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Dark Shadows from the Beginning
Episode 40: Coffee Time
One of the best things about the first year of Dark Shadows is Nancy Barrett. Despite all of Carolyn Stoddard's faults, not the least of which being her borderline incestuous crush on her uncle Roger, the emphatic range Nancy Barrett brings to her performances simply makes the character nothing short of enchanting. It's here in episode 40 where such a quality is brought home to epitomize what makes Nancy Barrett so great in the role of Carolyn Stoddard.
There are a good many fans who only follow the show from episode 210 where the Barnabas era begins, and for this reason alone the first two hundred nine episodes remain one of the best kept secrets among Dark Shadows fandom. Yet for those who appreciate the fantastic performances of talented actors bringing characters to life with definitive depth, these early episodes contain some of the finest, most memorable moments in the entire series.
Here in episode 40, greatness abounds not only in scenes with Nancy Barrett as Carolyn Stoddard, but also in those with David Ford as Sam Evans. In the post for episode 41, we'll recognize what David Ford achieves in one of his more magnificent moments on Dark Shadows; for now, let's shine a light on what Nancy Barrett brings to define her portrayal of Carolyn Stoddard in the absolute.
At the very beginning of Dark Shadows, Carolyn Stoddard could just as easily have been disliked overall. She comes across as spoiled and self-centered, doesn't seem to appreciate those who really love her, and is forever striving for what she could never have.
In his series outline Shadows on the Wall, original story creator and developer Art Wallace begins his portrait of Carolyn Stoddard with the following paragraph:
"The only daughter of Elizabeth Stoddard is now seventeen years old. An intense, attractive girl, Carolyn seems to derive her energies towards counteracting the gloom of the old house within which her mother had imprisoned herself. Armed with an air of independence, driven by the devils of rebellion, Carolyn's romantic attachments have, for several years, been a source of distress for her mother and a constant fund of gossip for the housewives of Collinsport." (Shadows on the Wall, p. 16)
As initially presented when the series first aired, the character of Carolyn Stoddard doesn't come across as someone you could admire. For one thing, she treats her boyfriend Joe Haskell abhorrently; he's even forced into making a public scene by erupting into a fight at the Blue Whale because of her insistence on dancing with every other male in the room.
(Joe Haskell mixing it up with one of Carolyn's many Blue Whale dance partners in episode 2)
To make her appear even less like the type character the viewer would want to support in her many trials and tribulations, following the public fracas created in her honor, after arriving home Carolyn stomps into the spacious family drawing room and has this type of exchange with her mother:
Carolyn [smiles wistfully]: When I was ten years old I used to dream that a white knight would come along and rescue me from this dungeon. [smile fades to resignation] I guess white knights have gone out of style.
Elizabeth: I thought you like Joe Haskell. Carolyn, darling, all I ever pray for is for you to be happy. Joe loves you.
Carolyn: And I like him. But he's not a white knight, mother.
That she doesn't hold in esteem the very people who really love her, like Joe Haskell who will do anything to prove his devotion even if it means getting stone drunk and telling her mother off, is a serious shortcoming in character.
(Joe passed out drunk at Collinwood in episode 33)
It doesn't help how in her first meeting with Vicki she shamelessly lets it be known that she has a huge crush on her uncle Roger.
Carolyn enthuses to Vicki about her uncle Roger in episode 3: "Oh, he sends me. He really does!"
With Carolyn at first being written as if to parody all the worst clichés of the decadent rich, it doesn't help matters when the frequent flirtatious moments with her uncle appear to be entirely mutual.
(Roger greeting his "Kitten" at breakfast in episode 5)
Given these early instances as the main introduction to Carolyn Stoddard, it's hard to find anything there to like. The turning point comes halfway through episode 5; partly it has to do with the bit of background you learn about Carolyn Stoddard, but mostly it's the deeply touching range of Nancy Barrett's performance.
Choked with emotion because she'll have no one at Collinwood to talk to because Vicki has decided to return to New York, Miss Barrett maintains a fragile intensity as Carolyn begins revealing to Vicki the unfortunate circumstances under which she was brought up.
Carolyn: "I thought you knew about my mother."
Carolyn then talks about her father, who walked out six months before she was born. This alone would go a long way toward explaining why Carolyn struggles in relationships as she does; how could she even consider settling down with someone when the man who sired her couldn't even settle down with her mother, let alone be around for the occasion of her birth. The lack of a father figure would also explain why she is always seeking out the affections of older, more paternal figures like her uncle Roger and even Burke Devlin. It's Nancy Barrett's riveting performance that brings it all home not just in the way she fights back what seem like real tears, but also in the facial expressions that serve to emphasize what the character would be feeling.
(Nancy Barrett and Alexandra Moltke in a scene from episode 5)
From then on it's okay to like Carolyn Stoddard no matter what her flaws; she's a real person with real feelings who's only trying to make the best of what she's been given, despite that too often she seems not to be acting in the best interests of herself and those who care for her.
Nevertheless, the complex mixture of deep pain and burning desire that is Carolyn Stoddard can, in the capable hands of Nancy Barrett, lead to some truly amusing moments, especially when the situation concerns her main crush of the moment Burke Devlin; like when cousin David gets after Carolyn about her liking Burke and then teasing her about how Burke seems to like Vicki better. She turns around and calls him "a real solid fourteen-carat little monster" and finally when he won't leave her alone erupts in a shout with ferocity enough to strip the fangs off a werewolf: "Get out of here!"
(Carolyn shouts at David to leave the room in episode 35)
That same episode she confronts Vicki about having what she believes was a serious dinner date with Burke Devlin, and as Vicki leaves the room after trying to make clear that there was nothing between she and Burke, Carolyn in a fit of anger utilizes the magazine prop in a comically enraged manner that only Miss Barrett could bring to the moment:
Episode 40 picks up the thread presented in episode 38 where Carolyn discreetly left her ring at Burke's table in the Collinsport Inn restaurant for him to find. She had asked if she could accompany him on his drive to Bangor, and after being refused figured that leaving something of personal value behind would provide an opportunity for further interaction; here in this episode she is thrilled to receive the call from Burke she had been expecting.
Burke of course is on to Carolyn's ruse, but is nonetheless amused as she puts on an act about how she didn't realize she had left the ring at the restaurant or even that he had found it.
When Roger drops in at the restaurant for coffee, Burke baits him about how well he knows Sam Evans. While talking with Maggie Evans back in episode 28, Burke had a sudden illumination about Sam Evans and ten years ago, when Maggie said that this was the point when her father started drinking heavily. Burke suspects that some connection exists between his nemesis Roger and his old friend Sam, but as yet he can't pinpoint exactly what this may be.
This chance meeting at the restaurant provides Burke with the opportunity to really give Roger something to worry about, that he has somehow come into possession of Carolyn's ring, which as it turns out was a gift from Roger to Carolyn on her sixteenth birthday.
Roger arrives at Collinwood just in time to catch Carolyn before she heads out the door, and returns her ring so that Burke won't have to.
After Roger tells her he doesn't want her to see Burke, Carolyn makes it clear that she is determined not to follow orders.
Having gotten Burke to agree to her meeting with him again at the Collinsport Inn restaurant, she arrives at 12:30 so that they'll have more time to talk before he leaves for his drive up to Bangor at one.
Even though Carolyn has her ring with her, she nonetheless tries to play up her ruse once more, with Burke taking her purse from her and producing the ring after which Carolyn pouts, "Alright, so I had it with me. Big deal!"
Still on a mission to resolve matters between Burke and Roger, Carolyn inquires of Burke straight out why he came to town and what he wants with her family.
When Burke assures her that his business trip to Bangor has nothing to do with her family, Carolyn wonders why she can't go with him on the drive.
Not one to take no for an answer, Carolyn places a phone call to Collinwood and leaves a message with Vicki that she won't be home for dinner because she has a big date.
I can't get over how adorable Nancy Barrett is as Carolyn Stoddard in this episode; so captivating with her indefatigably determined spirit in pursuit of Burke Devlin. It's enough to make a man envious… the beguiling flow of optimism pouring forth from Carolyn in these moments, her lighter than air buoyant manner as she steps outside Collinsport Inn to get in her car and drive to a destination known only to her in this instant; and I think how wonderful it would be, just to be the apple in her eye, so we could ride around in that sixty-six Plymouth Fury, drinking in a day you wish would last forever.
(Nancy Barrett in an early publicity photo, c1966)
Dark Shadows extras:
Episode 40 marks the third and final outing for Colleen Kelly, who played the role of Collinsport Inn restaurant waitress Silent Susie beginning in episode 22 and then again in episode 38. We bid Miss Kelly farewell with a special spotlight feature below by highlighting her work in a short-lived TV series which brought to Dark Shadows the actress who would play Silent Susie number two.
(Colleen Kelly as Susie the waitress in episode 40)
Despite having been told by Dan Curtis during the previous day's taping to stay out of the control room because she is not directing episodes at the moment, Lela Swift is still on hand to annoy her executive producer with the same type of complaining she began with the day before.
[waves]
Lela: Dan, David Ford is still slacking off. He's not giving his performance enough drama.
