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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Looking for Love (that lasts)

A lot of people are looking for love. Not only are most people looking for love (unless they’ve found it), most people want that love to be lifelong, with one person, in marriage. Of course, just wanting something to happen doesn’t make it happen. While it’s easy these days to slide into any old relationship, finding that one that will last takes some work.

Increasingly, I and others who focus on marriage and relationships have turned attention to who people pick in the first place, not just how well things go after they pick. So, how do you pick well? How can a person up their chances of finding lasting love? In my book on commitment, The Power of Commitment, I wrote a little section called “Mate Selection 101.” It’s short and basic but the ideas are powerful. If you are looking for love—love that lasts—here are some ideas for you to consider from my book.

[The Excerpt]

Mate Selection 101

Surprisingly, marriage scholars and researchers have not devoted a great deal of attention over the past decades to good mate selection. Sociologist Norval Glenn at the University of Texas has noted that this is a serious gap in the field, and I think he is right. There are surely useful studies in this area, but people have not been given enough guidance about how to make a good choice.

I will close this chapter by presenting a very simple list based on many years of research, many years of counseling couples, and reading and thinking about this issue. The more of these things you are able to do when you are searching for a mate and thinking about marriage, the better your odds will be of making a wise choice.

* Get to know the person very well before deciding to marry. One thing you can do is take the time to work together through a detailed list of core expectations to see just how compatible you are. (For guidelines on how to do this, you might check out one of the books I've co-authored.)

* Do not make this crucial decision in a period of emotional infatuation.

* Date the person for a long time.

* Observe how the person treats not only you but his or her friends. Learn as much as you can about the person's priorities and values.

* Give more weight than your heart may want to how closely the person shares your most essential beliefs (including religious) and values in life.

* Wait until you are 22 or older to make such an important decision. What you think you are looking for can change a lot.

* Get the opinion of friends and family who are not likely to tell you only what you want to hear.

* Wait until you are married to live together. It may not increase your risk to do otherwise, but there is no evidence that it will increase your risk to wait.

I offer no guarantees but these ideas just might help.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

What Women Want (and men, too)

Various studies show that people are not always very accurate in understanding their choices, including choices in dating. Love may not always be blind but 20/20 vision seems pretty much out of the question.

Here’s an example from a study published last year (2008) by Paul Eastwick and Eli Finkel at Northwestern University. To make a (very) complicated story brief, they found, on average, that men say that what they are looking for most in a woman is good looks while women say that what they are looking for most in a man is earning potential. Those are tendencies found in various studies over many years, so this is not shocking. However, using speed-dating methods with follow-ups over time, the researchers found that both men and women were most influenced by physical attraction followed by earning potential. Men and women seem to want physically attractive partners who also bring home the bacon. Sizzle.

This could mean that women have become more like men or it could be that there has always been less of a real difference between men and women, and newer methods are better at uncovering what people may really want. I personally think things have changed in how attraction, dating, and mating work. It’s worth thinking about what all this means when it comes to life-long love, since that’s what most people want. If you are looking for love, it’s especially important to think about what you want and need on a host of dimensions so that everything does not ride on looks or money.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Short Selling

I was thinking today about some follow-ups to my last post. One of the most interesting things about the “arbitrary coherence” concept is the arbitrary part. Not only can prices stick in the mind and affect what one is willing to pay or do, they stick nearly as well (maybe just as well) even when they are arbitrary. That’s a big part the point. Our minds are so oriented toward having anchor points to connect things to that we’ll anchor away even if the anchor is put down in a poor spot. The first price I see in the store for a new flat screen TV may set me in motion to evaluate all other TVs according to that first price. Of course, those prices could seem arbitrary to the shopper but they are very purposeful for the store. Smart stores are careful about what prices you see, and when, so they can herd you toward what they most want you to buy. That’s no dig on stores, they are just being smart. But choosers can be smart, also.

A practical point about relationships: People can have an artificially low sense of themselves because of how they have been treated or what they have experienced. How they were treated, by family growing up or by past loves, can have little to do with their own worth but it still may stick, at least for a time. The danger for anyone who has had difficult relationships in the past is selling themselves short in the future.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Stuck On You: Arbitrary Coherence

I see psychology as one of the cheerier social sciences. Of course, I’m biased. What many see as the dismal (social) science is the field of economics. Both fields study human behavior, often at different levels, but sometimes on the same level—that of the individual.

At the individual level, economists have found a very intriguing and reliable pattern that they call “arbitrary coherence.” (Like any good scientists, they come up with fancy names for what they study and talk about. Bravo fellow geekoids.) Arbitrary coherence occurs when we are exposed to a price for something and that price sort of sticks (coheres) in our minds. The price can be (and often is) arbitrary, hence the term, but once the price is out there and gets stuck into our heads, we come to expect that price to be THE price, and we value things based on this original, somewhat arbitrary set point.

This principle has been confirmed in many ingenious studies. It’s also why marketers will try to get you hooked on a higher price than the one they are planning to get you to pay for something. That higher price is an important part of the strategy because it becomes your comparison so that the price they hope to get you to pay starts looking good to you. The one becomes your reference point, and then you use that reference point to evaluate the other.

How could this principle apply to relationships? While it may seem crass, it’s very easy to apply market thinking to relationship dynamics—especially in the mating game but also in ongoing relationships like marriage. This has been done a lot in the field of economics, with a preeminent example being the work of Gary Becker who has applied economic thinking to family relationships. (For a particularly fascinating, recent treatment of such issues, I recommend one of my favorite, popular books written by an economist: Steve Harford’s, The Logic of Life. It contains some brutally honest discussions of things like changes in sexual relationships of teens or what happens to dating/mating dynamics in cities where there are more people of one sex than the other.)

I think about how experiences in relationships and cultural messages “set the price” or worth of people in the relationship market. In other words, who can attract and hang onto who, and for how long. Starting with family experiences and then accelerating into dating and longer-term relationships, a person’s experiences with others must play a major role in determining their own sense of their worth to others. If one experiences a series of painful rejections (is there any other kind?) or ends up having to give up a lot of what they value (or what their values are) to attract others, those things will impact how one sees the self.

