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What Happens When You Don’t Know

I guess I’ll start with the things that bother me the most: I am an ex-crack addict, I was homeless, I have a panic disorder, I talk to people who don’t exist, my brother hanged himself, and I was nearly killed by an abusive ex-boyfriend.

I know I have a better life than a lot of people, and I try to be grateful for it.

I feel guilty when I dwell on my problems: other people have it so much worse: how can I complain? How can I mope around or be depressed?!

Oh how I wish I could talk to someone, to sit in a group and swap stories about burning the inside of our mouths, or panic attacks, or how much it sucks to have to lug all your belongings around in a garbage bag.

But I just can’t.

I have walked past the building where NA meetings are held probably a hundred times, looked at their website again and again, memorizing their schedule, but I can’t bring myself to go.

I’m afraid that people won’t like me because I’ve been clean now for four years, that because now I have a car and an apartment in a slightly decent area of the city, I’ll be told to get over it, to stop whining.

On the other hand, I think, what if I go to a regular counselor and I scare them? What if, when I admit to the time I smoked crack with my pregnant best friend, it’s too much and they kick me out?

What if I get the cops called on me when I admit to all the illegal things I’ve done?

Either way, I’ve never felt more isolated and alone then I do now.

I desperately want to be an addict again. When I was addicted, we had our own world; it was nothing good, but everyone was on the same level.

Now I’m surrounded by people that, if they knew what I used to be and what I still am, would go running in the other direction.

I even tried to become an alcoholic for a few months; I drank myself into a stupor everyday, forced it into me until my brain chemistry was so out of whack and my kidneys hurt right through my back.

I still drink – get drunk – by myself, but I have to be careful because it makes my panic disorder worse. I drink just until I feel myself going crazy, stop for a few days, then back at it.

It’s funny, when my brother hanged himself, I was kind of mad that he took that option away from me: you can’t have two kids from the same family both kill themselves!

I’m okay with his suicide, though. I understand it was a planned out thing, so things were obviously pretty bad to get to that point. My brother didn’t speak, though; I was the only one he spoke to until he was about 17, and then he even shut me out.

After a while, I started getting paranoid that he was going to kill me, so I distanced myself from him even further.

I’m pretty alone now.

I lost most of my friends when I got clean, and I’ve moved to a different city since. I hate it here a lot, and most people here are way out of my league education and status wise. I have a few friends from work that I go for drinks with on the weekends, but I can’t really connect or open up with anyone.

I’m afraid to date again; my ex is still too fresh in my mind, and the thought of having to have sex again makes me uncomfortable. I don’t like being touched sexually.

It’s a shame because I would love to have children – they would give me something to focus on, to love and be loved back, without having to be in a relationship.

But I guess as of right now, it’s me, alcohol, and my two darling cats.

How sad.

My Person

Recently, someone came back into my life.

This person was my whole entire world for three years. This was My Person, the love of my life.

They loved me.

All my flaws.

My Person made me feel whole.

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My Person calmed the negativity I had in my life.

My Person held me when I needed to cry. They listened when I needed to yell. This person sat behind me and picked head lice out of my hair for 8 hours when I cried because no one else in my life would help me. My Person was so beyond good for me.

Then, slowly I started letting the negative creep back in, I let the people that were supposed to care talk me into believing them instead of this amazing person I had in my life.

You see, I always knew I was a failure.

I always knew I would never amount to anything.

My Person believed in me and my worth and well… I really don’t know.

I have no excuses except I was young and dumb and influenced easily by people that should have been supporting me.  I longed for THEIR approval and love and if I didn’t have that, why should I deserve anything else.

I left this amazing person with a heavy heart but headed in a direction I was being basically shoved into for many years.

I married, had kids, was verbally and emotionally abused before I finally left.

Even after I left I tried to make it work. I mean, no one else would ever want me.

During this time I searched out My Person.

They’d moved far away to another land.

They seemed happy and from what I could see from my computer screen didn’t want me anymore.

I did reach out, I called, I emailed, I basically stalked this person.

But they had moved on. I was just a memory to them; that was okay. After all, I didn’t deserve them.

Fast forward a few more years.

I still watched My Person from afar. I was friends with their family but still had not contact with My Person.

That was okay. I was happy knowing they were happy.

I met someone, dated for a few years, got married again. And I am finally HAPPY!  Well, at least most of the time. My old negative thoughts are all still there but I’m mildly successful at pushing them down.

A couple weeks ago, My Person showed up in my life again like a whirlwind.

They have never been far from my thoughts; I still watched.

But here they were in my inbox and we’ve been talking and it’s like the last twenty years disappeared and I am right back where I was, where we were; My Person and I.

And I am so so so in love. I always was.

And I’m torn: how can I love two people this much?  What do I do?

I need this person in my life, they are a part of me has been missing for so long.

It’s like I got my right hand back.  I need them to know I love them. Because I do…

…but we can’t be together.

I love where I am now, I love the person I’ve married. I love my home and my job. Right now? There’s half a century and twenty years between us, but I still need them in my life.

I find my mind wandering a lot lately.

The what if’s.

I find myself wanting to wake up in one of those stupid romcoms where everything is different but it just seems right and you don’t want to wake up.

I want to find a damn DeLorean and make different choices.

The Squirt Bottle

Unable to have children of our own, my then-husband and I had the opportunity to have a foster-to-adopt situation with a precious little girl.

Just before her adoption, we were asked to also foster her little sister, who was about to be born.

I was hesitant. I didn’t want to take on a child who had a high chance of returning to her birth parents. But I couldn’t let my little girl’s sister go to strangers, so we said yes.

As time passed, the birth parents weren’t doing their part, and I felt more and more like she was my baby, and I would have her forever.

I should have been happy. I had everything I’d ever wanted!

The money the state paid us to take care of foster children made it possible for me to be home with those two pretty little girls all day. I had always wanted to be a stay-at-home-mom. And now I had not one, but two children to take care of! The girls were happy, and the best sound in the world was their laughter as they played together.

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I wish I could say my husband felt the same way.

He was resentful of that baby as soon as she entered our home.

He hated all the time I was spending with her, instead of him.

He was jealous.

Of an infant.

This one particular night breaks my heart. I wish I could go back and change things, but he had trained me for years not to question him. Fear of his anger kept me frozen.

The baby had learned to stand. She was so proud of herself! There was no stopping her now!

From the time she was a newborn, she had always hated going to sleep, and getting her to settle down for bed was a long, drawn-out process. But with her newly developed skill of standing, it became much worse. I would lay her down, she would stand up. I would put her down again, she would stand right back up.

One night, he had enough. “I”ll make her learn she has to lay down when it’s bedtime,” he said.

He came into the girls’ bedroom with me when I put her to bed.

I laid her down in her crib, telling her goodnight, same as I always did. She stood up, and he sprayed her right in the face with the water bottle we used on the cats when they were doing something wrong. I was horrified!

But what was I supposed to do? He was my husband, and I was afraid to question him.