Dan: Oh, Jesus, Lela. Why are you here in the control room when you're not directing?
Lela: Dan, I need to keep on top of things, I told you…
In the middle of Act I, when Burke is shown in the phone booth in the Collinsport Inn restaurant, Dan has some complaining of his own to do:
Dan: That goddamn telephone booth is never facing the same way! [David Ford can be heard giggling from the nearby set] I'm getting sick of it… Goddamn sick of it! I'm going to have a word with Sy Tomashoff.
[scene has shifted to Collinwood foyer with Carolyn running down the stairs to answer the phone]
Lela: Dan, nobody will notice.
Dan: Well I notice! If my show is going to be perfect, I have to keep these little inconsistencies from happening. I still haven't managed to do a blooper-free episode yet. If your set designer is creating bloopers, then there's a problem…
[Act II, hotel restaurant, scene with Burke and Roger]
Lela: Colleen was checking out Mitch Ryan. Did you see the way she was looking him over?
Dan: Oh, Jesus Christ, Lela! Will you stop gossiping?
Lela: Dan, I wasn't gossiping.
Dan: Lela, I'm going to have a word with you over the commercial break…
[Act III begins with the Collinwood foyer set, as Roger and Carolyn enter the scene]
Lela: …Dan, I was just making an observation.
Dan: Your observations are what's driving actors off the show.
[Act III, hotel restaurant, scene with Burke and Carolyn begins]
Lela: Dan, Colleen likes Mitch Ryan. That's all I was trying to say.
Dan: Why did you have to bring that up? I really don't care about actors' offstage interests. You know I don't like people gossiping through the control room microphone.
Lela: Dan, I was only making an observation.
Dan: You and your observations. Lela, why don't you just put a lid on it?
Lela [noticing the way Colleen Kelly frowns as she watches Mitch Ryan exiting the scene]: Colleen likes Mitch Ryan.
Dan: Oh, Jesus fucking Christ, Lela, will you leave the poor girl alone? She's had a rough time here. She's giving up her acting career because of us. I feel terrible about that…
[final scene, with Sam getting drunk and passing out]
Dan: David Ford plays a great drunk!
Lela: Yes, probably from experience.
Dan: Oh, Jesus Christ, Lela! David Ford is a great actor.
Lela: He's a marvelous actor. He should be putting more into it.
Dan: I am getting sick and tired of your complaining! I want you to stay out of the control room.
Lela: I belong in the control room! Even when…
[end credits]
Dan: Jesus Christ, Lela. I am sick and tired of your constant complaining. If you can't stop talking shit – [a bump in the closing theme with director, writer, etc., credits omitted] …you'll leave me no choice but to replace you…
Bob Lloyd [ABC announcer]: Dark Shadows is a Dan Curtis production.
Dan: I am sick and fucking tired…
Until next time, this has been The Dan and Lela Show.
Bill Malloy walks in while Roger and Sam are arguing.
Bill to Roger: "Nice guy, Sam. Always liked him."
Bill begins talking about Burke Devlin.
Bill shutters the lock on Sam's front door after Roger leaves.
Bill is tired of coffee and wants for Sam to join him in a drink.
Sam drunkenly regrets the loss of his talent.
Sam confides that he can't paint with a sad and frightened soul.
Sam begins talking about who has been tormenting him.
Sam reveals his big secret to Bill.
Sam finally passes out drunk.
Favorite Lines/Exchanges:
Sam: Don't you knock before you come into a man's house?
Bill: I did, but you two were makin' so much noise in here you couldn't hear me. You want privacy, should keep your door locked. Where's your car Roger? Didn't see it.
Roger: I left it in town.
Bill: You mean you walked out here?
Roger: Why are you here Bill?
Bill: Nothin' much. Just drivin' by, thought I'd drop in on Sam for a cup of coffee. Sure didn't expect to run into a windmill.
Roger: We were just having a friendly argument, that's all.
Bill: How about a refill?
Sam: How about you? You haven't even touched yours.
Bill: Oh, I'm a slow drinker, always have been. Never would even try to keep up with an old rummy like you.
Burke: Well, hello Roger. How are you this morning?
Roger: Oh I'm fine, thanks.
Burke: Why, I thought you'd be at your office working this time of day.
Roger: Well I don't think that's any concern of yours.
Burke: Well that's hardly the way to talk to the man who brought your wandering son up to the castle last night. How is David?
Roger: He's fine.
Burke: Still playing at being the amateur mechanic?
Roger: Burke, I'm talking about my family. David, Carolyn, all of them. I want you to keep away from them.
Burke: What if they don't want to keep away from me? [taps the counter twice] Ever thought of that? [before turning to leave the restaurant, says cheerfully] Good morning, Roger.
[Roger enters the foyer as Carolyn is hurrying down the stairs]
Carolyn: Hi, uncle Roger. What are you doing home at this time of day?
Roger: Everyone seems to be keeping track of my working hours today.
Carolyn: Well, forget I asked you. See you later.
Roger: Oh, just a moment Carolyn.
Carolyn: Oh, I really don't have time. I have this big date.
Roger: Well, let's just let Burke Devlin wonder what happened to you.
[Burke exposes Carolyn's ruse by opening her purse]
Carolyn: What are you doing?
Burke: I'm looking for a most elusive and important little ring.
Carolyn: Alright, so I had it with me. Big deal!
Burke: Good old uncle Roger.
Carolyn: Well, I tried, anyway.
Burke: I knew you would, I've been waiting for you.
Carolyn: You think you know everything, don't you?
Burke: Oh, no. But I know that you just didn't happen to leave your ring on the table. It's an old play, Carolyn. Older than you and I.
Sam: I had real talent once, Bill. Did you know that? Real talent!
Bill: You're still a darn good artist.
Sam: Thanks. You know what I think you're doing? [giggles] You're trying to get me drunk, that's what you're doing.
Bill [laughing along]: I thought all you great artists could hold your liquor.
Background/Production Notes:
Episode 40 marks the last where story creator and developer Art Wallace will be the sole writer of Dark Shadows. Beginning with episode 41, the task will be shared with playwright and novelist Francis Swann. In writing the scripts for the first forty half-hours, no other writer would ever come close to doing as many consecutive episodes.
In Act II when Burke places a call from the Collinsport Inn phone booth to a business associate in Bangor, he is speaking with Bronson. The character of Stuart Bronson was played in episode 27 by veteran stage, screen, and television actor Barnard Hughes. It could be that at the time the script for episode 40 was written, it may have been anticipated that Barnard Hughes might be returning to continue on in the role of Stuart Bronson. Bronson's name will be mentioned again in episode 42 when Burke arrives for his business meeting in Bangor, by which time he will be dealing with a man named James Blair as played by another highly accomplished veteran of the stage and television, John Baragrey.
Bill Malloy and Sam Evans have been friends for around 30 years. Bill notes how proud Sam's wife was of him.
Daily studio schedule for Dark Shadows in 1966
7:00-11:00 a.m. Lighting
8:30-10:30 Morning Rehearsal
10:30-11:30 Break/Make-Up
11:00-12:00 Engineering Set-Up
11:30-2:00 Camera Blocking & Run Through
2:00-2:30 Dress Rehearsal
2:30-3:00 Test Pattern
3:00-3:30 Episode Taping
3:30-4:00 Knockdown
3:45-4:15 Technical Meeting
4:00-6:30 Dry Rehearsal for Next Episode
4:00-7:00 Reset Studio
Set Design:
Episode 40 is the third where at Collinsport Inn the phone booth is located in the restaurant; in episode 22 it was facing the front door of the restaurant, in episode 28 it was facing the counter, and here in episode 40 it is facing the door to the hotel lobby.
Bloopers/Story Continuity:
In the opening scene, Frank Schofield and Louis Edmonds get their dialogue momentarily tangled:
Bill: Where's your car Roger? Didn't see it.
Roger: I –
Bill: …outside.
A moment later, Frank Schofield says, "Sure didn't expect to find a – run into a windmill."
In Act I, while Carolyn is arranging to meet with Burke at the Collinsport Inn restaurant at 12:30, right after Mitch Ryan says the line "If you insist," the honking of an automobile horn can be heard from the traffic outside the television studio.
In Act II, David Ford says, "I want to know why you think Roger Collin came here if it wasn't to buy a painting."
In Act III, as Carolyn stands in the drawing room saying "How did you know?" to Roger, the shadow of the camera moving in from the foyer can be seen against the back of Nancy Barrett's coat.
In Act III, after Mitch Ryan says the line "It's an old play, Carolyn. Older than you and I," the sound of another automobile horn can be heard from outside the television studio.
Carolyn's Plymouth Fury has a New York state license plate: 5Z 2961.
The end credits are cut short; following the listing of actor names, the credit roll jumps to the wardrobe listing, with the frequently occurring blooper where Ohrbach's is spelled Orhbach's.
Propspotting:
This episode features multiple close-ups of the preliminary portrait sketch of Burke as drawn by Sam during their initial sitting.
Although no story time has elapsed, this prop shows a great deal more detail and development than the rough sketch that was first evident in episode 39.