All of this creates another commercial for the value of making decisions in relationships rather than just letting things happen. The whole idea of arbitrary coherence implies that our set points about worth and value become automatic and unexamined but, nevertheless, effect what happens to us—what we’re going after, what we’re willing to accept, what we accept and should not, and so forth. Deciding gives us a better shot at setting our own price on what we value and who we will be.

* Update on 7-25-13.  There is a post I wrote later in this year (2009) that makes for a great follow-up to this piece.  Check it out at:  http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2009/08/black-jack-or-roulette-you-choose.html

Monday, March 16, 2009

Fear and Humiliation

I recently was able to hear a talk by Robert Brooks. He is a researcher and psychologist specializing in the resilience of children. He has a book called “Raising Resilient Children.” The book is excellent. In the talk I heard him give, he said something I found interesting. (Actually, he said a number of interesting things, but I’ll focus.) He said that people fear humiliation more than failure. Since he focuses on children, his point was that to help a child be resilient we need to overcome his or her fear of humiliation.

To me, one thing this means is that parents and other caregivers need to help children have experiences where failure is an option but humiliation is not. Success and failure can teach one how to grow. Humiliation teaches a person he’s defective.

How might this apply to adults and romantic relationships? In all our books and materials for couples, my colleagues and I stress the power of emotional safety. It’s what people seem to want most and it’s something relationships cannot do (well) without. It’s also not easy to hang onto it when times are tough. Most everyone can do a bit better—or a lot better—than they often do in order to make it safe for loved ones to connect. If more families were humiliation free zones, a lot of things would go a lot better in life.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Making the Cut

What do commitment and deciding have in common? They are both related to the need to choose among options in life. Commitment means making a choice to give up other choices.

Think of any type of commitment in life. Commitments involve deciding what is chosen and what is being left behind.

Here’s where it gets interesting, at least to me, because I like words. The word “decide” comes from a French word dating to the 1300s that literally means “to cut” or “to cut off.” Deciding is about coming to a point where something is cut off from something else. A part is chosen—hopefully the best part—and the illusion of hanging on to the whole, to everything, is given up.

In this way of thinking, commitment is counter cultural. The cultural messages we are inundated with encourage us to hang onto everything—to cut off no options, to have it all. Having a lot of options in life is great, but maybe not so great if one never decides what matters most.

[If you want to see the root of the word decide, check out a website such as www.etymonline.com]

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Marshmallow Time

A big part of being a decider when it comes to important things in life is sticking to what you have decided. That’s part of what commitment is all about. Unless you’ve only been alive for, say, 15 minutes or so, you know it’s not always easy to stick to what you decided you wanted to do.

I recently came across a report that summarizes some amazing research on willpower and the ability to resist temptation. The link to the article is at the bottom of this post.

The author, Eric Wargo, first mentions pretty cool studies that were done long ago where they tested children to see how many would choose to wait a little while to get two marshmallows instead of getting one marshmallow RIGHT NOW! Kind of like a lot of life, right? You could ask yourself, “am I a one or two marshmallow kind of person?” Quite an existential question, isn’t it? For some reason, I’m hearing a variation of this question with Clint Eastwood’s voice from the movie “Dirty Harry.” Sort of goes like this: “You must be asking yourself if you really have a shot at two marshmallows or just one. Do you feel lucky? Well do ya, punk?” Perhaps I have some marshmallow trauma to work through.

Back to the point. Wargo goes on to describe some pretty amazing research on self-control. Studies show that a person’s ability to resist temptation gets worn down. When you have to keep it together for awhile, doing whatever you wanted or thought you should do can get harder for a bit. Your willpower gets tired and it’s easier to just let go after a period of being more disciplined. As Wargo puts it, self-control is a limited resource. Partly what this means is that even if you do a great job on waiting for two marshmallows, you might then have trouble with the M & Ms. (Excuse me. I’ll be back in a few minutes.)

Think about that a moment. How many times have you found it harder to stick with what you thought you should do after you had to do things that required either self-control or some difficult decisions? Here’s what I think this means. When your decider has been working pretty hard, your slider is going to really want you to cut it some slack. If nothing much is at stake, that’s just fine. Slide away. In fact, when you’ve been working hard on something or really pushing your self-control, letting go in some creative or healthy ways is a good thing. But the warning in these findings is more about how it can be hard to stick to something we’ve decided is important when we’re worn down by something else.

As Wargo points out, if we want to stick to things we planned to do (or stick to being who we want to be), we have to watch out for the times when our decider is tired out. Imagine all the ways this plays out in life! Diets, exercise, work, or your commitment to your partner . . .

If you want to go deeper, here’s the link.


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Fast Answers About 1099 Forms for Independent Workers – UPDATED for 2015

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As a U.S. business owner, if you hire independent contractors and service providers, you probably will have to issue a special tax form to them, called the 1099.

Keep in mind that there are several variations of the 1099 form.  For example, there’s the 1099-INT for interest income that you may receive from your bank.  For today’s purposes, we’ll limit this article to the 1099-MISC form.  That’s the form that small businesses use to report miscellaneous income paid to others during the year.

Let’s go through some commonly-asked questions and answers (we’ve updated this information for 2015):

What type of income do I report on a 1099 form?

The 1099-MISC should be used for reporting payments to independent workers — not payments to employees. For employees, you use form W-2 instead to report employment income you paid them.

Independent workers are typically self-employed individuals or small service firms that you hire as independent contractors.  Examples of independent workers might include a graphics designer, Web developer, cleaning service, freelance writer, landscaping or grass cutting service, forum moderator or other self-employed provider.  The key is that the independent worker is self employed — and not your employee.

You also use the 1099-MISC for reporting payments made to unincorporated business service providers, attorneys and partnerships.

What is the $600 threshold?

You are required to complete a 1099-MISC reporting form for an independent worker or unincorporated business if you paid that independent worker or business $600 or more.  You add up all payments made to a payee during the year, and if the amount is $600 or more for the year, you must issue a 1099 for that payee.

