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My computer, a HP all in one running windows 7 freezes for about a minute at start up after the windows logo disappears. The screen is then black for a good minute or more then the computer will come on. What do i do to fix this?
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On Monday, Weld called Gomez "exactly the new American leader that this state needs in the Senate."
Weld also said the Cohasset businessman and former Navy SEAL has what he called "a unique set of experiences and skills that will bring an outsider's perspective to Washington."
Gomez is facing off against state Rep. Daniel Winslow and former U.S. attorney Michael Sullivan in the GOP primary.
Also Monday, a new poll found Gomez leading his challengers Sullivan and Winslow.
The survey, from the Western New England University Polling Institute, found Gomez getting support from 33 percent of likely Republican voters, with 27 percent backing Sullivan and 9 percent backing Winslow.
The poll's small leaning-Republican sample, however (128 voters), means it has a margin of error of plus or minus 9 percentage points.
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Ohio State athletics officials scheduled a 7 p.m. news conference on Tuesday to address allegations that Tressel knew some of his players were selling memorabilia months before they were punished.
President E. Gordon Gee, Athletic Director Gene Smith and Tressel were scheduled to discuss the findings of a Yahoo! Sports report that alleges Tressel knew about violations involving some of his players months before they were reported by the school.
Sources told 10TV News that Tressel addressed his team about the report before their Tuesday morning off-season workout.
The Yahoo report, published on Monday night, said that Tressel received information that some of his players sold items to Edward Rife, the owner of Fine Line Ink Tattoos in Columbus, as early as April 2010.
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Rife has not been charged with any crime.
If Tressel knew about the connection in April, he should have told the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
In December, Tressel said the responsibility for educating players about NCAA rules rests with the coaching staff.
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Ian M. Thompson Jr. M.D., Director, Cancer Therapy & Research Center and Professor, Department of Urology, Glena and Gary Woods Distinguished Chair in GU Oncology
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April 11, 2013
Rena Pasick, Dr.P.H., Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Assistant Director, Community Education and Outreach
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April 4, 2013
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March 28, 2013
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March 7, 2013
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February 7, 2013
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January 31, 2013
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January 7, 2013
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December 14, 2012
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December 7, 2012
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November 30, 2012
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"New Strategies for the Treatment and Prevention of Cancer Identified Through the Conduct of Cancer Research in Sub-Saharan Africa"
November 16, 2012
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October 26, 2012
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October 19, 2012
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October 5, 2012
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September 25, 2012
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September 21, 2012
Tony George, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., Professor of Psychiatry, Co-director, Division of Brain and Therapeutics, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto"Novel Treatments for Tobacco Dependence: Focus on People with Serious Mental Illnesses"
September 14, 2012
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I'm actually surprised ADM has not tried this out as Anthony came up with the dual saddle which is an excellent idea IMO.
I figured i'd post it here as i'd at least like a little credit for coming up with the idea and the members here will know I invented it first.
There's not much of a market for telescope mount dovetails and nothing in this area is really patented so if somebody copies it then they copy it, not really worried too much about that. Just wanted to get a little credit for it.
Anyway, i wanted a dovetail that i could use on both Losmandy and Vixen type saddles so i went to work on this 12" long dual dovetail. It won't work on long Vixen saddles but for the average LXD, CG-5, GP, etc it works just fine as well as all Losmandy saddles longer that 4".
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The success of the "app economy" has encouraged a multitude of developers to create apps for every possible use or interest. There are now more than a million apps vying for space on consumers' devices, many of them completely useless. Consumer ratings provide some indication about which apps are worthwhile, but with literally a million of them available, even consumer feedback is of only marginal utility.
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23 news real estate expert Jon Krause says the number of homes going under contract is increasing despite a steep drop upon the expiration of the federal tax credit.
800 homes have gone under contract, since the end of April when the incentive lapsed. This is roughly the same number that were under contract during the same period last year, when the credit was still active.
Krause says the numbers prove the perk didn't steal as large of amount of future sales.. as originally feared. But Krause is surprised the record low interest rates isn't bringing out the large number of buyers anticipated, especially since the rate makes housing more affordable.
" If you take the average home that's on the market today.. last years interest rate at this time was 5 and a quarter percent. Today, it is under 5 percent. The difference in the average payment for an average home is about 60 dollars a month that's a lot. the savings in the interest that you are going to pay over the life of the loan could be as much as $21,000 over that 30 year life of the loan. so there is definitely a practical reason to go buy a house today."


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Jin-Saotome did a fabulous job making this steampunk Captain America action figure. The wing tips are tiny gears, that's a great touch. I love the shield with hidden machinery, too.
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A woman charged in the fatal shooting of two men was sentenced Thursday for driving under the influence twice in 2013.
Luzerne County Senior Judge Hugh Mundy gave Holly Crawford 14 days time served on her sentence of six months to a year imprisonment. Crawford and her boyfriend James Roche are jailed on open counts of criminal homicide in the shooting of a father and son in Hunlock Township in April.