Food & Drink in Collinsport:
After dropping by at Evans cottage unannounced, Bill Malloy imposes on Sam for first one cup of coffee and then another. Bill likes that Sam makes good, strong coffee.
Having tired of coffee, Bill then demands that Sam pour him a drink.
Getting Sam to join him, Bill eagerly provides refill after refill to Sam's glass.
At the Collinsport Inn restaurant Roger orders from Susie a cup of coffee, but is not seen to drink any nor is there a cup shown to be set down on the counter.
Dark Shadows Cast Member Spotlight: Colleen Kelly
(Colleen Kelly as Silent Susie serving Burke Devlin a breakfast plate at the Collinsport Inn restaurant, episode 38)
Originally scheduled for broadcast during the 1965-66 television season, the Cold War spy drama series Coronet Blue was put on an indefinite hiatus when the CBS network decided against canceling Slattery's People.
Having finally aired between May and September 1967 as a summer replacement, the series might have been given an extended life span of renewal had its star, Frank Converse, not already signed on with ABC for a regular co-starring role on the new police drama N.Y.P.D.
Colleen Kelly had a recurring credited role as "The Waitress" of a New York City coffee house (The Searching i, aka "the i") where the Frank Converse main character Michael Alden works as a dishwasher.
Colleen Kelly's most prominent appearance on Coronet Blue was in the episode Man Running (aired July 17, 1967). Miss Kelly has a speaking role in this episode, with a voice that resonates with the warmth and charm of the mid-twentieth century Midwest.
(Colleen Kelly in the Coronet Blue episode Man Running)
"Listen, prince. Help me with these napkins?""
(Colleen Kelly as "Joanie" the waitress)
This Coronet Blue episode has other telling parallels with Dark Shadows, having been written by Art Wallace…
…with a familiar name providing wardrobe.
Most interestingly, this episode has a scene just past the twenty-two minute mark where a character named Margaret Crowell (played by Juliet Mills) is staring pensively out the window on a forlorn rainy night, with Michael Alden approaching from behind to say, "A watched pot never boils."
You'll recall that this was also the first line of dialogue spoken on Dark Shadows as written by Art Wallace in the first episode, with Roger attempting to shake Elizabeth out of a deep reverie as she stands by the drawing room window staring out into the night in anticipation of the arrival of Victoria Winters.
(Juliet Mills and Frank Converse in the "watched pot never boils" moment)
For another Dark Shadows crossover, one Coronet Blue episode (Faces; aired July 10, 1967) features Mitch Ryan as a guest star.
(Mitch Ryan as Oscar Davis in a Coronet Blue episode)
Coronet Blue had as guest stars in various episodes a number of other actors who would later appear on Dark Shadows, including Dennis Patrick, Addison Powell, and House Jameson.
Coronet Blue also has the distinction of featuring both actresses who would play Susie, the occasional Collinsport Inn restaurant waitress (The Presence of Evil; aired August 7, 1967):
(The two Silent Susies of Dark Shadows together in one episode of Coronet Blue; Colleen Kelly as the Waitress and Carol Crist as the Folk Singer)
Signs of the Times:
Because the closing credits for episode 40 are cut short, you hear ABC announcer Bob Lloyd saying that Dark Shadows has been a Dan Curtis production but not the usual promo note about Where the Action Is following in the 4:30 pm Eastern time slot.
It's fun doing spotlight features for WTAI in the occasional On the Flipside section; but because the series has thus far not been released in the retail market, not all the episodes are available through collectors.
So this new section has been created to further celebrate the music from the era in which Dark Shadows was made.
In collecting all the episodes that can be found, one thing I've noticed about WTAI is that it mostly excludes the widely popular British pop acts of the time and instead restricts the focus to acts from the U.S. only, though English duo Peter and Gordon did appear on WTAI in February 1966 performing their hit I Go To Pieces and in April British R&B group the Yardbirds were on to perform their recent hit For Your Love and again that month for their current hit Shapes of Things; and in May one show featured a performance by Marianne Faithfull and another show featured an appearance by the Zombies. But otherwise there would be a song performed on WTAI that was a hit by a British act, like Look Through Any Window by the Hollies, but instead it would be performed by a U.S. artist like the Robbs (August 9, 1966), a frequent guest group that also covered Manfred Mann's hit Pretty Flamingo (August 31, 1966); or WTAI house band Paul Revere and the Raiders doing a cover of the then current Beatles hits Day Tripper and She's A Woman in addition to the odd Rolling Stones cover (The Last Time; April 7, 1966); WTAI regular Linda Scott would also be featured performing a number of Beatles covers.
One glaring omission from the WTAI performance lineups was England's Dave Clark Five. Paul Revere and the Raiders did in one episode perform a cover of one of the DC5's current hits Over and Over (March 10, 1966), but the Dave Clark Five in person would have been just perfect for that show.
In collecting out of print CDs of the early albums of the Dave Clark Five, it's easy to see why they were so huge in the mid-sixties. Prolific in their songwriting, their musicianship was first rate. Even their songs that weren't hits or even released as singles are worthy of repeated listening – such as the song Any Time You Want Love from the third album they put out in 1964 (American Tour; released July 20, 1964 on the Epic label [#BN 26117]). Despite that it's buried deep as the fourth track on side two, Any Time You Want Love has all the quality of any of the non-45 rpm Beatles album tracks of the period:
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Any Time You Want Love
(Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson)
When you're feeling blue
All you've gotta do is call me
Any time you want love, I'll be around
Any time you want love, it can be found in me
I'm tellin' you
Every time you go
There's something you ought to know
If you want I'll prove it to you
Then you'll know how much I love you, yes I do
Now I've said it all
Just remember these few words
It can be found in me
By 1966 English diva Dusty Springfield was peaking in popularity, having scored a huge top five hit with You Don't Have To Say You Love Me that spring. This was followed up on July 1 (after having been recorded a mere two weeks earlier on June 15) with the 45 rpm release of Goin' Back, a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The B-side of the single was co-written by Dusty Springfield herself, a ballad in the soul style in which Dusty so frequently flourished called I'm Gonna Leave You. By chance were you around at the time to hear it on the few occasions it might have been played on the radio, or is this tune as new to you now as it was to me in the mid-2010s while collecting every available Dusty Springfield release?
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I'm Gonna Leave You
(Madeline Bell/Lesley Duncan/Dusty Springfield)
I've been trying hard to see
Just what you want of me
But it's no good boy
I'm setting you free
'Cause I need you so much more
With each day that passes by
You don't seem to care
It's making me cry
So I'm packing up my bags
Gonna make my getaway
Get myself together
I can't go on this way
Oh, baby, baby
I'm gonna leave you, baby
This lonely feeling deep in my mind
'Cause I can't turn back
If I leave you behind
But I gotta do it now
Yes, I gotta turn away
Hold me one more time
Don't ask me to stay
It's so hard so say goodbye
But it's you I'm thinking of
It would never work out
I know you're not in love with me
Oh, baby
Said, I'm gonna leave you
It's over and I'm walking out on you
You'll never get the chance to feel untrue
Though I love you
And I need you
And I want you
I'm still walking out on you
Darling, though it hurts me so inside
I can't take no more
Gonna lose my mind
Said I'm gonna leave you, baby
Yes I'm gonna leave you, baby
Oh, I'm gonna leave you baby
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
The above song by Dusty Springfield can be found on the double-CD compilation Complete A and B Sides 1963-1970…
…a collection which presents these songs in their original 1960s mixes, that is to say, as heard when each 45 rpm disc was first released.
Joan Bennett's 1970 autobiography (original front and back covers).
The Bennetts: An Acting Family, the 2004 biography (front cover).
From the page I created for Dark Shadows Wiki:
Dark Passages is a novel written by Kathryn Leigh Scott and published in 2011 by Pomegranate Press, Ltd.
Set in the 1960s, Meg Harrison leaves her native Minnesota for New York to pursue a career in acting while working as a Playboy Bunny in New York's Playboy Club. After changing her name to Morgana Harriott, she soon lands the role of Margie, a restaurant waitress and daughter of a local artist, in the new daytime TV serial Dark Passages. The show will eventually feature a vampire, but the catch is that Morgana is one in real life.
The characters described on the sets of Dark Passages resemble quite vividly those on Dark Shadows and the actors who played them. The diner set where Margie works is greatly similar to that of the Collinsport Inn restaurant on Dark Shadows.
For the back cover, Jonathan Frid wrote the following blurb: "Reading DARK PASSAGES was like being back on the sets of DARK SHADOWS, except with real vampires behind the scenes!"
In this eight-CD box set of composer Robert Cobert's series soundtrack, every music cue used on Dark Shadows is available, including the full-length original recordings of the guitar instrumentals heard at the Blue Whale.
Since 2006, UK production company Big Finish has been extending the Dark Shadows legacy with audio dramas offering new stories featuring cast members from the original TV series. My favorite is the 2015 audio drama …And Red All Over, in which Mitchell Ryan reprises his role as Burke Devlin to the backdrop of an eerily compelling backstory on how he came to acquire his wealth in business. Also starring Kathryn Leigh Scott as Maggie Evans, with original series themes and music cues composed by Robert Cobert. A must listen for any fan of the first year of Dark Shadows.
