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The newest techniques and performance innovations can help maximize your lighting systems and reduce energy consumption.
About a year ago, Joseph Good III, President of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), offered his view of what lighting would be like in the next two decades. He foresaw lighting systems that could adapt easily to changing needs of the user and function as a fully integrated system, rather than a collection of independent components.
These predictions are already coming true with today's exciting lighting technologies. Let's look at some of these technologies, which involve solid-state electronics, optical systems, and communications/control.
Making use of ballast factor. The wide-scale adoption of T8 linear fluorescent lamps and electronic ballasts is an ongoing phenomenon. Using solid-state components, electronic ballasts rectify the 60 Hz input and then invert it to create the 20,000 Hz to 60,000 Hz current, which operates the lamp. The higher frequency current of the arc stream causes greater phosphor excitement, providing more light output for a given ballast input power.
One of the biggest advantages of using electronic ballasts is the ability to consider the ballast factor (BF) in a design or specification. Though we weren't using the concept of the BF metric in the old electromagnetic ballasts era, we are today. Essentially, the BF is the ratio of light output from a commercial ballast compared to that obtained by a reference ballast, which has a BF of 1.
Thus, designers specify a BF of 0.88 to provide an equivalent light output when doing a one-to-one upgrade from T12 to T 8 lamps (that is, retaining the same number of lamps and fixtures).
At the same time, designers specify a BF of up to 1.2 for systems that produce too little light or in applications where they will reduce the number of lamps in a layout of linear fluorescent fixtures. So, in this case, the higher BF allows the lamps to provide up to 30% more light. This is similar to installing a four-barrel carburetor on a gasoline engine to deliver more power than a two-barrel design. It is possible to use up to a 1.2 BF without worrying about overdriving the lamps.
Asking HID lamps to move over. The enhanced performance of the T8 lamp/electronic ballast system makes it a viable alternative to a high-intensity discharge (HID) system. Generally, we use HID luminaires in tall warehouse spaces because of their good optical control and the high lumens they deliver in a single fixture. But compared to metal-halide (M-H) lamps, T8 fluorescent lamps last longer, are less glaring in open luminaires, feature better maintained lumens per watt, offer better color rendering, produce less glare, and allow you to switch them off and on in quick response to occupancy.
One warehouse in the Northeast opted to test T8 fluorescent lamps as an energy-effective alternative to M-H lamps. In narrow aisle areas, designers spaced white parabolic direct/indirect 8-ft-long industrial luminaires 16 ft on center, providing average maintained 5 vertical footcandles (fc) with a maximum ratio of 12 to 1. An instant-start electronic ballast serves four F32T8XL/835 lamps in each fixture. Passive infrared occupancy sensors switch off 80% of the luminaires in an aisle when the area is inactive.
In bulk storage and shipping, the designers mounted 12-ft-long, nine-lamp fluorescent luminaires on 26-ft217-ft centers to provide 20 fc horizontal of ambient lighting. The premium for this solution was $70,000, but the simple payback for the design is only 2.1 years at .068 cents/kWh during peak hours.
Because this project was part of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., Lighting Research Center's DELTA program (Demonstration and Evaluation of Lighting Technologies and Applications), the organization had the opportunity to evaluate the installation -- in terms of equipment and user response, which was positive.
HID lamps hold their own in upgrades. HID lamps still retain their high-performance reputation. Specifically, many customers now use the new pulse-start (PS) family of M-H lamps to upgrade recently installed standard M-H systems, which replaced outmoded high-pressure sodium lamp systems.
Available in ratings from 35W to 700W, the PS type lamps do not require a starter electrode in the arc tube, as required in standard pinched arc tubes. These lamps also boost lamp efficiency up to 110 LPW, improve lamp maintenance up to 80%, provide consistent lamp to lamp color, and allow 50% faster warm-up and restrike.
The higher mean lumens of a 360W PS lamp (31,500 lumens) outperforms the lower mean lumens of the 400W standard lamp (28,800 lumens). If a warehouse lighting layout requires 400 fixtures with the 400W standard M-H lamp/ballast system, you'll need only 366 fixtures if you use the new 360W PS lamp/ballast system.
Optical waveguides enhance visual comfort. Many in the industry now use semi-refractive prismatic film in pendant-mounted fluorescent lighting fixtures. This optical lighting film delivers light from a linear light source along the length of the film; the film also allows the light to escape in a controlled manner to provide uniform and consistent illumination throughout a plane.
For more than 20 years, the goal of office lighting has been to eliminate direct light source glare and prevent the creation of veiling reflections on a cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor. Because the position of the slightly convex CRT screen is almost vertical, it picks up reflected glare from fixtures positioned behind the worker. For that reason, designers now use fluorescent luminaires, with deep louvers to shield the lamps, or pendant-mounted indirect luminaires.
However, the next generation of personal computers uses liquid crystal display (LCD) flat screen monitors. The flat panel screen generally tilts backward 15 degrees to 30 degrees from vertical and is usually below eye level. Today's louvered fluorescent fixtures, with their highest candlepower, direct downward; creating unwanted glare for someone viewing an inclined flat screen monitor.
As Willard L. Warren, FIES, describes in Lighting Design and Application magazine, a new fixture design solves the problem by carefully controlling the direct downward component of light. With its shallow cross section, the fixture uses a pair of 54W T5 HO fluorescent lamps to project light through both sides of an acrylic panel.
A semi-refractive film on the bottom side of the panel delivers a uniform, low-glare pattern of light downward. Thus, 24% of lamp lumens is downward and the remainder is upward. By balancing the brightness of the panels with the ceiling brightness, the luminaire avoids distracting reflections or shadows on the LCD flat-panel screen.
Fiber optic lighting broadens its scope. Let's look at another light "waveguide" technology. Although the entire fiber optic market is only a fraction of 1% of the lighting industry, it continues to be a technology that captures the attention of attendees at the annual LightFair conference. Specifically, fiber optic systems are advantageous in places where you have impediments to using normal fixtures, such as locations where access is difficult or liability is a problem.
We see the most exciting new developments or improvements with the illuminators, including new reflector technology and lenses for end-emitting fibers.
But lighting designers and contractors also agree it's difficult to look at a catalog and try to figure out what's going to come out the opposite end of the illuminator when installers assemble a kit of parts.
Controlling lighting. The use of automated lighting control such as timers, occupancy sensors, and photo sensors are fairly common in modern buildings. Specifiers now use a variety of building control/automation systems (especially direct digital control or DDC) to activate lighting circuits and contactors.
Many manufacturers of lighting systems are working on gateways that allow limited interoperability between their proprietary systems and open protocol DDC networks.
Low-voltage twisted pair wiring is the most common DDC networking medium, but depending on bandwidth needs, proximity, and other factors, many other media are in the specification process. These include narrow band or spread spectrum power line carrier (PLC) signaling, radio frequency (RF) transmitters and infrared (IR) transmitters. Routers are available to extend a direct digital control network over standard or dedicated phone lines via modem or over a transfer control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) network such as a corporate Intranet or the global Internet.
The Internet protocol is emerging as the most important way of controlling lighting or any electrical load from just about anywhere.
Lighting control using Internet and pager technology. A new technology, pager lighting control, is an alternative to time clocks and photocells. A pager control system has three elements: a remote receiver box mounted at the lights you want to control. called the Remote Communications Unit (RCU); a ground-based computer that broadcasts instructions to the receivers; and a satellite pager network to complete the connection.
