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Social Media Examiner's Networking Clubs
I have been a fan of Michael Stelzner's Social Media Examiner for quite some time and love receiving the latest news and ideas each day. When I heard about the "beta" launch of "The Networking Clubs," I wanted in!
Since I have been working very hard on my reach and online visibility, I was accepted and can now give you a preview of what it is and how it will benefit you and your business.
Like most websites, once a member, you upload your photo, secure your user name, fill out your biographical data and add your social media links. (So far I do not see a way to add more than one for each account, (Twitter, etc.) so if this could be expanded, that would be great.)
They have created 3 starter groups, Facebook, Blogger and Small Business. Very much like LinkedIn, you ask to join the group and once accepted can participate in discussions such as introducing yourself to the groups and then following or friending the other members. You can start a discussion as well.
Since I find social media fascinating and a way to expand the reach of my businesses and missions, this is a niche and exclusive site with people who are passionate about sharing and networking. As you participate and share in the groups and connect with others, your status continues to grow, sort of like Klout. I started out as a "scout" and have now moved up to "adventurer." I like how the names match the design and branding of the website.
Social Media Examiner itself has over 450,000 readers per month, and 120,000 email subscribers. So once this opens to the public, watch out!
An eco-friendly colleague told me about Ozoshare and so I joined for my frog awareness organization, Frogs Are Green. I love being able to connect and share ideas with other environmental and green organizations.
In Ozoshare, you can post more data about your company and can look for partners in these categories: green living, green business, global warming, climate change, healthy living, rainforest, environmental conservation and global climate.
You can post and scan "The Buzz" and can receive "Tree Mail." I am still discovering the possibilities here and have just realized I have the ability to create custom pages for advertising our products or featuring our newsletter. You can create photo albums and invite other "green" like-minded people and organizations to join as well.
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Drug Free Charlotte County launched a new campaign that will help fight drug abuse in its community. It's called VerifyTruth.
The movement encourages parents to drug test their kids at least five times a year to help them stay away from using marijuana. Parents can request for marijuana drug test kit, free of charge, which enables them to confirm whether or not their kids are telling the truth.
In a feature on Winknews.com, Drug Free Charlotte County Executive Director Amity Chandler says: "We're not even saying to parents, do it, we're saying pick up the test, talk to your teen about, and let them know the option of the test might come up if they're breaking rules, when they start driving, when they get a job."
Since June, VerifyTruth has already given 1,000 marijuana drug tests and most parents seem happy with the idea.
In its website, VerifyTruth laid out several reasons to use drug testing, one of them is, for parents to have the opportunity to intervene early if their teens begin experimenting on marijuana and other drugs.
According to a Teen Norms Survey done last year in Charlotte County, 39 percent of high school students said they experimented on marijuana at least once — a 4 percent increase since 2006. An increase in marijuana use was also observed for middle schoolers.
Chandler added that while Charlotte County kids are becoming more aware of the dangers of tobacco, the same cannot be said about marijuana. But through the new campaign, they are hoping to help parents guide their kids in avoiding peer pressure that could lead them to marijuana, as well as reduce the prevalence of drug use in the county.

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My Beautiful Hard Working Man - Poem by June FeirCruz
Your hands may be rough and calloused,
Yet they touch me with such tenderness
And they feel like velvet in my skin.
Your skin is red from the sun,
And you toil at all hours of the night.
I think of you, my caliopsis man
I pray no harm ever befalls you as you toil into the darkness,
And there is no one in sight.
May your angel always protect you as you work in the shadows on a cold winter night.
Morning comes, I see your beautiful eyes once more
I feel such glee just to see you smile at me
As you stride towards me, I delight in your beauty
Knowing you are safe I hold on to you,
I never want to let you go, I just want you safe in my arms
My beautiful hard working man.
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What's the Sens season ticket base? Somewhere around 10K? I've been at Leafs or Habs games where I bet there wasn't 4,000 Sens fans throughout the whole building.
I also remember being at a STH forum/event where another STH stepped up and all out called out other STH's in the room for backing out on those specific games etc. It was well said and he was applauded by many others. I specifically remember Cyril Leeder smiling and nodding.
Do you have season tickets?
I dont see how you can blame the people that do, and not the people that dont. Hell, dont even blame them for not having STs, blame them for not buying tickets to a SINGLE leaf/hab game.
And I call BS on only 4k sens fans. Ive been to about 90% of the Leafs/Habs games in the last decade and its never even close to that bad. It often SOUNDS much worse than it is because they are in our barn and make it known (just like how 1000 Sens fans at the ACC can make quite a noise when we score there)
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Take Two #135: Exploring NYC and DC
By Kyra-lin Hom
This week has been one heck of a whirlwind. From Chicago (where I live now) to New York City to Washington, D.C. and back again. All in just seven days. I've done much crazier – don't get me started on China, but only a few days in each of our nation's arguably most famous cities is like forcing a twin-sized fitted sheet onto a full-sized mattress. There's just no way to cover everything. To make matters worse, I oh-so conveniently injured myself just days before we were scheduled to fly out and so had limited mobility. Perfect, I know.