If the amount you paid the worker totals less than $600 for the tax year, then you are not required to issue a 1099 form.

Note:  there are special threshold rules for reporting certain other types of payments, such as payments made to attorneys, fishing boat proceeds, and sales of consumer goods for resale.  You’ll need to consult the IRS 1099-MISC form instructions for details on reporting those types of payments.   For purposes of this article, we are speaking only of payments to independent workers or unincorporated business service providers.

When does the 1099-MISC form have to be issued?

There are two important dates to remember.  One is the date for mailing the 1099 form to the worker.  The other is the date for reporting to the IRS.

A. Mailing form 1099 to the worker

February 2, 2015 is the deadline for furnishing the 1099-MISC forms to independent contractors and service providers you paid money to during 2014.  Mail a copy of the 1099 form to the independent worker or service provider by that date.

Normally the date is January 31 of each year.  However, because the 31st falls on a weekend, the date is extended to the next following business day — in this case, February 2nd.

Tip:  mark that deadline on your calendar right now.  That way you are less likely to forget and have to scramble at the last minute.

Another tip: It’s a good idea to check in advance with each payee to make sure you have the payee’s current address.  This will save you extra work.  Why?  Because the payee will contact you if he or she does not receive the 1099 in the event it’s not forwarded, and you’ll just have to issue a copy all over again.  The Post Office is not as fast or reliable when it comes to forwarding mail, as it used to be.

Can you send 1099s via email?  All the tax pros we talked with refused to be pinned down on whether email is sufficient for recipients.  Note that the IRS uses the word “furnish” rather than “mail.”  However, the IRS does not define what “furnish” means.

B. Reporting 1099s to the IRS

March 2, 2015 is the deadline to file the 1099 information with the IRS, if you file by paper.  That date is extended to March 31, 2015 if you do electronic filing of 1099s.

Depending on state law, you may also have to file the 1099-MISC with the state.  Greatland has an excellent chart showing various state law deadlines [1].

(Note: there are different dates for certain other categories of payments such as payments to attorneys. Please consult the Form 1099-MISC instructions for dates for other situations.)

See the example image below for how to complete the 1099 MISC form.

Non-U.S. workers:  Do I need to issue a 1099 to a foreign worker?

If you hire a non-U.S. citizen who works remotely via the Internet from another country, generally speaking you do not need to file a 1099 for that person.

For example, let’s say you hire a freelance writer who is a Brazilian citizen.  The freelance writer performs all services (i.e., writes the articles) outside the U.S. from the writer’s home in Brazil, and earns $900 for the year.  In that case, you probably don’t need to issue a 1099 to that foreign worker [2].

However, if the foreign worker performs any work inside the United States, you would need to file the 1099.

It is your responsibility to verify that the worker (1) is indeed a non-U.S. citizen, and (2) performed all work outside the United States. For that purpose, in the future you might want to have that foreign worker fill out, sign and return to you Form W-8BEN.

Sample of completed 1099 MISC form for independent contractors

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Corporations:  Do I need to issue 1099 forms for payments made to corporations?

No, in general you do not need to issue 1099 forms for payments you made to a corporation.  For instance, if you pay a corporation that, say, provides Web design services or some other business service, you do not need to issue a 1099.

Keep in mind that an LLC or limited liability company is not the same as a corporation.  In general, you are expected to send 1099-MISC forms to most small-business LLCs.

(How can you tell the difference?  An LLC usually has the letters LLC or Ltd.  at the end of the company name.  A corporation name typically ends in Inc. or Corp. However, the payee should indicate the type of entity it is when it fills out and gives you a W-9 form in advance — that’s the best way to tell.)

Note, there are a few limited exceptions to the corporation rule.  For example, if the payment is to a corporation for legal services, you must report those on the 1099.  The IRS’s 1099 instructions outline the exceptions.

PayPal and credit card payments: What if I paid my independent workers or service providers electronically?

If you paid unincorporated businesses or independent workers electronically, such as through PayPal or a credit card, then you are not required to issue a 1099-MISC to that payee.

Instead, the reporting responsibility lies with the electronic service, which may issue a 1099-K.  However, some small businesses elect to send the 1099-MISC forms anyway, in an abundance of caution.

See more in our discussion: 1099-K versus 1099-MISC for electronic payments [4].

Personal payments:  Do I need to issue 1099s for payments made for personal purposes?

No. You are required to issue 1099-MISC reports only for payments you made in the course of your trade or business.  (If you run a non-profit organization, that’s considered a business for purposes of 1099s.)

Let’s say that you pay a landscaper who is a sole proprietor to do grass cutting and mulching at your home, and it has nothing to do with your business.  You don’t have to issue a 1099 to the landscaper, because it was a personal payment.

How do I issue 1099-MISC forms and where do I file them?

As the payer, you complete the form and send a copy to the recipient.  You file the form with the IRS, and you may also have to file with state tax authorities.

There are a number of ways to do this:

What if there’s an error in a 1099 form?

A payer who later discovers an error should re-issue a corrected 1099 form to that payee, and correct the filing with the IRS.

And if you are a payee, be sure to review every 1099 you receive against your own records.  This is for a couple of reasons:

In the event of an error, the IRS instructions to recipients say, “If this form is incorrect or has been issued in error, contact the payer. If you cannot get this form corrected, attach an explanation to your tax return and report your income correctly.”

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Is there a penalty for NOT issuing a 1099 MISC form?

Yes.  For this purpose, we went to the Turbo Tax website. It has a concise statement about penalties, noting that the penalty [7] “varies from $30 to $100 per form ($500,000 maximum per year), depending on how long past the deadline the company issues the form. If a company intentionally disregards the requirement to provide a correct payee statement, it is subject to a minimum penalty of $250 per statement, with no maximum.”

In fact, the IRS requires you to affirmatively state under penalty of law, whether you have met the 1099 filing requirement.  Most small businesses complete a Schedule C as part their own tax returns.  Schedule C requires you as the payer to check the boxes on Lines I and J, stating:

Tip: don’t ignore 1099 filings.  Get on it – now!

