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|Secretive Claude Julien says Adam McQuaid's status is 'up in the air'
|04.09.12 at 1:03 pm ET
WILMINGTON — Adam McQuaid did not participate in Monday's practice at Ristuccia Arena, the only notable absence for the B's as they prepare for the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.
McQuaid went into the end boards head-first in the Bruins' March 29 game against the Capitals, with the Bruins defenseman cutting his eye, which led to swelling. He tried to return last Thursday against the Senators while wearing a visor, but left the game in the second period.
The plot thickened a bit regarding his actual injury after Monday's practice, as Claude Julien would not term McQuaid's injury an eye injury, but an "upper-body injury." Asked whether the team was treating the injury as a concussion, Julien declined response.
"Peter [Chiarelli] addressed [McQuaid's status] yesterday, and every day we keep going back to the same guys," Julien said. "It's day-to-day. It's playoff time, and it's day-to-day, so that's all I'm going to say about it."
Both Johnny Boychuk and Tuukka Rask returned to practice Monday. Rask faced shots, while Boychuk took regular turns in line rushes and took physical contact. Julien feels the two players are headed in the right direction, but noted it's a tougher call with McQuaid.
"His situation is up in the air," Julien said. "It could be resolved soon or later. Right now, as I told you guys the other day, we're use being cautious. He's day-to-day, and cautious is the approach we've taken."
WILMINGTON — The Bruins held their first practice of the postseason Monday at Ristuccia Arena. Johnny Boychuk (knee) and Tuukka Rask (abdomen/groin) were both present for the skate, while Adam McQuaid (eye) was missing.
The lines are as follows:
Milan Lucic – David Krejci – Rich Peverley
Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – Tyler Seguin
Benoit Pouliot – Chris Kelly – Brian Rolston
Daniel Paille – Gregory Campbell – Shawn Thornton
Jordan Caron served as the extra forward on the Campbell line. One could assume the final spot in the lineup will come down to Caron and Paille.
Boychuk took regular turns when the Bruins did line rushes early in the skate. Rask was moving around well, taking shots as one of three goaltenders on the ice. Tim Thomas and Anton Khudobin are the other two, as Marty Turco is ineligible because he signed after the trade deadline.
|Peter Chiarelli says Nathan Horton 'a longshot' to return this season, gives updates on Tuukka Rask, Johnny Boychuk, Adam McQuaid
|04.08.12 at 1:01 pm ET
Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said on a conference call Sunday that while he won't rule Nathan Horton out for the season, the veteran winger is a "longshot" to play again this season after suffering his most recent concussion in January.
Horton began skating last week but has not yet been cleared for contact. Chiarelli noted that Horton is "quite far off right now" as he still has occasional post-concussion syndrome issues. Even if Horton were to be cleared for contact, Chiarelli said the 26-year-old would still need "a couple of weeks" before he would be ready to play in games.
"Well, certainly if he were to be cleared at some point, he'd need at least a couple weeks to get back so he's quite far off right now," Chiarelli said. "I know he's skating, [but] he's had little bouts here and there with post-concussion symptoms so it's a long shot. I'm not going to rule him out yet but it's a longshot."
In 46 games this season, Horton has 17 goals and 15 assists for 32 points and an even rating.
On the status of the team's other injured players, Chiarelli said defensemen Johnny Boychuk (bruised knee) and Adam McQuaid (swollen eye) are both "day-to-day," while he considers goaltender Tuukka Rask "a little bit more than day-to-day" as the Finnish netminder looks to return from an abdomen strain/groin strain. If Rask is unable to play, Anton Khudobin will be Tim Thomas' backup when the playoffs begin against the Capitals.
|Was hit on Adam McQuaid dirty? 'Reckless' is more like it
|03.30.12 at 12:07 am ET
At first glance, the Jason Chimera hit on Adam McQuaid with six minutes left in the first period Thursday evokes emotions of anger and revenge.
But even the Bruins, who have been on both sides of vicious hits over the last several seasons, were careful to choose their words carefully after the game, given the fine line between finishing your check and hitting from behind and endangering a vulnerable player.
Chimera was given a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct for the hit that left McQuaid on the ice for several minutes with a gash over his eye and a dazed head.
The Bruins reaction? Measured.
"Well, you know, again, when it happens to you, you also have to be honest about it. I think, again, he came off the bench, and he was going hard, and maybe it was a little bit reckless, but there's no doubt in my mind that it wasn't intentional," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "You know, McQuaid, Mac just turned at the last second and, you know, put himself in a bit of vulnerable position, but still, like, I agree with the referee's call.
"It was a bit of a reckless hit, and it deserved probably a five[-minute penalty] when you look back at the replay, and they had to make that decision. It was a tough one, but certainly wasn't intent to injure by the player, in my mind. And, you know, and that's why I keep saying, and you've heard me before, I really, really encourage our players to be careful, with the speed of the game today, to make sure you don't turn your back to the play as much because those kind of things happen. And you worry about the security of the players, you worry about the safety of the game, and I'm one of those guys that will look at both sides of it and not just preach for my side of it."
Joe Corvo – already filling in for injured Dennis Seidenberg – not only saw the hit, but saw both sides.
"It's nearly impossible when a guy comes, I noticed I think he came off the bench, and really didn't break stride," Corvo said. "It's a tough play because it's hard for that forward to stop when he's coming that fast and Quaider [McQuaid] kind of turned a little bit. The guy could have let up a little bit but it just happens fast. I think that's why he was so upset that he got thrown out. I don't think he's a dirty player, I think just with his speed it was hard for him to stop."
|Desperate Capitals stand in Bruins' way of clinching playoff spot
|03.29.12 at 12:46 pm ET
At this point of the season, it's somewhat of a cliche to say that every game will have a "playoff intensity," but when you look at the Bruins' remaining schedule, you can understand why.
Of the Bruins' remaining six games, only Saturday's tilt with the Islanders is against an opponent not in or fighting for the playoffs. Some teams, like the Bruins themselves, will be looking to nail down their divisions, while other teams such as the Capitals, will be trying to squeeze into the postseason picture.
That's why Thursday's game between the B's and Capitals should be worth the price of admission. With a victory, the Bruins will clinch a playoff spot, while the ninth-place Capitals would take over eighth place in the conference with a win Thursday.
"Every single team in the league, they're playing playoff hockey right now," David Krejci said after Thursday's morning skate. "It's a good preparation, that's for sure, but there's so much to play for right now. We're battling for home ice advantage, for second place in our conference, and Washington is battling for a playoff spot, so it should be a really interesting game tonight."