The RCU contains a processor to control the lights, a built-in clock with battery backup and a pager receiver that gets information from the satellite network four times per day. Each transmission burst includes the exact time (to calibrate the remote unit's clock), the day's sunset and sunrise times, and any received modifications to the local programming instruction. Thus, the RCU can turn lights off or on at any time of day or at any time relative to sunset or sunrise. For example, the controller can turn a parking lot's lights on at 25 min before sunset and off at 2 a.m.
Developed for billboard illumination, the system ideally eliminates the thousands of dollars wasted on illumination for outdoor advertisement. Billboard lighting continues to be the largest market for pager controllers, but other applications include street lighting, parking lot lighting, architectural floodlights, illuminated signs, and outdoor lights for municipal facilities. Controllers can maintain indoor lighting for gyms or similar facilities.
Facility managers want accurate on/off times for important lighting loads, since unnecessary usage reduces profits. A shopping center in North Carolina uses the pager control for parking area lighting, wall- and roof-mounted floodlights, pedestrian walkways, and tenant display signage. At times, tenants extend operating hours, and controllers can remotely make this change in schedule. Thus, a pager control system is a relatively inexpensive solution for lighting control, and it offers enhanced features.
In the past, you had to call the manufacturer's toll-free telephone number to request a change in schedule. Now, accessing the manufacturer's Web site can make an initial control setup or change in a schedule. Click on "Unit Programming." This takes you to the programming page to request a name and password. Then set up a timing schedule for any electrical load at any remote site.
How about if a billboard (or other electrical load) was able to send a message saying, "one of my light bulbs has burned out?" One system, which consists of a two-way wireless communications device and an RCU, can do just that. The system enables operators at the central operations facility to control and monitor lighting schedules and other devices from their computers. The unit immediately diagnoses when an out-of-limits failure occurs, what the problem is, and sends the information back to an operation center. A two-way wireless communication device relays all information to and from the RCU. E-mail, pager, and/or fax then notify the user. Information reported includes loss of AC power, resumption of AC power, and lamp failures.
By becoming familiar with the latest lighting technologies, you can add them to the range of solutions applicable to an illumination project. The results can be success stories, such as: an energy-saving warehouse design of your own; an aesthetically pleasing lighting environment for a computer-intensive workspace; a conference center or research facility; or a lighting scheme that blends architectural and theater lighting techniques.


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GAINESVILLE - The trial for a north Georgia woman facing federal explosives and gun charges after federal agents raided her home in May has been rescheduled.
A federal judge in Gainesville on Wednesday granted a request by Celia Savage's lawyer to delay the start of her trial, which was schedule for Dec. 17. It is now set to begin Feb. 18.
Federal agents found two pipe bombs and a number of guns, as well as illegal drug paraphernalia and suspected marijuana, suspected methamphetamine and numerous pills in Savage's home.
Her lawyer has says he believes prosecutors misinterpreted her anti-government Facebook postings and were too aggressive in pursuing her.
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More than a year in advance of the health insurance exchange the state plans to set up in 2014, MVP Health Care is introducing the state's first proprietary exchange offered by a health plan.
Schenectady-based MVP's exchange product, called NuOptions, is run by Liazon Corp., a private, third-party benefits provider based in Buffalo with offices in New York City and Waltham, Mass.
Employers that sign up with NuOptions give workers a set sum to pay for insurance then send the employees to Liazon to shop. Like the state-run exchange is expected to do, Liazon offers a marketplace where individuals can choose from a menu of benefits and carriers.
The employers with a NuOptions account still would choose among one or more MVP health plans but could add ancillary benefits such as vision and dental care from other carriers, said
Augusta Martin, MVP corporate vice president and chief of marketing.
Employees who want benefits beyond those included in their employer's plan could add ancillary benefits such as life, disability or even pet insurance from other carriers. The extra costs would be deducted from their paychecks.
The privately held Liazon operates nationally. It is one of several insurance and benefit industry players to anticipate the state and federally run exchanges scheduled to debut in 2014.
Others in the budding private exchange market include WellPoint Inc., which acquired a controlling interest in Minneapolis-based private exchange Bloom Health last year.
WellPoint, a publicly traded benefits administrator, has Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates, including New York's Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield. It also has non-Blues carrier affiliates, putting covered lives under its aegis at some 33 million.
With the Bloom acquisition, WellPoint intended to offer large, multistate employers an exchange option that would give them an alternative with a consistent menu of choices to variously configured state exchanges, Kenneth Goulet, CEO of WellPoint's commercial business unit, told an interviewer last year.
"We see this as a way of preserving the employer-based market by providing some predictability in health-care costs," Goulet said to Bloomberg News.
As MVP does with its NuOptions offering, private exchanges tout a built-in defined-contribution model as a boon for employers looking to cap health care costs.
Employers providing traditional plans through single carriers steadily have moved to defined contributions well before the advent of private exchanges. Surveys of Rochester area employers conducted annually by the Rochester Business Alliance Inc. have shown an increasing number of local businesses shifting from paying a percentage of workers' premiums to a set amount.
The private exchange option lets employers cap costs but also offer a wider range of benefits, MVP's Martin said.
Whether private exchanges will compete with state exchanges or work in concert with them is uncertain. Full details of how state exchanges will work are not yet known, Martin said.
Billed as insurance marketplaces, the state exchanges are supposed to offer one-stop shopping sites where individuals not covered by employer-sponsored group plans and small businesses can choose among several carriers. MVP's NuOptions and other private exchange offerings are aimed at group plans.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act calls for states to have exchanges in place on Jan. 1, 2014. The exact shape of New York's and other states' exchanges is not known.
States planning to run their own exchanges were to have submitted plans this month. But at the request of several states' governors, the Barack Obama administration extended the deadline to Dec. 15. States that jointly will run exchanges with the federal government now have until Feb. 15 to submit plans.
Also unknown is how MVP's private exchange offering will play against Excellus Blue Cross and Blue Shield's plans to enter the insurance exchange market. Excellus is the area's largest commercial health insurer, controlling 70 percent or more of the local market. MVP, which acquired Excellus' strongest local competitor, Preferred Care, in 2006, writes the largest share of remaining business.
Excellus eagerly looks forward to participating in the state exchange and believes it will make a strong showing there, outcompeting other carriers and boosting its bottom line, Excellus president Christopher Booth told the Rochester Business Journal in an interview last July.
James Redmond, Excellus regional vice president of communications, commented by email on the MVP private exchange initiative.
"Employers using a defined contribution strategy is not new. We have many employers who currently offer multiple products with a defined contribution to premium. The bottom line is that price drives a buyer's decision and our products are priced significantly lower than our competitor's products," Redmond wrote Wednesday.
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Calif. police shoot, kill 13-year-old with fake rifle
SANTA ROSA, Calif. California sheriff's officials and family members say deputies shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who was carrying a replica assault weapon.
Two Sonoma County deputies saw the boy walking with the replica weapon at about 3 p.m. local time Tuesday in Santa Rosa. Lt. Dennis O'Leary says they repeatedly ordered him to drop what appeared to be a rifle before firing several rounds.
The boy fell to the ground. Deputies handcuffed him and began administering first aid, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputies then discovered that the gun the man had been carrying was a replica, and he also had a plastic gun in his waistband, CBS San Francisco reports. O'Leary said the teen is believed to live in the area where he was killed.
The deputies involved have been placed on administrative leave while an investigation is conducted by police from Santa Rosa and Petaluma and the district attorney's office, CBS San Francisco reports.
