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Winston-Salem, NC, United States, 2010/10/10 - SmallCapReview a leading site for news and information on small caps, penny stocks and microcaps is adding IDO Security (IDOI) to its list of stocks "On the Radar".
IDO Security is the patent owner to the first of it's kind lower body metal detection system, an area where traditional scanners are unable to successfully scan below ankles and around the shin area of the leg.
IDOI's Magshoe fills a critical void in today's metal detectors by extending screening to the lower body and feet. Possibly the most problematic area for metallic contraband detection in the security checkpoint routine, current procedures require the removal of footwear for X-ray or manual inspection, removal of footwear is a hassle for both the individual and security staff, slows down security checkpoints, causes stress, inconvenience and tension and has related hygiene problems.
The Magshoe eliminates these problem areas and has been field proven worldwide.While currently being used successfully in a variety of institutions, IDOI has now built a quality network of worldwide distributorships to further expand its presence in the marketplace.
Demand comes from two major areas: Access Security: Preventing individuals from entering a secured facility with concealed metallic weapons and Loss Prevention: Preventing individuals from leaving a facility with stolen merchandise.
We expect the stock price, currently trading around $0.0013 a share to rise commensurately with IDOI's continued expansion and worldwide demand for its products.
IDOI Investor Highlights
Announced that the Company has received initial orders for the new MagShoe 3G following marketing presentation made to local partners in various countries and two international security exhibitions: SICUR in Madrid Spain (March 2010) and Counter Terror in London UK (April 2010). The orders were placed by agents in Brazil, China, UK and Ireland.
Announced that the Company has received orders for additional MagShoe M-100 units to be installed in Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion International Airport. This is in addition to the numerous units already operating successfully for more than two years.
Announced that the new, state-of-the-art MagShoe 3G/4 model has been ordered by its distributors in Belgium, the Netherlands and the U.K.
Announced that the company has won a tender in China for installation of new MagShoe units. Mr. Dani Werber, International Marketing Manager of IDO Security Ltd., stated, "We have won a tender in China to install MagShoe units in all of Xinjiang province's international and regional airports. There are 12 Airports in Xinjiang province, including Urumqi, Kashi, Yining, Korla, Aksu, Hetian, Altay, Kuche, Tacheng, Narati and Qiemo, all are to be equipped with the MagShoe system."
Established in 2002, IDOI is the inventor, developer, producer and patent holder to its first of kind technology.
Magshoe successfully detects concealed metallic objects around the feet and shin area.
No shoe removal required, scan completed in 3-4 seconds, differentiates between metal normally found in footwear and concealed metallic items.
Currently in use at international airports, cruise lines, government agencies, private homes, prisons and more.
IDOI has support via a worldwide network of industry-leading distributors and system integrators.
MagShoe meets international standards for quality assurance. It has also undergone stringent testing by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), UK Department of Transport, German BKA (Federal Criminal Police Office) and others.
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Children's Hospital supports health care education by offering student internships, externships, nursing scholarships and training programs for student nurses, pre-med students, social work students, child development specialists and others pursuing health care as a career. Children's works jointly with the UT Medical Center and UT Medical School to provide medical school rotations in family practice, surgery and other specialties at our facility. Children's Hospital also provides the clinical rotation in pediatrics for third-year residents of the DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine at Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee.
The hospital is also the pediatric clinical training site for student nurses, respiratory therapists, radiology students and students in other health care disciplines from colleges throughout the area. Furthermore, Children's Hospital is an accredited Continuing Medical Education provider in Tennessee. As a CME provider, Children's Hospital conducts and sponsors relevant CME programs for physicians and nurse practitioners who treat children.
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Lucas Chavez and Ben Sebastian combined for 24 kills and 10 blocks and Sam Dines had 25 assists as top-seeded Drake (29-5) earned a berth in the MCAL boys volleyball championship match with a 25-8, 25-16, 25-11 victory over No. 4 Redwood (17-13) in San Anselmo on Wednesday.
Drake will play host to second-seeded El Molino in the championship match on Friday at 4:30 p.m.
"The team played well from start to finish," Drake coach John Hedlund said. "But I don't think necessarily the scores indicate how close the match was. Redwood played well, but we were the better team today and prevailed so we're just happy with the win. ... Our focus was on today's match and now we can turn our attention to the finals on Friday."
While Drake looks ahead to the MCAL championship, Redwood's players and coaches will be focused on Sunday, when they learn their seed for the North Coast Section playoffs.
"I thought Sam Dines did an amazing job of spreading his offense out," Redwood coach Tahan Minakov said. "Our guys tried hard but they were just too much for us."
Umair Azam had 18 digs for the Giants and Matt Pelfini had nine kills.
El Molino 3, Marin Cath. 0
Adam Chiarolla had 10 kills, Conor McKeogh added eight and Chris Ward had six kills and two blocks, but the third-seeded Wildcats (13-15) fell 25-22, 25-21, 25-17 against the second-seeded Lions (18-9) in Forestville.
"It was a tough match," Marin Catholic coach Scott Bronson said. "It started off as a battle, it was kind of back and forth until the last few points (of Games 1 and 2) but they were able to pull away for the 2-0 advantage. I thought El Molino played very well tonight. It was a tough one."
Marin Catholic, which is eligible for the North Coast Section Division III playoffs based on its winning MCAL record (9-5), now will wait to see what kind of seed it receives when the NCS fields are announced Sunday.
"We can play the underdog role now," Bronson said. "I think it's going to be wide open until somebody runs into Drake or St. Patrick/St. Vincent."


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Pioneering Romford police officer honoured by the Queen
PUBLISHED: 12:00 12 April 2014
A pioneer of the Neighbourhood Watch scheme and a British Empire Medal-winning police officer was buried last month at the age of 84.
The first Neighbourhood Watch was set up in England in 1982 and three years later, the Queen recognised Hornchurch resident Sgt Francis Courtney for his tireless work in Romford and for setting up the first watch scheme within the Metropolitan Police area.
After a five-year battle with cancer Mr Courtney, who was known as Frank to family and friends, was laid to rest on March 24 in Herongate Wood, Billericay.
His widow June, 66, of Burnway, said: "He was one of the pioneers in Havering.
"Neighbourhood Watch hadn't been rolled out in the Met yet."
Irish-born Mr Courtney started his career in the Royal Ulster Constabulary but as the Troubles began he moved to London with his first wife and their two children.
He started teaching at police training schools where he instructed the future Mrs Courtney.
The pair hit it off in 1967 and remained together until he died.