The Capitals, who are coming off a 5-1 loss to the very Sabres team they're fighting for the eighth spot with, will have to bring the fire they lacked Tuesday against Buffalo. Washington is still playing without center Nicklas Backstrom, who is working his way back from a concussion, but given their situation and the fact that the Capitals have taken two of three meetings between the teams so far this season, the Bruins see enough talent and desperation to make Thursday's opponent a tough one.
"They're battling for a playoff spot right now, and we're going to obviously expect their best," Adam McQuaid said. "They've played us hard this year, and even without Backstrom, they have a lot of offensive firepower. We've got to make sure we're on our toes."
As for the Bruins' situation, the team knows that it needs a pair of points to go in, but their main focus is continuing to build on their improved play of late. The team has won three games in a row, something they hadn't done over their previous 41 games, but playing well for the remainder of the season and going to the playoffs confident is more important to them than clinching a spot a spot and feeling accomplished.
"It would be nice, but I think our main focus is on playing well and making sure that we're being consistent and going into the playoffs feeling good about ourselves and about our game," McQuaid said of clinching. "I guess it would be a bonus to be able to clinch as soon as possible, but at the end of the day, we just have to worry about playing good hockey."
Added McQuaid: "It's only the beginning of where we want to get to. You have to make the playoffs in order to give yourself a chance to win the Cup. '¦ [We can] get that first step, and then shift our focus to what we're really working towards."
|Adam McQuaid feeling better, expected to be in Bruins' lineup vs. Hurricanes
|02.02.12 at 11:55 am ET
After missing Wednesday's practice with a lower-body injury, Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid was on the ice for Thursday's morning skate and hopes to play Thursday night against the Hurricanes at TD Garden.
"I felt good this morning," McQuaid said after the skate. "I'm not sure exactly if there's been a decision made, but I felt good this morning."
Said coach Claude Julien: "As far as we know, he should be ready to go, but we'll probably leave it at game-time decision. He looked good this morning, and we anticipate he's going to play."
McQuaid caught his skate in a rut late in the third period against the Senators on Tuesday, and said that though a part of him was concerned he may have suffered something more severe, he's feeling better now.
"There's always a little bit of that concern," McQuaid said. "You're not sure how your body will react to different things, but I'm pretty happy with how I felt today."
McQuaid will also see the return of his defense partner in Andrew Ference, who will return from a three-game suspension Thursday night.
|Adam McQuaid missing from Bruins practice
|02.01.12 at 11:59 am ET
WILMINGTON — Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid was not on the ice as the team returned to practice Wednesday at Ristuccia Arena.
McQuaid played 14:39 in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Senators Tuesday, but suffered a lower-body injury after catching a rut late in the third period.
Coach Claude Julien said that McQuaid came back to the bench "a little shaken up" after the play. The team hopes McQuaid can return to the ice Thursday against the Hurricanes, but it seems the defenseman's status is up in the air.
"He got injured last night, so we just felt that it was better to keep him off the ice today," Julien said after Wednesday's practice. "We'll reevaluate his situation tomorrow morning."
The Bruins will be getting defenseman Andrew Ference back from a three-game suspension Thursday, so in the event that McQuaid is unable to go, the B's would not need to call a defenseman up from Providence. In 42 games this season, the 25-year-old blueliner has two goals and five assists for seven points and a plus-16 rating.
Nathan Horton (concussion) was the only other player missing from practice.


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Jason Spezza provided a spark for the Ottawa Senators in his first ever playoff game in the NHL.
Then a teenager, Spezza scored a goal and added an assist with his team facing elimination against the New Jersey Devils in the Eastern Conference final on May 19, 2003. The 3-1 victory in Game 5 kept the Senators alive and Spezza — who watched the first 15 games of that playoff run from the press box — was the offensive hero in the win.
Now exactly 10 years to the date of that memorable game, the Senators are once again turning to Spezza to give them an offensive boost. The star centre has been sidelined with a back injury since Jan. 27, but appears ready to return to the lineup for a crucial Game 3 on Sunday night. The Senators trail the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-0 in their best-of-seven series and another loss on Sunday would essentially put an end to their season.
"The doctors said everything is fine and I've put in the work. It's not like I'm expecting to play out of the blue," said Spezza. There's been a lot of skating and a lot of build-up towards it and I think I'm ready to go."
Spezza confirmed that he was medically cleared by doctors to return to game action for Sunday's game. He had a lengthy conversation with head coach Paul MacLean, who also confirmed that Spezza should be available for Game 3.
"We anticipate that Jason Spezza will be in the lineup tomorrow night and we're excited about the skill that he brings back to our team. We're looking forward to it," added MacLean.
Spezza underwent back surgery on Feb. 1 and the club was optimistic that he would be able to return to the lineup in early April. However, at some point in March that timeline was pushed back by a few weeks. Spezza has been skating for most of the past three weeks and increasing the intensity of his workouts. While the club was in Pittsburgh for the first two games of the series, he remained back in Ottawa to skate with the team's extra players.
"The obvious challenge is the speed of the game and hopping right back into the playoffs isn't easy," added Spezza. "You're never going to be able to replicate playoff hockey in practice, but I've done quite a bit of bumping. You can never replicate big open ice hits. I guess you just try not to get hit."
Spezza collected five points in the first five games of the season before experiencing back issues following a shootout loss to the Penguins on Jan. 27.
He finished fourth in league scoring last season and will certainly help the Senators with their struggling power play. MacLean said he anticipates putting Spezza on a line with Milan Michalek to start Sunday's Game 3.
"I think he's a world class player and he was probably our best player last year," said Erik Karlsson. "To get him back would help our younger players and our older players as well. We would get a little bit of a boost offensively."
The Penguins were anticipating the return of Spezza at some point during this series, so they are prepared to face the Senators best lineup in Game 3. And since they've met Spezza in the playoffs on three previous occasions, they are well aware of what he brings to the table.
"He's got a ton of skill and he creates a lot. He's someone we definitely have to be aware of," said Sidney Crosby. "Adding a player like Jason, he's a big part of their team. He's definitely going to give them a boost."

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by Lloyd Treichel
Dateline: March 15, 2006 -- Tucson, Arizona
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Catalina State Park... is about 15 miles north of downtown Tucson. This is a good place to park for big city shopping.
Photo on the far left is a sunset capture from my campsite. The three remaining photos were taken when I headed up Romero Canyon to the pools. From the campground this is just under an eight mile round trip hike. Considering that I have not been doing much hiking this was a serious trek for me to undertake. Due to the very dry winter that Arizona is experiencing, the pools were almost dry. In a previous year's visit to the pools there was enough water to take a bath. This year there is hardly enough water to wash your feet. This year's stream flow (actually lack thereof) is shown in the third photo.