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Author PrisoneroftheNightPosted on December 9, 2018 March 3, 2019 Tags Art Wallace, Barnard Hughes, Bill Malloy, Burke Devlin, Carolyn and Burke, Collinsport Inn, Collinsport Inn restaurant, control room microphone, Dan Curtis, Dark Shadows extras, Dave Clark Five, David Ford, Dusty Springfield, Evans cottage, food & drink in Collinsport, Lela Swift, Location footage, Mitch Ryan, Nancy Barrett, set design, Shadows on the Wall, The Dan and Lela Show, vintage audio, Where the Action Is
13 thoughts on "Episode 40: Coffee Time"
Count Catofi says:
"Coffee time" … Coffee, coffee, and more coffee! It's always the right time for a nice, hot cup of coffee for the folks of Collinsport, Maine! Especially in these early black-and-white episodes featuring the hotel restaurant of the Collinsport Inn. There's plenty of coffee to go around – and even the occasional cup of tea – in scenes at the Evans cottage and the rare handful of scenes in the kitchen at Collinwood. I am really enjoying these early pre-Barnabas episodes. Honestly, I didn't fully appreciate them on my first viewing about 4 or 5 years ago. Now I love them! The more I watch them, the more I appreciate them.
As regards the hotel restaurant: Come to think of it, I can recall *only black & white scenes* of the Collinsport Inn hotel restaurant … I can't remember ever seeing the restaurant shown *in color* Does anyone else recall an episode where the restaurant was shown in color? I cannot … I really would have liked to have seen the restaurant in full color.
P.S. And yes, Nancy Barrett's acting as Carolyn was indeed a main ingredient in the success of the early episodes. She really stands out. In the 60s, most shows wanted to have at least one beautiful blonde character. In Dark Shadows, Nancy was "it."
PrisoneroftheNight says:
Yes, and thanks to Bill Malloy for stopping in at Sam's cottage to caffeinate this episode. Someone cut together a good deal of the coffee references from Dark Shadows to produce a 7 minute video that's both entertaining and hilarious:
The Collinsport Inn restaurant lasted only a few weeks into the Barnabas era. In fact, I believe Barnabas was the last paying customer for coffee. This was in the 220s episodes, which was the first time the coffee shop appeared since Jason McGuire's arrival in episode 195. By the 220s, they added this low hanging chandelier to the middle of the set that seemed more of a distraction than a decoration.
Much as I love Dark Shadows all the way through, I really developed a special fondness for these early episodes the more I watched them as well, especially for the way they made it seem like Collinsport was a living, thriving full-dimensional backdrop to Dark Shadows as the stories unfolded — and the Collinsport Inn restaurant set is always a sentimental favorite with me.
Samantha Harris says:
Coffee was replaced with sedatives on demand once Dr. Hoffman blew into town.
Prisoner, thanks again for yet another interesting, informative and thought provoking entry. I completely agree with you & the Count about the overlooked jewel that is the pre-Barnabas era of Dark Shadows. I only wish my DVD set included these early episodes.
The part of Nancy Barrett's performance that I appreciate most is that she didn't dumb Carolyn down into a rebellious seventeen year old. Honestly, I always assumed she was as old as Vicky, just more spoiled and used to getting her way because she was a Collins in the one town in America where that was a big deal. She gave Carolyn enough maturity to keep the scenes with burke from being creepy yet she never lost that youthful vulnerability that kept us all on her side.
I also want to thank you Prisoner for the Dave Clark 5 reference. I bought 2 of their albums when they came out in the 60's – they were my favorite band. I liked them even more than I liked the Beatles. I remember seeing them on the Ed Sullivan Show but, where else? I assume they were on American Bandstand? Anyway, I'm inspired to buy some DC5 CD's now. I'm Glad All Over that I read your new special music section!
Thanks so much for saying, Samantha! I was born in 1966, but my favorite eras for music span from the mid-1950s to 1980. After 1980, music just doesn't sound right; too many high-tech production values just squeezing all the life and dynamics right out of the music. I'm glad you like the new music/audio section; it'll be a pretty regular feature in these posts as we go along.
Matter of fact, I'm listening to the DC5 right now this moment as I type this. Just got this a couple weeks ago; it's a compilation called The History of the Dave Clark Five — and the song I posted has just started (Any Time You Want Love)! It's 2 CDs and spans their singles and standout album tracks from 1964 to 1970. You can get it online through Amazon. The seller is Foreign Books & Finds — 50 DC5 songs for only $24.99!
Thanks Prisoner, I'll check out that DC5 compilation set. You were born the same year as my younger sister and her favorite band was KISS. Were you ever a fan of theirs? 🙂
No, apart from their big hit song Beth, which I liked at the time, I was never a fan of theirs.
Prisoner, I was just reading about a PBS Great Performances episode titled, The Dave Clark 5 and Beyond. It includes commentary from famous DC5 fans including Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Ian McKellen, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Hanks, Ozzie Osborne, Elton John, twiggy, Dionne Warwick, Bruce Springsteen and Steven van Zandt and … Gene Simmons from KISS. Simmons said, "It (DC5) was like modern electric church and I just wanted to yell 'Hallelujah'."
Wow, Laurence Olivier a fan of the Dave Clark Five, that's amazing!
Have you ever seen the 1965 movie Bunny Lake Is Missing? Olivier is in a scene that features another of my favorite English pop groups, the Zombies. Here's the 1965 movie trailer:
When I saw the Zombies in concert in 2017, lead singer Colin Blunstone recounted their appearance in the movie, adding that just as their performance was appearing on the TV screen in the bar where Olivier's character Superintendent Newhouse was talking with the Carol Lynley character Ann Lake, Olivier got up from his table to switch off the TV — which in fact isn't true, but never let the truth get in the way of a really amusing anecdote.
I had no idea the Collins family were the Habsburgs of Maine. Don't have a crush on your uncle, Carolyn! Bad, very bad!
John E Comelately says:
Would Carolyn's "crush" have been seen in 1966 in the same light as here in the next century? I'm guessing not; and it's played as an innocent thing, I was reading it as more of a 'push' by Carolyn for Vicki to see Roger as a prospective romance. And Roger's nickname for Carolyn is telling – why doesn't he endear her with 'Princess', for example? Given her status, it would be more appropriate. 'Kitten' implies that he still sees her as a child (no doubt he's called her that for years), and- since his return to the great house to find not just a girl but a young woman – it probably strokes his male ego to think that his pretty niece is so flirtatious with him; and that he might think of himself as a 'teacher' for her, giving insights to her for when the real thing comes along. And remember that for Carolyn growing up, Roger was as close as she could come to a father figure, so a bit of Electra could apply to her attitude?
From today's perspective it seems incestuous and wrong, but I believe it was intended as playfulness rather than the decadence of the idle rich (though that element is there). At least it seems that that's the way Nancy Barrett and Louis Edmonds are playing it (and continue to do in future episodes).
Makes me wonder how different the Carolyn and Uncle Roger flirtation would have seemed if a more handsome actor had played Roger. Like Anthony George, for instance. Would it have been more acceptable for Carolyn to have a slight crush on her good lookin' uncle and for him to call her Kitten while flashing that Anthony George smile. It seems unlikely that Carolyn would have a crush on Louis Edmonds' Roger. He just wasn't that appealing, especially in these beginning episodes.
The part that's most creepy about it is Nancy doesn't play Carolyn like a teen who would crush on anybody. She's more like a young woman, inexperienced, yes but, able to hold her own with an older man like Burke
Then on the other hand, we're expected to buy into the appropriateness of the Burke-Vicky romance when Vicky and Carolyn appear to be the same age, if not the same maturity level.
May LeFarrago says:
re. Roger calling Carolyn 'Kitten'
In Father of the Bride, Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy) called his daughter, Kay (Elizabeth Taylor), 'Kitten.' Her mother, Ellie, was played by Joan Bennett. Could this nickname for Elizabeth Stoddard's daughter have been something Louis Edmonds ad libbed, as a nod to his co-star's film career?
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On September 11, 2001, in the deadliest case of domestic Terrorism in the history of the United States, a group of 19 terrorists hijacked four U.S. airliners for use as missiles against targets in New York City and Washington, D.C. The events shocked the country and the world and focused the U.S. government on a worldwide War on Terrorism. During the 18 months following the attacks, the United States engaged in military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, causing changes in the regimes of both countries.
At 8:45 a.m. (EST), American Airlines Flight 11, hijacked after departing from Boston, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Approximately 18 minutes later, another hijacked Boston flight, United Airlines Flight 175, crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center. Within an hour of the attacks, the Port Authority shut down all tunnels and bridges in the New York area, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shut down all New York airports. Soon thereafter, the FAA took the unprecedented step of halting all air traffic nationwide.
About an hour after the initial attack against the World Trade Center, a Boeing 757, American Airlines Flight 77, crashed into the Pentagon. The crash happened at approximately the same time as an evacuation at the White House. At 10:05 a.m., the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed. At 10:10 a.m., part of the Pentagon collapsed.
