When it comes to setting a custodial care plan for children of divorcing parents, there is no end to controversy with regard to what is best. Decision-makers, influencers, researchers and clinicians differ a great deal when it comes recommending the ideal parenting arrangements in a divorce situation.
What all experts do agree on, however, is that children do best when their parents get along well and the children feel that they are being parented together by both mom and dad, as a team.
This handout is not intended to be fully comprehensive, nor is it intended to pre-determine what is best for your child or children. It is, however, a compilation of recent research and conclusions that I have read and heard time and again over the many years that I have been in the family law and mediation field.
Please know, however, that these findings are not necessarily representative of what is going on in the courts. Instead, these findings are more representative of what neuroscientists, human development experts and psychologists are finding to be true about the effect of various parenting arrangements on children of divorce.
When establishing a custodial care plan for your child, it is important to customize a plan that best fits your child's present needs, bolsters his or her sense of security, as well as helps in the development of the relationship skills for now and the future.
When crafting your parenting arrangements, many clinicians will tell you that children do not count days or hours. They count quality of time. Bickering over make-up time and ensuring a quantifiable 50/50 split, for example, does little to assist your child in becoming a happy, emotionally healthy and balanced human being. They will remember the squabbling; not the number of days missed with Mom or Dad.
They count on whether or not they feel that their parents are always be there for them, without fighting and harsh words to each other, and whether their home life feels somewhat "normal" in relationship to their friends and neighbors.
Infancy is a time for building attachments. Without strong attachments, a child will grow up to have difficulty bonding with and forming relationships with other people. Another primary developmental task for infants is to form trust in the environment, which requires consistency in both the caretaker and the baby's home.
Only about a quarter of an infant's brain is developed at birth. The actual structure of a baby's brain is formed in large part as a result of his/her human relationships.
Many experts believe that there should be a primary caretaker. This is because infants and toddlers cannot maintain the image of their primary caretaker for long and this can cause extreme stress and confusion to a baby or toddler, who may already have outside caretakers in his or her life (such as daycare, nannies).
Many experts believe that the mother is the best choice for the role of primary caretaker. This has to do with the theory that a mother's brain is better wired to help an infant develop his/her ability to regulate and cope. This is related to the fact that an infant's right brain (which reacts to deep primitive feelings) is more developed at birth than the left (thinking) side. In other words, many experts believe that mothers have a better innate capacity to" tune in" to infants than do fathers. This comes from new neuroscientific research and is not necessarily accepted by other disciplines or the courts.
It is essential that babies and toddlers have frequent time with the noncustodial parent in order for them to bond with that parent—which will be essential when that baby grows into a preschooler.
This is a time of continued growth and individuality. This is typically the age where time away from the primary caretaker should increase, and overnights with the noncustodial parent are recommended to become more frequent and regularized (if the child is being raised in a primary-caretaker style).
Some parents begin 50/50 custody at this age. This type of arrangement needs to be carefully considered in terms of the child's personality, how well the parents get along and how close the parents live to one another.
Preschoolers' have much greater development of the left side of their brain than do infants and toddlers. This makes it easier for fathers to "tune in" to their children. Fathers and toddlers, some believe, are "wired" to be together and this is the time when the lack of a father can be hard on children in terms of meeting their development needs.
This period of development is focused on peer and community relationships. It is important during this stage of development for the noncustodial parent (if that is the parenting arrangements) to be part of the activities that his or her children are involved in. At this stage, children thrive on consistent contact with friends, school, and extra-curricular activities.
In non 50/50 custody arrangements, many experts believe that the parenting plans should include multiple overnight visits per-week with the noncustodial parent.
However, if a child is distressed by being away from the other parent, it is recommended that the time away should be decreased to a tolerable level, at least for a period of time.
If a child tolerates the stress of living in two homes, however, this can be best in terms of his or her opportunity to form strong bonds with both parents.
Time spent in your child's "orbit" is important. Children at this age are watching everything you do. More often than not, children learn more by being around you and seeing how you handle life than they do from what you try and teach them directly.
During these years, children develop their academic, athletic, and artistic skills. The noncustodial parent (if that is the parents' arrangement) is advised to schedule time with their child, as much as possible, within the orbit of the child's home base. In 50/50 custody situations, children still tend to have a "home base" — in terms of schools, activities, friends and where they feel most "at home" — and the other parent will need to develop a comfort level with spending time where the child has built his or her world.
Parent-child time needs to allow for the pre-teen's social life, academics, sports and other extracurricular activities.
Parents often find themselves more of a "chauffeur" than a parent at this stage of their child's life; but driving your children to their various activities is often a good time to talk and share. Volunteer for carpools – you will learn a lot about your children's friends this way and also get to know the other parents in your children's circle.
It is important for both parents to maintain a strong role in their pre-teen's life. This fosters a healthy and lasting relationship with both parents. Strong parental bonds are key to a child's ability to form relationships with others, both now and throughout their lives.
This period marks the beginning of psychological emancipation as children rapidly begin establishing their personal identify. Though parents are usually settled into a routine of care for their child at this age, that may change as these teenage children seek to have input into their parenting arrangements. The priorities for these young people are their social lives, academics, and their extracurricular activities. Spending quality time with Mom or Dad is not on their minds, like it may be for their parents. The pressure of having to make space in their busy lives for "quality time" with two parents, in two separate homes, may be a source of irritation and resentment for your busy teenager. Creativity is key at this time in order to stay in tune with your child, while at the same time respecting his or her need to grow-up.
The custodial care schedule will need to be flexible in order to work with the teenager's complex schedule.
It is important to consider the teenager's need for his or her own agenda, as this is a part of maturing and establishing independence.
It is important to stay involved in the teenager's activities such as academics, sports, arts, etc. This is important in order to maintain a healthy relationship with your teenager, show that you care, and know the people who your child is spending time with.
Key Issues. Help you figure out what the real issues are and focus in on these matters.
Goals. Help you formulate your goals and keep you on track towards reaching these goals.
Fair Process. Ensure that the settlement process is fair for both parties by evening-up the playing field in terms of power and knowledge.
Documents and Information. Assist in formulating a list of necessary documents and information so that you do not get overwhelmed at this emotionally difficult time.
Sorting and Categorizing. Assist in the efficient sorting and categorizing of key facts, laying out the family financial picture, determining which issues are emotional/personal versus matters which can actually be settled in mediation, and determining which battles are worth fighting.
Education. Educating and informing you with regard to relevant legal, financial, tax and child-related matters.
Negotiation Techniques. Use of time-tested negotiation facilitation techniques (e.g. neutralizing language, focus of needs versus strategy, ensure key information is understood, focus on problem solving versus punishment).
Property Settlement Agreement. Provide excellent skills in writing up your Property Settlement Agreement. This is the court-ready document that sets forth your entire divorce settlement agreement. An experienced lawyer-mediator is usually best when it comes to writing up such a document.
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The US dollar moved away from the 4-month high against the basket of major currencies. Financial market participants began to fix profits after the prolonged growth of the US currency. In April, the index of business activity in the US non-manufacturing sector slowed down slightly and counted to 56.8, although experts predicted a value of 58.1. The US dollar index (#DX) closed the trading session with a slight decrease (-0.06%). At the moment, the currency majors are consolidating. Investors expect a report on the US labor market, which may have a significant impact on the dynamics of major currency pairs.
Euro rose, but then moved away from the session's maximum after it became known that inflation in the Eurozone slowed to 1.2% (y/y) against 1.3% (y/y) in March. The British pound also weakened after the publication of the index of business activity in the services sector, which counted to 52.8, while investors expected the value of 53.5.
The "black gold" prices are consolidating after significant growth during yesterday's trading. At the moment, futures for the WTI crude oil are testing a mark of $68.35.
Yesterday, the bearish sentiment prevailed in the US stock market: #SPY (-0.22%), #DIA (-0.00%), #QQQ (-0.01%).


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Muaythai in the International University Sports Federation
Muaythai has achieved many milestones in the year 2014 with the SportAccord Spirit of Sport Award, the inclusion of Muaythai into official sport program of the World Games and just as the year ended, the Muaythai University World Cup was given the official patronage of Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU), the International University Sports Federation.