Crawford and Roche remain jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility without bail. Their preliminary hearings for the double homicide were continued May 7, and no new date has been set.
State police responded to 71 Sunset Lake Road on a welfare check April 23 and found Ronald Evans, 73, and his son Jeffery Evans, 43, dead in their home.
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Kate Plus 8 Plus Palin Equals 1 Great Camping TripKJ Dell'Antonia
How is this not getting more news coverage? I know, Wikileaks has compromised the "war on terror" and oil still oozes into the gulf, with a storm bearing down on it for good measure. I know, President Obama is going on The View. But for pure newsworthy entertainment value, how did the camera crews of the world manage to miss Kate Gosselin and her 8 Goss-lings going camping with Sarah Palin?
You have to figure the shoe has yet to drop on this one. With Palin about to film her new television show, and Gosselin still filming hers, this is unlikely to be that rare event in either life that goes undocumented. I'm sure we'll have many (heavily publicized) opportunities to enjoy the elder Palins schooling the young Gosselins in the ways of Alaska. (Will Bristol and Levi offer any bonus chastity lessons? Stay tuned.) But meanwhile, we'll just have to hypothesize the topics of Palin-Gosselin hiking chat.
Balancing working and motherhood is a little extraneous for Kate, whose work is motherhood, but balancing celebrity and parenting must be good for a couple of miles into the Alaska woods. Lipstick shades, good sunglass sources, and the importance of a rural life for keeping it real seem to be things the two women would have in common.
But outside the range of the cameras, with make-up wiped off and kids in bed, I like to imagine them sitting in front of a fire with a couple of glasses of wine (do they drink? I don't know. Hot cider, then) and musing on the difficulties of life as a woman with a powerful personality and a masterful attitude towards life. Will they discuss politics at all? How about health care? Would Kate support the inclusion of birth control? She's publicly opposed to abortion (perhaps obviously), as is Palin,so that won't be an area of contention, but you'd think they could find something to debate. Not, perhaps, a great meeting of minds (ummm…) but entertaining, surely.
In my fantasy vision of this trip, there are no nannies, and Kate and Sarah's attempts to discuss why life is so much easier without Jon and John (so much easier to make all the decisions without any pesky second-guessing!) are continually interrupted by the appearance of kids unable to sleep in unfamiliar bunk beds after a day of bear stories and wolf stalking. Sarah's youngest daughter and the elder Gosselins girls are listening at the top of the stairs, taking notes and plotting world takeovers of their own. I don't know that I'd really want to be part of that conversation. I doubt I could get a word in edgewise. But who wouldn't want to be a moosehead on the wall?


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A Love Means... Story
Eli Henninger is stretched a little thin. He teaches riding classes, conducts therapy sessions, takes care of his son, and helps manage the family farm. Hes tired and overworked, especially because lately, no one else seems to do anything right. He and his partner, Geoff, havent have time together in so long, hes beginning to forget what his longtime love feels like.
Geoff is just as busy with the farm, the business, and working through a complicated land purchase. He and Eli labor from sunup to sundown and then some. He knows taking care of their responsibilities is preventing them from taking care of each other, but he doesnt see anything he can do about it. To make matters worse, theyre accused of behaving improperly toward some of the children in their riding programs.
Then Eli becomes ill and the investigators suspect foul play, forcing Geoff to reevaluate his priorities and hope fate will give them another chance.
Chapter One
ELI breathed a sigh of relief as he finished his third riding class for the day. The four teenage girls were all unsaddling and brushing their horses. Eli dismounted from Tiger and led him to his stall so he could do the same. He loved the time he got to spend with the stallion hed helped bring into the world a number of years earlier. He ignored the girlish chatter from the other stalls as he brushed the dirt from Tigers coat.
I have a question, Mr. Eli, Amanda said from outside the stall door.
Ask away, Eli called, but dont come in here. Tiger was a stallion and he could be high-spirited at times. Amanda was young, relatively new to riding, and she could startle the horse.
How come you didnt get Tiger gelded? Amanda asked, and Eli could almost see her tittering outside the stall door. He knew the other girls had probably put her up to asking, and the preteen was probably turning red right about now.
Because I was hoping to breed him, Eli answered levelly. Around the barn, particularly with new riders, he almost always got questions of that nature. Hed grown up on a farm, so hed seen the birds and the bees in action many times when he was a child. It was part of life. But for many of these kids, this was new, so Eli answered their questions with honesty and care. Im coming out, so stand back. Eli carried Tigers supplies out of the stall, stepping around a blushing Amanda before putting his tack away.
Once he was done, since it was still a nice evening, he turned Tiger out into the paddock. He was just finishing for the day, breathing a sigh of tired relief, when he heard young, high-pitched, excited voices joining the girls, and he remembered hed forgotten about the therapy class. Checking the time, Eli began saddling the ponies to get them ready for the kids. Thankfully, he also heard Stones and Joeys voices in the barn.