As the Pentagon was attacked, another hijacked flight, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed in Pennsylvania, killing everyone aboard. Later, it was discovered that the passengers attempted to overcome the four hijackers. Passengers had learned their likely fates from cell phone calls informing them about the World Trade Center crashes. Government authorities later speculated that the plane's hijackers could have been targeting Camp David, the White House, or the U.S. Capitol building.
At 10:28 a.m., the north tower of the World Trade Center collapsed from the top down. As with the collapse of the first tower, debris rained down and a huge cloud of smoke and dust enveloped a wide area. Hundreds of rescue workers died as they attempted to evacuate the people from the buildings.
President george w. bush was visiting a Florida elementary school when he learned of the attacks. He quickly departed, stopping at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana and Offut Air Force Base in Nebraska, before heading back to Washington. During the afternoon, Osama Bin Laden and the militant Islamic group, al Qaeda, surfaced as the main suspects. In an address to the nation during the evening of September 11, Bush vowed that the United States would make no distinction between terrorists committing the attacks and those nations harboring them, although he did not name Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, until more evidence could be collected against him.
Bin Laden, one of 50 children of a billionaire Saudi family, purportedly uses his approximately $300 million inheritance to fund al Qaeda. Al Qaeda (Arabic, "the Base") was organized by bin Laden in the late 1980s, bringing together "Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against the Soviet invasion," according to the U.S. State Department. Al Qaeda's goal, the U.S. government says, is to "establish a pan-Islamic Caliphate throughout the world by working with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow regimes it deems 'non-Islamic' and expelling Westerners and non-Muslims from Muslim countries."
In 1998, bin Laden issued a fatwah, a religious edict calling for attacks on U.S. civilians. He had previously issued a fatwah urging the killing of U.S. troops. Bin Laden and his organization are believed responsible for the October 2000 attack on the U.S.S. Cole in Aden, Sudan, which killed 17. He has been indicted for the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, where 224 died and thousands more were injured; four al Qaeda members were convicted in connection with those incidents. He has also been charged in connection with events in Somalia in October 1993, in which 18 U.S. servicemen died. His terrorist activities garnered him a spot on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List in 1999.
On October 7, 2001, the United States sent warplanes and cruise missiles to Afghanistan to attack al Qaeda military installations and terrorist camps supported by the Taliban regime of that country. Great Britain joined the strikes, with intelligence efforts and logistical support provided by France, Germany, Australia, Canada, and others. In all, about 40 nations joined in a coalition with the United States, President Bush reported in an address to the country shortly after the strikes began.
The president characterized the fight against terrorism as involving military commitments, law enforcement actions, legislative and diplomatic actions, financial actions, and assistance to Afghanistan. Concurrent with the air strikes, Bush announced a humanitarian component of "Operation Enduring Freedom": airlifts of food, medicine, and supplies to the Afghan people. On October 8, 2001, he issued an Executive Order establishing the Homeland Security Department, to "coordinate the executive branch's efforts to detect, prepare for, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks within the United States."
The air attacks against Afghanistan were followed by a controlled ground assault, as the United States assisted the Northern Alliance, a foe of the Taliban regime, in toppling the existing Afghan government. By December 2001, the Taliban had effectively been removed from power, and the United States and other nations began a process of rebuilding that country. Although bin Laden was constantly targeted during the attacks, the United States failed to capture him during the attack on the Taliban regime (it is unknown as to whether he was killed during the attack). As of June 2003, bin Laden was believed to remain at large.
In December 2001, U.S. officials raided the offices of two Muslim charities headquartered in Illinois, the Global Relief Foundation (GRF) and the Benevolence International Foundation (BIF). These organizations were believed to have contributed money to terrorists who planned unspecified attacks on the United States. The crackdown on these groups was also a result of the U.S. government's belief that bin Laden and the al Qaeda network use charitable groups, manufacturing companies, and credit card Fraud to raise money for terrorist operations. Cracking down on the fund-raising became one of the U.S. government's strategies for defeating terrorism.
Congress responded to the attacks, with the urging of the president, by passing the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272, the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135, and other legislation designed to provide enhanced protection against further attacks. The United States has also continued its assault on terrorists and the nations that harbor them since September 11. In March 2003, the United States attacked Iraq, purportedly for Iraq's violation of resolutions banning its possession of weapons of mass destruction. The Bush administration suspected that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein gave support to bin Laden and al Qaeda, and the attacks on Iraq have been seen by many as a continuation of the War on Terrorism.The September 11th attacks also had a devastating impact on the U.S. airline industry. American Airlines and United Airlines each lost two planes during the attack, and the U.S. government ordered that all planes in the country remain grounded for a week following the attacks. In response to the heavy losses incurred by the airlines, Congress enacted the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, Pub. L. No. 107-42, 115 Stat. 230, which was signed into law 11 days after the September 11th attacks. The act was designed to compensate air carriers for their losses during and after the attacks and also to preserve the continued vitality of the air transportation system in the United States. Despite this legislation, United Airlines filed for Bankruptcy in 2002, and American Airlines bordered on bankruptcy during much of the period following the attacks.
The attacks had a greater impact on the victims of the attacks and their families. As part of Public Law Number 107-42, Congress enacted the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund to provide a form of recovery for the victims of the attacks. The U.S. Attorney General's Office administers the fund through a Special Master. Recovery under these provisions is limited to those who were physically injured during the attacks, so victims of non-physical, economic loss cannot recover. As of May 2003, fund administrators had issued 495 award letters to victims of the attacks and their families. The average award to the family of a deceased victim is $1.44 million.
Crotty, William, ed. 2004. The Politics of Terror: The U.S. Response to 9/11. Boston: Northeastern Univ. Press.
Dudziak, Mary L., ed. 2003. September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment? Durham, N.C.: Duke Univ. Press.
Friedman, Norman. 2003. Terrorism, Afghanistan, and America's New Way of War. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press.
Gokay, Bulent, and R.B.J. Walker, eds. 2003. 11 September 2001: War, Terror, and Judgment. Portland, Or.: Frank Cass.
Parenti, Michael. 2002. The Terrorism Trap: September 11 and Beyond. San Francisco: City Lights Books.
Turk presents Forging the Star: The Official Modern History of the United States Marshals Service, an in-depth chronicle and analysis of the United States Marshals in the modern era, from the 1960's to the twenty-first century and the aftermath of the September 11th attacks.
The third edition also discusses new international security measures and concerns adopted in the wake of the September 11th attacks, has updated and new definitions, and includes new regulations concerning low-sulfur fuel and surcharge calculation.
He recalled the September 11th attacks, arguing that the data tracking could have prevented the terror attacks on US soil, and was part of the government's attempt to uncover and confront a new enemy.
Since the September 11th attacks of 2001, the United States has experienced a "moral panic" involving various combinations of the media, the public, and agents of social control that has served to help criminalize immigration in US society, argues Hauptman (sociology and criminal justice, U.
Mere city blocks from Ground Zero, Ahmadinejad has whispered conspiracy about American involvement in the September 11th attacks and also used the forum to deny Israel's right to exist.
The self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11th attacks declined to respond to a judge's questions Saturday and his co-defendant was briefly restrained at a military hearing as five men charged with the worst terror attack in U.
I am convinced that there was a direct line between at least some of the terrorists who carried out the September 11th attacks and the government of Saudi Arabia," former Sen.
Summary: A group of British Muslims staged a protest nearby the memorial service for the September 11th attacks in London by burning a US flag.
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and with "al Qaeda's worldwide conspiracy to kill Americans," which climaxed with the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
I hope the families of the victims of the September 11th attacks will sleep easier tonight and every night hence knowing that justice has been done.
The recession of 2001 sharply affected demand for air travel, especially among business travelers, and the September 11th attacks exacerbated an already difficult situation.
Gus Moskowitz does just this as he tries to block out the world after the death of his father in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center.


The Country Women's Association (CWA) of NSW has released its policy priorities ahead of the NSW state election, along with a series of responses from the State's political parties.
State President Annette Turner is pleased to see many parties have genuinely turned their minds to the needs of rural, regional and remote NSW, but stresses the need to see more from the State's leaders - whatever the election outcome.
"Our list of important election asks has been developed and voted on from the ground up and highlights what country people are asking for from their representatives," Annette said. "Topping that list is more equitable funding for rural areas, and improved access to drought support.
"We are seeking more than a token 'tick-and-flick' attitude for the bush. We want transformative infrastructure projects that link Sydney to the West of the State; we need the construction of new dams; and we need innovative policies that establish new regional jobs and encourage decentralisation.
"There's an urgent need for significant and equitable funding into health, education and social issues. We're calling on state politicians to lobby for the Q-Fever vaccination to be placed onto the PBS; for improved blood storages for country hospitals; and a commitment to better nurse to patient ratios in these same hospitals."
Ongoing and increased support for agricultural industries in relation to drought support measures and the control of pest animals which are having a devastating impact on farm businesses in already trying times.
"The future for country NSW is bright and exciting. The resilience of country NSW has been demonstrated during the current drought covering most of the State, and what we need is a State Government that harnesses that potential so rural and regional NSW can truly thrive," Annette said.
