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Pragmatism and independent thinking at national level

Michael Bennet's desire to represent Colorado in the US Senate is deeply rooted in a moral obligation to leave this country in a better place for his children, and a fear that we will fail in that obligation if we do not take a fresh approach to Washington. He believes that the pragmatism and independent thinking that have been so essential to making Colorado such an incredible place to live are also the values we must embrace at a national level to achieve the fundamental change we need.
Source: 2010 Senate campaign website, bennetforcolorado.com, "About" , Dec 25, 2009

Editor-in-Chief of The Yale Law Journal

Michael earned his bachelor's degree with honors from Wesleyan University and his law degree from Yale Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of The Yale Law Journal.
Source: Biography on www.senate.gov , Jan 23, 2009

Married with three school-age daughters

Michael married Susan Daggett, a successful natural resources lawyer, in 1997. Michael and Susan are the proud parents of three daughters, Caroline (9), Halina (7), and Anne (4).
Source: Biography on www.senate.gov , Jan 23, 2009

Voted YES on confirming of Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court.

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee kicked off the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. In her opening statement, Judge Sotomayor pledged a "fidelity to the law:"
"In the past month, many Senators have asked me about my judicial philosophy. It is simple: fidelity to the law. The task of a judge is not to make the law--it is to apply the law. And it is clear, I believe, that my record in two courts reflects my rigorous commitment to interpreting the Constitution according to its terms; interpreting statutes according to their terms and Congress's intent; and hewing faithfully to precedents established by the Supreme Court and my Circuit Court. In each case I have heard, I have applied the law to the facts at hand."
Reference: Supreme Court Nomination; Bill PN506 ; vote number 2009-S262 on Aug 6, 2009

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1 SaLuSa 8-February 2013. on Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:40 am

8-February 2013.

Where are your travels leading you to now, after the
excitement of Ascension even if did not bring with it the greatly expected
changes. As we have informed you, you have lost absolutely nothing as a result of
Ascension passing in a manner that failed to bring you the long awaited
changes. They remain ready to be brought upon the scene, when they can be
co-ordinated in such a way that they can be of maximum benefit to everyone. You
realize that the old systems cannot remain as they do serve the best interests
of everyone, and that is the whole point of bringing them in. People will
inevitably try to hold on to what they have but if you are one who loses out,
do not worry. The whole idea is to lift all those up who are ready, and
eventually none will exist in a system that supports lack.

We have worked hard with our allies to bring in
equality, and not only that but also abundance. The changes will seem like a
fairy tale, but more than that they will address the issues that have kept you
back. St.Germain is a great warrior who wields immense power, and he will see
that no one can prevent you from being able to claim what is rightly yours. He
is gifted with Divine Power and let no one try tricks to delay the Prosperity
Funds from being distributed. The dark Ones do not really have any cards to
play that can stop progress into the Golden Age, oh yes they can be a nuisance
but will be swatted out of the way and placed where they no longer have any
power. We have all had enough of their delaying tactics and interference
tactics. They have far exceeded their authority, and it will not be tolerated

Meantime millions of Lightworkers have been able to
recognize the changes within Self, and are continuing to bring even more Light
to Earth. They are in the forefront of a massive move to fully establish even
more Light upon Earth. This growth cannot be halted and will continue to set up
your future. It is like a giant snowball gathering more as it moves around. Believe
us Dear Ones, this year will see you set up for great advancements. After
cutting your links with duality as you have been used to experiencing it, you
will move on into another stage that will bring you all you need to start your
own Galactic Society. Remember that even now you are becoming a Galactic Being.
Bodily changes are occurring all of the time, as you eject those energies that
are part of your baggage and increase your Light.

In time the Masters will return and have a hand in
your evolution. They have nurtured you and followed your progress for a long,
long time. However those who cannot find the answers within, will probably
revert to the old paradigm and having been given freewill will look for
progress through their religious beliefs. Each soul has to be allowed to follow
its own ordained path, and will eventually understand the truth. We rejoice
when that happens as we desire you to see "ALL IS ONE". Duality has
been a hard taskmaster, but lessons learnt are never to be imposed again. We admire
your tenacity and determination to put your whole self into what you are doing,
and yet there has been much to distract you. You have such a positive attitude,
and are prepared to go to great lengths to achieve success. Keep on this path
and all will come to in good time. Every soul has a life plan, and sometimes
they go astray but their Guides are on hand to assist them. But for the fact
that the end times are upon you, it would not matter if you went astray and you
must get back on track as soon as possible. You must be aware of opportunities
that lead you back to them, and your Guides will be working hard to point you
in the right direction. No one but yourself puts a goal ahead of you, and since
you will have agreed to it, it must make good sense to stick by it if you can.
If you fail, it will not be for the want of your Guides trying to goad you onto
the right path. However, do not worry unduly about it, as there are many paths
that can lead to fulfillment.

All around you the dark Ones are imploding and their
chain of command is in tatters. Many of the top people are already contained,
and gradually their ability to mount attacks on the Light is waning. Arrests
continue to take place and their numbers are being drastically reduced. All
around you corruption is being uncovered, and the culprits will be led away so
that they have no more influence. It is necessary for you to know how much your
lives have been affected by those who chose to rule by force. The "Land of
the Free" is a myth placed before you to hide the truth, yet originally
there were people who had the right vision and understanding, but were
overwhelmed by the dark Ones. All through your history you have been mislead,
and few Presidents have been able to break the stranglehold on you by the
Illuminati. That Dear Ones is all changing, and you do not have long to wait to
see some results, as more of our activities will be openly carried out. It will
be our way of showing that we are on your side and with you.