So how is someone with mobility issues supposed to enjoy these notoriously foot-heavy cities? Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to 'hop-on hop-off' tour busses. Basically, these are tourism company-run bus loops that stop at all the major tourism hot spots. Many of these come with tour guides narrating the journey as well, though expect a wide range of skill levels here. We had everything from the lady who was obsessed with clouds to the anarchist's guide to NYC to the Travel Channel-worthy locals' special. Have a good sense of humor and you'll enjoy the ride.
Having grown up in Seattle, spent undergrad in LA, and now moved to Chicago, I should have realized that reputation rarely matches reality (for better and worse). Yet my first impressions still surprised me.
New York City is massive. Not in size (that's Chicago) but in scale and density. The sky-high buildings are packed so tightly together comic book superheroes really could flit 'safely' from rooftop to rooftop. And people really are on the streets at all hours of the day and night. My only previous experience I can compare to Time Square's assault on all senses is Wangfujing in Beijing, China. For me, NYC was awe-inspiring but also overwhelming.
As a breather from all the crazy, me and mine hopped across the water to Brooklyn. It's a bit like NYC's version of West Seattle, a little home away from home for my uprooted self. Plus it didn't hurt that Brooklyn's waterfront provides one of the best views of the Manhattan skyline. You can even see Staten Island, the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge with its J and Z (yes, just like the performing artist) subway lines all from one place.
Last but not least, I might be jaded for city food forever. Absolutely every place we ate was fantastic. Apparently competition is so high that lasting five years is considered a break away success for NYC restaurants.
Washington, DC on the other hand was quaint – not at all what I had been expecting. The city is significant but small. Whereas in NYC the vibe was to spend, spend, spend! DC felt more about encouraging experiences. Most of the major museums are free, and the ones that aren't (i.e. the specialty and private museums) are very reasonable. Being students, our admission into the International Spy Museum was just $6 a piece.
And of course we had to see the monuments. I for one had no idea how huge the Lincoln Memorial is nor how staggeringly tall the Washington Monument.
One oddity about DC, however, is that outside of downtown it is very easy to wander into the 'wrong' part of town, as in channel surfing easy. The experience was surreal. (I kept looking around for the rifts in space-time, obviously the only logical explanations.)
I wish I had planned more for NYC and had had more time to explore DC, but at least now I've set a baseline for future travels. Whenever I travel, each experience is unique. Each one widens my horizon, opens my mind, and most importantly is a fun time away from work and responsibility. There is no right or wrong way to do it, just make sure you do!
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GoodReads' PTB have lost their collective minds. And in banned books week in the US.
What could be more ironic?
In honor of events, a few of my favorite censorship quotes:
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"Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense, has always been and always will be the last resort of the boob and the bigot." - Eugene O'Neill
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Miami-Dade Mayor Hosts First Budget Town Hall
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is hosting the first budget town hall meeting tonight at 6:00 PM Aventura City Hall.
This comes a day after Gimenez held a budget town hall meeting on Facebook and Twitter.
Many of the questions revolved around negotiations with the police union, which claims Gimenez's budget will decimate their ranks. Up to 400 Miami-Dade Police Department employees could lose their jobs.
In all, there will be six budget town hall meetings taking place throughout the county over the next three weeks:
Thursday, Aug. 14 - Aventura City Hall, 19200 West Country Club Drive - 6:00 PM
Thursday, Aug. 19 - Florida City City Hall, 404 West Palm Drive - 6:00 PM
Thursday, Aug. 21 - Little Haiti Cultura Center, 212 NE 59 Terrace, Miami - 6:00 PM
Tuesday, Aug. 26 - Palmetto Bay Village Hall, 9705 East Hibiscus Street - 6:00 PM
Thursday, Aug. 28 - West Dade Regional Library, 9445 Coral Way, Miami - 6:00 PM
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co2 hydrotesting and refills
so i bought a co2 tank online but i need a place to fill it and possibly get it tested. so i was wondering if anyone has spots they like to go to specifically. i live close to east side canary but i dont mind driving far.
so where do you go for your co2 refills?
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i hit up sport chalet over off of marks st. (next to the galleria) cost like $2.50 for a refill on my paintball tank
Welding shops, fire extinguisher companies might test them. But i dont think theyll fill such a small tank
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its a 5lb tank, you think sports chalet does those too?
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found a place called a1 fire supply on decatur an flamingo.
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your good - yeah, they do (it's in the Suba Department) All I can tell you or anyone else is don't look at paintball places or Dick's sporting goods. They don't do Co2.
Yeah a 5lb tank will be serviced by any welding/fire ext shop
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Sport Chalet didn't have the correct fittings for the tank.
