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Sno-Run to Raise Tens of Thousands
Hundreds of people from near and far came together to have some fun, but more importantly for a good cause. News Source 8's Gina DiPietro has more on this year's Andy Santerre Sno-Run.
NASCAR Champ Champions a Good Cause
This year's Andy Santerre Sno-Run is only a couple of weeks away! In its first seven years, more than a quarter of a million dollars have been raised. News Source 8's Gina DiPietro takes a look the Sno-Run and explains a change to this year's event. Note: More information on the event can be found […]


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Carl Mays: The performance depends on the performers
I have agreed with people who have said my long-ago experience of teaching speech, English and drama while being an athletic coach was an odd combination.
But over the years as a professional speaker and writer I have learned just how much this "odd combination" was actually a great match. This has especially become apparent in recent years as businesses competing for customers or clients have emphasized becoming "leaner" in the production of products and services.
Since "lean" business refers to using the least and best of personnel, inventory, space, tools, processes and time, the economic climate and the ever-increasing laws and government regulations have made it more important than ever. This is why personnel performance matters more than ever.
This is why "performance psychology" has flourished recently. In particular, more business leaders are studying what accounts for performance excellence in sports and how it can be applied to business. To a somewhat lesser degree, they are also inspecting that certain "it" that successful entertainers or performers possess.
In both the sports world and the world of entertainment, various methods and schemes have been used by coaches and directors to get the most from the participants. They realize the outcome of the athletic or entertainment event depends on the performance of the participants.
They realize that just showing up and going through the motions doesn't get the job done. And, maybe you have noticed that major college athletic scholarships and professional sports contracts have been reduced from earlier years. These programs are concentrating more on getting the most from each team member and helping each person to grow as a performer.
Along this same line, business leaders are putting more interest and time in helping top performers grow and produce, rather than putting in an inordinate amount of time, effort and money for underachievers who just show up and go through the motions. These leaders see the "lean" sense in addressing the needs of top performers, helping them to help themselves and, in turn, help the organization.
Thus, business leaders have devoted more time to understanding the characteristics of high achievers in sports and entertainment, and applying them in business.
With this subject of personnel performance already on my mind as a result of a series of business seminars in which I recently led, I read a commentary this past week about how a governmental organization was fostering mediocrity by giving annual raises to all personnel for just showing up.
The commentator posed sensible questions by asking what motivation did employees have to work harder or to offer great customer service if they were going to get paid – and get raises – for just showing up and going through the motions? Of course, the situation is just the opposite of what competitive groups in the world of reality are having to do in order to survive and advance.
Henry Ford (1863-1947), who knew a thing or two about business and human nature, said, "There are no people living who aren't capable of doing more than they think they can do." He also knew they could not be motivated to do better by rewarding them for just showing up and going through the motions.
— © 2013 by Carl Mays, speaker and author whose mentoring site, www.MyMerlin.net, is based on his book and program, "A Strategy For Winning." E-mail to email@example.com, call 436-7478 or visit www.carlmays.com.

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Mr. Ambassador [Vang Rattanavong of Laos]; Minister Counselor Que [Pham Van Que, Deputy Chief of Mission of Vietnam]; Mr. Tan Vunyaung [Political Counselor, Embassy of Cambodia]; Senator [Bob] Smith, thank you, and thank everyone for being here; thank you for your strong support of our joint efforts to account for missing Americans; the families of Americans still missing; the men and women who labor to bring them home, and those who called these men colleagues and friends--the members of our Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office, the Army Central Identification Laboratory, and Joint Task Force-Full Accounting; and, most especially, the families and friends of those we mourn today: seven Americans and nine Vietnamese--servicemen who were, in every sense, healers and peacemakers.
Soldiers of nations once divided, they were united in a common cause, and they were embarked on a mission of peace--to return lost warriors home to those who love them. Tragically, while these 16 pursued their humanitarian mission of reconciliation, their lives were cut short on a mountain veiled in mist.
Words cannot ease the pain of those who loved them, as a husband or a son, or a friend or a colleague. But all of us who are grateful to them, for their devotion to duty and to their comrades, mourn their passing with a fervent hope in the words of Isaiah that "the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain." That "on this mountain, the Lord will provide for all peoples…and remove the veil that veils all people…and wipe away the tears from every face."
Their sudden loss reminds that, in peace or in war, those who venture into harm's way in a spirit of willing service, assume exceptional risks. The men we mourn today died because they wanted to help others. And help others they did.
Everyone who worked with these men understood and admired their devotion and dedication. We have some idea of the loss that their loved ones are suffering, and we grieve with you. We grieve at your deep heartache. This morning, I met with Andrea Cory [wife of Lieutenant Colonel Rennie Cory], and with Susan Martin [wife of Lieutenant Colonel George Martin], and with George and Thelma Martin, Colonel Martin's parents.
To his friends, Lieutenant Colonel Rennie Cory, the detachment's leader, was "the Airborne Ranger personified." His search for those lost in Vietnam took him to the land where his father had served a generation before. Rennie once told his dad, "All of a sudden, you are here, and you have a mission to let a family know: you found him." Rennie was about to hand the reigns over to Lieutenant Colonel "Marty" Martin. Before he left for Vietnam, Marty told his father, "Dad, I can't wait to get over there." He was eager to take on the mission of bringing certainty and solace to the families of other servicemen.
We have received home seven brave companions, and we have entrusted them to a peaceful rest. Mr. Que, we wish the same for the nine brave sons of Vietnam, who gave their lives in the service of your nation. We mourn with their families, and offer our deepest gratitude for their assistance, so instrumental to the accounting efforts which, since the beginning, have returned more than 600 Americans home.
Today, as we remember the sacrifice of kinsmen and countrymen, let us remember what President Abraham Lincoln said at Gettysburg 150 years ago--that "it is for us, the living to be dedicated to the unfinished work which they so nobly advanced." Our resolve is strengthened by their example. Secretary Rumsfeld has said: "our mission will continue."
On behalf of those we honor today, on behalf of those still missing, we rededicate ourselves to the fullest possible accounting of every American. We offer our deepest thanks to our Vietnamese colleagues who grieve with us, and who will renew with us the charge of our valiant dead.
For the families, the friends, the colleagues of those still missing, I would recall the words of a truly wise man, words that someone read to me when I had suffered a deep personal loss. He said that those who have passed away still live among us "in the good deeds they have done and in the hearts of those who cherish their memories."
The souls we honor today--Lieutenant Colonel Rennie Cory Jr., Lieutenant Colonel George Martin, Major Charles Lewis, Sergeant 1st Class Tommy Murphy, Master Sergeant Steven Moser, Chief Petty Officer Pedro Gonzalez, Technical Sergeant Robert Flynn, and their nine Vietnamese colleagues--will long live on in the work they have done and the work that their comrades will continue to do. Their good deeds and their lives of honor will not only endure, but they will strengthen the cause for which they sacrificed.