This is another proud moment for muaythai, and truly shows the recognition which muaythai has received in the world sporting community.
Thailand's Minister of Tourism and Sport, Her Excellency Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, called a meeting at the Ministry of Tourism and Sport, with all the parties involved in this important event. She said that Thailand is honoured to have won the bid for the first University World Cup and it has been six years since Thailand has been the host of an IFMA sanctioned international event, and after all the fantastic events held in China, Uzbekistan, Russia, and Malaysia, it is great to see such a recognised event back in the Kingdom.
Over 50 press and TV agencies showed up to the press conference. General Chetta Thanajaro opened with a welcome speech stating that the Muaythai University World Cup is another important step in Muaythai's journey towards IOC recognition.
On the 22nd of April, at the SportAccord Convention and Business Summit, Muaythai signed the official contract with FISU for full recognition. The official contract was signed with FISU President, Mr Claude-Louis Gallien and IFMA President, Dr Sakchye Tapsuwan in front of over 200 representatives from the Olympic Family, SportAccord and World Games.
Mr Gallien welcomed Muaythai into the FISU family and again highlighted that sport has a unique power and that muaythai and IFMA has greatly established itself using the power of sport for the good of society. We now have a fantastic platform to exchange education, culture and sport and FISU is looking forward with great anticipation for combined success.
The 1st Muaythai World University Championships took place in Pattaya, Thailand, in the motherland of the sport.
Teams including Malaysia, Nepal, Hungary, Poland, Israel, Russia and of course host nation Thailand were all staying at the Hard Rock Cafe resort in Pattaya. The venue was also located in this resort meaning another sustainable event for muaythai as there was no transport required on a daily basis.

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QTech Games Set For Global Gaming Expo Asia
Leading distributor bound for Macau, boosted by success of its new tournament tool
10th May 2019 – QTech Games is all set for this month's Global Gaming Expo Asia (aka G2E Asia) where Asia's fastest-growing distributor will be looking to add to its burgeoning suite of relationships with both suppliers and operators, following the success of its latest innovative tool.
This must-attend gaming and entertainment hub runs from 21-23 May at the Venetian Macao, where QTech Games is unpacking its latest solutions and strategies, bringing operators the best slot games from the best suppliers, majoring in mobile content.
Earlier this year, staying ahead of market demands, QTech launched the QT Tournament tool. It's an industry-first for a platform, whereby any operator can create their own tournaments across the entire QTech portfolio of products, or the specific games or studios which they wish to promote. Operator demand has already exceeded expectations, with the next major tournament scheduled for this week, sponsored by Habanero. It will be rolled out with operators across Asia and Europe.
QTech Games boasts the broadest gaming portfolio around, localized for each Asian region, with native mobile apps, powerful reporting and marketing tools, and 24/7 local-language support. What's more, it's all accessible to operators via the quickest integration on the market.
After a successful year of double-digit growth, enhancing the speed and performance of all games on its platform, QTech has broadened its global reach in 2019 with a series of new deals and tools, including taking a majority share in Snowborn Games, one of Sweden's hottest video-slots providers. However, it is GameFactory, a global gaming studio with the remit to invest in and recruit smaller studios from across the globe, which lays down their statement of intent for the year to come.
Markus Nasholm, QTech Games' Global CEO, said: "It's an exciting time for us to be returning to the gaming capital of Macau. With so much cutting-edge tech and innovation under our belt, coupled to many exciting new deals with both established and rising stars, we can now look forward to growing in stride with this progress. We can't wait to catch up with existing partners, and meet new clients with whom we can broaden our mutual horizons."
"GameFactory is the next step in our bid to become the largest provider of digital entertainment in Asia over the next few years. We are currently very active in this arena, looking to enlist small gaming studios with big ideas that can form part of our developing QTech family.
"Just witness how the industry has changed in Asia over the past three years. A flexible platform and an open mind are the only things you must be sure to pack, wherever you're travelling across this ever-changing landscape."
G2E Asia is a key port of call on the tradeshow circuit from QTech Games, whose aim is to ensure its partners continue to surpass their rivals. To book a meeting at either gaming summit, simply email: jonas@qtechgames.com.
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When I organise play dates for my son, I go into a mamma-frenzy. Each one of us want the best for their little ones but I don't have much time to bake a homemade cake each week!
I thought I'd share with you my go-to recipe when I need to prepare quick and impressive play date food. It only takes 5 minutes to make and 18 minutes in to cook in the oven. This is a last-minute madeleines recipe is a winner.
1. Mix all the ingredients together. Put all the ingredients in your mixer in no particular order.
Spread a tiny amount of butter on the tray so that the madeleines won't get stuck. To be extra sure, I sprinkle a bit of flour too.
Don't overfill the individual madeleine forms, they should only be 3/4 filled. If you fill them too much the dough will float over the age while cooking.
Bake for 18 minutes at 150 °C.
Do you have any other super quick recipes you'd like to share?
HI Jenny, I am glad you like the recipe. Isn't it fabulously quick?


CLOSE on the heels of BJP-led alliance's poll victory in Assam, finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, tabled a 'White Paper on Assam State Finances' in the state Assembly on June 03.
Interestingly, Tarun Gogoi, the dethroned Congress Chief Minister, had also released a White Paper in Assam's run up to the Assembly elections. Gogoi's white initiative, released before the media on 13 February this year, was clearly meant for serving two purposes.
One, he wanted to prove how the Congress government under his stewardship for 15 years had improved on the state's finances. Two, he tried to put the blame on the NDA regime in New Delhi for the sluggish development initiative of his government in the past two years by 'depriving' Assam by squeezing Central assistance.
Needless to say, Gogoi's White Paper was more a political document than a technical one. The strong political overtone contained in the sheaf of fiscal papers was purported to be used for reaping electoral dividends in the poll bound state.
In the centrist federal polity of the country, aspersions from the provincial governments against the Union for financial deprivations are not uncommon. That 'India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of states' ~ as the Article 1 of the Constitution puts it ~ and not ideally a 'federation of states' manifests itself most in the matters of devolution of Central taxes and allocation of planned resources to the states.
The entire Constitutional arrangements around the formation of and awards from the quinquennial finance commissions and also the statutory establishment of the Planning Commission, since sought to be replaced by the NITI Aayog, are undoubtedly skewed towards the Centre.
As a result, if a particular state and the Union are ruled by two different political parties, more specifically if they are pitted against each other in state politics, such instances of the state taking the Centre to task for depriving financially are very commonplace.
Viewed from this vantage point, Gogoi's spat with the Centre during his last days in power on the issue of faltered flow of funds from Delhi to Dispur should not raise any eyebrow. But the development, post-installation of the BJP government in Assam, is slightly surprising, if not intriguing.
He is reported to have insisted on the release of the amount to meet the committed liabilities and take up several developmental projects as promised to the people during the elections.
In the course of his meeting with PM Modi, he is understood to have referred to a financial obligation to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore his government has inherited from the predecessor, a fact very carefully articulated in the Himanta Biswa Sharma White Paper.
While the new government in Janata Bhavan will do well if they succeed in wresting additional fund from Arun Jaitley to bridge the huge development deficit Assam has sustained over the decades, the story around the passing of Rs 10,000 crore as 'liabilities' by the earlier regime needs a closer scrutiny.
On page 18 under section 4.13 of the White Paper, a detailed decomposition of the 'committed liabilities' is given in tabular form. A total of six items against which the corresponding liability amounts have been calculated are available in the section. Even as questions may be raised about all the six entries as to whether they strictly qualify to be treated as 'liability' of the present government, we would, for the present, point out only two of them.
Item No (c) provides for Rs 900 crore against dearness allowance (DA) for employees with effect from 01 January this year.
The Congress government in Assam was very punctual in releasing DA to the employees since the recommendations of the Sixth State Pay Panel were implemented in 2009. In fact, Assam government can take the credit of being among a handful of state governments in the country who have been able to maintain the DA rates at par with that of the Central government.
As if not to be outdone, the Sarbananda Sanowal government also, in its very first Cabinet meeting, resolved to release 06 percent DA with effect from 01 January, a decision Tarun Gogoi had to put on hold due to the election model code of conduct. Now the moot question is ~ can this expenditure to be incurred for the payment of DA to be considered a 'liability' handed down by the previous regime?
