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When I first had this amp, I was running one guitar... My 1979 Epiphone Genesis Standard, with two humbuckers that had (not common for the time) coil tapping... I was playing what is now called classic rock and NWOBHM style metal. For anything I needed to do, this amp hung with the big boys just fine. For a solid state amp, the gain sounds quite organic... Not as dry and sizzly as you would expect from a Peavey from the '80s! The additional "saturation" stage gives some of the highest gain distortion available back then (think the lead run from the Scorpions' "Still Loving You"... Uber gain!), or if you like to keep it nasty, you can cut out the saturation stage and get some gnarly Sunn style grit (ala Mountain's "Mississippi Queen"). The cleans are crystal, and can only be beaten by maybe a Fender Twin or Roland JC-120... We're talking world class clean tone here to volume levels that most sane people would fear playing at! After finding another one of these apparently super rare beasts about two years ago (I sold my fist one to get a 1974 Sunn Concert Lead half stack in 1988... Biggest mistake ever, even though I dug/still dig the Sunn), I've run several guitars through it (Ibanez Artcore AG75TDG hollowbody, BC Rich Mockingbird ST, '80s Vintage Hamer Vector V, Squire Tele, Epiphone Dot Studio and my original Epiphone Genesis... Still have it!) The amp seems to color the tone of any axe run through it to sound like its being run through an early '80s Peavey, so if you're looking for total transparent tone, this ain't the place to get it. However, the sounds it produces are extremely musical and pleasing to the ear, and for my style, it is a great number two behind my Peavey Windsor head/Marshall 1922 2x12 cab!
Overall Impression — 9
Ok, I'm an aging metalhead... Bet you'd never guess that by my name, right? Lol! But, I grew up and learned how to play during the '70s, so I have a deep rock and roll/bluesy side too. I've been playing for about 37 years, and have many other amps, guitars out the yazoo, and a full bass rig/several basses too. This amp, even though it is solid state, has been a faithful tool in producing my signature tone since day one. After I sold my original one, I immediately missed it, and in the mid '90s I started a *decades long* search for a replacement. Which I FINALLY found in 2011! So yes, if I lost it/ it were stolen or (God forbid I was stupid enough to do this AGAIN) sold, I would try to track down another! Only problem is, these amps were apparently favored by steel players in Nashville and not so much by rockers on the east coast... So, in my years of looking I only found one in NJ (the one I bought, who said he got it from some chick in Medford NJ. Apparently my original died a horrible meaningless death in the late '90s, or so I was told by the guy I sold it to), several in Nashville (that are being jealously guarded by the steel players who own them), and one on the west coast which was selling for $425, with replacement speakers instead of the original Scorpions. So, I'm guessing there weren't too many made in the early '80s lol! I love the super intense 80s style searing gain, the reverb is to DIE for, and I have fallen deep for the insanely clear, mellow sounding acoustic channel in this second chance to explore this versatile hybrid beast from my past. There's nothing on the market, past or present, to compare it to, which is why I went bonkers trying to find another in usable shape... And I did! The only thing I wish it had was the capability to run external speaker cabinets... I know it's ungodly loud as is, but sheeeeeit... It'd be absolutely insane to have this thing going through even *more* speakers lmao... It'd be its own personal PA system! If you happen to see one for sale and you play both acoustic and electric, and you're sick to death of sound guys butchering your acoustic tone, BUY IT! You'll never see or play through anything that is quite like it, it's truly a one of a kind design that Peavey should reintroduce!
Reliability & Durability — 10
Rock solid, able to be dropped from a 12 story building without causing damage of any sort... Except, or course, to whatever it hits lol! The cabinet is huge for a 2x12, mostly due to the additional high range horn (it's *very* tall, almost half stack cabinet tall). But there isn't anything I've ever seen that is as solidly built as this amp! Since it is a solid state amp, you don't have to worry about tubes going bad. Granted, you don't have that uber-tube warmth, but in the category of reliability, it's an acceptable trade off. This thing is a TANK, it weighs about 85 lbs, and I would have no doubts about using it to hold up the corner of the stage while jamming through it if need be. It's that solid! It was my one and only amp for many years, and never broke down, during my many hours/days/months/years of practicing or gigging. They just don't make stuff like this anymore!
Features — 9
This 220 watt, solid state 2x12 open cabinet combo was made in approximately 1984... I had one as my first amp back in the mid '80s, and it was more amp than I realized at the time. It is a true hybrid amp, being able to convincingly handle acoustic and electric guitar. I've never seen anything quite like it since, and it took many, many years to find a replacement for the one I let go back in the day (peer pressure was strong and Peaveys did not have a good rep in the metal community in 1986... The fact that this is essentially a country style amp didn't help matters either lol). Channel 1 is voiced for acoustic guitar/steel guitar use (utilizing a high range horn tweeter that runs in tandem with the two Scorpion 12s), and has pre and post volume, high and low gain inputs and a four way, stacked parametric eq. It produces soaring clean highs, clear articulate mids and solid lows... I can get my Epiphone EJ200 jumbo *quite* loud before it will feed back, and the sound with my SX lap steel guitar is simply amazing. Channel two is the electric side, it features a quite complicated and versatile gain stage (pre volume, post volume, and a saturation control that adds gobs of 80s style sizzly scooped-mid uber high gain at the click of a footswitch button), and also has the famed, highly versatile Peavey four way stacked parametric eq (which for those who never used Peaveys in the '80s, is a bass, stacked mid pots... both low and high, and highs. It's a built in full eq circuit, but with knobs for super solid reliability). Both channels run through the master volume, presence (major efffect on the tone, gives an almost painfully clear treble boost) and reverb (which is one of the deepest, most liquid sounding spring reverb tanks I've ever heard before and since). Channel 1 (acoustic)on/off, saturation (which adds/removes the saturation to channel 2), and reverb are all controlled by the proprietary Peavey plastic three button footswitch, which has survived unscathed to this day after many years of use. It also features an FX loop, not sure if its series or parallel, and pre-out /post in jacks. No external speaker jacks are present (which kinda bummed me out initially, because I wanted to run it through my '80s 2x15 Black Widow loaded bass cab for even more bottom grindage), but at the volumes I can attain with this beast, it doesn't really need any additional help!

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Wishing for Tulips
Friday, January 10, 2014
Well, like so many others, the weather this past week definitely has me wishing for tulips *grin*. This card is for a couple of challenges over at Splitcoast today...the Queen for the Day, Sandie and the MIX50 Color it Twice.
I've die cut an oval and stamped it with the tulip image. First it was colored with Copics, and then I added some shading with Prismacolor pencils. It's been placed over a piece of designer paper and then the die cut sentiment was stamped and heat embossed and placed overtop.
If you're going to do two step coloring with Copics and Prismas, always color with your Copics first and then the Prismas otherwise you can wreck your Copics...and we all know that's a very bad thing...
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Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark
Stamps: Technique Tuesday (tulips), Simon Says Stamp (sentiment)
All the other stuff: Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Big Shot Pro, Simon Says Stamp Tilted Banners die, Spellbinders oval die, embossing buddy, Hero Arts white embossing powder, heat gun, dimensionals
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Went out this morning to just walk some streams. The winter has been much too long and I needed some time outside.
It seemed very awkward to be on the stream without a pole in my hand. I managed to scout 2 new stretches. One stretch I had wanted to scout for quite some time. It was a nice walk. The stream was too skinny and the trout were far and few and almost nonexistent. Log book entry already made about that stretch.