The boy's father, Rodrigo Lopez, told the Press Democrat of Santa Rosa the victim was his 13-year-old son, Andy.
The deputies have not been identified.


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What do aircraft owners need to know about oil coolers? The folks at Pacific Oil Cooler Service Inc. share a lot of information on the company's website, including "An Inside Look at Oil Coolers," "Common Oil Cooler Woes," and "How to Spot a Bogus Oil Cooler."
The latest is a simple primer on how to describe your oil cooler. They share it with us:
Have a Continental engine with a congealing cooler? When looking at the cooler, you will notice all of the oil pass rows passing under the crossbar are even and equal. If the cooler is off the aircraft, looking down inside is a solid bar.
Think you might have a non-congealing cooler? When looking at the cooler, you will notice that the middle oil pass is larger than the others. When looking down inside the cooler when it is off the aircraft, the divider bar will have a small hole, which allows the constant flow of warm oil through the cooler.
7th Stud Modification: If your TCM engine had the 7th cylinder hold-down stud modified, you will need to order a cooler that has been modified to accommodate this extra stud. There will be two notches in the mounting base — one cut out on the side and another on the top or bottom.
The Non-7th Stud Cooler only has one notch on the top or bottom and no notches on the sides.
The folks at Pacific Oil Cooler Service, Inc. say they have solved the problem with 7th-stud or Non-7th stud by offering new universal coolers that fit both applications.
Where is the Vernatherm?
On a Continental engine, if you have a non-congealing oil cooler, the vernatherm is in the adaptor plate or just below and behind the cooler. If you have a congealing oil cooler, the vernatherm is mounted in the accessory case. On Lycoming engines, if you have an oil filter, they should be in the same location with the vernatherm mounted on the filter adapter. Check Lycoming Service Instructions.
Important questions to remember about Lycoming hose-mountedcoolers: What is the width and what is height? Have a rear mounted cooler? Remember, to order gasket kits when ordering this cooler, company officials say.
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It's not looking good for him. This is a complete character assassination.
They're claiming he was doping right from the very start of his career, before cancer, and that he wasn't doing it just to keep up with other cheats, but he was leading the way.
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Why Yahoo! and Micron Technology are Rising
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was just above breakeven as of 11:30 a.m. EDT. As the market moved into the green, a few tech stocks were experiencing significant rallies, including Yahoo! and Micron Technology . Facebook was seeing notable volume.
Yahoo! rises on analyst upgrade
Yahoo! shares rose more than 2.3% in early trading after Piper Jaffray upgraded the Web portal. Piper Jaffray had been neutral on Yahoo!, but raised its rating to overweight in a note to clients released early on Monday. Piper Jaffray believes Yahoo! shares could be worth $43 -- about a 22% premium from current levels.
Piper Jaffray's upgrade is primarily based on its optimistic outlook for Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant. Yahoo! owns 22.6% of Alibaba, about half of which it is required to sell in Alibaba's upcoming IPO. That will generate substantial cash for Yahoo! -- recent estimates put the total at about $10.4 billion. And Piper Jaffray's expects that Alibaba's valuation will rise as its IPO date nears.
Optimism for Alibaba should result in appreciating Yahoo! shares, though what the company actually does with the cash remains to be seen. Yahoo! once owned 40% of Alibaba, but sold about half of its stake in 2012. Most of the cash from that sale was used to repurchase shares -- directly benefiting investors. But Yahoo! has been on an acquisition streak lately and could plow the Alibaba cash back into its core business.
Facebook flat amid emotional controversy
Facebook shares were largely unchanged early in the session despite the recent controversy generated by a secret psychological study.
In 2012, Facebook researchers secretly tinkered with the news feeds of some 700,000 users; it adjusted the algorithm so as to showcase a disproportionate number of positive or negative stories, then looked for signs of emotional changes in test subjects. Ultimately, researchers concluded that Facebook stories could sway the user's mood, reinforcing emotions with a contagion-like effect.
Although less than 0.1% of users were impacted by the study, it has generated a degree of backlash, with some observers accusing Facebook of crossing ethical boundaries. There is the question of whether Facebook's researchers violated the principal of informed consent -- per the ethical rules of psychological studies, test subjects need to be aware of their participation.
Ethical questions aside, the controversy generated by the study poses some degree of risk to Facebook. If enough people find fault with Facebook's behavior, they may leave the social network, or at least significantly reduce their engagement. Competitors, which have thus far been unable to gain a foothold, could play on Facebook's willingness to manipulate its users' experience on the site.
For the time being, there is no sign that this story will have a lasting impact on Facebook. Still, investors should be mindful of the potential negative ramification.
Micron jumps on positive note
Micron Technology shares rose nearly 4% after Credit Suisse added the stock to its "Focus List."
Credit Suisse is positive on Micron Technology, and has been for some time. Adding the memory-chip maker to its Focus List, however, may signal an even greater belief in the relative strengths of the company. Credit Suisse has a $50 price target on Micron, suggesting a premium of more than 50% from current levels.
Credit Suisse continues to like the company's diversification efforts and potential for gross-margin expansion. Other analysts and famed investors have also been bullish on the stock. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn, for example, has a large position in the company.
Micron shares have risen more than 125% in the last year. Yet, despite its recent rally, Micron remains relatively cheap on a valuation basis -- trading with a below-market price-to-earnings ratio.
Leaked: Apple's next smart device (warning, it may shock you)
Apple recently recruited a secret-development "dream team" to guarantee its newest smart device was kept hidden from the public for as long as possible. But the secret is out, and some early viewers are claiming its everyday impact could trump the iPod, iPhone, and the iPad. In fact, ABI Research predicts 485 million of this type of device will be sold per year. But one small company makes Apple's gadget possible. And its stock price has nearly unlimited room to run for early in-the-know investors. To be one of them, and see Apple's newest smart gizmo, just click here!
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Better Technology does Exist | PEO Blog
The picture may be a bit of an exaggeration, but the point of the picture is that a lot of companies haven't taken advantage of some of the wonderful technology that exists for managing employment. Professional Employer Organizations, PEO's are a great solution to bring your business employment technology platform up to date.
The advantage of using a PEO is that they generally have great technology that enhances the employment process, and because they are able to share the cost of the technology among several clients the effect is that client companies have access to the software at a fraction of the cost.
When companies look at all the benefits of using a PEO, quite often Human Resources, Workers Compensation or Benefits may be a primary driver to choose the services that a PEO can provide.
The Technology offering most PEO's have could easily provide any business with a superior solution to handle employment issues electronically. From onboarding, to document management and storage, employee self-service, and much more. Employee files are extremely personal and should be kept confidential at all times. Imagine having a system that would allow your employees to complete all of their document electronically, the files are stored electronically and can't be accidentally misplaced or left out in the open.
Employers have a fiduciary responsibility to handle sensitive documents appropriately. With all the concern about identity theft employee document management should be part of your overall employee management process planning.
The easy solution, find a quality PEO to help manage the administrative side of your business. Looking for a PEO or more information on Professional Employer Organizations, check out PEO.com at www.peo.com
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My husband has become spiritual since the affair. He has opened himself up to God and has really taken an interest in turning his life around.
Yesterday, we went to speak to the priest about him becoming baptized and confirmed in the Catholic church. The priest asked if we were married in the Catholic church. We explained to him that we weren't because it was important to my husband that we get married in a specific church in his hometown since his whole family for generations had been married in that church. It's Methodist.