The issue of 'liability' would certainly have surfaced had the earlier government defaulted in paying the DA up to 31 December 2015. But that has not been the case.
The other contentious entry is (d) in that section, by far the largest amount ~ Rs 4,800 crore. And the source is 'implication of pay revision in 2016-17.' This item indeed beggars all explanations.
First question is, even as the Seventh State Pay Panel is yet to come up with any set of recommendations, how could the finance department officials arrive at this figure?
Secondly, even if the present government has applied its judicious guess to construct this figure, which is at least theoretically possible, by any stretch of implication, can this amount be considered a handiwork of the past government?
If we now take out these two entries ~ which between them add up to Rs 5,700 crore ~ the total 'committed liability' of the Sanowal government boils down to slightly over Rs 4,000 crore. And surely, Sarbananda-Himanta cannot try for a tactful political mileage that is expected to help them impress the North Block.
What is more interesting is the language of the memorandum Sanowal submitted to PM Modi yesterday. Almost taking a cue from Gogoi's text, Sarbananda has alleged that the 14th Finance Commission's award to Assam did not reflect its assessment of the 'cost disability or fiscal capacity' of the state.
On a positive note, this submission from a BJP-led state government to the BJP-led Central government is not only unprecedented, but very bold and encouraging as well. But from a critical angle, the tone and tenor of the memorandum will only make Tarun Gogoi smile in this otherwise hour of gloom for the Assam Congress!


Proper packing is an absolute necessity for shipping your guitar safely. Never ship your guitar in its case only. We suggest you go to your nearest music shop (or visit www.uline.ca) and ask for an empty cardboard shipping carton (they receive guitars in them all the time), into which you should place your guitar within its case for shipping. This provides extra protection from wear and tear from handling.
Pack the guitar inside the case by FIRMLY placing crumpled paper on top of and underneath the headstock and nut, so the peg head sits slightly off the neck rest. This practice should reduce the chances of neck damage dramatically. Take care not to overdo it though, as it is dangerous to wedge the guitar in the case too tightly. After placing the case in the cardboard carton, snugly fill the spaces around the case with more crumpled paper. Boxing your guitar in this way not only helps insulate against a sudden rise or drop in temperature during shipment, but also helps disguise the fact that it is a guitar, and thus decreases the chances of theft. You can sticker it fragile, breakable, or handle with care, but we recommend never labeling it "Musical Instrument."Do NOT take tension off the strings when shipping your guitar. This is a dangerous practice as the machine heads and headstock are the heaviest parts of the guitar, and the string tension from proper tuning serves to counteract the stresses these parts place on the instrument. Some people on the internet will tell you that loosening the strings is a good idea – If it was such a good idea, then every manufacturer would do it. Martin, Taylor, Gibson, Larrivee, Collings, etc all ship guitars new from the factory at full tension – What makes your guitar any different? Always insure your guitar for it's full value, and when you receive your instrument immediately examine it for damage. Doing this while still in the baggage room or presence of the delivery person will negate the question of whether and/or where any damage occurred.
Newspaper or brown packing paper works well. It should firm and rigid enough that the headstock is sitting on the paper, and not floating. The idea is that you want to eliminate the headstock from snapping back if the box falls over during shipping.Do not ship your guitar without support under the headstock. The tuning machines on the guitar weigh a substantial amount; and if the box were to fall over during shipping, the tuners could "snap" backwards, and shear the headstock right off of the neck.For an acoustic guitar and if you have a pickup installed on your instrument, make sure to remove it, and secure it inside the compartment in your case. This will prevent the battery from coming loose during transit and damaging the inside of your guitar. Do not leave the battery connected to your pickup during transport. Though the battery clip is designed to keep the battery in place during normal conditions, it is not built to withstand the sudden shock of a drop. If the battery is left in the guitar, it may come loose during shipping and cause damage to the braces or even crack the sides!Whether you are shipping the guitar, or taking it on an airplane, you want to make sure that the guitar is placed in a durable cardboard box. Most music stores regularly take delivery of guitars, and probably have an extra box they will give you for free. A second benefit of doing this is that often the packing materials are still inside the box. The provides the instrument with some protection from the rapid changes in climateDo not under any circumstances, EVER, ship your guitar just in its case. This method WILL result in damage or theft. Your guitar case is only built for basic normal conditions, not the tossing of an airport baggage handler. Your guitar also has no protection from the elements in this scenario. It is not unusual for freight forwarders to store packages/pallets on the tarmac at an airport for hours – Can you imagine if this black case sat in the sun at 100 degrees? Always pack the case inside of the box with adequate packing. Cardboard is preferable, multiple layers of bubble-wrap are also effective. If you obtain a used box from a music store, ask them if they have the original packing materials. You want to make sure that the top,and bottom of the case are supported and not directly in contact with the outside of the box. Foam chips do not protect your instrument. The guitar will settle through the chips to the top or bottom of the box. This method can cause serious impact damage if the box is dropped.
When you decide to ship your instrument to me for an Evertune Bridge installation I will send you packaging instructions by email.
We want you to feel comfortable doing business with us. We value your time and your money. Most acoustic guitars take about 150 hours of actual build time not counting the 'waiting' parts in between. Between eight to ten months is an average build time in my shop. For Electrics it's about 50 hours which translates into three to four months. Rush orders can be accommodated from time to time depending on other commitments etc.


Spirituality is awareness of metaphysical existence beyond this organic, material world. Spirituality is evident as one's relationship to metaphysical realities and how it changes one's worldview, personality, priorities and lifestyle.
Spirituality goes beyond mere ontological questioning of what is the purpose of life, where are we going to. It goes further because there is an inescapable awareness of a spiritual life. Since it is a particular awareness, spirituality is not for everyone and there are few commonalities shared with others. Spirituality is an existential quest, that also involves questioning and testing dogmatic, religious and cultural norms. Some spiritual teachers, Iesous for example, are on record for saying to a questioner that s/he cannot understand him, that his teaching is not for them, but for another group of people—meaning, his teaching is for those who have developed spirituality.
Some souls develop spiritual awareness that may find expression in any religion or secular path, yet more often than not it finds expression in a unique way appropriate to the individual - at the time. The quest of spirituality is evolutionary, a growth process, therefore, it is marked with constant change.
Spirituality is most noticable in one's everyday lifestyle, reasoning and conduct. Religion's most noticable impact is in how people get married and buried.
Western people with spirituality often take a tour of several secular paths such as atheism, agnosticism, vegan, political correctness, sharing positive quotes, animal loving and eco-awareness and the self-improvement awareness. Interests may develop in hatha yoga, crystals, energy healing, numerology, light work, angeology, angelic healing, channeling, theosophy, and more. Some will take a walk in the parks of neo-buddhism, neo-tantra, neo-advaita, etc.
Historically speaking, westerners with highly developed spirituality were often religious mystics found in the shadows and dusty corners of religious movements - whether or not they agreed with the dogma - most have freed themselves of those shackles. Of these, who immediately come to mind are great souls such as Rumi, Hafiz, St. Francis of Assisi, Theresa of Avila, Origen, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Gregory of Nyssa, et al.
Easterners are a blessing to the world for upholding and keeping alive some of humankind's most ancient mystical traditions, dating back thousands of years BCE. Mystics are not typically found in institutions, Temples and Pagoda where religion, rite and route is practised but in small spiritual communities and schools all over India, China, Japan and SE Asia.
One can ask the question, 'tell me about your sexuality (or spirituality)', because it is a state of being, it may be in flux.
Spirituality develops when the soul becomes aware of its spiritual potential - that is, it becomes aware that it wants to change from being a soul to being a spirit. Only some souls will become aware during this lifetime, as the caterpillar who is ready for metamorphosis to start, becomes aware of its potential to change into a different kind of being, aware of its need to change.
The soul becomes aware of things that other souls simply do not see or care to contemplate. Spirituality, inevitably sets the soul on a road to discovery, which often causes alienation from one's old ways, one's group-think, and it often brings on some strangeness, even loneliness. Often though, solace is found in association with like-minded people.
