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Jen Sorensen
The Austin Chronicle
Jen Sorensen's cartoons appear in approximately twenty alternative newspapers, including her local weekly, The Austin Chronicle. They are published regularly in The Nation, Ms. Magazine, The Progressive,Politico, and on a variety of websites, including Daily Kos and NPR.org. Her political cartoon, known as "Slowpoke" from 1998 until 2012 but now simply goes by own name, has been recognized six times by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Awards and received the 2009 Grambs Aronson Award for Cartooning With a Conscience. A Herblock Prize finalist in 2012, she was the recipient of a 2013 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Justice and Human Rights as well as the 2013 National Cartoonists Society Award for Editorial Cartoonists.
She has written and illustrated a number of long-form comics, most notably a piece on health care reform commissioned by Kaiser Health News, and a synopsis of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice for NPR. Her illustrations have been produced for such periodicals as The American Prospect, Nickelodeon Magazine, Women's Review of Books, and MAD Magazine. Her several books are compilations of her cartoon "Slowpoke."
Sorensen grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from University of Virginia. She serves on the Board of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists and the Advisory Board of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library Museum. She has spoken at the Ohio University Festival of Cartoon Art, the Rhode Island School of Design, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the first annual ACLU convention, the Virginia Festival and the Small Press Expo.
Judges for this year's contest were Dan Perkin's, pen name Tom Tomorrow, creator of the weekly political cartoon "This Modern World" and winner of the 2013 Herblock Prize; Sara Duke, curator of Popular and Applied Graphic Art at the Library of Congress; and Tony Auth, editorial cartoonist for The Philadelphia Inquirer for 41 years and currently Digital Artist of Residence at WHYY's NewsWorks.org.
The judges stated "Jen Sorensen's strong portfolio addresses issues that were important to Herblock, such as gun control, racism, income inequality, healthcare, and sexism. Her style allows her to incorporate information which backs up the arguments she presents. Her art is engaging and her humor is sharp and on target."
Interview with Yahoo/ABC
Sorensen's HERBLOCK SPEECH - 4/29/2014
Thanks so much to Marci, Sarah, the judges, and the Herblock Foundation for this incredible honor. Between this award and the fact that I actually have decent health insurance now, drawing cartoons for a living doesn't seem so crazy after all.
I actually owe double thanks – as Marci mentioned, two years ago I was the Herblock Prize Finalist, which came with a $5,000 award. That means at this moment in time, I have the unique distinction of being the cartoonist who has soaked the Herblock Foundation the most since they began doing this. So I have a lot to be grateful for.
These windfalls over the past couple years have helped me worry a little less about my career and my finances, and focus on the job I do best… which is worrying about how humanity is destroying itself. So, once again, thanks.
Another benefit of winning the Herblock is that you get to pretend you're Truman Capote inviting people to the Black and White Ball. The Herblock documentary was called "The Black and the White," so it's not very much of a stretch. If you don't know the story, Capote threw a lavish party in 1966 in honor of Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham, although it could be argued that it was more in honor of himself. Getting invited to the Black and White Ball was the ultimate social compliment. So, congratulations to all of you for being here tonight!
Now, unlike Capote, I fortunately don't have to pay for this. But I do have some guests of honor I'd like to mention.
My parents John and Linda are here tonight, and I'm so glad they could make it. They actually got engaged not far from here, at the base of the Washington Monument, one freezing cold night in 1966. That's also where I happened to stand while I watched the inauguration of Barack Obama on a jumbotron one freezing cold day in 2009.
My parents raised me a couple hours north of here, in Lancaster County, PA, where I had a happy childhood filled with comic books and art supplies. My parents have always encouraged my cartooning habit, and have patiently endured some of my more inconvenient deadlines during holidays and family visits over the years. So thanks for everything, Mom and Dad.
My husband Scott is also here with me tonight. Scott is my cartoon editor, political conversation partner, and best friend. We met at the University of Virginia – having this event in the Thomas Jefferson Building feels eerily appropriate, by the way – and he wooed me with his cartoon book collection. Feel free to take that as dating advice, all you singles out there. Scott, thanks for all you've done.
My last guest of honor is the editor who gave me my start, Cathy Harding. Cathy was the editor of C-VILLE Weekly in Charlottesville, Virginia for many years. In 2002, I had been published a couple places, but not yet in my local altweekly. Cathy agreed to meet me in person in her office, and to my amazement, she offered me a spot in the paper. She's gone beyond the call of duty to help me out over the years. So, cheers to Cathy.
If you look at my life in a nutshell, I grew up the daughter of public schoolteachers, watched a lot of public television – I was into Sesame Street and The Electric Company – went to public schools, attended a great public university, and later worked as a public employee while I started a career drawing cartoons about the public good. In other words, I'm Ayn Rand's worst nightmare. But I like to think I turned out OK.
My cartoons are in the multi-paneled, so-called "alternative" genre. I appreciate that even though Herblock drew in a traditional single-panel style, the Herblock contest has been open-minded about all forms of contemporary political cartoons.
I'm told that I happen to be the first woman to win the Herblock. I'll do my best to represent. I feel a kinship with Janet Yellen, who was appointed the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve, after being preceded by 14 dudes. I only had to wait for 10, and Tom Toles didn't pull an Alan Greenspan and lock it up for 20 years.
To be fair, 1 in 10 is probably an accurate ratio when it comes to political cartoonists, and even that might be a little generous. I thought I'd talk about that tonight, since I get asked about it a lot, and in the future I can just point people to the Youtube video of this speech.
Six years ago, CampusProgress.org, now Generation Progress, asked me to write an essay about why there are so few female political cartoonists. I attributed the disparity to lack of historical precedent; after all, the Mad Men era wasn't that long ago.
I've rarely encountered any overt sexism in my career. My male colleagues, some of whom are here tonight, have been tremendously supportive, helping me "lean in" long before that was a thing. In fact, my friend Clay Bennett, this year's Finalist, is the person who asked me to join the AAEC.
But since then, I've become increasingly troubled by certain observations about the media. If you look at the regular New York Times op-ed columnists – today, in 2014 – there are 2 women and 10 men. 2 to 10! Maybe political cartooning has a limited history of female role models, but last I heard, there was no shortage of women with strong opinions who can write.
And look at what's happened with the shake-up in late night talk shows. Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey used to host Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" – guess which one is now hosting the Tonight Show? Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler also hosted Weekend Update. Guess who filled the 12:30 slot? David Letterman is being replaced by Stephen Colbert, who I like a lot, but I can't help but sense a pattern.
Recently I learned that only one of the individual Pulitzer Prize winners in Journalism this year was female.
There is something going on here, and it's more subtle than Don Draper. The media landscape consists of a bunch of roles waiting to be filled, and we as a society have certain expectations about what the people who fill those roles look like. I can't tell you how many times I've had readers tell me they assumed I was a guy, apparently some Scandinavian expat named Jens Sorensen.
To some extent, I think women in media are up against a sort of dude-to-dude magnetism. Some guys just feel more comfortable talking to and collaborating with other guys. But I think the bigger problem lies in all of us – men and women – in ways we aren't even conscious of. Even the most equality-minded among us have internalized these cultural norms. We could all take a step forward through greater self-awareness. By asking ourselves whose voices we're elevating; by asking who we're inviting to be on panels, who we're interviewing for articles, who we are retweeting and why. And by locking up the menfolk. (Just kidding.)
This all reminds me of my friend Keith Knight, creator of the Knight Life and the K Chronicles. When he was getting started, he would get most of his freelance assignments during Black History month. So he started telling editors, "You know, I'm available to work the rest of the year too!"
Interestingly, there are some fairly prominent female editorial cartoonists in other countries – places you might not expect. I had the pleasure of meeting Doaa al Edl, a well-known cartoonist in Egypt, when she was on a State Department-sponsored tour of the U.S. just after the Arab Spring uprisings. She came up to me after an event in Portland, Oregon, excited to meet another of her kind, and gave me a cool little scarab paperweight that she'd brought all the way from Egypt. It's one of my prized possessions.
The year after that, Doaa had an unpleasant encounter with the Morsi regime, which charged her with blasphemy for depicting Adam and Eve in a cartoon. She and the publisher of her newspaper were sued, and her life was threatened. Fortunately, with the ouster of that government, her situation has improved.
Other political cartoonists around the globe have not been so lucky. Last fall we heard reports that Syrian cartoonist Akram Raslan had been executed by the Assad regime, of whom he had been critical, although there is still some uncertainty about his status.
I may get upset by American politics on a daily basis, but I am grateful for the freedom of expression that I enjoy here. To help our colleagues abroad who don't have the same protections, there is a non-profit based here in the DC area called Cartoonists Rights Network International. The director, Bro Russell, is here tonight, and I encourage you to seek him out and learn more about what that great organization is doing.
Speaking of champions of good causes, I'd like to say a few words about Herblock, who I unfortunately never met. I was reading him regularly toward the end of his career, when I lived in Virginia and subscribed to the Post. That was a period of political turmoil – the Bush vs. Gore presidential race, the Florida recount, and the Supreme Court decision giving Bush the presidency. It was a formative period for me, pushing my work in a more political direction. I found myself taking comfort in Herblock's cartoons, and cheering him on through those dark days. And when he disappeared from the op-ed page in August of 2001, to me it felt like the last straw, like the world was coming to an end.
As I've noted before, what I admired most about Herblock was that he drew from a clear moral perspective. He didn't just illustrate the news or go for innocuous, crowd-pleasing Jay Leno-style gags. He didn't take the uncontroversial path of false equivalence. You knew where he stood. He seemed to intuitively grasp that meeting insanity halfway meant you were halfway to insanity. And by following his moral compass, how often he was on the right side of history!
To me, that's what political cartooning is all about. That's why I think of it as the Noble Art. Although I am mystified as to why there seems to be something of a media blackout around the people behind the cartoons. You see obscure academics and authors plugging their books on TV all the time. Op-ed columnists get invited to be talking heads on cable news. You know it's bad when you're considered beneath the standards of cable.
For some reason, if you deal in words, you're a serious thinker, but if you deal in words AND pictures, you're something between a court jester and a street busker. I remember once seeing an altweekly that put its comics, including at least one political cartoon, under the section heading "Fluff."
So I am grateful to Herblock's legacy as well as the Library of Congress for reaffirming that we aren't fluff, for recognizing political cartooning as an art form worthy of this magnificent space, and for giving the medium the respect that it deserves. Thank you.