The second place I scouted was a little better and the trout gods were smiling on this stream. A return trip with a rod in hand is in order.
On the was back to the vehicle it began to spit snow and the area was a little hazy. It seemed magical. The snow was gently hitting me in the face and my beard was icing up a little. I couldn't help but smile the entire way back to the vehicle.
I truly love the outdoors and miss my quiet time on the stream.
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Len: I know what you mean about the magical feeling! I spent the weekend with the girlfriend in Pinedale and out her front window it looked just like your photo with the low hanging clouds, very sureal. Four deer bedded down under the trees in the neighbors yard and didn't seem too concerned as I was shoveling the fresh snow off the sidewalk.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. , founder and president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, will convene automotive industry leaders and experts at the 11th Annual Automotive Summit to explore and advance current automotive industry global standards and strategies. Since 1999, the Rainbow Push Coalition Automotive Project has held an annual summit to ascertain how automotive issues impact minority and women suppliers, dealers, manufacturers, employees and corporate governance.
"Globally speaking, the automotive industry is changing, but even with this troubled worldwide economy, no minority supplier or dealer can be left behind, said Rev. Jackson. These award-winning minority owned companies continue to bring value to their customers and should be a part of the ensuing industry growth."
This year's symposium, themed "The Global Automotive Summit: Opportunities for Diversification," will address opportunities to level the economic playing field for minorities and women stakeholders in the automotive, technology and advertising/marketing industries.
"During the 2008-2009 U.S auto industry collapse, whole manufacturing plants, as well as dealerships, closed," said Rev. Jackson. "Jobs left and home foreclosures increased. Detroit and other cities like it have greatly suffered." He went on to say, "As the auto industry makes a recovery, minority suppliers and dealers deserve to play a pivotal role in the reconstruction. They should not be treated as an "afterthought"--having been a loyal and integral part in building it. They deserve to be part of the equation."
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In pursuit of a taxpayer-funded audit:
News emerged last year that more than 115 items were missing from the APD evidence room. Asheville City Council ordered a $175,000 audit and then-APD Chief Bill Hogan promptly resigned. But after the audit was finished in January, the district attorney declined to release it in the face of multiple records requests.
I caught part of this story on Frank Stacio's program a little while ago. Unfortunately, this is not the first case of guns, drugs and money going missing from PD evidence lock-ups. And as long as the powers that be try to stifle the public release of information associated with these cases, this problem will continue.
"As a result of Defendants' violation of the Public Records Act, Plaintiffs' and the public's understanding of the people's business has been and is being impaired," the suit declares. "The information sought by Plaintiffs is essential to the maintaining of the public's understanding of and confidence in the work of law enforcement officials supervised by Defendants."
I know this is going to sound "big government" to say it, but it's long past time we developed a better system for storing/disposing this stuff. It would be better to destroy valuable evidence (especially the drugs), than have it sitting around waiting for someone to toss a moral coin and grab it, putting other lives at risk just so they could make a mortgage payment.


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"One of the best jazz singers on the planet" - Ron Steen
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Samples from Rebecca's latest CD "Honoring Ella"
Rebecca Hardiman-Jazz Vocalist
Vocal jazz the way it used to be...Pure straight ahead swing reminiscent of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, June Christy and Anita O'Day. Classic jazz - with dignity - That's what you get with Rebecca Hardiman.
Rebecca Hardiman - Jazz Vocalist
"Not since Billie Holiday & Ella Fitzgerald have I heard such a unique, in tune, magical, hypnotic, creative JAZZ performer." Dan Sorkin- veteran radio personality Chicago WCFL, San Francisco KSFO
From the moment Rebecca Hardiman walks onto the stage - her tone, sense of style, dignified delivery and cheery disposition lights up the room. True lovers of jazz recognize that she is authentic and a welcome asset to world of vocal jazz. Rebecca owns the songs that she sings and brings her creative energy to every interpretation from ballads to highly technical be-bop improvisation. Her inventive scatting and stylization has earned her the reputation as one of the best jazz vocalists in the NW.
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Listen to examples of Rebecca's singing below. A complete CD is available upon request.
"Easy Living"
"Cry Me a River"
Rebecca started her career training at Edmonds College under the direction of notable vocal jazz educator Frank DeMiero in "Soundsation" from 1984-86. During her time there she was quickly noticed by the nationally recognized vocal jazz group "The Ritz" and was asked to join them in 1986, recording and touring across the country.
In 1992, she started the Portland based vocal jazz group "Euphoria" which performed for 10 years in the Pacific Northwest - and was the opening group for Mel Torme' when he appeared at The Eugene Hult Center in 1993.
In 2013 she embarked on her solo career and quickly became noticed as a leading improviser and interpreter of the jazz classics. With the release of her latest CD "Easy Living" she is getting airplay on radio stations around the country and is expanding her musical horizons beyond the NW.
From the first notes of this CD's opener, "Thou
Swell," it is obvious that Rebecca Hardiman is a superior jazz
singer. She has a clear and very appealing tone, it is very easy to
understand every word that she interprets, and her singing is full
of joy. In addition, she swings at all tempos and is a very good
scat singer. There are times when she sounds a little bit like early
Nancy Wilson but she is a more adventurous and harder-swinging
vocalist If I had to come up with a criticism about her singing, I
would be at a loss for words.
On Easy Living, Rebecca Hardiman is joined by some of the top straight ahead jazz musicians from the Pacific Northwest. Her husband Ray Hardiman is a perfect accompanist and a strong soloist, bassist Dan Presley and drummer Ron Steen provide tasteful support and there are plenty of colorful bop-oriented solos taken along the way by trumpeter/flugelhornist Bryant Allard and saxophonist/clarinetist Laird Halling.
After the exciting version of "Thou Swell" which includes a hot trumpet-alto tradeoff and a fine piano solo, "Give Me The Simple Life" is given an exuberant treatment, highlighted by Ms. Hardiman's exchange of phrases with trumpeter Allard. Her medium-tempo version of "Easy Living" could be used in a classroom to teach other singers how to make a ballad their own. When she changes the notes of a melody, it adds to the emotional effect and the general excitement.
Each of the 14 songs other than "Harold's House Of Jazz" (which is based on "Cherokee") are veteran standards. All benefit from these treatments. Among the other highlights are one of the finest versions of Gil Evans' "Boplicity" ever recorded (the scat-singing is inspired yet sounds effortless), the revival of "Harold House of Jazz" (which was recorded previously by Richie Cole), a swinging "Put on a Happy Face" and a jubilant "They All Laughed."
Rebecca Hardiman's Easy Living is one of the most delightful jazz vocal albums of the past year and is highly recommended. Scott Yanow, author of 11 books including The Jazz Singers, Jazz On Film and Jazz On Record 1917-76
Back in the 1990s, Portland area jazz folks took a lot of pride in a vocal group called Euphoria. They were all very hip and accomplished jazz singers, and their arrangements were second to none. One of those singers was Rebecca Hardiman who eventually went solo. Her brand new CD shows her to be very comfortable with her choice of standout tunes.