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"The moment one suspects narcolepsy, the person must be referred to a sleep laboratory."
AOP Orphan has set itself the task of helping people with rare diseases. The personal histories of patients with rare diseases help us to understand their special needs, investigate and develop new therapy options, and introduce these into the market.
Narcolepsy Story
Patients of rare diseases like narcolepsy require competent medical care. Due to the rarity of this disease, patients have to face many difficulties such as access to specialised centres, diagnostic tests, and the availability of patient-oriented information.
Associate Professor Stefan Seidel has experience in the treatment of patients with narcolepsy. A specialist in neurology, he speaks about the causes of the rare disease and explains what patients should be aware of.
Priv.Doz. Dr. Stefan Seidel
"The moment one suspects narcolepsy the person must be referred to a sleep laboratory. Brain wave activity, heartbeat, respiration, and muscle activity in the legs can be measured there. In a sleep laboratory one can establish whether patients fall asleep too rapidly during the day – which is one of the major features of narcolepsy."
"If you or your physician thinks you have narcolepsy, it's important to get a referral to a specialised sleep lab, which is a neurological sleep lab. There you can do a polysomnography and multiple sleep latency tests – these are essential for a proper diagnosis and the subsequent treatment."
What treatment options do we have at the present time?
Currently it is common practice to use substances which are able to enhance a person's wakefulness and reduce the loss of muscle tone (cataplexy) – either in the form of tablets or as a solution.
It is satisfying to note that the authors of some studies are working on the continued improvement of therapy options. New substances are being developed, tested, and introduced in the market. This makes it easier to treat the patient.
Do you know the cause of the disease?
Currently we know that patients have a certain genetic precondition which leads to an excessive immune response because of an infection, and triggers narcolepsy.
The problem is that many persons – about a quarter of the population – have this genetic feature, but that does not mean that they develop the disease.
People who suffer from narcolepsy have a hereditary disposition for autoimmune processes which lead to the destruction of certain cells in the brain. This causes a deficiency of the hormone known as orexin, which stabilises the state of wakefulness.
MOre about Narcolepsy Cause
Associate Professor Stefan Seidel
Dr Stefan Seidel is a neurologist and an Associate Professor of neurology at the University Clinic of Neurology, General Hospital of Vienna. He heads the Special Outpatient Department for Sleep Disorders at the General Hospital of Vienna and is a senior physician at the neurorehabilitation ward.
His main point of focus, among others, is the subject of sleep-wake disorders. The specialist has several years of experience in dealing with diseases such as insomnia, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, REM sleep behavior disorders, and other sleep disorders.
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"I found various means of helping myself and would like to share this experience with other persons."
"If I had not met her on time, I would not be alive now."
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After several decades in development, we finally have an updated website!
As we've grown and been lucky enough to be able to add several more folk to the team, the website may also be kept up to date!
Have a look at the Brewer's Notes section if you want to know what we've been up to (lots).
Looking forward to being able to communicate with you all without relying on belligerent 140 character bursts.
It's obviously still in early stages of development and we'll add more info about the team and what we've got planned for the rest of the year. Now that we've recovered from Brewdenell, we've got an exciting array of events, new brews and collabs lined up.
We've also got a few more Kirkstall pubs up our sleeves and who knows, maybe we'll actually open the Tap Room this year?!


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When it's time to reimagine a wedding set you can come up with spectacular results! Just like this incredible vintage inspired double pear shaped halo ring!
To set the scene here's a before snap shot of the wedding rings we used to create this Masterpiece!
This wedding set was proving to just not be what the bride was looking for in her day to day jewelry wardrobe for function, or visual effect! Which meant it was time to restyle it into something Grand!
After sitting down with the couple I quickly realized how unbelievably unique this redesign was going to turn out! With the concept of taking the Square Princess Cut Diamond in the center and turning it on a 45 degree angle and accenting it with an outspoken pear shaped double halo the ring was quickly taking shape! Of course after meticulously detailing the beautiful under gallery to feature more of her diamonds and planning out the hand carved details to accent the ring the ideas where set!
Cue the 3D Printer for the next step!
After we 3D Printed out the wax and it was tried on for a full visual look over we knew we had a winner! Into production we went and after a few short weeks we are left with an absolutely unique ring that suits both the Style and the Function the Couple where looking for. Featuring an array of different design aspects that all tie together to give a breathtaking result!
Restyling a ring has a different meaning to every individual. This project was particularly special to the engaged couple we worked on it for! Their Grandmother's Wedding Set was used to create a gorgeous wedding band to compliment the Bride's already stunning engagement ring, so on their wedding day she would have a special piece of family history with her! We used the Diamonds from the Grandmother's Ring and created a Wedding band concept to match flawlessly with her floral vintage flavor engagement ring. Once completed with the design, we 3D Printed a wax mold to help illustrate how and where Grandma's diamonds would be displayed and how the design style would compliment her Engagement Ring. When we finished the Band, the result couldn't have been more perfect! An incredible Floral Vintage Wedding Band Done Perfectly to accent her engagement ring. Now She will be able to carry forward with her, a special piece of family history, to wear everyday as this couple begins their journey in life together!


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NASCAR Announces Groundbreaking Fan Event: NASCAR Contenders Live!
NASCAR Announces Groundbreaking Fan Event:
NASCAR Contenders Live
(SM) Sponsored By Toyota And Sprint
Fans Have Opportunity To Interact With Top-12 Chase For The NASCAR Sprint Cup™ Drivers In Chicago, Enter Sweepstakes To Win 2012 Toyota Camry SE
Today, at a press conference outside the House of Blues in Chicago, NASCAR® announced the launch of the inaugural interactive fan event: NASCAR Contenders Live(SM)sponsored by Toyota and Sprint. The event will allow fans to interact directly with the 12 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup contenders at the House of Blues on Wednesday, Sept.12 at 1:30 p.m.
Present at the announcement of the launch were Joe Gibbs Racing driver of the No. 18 Toyota Camry Kyle Busch; Toyota National Manager of Motorsports and Engagement Marketing Keith Dahl; NASCAR Senior Director of Partnership Marketing Lou Garate; Chicagoland Speedway President Scott Paddock and 2012 Miss Sprint Cup Jaclyn Roney.
NASCAR Contenders Live(SM) sponsored by Toyota and Sprintwill signify the start of the most intense and competitive time of the NASCAR season, the 2012 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™. The 12 Chase contenders will interact onstage with NASCAR's biggest supporters – the fans – and share their strategies and insight on how they plan to win the ultimate prize: the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series™ championship.
This is an extremely rare opportunity for NASCAR fans as it will be the first time the top-12 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ drivers will be in one room at the same time answering fan questions.
In conjunction with the event launch, the first NASCARContenders Live(SM) sponsored by Toyota and Sprint Sweepstakes kicks off today by giving fans a chance to win an ultimate package that includes a 2012 Toyota Camry SE, two tickets to the first-ever NASCAR Contenders Live(SM) sponsored by Toyota and Sprint fan event, two VIP tickets and two VIP passes to attend the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday, Sept. 16, a one-year subscription to SiriusXM Satellite radio and $500 cash.
Fans can visit www.NASCAR.com/ContendersLive to enter the "Contenders Live" Sweepstakes until August 30th at 3:00 p.m. ET. Additionally, fans can visit the site to purchase tickets to NASCAR Contenders Live(SM) sponsored by Toyota and Sprint beginning on July 27.
"NASCAR has the most passionate fans in all of sports," said Norris Scott, NASCAR vice president of partnership marketing and business solutions. "What better way to kick off the Chase than with an event that gives fans exclusive access inside a room with the sports' top 12 drivers. This also serves as a unique program for Toyota and Sprint who support the sport heavily."
"Contenders Live on September 12 provides Toyota with an exceptional platform from which to partner with NASCAR, and the visibility to interface with the sport's enthusiastic fan base," said Dahl. "Toyota has connected with fans in many different ways since we began competing in NASCAR in 2004, and this event will provide still another opportunity for fans to get a glimpse behind-the-scenes."