Mr Courtney worked in forces all over the capital and in the early 1980s the couple moved to Hornchurch where they settled with their two children.
He worked as a crime prevention officer in Romford for 10 years until he first retired from the police.
Mrs Courtney said: "He was a family man and didn't have a social life.
"He was happy at home with his family.
"He was always out of the door last and the first back home."
Mr Courtney leaves four children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
"I can see a little bit of all of them in him," said Mrs Courtney.
Cllr Robert Benham, member for community empowerment, said: "Mr Courtney certainly left us with a successful legacy to be proud of."
The family wish to show their appreciation for Saint Francis Hospice, which cared for Mr Courtney in his final years.
To donate go to justgiving.com/Faye-Courtney.


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BP attempted to deny and conceal links of its oil spill to illnesses, after initial reports of oil cleanup workers who were getting sick due to extended exposure to oil and dispersants. Fishermen have complained of "severe headaches, dizziness, nausea and difficulty breathing" after working to clean up the spill, and one said BP did not provide protective equipment. But BP CEO Tony Hayward brushed off illness concerns, suggesting "food poisoning" might have been the culprit. Now, McClatchy reports on a wide disparity in government and BP records on illness complaints:
Although Louisiana state records indicate that at least 74 oil spill workers have complained of becoming sick after exposure to pollutants, BP's own official recordkeeping notes just two such incidents.
BP reported a wide range of worker injuries in the period from April 22 to June 10 , from the minor — a sprained ankle, a pinched finger and a cat bite — to the more serious — three instances of workers being struck by lightning and one worker who lost part of a finger.
The gap between the state data and BP's… raises questions about whether the federal government can rely on BP to determine whether conditions remain safe for the more than 27,000 workers now engaged in cleaning up the worst oil spill in the nation's history.
As other workers have reported flu-like symptoms caused by Toxicant-Induced Loss of Tolerance, which causes patients to "lose tolerance to household products, medication, or even food after being exposed to chemicals like burning oil, toxic fumes, or dispersants from the spill." In fact, BP accounts for "97 percent of 'egregious willful' violations given by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration."


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Grant: Ian Kinsler transforming Tigers while Fielder, Rangers continue struggle
The mega-deal between the Rangers and Detroit Tigers last fall was about far more than the big names, big salaries and big dollars the teams were exchanging.
It was about the big picture.
The Rangers wanted more left-handed power in the middle of the lineup and the ability to create a spot in the everyday lineup for Jurickson Profar. Detroit, which has been to three straight AL Championship Series and one World Series since 2011, wanted to get more athletic all over the field in order to produce a few more runs on offense and to reduce a few allowed on the other side of the ball.
So far, Ian Kinsler has been a perfect fit in a much bigger puzzle.
When the Rangers visit Detroit for a four-game series beginning Thursday, Kinsler will greet them with one of the 10 best AL batting averages (.317). It's clearly an impressive rebound for a player whose offensive skills were deemed to be in decline in Texas. But what's more impressive is how it has fit into the Tigers' remake of the club.
"It was hard to be more athletic the way we were setup," GM Dave Dombrowski said last week. "We were going to be a slugging club, but we wanted to improve our athleticism and our defensive abilities. In our ballpark, ideally you'd like to have a little more athleticism."
To wit: The Tigers were awful when it came to stealing bases and putting themselves into scoring position, and they were among the least efficient teams in the field. They ranked 12th of 15 teams in defensive efficiency, according to baseball-reference.com and were dead last in stolen bases with 35.
With Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera on the infielder corners and prospect Nick Castellanos set to go to left field, the Tigers, who lost to Boston in the 2013 ALCS, were primed to slug more and catch less. By adding Kinsler and subtracting Fielder, the Tigers were able to make a much bigger set of dominoes fall.
Kinsler immediately gave them more athleticism at second base. They were able to fill Fielder's spot with Cabrera, who is more natural and more fluid at first base. They were able to slot Castellanos for third base, which is his natural position. And they were able go out and seek an athletic left fielder, landing the speedy Rajai Davis.
The results have been dramatic. Kinsler has split the leadoff spot, hitting second when Davis leads off. It gives the Tigers a far greater speed dynamic at the top of the order. The Tigers began Wednesday leading the AL in steals with 37. Their defensive efficiency rating: First in the AL. Put it together and the Tigers have a commanding lead in the AL Central and the second best record in the league, despite losing three in a row at Cleveland this week.
"He plays the game hard and gets his uniform dirty," Dombrowski said of Kinsler. "He's solidified the middle of the infield and brought a certain level of grit to the team. We needed a guy for the top of the order, and he's done that very well."
About that grit, though …
It's a funny word, sometimes. As a noun, it's a delicious accompaniment for breakfast or shrimp. As a an adjective, it's meant to describe somebody with relentless pursuit of a long-term goal. In the vernacular, it's often used as a synonym for edginess.
And it was a certain edginess — or grit, if you prefer — that Kinsler seemed to express in March in an ESPN: The Magazine article. He expressed a hope the Rangers would go "0-162," and called GM Jon Daniels a "sleazeball." It came across as bitter and petty, and Kinsler later said his quotes were taken out of context and that he was essentially joking. A source close to Kinsler said he let "his emotions get the best of him."
Dombrowski said the fallout from the comments was essentially a one-day story in Detroit. He said Kinsler's "game actions speak more than anything."
It seems his former Rangers teammates have the same feeling. Adrian Beltre, a close friend who was vacationing with Kinsler when the trade came down, said he's been in touch with Kinsler in the last few days about the upcoming series with nothing other than good natured trash talk.
"He looks like the same Kinsler to me when I've seen him on TV," Beltre said. "He always gave everything when he was here, and I see the same thing now. He looks like he's happy, playing hard and having fun."
About his decision-making process? That may still be in question.
After all, Kinsler did don a pair of 1980s-chic Zubaz striped pants and hoodie for an Instagram photo early Monday with several of his teammates.
Then again, he was just fitting in with his new team, which is something he's done exceptionally well.


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|Hello; My name is Robert Madsen. I'm the one who put up the first routes on the parking lot wall back in the late 60's and 70's.Plus did many exploratory attempts on the other spires. The bolt route to nowhere was one that has been assumed to have been done by Braxton ,I believe, but I labored at that one until the forest service tried to ban climbing on the overhang claiming it might fall!!I have pics. of that climb with my German kronhoffer shoes. I'm from Helena and started climbing in 1966 on the limestone on mount Helena. Blodgett was my place while going to the U in Missoula. A quick drive to a private climbing area almost untouched. I'll get some photos together if I can find them and see if I can give a description on the 3 other routes on the wall. I'm 65 and still climb. I have lived in Seattle since 1983 and have climbed extensiveness in the Cascades ,Tetons, Wind Rivers and Yosemite. Big walls are my favorite however the year after I did the Nose of El Cap with Howard he was killed. I have found that good partners are hard to replace. Still looking. Robert Madsen
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To make way for a housing development, Minton's Lumber and Supply is on its way out after 99 years in Mountain View. On Nov. 9 an auctioneer with a British accent roamed the store with a crowd following him, pointing to large lots of things like door handles, wood trim and home electrical supplies.