On behalf of our commander in chief, President Bush, on behalf of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, on behalf of everyone who serves our nation's defense, we say good-bye to comrades of two nations who died in pursuit of one noble purpose. For many who mourned the unexplained loss of a loved one, they did much to remove the veil of uncertainty and reveal the light of knowledge. God bless them, God bless the loved ones they left behind, and God bless the nations they served so well.


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I know you probably thought I was joking with that headline, but sadly, I'm not. Seriously. Super-hot Bollywood actress and makeup brand ambassador (oh! and prize-winning beauty queen) Aishwarya Rai gave birth six or seven months ago to a darling little girl named Beti B, and when the above photo was released yesterday of what Aishwarya looks like now, fat comments flew like pig shit in the wind* (*I don't know what that means. Ask Miley).
Long called the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, Aishwarya is set to appear at the Cannes Film Festival, and skeptics aren't happy about her post-pregnancy weight retention. From SMH:
The criticism of Rai's post-pregnancy figure has been fierce.
"Aishwarya is like a goddess," said Showbusiness columnist Shobhaa De. "She is held up as the ideal of beauty and so there is an expectation on her to look perfect at all times."
One website posted a video, complete with elephant sound effects, entitled "Aishwarya Rai's shocking weight gain", which has been seen more than 500,000 times. "She is a Bollywood actress and it is her duty to look good and fit," suggested one commenter. Another added: "She needs to learn from people like Victoria Beckham who are back to size zero weeks after their delivery."
"There is a glorification of motherhood in India and Indian cinema," said cinema professor Shohini Ghosh. "But people are confused because they don't know whether to glorify Aishwarya in her new motherhood or lament that she is not looking like a runway model."
India has long grappled with the question of what beauty means but in an age of global media – Indians are familiar with western celebrities and how quickly some of them appear to regain their pre-baby bodies. "The role models being held up are Angelina Jolie and Victoria Beckham," said De. "But our body frames are different – we have wider hips and curves – so this whole business of looking desperately skinny two weeks after giving birth is a western import."
Well damn. I personally think she's beautiful, double chin or not. And this is really not all that different from what's going on with Bryce Dallas Howard. You (and by 'you', I mean people who are all judgey about post-baby figures and expect that all women should look like Gisele Bundchen or Victoria Beckham after they give birth even if said women weren't built like Gisele Bundchen and Victoria Beckham to begin with) see beautiful women day in and day out with lovely figures—thin, curvy, robust—but it's somehow different when a woman has a child and looks different than she did nine months before. Honestly, would you rather the person just gain forty pounds from doing nothing and being lazy and eating like crap than to look marginally different post-natal? Come on. Wake the f-ck up already.


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Hot Pick: Buu Mon Lotus Festival
Wander the gorgeous gardens, sample Vietnamese cuisine, pop into a tea ceremony and celebrate Buddha's birthday at this weekend's annual Buu Mon garden festival at this peaceful, ornate Port Arthur Buddhist temple. When: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday Where: Buu Mon Buddhist Temple and Lotus Gardens, 2701 Procter St., Port Arthur Cost: […] [Read More]
Open mind, open heart, open door at new Old Town meditation center
Who are you?" Bhante Kassapa Bhikku asks attendees at his meditation classes. Audience members quickly announce their professions. "No, not 'What are you?' Who are you?" Bhikku asks again. The answer to that question doesn't come as easily. But that's the reason people of all ethnicities, backgrounds, and religions visit Metta House, all hoping that, […] [Read More]
Hot Pick: Lotus and Bamboo Festival
Vietnamese food and four exquisite gardens to explore make Buu Mon's annual Lotus and Bamboo Festival one of our favorite ways to pass a weekend afternoon. If you check it out on Sunday between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., you can catch a bit of Buddha's birthday party, too. When: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday & […] [Read More]
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The Buu Mon Buddhist Temple is one of our greatest local treasures, and if you haven't witnessed it, this is the weekend to take it all in. The monks and other volunteers have been hard at work renovating the temple and its four gardens: the Zen garden, the rose garden, the bamboo garden and their […] [Read More]


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Brighton Fringe Festival : 3rd May-1st June
Brighton Fringe Festival is the largest art festivals in the world; what makes it exceptional is that it is set in an iconic city whith unique cultural heritage. Its set out to stimulate, educate and entertain a wide audience by … Continue reading
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After having carried the burden of several layers all through the freezing winter, everyone looks forward to promise of joy and sunshine that summer heralds. While everyone looks forward to fun and fiesta, women are particularly interested since it provides them with the opportunity of feeling the warm sun-rays right on their skin without hindering on comfort in any way.
But is it truly possible to look hot and sizzling in this already warm season? Of course it is especially when you decide to sport some of the latest trends that have been designed with the intention of creating waves for miles around the wearer. Summer of 2013 belongs to crop tops, bandeau bikinis and cut-out dresses all of which convey the spirit of fun without compromising on style.
If you feel that comfort and style do not gel then you could not have been more mistaken because this summer it is the crop top that has rendered the seemingly impossible task realistic. Such is the versatility of this design that there is something for everyone in this section. While women with a slim waist can opt for a tank variety wherein the crop top just manages to cover the belly button, someone looking for a casual look can opt for a simple tee. Crop tops can extend till right above your bums too and this style is perfect for someone who wishes to hide her huge bottom. A woman who wishes to expose her skin to the sun's rays must opt for a strapless crop top and one who is in search of an all-season apparel must invest in a turtle-neck or sweater variety.
Crop tops are only good for casual wear – You could not have been more wrong than this because crop tops can be worn anytime and anywhere. Courtesy of the wide variety in materials, prints, colors and styles, you are bound to find a crop top for every occasion provided you look hard enough. So when pairing one with jeans, you can choose something in cotton with a summer print while for formal occasions a crop top in lace and single color would match well with a pencil skirt or a formal trouser.
So all that you need to do is hunt for crop tops this summer and have one for every occasion to set the temperatures soaring.
Nothing could be more synonymous with summer than beach and this automatically implies that you would soon need to take some time out of your daily schedule in order to find a perfect bikini for yourself. However, in this summer of 2013, you need not look beyond the bandeau because this style is definitely predicted to rule the waves as also the sand.
Credit goes to the French for having invented the bandeau style wherein there is a band of fabric that is pulled over the head and wrapped snugly over the breasts. Originally, a bandeau was meant to be a strapless and button-less top for a bikini but nowadays there are variations in terms of halter neck, removable straps, hooks and so on. Although touted as being the most stylish, they also stand out in respect of the fact that they suit every body type and cover all imperfections ranging from broad shoulders to a slight belly bulge. Irrespective of the style or color you choose to wear, the outcome is sure to be cute, trendy and stunning thus working out for you in every way. Some of the prints that seem to be dominating over the others this year are flowers, Aztec, polka dots and animals and mint green, red, royal blue and magenta are some of the shades that are particularly visible.
One of the best aspects of bandeau is that it can be sported in any style and combination. Thus, you can combine a bandeau top with a high waist bikini bottom for a retro look while mixing and matching with creativity is likely to lead to new and unique pairs.