It has been over four months since it last rained in many nearby areas. That is a record. The dry air continues to suck moisture out of many plants making them crumble to the touch. Most cactus seem to be handling the lack of moisture with the possible exception of the prickly pear.
Gilbert Ray Campground...After a stay at Catalina State Park, I headed to Gilbert Ray for electric hookups since it was going to be a rainy and cold weekend. This Tucson Mountain campground on the west edge of Tucson has always been a favorite stop for me. The outside perimeter sites have great views of desert and mountains and sunsets. Coyotes are heard every night and there is an occasional spotting during the day. There are also lots of birds -- mostly quail and mourning doves. After a rain, the smell of the desert has a uniquely clean smell.
The campground is very near Saguaro West National Park and along with hiking trails in the Tucson Mountain Park, there are lots of hiking possibilities. Kings Canyon was one of those that I chose to hike. Geocaching is another pass time that will give me an excuse to do some hiking. There were three caches that I found and the trail heads for each were within two miles of the campground. That also provided some much needed exercise.
The Sonora Desert Museum is also located very close by. This a must see if you are in the area. Here is the place to learn about the saguaro, the Sonoran desert, the javelina and all things related to this desert location. Since I had visited in previous years, I passed during this stop.
Photos left to right: a mountain view from my camp site; the "don't touch" is obvious on this cholla; a saguaro skeleton provides this great photo.
More photos: At Gilbert Ray Campground, I had opportunities to snap a pictures of the bird life all around me. The cactus wren is building its nest in the location of choice -- a cholla. Most times the Quail are on the ground feeding, but this male was perched in an ocotillo. This is the first winter that I have been in Arizona and not seen most of the ocotillo leafed out and in bloom. It's been a very dry winter.
Found Money...The next stop was at the Desert Diamond Casino on Pima Mine Road south of Tucson. That is where I met up with some other nomadic acquaintances. While walking around the parking lot taking pictures I was able to capture the bee on the flower.
However, more importantly, I found two one dollar bills under this "sword" plant. In the process of getting the dollars, I managed to stab myself and drew a little blood. The right thing would have been to put the two dollars in my pocket. I've not been known for doing the right thing. Instead, I headed to the casino where I left the eight quarters in a video poker machine.
Camping Note: If you're just passing through the Tucson area and looking for a place for a night or two, the Desert Diamond Casino allows dry camping in their parking lot for up to seven days.
Vanity Plates...
WELEAN -- Support vehicle for motorcycle racing team
SWEED -- Swedish ancestry with a spelling problem?
O2FLY -- Someone who would rather be in a plane
WAN2RD -- Want to read?
MYROLS -- On an mini-van
GIDDYEP -- Of course it was on a Mustang
and a few more: "COOL CHK" "SWT PZS" "BLISSSS"
On the Subject of books...
This is a plug for the best deal around.
Bookman's is a used bookstore chain in Arizona which deals in used media such as books, CDs, videos, DVDs, magzines, etc. With three stores in the Tucson area, this is a stop each year as I pass through. Since I started traveling five years ago, I have carried considerable ballast in the form of about 200 CDs that I rarely listened to. Bookman's took about 75% of them and gave me a $360 store credit. That will be a lot of used books over the next several years. Hopefully, the books that I "purchased" with some of the credit will last my reading needs for the next several months.
Recent Read...
One Man's Wilderness...By Sam Keith based on the journals and photographs of Richard Proenneke.
With the subtitle of "An Alaskan Odyssey", the story is of the first 18 months of Proenneke as he built his log cabin and became accustomed to living with rare human contact. His love of his wilderness life is apparent through his journal's words of daily living. He also relates the many opportunities to see animals living in a beautiful but unforgiving natural world.
To me, this was a chance to live vicariously in an Alaskan wilderness away from the usual bustle of cars and cities. With no mass media available and the mail and food arriving monthy by plane, I am not sure I could have coped.
Education of a Wandering Man... by Louis L'Amour. Years ago, I had read many a Louis L'Amour western as I was on business travel. This is an autobiography of the author's life and the struggles that he manages to eventually become a successful author.
He left school at 15 to travel the world. Fortunately his passion was reading and that became his education. The book is written with an excitement similar to a "page turner" as he relates his wandering as a young man working aboard ship or across the country looking for day jobs. He relates the stories of the people and the places of his travels. Many of these experiences eventually become the plot line in a book or the place may become a background and scenery.
As I read the book, I applied sticky notes on far too many pages. Throughout the book, the author has related his observations of people and life. Here is just one of those: "Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance."
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There are 33 comments on the Chicago Tribune story from Aug 11, 2007, titled Study of gay brothers may find clues about sexuality. In it, Chicago Tribune reports that:In Gregg Mierow's family, there were six boys, brothers who grew into two groups as they reached maturity: Three are gay, and three are straight.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at Chicago Tribune.
Blackwood, UK
#23 Apr 27, 2008
I am deeply concerned by the naivete of those who believe that a genetic basis for the origins of male homosexuality will soon be discovered (no, I am not leaving out lesbians -- I am focusing on male homosexuality because male sexuality is so much more polar than female sexuality -- and yes, I realize that this is a generalization). Once the genetic basis is discovered (as it may well be), there will be a race for a "cure" are those who believe that homosexuality is a disease proudly announce that they have uncovered the "etiology" of this "illness." There will also be a race for a genetic test that can be performed in utero, and many women will line up outside abortion clinics like children waiting to sit on Santa's knee.
Race is absolutely, unquestionably a genetic characteristic. Has that rid American society of racism? Sex is a genetic characteristic. Has that rid American society of sexism?
Be very careful what you wish for when invoking this line of scientific endeavor. You just might get it.
Blackwood, UK
#24 Apr 27, 2008
I am curious about the status of studies of gay seual orientation and laterality. What has the research shown? I ask, because so many (almost all) of my gay male friends are left-handed. This could be a coincidence, but it is a long shot. Does anybody have a link to an article about this issue?
To the Amish guy in Kansas -- this may sound very harsh and very cold, but I mean it from the bottom of my heart.
You owe your biological family absolutely nothing. When your parents decided to bring you into this world, they undertook to raise you and to look after you. That was their choice, and you are not in their debt merely because they exercised that choice. The moment you came into this world, they owed you everything that they have ever given you -- from clothing, to food, to a roof over your head, and to the love to which you are entitled.