The CWA of NSW has released a document that outlines its full set of policy requests, along with the responses received from each of the major parties contesting next weekend's election.


Its senses quivering with alertness, a Shortfin Mako scans its vast liquid universe for potential prey. As it swims, oxygen-bearing water is forced into the shark's mouth, through the pharynx, and out the gill slits. Within the gash-like slits, crimson filigrees of gill filament collectively dump waste carbon dioxide and greedily consume life-sustaining oxygen. Suddenly, a thrumming commotion in the distance catches the shark's attention. The Mako turns toward its source, accelerating rapidly as its large, dark eyes strain to pierce the water between it and whatever was making the pulsing noise. There. In the distance: a school of about three dozen Yellowfin Tunas attacking a fleeing armada of pelagic squid. Each fish resembles a silvery-flanked bullet with a black back and amber, scythe-like fins, propelled by a crescent-moon caudal fin whipping side-to-side some 20 times per second. Preoccupied with the jetting squid, the tunas are oblivious to the shark's approach. Within a distance of about 50 feet (15 metres), the Mako selects an individual tuna and launches its attack. As its heart rate and tailbeat frequency increase, oxygen-carrying blood and metabolic heat floods through the shark's swimming muscles, priming them for impending violence. Within inches of its prey, the Mako protrudes its palatoquadrate, revealing upper teeth that are broader and more knife-like than the gracefully recurved lowers. The hapless Yellowfin flinches to the right, its tail smashing into the shark's mouth and knocking loose a few teeth which explode from its mouth in tinkling cascade. At that instant, the Mako reflexively bites down, its remaining teeth severing the tuna's meaty tail stalk with the final authority of a guillotine. Mortally wounded, the Yellowfin lolls on its side, its truncated tail stalk wagging impotently as its large, staring eyes try desperately to keep its assassin in view through a brownish cloud of its own blood . . .
Just as each of us must balance a household budget, other animals must balance an energy budget. All of the multitudinous tasks that an organism needs to carry out in order to maintain itself - feeding, growth, self-repair, locomotion, reproduction, and so on - must be accomplished within its energy budget. Everything an animal does is limited by the number of calories it takes in. Like slicing a pie into however many pieces are needed to serve a given group, an animal's caloric budget can be apportioned in any number of ways, but - no matter how an individual organism slices up its energy pie - in the final analysis, there is only one pie. Thus, energy that is expended in escaping from predators or healing wounds is no longer available for growth or reproduction. Like ourselves, the White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is an animal and, like us, it must live within its means. In practical terms, this means finding and using caloric energy efficiently, conserving its reserves in the face of a changeable and uncertain environment. The elegant physiological mechanisms that the White Shark has evolved for dealing with this harsh reality are a wonder to behold. Although the separation of Anatomy and Physiology is somewhat artificial - one cannot have one without the other - it is expedient. The apparently disparate topics dealt with in this chapter are unified by a common theme: energy-handling mechanisms of the White Shark. These mechanisms add up to a spare, efficient animal that wastes very little. There is a lesson here for our own, highly wasteful species: energy conservation works.


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Book Review of The Fault in Our Stars
Reviewed by: The Fictionista
by John Green
Published January 10, 2012 by Dutton Books
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
Book Review of Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Review by: The Fictionista
by Rachel Caine
Published October 6, 2006 by NAL Jam
College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school's social scene: somewhere less than zero.
When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life. But they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.
Book Review of Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
by Isaac Marion
Published April 26, 2011 by Atria Books
R is having a no-life crisis—he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. He may occasionally eat people, but he'd rather be riding abandoned airport escalators, listening to Sinatra in the cozy 747 he calls home, or collecting souvenirs from the ruins of civilization.
And then he meets a girl.
First as his captive, then his reluctant house guest, Julie is a blast of living color in R's gray landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn't want to eat this girl—although she looks delicious—he wants to protect her. But their unlikely bond will cause ripples they can't imagine, and their hopeless world won't change without a fight.
Book Review of The Guardians: The Girl by Lola St. Vil
Review by: Ms. Bliss
The Guardians: The Girl
by Lola St. Vil
Self Published E-book – February 10, 2012
Emmy - a bookish, witty student - is rescued by six teenaged angels with powers, called Guardians. They've been sent to elicit the secret from her before the demons can. Emmy later learns that her name is the only clue to locating a sought-after bridge that for centuries, Evil has plotted to destroy; this would in turn bring about the end of humanity.
Things get worse when Emmy falls madly in love with Marcus, the well-intentioned but obstinate leader of the Guardians. He eventually confesses that he is in love with her as well. Unfortunately, Marcus has been warned by his clairvoyant and omniscient guide that should he and Emmy get together, the mission will fail and humanity will perish.
Book Review of The Darkening Dream by Andy Gavin
Review by: Book Addict
The Darkening Dream
by Andy Gavin
Published January 14, 2012 by Mascherato
Even as the modern world pushes the supernatural aside in favor of science and steel, the old ways remain. God, demon, monster, and sorcerer alike plot to regain what was theirs.
1913, Salem, Massachusetts - Sarah Engelmann's life is full of friends, books, and avoiding the pressure to choose a husband, until an ominous vision and the haunting call of an otherworldly trumpet shake her. When she stumbles across a gruesome corpse, she fears that her vision was more of a premonition. And when she sees the murdered boy moving through the crowd at an amusement park, Sarah is thrust into a dark battle she does not understand.
With the help of Alex, a Greek immigrant who knows a startling amount about the undead, Sarah sets out to uncover the truth. Their quest takes them to the factory mills of Salem, on a midnight boat ride to spy on an eerie coastal lair, and back, unexpectedly, to their own homes. What can Alex's elderly, vampire-hunting grandfather and Sarah's own rabbi father tell them? And what do Sarah's continuing visions reveal?
No less than Gabriel's Trumpet, the tool that will announce the End of Days, is at stake, and the forces that have banded to recover it include a 900 year-old vampire, a trio of disgruntled Egyptian gods, and a demon-loving Puritan minister. At the center of this swirling cast is Sarah, who must fight a millennia-old battle against unspeakable forces, knowing the ultimate prize might be herself.
Book Review of Supernaturally by Kiersten White
Supernaturally
Published July 26, 2011 by HarperTeen
Evie finally has the normal life she's always longed for. But she's shocked to discover that being ordinary can be... kind of boring. Just when Evie starts to long for her days at the International Paranormal Containment Agency, she's given a chance to work for them again. Desperate for a break from all the normalcy, she agrees.
But as one disastrous mission leads to another, Evie starts to wonder if she made the right choice. And when Evie's faerie ex-boyfriend Reth appears with devastating revelations about her past, she discovers that there's a battle brewing between the faerie courts that could throw the whole supernatural world into chaos. The prize in question? Evie herself.
Book Review of Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Reviewed by: Book Addict
Published January 3, 2012 by Feiwel & Friends
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . .
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future.
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Book Review of Rae of Hope by W.J. May
Rae of Hope
by W.J. May
Published November 14, 2011 by Mitchell Morris Publishing
How hard do you have to shake a family tree to find out the truth about the past?
Fifteen-year-old Rae Kerrigan never questioned her family's history. That is until she accepted a scholarship to Guilder Boarding School in England. Guilder is an exclusive, gifted school.
Rae has no idea what she is getting herself into or that her family's past is going to come back and taunt her. She learns she is part of an unparalleled group of individuals who become inked with a unique tattoo (tatu) on their sixteenth birthday. The tatu enables them to have supernatural powers particular to the shape of their ink-art. Both of her parents were inked, though Rae never knew, as they passed away when she was young.
Learning about her family's past, her evil father and sacrificial mother, Rae needs to decide if there is a ray of hope in her own life.
Book Review of Scary School by Derek the Ghost
Reviewed by: Book Addict (& Book Addict Jr.)
Scary School
by Derek the Ghost
Published June 21, 2011 by HarperCollins
You think your school's scary?
Get a load of these teachers:
Ms. Fang, an 850-year-old vampire
Dr. Dragonbreath, who just might eat you before recess
Mr. Snakeskin—science class is so much more fun when it's taught by someone who's half zombie
Mrs. T—break the rules and spend your detention with a hungry Tyrannosaurus rex!
Gargoyles, goblins, and Frankenstein's monster on the loose
The world's most frighteningly delicious school lunch
The narrator's an eleven-year-old ghost!
Join Charles "New Kid" Nukid as he makes some very Scary friends—including Petunia, Johnny, and Peter the Wolf—and figures out that Scary School can be just as funny as it is spooky!
Book Review of The Merchant's Daughter by Melanie Dickerson
The Merchant's Daughter
by Melanie Dickerson
Published November 29, 2011 by Zondervan
An unthinkable danger. An unexpected choice.
Annabel, once the daughter of a wealthy merchant, is trapped in indentured servitude to Lord Ranulf, a recluse who is rumored to be both terrifying and beastly. Her circumstances are made even worse by the proximity of Lord Ranulf's bailiff---a revolting man who has made unwelcome advances on Annabel in the past.
