get it right on marriage
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Yesterday, Evan Wolfson, founder and President of Freedom to Marry, issued a statement in response to President Obama's remarks at yesterday's press conference press conference regarding the roles of the states and the federal government on marriage.
President Obama on the Freedom to Marry: 'Our Work Is Not Finished'
Postedon Apr 22, 2011 at 07:26 am
Last night during a speech in which President Obama was ticking off the work still ahead for his administration, an audience member called him out on the freedom to marry. The president responded, "Our work is not finished." President Obama is right. The work -- and even his own journey to support -- is not finished.
Major Figures from Entertainment, Sports, and Business Come Together In Urging Obama to Say, "I Do"
Postedon Mar 14, 2011 at 09:00 am
They're joining Freedom to Marry in our new Say, "I Do" campaign aimed at President Obama – and we want you to join them in asking the president to publicly state his support for the freedom to marry.
Despite Obama's Decision, Gay Couples Still Suffering Under DOMA
Postedon Mar 01, 2011 at 11:44 am
From health insurance to immigration, the federal government is still discriminating against married gay couples.
VIDEO: Sean Eldridge of Freedom to Marry Debates NOM's Brian Brown
Postedon Feb 25, 2011 at 02:05 pm
Political Director Sean Eldridge appeared on FoxNews.com this morning to talk about President Obama's decision to declare DOMA unconstitutional.
VIDEO: What's Next for DOMA
Postedon Feb 24, 2011 at 04:14 pm
Freedom to Marry's Marc Solomon talks about President Obama's DOMA decision, and lawmakers in congress say they will renew their push to repeal the law.
President Obama Declares DOMA Unconstitutional, Justice Department Will No Longer Defend Law
Postedon Feb 23, 2011 at 12:19 pm
In a major victory for the freedom to marry, the president said that a higher level of scrutiny must be applied to any law that discriminates based on sexual orientation – including the so-called "Defense of Marriage Act."


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With more than 11,900 active patents at the end of 2013 and 2,100 other patents still pending, Xerox is named one of the 'portfolio princes'.
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|Xerox Research Centre Canada's 2000th Patent and "Miracle Material"
The patent milestone was reached with Graphene Nano-Sheets: a thin, flexible conductor that is two hundred time stronger than steel.
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|Here's how the Internet of Everything will change everything
Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox CTO stated, "The idea of everyday objects communicating with each other and the rest of the world is on the minds of both our youngest scientists and today's top policy makers and executives."
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Next-generation robotics, battery materials, shale gas and oils, and heart technologies are the topics covered at this year's event.
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Hardin County Fluorspar Festival celebrates the influences brought to the area by the Fluorspar Mining Companies. Located on the banks of the Ohio River. Rosiclare (once known as the "Fluorspar Capital"), has a colorful history that revolved around this mineral. Each year, the Festival highlights and brings back memories of days gone by. Held on the first weekend in October in Downtown Rosiclare, the Festival features an ever-growing list of activities and things to do, including a Queen's Pageant, a carnival, hickory-smoked barbeque, a pet parade, kid's games, karoke, food and craft vendors, a quilt show, an open-house at the American Fluorite Museum, a car, truck and motorcycle show and a large parade featuring local school bands, groups, floats, a Grand Marshall and horse clubs. Local musical talent will also be on hand and the finale is held Saturday evening at the City Park on the Ohio River.
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(Reuters) - US Airways Group
The companies said they extended the date by which either airline could terminate the merger pact to either January 18, 2014, or the 15th day following the entry of a court order approving the merger should it be entered on or before January 17, whichever is later.
The previous termination date for the deal was December 17.
Should the U.S. district court hearing the government lawsuit rule against the merger, the carriers said either party may end the agreement five days after the entry of an order prohibiting the deal.
The U.S. Justice Department and several states filed a lawsuit on August 13 to stop the merger of US Air and American parent AMR Corp
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This page is concerned with biographical data for John Patrick (Jack)
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Ryan, John Patrick, PhD, KCVO
HFRO, PG, COTK, CAPD, SOAF, DOH, WR, EO, TBatD, RR
Main protagonist (hero) in the above books. Works for CIA in various
capacities. During earlier books exhibited a pathological fear
of flying caused by severe injuries he sustained in a helicopter
crash, magnified by the loss of his parents in an airplane crash.
Made a large amount of money through LBO of Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad. Was a broker at Merrill Lynch in Baltimore.