Add a liberal dose of fun to style and what you get is a cut-out dress which is basically an outfit that is sprinkled with patches of various sizes, shapes and designs all through it surface. Something that makes this trend unpredictable is that there is no rule governing the placement of cut-outs, meaning they can be placed anywhere on the dress. The result is an outfit carrying a definite edge and in keeping with the latest trend of personalized style.
A cylindrical figure is best complimented by a dress featuring a cut-out positioned to cover the abdomen while an hourglass figure should be sheathed in a form-fitting dress with cut-outs covering the two flanks. Cut-outs could be sleeveless or short-sleeved and while the former could carry patches at the back, the latter could use them to highlight the shoulders. There is the option of mini also which has patches running all along the waist or a trendy neckline with patches adorning the most attractive feature.
In addition to strategically placed cut-outs, another point that renders this style timeless is the fact that it can be emulated in any number of fabrics ranging from cotton to leather with everything in between. Colors are also not a problem since every shade of the spectrum finds due representation, meaning it is indeed possible to match a dress with every season and every type of occasion. So you can wear yellow, orange or fuchsia during summer, black or white for formal occasions and nude to grace a semi formal event.
Take a further step towards creativity and carry yourself with confidence in a single-shoulder dress wherein one of your arms is sheathed in a long sleeve and the other remains bare.


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Truck slams into pedestrian on Vance Jackson
By Mark D. Wilson : November 7, 2013
SAN ANTONIO — A man was in critical condition Thursday evening after a woman driving a truck slammed into him at an intersection north of downtown just after he exited his mother's car.
SAPD Sgt. Rudy Lopez said the man, around 30, was being dropped off by his mother around 6:45 p.m. on the corner of Vance Jackson Road and Gardina Street.
The mother came to a stop in the northbound lanes of Vance Jackson to let the man out of the car. He then darted across the street and was hit by a Nissan Frontier heading south, Lopez said.
Witnesses at the scene said the driver had a green light when she slammed into the man.
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Recipe Card Challenge ~ January 2013
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This cracked me up! Maybe we'll do something like this for a future challenge -- although it would probably be more along the lines of "Mistakes That Became Masterpieces"! : )
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Ok: I had just spent some money, so I really didn't want to spend anymore, however it is a good deal, so I will buy a few things while I am @ it. I spend more money @ The studio then anywhere else regarding ditigal scrap kits.
I wonder if I could do a smart alic recipe theme, if it isn't too extreme. I managed yesterday to make a mess of my lunch & I made the comment in my head: The Recipe 4 madness (my salad ended up all over the floor). I had my dog eat the meat that was in it (she doesn't like veggies) & she licked up the dressing off of the salad & licked up the carpeting, & then I took a rake & raked it up onto the floor & swept it into the dust pan & into the garbage can.
Today has been a much better day.
I'm doing a colon cleanse tomorrow: maybe I could add that to the recipe card instead?
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Fleetwood Mac are heading for their highest UK chart peak in more than 20 years as a re-issued version of Rumours targets a top five debut.
The Rhino/Warner Bros album, whose original version came out in 1977, is showing up as a new entry at 3 in the latest midweek artist albums charts, according to the Official Charts Company. This makes it on course to give the Anglo-American band their best chart ranking in the UK since Behind The Mask reached No 1 in 1990.
Ahead of Rumours, 14th Floor/Warner Bros's Biffy Clyro are gearing up for their first UK chart-topper with Opposites having sold 56,165 copies by the end of business on Thursday. Polydor's Les Miserables soundtrack drops from 1 to 2, Justin Bieber arrives at 4 with the Def Jam/Mercury-issued Believe - Acoustic and Virgin's Emeli Sande slides 2-5 with Our Version Of Events.
Also likey to score a Top 10 entry on Sunday is Andrea Bocelli whose brand new Decca set Passione is new at 7 in the current midweeks, while Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra's Rhino album The Golden Age Of Song could move into the Top 10 for the first time following Holland's guest appearance on Jonathan Ross's ITV1 show. It climbs 15-9 at this stage of the week with weekly sales up 57%.
On singles the Ministry of Sound-issued Get Up (Rattle) by Bingo Players featuring Far East Movement is right now in position to spend a second week at No 1, but faces stiff competition from Thrift Shop by Macklemore & Lewis featuring Wanz, currently topping the Billboard Hot 100. The track, released on the Macklemore label in the UK, had moved 24-10 on the midweek chart published on Tuesday but is now up to 4. Ahead of it at present, Interscope/Polydor act will.i.am holds at 2 with Scream & Shout featuring Britney Spears as Mercury's Taylor Swift remains at 3 with I Knew You Were Trouble. Rihanna drops a place to 5 with her Def Jam/Mercury cut Stay featuring Mikky Ekko.
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So earlier today this article was posted up on IGN. Now before you go freak out because it is IGN and shit, actually look at it. Hell Jeff is in there taking his stake (albeit not as gun ho as some others) on the whole violent media in relation to actual violence debate. Either way I was reading through and I agreed with some and not so much with others. I found Jim Sterling's idea about it interesting if not necessarily right (you can watch his video on it "http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/6692-Desensitized-to-Violence" here.)But since it is from IGN you get a crappy community around it so I wanted to throw it at you guys and see what you think about different writers and about the issue as a whole.
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The wrecked car with inset photo of Bethany Nichole Forbes.
A motorist who struck a utility pole in Kingsport has been arrested by police, who say prescription drugs and drug paraphernalia were located in her totaled vehicle.
The incident occurred shortly after 5 p.m., Tuesday in front of 896 Lynn Garden Drive. Kingsport police say a southbound 1992 Honda Accord left the right side of the road and jumped the curb, striking a large wooden utility pole.
Bethany Nichole Forbes, 25, of Milburton Road, Chuckey, Tenn., was identified as the driver of the car. She was transported to the hospital by Sullivan County EMS with non-life-threatening injuries.Read more at TimesNews.net. comments powered by Disqus


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I would like to start making my own bars b/c of the price. I have a few questions and comments I would like some help with.
I am overweight and my main goal is to get the fat down and the muscle up...
1. 6'4"
2. Started 8 weeks ago at about 286 pounds (fat)
3. Currently at 256 pounds (still fat but better!)
4. Lifting 3 days per week (upper body 2 days per week, lower 1 day then switch the next week)
5. Doing cardio 3 days a week...jog 2-3 miles or ride mountain bike for 45min-1hour...
6. My current goal is 235 pounds........
Not looking to get huge, just lose the fat and build muscle.......
Here is what I've been eating
8 smaller meals per day consisting of either
1. egg whites, wheat toast 2. chicken sandwiches on wheat 3. chicken with pasta, bell peppers and onions 4. EAS Advant Edge Bar (about 5 a day) 5. Occasional EAS Myoplex shake
I would like to know the following about making my own bars::
1. I've heard the Bars I'm eating are junk but I would like to keep something with the same protein levels, no more fat and around the same carbs if possible b/c even though they may be junk, I am losing weight, they taste great to me, but they are just expensive.
