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Chapter One
What was good about the road was that the roads decisions were already made. For two full days Id watched it emerge on the horizon and disappear beneath me. I saw it change colors, from black to gray to brown, and sometimes felt the seams between them, a clunk against the steady tremble. Los Angeles giving way to glittery Vegas, Martian Utah, and a blind nighttime passage through the Rockies. Then a fresh morning of eastern Colorado fading into prodigious fields of Kansan wheat, forever-sized and flat like nothing youve ever seen, until finally Missouri, blunt and dark, a series of brake lights to guide along the final leg. I surrendered to the road. Only once did I pick up my phone and call Audrey. After eight rings I heard her voice mail, and here I likely should have made some gesture, but everything had already been said, repeated, thrown around like rolled-up socks.
Then I was back in the driveway, engine idling, wondering just what in the shit to do now. There was a new addition to the house jutting into what used to be side yard. I could imagine my parents in the living room, quiet and mostly still, cozy within that special silence of the long-married. If I unfastened my seat belt, the car would beep at me.
Soon enough the front door opened to reveal parents silhouetted against the yellow glow of home. I cut the engine, stepped into the night, raised a hand, and smiled. Hello. The air felt and tasted heavy and wet. A hug, a hand pressed flush against cheek, and even though it wasnt a week since wed all been together at commencement, I sensed relief in them both. During her second hug my mother swayed and spoke quietly to the air, our boy, our boy, our boy.
"Makes more sense to unload now," my father said. "Twice the hands."
She said to make a pile of laundry and shed take care of it in the morning. "Are you hungry? Ive got salami."
Car unloaded, shoes off, I sat on the counter above the dishwasher and chewed a sandwich. My parents watched. I always needed this, when they would stand as a pair, sharing the same frame. These are my parents, these two adults. I am their only remaining child. My brother, Fredrick Alan Mays, drowned at the age of five when he chased his rubber four square ball into the leaf- and tarpaulin-covered swimming pool at the Sheldon Woods apartment complex. At the time my mother was spoon-feeding a ten-month-old me special prescription formula. My father was at work, making his way through a small mountain of legal briefs. There were no witnesses. Freddy falling onto an ancient, heavy tarp improperly anchored to the pools deck and becoming entangled, sinking beneath fetid off-season water while my mother ensured I was taking to the new formula. One splash, then many more as his arms flailed, little puddles on the deck, ball bobbing, Freddy sinking. This took a moment of active deliberation: I was their son who didnt drown. To their credit, my parents understood. They remained side by side and gave me a second.
"Our boy," Carla said, beaming as she wrapped up the rolls and the meat.
I could see my father preparing to talk. He was examining his hands, pulling his frame slightly inward, revving. Richard stood over six foot and was handsome the way people found reassuring. His hair, full and gray, embraced age without submitting to it. I watched him shrug slowly and look up from his hands.
"Hows the car running?"
"Its a great car," I said. "I love the car. Thank you guys, again, for the car."
"Be sure to check the oil tomorrow. You know how to check
the oil?"
"Of course, Pop."
"Of course you do," he said. "Well, give it a check tomorrow. And then what else? Is there a plan? You check the oil and Ill poke around if you like, find something for you. Not to say hurry up and decide. Not to pressure. Your mother and I are just glad to have you around for a while. Arent we, Carla? But will it hurt to start thinking about things? No it wont. History of the world, nobodys ever died from giving a little thought. Not a single bruise caused by thinking things over. Really: were just glad to have you back. Wait-Im in Cleveland this week. Back on Thursday. Poke around then."
I smiled and he seemed to smile kind of, and this was good,
then he nodded and looked back at his hands.
My mother moved to my fathers side. "The important thing is theres food here whenever you want it. Chicken wings, toasted ravioli, twice-baked potatoes."
I climbed the stairs to the second floor. I stepped into the newly redecorated bathroom and watched myself brush teeth, then spent minutes leaning onto the sink, examining my reflection. In the bedroom, I opened and closed the wardrobe and several dresser drawers. I was continually impressed by the sturdiness of my parents furniture, dark old wood that hinted at permanence. My poster of Ozzie Smith mid-dive hung over my bed and my sheets smelled of some theoretical sunny and breezy afternoon, the middle of a field. I lay down, closed my eyes, and breathed. Sleep, lately, was becoming an issue.
Some time later, I tossed back sheets and stood. Downstairs, I moved from one room to the next, turning corners with soft steps. Every few years my parents would hire crews of men to come and hang sheets of translucent plastic, rip up floorboards, and push walls outward. Two years ago they furnished the basement. Before that they lengthened the patio into the backyard, then they added the sunroom, where nobody ever went. The living room had once been the family room. I stood where the current living room used to end and looked into the most recent addition. The office, Richard called it. The computer room, Carla called it. I touched picture frames and ran fingers across new plaster. I leaned against the enormous desk and waited.
A timer made the rooms go even darker than before.
Back upstairs, the house grew colder and I crawled deeper into the bedding so that soon only my face was exposed. I may have been acting like a child, but in this room it was sanctioned. It was okay.
Audrey was on an airplane. Or shed already landed.
Where was it. Paris.
There was noise directly above me, the scraping of some creature in the attic. Plural creatures. From inside the fabric-softened and spring-breezy cocoon I watched shadows of branches dance across the wall. Rain.
Breakfast was two eggs fried into the middle of hollowed-out pieces of toast. My mother poured orange juice, moved about the kitchen, disappeared, then came back to write onto a Post-it she stuck to the phone.
"I think there might be squirrels in the attic," I said.
Before retiring, my mother had been a universally loved
second-grade teacher. She won annual awards and was showered with Christmas gifts by the parents of her students. It took very little effort to imagine her leading a class. That short, wavy brown teacher hair, the full-length single-color dresses, flats-her whole package was perfectly educational, a surplus of maternal energy.
"We just had a man here for bees. And now squirrels?"
When she retired, much of that teacherly vigor was diverted
into her garden. In the fall she disposed of annuals and cut back perennials, covered soil with manure as one would ice a cake. She spent entire springs on her knees, dual wristbands to wipe away full days of sweat. It was her passion, basic and earthy in every way.
"How are you for cash?"
"Me? Fine. Im fine."
She left the kitchen and returned a few minutes later in her sleeveless shirt and denim shorts. Her purse was under the phone. She pulled out her wallet and removed an uncreased bill. She laid the bill next to my orange juice, kissed my forehead, and stepped through the side door into her garden. I walked immediately to the phone and called Stuart Hurst.
"This is Stuart."
"Stubes. So formal."
"Potter Mays! Home again home again. Jiggedy jigg."
"Im working on two hours sleep and would like to get out of my house."
"Makes sense. Incidentally, this was my last night in the pool house. Im out: onward, forward. Ill come pick you up and well drive over to the new place. Sneak peek before tonights welcoming event. You just wait right there."
Wed become friends after my parents left the apartment complex and its pool behind, moving into the desirable Ladue public school district. That first day of third grade, stepping onto a morning bus full of boys and girls I had never seen, and among all of the eyes sat Stuart the fourth grader, waving me over to his rubberized seat.
"Lookit," he said, opening his palm to reveal a small brick of staples. He picked one off from the rest, put it onto his tongue, and swallowed. "One at a time, they go down easy. Try."