As any real jazz singer should do, Hardiman delivers 14 tunes without pretense or too much frosting on the cake. She scats with ease and perfect clarity. Just check out the challenging "Boplicity" for proof. In that same realm is "Harold's House Of Jazz", a Richie Cole rarity that strikes a tempo fast enough to test any singer. Hardiman passes with flying colors. Among the other dozen tunes, all of which are winners, there's "Thou Swell," "Mountain Greenery," "I Wished on the Moon," "They All Laughed," and more. Hardiman is accompanied by her husband, Ray Hardiman on piano; Dan Presley, bass; Ron Steen, drums; and special kudos to Bryant Allard on trumpet and flugelhorn and to Laird Halling on sax and clarinet.
A measuring stick for singers (in my opinion at least) is their ability to sound like it's all so easy when we know it's anything but ! Rebecca Hardiman is such a singer, and you're going to love her new album. George Fendel, CD Reviewer for JazzScene Magazine
"There is a reality and purity in Rebecca's voice, no
gimmicks; the way jazz vocalists used to be..."
Art Abrams-Band Leader "Art Abrams Swing Machine"
"When I heard Rebecca singing, I thought..."Ella's back."
Meadowlark Lemon - Former Harlem Globetrotter/Inspirational Speaker
Notable Performances
With Soundsation:
North Sea Jazz Festival
JVC Montreux Jazz Festival
With The Ritz:
Montreal Jazz Festival
Colorado State University
Copley Plaza
1369 Club
Ryle's Jazz Club
With Euphoria:
Hult Center for the Performing Arts with Mel Torme'
Cathedral Park Jazz Festival
Corvallis Fall Festival
Eugene Celebration
Oregon Jazz Society "First Jazz"
Wilf's Restaurant
Jimmy Mac's
Portland University Club
Alison Spa and Resort
Arrivederci's Restaurant & Jazz Bar
Langdon's Grill
Aurora Colony Vineyards
Restaurant Five-0-Three
Bijou Café
St. Thomas Jazz Festival
2015, 2016 Aurora Colony Vineyards Jazz Festival
2016 PDX Jazz Festival
1984 "Soundsation '84"
1985 "Soundsation '85"
1986 "Soundsation '86"
Back-up vocal for Commercial for Barbizon Modeling School
1987 "The Ritz" Denon Columbia
Recently re-released as part of the "Giants in Vocal Jazz"
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1994 "Euphoria" with Euphoria Vocal Jazz
"Anytime, Anywhere" Solo
1996 "Swing Into Christmas" Solo
1998 "Euphoria Live" with Euphoria Vocal Jazz
2009 "My Father's Business" Solo with Big Band
2013 "I'll Remember April" Solo
2015 "Easy Living" Solo
2015 "Cry Me A River" Solo single with Tom Grant
Full Bio
Rebecca Hardiman was immersed in jazz at an early age, as she heard recordings of Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Bill Eckstine, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Dexter Gordon around the house. As a teenager, she was accepted into the highly acclaimed vocal jazz group Soundsation in Seattle under the direction of jazz educator Frank DeMiero, and while with this group, had the opportunity to perform in concerts and festivals with Ernestine Anderson, Mark Murphy, The Hi-Los, Richie Cole, and The Four Freshman. Soundsation toured throughout Europe performing at notable international festivals such as the North Sea and Montreux Jazz Festivals as well as local jazz clubs.
She started her professional career with the Boston based vocal jazz group The Ritz in 1986. They performed at the 1987 Montreal Jazz Festival as well as jazz clubs throughout the country, and recorded on the Denon Columbia recording "The Ritz" and features Count Basie saxophonist Frank Wess. Rebecca moved to Portland Oregon in 1990 and started the vocal jazz group Euphoria, performing at venues throughout the northwest for ten years, most notably opening for Mel Torme' in 1993 at the Hult Center in Eugene, Oregon.
In 2013 she embarked on a solo career releasing a CD entitled "I'll
Remember April". She was quickly accepted by the local music
community and has been performing regularly at all of the major jazz
venues in the area. In 2015 she recorded "Easy Living" which has been
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Thurs.-Mon., 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Closed: Tues., Wed., and Holidays
Look for our program schedules on the web: http://www. in.gov/dnr/parklake/2420.htm
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Saturday, November 14th
11:00 a.m. - Oh, Deer! Nature Center. Examine antlers, pelt, tooth wear, and learn more about our native whitetail deer.
1:00 p.m. - Tracking Wildlife Stories. Nature Center. What can you learn from animal tracks and signs?
Sunday, November 15th
1:00 p.m. - Pine Cone Turkey Craft - Nature Center. Create natural holiday table decorations!
Saturday, November 28th
11:00 a.m. - Adapt, Migrate or Hibernate—Nature Center. What's your strategy for winter weather?
1:00 p.m. - Snakes and Turtles, oh my! - Nature Center. Come see our new display area as we feed our resident reptiles.
Sunday, November 29th
11:00 a.m. - Resident Birds— Nature Center Wildlife Room. Tips for enjoying the birds that stay in our area all winter.
1:00 p.m. - Treats for the Birds - Nature Center. Create a gift for your backyard birds!
Our programs are free and open to the public after paying the park entrance fee. Please contact the Nature Center if you would like us to do a private program for your group- 812-829-4344.
**Healthy Parks/Healthy People: Look for HP/HP on the schedule to get "INshape" with us, and discover what it takes to keep a state park or reservoir healthy.
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All caves, sinkholes, tunnels and mines on DNR properties (except for Twin Caves at Spring Mill State Park) are closed until April 30, 2010 to provide protection from White-nosed Syndrome, a fungus that is killing bats in large numbers in the Northeastern U.S. and is now spreading west. Thank you for cooperating with IDNR in this effort.
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Chef, food writer and broadcaster Clodagh McKenna travels the length and breadth of Ireland, seeking out the very best food, chefs, farmers' markets, fishermen and artisan producers Ireland has to offer.
The series takes viewers on a fantastic journey which covers all parts of the country, from Valentia Island, the most Westerly tip in county Kerry to Fanad Head in Donegal, the most Northerly point in the country and from Dublin's fair city to farms hidden in the remotest places in Ireland.
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A limited number of permits are available to participate in special riding sessions following a ceremony Sunday to give the public a preview of the first state-owned all-terrain vehicle park in Woodbine.
Following the ceremony, riders can use the park near the Belleplain State Forest free of charge between 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. seven days a week until a contractor is hired later this year to operate the site.
Those interested in participating in two preview riding sessions at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sunday must obtain a permit at the Belleplain State Forest. Permits will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis to the first 25 riders for each of the sessions.
Riders for these sessions must complete an application form and provide validation of identification, current registration issued by the Motor Vehicle Commission and proof of insurance.
Users of the park must abide by the following rules:
* The park is to be used by ATVs, dirt bikes and snowmobiles only. All vehicles using the new park must be equipped with headlights, taillights, brakes, reflector material and muffler.
* Operators must wear a protective helmet, motorcycle/ATV goggles, over-the-ankle leather boots, long-sleeve shirt, long pants, gloves, wrist guards and kneepads.
* Park users must be at least 14 years old. Anyone younger than 16 years may not operate an ATV with an engine capacity greater than 90 cubic centimeters.
* All users under the age of 18 must complete an ATV safety education and training course established or certified by the Motor Vehicle Commission, which they must have in their possession.
* ATVs must be registered in New Jersey. Registration can be obtained at any of the Motor Vehicle Commission's 39 agencies for a fee of $17 for in-state residents and $19 for out-of-state riders. Proof of ownership is required.