The battle of wills between a man in his 40’s and a less-than-year-old baby went on for a while. I would lay her down, she would stand up, he would spray her in the face.

Finally, he pushed me too far. She was soaking wet, dripping on her sheets. I knew even if she did go to sleep, she would end up getting sick from trying to sleep in her wet clothes and bed. I took a chance and said, “That’s enough!”

Amazingly, he walked out the door without saying a word.

I took her out of her bed, pulled her wet clothes off of her, dried her with her little hooded towel, then put clean, dry pajamas on her. Then I changed the bedding in her crib and started the bedtime process again.

When I walked out of the bedroom, she was back to standing in the crib. I walked out to the living room where he was watching TV. I looked him dead in the eye and said, “Your way didn’t work, and you’re never doing that again.”

He didn’t argue, and he never tried that stunt again.

I think he figured out that there was only so far he could push me when it came to the children.

He could belittle me and mistreat me all he wanted, but don’t mess with the Mama Grizzly Bear.

Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me

So here I am, not yet 35, and wading into the nastiness of my second marriage falling apart.

I guess I could say that I got married the second time because it seemed worth betting that the first time was due to *him…” so a different guy could fix that, right?

But the problem – if you want to call it a problem – is almost certainly me.

My mom said it brilliantly in her recent email to me:

I guess it’s truth out time, and I’m about to be a bad mom.

Truth – Dad wanted to hogtie you and send you to Tijuana before you married Steve*, but I talked him out of it. He was really upset, but I thought he had Steve pegged wrong.

Truth – after living with Steve for two months, I agreed with your father. I wanted to bitch-slap Steve so hard his head would fall off.

Or worse.

Truth – he lied to you about stuff (mostly little things), but I never said a word because I felt it wasn’t my place. But one of those lies cost you 5,000 dollars. You have no idea how furious I was or how much I kicked myself.

I’m sorry.

This really isn’t the time to be landing this stuff on you, but Dad and I both are feeling very responsible for our little girl getting hurt (again) when maybe if we had just opened our mouths, we could have prevented all this. Of course, to be realistic, it may not have made any difference, but these thoughts cross your mind when you’re a parent.

We both agreed when you were little that whoever married you would have to be one hell of a special kind of guy. (In Dad’s words, “God help him”). But I always pictured you either a) single, and blazing through the world in a cloud of glory or, b) married to a guy who was your equal – smart, confident, strong-willed, motivated and out to make his mark on the universe, but at home would have to know just when to push and when not. NOT easy to find!

However this turns out, we’ll always be here – doors and arms open. Remember that. And don’t worry, next time, we’ll speak our piece – welcome or not – and hogtie if necessary!

By the way, your brother wants to kick Steve’s butt for hurting his sister. That’s his way of saying he’s there for you, too. And if you want me there, just call. I can grab a flight and work be hanged! I love you very much – we all do.

The beautiful part is that they said almost the same thing after my first divorce, although she left out the part about how she always pictured me single.

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That would have given me a lot of strength, I think.

I spent my whole life thinking that I was a failure if I wasn’t married – or conversely, that being able to “get guys” to want to commit to me was some kind of major success. I think having a best friend for most of my life who was openly jealous of my relationships probably didn’t help.

But, hey Mom – THIS time I was obviously very hesitant about getting married, and I ASKED you all to tell me if you had any hesitations!

And good grief, Dad, why couldn’t you grow a pair? You knew Steve best, and if you’d said it was a bad idea, wild horses couldn’t have gotten me down that aisle.

Something tells me, though, that I’m not the only person here who bought into this assumption that women simply “should” get married; that getting married is always a victory, even if your (first) husband is half-jokingly gloating that “someone needs to get [you] under control”.

(He did, and so I compensated for that the next time by marrying someone who wanted ME to be responsible for everything. And I was, but it cost me everything I wanted to do for myself!)

I feel like I’m waking up.

Men attacked me when I was a child, so I spent all of my teens obsessed with them, but avoiding any actual contact with them; then I got married as soon as I could; then, divorced and terrified of single motherhood, I got married again as soon as I could; and now here I am fighting my way free again.

It’s been a day and a half since he moved out (temporarily, because things turned violent, though that wasn’t the pattern or anything – but can I add that having the ability to leave immediately if someone breaks that rule with me is something it turns out I REALLY value?), and I’m not in any way looking forward to the next steps, but I do feel like I can see a clear path for the first time in a long while.

Thanks, Mom.

You may have been a little (lot) late, but that helped a lot!

(And you can bet your hiney that when MY little girl wants to get married, I’m making her a laundry list of every reason in the world I can think of not to – if she still does, great, I’ll support her; but she deserves to know what I really think. I guess sometimes the hardest lessons you teach your kids are the ones where you show them how not to do things!)

Breaking The Cycle: The Bipolar Monster Inside My Mother

Growing up with a mentally ill parent is a challenge under the best of circumstances.

This is their story:

I want to tell you about the monster that tries to eat me.

Each day there’s a new challenge to overcome.

Living and breathing are a luxury.

I live with her.

I’ve known her.

Nobody knows her the way I do.

Nobody has met the monster inside of her, the one they call Bipolar Disorder.

Abusers either target everyone around them or one person in particular. I am the person she targets.

Maybe it’s because I am the only child or maybe it is because I resemble my father, whom she despises.

The monster has two faces; one is sweet and caring in front of everyone who is watching, and one violently screams and tries to break me to the point of no return.

People often see her as a victim, a victim of a spontaneously rebellious child.

I’m called spoiled, a rebel, bad, violent. For years, I’ve felt guilty for these things.

But I realized I’m not an angry person – I’m just pissed off at everything that has happened.

I’ve also realized I am not guilty or responsible for her demons.

I have my ways to beat the monster, to tame it. But ignoring is not one of them; neither is feeding it.

Quick wit can get you far, as will patience, but you can’t be tolerant because with tolerance comes more abuse. You have to show it that you won’t be broken down, that you won’t stay passive to everything it does.

Giving into the victimizing is as big a deal not as engaging in a screaming fit.

How can you deal with it?

The formula is simple: you don’t give it what it wants. It confuses the monster, and it puts it down.

Think ahead.

This is a survival game; every day you’re on defense.

Every day, you need to examine the opponent, and every moment you have to be ready.

It can drag you down or make you stronger, whichever you choose.

Bear it until you are able to really escape.

Ask The Band: Coping With Domestic Abuse

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Dear The Band,

My husband and I got into a very heated fight (to say the least). We were in each other’s face and things got physical and turned into domestic abuse.

Alcohol was involved.

I ended up going to the ER and was diagnosed with a head injury and a bruised rib. The police came to the hospital to ask me what happened – if I’d been the victim of domestic abuse – and I kept my mouth shut because I didn’t want both of us to to to jail.

I was charged with a domestic abuse charge. He would have been too, if I’d said anything.

Anyway, there’s a no contact order between him and I, but he has my children: my 2 1/2 son and my 9 year old daughter. I am only allowed to communicate through my attorney or at the family resource center.