Our Federation is still as active as ever, dealing
with nuclear devices that the dark Ones have hidden away, and indeed we also
monitor where they go and are ready to deactivate them. You live in a crazy
world, where little thought is given to the consequences of detonating them. However,
we are alert to all possibilities and ready to step in if matters look like
getting out of hand. Generally speaking, we have many inspectors who carry out
regular checks on nuclear arsenals, so we know which countries are liable to
carry out nuclear attacks. We wish you would sit down and find a way to prevent
nuclear warfare. The bravado that some countries choose when they threaten each
other, is liable to result in a nuclear holocaust. We will not allow that to
happen, and that is in accordance with Divine instructions.

I am SaLuSa from Sirius, and see just how near you
are to getting a peaceful solution, which would allow peace to ascend on Earth.
You are so near to ending all the hostilities, but it requires a genuine
approach by those who might still fear the bigger powers. It is within your
grasp, and Leaders must deal with this problem as a matter of urgency. Trust is
in fact a rare commodity where arms are concerned. It is true to say that the
people have had enough of wars, and the waste of resources. Peace is not that
hard to bring about, and we wish you would put your heart and soul into it,
then matters would really take off.

Thank you SaLuSa.

Mike Quinsey

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Oregon voters will decide seven citizen initiatives this year. Photo by Kevin Mooney

Oregon voters will decide seven citizen initiatives this year. Photo by Kevin Mooney

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Pat McCormick is a veteran of the initiative process in Oregon. He’s been involved in 20 statewide ballot measures.

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Supporters of a measure to ban gillnets on the Columbia River pulled the plug on their campaign. That group instead put their backing behind an alternate plan proposed by Governor John Kitzhaber.

But McCormick said that development was a relatively modest shock compared to the shutdown of a separate, higher-priced campaign: a pair of measures that would have authorized a suburban Portland casino.

Developers spent more than $5 million on their campaign before promptly ending it in the face of low polling numbers.

“I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a situation like that where after that sizeable of an investment, people just basically laid down their arms and walked away,” McCormick says.

Another measure on the Oregon ballot — one to legalize marijuana — never gained much traction with donors. Altogether, that’s opened the door for backers of the remaining three initiatives.

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His group’s been running ads like this one:

Voice on ad: “31 states have repealed the death tax. Isn’t it time Oregon do the same?”

And those ads are being countered by the union-funded group Defend Oregon. It, in turn, is backing a measure to repeal Oregon’s unique corporate kicker tax rebate.

Spokesman Scott Moore also says it’s an unusual year. But, “There is no typical ballot measure election season in Oregon. I think every one of them has some fun and unique quirks.”

Defend Oregon is on pace to spend more than $1 million dollars on their ballot measure campaigns. But that pales in comparison to four years ago when the group raised $15 million to defeat seven initiatives.

There is one remaining big money ballot measure campaign in Oregon this year. Real estate agents have spent more than $5 million to try to convince voters to ban any new real estate transfer fees or taxes.

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‘ Epic, non-stop action adventure’ — Starburst
‘An intense story … a worldbuilding labour of love with some truly original touches’ — Locus
‘A page-turner of the highest order … Irvine can now consider himself comfortably ranked next to the works of Robert Jordan and David Eddings. Formidable’ — SFX

And to find out what all the fuss is about, click HERE for your Destiny of the Dead extract.

There’s more extracty goodness coming up for you right HERE, in the form of a chapter 1 excerpt from Beyond the Wall of Time (UK/US), the stunning conclusion to Russell Kirkpatrick‘s Broken Man trilogy.

See our previous post if you’d like to find out more.

Get your extract of Jim Butcher’s PRINCEPS’ FURY here

So now that we all have a bit more time in our diaries to do things that don’t revolve around eating, buying presents and fitting in drinks with everyone you’ve ever known into a two week period, how about a spot of reading???

And to start you off, please click HERE for an extract for Princeps’ Fury (UK I ANZ), the fifth instalment of the Codex Alera, Jim Butcher’s powerful Romanesque fantasy. Praise for the series has been tremendous, and here are a couple more quotes for Princeps’ Fury to tempt you further:

The rousing fifth instalment of Butcher’s military fantasy cycle finds the land of Alera recovering from Lord Kalaruss’ rebellion, an invasion by the wolven Canim and a bloody slave revolt … No less powerful than his intense battle scenes, Butchers vivid characterizations, based on ancient Roman Republican ideals, range from duty-honor-country austerity in battle to brilliant peacemaking’
Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Once again, Jim Butcher has created a masterpiece of high fantasy. The many battlefronts create an atmosphere of adventure that will sweep you up in the excitement that is Codex Alera’

The last book, First Lord’s Fury (UK I ANZ) will be out in May this year so you won’t have long to wait for the next one!