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Keeping History From Becoming History
Mark Hiss
From The Headquarters at Seaport Village to Petco Park's iconic Western Metal Supply Co. building, David Marshall, AIA, NCARB, and his Heritage Architecture & Planning firm have worked on some of San Diego's most important and beloved legacy architecture. The company's deft work is on particular display in Balboa Park, where restoration projects have included the Museum of Man, Spreckels Organ Pavilion and House of Hospitality, which was honored with an award from the National T rust for Historic Preservation. David continues to play a major role with the park, working on nine additions to the International Cottages collection, as well as designing the motorized Electriquette wicker vehicles that soon will be reintroduced to the park for the first time since the 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition. David created San Diego's Balboa Park (Arcadia Publishing, 2007), which features historical postcard images from his massive personal collection, and contributed to the park's centennial-honoring publication, Balboa Park Exposition Designers, 1915–1935. He also is involved with the restoration of the Palms Hotel (shortly to be rechristened with its original name, Bay View). Built in 1869, it is the oldest building in downtown San Diego still on its original site.
How well has San Diego handled historic preservation and adaptive reuse over the last 15 or so years?
I think San Diego is considered a leader in historic preservation to many, because we have quite a few historic homes and historic residential districts. The Mills Act, which established a historic-home property tax reduction, is quite prolific here — probably more so than the tax collector would like. I think San Diegans understand and appreciate the city's history; so whenever anybody is looking to demolish something they shouldn't, they usually hear about it. We have groups like Save Our Heritage Organisation and the Historical Resources Board and Balboa Park's Committee of 100 that try to protect our heritage so that we don't lose these buildings forever. Because, as we say, once they're lost, they're lost forever.
What are the economics of restoration versus constructing a new building? Is restoration always a matter of love and aesthetics over cost?
A lot of people now understand the importance of green architecture and sustainable design. So the idea of recycling a building rather than just sending it to the landfill and building something new that takes up the same space has become a lot more recognized as a reasonable approach. Quite a few of our clients love old buildings. The reason they purchase a building to begin with is to take care of it and make it better and keep it around. The cost of new construction isn't necessarily cheaper than the cost of restoring a historic building. In fact, sometimes it's more expensive.
When it comes to historic preservation, is there ever such a thing as a lost cause?
No. There are even examples of old adobes that are nothing more than ruins that get reconstructed. If someone really wants to do the right thing from a historical standpoint, then it's just a matter of money, because there's the ability to bring back a building from pretty much any condition. We've worked on buildings that were burned to the ground and had to be reconstructed.
What San Diego buildings do you mourn the loss of most?
Probably our biggest loss is the Normal School. It was up in Normal Heights, an Irving Gill — Hebbard & Gill — building. If you research it, you'll see that it was a very large, Classical Revival building, built right around the turn of the century. It was demolished by the school district in the 1950s when they built the new school. Not only was it a very large building done by master architects, but also it was on a prominent site. The other ones I would put on the list are some of the exposition buildings that were demolished in the '60s. There was one demolished for the Timken Museum that was called the Home Economy Building. And then just right across the Plaza de Panama from that, also demolished in the mid-'60s, was the Science and Education Building, which is where the San Diego Museum of Art's auditorium and sculpture garden are now. Both of those were demolished, and they were the reason the Committee of 100 was created. Even though they were temporary structures, there was no reason why they couldn't have been restored or reconstructed like the House of Hospitality, where the Prado restaurant is, or the House of Charm, where the Mingei Museum is.
If you could get your hands on any San Diego project, what would it be?
The two lost buildings on the Plaza de Panama could be reconstructed based on the original drawings that are on hand at the downtown library, and there are lots of photographs. So if they decided to relocate the Timken Museum or somehow encase it in the Home Economy Building or Science and Education Building across the way, bringing those missing teeth back into the historic El Prado of Balboa Park would really be a win for preservation.