What if I received miscellaneous income during the year and the payer never sends me a 1099 form?

If you performed work as an independent contractor and you earned at least $600 from a payer, that payer is required to send you a 1099-MISC form.  But if you received less than $600 from that payer — say you received $350 — don’t expect to receive a 1099 form.

Another exception: if you received payments via electronic means such as a credit card or PayPal, the payer is not required to send you a 1099-MISC.

However, let’s say you earned more than $600 for the year.  You received the payments via check, and not electronically. Still, the payer fails to send out 1099 forms.  Or let’s say you moved and forgot to tell the payer, and so you don’t receive the 1099.  In such situations, contact the payer and ask them to quickly mail the form or a duplicate copy out to you.

And remember, you are not excused from reporting your income, just because you never received a 1099 form (or because your income falls under the $600 threshold). Don’t rely on receiving 1099s for tracking and reporting your income.

Always track income independently, and reconcile your bank records.  And report all income.

If I am an author, what is the amount for a 1099 for book royalties?

There is a special dollar threshold for book royalties: $10.

Authors should not be surprised if they receive 1099s for very small amounts — well under $600.

Example:  let’s say you published a book on Amazon Kindle, and sold a handful of books during the year. In that case, you may receive a 1099 from Amazon for amounts such as $12 or $25 or other small amounts.

Where can I get the 1099-MISC forms?

The IRS’s 1099-MISC information center is here.

Order tax forms from the IRS here [8].  Or, another intriguing place is FormSwift, which offers an online fill-in-the-blank 1099 MISC [9].

The IRS’s free electronic filing system [10] for 1099s is here.

Final Pointers: always consult your tax advisor and IRS 1099 instructions!

Disclaimer:  The information in this article is for general educational purposes, not tax advice.  While we strive to be accurate, we can speak in generalities only here.  The tax code has just gotten too complex to cover this topic in 2,000 words.

There are many many exceptions to the rules, and individual facts can make a difference.  Always read the IRS instructions for the 1099 form carefully.  And consult your own tax advisor for advice specific to your situation.

Image credits:  IRS building [11], tax form [12] via Shutterstock; 1099 sample, penalty (remixed) via IRS.

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Swain appoints members to re-configured TDA

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By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer

The restructuring of the Swain County TDA is well under way with a host of new board members appointed at the county commissioners’ Aug. 14 meeting. The selection of the new TDA differed from the previous selection process in a couple of ways — namely, the Chamber of Commerce lost its authority to appoint members (though it can still recommend people) and the number of board members increased from five to nine.

TDA profiles

Bill Talbott, vice president, Deal’s Gap Motorcycle Resort

Talbott’s family has lived in WNC for nearly 25 years, and his son, Brad, has been CEO of Deal’s Gap Motorcycle Resort since 2004. Though he hasn’t been on the TDA before, he attended meetings of the last board because he and his family “represent a fairly large business contingent,” he says. Over the course of attending TDA meetings, Talbott began to take an interest in what the county was doing with its money to promote tourism.

Though Talbott is the only representative from the motorcycle tourism sector on the TDA, he says he is not on the board to promote his personal business interests.

“I’m not on the board to promote my business personally. I’m there to promote the distribution of this money in a sensible way, and I think this new board being enlarged with some more diversity is going to be an important factor,” he says.

Of tourism in the county, Talbott says, “it’s absolutely growing.”

“I think there’s a great deal that this board can do now to further bring it along,” he says.

“I’m just happy to be a part of Western North Carolina. It’s a great, exciting part of the state and I want to be involved.”

Robin Fronrath, owner, Land’s Creek Log Cabins

Fronrath, a Florida native, has lived in Swain County for eight years and believes strongly in the county’s potential.

“I really think that this county has got everything they need to move forward to be a major tourism destination,” he says, citing the Nantahala Gorge, the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and growing popularity of the Great Smoky Mountain Railway as attractions bringing people to the area.

Fronrath cautions that a developing area like Swain County needs to be careful to protect the resources currently attracting visitors. He saw his hometown ruined by an influx of tourists and hurried development.

“I come from a place where development was done wrong, and I would like to be involved in seeing it done right,” he says.

Fronrath, who served on the Swain County Economic Development Commission, is interested in going a step further than simply attracting tourists — he would like to see more people and businesses moving to the county to stay.

“I see the opportunity for clean industry, the kind of industry that people want to see,” he says. Fronrath routinely hosts large conventions for businesses at Land’s Creek Log Cabins, counting Dial Soap, Hyatt Regency Hotels and several large banks among his clients. His guests frequently compliment him on the beautiful surroundings of the area. Fronrath thinks the potential is there to attract big businesses, such as software companies, that won’t harm the environment and would boost Swain’s economy. Through increased tourism, Fronrath feels more companies will begin to discover the area as a viable place of business.

“The great thing about tourism is that it brings people to your area that are successful in business in other parts of the country, and may want to relocate their business,” he says.

Jo Mathis, owner, Almond Marina and RV Park

Mathis, a Swain County native, has operated her Fontana Lake business with her husband for more than 30 years. Her business was only the fifth to join the Chamber of Commerce — today, the organization has a membership of more than 400 businesses. Mathis says she’s seen “worlds of change,” during her time operating a business in Swain County, and she hopes her experience will be an asset to the TDA. She’s happy that she will be able to represent Fontana Lake, an area of Swain County that has sometimes been lacking promotion.

“I think that someone ought to be on the board with the Chamber that will promote the lake, though the county is doing a better job of that,” she says.

Though an influx of tourism in recent years has helped boost the county’s economy — traditionally one of the poorest in the state — Mathis thinks that luring tourists should not overshadow the needs of the local people. She says wealthy tourists who come in and drive up the price of land cause poor people to have to sell their land just to pay taxes.

“It’s really hurt the poor people of the county — and the county is so depressed anyway,” she says.

“If I can work a little bit and better the county, that’s what I want to do.”