Did you forget? Joey asked as he peeked into the stall where Eli was working, and Eli nodded, continuing the saddling process. There was always something to do and never enough hours in the day. Eli heard Joey walk through the barn, and a few moments later he heard the next ponys stall door open, and Joeys horse-calming voice floated over the partition. He could also hear Stone managing the kids as they wandered through the barn to greet the horses. It didnt take long to saddle the ponies, but Eli was still upset with himself for forgetting.
Leading the ponies into the ring, they placed each child on a pony and led them around the ring. There were only four children, but each needed individual supervision. Two of the four had trouble walking, and one rarely talked. The last little girl, Annabelle, had recently lost her mother and had withdrawn from almost everything, but responded to Raspberry. As Eli led Raspberry and her silent rider around the ring, he motioned to her father, who stood nervously outside the fence of the covered ring. He came forward, and Eli handed him the reins. Simply walk slowly around the ring. Mary will let you know if theres someplace special she wants to go. He looked nervous, but took the reins and led his daughter on the pony. Moving to the fence, Eli watched the horses and riders. Billy, youre doing well, but remember to lower your heels, Eli said gently.
Okay, Mr. Eli, Billy said with a smile, and he waved before doing what Eli asked.
Its wonderful that you do this, Billys mother said from near his shoulder. The horse had done more for him than hours of physical therapy.
Eli turned to look into the mothers tired eyes. Im glad we could help. Eli and Geoff had decided that they wouldnt deny anyone access to their therapy program because of their inability to pay. When Billy had begun six months earlier, hed used a walker to take a few steps. Now he could walk on his own, and his legs were getting strong enough that he might be running soon. Kids like Billy are why we do this.
Eli finished the class and then helped the kids down from the ponies before getting goodbye hugs from each child, including Annabelle, before their parents took them home. After making sure all the ponies were unsaddled and all the horses bedded down for the night with hay and water, Eli closed the doors and walked across the yard to the farmhouse. The spring in his step that hed had at the beginning of the day was gone, his entire body tired.
Papa! three-year-old Jakey yelled, his feet pumping as he raced across the kitchen floor, propelling himself into Elis arms. Can I have a pony ride?
Eli sighed softly, remembering hed promised Jakey he could ride one of the ponies before dinner.
Adelle flashed him a sympathetic smile. Hes been an angel, and hes waited for his ride all day. Eli smiled, the tired sinking further into his bones, but he didnt want to disappoint his son. Remembering that hed made a promise, Eli carried an excited Jakey back out to the barn.
Evening, Eli, Tyrone called as he stacked bales of hay hed dropped from the loft. Are you getting a pony ride, little man? Tyrone asked Jakey, and the youngster giggled when Tyrone tickled his belly.
Yes, Mr. Rone, Jakey answered, looking around the barn, his little body shaking with excitement.
Ill have Raspberry saddled in a jiffy, Tyrone said, already walking toward the tack room. Eli was about to say it was okay, hed do it himself, but Tyrone already had the saddle in hand and was walking toward the stall. Tyrone had been working at the farm for about six months, mostly in the evenings, and he had a way with horses that matched Elis own. When Geoff had hired him, Eli had been convinced they were making a mistake. But he now knew that had been his own prejudice talking. Other than Adelle, Eli hadnt met many black people in his life, and hed let stories and stereotypes color his judgment; ideas Eli had quickly come to realize were wrong.
When do classes start again for you? Eli asked Tyrone as he worked. Jakey squirmed to get down, but Eli settled him with a look.
About a month, Tyrone answered. Im taking one of Robbies music appreciation classes at the community college next term. Ill get my degree in the spring, and then Ill be the first to graduate college in my family. Tyrone led Raspberry out of the stall and out toward the yard. Eli followed, and Tyrone held the reins while he placed Jakey in the saddle.
Are you going to go away to school after that? Eli asked as Tyrone handed him the reins.
Id like to, but I may need to work a few years first, Tyrone said as he walked back toward the barn.
Jakey giggled and laughed as Eli led him and Raspberry around the yard. Be careful and sit still, Eli admonished lightly, and Jakey settled in the small saddle, a grin splitting his angelic face. They wandered all over the yard until Jakey began to fidget, and then Eli led the pony back toward the barn. Tyrone was working in the loft, so Eli got Jakey down and then unsaddled the pony in the stall. Adelle will have dinner ready soon. Come in and join us, Eli called up the loft stairs, and he heard Tyrone answer before scooping Jakey into his arms to get him away from the barrel of carrots before he fed them all to the horses. Then Eli zoomed him like an airplane across the yard and into the house.
Daddy! Jakey cried when Eli set him down, and the youngster did another flying leap into Geoffs arms. I missed you. Papa Eli gave me a pony ride. I fed carrots to the horsies.