The following was written by Tom Clancy:
Clancy delivers the FINAL and DEFINITIVE word on John Patrick Ryan's education.
1. Son of a police lieutenant, and graduate of Loyola High School,
Towson, MD, Jack attended Boston College, graduating with a B.S.
(or B.A., I never decided) in Economics (strong minor in History)
and a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine
Corps (via NROTC), and while waiting for the Corps to assign him
somewhere, passed the CPA exam.
2. After finishing the Basic Officers'
Course at Quantico, VA, he deployed to a line unit as a platoon
commander. Soon thereafter as part of the Atlantic Fleet Fleet
Marine Force (FMF), he was gravely injured in a helicopter crash
on the island of Crete. The Navy surgeons at Bethesda Naval Medical
Center did an incomplete job of fixing his back.
3. This occasioned
a lengthy recovery process (he was nearly addicted to narcotics
as a result) after which, complete with a permanent disability,
he left the USMC, passing his stock-broker's exam and taking a
position with the Baltimore office of Merrill-Lynch.
4. Jack did
so well there (also investing his own money and making about $6M)
that a senior VP of the firm, Joe Muller, came to Baltimore to
have dinner with Jack, with the objective of inviting Jack to the
NYC headquarters. Also present was Joe's daughter, Caroline Muller,
then a senior medical student at the Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine. Jack and Caroline (nickname Cathy) immediately fell
in love. Along the way, while having dinner with his fiancee, Jack
had his back blow up. Cathy took him directly to Hopkins, where
the Professor of Neurosurgery fixed his back in relatively short
order. Jack subsequently went nuts persuading the government to
terminate his disability checks.
5. Having made all the money he
wanted, Jack left the firm, enrolling at Georgetown University
for his doctorate courses in history. Jack did a brief stint at
the (then) Georgetown University Center for Strategic and International
Studies, then accepted a teaching position at the U.S. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, MD.
6. Father Tim Riley, S.J., dropped Jack's name on
a CIA contact, resulting in a brief consulting job at Langley,
where he wrote a white paper called "Agents and Agencies," and
also invented the Canary Trap, both of which came to the attention
of Admiral James Greer, DDI/CIA.
7. The rest is history. ===========
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Maiden name: Caroline Muller
Nickname: Cathy (TC says it's just a nickname - not a mistake)
Appears in: PG, HFRO, COTK, CAPD, SOAF, DOH, EO
Surgeon specializing in opthamalogical surgery. Married to Jack
Ryan. Trained at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Teaches,
researches, and performs surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute of
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Mother of 4 (eventually).
Daughter of senior VP of a Wall Street investment firm.
Ryan, Lt. Emmet
Appears in: WR
Baltimore Police Dept. Homicide. Served with 101st Airborne in
WWII at Battle of the Bulge. Father of Jack Ryan. Died in plane
crash with wife (Jack's mother) between WR and PG.
Sally, Jack, Jr., Katie
Appear in: All after birth
Sally is _ during PG. Jack, Jr. is born at the end of PG. Sally
is 10 by SoAF. Jack, Jr. is 7 at the time of SoAF and will have
first communion in April/May after SoAF.
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Although relatively small in size, Japan is one of the most actively developing country networks at PRI and it promotes responsible investment by organising regular ESG workshops and conferences. In the last year, the network focused on educating trustees of Japanese pension funds, insurance companies and foundations about the relevance and materiality of ESG integration.
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Name a brand or media channel and Bill Green's probably worked on and in it. An art director by trade, he's focused on an overall holistic approach to brand madness that merges the worlds of traditional, digital and social – whatever it takes.
Having worked previously with Darryl and Humongo and current AdVerve podcast partner with Angela, he's currently doing creative strategy and pitch development with BFG in Hilton Head. The ad blog Make The Logo Bigger is about his experiences in the world of advertising and beyond.
Angela Natividad is a strategist, copywriter and journalist based in Paris. She writes MarketingProfs' #SocialSkim, is a frequent guest on marketing podcast The Beancast, and co-hosts AdVerve the podcast. Most of her secret thoughts are on her blog, Live and Uncensored.
Darryl Ohrt is a former punk rocker, and Executive Creative Director at Carrot Creative, in NYC. In addition to his posts here, he also writes for Advertising Age's Small Agency Diary, as the voice of the small guy in a big, big world.