"We always strive to deliver experiences to fans that create memories that will last a lifetime, and this event will do just that," said Tim Considine, director of sports and entertainment marketing for Sprint. "NASCAR's most important asset is the fans as they are the most loyal in all of sports. NASCAR Contenders Live will bring fans an incredible opportunity to interact with this season's top drivers as we kick off the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in Chicago."
"We are privileged to kick off the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in Chicago this September, and NASCAR Contenders Live will provide our fans with unprecedented access to the sport's best and brightest as they begin their run towards the championship," said Paddock. "The addition of Contenders Live to an already exhilarating Chase week lineup only adds to the excitement, which culminates on Sunday with the GEICO 400 and the start of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup."
For tickets to this weekend's American Ethanol 225 or the STP 300 on July 21-22 at Chicagoland Speedway, or for tickets to the September 15-16 race weekend, visit www.ChicagolandSpeedway.com or call 1-888-629-RACE (7223). Single-day tickets are available, beginning at $25 in July and $40 in September.
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Actress Lydia Cornell Records Psa For Upcoming Eric Marienthal Charity Event!
Actress Lydia Cornell Records Psa For Upcoming Eric Marienthal Charity Event
Award-winning actress, author, teen mentor, talk-show host, comedienne and public speaker, Lydia Cornell grew up in America's living rooms. An international celebrity best known for her starring role as the daughter of TV legend Ted Knight in the hit ABC series Too Close for Comfort, Cornell was one of the most popular sex symbols of the '80s, playing virginal blonde bombshell cheerleader Sara Rush. The series airs daily on Tribune Broadcasting's new channel Antenna TV.
This year Cornell has worked with the Red Cross, firefighters, Autism Awareness, and High Hopes, Pat Boone's charity for traumatic spinal cord injury. She recently hosted a documentary for Safe Passage Home, an organization that gives extreme life makeovers to victims of domestic violence, for viewing on the Oxygen Network. Last fall she housed domestic abuse victims and cared for their children throughout the school year. With the help of the police, Cornell helped rescue a battered woman from a predator.
Cornell has just recorded a PSA for the 14th annual Eric Marienthal and Friends Concert to be held at the Hyatt Regency in Newport Beach this Sunday, July 22nd. The night includes a VIP, pre-concert dinner with Marienthal and the evening's special guest performers, a live and silent auction, and complimentary hors d'oeuvres. Over the last 14 years this event has raised over $500,000 for the many brain-injured adults who attend High Hopes.
Best Actress nominee for AFI and Method Fest, People's Choice Award winner, and star of over 250 TV shows and films and episodes worldwide, Cornell was recently on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm; The Kelsey Grammer Comedy Hour; Variety's Power of Comedy honoring Russell Brand; and movies with Robert Downey, Jr., Steven Tyler, Jon Bon Jovi, and The Mentalist's Amanda Rhigetti.
Cornell continues to pursue a path of comedic gold, doing stand-up and writing often pointedly hilarious political barbs on her acclaimed and sometimes controversial blog.
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Antonio Bandaras-AARP Magazine cover November 2012!
AARP Magazine sent us a sneak preview of their upcoming November issue featuring Antonio Bandaras on the cover!
AARP The Magazine- November Cover Star Antonio Banderas
(Griffith's quotes are below Banderas')
On the secret to a successful marriage:
"The secret is that we had failures before. And love at the beginning is a rush. It's big, full of energy, beautiful. But it doesn't last like that. Melanie and I talked about that a lot."
"That thing at the beginning disappeared, but it became something better. We discovered the value and warmth of family and what is home—that we can be stronger together."
"Even in crisis, we have been patient enough to detect that at the end of the tunnel was a light. We have had as many problems as anybody. We've never hidden it. We've been open about addictions, in the case of Melanie. She has overcome her problems beautifully. I didn't know she was so strong. It makes me love her even more, because she has been an unbelievable lion fighting, and she got it. The last [relapse] was three years ago, and it just welded us."
On avoiding high profile infidelity (like that of Anthony Weiner and Arnold Schwarzenegger):
"It's all about balance in life. We all need water, obviously, but I'm not going to drink the pool. [Laughs.] I think it's very important that you know exactly where the limits are."
"It's a very, very personal issue how you deal with that. [You have to ask yourself ] if you are willing to damage what you have—your kids, your family, your friends. How do you deal in your sexual life with your wife? How rich can you make it in order to not have to look for something outside your marriage? What other things can you do, in your home? What are the things that you may tell her, or are you going to be always lying?"
On his chemistry with Griffith in 1995's Two Much:
"I saw this sweet, vulnerable soul, funny, also very smart and generous. I saw her with her kids, and she was so beautiful as a mom."
"It happens sometimes that you connect with your costar. It's normal. But at the end of the movie, it's just 'delete'—you go home and it's good-bye. But it didn't happen. We kept calling each other on the phone all day long. And then one day we had to actually confront it. And we did. It was not easy."
** Melanie Griffith on her husband, Antonio Banderas **
On how they keep their marriage going:
GRIFFITH: "We're willing to change with each other, let old things die and new things be born. But it's a constant endeavor."
On what first attracted her to Banderas:
GRIFFITH: "Everything, really. His way. He's very funny. The first thing he asked me was my age. I said, 'That's the rudest thing anyone has asked me first. 'But there was something about him. Still is. I just love him."
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Meadow Brook Hall garden tours: Stroll through picturesque gardens that span the historic 1,400-acre estate.
Outdoor concerts: OU is home to Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, featuring musicians, comedians and festivals. More concerts and special events are also held at the The Palace of Auburn Hills and DTE Energy Music Theatre.
Research: Take your love for discovery to the next level with an OU research project or collaboration.
Organic farming: Enjoy fresh, healthy food, community programs and volunteer opportunities through the Campus Student Organic Farm at OU.
Golfing: Tee it up at OU's Golf and Learning Center, which features two championship courses and a clubhouse with pub and grill.
Working out: Stay healthy this summer by taking a group fitness class, challenging yourself with exercise equipment or running/walking the loops on campus.
Getting involved: Keep your connections strong by participating in volunteer and service opportunities.
Working on campus: Through OU's Summer Student Campus Corps, undergraduate students can work on various projects in the academic, administrative and auxiliary realms.
Campus tours: Go on a walking tour of campus to learn more about OU and its history.
Shopping: Enjoy the many shopping districts and centers near OU, including The Village of Rochester Hills.


The third anniversary issue (Spring 2004) of the Tori Amos fanzine Little Blue World will start to ship to subscribers next week. It includes an exclusive interview with Tori's friend Rantz Hoseley. Rantz was Tori's roommate when she was recording Little Earthquakes in 1991 and has since collaborated with her on tour programs and other projects. Quantities are limited, so subscribe to Little Blue World now to reserve your copy of this issue! For more details, go to little-blue-world.org. You can also find out more about this fanzine here.


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Q: How to change one half of a split pane while keeping the other the same when an action occurs in javafx I am trying to create an application in javaFX that has two main halves to it. One side where you have a set of buttons or controls, and the other where it displays a different set of data for each button pressed, almost as if one side changes scenes, but the point is, layout panes count as scenes and I am still trying to figure out how to dynamically change one side while the other remains static. If you know how to accomplish this(Ideally with a split pane), then that would be a great help, as I am yet to find this question answered.
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A: SplitPane has a .getItems() method.
Use that and .set() the content you want at the correct index.

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Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
by Pete Buttigieg
Liveright, 352 pp., $27.95
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Pete Buttigieg at a presidential campaign event, Exeter, New Hampshire, May 2019
"All his life, he'd displayed an interest in history and politics. He was disciplined, hardworking, bright, and earnest." That could be a fitting description of Pete Buttigieg, the thirty-seven-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who's currently running for president of the United States.
But it's not. It instead describes the youthful promise of our thirty-seventh president, Richard Nixon, in a passage from John A. Farrell's recent award-winning biography.1 Young, upcoming politicians often make such a sparkling impression, which shows the limits of early distinction and hopeful expectations.