Books are for Life, Not Just for Christmas

As we settle in to the New Year, and start looking ahead to some of the fantastic books 2010 is sure to bring us, it behooves us to remember that all of the books cramming the shelves before 25th December are still available. Owing to a warehouse move, our January titles won’t be published until the 21st of the month, so while we wait for the extraordinary array of new releases and exciting new editions of existing favourites, let us remind you of the wonderful titles we published in December 2009.

In alphabetical order (for who would dare choose among them?!), Orbit’s December stars were:

Jim Butcher, with Princeps’ Fury, the fifth volume of his bestselling Roman-influenced fantasy, The Codex Alera. (UK / ANZ)
After bitter fighting, Tavi of Calderon has eventually forged an alliance with Alera’s oldest foes, the savage Canim, and he must escort them on their long sea-voyage home. This will strain their fragile accord – but the worst is yet to come . . .

‘Absorbing fantasy…an abundance of convincing detail’ Publishers Weekly

Full Circle, the final volume of Pamela Freeman’s wonderful Castings Trilogy. (UK / ANZ / US)
Saker has devoted himself to dark enchantments and desires nothing but vengeance. And vengeance he has in abundance. His ghost army is slaughtering those of the new blood, fuelled by an ancient wrong. But while Saker had thought revenge would be simple, he’s now plagued by voices foreshadowing a calamity beyond his comprehension . . .

‘An impressively different fantasy novel’ Sydney Morning Herald
The conclusion to Charlie Huston’s acclaimed Joe Pitt sequence, My Dead Body. (UK / ANZ)
Manhattan’s Vampyre clans have at last abandoned any claims on civility and have finally sprung fully for each others’ throats. The carefully maintained peace is forgotten. When the stakes are this high, there can be no neutrality – only winners and losers. But when the blood stops flowing, what side will Joe Pitt be on . . . ?

‘One of the most remarkable prose stylists to emerge from the noir tradition in this century’ Stephen King

Ian Irvine’s triumphant conclusion to the climactic Song of the Tears trilogy, Destiny of the Dead. (UK)
Nish and his remaining allies are trapped on the Range of Ruin, surrounded by the relentless army of his father, the God-Emperor. And Nish’s choices seem limited: a humiliating surrender, or a suicidal fight to the death . . .

‘For sheer excitement, there’s just no-one else like Irvine around at the moment’ SFX

And finally, Beyond the Wall of Time, the shattering conclusion to Russell Kirkpatrick’s majestic second trilogy, The Broken Man. (UK /US)
The wall of time has fallen, leaving the Gods free to indulge their hunger for violence. Few know of their escape into mortal lands – and these few struggle against the control of the malevolent mage Husk and with their own problems.

‘Not since Tolkien have I been so awed’ Trudi Canavan

 A fine way to see out the year, we’re sure you’ll agree. Stay tuned for some first chapter extracts.

Listen to N.K. Jemisin

This week the wonderful people at Podcastle, the audio fantasy fiction magazine, have brought us ‘Narcomancer’, a novelette from the very talented N.K. Jemisin. In the author’s own words,

“It’s set in a secondary world that consciously evokes ancient Egypt and Nubia. And the Jungian collective unconscious. And some other stuff.

Take a listen here, and if you like what you’re hearing, check out N. K. Jemisin’s debut fantasy novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (UK/US/ANZ), published next month.

Oh, and just a warning from the author about the podcast: ‘Rated R for smex and violence’. Now you’ll just have to check it out!

Deals and Deliveries: new dark fantasies by Tim Lebbon

We are delighted to report that Orbit UK has acquired two exciting new dark fantasy stand-alones from award-winning author Tim Lebbon. These are scheduled for UK and Commonwealth release in Summer 2011 and Spring 2012, in B-format paperback.

Tim Lebbon’s author’s credits include four British Fantasy Society Awards, the Bram Stoker Award for short fiction and a Scribe Award for the author’s novelisation of the movie 30 Days of Night. The latter was also a New York Times bestseller. So, as you can tell, we’re really looking forward to these! And we’ll start out with Echo City Falls, a richly gritty tale of a city in crisis…

It hides below Echo City, a threat that has been growing over generations deep beneath the streets. The corrupt wheels of commerce, the murky cycles of political rise and fall and the rivalries of religious and military sects have intersected efficiently over the ages, filling specialised niches in a rigidly organised society. But this is about to change. As darkness stirs in the depths, a stranger arrives from across the desert that isolates Echo City from the rest of the world. Watchers have long whispered of the destruction of their city and search for something that will keep them from it. Madmen and spirits of the dead have foretold disaster and looked for a saviour. But no one expected either in this lifetime.

Labyrinthine, steeped in violent history and hiding horrors far below, the city starts to unravel as the plot gathers momentum to reach a dramatic and compulsive conclusion.

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max.jpg View full size The president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents TriMet operators, has proposed a 'stop-gap solution' to the problem of driver fatigue. The proposal comes four days after The Oregonian's story on the problem.
In an effort to upstage TriMet management in the battle against bus driver fatigue, the operators' union on Thursday released a sweeping proposal for new scheduling rules and curbs on overtime.

The Amalgamated Transit Union 757 "stop gap solution," released in the wake of The Oregonian's investigation into drivers falling asleep while shuttling passengers, calls for a minimum of 10 consecutive hours off between shifts for most bus operators.