Geoff smiled, hugging their son. I missed you too, buddy. Geoff whisked him out of the kitchen toward the bathroom, and Eli settled in one of the chairs around the table.
Dinner will be ready soon, Adelle told him, and Eli nodded before getting up again to clean up. Will Tyrone be in?
Yes. Eli was too tired to say much more, and he tried to stifle a yawn, but failed. He found Geoff and Jakey still in the bathroom washing their hands and faces. Eli washed up when they were done before joining the others in the living room. Jakey played on the floor with Buster, Robbies Great Dane, petting and loving on the huge dog, who didnt move, soaking in the attention. Tyrone joined them a while later, and then Adelle called them to dinner.
Normally at dinner, everyone talked about their day, and tonight was no exceptionexcept for Eli, who simply ate without contributing much to the conversation. Afterward, Adelle shooed them all out of the kitchen and began to clean up. Tyrone thanked them for dinner before returning to the barn while it was still light.
Go on and sit down, Geoff told Eli gently. Ill give Jakey his bath. Eli nodded slowly before moving into the living room. The television was turned on, and Eli sat watching whatever the others watched. Being raised Amish, hed never gotten used to television and it held little interest for him so after a while he entered his and Geoffs private section of the house. They had their own small sitting room, their bedroom, and Jakeys bedroom, as well as a bathroom. He could hear Jakey splashing in the tub, Geoffs voice drifting in as well. Eli sat in one of the overstuffed chairs and opened the book hed been reading.
Papa, you sleepin? he heard Jakey ask just before he climbed onto his lap with a book.
Jakey, Papas tired, Geoff said, lifting Jakey off his lap and carrying him into his bedroom. Eli closed his eyes once again, and the next thing he knew Geoff was waking him with a kiss. Come to bed, tiger, Geoff said softly, and Eli stood up, turning out the lights before following Geoff to their bedroom. Eli undressed and cleaned up, poking his head into Jakeys room before slipping out of his robe and climbing into bed next to Geoff. As hed done almost every night for almost ten years, Eli immediately curled next to the man he loved more than anyone in the world. Within minutes, hed fallen asleep.
A few hours later, Eli woke to the sound of rain outside the open window and the feel of Geoffs warm hands rubbing along his back and down across his butt. Love you, tiger, Geoff whispered as he kissed Elis shoulders and along the back of his neck. Eli rolled over and pulled Geoff to him. It had been a while since theyd had the time to make love, and Eli needed it badly. It seemed Geoff did too, because Elis boxers slid down his legs, and then he felt Geoffs naked skin against his. The room was dark, but there was nothing Eli needed to see that his hands couldnt show him just as well.
Eli kissed his partner and lover passionately, and the exhaustion that seemed to be a constant part of him lately faded, as did the rest of the farm and everything else but Geoff. Love you, Eli murmured against Geoffs lips as he wrapped his legs around his lovers waist, telling Geoff in no uncertain terms what he wanted. Geoff kissed him hard, fingers caressing his skin, enflaming him the way his touch always had. Eli nearly clawed at Geoffs back, pressing his lover to him.
Eli felt Geoff shift above him and then a small snick sounded in the room. A few seconds later, Eli felt slick fingers tease his opening before a long digit sank into his body. Eli groaned softly, his lips tugging at Geoffs as he felt his longtime lover curve his finger slightly inside him. Elis eyes rolled to the back of his head, and he panted, pleasure zinging up his spine.
I love how you always respond to me, Geoff whispered.
Always will, Eli promised through gritted teeth, hoping this would never end. He held Geoff tightly around the neck, trying to be quiet as his body was played like Robbies violin. Geoff always knew how to kiss him and touch him so he forgot his name. His body and heart had missed this connection so badly. Love me, Geoff, Eli begged, and Geoff kissed him again, tongue exploring his mouth as Eli felt the finger slide from his body and Geoffs cock, long and thick, pressing at his entrance. Impatience bloomed in Eli, and he pressed up and against Geoff, forcing him inside his body.
From outside their cocoon of passion, Eli heard the rain pounding harder on the roof as thunder sounded in the distance. Geoff stopped, holding completely still, and Eli heard him whisper under his breath. Shit, he said softly, and Eli echoed a similar curse in his mind. Slowly, Geoff retreated and hurried away, returning with a cloth that they used to wipe themselves up. Geoff threw the towel in the bathroom and pulled on his boxers. Eli felt for his, locating them at the bottom of the bed, and had just finished pulling them on when their bedroom door opened. Jakey rushed into the bedroom as another flash of lightning lit the window, thunder cracking a few seconds later.