I sat on the front porch and waited. The pool house in his parents backyard wasnt more than ten minutes drive, plus whatever time it took to overcome his immense personal inertia. I stood and walked circles through the grass of the front lawn, my head poring over the idea of distance: the mile, a single clean figure that broke down into a mess, those five thousand two eighty feet. I stopped circling and looked at the matting of grass beneath my shoes. Audrey deemed it a terrible waste to not go shoeless whenever she could, and her feet were callused and tough for it. Then one afternoon last spring, as I was packing the car for a camping trip with friends, mine, her right foot found a stray nail hiding in some grass, and I spent the afternoon wrapping her foot, touching her hair, driving to the emergency room, and waiting for a tetanus shot because she couldnt remember ever having one, placing lips to her hand as the needle entered, laughing as she limped back to the car. Saying of course. Saying youre welcome. All the while the resentment building, growing, this beady-eyed and sharp-toothed troll of resentment making home in my stomach. Delirious wonder if maybe shed found the nail on purpose, that it was all secretly on purpose. Resentment as appalling as it was amazing, a sheer force I had no choice but to embrace. I moved from grass onto driveway. I had been saying I love you for the past four years and meaning it every time as far as I knew. Her flight went Portland to OHare to London Heathrow to Charles de Gaulle. Three weeks.
Finally I saw him. Despite limitless wealth, Stuart continued to drive the first car his parents bought him, a mid-nineties Ford Explorer variously dented and run-down. He viewed himself as the unique product of convergent psychocapitalist forces, so driving his big dumb American truck car until it died was a way to both honor these forces and assert his individuality. When I opened the door, he was nodding and not smiling.
"And so begins what might be the worst year of your life."
"Start simple, please, and tell me how," I said.
"Cant," he said. "Your version wont be anything like mine. What do you know about Cambodia? Dont get me wrong, this is going to be difficult. I promise. But not Cambodia."
After graduating from Brown the year before, Stuart went straight from the baggage claim to his parents pool house for a swim and a beer. Weeks passed and he decided he might as well live there and avoid the potential explosions with his father and stepmother at the main house. And so he stayed. He inhabited the pool house as if it were some sort of womb, subsisting on the runoff luxury that trickled from John and Deanna Hursts massive home. Details of his year were sparse. He admitted to devoting a fair chunk of his time to open-ended thought, and he also mentioned blowing the occasional line of Talkative.
"Situations came up." Stuart rolled through a stop sign. "Some of them involved women who wont enter a room unless theres Talkative inside."
Now Stuart had found an apartment. I knew this because he had sent me a series of e-mails. I knew the building dated from the turn of the last century, and was gorgeous, and classy, and likely about the most amazing apartment I had so far ever seen. The old woodwork, floors that would creak under our feet. Old Cardinals pennants hanging on the walls of his first personal home.
We drove into downtown Clayton, a mixture of ten-story office buildings and overpriced restaurants. Women in unrevealing skirts stood with jacketless men on street corners, not exactly smiling. The storm that I listened to all night had dropped leaves and small branches from the trees that lined these streets, great bodies of green flirting with squat glass towers. I was always shocked when I returned from LA to find so much color, like some regional détente with nature.
"How are those allergies?" Stuart asked.
"Allergies," I said. "I forgot all about my allergies."
Wed come for housewarming supplies. He parked us between two silver luxury SUVs. The plaque on the wall said: STRAUBS MARKET: FINE GROCERS SINCE 1901. Whatever sort of place it was back then, what we stepped into was a boutique market where local families kept charge accounts, a spectrum of beige with miniature shopping carts and grated chrome shelves.
Stuart picked a jar of apricot mango wasabi sauce. "Im guessing things didnt end well with Audrey."
"At some point a guess stops being a guess."
"You look horrible," he said. "What went wrong?"
"Every possible thing went wrong. It was a sequence of mistakes based on various kinds of selfishness. I stand by some of my actions. Other actions I can hardly believe were mine. Remember our plan to travel after graduation? Instead, shes in Europe with Carmel for three weeks and Im here."
"So this is punishment," he said.
"Yes. Because I am a selfish asshole prick man."
We moved to the meat counter, a thing of local legend. Two goateed men wearing white aprons eyed us suspiciously until Stuart ordered eight flank steaks and four pork loins.
"I think youre going to appreciate some of the work Ive been doing. A few recent projects are investment-worthy if I can find the right people."
It was generally assumed Stuart would work for his father, but nobody had the foggiest notion when hed start. Two months earlier, at school, Id received an envelope with a business card tucked inside:
Stuart Hurst
Mentation, Ideation, Formulation,
and Innovation Specialist
Independent Thought Contractor
"Bringing tomorrows ideas to the forefront of todays late afternoon."
Mentation as employment, research in its loosest, most wandering sense. No specific hours as such, only the faith that every so often hed stumble upon a worthwhile thought.
The stores stereo played a Bach fugue. A woman with a green basket over her arm sneezed, and at least three voices blessed her. How many of these women had had face-lifts? It was impossible for me to know. Audrey came from a family of surgeons, which meant she could tell without fail whod gone under the knife. Wed go on day trips from campus into Hollywood to stroll Melrose and pretend to window-shop.
"Look at her neck," shed explain in that voice of hers. "Necks dont lie. Also notice she doesnt have earlobes."
I carried as much Budweiser as I could and met Stuart at the checkout lane. Now the old woman in the forest-green apron eyed me suspiciously. Childish features still intact, my face round, nose, I suppose, buttonlike, I must have looked a little like every grandson in the entire world, because old women were always finding me charming. This one did not. I handed her my drivers license.
Our total was a little over three hundred dollars. Because he was missing the index finger on his right hand, Stuarts pen grip was always awkward and comical, but now what came out was a fantastic signature, sinuous letters curling into themselves with much flourish. This was new.
The apartment was in the Central West End, an almost-urban area close enough to downtown that half the city was afraid to go there. Lining the highway were commercial developments Id never seen before. Soon we came to the bridge of the Science Center, where kids on field trips aimed speedometers at traffic. The whole highway moved at a cautious fifty-eight. Once we exited, Stuart made a series of rapid turns and I lost all sense of direction, all I could see were houses and trees, trees everywhere, until he came to a stop where a fire truck and several police cruisers blocked the road.
"Well." He flicked his cigarette to the ground. "Hows this for something."
I followed a few steps behind. The visuals were powerful-spinning lights, various troops of personnel moving across the scene, a thin crowd of gawking onlookers. At the center of it all was a building, its top quarter collapsed by the tree that had fallen into it. I had been awake for much of the storm that moved through during the night. There was a solid hour when drops were massive and the wind a force. And now here was this tree at this awkward angle, the rubble of fallen brick, a barbarous act of partial destruction.
I heard shouting and the clunk of boots on pavement. The firemen leaned against their truck and watched. Stuart remained calm, so I tried to remain calm. I took turns looking at Stuart and looking at where the tree had fallen through the apartment. His arms were crossed at his chest.
"Looks like no other apartments were damaged," he said.
"Thats the apartment. The e-mail."
"Look close and you can see my red couch in there. See it? Totally great couch."
Imagine the sound of a tree severing from itself and falling through a building. Thunderous crack of wood followed soon by crash of brick and plaster and more wood. At ground level, the stump and about six feet of splintered tree remained, doomed. What was this? Surely wind alone couldnt have cracked so massive a trunk down the middle.
"Those firemen look bored as hell," he said.