That's not to say that Buttigieg's Beaver Cleaver visage may be concealing some secret, sweaty Nixonian paranoia. Surely not. The youngest mayor of an American city with a population over 100,000, elected at the age of twenty-nine, and the first openly gay man in the Democratic Party to run for president, he has a genuine charisma that Nixon would have killed for. In interviews and public appearances, including the CNN town hall that introduced him to millions of Americans who couldn't even pronounce his name (apparently Maltese for "lord of the poultry"), he has been admirably direct, eloquent, and persuasive on what he calls "intergenerational justice." The first millennial to run for president, he's referring to the ways in which today's geriatric politicians are shafting his generation:
If you're my age or younger, you were in high school when the school shootings became widespread; you're going to be dealing with climate change…you're going to be dealing with the consequences of what they've done to the debt; you're on track to be the first generation ever to make less than your parents.
He has been criticized for being vague, and compared to Elizabeth Warren's highly specific positions, his website is Policy Lite. But he's saying things progressives want to hear, referring to climate change as "a national security threat," supporting labor, calling for a slow-walked single-payer health care system, and demanding universal background checks for gun buyers. He's been deft at issuing sharp Lilliputian jabs to the fatty presidential flank, remarking on Trump's draft evasion: "I have a pretty dim view of his decision to use his privileged status to fake a disability in order to avoid serving in Vietnam." He's released ten years of his tax returns and has a refreshingly modest income for a presidential candidate. His even-tempered candor has led to a jump in the polls and vaulted him into the top tier of candidates, beyond the reach of the less disciplined, if hipper, youngster Beto O'Rourke.
The money has followed. Suddenly flush with cash, with some polls showing Buttigieg in fourth place (after Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and either Warren or Kamala Harris), his campaign has begun hiring staff. His strong appeal and emergence from a crowded field may be tied to a host of factors, perhaps chiefly his ease and intelligence, youth and likeability, inspiring New York magazine to swoon, "What mother wouldn't love this guy?"2 (My own, a kindergarten teacher, would have called him "as cute as a bug's ear.") Yet his service in Afghanistan lends considerable gravitas. A gay veteran, running for president and embracing his husband onstage, he has demonstrated to many Americans a love and pride that The Boston Globe termed "remarkably unremarkable." In virtually every televised appearance, he has come across with the kind of natural wit and charm for which John F. Kennedy was once celebrated.
Buttigieg's campaign memoir, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future, introduces the candidate by heavily emphasizing his hometown ties. In it, he seems bent on leveraging his midwestern values, giving the strong sense of being almost radically wholesome. He does this by presenting, in an astounding act of compression, a life packed like a Marie Kondo underwear drawer full of neatly folded accomplishments, all achieved with apparent effortlessness.
Our Man in South Bend is nothing if not industrious. He gets himself born to a pair of Notre Dame literature professors in 1982, his mother a Hoosier, his father an immigrant from Malta. He graduates from high school in 2000, winning first prize in the Kennedy Library's "Profile in Courage" contest, for an essay extolling Bernie Sanders's commitment to public service, enjoying soft drinks with the Kennedys at the awards ceremony. He attends Harvard, studying Arabic as a freshman, attracted by the "linguistic rhythm and the poetic richness" of the Sudanese novel Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih, letting us know that he rested his head in the room where the adolescent son of Ulysses S. Grant once slept, as did Horatio Alger and Cornel West. He served as student president of Harvard's Institute of Politics and studied with the great scholar of Puritan America Sacvan Bercovitch. He labors with his professor's research assistants on The Cambridge History of American Literature, and his senior thesis in History and Literature draws a connection, he says, between uncompromising American exceptionalism, as criticized in Graham Greene's The Quiet American, and our "government's narrative about Vietnam."
Graduating Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude in 2004, he volunteers for a summer with the Kerry presidential campaign. A Rhodes Scholar by the following year, he leaves Oxford's Pembroke College two years later with first-class honors in its Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program. The New Yorker has helpfully filled out the picture by adding colorful details to Pete's tenure there that he himself chose to skip, reporting that he curated a "whiskey library," learned Norwegian (one of his eight languages) on the toilet, and sequestered himself in a North Sea cargo ship to study for final exams.
Buttigieg merely gestures at knocking around during this early period: a summer in Tunis, polishing his Arabic; an internship at Chicago's NBC news affiliate; and a year with the Cohen Group, the consulting outfit of William Cohen, Bill Clinton's second secretary of defense, organizing a conference of "American and Muslim leaders." He then joins McKinsey and Company, the enormous international management consulting firm most benignly known for supplying CEOs and reports to an enormous number of corporate entities around the world. In 2009 he joins the US Navy Reserve. The following year he leaves McKinsey, runs for Indiana state treasurer, and loses to Richard Mourdock (who ultimately runs for a US Senate seat arguing that pregnancy caused by rape is "something that God intended to happen"). In largely Republican Indiana, the loss is foreseen but not humiliating. It slows him down not at all. Fired up by a January 2011 Newsweek article listing South Bend among "America's Dying Cities," he parlays his new political connections and fresh face into a successful run for mayor.
Thus the middle stretch of the memoir is taken up with governing—adjusting to his role as civic cheerleader and campaigning to revitalize South Bend's disintegrating neighborhoods. He struggles to diversify the economic base by attracting new "Silicon Prairie" tech companies; introduces a 311 customer service system; sets out to rehab or demolish a thousand abandoned houses in a thousand days (doubling the city's eviction rate to one of the highest in the country); and launches what he calls "the smartest sewers in the world." A propagandistic tone creeps in, "tough decisions" set up so we can see the triumphant outcome. But a sour note emerges as well. At one point, a city councilman tries to deflate the Buttigiegian enthusiasm for apps by comparing the mayor to one of the worst technocrats in American history. "Sometimes, Pete," the councilman told him, "when you talk about your data-driven government, I think of Robert McNamara." Buttigieg attempts to neutralize this criticism by way of saying that of course he recognizes the value of "qualified, experienced individuals" over statistics, and tries not to forget the quality of "mercy" in bringing "data-driven techniques" to bear. Nonetheless, the comparison lingers.
It is as mayor that Buttigieg, a naval reservist, deploys to Afghanistan in 2014 for seven months, an episode dispatched with astonishing brevity given its importance. His memoir concludes on a romantic note, his time overseas lending urgency to other aspects of life. "If not for the deployment," he writes, he might never have found his way to his partner. Realizing that life is short, he comes out as gay to his parents and, publicly, to the city, during a reelection campaign, abruptly backtracking in the narrative to hectically acknowledge his unpopular firing of "a beloved African-American police chief" during a scandal over the chief's alleged violation of federal wiretap law. (His reappointment of the chief was "my first serious mistake as mayor," he says, arguing that he inherited the problem even while admitting that his handling of it alienated South Bend's African-American community.)
Unfazed, South Bend reelects him by a wide margin, and he falls in love with Chasten Glezman, a Montessori junior high school teacher of humanities and drama. They marry in 2018 and acquire an adorable rescue dog, named Truman, after the president who said, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." (They now have two.) He closes out his account having recognized a pattern "visible across all I'd learned in philosophy and literature, business and service, politics and love." Like Dorothy, after she's whisked off the prairie by her own version of a Rhodes scholarship and several years in data management, Pete realizes that there's no place like home.
Buttigieg somehow relates this charmed life with suitable self-effacement, eyes cast modestly downward as in the photograph on the book's cover, a not unimpressive feat given the perfection of his résumé. Judging by Shortest Way Home, Pete is indeed a paragon, or, to cannibalize his subtitle, "a model for America's future," and his memoir has thus inspired Olympian encomiums. The Guardian called it "the best American political autobiography since Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father."
Not so fast. Political autobiographies, released in droves at the beginning of campaigns, are notoriously vapid and slippery documents, and Buttigieg's—perhaps more polished than the rest—shows troubling signs of the genre. There are gaps in the record. There's an avoidance of self-analysis, a refusal to plumb motivations, a tiptoeing across the minefield of human experience. Its wide-eyed ingenuousness strains credulity if only because all credulity, in the age of Trump, is now so strained that it may be collapsing, like the climate, altogether. The self-presentation is too glossy, too ideal. Nowhere does one get the sense that the author has ever experienced a setback or suffering of any kind: depression, humiliation, discrimination, anguish, illness, poverty, doubt, debt. (Buttigieg's father died in January of this year, after the book had gone to press.) Has he ever been crushed? Could he relate to someone who has been? It seems so: he describes his struggle to overcome shyness and an initially uncertain response, as mayor, to a grieving mother who had lost a child to gun violence. But it's hard to escape the suspicion that this frictionless memoir represents, beyond the obvious political calculation, an act of self-conscious second-guessing.