On the other hand, you owe yourself everything. Nobody is going to come riding in on a white charger and pluck you from your family background until you do so yourself. You owe yourself a life. You owe it to yourself to know what it feels like to be loved by another man -- to be so important to another man that his life is enriched by the place that you take in that life. You owe it to yourself to live in a world where somme people -- not all, not even most, but some people -- DO find happiness and contentment in the arms of another person, be that person male or female. You owe yourself a "normal" social network, of friends who will love you regardless of your sexual orientation, and of parents who will love you without regard for your sexual orientation. If your biological parents are not up to the task, find others. That may sound flippant and arrogant, or easy to say but difficult to do -- but the world is full of people who DO know how to love and to be loved in return. You owe that to yourself, regardless of your upbringing and religion -- and I very much hope that you will realize that, and not let your "parents" dictate the course of the remainder of your life (or end it when -- and note my usage of the word "when" as opposed to "if" -- they learn that you are gay).
If they would kill you simply because your are gay, they are not worth the time or emotional effort that it takes for me to write this message.
Good luck -- and please let us know what you do!
Since: Jan 07
#25 Apr 27, 2008
I always find the idea of a link between male homosexuality and left-handedness amusing, since my male same-sex partner and I are both right-handed. My heterosexual brother, however, is left-handed.
#26 Dec 8, 2010
Find a guy who understands unconditional love, has strong values and faith, be life partners, enjoy your lives. No one can make you happy, and no one should expect you to provide their happiness. Live your life with passion, live your life how you want to live it. I have lost my life partner and all my friends to HIV/AIDS, life is fragile, and life is short. Celebrate those who are no longer with you, the relationships you have with them and everyone who has touched your life has help you develop into the man you are today.
#28 Dec 9, 2010
Sounds like it could be a good story for a movie if it has a happy ending.
United States
#29 Dec 9, 2010
"sexual differentiation of the brain during prenatal life," What is this suppose to mean? Psychology and psychiatry are not science. Why is this article even quoting a psychologist?
Nevertheless, I do subscribe to the theory that homosexuality is genetic. But I also subscribe to the theory that heterosexual rejection of homosexuality is also genetic. Straight people can no more be comfortable with legitimizing homosexuality than can homosexuals decide to be straight.
And by definition, pedophilia and bestiality must also be genetic. But society rightfully refuses to legitimize both. Why should homosexuality be the exception? The genes dictate that ALL abnormal forms of genetically based sexual maladjustment be rejected by society. Humans survived as a species because of these built in functions. Not politically correct to be sure...but then again, reality is rarely politically correct.
United States
#30 Dec 9, 2010
I'd like to claim that my opinion is original, but I first read about this perspective on this site! Why is heterosexual rejection of homosexuality labeled as bigotry when it is clearly genetically based?
#31 Feb 11, 2011
Sometimes you have to say goodbye. In this case, that may be impossible to do, you might have to leave and not look back. When you are who you are, and nobody can change that, and people (in this case, an entire people, because of religious doctrine, have no chance of even doing as little as looking the other way, much less accepting you, you have no choice but to leave. First, go to the library or somewhere, where you can use the internet and research where you can go. or maybe closer to home, look for employment and a home. Save all the money you can (this may take a while), then don't look back. Unfortunately, its the only choice.
#32 Jun 9, 2011
I think you should leave your community and live your life with the values you have been taught since chilhood and find a good man that respects you and will go through life with you. There is not need for you to be in the closet, when you can easily life with your values and still be happy with what you like! I am not Amish but trust me, been in the closet for too long can be depresing.
#33 Jul 7, 2011
I hope for your sake you find the courage to leave and be yourself. There is support for young gay people. For example in the Catholic Church there is dignity. In Wichita in the phone book there is a Gay and Lesbian Community Center that has support services. Live! We are who we are. We didn't ask to be born gay. We just were.
#34 Mar 17, 2012
. I am sorry that you have to live so oppressed. I have two brothers that are gay with 17 cousins that are also gay.(our clan is about 350 members five generations, so the ratio is considered. Very low. The point I am trying to make is that we as a family love and enjoy each other with full acceptance. I live in Los Angeles, so I am not sure if geography plays a role in tolerance. We believe in GOD, and we beleive that GOD makes no mistakes because he is perfect in every sense of the word. To "accidently" dispose another human being is to ignore the one of the ten commandments. "tho shall not kill". I do not beleive that GOD put me here to fail. For my GOD is a loving, kind and generous GOD. It is not for me to question. It to obey! I can no more change my attraction towards guys than change the color of my skin or hair. It is who I am, I am GOD's creation in every perfect detail because I was made in "HIS" full knowledge because "HE" knows all. Never be ashamed of who you are. Live a life of goodness and kindness and all will be alright. "thine own self be true" live your life, love your life.
#35 Jul 25, 2012
i so want to rim an amish hole
#37 Apr 5, 2013
Cartmichaelwilliams is gay but not Amish and does not live in an Amish community. There is a community 45 minutes from his home. He is a well educated professional and financial stable 56 year old male. He has chosen to not come out of the closet. He fantasizes that these things can happen to him. Please ignore and give your attention to someone that deserves it. He can be open and free but would rather live in a fantasy world and has chosen to live his life in unhealthy manner. He really needs some serious mental health attention but chooses not to get help. We make our own choices in life and many times create our own hell.
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The Hammond inquiry may have cleared Peter Mandelson of deliberately lying over the cash-for-passports row, but the affair still has huge potential to damage the government.
The detailed report raises numerous question marks over exactly how the events at the centre of the affair unfolded.
And it does not address the question of the apparently close relationship between the Hinduja brothers - accused of corruption in India - and senior ministers.
But, probably most dangerously for Tony Blair, it also suggests the prime minister sacked his closest friend and advisor when there was evidence he had done nothing wrong.
The report includes a memo to Downing Street from Cabinet Secretary Sir Richard Wilson the day before Mr Mandelson was sacked and in which he states: "no one has produced a shred of evidence that anything improper took place."
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And it is Mr Blair's role in Mr Mandelson's forced resignation that is now set to dominate the continuing row.
And his spokesman would only state: "Peter left the government in January, the circumstances are well known to you. What happened then, happened. It was and is a tragedy for Peter that this happened.
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But the stonewalling raised allegations from opposition MPs that either Mr Blair had shown a huge lack of judgement in sacking his friend, or there is more to the case than has so far been revealed.
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Graveside services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 18, 2013, at South Park Cemetery, for Wanda Martin, 82, of Roswell, who passed away in the early hours right after Mother's Day on Monday, May 13, 2013.
Our mother, grandmother, aunt and friend was born on June 16, 1930, in McAdoo, Texas, to James Marion Buckner and Freda Buckner; both preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by two of her three sons, Jerry Duane Martin and Donald Roy Martin.