"How about this lot? Any interest? Going once, going twice, sold for $30." It seemed anything could be bought at Minton's on Nov. 9 for less than $50, even an aisle full of building supplies.
"I feel very sad," said downtown resident Melanie Kaye, who happened to drop by during the auction. "Everybody in my neighborhood, including me, shopped here."
Kaye's home on Loreto Street is one of several on Loreto, Anza and Velarde streets built by Earl Minton in the 1920s. Her doors and cabinets had the Minton's name on them, and she found during one project that the special woodcutting blades used to make the woodwork on her home still existed at Minton's Lumber and Supply.
Last week that equipment was being auctioned off at rock bottom prices. One man said he had purchased a shaper, a piece of woodcutting equipment worth over $1,000, for the paltry sum of $50.
"The machinery over there, they are just giving it away," he said. "Nobody knows how to use it anymore."
The same man won hundreds of boxes of nails, worth an estimated $5 each, for only $30. Another person got an aisle filled with plastic plumbing fittings for $5. Much of the store had already been picked through weeks before when everything was being sold for 75-percent off.
It was easy to buy the stuff, but it may not be so easy to sell it. Ebay helps, some of the bidders said.
President Debbie Shulz said the store had been losing money for years and could not compete with the lower prices at big box stores like Home Depot. Shulz and her family are not selling the property, as they will be paid rent by housing developer Prometheus Real Estate Group in a 75-year lease agreement.
Early next year construction will begin on 203 apartments and an underground parking garage on the site. Young professionals are expected to take up residence here, replacing the woodworkers, homeowners and contractors that frequented Minton's.
Manager John Rios said he had worked there for 21 years because he enjoyed working for a family run business. "It's hard to see this happen. But you have to go on, you can't stop," he said.
"I do hope they appreciate the value of what they are moving into," Kaye said of the future apartment dwellers on the site, which site right across from the train station and a block from Castro Street. "What a sweet spot."


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Local product and NBA guard Jimmer Fredette tweeted Wednesday that he will appear on the nationally-broadcast game show 'Wheel of Fortune' Thursday night.
The tweet read, "Hey everyone, look out for me on Wheel of Fortune tomorrow night!," and also included the hashtag #NBAWheel.
Fredette's appearance will come as part of the show's NBA Week, which began Monday. He is one of several players who will appear on 'Wheel of Fortune,' and per the show's website, that list also includes Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan, Grant Hill, and Hall of Famer James Worthy.
Fredette has appeared in 45 games for the Sacramento Kings this season. In just over 14 minutes per game, the second-year guard out of BYU and Glens Falls High School has averaged 7.4 points while shooting 41.3 percent from 3-point range.


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How complex are our lives? If you really think about that question, the answer is beyond our wildest imagination.
For example, consider Abraham of the Old Testament: the father of the Israelites. His descendants were Isaac, Jacob, and Judah. Scripture scholars estimate that about 42 generations later, Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary.
A generation is estimated to be 20 to 25 years. With people living longer today, it is closer to 25. Centuries ago, however, it was closer to 20. So, for the sake of example, let's use 20 years to estimate a generation since we are going to look far back into our own family histories.
Family Tree
Let's imagine that, starting from the year 2000, each of us has two parents, four grandparents, and eight great-grandparents. That goes back three generations. If we go back four generations, we have 16 ancestors (that's about 80 years in our family history). Going back eight generations (160 years), we have 256 ancestors. And at 12 generations (240 years), we find there are 4,096 ancestors.
Here is another startling truth: if there is any change in the history of either side of our families, no matter how little or far we go back, you and I would not exist. Think of it this way: let's say, in the 16th century, Bruno was traveling in Europe in his wagon. He had reached a point in his life where he wanted to find a woman to marry. Suddenly, he comes to a fork in the road. He can turn right and marry Maria or turn left and marry Bertha. Every bit of Bruno's ancestry hinges on which direction he takes.
We are here because of our unique history. And change, no matter how remote, alters everything. If our parents had not come together, we would not be.
God's Providence
This brings up a powerful truth of faith. Sometimes people want to tell God how God should run the world. We say, "If only God would do this or that." And we think we know the consequences of whatever God will do. We look at the immediate result and say, "Yes, that is what I want." Of course, we can't possibly imagine the consequences of our wish if it was granted. If God showed that even the good things we want had consequences down the road, we might end up saying, "Sorry, God. I was wrong. Don't grant me my wish."
This is part of the reason we as Christians believe in the providence of God. It means that we walk in faith and trust in God's care. Our own individual lives are complicated enough. We can be grateful that God is looking over the world and loving every person—including each and every one of us.
Friar Jeremy: Thank you for your insights on gratitude. I see on Facebook how some people say what they're grateful for on a daily basis, putting it into a gratitude plan. I'm glad to see more emphasis on being grateful, and I was glad to see your E-spiration. It is a good way for readers to meet you! Mary Ann
A: Dear Mary Ann: Thank you, Mary Ann. It's also good to meet you! And thank you for the idea of a monthly gratitude plan. I guess we need to do both, but I like reviewing the blessings of the month and not only my faults. Friar Jeremy
Friar Jeremy: Thanks so much for this lovely article. Sometimes life has its challenges, but I have noticed that when I start counting and thanking God for my blessings, my issues suddenly become so minute compared to what other people are going through. This article has awakened in me the importance of being grateful because then I realize that God is standing right there beside me. May God bless you! Maria from Uganda
A: Dear Maria: Your perspective of awareness of what others are going through and God standing beside you is very helpful. It is good to hear from Uganda! Friar Jeremy
Friar Jeremy: Thank you for your insightful column. It's relevant to the real world I live in today. I also receive via e-mail the "Saint of the Day" and the "Minute Meditations"—each interesting in their own way. But I don't look forward to reading them half as much as I do your column. I am grateful to be able to start my day with a cup of tea and your morning message. Laurie
A: Dear Laurie: Thanks for your words of encouragement. You pray and reflect with a cup of tea. I pray with a cup of coffee every morning. Friar Jeremy
Friar Jeremy: I couldn't sleep well, so the first thing that I saw when checking my e-mail was your timely reflection on gratitude! Thank you for your ability to put a balance in my attitude and focus on positive thoughts. Nancy
A: Dear Nancy: I'll try to imitate you and focus on the positive today. Peace! Friar Jeremy


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Launda(Angola): 404-carat diamond measuring more than seven centimetres in length and valued at more than $14.3 million has been unearthed in Angola, an Australian mining company has announced.
