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Very nice time on a stock GT. Also congrats. you got him with a good light, even though he had too much car later.
Fast. How noticable was the addition of the 410's vice the tune if possible?
The 4.10's really didn't help the car as much as I expected. The car ran 13.09 in very cold weather, then when the 4.10's went in, it was very warm, and only bested 13.04, on street tires, but then i added the mickey's, and dropped it to a 12.85 constantly.
You have my car! All the way down to the rims. Thank you for doing the dyno for me. Mine is stock w/exception of JLT CAI and SCT 91 octane tune. When you say very warm, what does that mean. I'm in Phoenix and it reaches 110 in the summer here, easily. I notice a performance hit in hot weather, too.
90 degrees, but the humidity is what kills the car the most . . . and its really bad here. Correction on the dyno, that was a superflo dyno, so it would prob be 315ish on a dynojet . . . if u find out the Density Altitude, the lower that number is, the better the track conditions are. . .
for your bbk, what different (if any) adjustments did you have to make in your handheld tuner? My sct guy says there really is no tune available for the throttle body.
Added 2% more fuel at WOT. . . that's all i did with my handheld for it. A/F's were dead on at 12.8 . . . http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f46/mikethomas52/2006GTdyno.jpg
What was your starting point for your A/F? I am looking for numbers to relate to
Excellent! Shows what a good driver and a properly tuned car can do! Great work
it was pretty much 12.8 all the way across. . . Talk to Brent at brenspeed for more info about my tune.
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Liverpool, England; Accra, Ghana; Charleston, South Carolina. These were the points of the triangle forming the major route of the transatlantic slave trade. And these are the cities that acclaimed author Caryl Phillips explores--physically, historically, psychologically--in this wide-ranging meditation on the legacy of slavery and the impact of the African diaspora on the life of a place and its people.
In a brilliantly layered narrative, Phillips combines his own observations with the stories of figures from the past. The experiences of an African trader in nineteenth-century Liverpool are contrasted with Phillips's experience of the city, where, as a Carib-bean black, he is scorned by the city's "native" blacks. His interactions with American Pan-Africanists coming "home" to Ghana (and with those Ghanaians for whom leaving seems the best hope) are paired with the account of a British-trained African minister in eighteenth-century Accra who turned a blind eye to the slave trade flourishing around him. The story of a white judge who disrupted "the natural order" in Charleston by integrating the Democratic primary in 1947 is set against Phillips's search for remnants of the "pest houses" where slaves were "seasoned" be-fore being sold.
Phillips weaves these narrative threads together with acute insight and a novelist's grasp of time, place and character. The result is a provocative and unexpected book, at once historically illuminating and profoundly affecting.
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In this fascinating inquiry into the African Diaspora, Caryl Phillips embarks on a soul-wrenching journey to the three major ports of the transatlantic slave trade.
Juxtaposing stories of the past with his own present-day experiences, Phillips combines his remarkable skills as a travel essayist with an astute understanding of history. From an West African businessman's interactions with white Methodists in nineteenth-century Liverpool to an eighteenth-century African minister's complicity in the selling of slaves to a fearless white judge's crusade for racial justice in 1940s Charleston, South Carolina, Phillips reveals the global the impact of being uprooted from one's home through resonant, powerful narratives.
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Caryl Phillips was born in St. Kitts, West Indies; his family emigrated to England that same year, and he was brought up in Leeds and educated at Oxford. Phillips has written numerous scripts for film, theater, radio and television. He is the author of one previous book of nonfiction, The European Tribe, and six novels, including Cambridge, Crossing the River and The Nature of Blood. He has received numerous awards--the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize among them. He lives in New York City.
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RENTON, WASH. - Seattle Sounders FC will face Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs beginning with the first leg at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah on Saturday, October 29. FOX Soccer will televise it live at 7 p.m. PT.
Sounders FC, the second seed with a record of 18-7-9 and 63 points, host the second leg of series on Wednesday, November 2 and 7pm.
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The question was raised whether the Friedel Amendment would bar the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) from effecting the proposed relocation of the offices of the Social Security Administration (SSA) from Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, to Washington, D.C. In reply to a request for his views on the matter, the Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, HEW, stated that the Friedel Amendment does not bar the Secretary of HEW from effecting the proposed relocation because: (1) the Friedel Amendment is not permanent legislation, but rather a 1-year limitation on the funds appropriated by the Supplemental Appropriation Act; and (2) changes in the organizational structure and programmatic responsibilities of SSA since 1954 have rendered the Amendment inapplicable. GAO found the first point not entirely convincing. GAO did agree with the second proposition, however, and found that point to be dispositive. The Friedel Amendment prohibited the relocation of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (BOASI), which was abolished in 1963 with no clearly defined successor. BOASI administered only the OASI Program, whereas today the Baltimore SSA staff has assumed responsibility for other programs that are carried out within an interdisciplinary administrative structure. The functions of the former OASI cannot be apportioned to current HEW units; consequently, the Friedel Amendment does not now apply to SSA. It was also ascertained that the provisions of the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act of 1979 would not be an impediment to the transfer of SSA personnel as proposed by HEW.