2. They are 2.12oz each, have the follwoing values per bar (I eat 5 a day + three real meals)
Fat 7g
Saturated 5g
Trans 0g
Cholest 0mg
Sodium 150mg
Potassium 135mg
Total Carbs 24g
Dietary Fiber 1g
Sugars 1g
Other Carb???? 22g
Protein 21g
They also have tons of vitamins, but I think this could be taken care of with a daily vitamin.....
Does anyone have a recipe for good bars that would have close to the same contents? Keep in mind, I'm trying to lose weight right now...I have taken a look at a few bar recipes and they scare me a little b/c of the calorie content per bar..
Also, if your bar recipe requires protein powder, should I get somehting specific or just go to Sam's (Costco) and pick up Whey protein in the big jug???
Thanks for all your help again


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Latest from all the library blogs.
Do you check out LARGE PRINT books or know someone who isn't able to read regular print books and magazines due to a visual or physical disability?
Webster's Dictionary defines a hero as: A person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities. A person who is greatly admired.
I love words, and because I love words, I love books. In fact, I love books just as much as I hate math, and I hate math very much.
My checkbook knows this, and would actually be better off taking care of itself. Even calculators don't help, mostly because calculators are only as good as their operators.
Capstone Digital and the Indiana Department of Education's Hoosier Family of Readers is giving you access to the largest collection of digital books called myON!
Identity theft and fraud is a concern for many Americans but Melissa Miller of the Indiana Attorney General's office says there are safeguards that can help ease troubled minds.
Miller spoke at the Rensselaer Library on June 2, sharing tips and information with patrons.
Charles Kerlin began writing his novel, 'Fishing's No Good Without You' when he was enrolled in the Iowa Writer's Workshop graduate program.
'Working like a dog,' 'dog tired,' 'it's a dog's life;' these phrases give me pause as I look over at both of my dogs, stretched out on a couch in each room, comfy and dreaming whatever dreams that dogs dream.
Have you ever wondered where some of our small towns got their names? The Town of DeMotte's name dates back to just after the Civil War, and was named after a man from the region who was well known and respected in Jasper County.
The Indiana Bicentennial Commission is inviting Hoosier photographers to submit photos for the Indiana at 200: A Celebration of the Hoosier State coffee table book that will be available for sale during 2016.
Cats have nine lives; I grew up believing it to be fact. I have 2 cats; one of who is an excellent escape artist and can hide herself away in unknown spaces for any length of time she wishes not to be found.


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brand FAILURES: The Truth about the 100 Biggest Branding Mistakes of All Time.
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Paperback: 260 pages
Publisher: Kogan Page (October 28, 2005)
Language: English
Author: Matt Haig
Well, this is one of my favorite books. (I keep the hardcopy in my car!)
Let all branding courses start with this book.
Matt Haig lists the biggest 100 branding mistakes of all time. 100 real business failures in a nice story-telling style; you'll like it.
If you need a softcopy of this book only for review purposes, comment on this post and I will email you a publicly distributed download link.
Haig wants to educate as well as to entertain, and at this he succeeds. … Anyone with a professional interest or involvement in brand management should read this book. — Journal of Consumer Marketing


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Regular readers of the Martin Print Blog should recall a very recent article which served as an introduction to the rising Crowdfunding trend.
The article certainly sparked a wave of interest from business owners and developers keen to hear more about this increasingly popular platform for fundraising your next exciting business project without having to visit the bank.
If you missed the post (where have you been?!) or you've had your memory wiped by aliens since then (fair enough, happens to me all the time), then you can check out the brief introduction to the snowballing Crowdfunding phenomenon right here.
Following on from this, here's another recent Crowdfunding success story which I'd love to share, as it's a perfect example of how a cracking Australian Small Business has really taken advantage of this new people-powered strategy for raising that crucial finance.
As this particular tale involves small children, face paint, and nail polish, I'll warn you now that this could get very messy…
Pure Poppet is a small Australian brand dedicated to creating a range of natural makeup and face paint for small children with very big imaginations!
The business was founded by Head Poppet and proud Mumpreneur Georga Holdich, whose own two children have always loved to dress up and step into the shoes of new characters.
When Georga discovered that it was almost impossible to find an Australian produced range of fun makeup items which were aimed at children and made with natural, non-toxic ingredients, she decided that the only way to make it happen was to launch such a business herself!
Since then, the range has started to take off in a big way, as fidgety parents can now finally relax and actually allow the kids to play with makeup and face paint without having to worry about the long list of toxic ingredients that usually pop up in the adult variety.
Recently, Georga decided that it would be a terrific idea to add a new water-based, non-toxic Nail Polish to the Pure Poppet range.
However, the financing of this new project could well prove to be a pretty tricky prospect…


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The Church of Saint John the Beloved (28 Sumter Ave, downtown Summerville) presents Charlestons premier Bluegrass band, YeeHaw Junction in concert as part of the 2013-14 St. John the Beloved Concert Series on Sunday, March 2 at 4 p.m.
YeeHaw Junction of Charleston specializes in authentic Bluegrass music. This concert will include traditional Bluegrass music with acoustic instruments and singing.
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A processing system includes a local or local storage and a number of remote or remote storage systems that store data mirroring that maintained by the local storage system. Data that is written, changed, deleted or other wise modified by the local storage system is periodically sent to the remote storage systems to update the mirroring data maintained by each.
1. A processing system, comprising:
a local site having a local host and a local storage system, the local storage system having a primary volume and receiving write data from the local host to the primary volume;
at least two remote sites, each having a remote host computer and a remote storage system, each remote storage system including a mirrored volume of the primary volume for storing a copy of the write data; and
a communication channel between the local storage system and at least one of the remote storage systems,
the local storage system sending one or more commands to each of the remote storage systems to cause a copy of the write data to be stored on their respective mirrored volumes,
each of the remote storage systems having one or more queues for queuing information used to produce the copy of write data,
one of the remote storage systems communicating to another of the remote storage systems information relating to the queued information in order to identify differences between data images maintained by each of the mirrored volumes upon occurrence of a failure of the local storage system.
2. The processing system of
3. The processing system of
4. A processing system, comprising:
a local host computer;
a local storage system having a primary volume, a first communication port, and a second communication port, the local storage system receiving write requests from the local host computer via the first communication port, data associated with the write requests being written to the primary volume;
a first remote storage system having a mirrored volume, a first communication port, and a second communication port, the mirrored volume having a data image that mirrors the data image of the primary volume; and
a second remote storage system having a mirrored volume, a first communication port, and a second communication port, the mirrored volume having a data image that mirrors the data image of the primary volume,
wherein commands are sent from the second communication port of the local storage system and received at the second communication port of the first remote storage system and at the second communication port of the second remote storage system, the commands resulting in a copy of data corresponding to the write request to be created on the mirrored volumes respectively of the first remote storage system and the second remote storage system,
each of the first remote storage system and the second remote storage system having a queue structure for queuing information used to produce the copy of data to be created on its respective mirrored volume,
wherein upon occurrence of a failure of the local storage system, the first remote storage system and the second remote storage system respond by communicating to each other information relating to respective queued information in order to identify differences between data images maintained by each of the mirrored volumes.