Right now? He won’t answer the phone to either number.

It has been nine excruciating days since I’ve seen my children.

I learned that he’d filed a restraining order on me. He then shut my phone off and took all the money I had out of my bank account.

I’m staying with family now.

I want to see my children but he will not let me see them and I’m devastated.

We have a hearing for the restraining order on the 11th. I don’t know what to do to prepare for it. I have the hospital records of my injuries. I don’t want him in trouble because he is my husband and I still love him very much – we both need help and things got out of hand.

Without my kids, it’s hard to get up in the morning.

Has anyone else been in this situation?

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 *UPDATE* I finally got in touch with my attorney and let him know all the details. He told me to bring the hospital records to the hearing. As much as I wish this never had happened, I’m not going to be a doormat and let him scare me.


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No guarantees for Murray at Davis Cup: Smith

Andy Murray is a welcome addition to Britain’s Davis Cup team but there is no guarantee the former world number one will play in the singles, team captain Leon Smith has said, reports Reuters.

Murray, who underwent hip surgery in January, won the European Open in Antwerp last month but the three-times Grand Slam champion is the lowest-ranked singles player in the British team at 126 behind Dan Evans (42) and Kyle Edmund (69).

“Any time you can bring Andy into the team is going to make your team better,” Smith told reporters. “He’s still working his way back to the level he wants to get to, so people have to keep the expectations of the right level of where he’s at just now.

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Jamie said they would have to “wait and see” if they would pair up again in Madrid.

“It depends on how Andy’s feeling physically, what’s the best setup for the team on that day,” he added.

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A rare book of Abraham Kuyper entitled Wisdom and Wonder: Common Grace in Science and Art (Christian’s Library Press) has been translated by Dr. Nelson D. Kloosterman, the ethics consultant and executive director of Worldview Resources International, ‘a service organization whose mission is to produce and provide resources designed to assist in understanding and applying a Christian […]

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Happy New Year!

2015 is going out with a bang. Horrible weather and resulting deaths in parts of the country. Flooding, tornadoes, ice storms, fires, freezing temperatures, you name it, the country has it somewhere. I am in the midst of adding insulation to my attic and sealing all of the air gaps around light fixtures and other openings up there. And then there is that sad task of taking down all of the Christmas decorations. I for one am looking forward to 2016!

In three weeks, my mother turns 96 years old. She rallied back after the scare she gave us last spring, partly due, I’m sure, to the fact that another great-grandchild was on the way. It is amazing how a person can keep on keeping on when they have motivation. There are changes in her personality that are hard to accept, but then I remember, you’ve earned a pass when you get to be her age, surviving so long. Mom still lives at home, and has been in that house for 56 years. It’s quite amazing that four generations of the same family have memories in that house.

I noticed we had a big heat wave this morning. It was 7 degrees instead of zero like yesterday. Although I got my first gardening catalog for the new year in the mail already, we’ve got a ways to go till spring, I suppose. In light of that, I began working on one of the puzzles my kids gave me for a Christmas present. They know I am addicted to jigsaw puzzles. I can’t go by it without stopping and looking. I have to tell myself just one, and then I have to go on to what it is I really should be doing. Well, maybe just two.

So Happy New Year everyone. I hope you have good health, and lots of hugs in the coming months to keep you warm.

and so the year has gone…

About Barbara K Tyner

A graduate of UCCS with a degree in English Lit., Barbara writes Children's Literature as well as mainstream fiction. Her popular children's series, The Badger Books, is co-authored with Barbara's daughter, Laura. Her first novel, "Wait Here, Wait There" deals with grief and Alzheimer's. Her second novel, Rhyaden, a middle grade fantasy released Nov. 2018. Gardening, exploring National Parks, Kayaking, hiking, and snow-shoeing top her list of favorite hobbies.
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  1. What a great way of looking at it, “but then I remember, you’ve earned a pass when you get to be her age, surviving so long.” You’ve earned a pass, You’ve earned a pass. I will keep saying that.

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Where is the Evidence?

This past Sunday I missed the service at my own church filling in at another local church for the organist that was out of town.  The pastor’s sermon really spoke to me and reminded me of a song I heard years ago.

Since that time I have seen one line from that song on church’s signs, in church bulletins and even on Pinterest.

If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?

The pastor spoke about the need to be more than a “churchy Christian.”

He shared the story where Jesus had fed a multiple on a few fish and bread.  He was drawing large crowds and the people were ready to make him their leader.   If a poll had been taken then his popularity rating would have been high.  Now was the time to begin setting himself up as a great rabbi.

But Jesus did something that in the natural really seems illogical.  He began talking about his body and blood being the source of eternal life.  (I will not try to get into any theological discussion about the meaning of all this.)  The point is – what he did was unreasonable to the natural mind.  If you were wanting to increase your following, this was not the way to do it.

At that point many of his followers turned away.  Jesus even questioned his twelve closest followers if they too would leave him.

The pastor then pointed out that truly being a follower of Jesus Christ may often require us to do things that seem unreasonable, things that go against all that our culture tell us is the right thing to do.

Is it really reasonable to love your enemies?  To pray for those persecuting you?  Is it really reasonable to put others before yourself?

He then asked the congregation if we are more than “churchy Christians.”  People who go to church, support the church with our finances, even do “good” deeds to others.  But when it comes to being passionate about our faith, when our commitment to God calls us to do the unreasonable, where do we stand?

Got me thinking today.

If I were arrested for being a Christian and my neighbors, family, friends were called as witnesses, what would they say about me?

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    • Sadly I think it is going to be more dangerous as times passes. But then I remember that Jesus had told his disciples to go into all the world but it was only when persecution came to the church in Jerusalem that they began to obey that.

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Vegan Sheet Pan Buddha Bowl Meal Prep

Zucchini, kale, carrots, yellow squash, roasted tofu, sweet potatoes and corn.

I love Buddha bowls. If I could eat a ton of veggies over rice with a delicious sauce for every meal I really would. This Sheet Pan Buddha Bowl is perfect for meal prep because it streamlines the process and allows you to cook everything all at once and not have to watch it on the stove. Also it is super easy to customize and to cook your favorite veggies.

Not only is this super easy and functional it is also beautiful and a great way to know you’re getting all of your nutrients. Eat the rainbow and don’t forget to take a pic of the photogenic plate!

Carrots, frozen broccoli, corn and peas, fresh green peppers, mushroom.

I’ve done this prep so many different ways and with so many different veggies. Including spiralized veggies (left). That tray has sweet potato noodles, carrot noodles, white potato noodles, turnips and broccoli noodles. They all roasted up nicely and were perfect with hummus dressing.

Pictured right are fresh carrots, yellow squash, kale and zucchini, mushrooms and cabbage. As well as frozen corn, peas and broccoli.

Don’t forget you can make your protein this way too. Like This crispy oven fried tofu.