The Lucapa diamond company said in a statement on Monday that the diamond was the largest ever found in Angola and was believed to be the 27th largest in the world.
"The 404.2 carat diamond was recovered from mining block 8 at Lulo, which has already produced more than 60 large special diamonds since mining commenced in this area in August 2015," the company said.
Miles Kennedy, chairman of Perth-based Lucapa, told Australian media that the white diamond was worth more than 20 million Australian dollars (US$ 14.3 million).
Lulo, in northeast Angola, is part of Catoca, the world's fourth biggest diamond mine.
Endiama, Angola's national diamond company, said it was "a significant day for our country, our diamond industry and for the Lulo diamond project."
A 1,111 carat diamond was discovered at a mine in Botswana last year in the biggest find for more than a century.
That gem is only second in size to the Cullinan diamond which was unearthed in South Africa in 1905.


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Welcome to the UK Centre for Mammalian Synthetic Biology Research. Our aim is to pioneer the development of the underpinning tools and technologies needed to implement engineering principles and realise the full potential of synthetic biology in mammalian systems.
The BBSRC/EPSRC/MRC funded Centre builds on more than seven years of productive multidisciplinary research in Edinburgh in synthetic and systems biology, extending its reach to embrace our world-leading expertise in cell biology, epigenetics and stem cell biology, and in human and veterinary medicine. We have an ambitious plan.
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The UK Centre for Mammalian Synthetic Biology Research is funded by the Biological and Biotechnology Sciences Research Council, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Medical Research Council as part of its 'Synthetic Biology for Growth' programme.


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Oskar Hansen
Family Man - Poem by Oskar Hansen
My father was a weird figure, sat under a bridge
with a bottle, in a paper bag, looked at the river.
I think he was looking for something he had lost
when he was young. When he had sat there long
my mother, sent me to pick him up. Father never
spoke it was like he had given up on conversation.
At work he was known as the silent man. When he
retired his employers wanted to give him a watch,
for long service, but he didn´t show up preferred
to sit under a bridge with his bottle. One day when
I came to pick him up, he wasn´t there but was found
floating down streams. My father was a dreamer,
he had wanted to be an actor before he married,
mother thought that was a stupid idea, instead he
got a steady job at a factory making plastic ducks
and garden gnomes. When knowing this I mourned
a man who gave everything up for his family.
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Dominic Hunt (7/18/2012 4:00:00 PM)
i understand the idea of giving up dreams for family, in the end the sacrifice shows true love.i trick is to do it with joy (Report) Reply
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Hexagram Thirty-two
Your symbol is Hexagram thirty-two, enduring the struggle. The situation appears incorrect, but there has been no mistake. Advantage will come in being steadfast and sincere.
The first line, yin, shows one who wants to secure a commitment before it is possible. Feeling needlessly insecure will only make things worse.
The second line, yang, shows that remaining balanced, the insecurity passes and the situation actually becomes more sure.
The third line, yang, shows one who breaks his/her faith instead of remaining true. When the situation passes, s/he will have added cause for regret and critics will have cause to cast blame.
The fourth line, yang, shows one searching in a vacant field for game. A futile struggle will never bring the desired result.
The fifth line, yin, shows a careful woman married to an adventurous man. The situation is harmonious, but the woman should not impose her method of virtue on the man.
The sixth line, shows that once the crisis has passed, the leadership tries to keep up the mood of excitement. This will not increase production, but rather will bring misfortune.
To the reader: Most of the hexagrams have at least one line that predicts bad results, but that does NOT mean you are fated to that result. The hexagrams illustrate different attitudes, so study the actions and reactions to learn the attitudes that will lead to better outcomes.
The I Ching teaches you to flow with changes and create positive change from the inside through conscious living. Your future is in your hands. Consult the I Ching for ideas that lead to clear thinking and positive mental attitude. Reading the I Ching helps you take the time to reflect on your attitudes and ideas. Continue asking until you feel positive about your course.
To ask again - click here.
A note about this interpretation of the I Ching: Nori Muster wrote this version of the iChing in 1994 and put it online at Surrealist.org in 2000. It is now available as an e-book. Click here to see Learning to Flow with the Dao at Amazon.com..


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ANKARA: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday joined the United States and Israel in rejecting statements by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who compared Zionism to fascism at a United Nations meeting aiming to promote dialogue between all faiths.
Addressing the UN Alliance of Civilizations conference in Vienna this week, Erdogan complained of prejudices against Muslims and said Islamophobia should be considered a crime against humanity ''just like Zionism, like anti-Semitism and like fascism.''
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply condemned the remark late Thursday calling it a ''dark and mendacious statement the likes of which we thought had passed from the world.''
In Washington, US National Security Council Spokesman Tommy Vietor said the characterisation about Zionism, the movement to establish and maintain a Jewish state, was ''offensive and wrong.''
''We encourage people of all faiths, cultures, and ideas to denounce hateful actions and to overcome the differences of our times,'' he said.
Turkey is a co-sponsor, along with Spain, of the UN initiative to promote tolerance and understanding between various religions and a UN statement said: ''If the comment about Zionism was interpreted correctly, then it was not only wrong but contradicts the very principles on which the Alliance of Civilizations is based.''
The statement said Ban ''believes it is unfortunate that such hurtful and divisive comments were uttered at a meeting being held under the theme of responsible leadership.''
US State Secretary John Kerry is expected to raise the issue when he meets with Erdogan and other Turkish leaders in Ankara on Friday.
Turkey's state-run news agency, Anadolu, reported Erdogan's remarks on Wednesday but removed the reference to ''Zionism'' in a correction sent out an hour later. It said the correction was ''made by the source'' but gave no other explanation.
Turkey and Israel were once important allies but relations have deteriorated sharply after an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship in 2010 which killed nine pro-Palestinian activists.
Erdogan, whose ruling party has roots in Turkey's Islamic movement, frequently criticises Israeli actions against Palestinians but rarely speaks out against Zionism. In November, he accused Israel of state terrorism and of an ''attempt at ethnic cleansing,'' a euphemism used to describe how violence can be used to force a population from an area.