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A long time has passed since my last post. Three and a half years! That post was part one of two, but before I return to part two I will give you a quick update.
My children are all still severely alienated. I didn't realize how much I had expected that to change, and consequently how sad I became when it didn't. Although writing this blog has been very satisfying, especially when commenters expressed that it helped them understand their own situations better, I just kept procrastinating because it was too painful.
I know, and I have repeatedly written, that patience is key, and to not lose hope, and that as long as the alienator has frequent access to your children (or sibling, as the case may be) that it is not realistic to expect them to be able to resist. I knew it, and yet I still let myself nourish those expectations.
I have continued reading about alienation and cult-like relationships and I have continued talking to friends who have experience with alienation, and all I have encountered confirms that only separation from the alienator can stop it. On the positive side, I have repeatedly seen that the alienation can dissolve quite quickly when that happens.
I will write more about what has happened to me in relevant future posts, after getting back to part two of the last one.
If you are moved to do so, please write about any experience you have had with alienation that has ended – your own or a friend's.
I stumbled across an article by Doni Whitsett and Stephen A. Kent about what can happen to families involved in cults. (A link to the article can be found at the end of this post.) It was written for therapists, to help therapists understand the experiences of clients who had been cult members. It is not about parental alienation, but since parental alienators behave like leaders of their own little cults, I recognized many of the problems the authors describe occurring in my family, and maybe you will too. Quotations from the article are in red, and my comments follow in black.
The controlling demands of leaders minimize and often eliminate emotional connections among family members that might compete with members' loyalties toward them. The controlling demands of the alienating parent minimize and/or eliminate connections with you.
By their very nature, cults cannot afford to have [… independently functioning individuals] (Deikman, 1994, pp. 50–69). To this end, individual and family boundaries break down as the result of several factors. These factors include intensive resocialization into the new, deviant beliefs and behaviors; the demonization of people's precult lives; intense punishment and shaming regimes; restrictions on exogenous social contacts; heavy financial and time commitments; and constant demands to value group commitments over [individual] considerations.
Alienators most definitely "intensively resocialize" children into the "new, deviant beliefs and behaviors": That you are a bad parent, a bad person, that you don't love them and are to be rejected. "Demonization of precult lives" describes the demonization of the rejected parent and perhaps other relatives, and the reinvention of the past. "Intense punishment and shaming regimes" might be an overstatement. These terms suggest violence and aggression and I think alienators are more subtle, but then again, when I think of my own experience when my ex alienated me from my parents, it's perfectly accurate. And my children saw what happened to me when I was "disloyal", and therefore the threat is there for them too. "Restrictions on exogenous social contacts": Limiting or preventing contact with the other parent and associated persons is a hallmark of alienation, and in the case of my family the alienator dramatically limited and controlled all the social contacts of our children. He convinced or compelled them to end friendships, only enrolled them in extracurricular activities that he was involved in, promoted family socializing as a group with his (very few) friends, and kept himself and them isolated in many ways. "Heavy financial and time commitments; and constant demands to value group commitments over [individual] considerations": This doesn't apply quite so neatly as we are talking about children who generally do not have financial resources, but alienators do often jealously interfere with their children's time. My children spend far more time with their dad than is typical for teenagers, and far more time together as a group, with him, than I believe is developmentally healthy.
The alienators I described in an earlier post used most of these controlling techniques too.
Not surprisingly, therefore, in these high-control groups, [alienated] parents' authority over their children is undermined. The [alienator] usurps the rights and obligations that usually adhere to [both parents]. Although almost always with the exception of financial obligations!
A typical dire consequence of dysfunctional leaders running groups is that frequently members are exposed to shaming and humiliating experiences, both in public and in front of their families. Witnessing their parents' degradation, children lose respect for them. This did happen to me and my children.
Cults divide the world into discrete, dichotomous categories: good and evil, the saved and the damned, winners and losers, and so on (see McGuire pp. 39–44, 2002). These represent splitting, which is a primitive defense mechanism that reduces the anxiety of having to live with life's uncertainties (see Whitsett, 1992, p. 370). They generate deep suspicions if not outright hostility toward nonmembers, especially those who once believed but subsequently left the group. Defectors from these cults…(the former spouse) are (from the perspective of their former groups) the worst outsiders, because they once had "the truth" but now turn their backs on it. When a defector is a parent who desires either custody or visitation rights for children whose other parent [is an alienator], then children likely suffer the consequences of having been socialized into these split and demonizing belief systems. …they may experience…trauma as they move between the two households, one of which the [alienator] will have defined as "good" and the other as "evil." Because the children are fearful of being drawn into the [rejected] parent's reputedly demonic world, their visitations often are contrived and anxiety ridden. Children may be withdrawn, guarded about their everyday lives, and unwilling to engage in [ordinary] activities that the cult (alienator) defines as sinful. That is, activities that would promote being close to and enjoying their alienated parent.
Not surprisingly, therefore, these children may experience nightmares and show other signs of distress before or after visits with the [alienated] parent. Custody evaluators may misinterpret these signs as validation of the cult parent's claims that the outside parent is harmful.
My dream was that when my kids came to live with me again they would see that I was not who the alienator told them I was, they would open their minds & hearts to me, the alienation would end, and we would live happily ever after. This did not happen. I did not imagine that the alienator, their dad, would end up living a 5 minute walk from my door, and that the kids would see him virtually every day. Essentially today I provide a hostel or dormitory, and they do all their living with him. Well, not all. They do spend time in their rooms, bring friends over, and hang out with each other, but they keep their interactions with me to the absolute minimum, while they have meals and hang out and socialize with their dad.
The easiest way to understand it is to imagine that they were members of a cult like the Moonies or Hare Krishnas and had to move out the cult compound, but had their loyalty to the cult reinforced and maintained by staying aloof and separate from the new environment and by making daily visits to their leader after school or work, and taking meals with him, spending quality time with him.
Three things give me hope and keep me from staying discouraged, because I do slip into feeling discouraged. First, that they obviously have to work at maintaining their alienated state, that it is not easy or natural for them. Second, they do ask for my help with things like making dentist appointments. Why wouldn't they ask their dad the alienator? At least in this arena, they trust me more than him, and I am grateful. Third, it is impossible that the alienator will be able to maintain his control of four developing individuals. Outside influences and other people will become more important in their lives and challenge them. I just have to be patient.
The key lesson from my experience, which is confirmed by most of the work on parental alienation and PAS, is that the best and probably only way for an alienated parent to overcome alienation is to keep the alienator away. Extended time with you, without the alienator's influence, is the only solution. If you have the chance, fight as hard as you can for this (see What to Do and What Not to Do and Fighting Back Using the Legal System Part VIII).
In my next post I will write about a fascinating article written for therapists to guide them in working with children and families who have left cults. It provides a lot of helpful insight into why and how children (or anyone) can be alienated from a loving parent and how and why the brainwashing is maintained.
I regret that I haven't written for a while. I realize that I've been a little depressed.
I'm dismayed to realize that I wish my children would move out, after I worked so hard to get them back.
I'm discouraged by how severely alienated they remain, despite the fact that three of them now live with me, sort of.
I'm disgusted by the outrageous boundary-crashing of the alienator, my ex.
Let's start with the ex. In the past month he has been entered MY HOME, without my permission, at least four times, and no doubt more. The kids let him in, or on at least two occasions, gave him their keys so he could come in to get something for them. Just to be clear, he knew that I did not want him inside because he offered to help in the past when they were moving things in. I politely refused, and at that time he seemed to accept that. Then, a few weeks ago, there he was in the living room, tidying up some papers. I was stunned.
"What are you doing? Why are you here!?" I said. Ever so casually he replied, "Oh, Evan was just showing me something, and I'm just cleaning up." "I'd rather the kids did that" I said. "Oh they do. Don't worry, we're leaving in a minute," he answered. I stood there, dumbfounded and furious. I knew that the kids were in the next rooms and I did not want them to become involved. I stood and stared at him for another minute, then left the room to think about what to do next. Moments later, he and the kids did leave. I was happy that there had been no scene, and that the kids did not end up defending him, but his relaxed and familiar behaviour in my living room and total lack of recognition of anything inappropriate really upset me. I sent him an email telling him not to come into my home without my permission.