Mom was united in marriage with our father Morris somewhere in Texas (maybe they eloped; I don't know or remember), on Dec. 6, 1947. Dad passed to heaven on July 19, 1997. Mom said she was going to join him in heaven. I imagine he was at the pearly gates to welcome her — I hope. I know the fish are always biting in heaven; surely he laid down his pole long enough to hug her.
Mom is survived by one son Jeff Martin and wife Dorothy, of Roswell; grandson Chad Martin, of Roswell, and his children, Emma, Derrick and Kameron; grandson Eric Martin and his wife Katie and their children, Samuel, Harrison and Madeline, all of Umatilla, Fla.; grandson Kyle Martin of Roswell, and his son Trent Martin Herring; grandson Levi Martin and his daughter Lanee, of Roswell; daughter Marsha Roberson and her husband Donnie, of Roswell; grandson Dane and wife Gina and their son Toby of Los Angeles; grandson Kory Adams and his son Kole, of Roswell.
Also surviving her is her deceased son Don Martin's wife Connie, of Levelland, Texas; grandson Clayton Royce Martin and his wife Casey, their children Kalee, Colton, Gracie and Emma, all of Austin, Texas; grandson Joel and his wife Mandi, their children, Easton and Madisyn, all of Midland, Texas; daughter [auth] Kelsey Martin Pape and her husband Adam, of Highland Village, Texas. They will have their first child in July. I understand it is to be a boy named Jamison Martin Pape. She said the middle name Martin was in honor of her father Don, I wonder if it might be after me? The fourth child of Don and Connie's is Kevin Martin. He has a beautiful wife Danielle and two precious twin daughters, Chloe and Madelyn. They all live in Austin. The joy all of those kids have given Don and Connie has made Don the happiest angel in heaven.
Mom's beloved nieces and nephews of her deceased sister Margie Winkler also survive her. A special niece Cindy Webb and husband Bill live in Lubbock. Cindy always asked about Aunt Wanda and sent her love regularly. Cindy's children, Tasha, Jeremy and Taylor were loved by Aunt Wanda. Their pictures and their children's pictures join many of the family pictures hanging on the walls in mom's house. Cindy has a sister named Rhea Kay, who lives in Washington state. Mom would tell me, "I love that girl; you need to take me to visit her." I never did, wish I had.
Her sister had two boys, Jamie and Dusty Winkler, both of Flower Mound, Texas, with families of their own. Jamie almost always stopped and visited mom on his way to Ruidoso to visit mom's sister Margie and brother-in-law Tony Winkler. I know because she would tell me how nice it was for someone who lived so far away to take time to stop by her house to visit. I would stop by more often after that. I did not live that far away.
Dusty developed a close relationship with his Aunt Wanda when he started joining mom and dad on their regular fishing trips to Uvalde, Texas. He went under the pretense of fishing with dad, but I think he hung around in camp more to eat mom's homemade cakes and fried pies. I would usually be fishing with dad. I used to think I should stay in camp and let Dusty fish with dad. I never did, wish I had.
Our family moved to Roswell in 1958. It wasn't too long after that we began attending Calvary Baptist Church. I think they searched for a church home before a home for us. They had to get the important stuff done first. I was only eight at the time and didn't have my priorities quite right yet. My brothers and sister often thought it more important to sleep in and watch cartoons than attend Sunday school — no, seems church was more important — who would have thought? I was really surprised when I found out on a Wednesday night that attending the revival at the church was more important than watching the rodeo finals on TV — who would have thought? My mom and dad, that's who did. Finally after almost losing an ear from being pulled to church, my and my siblings' priorities were set straight. Thank God. I owe it to my mom for making church the highest priority during my and my siblings' youth. Because of her, we developed a personal relationship with Jesus and were baptized in the church.
We thank Calvary Baptist Church for the many friends who kept mom busy and happy after dad's death. She traveled on many trips with her friends to church functions all over the area. A special group of friends headed by Norma Savage kept her busy, happy and doing the Lord's work, which she loved. She spoke often of those happy times. It was very sad for her when she moved from town back to the family home north of Roswell. My sister Marsha wanted her closer to her so care would be easier. The move made it harder for her to stay in touch with her church and friends. She no longer drove and found that to be frustrating.
Mom became involved with a group of ladies called TOPS while dad was alive. Her favorite day of the week was the evening the group of friends would meet. She loved the camaraderie that developed between her friends. Who would lose the most weight that week? They all cheered each other on and secretly hoped to be the winner that week. The family thanks a very special friend of mom's, Frances Carter. She met Frances at TOPS and they remained close friends for many years. Frances visited mom just hours before she passed to heaven.
The family thanks Lovelace Hospital and the wonderful nurses and doctors who helped mom while she was there. A special thank you to Mission Arch Care Center for the exceptional care they gave mom during her last few days. I believe the nurses who were with mom those last hours were sent by God. A special thank you to my sister Marsha and my son Chad for the care, attention and help you gave to mom.
As you can probably tell, this obituary was written by her son. If I have forgotten any family member or friend, please forgive me. I self-diagnosed myself with early onset dementia.
In lieu of sending flowers, the family would like for donations to be made to any charity that the giver feels especially close to.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory. An online registry can be accessed atmballardfuneralhome.com.
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While the idea that school communities be involved in determining the content of values education is a good one, there is also merit in identifying those values that are common to all, regardless of one's religious or ethnic background. Because the proposed list of values is so broad - one of the values is: being ethical, in accordance with generally agreed rules and/or standards - they could easily accommodate a variety of different points of view and teaching methods. One of the questions raised by the values curriculum is how the subject can be taught most effectively. In a philosophy class? A debating society? Or in schools adopting a charter that seeks ways to reflect the values in all aspects of school life? (Even the least studious child can be quick to detect the gap between what an authority figure says and how they act.)
When Prime Minister John Howard said: "People are looking increasingly to send their kids to independent schools for a combination of reasons. For some of them . . . they feel that government schools have become too politically correct and too values-neutral", he was criticised by the state sector for making divisive comments. He was also seemingly at odds with a Federal Government study that found excellent examples of values education in both the state and private sectors. Other studies, however, appear to back the Prime Minister's comments - there is a perception among some parents that private schools are more likely to instil strong moral values - even though in reality they may not. The debate will have been worthwhile if it has encouraged parents, teachers and school communities to think more deeply about the values they want their children to learn, and how best to impart them. In any case, what a child learns at school is only part of their education. Regardless of what curriculum committees decide, children are most likely to learn values from the people they love and respect. The most enduring values education is likely to begin at home.


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Astronomers have made the best measurement yet of how the universe is expanding during the 13 billion years since its formation. They have discovered that 10.8 billion years ago the universe was expanding by one percent every 44 million years.