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AP Investigation: Calif. pension bonuses examined
The AP obtained the data from CalPERS through a California Public Records Act request and analyzed the compensation of employees earning salaries of at least $90,000 per year in both fiscal years. CalPERS says bonuses for 2009-10 are being determined.
For the sake of consistency, employees who worked only one of the two fiscal years were not included in the AP's overall data analysis.
Like all state employees, those at CalPERS were subject to furloughs in the last half of the 2008-09 fiscal year, which amounted to a 9.2 percent temporary salary decrease over the final five months. Those furlough reductions were not taken into account in the analysis because they did not affect official salaries used to determine raises and pensions.
Employees of the pension fund are paid salaries and bonuses out of the fund's investment returns. The salaries are not paid directly by California taxpayers, but they come from the same pot as pension payments.
Taxpayers are on the hook to cover the deficit between returns generated by investments and what is owed to state retirees.
Earlier this year, the pension fund's board voted to take between $480 million and $600 million more from the state to make up for investment losses and the fact that retirees are living longer and receiving more pension payments. Part of that will come from the state's general fund, which faces a $19 billion deficit. CalPERS does not need legislative approval to enact an increase in the state's pension contribution rate.
CalPERS' board of directors recently voted to allow the board to defer, cut or eliminate performance awards if the fund's fiscal year absolute return is less than zero percent, or for any other reason, Pacheco said. He added that investment managers' salaries were frozen in the most recent fiscal year, 2009-10.
Board member Olivera said the CalPERS board tried to reduce bonuses for 2008-09 but was "contractually compelled" to honor them.
"But we have taken steps now to make sure that can't happen in the future," Olivera said.
However, the board voted Sept. 15 to give the chief investment officer and CEO authority to award bonuses of as much as 20 percent of salary to investment managers they're worried about losing to the private sector. Employees would have to return the bonuses if they leave CalPERS within two years.
"It's not that they're just piling on bonuses; this is key to retaining staff," Pacheco said in an interview.
Late Tuesday, Democratic state Assemblyman Anthony Portantino of La Canada Flintridge said he will reintroduce legislation aimed at freezing salaries and bonuses at the pension fund, saying the "behavior must stop."
Republican state Sen. Tony Strickland of Thousand Oaks reacted to the report by calling for more oversight of CalPERS and the California State Teachers' Retirement System. He is running for state controller and, if elected, would sit on the boards of both funds.
Executives and investment managers at CalSTRS, the state's second-largest pension fund, received bonuses ranging from $1,856 to $146,000 in the 2008-09 fiscal year, according to documents provided by spokesman Ricardo Duran.


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Yeah, so remember the other day when I said Jeter would be fine? Well that might not be the case:Instead of opening the season at shortstop, Derek Jeter could wind up opening it on the disabled list. General manager Brian Cashman acknowledged the possibility yesterday after Jeter had a cortisone shot to recover from inflammation in his left ankle. "We can't rule it out till we see how the next 10 days go," Cashman said before the Yankees beat the Red Sox, 4-0, in a Grapefruit League game at Steinbrenner Field. "We've got to do what's right for him. … I'm not saying he'll be DL'd, but I can't tell you he won't be." After sending Jeter for X-rays and an MRI exam Tuesday, the Yankees consulted with doctors in North Carolina, who performed the surgery on the shortstop in October. He likely will have to stay off the field until at least the weekend. "It's not a surprise," Cashman said of the development. "His rehab's gone extremely well, but after the back-to-back [games at shortstop], it barked a little bit. We've just got to back off. … I don't think it's anything serious. I think it's a timing issue." ... "There is a reason [manager] Joe Girardi has played Eduardo Nunez at shortstop the entire spring," Cashman said. "It was in the event if we ever have any issues as we move through this stuff, we'll have someone ready to go."I still think Jeter will do whatever it takes to be on the field by Opening Day, but this should still be a concern. Hopefully it's not something he has to deal with all season.
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Torrei Hart confirmed that she'll be getting some screen time with Usher's ex-wife on VH1 as part of the new cast for "Atlanta Exes."
Kevin Hart's ex-wife mentioned to TheJasmineBrand.com over the summer that she was working on a reality show, but she didn't mention which network would be airing the series. The Pretty Funny Fish star did say that she was working with the producers of "Hollywood Exes" but that they're project was going to be very different.
When HipHollywood.com caught up with her, though, she revealed that she's actually been tapped to become part of the cast for a spin-off "Atlanta Exes." Production for the show has already begun, and Torrei's excited for people to see a new side of her.
"I just feel like it's a way to see who I am. In the past I've been put out in the press, people have this assumption about me, and it's a way for people to really get to see who I am," Torrei said. "I want to do the show. I think it's a great opportunity. It's a great platform, and I'm excited about it."
Torrei said she's also meshing pretty well with the cast. Who's going to be joining her on the show? Tameka Raymond, Cee-Lo's ex-wife and Idris Elba's ex-wife. "I really love the women, they're a great group of women,"Torrei gushed, adding that viewers shouldn't expect the usual reality show antics from her cast. "Reality TV can be positive; it's not just fighting and negativity.
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Job Description of a Communications Specialist
Learn about the education and preparation needed to become a communications specialist. Get an overview of the requirements, such as degree programs and job duties, to find out if this is the career for you.