Pan roasted cabbage, carrots, beets, broccoli, and corn. Topped with hemp seeds.*

This is less of a recipe and more of a tip on how to quickly roast a ton of veggies for meal prep. So this is less of an ingredient list and more of a supply list. You will need:

1-2 baking sheets ( or more, but only two fit in my oven at a time)

Silicone mats or parchment paper (Definitely recommend the reusable silicone mats!)

Favorite (Seasonal?) veggies (fresh or frozen works well with both even try some lima, garbanzo or edamame beans!)

Cooked grains (brown rice, quinoa etc) or a bed of greens

Preferred seasonings ( I almost always use garlic and onion powder- get creative, try curry powder or Italian seasonings!)

Salt and pepper to taste

1. Preheat you oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mats.

2. Prep your vegetables, chop to smaller uniform sizes add to baking sheet In an even layer. If using frozen veggies add directly to baking sheet in an even layer. Absolutely no oil is needed but you can add some if you’d like for flavor. Season to taste.

3. Bake for 25-35 minutes. Lighter or leafy vegetables like peppers or kale and cabbage may need to come out sooner depending on your taste, so check around the 25 minute mark. I tend more towards 35 minutes for larger or more dense vegetables like winter squashes, carrots and potatoes. If that is the case place those on a separate baking sheet so they can stay in longer.

4. Split the vegetables evenly in 4-5 containers that contain a bed of greens or grains.  Cover with a sauce or dressing of choice. Try this buddha bowl with peanut sauce!

*Nuts and seeds make great toppers for the Buddha bowl but would not do well cooked on the sheet pan!

Let me know what you think and if you give this a try!

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• Find a second-hand barge - either an historic ex-commercial already converted or a 'new', built-for-pleasure barge.
  • Find an historic hull and get it converted to your own spec.
  • Have a new barge built to your specification or a stock-design with personal variations.

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CG:   Buy an old one where it's all been done years ago, instant gratification, tons of character, lovely lines, big bollards, fascinating history, huge choice on sale, no waiting, lots of money spare to enjoy wine and cruising.!! We set out in 2006 to have a 24m Euroship built but quickly realised the budget would never be met, horror stories from those before us including many related to other builders in UK and NL and life was too short to endure the pain and months / years of strife. Esme was purchased within three months of deciding to go for a historic ship and we have never looked back.
In our search, we looked at 11 ships in three days in NL, several were nice hulls and could have been improved inside with additional work at the right price, xxx which we made an offer on needed a fair bit of upgrade once back in UK but the cost and time involved was considerably less than it would have been starting from scratch with a similar design.
SH:   I agree that it takes a very particular character to,really go,through the new build process - it is not for everyone, just as most people are better off buying an existing house than building a new one.  And i do think money is part of the equation - new builds are going to be more expensive, especially since almost everyone building new - in homes or boats - gets what me old Dad called the mizewells - mizewell add on this and mizewell add on that, and oh, sure let's have the more expensive one...
BF:   I think the question really is "are you a barge nut, or not?"

If like some of my clients you simply want a no-nonsense cruising home for 6 months of the year, for a few years, to sample the French way of life, the food and the wine, and then sell it on after the sabbatical, then a new barge makes a lot of sense, but it has to be the right one. I am generalising here, so for those of my antipodean clients who are also barge nuts please ignore those comments.

Unfortunately there seems to be a significant proportion of "replica barge builders" who have never seen a proper Dutch barge, who have never sat on quaysides in historic havens in Holland and savoured and learnt from the lines and the functionalities of the real thing.

Equally, I believe that there are buyers who are simply not interested, or bothered, by these details, and I would not criticise them for that at all.  It would be perfectly possible to buy a "new" barge and never actually realise that the bollards are in the wrong places, the lines are pig-ugly and the underwater shape is like a bathtub, but then if your appreciations are fine food (Belgian of course), fine wines and lazy days under a parasol then the minutiae of barge design will quite rightly and justifiably pass you by, as do those other occupations pass me by, and you could enjoy your barge.

If however you are a barge enthusiast, and a bit of a grafter, then the fine lines, beautiful proportions and history of an old barge will be all pervading. Ample recompense indeed for the fact that they are harder to paint and need repairs from time to time.

The sad fact is that many of the smaller barges (meaning under 30 metres) have been out of trade for a long time, have been converted for a long time, have suffered the ravages of unchecked internal corrosion for a long time, and also the ravages of well meaning DIY'ers, so it is not always as simple as Chris seems to suggest to "work up" an old barge to presentable and modern standards, certainly if you have to pay somebody to do it.

I don't think there are particularly valid economic arguments either way. If you are practical, and competent, and prepared to work yourself then working up an old barge can be immensely fufilling. If you have to pay somebody else to do it then it is quite possible that a "new" barge will be the better bet, but then that depends upon whether you realise that the bollards need moving, or understand that you might be buying a bathtub of a barge.

The advantages of a new "new" barge are various. Perhaps one of the less obvious advantages is that you can mess just a little bit, surreptiously, with the dimensions to achieve headroom, or more beam in a shorter length, or whatever. What is a fact however is that there are very few highly competent, highly reputable and suitably financially sound barge builders out there, but, sadly, an uncomfortably significant proportion of inadequate, inexperienced or simply financially unsound so-called "builders." It can also be dangerous to rely on advice forums here, since one man's meat can be another man's poison, and sometimes the poison is sub judice so you don't hear it. Depends how much you relish solicitors' bills.

Equally, if you buy an old barge and need to pay somebody to work on it then that can be a very long piece of string. I was a professional boat builder, but after over 30 years with the same barge I am still trying to finally complete every aspect, in between struggling to keep it painted smartly and keep it updated. Perhaps, as I started my ramblings, you need to decide whether you have a suitable mission in life!
HE:   I'd like to add my experience to this topic. We were totally newbies, never owned a boat not even an inflatable swimming aid. Meaning, in reality, no idea what a barge should or not should have.  Well, when we started to think about barging in Europe, and I spare you about the motives, the first idea crossed my mind is buying an old barge and fitting it out myself. Soon I realised it probably takes me years to do this and since our idea was cruising and not spending years in a dirty looking boat yard we had to think about new vs old. New is always nice and beautiful, but after lots, but not years, of researching on the web, we realised we won't get what we want for the money we are prepared to spend. What I was aiming for was a barge we can life on and supporting us when away from cosy mooring places. What we found was Polaris a beautiful Dutch barge from 1927. Fitted out with everything you can think of. From a fully professional navigation console to high end generators, water maker and the list go on. All of this, for less than half the price of a new built - used of course but fully functional and with proper maintenance will still last for a long time. What it comes to, is what you want. If you are the energetic person who can endure the very long process of building new – go for it. Down the track someone like me will appreciate your good work and will buy your barge second hand and for half the price. I like to add; we have been extremely lucky with our purchase, came down to gut feelings and common sense but no knowledge - we still smiling and happy barging. Apology for my artless English: mother tongue is German!
DM:   Many old barges on the market need no restoration work and whether you like it or not mechanical problems are as likely to beset a new-build as an older ship - dare I say it, sometimes more.