Jakey ran to Elis side the bed. Eli saw him nervously bouncing from foot to foot, holding his stuffed dog in front of him for protection. Papa, Daddy, Im scared. Before either of them could answer, Jakey climbed onto the bed, curling under the covers between them, holding his doggie tight. Jakey squeaked as thunder cracked again, and Eli rolled onto his side, holding Jakeys hand as he shook. Why does it boom like that, Papa? Jakey whispered, hiding his head when lightning flashed again.
Its just the angels bowling, Geoff said from the other side of the bed. Theyre having some fun making a bit of noise. Itll end soon enough.
Well, the angels should be more quiet, there are people trying to sleep, Jakey said and rolled over, clutching his stuffed dog to his chest and closing his eyes. The lightning flashed again, and Eli felt Jakey shiver, but this time the thunder was softer, the storm already moving away.
Eli felt Geoff roll over, and his eyes locked onto those of his lover. Im sorry, Geoff mouthed in the dimness, and Eli nodded slightly. Ill take him to his room in a few minutes. The storm continued to diminish, and Eli was already falling asleep when he felt the bed shake slightly as Geoff got up. Eli felt him lift Jakey out of the bed and he heard Geoffs footsteps leave the room. Eli didnt remember Geoff coming back to bed, but he did remember waking up held close in Geoffs arms. It was still dark outside, so he closed his eyes again.
When he woke again, Eli knew he was alone, but not for long. The door opened and Jakey bounded in, climbing on the bed. Papa, Daddy said I could have a pony ride.
When did he say that?
Last night after he taked me to my bed. He pwomised. Jakey stuck out his lower lip and crossed his little arms over his chest. They had been teaching Jakey that a promise was a promise, and they wanted to earn his trust. But he was probably trying to take advantage.
Did Daddy say if you were good? Eli asked, and Jakey nodded slowly. Then no pouting, and you have to be quiet. Papas really tired. Eli couldnt remember being this exhausted in his life. He looked at the clock and groaned. He had a class in less than an hour. Lets go and get you dressed, and maybe Uncle Joey can take you for a pony ride.
I want you, Papa. Nobody else does it right. Jakey slid off the bed and left the bedroom, and soon Eli heard him making car sounds. Eli pulled on his robe and followed the sounds, lifting Jakey off the floor and carrying him to the main portion of the house.
Hi, Jakey, Robbie said as he stepped off the stairs. Eli cautioned Jakey, and he approached Robbie slowly before touching Robbies leg. Robbie carefully lifted Jakey into his arms, getting a big squeeze around the neck, complete with sound effects from both of them.
Will you sit with him a second? Eli asked.
Sure. Come on, Jakey, lets go listen to the television, Robbie said, setting Jakey on the floor, letting him show the way to the sofa. They sat on the sofa, with Jakey watching cartoons and Robbie sitting next to him.
Thanks, Robbie, I wont be long, Eli said before hurrying to the bathroom. He figured he had fifteen minutes, tops, before Jakey began to fidget, so he cleaned up, showered, and got dressed, returning to the living room just in time to see Jakey trying to slide off the sofa. Eli scooped him up, and after thanking Robbie, flew Jakey into the kitchen, airplane-style, depositing him in his chair. Morning, Adelle, Eli said.
Morning, Mr. Eli. Tyrone was already in this morning. He said to tell you hell get things ready for your class this morning. Adelle put a plate in front of him.
Isnt it early for Tyrone to be here? Eli asked, stifling a yawn.
Its Saturday, and I think he asked Mr. Geoff if there was anything he could do, Adelle explained evenly. The woman knew everything that happened around the farm. Now eat your breakfast. Youve been looking peaked lately, and I dont want you getting sick. Adelle left, returning a few minutes later with Jakeys breakfast, which earned her a cheer, and after she placed a towel around his neck as a bib, Jakey picked up his spoon and began to eat.
Eli did the same, hoping the food and a cup of Adelles coffee would revive him. Neither seemed to work, but when Geoff came in and sat in the chair next to him, leaning in for a kiss, that seemed to do the trick. How many classes do you have today? Geoff asked, his voice filled with concern.
Just two, and theyre both done before noon, Eli answered, wondering what Geoff was thinking.
Adelle, would you be willing to watch Jakey this afternoon for an hour or so? Id like to take Eli riding for a while. They all knew that riding was a bit of a code. There would be horses involved, and riding, but there would also be stopping by the stream where a very different type of riding would occur.
Of course, Mr. Geoff. I have some cookies to bake, and Jakey can help, Adelle said with a smile.
Thank you so much, and when we get back, consider it the start of your Sunday. Adelle was off most Sundays and she disappeared for most of the day. No one ever knew where she went, and they didnt have the guts to ask her. Those who tried had only gotten stern looks and then the cold shoulder, and shed say she was a woman of mystery.
Eli checked the clock and began eating more rapidly so he wouldnt be late. Once he was finished, he put his dishes in the sink and was about to head to the barn when one of the sheriffs vehicles pulled into the yard. Eli watched as Sheriff Colton himself got out and walked to the back door. Come in, Harvey, Eli called, and the sheriff opened the back door and came inside. What brings you here? Can we offer you something to eat?