The priest said it was completely fine but that we would have to renew our vows so that I would have the sacrament of marriage in the Catholic church. HUH?
I immediately felt sick. What do you mean we have to renew vows... I don't want to do that. My husband cheated on me...made a promise to God that he would be faithful to me forever and broke it. Now, he wants to make another promise. Nope, don't think so.
In mass, the priest talked about dropping your net and following Him. I felt like this is a message from God saying that I should have faith in Him and renew our vows. Kind of like forgiving him completely and moving forward with a new marriage with my faith in God that this time my husband would fulfill that promise.
It still didn't feel right to me. I spoke to my awesome friend, who uncovered something.
It may not be my husband's promise that I am running away from...it may actually be the promise that I would need to make to God in that I wouldn't end the marriage.
Since the affair, I don't truly believe in the vows of marriage. I also don't feel so wrong about divorce. I feel more easily swayed to take that path of divorce than I did before. I can't make a promise that says, "till death do us part."
I don't know what will happen in the future. I don't know if I may end up divorcing him. I can't make a promise to God and then break it. I can't betray him that way. At least not now... and I don't know if I ever will.
I think this is where society goes so wrong sometimes. They make promises and then break them. I know that God forgives...but I can't make him a promise after what I've been through and the realization that I could make the decision to divorce.
I will know when it's right for me to do something like and right now isn't it...
Monday, January 23, 2012
Renewal of Vows After the Affair and Faith
My husband has become spiritual since the affair. He has opened himself up to God and has really taken an interest in turning his life around.
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- AnonymousMarch 5, 2012 at 4:37 AM
Hello there! I am nearly at the second anniversary of my DDay. I still do not wear my wedding ring, and like you I believe in relationship, and not in marriage vows, which were broken anyway. For me broken vows rendered the papers useless too. I also don't hold a flag against divorce, because I would not go through all the suffering if it happen again, so divorce is for me an option now.ReplyDelete
We are in a good place in our marriage. The thoughts of the affair does not rip me apart inside as it used to do. However I am getting used to the idea, that this is part of our story, and it will always make me sad inside that it happened at all. I just want to learn to use the pain as a way to grow our relationship, to take it to the level of " in spite of the pain, we are better now than ever". I am trying to learn, but this is bloody difficult. I question and question myself, him and everything around us. Trying to understand what was really true about our dead relationship and what were mere perceptions, created by a desire of having a good relationship. Was I living a fantasy?
I know that all these feelings are because my trust is not restored yet. My husband is doing all he can to show me he is sorry. I trust a little, that he will not cause us pain because he is suffering too. But didn't he promised that before anyway? and the fog made him forget his promises? I know this is the clue to my complete healing, and I working on it. It is not easy! It is work and work... and hard work. Good luck to you and your husband. Go give us strength.Replies
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Hello viewers i'm HERVEY BAY GRANDPARENTS For the fifth time I tried to calm myself down and convince him ( Marcos Alvin)our relationship was worth it, I cried, hoped, and ultimately felt miserable. Seeing him after our breakup did not help either. I was lost, hurt, and confused.According to "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken," a book by Greg Brehrendt and Amiira Ruotola-Brehrendt, people who have been dumped should cherish the time they have alone. Because it might be the last time you are single and have time to enjoy doing things you like alone, before you meet the person who could make you happy but my situation was far different because i couldn't go more day, weeks, months without Alvin beside me, My co-workers knew i was passing through great trauma and hard times i couldn't explain my ordeal with anyone because i don't want the third party advisers in my relationship with Alvin because his family have been so negative about us, I could no longer bear it than to speak to my college friend and now a co worker Justice Flora who once hard a broken marriage but didn't tell anyone how it ended and maintain a happier home with his husband after months of separation so i seek for her advise and she said to me you don't have to kill yourself over Alvin all you need to do is to contact the great love spell caster in Africa called DR OGUDU he's going to make Alvin and his entire family and cherish you beyond words can explain, I did as Flora have advised after Providing him with the needed materials to appeals the spirit of true love and subdue hatred from the Alvin family, All happened within 48 hours as he promised and Alvin was at my office with a Rose love flower kneeling before me and my colleagues confession to me how much he loves and care about me Flora was so happy and asked me to accept Alvin back and return the loves and care that were going to make great couple and family, Now Alvin family sees me as the best thing that has happened to them i'm so grateful to DR OGUDU contact him now and be happy again in your relationship, below is his details
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2012 at 10:56 PM
Renewing vows? Sure, that'll fix everything. I mean the first time around these men didn't know the meaning or what? My husband is deeply involved in church now. Not me. That's his cross to bear. I don't need to change my ways or how I was living. We didn't go to church before and I'm not going to be the doting wife pretending to stand by him no matter what. I have no problem at all him seeking out God and the church if it helps and for my husband it did. All the more power to him. Renewing vows though? I'd rather die than look at him saying how he'd love, honor, cherish and be forever faithful to me. gag. That's kind of like when my uncle would drown a fly then pour salt on him to revive him and look at me saying see, the little fly wasn't hurt at all, he's going to be ok. Lets torture and kill the little sucker and then save his life and I'll feel better about it.ReplyDelete
Renewing vows is the same thing. Torture the wife, kill her hopes, dreams and future and then here, lets revive it with some words? Action. That's all that counts to me. action. not words. Vows are more for the betrayer than the betrayed in my opinion.
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2012 at 10:56 PM
I need my own blog, I'm throwing up all over yours. Sorry for all my comments :(ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousAugust 29, 2012 at 2:25 PM
I think you are being realistic, that's all.Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 21, 2013 at 8:57 AM
It has been 8 months since I took off my ring on our 24th wedding anniversary when I learned of his affair. He is very remouseful and working on things in ways I never thought he could. I fear that it is my inability to accept any of these things he is offering now as real. It hurts me every thime I look at my wedding finger. His is tattoed on. He had even commented. I cant take mine off. My mane on his arm. But that didnt stop him from discracing and dishonoring me and putting me at risk of STD's and ripping apart what I thought was a great family. 24 YEARS!!! Our kids were finally grown up and we could finally have fun together. I thought we were. Whatever. Im so angry. I told him I would wear it again if he could tell me what those vows really meant. the fact that he hasnt yet makes me wonder. He sees me cry every day, and when I asked him about if it he says he doesnt think I am ready. The only thing I wasnt ready for was him betraying me and disgracing our family the way he did. . I still think he could renew a promise to me with a new ring. I have not broken mine.Delete
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Hello viewers i'm HERVEY BAY GRANDPARENTS For the fifth time I tried to calm myself down and convince him ( Marcos Alvin)our relationship was worth it, I cried, hoped, and ultimately felt miserable. Seeing him after our breakup did not help either. I was lost, hurt, and confused.According to "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken," a book by Greg Brehrendt and Amiira Ruotola-Brehrendt, people who have been dumped should cherish the time they have alone. Because it might be the last time you are single and have time to enjoy doing things you like alone, before you meet the person who could make you happy but my situation was far different because i couldn't go more day, weeks, months without Alvin beside me, My co-workers knew i was passing through great trauma and hard times i couldn't explain my ordeal with anyone because i don't want the third party advisers in my relationship with Alvin because his family have been so negative about us, I could no longer bear it than to speak to my college friend and now a co worker Justice Flora who once hard a broken marriage but didn't tell anyone how it ended and maintain a happier home with his husband after months of separation so i seek for her advise and she said to me you don't have to kill yourself over Alvin all you need to do is to contact the great love spell caster in Africa called DR OGUDU he's going to make Alvin and his entire family and cherish you beyond words can explain, I did as Flora have advised after Providing him with the needed materials to appeals the spirit of true love and subdue hatred from the Alvin family, All happened within 48 hours as he promised and Alvin was at my office with a Rose love flower kneeling before me and my colleagues confession to me how much he loves and care about me Flora was so happy and asked me to accept Alvin back and return the loves and care that were going to make great couple and family, Now Alvin family sees me as the best thing that has happened to them i'm so grateful to DR OGUDU contact him now and be happy again in your relationship, below is his details
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2013 at 5:44 PM
STILL in TRAUMA -- 3 years after D-Day -- but wish I could move on....ReplyDelete
Less than a month after our 17 year wedding anniversary, I found 5 days of emails (with pictures) that proved beyond a doubt my husband was cheating on me.