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This article contains useful information for students of the Japanese language who wish to learn Japanese from viewing anime. The more generalized article Learning Japanese from Japanese media contains equally useful information common to all media including anime.
- Main article: Learning Japanese from Japanese media -- Pitfalls
There are important pitfalls to know about when learning Japanese from anime. Be sure to read the main article.
Prerequisite language ability
The more you know of existing grammar and language concepts, the more you'll pick up from the dialogue. However even with minimal knowledge of Japanese, it's possible to pick up on words and expressions using the "listen then learn" strategy below.
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Creating Satans: Collective Myth Building About Monsanto, Obama etc
I noticed an interesting phenomenon this week while watching the links coming in to one of Jeremy Bloom's recent posts on RGB. A great deal of traffic was coming in from two referring sites that are Christianity-related. Both had previously posted links to an incendiary Pravda "article" that misinterpreted an already sensationalized statement in a Nation post. The Pravda article falsely said that Monsanto had purchased Blackwater. Jeremy pointed out that this was simply not true. To their credit, both the Christian sites then posted links to this correction on RGB. Of course the Pravda site was filled with lots of other disinformation about Monsanto and included a misleading characterization of a really good thing that Gates Foundation is doing in Africa. None of the other falsehoods on the Pravda site were challenged in this setting by Jeremy or others as far as I know.
It is disturbing to me (as a Christian) that a "Christian" site would ever have so blithely passed along a link to a Pravda post of this nature. The pastor who posted the link on one site apparently saw the original information as evidence of a potential "war on Organic farmers." (with no explanation).
An Interesting Juxtaposition
The other high-referring Christian site is basically a forum for lay-people to post letters or links they want to share. These links included a wide range of topics, but alongside some links to Anti-Monsanto diatribes were links to sites saying that Obama is either a "cloaked radical Muslim", the "Anti-Christ" or actually Satan. Is Satan to be found in Monsanto or Obama? It seems that there is a process for "satanic enemy creation" which works in much the same way for the environmental left and the religious right . I don't know, but I'm guessing that the real Satan is amused by all of this.
Collective Myth Building
I would propose that this phenomenon should be called "Collective Myth Building." It works like this:
- People find some bit of information about an entity they are already inclined to distrust/hate (e.g. an opposition politician, a major corporation, a scary sounding science…)
- Those people make an interpretation of that fact which is lacking in background, perspective or even actual understanding (e.g. saying farmers in India "commit suicide because they planted GMO cotton" without understanding that this is really about the criminal nature of their "farm credit system" and the government death-benefit payments that drove this sad phenomenon long before GMO)
- These collections of "facts" are passed along within the "echo-chambers" of on-line communities that share the same presuppositions and which would rarely challenge each other with alternative views.
- The "information" is also couched in emotive language which greatly distorts the myth components relative to whatever actual bit of information is involved (e.g. there will be "death panels", Monsanto "owns the food supply")
- Over time, many such "facts" combine to create a grand, negative, mythic narrative which becomes unquestionable within the building community. To ever provide balancing information or to refute outright falsehoods would require extensive (and unwelcome) explanation/education.
- Like any good Myth, any shades of grey are eliminated, and the entity of focus becomes an expression of pure evil. The target is attributed with enormously frightening power and influence . By the time the Myth has grown, all perspective is lost. For precedent, consider the vast power that was alleged for "world Judaism" in the anti-Semitic myths of the early to mid 20th century.
Why Does It Happen?
This process of Collective Myth Building is not new, but it is definitely aided by the internet and the decline of traditional journalism. There are people out there consciously building myths for economic or political gain, but in most cases the Myths grow because people are simply passing along what they have read somewhere without bothering to ask serious questions about it.
Some readers may find it offensive that I am saying that the same internet-enhanced process works for the radical right and certain "environmentalists", but it seems to be true. That site feeding into RGB last week seemed to be a community that embraces both of these "satanic discoveries." Typical bloggers, commenters, linkers and ideologically-driven "journalists" will only be contributing to the building one of these myths, but the process is the same.
It would be good for any of us take a look at how this process works to create mythic "satans" that we find absurd. We should then honestly ask if the same phenomenon could be working for Myths that fit our presuppositions.
I'd be interested in your thoughts either here or at email@example.com
Gustav Dore's image of Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost from maxkalehoff


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A tragic incident was reported yesterday where 2 monks residing in the Kotte Rajamaha temple were brutally murdered.
The police stated that the main suspect and 4 others along with the vehicle the suspects arrived in are in police custody.
Police Media Spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said that three police teams were probing the incident.
The police media spokesman said that the monks murdered were Venerable Pitigala Jinaratana Thero and Venerable Boralesgamuwey Gunaratana Thero.
A devotee of the Kotte Rajamaha temple speaking to our news team regarding the tragic incident expressed as follows.
He further stated that the main reason for the double murder could have been over a land dispute.
Police media spokesperson SP Ajith Rohana speaking about the on going investigations had this to say……


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For a few days last week Republican managers thought that they had a Burchardism in Alfred Emanuel Smith's campaign speech at Newark.* There the 1928 Democratic nominee had bitterly attacked the G. O. P. as a party of "double-dealing hypocrites" who four years ago effected his defeat by masking religious bigotry under Dry fanaticism. The Smith speech reverberated through the nation. Republican scouts gleefully reported that it had helped their party in the Midwest. The Republican Press, usually friendly to the Brown Derby, loudly lamented the resurrection of 1928 ghosts. Socialist Norman Thomas...
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Manley wants mission extension with conditions
CTV.ca News Staff
Published Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:01PM EST
The Manley panel has recommended extending Canada's military mission in Afghanistan indefinitely, with a new emphasis on diplomacy, training and reconstruction.
The 90-page report released Tuesday doesn't put any time limit on ending the Canadian mission.
"The Canadian combat mission should conclude when the Afghan National Army is ready to provide security in Kandahar province," it said.
However, that extension should come with some commitments from Canada's NATO partners, the panel says, including:
- The deployment of a new 1,000-soldier battle group in Kandahar province, allowing Canada to focus on training the Afghan National Army.
- Obtaining new medium-lift helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles by February 2009.
The current mission is slated to end by that date.
"Either NATO believes this is its most important mission, or they don't," John Manley, the former Liberal cabinet minister who chaired the five-member panel, told a news conference after the report's release. If it doesn't, Canada should reconsider putting its soldiers in harm's way, he said.
Canada already has a heavy commitment and can't add more troops on its own, Manley said.