5. The processing system of
6. The processing system of
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/042,376, filed Jan. 3, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,745,303, which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
The present invention relates generally to data processing storage systems comprising a local or local storage facility and two or more remote storage facilities that mirror at least certain of the data retained by the local storage facility. More particularly, the invention relates to a method, and apparatus implementing that method, to synchronize the data at surviving storage facilities in the event of failure of one of them.
The use of data processing over the years by commercial, military, governmental and other endeavors has resulted in tremendous amounts of data being stored—much of it virtually priceless because of its importance. Businesses, for example, risk collapse should its data be lost. For this reason alone the local data is backed up to one or more copies of the data, and retained for use should the original data be corrupted or lost. The more important the data, the more elaborate the methods of backup. For example, one approach to protecting sensitive or valuable data is to store backup copies of that data at one or more sites that are geographically remote from the local storage facility. Each remote storage facility maintains a mirror image of the data held by the local storage facility, and changes (e.g., writes, deletions, etc.) to the local data image of the local storage facility are transferred and also effected at each of the remote storage facilities so that the mirroring of the local data image is maintained. An example of a remote storage system for mirroring data at a local storage system is shown by U.S. Pat. No. 5,933,653.
Updates sent to the remote storage facilities are often queued and sent as a group to keep the overhead of remote copying operations at a minimum. Also, the transmission medium often used it an Internet connections or similar. For these reasons, the data images mirroring the local data will, at times not be the same. If more than one remote storage is used to mirror the local data, there often will be times when the data images of the remote storages will be different from one another—at least until updated by the local storage facility. These interludes of different data images can be a problem if the local facility fails, leaving the remote storage facilities. Failure of the local storage facility can leave some remote storage facilities with data images that more closely if not exactly mirror that of the local storage facility before failure, while others have older "stale" data images that were never completely updated by the last update operation. Thus, failure of the local storage facility may require the remote storage facilities to re-synchronize the data between them in order that all have the same and latest data image before restarting the system. There are several approaches to data synchronization.
If a removable media (e.g., tape, CD-R, DVD, etc.) is used at the local and remote storage facilities, such removable media can be used. For example, a system administrator will copy data at the remote storage facility believed to have the most up-to-date data image of the local facility to the tape. Then, in order to keep the data image from changing before it is used to synchronize at the other remote storage facilities, input/output (I/O) operations at the image-donating facility are halted until the tape can be circulated to update the other remote storage facilities. At the remote storage, administrator copies data from removable media to storage at the remote site. Then, the system administrator re-configures the entire system to that one of the formally remote storage facilities is now the new local storage facility, and its I/O operations allowed be commence. This approach is efficient when the data involved is small, but not so for larger systems. Larger systems will produce data that grows rapidly, requiring what could be an inordinate amount of time to copy for the entire synchronization process.
Lacking removable media, another approach would be to use any network connections between the various storage facilities to communicate data. This approach requires that one storage facility be selected to replace the former local (but now failed) storage facility. I/O operations at the selected storage facility is halted, for the same reasons stated above, and a re-synchronize copy process is initiated between the selected storage facility and the other remote storage facilities. When the re-synchronization process is complete, I/O operations are restarted at the selected storage facility, and the system proceeds as before, albeit with one less storage facility (the failed former local storage facility).
A major problem with this latter approach it the time needed for the re-synchronization process, particularly for larger amounts of data. For example, a storage of 100 terabytes (TB) of data, using 100 MB/s network transfer connection, will take approximately 11.57 days all the data. (100�1012/(100�106)=106 sec=277 hour=11.57 Days). This is the time for re-synchronization of just one storage facility. If re-synchronize is to be performed for more than one storage facility, the problem is exacerbated. Also, during the re-synchronization process, I/O operations of the storage facilities involved are halted.
The present invention provides a method, and architecture for implementing that method, of synchronizing two or more remote or remote data storage facilities so that they hold and maintain the same data images in the event of a failure of the local storage.
Broadly, the invention pertains to a data processing system comprising a local (local) data storage facility communicatively coupled to two or more remote or remote storage facilities Each of remote storage facilities, whether local or remote, include storage media data storage. Data maintained on the storage media at the local data storage facility is mirrored on storage media at the remote storage facilities. Changes to the data image of the local storage facility are periodically sent to the remote storage facilities for updating their date images. Each of the storage facilities keeps information that is indicative of the history of what updates received have been received by the remote storage facilities and what updates have been received and implemented (by writes to the storage medial of such remote storage facility). In the event of failure of a storage facility, the surviving storage facilities circulate the historical update to determine any differences, if any, of the data images, i.e., have there been updates not received by any of the surviving storage facilities. If so, the surviving storage facilities will synchronize their data images so that all have a substantially identical data image.
Advantages of the invention include the fact that in data processing systems having storages that are mirrored, the mirrored images of the local storage will correspond to one another in the event of a failure of the local storage they mirror.
These and other features and advantages of the present invention may be obtained from a reading of the following detailed description, which should be taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Turning now to
The remote sites 14 are shown as each including remote storage facilities 105, 106, and each site 14 may or may not have corresponding host processors 102, 103. The remote storage facilities 105, 106 will include storage media much like that of the local storage facility (discussed further below) to keep the data images that will mirror that of the remote storage facility 104. Although the remote sites provide access to needed data in the event of planned or unplanned outages of the local storage facility 104, it may be more beneficial to locate the remote sites 14 are geographically removed from the local storage facility 104 in order to protect the sites and the data they maintain should the local site 12 encounter a catastrophic and/or disastrous event that destroys the data.
The remote storage facilities 105, 106 are substantially identical to the local storage facility 104 so that a discussion of the local storage facility will apply equally to the remote storage facilities 105, 106.
At the local site 12, the host processor 101 connects to the network 16 through a network interface (I/F) 111 and network connection 111 a, and to the local storage facility 104 through an input/output (I/O) bus 108 and I/O interface 110.
The local storage facility 104 includes a disk controller 141 having an I/O interface 130 to receive the I/O bus 108, and a network interface 131 and network connection 131 a to connect to the data communicating network 16. The local storage facility 104 also includes storage media 142, here implemented by disk units 140, to which the disk controller 141 connects by a data path 131 through an I/O interface elements 137, 138.
The disk controller 141 itself has a central processing unit (CPU) 133 coupled to a memory 134 via an internal bus 132, which also connects to the various interfaces (e.g., I/O IF 130, 138, network I/F 131, etc.) of the disk controller. The memory 134 will include cache memory 135 to caches reads and writes involving the storage media 142 in response to I/O requests from the host 101. The memory may also be used for maintaining certain data structures and information such as control information 136.