Thank you, Eli, but no. Im afraid Im here on official business. Sheriff Colton looked around the kitchen. Adelle turned off the stove and left the room. Weve had a complaint that youve been improper with some of the children in your therapy program.
A quick, easy, feel good read.
A story in a series, so some of the minor characters were in place from their stories with no background so were hard to place, but the 2 m/c's were easy to get into, getting hints of how they got to this place. Their story is about the HEA after the HEA! Learning to deal with the pressures of living their lives. Incidents of hate crime thrown in to add extra pressure all lead to a better relationship.
An enjoyable short story - good lunch time read to put a smile on your face for the afternoon!
This one is a short story about Geoff and Elijah need to reconnect and change things. Also introduces Tyrone who will see in No Limits.
This is a wonderful short story that brings us back to Geoff and Eli. Ten years have passed since they first fell in love. The farm has grown much larger, the amount if work has doubled with all of their responsibilities and they their son whom they adopted.
Needless to say they are tired and not spending the time with each other like they should. This story reminds us of how important our loved ones are.
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Just before the holidays hit me like a Mack truck, I quit therapy. For the third time over the course of about 2 years (I started during the Great Freakout of Aught-Nine, partially documented here*). Although this time I had different reasons: the first time I quit primarily because I couldn't afford it, the second time I had signed up for a finite number of sessions and had to stop; this last time, I just fucking hated how fucking miserable it made me, and I dreaded going. Therapy, in this last case, was making me feel and do worse, not better. (And yeah, I know that might be "part of the process," but feeling consistently shitty 2x a week for nearly 5 months? Fuck. That.)
Anyway, I quit, and it instantly felt better. Maybe I'll try again at some point, when I feel like it might help, but looking back on my experiences, I still don't really know if any of it helped. Most of the time I think not. So, rather than turning this entire thing into PhDork Haz Problemz, so I asked my sister Harpies to discuss their experiences with therapy in seminar format.
PhDork: So what is therapy *for*? How do you know if it's working; if it's worth the time and money you're spending?
annajcook: I have a couple of immediate responses to this.
One is that (speaking as a"willing-to-share-everything with intimate family and friends" sort of person) there are times when, no matter how close and discussion-happy your pool of people are, it helps to have 1) an outsider, 2) who has a professionally-acquired perspective on your issue-du-jour, and 3) who is bound by professional ethics and law to patient-client confidentiality. This is particularly true, for me, when the issues may involve discussing intimate details not just about myself but also about those close to me — say my partner. Am I happy to discuss some details of my sexuality with close friends and family? You bet! But my partner is not always ready to be open about the same things or with the same people. So it helps to have a place where I can talk freely and not worry about compromising her privacy.
The second thought is that an outsider person can really offer mediation for difficult discussions in families (couples or more extended groupings) which would be hard to get from anyone who may have interests in the outcome. The therapist can be neutral, they can be invested in helping relationships stay intact or in helping all parties reach a satisfactory compromise. In a way that a family member or friend can't really be.
PhDork: Yeah, the Dude's therapist works for him for those reasons, anna. I've gone to sit in with him and her a couple of time, and she seems really kind and likable, and since he needs time to work through his thoughts and feelings, he thinks she's of help, so, good!
Maybe traditional talk therapy–when I don't really have a problem talking about things with friends or family, and I have a pretty good handle on myself and my emotions (I mean why I act/feel certain ways)–just isn't for me. My experience was basically "go sit in this room with a near-stranger and cry and fume (what I came to call "therapuking," hence today's title) about things you used to cry and fume about at home for free, and then come back in a few days or a week or two, and cry and fume about them some more."
SarahMC: I have very limited experience with therapy but I did go for a little while the year after I graduated from college. It was a depressing year for me, and eventually I began having suicidal thoughts and I was breaking down all the time.
I attended some therapy sessions but it wasn't getting me anywhere. I would cry and complain about not having a car and feeling dependent on my boyfriend and missing college and how a sink full of dishes would send me into a pit of despair and every molehill felt like a mountain. And then I would go home and continue feeling bad. I got on Cymbalta, which helped me so much, and stopped going to therapy. I don't know if therapy is more beneficial to people with deep seeded issues they are trying to work out or what, but it did not feel beneficial to me. I'm sure it just depends on the individual situation.
BeckySharper: I'm super goal- and solution-oriented, so my approach to therapy is very pragmatic. I was in therapy in college years to deal with some PTSD issues that were causing me anxiety and panic attacks. Therapy helped me process my emotions, learns ways to integrate the bad experiences into my life and heal myself. It took a couple months and I haven't had therapy since. I'm extremely fortunate to have a lot of wise, caring friends and family, and good mental health, so I've been able to bounce back from all the other shit life has thrown at me without professional help.