The emails were amazing and showed a very charming side of him I had not experienced in our marriage for quite some time.
For instance, he told her she looked "Smokin HOT! But, it is the inside that really counts...
AND, he even shared a very sweet story about him and our daughter taking a woodland hike.
Later that night,
After admitting to having "only sex", he said he ended it, but did not.
A month later, while I was out of town with our kids, he rented a hotel room to see her one last time. Apparently, at this time he also broke it off.
Months later, we decided to try and reconcile. We worked on transparency, honest and trying to build trust again. Unfortunately, he kept the truth well hidden. I found out more and more a little at a time.
-The affair had not been 2 years --- but six.
-He did not use protection
-He did not consider AIDS because he and his affair partner promised
each other they would not see or have sex with anyone else besides eachother (and thier marriage partners)
-He hid her identity, saying she was a young,lesbian dancer. I found out one year post D-day, she is a married mom of 2 who lives nearby.
Our kids are in the same school district.
I do love him very much and hope we can work things out. I also do not think he is lying about anything anymore. He is genuine and forthcoming.
But, the news is still so painful, mainly because it was also an emotional relationship and it lasted for SO LONG. I cannot even think or allow myself to remember anything about US during that time period now.
Because of all this trauma, I still suffer from PTSD symptoms like intrusive, repeated frightening thoughts, horrible "awareness" of what really happened. I also am feeling tons of anxiety, have lost about 20 lbs and now underweight because I usually don't feel like eating since the discovery of his affair.
It is too difficult to remember because I discovered what I thought was "our marriage" was very overlapped with his affair. Good times, bad times,
he always had me, his wife, and whenever he wanted, he could see his girlfriend.
(I discovered they also had coffee dates, lunch dates and watched sports events together.)
After seeing cell phone bills, I compared the dates and times with what I could remember was happening in our life then. VERY SAD.
For instance, they met on Sunday afternoons for sex and typically, he and I spent all day Mondays together, mostly making love.
What I now know was his reality, is NOT my reality. I cannot be both.
I feel like I am always in between two world now. The present, and then the one that preceeds the time of his lengthy affair. Typically, we don't talk about that time much anymore. He gets upset when I bring it up.
I wonder why?? It was a total LOSS for me. For him, he was enjoying me as his bread and butter and his secret girlfriend was his cake. And boy oh boy did he eat it too!
Yes, pain for both of us -after D-day. But totally different kinds of pain.
During that time, because he not only broke our vows, but also endangered my life, and.. the worst...He lied to me about our relationship and our marriage AND family. He criticized me a lot, but paid her compliments and respect. And I was a stay home mom, doing everything a lot by myself it seems.
Still having trauma symptoms, weight loss and anxiety but our relationship is solid.
I want to find out WHAT marriage means to each of us and collectively.
Then, the plan would be to re-say or wedding vows and really mean them this time. I don't want to live in 2 worlds anymore, and would rather reinvent our marriage and make the best for ourselves and eachother.
It is now and the future that really matter, so I am focusing on building.
So is he
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I am a man married 20 years and discovers my wife had affairs plural for 11 years. One 6 years , one 2 yeas and then did internet to meet random men to do porn at hotels in afternoons when she was supposed to be at work. Hundreds of men the last 11 months. I raised three kids , coached their sports and provided well for the family ... I endured her criticism and demands to make her happy all to fail.... I raised my kids in church and I continue to serve Jesus.... I connect to your story so much...lets pray for each other ..,,Delete
- AnonymousMay 31, 2013 at 4:42 AM
Yes me. Two worlds but just found out 3months ago.ReplyDelete
Still dealing with shock. Relying on God but ashamed of my venting to friends I'm so hurt whatever I feel is on my sleeve.
- AnonymousAugust 12, 2013 at 2:30 PM
My Dday was Sunday March 31 2013. Easter Sunday.ReplyDelete
Hurt, shocked, ashamed, and feel like I'm dead on the inside.
- AnonymousOctober 8, 2013 at 1:45 PM
My DDay was Aug 7,2013 only two months ago. We were on and off trying to work things out but I always ended up angry and would break it off again. We finally decided to work it out after he and the mistress finally ended the affair three weeks ago. It is very hard to move past it. I know we are both going through our own emotional rollercoaster of feelings. I tend to blame myself for the affair and he is dealing with guilt and shame. I pray every day that we are able to work it out. We have two beautuful children and are now attending marriage counseling. Pray for us! The only way I would renew my vows is if it came from him because I didnt break them he did. Although we were very young when we married it is still no excuse!ReplyDelete
Sometimes wedding happens different from expectations. This may be due to low budget or many other personal reasons. Vow renewal is the best way to fulfill you expectations that you had at time of wedding.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 5, 2014 at 8:12 PM
After 2 years of marriage I discovered my wife had an affair. We worked with two counselors for several months and decided to try again. Two years later we had a daughter and 6.5 years later we had another. When our second daughter was 2 1/2 my wife had another affair. Very quickly thereafter it came out that the real count was not 2 but more like 7 or 8. "It depends on what you consider an affair" I think was the explanation. We subsequently divorced and raised the girls as divorced parents, both girls turned out wonderful and successful but I'm sure they'll have their issues. Meanwhile, I spent a great deal of time reliving the pain and the 'what ifs' over the years. My belief now is: cheaters cheat - that's what they do. They may not plan on it, but once that threshold has been crossed it becomes easier, like any other experience or training, each subsequent time. My advice, 17 years later, is to forgive the offending partner as soon as possible and walk away - don't look back, don't listen to any pleas, just get on with whatever life you have left. The forgiveness is not for them it is for you. Do you really want to trade each of your remaining days for one filled with distrust and worry or worse. Move on, you may find someone wonderful or someone just really nice to talk to; either way, it is far better than the situation you left behind. My 2 cents.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousNovember 20, 2014 at 12:32 PM
Ok, about a year ago I received a nasty phone call from a woman who said my husband and she were "getting it on". I was somewhat frighted and asked my husband who said it must have been someone who "had it in for him". Later, I asked him about the time I knew he cheated so long ago. I was a young mother and my husband was looking for work in another state. When he got home, I helped unpack and saw a letter he had written to who knows who about how the could meet again and where. As it turns out, we moved to the same place where he met this woman and she was in our church. I just clammed up, hurt, but went with him anyway and then kept my mouth shut. I hurt deeply inside, but thought, this was a mistake made by him. As I confronted him about this phone call, he stated that nothing had happened in this town with anyone. OK, I believe this, but what about any other time in our marriage? We started counselling where he admitted to a previous affair before the one so long ago in another town(the one we moved to). He wrote a letter confessing about this previous affair and his remorse. OK, this was when he was going to grad school-I had no idea. He talked about this a little with the counselor who then wanted to have us "move forward" and to stop obsessing about this. I decided to leave this counselor, but continued to badger my husband about his 2 affairs. I printed out information about emotional and physical affairs. He has since admitted to a 1. crush with someone he worked with in the 1st year of marriage 2. His affair with a gal he "liked alot" and she "meant alot to him" This was the one while he was in school-a classmate and after he was unsure of his future-thus, his misbehavior 3. He asked aother woman, classmate, out on a date and wanted to be physical with her, but, he had liked her a long time, but nothing happened after his date with her except for petting and hugging goodnight. 4. He later had the affair in the town where he met the woman-the only affair he had admitted to previously. 5. He admitted to another affair where he was, again, looking for work, invited this woman he was introduced to and was at the same hotel for a few days-he says they did pet in the car and he went to her room-but did not have sexual contact. 6. He admitted to an emotional affair he had with a woman when he had a good job-she was his coworker-this went on for 5 years. 7. He had another emotional affair with a woman he had met who was living near him in a town where he was looking for a house his family was to live-this went on for months, even after we moved to this new town. 8. He said he had the beginnings of an emotional affair-but told woman he was married-and that ended it. 9. my girlfriend stated that my husband had been romantic with her when he took her to dinner to at my suggestion for her doing some domestic work while I was out of town.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 20, 2014 at 12:38 PM