The CPU 133 will preferably execute a remote copy process that, in conventional fashion, operates to send any changes to the data image on the storage media 142 (as established, for example, by the host processor 101) to the remote storage facilities (which maintain their own storage media) 105, 106. Thereby, the remote storage facilities 105, 106 will mirror the data maintained by the local storage facility 104. Briefly, a remote copy process operates as follows: When the disk controller 104 receives an I/O write request which either adds to, changes, deletes, or otherwise modifies the data (data image) kept on the storage media 142, it will write that data to the storage media. Each such write to the storage media, or at least a portion at which the data image mirrored at the remote sites 14 is concerned, will cause a data message to be created and placed on a remote copy queue (not shown). The remote copy queue is periodically reviewed by the remote copy process running on the CPU 133. When the queue is found to contain one or more data messages, the messages are retried and sent to each of the remote storage facilities 105, 106, which in turn will write the data of the data message, thereby updating their data images to that of the local site 12.
Information about data message is kept by the storage facilities 104, 105, 106 as historical information, describing data messages sent, or in the process of being sent, by the local storage facility 104, or received by the remote storage facilities. Each storage facility implements the historical information with a plurality of queue structures.
I/O read and write requests typically include command entry and accompanying or following data (if a write request). The command entry identifies the data, the location at the storage media 142 at which it is to be written (for write requests) or from which is to be read (for read requests), and such other information as may be needed according to the implementation. When an I/O request is received from the host processor 101 to write data that changes the data image mirrored by the remote storage systems 105, 106, the command entry will be assigned a sequence number. A command entry is then formed, comprising the command entry and assigned sequence number. The command entry is then inserted in the working queue 110. This forms the historical information for that data and the data message that will be sent forwarding the data to the remote storage facilities.
While the command entry is in the working queue, the corresponding write request is being processed. This includes receiving the data corresponding of the write request (which is either with the request, or follows the request, depending upon the communication protocol used by the host 101 and storage system 104), assigning assigned an area of the cache 135 for the data, and writing the data to that area when received. A pointer to the cached data is then associated with the corresponding command entry. A status message is returned to the sender of the I/O request, indicating the status of the data of the I/O request, i.e., whether received or an error in receiving had been detected.
When the I/O request is processed, and no error was encountered, the command entry is moved from the working queue 110 to the rollback queue 111. The rollback queue a temporary holding area, and is used for a rollback synchronization process by the local storage facility 104 and the remote storage facilities 105, 106, as will be described more fully below. The remote storage facilities 105, 106 have the same queue structures, including a rollback queue, for basically the same purposes. Suffice it to say here that data corresponding to the command entries contained in the rollback queue are subject to being use in the synchronization process of the present invention, which may include being discarded should a failure of one of the storage facilities be detected, or alternatively circulated among the surviving storage facilities.
From the rollback back queue 111 command entries are moved to the intermediate queue 112, which holds the entries while the associated data is awaiting or being written to the storage media 142. And, when written, the command entry is then used to form a remote copy request for forming a data message that will be sent to the remote storages to update the data images they maintain, mirroring that of the primary storage facility 104. Then, the pointer is stripped from the command entry, and the entry is placed on a write history queue 113.
The remote storage facilities maintain substantially the same queue structures, and operating in the same manner. Thus, for example, the remote storage 105 is shown as receiving a data message having command entry assigned the sequence number 10, which is placed on the working queue while the full data package is being received. The sequence number 10 is that assigned by the local storage facility 104. Once the data message is received, its command entry is moved from the working queue to the rollback queue 121, which
The other remote storage 106 has the same data queues (130, 131, . . . , 133).
Although it is preferred that the queues used to track the historical information by the storage facilities are maintained in memory, those skilled in this art will recognize that they may also be kept on the storage media.
The local storage facility 104 also maintains in memory 134 (
Given this situation,
The rollback procedure of synchronization is shown in
Illustrated in
Periodically, the remote copy process executing on the CPU 133 will review the content of the intermediate queue to determine if it contains command entries for which data messages will need to be formed for received I/O requests to copy the update data to each of the remote storage facilities 105, 106. Referring, then to
If the remote storage in question has sufficient room to receive a data message, the local storage will issue a remote copy (RC) command to the remote storage facility (e.g. remote storage facility 105) in the form of a data message followed, in step 503, by the data. The local storage facility 104 then awaits a status report as to whether or not the data message was received (step 504), and when received the local storage facility 104, in step 505, will check to see if all remote storage facilities have been updated with the data message. If not, the procedure moves to step 506 a to update the RC status table 114 to show that the subject remote storage facility received the data message, and returns to step 501 for the next remote storage facility to receive the data message.
If, however, step 505 finds that all remote storage facilities have received the data message, the data message (command entry) will be moved to the write history queue in step 506, and the RC status table 114 updated in step 507, and the procedure concluded for that data message.
If, on the other hand, step 602 decides that the data can be received, step 602 is followed by step 603 in which the data is received and, step 604, in which the remote storage facility returns the status of the data transmission. At step 605, the data message is moved from the working queue, used to receive the message and data, to the roll back queue.
Having now obtained the information about the remote copy environment of the remaining storage facilities, after a failure of one of them, the elected remote copy manager determines whether to perform a roll back operation or a roll forward operation. Typically, this will be predetermined by an administrator or user of the remote copy environment, setting a flag as to how best to synchronize the storage facilities in the face of a failure. If step 704 determines that a roll back procedure is to be used, step 705 follows with the remote copy manager determining the data message held by all storage facilities having the highest sequence number. For example, referring to
If, on the other hand, the decision made at step 704 is to roll forward, step 707 is executed to determine a roll forward sequence number. This is accomplished by the remote copy procedure comparing the contents of the various roll back and write history queues to determine that storage facility having the latest data messages, if any. Thus, in
Conversely, if the decision made in step 708 is that the synchronization will be performed by the storage facility having the most recent data message updates, and that storage facility is not the selected RC manager, (or another storage facility has been predetermined to be the synchronizing facility), the RC manager will send the update information, comprising which storage facilities need updating, to that storage facility having the most recent updates. Then, in step 712, update data, in the form of data messages, will be sent to all storage facilities needing synchronization of their data images, and the procedure concludes with step 715.
If rollback procedures are to be employed(such as illustrated in
At the same time, the remote storage 806 has data messages 1–5 in its write history queue 833, data messages 6 and 7 in its rollback queue 831, and is in the process of receiving and accepting data messages 8 and 9.
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A salve is a healing ointment that is used to soothe the skin. The drawing salves have therapeutic properties by which they can draw out boils, insect poison and wood splinters from the skin. Although they are not yet approved by FDA but the demand for these salves does not cease. Many families use home-made salves to heal bee stings, rose bush and splinter problems in kids. They are available as an over-the counter medicine too.
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TBI (Schnyder et al., 2001; Jorge et al., 1993). A recent study by Sayer et al. (2008) of 188 service members who sustained blast or other injuries during OIF or OEF found no difference in the prevalence of anxiety between soldiers exposed to blasts and those exposed to other sources of injury.
Only one study examined the prevalence of panic disorders after TBI (Deb et al., 1999). The authors reported that panic disorder was present in 9% compared with 0.8% of the general population.