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Communications or public relations specialists create and maintain positive relationships between their clients and the public often using media outlets. They produce press releases and manage public events. Communications specialists typically require a bachelor's degree in public relations or another relevant field.
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Communications Specialist Job Description
Communications specialists, also known as public relations specialists, establish positive associations with the public and mass media on behalf of their clients. Employers may include businesses, non-profits, government agencies and individuals. Their job incorporates a number of skills from different fields including marketing, journalism, business administration and more.
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Communications specialists draft and send press releases that contain important updates about their clients to print and broadcast media outlets. They also organize events at which their clients can meet with the public to increase product awareness or knowledge of their services or recent developments. Proposing and manage advertising on behalf of their clients is included in the job description. In addition to controlling information output, communications specialists handle incoming requests for information from media outlets. Their general goal is to promote cooperative relationships between their clients and those who use their clients' services.
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With A Heavy Heart…
On January 31, I got the phone call that you always dread, at the what I've been dreading for nearly 10 years- that call at 4 in the morning. Long story short, I learned that my father had died. As Daniel and I got ready to fly from Minnesota to Michigan, I left a text with John Paulson just letting him know I wasn't going to be at church this Sunday. I don't know what all John did, but he was able to marshall the forces of the church to make sure church went on smoothly. Retired Pastor Paul Ficzeri preached in my stead.
My Dad had been in declining health for years. Congestive Heart Failure and COPD wore him down. He entered the hospital on New Year's Day with really low blood pressure. He was taken to a transitional care facility to recuperate and hopefully get well enough to go back home. His time at the facility wasn't easy. Unlike other hospital stays, he wasn't bouncing back. I had started to think he might end up at this facility permanently- something Mom had wondered as well.
He actually was feeling better the day before he died, my Mom said. She offered to stay the night, but he wanted her home. A nurse came into wake him up on that Saturday morning to get him ready for the day and he didn't respond. Dad had died in his sleep after 85 years on this earth.
Grief is something that always fascinates me. I've always wondered how different folk grieve a loss. I've also been interested in how someone on the autistic spectrum mourns. People might think that those on the spectrum don't feel anything, but the fact of the matter is we feel a lot.
My sign of mourning is a physical one: I feel what I can only explain as a heaviness of heart, as if my heart is crying even though I'm not visibly crying. I felt that way a few years ago when my Uncle David died, and I felt it again when my cat Morris died a few months later. When my other cat, Felix died a year later, the heavy heart was there again.
Over the last week, I noticed that my heart was truly heavy again. I might not be crying up a storm, but my heart was…is weeping for my Dad.
I share this because we all do grieve differently. For some grief is a slow process and for others it's "faster." Some people cry visibly, others cry in secret. Those of us with Aspergers also grieve in ways that might seem odd, but it is grief.
I miss my Dad. I think that my heavy heart will come and go for a time. But a smile comes to my face as well: my heavy heart is a sign that I am truly human after all.
Note: The top photo was taken by my husband, Daniel shortly after we arrived at my parent's apartment. On one of the bed posts were my baby shoes. This is what Daniel wrote on Facebook describing the photo: "A father's love for his son…hanging on his father's bedpost are Dennis' childhood shoes."
The bottom photo was taken with my Dad in November 2013.
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So, a few days before Christmas, I found out that my position was eliminated due to budget cuts.
Needless to say, I was devastated…and I still am a few weeks later. The sad thing is that this isn't the first time that this has happened to me. I've received layoff notices more than once. It's also part and parcel of my long work history, one where work and I don't seem to get along.
It's not that I don't want to work: quite the opposite, I love to work, I love being industrious. But in the 25 or so years in the workforce, it has always been a struggle to find employment and a struggle at times to maintain a job.
Part of my problem is being on the autistic spectrum. My communication difficulties make it hard for potential employers to connect with me. A lot of job-hunting is people-oriented and I have a time figuring out how to best present myself to a potential employer. How I present myself can probably give off the message to people that I don't care which is the total opposite of what I mean.
But the other part of the problem is that I seem to always be "layoff bait." In several instances, when an organization is facing some kind of financial problem and they need to cut staff, I seem to always been at the top of the list.
I wish I knew why. Was I not a good enough worker? Was I not friendly enough? Why didn't the other guy that sits around all day not lose his job? It feels as though there is an invisible sign that says, "please cut my job when the finances get to dicey."
What this all means for me is going back to square one and starting over again. When I was 25 or 35 I could do that, but at 45 I should be much farther along.
I'm also cruelly reminded that I can't write my own ticket. I'm not so desirable that I get to keep my position and I'm not so desirable that other organizations want me.
I understand that budgets need to be balanced. But I wish it wasn't me that always has to be the sacrificial lamb, the "surplus man" that is considered a luxury in leaner times. I'd like to not be the guy that people feel sorry for. I'd like to not have to rely on others, hoping they might pass my resume along to others. I'd like to feel that my job is vital enough to the organization that people don't think my work can be easily done by others. I'd like to be part of the solution when organizations have to economize instead of just being asked to clean out my desk.
So, I look for another job with some trepidation. Will this new job just be like the last one, a position that can go away at any moment? Will I be viewed as an important and vital part of the team?
I'm thankful for the jobs that I have had in that they have given me rich experiences and skills. But I'd like to not end up on the altar of balanced budgets.