There are loads of old barges with much stronger hulls than new-builds because the framing is so massive in comparison. Those with the Community Certificate meet more than good enough safety standards and I can vouch for the fact that most of us cruise our old barges for hundreds of kilometres every year with never a mechanical problem of any sort.

So simply put: there are just as many reliable ‘old’ barges in excellent condition out there as there are good new-builds and there as many badly designed and badly-built new-builds around as there are time-expired barges.

The trick is to sift through them until you find yours and not be swayed by the ignorant ‘all or nothing’ new versus old arguments.

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Breaking News # 3. God charged in alleged NFL fixing scandal

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On the virtual eve of a brand new season, God was charged today with allegedly fixing the outcomes of the last forty years worth of games played in the National Football League. According to her attorney, God “at no time had anything to do with any of the players who, when games were over, would thank Her for either helping them to win, or play their best.” For Her part God said: “I swear on Myself that I’ve never even paid attention to any sporting event since woolly mammoth riding, and that was so totally a yawn.” She than made a hasty exit saying: “I really have far more pressing matters than this to attend to like, oh, I dunno… global climate change, for example.” When asked to elaborate She said: “All my efforts in the climate change area continue to be thwarted by a bunch of Conservative Republican ignoramuses, and their dumb Republican Tea Party puppets.” She added: “And if a schmuck like this Rick Perry weasels his way into the White House, I’m moving to another Universe.”

When asked later why players keep thanking Her, She shrugged and replied; “Me only knows.”

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  1. I knew there was something fishy about all those winning teams thanking God for the victory when the losing team had also prayed for God’s help.

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This pooch is either the cleanest pooch in history or has a mild case of OCD. We’re pretty sure it’s the former though. This adorable little baby refuses to go into his house until he sufficiently wipes his paws, making sure there’s no dirt on them. Can you blame him though? He wants to make sure he keeps his house clean. Is there any way we can get this pooch to teach an etiquette class to help dirty doggies?

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Who takes the time to make wreaths by hand for holiday decorating? We do! And we’ve been doing it for over 15 years.

We use only the freshest fir, spruce, laurel and pine that are locally sourced. We grow our own winter berries right on our tree farm for a bright red and festive addition to any of our products. At Barry Farms we don’t make our natural products way ahead of time like some companies. We want you to have the freshest holiday decorations and you’ll find they look better and last longer than most.

You’ll be proud to display our hand-made wreaths on your doors and windows. And our centerpieces and della robias will brighten any table or mantle.

We also make attractive half barrel arrangements to add a festive touch to your walkway or porch.

Decorating with Winterberries

The Winterberry is a shrub in the holly family. The small bright red fruit remains on the branches into winter and makes for a spectacular color contrast against the snow. Winterberries add a splash of vibrant red natural color to all types of holiday decorating.

We grow our own winterberries here on the farm and add them to our wreaths and centerpieces.

Winterberries are also available for purchase so you can use them when creating your own holiday decorations.

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UMW Cited as Model for Future of Networked Learning

Seems like UMW, and UMW Blogs in particular, is being heralded in Richard Demillo’s new book Abelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities as a space of “great educational ferment,” to quote from George Leef’s review of the book here. In fact, Leef’s review not only examines more popular open education mainstays like MIT’s Open Courseware, but when discussing the role of networked culture in re-imagining the future of higher education he focuses on Mary Washington:

Open courseware is not the only way online learning is going to change higher education. DeMillo observes that whereas the traditional college class involves the broadcasting of information from the professor to (doubtfully alert) students, blogs involve rich connection networks where students and instructors interact and share their questions and information.

In that regard, DeMillo points to a little-known school where there is great educational ferment: “At the University of Mary Washington, learning takes place in the digital spaces engineered by Jim Groom and his band of Edupunks. At UMW, learning takes place in blogs.”

I love that Leef focuses on the importance of a networked culture for the future of learning because more than open resources and lectures on the internet, it is the ability to interact and share our ideas and resources that really allows us to bridge the gap between institutions of higher learning and the web.

James Bacon, proprietor of the Bacon’s Rebellion blog that focuses on all things Virginia, not only gave UMW kudos for it’s work with UMW Blogs in his post on the DeMillo book, but also points out what remains for me the most important lesson of UMW Blogs: the open publishing platform is not remarkable because it’s single-handedly transforming higher education (such an assertion would be absurd), but rather it’s how this platform embodies “the process of experimentation” that is still in its infancy when it comes to the future of higher education. To Mary Washington’s great credit, it has been on the bleeding edge of innovation in this regard for more than seven years. What’s more, I’m glad people are recognizing it as a vital investment in not only the institution’s future, but in a larger discourse around the future of educational institutions.

OK, but enough about the reviews because now I have to go and read DeMillo’s book 🙂

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  1. Matt says:

    Congrats to you and your team, Jimmy! The praise is very well deserved.

  2. Reverend says:

    Thank you kindly, it is hard work keeping up with the CUNY Academic Commons, you all are making us hustle, and I like that 😉

  3. Tom says:

    That is awesome. Ferment away!

    • Reverend says:

      What’s even more awesome is that I wouldn’t be posting these self-serving celebrations if I wasn’t trying to get a raise out of UMW. The things we do for a livable salary in the 21st century, truly shameless.

  4. Tom says:

    I think, job or no, you should publicize this as much as possible. Let people see how good = good. Risk = reward. That’s an important thing to publicize all raises aside.

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The Master BBQ School teaches cooking techniques, not recipes -- that's your job.

The Master BBQ School has been specifically written to greatly improve the skills of the backyard barbecuer, the professional chef and the competitive cook or team. In fact, a past California State Champion and a Memphis In May Grand Champion have been students of our techniques. Of the 276 Certified Master BBQ Cooks (MBBQ) in the world, we have personally taught 275 of them. Like my fellow Marines, we are the Few and the Proud, culinarily.

The Master BBQ School is an eight-lesson correspondence course that you study at home using your own cooking equipment and at your own pace. You will need a grill and a dedicated smoker to take this course. Our training is based on in-the-pit, hands-on techniques designed to teach you the "What" and "Why" of direct and indirect grilling and classic wood-smoked BBQ, not just how to put together recipes. At $299, most of our students say they have saved at least that much in the cost of meat that they have not overcooked or undercooked because of our precise instructions and techniques. After you know how to cook the meats, you add your own touches by varying the kinds of smoke wood, the brines, the rubs and sauces to get the flavor profile you and your folks like best.

You grade your own cooked meat and appoint an independent Personal BBQ Judge to also grade your cooking efforts according to Kansas City BBQ Society guidelines. The grades are sent to us to evaluate separately. Any large discrepancies in the grading will mean a telephone call from our faculty. You must also complete the reading assignments, the cooking exercises and the quizzes at the end of each of the eight lessons and snail mail, email or fax them to us for grading.  If you are fairly studious, it should take about eight weeks to complete the entire course.