The committee reviewed six primary studies and 10 secondary studies of TBI and PTSD and concluded that the association between a mild TBI and PTSD appears to be different between military and civilian populations. Two of the primary studies and three of the secondary studies were conducted in military populations. The primary studies, which were conducted in military personnel who served in the Gulf War, reported statistically significant associations between TBI and PTSD, but two of the secondary studies found no difference in prevalence with anxiety disorders or PTSD. In contrast, the primary studies conducted in civilian populations did not find an association between TBI and PTSD although an association could not be excluded on the basis of the findings of the secondary studies.
The committee concludes, on the basis of its evaluation, that there is limited/suggestive evidence of an association between mild TBI and PTSD in Gulf War military populations.
The committee concludes, on the basis of its evaluation, that there is inadequate/insufficient evidence to determine whether an association exists between mild TBI and PTSD in civilian populations.


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WATERLOO — Columbia City's girls and boys cross country teams took home eighth and seventh, respectively, at DeKalb Saturday.
Samantha Roush led the girls with a 11th-place finish of 20:00. Brooke Werstler was 48th, Samina Qureshi was 52nd, Shelby Allison 56th and Natalia Johnson 68th. Erin Knepple came in 69th and Karina Rubrake crossed the line at 107th.
Fahl said the team did better than its first performance.
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By Sophie Pollack, Guest Blogger
There must have been at least a hundred… Ghanian children cramming through the windows and doors to get into the art classroom. I was teaching with four other people, but even all of us put together were no match for the screaming masses of kids. It was clear that these children didn't get many chances to express themselves, and they were all, to say the least, incredibly excited to take part in art class.
We started off by showing them how to make friendship bracelets. Because most of the children were very young and did not know much English, teaching them the different stitches was challenging. But no matter how mangled and crazy the bracelets came out looking, each child was always pleased with their finished product and each had at least five bracelets on their arm by the end of the day.
At the end of every class, we would hand the kids pieces of paper to draw on. They never got tired of it. More and more sheets of paper were used, and every child was proud of all of the drawings they made. They drew pictures of themselves, their friends, cars, animals, their houses, trees, plants — anything and everything!
I loved working with these children of Ghana. They were always smiling and ready for a new project or adventure. Any chance they had to express themselves was truly a gift, and it was clear how much they appreciated the opportunity to experience art.
Sophie Pollack is the daughter of Board Member Darcy Pollack. Sophie is 14 years old and currently attends Mirman School in Los Angeles. Her favorite activities include acting, rock climbing, and reading. Thank you for contributing this piece, Sophie!


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Just Needed To Say It.I just crave your touch, your words of approval. I want you to hold me so tightly that all of my hurt fades away into nothing and still feel your arms around me hours later. It isn't even sex I'm craving for once, I know that my appetite for it irks you... I'm just wanting you, nothing more and nothing less. Maybe it is too soon to have these feelings but despite my true effort to hold my heart back for a while it seems to have slipped from my grip and into yours. You must be having fun playing with it because I can feel your fingers tightening over it painfully constantly when You are gone. I know I'm clingy and want more attention than you are willing to give but... Is a single touch to much to ask for?
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You are a very good writer. I think your desire for touch is perfectly reasonable.
I hear ya...I hope we can find our respective companions to snuggle like this (I'm ready for something like you describe here)


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In the classic movie Stand By Me, the narrator says, "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve…does anyone?" This is certainly true for Lisa and Andy, the two main characters of Once Upon A Summer (directed by Rob Diamond and written together with Andrea Curtis — available on DVD and, as I discovered, on Amazon Instant Video).
In 1978, 8-year-old cousins Andy and Lisa lived with their grandparents and served as each other's best (and only) friend during the long summer. As the film opens, present-day Lisa (Suzanne Sutchy, Minor Details) is in the process of a divorce, and Andy (Heather Beers, Charly / Baptists At Our Barbecue) has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Each struggling with their own overwhelming personal problems, the two childhood friends reconnect at their old play-place and reminisce about happier times when they were younger.
Once Upon A Summer's primary strength is its characters. Its theme about close friendships and the blessings they bring as children and as adults will resonate with a lot of viewers (particularly women). Beers and Sutchy — despite having a much smaller part in the movie than you might think given their prominent listing on the DVD cover — have strong "chemistry" together in portraying a life-long friendship that has spanned several decades. Most of the film, though, takes place in flashback form in the summer of 1978, where we meet the girls' grandparents — equally strong characters — and learn about the experiences that (in theory) shaped their adulthood.
In a rarity for most films, Once Upon A Summer is actually too short. At only 78 minutes, running time is sparse — good for pacing, certainly, but hurtful when the two main adult characters end up with less than twenty minutes of screen-time, and some of the spiritual themes the film wishes to introduce don't have adequate time to flower and resonate. Compounding the problem, some of the scenes that take up the already-limited running time are irrelevant at best, and confusing at worst — including a completely out-of-left-field supernatural plot twist that seems to be from a different movie altogether.
Let's look at the details:
When we first see the adult Lisa, she's having a phone argument with her husband Rob about their impending divorce. Rob maintains that their relationship still has hope ("What we had was great…it can be that way again."), but Lisa seems committed to leaving ("You need to move on…I have.") This scene is well-written, but unclear on what specific personality conflict triggered the divorce. "Work" is the only answer Lisa gives when Andy asks her this question directly, although what does that mean, exactly? Is she literally living in her office now instead of with Rob and the kids? (More on this later…)
In contrast, Andy is happily married with a young daughter when she finds out her recent bouts of sickness are more serious than previously thought. Finding out she has less than a year to live, Lisa is the first person she thinks to call. They meet and discuss the "happier times" back when they were together in the summer of '78 ("Everything was so perfect back then…")
Was it? Surprisingly, the majority of the 1978 sequences we're shown in flashback are negative — enough so that we're not sure why these two women remember this period so fondly. As kids, Andy and Lisa had no friends other than each other. They were visibly burdened with resentment over their absent parents. They constantly clash with the neighbor kids, and receive nothing but judgment and disdain from the other LDS families in the area. Most of the time they are bored (or pushed into arranged lessons or activities they hate). It's obvious why they have a strong friendship — they were there for each other during this seemingly troubled period in their lives — but other than their baptism, nothing particularly positive happens to them during this time.
Wait, now, "other than their baptism"? ("Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the theater?") Let's look at the spiritual elements of Once Upon A Summer, then…
Andy and Lisa's grandparents are notably not quite from the same mold as LDS characters in other movies. They smoke and drink, haven't been to church in years, but are genuinely good people and have committed themselves to raising their grandchildren in a moral manner. They bristle at the judging and condescending looks they get from other members, and shake their heads regretfully at how their own kids turned out, but still provide a positive example of parenting in all respects. They are the "heroes" of the film, while some of the other active LDS members are portrayed as the "villains" — an unconventional approach for an LDS filmmaker, but certainly effective here. (The missionaries make a point of telling them they are good people and their "Word Of Wisdom" habits have no relationship to their goodness — as if there was any doubt.) Nevertheless, their background demonstrates that although Andy and Lisa have nominally LDS family members, they have not spent a lot of time in church meetings, nor likely have had much of a traditionally religious upbringing (prayer, scriptures, etc). What do Lisa and Andy believe?