Back again, he admitted to writing letters, phone calls, and other stuff, but cannot remember what he said, or how long things lasted. He admitted to getting gifts for one and buying dinner, etc. I feel betrayed and sad about all this, but would, with some support, like to get this over with. How can I enjoy his love for me, etc. These affairs happened while he was immature, he says, with the knowledge that we had 3 babies, lived in 4 communities, aged 2/3rds of our marriage-he says he has been committed for a long time.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 20, 2014 at 12:40 PM
He has been committed for the last 1/3rd of our marriage-give me a break. He is willing to renew our vows and seems clearly remorseful and has been willing to go to counseling, despite our change of counselors.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 1, 2014 at 11:32 AM
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As required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Division undertakes some level of review of each reporting company at least once every three years and reviews a significant number of companies more frequently. In addition, the Division selectively reviews transactional filings — documents companies file when they engage in public offerings, business combination transactions, and proxy solicitations. To preserve the integrity of the selective review process, the Division does not publicly disclose the criteria it uses to identify companies and filings for review.
Scope of Reviews
If the Division selects a company or a filing for review, the extent of that review will depend on many factors, including the criteria set forth in Section 408 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the factors identified through our selective review criteria. The scope of a review may be:
Much of the Division's review involves evaluating the disclosure from a potential investor's perspective and asking questions that an investor might ask when reading the document. When the staff identifies instances where it believes a company can improve its disclosure or enhance its compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements, it provides the company with comments. The range of possible comments is broad and depends on the issues that arise in a particular filing review. The staff completes many filing reviews without issuing any comments.
In addition to a first level examiner, in nearly all cases a second person reviews a filing and proposed comments to help achieve consistency in comments across filing reviews. We refer to this person as the reviewer.
Staff Comments
The Division views the comment process as a dialogue with a company about its disclosure. The staff's comments are based on a company's disclosure and other public information and reflect its understanding of that company's facts and circumstances. In comments, the staff may request that a company provide additional supplemental information so the staff can better understand the company's disclosure, revise disclosure in a document on file with the SEC, provide additional disclosure in a document on file with the SEC, or provide additional or different disclosure in a future filing with the SEC.
Company Response to Comments
A company generally responds to each comment in a letter to the staff and, if appropriate, by amending its filings. A company's explanation or analysis of an issue will often resolve a comment. Depending on the nature of the issue, the staff's concern, and the company's response, the staff may issue additional comments following its review of the company's response to its prior comments. This comment and response process continues until the staff and the company resolve the comments.
Depending on the nature of a pending issue, the Division's Office of Chief Accountant may decide to involve the Commission's Office of the Chief Accountant during the comment and response process on matters relating to accounting and financial disclosure matters.
Closing a Filing Review
When a company has resolved all Division comments on a Securities Act registration statement, the company may request that the Commission declare the registration statement effective so that it can proceed with the transaction. When taking that action, the Division, through authority delegated from the Commission, gives public notice on the SEC's EDGAR system that the registration statement is effective.
When a company has resolved all Division comments on an Exchange Act registration statement, a periodic or current report, or a preliminary proxy statement, the Division provides the company with a letter to confirm that its review of the filing is complete.
To increase the transparency of the review process, when the Division completes a filing review it makes its comment letters and company responses to those comment letters public on the SEC's EDGAR system. The Division makes this correspondence public no earlier than 20 business days after it has completed its review of a periodic or current report or declared a registration statement effective. In making correspondence publicly available on the EDGAR system, the Division redacts any information subject to a Rule 83 confidential treatment request without evaluating the substance of that request. Only if and when a request is made for that information under the Freedom of Information Act does the Division undertake any substantive review of the confidential treatment request.
Reconsideration Process
Division staff members, at all levels, are available to discuss disclosure and financial statement presentation matters with a company and its legal, accounting, and other advisors. A company should not hesitate to request that the staff reconsider a comment it has issued or reconsider a staff member's view of the company's response to a comment at any point in the filing review process. Because of the diversity of issues that may be raised in the filing review and comment process, the Division does not require companies and their representatives to follow a formal protocol in consulting with its staff or in seeking reconsideration of a staff comment. However, the following information may be helpful to companies when doing so.
If a company does not understand a comment or the staff's purpose in issuing a comment, it should seek clarification from the examiner before it responds. If the company does not understand the comment after discussing it with the examiner, it may wish to speak to the reviewer who approved the comment before the Division issued it. To make it easier for a company to identify the appropriate people to contact about a filing review, the Division includes the names and phone numbers of the staff members involved in that review in each of its comment letters.
In any instance where the staff suggests that a company should revise its disclosure or its financial statements, the company may, and should as appropriate, provide the staff with a written explanation of why it provided the disclosure it did. In many cases, this response will resolve the comment. If the staff indicates that it intends to reissue the comment, the company may wish to pursue reconsideration of the comment or its response before the staff does so. In this case, the company should, after discussing the matter with the examiner, ask to speak to the reviewer of that comment letter.
If a company wishes to seek more senior level reconsideration of a matter during the filing review process, it should feel free to do so as indicated below. A request for reconsideration may be oral or written.
Legal and Textual Disclosure Matters
If a company wishes to seek reconsideration of a staff comment relating to a legal issue or a textual disclosure matter, the normal course of the reconsideration process would begin with the Legal Branch Chief in the Assistant Director Office and then proceed to the Assistant Director. After discussing the matter with the Assistant Director, the company may address the matter with one of the Division's Associate Directors (Michele Anderson, James Daly, Cicely LaMothe). A company may direct further reconsideration requests to the Deputy Director or to the Director.