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Live chat with UW Student-Athletes | Podium Session Live Web Stream | Podium Session Fan Questions
Wyoming fans will be able to follow the Wyoming Cowboys live at Mountain West Conference Football Media Days in Las Vegas on Tuesday, July 24.
On Tuesday, Cowboy fans may participate in a live chat with Wyoming senior center Nick Carlson and senior free safety Luke Ruff. That live chat will take place from 2:00 to 2:30 p.m., Mountain Time (1:00 to 1:30 p.m., Pacific Time). Fans can submit their questions during the live chat by going through the link that accompanies this story.
Also on Tuesday from 3:15 to 3:30 p.m., Mountain Time (2:15 to 2:30 p.m., Pacific) , Head Coach Dave Christensen, along with Carlson and Ruff, will be featured in a Podium Session Live Web Stream at the link at the top of this story.
Christensen, Carlson and Ruff will take questions from media members attending media day during the live stream. Fans may also submit questions in advance through the Podium Session Fan Questions link above. If a fan's question is asked during the Podium Session they may win prizes from the Mountain West Conference.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, the Mountain West will be releasing its Preseason All-Conference team and Preseason Poll, which is voted on by conference media members. Check back for the preseason poll and preseason All-Mountain West team tomorrow morning at WyomingAthletics.com.


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KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, Fla. - A fire burned a mobile home in Keystone Heights early Monday morning, according to Clay County Fire Rescue.
The fire broke out at the home located on Campo Drive around 3:45am.
"Out in this area, it's a rural area, water is our biggest challenge," said Jason Boree with Clay County Fire Rescue.
No one was home when the fire broke out but it's believed they were nearby at a relative's home. "There were sleeping at a family member's house. When a family member arrived home they saw their house on fire," said Boree.
The cause remains under investigation and the home was deemed a loss. The Red Cross is providing assistance to the family.
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Asthma: Everyday Pain Relief (cont.)
So before you grab a bottle of pain reliever for that headache, you need to learn some dos and don'ts.
How Do Pain-Relief Drugs Work?
In a certain way, all pain is in your head. When we feel pain, it's the result of an electrical signal being sent from the nerves in a part of your body to your brain.
But the whole process isn't electrical. When tissue is injured (by a sprained ankle, for instance), the cells release certain chemicals. These chemicals cause inflammation and amplify the electrical signal coming from the nerves. As a result, they increase the pain you feel.
Painkillers work by blocking the effects of these pain chemicals. The problem is that you can't focus most pain relievers specifically on your headache or bad back. Instead, it travels through your whole body. This can cause some unexpected side effects.
What Are the Risks for People with Asthma?
If you have asthma, painkillers called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can be risky. They include aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, and ketoprofen, the active ingredients in medicines like Bufferin, Advil, and Aleve.
Other pain relievers are potentially less dangerous. Acetaminophen -- the active ingredient in Tylenol -- works differently. It poses a much lower risk of problems for people with asthma, although like any drug, it does have side effects of its own. You shouldn't take any over-the-counter painkiller for more than 10 days without your health care provider's approval.
Why are people with asthma at special risk from NSAIDs? Experts aren't sure of the exact cause, but it seems that these medicines can trigger a dangerous immune response. People who are older and who have more severe asthma may be more sensitive to these drugs.
Symptoms include a cough, runny nose, shortness of breath, and wheezing. In some people, these medicines can also cause swelling of the face or hives. If you have any reaction, get help right away.
"One problem is that people may not realize the connection between asthma and a painkiller," Korenblat tells WebMD. "It can take up to two hours for the medicine to cause the effect, so you may not see the link."
In general, it's best for people with asthma to avoid NSAIDs. And people with asthma who also have sinus problems or nasal polyps -- swollen tissue that grows from the sinuses into the nasal passages -- should not use any NSAIDs, says Korenblat. "The risks of using these medicines are much higher for them."
Asthma treatments may help. Korenblat says the asthma medicines Singulair and Accolate may partially protect people from bad reactions to NSAIDs. Some doctors "desensitize" people to NSAIDs by giving them small doses and gradually increasing them over time. Eventually, your body may be better able to tolerate the NSAID and won't have such a dangerous reaction. However, this process must be done in a medical setting, since even tiny amounts of these drugs can trigger a dangerous asthma attack.


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Curtis Weston says two games in three days is "the best thing that can happen" following defeat against Lincoln City last weekend but warns victory over Nuneaton Town is only "half a job done" over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Charlie MacDonald's brace – taking him up to four in four games – gave the Bees a commanding platform from which to build after 13 minutes and the 33-year-old saw his second-half penalty saved by Boro goalkeeper Reice Charles-Cook as the visitors looked to pile on the misery for winles Boro.
With Dartford visiting The Hive on Monday, vice-captain Weston insists the job is not complete yet.
"It's only half a job done really over the course of three days really, so we're just looking to recover as quickly as we can and then go again Monday," explained the midfielder.
"I think it's the best thing that can happen that we've got two games in three days after losing because there' are lot of points up for grabs and we've got three of them. Like I said, it's half a job done and we're obviously looking to Monday to get another three points."
Fast starts have been a trait of Barnet's opening four games of the new Conference season, with the Bees to the fore in three of those matches and Weston believes a quick start was key at Liberty Way after the disappointment of defeat by Lincoln City last weekend.
He explained: "I think that was important for us [starting fast]. We wanted to get out the traps quickly and we didn't do it in our last game and we had to change it today.
"The warm-up was good – nice and sharp and we got straight into it and made a good start.
The former Gillingham man continued: "They're a big, strong team but I think we defended well. We switched off maybe once or twice but throughout the game I thought we were the much better team and dominated the game."
With the visitors creating chances at will during the first half, the margin of victory could have been bigger, particularly when MacDonald won a second penalty of the afternoon, but Weston always felt Martin Allen's side were comfortable.
He said: "I think after 2-0 we sat back a little bit more and just tried to control it and pop it around a little bit and got sloppy a couple of times.
"We missed penalty, which is unlucky from Chaz [Charlie MacDonald], so if that goes in for 3-0 we'd be cruising even more but it was comfortable in the end."


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From time to time I want to bring light upon gurus or dating coaches that aren't talked about much who I think should be.
The Player Supreme Dating Advice Show is one of the few seduction and dating podcasts I subscribe and regularly listen to. He's also got a brand new book too.
Player Supreme distances himself from the pick up community yet his advice and opinions often mirror it. At times he has a different outlook on things and although sometimes I find myself disagreeing with him, I find him interesting and thought provoking. He isn't scared to give his opinion. You also won't hear him talking in an effeminate voice.
He is often very intense and explicit which may take a bit of getting used to as a listener. When I started out on my journey I couldn't take him. I have learned to accept and appreciate his unorthodox methods of teaching betterment with women.
Here's a sample of his podcast:
(This one is particularly interesting. He takes on what he refers to as the "PUA bullshit style". Amongst other things he criticizes the "you are like my bratty little sister" future adventure projection similar to the one used by Cajun on Keys to the VIP.)
So what do you think of him and these podcasts?
You can check out Player Supreme's new book "How To Conquer Your Fear Of Approaching Beautiful Women: How To Meet And Date Beautiful Women" at Amazon…
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Well personally I don't think I mirror the pua community because I advocate not ho chasing women down the streets. Instead I push being a bit more marketing and business like in your game.