Note: I still have my part-time work as pastor, so it isn't a total loss.
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Note: I wrote this earlier this year about relationships. One thing I'd like to add: tell people that you care for them or that you are their friend. For someone like me with autism it can make all the difference in the world.
When I was in high school, I ran track. I didn't run well, but I did run track. Practice would take place after school. I remember heading into the locker room to change, and passing by this front room set aside for physical therapy. Every time I passed by there were people my age chatting and having a good time.
One day, I decided I was going to join in. I came in after practice and walked into the room. Unlike other days, the room was mostly empty save for one student who was being attended to by a teacher. I walked in and sat down hoping to engage in some conversation. The teacher stopped what he was doing and looked at me. "What are you doing here?" he said. I gave him a confused look and started to think I had made the wrong decision. He pointed to the door and ordered me to leave. I walked out feeling ashamed that I had even bothered to come in.
I share this story because it serves as an example of the ups and downs of one person with Aspergers trying to be social. Looking back, I probably should have known that social situations change. But in my mind, everything repeats. If there were people goofing off one day, then they would be there everyday. Obviously there were time it was okay to be in the room and times this wasn't possible. But that nuance was lost on me.
Relationships for someone with Aspergers is like walking into a room that's pitch black. You can't see anything. The darkness is scary and you feel very alone. The result is that you are always scared, scared that something in the darkness is coming after you.
This all makes it hard to simply be. You are constantly worried you are going to say something stupid and when you do, all hell breaks loose. So, you withdraw feeling more alone and isolated.
It's not just that you don't know how to act with potential friends, it's also that you don't know how to act with fellow co-workers. A conversation that I intended to be helpful was interpreted as being hostile. I nearly lost my position because of it.
And let's not even talk about romantic relationships.
In many ways, I'm still that 16 year old boy trying to figure out human relationships and failing miserably. It's trial and error, finding out what works and what doesn't.
The thing is, after being rapped on the nose more than once you start to become risk averse. You feel like a trapped animal with eyes darting about; seeing others as a potential threat or potential friend.
Blogger and fellow aspie Penelope Trunk has said that people with Aspergers don't have friends and don't have the emotional need for friends. I tend to disagree with this. I want to have friends, especially close ones, I just don't know how to start a friendship let alone maintain it.
Stopping A Freight Train
I'm a little wary about writing this.
The reason for my skittishness is that I don't want my frustrations to be misunderstood. But I think I need to try to find someway to share these frustrations; otherwise they will eat me alive.
Anyone that knows me knows that I am a bit focused on new churches. I've really wanted to see new Disciples of Christ churches in Minnesota reaching various populations. Last year, there seemed to be some passing interest with a few people, but in the end none of the people who expressed interest were that passionate to do anything.
What has also frustrated me is the lack on interest in new churches. For reasons that allude me, Disciples clergy and lay alike don't seem to be rushing to find ways to plant new communities.
One thing you need to know about someone like me who has autism (and maybe ADHD as well). When we believe in something, we are all in. There is no half steps, no casual participants. This belief is hard to let go. It's like trying to stop a freight train, it just ain't gonna happen.
If I were in a church and saw someone like that, I would have a talk with them They would be the best workers because they believe this. Really, really, believe this. But I think most churches and middle judicatories don't know how to deal with someone like me.
It was the crazy speeding train passion that led me to start a church 10 years ago. I still had a lot to learn and I made mistakes, but I felt I was able to find a place to channel my obsession. Community of Grace never worked out and it was closed a few years later, but it was a fun ride.
I don't know if I want to do that again, partially because I have a church to worry about and partly because I lack the people skills needed.
But I still want to see new churches. What is frustrating is that it seems like no one else in my denomination here in Minnesota is interested.
I know that starting new churches is not everyone's cup of tea. I know there are other things that mainline churches are involved in such as social justice issues. I know that most people aren't this obsessed about this issue. I know that my passion/obsession has pissed people off in my denomination (and for that I'm sorry).
I wish I could just be able to push this aside. But this desire isn't something I can switch off, as much as I would like it to.
I don't think I can plant another church, at least at this time. But I do want to help others (if there are others). I do want to spread the word on this.
This post is not supposed to be a bitchfest. It is showing how sometimes my autism and church life collide. It's hard to have a desire or calling, and be told no.
I have no idea if this blog makes any sense. Maybe I have to learn as hard as it is to do, that sometimes your passions have to be set aside.
I guess that makes sense, but it is hard to accept.
Aspergers, Self-Esteem and God
I will be writing a blog post on partisanship and the church, but right now I need to chat about dealing with self-esteem when you are on the autistic spectrum.
People with Aspergers especially deal with low self-esteem, partially because of being bullied and partially because we tend to isolate ourselves when we've been bullied. For me, there is this sense that I'm stupid, which isn't true, of course, but it is there because of the low self-esteem. Sometimes experiences tend to bring people down and it is a lot harder to shake things off than it is for someone who is neurotypical.