I looked at the crowd of onlookers. Were these walkers who had just happened upon this disaster? Several were talking into phones. It would be a hard scene to leave once you stumbled upon it; a tree falls in the city and select few are there to look. There would be the natural urge to describe it all to some friend or family member, dial a random number and share with whoever answered. To describe was to make real; listen to what Im seeing. Youll never believe what I saw. I used to say girlfriend and find reassurance, a word to frame that corner of my world.
I overheard the man next to me speaking of a particular fungus. Dutch elm, he said, then again to someone else. Dutch elm. I shared the fungus theory with Stuart, speaking out of the corner of my mouth as if delivering a grave national secret.
"Well," he said. "Well well well well."
Here was actual trial, and Stuart was handling it like a weathered veteran. Was it really only one year between us? Though I had friends in my class through school, baseball teammates and the normal balance of sundry peers, there was something to having a friend a year older. He was a guide of sorts to whatever was to come in year X + 1, a role I knew he relished. Now he was composed, stoic in the face of immense loss. With this and the signature, I felt honored to be standing so close to him.
"I wonder who youre supposed to tell. The firemen? Theyll point you in the right direction, at least. Get the insurance agent out here."
"I got a car full of meat, Potter. Lets go back to the pool house."
We walked back to the car and climbed inside. I adjusted the air-conditioning onto my face and watched the spinning lights until we were around the corner. I didnt know what to say.
"I dont know what to say. Look at you. Youre a rock."
Now, backtracking along the route wed taken earlier, I felt the first bored pangs of recognition. There was the park. The Science Center. Fifty-eight miles per hour.
"I would sure like some response here."
"My apartment has been demolished by a mixed act of nature and insidious vermin. Fine. You want me to talk about it, and I wouldnt mind talking about it, but I am not someone who can complain."
"You cant complain. But even that is a kind of complaint."
"You and I dont live in Cambodia. There arent land mines in our backyards that could blow off our limbs every time we go out for a jog."
This was my best friend, driving the Ford. Look at him, I thought. Look and absorb and perhaps steal. It seemed suddenly very clear that of all the resources I had in the world, all the unfairly distributed and crapshoot gifts Id been blessed with, perhaps Stuart Hurst would prove the most valuable. Because the basic truth was that I had a decision to make, one I had put off for as long as I possibly could because I didnt have the proper tools. Or, rather, I had too many tools and no concept of how to use them. I needed considerable help.
"I want to contract some thought."
"I know just the guy," Stuart said.
"I owe it to her and I owe it to myself. I have three weeks. Three weeks to devote to nothing but deciding whether Im actually in matter of serious fact in love with her. I ask myself all the time: are you in love with her? And I answer. I say the word and I believe the word, but then at the same time I hear the word, and it sounds hollow."
"Quick," Stuart said. "Are you in love with Audrey?"
"Yes," I said.
"I see what you mean." He considered this for a mile. "Realize I have to charge you. Were not playing kickball here. This is what I do professionally. The more serious I take what I do, the better I end up doing it."
"Maybe part of the question is answered by the fact that Im looking for third-party help," I said. "Maybe thats data for you to add to the pile."
"Maybe," he said.
"I used to be an emotionally rich young male, Stubes. Now Im like, whats the cardboard. Manila."
"This sounds like the sort of thing where I work at my own pace until I reach a conclusion and then charge you retroactively. Meaning there will have to be a certain level of trust between us that I, mentator, am not going to screw you, client. But I will charge you. Break, sure. Discount, sure. Free lunch, no."
We passed our old middle school, the Ladue fire department, the Amoco station where Id once seen two hockey players kick and tear at each other until the ground was covered in blood and flannel and khaki. Audrey had questioned what I wanted. We had entire conversations about what we might each possibly want. Over time it became clear that what she knew of desire was far greater than the filaments I had at my disposal. And this, among so many other things, had led to profound loss of sleep.
"We will of course still throw a party," he said. "Call it a Welcome Back, Potter party."
I sneezed twice, then let my head fall against the window.
"You expect there to be women at this party? Talkative?"
"Damn yes," he said. "Research."
"Beachy's coming-of-age debut about a clueless, jobless, self-pitying college grad is at once hilarious, strange and uncomfortable. After graduating, Potter Mays returns to his parents' home, where, unable to decide whether he really loves his girlfriend, Audrey — who is spending three weeks backpacking through Europe with her bisexual best friend — he retains the services of his childhood friend, Stuart, who makes his living as an independent thought contractor. Potter pieces together memories of his troubled romance, such as his and Audrey's past indiscretions, her family's disregard for him and his lust for Audrey's best friend. As the summer progresses and Potter remains oblivious to even his parents' obviously damaged marriage, he makes an unfortunate and extremely ridiculous series of mistakes in his quest to prove his love. Beachy's characters, infinitely fallible, are real and fleshy, and their loneliness is palpable. Potter's total lack of discipline and common sense are as funny as they are frustrating, and he is lovable even when he's annoying." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
Beachy has written a knockout first novel. Part love letter to the American Midwest, part ghost story, and part heartbreaking tale of one young man's struggle to find forgiveness as well as himself, this is a book that you won't want to miss.--Cristina Henrquez, author of "Come Together, Fall Apart."
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I find that I don't respond well to the "tough love" statements or attitudes. It is particularly upsetting to me. I also don't deal well with ultimatums. I find that a calm, reasonable approach is what gives me the best results. Don't be heartless, either -- emotions are important and we borderlines apparently also feel them more intensely than others do. Be empathetic and understanding and make your daughter feel that she is loved, important, and understood.
Each of us is different, but that's what has helped me.View Thread
If you can't get some help by asking your parents to arrange for you to see someone, then maybe you can get some help by asking your school counselor. (Usually, they're glorified paper pushers and will be glad to have some real business.)
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Sorry I don't have much more to say... I'm tired, frustrated and need to hit the sack. I will talk more later.
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I know this because I lived in Great Bend for four years. I still think of KS as home. My cat, Claire, was the first ESA in the Buddy program, and Claire died in 2009. Now I have Savannah, who is completely a different soul from Claire, but she is also my support animal and I take her on long trips. I'll be going back to school in the fall and I'll be taking Savvy with me as a service animal.
I hate to say exactly what you need paperwork-wise, because specifications differ by state, but give Kathy a call, and she'll be able to guide you through it.
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My arms are really, really bad as well. I know they are, because the scars have actually become disfiguring. I get a lot of shocked glances, and either I respond with hiding my arms or wearing a long-sleeved shirt.
I think you should tell your therapist. If you have a Borderline diagnosis the cutting shouldn't come as a surprise to her. (I would think it's actually ... expected?) They're not going to whisk you off to the hospital just because of that. (Listen to me, I'm saying "just" because of cutting. I don't mean to make it sound like it's not serious, because it is, it's just that so many borderlines self-harm, they aren't going to take it as a suicide attempt and take you away.)
The body is often the target of our rage and our fear. Someday, hopefully, we will all be able to look back on these days and say that they were hard, but we learned a lot and we can continue to learn to live in a more healthy way.View Thread
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I lived in Kansas until I moved away four years ago ... to get my master's degree in clinical social work. A lot of what you said in that post touched something in me.