As for my style…lol, yeah I am a old black man so what can I say…
Thanks for the prop's though dog! I also do videos at http://youtube.com/theplayersupremeshow


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On average, Americans spend more than 8 hours a day in front of screens; this includes computer monitors, TVs, cellphones, tablets. People aged 45 to 54 averaged the most daily screen time: over nine and a half hours! These statistics shed more light on an obvious truth – extensive exposure to screen monitors only worsens your dry eye symptoms. Think this sounds familiar? Do your eyes feel dry, tired and heavy after hours in front of a monitor?
Do not fear; there are a couple of things you can do to lessen the effects of dry eye caused by computer use.
Adjust your monitor…
Reduce glare by adding an anti-glare shield to your monitor or purchasing eye glasses with an anti-reflective coating.
Reduce the brightness of your screen so that it is almost the same as your environment. The brighter the monitor, the more your pupils have to close down and adjust, reducing the number of blinks per minute and resulting in eye problems. When working on detailed documents that require a high level of focus, the level of concentration goes up and your brain will reduce the number of blinks.
Speaking of blinking, remember to do it often! Blinking increases the lubrication in the eye and decreases eye discomfort. It's also a good idea to look elsewhere for 10-15 minutes (preferably outside) and relax your eyes.
Adjust your environment…
If possible, try to avoid fluorescent lighting as it increases glare. A desk lamp or floor lamp will be much pleasant on your eyes as long as it is not aiming directly at your face or your screen.
Most people work with one to two eye-leveled monitors and full brightness without realizing how harmful this is to our eyesight. If you suffer from dry eye, try lowering your screen monitor. Having the center of your monitor below your eye-level gives your eyes a break. You won't need to keep your eyes wide open and this helps them retain more moisture.
After you've done all of this; take a break, walk around, drink some water.
Let us know in the comment box below if these tips helped you out of if you have others you'd like to share!


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The foul-mouthed princess chooses a different look with 'glitter, fur and animal prints' in this newly-unveiled video.
Following her previous Funny or Die video where she explains the meaning of "$" in her moniker, Ke$ha once again appears in the Will Ferrell video site for another clip. This time around, she poses as a Disney princess.
The "Tik Tok" hitmaker wakes up in her chamber one morning, complaining "Oh that clock. What a killjoy." She later gets a little help from her "animated friends" to get ready for her day as she sings a song she recorded specifically for the footage.
"Yo critter crew, make Princess Ke$ha look fine," the 23-year-old pop/dance singer calls her pals in her signature singing voice. "A little glitter on my cheek and my look is complete." She ditches the usual Princess look, trading it with glitter, fur and animal prints.


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Saturday is the day for women all around the Wooster area to grab their mother, daughter, friend or sister and head to Wooster Community Hospital's Women's Health Day.
"The day is designed to treat the whole woman," said Liz Martin, the hospital's education coordinator.
The day is not simply a time to have your blood pressure tested, although this can be done, it is also a day to learn strategies for taking care of yourself both mentally and physically.
All participants will hear Cea Cohen-Elliot, and her presentation "Laugh for the Health of It."
Women can then register for up to three of the 14 programs presented by local professionals in the health field, most of whom are women.
Some of the topics include breast health, raising healthy children, pottery, car repair for women and midwifery.
Participants will attend the presentation in small groups so the presenter will be able to answer any and all questions.
"This day gives women more information so they can make better decisions about their health," Martin said.
She added, "We need to know how our bodies work so we can prevent disease."
Women's Health Day is designed for women of all ages, not just older women. Martin said, "If you get involved with your health at an early age, you will have less problems later on in life."
Barb Landis, who also works in the hospital's community education department said, "It is not geared toward a particular group of women. There is something here for every woman."
The program on breast health will include methods for self breast exams and explanations on what lumps feel like and what to do if you find one.
"Cancer effects both the old and the young," Martin said "The sooner you find it, the sooner you can do something about it."
Carolyn Sheron of the Junior Service Club of Wooster added, "This is not a dry day. It is a day to take some time out for yourself."
She also added, "It is a chance to get into the hospital as a non-patient and see what it has to offer before you need it."
Morning registration begins at 8 a.m. with the first presentation beginning at 8:30.
During morning registration, women can have their blood pressure tested, visit information booths, have their body fat analyzed or walk the the healing garden which has been set up by Quailcrest Farms.
There will be information tables on nutrition, sleep disorders, hormone replacement and other health issues directly related to women.
The Wooster Book Co. and Wayne County Public Library will also have books on women's health topics available all day.
Women can enjoy a morning tea, which includes a light brunch at 10:15. The day ends at 12:30.
There will be drawings for door prizes throughout the day.
There is a $15 fee if it is being taken for continuing education credits, otherwise the event is free.
Participants are asked to use the new east entrance to the hospital, behind the Healthcare 2000 building.


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Rundfunkchor Berlin (Choir)
Founded: May 1925 - Berlin, Germany
The Rundfunkchor Berlin (= RCB; Berlin Radio Choir)) is the oldest radio choir in Germany. Made up of 63 full-time professional singers, it gives about 50 concerts each year. Its wide-ranging repertoire extends from the Renaissance period to the present day. The main emphasis is on works involving choral and orchestral forces. The Rundfunkchor Berlin works with the world's leading orchestras and conductors, regularly appearing in all major concert venues. It has built especially intensive partnerships with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Kent Nagano and the Rundfunk Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Marek Janowski.
"It is our philosophy to work under the best possible conditions: with the best orchestras, with the best conductors and with a well-balanced repertoire." This is how Simon Halsey summed up the profile of the Rundfunkchor Berlin on a note of self-confidence. Whoever has seen the charismatic choral conductor and long-time associate of Simon Rattle at work, whether in Sydney or Paris, Los Angeles or Salzburg, Birmingham or Berlin, will be aware that he is not aiming too high.
Since April 2001 Simon Halsey has infected the Rundfunkchor with his enthusiasm, vitality and characteristic British zeal. The choir appears in approx. 50 concerts worldwide each season. It responds to the wishes of widely differing conductors in a rapid, flexible and accurate manner. The choir is accustomed to working with both generalists and top-notch specialists in old and new music because it sets great store by stylistically aware interpretations of the whole repertoire from the Renaissance to the present day that reflect the current state of performance practice. Globally present as a concert choir through live performances and CDs, the Rundfunkchor considers it axiomatic to give accent-free performances of foreign-language works with due regard for correct intonation and timbre, a fact that prompted Marc Minkowski to describe it as "the most French of all those wonderful German choirs".
An impeccable and meaningful declamation of the text in any language required is the basis and starting-point for the choir's work, for its distinctive and yet ever-changing tonal character. Its main feature is a physically oriented style of expressive singing directly aimed at the audience. Building on the absolute homogeneity of its different sections, it commands the entire spectrum from the polyphonic textures of a Renaissance motet, which emphasize the contrast between the solo voices, to the highly romantic, blended sound of a choral work by Brahms or Bruckner with its infinite variety of colour, dynamic range, expressive shading and technical virtuosity. Moreover, the choir constantly deals with complex scores of contemporary composers and with experimental vocal techniques. As a radio choir it regularly awards commissions, most recently to Qu Xia-Song, Mauricio Kagel, Klaus Huber, Wolfgang Rihm, Frank Michael Beyer, Antony Pitts and Mark-Anthony Turnage, and encourages the rediscovery of forgotten and neglected pieces and composers as borne out by a long list of award-winning CD releases, some forming part of Decca's legendary "Entartete Musik" series.