The team from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) combined two different methods of using quasars and intergalactic hydrogen gas to measure the rate of expansion of the universe. They looked at 140,000 distant quasars, luminous regions in the center of massive galaxies, when the universe was only one-quarter of its present age.
The position of the gas clouds are mapped in three dimensions and at different distances the gas blocks different coloured light from the luminous quasars. The astronomers then measure how much the universe has expanded since the light passed through each patch of hydrogen. This pioneering technique uses the distribution of hydrogen on the largest possible scale.
"A little over a year ago we tried this for the first time and demonstrated that it really works," said Dr Matthew Pieri, from the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth. "Now we're back with twice as much data and with remarkable precision of 2 per cent. We are measuring the expansion of the universe with exquisite detail. Like the rings of a tree trunk that tell is its age, each quasar spectrum becomes an archive of the universe's history."
In the last five billion years the universe has started to rapidly expand, due to a mysterious repulsive force called dark energy. Scientists are investigating how and why it is expanding in order to understand the nature of dark energy.
"We are measuring the expansion rate better than at any point since the afterglow of the Big Bang, known as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), and that precision is giving us a hint that maybe we aren't getting what we expected and so maybe the universe isn't quite as we had thought."
Dr Pieri and his colleague Professor Bob Nichol are members of the international Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) team, which undertook the research as part of SDSS.
Professor Nichol said: "Measuring the expansion rate of the universe over its entire history is key in determining the nature of the dark energy that has dominated the universe during the past six billion years. We measure these enormous structures using both the distribution of gas and the locations of the quasars themselves. This allows us to squeeze everything from the data."
The astronomers believe that by probing the universe when it was only a quarter of its present age, places an important anchor with which to compare more recent expansion measurements as dark energy has taken hold.
Dr Pieri said: "There is an intriguing hint of tension between our measurements and what you'd expect from observations of the CMB. It's odd, but nothing you'd want to hang your hat on just yet -- it's going to be fun finding out where the truth lies."
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Chief executive Christine Kalin said facilities had reached capacity, with 216 cats and kittens being housed in the Mangere animal village and another 250 being cared for by foster homes. Staff had no option but to focus resources on sick and injured animals, and were unable to accept any more healthy felines.
Ms Kalin urged people to reconsider giving up their pets and encouraged those looking to adopt to consider adult cats that were already toilet trained and used to people.
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The Message (An Early History of Islam)
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The film follows Muhammad (peace be upon him) first years as a prophet starting with Islam's beginnings in Mecca in which the Muslims are persecuted, the exodus to Medina, and ending with the Muslims' triumphant return to Mecca. A number of crucial events, such as the Battle of Badr and Battle of Uhud are depicted, and the majority of the story is told from the point-of-view of peripheral individuals such as Hamza ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib (Muhammad's uncle), Abu Sufyan (the leader of Mecca) and his wife Hind bint Utbah (enemies of Islam who later become Muslims themselves).
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Kruk v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.,2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35637 (D. Conn. 2013)
Facts and holding: Rita Kruk ("Kruk"), a Human Resources Specialist, was a participant in an ERISA plan provided through her employment that provided disability benefits. Kruk's Plan stated that if a disability was due to a mental or emotional disease, participants were entitled to monthly long term disability benefits for a maximum of 24 months. If the disability was due to physical injury or illness, then participants were entitled to benefits up to, at most, age 65. The Plan used an "any occupation" definition of total disability.
Kruk suffered from the combined effect of two co-morbid illnesses: one mental or emotional in nature (depression) and one physical in nature (lupus). In December 2000, she submitted a claim to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife") for long term disability benefits. MetLife paid Kruk's claim for the maximum 24-month duration pertaining to benefits for disability due to a mental or emotional illness. Kruk challenged this determination, claiming that she was disabled by lupus, a physical cause, entitling her to benefits until age 65. MetLife argued that Kruk's disabling conditions were actually mental and emotional depression, and not the physical illness of lupus.
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One of the things I love about Irish music are the songs sung in Gaelic. The language has a flowing, lyrical quality that I find quite beautiful, even though I've no idea what's being said. Today I want to present a sampling of pieces by different artists that I think are particularly fine.First, here's the Bothy Band with "Fionnghuala", which gives me chills. Do listen to this one; it's short, and utterly amazing.In a lighter vein, here's Orla Fallon with "Ni Na La", which I … [Read more...]
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The Leaving of Liverpool
"The Leaving of Liverpool" is one of the "Irish" tunes I've been listening to quite a lot, and have been learning to play on the whistle. I put "Irish" in quotations, because it isn't really Irish; it's a sailor's song, and was collected in the wild (so to speak) twice, around 1885, by two different Americans. It concerns a sailor embarking on a long sea voyage to California from Prince's Landing Stage in Liverpool, lamenting not the leaving of Liverpool but the leaving of his own true love. … [Read more...]
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Here's an uplifting (?) ballad of a man with a powerful thirst.I've been listening to a lot of Irish traditional music on Pandora recently, and among the groups I've discovered is a little band named Gaelic Storm. (If you've seen the movie Titanic, I gather Gaelic Storm is the band playing to the passengers in steerage.) They aren't a purely traditional band; they record their own songs as well, and they have a way of adding their own choruses in a more contemporary style to … [Read more...]


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The New Zealand dollar advanced ahead of today's Reserve Bank decision on interest rates and as investors favoured higher risk assets.
The kiwi rose to 80.81 US cents at 8am in Wellington, from 80.35 cents at the 5pm market close yesterday. The trade-weighted index rose to 75.87 from 75.73 yesterday.
The US dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, declined as investors favoured more risk-sensitive assets as the threat of a western military strike against Syria receded after US President Barack Obama said he would pursue a diplomatic solution. Underpinning the local currency, New Zealand's Reserve Bank is expected to keep interest rates on hold at 2.5 per cent at 9am, and reiterate that the next move is up.
"Today's September Monetary Policy Statement will see the Reserve Bank of New Zealand reaffirm the Official Cash Rate is on hold through 2013, while reiterating July's tightening bias," Carrick Lucas, a strategist at ANZ New Zealand, said in a note.
"We expect the bank's interest rate projections to be revised marginally higher, though fall well short of condoning current OCR pricing."
Join us here at 9am for a live streaming of Wheeler's statement and press conference.
Traders are pricing in 89 basis points of hikes in the coming year, according to the Overnight Swap Curve.
Governor Graeme Wheeler may have a "dovish" tone, to avoid adding fuel to the currency's rise, ANZ said.
"We doubt markets will read too much into it given recent strength in the domestic data pulse," said ANZ's Lucas. "Whichever way you look at it, the RBNZ is likely to e first cab off the tightening rank - it'll just be a matter of timing and quantum."