By limiting drivers to 12-hours work days, the new rules would also seemingly prevent them from working up to 22 hours in a 24-hour period to fill open shifts and make overtime pay – a practice that the newspaper examination revealed.

"We need to address the issue of operator fatigue now," said Bruce Hansen, ATU 757's president. "The time for studying the problem is over. We stand with all those in the community who are calling for an immediate response to this problem."

At the same time, the plan calls for a reduction in split shifts, which could make it a non-starter in negotiations. Oregon's largest transit agency relies on such shifts – when drivers get up early to drive the morning rush and then wait several hours to work the evening rush – for 40 percent of its weekday runs.

TriMet, whose past attempts to get the union to discuss limiting drivers' work hours have been rebuffed, responded to the proposal with caution and a hint of suspicion.

"We welcome the proposal," said TriMet spokeswoman Mary Fetsch, "and we are reviewing what the cost implications will be."

And that's the catch.

A financial mess that has significantly cut service and jacked up fares has also left the agency with a short supply of cash to hire additional drivers.

The Oregonian story showed how TriMet has paid overtime rather than pay new employees what are among the most generous health care and retirement benefits in the transit industry.

A long hiring freeze, which ended in recent months, and 10 percent absenteeism have created more opportunities for overtime, and the number of drivers earning more than $100,000 a year has gone from zero to eight in three years -- including one who made nearly $117,000 in fiscal 2012.

By limiting "the span" of a driver's work day to 12 hours, the ATU proposal would scale back TriMet's reliance on long split shifts, a common practice for decades in the transit industry.

Sleep-deprived TriMet drivers are a cause for concern The Oregonian's Joseph Rose discusses his 8-month investigation into the phenomenon of some TriMet drivers being allowed to work themselves into exhaustion behind the wheel.
Hansen said forced split shifts have made many operators' workday span exhausting. With an unpaid break between peak periods, some split-shifters are scheduled to work at 4:30 a.m. and don't get home until 7:30 p.m. Operators often refer to it as "working 15 hours for 8 hours pay."

In recent years, public safety experts have increasingly linked long split shifts at transit agencies to serious health problems and driver fatigue. A new Portland State University study set to be presented next week to the Transportation Review Board shows TriMet's split-shift operators are more fatigued than those working marathon overtime runs.

"Actual time on duty," the ATU proposal says, "starts when an employee arrives at the time and place specified by TriMet and ends when the employee is finally released of all responsibility."

Union officials said their plan won't require TriMet to go on a hiring binge. Hansen said the ATU has worked out ways to recalibrate the agency's complex scheduling to better use operators' time.

"TriMet likes to blame the union for what's going on" with driver's hours, Hansen said. "But they set the parameters of bus runs. It has been years and years since they have even looked at re-setting those parameters."

The Oregonian's eight-month investigation found at least 21 cases in 3  1/2 years of riders, motorists and TriMet supervisors reporting operators nodding off at the helm of agency vehicles.

It also showed that although operators are limited to 17 hours during a service day, bus drivers can work 12 hours or more until 2 a.m. at the end of one service day and clock back in at 4 a.m. to work another long shift during the next service day.

The Oregon Department of Transportation regulates the hours worked by light-rail operators, requiring at least seven hours off between shifts.

Saying the story exposed "glaring" policy shortcomings, TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane ordered an internal audit of procedures for calling in operators for overtime. He said operators should turn down overtime "If there is a real risk of fatigue setting in," and other employees should be watchful.

The agency has, so far, been vague about its ideas for policy changes. It hasn't gone much further than saying it wants a 14-hour work limit each service day and hopes to find ways to require nine hours off between shifts.

The union, meanwhile, has recommended a required minimum of 10 hours off for bus drivers between service days, except for "extra board" operators who are frequently called upon to fill open shifts. Extra board operators would be required to take a minimum of nine consecutive hours off.

Also according to the ATU plan, drivers would be limited to 70 hours over seven days and no more than 13 straight days of work. The scheduling limits would be waived in emergency situations such as natural disasters and winter storms.

"The proposed stop-gap policy guarantees that operators have sufficient rest between shifts," the union said in a statement.

Because of a legal dispute over public access to negotiating sessions, the start of bargaining for the next contract is two months behind schedule. Hansen called on TriMet to immediately implement the ATU's new proposal until a permanent policy can be negotiated as part of the contract.

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Sisters Book Club

Our club has 16 members, all of whom live in Sun City Huntley and are also members of P.E.O. International (a philanthropic organization that promotes educational opportunities for women).

We are in our seventh year and meet once a month in each others' homes from 10 a.m. to noon. Coffee, pastry and conversation take up the first half hour, then the hostess starts our discussion with a biography of the author.

We urge everyone to come even if they haven't finished that month's selection.

The Huntley Area Public Library provides all the books from the interlibrary system, and we keep them for a month. Titles for the coming year are chosen in October. In addition to novels we try to include biography, nonfiction, history, memoir, mystery and an old favorite. This year's old favorite is Willa Cather's "My Antonia."

Local author Erane Elizabeth Scully visited one meeting to talk about her memoir "The Carrion Vine." And after reading "Loving Frank" by Nancy Horan, we had a private tour of Wright's Oak Park home and studio followed by refreshments and a docent-led discussion of the book.