You are paranoid and obviously unbalanced. There is no justification for your message. Please refrain from sending any more memos of this nature.
I did not reply, and thought that would be the end of it. Wrong!!
The next week, I saw him leaving my home as I approached. Two nights later, I met him in my hallway. I told him, forcefully, to stay out. He said it was an emergency, the kids needed something and he had a vehicle. I said, "then call me to let me know! Or call the landlord!" Again, not a hint of a sense of anything inappropriate, in fact, he appeared insulted and angry at me.
A few days later I met my son Evan in the kitchen. I hadn't seen him in about two weeks. I was friendly, as I always am, and greeted him warmly, although he always ignores me. This time he did not ignore me, and proceeded to lecture me about how I had no right or justification to tell his dad to stay out. Foolishly, I argued with him. I tried to make some rational points with zero success, and just got attacks and accusations in response. In my head I knew this was going badly, and was trying to think of something positive to say to him. He left, I wished him a good day at work, which he probably didn't hear because he'd put his headphones on.
So, there you have another example of the outrageous, arrogant sense of entitlement of the alienator. It pales in comparison to the destructiveness of the ex of my friend Marie: He coached their children to make false accusations of abuse against her, had her arrested, the children taken away and placed with him. In this case previous assessment(s!) of the family had found him unfit and to be alienating and gave her custody, but the police did not investigate before acting on the accusation, and the poor children will have been with the alienator for about a year before she is cleared and the children returned to her. A year of intensive alienation in the "care" of a psychopath. It's heartbreaking.
A small and a big example of the malignant narcissism of the alienator, who apparently can't conceive that others have rights, including the right to think differently from him or her.
I'm trying to figure out how to deal with the alienator violating my right to enjoy my home in peace without making things worse with my children, but this is probably not possible. I hope someday in the future they will see it as a good thing, as an example of standing up to bullying.
In my next post I'll get to Dismayed and Discouraged, and I hope, have an antidote for myself and for those of you experiencing the same thing.
Insensitive others are a sad fact of life. Women who have had miscarriages get told things like "it was for the best". I know a mother of a child with Down's syndrome who had someone say "too bad you couldn't have had amniocentesis". People with cancer find some others will blame them for causing their illness with bad diet or negative thoughts. People who have suffered a loss through death encounter friends and relatives who are frightened of their pain and don't know what to do or say, and also expect them to "get over it" after a certain period of time, and judge them negatively if they don't.
You may already judge yourself for losing your children through alienation, or fear that others believe that you are to blame. It is NOT your fault. Paradoxically, it is often particularly good parents who are the victims of alienation. If you didn't care and really were a bad parent, the alienator wouldn't have to put all that effort into manipulating your child's relationship with you. Still, it is understandable that people who have not encountered alienation before may be uncomprehending, and even disbelieving, and think that you, and I, must have done "something".
I try to take the questions as an opportunity to educate people about PAS. They may or may not accept what I say as true, but I know that sooner or later they will meet someone else in a similar situation. Other times I may choose to say little, and change the subject. You will get questions about your kids when you meet new acquaintances, friendly questions from co-workers, neighbours, old friends you run into, concerned questions from relatives… These can all be painful and sometimes awkward. You will probably develop a standard answer for most situations. During the four years that I had no contact with my children and couldn't answer any questions about what they were doing, I used to say "I have four children but actually I don't see them. My ex-husband is mentally ill and has convinced our children to hate me. It's a sort of cult-like situation. I am in court now fighting for custody and access". People would usually respond with a bit of shock, a bit of embarrassment, and say they were sorry to hear it. Some people would be freaked out and never bring it up again, but others would be curious and ask more, and many would tell me about a similar situation in their own or a friend's family. Other times when that amount of information was inappropriate I would say "they are with their dad right now, and we're still working on our custody and access schedule". Through trial and error you will develop some ways to answer questions about your kids, but you may find it helpful to practice and prepare a few responses for situations when questions about your kids are going to come up.
You are not alone. They are many of us alienated parents, but sadly there are many more parents suffering over even harder problems – parents of children with terminal or chronic illness or severe disability, parents of children with addictions, parents of children hurt in accidents. Beware of inadvertently being insensitive yourself. I've occasionally heard an alienated parent imagine that the death of a child might be easier to cope with, because of the finality of the tragedy, as opposed to the continuing unresolved pain of alienation. Believe me, and one poor mother I know who lost one child to a car accident and another to alienation – the grief of a child's death never ends. That loss is irrevocable and forever, while the loss of a child to alienation could potentially end at any moment.
Take care, and don't forget to seek out people who do understand and will provide support and encouragement!
Of course sometimes it is also important to tell your kids that you miss them, but I expect that most of us are already doing that! I really like the idea of emphasizing the positive and expressing enthusiasm and excitement about being with your children. I think this would be especially helpful with younger kids. It fits with the goal of being attractive to your children as a pleasant, sane, happy, competent person.
I know my kids have to listen to a huge amount of complaining and negativity from their dad, mostly about me but about many other people too, and he requires them to be angry along with him. That must be tiring and depressing.
From an organization that I belong to (completely unrelated to parental alienation) I learned the principle of "attraction rather than promotion". That is, do not try to convince someone that they should do a certain thing because it would be good for them. Instead, do the thing yourself, and when others see you flourishing, they will be attracted to the idea of trying it too. This seems like good advice for anyone, but it applies particularly well for alienated parents. Promoting ourselves to our children is worse than futile – it is likely to produce a backlash. (see What to Do and What NOT to Do) However we can be attractive to them in spite of the walls they put up. The indirect approach of just being consistently pleasant, reliable, sane and positive will definitely help weaken the hold the alienator has on your child, and shorten the time until your child returns to you.
My kids have been especially difficult lately. The two youngest, who are teenagers, took and wrecked things of mine, have been defiant, rude, offensive, and demanded apologies from me for "not trusting them" and for ruining their lives to such a degree that, according to them, their disrespect of me is natural and logical and I deserve their anger & rudeness.
I did not remember my own advice – to not take it personally, and I made things worse by arguing with them.
I saw that someone had found this blog by entering the search terms "reasoning with an alienated child". You cannot reason with an alienated child. Maybe someone can – someone unconnected with you – but you can't. I can't reason with mine. With me, they are not reasonable or rational. Getting drawn into an argument with them is disastrous. They are not at all interested in my opinion. It just becomes an opportunity to vent anger and criticize me, to repeat, again, all the accusations they have learned from the alienator. Although they live under my roof, they interact with me as little as they can, and see their dad everyday and have those accusations and criticisms reinforced.
I have heard from their teachers and from the parents of some of their friends that my children interact normally with their classmates and other adults, that they are generally reasonable and kind and well-liked, although I know that they have also ended friendships with other kids when my ex had issues with those friends' parents. I also believe that my ex has undermined some of my children's activities and relationships with others in order to promote their dependence on and closeness to him, and I know that he has encouraged them to be arrogant, judgmental, rude and even cruel to certain people, including authority figures, their grandparents and other senior citizens.
Sometimes this makes me panic. I know that I have no control over how they behave with others, but in relation to me I find it very hard to know when to draw the line. Am I being a doormat and accepting abuse and creating monsters? Or do I let it go, knowing that it is not their fault, that they are brainwashed, manipulated, & basically forced into acting as if they hate me? I was alienated. I know what it's like. I'm sure that they are uncomfortable with their horrible behaviour, and work hard to hate me more to justify it. In fact it would give them relief if I lost my temper and was critical and angry back at them.
Don't take it personally. Impose consequences for the bad behaviour (no allowance until the ruined property is replaced or paid for, in one case, no favours extended for a long time in another), but don't lecture, don't argue, don't take the bait, don't engage.
Take care of myself so that I have the strength to stay calm and firm and loving. Remember that they are not my enemies – they are victims.