Believing that life in a nunnery is the best way to escape the escalation of the bailiff's vile behavior and to preserve the faith that sustains her, Annabel is surprised to discover a sense of security and joy in her encounters with Lord Ranulf. As Annabel struggles to confront her feelings, she is involved in a situation that could place Ranulf in grave danger.
Ranulf's future, and possibly his heart, may rest in her hands, and Annabel must decide whether to follow the plans she has cherished or the calling God has placed on her heart.
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Coronavirus: Wages, sick pay and time off explained
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Most of the wages of employees who are not working and otherwise would have lost their jobs, are being covered by the government.
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the "unprecedented" package of measures would see companies receive grants to pay their workers 80% of their salaries – up to a limit of £2,500 a month.
Employers have been urged not to cut jobs. Benefits payments are also to be increased.
The intervention comes after people were told to work from home if they can, as part of stringent measures to combat the spread of coronavirus.
With schools shutting, parents are having to work more flexibly, and self-isolation puts more pressure on businesses who have staff coming in.
Sick pay rules have been amended, and the self-employed will see their tax liabilities delayed.
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Who will pay my wages?
If you are still employed but do not currently have work, the plan is that you will still get your wages.
Your employer will be able to access grants, by the end of April, from the UK's tax authority to allow them to keep paying you.
The typical worker is paid £585 a week, on a median average (which is the middle point of all workers), according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). That is about £2,340 a month.
The government says 80% of gross wages in the private sector, up to £2,500 a month, for those not working and who would otherwise have been laid off will be covered by these grants from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
These will be backdated to March and the scheme will last three months at least. The idea is to prevent mass unemployment.
How does this system compare with other countries?
The Danish government has said it will cover 75% of private companies' wages if they promise not to cut jobs.
The Australian government is helping smaller companies with an annual turnover of less than A$50 million (£25m) with sums equivalent to half the tax they pay on employees' salaries.
Sweden and Canada are also offering to subsidise some employees' wages, while other countries like France and Italy are expanding their welfare systems to support workers in that way.
Does the wages plan cover everyone?
No, this is for those who are on the pay-as-you-earn system.
Self-employed people will not benefit from these grants, instead the protection for them will come through a more generous benefits system. They will also be able to pay tax later.
Those on working-age benefits will see a more generous Universal Credit system, rising by about £20 a week for the next year. The same rise will be given to those still on the working tax credit system. The government says this will benefit more than four million of the lowest-income households.
Public sector workers are not covered because most of them have their wages paid directly by the government.
What if I'm working from home?
Everyone who can work from home should do so. Working hours can still be clearly defined, and staff should receive their normal pay.
However, this puts various new responsibilities on an employer – for example, they are responsible for equipment they supply, and must say what it should be used for.
The question of who covers the running costs should ideally be outlined as soon as possible, as should how any extra expenses should be covered.
An employer has a duty of care for staff, even if they are working at home.
The requirements of the health and safety legislation apply to homeworkers too, according to the employment conciliation service Acas, which has set out guidance for employers and employees.
Will I get paid if I need to look after my children?
When your children's school is closed, or if you have a relative who is ill, your employer must give you time off to look after them.
But your employer is not forced to pay you unless your contract requires it.
However, many employers are allowing parents to work flexibly, to try to manage both work and childcare.
Key workers, who have been defined by the government, can still send children to school or nursery.
Will I get paid if I have to self-isolate?
You may do through sick pay which varies from company to company.
Many employees will have contracts that allow them their normal pay while they are unable to work because they are sick.
Even where people do not get their fully paid sick leave, or if they work in jobs where they do not have contractual sick leave, there may be minimum payments they can rely on, known as statutory sick pay.
What is statutory sick pay?
Statutory sick pay (SSP) is money paid by employers, so self-employed workers are not eligible, but casual or agency workers are.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said that SSP would be paid to people who need to be off as they or their family have symptoms. People should be able to obtain a sick note from the NHS 111 service rather than getting one from a GP.
The rules were also changed so that those people would be eligible for SSP on their first day away from work, instead of having to wait until the fourth day as used to be the case.
He also announced that businesses with fewer than 250 employees would be able to claim back from the government two weeks of SSP paid to staff affected by coronavirus.
How much is statutory sick pay?
It is set at £94.25 a week, although of course employers could pay more if they want to.
To get SSP people need to be earning at least £118 a week. Many people such as those on zero-hours contracts – who work variable hours every week – may earn less than this. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has calculated that there are two million workers who are not eligible for SSP.
We asked the Office for National Statistics to check this figure and they estimated that there were 1,766,000 jobs done by adults in the UK that paid less than £118 a week.
The number of people involved is likely to be somewhat lower than this because one person could have more than one of these jobs. And indeed, if somebody has more than one of these jobs it could take them above the £118 a week needed to qualify.
About 70% of these jobs are done by women.
What is the support for self-employed people?
Broadly speaking, employees are entitled to sick pay and self-employed people are not.
In the latest UK figures for the last three months of 2019, there were about 28 million employed people and about five million self-employed.
Meanwhile, the government has said it will make it "quicker and easier" for self-employed people seeing a sudden drop in income to access benefits.
The chancellor said that those on contributory employment and support Allowance (ESA) will be able to claim from day one, instead of day eight.
He has removed the minimum income floor. The minimum income floor would have taken into account how much they would normally expect to earn in a month when calculating their entitlement to universal credit.
Not having the floor means they will be able to claim for time they spend off work due to sickness.
It means self-employed people can now access, in full, universal credit at a rate equivalent to SSP for employees.
Mr Sunak said they would not need to attend a job centre and could apply on the phone or online instead.
The government has also announced a new £500m fund to support economically vulnerable people, which will be allocated by local authorities.
Update: This piece was first published on 6 March and has been updated to reflect changes announced since.
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City of Fairfax Mayor and Council Green Light EYA Townhome Development on Pickett Road
By: EYA Homes on July 24th, 2020
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Project was approved through virtual meetings, a first for EYA and the City of Fairfax, and also includes the City's first Affordable Dwelling Units (ADU's) as part of the City's recently passed ADU Ordinance
BETHESDA, MD (July 22, 2020) – EYA Development, LLC (EYA) is pleased to announce that the Mayor and Council of the City of Fairfax, VA have unanimously approved a Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezoning for a planned development of 50 townhomes to be built at 3500 Pickett Road on a 3.7-acre site currently occupied by Metro Church. Working with the surrounding community and city agencies, EYA developed a thoughtful design aimed at filling a regional need for low maintenance, well-priced homeownership opportunities. It is estimated that only 14 percent of the current housing stock in Fairfax is townhomes and this project will address demand for this type of housing in the City.
In addition to the approval, the City also approved its first Affordable Dwelling Units (ADU's) as part of this project. The project has 50 total units, five of which will be ADU's offered to families making no more than 70 percent of the area median income. The City has been deliberating on enacting an ADU program this year and EYA and the City worked together to make the Pickett Road the City's initial project with ADU's, as well as a potential model for future projects that include ADU's in the City.
"Northern Virginia continues to attract companies with its skilled and educated workforce and vibrant business environment. Accompanying these new jobs has come a tremendous demand for quality housing options. EYA came to Fairfax City with a proposal to fill that need by bringing high-quality townhomes to market," said David Meyer Mayor of the City of Fairfax "One of the most remarkable parts of this story is the way EYA brought stakeholders together to develop a community-oriented proposal that has forged links to the broader neighborhood and also implemented the City's new affordable housing ordinance, all before the first shovel has gone into the ground."
Metro Church had hosted one of its congregations in a 17,000-square-foot single story building on the Pickett Road property since 2012. In 2019, the church decided to consolidate its parishioners in the DC region at a single location in Alexandria and use the sale of the Pickett Road property to fund its broader mission and better serve its congregants. The church didn't want to sell to just anyone, but rather hoped for a developer that embraced the values of community building.
"When we sat down with EYA and listened to their ideas for this development, we became more aware of how a townhome neighborhood that included a portion of affordable housing could positively impact lives in this community," said Morgan Dalisay, Executive Director of Operations and Church Life at Metro Church. "Being a good neighbor encompasses so many of the values that motivate our church and it's nice that this land will become home to a community designed to foster friendly relationships."
That commitment to neighborliness has been on display throughout the zoning approval process, as EYA engaged the adjacent neighborhood, Barrister's Keepe, in a discussion on how to address neighborhood concerns and build good will toward the new development. Over the course of several months, EYA worked to explain design decisions and alter site plans in response to concerns from these neighbors. In March, the HOA of Barrister's Keepe sent a letter of support to the city's community development and planning board enthusiastically endorsing the proposed plan.
"EYA included us in their design process, and in doing so has made the prospect of new neighbors a welcome one," said David Herrington, President of the Barrister's Keepe HOA. "For every concern our residents had—about stormwater management, preservation of mature trees, visitor parking, and site density among others—EYA listened and proposed solutions that were mutually agreeable. This process should serve as a model for other developers working to gain community support and it led to our strong support of the project."