After founding the legendary agency Humongo, he sold out to the man, left the entrepreneurial life and joined Carrot. Now he's the self proclaimed Prime Minister of Awesome, and he's tweeting, blogging, and exploring the internets as if it matters. He knows just enough to be dangerous, and is always ready for action.
Dove - 'Camera Shy' from Epoch London on Vimeo.
Dove's "Camera Shy" by Epoch and Ogilvy won Film Craft Gold in Toiletries at the Cannes Lions this year. It's charming and light, but packs the big ideological punch Dove shoots for. Crucially, it's not melodramatic and top-heavy like "Real Beauty Sketches", which unfortunately eclipsed it this year. Oh, well. Sometimes that happens.
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MONTREAL -- Jim Popp says he has no regrets about trading star receiver and kick returner Chad Owens.
The Montreal Alouettes general manager said Thursday it turned out well for both clubs when he dealt Owens to the Toronto Argonauts for a fourth-round draft pick on June 24, 2010.
Since then, Owens has blossomed into the CFL's most dangerous offensive player. He led the league in receiving yards and set a record for all-purpose yards in a season with 3,863 in 2012. He is also a candidate for the league's Outstanding Player award.
The deal could come back to haunt Montreal when Owens lines up against his former team in the East Division final on Sunday.
"I'm happy to see him do well and I'm happy for us," said Popp. "We made decisions and it's worked for him and it's worked for us.
"We've won two Grey Cups."
Owens was on Montreal's practice roster, which Popp said pays between $500-800 per week, and was down the depth chart behind a veteran receiving corps when the deal was made. He was also coming off knee surgery.
Popp said he offered Owens a different role on the team, and when that was refused he had no choice but to cut or trade the player.
"The great thing for Chad is he got himself back to where he was before he tore his ACL," said Popp. "That's not just good for him, it's good for our league, for Toronto and for his family, because I know how bad he struggled here.
"He was here, married with three kids, making a practice roster salary while he was rehabbing to get himself back."
Popp said it has happened often that a player who is traded or released turns into a star on another team. It worked when Montreal got running back Mike Pringle from Edmonton and he became the league's all-time rushing leader. He mentioned Terrence Edwards and Anwar Stewart as others who flourished after being dealt.
Montreal used the 2011 pick they got for Owens to select defensive lineman Renaldo Sagesse, who has attended two training camps but has not played for the team.
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When I first read Meghan Cox Gurdon's WSJ article (more of an op. ed.), "Darkness Too Visible", there was so much clamor that I didn't bother responding to it. From the initial belief-straining anecdote about a bookstore with no YA books that weren't about "dark, dark stuff" on, there was so much to take issue with. And thousands did (e.g., #YAsaves), many more eloquently than I ever could, approaching the matter from every possible angle. Sherman Alexie, author of Diary of a Part-Time Indian, one of the books Gurdon cites in her article, wrote a particularly moving response, "Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood."
Anyway, that was weeks ago, but yesterday Jen Robinson shared a link on Facebook to Gurdon's response to the kerfuffle, "My 'Reprehensible' Take on Teen Literature", in which she defends her original viewpoint. Which is fine—she is entitled to her opinion, though I feel it is in many ways misguided—but in reading it, I felt even more strongly that she just Does Not Get It. I believe that she is genuinely interested in "protecting" young people, but she seems to be coming from such a place of privilege that she sincerely (but falsely) believes that keeping dark content out of books will somehow keep dark content from young people's lives.
In the outpouring of response to my essay, I've been told that I fail to understand the brutal realities faced by modern teens. Adolescence, I've been instructed, is a prolonged period of racism, homophobia, bullying, eating disorders, abusive sexual episodes, and every other manner of unpleasantness… I also don't believe that the vast majority of American teenagers live in anything like hell. Adolescence can be a turbulent time, but it doesn't last forever and often—leaving aside the saddest cases—it feels more dramatic at the time than it will in retrospect.
"A turbulent time" that "doesn't last forever"? I get the impression that Gurdon believes most adolescents' biggest worry is a zit, a chemistry test, and who's going with them to the prom. If things are really heavy, maybe their parents are getting divorced.