Kansas has an exceptional public mental health system. Until recently (I've been in close contact with friends), I know that the consumer movement has been phenomenal, compared to some of the states in the nation (Texas, for example, where I also lived before). Their funding has been cut and redirected, but if you could find some kind of peer organization (A CRO -- consumer-run organization), the support you would find from other people with other diagnoses is incredible. When I left Kansas I left a very well-formed support network and miss it to this day, four years later.
Are you at KU? K-State? Wichita? Fort Hays? I know it's difficult to go to school and maintain an even keel while you're dealing with mental health issues, but you of all people should understand what it means to have a personality disorder diagnosis. And you of all people can be confident that with education, experience and support, it can be dealt with successfully.
I'm going back this fall to finish my MSW. I had to withdraw from the other program because I just wasn't mentally stable enough. But I've worked darn hard to make it possible for me to be "okay" enough to go back to school and not be majorly triggered.
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Ironically, it seems that a lot of people cut to stop dissociation. I do it for the opposite reason: to induce it. When I'm going through so much tension that I just have to do something to hurt myself, I'm looking for a way to stop the feelings. In a way, I envy you... I have a very difficult time with feelings.
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The tentative agreement is for American forces to carry out military operations and the United States to fund the large Afghan security force for an indefinite period of time beyond 2024 — 10 years after the deadline for the withdrawal of major U.S. combat units.
"The document outlines what appears to be the start of a new, open-ended military commitment in Afghanistan in the name of training and continuing to fight al Qaeda," according to the report. "The war in Afghanistan doesn't seem to be ending, but renewed under new, scaled-down U.S.-Afghan terms."
The 25-page document obtained by NBC is dated July 25, 2013 and is described in the report as a "work in progress." But it does indicate what the nature of the U.S. commitment is likely to be in the continuation of the 12-year-old war that is already the longest in U.S. history. The United States will both conduct counter-terrorism operations of its own and sustain and equip the hundreds of thousands of Afghan security personnel. The agreement is to take effect on January 1, 2015 and remain in force "until the end of 2024 and beyond." It could be terminated by either the United States or Afghanistan, though a written notice would be required two years in advance of the termination date.
A potential sticking point in the agreement might be a provision in the July draft stating: "No detention or arrest shall be carried out by the United States forces. The United States shall not search any homes or other real estate properties." While a later draft is believed to give the United States more leeway in that regard, the restrictions remained a point of concern to the Obama administration over the past weekend, NBC reported, quoting a senior defense official stating: "It is the one remaining issue that could ultimately kill the deal."
There is apparently some difference as well between Afghan and American expectations of the number of U.S. and NATO forces that will remain in the country. The draft document doesn't say, but Afghan officials told NBC News they hope it will be 10 to 15 thousand, while U.S. officials contemplate a commitment of seven to eight thousand American troops, complemented by an undetermined number of NATO forces. Even at the lower number, sustaining that number of troops for 10 years or more, along with the funding of Afghan security forces, will add up to a commitment of many billions of dollars from U.S. taxpayers over the next decade or more.
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Last week I knit a sweater. It took me about 10 days, start to finish, which is BY FAR the fastest I have knit a sweater. It was perfect blog fodder. But it was a sample for a pattern to be published this fall. (Not mine.) The 1st rule of sample knitting? You do not Continue Reading »


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Elizabeth Irvine is an educator, award-winning author and jewelry designer. Elizabeth's philosophy and teachings are based on twenty-five years' experience as a health care professional and through her yogic style of living. During this time she gained a reflective insight into what truewellbeing really means.
Based on principles she has learned and developed as an ICU nurse, health writer, yoga instructor, and as a mother of three, Elizabeth teaches from experience. Taken holistically, this path provided a foundation for her work today.
Irvine's books, Healthy Mother Healthy Child and A Moment's Peace provide women and families with a calming and healing influence and a simple guide for bringing peace and serenity into the home.
Her experience as a speaker and workshop presenter include: Miraval Resort, Tucson AZ, Cal-a-Vie Health Spa, La Vista, CA, The Crossings Resort and Lake Austin Resort, Austin , TX and M.D. Anderson's Integrative Medicine Program; writing and producing video, workshops and yoga programs for numerous organizations most recently the prestigious Jung Center and the popular Houstonian Health Club & Spa.
In 2011, Elizabeth pursued the idea of providing a tangible keepsake for women. A jewelry line was developed by Elizabeth that expresses her spiritual affirmations. The collections are all handcrafted with high-quality, semi-precious gemstones, crystals, and raw materials that are timeless and classic. A percentage of the proceeds from The Jewelry Project support charities for women and children and they are currently sold in specialty stores across the nation.
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Policy: XIII.B.2
Issued: February 9, 1994
Owner: Chief Facilities Officer
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1.0 Purpose
This policy describes the general guidelines for the Universities Renovation Project priority system.
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To assure Facilities Management resources are allocated to the most urgent University renovation requirements, a formal priority system is used. Priorities are established by the appropriate vice presidents and govern the performance of work by all divisions of Facilities Management.
2.1 Priority Policy
Priorities are assigned for all major (over $5,000) renovation projects which require either design or construction using Facilities Management resources. This process excludes those large capital outlay or other projects which are designed through outside architectural and engineering contracts and constructed under outside construction contracts. Priorities are as follows:
- Priority A - These projects take precedence over all other projects in the priority system in competing for departmental design and construction resources. For projects in this category, Facilities Management, in consultation with the customer, will develop firm, "fast track" schedules for design and construction. Facilities Management authorizes overtime work, special material expediting, and deferral of lesser priority work to assure that project schedules can be met. Priority A projects can be expected to cost slightly more than routine projects due to overtime work.
- Priority B - These projects are considered to be of high priority but less urgent than Priority A. These projects have priority over Priority C work when competing for design and construction resources. Facilities Management, in consultation with the customer, develops the shortest feasible project schedules without requiring overtime work and materials expediting.
- Priority C - All other projects will be considered routine priority and are to be listed in order of date originally received by Facilities Management. These projects will be accomplished on a first in, first out basis as resources permit.
2.2 Assignment of Priorities
The Vice President for Health Sciences and the Vice President and Provost establish priorities for renovation projects for all University academic, health care, or research requirements, based on recommendations by deans, department heads, and the Executive Director of the Hospital. To limit priority projects to a number which can be effectively managed by Facilities Management, each of these University areas is allowed five Priority A projects and ten Priority B projects. A restricted number of additional priority projects may be established by the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Vice President for Student Affairs, and Vice President for Development by addressing their requirements to the Chief Facilities Officer.
2.3 Status Reports
Facilities Management distributes monthly status reports for all capital budget projects and all renovation projects of significant scope. Reports are sent to vice presidents, deans, department heads, and others with a direct interest in a project.
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Friday, August 5, 2011
More Fun in the Kitchen: Curried Lentils & Veggies
Last night I was craving a lentils and curry dish I'd made months ago, but couldn't for the life of me remember how I'd made it. I decided to recreate it the best I could, and this time, write it down. It didn't turn out exactly the same way as last time, which turned out to be a good thing because I liked this batch better.
Curried Lentils & Veggies
Serves 4
I like to play around with different kinds of curry, adjusting the heat to the mood of the food and the palate of the consumer. I don't like super spicy food, but I like a nice kick.
When I originally made this, I used ¾ t hot curry + ¾ t Maharajah curry. Click here to view the curries I buy at My Spice Sage.