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No one delivers big, punch-in-the-face motifs better than Amon Amarth, and the Swedish melodic-death-metal titans have excelled themselves on their ninth studio album. Produced by Andy Sneap (Opeth, Accept), Deceiver of the Gods is at turns martial ("Father of the Wolf"), elegiac ("Under Siege"), blatantly neo-classical ("As Loke Falls"), and firmly committed to traditional Priest- and Maiden-style riffage ("Warrior of the North"). Not only does Johan Hegg deliver his fiercest growls ever, but he also duets mesmerizingly with operatic ex-Candlemass frontman Messiah Marcolin on "Hel." It's more of the same Viking-themed madness, but Thor knows we love it. LUCAS AYKROYD
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Annalee Newitz makes a fool of herself in io9. "So, why does it matter that Homo sapiens had sex with Neanderthals? It matters because now we have genetic evidence that humans as a species don't always kill and destroy what we don't understand. Sometimes, we fall in love and settle down instead."Girls, girls, girls. I hat
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Back during the year-end wrapup, the Weekend Investor ran a column entitled The Best Financial Advice I Ever Got (or Gave). Most of it was the predictable sort. Put all your money into stocks. Don't put all your money into stocks. That sort of thing. But two little tidbits rang true for me. The first, from Michelle Smith,
If you don't read anything else in The Weekend Journal today, take a glance at Terry Teachout's The Narcissism of Boomer Nostalgia."Not surprisingly, my parents' generation did everything they could to make life easier for their own children. Was that good for us? I wonder. It certainly didn't do us any good from a cultural
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In 1877 four hundred Chinamen dug a 26 mile long ditch to bring water from the Little Applegate River to the Sterling Mine. We hiked about three miles along that ditch today. At one point, just to save time, they dug a 100-foot tunnel through a ridge. Naturally, we had to crawl through it. On the way back we saw some fai
A few bits of bright news that got drowned out by the stupid news about the stupid Chechens in the stupid city of Boston. On Monday morning Lisa Fabrizio penned a brief but brilliant screed which deserves more attention than it got. Tuesday The New York Sun explained why the phrase "value of gold" sounds like the screech
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I would like to stick to .40 cal, but well... could be talked into downgrading to 9mm by a crafty salesman.
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Miranda Kerr has spoken of her separation from Orlando Bloom, claiming that they still "love and care for each other deeply".
The Australian supermodel, who recently stopped working for Victoria's Secret and is now the face of Swarovski jewellery, said the couple are determined to remain friendly and support each other for the sake of their two-year-old son, Flynn.
Kerr, 30, and actor Bloom, 36, announced their split earlier this year after three years of marriage.
She said that they have so much respect for each other that she recently cancelled a trip home to Australia to avoid Bloom having to be apart from their son.
"We still love and care for each other deeply. I didn't go home to Australia recently because Orlando was working six days a week in Romeo and Juliet on Broadway and it's not fair to take Flynn and go without him. We're trying to do our best to support each other.
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The former couple are thought to be spending Christmas Day together with Flynn at Kerr's house in New York.
Kerr, whose estimated annual earnings of more than £5million make her the world's second-highest-paid model after Giselle Bündchen, said the key to happiness and confidence is positive thinking and that if she is feeling down she will either "take everything off and put on my Stella McCartney silk robe" or "jump for joy".
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Since TIIC were so bent on not writing for Lucas while Rafe and Elvis are around, I have come up with an idea to show them that Lucas can exist and should exist in Salem and could have been written for….Bryan would have been able to pull this very storyline I'm about to write and he would have knocked it out of the ballpark…enjoy!
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This story takes place after Lucas finds out about Chloe's cheating and Kate's attempt to poison her. He falls off the wagon, gets into his car and drives himself into a tree almost killing himself. He has been in a coma for 2 months and has suffered extensive head trauma….
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Lucas had been moved to a rehab and physical therapy hospital on the outskirts of Salem. The doctors were giving Kate a prognosis for his recovery that wasn't very good. The possibility was there that when and if Lucas ever awoke from his coma he would have some sort memory loss. Long term or short term memory loss was a possibility with the type of trauma the accident had caused. Lucas' car had not only hit the tree at an excessive speed but he was propelled through the windshield and his head made impact with the trunk of maple tree that had managed to stop the car. However, that didn't worry Kate or Philip as much as what the doctor told them after. Lucas would likely wake up without the ability to see. His head trauma was very extensive and it affected his optic nerve to the point that it was damaged. How would Kate or Philip ever tell Lucas that he would likely never see his little girl's face again, he wouldn't know what she looked like as she grew up. He wouldn't be able to see Will become the man he always thought he could be. Kate was very sad at this prospect and Philip kept telling her that all this was her fault.
"If you weren't so bent on destroying your kid's lives he might have been happy a very long time ago."
"Oh please, Chloe would have never made him happy, she loved Daniel and she never loved Lucas, no matter what I did."
"Mom, you know I'm not talking about Chloe. You know who I'm talking about, who is the woman that no matter what you did to try to stop Lucas from being with her, he just couldn't help himself. He truly loved her and was willing to do anything for her, but you just had to ruin that too."