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Misunderestimation is a GOOD thing
Should "misunderestimate" be added to the dictionary?
Yes~ the president has the right to make up new words.
No~ it's not a real word and should not be treated as such.
I want to make up my own words!
This is kind of a long post. Sorry
Anyone ever see that Saturday Night Live dating service skit called �Lowered Expectations�?
Bush could be their Poster Boy and HE LIKES IT!
I don�t know about anyone else, but when a President of the United States says he likes
to keep people�s expectations of his abilities to lead the country LOW,
I start to get a little concerned.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040510-122703-4851r.htm
(read the full article� I�ve liberally clipped the parts that refer to what
I am speaking of but the whole thing is truly humiliating for us as a country)
All emphasis added and bracketed italics are my comments:
Misunderestimationisms:
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State Colin L. Powell
predicted disaster for anyone who "misunderestimates" the president. (it�s not a real word)
Miss Rice said she and other senior advisers still laugh over that quintessential
"Bushism," which their boss famously coined on the eve of the election that made him president.
(I�m so glad they can laugh about that� I can, too. See? )
"They misunderestimated me," Mr. Bush remarked Nov. 6, 2000, the final day of his
first presidential campaign. (it�s not a real word)
The malapropism crystallized the mistakes of his detractors,
who long have misunderstood George W. Bush's appeal to the American public
and underestimated his considerable political skills.
(oooh, used some big fancy words there... ::head hurts... must stop reading...)
The president hopes
those mistakes will be repeated by Mr. Kerry and the "Bush haters."
"I'd like to keep expectations low," Mr. Bush said during one of
several interviews in the Oval Office. "It's better for people to be
surprised rather than disappointed." (I don�t know� being surprised can suck, too. See Sept. 11)
"I'd advise them to get smart," the secretary of state said.
"They keep grinding their teeth over his syntax or his not spending enough
time on this or that. (exactly what is �this or that�. Education? The environment? Democracy?
Freedom? Upholding the Constitution?) But he prevails. And they ought to look at his track record,
as opposed to these secondary features and characteristics, which don't reflect the man." (you're kidding, right?)
(Okay, let�s all look at his track record: AWOL. 2996 dead on 9/11. WAR. 700 plus Americans
and counting, thousands of Iraqi civilians. Turning an event that united the world with America into a
fiasco that has made us villains. Overseeing an administration that can now be legally
prosecuted for War Crimes)
The president's penchant for encouraging low expectations "shows how wise he is,"
Mr. Powell said. "Because if you have something that people consider a
weakness, you can use that weakness to your advantage � if it isn't really a weakness."
(Note: what if it really is a weakness?)
Mr. Bush acknowledges that he encourages such misjudgments by detractors.
"People tend to discount my ability to get things done, and that's exactly what I want,"
the president said in an interview. "I want people to underestimate.
"I don't know why people do that. Maybe it's because of the philosophy I believe in,
and maybe it's where I'm from. It doesn't bother me in this world that people would say
that 'He can't get things done,' because I know I can." (What �philosophy� is that? Seriously,
I�d like to study a philosophy that tells me to do nothing so that any action whatsoever is impressive�
Knowing you can get things done and actually getting things done are two different things.
Seriously. If I told my boss �I know I can do this� and then didn�t do it, I get my ass fired.)
"I think that anybody who misunderestimates this president is going to have egg on their face
in a few years," she said. "People ought to go back and look at Harry Truman, because
that's another president who was misunderestimated." (It�s not a real word, people!!
Crack open a dictionary! When it shows up on my computer there�s a squiggly red line under it!
WHO ARE YOU KIDDING?!?)
Mr. Bush's detractors make a costly mistake by dismissing him as a lightweight, Mr. Powell said.
(Powell, sweetie, honey� give it up. Move on. You�re better than this)
"And secondly, we're changing the world," [President Bush] added. "Let me rephrase that:
The world is changing, and we're helping to change it.� (Ooops. Just come out and say it� New World Order)
The word among [Democratic Front Runner] Mr. [John] Kerry's contemporaries, even in those days,
was that "he wants to be JFK," [White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr.] said.
(Better JFK than the Anti-Christ, I tell you what�)
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Location: The Enchanted Mitten
makin' shit up
I believe it's already been established here that only professional author-type people are allowed to make up words at will, and then only to beat lesser mortals at Scrabble.
Location: People Republic of Northern California
Re: makin' shit up
disco wrote:
Yes, my son.