Dena Ensley, owner, Yellow Rose Realty

Ensley and her husband have operated their real estate and vacation rental business in the county for the last 12 years. Over that time, Ensley says she has learned what does and doesn’t work in marketing the area to tourists.

The Ensleys have come up with a way to find out how each tourist hears about them. When making a reservation online, guests are required to fill out how they’ve heard about Yellow Rose Realty. Through that, Ensley has been able to see what media are effective avenues of marketing. She’s been able to determine the best locations and times of year to market to visitors.

“We’re able to track where people are getting our name from, and we can see where our money is spent wisely,” Ensley says.

Her experience will bring some perspective to the TDA on where the county’s occupancy tax revenues might be best spent.

“When you start out from scratch and you don’t have formal training, you learn a lot from trial and error,” she says.

Ensley would like more marketing efforts geared toward bringing visitors to the area.

“There’s just a small population that actually knows about Bryson City. We need to get out there and let more people know what we have to offer in the mountains,” she says.

Ensley also sees a need for the county to attract more of a year-round business, rather than seeing the bulk of visitors in the summer and fall. She says this would benefit all businesses in the area, like grocery and drug stores.

Ensley, though, wants to see the town retain its small town feel, which she says is a major reason tourists love the area.

“When people come here, they’re able to slow down just a little bit and get out of the rat race,” she says.

George Brown, owner of Fryemont Inn, refused comment for this article.

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Carolyn Allison, Wildwater Ltd.

Allison has served on the Chamber of Commerce in some capacity for the past eight years and is currently the president. A representative of the Nantahala Gorge area, Allison is pleased with the diversity the new board offers in drawing from different businesses and areas in the county.

“I think we’ve got a really good cross section of representatives; in my opinion, a better cross section of people — more and more people who were never very heavily involved,” Allison says.

Allison would like to push for a couple of specific initiatives as a TDA member. One is to get wireless Internet service all over Bryson City. With more and more people traveling with their computers, Allison says wireless would put the town on the cutting edge of technology.

She’d also like to see the downtown build a strong retail support system.

“I look at places like Dillsboro and Waynesville and see what a wonderful mix of retail stores there are. I think we have a nice mix of restaurants, and I think we do a very good job of providing entertainment,” Allison says.

“Right now is a great opportunity for business owners to come in and open up a business. I think we’re right on the cutting edge of growth.”

Over the years, though, Allison has learned to be patient with various initiatives.

“I’ve learned after 15 years as a Swain County resident that things do take a long time, but sometimes it’s a good thing to take your time and do it right rather than rush into something.”

Connie Southard, marketing representative for Great Smoky Mountain Railway

Southard said she is honored to have been selected to the TDA board and looks forward to working with the other board members to serve Swain County. She declined further comment, saying it was premature for her to say more at this time.

Brad Walker, owner, Fairfield Inn and Suites

Walker has lived in Swain County for nearly 30 years, working at various positions in the hotel industry. He helped start the TDA and served as a member on its first board. Since then, he’s served on the board off and on. He’s excited about the changes that have taken place in the TDA structure.

“I think everything’s just positive. It’s a new way ... another era. We have more people on the board, and diversity helps. Sometimes we all forget about different areas — now it’s a more diverse board that will be able to go forward,” he says.

Walker is optimistic that the new rules giving more freedom on how the occupancy tax revenues can be spent are a positive move.

“The loosening of some of the rules so that the money can help the community and develop tourism,” is a good thing, he says.

Walker is also looking forward to the new visitor’s center, which will also house the chamber of commerce.

“I think it’s an excellent thing. I think it’s what we needed for a long time,” he says.

He also says the county could expand on its marketing campaign. With more money coming into the TDA’s coffers due to increased tourism, Walker says that this and other initiatives will be possibly. However, he cautions that money must be spent wisely.

“I believe in controlled growth. In other words, you don’t want to go wild. We’re in the right direction,” he says.

“I’m looking forward to it — it’s an evolution.”

Ron LaRocque, co-owner, Watershed Cabins

LaRocque was drawn to Swain County in 1998 after years of camping and biking in the area. He’s currently a member of the Chamber of Commerce and served for a short time on the previous TDA board.

LaRocque is surprised at how many people haven’t heard of the county, but “just haphazardly come up to us.” LaRocque would like to see the county become more of a destination, on the scale of an outdoor community like Moab, Utah. To do this, he says, the county would have to focus on the whole picture, rather than just one aspect of tourism.

“The TDA is very specifically focused on lodging because that’s obviously how they get their money. You can’t have perfect lodging without great restaurants, and you can’t have great restaurants without great shops,” he says.

LaRocque doesn’t think these kinds of places necessarily need to be brought in — rather, the potential is already there.

“I think there should be just more emphasis on helping what we have,” he says.

LaRocque cautions that the county needs to establish a pattern of smart growth in its drive to become a destination.

“The successful areas are very well planned and well thought out — that’s what I hope doesn’t go astray with this,” he says.

A change in the TDA structure will be a positive thing, although the new board should strive to continue with the previous TDA’s mission.

“With change, everybody’s always a little bit concerned. As long as change follows with smart growth,” it can be a good thing, LaRocque says.

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Today the residents of Andrews of Stratford had a party to honour their friends Ken and Marion Richards on the occasion of their 70th Wedding Anniversary coming up on Wednesday, the 31st of August. Most of Ken and Marion's family were also present for the occasion and WineSing played a few tunes (as our leader, Ann Campbell would say)
and serenaded the group for an hour before refreshments were served. Karen Forbes had everything in readiness when the guests arrived and during the performance Ann sang their special song, one of the golden oldies from 1940, "If I Had My Way" Marion and Ken were both gracious in their remarks of thanking everyone for the fine tribute.

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Our 10th summer picnic since our inception in 2008. The day was perfect and the gardens in Kinloch seemed pleasing to all there. The mosquitoes stayed away as well and God gave us the day we needed. We all played for the neighbourhood until the Colonel arrived around noon. Many in the group provided various salads, biscuits, rolls and candy. By 1:15 the group had all left for their homes with nothing but a memory of a great but easy time. Our thanks to the many who brought extra food along, as well as the highlighted cake made by Maurice!