A counterexample (or ten): I grew up in a largely white, working and middle class community. My friends and I were "normal" kids. I personally had a fairly sheltered life within a loving, nuclear family. Yet within my social sphere, there were kids dealing with just the things Gurdon seems to believe are rare "manners of unpleasantness." One of my friends self-injured by rubbing at her arm with a pencil eraser until it wore spots off her skin. One had an eating disorder. I had friends who got pregnant, had abortions, gave the baby up for adoption. I had a friend who was raped by her older brother. Friends (and I) struggled with sexual and gender identity in a homophobic climate. Friends watched their parents die or helped care for disabled parents. Friends dealt with suicidal feelings. Friends dealt with racist remarks from classmates. Friends had alcoholic parents.
And those were just some of the things I knew about. I don't know anyone whose biggest problem was whether they could borrow the car Friday night.
Yet would any of us have said we lived in hell? I doubt it. As I said, I think we considered ourselves to be more or less normal kids. Yet nor were these merely anecdotes from a "turbulent time." These events were formative. They'll affect us the rest of our lives.
It wasn't hard for me to think of people who faced these "brutal realities," either, which is what makes me believe so strongly that Gurdon is living in her own protective bubble, to think that the "vast majority of American teenagers" are actually living happy-go-lucky lives (even if they won't appreciate it until a few years down the road). Her argument smacks of all kinds of privilege—the privilege of someone who has not faced "brutal realities" and believes that, aside from "the saddest cases," everyone has had the same experience as she has. That or she wears some awfully rosy glasses when looking at her past.
She's right that her article did continue to be discussed at last week's ALA conference. At one of my sessions, UIUC professor Christine Jenkins made a comment, with regard to adults who want to "protect children's innocence," "What's the difference between innocence and ignorance?" And the answer is, I've decided, nothing but the age of the person in question. What we call innocence in children, we call ignorance in adults. At some point, young people have to make that transition. Adolescence, when children mature not only physically but develop formal reasoning skills—the ability to "think abstractly, reason logically and draw conclusions from the information available"—seems like as good a time as any to do it.
Meanwhile, in Gurdon's plea for the preservation of innocence, I think she's demonstrated her own ignorance about both young adult literature and the lives of young people in America.
Yes, there are many "dark" books out there, or at least books with mature themes. But there are also many non-"dark" books out there, at least by my measuring stick. (Let's face it, there has to be some "darkness," or you've got a story without a conflict.) As someone who does collection development in my library's junior high section as well as voraciously reading tween and teen literature, I absolutely don't buy that anecdote about the mother in the bookstore—unless it was a really crappy store.
Books entertain. They educate. They provide means of escape. And, to use two more E-words, they encourage empathy.
When my friends told me about what they were going through—or when they didn't, but I could see it with my own eyes—it didn't "normalize" the experience for me. It didn't make me want to starve or mutilate myself or run out and have unprotected sex. Instead it made me feel helpless. I wished I knew what to say or do to make things better. Perhaps if I'd read books about characters with these same problems, I would have known. I might have better understood what they were going through. At least, I know, it wouldn't have hurt.


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The Toledo Express Airport will now be part of the TSA's Pre-Check. Passengers who choose to participate in the program will no longer have to remove their shoes, jackets, or belts.
Toledo News Now's Amanda St. Hilaire was live at the Toledo Express Airport Friday morning to demonstrate how the program works.
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Words From the Wise
Posted : 2 December 2010
Words From the Wise
So I was one minute away from perfection last week. Hope you guys listened and still took profit!
This week is hard, forget Dr Jameson, I just stepped over him by the bar as he is so drunk, was talking about backing Spain to win the world cup! Dr Jameson, they did, you are 6 months behind, which is remarkable as looking at his clothes he is 10 years behind!
Anyways, this week, West Ham has an interesting price, they have to improve and a small investment should be the order of the day. Stoke away from home again is a good price, Wigan should stick to rugby and forget about the Beautiful Game!
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The school bus driver involved in last Tuesday's accident on Thomas B. Landers Road, Melonie L. Rivera, was the subject of several complaints prior to last week's crash, and was also involved in an accident in early September in which she backed into a stopped car. In Tuesdays' accident, according to police, Ms. Rivera stated that she swerved to avoid a truck that was in her lane and struck a telephone pole.
At the request of superintendent Bonny L. Gifford, Ms. Rivera has been taken off Falmouth bus routes pending the release of the police report on last week's accident. Dr. Gifford said "I'm not saying she did right or wrong" and that Ms. Rivera could possibly "be a hero" for not allowing the bus to tip over.
Transportation director Gregory A. Kennedy confirmed that Ms. Rivera is not driving on Falmouth bus routes. Ms. Rivera is employed by First Student Inc., a company contracted by Falmouth schools. First Student Inc. did not return multiple calls for comment.