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Name Index Juanita L. MARTIN was born on 11 March 1891 in Missouri. Parents: William Walter MARTIN and Josephine Belle "Josie" MCCLURE.
Spouse: Boyd BURNS. Juanita L. MARTIN and Boyd BURNS were married in February 1915 in Jackson Co., Missouri. Bride and groom were of Gallatin. Children were: Boydene BURNS.
Spouse: John CARTER. Juanita L. MARTIN and John CARTER were married.
Judith S. MARTIN was born on 1 January 1939 in Chula, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: David Arthur MARTIN Jr. and Alice Adeline OLENHOUSE.
Kathleen MARTIN was born (date unknown). Parents: William W. MARTIN and Maisey Violia DEMANDER.
Spouse: Warren C. ALBERTSON. Kathleen MARTIN and Warren C. ALBERTSON were married.
Kevin MARTIN was born (date unknown). Parents: Lloyd MARTIN and Marilyn A. WILLIAMS.
Lance Larue MARTIN was born in 1979 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas. Parents: Larry Smith MARTIN and Toni Jean BROWN.
Larry Smith MARTIN was born in 1950 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Lawrence Larue MARTIN and Grace Marie SMITH.
Spouse: Cheri JENNINGS. Cheri JENNINGS and Larry Smith MARTIN were married in August 1969 in Andrews, Andrews, Texas. They were divorced.
Spouse: Toni Jean BROWN. Toni Jean BROWN and Larry Smith MARTIN were married in August 1973. They were divorced in 1993. Children were: Jennifer Leigh MARTIN, Larry Smith MARTIN Jr., Lance Larue MARTIN.
Spouse: Stephanie Lynd BOYNTON. Stephanie Lynd BOYNTON and Larry Smith MARTIN were married on 1 January 1996 in Andrews, Andrews, Texas.
Larry Smith MARTIN Jr. was born in 1977 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas. Parents: Larry Smith MARTIN and Toni Jean BROWN.
Laura Ann MARTIN was born in 1831 in Kentucky. Parents: David MARTIN and Hannah FROST.
Spouse: William BOUCHER. Laura Ann MARTIN and William BOUCHER were married. Children were: Alonzo BOUCHER, Nancy Jane BOUCHER.
Laura Arbella MARTIN was born on 13 May 1862 in Ohio. She died on 23 October 1950 at the age of 88 in Ludlow, Livingston, Missouri. She was buried on 25 October 1950 in Monroe Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Daniel Harrison MARTIN and Mary Magdelene GOODHART.
Spouse: James Madison MOSSBARGER. Laura Arbella MARTIN and James Madison MOSSBARGER were married about 1884. Children were: Mary Oakland "Oakie" MOSSBARGER, child MOSSBARGER, Ada E. MOSSBARGER, Daniel Lyle MOSSBARGER, Eva Beth MOSSBARGER, Mable E. MOSSBARGER.
Laura Jackson MARTIN was born on 16 October 1856 in Livingston Co., Missouri. Her birth place is also reported as Platte Co., Missouri. She died on 1 March 1928 at the age of 71 in Union Twp., Daviess, Missouri. She died on 2 February 1936 at the age of 79 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. Laura was buried on 3 February 1936 in Edgewood Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Elisha John MARTIN and Margaret Ann MILLER. Parents: Elisha J. MARTIN and unknown .
Spouse: Milburian Harvey "Bud" PATTERSON. Laura Jackson MARTIN and Milburian Harvey "Bud" PATTERSON were married on 2 September 1875 in Daviess Co., Missouri. Children were: Oscar Melbourne PATTERSON, Albert H. PATTERSON, Frank W. PATTERSON, Daisey D. PATTERSON, Guy Edward PATTERSON, Leonard Everett PATTERSON, Lillie Brunette PATTERSON.
Laurina E. MARTIN was born about 1868 in Missouri. Parents: James MARTIN and Emma Elizabeth LOUDERBACK.
Lawrence Larue MARTIN was born on 13 December 1912 in Monroe Twp., Livingston, Missouri. He died on 1 August 1987 at the age of 74 in Andrews, Andrews, Texas. He was buried in Andrews, Andrews, Texas. Parents: Ira Rea MARTIN and Mary Elizabeth MEALON.
Spouse: Grace Marie SMITH. Grace Marie SMITH and Lawrence Larue MARTIN were married on 17 July 1937 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. Children were: Cheryl Jane MARTIN, James Dale MARTIN, Larry Smith MARTIN.
Leland Ray MARTIN was born on 10 July 1927 in Hill Co., Texas. He died on 16 June 1978 at the age of 50. Parents: Joe Frank MARTIN and Myrtle Hulda YOUNG.
Spouse: Carmen MOKRY. Carmen MOKRY and Leland Ray MARTIN were married about 1951. Children were: Gordon R. MARTIN, Joe Greg MARTIN, Danny MARTIN.
Lillian May "Lillie" MARTIN was born on 16 September 1866 in Illinois. She died on 13 December 1949 at the age of 83 in Breckenridge, Caldwell, Missouri. She was buried on 15 December 1949 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: Amos MARTIN and Jeannette CASTLEMAN.
Spouse: Charles Wilson HOLMES. Lillian May "Lillie" MARTIN and Charles Wilson HOLMES were married on 25 December 1883 in Caldwell Co., Missouri. Children were: Newton Durward HOLMES, Charles HOLMES, George Wilson HOLMES.
Linda Sue MARTIN was born (date unknown). Parents: Dean Sylvester MARTIN and Mary June HEAVNER.
Spouse: John LA ROCCA. Linda Sue MARTIN and John LA ROCCA were married.
Lloyd MARTIN was born (date unknown). He owned and operated several restaurants in Chillicothe.
Spouse: Marilyn A. WILLIAMS. Marilyn A. WILLIAMS and Lloyd MARTIN were married. Children were: Kevin MARTIN.
Lois F. MARTIN was born on 7 September 1887 in Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri. She died on 26 September 1959 at the age of 72 in Cameron Hospital, Clinton Co., Missouri. She was buried on 28 September 1959 in Highland Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. She was a librarian. Parents: Finis Anson MARTIN and Mary D. "Minnie" TAIT.
Spouse: John MCFADDEN. Lois F. MARTIN and John MCFADDEN were married in April 1918 in Caldwell Co., Missouri. Bride and groom were of Hamilton.
Lovey Fontell MARTIN was born on 27 September 1938 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. She died on 8 July 2004 at the age of 65 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. Her residence was in Chillicothe. She was buried on 12 July 2004 in Edgewood Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Ernest Henry "Peck" MARTIN and Jessie Lorraine FRAZIER.
Spouse: Bobby Jay OLESON. Lovey Fontell MARTIN and Bobby Jay OLESON were married on 26 July 1967 in Forsyth, Taney, Missouri. Children were: Jason OLESON, Bobby J. OLESON Jr., Michael E. OLESON, Vickie L. OLESON.
Lowell Madison MARTIN was born on 11 June 1892 in Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri.
Spouse: Minnie SMITH. Minnie SMITH and Lowell Madison MARTIN were married on 8 April 1917 in Jackson Co., Missouri. The bride was of Jackson Co., the groom of Carroll Co. Children were: Minnie Kathryn MARTIN, Christopher MARTIN, Smith MARTIN, Charles MARTIN.
Lucinda MARTIN was born (date unknown).
Spouse: P. W. SCOTT. Lucinda MARTIN and P. W. SCOTT were married. Children were: Matilda SCOTT.
Lucy MARTIN was born about 1840 in Missouri. Lucy was a school teacher in 1880, probably in Utica.
Spouse: David STONE. Lucy MARTIN and David STONE were married on 4 April 1867 in Livingston Co., Missouri. Children were: Henry STONE.
Lucy Ann "Lulu" MARTIN was born on 4 August 1856. Parents: David R. MARTIN and Elizabeth NAVE.
Spouse: BEMBRICK. Lucy Ann "Lulu" MARTIN and BEMBRICK were married.
Margaret MARTIN was born about 1863 in Missouri. Parents: Elisha John MARTIN and Margaret Ann MILLER.
Margaret Ann MARTIN was born in Kentucky.
Spouse: Nelson HALE. Margaret Ann MARTIN and Nelson HALE were married. Children were: Fannie HALE.
Margaret Jane MARTIN was born in Richmond, Ray, Missouri.
Spouse: William Jesse COX. Margaret Jane MARTIN and William Jesse COX were married on 19 April 1901 in Mooresville, Livingston, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Caldwell Co. John W. Martin, father of Margaret, gives consent. Children were: Goldie COX.
Margaret L. MARTIN was born on 4 January 1867. She died on 4 September 1899 at the age of 32. She was buried in Clear Creek Cemetery, Daviess, Missouri. Parents: Elisha J. MARTIN and unknown .
Spouse: Dan GARNER. Margaret L. MARTIN and Dan GARNER were married. Children were: Maud J. GARNER, Iva Belle GARNER, Gracie P. GARNER.
Marguerite "Maggie" MARTIN was born in 1881 in Missouri. She died in 1969 at the age of 88. She was buried in St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri.
Spouse: Robert Daniel ALLNUTT. Marguerite "Maggie" MARTIN and Robert Daniel ALLNUTT were married on 17 April 1900 in Livingston Co., Missouri. Children were: Armildia C. ALLNUTT, Thelma Millicent "Millie" ALLNUTT, Grace ALLNUTT, Robert Daniel ALLNUTT Jr..
Marian MARTIN was born (date unknown). Parents: Dean Sylvester MARTIN and Mary June HEAVNER.
Marilyn MARTIN was born (date unknown). Parents: Rudon Hayes MARTIN and Doris SCHULTZ.
Martha MARTIN was born on 30 May 1840 in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois. She died on 29 July 1914 at the age of 74 in Strang, Fillmore, Nebraska.
Spouse: Wyatt Thomas OGLE. Martha MARTIN and Wyatt Thomas OGLE were married after 1863 in Missouri. Children were: Mary OGLE, Rebecca L. OGLE, Luke Martin OGLE, Martha Jane OGLE, William Henderson OGLE, Grant Shadrick OGLE, Edison Monroe OGLE.
Martha A. "Mattie" MARTIN was born on 30 July 1870 in Livingston Co., Missouri. She died on 7 November 1924 at the age of 54 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. She was buried on 9 November 1924 in Edgewood Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Samuel MARTIN and Emily Jane HOYT.
Spouse: Elwin A. PROSSER. Martha A. "Mattie" MARTIN and Elwin A. PROSSER were married on 1 July 1889 in Livingston Co., Missouri. Children were: Etta C. PROSSER, Thelma K. PROSSER.
Mary MARTIN was born (date unknown).
Spouse: Thomas POTTS. Mary MARTIN and Thomas POTTS were married.
Mary MARTIN was born about 1909 in Rich Hill Twp., Livingston, Missouri. Parents: James Joseph MARTIN and Agnes Cecilia MURPHY.
Mary Agnes MARTIN was born on 2 November 1897 in Daviess Co., Missouri. She died in 1984 at the age of 87. She was buried in Lock Springs Cemetery, Daviess, Missouri. She never married. Parents: William Walter MARTIN and Josephine Belle "Josie" MCCLURE.
Mary Ann MARTIN was born about 1867 in Illinois. Parents: Samuel MARTIN and Emily Jane HOYT.
Mary Ann MARTIN was born on 18 November 1953 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. She died on 7 February 2018 at the age of 64 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. She was buried on 12 February 2018 in Edgewood Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Willard E. "Poach" MARTIN and Marjorie Ellen NIBARGER.
Spouse: Jimmy Don BRADLEY. Mary Ann MARTIN and Jimmy Don BRADLEY were married on 14 February 1987 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri.
Mary Beth MARTIN was born (date unknown). Parents: Benjamin Malone MARTIN and Ruth .
Spouse: BROWN. Mary Beth MARTIN and BROWN were married.
Mary C. MARTIN was born (date unknown).
Spouse: Leo MCCULLY. Mary C. MARTIN and Leo MCCULLY were married. Children were: James William MCCULLY, Stella Rose MCCULLY.
Mary E. MARTIN was born on 6 January 1853 in Platte Co., Missouri. She died on 14 February 1874 at the age of 21. She was buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Daviess, Missouri. Parents: Alphonso Levi MARTIN and Mary Jane BURGE.
Mary Frances MARTIN was born. Parents: Paul Cruse MARTIN and Gladys E. SLOAN.
Mary Jane MARTIN was born on 17 February 1818 in Pennsylvania. She died on 2 March 1900 at the age of 82 in Civil Bend, Daviess, Missouri. She was buried in Civil Bend, Daviess, Missouri.
Spouse: William Thomas MCCLURE. Mary Jane MARTIN and William Thomas MCCLURE were married about 1835. Children were: Jonathan "John" MCCLURE.
Mary Jane Winifred MARTIN was born on 25 September 1838 in Livingston Co., Missouri. She died on 23 September 1902 at the age of 63 in Hill Co., Texas. She was buried in Vaughn Cemetery, Hill Co., Texas. Parents: David MARTIN and Hannah FROST.
Spouse: Jesse Stoball MCCLURE. Mary Jane Winifred MARTIN and Jesse Stoball MCCLURE were married on 21 December 1856 in Livingston Co., Missouri. Children were: Jonathan MCCLURE, Josephine MCCLURE, Laura Ann MCCLURE, Jesse M. MCCLURE, Isaac Walton MCCLURE, Martha Jane MCCLURE, William Lee MCCLURE, Flora Belle MCCLURE, James Wallace MCCLURE, Mary Ellen MCCLURE, Nancy Letitia MCCLURE, Samuel Boone MCCLURE, Kate Bobbitt MCCLURE.
Mary L. MARTIN was born in April 1853 in Indiana.
Spouse: John W. RAMEY. Mary L. MARTIN and John W. RAMEY were married about 1881. Children were: Bessie Frances RAMEY, Stephen W. RAMEY, Melchert Henry RAMEY, Elzie H. RAMEY, Cordelia J. "Cordie" RAMEY, Omesa L. RAMEY.
Mary Lou MARTIN was born (date unknown).
Spouse: Hiram SENN. Mary Lou MARTIN and Hiram SENN were married. Children were: Charles P. SENN.
Mary Lucille MARTIN was born on 15 January 1923 in Missouri. She died on 2 April 2006 at the age of 83 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio. Parents: Ira Rea MARTIN and Mary Elizabeth MEALON.
Mary Permelia MARTIN was born about 1841 in Ohio.
Spouse: Benjamin Franklin ISHMAEL. Mary Permelia MARTIN and Benjamin Franklin ISHMAEL were married. Children were: Margaret ISHMAEL, Hulda A. ISHMAEL, Missouri R. ISHMAEL, Benjamin Franklin ISHMAEL Jr., Delilah ISHMAEL.
Matilda MARTIN was born about 1847 in Missouri. Parents: David R. MARTIN and Elizabeth .
Mattie MARTIN was born on 1 December 1866 in Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri. She died on 28 August 1956 at the age of 89 in Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri. She was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Carroll, Missouri.
Spouse: Dr. Charles S. AUSTIN. Mattie MARTIN and Dr. Charles S. AUSTIN were married.
Melissa MARTIN was born in 1853 in Indiana. She died about 1934 at the age of 81 in Oklahoma.
Spouse: George Washington MCMURTRY. Melissa MARTIN and George Washington MCMURTRY were married about 1877 in Kidder, Caldwell, Missouri. Children were: James Albert MCMURTRY, Debbie MCMURTRY, Dora Mae MCMURTRY, Iva MCMURTRY, Charles Constantine MCMURTRY, Addie MCMURTRY, Jesse Leroy MCMURTRY, Claudus Elmer MCMURTRY.
Minnie MARTIN was born about 1872 in Daviess Co., Missouri. Parents: Alphonso Levi MARTIN and Rachel Agnes MCCUE.