The shortness of Once Upon A Summer makes answering this question difficult, as little time is spent on their personal and spiritual philosophies. The film contains a strong opening statement about the spiritual direction it wants to take in the very first scene where both girls talk about their upcoming baptism the next day, and what it signifies. ("being cleansed of all of our sins.") However, the majority of the 1978 experiences shown in the film outside of this conversation have little to do with the girls' spirituality. They don't meet with the missionaries until there are twenty minutes left in the film, and then we cut immediately to their baptismal service. We still don't know what these girls actually believe. The film hasn't given us a sense of why they wanted to be baptized in the first place, or to what extent the promise of being cleansed of sins is meaningful to them. The experiences around the town within the flashback sequences don't seem to be pointing to any kind of faith development or spiritual awakening. For all we know, they got baptized because…the missionaries asked them to.
(When meeting with the missionaries, both grandparents share concerns about how the girls will be received (and/or judged) by the other LDS members — a natural concern since we've already seen much evidence of this already. This concern is glossed over by the missionaries; wouldn't the girls naturally be a little hesitant to sit in the same primary classes as the neighbor kids who despise them? The film doesn't have time for any preparatory scenes to show that the girls are now developed enough spiritually such that personal conflicts with ward members are no longer an issue.)
Lisa describes this time as a "beacon in the night" for her the rest of her life — which sounds positive enough, but I would have liked the film to connect the dots a little more, to show how the girls' faith developed and in what form. As adults, Andy and Lisa don't talk about any spiritual beliefs other than the existence of an afterlife and the importance of families — beliefs shared by 90% of the world, after all. We still have no idea whether they've remained active LDS into adulthood, whether their spouses are members, or anything to tie directly into their (supposed) LDS conversion. LDS viewers will be able to fill in the gaps with their own spiritual beliefs and experiences, but I hoped for more detail and exploration of how, exactly, their baptism and conversion shaped their lives. (Especially given how the film ends…)
Once Upon A Summer takes a very questionable turn around the two-thirds mark, when the two girls have a "supernatural" encounter with the ghost of a young boy who drowned in the local pond. A ghost, you say? Indeed, literally — not (as viewers may presume when the scene starts) a misunderstanding involving a living boy, or a practical joke by their grandfather or others in the neighborhood. The tone of this scene is jarringly out-of-sorts from the rest of the film, and directly at odds with the great effort spent to set up an LDS context for the characters. I would challenge the filmmakers (or anyone) to explain the dynamics of this sequence from an LDS perspective: is this ghost boy supposed to be in spirit prison? Spirit paradise? Something completely different? After Andy comforts the boy with thoughts of "heaven" and he disappears into the void, we flash-forward to the adult Lisa asking Andy if she still believes the things about the afterlife she told "that boy", in a casual tone as if "that boy" were just a neighbor kid they talked to on the street rather than a honest-to-goodness ghostly apparition.
This segment takes six minutes of a movie that's only 78-minutes long, and is completely disconnected from any of its themes. Such a capital-S Significant experience would naturally have had a profound effect on both girls' views of religion and the spirit world. Would their experience have fit into the doctrines of the plan of salvation they would have heard from the missionaries? Would this have an impact on their testimony and decision to be baptized? We don't know — this experience is never mentioned again, and becomes a weird tangent for a film that didn't really have time to spare. Strange, strange, strange…
The last two minutes of Once Upon A Summer contain an off-hand comment that requires more discussion: In voiceover, Lisa describes how Andy passes away peacefully later that year and that she (Lisa) has decided to return home to her husband. No surprise there, obviously, but then Lisa describes how she decided to "put her family first" by quitting her job and "letting her husband be the breadwinner in the family."
Wait…say what? For all the nuanced "real world" family situations set up during the rest of the film, Once Upon A Summer now wants to simplify Lisa and Rob's marital problems to "women shouldn't be working outside the home"?
Let's be honest here: there is exactly zero percent chance that a film with a male lead who happened to spending too much time at work and needed some adjustment in his priorities would end with him saying, "I needed to put my family first by quitting my job to spend more time with my kids and let my wife be the bread-winner". He would be encouraged simply to keep a healthy balance between work and family. (The Church-produced film Together Forever has a segment that does exactly this…)
We know men should put family first. We know women should put family first. Lisa needs a shift in priorities — no argument. However, since she obviously has a good job supporting her family financially, and we're told directly in the film that Rob is "fine" with being a house-husband, what's the problem here? The "problem" seems to be solely that Lisa is a woman.
This is a surprisingly strident "moral" to the story for the writers of Once Upon A Summer to propose. There are LDS who view women working outside the home as a threat to family security and stability, and others who would consider such an idea as hopelessly outdated at best, and grossly sexist at worst. (The sisters at Feminist Mormon Housewives would have a conniption fit if they saw how this movie ended…)
The writers of the film have all rights to choose whatever message they prefer for their own film, naturally. However, we still have a problem: this conclusion is not supported by the content of the movie itself. If we're genuinely supposed to think the serious relationship problems in Lisa and Rob's marriage can be alleviated simply by switching roles, then the film needs to connect the dots a little better. We have no basis for accepting that the fundamental problem in Lisa and Rob's marriage is simply that she's working and he isn't. We have no basis for assuming Rob is bothered at all by Lisa having a job — "intimidated by her success" as a co-worker puts it — especially when we're directly told the opposite. We have no basis for assuming Lisa is fleeing from domestic responsibilities through her divorce (she and Rob argue at the beginning about splitting up custody of the kids). And, given that Lisa's LDS beliefs are in question to begin with, we have no basis for thinking her religious beliefs would manifest themselves in a strong enough (and conservative enough) way to base an important decision simply on traditional views of gender roles.
There's a lot of assumptions being made here. If the filmmakers aren't depending on LDS audiences to accept this thesis blindly without argument — some will, and some won't — then the segments of the film featuring Lisa and Rob need to make this case more explicitly. One cannot escape the feeling that if Lisa were a man, the "moral" of the story would be completely different: don't make work the number-one priority, that's all.
(One of Lisa's co-workers speaks of Rob with contempt early in the film, saying Lisa needs to abandon that "stay-at-home mom" who is "going nowhere fast". We (the viewers) are meant to reject this summary judgment of Rob's character — as Lisa does at the time — but this last section of narration puts the film on the co-worker's side of the argument — that Rob truly is somehow "less than a man" and "going nowhere fast" with a need to be rescued from home life to a job on the outside, not only for his sake, but everyone else's too.)
Admittedly, this may be over-analyzing a couple of brief sentences that may very well have been thrown in at the end by the writers without intending it to be the primary lesson of the film. However, it does exemplify my primary complaint with the film — too short of a running time. Too little time spent with Lisa and Rob as adults to get a handle on their relationship and what needs to change, whether working roles in the family or something else. Not enough time to support and celebrate the main characters' baptism and spiritual development, without simply taking it for granted. Once Upon A Summer succeeds as a tribute to close friends and the love and support they provide — and a side lesson about judging others. As an examination of marriage or baptism, though, there are just as many questions raised as answers.
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