Books we have loved include "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay, "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen, "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak and "The Samurai's Garden" by Gail Tsukiyama.

The format of "The Book Thief," with Death as the narrator, was unusual and compelling.

We did not like "Mrs. Woolfe and the Servants" by Alison Light. It read like a dull textbook, and when we realized no one liked it, there was no further discussion, and instead we talked about books we have liked.

Up next: "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett, "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand and "Catherine the Great" by Robert K. Massie.

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Good Marriage IX. Trapped in a False Definition of Marital Love

The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Psalm 9:9

A serious problem arises in a marriage when one partner holds the view that in order to feel complete, the other partner must prove his love through sharing identical interests and enjoyments (Good Marriage VII, Morelli, 2007b). They have in mind not just an ordinary caring and love, but a desperate caring, affection and togetherness. This implies that if one spouse loves and cares about their partner, the partner is duty-bound to spend time with the other whenever it is requested. Not doing so indicates diminishing love and interest. The article also pointed out the perception shaping the demand: being alone is bound to be distressing, deficient, unfavorable and fearful -- a phobia (fear) in other words.

This follow-up article focuses on the reaction of the spouse who is the object of the phobic partner. The husband (or wife) feels trapped; the partner is manipulating and controlling him in ways that prevent him from freely giving his love to his wife. He also feels that he must be available whenever his wife wants them to be. The wife perceives that the husband is not meeting his spousal obligations and she too, in a sense, feels victimized trapped. It works in the other direction as well. A husband could just as easily place the same demands on his wife.

The spouse who feels trapped in a definition of love imposed by the spouse experiences feelings of deprivation and oppression. No spontaneous expressions of love are available in this scenario, and the initial feelings of love erode and are replaced by anger, anxiety, guilt, and the inability to muster loving feelings towards the "trapper" spouse. Persons trapped in this marital dysfunction avoid sharing thoughts and other intimate interactions with their spouses. A disturbing aspect of this dysfunctional withdrawal is that it increases over time. Withdrawal allows the trapped spouse to feel relieved and less anxious, to feel rewarded. He senses a weight being lifted.

Negative Reinforcement of Undesirable Behavior

In behavioral psychology negative reinforcement is the term that describes a way of increasing the frequency of a behavior by removing an unpleasant event (Morelli, 2005, 2006a, b). Unwittingly, the love-defining spouse negatively reinforces the trapped spouse's withdrawing behavior. By constantly asking for reassurance and making statements like "If you loved me you would _____", the trapper spouse is sabotaging the very outcome so desperately sought because the trapped spouse gets relief and pleasant feelings when he or she withdraws from the presence of the trapper. In turn the trapper spouse is left feeling even more insecure. This unfortunate cycle tends to escalate.

Spiritual considerations: Love Must be Free

St. Paul reminds us: "Love is patient and kind ... Love does not insist on its own way ... " (1 Corinthians 13: 4,5). In his commentary on this passage St. John Chrysostom pointed out:

Love vaunteth not itself (ed: is not rash). For it renders him who loves both considerate, and grave, and steadfast. In truth, one mark of those who love unlawfully is a defect in this point. Whereas he to whom this love is known, is of all men the most entirely freed from these evils. For when there is no anger within, both rashness and insolence are clean taken away. Love, like some excellent husbandman, taking her seat inwardly in the soul and not suffering any of these thorns to spring up. http://www.haywardfamily.org/ccel/fathers2/npnf112/npnf1147.htm#P1601_972185.

A husband or wife who requires his or her spouse to show love in a certain way fails to see that love must be freely given by the giver and received humbly by the recipient. St. Maximus the Confessor taught that: "The person who fears the Lord has humility as his constant companion ... For he recalls his former worldly way of life, the various sins he has committed ... then, together with fear, he also receives love, and in deep humility continually gives thanks to the Benefactor and Helmsman of our lives."

Behavioral Intervention: Assertiveness

A favorable psychological or spiritual result can be brought about by acquiring the skill of assertiveness to communicate viewpoints and feelings. Assertiveness is defined as an honest and true communication of real feelings in a socially acceptable way. This definition has two qualifications: 1) The assertive utterance should be pleasant, or at least neutral, in tone of voice (also called pragmatics of speech); and 2) only delivered when pleasant or neutral communication fails to bring about the desired result. If this approach fails, only then should an escalation of words and increasing communication pragmatics (tone of voice, volume, pitch, etc.) be employed.

For the Christian a third corollary applies: All assertive pragmatics must be done in the love of Christ which includes patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control - what is known in scriptural terminology as the "fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5: 22-23)" (Morelli, 2006c).

The trapped spouse might mention feeling like a "prison inmate" in this way: "You know when you tell me I don't love you unless I do something your way (then give a behavioral example), I feel trapped. I love you and sometimes I want to be able to express and show you in ways I really feel. I want to show you I love you in ways and at the times you want me to, but I feel imprisoned when you expect and demand me to do it all the time. Maybe we can talk about how to share our love expressions, and the times we spend together in ways that fit both our desires."

This hypothetical description may seem stilted. It is offered only to reveal the tone a person can employ when trying to correct the dysfunction. Clearly every couple will choose the words most appropriate for them.