The New Zealand dollar was little changed at 86.62 Australian cents, 80.70 yen, 60.70 euro cents and 51.08 British pence.


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HYDE PARK—Senator Paul H. Douglas, in a letter written in Washington on July 13 and published in the New York Times on July 21, has presented a vigorous answer to the recent attacks made on the Democrats in Congress and on the Joint Economic Committee, as well as on the Senator himself. In these attacks, contained in a series of articles published in the New York Times, they are called advocates of "unlimited easy money," and the economic report made by the committee is termed a "fiasco." Senator Douglas therefore decided to set forth certain facts, and I hope the whole letter will be read by every American interested in understanding the President's budget and what attempts have been made by a Democratic committee to do what they felt would benefit the country as a whole.
In his letter, Senator Douglas made the following important points:
"The President's budget," he wrote, "includes subsidies of $260 million to the shipbuilding industry, of half a billion to newspapers and publishers, of unlimited payments of price supports for a dozen or so farm products on which no production limitations of any kind have been applied, and of the huge wastes in the defense procurement program which are now to provide some $60 billion in surplus items in the next four to five years. Furthermore, our tax system is rife with abuses and special privileges, particularly for the oil and gas industry, and for stockholders."
After reading this letter, one feels that Congress on the whole has not done so badly as a financial watchdog for the people and that perhaps the President, through lack of understanding of his own budget, has not been completely clear in explaining to the people what the budget contained. It would be well for every interested citizen to write in and obtain this letter.
An organization little known, because it numbers only about 2,000 men and women, has just opened its 13th annual convention in New York. Its members are men and women who served in our armed forces and sustained paralyzing spinal cord injuries either in the service or following their discharge. They are asking for Federal legislation to give national recognition to the paraplegic veterans, since they say that only Federally recognized veterans groups can deal with the Veterans Administration and other government agencies. The president of the organization, Harry A. Schwelkert, stated that there were about 8,500 paralyzed veterans in this country. Anyone of us coming in touch with these particular veterans knows what a serious handicap they have to face and will hope they can be given any recognition which will facilitate presenting their problems to the government agencies that can be of assistance to them.


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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- University of Michigan football senior/junior kicker Brendan Gibbons (West Palm Beach, Fla./Cardinal Newman) was named today (Monday, Nov. 5) by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission as one of 20 semifinalists for the 2012 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award.
Gibbons has hit 13-of-15 field goals (86.7 percent) and 30-of-30 point-after attempts in 2012, while he has connected on 27-of-37 field goals (73.0 percent) and 97-of-99 PATs for his career. He has been successful on 10 consecutive field goal attempts this season, ranking as the second-longest streak in Michigan history behind Remy Hamilton's 14 straight in 1996. Gibbons ranks seventh in U-M history in field goals made, and his streak of 82 consecutive successful PATs ranks second best behind J.D. Carlson's 126 consecutive.
Earlier this season, Gibbons hit a career-best 52-yard field goal at Nebraska, the sixth-longest field goal in U-M history. Gibbons also was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week for his three-field goal performance against Michigan State, which included a 38-yard game-winner with five seconds remaining.
Michigan (6-3, 4-1 Big Ten) will host Northwestern (7-2, 3-2 Big Ten) on Saturday (Nov. 10) at Michigan Stadium. Kickoff is set for 12:01 p.m., and the game will be televised by ESPN.
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A few weeks ago I worked with a project team on a project retrospective. The project finished very late, though it did finally deliver part of the original scope. We examined the project history to understand what they'd done well, and what they would do differently. As the story of the project unfolded, a familiar pattern emerged.
The team had significant experience making incremental improvements to the company's core product. The time had come to re-architect and rebuild the system using newer technologies and an architecture that would enable the company to expand into related product lines.
This project required the team to learn new technologies and skills as they moved from COBOL to C++ and object design, relational databases and SQL, as they took on designing a system from the ground up.
Looking back, it seemed obvious. The team was facing the prospect of building significant new skills while building a new product.
"I wish we could have found a way to learn how to think in objects before we designed the whole thing," said Eric.
"Yeah," said Sara. "If I'd known at the beginning what I did at the end, I would have designed the databases differently. We lost a lot of time redoing things once we actually learned how to use the new DBMS."
You may not face this set or this many "new to you" challenges on your next project; but with the pace of technology change and the push for innovation, it's likely you'll be facing a steep learning curve on a project sooner rather than later.
What can you do to manage the impact to delivery when your team needs to learn a new skill? Here are some strategies that will support learning and help deliver a product.
Practice with Feedback
Many of us start learning out of a book or a week-long seminar, but to really master a new subject we need practice.
If you've ever taken up a new physical skill such as riding a bike, dancing, or playing golf, you have probably had this experience: you believe you are doing something right, but you are not achieving the results you anticipate. You lose your balance, step on your partner's toes, or hit into the rough. The results tell you something is not right, but you don't know exactly what to change. So you try sitting up straight, looking down at your feet, or lowering your shoulder. The adjustment may or may not improve the results. If not, you try something else.
One way to obtain more targeted feedback is to view yourself on videotape as you practice the new activity. As you watch the tape, you will obtain more information on how far away you are from proper form, but you may not know how to correct the problem.
When someone else who is an expert in the activity observes your performance, you receive specific feedback that tells you what aspect of your form is not correct and what you need to do to improve.
I've tried all of these methods: book learning, self-modification by trial and error, and videotaped feedback. I can learn a skill with any of them. I achieve the best and fastest results when I practice the skill and have feedback from an expert.
The same is true for learning a new technology, language, or design construct. We do receive feedback from the environment—the code doesn't work, the tests fail, the program won't compile or build. These feedback mechanisms give us information, but they are slow and painstaking.
Practice with expert feedback will increase the rate of learning and provide a base level of quality. While the expert won't correct all the style errors, she may prevent the worst from making it into the end product.


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This great value fabric sofa from Cavendish's Wallis collection is lovingly made to order in the UK.
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Michigan Property Rights FAQs
Is Michigan a Community Property State?
No. Michigan is an "equitable distribution" state, which means that divorce courts in Michigan may distribute the marital assets of spouses in a way they believe is fair. Equitable (fair) distribution is not necessarily an "equal" distribution.
What's the Difference Between Community Property and Equitable Distribution?
Community property states divide marital property equally between the spouses in order to reach as close to a 50/50 split as possible. However, the equitable distribution standard results in a property division that's fair and equitable considering all of the circumstances of the case.
What is Marital Property?