Last year, a blogger who also has Aspergers explained why low self-esteem goes hand-in-hand with Aspergers:
The primary reason that most people with Aspergers, including myself, have self esteem issues, is due to bullying and people not being willing to make allowances for our social mistakes. Personally I have never met anyone with Aspergers who did not experience bullying in their school years and often beyond. Being socially awkward identifies us as targets in the playground. The fact that a lot of people with Aspergers are also physically clumsy doesn't help matters at all. I always found that certain aspects of my Aspergers made me more sensitive to childhood bullies than other people. One example is the fact that I am a very literal thinker. Until a couple of years ago, I couldn't understand that people would say spiteful and malicious things that they knew to be untrue just to hurt somebody's feelings. I always assumed that people were just being honest and genuinely thought that I was ugly or a freak. If you are told something enough times, you internalise it and it becomes part of your self image. Many children with Aspergers are miserable in their school years-they are often isolated and excluded from playground games. If the only reaction your peers have towards you is to walk away, how are you supposed to develop a healthy self image of yourself as someone who is nice to be around? Of course, having these sorts of self esteem issues lead, in turn, to low self confidence, particularly in social situations where you feel that others will be judging you and looking for your flaws so that they can take great pleasure in pointing them out and ridiculing you for them. This compounds our social awkwardness and thus the vicious circle continues. At almost 27, I am still suffering from the effects of experiences I had before anyone even knew that my difficulties had a name, I still have days when I think the world would be a better place without me in it although, thankfully, these days are now few and far between. I always say that, until you have looked in the mirror and genuinely despised the person staring back at you, you will struggle to understand just how pervasive and destructive low self esteem can be.
It can take years for someone to get to a point where they feel good about themselves. I remember early on in ministry, a fellow pastor ripped me to shreds. It took a long time to piece back together my confidence. Once I did get it back, it happened again a number of years ago. And again, I had to rebuild myself, a process that took years. What neurotypicals can shake off takes a long time for someone on the spectrum.
Then there are what one writer calls Self-Esteem attacks. When someone with Aspergers does something perceived as wrong there's a sense of shame that can act like a panic attack. Blogger Amy Murphy explains:
"Self Esteem Attacks" occur whenever a person with low self esteem does or says something that he afterwards deems to have been inappropriate, stupid, rude, obnoxious, off target, or inaccurate. At that time, the person may experience immediate remorse, excruciating anxiety, his heart racing, his face turning red, a sinking feeling of embarrassment, depression and/or devastation. Wishing he could sink into the floor or disappear, he may immediately look for a way to escape. He may feign illness, sneak out without saying anything, or just become totally silent, hoping not to be noticed. He will believe that everyone saw his blunder and is thinking poorly of him, maybe even laughing at him. This is a full blown Self-Esteem Attack that may last for minutes, hours, even days during which he berates himself, is fearful of seeing anyone who was in attendance at the time he made his "mistake," and remain seriously depressed.
I've had moments where I wanted to hide and just curl up into a ball after making a mistake. On the outside, I might not show much emotion, but on the inside I start to feel like crap. I berate myself and get stuck in feedback loop of self-loathing. It's not pretty.
The final thing to talk about is how this low self-esteem can affect relationships. I think a lot of my friendships have been stunted out of my own fear that I'm not good enough, that I can socially engage others and reminders of other past relationships. So, I remain distant,to protect myself and because I don't have confidence that I could be a good friend or fear that I will say or do something wrong. This has happened in romantic relationships as well, but it happens more frequently in friendships. Gavin Bollard has a good blog post on how self-esteem can wreck potentially good relationships.
One thing about how my faith and self-esteem. I truly believe what has helped me not totally fall of the deep end is my faith in God and the belief in the concept of grace- that I am loved and called by God even when I mess up and feel like I'm stupid. It doesn't take the self-esteem attacks away, but it does surely blunt their punch.
I was a bit leery of sharing this. I don't want to focus on myself or get into a pity party in front of others. But I do want to share what someone with Aspergers deals with on daily basis. The world can be a harsh place for those of us on the spectrum and people who don't have autism need to understand that.
I want to end with a quote from Steph, a woman with Aspergers, about understanding how people with autism deal with self-esteem:
Next time you see someone with Aspergers or autism, please remember how they may be feeling inside and have compassion for them. We struggle daily to get by in a world which often seems to revel in making us feel like failures and sometimes just a small amount of kindness can make our day so much better.
Reverend Loser
Every so often, more often than I'd like to admit, I get this feeling that I am a failure- especially when it comes to this pastor thing.
I've been at my church for a little over a year. I think I've done a lot to help the congregation and to encourage them. I think this church is at a different place than it was last year. And yet, there is the feeling that I am not doing a good job, not good enough.
Part of this is dealing with some issues that took place in my life a few years ago that I am still trying to get past. But mostly, I feel like I haven't done enough to attract new members.
I'm probably not alone in thinking this way. A lot of us do various things to help increase the visibility of our congregations. We engage in social media. We improve the church website. We host community events. And the result is…not many people darken our doors.
For me especially, it's been frustrating. I've been trying to establish relationships with those who left the church just before I came. I've written, called and done everything short of showing up at their doorstep (and no, I am not trying that). I may have to just give up trying to extend a hand to them. I know that I've done the best I could, but I know that there is that voice somewhere that says I'm not good enough. If I were better, I would have made contact with them and woo them back to the church.