Diane settling down the neighbours!

Sunday, July 10, 2016

SMUG was honoured this morning by being invited back to Central Queens United Church for the 7th time in as many years to perform for their morning service. In the absence of their regular minister, the Reverend Barbara Wagner, Roland Easter took the service; and indeed was with us in 2010 when we made our first appearance at Central Queens. Roland was warm in his praise for SMUG and one wondered if the very large congregation came to hear Roland or SMUG.......we hope
maybe both?

There was discussion following the service this morning, of past summer picnics held by SMUG, so I thought I should catalog them for your interest:

2015 July 25th Andrews Of Stratford
2014 July 26th Cottage in Stanhope
2013 July 20th Andrews of Stratford
2012 July 16th Cottage in Stanhope
2012 Aug 11 Allison's Back Field
2011 Aug 6 Allison's Back Field
2011 Aug 20 Cottage in Stanhope Entertaining Dianne Sutton from Yesterukes in South Carolina and her daughter Jessica.
2010 July 10 Leah and Barry's
2009 July Lodge, a guess as I don't have it recorded in 2009

This year I am hoping to have you all come to our front yard in Kinlock on Saturday July 30th for a bit of music and some KFC. I will ask some to bring potato salad and a salad or two and Diane and I will provide the KFC and refreshments. This will all depend on the mosquito situation as well as the weather, as there is no way there is room in our little log house for such a number. If weather and mosquitos pose a problem maybe Razzy's can help or perhaps someone may have another suggestion.

As this will no doubt be the last blog for some time I will keep you up to date on the Home Page of the Blog. I am disturbed that some of you did not receive my last note to you regarding the performance today.

In closing this let's all wish the best to Kendal who has gone to Halifax today for possible heart surgery.

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Dr. Edwina Satsuki Uehara is professor and the inaugural holder of the Ballmer Endowed Deanship in Social Work, University of Washington School of Social Work. She holds a BA in Spanish, summa cum laude, from Eastern Washington University; an MSW from the University of Michigan; and a PhD from The University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration. Prior to her deanship, Dr. Uehara served as the School of Social Work’s associate dean for Educational Initiatives from 1998-2002 and acting dean in 2001-2002.

Dr. Uehara’s scholarly interests center on understanding the interplay of social structures and the cultural construction of health, illness and healing. Her federally funded research has examined the social networks, mental health, health-seeking and service use patterns of Asian-American and African-American community members. Her current work explores the moral, political and service implications of the trauma narratives created by Cambodian-American survivors of the Killing Fields.

In collaboration with colleagues at the UW Trauma Center and the Department of Psychiatry, she is also engaged in projects that apply innovative qualitative methods to understand the post-trauma mental health of severely physically injured adults, particularly those from economically disadvantaged, immigrant and refugee populations. Dr. Uehara’s work has been published in a range of journals in social work and related fields and disciplines, including American Journal of Sociology; Journal of Health and Social Behavior; Archives of General Psychiatry; Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; American Journal of Community Psychology; Social Science and Medicine; Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry; Social Work; Gerontology; and Mental Retardation.

Recipient of the University of Washington’s Distinguished Teaching Award (1996), the School of Social Work’s Student’s Choice Teaching Award for Classroom Excellence (1994), and the Edith Abbott Award for Scholarly and Career Excellence from the School of Social Service Administration, Dr. Uehara teaches in the master’s and doctoral programs, specializing in administration, community practice, and advanced research methods. As associate dean, she worked closely with the faculty in designing the School’s current MSW curriculum.

Dr. Uehara’s practice career began in the early 1970s in Eastern Washington, where she worked as a community development specialist in rural school districts serving American Indian, Mexican-American and African-American students and families. Moving to Chicago, Illinois, after obtaining her master’s degree, she practiced in the areas of community development, mental health program development, and community-based advocacy research.

She served as assistant director and executive director of the Taylor Institute, predecessor to the prestigious Center for Impact Research based in Chicago. While at Taylor Institute, Dr. Uehara and colleagues were awarded grants and contracts from local, state and national agencies to study the impact of various public policy and service practices. The findings from Taylor Institute’s 1986 statewide assessment of nursing home residents, conducted by Dr. Uehara and colleagues, were cited by the congressional subcommittee sponsoring the 1987 Nursing Home Reform Act.

Dr. Uehara has provided consultation to a variety of national, state and local organizations, including the King County Cross-Cultural Mental Health Alliance (Seattle, Washington); the Community Mental Health Council (Chicago, Illinois); the South Carolina Department of Social Services; and the National Research Center on Asian American Mental Health (University of California, Los Angeles/Davis).

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Inspired by Sarah to make a scarf hanger:

You've probably already seen this idea all over Pinterest. It was appealing to me because it's so modular. I love to sort clothing and accessories by color so that they're easier to find, and I loved the fact that you could add a shower curtain ring anywhere on the hanger without having to shift other things around. As soon as I saw it about a year ago, I put my scarves onto shower curtain rings and put them on a hanger.

The problem, though, was that no matter how hard I tried to keep things evenly distributed, the rings would slip and slide all over, and all the weight would eventually shift to one side, causing the hanger to be lopsided. If you know me at all, you'd know this would irk me! It was actually a little better when there were more scarves on the hanger, but still...

In re-organizing my closet this week, I decided I'd search for other solutions. I love the idea of installing towel bars to hang the scarves, but I didn't have a good space that would work. I looked at various scarf organizers online and then made a trip to the Container Store to evaluate all the ones they had. With some of the commercially available scarf organizers, it was hard to get out one scarf without disturbing the others, or else there was a lot of overlap and things got bulky. Plus, none of them were modular. So I had another look at the hanger + shower curtain ring idea. I tried a wooden hanger, and it was less slippery, but the rings would still slide around. Plus, it wouldn't match the rest of my plastic white hangers, LOL! I didn't want to glue the rings down or put them in fixed positions because then I'd lose some flexibility. So I cut up some foam shelf liner and hot glued it around my hanger. I had the shelf liner on hand already, but I'm sure that felt, fleece, or some other non-slippery fabric would work well.