"You are talking about Sami? Oh Philip. I've always thought that Sami was poison for Lucas."
"Poison? You saw your son miserable when his marriage to her was ending. That isn't poison mom; it's love and that is a very powerful emotion to try to cut out of someone's life when they feel it. If you hadn't stopped him and Sami he wouldn't have gone with Chloe trying to forget all about Sami, she wouldn't have cheated on him with Dan and he wouldn't be in this situation now. Oh, and you wouldn't be married to Stefano either, did you forget that little tidbit."
"Philip, please stop. We don't know if he can hear or not."
"You know what might help him come out of his coma right?"
"A visit from a certain someone and their kids."
"They have come by twice in two months, Sami is too involved with Rafe to even care about Lucas anymore."
"You are a piece of work, you stopped her from coming here on eight occasions when the accident first occurred. Why would she want to continue coming back?"
"If she really cared at all about him she wouldn't care what I want or don't want, she would find a way to come regardless of how I feel."
Little did Kate know that Sami and Philip had a secret pact. Philip has signed for Sami Brady to have access to Lucas' room at whatever time she wished. She only needed to sign the book at the entry. So far Sami had been there every night for 60 nights and the two day trips was just to show Kate that she was there, if Kate only knew how many more nights Sami had spent with Lucas, with or without Kate's permission.
Every night Sami came by she did the same thing. She always showed up after 9pm when regular visiting hours were over. But that was the time that only spouses were allowed to come. Philip had lied on the form and had put Sami down as Lucas' wife. Every night Sami would sign the book as Sami Horton. She would bring Allie by occasionally and Will would swing by on his own from time to time, but Sami was there every night since the accident. She hated seeing him lying there, all bandaged up without speaking. All sorts of tubes coming out from every part of his body. He had the feeding tube in his stomach; the respirator tube had already been moved from his mouth to his trachea. He had made virtually no progress in two months, and Sami was growing more and more depressed with each day.
"Oh Lucas, what can I ever tell you to make you come out of this." She said to him as she sat down next to his bed and stroked his cheek.
There were three words that Sami hadn't said to Lucas since around the time he caught her in bed with Elvis. She didn't know if she should tell him, and she didn't want to say anything that would make it worse, but there was something in her heart that was dying with every day that passed that she hadn't told him. She still loved him very much, but she thought he didn't feel the same for her. He moved on with that opera witch, and she moved on with Rafe, and if she had known that Chloe was cheating on him she would have never let it continue. She would have blown the entire thing out of the water and she wouldn't have lied to him like Chloe, Dan, Philip and Kate had.
Sami looked at Lucas again, and leaned into him. She grabbed a hold of his right hand and slowly approached his ear with her mouth. She kissed his cheek and slowly whispered.
"Lucas, it's me Sami. If you can hear me, I want you to know that I have never stopped loving you. I love you Lucas and I always will."
Sami looked up and a tear ran down her cheek. The tear fell on Lucas cheek and at that time something started happening that she couldn't explain. She thought she felt Lucas hand slightly squeeze hers. She didn't know if it was real or not. Was she hallucinating?
Just then the monitors started beeping erratically and Sami sprung up and rang the nurse's call button. The stream of nurses and a doctor rushed in and ushered Sami out of the room.
"It's a miracle, your husband appears to have reacted to whatever you just did."
"My hus…., oh, yes, that is just great news."
"I will call his mother and brother to rush over."
"Oh, perfect doctor. I'll just stay around and leave just before they show up."
"You can stay you know."
"I know, but I don't think his mother would be happy…... mother-in laws you know." Sami didn't want to let the cat out of the bag, but she wanted the ability to still come by every night if she could and she knew that if Kate found out that would be over with.
"It's up to you Mrs. Horton, whatever you wish is fine, but the news is great at least tonight it is. He's made a little progress and we don't want to overwhelm him at first."
"I understand doctor, is he awake and responsive?"
"No, he was though and he fell back into the coma, but it does appear that once that happens his chances to come out of the coma once and for all increase by up to 80%, we need to be optimistic about this, especially now."
Sami smiled and thanked the doctor. Gathered her things and took one last look at Lucas before leaving for the night.
Kate and Philip rushed to the hospital upon hearing the good news, but Lucas still appeared to be in the same state as he was just the day before. He looked no different. When Kate inquired to one of the nurses as to what had occurred with her son's condition the nurse told her that Mrs. Horton had a breakthrough during her visit last night.
"Mrs. Horton? Chloe?"
Philip upon hearing his mother's shock had to tell her what he had done and why.
"PHILIP, what are you thinking?"
"Well obviously, I'm thinking on whatever would work to help my brother, and obviously I can't say the same about you. It appears I was right, and Sami coming over and simply speaking to him would help."
"How long has this been going on?"
"Since the second day he was here. When you threw her out of here Sami called me begging me to have a chance to see Lucas. You know mom, she cares enough about him to want to swing by every night and she does it."