Then there is this feeling that I'm not reaching out to the community. If I were more outgoing, then maybe things would be better. Maybe if I didn't have Aspergers, I would be better able to communicate with others and then there would be more members. I would be like that other pastor who can announce an event and 50 people show up.
All of this is nonsense to some extent. Some of the problems facing First Christian started before I came there. Some things are the result of changes in culture. But when few people show up to an event, or when few visitors show up to worship the questions always come flooding back.
If you want to know why so many pastors end up leaving the ministry, it's because we tend to think that the success or failure of a church is all on us. Pastors end up shouldering a lot of responsibility on themselves.
In the end, I have to accept some grace. I am not all that. All I can do is be faithful. I try to do a good job, try to encourage the congregation, but in the end it is all on God. It's God that I have to trust in, but that's hard. I think we pastors are taught or at least we think, that we have to be demigods. I think God has to sometimes hit pastors upside the head and say to them "there is only one God baby, and you are not it."
First-St. Paul might grow numerically and it might not. I am hoping for the former and that has been my prayer. But in the end, it is up to God. My job is to preach God's hope to the people and hope they will see God at work in the world.
I just need to tell myself this over and over.
The Care and Feeding of Aspies
It's taken me a few years to realize how different I am from most of humanity. The thing about Asperger's is that you think your life is normal. What I see is my reality.
But of course that is not how life works. I am different from others. And that difference can lead to some problems; not only to those of us with Aspergers, but of course with those neurotypical friends and colleagues around us. Most people don't really understand what it means to be on the spectrum. Even if they say they understand, the mostly likely don't get it at all.
So, this is just some things that I've observed in my life and others that should help in dealing with someone with Aspergers. It's not an expert analysis, it's just my thoughts.
No, I am not psychopath. Because I tend to not express outward emotions like others, there have been people who think I just don't care about anything. I can see why after a school shooting people hone in on the assailant's problems, such as autism or Asperger's. I think that's rather lazy thinking. No, those of us on spectrum aren't perfect, or angels and there are very likely people who are evil. But just because we don't express emotion in the same way as others doesn't mean that I'm going to go and blow away a classroom of fifth graders.
Aspergers is not quirk. One of the problems in modern culture is likening autism to eccentricity. It's one of those cute things that you like about people. Let me be clear: Aspergers is not cute. It is can be a thorn in my side. When you get mad at something I said or did and conclude that I don't care or that I'm incompetent, you will realize that this is not cute. Having Aspergers means having problems with communication. I can say something that comes off as brash and I was trying to be honest and helpful. So stop thinking that I'm the "crazy uncle." Because if you think that and then we reach a misunderstanding, you will start seeing me as that ***hole, instead. Being an ***hole is definitely not cute.
But I do have quirks. I know, this sounds contrdictory, but stay with me. While Aspergers isn't a quirk, it can produce some odd quirks that people need to understand. One of my quirks? Phones kind of scare me. Of course, I will take a phone call, but it's just been difficult to use the phone- mostly because it makes me feel less secure. I remember when Daniel and I were dating. He lived in Grand Forks, North Dakota and there were a lot of occasions where I perferred using online chat than using the phone. It's something I'm working on, but for a lot of people it just seems weird.
I actually do care. I tend to think most people see me as standoffish, which has probably led to a lot of people keeping their distance from me. What I wish people understood is that I do care about my friends and family; probably more than you know. The thing is, I can struggle with how to share that. Sometimes I come on too strong and freak people out; sometimes I'm too laid back and people think I'm uncaring. I'm still trying to figure this out, so if you want to be my friend, be patient; I'm not trying to be a jerk.
Small Talk is a challenge. I'm 44 years old and I still have a problem with small talk. What I'm learning is how much small talk is the basis of relationships both platonic and romantic. I think a lot of friendships never got deeper because I found it hard to just shoot the breeze. So be patient, I'm still learning about how to talk about the weather.
My intentions are good. I've been in a few situations where my actions were interpeted as being disrespectful. I can remember one situation where my response was accepted badly. I tried to explain the best I could (which is also an issue with someone with Aspergers), but I was still viewed in a highly negative view. What I wish most people knew is that for the most part, I'm trying to help. I'm not trying to being disrespectful.
There are more things I could talk about, but not right now. What I hope this can do is help people understand someone who has Aspergers. We aren't bad people if you get to know us.


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Ex-cop arrested in slay try on businesswoman Decena
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When arrested, they were spending the night in a government-run hostel and had yet to change their clothes after failing in their alleged mission.
The Manila Police District on Friday presented the two suspected gunmen in the Aug. 14 attack on businesswoman Cristina Decena, including a former member of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force.
The National Bureau of Investigation, whose help Decena sought following Wednesday's ambush in Quezon City, said it had identified the mastermind behind the attack and that a manhunt was underway.
Henry Quiñonez, a former member of the PNP-SAF with the rank of Police Officer 1, and alleged cohort Edgar Binalla were arrested Thursday night in a hostel for transients run in Manila by the Metro Manila Development Authority, the MPD said.
The suspects were initially booked for illegal possession of firearms before Binalla was identified by Decena's son Danilo as one of the men on a motorbike who tailed them and shot at their Starex van.