Now everything stays neat without slipping around, even when there are very few things on the hanger.

I like this so much that I'm hanging my belts this way too. I just orient the ring so that the prong points up and leave it open so that it's easier to get the belt on and off.

  1. Great Idea ! ! !

    I use this sort of shelf liner all the time to keep different items from slipping. Most times it's to keep something propped on a shelf from slipping off onto the floor. Or to keep my Featherweight Singer machine from sliding around while sewing.

    Had not thought about applying to a hanger though, so thanks for this terrific tip.

    1. Thanks, Gerry. I've used this stuff for all kinds of things too. It's really versatile!

  2. Thanks for the great idea! I was just fumbling with all mine, wondering about a neater way to hang them.

    1. Thanks, Jerri. Tidy things make me happy, LOL!


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Back To School Safety Tips

Back To School Safety Tips

Unintentional injury is the number one killer of children. Pedestrian injuries are the second leading cause of unintentional death among children ages 5 to 14. Back-to-school season provides a great opportunity to teach kids common sense safety behavior. Help keep your children safe from unintentional injury by teaching them safe ways to travel to and from school.

The Minnesota Safety Council, the Minnesota SAFE KIDS Coalition and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety offer these safety tips to help parents and children this fall:

Walking To School

Choose the safest route from your home to the school and walk it with your children. Look for the most direct route with the fewest street crossings. Children under age 10 should walk with an adult or older child every day because they may not be able to judge the speed or distance of oncoming traffic and their peripheral vision is one-third less than most adults.

  • Leave on-time for school and/or in plenty of time to catch the bus.
  • Teach children to know and obey all traffic signals and markings. For example: a flashing "walk" sign is not an automatic "go" signal.
  • Make sure children look to the left, look to the right and then look again to the left for moving vehicles before crossing the street.
  • Teach children not to enter the street from between parked cars or from behind brushes or shrubs. Darting into the street accounts for 50 to 70 percent of pedestrian injuries among children ages 9 and under.
  • Because drivers have a more difficult time seeing pedestrians, teach children to be extra alert in bad weather.
  • Be a good role model. Your children need you to not only tell but also show them how to be safe pedestrians.

School Bus Safety

An estimated 25 million students ride school buses daily. The majority of children who have lost their lives involving a school bus were not killed riding the bus but rather while they were outside the bus. Many injuries occur when children are boarding or exiting because a blind spot extends approximately 10 feet in front of the bus obstructing the view of the driver. Children may believe that if they can see the bus the bus driver can see them.

A child's behavior at the bus stop is an important aspect of school bus safety. While waiting for the bus, children should follow the following safety rules:

  • Be a safe pedestrian while walking to and from the bus stop.
  • Wear bright colors so that motorists can easily see them.
  • Stay on the sidewalk and be aware of traffic in the area. If there is no sidewalk, they should walk and stand facing traffic.
  • Wait for the school bus at least 10 feet from the road and further away if the weather is bad.

Remember that motorists may not always stop for the school bus as the law states so children should look left, look right and then look left again before crossing in front of the bus. They should cross at least 10 feet in front of the bus so the bus driver can see them. They should NEVER cross behind the bus!
While on the bus, children should observe the following safety rules:

  • Remain seated at all times.
  • Keep the aisles clear of books, bags, jackets and other items.
  • Don't throw objects inside or outside of the bus.
  • Don't shout or distract the driver unnecessarily.
  • Keep your head, arms and feet inside the bus at all times.
  • Obey the school bus driver and follow specific state school bus rules.

Safety Tips For Motorists

The following are safety tips for motorists who encounter a school bus and children on Minnesota's roadways:

  • Use extra caution when school children and school buses are in the area.
  • Be prepared to stop for the school bus.
  • It is illegal in some states to pass another vehicle within 100 feet of a railroad crossing. A school bus is required to stop at a railroad crossing but is not required to activate the amber warning lights so pay attention.

Know what is required when the flashing amber or flashing red lights of a school bus are activated:

  • Flashing amber lights are the school bus pre-warning signals. The purpose is to warn other drivers that the school bus is preparing to stop.
  • Flashing red lights and stop arm are indications that the school bus has stopped and traffic from both directions must stop at least 20 feet away from the school bus.
  • Penalties for school bus violations can be substantial. Fines range from $300 to $3,000 and one year in jail along with the drivers license suspension.

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University of Maryland School of Medicine Researchers Publish Scientific Paper on 2001 Anthrax Attacks

Monday, March 07, 2011

 Jacques Ravel, PhD, is senior author on the PNAS paper detailing how IGS faculty helped solve an anthrax mystery.

Institute for Genome Sciences Led Pioneering Investigation in New Field of Microbial Forensics

Researchers at the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine - with collaborators at the FBI, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and Northern Arizona University - have published the first scientific paper based on their investigation into the anthrax attacks of 2001. The case was groundbreaking in its use of genomics and microbiology in a criminal investigation.

More than 20 people contracted anthrax from Bacillus anthracis spores mailed through the U.S. Postal Service in 2001, and five people died as a result of the attacks. Research scientists from the Institute for Genome Sciences played a key role in the investigation known as Amerithrax. The work is a pioneering advance in the new field known as microbial forensics, a science that would likely play a key role in the investigations of any future bioterror attacks. The paper was published online March 7, 2011 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The paper describes how Institute for Genome Sciences faculty and collaborators from the FBI found that the anthrax samples used in all the attacks were genetically identical. Later, another group of scientists – also including Institute for Genome Sciences faculty – would trace the anthrax spore used in the letters back to a flask of Bacillus anthracis and several samples taken from that flask. The primary custodian of the flask was Bruce Ivins, PhD, a scientist at a U.S. Army biodefense laboratory in Maryland. With this key investigative lead from the scientific team, the FBI used additional police work to conclude that Dr. Ivins was the perpetrator of the mail attacks. Dr. Ivins killed himself before the case could go to court. The FBI has since closed the Amerithrax investigation.