Set forth below are the Legal Branch Chiefs and Assistant Directors of each Assistant Director Office.
|Branch Chief
|Senior Assistant Chief Accountant
|Sharon Blume
Angela Connell
Kevin W. Vaughn
|James Rosenberg
|Jennifer Thompson
William Thompson
|James Allegretto
|Kathleen Collins
Stephen Krikorian
|Craig Wilson
|Karl Hiller
Ethan Horowitz
|Brad Skinner
|Melissa Raminpour
Lyn Shenk
|Andrew Mew
|John Cash
Terence O'Brien
|Melissa Rocha
|Amit Pande
Gus Rodriquez
Hugh West
|John Nolan
|Kevin Woody
Robert Telewicz
|Daniel Gordon
|Rufus Decker
Craig Arakawa
|Joel Parker
|Brian Cascio
Kevin Kuhar
|Martin James
|Terry French
Robert Littlepage
In addition, the company or its representatives should feel free to involve the Commission's Office of the Chief Accountant (distinct from the Division's Office of Chief Accountant) at any stage in this process. Generally, the Commission's Office of the Chief Accountant addresses questions concerning the application of generally accepted accounting principles while the Division resolves matters concerning the age, form, and content of financial statements required to be included in a filing. Procedures for consulting with the Commission's Office of the Chief Accountant are set forth at http://www.sec.gov/info/accountants/ocasubguidance.htm.
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Monday, July 27, 2009
Memory Monday: My Brother the Babysitter
My big brother, Don Roberts
My older brother, Donald Howard Roberts, was eight years older than I. (He was actually my half-brother – his father was my mother's first husband, Howard "Dock" Roberts – but he always seemed to be a regular old brother to me.) He was considered old enough to babysit for me on those rare occasions when my parents could afford to go out for an evening or afternoon.
House rules changed when my brother Don was in charge. Ordinarily he took that imperious older brother attitude with me – often riling me up to the boiling point where I was ready to let my fists start flying, and then he would do that most aggravating thing – stick his palm against my forehead and keep me at arm's length, a swinging and futilely flailing 5-year-old windmill of anger and frustration.
Babysitting nights were different. Even though he was "in charge," Don must have taken the responsibility of having to entertain a five-year-old pretty seriously. On the menu were special games and entertainments that we didn't indulge in when our parents were around (mostly for good reason) and all the foods we liked to eat that we could find in the house. Don would make "tunnel houses" for me using sheets and sofa and patio furniture cushions. I thought they were the coolest things ever. One of our favorite games was to put talcum powder in our socks, put them on, and then get off to a running start and "skate" down the polished wooden floor of the hallway. Hey, we cleaned the floor and made it smell good, too!
Feeding me earlier in the day was no problem and required no creativity: Cheerios for breakfast and tomato soup or beef vegetable soup for lunch. Dinner was another matter. Mom might have left a prepared meal, but Don and I regarded this as a special, not-to-be-lost opportunity, not to mention a sacred duty. We were not going to eat a regular dinner. Ice cream and cookies were a favorite. If my mother had planned ahead of time and left no dessert foods in the kitchen, we would just find something else that could never be mistaken for regular dinner food: crackers, peanut butter, popcorn, bananas with chocolate syrup, or cinnamon toast would do.
Don would even let me watch "my" shows on TV, though I think this was just a ploy to keep me entertained so that he could talk to one of his many girlfriends on the phone. We would also let our German Shepherd Trina in to the house to stay with us, something she was ordinarily not allowed to do.
These good times made up a little bit for all the otherwise obnoxious big-brother things Don did. That and the fact that he once pummeled Louie Marquioli, a much bigger neighbor kid, for calling me a name.
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Since I was the oldest in our family, I wonder if one of my younger sibs will write a touching memory blog like you have done for your older brother. Are you and your brother close now?ReplyDelete
Oh, Linda, the answer is a sad one. We did not grow apart as adults, but it was always easier for him to contact me (my phone number never changed) than for me to contact him (his phone number was always changing). I began to worry after too many years had passed and I hadn't heard from him, but it was only when I started genealogy that I found the tools to look for him. So in 2005 I checked through some records and found what looked like a California death record for him, and soon after that I found an obituary for him - he had died in 1999, only 53 years old. I have done research on his Roberts family and have been in contact with several of his Roberts cousins.ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh, that is sad, Greta. I'm glad you have fun memories of him.ReplyDelete
Greta, I'm so sorry to hear about your brother. But at the same time, that is a wonderful memory to have that you shared in the posting!ReplyDelete
Thank you,T.K. and Leah, for your kind comments. I do miss Don, but I do love to remember how much fun and how protective he could be. Someday I will have to tell the story of how I got together with his Roberts cousins and was able to give one of these cousins a number of photos of her brothers that she did not have.ReplyDelete
Sorry to hear about Don and you losing touch. I was the eldest of 4 (within 5 years) and was a rotten babysitter compared to Don. There was no entertainment laid on and no extra treats unless it involved "keeping quiet" about what I was up to. Oh, the embarrassment of being the eldest and therefore the supposedly Most Responsible!ReplyDelete


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AUSTIN – The meme of Gov. Rick Perry looking grumpy in the company of President Barack Obama caught fire this week, injecting a light note into the serious discussion of border issues.
People – especially Democrats – had fun with the photo by the New York Times' Doug Mills, suggesting that Perry was Grumpy Cat's doppelganger and wondering if anything could make him smile.
But apparently the laughs don't extend to Perry's press office.
Asked why he had that expression in the photo, Perry spokeswoman Lucy Nashed said, "The governor is deeply concerned about what is happening along the Texas-Mexico border, and his expression reflects that concern."


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I was having a conversation with my District Chair last night and we were talking about QR codes. So I decided to make my own!!
basically if you download a QR reader on to your smart phone and then scan the picture above it will take you to my website (which is still not working properly) – how cool is that!
you can also do other things like the one below
Impressed? – I was!! Now I'm wondering …. In what ways can I use QR Codes in my project. Any ideas?


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"Hearty Boys" Cruise France on A-ROSAby Janice Wald Henderson | 4.19.13
Food Network's Party Line "Hearty Boys" host a South of France A-ROSA river cruise this August
A-ROSA River Boat in France
Let the good times roll on a South of France A-ROSA river boat cruise August 10-17, 2013. This Rhône trip - round-trip Lyon, France - stars food celebs Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh, better known as "The Hearty Boys" and former hosts of Food Network's Party Line with the Hearty Boys.
Yup, it's The Hearty Boys, not The Hardy Boys. But it was the latter mystery series (the male take on Nancy Drew) that inspired McDonagh and Smith (former actors and self-taught chefs) to open a café and sandwich shop in Bethel, Maine in the mid 90s with a take on the popular books' and television series' title. A catering business came next and by 2003, The Hearty Boys had moved to Chicago and opened The Café at Hearty Boys. The place was such a success, soon cooking classes and private dinners were added. In 2005, they opened Hearty restaurant and won many kudos, including making Chicago Magazine's top-10 hotspot list.
These guys know how to have fun. They recently initiated HBTV, an interactive on-camera cooking class, dubbed by some as "cooking karaoke."
This duo made the big leagues after sending a tape to the Food Network and beating some 10,000 entrants to be selected to participate on The Next Food Network Star in 2005. They won this reality show contest. Soon they had their own Food Network series, titled Party Line with The Hearty Boys. Smith and McDonagh are also authors of The New Old Bar and Talk with Your Mouth Full. (See heartyboys.com to order.)
In keeping with today's entertaining style, Smith's and McDonagh's recipes are simple and flavorful. Chilled melon soup, coriander lime grilled chicken legs and rose petal cupcakes are primo examples. (Recipes online at foodnetwork.com.) At their restaurant, the menu features American comfort food with a modern twist. Think lobster pot pie, rabbit sausage corndog and tuna noodle casserole updated with seared ahi.