After last Tuesday's accident, the Enterprise was contacted by a man who reported that on the morning of October 7, while driving on Trotting Park Road, he and two other vehicles were forced off the road by a school bus.
The man, who wished to remain anonymous, said he then turned around and followed the bus, which arrived at Falmouth High School. The motorist said that Detective Robert B. Murray was on duty when he arrived at the high school, and that he reported to Det. Murray that the bus was driving recklessly.
Ms. Bridges said of Ms. Rivera, "I am personally not out to harm her, I don't want to shame her, I want her superiors held accountable..."
Then, the man went to the school administration building and told the transportation director, Mr. Kennedy, what he had seen. In a phone interview, Mr. Kennedy recalled the man's visit and said that the driver involved was Melonie Rivera, the same driver who had hit the telephone pole last Tuesday. Mr. Kennedy said he spoke with Det. Murray after the complaint and felt, based on their conversation, that there was no cause for concern. "I just dropped it at that point," he said.
A month prior, on September 9, Ms. Rivera was driving students to Mullen-Hall Elementary School when she backed her bus into a car stopped at the intersection of Kinghorn Drive and Ter Heun Drive, causing moderate damage to the car's front end. According to the police report, "if the operator [of the bus] was backing [at] a reasonable speed and watching her mirrors, she would have seen the vehicle." The driver of the damaged car stated that "she blew her horn but the bus kept coming and hit her," the report reads.
Prior to that accident, Andrea L. Thorrold, parent of an elementary school child on that route, said she contacted Mr. Kennedy with concerns that Ms. Rivera played music too loudly while driving the bus. "I was concerned about distractions," Ms. Thorrold said.
Ms. Rivera was transferred to a different bus route following the September accident.
Nancy Bridges, who also had a child on Ms. Rivera's original route, said that Ms. Rivera was "chronically late" picking up students in the morning. Ms. Bridges said Ms. Rivera's general demeanor did not inspire her confidence. She said that Ms. Rivera often appeared "jumpy and distracted" rather than calm and collected at the bus stop. "I just didn't feel comfortable with her," she said.
Ms. Bridges said of Ms. Rivera, "I am personally not out to harm her, I don't want to shame her, I want her superiors held accountable ... this woman obviously should have been taken off the road."
Mr. Kennedy defended his judgment as transportation director by saying, "If someone needs to be fired, I fire them." He estimated he has fired a half dozen drivers over the past five years.
Mr. Kennedy said he did not want to make any general comments regarding Ms. Rivera's fitness as a bus driver until he reads the police report on last Tuesday's accident. Police are still working on that report.


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By Kathy Josenhans
Well it's finally here; the freedom I knew would come eventually.
I was excited and ready to take on new challenges. I did my job and I deserve to live it up. So why can't I get motivated to do anything except eat and mope around all day?
For the past 18 years I've been busy raising my son and I was lucky enough to help raise two beautiful stepdaughters.
The girls have been gone a few years and have their own families but I still had the job of finishing up with my son.
Volusia County being a tourist locale isn't the easiest place to keep a child focused. In fact sometimes living in a tourist town can be the most difficult place to raise children.
We have strangers in and out of town everyday not to mention Spring Break and all the other annual events.
It's a no brainer; our kids are going to go find action on the beach side.
So I know for many of us we struggled to keep them on the right track.
We have spent many sleepless nights waiting for them to come home or at least call to let us know where they are. We would take the keys to cars and put them on restriction, then pray.
Now my son has left me for a drill instructor.
Yep, that's right. Off to the Army he went a few weeks ago. No need for Mommy anymore.
We are very proud that he wants to do something with his life besides check out the girls on the beach. So now I sit and wait for letters and phone calls. I actually feel useless and have no idea what to do with my time.
The depression sets in and I feel lost and then the phone rings. It's my best friend Elizabeth, checking to see if I'm coping.
What a relief.
I thought no one knew what I was going through. She explained how she felt as her son left for the Navy about a year ago.
With all the concern in her voice I realized that all Mothers must go through this.
She has raised three sons and her baby is moving out of their nest in December.
There is silence on the phone while we both are crying and feeling literally all alone.
Woe is us!
It's an empty feeling in the pit of your stomach as if someone has pulled the meaning out of your life. You are useless and unwanted.