Psychological Incorporation of Spiritual Freedom

St. Irenaeus of Lyons as quoted by Clement (1995) taught us us: "(Mankind) was free from the beginning ... For God is freedom and (mankind) was made in the image of God." To overcome the dysfunctional perceptions of that lead to a sense of entrapment in marriage, both spouses have to internalize this teaching and make it part of their psycho-spiritual definition of the marriage. A married couple has to incorporate the same freedom to give, share, receive and accept the individual ways of showing love that God gave us from the beginning.

Love is never coercive. Those who loved Christ the most were never forced to love but did so from their heart. Of the woman who was a sinner who came to Jesus, as described in St. Luke's Gospel, Jesus said; "Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little" (Luke 7:47).

Jesus accepted the different ways of showing love from those who loved Him. St. John wrote: "There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at table with him. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment" (John 12: 2-3).

Those who came to Jesus were also free to reject Him. St. Matthew recounted the episode of the young man who asked Jesus: "

"Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?" (Matthew 19: 16). Jesus responded, " ... keep the commandments" ... "The young man said to him, "All these I have observed; what do I still lack?" Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions (Matthew 19: 19-22).

But even while accepting those who would reject Him Jesus never gave up on them. After the young man left Jesus told those inquiring as to who can be saved: "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26).

The spouse feeling trapped should certainly not stop communicating that they would like their spouse to accept their love and how they feel when forced to show love as defined by the other. But at the same time, both spouses have to recognize the individuality of the other in showing and receiving love and that it must be free, spontaneous and come from their heart.

Love Behaviorally Pinpointed

Any communication should be clear and concrete (Morelli, 2006c ). Phrases like "I want you to love me 'more' or "'less' or 'differently' etc., are meaningless. Even requests like "I would like you to spend more time with me", or "I wish you would stop telling me how to love you" are vague and abstract. An example of a behaviorally pinpointed request would be: "Let's go out for a romantic dinner and movie this Friday." Another example, "When you tell me to 'spend more time with me' I feel trapped and anxious. If you want me to do something, tell me what it is you want to do and we can discuss it."

Steadfast Love

The word "love" is one of the most frequently used words in the Psalter. Most often the word love is accompanied with the adjective "steadfast"; a term which means true, loyal, unchanging, faithful, resolute and strong. This is how the psalmist describes God's love for His people.

This is also how Christ so loved us when He took on our human nature and, as we say in the Divine Liturgy, gave us His Body which was broken for us and His Blood which was shed for us for the "remission of sins." " ... having remembrance this saving commandment, the Cross, the Grave, the Resurrection on the third day ... "

As Christ became our Bridegroom and we became His Bride, so husband and wife are married into Christ and to each other in steadfastness. Without the Cross, there is no Resurrection. Without steadfast love no earthly crosses can be endured.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, it would be utterly scorned Canticle 8:7

To overcome the troubles of marriage, may this be the spousal prayer: "My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody! Awake, my soul! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn! I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to thee among the nations. For thy steadfast love is great to the heavens, thy faithfulness to the clouds.
Psalm 57: 7-10.

Clement, O, (1995). The Roots of Christian Mysticism: Text and Commentary. New Hyde Park, NY: New City Press.

McGuckin, J.A. (2004). The Westminster Handbook to Patristic Theology . Louisville, KT: Westminster John Knox Press.

Morelli, G. (2005, September 17). Smart Parenting I. http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles5/MorelliParenting.

Morelli, G. (2006a, February 04). Smart Parenting II. http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles6/MorelliParenting2.php.

Morelli, G (2006b). Healing: Orthodox Christianity and Scientific Psychology. Fairfax VA: Eastern Christian Publications.

Morelli, G. (2006c, July 02). Assertiveness and Christian Charity. http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles6/MorelliAssertiveness.php.

Morelli, G. (2007a, May 15), Good Marriage III. Nagging: The Ultimate Marriage Over-Control. http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles7/MorelliSmartMarriageIII.php.

Morelli, G. (2007b, August 7). Good Marriage VII: 'Desperate Togetherness' and the Fear of Being Alone. http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles7/MorelliSmartMarriageVII.php.

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V. Rev. Fr. George Morelli Ph.D. is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Marriage and Family Therapist.

Fr. Morelli is the Coordinator of the Chaplaincy and Pastoral Counseling Ministry of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese and Religion Coordinator (and Antiochian Archdiocesan Liaison) of the Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology and Religion.

Fr. Morelli is a Senior Fellow at the Sophia Institute, an independent Orthodox Advanced Research Association and Philanthropic Foundation housed at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary in New York City that serves as a gathering force for contemporary Orthodox scholars, theologians, spiritual teachers, and ethicists.

Fr. Morelli serves on the Executive Board of the San Diego Cognitive Behavior Therapy Consortium (SDCBTC)

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Windows Since the US is stuffing turkeys down their faces today, we're a little low on news. As such, let's talk about this sort-of jailbreak for Windows Phone 7 devices. Like iOS, you can't sideload applications by default, and as such, we need to resort to hacks to unshackle Windows Phone 7 phones from the Marketplace. This has been made incredibly easy. Also, just to annoy those that don't like unicorns: PINK FLUFFY UNICORNS DANCING ON RAINBOWS.
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RE[2]: Sideloading?
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MS probably won't close this, they are not nearly as paranoid about such things as other companies. They'll probably just complain about, while patting themselves on the back behind closed doors about how many phones they are selling.