The United States is sending an additional 3,000 Marines to southern Afghanistan this spring, but Manley noted that was a temporary deployment.
He told CTV Newsnet's Mike Duffy Live that Canada needs to pull its weight in the international community if it wants to have influence.
"Somebody once said we can't sit at the G8 table and every time the waiter comes with the bill excuse ourselves and go to the washroom," he said.
Manley noted, however, for the last couple of years, Canada has been "paying the bill" and should use its "voice" to argue for more troops.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed the panel in October to consider at least four possible options for Canada's involvement in Afghanistan. A parliamentary vote on the mission's future is expected some time this spring.
Harper called the report "substantial,'' adding, "the government has every intention of looking at it carefully in detail."
A full-day cabinet meeting has been scheduled for Thursday to discuss the report.
Liberal Leader Stephane Dion said in Kitchener, Ont. he would comment on the report after he's had a chance to read the document.
However, he repeated the earlier Liberal position that the party wants to see Canada's combat role end by February 2009.
Success possible
The report noted the many grim obstacles in Afghanistan:
- Regional instability;
- Slow progress on reconstruction and development;
- Mounting insecurity and violence; and,
- Corruption, criminality and increasing poppy production.
However, "the panel is convinced that Canadian objectives in Afghanistan are both honourable and achievable," the report said.
The main objective should be contributing, "with others, to a better governed, stable and developing Afghanistan whose government can protect the security of the country and its people," it said.
Premature withdrawal before that objective is achieved would cause more harm than good to Canada, the panel warned.
Among its other recommendations:
- Canada should step up its international diplomatic efforts, and Harper should lead that effort. With a key NATO meeting in Bucharest, Romania coming up in April, the panel recommended that Parliament defer any vote until after that meeting;
- Canada's aid and development efforts should focus more on efforts that will aid the Afghan people directly, with some "signature" projects that show Canada's contribution;
- More effort must be put into measuring the effectiveness of Canada's military and civilian efforts in Afghanistan;
- Better communication with Canadians on how the mission is going; and,
- Canada must make "forceful representations" with Afghanistan's neighbours, especially Pakistan, about the need to cultivate security and stability in Afghanistan.
"Helping to build a more stable, better governed Afghanistan with a growing economy is, we believe, an achievable Canadian objective. But success is not a certainty. The war in Afghanistan is complicated. The future there is dangerous and can frustrate the most confident plan or prediction," it said.
"After our three months of study, however, it is our conviction that the recommendations in our report -- with their attached conditions -- together carry a reasonable probability of success. In the circumstances now prevailing, that is the strongest assurance that can be credibly given."
Canada's sacrifice
About 2,500 Canadian troops serve in Afghanistan at any one time. There are 41,700 troops from 39 countries serving under the International Security Assistance Force. Twenty-six of those nations are NATO members.
From fiscal 2000-2001 to 2006-07, Canada has spent $6.1 billion on its military engagement in Afghanistan. Seventy-seven Canadian troops and one diplomat have died in Afghanistan since 2002. Canada has suffered the worst casualties, on a proportional basis, of any foreign force serving in Afghanistan.
"... The panel could elicit no conclusive explanation for the disproportionately high casualty rates suffered by Canadians in Afghanistan. This issue warrants closer scrutiny by the government," the report said.
Polls have shown that Canadians would prefer that this country's soldiers return home when the current mandate expires.
"Countries like Canada have an important role to play -- projecting our values, standing for the rights of individuals, of the human security of people whose own governments can't protect them," Manley said.
"We're a rich country. We've got to do some of this stuff."
He noted that Canada was on a UN "blue helmet" (peacekeeping) mission in Rwanda in 1994, "and the result was genocide."
Manley said, "There are times when we have to count, there are times when it matters ... (that) we are prepared to be out there, and we're prepared to pay the price because that's what you expect of a country like Canada."
Carleton University professor Elinor Sloan, a supporter of the mission, told Newsnet she found Manley's words to be one of the more eloquent statements on why Canada should stay in Afghanistan.
Sloan said people tend to forget the security reason for the Afghan mission, noting the Taliban provided a home for al Qaeda when that global Islamist terror network planned the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the United States.
"That security issue's not going to go away. Canada needs to be there for the long haul," she said.


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Thank you for coming to mothering to share your insights. MDC helped introduce me to attachment parenting, co-sleeping, breastfeeding and natural birth. It gave me wonderful guidance on a journey that was alien and triggering for me.
I lost my mother at birth and was raised by strangers, like many adoptees i grew up in a family which looked, smelled, acted and thought differently from me. I was told my mother "loved me so much she gave me away." I guess i took that too literally and so a wall grew around my heart to spare me the pain of love, since love = loss. As a child i didn't have the words for the pain and no one recognized that an infant would mourn and grieve the loss of her mother.
Fortunately i met my amazing husband and with him - for the first time ever - i wanted a family. It was a long journey, with many miscarriages until my decision to home birth was accepted and respected. My cellular memory was terrified of birthing in a hospital where strangers would be able to steal my baby.
Now i deal with the many quirks of being an adoptee-parenting, many of them I am able to put into proper perspective in relation to healing from abandonment/adoption. However there is an area I struggle and I don't understand it's source. I am uncomfortable playing with my child. I did the baby - toddler age pretty well, but now age 4.5 is vexing me. Another adoptee/mom has told me she too struggles. I didn't think I would have that problem because i always enjoyed children and was fun and creative around them. With my own - flesh and blood - I feel kind of frozen. Most of the time I'd rather do anything than confront the challenge of being present with his sweet little soul. Intellectually I know this is unacceptable so I force myself to play. However I need words to figure out what is happening emotionally and why.
I'm really sorry that you feel that way about your adoption. The mentality and how we deal with and think about adoption has changed so much than in the past decades. My husband is adopted, but from his explaination, generally had good feelings about the situation, and a natural curiosity about his birth family, and his adoptive family got what info they could for him that was legally available at the time. His adopted brother on the other hand, has no interest in his bio fam at all, so I know others feel differently.
My husband found his birth parents and has a wonderful relationship with his birth mom, and a casual ok one with his birth dad (he lives out of state) and a pretty good relationship with all the half siblings he found. He has found in them many aspects of 'nature' and genetics over nurture, it's pretty quirky sometimes, but he has come to understand why he is himself in a better way by meeting them. But he still loves his adoptive family too, and is thrilled his son can have so many 'families'
From the way you talk about it, it sounds like you definately have some unresolved issues you need to address with your self. Counciling might be helpful. Searching for bio relatives might be too. And there may be positive or negative outcomes from that. (My husband's story is not without it's snags, the adoption agency initially found his birth dad where he was serving a prison sentance) You need to choose your own path and find peace with your self and situation, so you and your child can have the most fulfilling relationship possible.