“This paper and the Amerithrax investigation really marked the beginning of a new approach for the science we call forensic genomics,” says senior author Jacques Ravel, PhD, associate professor of microbiology & immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and associate director for genomics at the Institute for Genome Sciences. “The science was a critical component of the Amerithrax case. Without genomics, it would have been extremely difficult to narrow the pool of potential suspects.”

“Before Amerithrax, no one appreciated the precision, accuracy and reliability that this type of genomics can offer as a microbial forensic technique,” says first author David Rasko, PhD, assistant professor for microbiology & immunology at the School of Medicine and a research scientist at the Institute for Genome Sciences. “To this day, this is still the only case in which microbiology and genomics have been used in a criminal investigation. Microbial forensics would be a critical investigative tool if another bioterror attack were ever to strike the U.S.”

The newly published paper describes the work that the FBI assigned to Institute for Genome Sciences faculty members - including Drs. Ravel and Rasko, as well as the institute’s director, Claire Fraser-Liggett, PhD, professor of medicine and microbiology & immunology at the School of Medicine - between 2001 through 2003. The scientists worked with a team of investigators, including Paul Keim, PhD, regents professor and division director at Northern Arizona University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute, as well as military and FBI investigators.

“We have assembled a world-class team of genomics researchers at the Institute for Genome Sciences,” says E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, vice president for medical affairs, University of Maryland, and John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine. “Their pioneering work in the field of microbial forensics is typical of their cutting-edge research. We are proud to have them on our team, leading us into a new age of science.”

The scientific investigation began by asking if the anthrax used in all the letters had come from the same source. The spores in each letter had been prepared differently, making them look different from one another to the naked eye. Military scientists at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Md., took spores from each letter and grew them in the laboratory. Looking with an expert eye at the samples they had grown, the scientists could see that a small number of the bacterial colonies looked very different from the ordinary appearance of most of the anthrax bacteria. The scientists isolated those unusual spores and grew them alone. As the spores replicated, the scientists saw that the differences or variations persisted, indicating that they were not some kind of aberration.

“Samples from the letters had the same combination of variants in the spores,” said Dr. Ravel. “That was one of the first things that began to link the letters.”

Next, Institute for Genome Sciences researchers were charged with sequencing the genome of those populations of variant bacterial colonies — just those spores that looked unusual. They wanted to find out if there were genetic differences that were making the colonies of bacteria look unique. There were, and those same genetic differences were found in the spore preparations from all the letters, conclusively linking them to the same source.

There were four types of these variations found in the anthrax that came in the letters. Scientists eventually discovered that the anthrax used in the attacks was the product of at least two different production batches of anthrax that had been mixed together, each with its own unique distribution of variants. Mixing the batches created a unique combination of genetic signatures that later helped them track the spore preparations back to the source flask in the lab of Dr. Ivins. “This data we uncovered acted like a genetic fingerprint,” says Dr. Keim, of Northern Arizona University. “It could link microbial evidence to its potential source.”

“The science was one technique used to generate leads as part of a larger FBI investigation,” says Dr. Ravel. “Science tells us the spore came from that particular flask, but it’s important to note that the science never pointed to Bruce Ivins. It was police work that did that.”

As one of the first and most high-profile investigations of its kind, Amerithrax has helped to shape the emerging field of microbial forensics. Since the case, Dr. Ravel, Dr. Rasko and their colleagues at the Institute for Genome Sciences have been leaders in the scientific community’s effort to expand the field by contributing to the development of standards and guidelines for future investigations.
“We were figuring this out as we went along,” says Dr. Rasko. “For example, to produce evidence that will hold up in criminal court, you need a very high standard of accuracy with well-validated methodologies. It is a much higher standard than our own academic research. Your results need to be completely foolproof and stand in a court of law. Those are the kinds of standards and guidelines we’re developing now, so that microbial forensic scientists can be prepared in the event of another biological attack.”

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Is the Postcard Still Worth Anything?

Here are three postcard stories. Decide for yourself.

While a sick (now robust) friend of mine was going through cancer treatment, another friend sent him a handmade postcard every single day. He kept them displayed on the kitchen counter, and some of us sneaked a peak when we dropped off meals. Snooping is within the rules of postcards, which are, after all, open to inspection—and more private, when you think about it, than an email or blog bounced through all the time zones all over the globe.

Each was a marvel, as you might expect from an artist’s hand—a tiny treasure the patient turned to for cheer and encouragement, and I had no doubt they aided in his recovery.

The next involved a mother and daughter with an ocean between them. The ocean was no accident, for they didn’t much get along. Still, for decades, whenever one traveled, she sent the other a postcard. This small act spoke of a connectedness that the women could not otherwise express. And, the postcard endured—on a desk or a countertop, or tucked into a book, or pinned to the bulletin board for the indefinite future. In the deliberateness of the gesture and in its tangible persistence, it functioned like a gift.

The final story was my own recent experiment. On vacation, I sent postcards to my sons who were hard at work at their respective colleges. From the schlocky to the provocative, the beautiful to the comic, I had a grand time picking them out. Penned at leisure in cafés and beer halls, I kept it short.

“What they can do with a potato around here!” “Great news about your internship!” “Have you fixed your bike yet?”

They were funny, even ridiculous—especially in volume. There must have been a dozen apiece before I was done. But, as it turned out, both my sons were long out of the habit of checking a physical campus mailroom—where dust and dinosaurs collected—so I had to prompt them along.

The Ohio missives arrived before the Massachusetts ones. And I was home a good week before the last one turned up, a tiny postcard featuring a restaurant. The stamp took up a lot of it.

“Steak frites tonight. The real deal.”

It was an inside joke, a reference to a longstanding family debate on the proper presentation of this dish.

What’s the value of a postcard?

A laugh. A keepsake. A connection. A pause in the hectic day. This is enough for me. Besides, as writing goes, it doesn’t get much better than one choice sentence and you’re done.

Comments welcome and edited to include first names only, and website, if provided; never your email. Photo of postcard by fugue; steak frites by

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