"This is absurd! I can't allow this."
"Mother, Lucas didn't even want to speak or see you when he found out the truth, so why would you ever think he would want YOU around here instead of Sami?"
"I'm his mother and I've always had Lucas' best interests at heart."
After the argument died down Kate made arrangements to move Lucas to another facility where the security would be more stringent and were Philip wouldn't be able to do what he had done here. Lucas was moved the following day and Kate kept the location a secret from even Philip this time. Nothing was going to get Sami close to Lucas again, nothing and Kate was bent on making sure of that.
Two weeks later, Lucas would come out of his coma once and for all and when he opened his eyes he saw nothing. Total darkness and he didn't know what to think.
"My eyes, my eyes are open and I don't see. What is this? Where am I?
Kate didn't know what to say. "Honey, this is mom, you had a very bad car accident and you flew out of the windshield into a tree. You've been in a coma for almost 3 months."
"In a coma? But why can't I see? Remove my bandages, I must have something covering my eyes."
Lucas was hysterical and he was pulling at bandages that weren't over his eyes. He finally realized what occurred, when he realized his eyes were open and he only saw a very dark world ahead of him, no light, just darkness and shadows. He began to cry and he buried his face into his hands as he sobbed.
The doctor then proceeded into the room and asked Kate to wait outside. He had to ask Lucas some questions to see if his memory was affected in any way.
"Lucas, this is Doctor Willaby, I am going to ask you a series of questions that I would like for you to answer to the best of your ability."
"Okay doctor, but why can't I see? How long will this last? Will this be forever?"
"Let me ask you these questions first and then we'll examine your sight and see what is happening with that."
"What is your first and last name?"
"Lucas Roberts"
"What year is it?"
"Do you have children?"
"Yes, a boy, named William"
"Are you currently married?"
"Have you been married before and what was her name?"
"Yes, I've been married and her name was Nicole."
"What is your mother's name?"
"Kate Roberts"
"What is your father's name?
"Bill Horton"
"How about your grandmother's name?"
"Alice Horton"
"Do you have siblings?"
"Yes, two half brothers Austin and Philip and a sister Billie"
"Who would you say you hate with a passion?"
"Stefano Dimera, Nicole Walker, Eric Brady"
"Anyone you love with a passion?"
"Yes, Carrie Brady"
"Who is your son's mother?"
"I guess it's Carrie, I don't know that question actually, I am not sure, something tells me it's not Carrie, because I remember her with Austin, she loved my brother. Sorry doctor, I don't know."
"Who are your best friends?"
"I don't have any"
"Are you sure?"
"I use to have a very good female friend, but I don't know anymore."
"Do you remember her name?"
"I've been trying to remember her name but I can't"
"Okay Lucas, we'll take a break for now. Too many questions can have an adverse affect on what we are trying to do"
The doctor proceeded out of the room and approached Kate.
"Kate, you gave me the answer to the questions I asked him and it appears he does have long term memory loss. He thinks we are still in 2002 and he doesn't seem to remember his son's mother at all. Doesn't remember her name or anything and I find that extremely odd as he remembers he has a son and usually the son's memories go along with the mother's memories. He seems to have blocked her out of his memory. Would you know why?"
"I think I know why doctor, he had a very traumatic experience with the mother of his son. She accused him of horrible things and they have a very bad relationship when it comes to parenting their child."
"Okay, that would be in line with my thinking."
"Your thinking?"
"Yes, your son is in love with the mother of his son and he's blocked her out because it's too painful to think about. I just need to warn you though, that when and if those memories come back the feelings will come back equally as strong."
"It's alright doctor, I don't think his memories about her will come back. Let's move onto his sight. What is happening with that?"
"Well, I have set up and appointment for him tomorrow. One of the best eye specialists in the area will come by to examine him. Her name is Doctor Lucielle Romanio and she specializes in traumatic eye injuries affecting the optic nerve, which is what your son is suffering from. She will be here tomorrow at 1:00 pm. She will likely recommend switching him to the school for the blind when he is done with the evaluation. The team there is excellent. They will show your son how to live his life with his disability."
"Perfect, he'll be ready. Thank you doctor."
"Thanks Ms. Roberts."
(to be continued)
|Saturday Feb 20 2010, 05:19 PM Post #2
Lumi Ph.D.
Gooo Philip! Love that he snuck Sami in.
Typical Kate, claiming that what's best for her child is what's actually worst for him.
Love Sami being mistaken for his wife... reminds me of one of my favorite Lumi scenes, back when Sami lost her voice and couldn't tell the doctor Lucas wasn't her husband.
He doesn't remember Mike and Jennifer, or are they just not worth mentioning?
Can't wait for more! Great start!
|Do you remember what she told him? She took her lover's hand, and she said, "just because something is intangible doesn't mean that it's not real." Lucas, no matter what happens, no matter what we've been through, no matter what I say, you will always be in my heart. -- Sami Brady, November 2007
|Saturday Feb 20 2010, 05:22 PM Post #3
Keeper of the Clips
She never learns, does she?