The repertoire of the Rundfunkchor Berlin revolves around large works for orchestra and chorus, ranging from L.v. Beethoven's Ninth to Hans Werner Henze's Ninth, which recently has become the choir's calling card with performances in Berlin, New York, London, Monaco and many other places. The Rundfunkchor teams up with the MDR-Chor Leipzig for large-scale projects such as Gustav Mahler's Eighth Symphony under Kent Nagano or Berlioz's memorable Requiem under Marek Janowski at Berlin's Cathedral and at the Grimaldi Forum Monte Carlo. Nikolaus Harnoncourt relies on the choir for a Schubert cycle and Michael Gielen for an international Arnold Schoenberg project, but oratorios, Passions and Masses by J.S. Bach, George Frideric Handel, Mozart and Haydn also figure regularly on its programme. Needless to say, the choir maintains especially close ties with three of Berlin's eight major performing groups: the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Kent Nagano and the Rundfunk Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Marek Janowski. On joint tours and with spectacular a cappella programmes, it is acting as a cultural ambassador for the German capital. In this way it is continuing a tradition that began with international G.F. Handel performances under Helmut Koch in the 1950's, culminated in Leonard Bernstein's two Ode to Freedom concerts in east and west Berlin telecast live across the world shortly after the fall of the Wall and finally attained its full potential after reunification.
Since its inception in early 1925 the Rundfunkchor Berlin has regularly participated in both concert and stage performances of operas and operettas directed, among others, by Walter Felsenstein, Joachim Herz, Götz Friedrich, Ruth Berghaus and Harry Kupfer. This form of activity, which calls for spontaneity, physical expression and stage presence, also benefits the ensemble's concert appearances. Therefore, the choir is consistently pursuing this line further both in collaboration with Sir Simon Rattle and with scenic projects of its own. Rodion Shchedrin's Russian liturgy "The Sealed Angel" is scheduled to be presented in May 2005 as a drama for chorus and five dancers in a production by the Berlin choreographer Lars Scheibner.
To retain its flexibility and curiosity, the Rundfunkchor is exploring the limits of its repertoire in stylistic and geographic terms as can be seen from its performance of Chinese music by Qu Xia-Song, of spirituals under André Thomas or Leonard Bernstein's Mass under Kent Nagano. It reaches out to tomorrow's audiences in specific youth programmes, offers selected young professional singers traineeships and, once a year, invites amateur vocalists to a sing-along concert on the British model, with a major work for chorus and orchestra being rehearsed and performed together with the Rundfunkchor Berlin within a single day. These sing-along concerts, fuelled by the enthusiasm of hundreds of singers and Simon Halsey's communicative skills, have become something of an insider's tip both at home and abroad. "In the English-speaking countries the main forms of the arts are linguistic in nature," Simon Halsey pointed out, providing an explanation for the current success of English artists such as Simon Rattle on world markets. "For this reason we must be better at communicating classical music." As a modern, professional concert choir, the Rundfunkchor Berlin has perceived this trend towards more dialogue and openness. Under the direction of Simon Halsey it is pursuing a dialogue with the audience, with other cultures and with eminent artists from all over the world with keen senses.
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GenPink Picks: NBC's Smash & Season 1 DVD Giveaway
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NBC's Smash, one of our favorite prime time musical shows, is releasing its first season on DVD on January 8 (Universal Studios Home Entertainment). Relive the music, scandals and drama of this popular hit show while filming for the second season is underway. The characters dream of making it on Broadway, and the show takes you on their dramatic journey.
In addition to the gorgeous on-and-off Broadway outfits, the first season brought us an awesome cast featuring Debra Messing, jack Davenport, Katherine McPhee and Angelica Huston. The lineup of guest appearances was just as fantastic with Nick Jonas and Uma Thurman.
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* FTSEurofirst 300 up 0.4 percent at 1,103.43 points
* Euro STOXX 50 rises 0.8 pct to 2,497.74 points
* Siemens and Swiss Re rise after results
* Fall in German exports underlines weak economic backdrop
By Sudip Kar-Gupta
LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Reassuring earnings from major companies including Siemens helped European stock markets rebound on Thursday, although gains were seen limited by fresh signs that the region's economy remains weak.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index was up by 0.4 percent at 1,103.43 points in morning trade, recovering from a 1.4 percent fall during the previous session.
The euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index advanced by 0.8 percent to 2,497.74 points.
Engineering conglomerate Siemens rose by 4.3 percent to add the most points to the FTSEurofirst 300, after it reported a smaller-than-expected fall in profits and unveiled planned cost savings of 6 billion euros ($7.7 billion).
However, Cyrille Urfer - who heads up asset allocation at Swiss bank Gonet - said further gains from now until the end of 2012 on European equity markets would be "muted" due to the weak underlying economic backdrop.
Europe's economic problems were highlighted again on Thursday by data showing that German exports had fallen at their fastest pace since December 2011.
"We are hoping to get some more additional movement up by the end of the year, but I think the rally will be a muted one. I see a three-to-five percent movement higher at best, from current levels," said Urfer.
Urfer's asset allocation is currently evenly split between European and U.S. equities, with American stock markets facing their own worries over the U.S. "fiscal cliff" of about $600 billion in spending cuts and tax hikes that could take effect in early 2013.
Although the FTSEurofirst 300 index has slipped back from a 2012 peak of 1,122.76 points in mid-September, it remains up by some 8 percent since late July.
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Reassuring third-quarter results have also supported European equities over the last month.
According to Thomson Reuters Starmine data, 58 percent of the companies on the STOXX 600 European index to have reported third-quarter results have beaten or met market forecasts, with 42 percent missing forecasts.
Reinsurer Swiss Re also beat market forecasts with its third-quarter results on Thursday, and the company further encouraged investors with the promise of a special dividend.
"We really like Swiss Re and its promise of the special dividend. After such a sharp sell-off in the previous session, the bargain-hunters are coming back in," said MB Capital trading director Marcus Bullus.
However, Gekko Global Markets sales trader Anita Paluch cautioned that the economic backdrop remained gloomy, with Spain still under pressure to accept a sovereign bailout while Greece is struggling to meet the terms of its own rescue deal.
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This may turn into a vent, but theories are always welcome.
It seems to me that I have to let go of normal expectations in order to cope with life. My most recent example is I am in the middle of canning season and I needed to get my pears done a day or two ago. I also have tomatoes that need to be jarred, and I need to clean the resultant mess from doing all this. This doesn't include feeding the kids, looking after their physical and emotional needs, laundry, gardening, cleaning the house, etc.
I have been understandably stressed about everything, especially because I've been needing to stay up until 3am several nights to get things done because when the kids are awake it seems like I can't do anything. When I get stressed I take it out on the kids due to my abusive history. For my to cope I have to have ridiculously low expectations of my life, like, "Hurray, I washed and dried one load of laundry today!" or, "I fed the kids three meals!" or, "It's okay if most of my pears rot and we really needed to can them for money reasons!"
Whenever I lower myself like that it feels like a reinforcement of the indoctrination of my childhood, namely that I'm worthless and can't work hard and can't keep my house clean and stupid and wasteful and etc. That I'm not good enough to keep a normal household and still be nice to my family.
Is anyone else in the same predicament? How do you deal with it? I'm either very productive or I'm nice to the kids, it seems like I can't be both. But because I demand both from myself I can never win.