The Decenas and their maid Helen Felesco were in the van then passing through Banawe Street near the corner of Simoun Street in Sta. Mesa Heights when ambushed around 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Cristina and Danilo, the driver, were unhurt but Felesco sustained wounds from shattered glass and bullet fragments.
Danilo managed to hit the gunmen's motorbike, knocking them off their ride. With the bike damaged, they seized a tricycle as their getaway vehicle.
"We will work on the leads provided by the victims, including the supposed mastermind," said NBI head agent Rommel Vallejo of the bureau's Anti-Organized Crime Division.
"I know who wants me dead, I want them to rot in jail," said Decena, who runs several companies dealing in real estate, money lending and high-end fashion items. She earlier owned a rural bank and a school.
She was romantically linked to actor Philip Salvador in 2000 but ended up suing the actor for estafa. In 2010, she married comedian Ariel Villasanta in Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and Macau, but the couple parted ways last year.
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Welcome to Tom McMasters' blog about being Mayor & life in Huber Heights
I believe I will be able to make better decisions if more residents know what's happening in Huber Heights. When I started this site I hoped to inspire 4 or 5 residents to attend committee meetings and then write informative articles for the rest of the community to reference. That idea never developed and I ended up writing most of the articles. Now that I've been elected Mayor, I've been in a quandary on what to do with the site. The city has official methods for conveying information. I plan to use this open forum to have a conversation that allows me to learn more about the city and your views. Yes I know, people shouldn't do public math. Oh well, you're going to see it, warts and all. With luck you'll give me insight into what you're thinking, but I'm positive it will allow you to see how I think.
Tom McMasters
As important as I'd like to think this website can be, if you really want to keep up with City government regularly look at the agenda items found on the City's Meeting Information & Audio / Video page
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Fishburg Road (west of Old Troy Pike) will be closed from Elysian W…
City of Huber Heights – Road Closure
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 4, 2015
Fishburg Road (west of Old Troy Pike) will be closed from Elysian Way to Aaron Lane for one day on Friday, May 8, 2015. The road will only be closed during the day from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The road is being closed in order to finish installing a new storm culvert on the south side of the road to fill…
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Election Day Tuesday - Matt Truman - Video - Council at Large
Matt Truman started Brick City Town Hall a Facebook page designed to talk about City issues. You can see his campaign Facebook page here.
A short video for you this morning. Thank you all for your support and well wishes, as the election is just around the...Posted by Matthew Truman for Huber Heights Council At Large on Tuesday, April 28, 2015
And don't forget to check out…
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Election Day Tuesday - Glenn Otto - 30 Minute Q &A - Council at Large
Sunday at 6:00 pm Glenn Otto will be doing a live YouTube Question and Answer session.
You can pass him questions before hand via his Facebook site:
Put it on your schedule. You will also be able to watch the reply at the same You tube address:
And don't forget to check out the other council at large candidates:
|Jaclynn Shook
|Matthew Truman
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Election Day Tuesday - Jaclynn Shook Flier - Council at Large
I spoke with Jaclynn Lee Shook today. I really like the idea of having a contracting officer on Council. Here is a copy of her flier.
Jaclynn Lee Shook
Glenn Otto is also another good candidate
Don't forget Matt Truman got to love his military service and medical training
Did you know the incumbent is my favorite council member - but I won't be voting for the incumbent!…
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Early Voting has started, I won't be voting for Ms. Vargo - even th…
Although she is my favorite council member, I can't vote for Jan Vargo in the primary election May 5th and is underway now in Early Voting. Here is one reason why.
In 2002/2003 the City spent about $8 million dollars to build the Carriage Trails Parkway Connector. In 2007 the City entered the initial Development Agreement with DEC Land Co, LLC. One of the objectives of that agreement was…
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Early Voting has started, I won't be voting for Ms. Vargo - even th…
I think the background off all these candidates needs to be looked into. I myself will not vote for a candidate to handle my city's money if they cannot handle their own.
Aquatic Center Contract award based on friendship
The management company you refer to is not sending any select soccer kids to Kettering. A partnership program had been created to provide local families other options to avoid them leaving our community play soccer. To date, no teams have been created. The management company has held basketball camps, and a variety of other summer camps in the parks each summer as well as 5k races and a half marathon on behalf of the city's parks and recreation department.
You are right about one thing, apples to apples is very hard to do when you have a large variable such as weather that affects the operational costs and revenues. It should be pointed out that the management company chosen to run the pool does not charge the city for any staffing not used when the pool is closed! Fixed costs contracts would pay for staffing regardless of pool operating status.
Finally, it should also be pointed out that the management company selected has provided recreational services and a facility in Huber Heights for 10 years. Having served over 700,000 visitors and participants, and with over 11,000 members, my guess is this is a much larger volume of residents being served than before the partnership was created 10 years ago.
Why don't you run for City Council
If you do go to the Board of Elections they will tell you how many other people have come by to get petitions. Even if it looks like there are a lot of people interested don't get the wrong impression.
Many people never file and some people file incorrectly. In fact, I would bet that if 10 people get petitions only about 3 of them will actually file.
Vectren is running gas into our streets.
Email me or call me with your address.