Just as I reach for another tissue, I hear my husband say: "What's for dinner honey?" Reality again appears.
You learn to go on with your daily routines. As you pass their bedroom you look to see if there is a hidden sock or T-shirt, you pick it up and smell to see if their scent is there. It is.
Now you are comforted with tears and memories of that baby you held.
You end up rearranging their messy room weeping the entire time.
OK - let's be proud of what we have taught them and what they are accomplishing. It's our turn now, right?
As I was writing this column, I took a break to check the mail.
My son had not forgotten me after all. He wrote a very short letter to let me know he did love me.
So remember that your parents must have felt the same thing for a short time after you left home. Why don't you give them a call to let them know you love them?
Kathy Josenhans lives in Port Orange with her husband, Frank, and their German shepherd, Heidi, and a cat named Bogie after Humphrey Bogart. The Josenhans have three grown children. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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College life is about so much more than just sitting in the classroom, learning a lot of stuff so you can get a degree that will land you a career. Along with training for a future job, college also offers you many opportunities outside of the classroom that can help you grow in your faith and in your understanding of the world around you. One such opportunity is Seattle Pacific University's Urban Plunge—a program that allows students to catch a glimpse of what it means to be homeless. As you read this story, prepare for similar life-changing adventures at your own college.
The little boy walking down a Seattle street could have been one of Kevin Malgesini's daycare kids. After all, the child looked like he was about 2, just like many of the children Kevin cares for at his part-time job.
But the Seattle Pacific University freshman didn't even get a chance to smile and say hello. The boy's father made sure of that.
"I started to say hi to him, and his dad pulled him to the other side of the sidewalk and walked past," Kevin, a sophomore, says. "It hurt so bad. I think it was all about how I looked."
And that day, Kevin didn't look like a typical college student. He had shed his usual clothes for ratty jeans, an old pair of running shoes, a rain jacket and a sweatshirt turned inside-out—an outfit he'd worn for several days straight. He hadn't showered in awhile. Nor had he eaten a filling meal. Instead, he'd spent the weekend wandering the streets of Seattle.
Kevin was one of 17 SPU students who spent one weekend last year getting a feel for what it's like to live on the streets. Twice a year, SPU sponsors Urban Plunge, a program designed to give students a taste of homelessness. Participants are grouped in threes or fours and sent out on the streets of Seattle with the clothes they have on their backs and about $2 in cash. Although they spend the night at a pre-arranged church location, they're on their own during the day.
"Urban Plunge was started to give students the opportunity to put a human face on homelessness," says Michael Muto, assistant director of Campus Ministries. "What these students are doing is really imitating Christ. They're leaving their comfort zone to learn and experience what it means to be homeless."
For some participants in last year's February Plunge, that meant flipping a hat upside down on the sidewalk and using it to attract spare change from passersby. For others, it meant seeking out a meal at homeless shelters. But for all of the students, spending four days on the streets meant toppling stereotypes, swallowing prideful feelings and learning—in a very real way—powerful lessons about compassion.
As soon as she heard about the program, SPU junior Katrina Amann knew she wanted to take the Plunge.
"It's just something I've always wanted to do," she says. "I thought it would give me a different perspective on how other people live and how blessed I am." For others, though, the decision wasn't as easy.
"I came really close to changing my mind," senior Elizabeth Koch says. "I felt that Satan was trying to get me to come up with all these excuses why I shouldn't go. I was stressed out about school at the time, about grades and stuff. I needed this three-day weekend to get caught up, and I knew if I went I wouldn't be doing any homework at all."
Taking a break from homework wasn't a problem for junior Scott Gronholz. But the thought of participating in yet another service event was.
"To be honest, I wasn't very excited about going," says Scott, who's been on numerous mission trips. "I thought, 'Here's another trip.' While I'd signed up to participate, it was just another thing to do."
The weekend, though, ended up being more than just "another thing to do."
Before they hit the streets, all participants attended several meetings that addressed safety issues and offered spiritual encouragement.
"They didn't want to tell us too much about what to expect," Eliza beth says. "We spent a lot of time reading Bible verses about poverty, about homelessness, how God is the father of the fatherless and the widow. And we spent a lot of time in prayer."
Then on Friday afternoon of President's Day weekend, the groups were loaded in the school van and dropped off at various places around Seattle.
"They didn't have any specific place to drop us off—it was just random, totally random," Elizabeth says. "It was almost like I was parachuting out of a plane in the middle of nowhere. I had lived in Seattle all my life, yet I felt like a complete foreigner in my own city."