As far as therapy styles go, I'm leery to generalize too much, because results may vary, but I'm a big believer in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy because it tends to be problem-specific and suits my personal philosophy of "if it's broke, fix it." I am somewhat more suspicious of psychoanalysis and some forms of talk therapy which just seem…well…emotionally masturbatory. Living in New York, I know many, many people who have been in treatment for years with talk therapy and whose lives have not noticeably improved (e.g. they're still angry, self-loathing, stuck in a rut or in a bad marriage, etc) Their descriptions of the therapy sound kind of like yours, Dorky. They get an (expensive) hour to vent and rage at the world, but if you don't actually use that time/energy to change your behavior (or get medicated if that's what you need)…as you've said, you've just spent a lot of money doing something you can do for free. Good therapy is supposed to be effective. It's not necessarily a speedy process, especially if you have a ton of dysfunction in your life, but if you're working away at it for a long time and you are not healthier and more functional, it's time to try a different therapist or a different approach.
PhDork: I've been thinking about CBT as a possible alternative, since my major issue seems to be my bone-deep certainty that I will never be financially/professionally successful, that all my education, training, and work has been a huge fucking waste, and I'm a giant simp for ever thinking otherwise. Whether or not I'm "right," it has a way of making me hate life.
I'm like Becky, I guess, in that I want to solve the problem, not stew in the feelings, and that is very much what talk therapy was for me, all three times. I came to dread it; worrying about "what on earth could I talk about today," trying to come up with something, and always always leaving and feeling like "well now what?" It didn't feel connected to anything real in my life. It was after asking, repeatedly, what I was supposed to be getting out of our sessions and not getting any kind of real answer from the therapist that I knew it was time (past time) to quit.
annajcook: I think sometimes our culture over-emphasizes (at the same time it stigmatizes; three cheers for mixed-messages!) talk therapy as a solution for every sadness or source of distress in or lives. Mary Pipher talks about this in her book The Middle of Everywhere where she talks about working with refugee families who come from cultures where talk therapy is not the norm. They often have other ways of dealing with trauma. Not always better ways across-the-board, but sometimes for particular people they are more effective. Like, if your problem is that your life is limited because you don't have a car and can't drive and you live in a city where you need a car to make social connections … then the solution is to provide the person with a car and a driver's license, not sit them down in talk therapy!
For what it's worth, I think that "talk" vs. "solve the problem" is a false dichotomy. Communication and clarification of thought can often facilitate problem-solving. Dicussion does not always signal lack of progress. Even if it feels like you aren't progressing. Human beings work in complicated ways. (And, as you say, PhDork, sometimes they work in ways that therapy doesn't facilitate so much!)
foureleven: I've been to therapy three times in my life: twice in high school and once in college. My mom took me and my dad to family therapy when I was a freshman or sophomore. The experience was a disaster because no one wanted to talk about anything. It made me wonder what therapy really is for. At the time I had no idea. I thought it was "for" people with problems and as a teenager I thought that I didn't have a problem, my dad did. Looking back, I realize this wasn't a good fit. My therapist in college was funded by Temple University (read: free) and she was a perfect fit for me. I told her everyone about my life and she was not judgmental at all. I think non-judgmental is first on my list of must-have qualities in a therapy. I saw her for a year until she finished her PhD in psychology and received a job offer elsewhere. We were both sad.
Sometimes I feel as if therapy has a intense stigma, but when I was living in NYC, I feel as if everyone I knew (bosses, co-workers, friends) was in therapy for something or another. I realize that this is probably an NYC anomaly. I think therapy is for yourself, to have an objective person talk to you about anything; not just your life, but your likes and dislikes. I've only been to traditional talk therapy so this is where all of my experiences are coming from.
PhDork: S tigma, hell yeah. I grew up in small towns in the midwest, where nobody went to therapy, or deeply hid the fact if they did. I didn't know anyone who went to therapy, or even was a therapist. Therapy was for Broken People. It was a Woody Allen joke to me (and actually, looking at WA's film depictions of talk therapy might have conditioned me to think it was all crap, anyway: overprivileged whiners, whining to overprivileged, variously avuncular or materteral eggheads).
So I move out here and even though I'm a grown up and have lived in other cities, the ease with which people talked about therapy was shocking to me. It certainly served to explode my "broken people" idea.
foureleven: Yep, overprivileged whiny people talking to overprivileged people with doctorates. I grew up in Jersey, but that's how most people I know felt. It was as if therapy was for people with issues or problems that aren't, you know, real, because they have the money to pay people to fix these problems. I also feel as if therapy also has a stigma in the black community. No one really talks about it and no one knows if anyone goes. I don't know if this means anything because I feel as if everything has a stigma in the black community (like the whole culture of being on the down low) even though it's so common.