New School Board Member - With post campaign thoughts
Megan Baumgartner has told us about herself in that Facebook thread -
I would be willing to run - I am a 30-something's mom with two kids in this school district. We were stationed here several years ago and chose to return here upon my husbands retirement 2 years ago. We have a vested interest in the community…I'm not related to anyone here so would have no partiality to the way things have always been done. If no one else steps up I'd be happy to try it, but id want to throw my name in the hat feeling like i had some support going into it.
Ok…I'm currently a federal employee. I hold a Master's degree in Management and a bachelor's in Human Resources. Our family belongs to First Christian Church (off of Fishburg) and we volunteer there extensively. My husband is very involved in the schools as he has implemented the Watchdog program at Rushmore. I have worked extensively with at-risk children as I ran an after school program when we were stationed near Alamogordo, NM. I saw school districts at their absolute worst there - with the economy, those who could afford to buy school supplies were asked to contribute toilet paper for the school year (no exaggeration). I don't want that to happen HERE. Have I done anything like this specifically before? No. But as a mom, taxpayer, property owner and someone who just wants the best for the city we CHOSE to live in long-term, I realize there has got to be a way to find some common ground and bridge the gap between what we have and what we need. It doesn't have to be me, but some new blood and a fresh perspective would make a big difference in what we are dealing with.
I know Megan from Church. She is a high energy, well educated professional with a great sense of family. Show you support her by liking her post.
Let us all know if you are interested and qualified or convince someone you know to put their name in the ring.
Site Purpose
I've found that when people talk to our current city council they listen. I also believe council both needs that scrutiny and they don't like it. In fact, they proclaim they want public input but then their actions discourage it. I've been trying for a year and a half to get more people to learn about what council is doing because I know with our feedback the city will end up with better government. This website is new online and I have a great vision on where it can go! Right now you can review the beginning of the Aquatic Center or "The Heights" or you can create a profile and start adding content to this site. This is a great project and I look forward to working with you to ensure we get good government here in Huber Heights.
If you've come to this website because of a flier you probably want to see the City Lawyer's opinion paper first. At the very bottom of that page you can find a link to the flier for you to download it and pass it out yourself.
Tom McMasters
Web Designers, Authors, Ideas Wanted
This website theme has great potential especially since it is open source and free but I can see I'll need help to make it work. If you believe in the vision and you can write code for a website as sophisticated as this contact me. As useful as this site seems it loads pretty slow so if you know of another open source theme that does the same things contact me.
Also, I think if there are 8 of us willing to rotate through the committee meetings and then write about the key events we can improve this city. Contact me if you are interested.
Finally, if you have pictures of City events, construction, public areas or services I'd like to show them. Send them to me and I'll incorporate them into the site. Tom McMasters
Information from the mayor needs to be accurate
I just got finished reading the unsigned editorial in the Jan 1st edition of the Huber Heights Courier titled "Information from the mayor needs to be accurate" found in the "Your View" section. The unidentified author says, "It is an unfortunate event that McMasters, in his elected position as Mayor of Huber Heights, distributed inaccurate information. It is his responsibility as mayor to be…
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Young Marines meet @ St Peters
Open House Jan 14th at 1745 (5:45 PM) Boot Camp starts Jan 21, 2015
Who: Any Miami Valley youth - must be accompanied by a parent/gaurdian
What: Observe regular MVYM drill activity and receive information briefing (one hour)
Where: Saint Peter Church Basement, 6161 Chambersburg Rd. Huber Heights OH
Contact info in the flier.
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Vectren is running gas into our streets.
I have noticed that Vectren is going to run natural gas pipes into out street with the intent of providing gas furnace service and water heater service in the future.
DP&L put this street on restriction long ago and ony serviced electric furnaces.
What I find wrong is they are staking out our front yards in what looks like a ditch to go the length of the street about 12 feet back from the curb. Only that goes through every driveway on the…
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anyone ? hoping for some nice easy to read fun nothing heavy
I am reading Queen of the babble by Meg Cabot, its really quite funny, the girl its all about is a bit flaky, it does make me laugh. You dont have to concentrate on it to much. Hope that helps
im going to be well paranoid next time Im on a plane in case youre all there watching me :shocked025:
I had DD poking me for 10 hours on the plane every few minutes saying *mum*.... and asking me stuff... sooooooo I vowed on the flight home DH was going to sit inbetween us and blow me if she didn't reach across him and poke me! I was exasparated and said to DH in disbelief.. "Did she just poke me?"!!!!!!!!!!!! She knew why he sat between us cos I'd told her under NO circumstances to *poke* me....
Get some mags that you wouldn't usually buy.. for me it's something like Vogue so I can drool at all the perfume ads... and Hello and OK. That way once they're read they can be dumped and your bag is lighter when you get off the plane.
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Fat New Jersey Cat Was Abandoned
BLACKWOOD, N.J. – A 44-pound cat found lumbering around New Jersey was abandoned by a woman who said her home was foreclosed, an animal shelter official said Thursday.
The porky white cat found Saturday became a local media sensation and was dubbed "Princess Chunk." But the animal is really a male whose name is Powder.
Jennifer Anderch, director of the Camden County Animal Shelter, said Thursday that the cat's owner came forward to describe the animal's background.
Anderch said she's received hundreds of calls from people seeking to adopt Powder.
The cat appeared Thursday on "Live With Regis and Kelly." A veterinarian on the show examined it and determine he was indeed a male.
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