Another aspect that may become a model for others to follow is the extensive use of virtual meetings and technology to navigate the approval process and solicit public input. Necessitated by the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, the City and EYA sought innovative solutions to allow for the kind of rigorous discussion and careful deliberation that has long formed the backbone of zoning approvals in Fairfax.
The proposed plan required approval from three different entities to get the green light: the architectural review board, the city planning commission, and the mayor and city council. All three meeting to approve the project were held virtually and the project represents the first "virtual" approval for both EYA and the City of Fairfax.
"Now that the plan has passed, EYA can move forward to make the design a reality and someday in the not-too-distant future, moving trucks will arrive, kids will be playing in the common spaces, people will be walking the sidewalks in the evening, and the cluster of 50 new townhomes off Pickett Road will become home," said Aakash Thakkar, EVP, EYA. "There is an evident need for developments like this one, targeted to appeal to all segments of the market including young professionals, families, active adults, and empty nesters, and we were pleased to work so well with Fairfax City to meet this need."
The site is bordered by a 100‐foot‐wide City property to the south, the Army Navy Country Club to the west, a small lot development known as Barristers Keepe to the north, and Pickett Road to the east. EYA proposes to redevelop the property into 50 high quality townhomes in a thoughtful site plan that includes rooftop terraces, landscaped sidewalks, backyards, park space, and a large, activated open space. Nearby retail and related offerings include Trader Joe's, Lifetime Fitness, and the Fairfax ice rink. Groundbreaking and home sales are expected in mid to late 2020.
References to "EYA" refer to EYA, LLC. EYA, LLC through its various development affiliates, is a leader in Washington, D.C.'s urban and transit-oriented living that promotes Life Within Walking Distance®. Individual projects are developed and sold by EYA-affiliated entities, and all representations regarding the development, construction, or sale of any project refers to those affiliates. Founded in 1992, EYA LLC and its development affiliates have built more than 5,000 residences and 42 walkable urban neighborhoods across the D.C. metro area. For additional information, visit www.eya.com.
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Angela Taylor Biography | Bio
Angela Taylor is an American journalist, television reporter, News Anchor, and producer currently working as an evening news anchor at WNCN. Taylor was part of the news team recognized by The Lone Star EMMY chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the station's commitment to news excellence. Before joining WNCN, Angela worked as a news anchor at WESH 2 in Orlando.
Additionally, she has reported on major national stories such as the Pulse Nightclub Shooting and the Ft. Lauderdale Airport Shooting. In 2016, the news reporter shared in a Suncoast Regional Emmy Award for the Orlando station's breaking news coverage of the Pulse nightclub shooting. She has received several awards including an Emmy for best newscast and Edward R. Murrow award.
Angela Taylor Age
Taylor was born and raised in Mckinney, TX USA. However, the exact date of birth of Taylor the news anchor is not yet known to the public. As such, it is difficult to establish her actual age or when she celebrates her birthday. Nevertheless, we are keeping tabs and will update you once this information is available.
Angela Taylor Height
Taylor is a woman of short stature. She stands at a height of 5'2″.
Angela Taylor Education
The television news anchor attended Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX where she studied and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Communications and a minor in English in 2003. She worked her way through Angelo State while playing on the women's soccer team and also served as captain during her senior year in school.
Additionally, Angela joined the University of Central Florida in 2018 to take a Masters degree in Criminal Justice. The prolific journalist is expected to graduate and receive her Masters in 2020.
Angela Taylor Family
Taylor was born to both parents in Mckinney, TX just next to Dallas. However, after doing our research, details about her parents are not available. Nevertheless, Angela has three sisters, she is the youngest of the three.
Angela Taylor Career
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Emmy award for best newscast.
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WNCN news anchor salaries range from an average of $ 76,873 to $ 89,889 a year. However, these figures may vary substantially according to the level of seniority of the employee in question. At the moment, we do not have the exact salary of Taylor but we'll keep tabs and update once it is available.
Angela Taylor Net Worth
Emmy Award winner Taylor has not revealed her net worth. She is a simple person and never likes to attract public attention by publicly displaying her wealth. Nevertheless, this section is still under review, as soon as we have information about her net worth we shall update this section promptly.
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Who is Angela Taylor?
Angela Taylor is a well-known journalist and works as an evening news anchor at Media General Inc WNCN. Before joining WNCN, he worked as a news anchor at WESH 2.
How old is Angela Taylor?
Taylor the journalist has not shared her date of birth with the public, as it is not documented anywhere as of 2020. Nevertheless, as soon as this information is available we shall update this section promptly.
How tall is Angela Taylor?
Angela is a woman of short stature as she stands at a height of 5'2″.
Is Angela Taylor married?
Yes, she is married to Justin Strecker. They got married in Nov 2013 and together they have one son. The couple resides in Los Raleigh, TX together with their children.
How much is Angela Taylor worth?
Taylor has not yet revealed her net worth. Nevertheless, as soon as we get and verify information about the wealth and properties under her name we shall update this section promptly.
How much does Angela Taylor make?
Per our average wage estimates for a journalist in the United States, Xy receives annual salary ranging between $ 24,292 and $ 72,507 that translates to an hourly average wage of between $ 10.15 and $ 31.32.
Where does A. Taylor live?
She is a resident of Raleigh, TX, USA, we shall upload pictures of her house as soon as we have them.
Is A. Taylor dead or alive?
Angela is alive and in good health and is still pursuing her journalism career.
Where is A. Taylor Now?
Taylor is pursuing her career in journalism. She is working as an evening news anchor at WNCN since 2018.
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Dr. Mailer grew up in Savannah and received undergraduate degrees from Armstrong Atlantic State University and UGA. After graduation, she entered private practice and obtained her wildlife rehabilitators license. After several years, she returned to Savannah and continued in private practice and was the veterinarian of record for Oatland Island. In 2004, she officially joined the staff at Oatland Island, allowing her to pursue her dream of practicing wildlife medicine full-time.
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The NOHrD Bike Has Now Arrived!
Why all the fanfare? Because this is a fusion between design and functionality that doesn't disappoint! The NOHrD Bike was finally revealed to the UK public last September after a successful outing at the FIBO exhibition in Cologne in April 2018.
Having had a 'test drive' back in April, we can confirm it is everything (and more) that you will see written in third party reviews, by gym owners, fitness industry bloggers and personal trainers - all of which have been keen to get their hands on one!
In keeping with NOHrD's existing wooden gym equipment (Wall Bars, Swing Bells, Slim Beam, WaterGrinder and Tria Trainer) their careful design and manufacturing to exceptional standards, has created a unique and stylish piece of equipment that has superb functionality for the user. The NOHrD Bike is no exception.
NOHrD is synonymous with innovation, creativity and design flair, the fact that a lot of their equipment could fit in an contemporary art studio is not a mistake. NOHrD has a worldwide following as users look to their wooden finishes, of all types, to add a touch of luxury and style to a studio or home gym environment.
What features can you expect to find?
Choose the wood finish that best suits your studio, yacht or home. From ash or oak, to the dark stained club or shadow versions, there's also the cherry wood and walnut option too.
Solid wood and steel frame makes this bike superbly durable.
The NOHrD Bike can be used as a pure exercise bike, a spinning bike, in the upright position or in racing position thanks to the multiple handlebar positions and adjustable seat.
The bike has a very small footprint. At less than 0.45 square meters if you're pushed for space or just want to keep things minimalist, then this bike's for you.
No console, instead you can connect your smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth for metrics and data.
Two superb attachments that mean you can use the bike as a work station too. The seat backrest attaches to the back of the saddle and the wooden laptop tray attaches to the handlbars to give you a mini office space.
What Do You Do To Get One?
So you've made up your mind and you want to have one! We can now accept orders and depending on which finish, we may have them in stock to send out within the week.
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Can Divorce Be "Healthy" For Kids?
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Many parents anguish over divorce because of the impact on the children – will their living in two separate households rather than an "intact" family cause some type of permanent psychological or emotional distress?
Ms. Kendrick emphasized that parents should free themselves of the belief that they can "fool" their children into believing they have a good relationship, as children can see through the arguing or the pained faces or the tears that the reality is much worse. Instead of keeping children in a perpetual state of anxiety (about the future of the marriage) or confusion (about what qualifies as a "good" or "healthy" family environment), parents should be honest with themselves and their children and know that at a certain time it may simply be best to move on to a new chapter where parents live in two households rather than one household.
Psychologists support this approach born of experience. Studies indicate that when the parent feels happy and fulfilled, the parent will have a happy or happier child. Kids do not need to see or hear screaming matches or silent treatments; they need to see functional homes where they feel safe and accepted and attended to in a sufficient manner.
"Staying together for the kids" will not fool the kids, but curiously, continues to fool the parents. Some marriages last longer than they should in reliance on this excuse when in actuality other forces at work (perhaps a lack of funds or a secret extramarital affair) keep a couple together.
Finally, psychologists state that children of divorce will not automatically need to see a therapist or undergo counseling as a result of the divorce. Properly handled, children will adapt quickly if they see the new environment post-divorce produces harmony and tranquility and more quality time with each parent.
If you have questions about the impact of divorce on children, contact us – we can help.