Before you can begin dividing property, you first have to identify what property will be divided. Property can include tangible assets, such as homes, cars, jewelry, furniture and furnishings, electronics, cash and savings accounts, and intangible assets such as future retirement benefits, business interests and investments, goodwill, and stock options.
Courts in Michigan can divide "marital" property between spouses in a divorce, but generally, courts don't have the authority to divide the "separate" property of either spouse.
Marital property includes any property or asset that's acquired or earned by either spouse during the marriage, even if the asset isn't received until after the divorce. For example, if one spouse earned a large work bonus during the marriage, it's considered marital property even if it's not paid out until after the divorce.
"Separate" property includes any property or asset acquired by either spouse before the marriage, or received by inheritance or gift at any time. If one spouse proves that property is separate, it will not be part of the equitable division and will be confirmed to the spouse that obtained or acquired it.
What do Judges Consider when Dividing Marital Property?
Courts may consider a variety of factors when ordering a fair division of property, including:
- the length of the marriage
- the spouses' contributions to the marital estate
- the spouses' ages and health
- each spouse's ability to work and earn income (based on education, job skills, work history and employment opportunities)
- the spouses' financial needs and circumstances
- the spouses' past relations and conduct, and
- general principles of equity (fairness).
For more information on this topic, see Division of Marital Property in Michigan, by Lina Guillen.
Will I Receive One-Half of all the Assets?
Not necessarily. First, you will not typically receive any portion of your spouse's separate property - spouses are only entitled to share in a portion of the marital estate. Second, because Michigan is not a community property state, you may get more (or less) than fifty percent of the marital assets, depending on what the court decides is fair and equitable.
Do I get to Keep my Inheritance?
Generally, your inheritance is not a marital asset and not subject to division, unless you did something to "transmute" or change its character from separate to marital. For example, if you placed your inheritance in your spouse's name or your spouse contributed to its acquisition, improvement or accumulation during the marriage, your spouse may be entitlted to a portion of it.
If you're wondering whether property is marital or separate or have questions about the division of property in general, you should contact a local family law attorney for help.
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|This course is a great value for an early season trip or a couples getaway. I live over 3 hours away and yet have stayed on the "stay and play" package 7 times in the last 3 years. This course is not much fun for the 1 or 2 handicap golfer, but it really appeals to the golfer that can't get enough. It also appeals to the "learning" golfer because of the numberous short holes, especially on the front nine. Great Course and lots of fun!!!
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REDDING -Veterans' organizations and hundreds of people attended the grand opening of the north state's new Cal Vet Veterans Home last Friday.
Dignitaries included former State Senator Maurice Johennessen, CalVet Secretary Peter J. Gravett, Medal of Honor Recipient James Taylor, State Senator Jim Neilsen, State Assemblyman Brian Dahle and Congressman Doug LaMalfa.
Johennessen received the loudest applause for his tireless efforts on behalf of veterans. He, along with others, was instrumental in the building of the Veterans Cemetery in Igo. Johennessen said the ground work on this home began in 1994.
The eighty-eight million dollar, 155,000-sq.- foot home is situated on 26 acres along Knighton Road between Interstate 5 and the Redding Airport. More than 500 applications have been received for the 150-bed facility that provides residential, skilled nursing and memory care services; and on Oct. 22, the first four residents moved in, said a staff member. Residents are to be a minimum of 55 years of age, but this is waived if a veteran is homeless or has a disability. About 244 full-time employees are to be hired.
Those gathered were treated to live music by the Straight Ahead Big Band, the CalFire Firefighters Pipe and Drum Band and singers Chellie Mitchell and Nancy Fischer, bagpipers, a flyover by two vintage planes, the Boys and Girls Scouts and guest speakers and more were on the program.
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Veteran's Home Draws Crowd for Grand Opening
REDDING -Veterans' organizations and hundreds of people attended the grand opening of the north state's new Cal Vet Veterans Home last Friday.
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Ryan Rudden Memorial Event
The Rockaway Rockies are proudly hosting the 4th Annual Ryan Rudden Memorial Tournament on Sunday, November 19. Registration to compete in the tournament will begin at 10 a.m. with the game to follow exactly at 11 a.m.
After the game is completed, the Rockies will be honoring past and present players with an awards ceremony at the Knights of Columbus on Beach 92nd Street between Beach Channel Drive and Rockaway Freeway.
The event will start at 2 p.m. and conclude at 6. The price is $20 per ticket for adults and kids are allowed in for free. For more information about the event, please call 718-634-3463.


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By Sharon Jayson, USA TODAY
TORONTO Being lonely isn't bad for you, but staying lonely is, a leading expert and author on loneliness told a session Thursday on the opening day of the American Psychological Association annual meeting here.
John Cacioppo, a social neuroscientist at the University of Chicago, says being lonely at times is just fine, because everyone — no matter how popular or extroverted — experiences that feeling.
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"If you're an extrovert, you're not going to be less lonely than any introvert," he says. "And the extrovert needs more close friends than the introvert to not feel lonely," he says.
The most recent U.S. data he's studied has found that almost a quarter of people complain about frequently feeling lonely. But Cacioppo expects loneliness to increase due to longer lifespans and more years in widowhood, as well as the fact that single-person households have been rising in recent decades.
"We are seeing loneliness increase over time," he says. "This is going to be a problem with which we need to deal."
Loneliness has repercussions on health and well-being, he says, such as sleep dysfunction and higher blood pressure.
In the USA, loneliness is less of a risk because Americans are an individualistic culture. However, he says Americans get lonely at key times — "occasions when being together is a social norm" such as over holidays.
Cacioppo outlined a series of studies he's conducted on various aspects of loneliness. Many of those are detailed in the 2008 book he co-authored, Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection, while other studies are yet unpublished.
Among the findings:
•Contrary to the popular wisdom that if you're depressed, you get lonely, Cacioppo says if you are lonely, you get depressed. Although that finding was first published in 2006, he says a second follow-up study that has been accepted for publication provides more evidence that loneliness leads to depression, not vice versa.
•Marriage benefits your health, but only if you aren't lonely in your marriage. If marriage reduces your loneliness, it will be beneficial to your health.
•There is a basic, human need to connect and when those efforts are frustrated, "we connect artificially" by befriending non-humans. Cacioppo says a set of studies over the past five years has shown that can't replace human friendships, though.
•Loneliness may be contagious, similar to the way happiness has been shown to be contagious, according to yet unpublished research.
Loneliness comes down to quality, rather than quantity of friendships, Cacioppo says.
Studies of college students have shown that incoming freshman are particularly lonely during their first quarter of school even though they have roommates and are surrounded by people, for example.
"It's not the number of relationships it really is the quality of those relationships that determines whether you feel socially isolated," he says.
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