How does this "ask the expert" section work? I was hoping to direct my topic to Marcy Axness, and possibly receive relevant supportive comments along the way.
flightgoddess - i find your reply kind of condescending, dismissive and off topic. I've quoted some examples of what I found offensive and everything you shared about your hubby seemed off topic to me. I believe it is pretty well established that men and women grow to handle the trauma of adoption differently and among individuals there is a huge spectrum of feelings as well. Congrats, it sounds like you may have married "a well-adjusted adoptee."
From the way you talk about it, it sounds like you definately have some unresolved issues you need to address with your self. Counciling might be helpful. Searching for bio relatives might be too.
I'm not sure how this "ask the experts" forum works either or if its appropriate to post here.
But I would like to say, I'm glad that someone has started a conversation about what it's like to be an adoptee & a parent, and I'd like the opportunity to join that conversation. I am also an adoptee and I feel that my mothering journey has been profoundly shaped by my experience of adoption. I have definitely experienced some challenges along the way, and it would be great if there were a place to share with others who can relate.
I'm also curious to hear Marcy Axness's perspectives.
Living in Wisconsin with my partner of 20+ years and our DD(Born 10/09/08 ). Why CI Mama? Because I love contact improvisation!
Sorry for the delay, but I'm here, everyone--hi! (Getting up to speed on the new expert forum format has been a fits & starts proposition.) Moonbeem, as an adopted person (forget "expert" for a moment) I have often said "Motherhood brought me to my knees." I had been through many years of various kinds of therapy, but not only had NONE of my therapists explored the adoption piece (??!), nothing had prepared me for this. Many years ago (when my children were still fairly young) I wrote about it in an article you can read at http://www.quantumparenting.com/articles/12/. In it I wrote:
The experience of mothering relentlessly chipped away at the artificial self I had presented to the world—and myself—for 30 years. Mothering broke me open. My stolid fortresses of defense and control, my "Thing's are perfect, I'm handling everything fine" persona that had thwarted a few earnest attempts at therapy over the years finally began to shred under the pumice of my son's raw, baby neediness, his control-shattering toddler defiance, and the terrifying demands of intimacy that children innocently exact.
The famed child psychologist Erik Erikson used to say that when we spend a lot of time with a child of a particular age, our own unresolved/unexplored issues (typically unmet needs) from that age tend to surface. I wrote in that article about how I was super-great at everything... except "just BEing" with my son! That's when the restlessness would roil inside me and up I'd have to pop--to check on something-or-other, make a phone, call, etc. I finally called my previous therapist, who told me, "You never grieved. Find ways to cry." Turns out it wasn't quite that black-and-white or straightforward, and my son's birth had begun a rich journey of healing, self-discovery, and growth that has been, well, sort of epic.
You mentioned the word "alien" near the top of your post, Moonbeem, and I just wanted to mention that a favorite qualitative study I often quote when teaching about adoption dynamics interviewed many adopted adolescents and found that some of common terms they used to describe themselves/their feelings... and the common themes of experience were:
"…alien… rootless… flotsam… in limbo…"
* A sense of homelessness
* Being different, not belonging, having "fallen out of everydayness"
* Profound estrangement from generally taken-for-granted realities such as the security of parental relationships
As an adoptee who grew up thinking it was "neat" to be adopted (after all, everyone else had to take what they go, but they got to CHOOSE me--or so the well-meaning slogan went), and was one of the statistically roughly 80% of "good adoptees" (who don't act out, get into trouble, etc.), I have to admit when I read these descriptions they struck a familiar chord deep within me. And having this live in me certainly informed ALL my relationships, but certainly those with my children, in which I was "their all" and also--a la Erikson--their very close presence was teasing up old visceral, primal feelings I had no context for. It's a little crazy-making!!
While inside I struggled, outside I strained to present a status-quo face. I wore J. Crew, cooked nutritious meals, went to Mommy & Me, clenched my teeth, and tried to keep it together. I was living what Clarissa Pinkola Estes calls "the grinning depression." So for awhile I thought that my real healing began on Ian's first 4th of July, when, after nursing him and tucking him in for his morning nap, I drove up to a scenic overlook and screamed from my Saab at the panorama of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and the carefree beach communities, "I HATE BEING A MOTHER!!!!" I had been psychically pummeled into letting go of the desperate facade that all was okay.
I had also slipped back into the anesthetic numbness of my infancy and childhood. I felt like Meryl Streep's character in "Postcards From the Edge", when she tells Gene Hackman, "I know I have the perfect life, I just can't feel my life." I had a wonderful husband, a beautiful son, a lovely home, great friends…but I somehow couldn't connect with the experience of all that. I couldn't inhabit it, feel it against my soul. I was skimming over the surface of life, for fear of the menacing undertow beneath. I wasn't unhappy, but I wasn't happy. My history was repeating itself, and I had enough consciousness to realize that this wasn't how I wanted to live out my life.
I could go on for ages, believe me (I have even written a fictional memoir--only about .5% is fictional--about an adopted woman coming to terms with the relational demands of motherhood--Upon Waking), but Moonbeem and CI Mama--and anyone else who would care to join in--I would welcome hearing more about your own experiences on this adventure. A forum is so great for that, because that's exactly what it is--a forum! There are many threads that make up this particular tapestry--including the pre- and perinatal psychology piece, whereby we do now know that yes, a newborn separated from her mother DOES suffer the trauma of loss in myriad ways that trace through body, mind and spirit; the fact that ANY parent can be blindsided by the old, body-borne history of their life & love that is so ripe to be reawakened (and healed, hopefully) through the practice of parenting--at least when we're striving to practice that important principle of PRESENCE; the kind of "suffering in secret" aspect of being a woman who is struggling with motherhood, which is supposed to come so naturally--and an adopted woman at that, which carries a whole other dimension of secrecy and silence. (Because, Flightgoddess, while what you say about attitudes about adoption having changed so much is certainly true to an extent, it still remains freighted with all manner of cultural loading, odd assumptions and projections. I was just a few days ago at my pal Adam Pertman's book party for his revised edition of Adoption Nation, and he is the first to agree with that assessment.)
Please forgive me if it takes me a bit of time to figure out how all this works. (I thought I'd receive an email when someone had posted a question to me; I only saw these postings when I was checking the link to this forum on my own website!!)
I look forward to a rich discussion and sharing...