SAHM to DS BuggaBoo  12/07, and DD Doozer 03/10. Sharing life with The Hubby since 01/05.
A few years ago, we were in the foster adoption process. The home study was very revealing for me. Talking with the social worker made me realize why I have certain fears, beliefs, and why I react to some things a certain way. I had previously seen a few different therapists and none of them helped me...it really surprised me that learning about abuse really made everything click.
I feel like a failure for not accomplishing what my sisters have. They have big houses, good paying jobs, etc. In reality, though, I have had so many challenges that they never have had to cope with. I have to slow down and remind myself that getting the garden in order IS a big accomplishment for someone with physical limitations. Homeschooling my daughter, growing a baby in my belly, and keeping the house from getting wrecked IS an accomplishment.
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Oh wow... DH and I were just talking about this. I have extreme issues with dependability and control. Because I could never depend on anyone growing up I had to control my entire environment. I really only could depend on myself. Very sad thinking about it. I remember paying my moms bills at 16 and buying dinner for my little sister and I. Sad thing was both my parents had decent jobs, they just had fun with their money. So much that if we needed anything we had to fend for ourselves. Numerous times my parents would leave and go out to dinner. Maybe there would be rice in the cupboards and some butter... Yeah not my favorite thing ever now. And while I did all that I was still worthless. And now I take it all out on DH. I give him control over things like laundry, say he doesn't put something in the dryer right away and though it still gets dry by morning, he still didn't meet my expectations. And now I feel hurt and stupid for giving him any control and for depending on him. I know that seems little, however I take it to extremes. I think what hurt me the most was when I had trouble in grade school, I would bring my homework home and beg for help. My mom would yell at me and tell me I was stupid why can't I just ask my teacher that's what she's there for. So I would go to school with unfinished homework and it would pile up for weeks. I would live in fear, because I thought my teacher would think I was stupid too. I couldn't control that environment and now I literally have to have full control over my girls while their in school.  God I hate thinking about that. It gets worse but I don't want to feel crappy tonight. I just know that I have to constantly evaluate myself. I have to watch my words and my actions and I have to remind myself they don't deserve what I had. They deserve a mother who isn't bothered by them and a mother who will be there for everything.Â
Hugs all, we're not crazy, not worthless, not stupid, not fat, not ugly. We're just right... and we need remember that.
I was able to talk to my therapist about this the other day (I've been to four sessions so far) and she was able to give me a really good tool. I wanted to share.
In our family our children are not good or bad, they just are. Their actions are good or bad and we try hard to direct without condemning. For myself, however, I've always equated behavior with my worth, and since I knew I could always do better I was never good enough. So my therapist told me this week to treat myself like my children. My actions might be productive or lazy or bad or great but that doesn't change my inherent worth. And I'm shocked to see that I actually do feel better about myself when I just evaluated the action. Now, that may be just because I've had a productive few days, but I'm hoping it's the start of some real change for me.
How is everyone else?
SAHM to DS BuggaBoo  12/07, and DD Doozer 03/10. Sharing life with The Hubby since 01/05.
that is a great tool. I too have to have a very stress free life and can't do simple tasks.
I too am in therapy and I too was abused as a child.
This thread gave me a lot to think about
thanks for posting on this subject. adults who were abused as children , myself in this category, want to be better for our children but sometimes hear ourselves being not as kind and loving as we'd like. especially when we are stressed! i just keep trying and trying. but reading this helped me remember to forgive myself and just keep trying. i hate my actions some days, but if we feel badly about ourselves it may make us behave even worse. so far i'm not as bad as my mom was.
I've read all these posts with great interest, because I was physically and verbally abused as a child and have a lot of problems in controlling my anger as a parent. I want to be so much better than my mother was (my father was mostly neglectful).  It occurs to me in reading these posts and with all the thinking I've done lately (and reading, and going to therapy) that when I don't forgive myself for not being better than I am, it demonstrates my low self-worth and is actually me abusing myself. Where did I get the idea that I needed to behave perfectly in order to have worth and being worthy of love? Where did I get the idea that fundamentally I suck so I have to behave perfectly and not make mistakes ever? Healthy people, whoever they are, make mistakes and don't think that it's further evidence of their deep inner suckage. Of course, thinking that I have low self worth sometimes makes me feel worse -- fundamentally flawed -- making me have even lower self worth. Â
What I didn't get as a child was gentleness and unconditional love and acceptance. I needed that as a child and that need is still there. But now I'm old enough to not depend on anyone else for that -- I have to learn how to give that to myself. I think that one way that I must learn to give that to myself is to have much nicer self-talk. When I have bad days (either getting angry and feeling like a bad parent OR not being able to get stuff done), I need to be gentle with myself. Our society urges us to be productive, to be overproductive, to speak with pride about being overworked instead of balanced. This doesn't lead to happiness or balance or goodness in any way. I have to fight to find that overwork to treat myself with gentleness instead of telling myself that I'm a slothful slugabout. I'm working on this.Â
Just wanted to share my thoughts. Eager to hear y'all's thoughts as well.
I find myself to be very judgemental of myself. It s horrible. I can't do anything right or the right way so I do nothing at all.
Actually, I have completely cut my mother (who is and was abusive) out of my life, but there are time when I fail that I can still hear her in the back of my mind telling me that its pointless to even try because there is no way I will ever accomplish anything I want. I am by NO MEANS a perfectionist, but there are times when if I cant get the whole house clean at one time and most everything crossed off my list of stuff to do I just feel so incredibly overwhelmed and doomed to failure.
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I had another therapy session today. My stress level has been way lower this week and my therapist (and me!) is happy about that. But what I haven't told her is all the things I'm not doing. I'm not cleaning the home, I'm not washing dishes, I'm not doing laundry, I'm not using cloth diapers, I'm not cooking meals, I'm not scheduling playdates, I'm just not doing much. We both understand I have a long ways 'til I'm "done", but I'm barely functioning. But I've been a happy barely functioner.
SAHM to DS BuggaBoo  12/07, and DD Doozer 03/10. Sharing life with The Hubby since 01/05.
I have found that works for me to... I actually have a friend who comes in and helps me with these things
I find that it helps when I concentrate on what I DID accomplish and not what I didn't! I congratulate myself on things I am able to do and make a list for the next day. Having a balance is important and giving yourself grace to not be perfect is necessary!