By contrast, Obama's often harrowing reflection on coming to terms with a fractured family history, his honest account of anger and confusion over racial identity and his father's absence and ultimate loss, elevated it above "the routine political memoir," as Toni Morrison pointed out on NPR not long after he was elected in 2008. She called it "unique," and so it remains. The quality of writing and depth of analysis justified the widespread belief, expressed in Time, that Dreams "may be the best-written memoir ever produced by an American politician."
Buttigieg wants to be in that league, alluding to a love of literature that "captured not just my mind but also my emotions" as early as sixth grade, when he discovered Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" in English class, learning that it was not "about two roads in a forest but about the choices we make in life." James Joyce's Ulysses supplies the title of the book and three chapter epigraphs (all available on Goodreads' list of Ulysses quotes); Hilary Mantel makes a cameo as well. But literature—especially Ulysses—is about exposing the self in all its discomfiting and agitating guises, laying bare its mental gymnastics and unruly, compulsive needs and bodily appetites. There's not a lot of Joycean revelation going on here.
Instead, Buttigieg often approaches himself with Spock-like detachment, saying little about his sexuality until he comes out at the age of thirty-three to his parents—"they weren't terribly surprised"—and hears his mother's wistful disappointment when she asks whether he's seeing anyone and he says no. Then, he decides, like a Vulcan who has sex once every seven years, "I had to figure out a way to go public, so I could begin adding this dimension to my life." This "dimension"? He tackles the search for a mate as a technical challenge, trying out online dating apps and scrolling to "pick out the right photos for a profile." He's more comfortable in attack mode, detailing the political fallout, in 2015, for Indiana governor Mike Pence after he signed the discriminatory Religious Freedom Restoration Act: "The effect on our economic image was immediate and destructive." Before the law was walked back days later, amid a national outcry, Buttigieg's office distributed stickers reading, "COME ON IN: SOUTH BEND IS AN OPEN CITY."
Ultimately, though, Buttigieg is at his best when he finds himself in love and describes his relationship with Chasten and their life together. His empathy for Chasten's struggles during a period of homelessness after coming out to his parents at seventeen is sincerely moving, and he may reach fair-minded socially conservative readers with his calm, commonsense depiction of the trials of people who simply want to exercise the rights that belong to them:
Perhaps it is the fear of any queer person preparing to come out that he or she will be marked as a kind of other, isolated from the straight world by virtue of being different. No doubt many have that kind of experience—indeed all do, at least a little bit. But the main consequence for me of coming out, and especially of finding Chasten, is that I have felt more common ground than ever before with the personal lives of other, mostly straight, people.
Before, I could rarely relate to the stories I heard from others when it came to adult domestic life or romance. Today, being in a committed relationship with Chasten just might be the most normal thing about my life…. For this reason most of all, it is mystifying that some persist in describing sexual orientation as a "lifestyle." In those fragments of our days that aren't dominated by work, our lifestyle revolves around meals, friends, exercise, housekeeping, sleep, extended family, and the care and feeding of our dog. Trying to visualize it from the outside, it strikes me that my partnered, gay "lifestyle" is a lot more normal, sustainable, and fulfilling than my prior lifestyle consisting almost entirely of work and travel.
What is concerning, however, is his glossing over important elements of the unimpeachable résumé. He takes pains to make his McKinsey years seem dull, an uninspiring slog through spreadsheets and "Canadian grocery pricing." Joining "the Firm," he wants us to know, was purely for an "education in the real world" of business; he wanted to learn "how the private sector really worked." This is doubtless meant to distract us from the company's notorious reputation (and perhaps also from what he was doing as a McKinsey consultant in Afghanistan, something he mentions but never fully explains). The Massachusetts attorney general recently revealed that McKinsey had urged the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma to "turbocharge" opioid sales, and The New York Times reported that it has "helped raise the stature of authoritarian governments" in Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, South Africa, and China.
But McKinsey's elastic ethics are not just an issue now. They stretch back to the time when Buttigieg worked there and long before. Said to have been "the firm that built the house of Enron" (Jeff Skilling, Enron's CEO, worked for McKinsey for twenty-one years), it famously promoted "creative destruction," advising companies to "identify your bottom 10 or 25 or 33 percent, and get rid of them as soon as possible," according to The Firm, a history of McKinsey by Duff McDonald. At the same time, McDonald writes, it urged corporations and their boards to raise executive compensation to obscenely high levels. While Buttigieg worked there, his employer also encouraged "the securitisation of mortgage assets," in the words of the financial reporter Ben Chu, contributing to the economic crisis of 2007. In 2012 its longtime managing director was convicted of insider trading.
Choosing McKinsey right out of the gate may have been Buttigieg's first stumble, and his responses to questions about it since have compounded the problem. Asked recently about the company's part in the opioid crisis, Buttigieg punted, saying, "That I didn't follow." Asked about its support of authoritarian regimes, he said, "I think you have a lot of smart, well-intentioned people who sometimes view the world in a very innocent way. I wrote my thesis on Graham Greene, who said that innocence is like a dumb leper that has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm." At this point in his career, it's time for him to stop talking about his Harvard thesis and start talking about the horrific consequences of American "consultants" operating abroad, unchecked, from Vietnam to Iraq. Otherwise, the dumb leper in this story might as well be named Pete.
Even Buttigieg's account of his experience in Afghanistan feels evasive, perhaps because, having worked in counterterrorism (just like Greene's own quiet American), he can't describe aspects of his service beyond saying that it involved "blocking the flow of narcotics funding to the insurgency." But he could explain his own motivation for signing on in the first place. As a Harvard student, he opposed the invasion of Iraq, delivering a speech on behalf of the College Democrats at an antiwar rally, speaking of "the difference between necessary wars…and unnecessary wars that could take young lives for no purpose at all." Six years later, in September 2009, he enlisted in the Navy Reserve.
What led him to the road taken? Here the language gets murky. He alludes vaguely to the guilt that arises as he and a few friends, in their mid-twenties and volunteering for the Obama campaign in Iowa in 2008, realize that a lot of their cohort, or at least the ones who didn't go to Harvard, were serving in the military. Knocking on rural doors, he finds that "every other teenager I met was signing up for the Army or the Guard." At the same time, he recalls that "one of my heroes," a great-uncle who served as an army airman, died in a plane crash in Ohio in early 1941.3 A portrait of the captain once hung on his grandmother's wall; it now hangs on his.
But he does not explain clearly whether he joined out of obligation or an eagerness to serve his country. And why the Navy Reserve? While his stint as an intelligence analyst (with a "top-secret clearance") does justify the feeling that Buttigieg's résumé qualifies him better for a career as a spook than for one as a politician, he offers no explanation for how he determined that the war in Afghanistan was "necessary," an account essential for evaluating this candidate's approach to future conflicts. All he offers is this passive, negative construction: "The more I reflected on it, the less it seemed I had any good excuse or reason not to serve." If he joined because there was no reason not to, there's nothing wrong with a sense of duty. But there is something wrong with being unable to articulate the nature of your commitment, especially when you're running for president.
His writing gets more convoluted as he describes his deployment, which occurred five years after he signed up, during Obama's 2014 drawdown, the concluding months of "Operation Enduring Freedom." He grapples with the realization that the big show is folding its tent and that he's part of a packing-up effort, realizing that if he were to push too hard, he would be "risking my life and others' to keep going outside the confines of the base." He wants us to know that "the mission…still mattered," but he doesn't say why. Instead, he becomes fixated on the belatedness of his service, recalling John Kerry's 1971 testimony before Congress, when the Vietnam vet famously asked the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" Buttigieg quickly says, without elaborating, "I did not believe the Afghanistan War was a mistake." Imagine the political fallout if he'd asserted that it was.