The Hearty Boys share the spotlight on this August cruise with Mark Van Laanen and Tony Marchese, owners of Palm Springs, California's TRIO restaurant. Van Laanen is also the executive chef. I've not dined at TRIO, but it is well regarded as a casual American eatery with Midwest flair.
Perhaps, like me, you are Hearty Boy fans but thinking - who and what is A-ROSA River Cruises? I was not familiar with this line, although river cruises are currently the hottest thing since, well, ocean cruises.
Until recently, A-ROSA was marketed to a European audience. This cruise line began operation with just two ships in 2000 by a company called Seetours, a joint venture of P&O and DSR. The brand and ships were sold to DSR in 2003 and now run under the AIDA brand. The company is based in Rostock, Germany (cruise ship port and gateway to Berlin) and has been introducing new tonnage and new trip regions to further expand the fleet.
Now David Morris International (DMI) is partnering with A-ROSA River Cruises to introduce three of the 10 ships to the North American market. I don't know David Morris personally, but I'm certainly aware of his work. He was a sales-and-marketing guru for luxury cruise lines like Silversea and Crystal Cruises before forming his own company. Morris has an excellent reputation in the industry.
A-ROSA has a few pluses to stand out from the pack. For one, the price is all-inclusive, including airfare. Except, that is, on this sail, which is cruise-only. Good to know for other A-ROSA cruises, as airline seats to Europe from the U.S. can cost up to $2,000 for economy class this summer. Also included in A-ROSA cruises are transfers, accommodations, open bar, cuisine and shore excursions. In some ports, guests have a choice of up to three excursions.
On this August 10-17, 2013 cruise through Burgundy and Provence on the Rhône, special amenities include a $300 dining certificate to TRIO or Hearty (per couple), a seven-course wine-paired dinner onboard and - my favorite - lunch at Paul Bocuse's restaurant in Lyon, France.
Bocuse, one of France's most famous chefs, is legendary. He has won countless awards, include "Chef of the Century." Bocuse was one of the creators of nouvelle cuisine (modern, lighter food) and has earned three Michelin stars (the highest possible).
So what is the riverboat like for this culinary journey? It's called Stella, appears posh and has 86 outside cabins that average 156-square-feet. The onboard spa offers a fitness room, personal training, bicycles for onshore, steam and sauna and deluxe treatments. Expect an outdoor pool, putting green and shuffleboard, too. There is no dress code or fixed seating; dine with whom you wish.
All four special guests will share entertaining tips and offer demonstrations. The Hearty Boys are planning a special mixology presentation on their favorite spirited drinks and how to reproduce them at home. (Their restaurant is known for artisan cocktails.) Expect the four to also schmooze up passengers, participate in shore excursions and join onboard social gatherings.
The price for this food-and-wine-filled experience is $3,099 per person. For more information, visit arosacruises.com or call 1-855-55-AROSA.


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Black + Blotter Business Cards - Space150 v23
Space 150 changes their identity every 150 days. And with an identity process and look all their own, today marks the 23rd version of the Space 150 brand. This is a business card project we've managed the letterpress print production on for several versions now. Designed by Ned Wright at Space 150, this simple looking card still combines 4 production processes. Can you spot all four? Here they are: 250gsm Black Stonehenge sheet - FOIL STAMPED with gloss black foil.
22 pt White blotter sheet - LETTERPRESS PRINTED with silver ink.
After printing, these sheets are DUPLEX pasted back to back for zero impression show through.
After trimming the cards to size, they are EDGE COLORED in black for a clean look on the edge.
We print these cards for around 70 people. For a large studio, value comes with quantity. It would be fiscally improbable for an individual to produce a design like this on a small run of cards. (If you have to ask, "How much?"... )


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Providing Nest Sites for Pollinators
Bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects need access to safe places to nest, lay eggs, and raise their young. Insects also need sheltered, undisturbed places to hibernate and overwinter. The easiest way to provide these nesting resources is by benign neglect and by recognizing, protecting, or adding to the resources already available.
Types of Nests and Sites
Ground Nests
Most of North America's native bee species (about 70%) are solitary ground nesters. Their nests look similar to ant holes from above. Leave some semi-bare ground to provide nesting sites for these bees. Avoid disturbance to these sites, including mulching and tilling.
Wood Tunnel Nests
Approximately 30% of native bees in North America nest in wood tunnels. Leaving beetle-riddled snags and providing plants with pithy stems can provide nesting habitat for mason and leafcutter bees.
You can also choose to build and maintain artificial nests for native bees. Download the fact sheets or book below for more information on creating artificial nests for native bees.
Other Nest Sites
Brush piles, rock piles, bunch grasses, and old rodent burrows can provide valuable nesting opportunities for bumble bees and beneficial insects, as well as providing safe places for insects to overwinter and hibernate.
Butterfly Host Plants
Make your pollinator garden into a butterfly garden by adding the host plants for butterflies in your region. Milkweed is the host plant for Monarch butterflies and also provides nectar for bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects.
Taking Next Steps
Nests for Native BeesA resource that describes techniques used to make nests for native bees. Read more.
Tunnel Nest Construction and ManagementGuidelines on the construction and maintenance of nest sites for tunnel nesting native bees. Read more.
Managing Alternative Pollinators
Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists is a publication by the SARE. It is the first full color step-by-step guide for rearing and managing bumblebees, mason bees, leafcutter bees, and other honey bee pollinator alternatives. The Handbook provides in-depth information on nest construction, parasite and disease management, habitat conservation, IPM for beekeepers, and avoiding pesticide poisoning. Read more.
Attracting Native Pollinators
Xerces' most recent book, Attracting Native Pollinators: Protecting North America's Bees and Butterflies, is available to purchase from our website. The book is published in 2011 by Storey Publishing, North Adams, Massachusetts. Attracting Native Pollinators is coauthored by four Xerces Society staff members Eric Mader, Matthew Shepherd, Mace Vaughan, and Scott Black in collaboration with Gretchen LeBuhn, San Francisco State University. Read more.


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How Will You Make Your 2014 Numbers?
A good B2B infographic design, How Will You Make Your 2014 Numbers from Zilliant gives you 3 options to leverage when setting prices. Good luck making your numbers!
Pricing is the most powerful lever a company has to boost profitability, yet it is often the last bastion of guesswork in many companies.
When it comes to setting prices, what we typically see is that B2B companies take one of three distinct approaches: opinion and experience, backward-looking analytics and predictive modeling.
Where does your company fall? Take a peek at this infographic and find out!
I'm definitely seeing a big increase in design requests for B2B infographics that can be used in presentations, brochures and handouts. This design is a great example of showing how their service outperforms the alternatives. The design was sized to fit on standard size paper, so anyone can print it out. The racetrack path also walks the audience through the information in a very specific sequence.
Thanks to Danielle for sending in the link!


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Eight hundred million shares of Facebook are set to "flood" the market Wednesday, as the company's biggest post-IPO lockup expires.
This has many investors fearful that stock sales from employees could push the stock, which has lost nearly half its value since the IPO, even lower. Some are calling it the "Facebook fiscal cliff." (Read more: Facebook Drops as Employees Sell Shares)
But not everyone sees this as a reason to sell. In fact, some contrarians think it will be an excellent time to buy Facebook.