¾ C onion, chopped
3-4 garlic cloves, minced
1 C carrots, chopped
1 C zucchini or yellow summer squash, chopped
1½ t curry
¼ t turmeric
¾ t ginger
¼ t cumin
15 oz diced tomatoes, undrained
1 C French (green) lentils
3 T + 2 C vegetable broth
1-2 C fresh spinach
Brown rice (optional)
Spray a large saucepan with non-stick cooking spray and cook onion and garlic on medium heat for one minute. Add carrot, zucchini, spices and 3 T vegetable broth. Cook on medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add tomatoes, lentils and vegetable broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30-40 minutes until lentils are soft. Add spinach and stir until spinach has wilted. Serve alone or on top of brown rice.
And speaking of curry, I think I'll submit this next one, too. Some of you might have seen this one in an earlier blog from last year. It was one of the first recipes I'd ever actually written down.
Sun-Dried Tomato and Curry Hummus
This is loosely based on a Weight Watchers recipe (Roasted Red Pepper Hummus). I wasn't crazy about the original, so I "made it my own," (somewhere, Paula Abdul is clapping for me).
1 can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed and drained (reserve the drained liquid)
4-5 sun-dried tomato halves (not the kind in oil)
3-4 (or more) garlic cloves, peeled
2 T tahini
3 T lemon juice
1/3 C Greek yogurt
¼ t pepper
¼ to ½ t salt
1 t curry powder (I use a combo of hot and mild)
½ t cumin
½ t coriander
Put all ingredients in a food processor and process for a minute. Add a little of the reserved liquid (or if you forgot to save it, like I've done before, use vegetable or chicken broth or water) and process for another few minutes. Check for consistency and add more liquid if you want. Process for about 3-5 minutes, or until desired consistency.
This is really good right away or after a few hours in the fridge. It's got a nice bite, especially if you add some kick. Serve with baked pita chips (cut pita in wedges, place on a cookie sheet, spray with a little Pam, bake at 375 degrees for 7-10 minutes). This is also a great veggie dip.
Makes approximately 2 cups.
I could use a Vulcan mind meld right about now. I need to come up with three more original/greatly modified recipes in the next week and they're lodged in my head. How many times have you told yourself, "Oh, I'll remember"? Then when it comes to remembering, you can't. Oh well, I love to cook so it's not like it will be torture to spend a few hours in the kitchen. I'm just not sure which recipes to choose. Any ideas?
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Oh my goodness Lynn! I made the lentils yesterday minus the zucchini and it was SO good! I served it bowl style with some diced turkey breast and some grated & sauteed jicama.ReplyDelete
And to think I always just threw some lentils in some water and ate them that way. Never again!
So glad you liked the recipe! Lentils are really good, too, cooked in broth. Add some garlic and a few spices and you've got a really tasty, simple lentil dish, too :)ReplyDelete
- Lynn p.August 12, 2011 at 5:22 PM
Hi Lynn,ReplyDelete
I love your chicken chili recipe you posted quite some time ago, it is great with or without the chicken. You also posted a good veggie burger recipe. My two cents...I enjoy when you post recipes!
- AnonymousAugust 15, 2011 at 7:46 PM
Thanks so much! These look/sound fabulous and will be on my list for next week (already shopped for this week!)ReplyDelete


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Charles Allison
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Washington County, Pennsylvania querie:
Subject: Allison Submitter: Sandy Allison Date: Thu Jan 23 14:32:48 1997
Alexander Allison had 4 children with first wife and they were Patsy Allison born about 1794 and married William Brunson 12-3-1818. Susannah Allison born about 1797 in Bourbon County, Ky. married Nelson Moore 12- 18-1821 in Nicholas County, Ky. Elizabeth Allison born about 1801 married Teter Snap 12-25-1821 in Nicholas County, Ky. Otho Allison born about 1803 married Mary Polly Leonard about 1827 in Harrison County, Ky. Then with second wife had Alfred Allison born about 3-15-1808 in Ky. married Mary Catherine Hendricks about 1827 in Ky.? Sandy Allison, 10095 County Road 5120, Rolla, Mo. 65401, 573-341-3549 phone, 573-364-5310 fax.
Subj: Allison Family, Augusta Co., VA Date:01/27/2000 7:56:11 AM Pacific Standard Time From:wmgray@@hotmail.com (WM Gray) To:Delijim@@aol.com
Dear Jim,
I'm responding to your recent post on the Allison family GenForum page concerning the Allison family originally of Augusta Co., VA.
I recently learned of a family Bible record stating that the maiden name of my g-g-g-g grandmother was Jane Allison (1771-1854). Jane was born in Virginia, married to David Gray (1768-1824), and lived most of her adult life in Kentucky. I don't know where in Virginia either one came fr who their parents were.
Some circumstantial evidence suggests that Jane could be the daugher of Charles Allison and Jane Campbell.
1. There is a gap in Charles and Jane Allison's children between Mary b. 1769, and Sarah, b. 1776, into which Jane, b. 1771, would conveniently fit.
2. John's wife was Anna Gray - perhaps David's sister.
3. According to land records, David Gray and John Allison lived next to each other in Nicholas County KY.
4. Charles and Jane's daughter Mary Allison married Lawrence Harrison, also David Gray's neighbor.
5. John had a son named "David Gray Allison."
6. David named one of his sons "William Campbell Gray," Campbell being the maiden name of Jane's mother. One source I've seen gives William Campbell as the name of the father of Jane Campbell Allison.
I've written to Susan Allison Willmott, and she does not know whether Jane Allison Gray was a daughter of Charles Allison.
I am interested in learning if you have any information that would help us trace Jane Allison Gray's ancestry. I would also like to know what the source is for saying that John Allison's wife was named Anna Gray.
Please let me know what you think. Thanks,
- Warren Gray
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia Volume I AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XI. NOVEMBER 23, 1767 (382) Mary McClure vs. John and Charles Allison.--Abates by plaintiff's death.


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The National Museum of Ireland celebrated record breaking numbers in 2010 as 992,953 visitors passed through its four museum sites. This is just 7,047 short of 1 million to the four sites.
Dr. Pat Wallace, Director of the National Museum of Ireland said, "We are absolutely delighted with our visitor numbers in 2010. I am extremely proud to be in a position to say that after a almost decade of development and improvements at our four sites, the National Museum continues to appeal to a cross section of visitors and frequently features as Ireland's top visitor attraction. To increase visitor numbers by over 200,000 since 2009, particularly in a recession proves, the National Museum of Ireland offers superb visitor experience. We feel we are fortunate to be in a position to offer a great experience with the added advantage of having Free Admission".
Some of the major highlights in 2010 included the re-opening of our Natural History site in Merrion Street, where over ¼ million visitors came since the opening in April 2010; the launch of the Irish High Cross exhibition in Collins Barracks and the showing of the Cross of Cong at Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
Dr. Wallace also welcomed the appointment of Mayo man, Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, T.D. who was first to propose investment in the establishment of the Mayo branch of the National Museum in Castlebar (the only cultural institution outside of Dublin). This year will be the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Country Life branch of the National Museum in Castlebar at which we hope to welcome the Taoiseach to celebrate the success of the site.
The Faddan More Psalter which is currently being conserved will go on display in the newly re-furbished Treasury in Kildare Street. The main focus will be on the objects themselves however information on the conservation of the objects will also be presented. The display will include the satchel and bag from Faddan More bog as well as a large satchel and a wooden vessel found on earlier occasions.