If you haven't already figured it out, I live in a house with boys who LOVE football. In the Fall my sons are usually outside playing football, watching football on t.v., or making up plays for their teams to try at school. My oldest guy starting drafting plays and it wasn't long before my little man wanted in on the action. I'm amazed at the amount of time these guys spend making up and sketching out plays. I love that even though my youngest son doesn't exactly "get" how to draft a football play, his older brother is always encouraging him and pointing out the best features of the plays he does come up with. They are both pretty passionate about football...for now, anyway! Hockey and basketball seasons are right around the corner!!


Avodart is doing what it is supposed to do - shrink my prostate. Side effects include a good deal of fatigue during day; also no semon. A side benefit is that I sleep better than I have in years!
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My hopes of a return to the cosmic glory days of Abnett and Lanning may be short lived as Marvel Comics has begun teasing the roster for the new Guardians of the Galaxy team.
And it includes Cosmic Ghost Rider, who has to be one of the worse characters ever put together.
The good news is that the new Guardians of the Galaxy team features Moondragon, Beta Ray Bill and Gladiator, with the latter two characters once being a part of the Galaxy's Mightiest Heroes, The Annihilators.
Taking a look at the other characters below, possible members may include Silver Surfer, Groot, Nova, maybe Darkhawk, and my wishful thinking favorite of Wendell Vaughn Quasar, but it is probably Adam Warlock. There also appears to be another female character inbetween Cosmic Ghost Rider and Gladiator.
Any guesses? Marvel previously teased a bunch of the characters here.
The new Guardians of the Galaxy debuts January 2019 from writer Donny Cates and artist Geoff Shaw.
The teaser pics offers, "Who will stand when the last Guardians falls!"