Great start! Update soon.
"To what was lost... to what was found... to what will always be..." ~ Jack Deveraux
|Saturday Feb 20 2010, 05:47 PM Post #4
♥ Lumi is Love ♥
He doesn't remember Mike and Jennifer...YET he will soon though.......he seems to remember his siblings on his mother's side not his father's.
Edited by luvinglumi, Saturday Feb 20 2010, 05:50 PM.
|Lucas is awesome
|Saturday Feb 20 2010, 08:20 PM Post #5
Lumi Ph.D.
This a truly wonderful story and your right Bryan would have knocked this story out of the ball park with Lucas going blind after a car accident and having short term memory loss.
I love that Philip said that Sami is Lucas wife to get her in after visiting hours without Kate there. I love that Sami told Lucas how much she loves him every night and that she has been going to him every night to talk to him trying to encourage him to get better.
Kate is truly unbelievable making up these lies to try to keep Lucas from remembering Sami but he soon will and his memory will coming flooding back to him about her after hearing her voice and he will have flashbacks and memories of her very soon.
Loved that Lucas squeezed Sami's hand to respond to her and let her know that he was waking up and heard every word she said.
I hope Sami regardless if he wants her there or not helps Lucas to get through this that she gets so wrapped up in wanting to take care of the love of her life Lucas that she forgets about Rafe or she decides that she wants to break up with him and move in with Lucas and help him get through this.
Kate you are truly unbelieveable. I loved the Philip and Sami scenes as well. Kate needs to but out for once again she is not thinking about what Lucas would have wanted and what would help Lucas recovery and what he needs.
I love this story so far and I can't wait read more of it for this story truly rocks and I am hooked and truly interested in see what happens next in this story for this story truly rocks.
What a powerful emotional journey Lucas is going through having to face being blind and having short term memory loss and poor Lucas when he broke down and cried I truly felt for him but hes not going to go through this alone for Sami will help him get through this and she is Lucas best medicine and will truly help get through this and not face this alone.
I am truly glad that Sami is there for him and that she is not going to let Lucas go through this alone and love that she visits him after visiting hours and tells him every night telling him how much she truly loves him I love this story and can't wait to read more of it.
Edited by Lucas is awesome, Saturday Feb 20 2010, 08:24 PM.
|Saturday Feb 20 2010, 08:51 PM Post #6
Lumi Ph.D.
Cool. And fascinating...
|Do you remember what she told him? She took her lover's hand, and she said, "just because something is intangible doesn't mean that it's not real." Lucas, no matter what happens, no matter what we've been through, no matter what I say, you will always be in my heart. -- Sami Brady, November 2007
|Sunday Feb 21 2010, 01:42 AM Post #7
Lumi Sophmore
|I can't wait for the reunion and the reveals. This is a wonderful start to what could've been a wonderful story arc on the show. Scratch that. It would have been kick a$$.
|Sunday Feb 21 2010, 10:40 AM Post #8
♥ Lumi is Love ♥
|Thanks everyone for your inspiring words. I've always thought that Bryan would rock either a blind storyarc like this or a paralysis storyarc and the idiots had the perfect opportunity. with him falling off the wagon. The story I'm writing is Lucas centric so you won't see too much of Sami until later on and some might not like the twists and turns I have planned but in the end I hope you agree that it was worth it. My goal is to show that the writers if not lazy could have done Lucas justice, kept him away from Sami for a period of time if they wanted to but with a real story & not a contrived forced way to showcase a newcomer and still kept Rafe and Ej and everyone else....no one deserved to get canned because Sami had "too many men"....that is just laziness-nothing else.
|Monday Feb 22 2010, 04:56 AM Post #9
Lumi Ph.D.
|Oh so loving this story and am feinding for more. Can't wait for the next chapter.
Thank you Days for bringing back Bryan Dattilo as Lucas Horton!
His fans are ecstatic about his return!
|Tuesday Feb 23 2010, 11:17 PM Post #10
Lumi B.A.
I love it!!
I can't wait to see what happens next....
Please Update Again SOON!!
|Tuesday Feb 23 2010, 11:25 PM Post #11
Lumi Freshman
|Love it can't wait to see what happens next
|Monday Jun 28 2010, 04:14 PM Post #12
Lumi B.A.
|Wow great start!!!
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Back when I first made the decision to homeschool, I remember reading several articles about how boys tend to thrive when more structured education isn't introduced until 5 or 6 (or maybe even later). I also remember reading some articles about delaying teaching a child to read much later than is the "norm" today. I have a different computer now, and no longer have links saved. My DH is starting to pressure me to start a pre school curriculum for DS1, who is 3. I know he's just not ready...but that's not "good enough" for DH.
Can any of you ladies help me out with some good resources on why delaying will be better for our son?
Gosh, I know I have some resources on this from my ECE days! I'll look and post later.