We are always available to answer questions and to assist students in making this course a truly terrific experience. Upon successful completion of the course, within one calendar year from the time you send us the first lesson, you will be awarded a Master BBQ Cook Certificate and a Letter of Graduation.  Better than that, you will have mastered the major cooking techniques necessary to create world-class grilled and barbecued pork, ribs, chicken, beef and other meats.

American Culinary Federation (ACF) certified chefs will also earn 50 hours of Continuing Education Credit toward re-certification.  The Master BBQ School is the only home-study BBQ course that has received the federation's approval.

We hope you will decide to enroll soon. Please contact us with any questions or comments at (303) 321-3375 or at

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  3. How to Indirectly Grill Rock Cornish Game Hens, Turkey Legs, Fish and Beer Can Chicken.
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Movie of the Week: No Country for Old Men (2007)

The Coen Brothers direct Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones in this western neo-noir thriller where a Vietnam vet with a case full of money, an assassin with a nihilistic code and a cautious lawman find themselves in a deadly chase.

One of the finest films ever made – expertly cast, right down to the one line characters, and somehow looking like both a comic book fantasy and a mundane reality in every shot. Thank you Roger Deakins… master of twilight cinematography and roadside dryness. The stalk and kill sequences have a compelling beauty to them. They click over with a well oiled mechanism’s certainty and precision, kinetic set pieces in fatalism. Carter Burwell’s atonal score scrapes all hope from the proceedings – one pause or wrong move and there’s nothing but cruel nature and fate out there. Cormac McCarthy’s dark musing on mankind is given room to breathe – the third act is one of the strangest yet most memorable in mainstream cinema. Leaving a simple plot abandoned full of questions, maybes and unseen grim certainties. Blackly hilarious too. When you aren’t glued to the screen in danger, you are chuckling at the poor gormless side characters just trying to get on with their day, oblivious to the maelstrom we are in. Perfection. “Call it, Friendo!”

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Lonely Are the Brave (1962)

David Miller directs Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau and Gena Rowlands in this modern Western where an independent cowboy finds himself on the run and at odds with the system.

Jack Burns is asleep in the wilderness. He is breaking in a new horse, Whisky, who still does not like the saddle, needs his legs shackled overnight. They head into town, two gentle rebels. En route Jack’s path is obstructed by a new fence and a busy road -the latter Whisky doesn’t want to navigate. Jack (a resplendent Kirk Douglas in maybe his best role) finds himself constantly butting against the new America, trying to cage him in. It’s lack of freedoms that used to define it, it’s attitude to grind out non-conformity and heart. Eventually Whisky and he are on the run. Pursued by sheriffs, helicopters and the future. Thrilling action, fine acting and a nice Dalton Trumbo scripted message about the Land of the Free. Would make a fine double bill with Junior Bonner.

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The Bennie family operates their Quarter Horse breeding farm located in southwestern Manitoba, Canada near WAskada. The B= horse breeding program has produced successful racing and performance Quarter Horses for many years, and became a NAERIC Equine Ranch within the PMU industry in 1973.  Now retired from that side of the business we focus our program on breeding speed horses and Belgian pulling horses.

Each year we offer quality Quarter Horses for sale from our breeding program. These B= horses are bred for conformation and speed along with good temperament and trainability. They have proven to be winning race horses,  rodeo and barrel racing horses, show horses and  good using ranch horses. Each year we offer horses at the Canadian Quarter Horse Cup Yearling Sale Auction at Lethbridge, Alberta. In addition we have horses available at the farm by private treaty. Please check our Horses For Sale page to see what we have available now!

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Well we all know that social media is where its at, at the moment…  I thought I would take this opportunity to say where else you can find Beads and Barnacles on the web. Facebook:  BeadsAndBarnacles Pinterest: Pippa K Instagram: beadsandbarnacles I have yet to embrace twitter for use from the blog, I have an email address which I can be contacted on and… Read more »

How to Use Colour Inspirations

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There are many colour inspiration pallets floating round the blogosphere and Pinterest at the moment which are so lovely to look at, but what can you do with them? I am going to be posting about the ways that you can actually out your favourite colour schemes into action. Starting with branding, I have decided I need new business cards, I wont… Read more »

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This week I have added a number of new products to the Etsy shop. I have been setting myself challenges to improve my photography and also to upload products to the shop more frequently.  I have three new pompom pendants: A lovely bright and summery antidote for this wintry weather: And rephotographed my favourite pair of earrings in the shop… Read more »

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Today I have designed and uploaded a new header to the Etsy shop: It makes me feel like I am finally starting to get things a little more together. I can make the jewellery etc but I have been feeling like the selling it over the internet part of it is a little tricky. There are so many things to… Read more »

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First ratings for youth football helmets address sport's largest pool of athletes

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Sensors lining a youth football helmet record impacts a player experiences on the field. The data has helped researchers in the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab design a rating system tailored to the needs of youth players, whose concussion risk differs from that of older athletes.

The majority of people playing football in the U.S. aren’t NFL players or collegiate athletes — they’re youth players, less than 14 years old. But until now, there hasn’t been independent data evaluating the effectiveness of the helmets these athletes wear on the field.

With the release of youth football helmet ratings by the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab — already renowned for their helmet ratings for varsity football and other sports — consumers can see for the first time which helmets best reduce concussion risk.

Data from the group’s studies of head impacts among youth football players allowed them to design test methods that reflect the types of impacts these athletes actually experience on the field.

“For the first time we’ve adapted the way we evaluate helmets in the lab to be youth-specific,” explained Steve Rowson, an associate professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics and the Helmet Lab’s director. “Now, players, parents, leagues, and coaches have access to independent data about which helmets offer the best protection, and they can use the ratings as a tool to make informed decisions.”

Seven helmet models earned five stars — the highest possible rating — and the rest earned three or four. The ratings include every youth football helmet currently on the market, and every company had at least one five-star model.

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Funding and Support

We believe that graduate students are most successful when financial support opportunities are made available. Students are chosen by our faculty for admissions and are given the opportunity to pursue funding during our graduate recruiting weekend, held in the spring.

Financial funding is not centrally managed and varies between the two campuses depending on the applicant, degree program, campus location, and faculty advisor.

Funding is available for both M.S. and Ph.D. candidates, but Ph.D. candidates have priority.

Funding at Virginia Tech

Students who are admitted to the Virginia Tech campus in the master's and doctoral degree programs may be offered a funding package consisting of the following:

  • A stipend
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  • Coverage of some student fees
  • A health insurance subsidy

Students in the UG/G program are typically self-funded but may be offered financial assistance as well depending on the faculty advisor.

Funding at Wake Forest University

At the Wake Forest campus, doctoral students are offered a stipend, tuition remission, and a laptop.

Master's students enrolled at the Wake Forest campus are offered a partial tuition scholarship, a laptop, and may receive additional financial support for a stipend or tuition by the faculty advisor.

Funding Packages

All funding package offers are sent in a separate letter from the department after the admissions letter from the university has been sent.

Financial letters will detail the terms of the funding package typically for the first year or may include multiple years. All subsequent funding decisions are made at the program level and depend on the students' academic progress.