I just caught up with Altered States, the autobiography of the late visionary director Ken Russell, and he talks about being assigned to do a movie of Evita in the early 1980s, possibly with musical theater actress Elaine Paige as the leading lady.
But he felt Paige was not nearly earthy or moving enough to pull it off.
Russell asked Barbra Streisand if she might be interested, but as he wrote, "I don't think the idea of a Jewish princess playing a Catholic whore exactly appealed to her." No kidding.
And then he tested Liza.
The producer, Robert Stigwood, rushed the Oscar winner into a screen test–time was running out on the search and they were getting frantic–so she had to perform it in an ill-fitting wig they stuck on her, plus jeans and a T shirt.
"Here was a woman who could start a revolution and sway a nation," wrote Russell.
Well, Stigwood watched all the screen tests and Russell waited for him to say "It's Liza, obviously." But he bizarrely insisted on Elaine Paige.
Russell refused and the movie was never made.
Until Madonna did it, of course, and she was fine, but I'm suddenly haunted by what could have been if Liza had played the part.
Oh, well. Woulda shoulda coulda. Don't cry for her, Argentina.


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Hedge funds flat in August, up 2.5 percent for the year
The performance of the average hedge fund was flat in August, based on the Eurekahedge Index, which returned 0.03 percent for the month.
CTA/managed futures and macro hedge funds were the main drivers for the weaker performance, data provider Eurekahedge said in its September report.
Equity markets performed comparatively better. The MSCI World Index for example was up 0.48 percent in August.
"While August was a relatively quiet month, central bank actions dominated the trading scene, especially towards the end of the month. This affected much of the trend-following and commodity-focused hedge funds, both of which are subsets of the broader CTA/managed futures strategy," Eurekahedge said.
CTA/managed futures hedge funds declined 1.91 percent and macro hedge funds dropped 0.32 percent.
Asia, excluding Japan, was the best performing region for funds with a regional focus, up 1.26 percent. Distressed debt, the highest yielding strategy, gained 1.71 percent during the period.
About 60 percent of funds, many of them long/short equity mandated funds, produced positive returns during the period.
The ratio is about the same for the year to date, with 14 percent of these managers generating returns of more than 10 percent during the first eight months of the year. Overall, hedge funds are up 2.58 percent for the year.
Managers with a focus on Latin America performed especially well in 2016, with returns of 15.79 percent.
Eurekahedge noted that former Brazil President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment had a positive effect on the Latin American market, and Brazil's Ibovespa jumped 33.57 percent over the past eight months alone. In addition, the overall weakness of the U.S. dollar had also propped up the performance of the underlying Latin American commodities sector over the past eight months, the data provider said.
Among developed mandates, North American hedge funds are up 4.52 percent in 2016, but European and Japanese hedge fund managers were down in negative territory, declining 1.08 percent and 3.73 percent respectively.
Preliminary data showed investors redeemed more than US$2 billion from the hedge fund industry in August, bringing total three-month outflows to $23.8 billion.
Since the beginning of the year, however, total hedge fund assets grew by US$17.6 billion. The industry's total assets currently stand at US$2.26 trillion.
News Source: Cayman Compass
New reinsurance vehicle domiciles in Cayman
Rawlinson & Hunter Singapore office receives Singapore Trust Licence


The design for this tunic came from an article on newspaper. There it was mentioned about a shop where Salwar suits were available. Some pictures of these suits were also there.I found this design very appealing. I bought a similar cream fabric , and a block printed[borders] black fabric and went to the shop and showed him the picture, and said I wanted the same pattern.
Once it was sewn, the embroidery was worked .
The embroidery was done only in the front. I drew a scalloped pattern around the yoke and on both sides- where the border was attached. This pattern was worked with chain stitch in red colour thread.Over the scallops,I worked a oval shaped pattern in herringbone stitch, this was done in black.
Very simple design for a tunic. I have had for over ten years now, still Iam quite fond of this tunic, I try to incorporate the borders on the sides for some tunics even now.


These morning breakfast meetings provide a comfortable forum for business women and entrepreneurs to meet monthly, exchange ideas and discuss business challenges.
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Each meeting offers provocative topics that will raise your awareness and provide a safe and encouraging environment to test your ideas and gain confidence as you benefit from interaction with other bright and engaging business women.
Or pay at the door $15/members; $18/guests.
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Description: [19pp.] Set in 18pt. Centaur type. Bound in plum cloth over boards. Light brown end-papers.
Comments: Including 10 special copies. Signed by Nicholas and Mary Parry.
Illustrations: 8 original pen drawings by Nicholas Parry.
Comments: Numbered 1 to 10. Housed in a customn made clam-shell box. Signed by Nicholas Parry.
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 ins.
Description: [65pp.] Set in 20pt Delphin type. Printed on pale grey Zerkall paper. Bound in printed paper covered boards with a grey cloth spine, with a printed paper label to the spine and front cover. Deep orange end-papers.
Description: [65pp.] Set in 20pt Delphin type. Printed on De Wint paper. Bound in grey linen covered boards with an original illustration sunk into the front board. Grey end-papers.
Size: 6.5 x 5.25 ins.
Description: [27pp.] Set in 24pt. Caslon. Printed on Zerkall paper. Bound in decorated cloth over boards, grey paper spine with blue lettering.Grey paper end-papers.
Illustrations: 6 coloured wood engravings by Nicholas Parry.
Description: [27pp.] Set in 24pt. Caslon. Printed on Canterbury paper. Bound in decorated cloth over boards, grey paper spine with blue lettering.Grey paper end-papers.
Description: [35pp.] Set in 14pt Caslon type. Printed on Zerkall paper. Bound in grey paper with a design in dark grey over boards with a blue cloth spine with a printed paper label to the spine. Grey end-papers.
Comments: Printed in Caslon on Goatskin Parchment. Withdrawn from sale and circulated privately by the printers. Check is date 1984?
Size: 9.25 x 11.75 ins.
Description: [19pp] Set in 16pt Poliphilus type. Printed on H. B. J. paper. Bound in marbled paper over boards with a cloth spine. Cream end-papers.
Illustrations: 4 lino-cut illustrations, printed in colour by Nicholas Parry.
Description:[19pp] Set in 16pt Poliphilus type. Printed on Canterbury paper.
Size: 7.5 x 7.5 ins.
Description: [57pp.] Set in 18pt. Verona type. Printed on Basingwerk paper. Bound in fabric over boards with a printed dust jacket. Blue / gray end-papers.
Size: 10.5 x 14.5 ins.
Description: [55pp.] Set in Baskerville type. Printed on Zerkall paper. Bound in decorated cloth covered boards with a printed title label to the spine. Marbled end-papers.
Description: [55pp.] Set in Baskerville type. Printed on Langley paper. Bound in decorated cloth covered boards with a printed title label to the spine. Marbled end-papers.
No. of Copies: 6 numbered copies.
Comments: Numbered 1 to 6. Edited by Eric Robinson. Signed by Nicholas and Mary Parry.
Size: 5.75 x 8 25 ins.
Description: [43pp.] Set in 16D Delphin type. Printed on Hardy Ends paper. Bound in speckled fawn cloth over boards with a printed dust jacket.
Description: [43pp.] Set in 16D Delphin type. Printed on Hardy Ends paper. Bound in full leather by Graham Nicholson.


text:
class OrderError(Exception):
    pass

class OrderIdentifierError(OrderError):
    """
    Order exception that is raised if order identifier was not found.
    """
    pass

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
package org.redisson;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.redisson.api.RLockRx;
import org.redisson.rx.BaseRxTest;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

public class RedissonLockRxTest extends BaseRxTest {

    @Test
    public void testMultiLock() {
        RLockRx l1 = redisson.getLock("test1");
        RLockRx l2 = redisson.getLock("test2");

        RLockRx m = redisson.getMultiLock(l1, l2);
        sync(m.lock());
        assertThat(sync(l1.isLocked())).isTrue();
        assertThat(sync(l2.isLocked())).isTrue();
    }

}