Later in the Summer, the "Asgard" yacht will go on public display in Collins Barracks. Since 2007, a major programme of conservation on the "Asgard" has been underway at the National Museum. The aims of the project are to conserve the "Asgard" and in the process save and secure as much surviving original material as possible while retaining the structural integrity of the vessel. Missing components will be replicated in original form. The ultimate aim of the project is to return the vessel to its form when first built and to display it in a purpose-built gallery.
This exhibition features watercolours of town life in Ireland in the early nineteenth century will go on display at our Turlough Park site from June 2011. They give a rare pictorial insight into Irish life at that time – images of the time are rare. The images are accompanied by artifacts similar to those portrayed in the watercolours themselves. The exhibition is on loan from the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
Féile na Tuaithe – Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. A free family festival celebrating country life & traditions. Now in its seventh year, Féile na Tuaithe will have a strong emphasis on crafts to coincide with the Year of the Craft, as well as a special area dedicated to the Year of the Honey Bee. The programme features a variety of craft demonstrations and workshops, children's activities, music and face painting as well as a tented craft and food market. Over 25,000 people visited the event in last year. Féile na Tuaithe is a wonderful opportunity for families of all ages to come together and enjoy quality time while also learning of the many traditions which are only to be found in the Ireland of days gone by.
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John Rich did very well as an Apprentice on this date in 2011, Toby Keith's show was interrupted by mortar fire in 2008 and Jerry Lee Lewis got married ... for the sixth time ... in 1984.
John Rich Has Cash, Taylor Swift Is On SNL – Today In Country Music History [VIDEO]
John and Joan Rich welcomed a son on this date in 2010, Taylor Swift was Live on Saturday Night in 2009 and Elvis Presley recorded his first session in Nashville back in 1956...
John Rich Reaching Out to Young Oklahoma Mother Who Shot and Killed Intruder
On New Year's Eve, an 18-year-old Oklahoma mother shot and killed an intruder to protect her 3-month-old baby, after she had just lost her husband to cancer on Christmas day. Now, John Rich of Big and Rich is on a mission to find this young mother and give her some much-needed help.
Josh Turner And John Rich Debate, Chely Wright Goes To the V.P.'s House – Today In Country Music History
Josh Turner and John Rich went to the Candidates' Debate on this date in 2008, Chely Wright went to V.P. Dick Cheney's house in 2005 and nearly a decade after it's release, Willie Nelson's Always On My Mind went Platinum in 1991.
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The numerous dangers of drop-side cribs have been in the news over the past several years. For example, since 2007, there have been more than 11 million cribs recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Since 2000, there have been 32 deaths linked to detaching, drop-side rails.
These statistics are staggering, and because of the high number of fatalities and injuries, the CPSC voted unanimously to approve new mandatory standards for full-size and non-full size baby cribs, as ordered by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The new guidelines took effect in June, and include all cribs manufactured and sold, including resale, or leased in the United States. These regulations had not been updated in almost 30 years and have the following purposes:
Drop-side cribs are not the only safety hazard. Screws and other hardware can loosen over years of use, especially when older children begin to shake the frames or jump in the cribs. These new regulations help ensure that the hardware will stay tightly fastened, even over many years of use. In addition, mattress supports, slats and hardware must now be more durable, requiring more stringent testing to ensure that the beds are in compliance with the updated guidelines. With these rules in place, consumers should expect to see a new line of safer cribs in the marketplace.Make a Plan
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New pet owners are always eager to buy toys, treats,
collars and leashes for their new companions. And goldens
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buy? Here are some suggestions:
We recommend Nylabones or sterilized beef
bones. Rawhide can be hazardous to your dog; swallowed in
large pieces it can cause damage to the esophagus or digestive
blockage. Large rope toys tied in knots on both ends are
good for dogs but watch that they don't chew off too much
at one time.
Goldens love to carry things around the house so give them
their own toys to retrieve. Do not be tempted to give them
an old sock, shoe or slipper. How can the dog tell the difference
between an old shoe and your new one? It can't! Good toy
choices for goldens are:
Don't overdo treats! Many dog treats are very unhealthy as they have sugar, preservatives and chemicals in them. Try good quality biscuits and treats or feed little pieces of raw veggies for treats such as baby carrots or green beans.
Buy a wide nylon buckle style collar
with a parachute or conventional buckle or a rolled leather
buckle collar . Always
keep tags for identification on your dog's collars. Dogs
shouldn't wear a choke or prong collar except when they
are in obedience training or you are walking them on a
You can leave their buckle collar on with their identification
tags, and place the prong collar higher up on their neck.
Buy a high quality collar. Cheap ones don't last. There
are new halter style dog collars (such as "Gentle Leader")
that prevent the dog from pulling. These are meant to be
only when walking the dog and don't take the place of a
regular collar. Your obedience instructor can help show
you the proper
way to use a choke or prong collar. They must be put on
the dog correctly or injury can result.
Goldens are strong dogs and you need
a wide (3/4" - 1")
six foot leash for walking your dog. Use a leather or heavy
duty cotton web leash - they are easy on the hands. Leather
leashes seem stiff at first but they soon become pliable.
Flexi-Leashes (retractable leashes that extend from 6' -
16' or more) are good options for exercising your dog in
the park or your yard. Make sure you purchase one that has
the proper weight rating for a golden. It would be conservative
to purchase one rated for a 100 pound dog. Be careful when
using a Flexi-Leash in some situations - if the person operating
the leash doesn't know how to lock it properly, the dog could
run out into traffic and get in harms way. They are excellent
for exercising your dog and we recommend the "Flexi-Lead" brand
that is widely available in pet supply stores and catalogs.
Pet stores have all of the above supplies. If you are unable
to find these items at your local pet store, there are several
pet supply catalogs where you can purchase mail order. Here
are phone number of some companies if you would like to request
a catalog:
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Nicola Formichetti's first women's collection for Mugler (the house formerly known as Thierry Mugler) made its much ballyhooed debute on Wednesday down a dark and complicated runway featuring exposed gothic arches. Lady Gaga, much to our surprise, actually walked down the runway — though the sinuousness of her hips might allow the use of the word "slithered" — and Coco Rocha made an unexpectedly feral appearance as well.
Formichetti had clearly instructed his models to be as creative with their walks, struts, and poses as possible — though some clearly had trouble navigating the runway in 6-inch Gaga-esque platforms. Thankfully, the models were allowed to actually use their arms (no dead, limply swinging limbs here) and thus could catch their balance on the wooden archways. How very practical. The clothes, however, were not. A few of the separates were sellably modern updates to Mugler's power woman aesthetic, but many of the larger looks featured rubber and a not quite as sellable lack of coverage. But yes, it all looked like things Gaga would wear to go to the deli. Make of that what you will.
Gaga also debuted a new track written exclusively for the show. It's the somewhat aptly titled, "Government Hooker". Take a listen (and watch the show) below. There's also photos, of course, and a delightful post-show interview with Formichetti and Gaga by CNN. It's adorable how protective Gaga appears to be of Formichetti, but he could use a little media coaching.
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Get the Look: It Takes Two
I may have been mystified by the synchronized swimmers during the 2008 Olympics, but they're not the only proof of value in symmetry. By using symmetry as a starting-off point for decorating your interiors, you can create a strong visual theme that looks polished, but not necessarily stiff.
Stick with no more than four colors. Here, the palette includes chartreuse, gray, black, and white. Note that there are no patterns: add interest instead with texture.