BeckySharper: I've noticed that women are much more willing to get therapy and be open about it than men. I think there's still a greater stigma surrounding men and therapy–that it's a sign they weren't able to "man up" and deal with their problems and had to go crying to the doctor. I wish that would change, because I know from my own life experience that men who need therapy but don't get it can wind up with behaviors that adversely affect everyone in their family (this is true of women, too, but the women in my family who needed therapy tended to get it, while the men chose denial instead.) It's one of the ways that the Patriarchy hurts men too.
foureleven: I completely agree, Becky. I often feel as if men choose denial or silence as opposed to actually talking about their problems.
annajcook: All that having been said, therapy is frickin' expensive and most insurance doesn't cover the cost. And a good therapist-client match is often difficult and time-consuming to find. I don't think talk therapy is a magic bullet for healing, and sometimes the effort simply isn't worth the possible benefit.
foureleven: I haven't been to therapy since Temple, mainly because it's not free. Also, I worry that I won't find a therapist that is as good of a fit for me.
annajcook: Another thought that occurred to me on the commute home vis a vis therapy and "overprivileged whiny people" … talk therapy is, in a sense, part of the trend away from an industrial economy to a services economy: with professional talk therapy (of whatever philosophy), we are paying for a service that in other times and in other places was handled in other venues and possibly not a for-profit enterprise. For example, clergy have often served the purpose of confidants for folks who are desperate. Likewise medical doctors (who have been around longer than mental health professionals). Family elders.
Not that any of these alternative systems were perfect or better than paid-for talk therapy. But they were available to a different demographic. Financial resources to pay for therapy wasn't the barrier — having access to the right religious figure, or having a relative close enough and understanding enough to confide in was what determined whether or not you had mental health support.
I don't necessarily hear any of the therapy skeptics here making the argument that talk therapy is completely useless. But I do want to speak up for the value of talking about personal struggles with people. And I want to speak up for it as something that, regardless of class, race, gender, etc., some types of people benefit from. I am extremely verbal and one of the ways I organize my thoughts and make sense of my place in the world is through discussing ideas with thoughtful people. I don't think that's necessarily a mark of my gender or class standing (though it was likely cultivated and augmented by both) … and there have been times in my life when I have had no other space to do that type of processing than in a therapist's office. And at those points in my life, I was incredibly thankful that I had access to a therapist (often through community assistance programs or by making use of graduate interns who offered therapy for free or reduced cost).
PhDork: Talking can definitely = doing something. CR groups still have their purpose for feminism, after all. But talking can also be a way of deferring action, and I do wonder, since talk therapy has roots in Freud and his misogyny (Woman is a puzzle to be figured out! By me, Siggy the Wunder Mensch!), to what degree it is useful for real change.
…Readers? What have been your experiences on the couch?
*Just to follow up on that post: I've been off BCP since April with no serious problems. My periods are still a bit irregular, but I haven't fallen down another wormhole into Depressionland. And I thank the fucking stars for that. (And I thank all you who commented on that post and were so kind.)


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CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, plagued by internal turmoil last year, has resolved its differences and is unified once again, said the group's president, Martin Luther King III.
"When we talk about divisiveness, last year we had some issues that we had to address," said the 44-year-old son of the Rev. Martin Luther King, who founded the SCLC.
Last June, the board chairman criticized King and threatened to fire him over alleged deficiencies in fund-raising, leadership and time away from conference offices.
"Those issues have clearly been resolved." said King, who became president in 1998.
"There won't be anything of that nature at all happening this year, because we really do have to face some severe issues, like racial profiling, that are devastating to people in communities every day."
The group's national convention, expected to draw about 2,500 people, opens Saturday and continues through Wednesday. King will deliver a keynote address Sunday night.
Other speakers slated for the convention include the Rev. Al Sharpton, former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young and Coretta Scott King, widow of the slain civil rights leader.
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Pipeline event is ON... Jamie made his first round. Here's a little update and pic.
Jamie O'Brien (HAW), the 2004 Pipeline Masters Champion, beat fellow Hawaiians in both of his heats today – Dustin Barca in Round 1 and Roy Powers in Round 2. O'Brien, like Florence, is in the event as a replacement surfer not as a Pipeline invitee earning a spot via the trials event held last January.
"I didn't think I was actually in the event all year because I did not do well in the trials last year," O'Brien said. "So it was kind of good I just found out I was in a couple of days ago so I was not really worried about it and it wasn't on my mind. It would be a dream come true to win the event for the second time."
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On May 16, 2013, police were called to 825 Bethune Street regarding a dispute. Upon arrival, police locate a 58 year old female victim who stated she had been attacked after an argument, by her son, 26 year old Dexter C. Harding, inside their home. The victim had a cut to the back of her neck and stated that her son had cut her. She also stated he had used a stun gun on her. The victim had ran out of her house to the neighbor's house calling for help as he son fled the residence on foot. Police arrested Dexter a short time later not far from the crime scene. A knife was located in the residence that may have been used in the assault. A stun gun was not located.
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