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Thank you for your long & thoughtful reply. I've read it several times, digested it, and am finally taking time to respond. So much of what you've said resonates with me.
Although I've always felt that "someday" I wanted to be a mom, it took me a long time to actually get there. Granted, my 20s were largely consume with coming out as a lesbian and then supporting my mother through a long battle with cancer and then grieving her death. Losing her brought up so much of my adoption baggage (I'm losing a mother...again!!!) and becoming a mother myself was the last thing I was ready to do. I did tons of therapy. Tons.
My 30s were this great turn-around...I got my life together, moved to a community I loved, married my partner, got a masters degree, found meaningful work in my field, and projected the image of "adult", or so I hoped. Trying to conceive disrupted that fiction. I started when I was 36, and I was determined not to go off the deep end in my quest to get pregnant. My partner & I were doing AI, and I told myself "4 tries and if it doesn't work, I'll move on."
HA! From our 1st round of inseminating, it was a completely crazy roller coaster ride. All the work I'd done in therapy went out the window. I had the most bizarre physical symptoms...I repeatedly threw my back out, I had fainting spells, things that have never happened before or since. It was like my mind could not govern my body...and my body had some profound, primordial resistance to the whole concept of getting pregnant. My partner & I went into couples therapy because she couldn't deal with my tumult. I couldn't deal with it either! It was a rough time. I ended up getting pregnant after 15 months & 7 rounds of AI.
Pregnancy was a blissful respite from the turbulence, or so it seemed at the time. Now I think that I just bundled up my fear and tucked it away in a remote place because I didn't have the energy to deal with it. I felt great while I was pregnant, though I did gain a LOT of weight, probably more than was strictly necessary.
Labor & delivery totally undid me. My 33-hour labor never followed a normal pattern. Again I had a very strong sense of disconnect between my mind/spirit, which really wanted to have a natural birth, and my body, which stalled, resisted, defied me. I feel like I had to give birth through a web of karmic gunk, and I just wasn't up for the task. I gave up and had a c-section.
Recovery was brutal. DD never slept well, and sleep deprivation, combined with a difficult recovery, just opened the trap door to my secret cave of craziness. I could not keep the bats in my belfry. I did not feel like myself, I felt crazy. I felt like a damaged, weak, and ugly human being. And it wasn't like I'd become that...it was a feeling that I'd really been it all along, but I couldn't hide it any more. I recognized that feeling as my "adoption baggage" feeling, but none of the tools that I'd learned through adulthood & years of therapy were of any use. I felt completely raw, exposed. Sleep deprivation & caring for an infant just took all my coping mechanisms away.
I think that's the hardest part of my adoption baggage. It's just so out of the reach of my grown up self. It's so hard to address because it's just raw pain. It's like I will forever have a terrified infant in me, who can never be comforted by words. It was very, very humbling to realize that I cannot "fix" that part of myself, I cannot make it better.
Parenting my daughter has been an amazing journey, and I'm happy to report that I'm in a much better place now, largely due to better sleep, plus the passage of time has helped me work through the worst parts of labor & c-section. In spite of all of these challenges, I have found myself able to truly enjoy my daughter, and I'm fiercely protective of her. The bond happened for us, early and strongly. That has been humbling as well...the realization that my damage isn't as big as my resilience.
I'm aware that it would be easy for me to turn my whole parenting journey into a big drama about my pain and my healing. What works best is for me to keep being curious about my daughter and her path. And to remind myself, over & over, that she has her story and I have mine. They overlap, but I'm not 100% responsible for her destiny.
Wow, that was a lot of type. I didn't know I had so much to say!
Living in Wisconsin with my partner of 20+ years and our DD(Born 10/09/08 ). Why CI Mama? Because I love contact improvisation!
Ah, yes, that would make a great log-line for my life: I didn't know I had so much to say till I started saying it! Thank you for YOUR thoughtful sharing. What an extraordinary story... and journey you have been on. It is indeed an ever-unfolding adventure, and your last paragraph expresses such wisdom, about continuing to abide in the curiosity... the wonder... as each of your destinies unspools.
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Itâ??s like taking a step back into time; located in the heart of downtown Eldon, the McHaffey Opera House was built in 1891 and for many years has sat and collected dust.
That is until a committee was formed to restore the opera house as it was at the turn of the century.
Throughout the 120 years of its existence, the McHaffey Opera House has had many functions.
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The blink-and-you-missed-it Julia Louis-Dreyfus sitcom "Watching Ellie" is about to be seen again — albeit in a different format.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, last year's beleaguered NBC sitcom starring the "Seinfeld" alum, 41, will return for a six-episode run on Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. following "Frasier," starting April 15. It will replace the ailing sitcom "A.U.S.A.," starring Scott Foley.
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Last week I stumbled upon a very small restaurant called Yi's in Pacific Grove. Offering Korean barbecue, Thai and Hawaiian, Yi's turned out to be a hidden gem and the kind of restaurant that motivated me to start this column.
From the moment we walked in, it was clear that the restaurant was immaculately clean. The kitchen was clean, the tables were clean and the menus were spotless.
Yi's was empty when we arrived, a sad truth of many hole-in-the-wall restaurants. We were greeted by the owner, who served as our waiter. She was friendly and welcoming.
The menu was expansive. Everything looked worth trying. Moments after we placed our order, vibrant scents came wafting from the kitchen: basil and garlic. We felt as if we'd come to a Korean friend's house and she was making us dinner.
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Less than a week later, I was already craving Yi's signature pumpkin coconut soup again. They describe it as "a coconut and chili concoction with fresh pumpkin, prawns and mushrooms with Thai spices and herbs."
The flavor is amazing, not too sweet. Also, don't be thrown off by the "chili concoction" description; it's not spicy, just flavorful. According to the owner, it's one of their most popular soups. I can see why.
For our main meals, we tried Korean spicy pork, spicy sweet basil with chicken and sides of Korean barbecue sirloin and kimchi.
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I asked for my food very, very spicy to see what I would get, and it was indeed very, very spicy — in a good way.
This is not the owner's first restaurant. For 14 years, she had Chong's Korean BBQ at Fort Ord. She purchased Yi's in April, spent a few months fixing it up, and reopened in June.
Service is fast, convenient, and friendly. The only awkward aspect of the meal was the enormous size of the silverware (luckily, chopsticks are available). Appetizers range from $3-$15 and entrees are $7-$15, so it can work within any budget. It's open 11a.m. to 8:30p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Friday; and 2 to 8p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.
Yi's is at 1184 Forest Ave., Suite E, in Pacific Grove, in the shopping center behind Fifi's and Safeway.
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