Try a set of white faceted vases filled with tall flowers or greenery to make a bold statement. Then, fill in the space with a mix of decorative accents, such as vases, trays, and bowls, that share the same color palette. Below are some accents and furniture that I've rounded up to help you get this look.
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Economic Recovery in Manufacturing, Construction and Services Industries - March 2010 Offentliggjort den: 03/03/2010
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The EU economy is emerging from recession with GDP rising by 0.3% and 0.1% respectively in the third and fourth quarter of 2009. Following a steep decline of some 19%, manufacturing production stabilised in the second quarter of 2009 and has recovered rather slowly since. Despite a small rise in December 2009, construction output was still some 13% below its former peak.
The situation varies considerably between sectors and across Member States. A number of factors still suggest that a cautious approach is warranted to the prospects for economic recovery. These include a continuing decline of output in construction, the fact that capacity utilization is still very subdued, and the likelihood of a further deterioration in labour markets reflecting the typically delayed reaction of employment to output reductions.
Looking to the future, there is also still a continuous risk that restricted availability of finance on favourable terms to firms could slow down an economic recovery. As shown in the recent access to finance survey, SMEs continue to suffer from difficult access to short term finance, whilst export credits and trade finance have declined considerably.
However, a clear strengthening of world trade, increasing new orders and growing confidence over the past months point out to an improving outlook for the EU industry. This more positive picture is also reflected in some signs of output recovery in several manufacturing sectors. A further boost to output can also be expected as manufacturers begin to rebuild their inventories that are currently at a very low level. This is quite coherent with the GDP growth forecast of 0.7% for 2010 that was published by DG ECFIN in the 'Interim Forecast' on Friday, 26th February.


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What are you doing here? Why aren't you in the theater right now, sitting back and watching 'The Muppets' make their return to the big screen? We can only assume you somehow took a wrong turn on your way to buying tickets and landed here. Since we've got your attention, why don't you take a moment to behold some of the best fan-inspired artwork devoted to the Muppets. Colorful, imaginative and hilarious, you can get a glimpse of everything from a Dark Knight Kermit to the most adorably cute depiction of Miss Piggy ever.
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October 03, 2005
Among persons who reported working at home at least once per week in 2004, about 8 in 10 used a computer as part of their work at home, and just slightly fewer used a telephone.
About 70 percent of all persons who usually worked at home made use of the Internet or email to work at home. Less than half (43 percent) used fax.
In general, wage and salary workers who were paid to work at home as part of a formal arrangement were more likely to use electronic equipment at home than those who were just taking work home from the job.
These data on work at home are from the Current Population Survey. Find out more in "Work at Home in 2004," news release USDL 05-1768.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Electronic equipment and job-related work at home on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2005/oct/wk1/art01.htm (visited October 10, 2015).
New estimates of personal taxes in Consumer Expenditure Survey
In 2013, the Consumer Expenditure Survey improved its personal tax data.
Trends in long-term unemployment
Long-term unemployment reached historically high levels following the recession of 2007–2009.
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Tele-Bears Strategies (Phase I vs. Phase 2?)
Here are the basics of Tele-Bears:
During Phase I, you can sign up for a maximum of 10.5 units. Units for courses that you are on the waiting list for also count toward this 10.5 unit limit. The reasoning behind this is to distribute the distribution of class sign-ups and prevent "shopping around"-where people sign up for classes that they are sure to drop.
Generally, you should use Phase I to enroll in priority courses or classes that fill up quickly. You can check the Online Schedule of Classes (schedule.berkeley.edu) to see how full any particular course is and decide which classes to sign up for in Phase I.
Here are some tips for making those decisions:
- Typically, if an elective is almost full, you might want to take that over a required class that is almost empty.
- If you are taking a CNR class that is required for your major, chances are that there will be reserved seats for your major. Even if you don't get in Phase II, there will most likely be special considerations and the instructor might give you a course code. (Essentially, you have a better chance of getting in.)
- Check to see if your classes are offered the semester after (i.e. if you are enrolling for fall, is the class offered during spring?) If you don't get in one of them, there is the option of taking it after the upcoming semester. On the other hand, if you don't sign up for a class that is ONLY offered during spring or fall, you won't be able to take it for another year.
- When navigating the Online Schedule of Classes, make sure to click on the Current enrollment information and course restrictions (below the enrollment data). From here you can see updated enrollment information, and whether or not seats are reserved for any majors. If there are seats reserved for any major (not your own), then there are fewer seats available to you. This must be taken into consideration.
Hopefully this has helped you. Remember that Peer Advisors are tabling Monday through Thursday from 9AM to 3PM, and are open to any questions (including specific prioritizing of classes)!
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Anyways, both summer and fall classes are out! As you can probably tell, I love planning schedules. Unlike last Telebears, this time you can select between the summer and fall schedules. Double the fun! Summer courses are
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Switching into CNR vs. Telebears
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Getting into Classes and how to deal with being wait-listed
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I have been doing some research for a book that explores why nutrition advice is mired in so much confusion these days. Along the way, I came upon a disturbing statistic: According to a study published in March by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, 30% to 55% of hospital patients are malnourished. There seems to be a shocking lack of awareness regarding this problem and the role proactive nutrition support plays in speeding healing and recovery and in preventing complications such as infections - not to mention decreasing costs.
It's almost 2012! How can this be? Didn't we identify and address this problem in the early 1980s? With so many advances in disease-specific nutrition therapies, how can we be facing this problem again?
And this time around, it's not only about doing the right thing for patients; it's about money. When provisions of the Affordable Health Care Act take effect in July 2012, hospitals will be penalized for unnecessary readmissions that occur within 30 days of discharge for certain conditions. Patients who are discharged in a malnourished state or without access to the nutrition therapy necessary to support continued recovery are extremely vulnerable to unnecessary readmission.
I spent the majority of my career as a dietitian/nutritionist with Abbott Nutrition (formerly Ross Laboratories) - for more than two decades, the leading the manufacturer of medical nutrition products. In 1989, Abbott created and funded the Nutrition Screening Initiative, a multifaceted campaign to educate hospital professionals about the need to identify patients at nutritional risk and intervene before complications develop. We promoted the seminal work of scientists like George Blackburn, PhD, MD, and B. R. Bistrian, PhD, MD, that demonstrated the seriousness of iatrogenic malnutrition - that is, protein-calorie malnutrition brought on by treatments, medications and hospitalization.
Abbott was committed to providing solutions to prevent and treat patients at high risk for this condition. As we had done many times in the past, we once again showcased the value of the registered dietitian, this time as an architect of effective prevention and treatment of iatrogenic malnutrition.
That was then. Here's where I think we are today: Nutrition's role in health and wellness garners a lot of attention, with much of the focus centering on obesity. With overweight so prevalent in this country, I fear that we just assume that it's okay for a person to not eat for a few days. Not true - especially among the sick and the elderly. What we need to remember is that malnutrition and obesity are not mutually exclusive.
To advance nutrition science and promote best practices, we must build on what we have learned, not abandon it. Hospitals are under tremendous pressure to develop protocols that help avoid costs. Here's an easy (and familiar) one: Assess nutrition status at admission. Provide necessary nutrition support during hospitalization. Prescribe continuing nutrition therapy at discharge. It's not a new idea. But it is an idea whose time has come.