Next, the groups had to figure out how they were going to spend their time.
"I was really surprised by how boring it was at times," Kevin says. "We all had talked about enjoying the escape from homework and school, but at the same time, we were used to having a schedule."
So they did what seemed natural—they walked. Walking not only filled the time but also provided opportunities to interact with others on the street.
It was about 9 p.m., and Scott's group had been walking for 45 minutes, searching for some place—any place—that would serve them dinner. They thought knocking on the closed door of a hot dog shop was a long shot, but they were so tired, hungry and desperate. They felt they had to try. What happened next amazed them.
After switching on his hot dog machines and some music, the owner put his "guests" to work, mopping the floors and cleaning the bathroom. And then the owner dished out the grub.
"He brought out Cokes for all of us," Scott says. "We each got two hot dogs and all the condiments we wanted."
The group left with full stomachs, $10 from the owner and a new understanding of compassion.
"It was so incredible," says Katrina, who was in the same group as Scott. "We were all hungry, and we were all getting grumpy, and this man just opened his doors to complete strangers. We had been arguing with each other when we got there, and we left elated. It changed our whole night."
But not everybody they met was as nice as the guy at the hot dog shop. Katrina remembers two women who immediately placed their hands over their purses when her group approached them. All Katrina and her friends wanted to do was was find out what time it was.
"I can't believe they actually did that," she says. "There's no way we would have ever tried to steal their purses. I don't think we had the respect we would have had otherwise, if we'd looked like students. It's something we didn't expect at all."
Katrina and Scott's group got something else they didn't expect—a lecture.
"One time we were on a bus, and we asked a lady for some money," Scott says. "She said, 'You know, I work for my money, and you guys are trying to get handouts. She gave us this big lecture. We were tempted to stand up and say, 'We go to SPU. We're normal people, too.'"
Not revealing they were college students was one of the most difficult parts of the experience. But it was also an important part. The more they were able to put themselves in the role of a homeless person, the more they would get out of the experience. As the weekend progressed, they did begin to see changes in how they viewed themselves.
"At first we were all very confident," Katrina says. "We had our heads up and were very alert. I think people made more eye contact with us because of our demeanor. At the end of the experience, because we were hungry and tired, we tended to act more like the typical homeless person. We held our heads down."
But even with their heads held low, they couldn't fool everyone. People who really lived on the street could tell they didn't belong there. Elizabeth recalls talking with a homeless man who figured out she was a student.
"He said, 'If you really want to know what it's like, give up your school, give up your home, give up everything. Don't just do this for a weekend.'"
But a long weekend was enough time to give the students at least a glimpse of what it means to be homeless.
"After a couple of days on the street, it gets really depressing," Kevin says. "On the last day of the experience, we ended up sitting all day long. We just got tired of walking. You do what's easiest because you don't have the energy."
After four days on the streets, the groups returned to campus sporting grubby clothes, lots of memories and a new appreciation for God's goodness toward them.
"The experience really made me look at my life," Katrina says. "It made me say, 'Look at how blessed I am, coming back to this nice warm dorm and my clothes and my things.'"
For Elizabeth, the experience renewed her excitement over her major. "When people used to ask me about my major I'd say, 'social work' without much excitement in my voice. But now I am excited about the chance to work with people who are like those I met on the street."
Maybe most importantly, they all learned to look at the homeless a little bit differently.
"When you walk down the street, you don't think to yourself, God loves me more than these people, but you feel it," says Scott. "You feel you are important and that these people blew it somehow in life. But God loves everybody equally."
"A lot of people just pretended they didn't see us," Kevin says. "That was one of the hardest things— for people to pretend we didn't exist. I'm not going to spend every free moment volunteering at a homeless shelter. But one thing I can do is not look away from homeless people when I see them on the street. They're homeless, but they're still people."
Homeless people are, indeed, people—individuals made in the image of God and who deserve to be treated with love and respect. That's what Katrina, Scott, Elizabeth and Kevin not only believe as a fact—but also believe way down in their hearts. And they believe it because one weekend they decided to take the Plunge.


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This 2-CD collection brings you the best jokes and sketches featured on four recent editions (11/6/2004, 2/3/2007, 3/8/2008 & 11/1/2008). Joining Garrison Keillor in the laughs are Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Tom Keith along with special guests.More Info»