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it's going to be your last day to wake up at 6am to walk to the bakery for your little informal stage… because you're leaving soon for portugal. and then to brittany. and then… to texas.
so for your final day, you bring the camera.
and you start outside, as usual. this is the view you're accustomed to in france: the displays. the baguettes. the baskets. the prices. you love it, but you wanted to see more.
so that is why you wrote a lettre de motivation (a cover letter), translated your resume into french, and attached some photos of pastries that inspired you as well as some pastries you made.
and the bakery's response was "when can you start?"
you're floored. did writing that really just actually work? did they really just say yes?
so you begin the cross into the other side. look, you can even see notes taken down by the vendeuse for future orders. you step behind the counter, behind the register, and into the back…
and. you're there. you have crossed from retail to the kitchen! you remember your first day, they have you assembling tartelettes. they give you a tour. they show you everything. they let you help.
and at the end, perhaps they weren't expecting it, but you ask, "can i come back tomorrow…?" and the patron says, "oui."
and so you come back. and at the end of another 4 hours, you ask again, "est-ce que je pourrais revenir…?" and the patron says, "oui."
and you repeat this every monday, tuesday, and fridays.
on wednesdays, the bakery dort. that's their day off, and they all sleep. on thursdays, you work at 10am so it's not possible. and the weekends? well, you keep those free for other things.
soon, you're a regular and you don't have to ask to come back each time. it becomes "tu viens quand tu veux" type of thing.
you do question yourself at 6am each morning and tell yourself how much you hate yourself – but that's only because you despise waking up.
honestly. a warm bed. even a million dollars would make you grumpy to leave it.
however, once you are out of bed and walking, you are nothing but giddy and excitement.
you get to see how it's gone. and you get to pester them with questions. and they, strangely, don't mind. they like it! so you take advantage of that and just keep asking.
of course they have piles and piles of tart and cake pans. and lots of grilles for them to cool.
you love all the random things you learn. like why they have butter and yellow butter in the walk-in refrigerator. the chef explains that historically, when bakeries would store butter in freezers, they would add colorant to differentiate between which butters had been there had been longer so they knew in which order to use their butter. and today, they keep that yellow butter for the color it adds, nothing else (taste isn't affected). but it is something you can't get at grocery stores, only for commercial kitchens.
you try assembling a… hmm, darnit, already forgot the name.
whatever it was called, it wasn't easy. everybody had a good laugh watching you sloppily try to assemble two meringue based cookies with a layer of cream. not as easy as it looks!
it's quite a small operation. 1 patron (owner – and he's in the kitchen working just as much as everybody else!), 1 femme (wife), 1 pastry chef, 3 stagiaires (student trainees), 1 person doing viennoiseries, 1 person doing sandwiches, 1 person doing deliveries, 2-3 people in the front, and….
the baker. you connect with the boulanger. he is equally curious about the usa as you are about france. so you always enjoy wandering over to where le pain is made and chatting with him. many questions, comments, and stories are exchanged in this area.
you know you guys are good friends when he finds you frequent a certain bar that he makes the bread for. perfect.
and yes, that bread scorer is indeed made by gilette, the same razor company.
there are two types of baguettes in france. baguette and baguette de tradition. the normal one, on the right, is formed by a machine. but the traditional baguette is kneaded less and can only be formed by hand.
but both have nice long resting times in the giant proofer.
for the normal baguettes that go into the machine, they are cut by pressure. that flat surface in the top right corner is what divides the bread evenly by volume, not weight.
one question you had was "why can't i find good bread in the states? or in belgium? or anywhere but france!? why?" and his response was so simple and so true. it boils down to the cooking history of a culture. in france, so many of their meals are sauce based. the bread is basically a necessity to soak up all the sauce. so even if one makes very delicious bread in the states, it still won't be eaten because american culture doesn't need bread like the french culture does.
and it's true. take away the basket of bread from a french person at dinner time, and watch them cringe in discomfort as they can't properly enjoy their meal.
you will always cherish the people you met and the things you've learned in your short and informal stage at the bakery.
now for your to do list in life, you can cross through "
work in a french bakery in france." it wasn't as tough as you thought! now to tackle some other goals...


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Help for Horse Owners is On the Way
Published: Saturday, February 18, 2012, 11:01 PM Updated: Monday, February 20, 2012, 9:19 AM"Help! I can't keep this horse anymore."
Sarah Ralston, a Rutgers University associate professor, is all too familiar with that cry of distress during a financially difficult era in which the phrase "unwanted horse" has become an unhappy part of the equestrian lexicon.
"A lot of horse owners have fallen on hard times and can't afford to do the right thing for their horses," she said, but there's more to the unwanted horse problem. Too many people who lack the basics of horsekeeping take on an equine without knowing what it will cost, both in terms of money and work, and have no idea how to deal with a large animal which may be untrained or simply too much for them to handle.
An Unwanted Horse Coalition study that drew more than 27,500 responses showed that indeed, the predominant reason for horses winding up in the unwanted category was because owners could no longer afford them.
But there are other problems, too. They include the horse being too old,injured or unmanageable; the owner's loss of interest, no time to spend with the horse, divorce and children who had ridden the horse moving away from home. Ralston, who is also a veterinarian, noted there is a lot of emotional pressure on the public to rescue horses that otherwise may be headed for slaughter. If the horse turns out to be inappropriate for the new owner, that horse winds up being the last the novice owns, rather than the first of several.
To help find solutions, Ralston is organizing a group promoting responsible horse ownership, which goes beyond the unwanted horse problem. It's called WHOHO (pronounced Whoa-Ho); We're Horse Owners Helping Horse Owners. She sees it as a way "to increase the awareness and utilization of the extensive resources already available through the Rutgers Equine Science Center, The N.J. Agricultural Extension Service and the veterinary community."
Although such resources do a lot aimed at educating the horse owner, Ralston believes there are those, including adopters who get horses from rescue organizations, that are "falling through the cracks." Some may not realize how little they know. Others can be intimidated by experts.
She cited a survey of horse owners that found their most common source of information was other horse owners, not the extension service or expert websites. Unfortunately, some of the information disseminated, whether from a person or a website, may be wrong, or not useful in solving a problem.
Her idea is to turn that around with "a cadre of well-informed volunteers who are aware of the resources available" rather than operating by the seat of their pants. Volunteers would have to be certified, and Ralston envisions an educational program to get them up to speed, though there may be other ways of making sure those involved are qualified.
A core group had its first meeting earlier this month and is getting together again this weekend to continue laying groundwork for the project, which Ralston envisions along the lines of the Master Gardeners program. Karyn Malinowski, the executive director of the Equine Science Center, also suggested that the Environmental Stewards Program or the Woodlands Steward Program that is forming may provide helpful models.
Eventually, Ralston sees the concept going regional, and equestrian experts in neighboring states agree with that concept.
In New York, Karin Bump, a professor of equine business management at Cazenovia College, said a small group has been working for months on the Equine Welfare Assistance Program, a public/private partnership.
"It has some cross-overs to the kinds of things Sarah is talking about," said Bump, the president of the National Association of Equine Affiliated Academics.
"The problems we face with horse welfare and care are national problems, but are going to be best solved by local and regional approaches," she believes.
We clearly need more coordination and communication. There's lots of people doing lots of things, but only in a few instances are there state vehicles by which things get coordinated and communicated so you can put everybody's talents together and see where you're crossing over and where your gaps are."
She noted WHOHO "very much complements the kinds of things we're working on here in New York State. Unwanted horses are a continuing concern, but there's always been an issue of horse welfare and what do horse owners do when they don't have the resources or a horse no longer fits their needs?"
In Pennsylvania, Donna Foulk, Penn State extension educator/equine natural resources, said, "I like this idea, it's pro-active." Foulk recalled that Pennsylvania offered a Crop Master program for farmers, who were supplied with current information that was designed to be passed along to other farmers, and said that was quite successful.
Having the informed farmers help out insured that people got good information, and also had the benefit of letting officials know what concerned the farmers who were being aided, when the volunteers reported back to extension employees.
Regionally, she felt it could work and suggested offering short courses on topics such as hay and nutrition on both sides of the state line.
"I really think we should have stronger ties," said Foulk, who formerly worked at Rutgers.
Malinowski pledged support from Ralston's colleagues in the animal science department and the ESC, while suggesting webinars for some of the programs to make it more convenient and reach out to speakers not based in New Jersey.
Those interested in becoming involved with WHOHO can contact Ralston at email@example.com.