In general though, boys develop later than girls. Ones that don't start kindergarten until the latest age(six in most states), do better. If a little boy is starting Kindy at 5, he may be a full year or two behind some of the girls there, both in age and development.
There is also a lot of research out there about delaying academics or allowing kids to spend more time playing.
Before I get flamed- not saying boys are stupid or not as smart as girls, but research does show that they tend to develop later.
Homeschooling Mama to DD and one .
TTC #2. Hoping to !
Yeah, that's the kind of research I want to show DH. I found one sight, but it has links for an all boys school, so he doesn't trust the information.
What is your husband's interest in 'pre-" home schooling? I have never quite been able to wrap my head around the attraction of preschool for people except that parents like to delegate education from the earliest possible moment, while these same parents choose non-academic preschools because of their superior outcome for children who are not in a disadvantaged home. But what does that have to do with individual parent-directed education?
That being said, you might be able to come to a compromise with your husband by planning out a year that will include developmentally appropriate experiences if you remember that the very best, most expensive preschools in this country also manage to convince parents that they are the height of preschool education while teaching actually not very much.
Appropriate 4 year old activities might include (the list is not exhaustive):
Language arts: Story time at the library, being read to aloud / audiobooks every day, daily exposure to sounds of target second language (e.g., TV, radio, movies, audiobooks, CDs), Starfall.com, Letter Factory / Word Factory videos.
Math / Music: Counting aloud while taking turns (you hold the ice cream cone while I count to 20, then I hold it while you count to 20). Singing: the months of the year, the days of week, etc. little educational memory dittys. Singing and listening to music. Helping measure in the kitchen. Reading the digital clocks.
Movement / socialization: Playground. Bike riding (balance bike first if needed). Swimming. Gymnastics class. Many areas start soccer around age 4.
Created an instant family (7/89 and 5/91) in 1997. Made a baby boy 12/05 adopted a baby girl 8/08. Ask me about tandem adoptive nursing and living as gluten, dairy, and cane sugar free vegetarians. Homeschooling and loving it.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!
Trust your gut! Speaking from my own experience with my 7 year old daughter, 4 year old son and 3 year old daughter, preschool should consist of playtime with natural learning activities incorporated. Just playing, reading a book, going to the farm/zoo/museum, library storytime, singing the ABCs, etc. are natural learning opportunities. I say I am "homeschooling" my son (even though I feel like I am not doing any "formal" schooling) simply because so many parents feel the need in my neighborhood feel to need to send kids to preschool at age 3 & 4. Both my 3 & 4 year old are up to speed the same as their peers who attend preschool programs. My Mom who is an infant mental health specialist worked in a program to prevent preschool-age expulsion. Most of the referred children were boys simply because boys are much more active and have a different learning style (especially at such a young age) than girls. Rather than the learning style and teaching method being addressed, the child is labeled a troublemaker! While I send my oldest, a second grader to public schools I have some qualms about both private and public school and expecting kids to all perform the same across the board and reach "milestones" at the same time. Good luck!
Looks like you've got a good list, I'll just add one more book: Better Late than Early by Raymond and Dorothy Moore
My oldest did not even know his alphabet when he was starting kinder. He turned 6 in November. I was very nervous since he was my first. Everyone made a big deal wanting their children to read by kindergarten. But then, by 5th grade, he qualified for the highly gifted program in public school with ease. My 4th is home schooling (as are my other children now, except my 2 oldest, who will return to home schooling next year). He had no interest in reading at 6 yrs old. But now, he turns 7 in less than 2 weeks and he just took off with the reading in the last few months. I am not worried as I see how things turned out with my oldest. I have also learned through the years that the early readers do not tend to be just that much further ahead. They actually seem to plateau. I have one son who was an early reader, as in, by 3 yrs old was reading BOB books and chapter books by kindergarten. But, he is 9 yrs old now and a little ahead of grade level in reading. He was 4 grade levels ahead when he started kindergarten. Now he is 1 grade level ahead.
Don't forget this article. Great on pushing back early forced reading.
Mama to Max 9, Neva 7, & Esme 4 and Julius 2.
Saw this article and thought of OP's original question.
I don't have a particular article on hand, but if you Google Finland and reading, you'll get some interesting articles that you could show your DH, as well. Finland consistently ranks at the top or near the top in education, and doesn't start formally educating children until age 7.
Why does your husband want to pre home school your child? I never really understood why parents wanted their children to go to preschool if it is a non academic school. Maybe just to get them out of the house...lol. But seriously, if the house is a bad place, maybe that would be good. (didn't mean you, OP)
I have never understood preschool, except as a place for working parents to put their children when they're between daycare age and school age.
That said... if it is important to your husband, there might be a point when it's easier to just go along or compromise than to insist that it's your way or the highway. Gaining his cooperation at this stage will help in years to come. I don't mean implement a formal pre-k curriculum, but maybe a few structured activities and a workbook? (I got "about three" for my DD for next year and it looks interesting.) I mean, you can start learning science without your child even knowing it, and you can do montessori activities and make them very much like games.