But he can't stop picking at the scab, considering soldiers killed in the waning hours of World War I before news of the Armistice reached the front, as well as the famous "Japanese WWII holdouts." Having brought up every possible permutation of the last-man-to-fall phenomenon, he wonders, "If you manage to get killed in a war that's 'over,' what does that make you?" He doesn't seem to recognize the irony of the obsession: his great-uncle, as he's told us earlier, was killed in service to a war that hadn't yet begun, at least for this country. What did that make him? Is Buttigieg concerned about being less of a hero? Or is he simply unable to explain to himself, and others, what he was doing there?
Mortality surely occupies the thoughts of anyone in a war zone, and Buttigieg's service did involve mortal hazards every time he left the base in Kabul as a driver. He describes those he knew who were killed in the waning days of the operation, ruminating over the "brutal luck" of one soldier walking away while another gets killed, something that "compounds the cruelty of loss by allocating it for no clear reason at all." But for himself, he can't seem to resolve the psychological quandary born, perhaps, of conflicted feelings. Just as he never adequately examines his reasons for joining, he can't seem to account for the emotional and moral consequences of having done so. His reflections about "the dictatorship of chance" only emphasize that he can't clarify what it was that made the mission matter.
The most revealing anecdote Pete Buttigieg has told about himself occurs not in Shortest Way Home but in the New York magazine profile. The reporter, Olivia Nuzzi, catches him before he can massage his memory into acceptable banality:
When I asked him if he was drawn to politics early on, the type of child who was president for Halloween, he said, "I think I actually did dress up as a politician once on Halloween." He tried to move on, talking about his boyhood dream of being a pilot. But wait—which politician was it, I asked? "It was just a politician in general," he said. "I remember I made, like, a little—for whatever reason, I noticed the little microphones, the little mics that politicians wear, and I, like, made a little one of those out of paper and clipped it to myself and wore a little suit."
It's easy to see Pete in that little suit, with his tiny paper mic; it's practically the cover of his book. But there's a sad, Pinocchio-like quality to him in this costume. Can he become a real boy? A real politician? First he must prove himself brave, truthful, and unselfish. With this memoir, in which our hero emerges from a bedtime story of a book freshly carved and polished for his political future, he may be halfway there.
Richard Nixon: The Life (Doubleday, 2017). ↩
"Wonder Boy," New York, April 14, 2019. ↩
The crash occurred in the US, near Athens, Ohio, a fact Buttigieg does not include, but details are readily available. See "Craft Comes to Rest Near Huge Oil Tank," News-Journal, Mansfield, Ohio, February 22, 1941. Bound for Wilbur Wright Field, the plane was piloted by Captain Lawrence J. Eyler; Captain Russell Montgomery, Buttigieg's maternal grandmother's brother, was a passenger. It went down when a wing clipped trees, and the resulting fire was so hot that aluminum melted. The bodies were burned beyond recognition, making it unlikely that Montgomery's log, from which Buttigieg quotes a representative passage, was found with the remains, as the family had thought. ↩
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After an affair the focus is often on the person who was cheated on. The person who had the affair is often left to manage their emotions on their own.
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Self doubt, guilt, and feelings of worthlessness are common.
You made a mistake, a big one.
However, holding onto the mistake and beating yourself up won't do you or your spouse any good. You cannot wipe away the mistake and pretend it never happened.
However, you can focus on the positive and strive to do your best each and every day. Strive to be the best partner you can be. Show your spouse, on a daily basis, that you're willing to work hard to regain their trust.
You can also take time each day to focus on what's great about you and what is good in your life.
Again, talking to someone and writing down your thoughts can be helpful. You might also consider creating a gratitude journal.
Create a journaling habit and write down not only what you're grateful for but also what you like about yourself. You might journal about something positive that you accomplished that day or something you're proud of.
By creating a habit to focus on the positive it helps you let go of the negative emotions of self doubt and worthlessness.
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home migalhas top stories India´s top court lifts Hindu temple ban on women of menstruating age
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India´s top court lifts Hindu temple ban on women of menstruating age
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India's Supreme Court lifted a ban rooted in a centuries-old tradition that prevented women of menstruating age from entering a prominent Hindu temple in southern Kerala state, upholding rights to equality of worship.
The authorities at the Sabarimala temple, which attracts tens of millions of pilgrims every year, have said the ban on women and girls aged from 10 to 50 was essential to the rites related to the temple's chief deity Ayyappan, considered eternally celibate.
In some Hindu communities, menstruating women are regarded as unclean, leading to restrictions and in a few cases outright bans on women of child-bearing age from entering certain places.
Lifting the ban, the Chief Justice of India said "restrictions put by Sabarimala temple can't be held as essential religious practice".
"No physiological and biological factor can be given legitimacy if it does not pass the test of conditionality," Justice Dipak Misra said in the judgment.
Stating that society needs to undergo a perceptual shift, Misra said "patriarchy in religion cannot be permitted to trump over element of pure devotion borne out of faith and the freedom to practise and profess one's religion."
It is the latest in a series of landmark judgments by the top court this month, involving some of the most sensitive issues in Indian society.
On Thursday, the court struck down a colonial-era law that criminalized adultery, a day after clipping the wings of a national biometric identity card program because of privacy concerns. Earlier this month, it scrapped a law banning gay sex, sparking celebrations across India and elsewhere in South Asia, where activists hope to push for similar reform.
The Supreme Court, one of India's most powerful institutions, has seen a manifold rise in public interest litigation in recent years. That is partly because Indian governments have tended to drag their feet on controversial decisions.
"The law and the society are bestowed with the Herculean task to act as levelers," Justice Misra's judgment said.
The temple's authorities said they will appeal against the verdict ahead of its next opening, which begins on Oct. 16.
The temple remains open for only 127 days in a year and the approach to it entails difficult paths through a forest.
"We will go for a review petition after getting support from other religious heads," said A. Padmakumar, president of Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the hilltop temple, about 4,000 feet (1,220 meters) above sea level.
Justice Indu Malhotra, the lone dissenting judge and the only woman judge in the five-member bench, said, "notions of rationality cannot be invoked in matters of religion."
"Religious practices cannot solely be tested on the basis of the right to equality. It is up to the worshippers, not the court, to decide what is the religion's essential practice," she added.
Pro-temple ban activists see hope in her dissenting voice.
Activist Rahul Easwar, grandson of a former chief priest of Sabarimala, said a review petition would be filed to the court. This would happen after they sought the support of Christian and Muslim organizations as the verdict could have a bearing on their rights too.
"Our attempt is to create a broad alliance against the Supreme Court verdict," Easwar told Reuters.
Two years ago, a Mumbai court ruled that it was the fundamental right of women to enter any place of worship that allows men access, and that the state should protect this right.
The struggle for equal access to places of worship in India has triggered a wider debate on women's rights in the country.
"Now women can choose if they want to go or not. Earlier it was imposed on them in the name of religion," said Rekha Sharma, the head of the National Commission for Women.
(Published by Reuters, September 28, 2018)


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Takeley's winless run comes to end
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Takeley FC's Charlie Cole. Picture by Jamie Pluck
Takeley ended a six-match run without a win by defeating bottom of the standings Haringey & Waltham 3-0 on Saturday.
Boss Marc Das is hoping the triumph will mark a change in fortunes for his third in the table troops as they prepare for a home Essex Senior League derby clash on Saturday.
After a draw and five losses, two of which were in cup competitions, Das was pleased to return to winning ways and told the Broadcast: "We hope that was a turning point.
"We have a big game this week with local rivals Stansted [3pm kick-off at Station Road].
"Both Mark [Ashford] their manager and I are aware of each other, I'm sure both teams will be attacking so it should be an exciting game."
Das is pleased his strikers were among the goals at Haringey & Waltham with Charlie Cole grabbing a brace while Mike Ogboin netted his first since rejoining the club.
"We hoped it [the win] would be by a few as the boys up front needed a boost in confidence," he added.
"Even in the games we had not got the results in it wasn't because we had not been playing well, we just had not hit the back of the net, it was our own downfall.
"That was put right on Saturday with Charlie getting his brace and Mike got his first goal of the season.
"Mike, with his height and build, gives us a different option in attack as he's a target man to aim for if needed."
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