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Mozilla & Gecko clones "Over the past year and a half I've been spending more and more of my time working with Mozilla's latest project, Firefox OS. During that time I've fallen in love with the project and what it stands for, in ways that I've never experienced with a technology platform before." I'm not convinced just yet. I hope it succeeds, but I just doubt it actually will.
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RE[2]: Another fallen mobile OS.
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I had to go back and re-read that claim - and the claim is that FirefixOS runs webapps faster than the Android *browser*, not than native apps. And that claim is perfectly believable to me.

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Oracle and SUN Simon Phipps of Sun has responded to the recent criticism of Sun's openness, pointing out that even releasing information that they may already have costs a lot of money. "Jonathan asked me to look into this, to ensure we're pursuing an open path across all of Sun, not simply the software group. We take all input seriously, and we can't solve all problems for all parties, but we're committed to doing our best to faithfully engage with all the communities we serve, in the same spirit as the existing Open Source Ombudsman Scheme. With the support of my team and others in the community I'll try to build a new scheme that is fair and transparent."
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RE[5]: What is openness?
by Arun on Tue 19th Jun 2007 23:01 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: What is openness?"
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When you start looking at more specialized chips - like Fibre Channel chipsets for their Sparc line (endian difference) - the market often gets more rarified."

Most Sun servers use PCI or PCI Express for I/O. PCI is little endian. Devices don't get specially made for endian differences on Sun boxes. The Sun I/O controller that bridges the CPU bus to the PCI bus does the conversion. So there are no special chips that 3rd parties make for Sun.

I don't think most of the low-end (High volume) Sun systems use fibre channel controllers on board. The current generation uses SAS/SATA controllers. So the same market that caters to Dell, HP and Apple also caters to Sun's I/O device needs.

" And in some cases, the chip sets are customizations of their existing chips, so they are semi-custom or at least not-standard.

Unless you have hard data to prove this, that is not the case.

"Let me rephrase myself. When Sun is choosing a vendor for chips, it should given preference to vendors that will open-source drivers. Thereby encouraging vendors to open-source their drivers."

That can't be the primary motivation in choosing a technology. Sun usually uses it's own drivers for Solaris. There are very few binary only Solaris drivers for SPARC. The same reason for why Sun doesn't have the Market clout to dictate terms also ensures that 3rd party vendors don't write Solaris SPARC drivers.

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X11, Window Managers Lead developer for Compiz, Sam Spilsbury, says he sees little need to develop Compiz for Wayland due to the increasing fragmentation of the Linux ecosystem. Spilsbury writes "What does compiz actually provide to users of these systems? [...] None of this functionality that user wants really depends on our compositing engine. There's nothing so special about our compositing engine that gives it a reason to exist [...] This is the real practical toll of fragmentation amongst the Linux ecosystem. It's not just that there are multiple implementations of the wheel. There are multiple implementations of entire cars which do almost the same thing, but a little different from everyone else. Some say this is the free software's greatest strength. Now that I know the personal and technical toll of fragmentation, I see it as its greatest weakness."
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RE[3]: What an utter non-sense
by dsmogor on Wed 9th Jan 2013 14:27 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: What an utter non-sense"
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Wayland is fundamentally a protocol with a ref impl., and he wanted to avoid replicating current mess with X11 window managers with equivalent mess of competing wayland implementations, that in the end some poor souls have to maintain and debug inside of Linux companies that loose money on that.

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I don't see why the current situation with window managers is "a mess," actually (other than that X11 itself is a mess). One size does not fit all.

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RE[5]: What an utter non-sense
by dsmogor on Thu 10th Jan 2013 09:39 in reply to "RE[4]: What an utter non-sense"
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It's about 2 things:
- wasted effort (as author notes WM is much much more complex to get right than it appears)
- bugs, inconsistencies, and variances in implementations that cause headaches to application developers.
What the author suggests is not forcing simple functionality set upon everybody throat but simply promote the common (hard) part to a common system library / service that could then be extended implementing different policies people need.
Wayland, being the new, virgin ground is the best opportunity for that.

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Android is the operating system that powers over 1 billion smartphones and tablets. Since these devices make our lives so sweet, each Android version is named after a dessert: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Jelly Bean. As everybody finds it difficult to stay away from chocolate we decided to name the next version of Android after one of our favorite chocolate treats, Kitkat!

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As for the name - the BBC reports that Nestle is okay with Android using the KitKat name, and that no money is exchanging hands. A deal was reached within 24 hours.

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And as Hershey only license the name, it's not really their choice ;-)

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The world is a much different place than when Langston Hughes came into it 112 years ago. Official segregation still ruled the roost and homosexuals were neither seen nor heard in 1902. Today, we have a black president and gay people can marry in 17 states, plus the District of Columbia. Hughes of course was both black and gay, but he could only hide one of those things. The other he embraced.