Thanks for all the help ladies! DH is reading through some of the resources you've given, plus some I found on my own. He's already changed his tune. Just last night when a friend asked when we were going to enroll C in pre-school, he told them we were homeschooling and likely wouldn't start any curriculum until he was at least 6, but maybe even later. Then he started talking about unschooling! I'd never even brought that up to him, but he found some info on his own!!
It sounds like you have a gem of a husband. :) I'm glad it went so well!
Just going to put in a different idea...I have a boy and girl, very close in age. While my girl is more behind (she's a Summer birthday)...my boy is ahead. He should still be in preschool but is slowly learning to read and is just a whiz at math. Also..he has very good handwriting. My daughter is 6.5 (officially first grade, but more of a K) and is now learning to read and her writing is still not very good.
I think a lot of it depends on your child. They're going to do what they're going to do when they do it. No amount of begging/cajoling/bribing/pleading could have had my daughter learning to read last year. Trust me, I tried. At the same time, there's no point in trying to hold my boy back just because he's a boy or he's younger.
Just remind your hubby...he's THREE. No need to do academics at that age.
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EVENTS HELD: Roxy Pro Hawaii, The FINALS
CONDITIONS: 6-foot Sunset, or, as Sofia put it, "Four times overhead."
NATURE'S CALL: See? Pretty
PREDICTIONS: A world title in Honolua Bay — definitely
There were no champagne showers on the victory stand today. There were no long speeches. Nobody won a world title. Sofia Mulanovich thanked God, her boyfriend, and Martin Potter (in that order) and the collective attention on the beach turned quickly to the handful of men's heats taking the water out in beautiful, 6-foot Sunset for the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing. Mostly what happened today in the Roxy Pro Hawaii was a bunch of stuff not really happening.
Like, everyone was kinda expecting rookie upstart Stephanie Gilmore to walk away with a world title today — but she went down in the quarters and left the door open for a small crop of chasers. "Yeah, it's disappointing," said Gilmore afterwards, "but I had a bad heat. I got caught on the inside a few times. A big set came and I just looked at Jessie thinking I was going to die. I tried to duck under but it just smoked me. Then I got about six more on the head and by that time I only had half a board — it was pretty strenuous."
At the same time, everyone was kinda half expecting local, 16-year-old phenome-grom wildcard Coco Ho to blow our minds with some crazy result out here, but that didn't happen either, as she finished behind the upset Gilmore in the same quarterfinal. (She was still named 2007 {{{Vans}}} Triple Crown of Surfing Rookie.)
Then, everyone was kinda expecting Megan Abubo to continue her solid Vans Triple Crown campaign, but she went down hard on the first wave of her semi final and came straight back to the beach with some cracked or broken ribs. Ow. She still maintains the Vans Triple Crown lead, but judging from the agonized look on her face and the ambulance she left in, she may not be surfing in the final event in Maui.
Layne Beachely didn't dominate on her favorite wave ("Frustrating as hell," said Beachley). Caroline Sarran didn't show up for her heat (due to a neck injury from yesterday). And Claire Bevilacqua couldn't find a 0.3 scoring wave to qualify for the final.
So, what did happen?
Well, the world's best girls were going for broke on some pretty sizeable Sunset — and that's something. They were out of their comfort zone, caught inside many times, and pitching themselves into some huge ones. Charging it. So, on that front, women's surfing took another step forward today in the big stuff. Respect.
But what really happened was Sofia Mulanovich. Throughout this contest, everyone's been trying to do math (and everyone hates math) to figure out who had to lose what when and how before they could just hand Stephanie Gilmore her world title. But you can put your calculators away now, because it ain't over yet. Mulanovich now sits just 101 points behind Gilmore, which essentially means, whoever finishes higher in Maui, will be the new women's world champ. (If they both lose early, Brazilian Silvana Lima has a shot, too, but no one else.)
So, as Sofia put on the somewhat non-celebratory victory stand: "It's on. It's so on."
Roxy Pro Hawaii Final Results:
Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 13.73,
Amee Donohoe (AUS) 10.83,
Samantha Cornish (AUS) 7.64,
Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 6.40
Ratings after Event No. 7 of 8 on the 2007 ASP Women's World Tour – the ROxy Pro Hawaii:
1. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 5,868
2. Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 5,767
3. Silvana Lima (BRA) 5,252
4. Samantha Cornish (AUS) 4,440
5. Amee Donohoe (AUS) 4,406
6. Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 4,238
7. Layne Beachley (AUS) 4,214
8. Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 3,553
9. Rebecca Woods (AUS) 3,438
10. Melanie Bartels (HAW) 2,976
11. Megan Abubo (HAW) 2,862
12. Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 2,784
13. Jacqueline Silva (BRA) 2,654
14. Rosanne Hodge (ZAF) 2,424
15. Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) 2,412
16. Caroline Sarran (FRA) 2,322
17. Rochelle Ballard (HAW) 1,530
18. Leilani Gryde (HAW) 972
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