Students with funding questions or concerns should contact the program's director of graduate study or the graduate coordinator.

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How to Apply Makeup

by Jessica Wright
(last updated January 18, 2017)

There always seems to be some secret to applying makeup so that your face has that perfect look. Learning the right tips and applying them every time can make putting on your makeup a breeze. Before applying any makeup always start with a clean face. After cleaning your face apply moisturizer to the neck and face.

Moisturizers serve several different purposes. It helps to blend in the foundation, while improving both the skin texture and the tone of the skin. Moisturizers also help to prevent dry skin, and if it is too dry will treat the skin.

Foundation is used to help "even out" the blotches and blemishes that naturally appear on the skin. It helps to create an illusion of smooth and evenly colored skin. When choosing the color of the foundation you want one that is close to your own skin tone and will compliment your own natural color. Sometimes you may find it necessary to go one shade lighter or darker than your natural skin color. (This takes a little bit of testing.) You want the shade to blend well with your natural color.

After blending the foundation it is time to add a little color to your face. This is where blush comes in—to give your face just a hint of color. Blush should be applied at the cheek bones, but always to the outside of the cheek bones. To avoid looking like a clown, keep the blush away from the hairline or getting too close to the nose. Never apply blush lower than the nose level or under the eyes.

Did you know that the eyebrow is what sets the expression of your face? The shape of your brow bone is the shape that you want to use for your eyebrows. For a more natural look try to maintain the shape of your brow bone, accomplishing this by not over-plucking or over-penciling your brows. The best way to accomplish the right eyebrow look is by using an eyebrow pencil lightly over the eyebrow. The eyebrow should fade out by the end of the eyebrow.

Eye shadows can create more of an illusion about the size, shape, and color of your eyes. For the natural look the color should be subtle. Use a makeup brush to blend the eye shadow, working outward and blending the color as you go.

When it comes time for the eyes, remember that it is mascara that will define your eyes, not the eyeliner. Apply mascara to the lower lashes first. Always let the mascara dry before applying a second coat. If you are going to use an eyelash curler now is the time to use it, before applying mascara to the upper eyelashes. Now apply mascara to the upper eyelashes. Once again, if there is a need to build up the eyelashes then apply several thin coats, being sure that each coat dries before applying the next coat. If there is extra mascara on the mascara wand be sure to wipe it away with a clean tissue. When finished with the mascara use a brush or mascara comb to separate the lashes as well as removing any excess mascara.

To get the finished look apply either your favorite lip gloss or lipstick. When applying lipstick use a liner on the bottom of the lips, matching the color of the lipstick. If you can't find the right color then you will want to use a lighter color of a lip liner. You can get your lipstick or lip gloss to last longer if you first fill in the lips with a lip liner.

As a word of caution, don't allow others to borrow your makeup and don't use someone else's makeup. Doing so may cause an infection—something you definitely want to avoid.

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Recent Case Law on fact Finding Hearings in Private Child Law Proceedings

Y and E (Children) (Sexual Abuse Allegations) [2019] EWCA Civ 206

Judgment: 21 February 2019

Baker and Underhill LJJ and Sir Patrick Elias

The child was aged 12 by the time of the appeal. In 2010, a year after the parents separated, the child began to suggest that she had been sexually abused by her father. An assessment by social services resulted in the child becoming the subject of a protection plan. However, contact resumed. In 2016, the mother made further allegations of sexual abuse, against the father. The father alleged fabrication by the mother and maternal grandmother. The child was interviewed on three occasions and made detailed allegations against her father. Private law proceedings were issued and public law proceedings followed.

In December 2017, the judge at first instance made findings against the father including that he had raped her anally on multiple occasions and vaginally on at least one occasion. He found that the mother had failed to protect the child, by not reporting the allegations straight away. The father appealed on various grounds including that the judge had failed to consider the fact that there were many breaches of the ABE guidelines including not making any record of any planning of the interview process, no proper ‘rapport’ phase and ground rules such as ‘truth and lies’ taking place off camera.

Held: The appeal court concluded that the judge at first instance had been entitled on the evidence before him, to make the findings that he did make.

Re K (children) [2019] EWCA 184

Judgment: 19 February 2019

Gross LJ, Peter Jackson LJ and Rose LJ

The father was accused of sexually abusing his 6 year old daughter. She first made the allegation to a teacher at her mosque. The father moved out of the family home. Care proceedings followed and there was a 4 day fact finding hearing. The trial judge made findings against the father of physical harm, indecently assaulting and grooming her. The judge also made a finding based on the observations of contact supervisors, that the father had become sexually aroused during contact. The judge had closely analysed the process by which the child’s account was investigated by the authorities and was highly critical of almost every aspect. The home and school visits were poorly planned. The ABE interview was “shambolic” and the entire investigation was defective in these ways:

(1) A lack of leadership and blurring of responsibilities
(2) Introduction of too many police officers to the children
(3) Too many meetings and unplanned interviews not properly documented
(4) Rapport-building by officers who would not conduct the ABE interview
(5) Inadequate consideration of an intermediary assessment at the outset
(6) Failure of the social worker to keep case recordings
(7) Failure by officers to review the initial interview recorded on body cam
(8) Failure to adhere to 2011 ABE interview guidelines.

The trial judge was impressed with the evidence of the teacher from the mosque, she was described as truthful, honest and trustworthy. Of the mother, the trial judge concluded that a script had been agreed between her and the father.

Held: Appeal dismissed, save that the finding that the father had been sexually aroused during contact was overturned.

The appeal failed to meet the rigorous test laid down in Re B (a child) [2013] UKSC 33:

… the trial judge has the benefit of assessing the witnesses and actually hearing and considering their evidence as it emerges. Consequently, where a trial judge has reached a conclusion on the primary facts, it is only in a rare case, such as where that conclusion was one (i) which there was no evidence to support, (ii) which was based on a misunderstanding of the evidence, or (iii) which no reasonable judge could have reached, that an appellate tribunal will interfere with it.” Per Lord Neuberger.

The trial judge gave herself a model legal self-direction and applied it to the evidence in a clearly-reasoned judgment. Though accounts given by the teacher from the mosque had differed, they contained a consistent core and the variations were of a kind that inevitably occurs when a witness is retelling an account to different people at different times. The judge had approached the child’s allegations with proper caution. The judge’s conclusion that the only probable reason for the child to say what she did was that it was true, was one that was clearly open to her on all of the evidence. The judge also rightly cautioned herself that an initial account will usually be insufficient for proof because it lacks detail. Here she found that the account given by the child to the teacher contained a level of detail that rendered it reliable. In reaching her conclusion the judge looked to the evidence as a whole, including the mother’s relative ineffectiveness as a protective force, and the damaging credibility findings she had made on non-sexual matters. Crucially, the judge was entitled to form a reasoned view on the credibility of the father. Had she formed a more positive view of his character and credibility, she might have found the child’s statement on its own insufficient to prove the allegation. But her assessment of the father did nothing to reduce the likelihood that it was true, indeed it made it more probable. The judge was entitled to find that the recipient of the child’s confidences was a reliable witness and that the child had truthfully unburdened herself to her before clamming up to others. The judge’s chain of reasoning was secure in relation to her central finding of fact and the appeal must therefore fail.
However, in relation to the finding that the father had become sexually aroused during contact, the court concluded that this finding should be set aside. This was a peripheral issue and did not undermine the judge’s principal findings.