For most of his 65 years, Hughes championed his fellow black people, their beauty, and their shared culture. Through his poems, novels, plays and critical commentary, Hughes became the de facto leader of the Harlem Renaissance, a literary superman of sorts. He was possibly the most famous young black man of the 1920s, and he used his fame not only to celebrate his race, but also laborers, the colonized and other oppressed people. For example, he opposed Franco in the Spanish Civil War, which he covered for The Baltimore Afro-American. For all his liberal activism, though, Hughes couldn’t fight for the gays. Not openly, at least.

But pro-gay messaging can easily be found in Hughes’s works. Many believe “Poem (To F.S.)” was a poem to Ferdinand Smith, a sailor Hughes loved and lost. And there’s no way “Cafe: 3am” isn’t about what it says it’s about:

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"Unfortunately (and to John’s distrust of God) it seems his son was turning out to be a queer. He was a brilliant queer, on the Honor Roll in high school, and likely to be graduated in the spring at the head of the class. But the boy was colored. Since colored parents always like to put their best foot forward, John was more disturbed about his son’s transition than if they had been white. Negroes have enough crosses to bear."

The father then tries to figure out how his son could have been gay. Was it the maternal grandfather for whom Delmar, “Delly,” was named? Impossible! He was a womanizer and a pillar in the church, thinks the father. But surely it can’t be his own fault?! Whatever is to blame, this queerness will not be addressed. The father can only pray it will go away.

Scholars overlooked Hughes’s blatant gayness for years, and many continue to do so. This has been done so consistently for a few reasons. First, because of the unspoken edict on “icky” gays, and, second, because of African-American communities’s historic hang-ups on homosexuality. “Hughes's closet was a carefully constructed fortress that he built himself, but it is now guarded by the arbiters of all that is black and cultural, as they ignore the contributions of black gays and lesbians,” writes the excellent and gay-friendly black history site I’ll Keep You Posted. “According to them, acknowledging Brother Langston's full truth would be akin to sullying his tremendous icon status in the African American community with the stain of homosexuality.”

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Here in Montgomery County, Maryland we're in a period of overnight low
temperatures in the low 20s F, with daytime highs slowly rising over the
freezing point into the upper 30s or very low 40s. Some days have been windy
enough to be very unpleasant. Plants in the garden are on hold for the
duration of this: the garden is full of hellebores, snowdrops, witch hazels
and the other usual winter flowers. Mostly these remain huddled during this

The little cold frame on the sunny side of the house is a different world.
There is always something in bloom there during the winter, and right now
Crocus korlokowii 'Agalik', Crocus gargaricus, C. vitellinus, Acis
tingitana, and some snowdrops in short supply are blooming. With the likely
exception of the Acis, none of these needs to be in the cold frame, and in
the future they will be moved out into the garden.

It isn't just flowers which provide the excitement in the frame.  This is
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inspecting all of the pots to see what is about to happen. Fritillaria in
particular are getting my attention: F. bucharica, F. acmopetala wendelboi,
F. raddeana are poking up, and since these emerge more or less flower buds
first, the interest focuses on counting flower buds, too. F. biflora and F.
liliacea have been in bud for weeks, patiently waiting for more warmth I

This is the same frame where Freesia viridis is now blooming. Amazingly,
none of these things shows any sign of cold damage, nor do the two Nerine or
such things as Leucocoryne or the many winter green aroids.

Flowers are not the only source of interest: Sternbergia greuteriana has set
seed and its capsules are slowly ripening. And talk about luck: Tecophilaea
cyanocrocus seems to have set seed! I say luck because although I went into
last summer with two plants, during the summer something took one of them.
It's amazing: in a frame packed with presumably tasty corms, the culprit
chose one of the two Tecophilaea. My efforts at hand pollinating these last
year were not a success, so I'm doubly surprised at what seems to be
happening this year.

Last weekend the guest speaker for our local chapter of the North American
Rock Garden Society was Chris Wiesinger of the Southern Bulb Company. Going
into this, I anticipated a Christians-thrown-to-the-lions sort of event: I
had checked out his website and found that it offered a handful of plants,
not one of them a "rare bulb" candidate. Our chapter includes professional
botanists of international reputation, hyper-enthusiastic master gardener
types, people who have been gardening since dirt was invented, professional
horticulturists, folks on a first name basis with Janis Ruksans and a
certain bulb fanatic some of you may know about. Nor is it the sort of group
which sits back and listens quietly: take one step out of line, Mr/Ms
Speaker, and someone will almost certainly pipe up and set the record
straight. What in the world would Mr Wiesinger  have to offer this group?

A few minutes into his presentation and this personable young man (all of 26
years old!) had all of the big cats eating out of his hand. It's been awhile
since we've been so well entertained. I doubt if it would have made much
difference if he had been talking about collecting old cars instead of old
bulbs: he conveyed such a sense of his enthusiasm for what he is doing that
I now wonder how many of us might have signed up to work for him had the
opportunity presented itself. There was this room of largely older people,
many retired or nearly so - the sort of people who have breathed a lifetime
of stale office air - and there was this 26 year old guy showing us a
picture of the little red house (a glorified shed) in the middle of a red
dirt farm in Texas where he and his coworkers live and work: the sense of
wistful longing among the audience members was palpable. We sent him on his
way showered in good wishes for continued success - and wondering how a
quality guy like Chris hasn't been snapped up by some corporate head hunter.
Good Luck, Chris!

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