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Canadian Forum
The Canadian Forum was a left-wing literary, cultural and political publication and Canada's longest running continually published political magazine (1920-2000).[1]
It was founded on 1920-05-14 at the University of Toronto as a forum for political and cultural ideas. Its first directors were G. E. Jackson, Chairman, Barker Fairley, Literary Editor, C. B. Sissons,[2] Political Editor, Peter Sandiford,[3] Business Manager and Huntly Gordon, Press Editor.[4] Throughout its publishing run it was Canadian nationalist and progressive in outlook.[1]
As a cultural and literary publication it published the artistic works of the Group of Seven and Frank Carmichael as well as poetry and short stories by Irving Layton, Earle Birney, A.J.M. Smith, Harold Standish, Helen Weinzweig, Margaret Atwood[1] and Al Purdy.[5]
Politically, it was a forum for thinkers such as Frank Underhill, F.R. Scott, Ramsay Cook, Mel Watkins, John Alan Lee, Eugene Forsey[1] and Robert Fulford.[5]
In 1934, publisher Steven Cartwright purchased the periodical from J.M. Dent & Sons.[6] After owning it for about a year, Cartwright unloaded the money-losing venture for one-dollar to Graham Spry a member of the socially progressive think tank the League for Social Reconstruction (LSR).[6] It was printed using Spy's printing press company, Stafford Printers, which also printed the Ontario CCF's newspaper The New Commonwealth.[6] Spry purchased the press with financial help from both the LSR and English socialist Sir Stafford Cripps, hence the name Stafford Press.[6] in 1936, the LSR bought the Forum for one-dollar from Spry, and assumed all its debts.[7] University of Toronto Classics professor George M. A. Grube, a member of the LSR, became the editor in 1937.[8] During his tenure, the periodical was the LSR's official organ.[9] Grube stepped down as editor in 1941, about a year before the LSR officially disbanded.[8] It has also been operated at times as a co-operative and was owned for a number of years by James Lorimer and Co.[1]
Editors have included Mark Farrell,[10] G.M.A. Grube,[8] J. Francis White, Northrop Frye, Milton Wilson, Abraham Rotstein, Denis Smith, and the final editor, Duncan Cameron.[1]
The magazine suspended publication following its summer 2000 issue.[5]
- ^ a b c d e f Granastein, J. L. (2011). "Canadian Forum". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Toronto: The Historica-Dominion Institute. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ Charles Bruce Sissons (1879-1965)
- ^ (1882-1941)
- ^ Canadian Forum, vol. 1, No. 1, Oct. 1920, p. 14 and No. 2, Nov. 1920, p. 45
- ^ a b c Fulford, Robert (2001-04-17). "The Canadian Forum: alive or dead?". National Post (Toronto). Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
- ^ a b c d Horn (1980), p.129
- ^ Horn (1980), p. 130
- ^ a b c Podlecki (1994), p. 237
- ^ Horn (1980), pp. 14, 202
- ^ Horn (1980), p. 131
- Horn, Michiel (1980). The League for Social Reconstruction: Intellectual origins of the democratic left in Canada, 1930–1942. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-5487-0.
- Podlecki, Anthony J. (1994). Ward W. Briggs Jr., ed. Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Wesport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-24560-6.


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Nissan has teased its next-generation small sedan at this week's Beijing Auto Show, destined for a global rollout over the next two years.
In China and Japan, the new car will be known as the Sylphy, while in the US market it will enter as the successor to the current Sentra.
Locally, the Sylphy was once sold as the Pulsar sedan, and with the Pulsar badge now set to return to Australian roads, it is this name we will see on the new small sedan later this year.
Nissan Australia hopes the Pulsar will unseat the Mazda3 as the number-one selling small car on the market.
It will need to, if Nissan is to achieve its goal of beating Hyundai and Mazda as the highest-selling fully-imported brand in Australia by the end of March 2013.
Looking like a cross between the larger 2013 Altima and the recent Infiniti LE concept, the Sylphy wears a prominent character line along its profile, dipping below the glasshouse before rising again into the top of the front guards.
At the front, the Sylphy features the familiar harpoon headlights featured on the new Altima and the hero 370Z sports car, mirrored at the rear with a similar tail-light design.
Inside, the international variant shown here features chrome and wood-look highlights, along with a tall centre stack, large LCD display and a three-spoke steering wheel.
Nissan promises a roomy cabin and high-quality materials inside the new global sedan.
Power for the Sylphy is provided by a new 1.8 litre petrol engine (output has not been revealed), mated to Nissan's next-gen XTronic continuously variable automatic transmission.
Nissan Australia has confirmed the Pulsar sedan will go on sale in Australia this coming Summer, either late this year or early in 2013.
The hatch will follow at a later date.
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- 5 valve per cylinder says,
4 years ago1 likeThank goodness they didn't name it syphil-is which sounds quite infectious.. it's close though.
At least when this lands over here we'll get the Pulsar name instead.
- WheresBear says,
4 years ago4 likesUnseat the Mazda 3? To do that you need to target the younger market and with that styling - good luck. If everyone starts wearing grey cardigans then probably a chance. Mind you anything this side of a Chery is better to look at than a Tiida ...
- Unseat Mazda and Hyundai? Not a chance. Look at Mazda Hyundai and Kia designs and compare with this. This one is AWFUL. Nissan have Patrol, 370Z and GTR...thats about it (all built in Japan by the way). Their other offerings are in my opinion not very good...including Navara. I would never buy anything Spanish!
- This car looks really awkward from the side view...
What a shame! Why are Nissan coming up with such horrible designs... the maxima was a great car, but its design led to its death (current model).
I'm also not much of a fan of its replacement coming soon...
Good luck trying to beat other brands with a car that looks like this...
- Looks like something my grandmother would drive. Very boring and un-inspiring, just like the Tiida it will replace.
If Nissan want to replace the 3 as the best selling car, maybe they should look at the 3.
It has modern looks, sharp styling and a sports model.
Nissan will never release a 'SSS' and will sell this as a 1.8 only.
It's hard to believe this company makes the GT-R.
Anyways, keep dreaming Nissan, you have lost touch with your roots, and what once made you a great cr company. Sadly, Honda had folled in your footsteps.
Hyundai and Mazda have taken over from where you both left off.
- I was so excited to hear that Pulsar was comming back to Australia but then i seen the photo's, still not to be discouraged i thought maybe with a bodykit, but then the deal breaker an automatic gearbox, arrrgggh!!! just what we need another car where we can look like a grandpa and drive like it too.
- Its all about sales numbers = money & the Grandpa & Grandma market is huge & they have the money. Mazda 3 are bought on credit thats drying up.


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The Illinois College of Optometry is located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the city's near south side. Jazz legend Louis Armstrong, bluesmen Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters, playwright Lorraine Hansberry and civil rights leader Ida B. Wells are among the famous folks who have lived or worked in the area. U.S. Cellular Field, home of the White Sox, is less than a mile from campus; the Bears play at Soldier Field in the nearby South Loop. Wrigley Field, home to the Cubs, and the United Center, home to the Bulls and Blackhawks, are both easily accessible by public transportation.
The Chicago Transportation Authority operates the elevated trains and buses, which are easy, affordable and convenient modes of transport. The basic cash fare for riders is $2.25. You can access the CTA with a Ventra Card. Ventra Cards feature a variety of different payment options and can be purchased online and at locations throughout throughout the city, including el stations.
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