PR v JES v TER (Appeal: Sexual Abuse, Fact Finding) [2019] EWHC 791 (Fam)

Judgment: 29th March 2019

Mr. Justice Williams

In January 2017 the judge found that sexual abuse allegations relating to their daughter that had been made against the father by the mother, were not established on the balance of probabilities. At this time, the child was aged 5/6. There was no medical evidence of sexual abuse and the child had made no disclosures of abuse. In April 2017, the child told a contact centre worker that she did not like it when her daddy washed her bottom. The contact centre worker gave the child a doll to demonstrate what she meant. During a second meeting with the contact centre worker the child wrote down that she didn’t want to see her father because he “does nasty stuff”. The child then wrote down that the father had digitally penetrated her. The matter was referred to the police and children’s services. Contact then took place between the child and the father.
During an ABE interview the child did not give verbal answers but wrote down that there had been digital penetration inside her bottom. In January 2018, a rehearing took place. The judge made findings against the father. The father appealed.

Held: Appeal allowed

Applying Re J (vulnerable witness: sexual abuse: fact finding) [2014] EWCA Civ 875 [2015] 1 FLR 1152; Re E (A Minor) (Child Abuse: Evidence) [1991] 1 FLR 420 and AS-v-TH and Others (False allegations of abuse) [2016] EWHC 532 (Fam), in relation to allegations of sexual abuse of young children the court must not only deploy the generic fact-finding approach but must in particular identify the need for special care to be taken in evaluating the reliability of the evidence of young children. The more complex the background and evidence the more sophisticated will the analysis need to be and the more obvious the demonstration that special care has been taken. The judge did not set out the great care that needs to be given when assessing the evidence of young children.

In the first judgment, the judge had given a careful review of the evidence. However, in the second judgment the review of the further evidence had been brief considering the complexity of the evidence. The new allegations considered as part of the hearing in 2018 were not considered against the context of the earlier allegations. They were not subjected to any real scrutiny. This context included the ‘innocent’ interview by the contact centre worker which was not ABE compliant, the use of the doll, and leading questions that were put to the child by the mother. The judgement did not address or analyse the fact of how many times the child had been interviewed since the first allegations were made by the mother in 2015. The judge did not explain why the latter interviews of the child were given greater weight by him than the earlier ones carried out by professionals. The consistency point was not addressed. The lack of corroborating evidence was not addressed. The absence of express consideration of the above factors in this complex case was a considerable flaw.

The judge had placed too much weight on the evidence of the child when such weight could not be properly attributed to it without a detailed contextual analysis. The judge had failed to address that the reliability of the evidence had to be viewed in the context that it came into existence.

M v F (Appeal: Fact Finding) [2019] EWHC 572 (Fam)

12th March 2019

Mr Justice Williams

The child, C, was born in 2014. In 2017 the mother left the parties’ home with the child and moved to a refuge. The father applied for a child arrangements order. The mother made allegations against the father including serious violence, coercive and controlling behaviour, use of force against the child and emotional abuse of the child. The mother sought non-molestation orders. HHJ Tolson QC heard a two day fact-finding hearing.
The judge found only one allegation of physical conduct towards the mother, which he found was provoked. He concluded that there was no clear controlling or coercive behaviour, and that the father did not pose a direct risk to the child, or any psychological risk to the mother. The mother sought leave to appeal on the grounds of unfairness and public policy, in respect of the findings made by the judge, and in respect of the application of the law.

Held: Permission to appeal was refused on the basis that none of the grounds had any realistic prospect of success.

There were no issues of fairness or public policy. The judge had not minimised the seriousness of domestic violence, the mother had been given a fair hearing and the judge had not prejudged the issue. The judge’s interventions during submissions and the subsequent judgment had the “appearance and hallmarks of a concise, robust piece of judicial decision-making based on a thorough understanding of the essential principles which bore upon the decision he had to make”.

The conclusions reached on the evidence were open to the judge and there was nothing stated by the appellant that suggested these were insupportable. The findings made did not victim blame the mother, were evidence based and the judge was permitted to find a link between the mother’s exaggeration and her subsequent honesty or reliability as a witness. Although the judge had focused on two of the alleged physical incidents he had not failed to grapple with the wider factual matrix. In respect of the application of the law, the judge had not erred in his application of the balance of probability test. He had not erred in his application of Practice Direction 12J.


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There has been a substantial growth in users of social media sites over the world. Rural areas too, are no exception. Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and the newly launched Pinterest, have a big contribution to the traffic and users of the blogs, websites and start-ups over the internet. Hence, taking these things into consideration, websites have started enabling features of signing in via social media accounts. You can see the plug-in when you chose to register or sign up and your screen displays, “Sign up with Facebook” or “Connect via Twitter”. So, now, you can put your social media accounts to use and register to your favorite websites easily.

As we see now, the number of social media sites has grown in past few years and companies are using social media smartly to promote their products and engage more and more users. And as each media has its own class of users, it has become easier for companies to track down their target audience. They are keen on extending their user database by making available the sign in via social media plugin. Thus, OneAll is of great help here in. Companies can use OneAll and increase the registration rate to a great extent. Even though, all of those 20+ sites don’t have significant use, your website is imperfect without them. OneAll has been proved as a remedy to extensive efforts and wastage of time. OneAll completes its process by providing single API address to all social media websites on internet.

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Data matching campaign aims at Temporary Residents in Australia

In September 2015 the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will match names and addresses and other details of 457 subclass visa holders, student visa holders, sponsors and migration agents for the 2013-14; 2014-15; 2015-16 and 2016-17 Australian financial years with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) data to identify non-compliance with tax return lodgement, tax registration and fraudulent activities.

It is reported that departing subclass 457 visa workers and foreign students are targeted by tax fraudsters and this data matching is aiming to identify the underpayment of taxes by businesses and money laundering by organised criminal gangs.

All standard business sponsors of 457 visa holders and employers of the student visa holders should check their systems of record keeping in accordance with the immigration and taxation law requirements to avoid adverse findings and penalties imposed by the ATO and DIBP.

In the case of any non-compliance with the law and regulations the taxpayer will be given the opportunity to comment and respond to the ATO findings within 28 days before any administrative action is taken by the ATO.

There is a danger for employers/sponsors that findings of non-compliance by the ATO will affect future sponsorship applications as the non- compliance with PAYG withholding , fringe benefit tax, payroll tax  and superannuation obligations will be declared as ‘adverse information’ which prevents the grant of the standard business sponsorship.

Should you have any concerns or further enquiries please call Esef Mirascij MARN 0000959.