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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Collections.Concurrent;
using System.Reactive.Concurrency;
using System.Reactive.Disposables;
using System.Reactive.Linq;
using System.Reactive.Subjects;
using System.Reactive.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Reactive;
using System.Threading;
using Akavache.Sqlite3.Internal;
using SQLitePCL;
using Splat;

using AsyncLock = Akavache.Sqlite3.Internal.AsyncLock;

namespace Akavache.Sqlite3
{
    partial class SqliteOperationQueue : IEnableLogger, IDisposable
    {
        readonly AsyncLock flushLock = new AsyncLock();
        readonly IScheduler scheduler;

        readonly Lazy<BulkSelectSqliteOperation> bulkSelectKey;
        readonly Lazy<BulkSelectByTypeSqliteOperation> bulkSelectType;
        readonly Lazy<BulkInsertSqliteOperation> bulkInsertKey;
        readonly Lazy<BulkInvalidateSqliteOperation> bulkInvalidateKey;
        readonly Lazy<BulkInvalidateByTypeSqliteOperation> bulkInvalidateType;
        readonly Lazy<InvalidateAllSqliteOperation> invalidateAll;
        readonly Lazy<VacuumSqliteOperation> vacuum;
        readonly Lazy<DeleteExpiredSqliteOperation> deleteExpired;
        readonly Lazy<GetKeysSqliteOperation> getAllKeys;
        readonly Lazy<BeginTransactionSqliteOperation> begin;
        readonly Lazy<CommitTransactionSqliteOperation> commit;

        BlockingCollection<OperationQueueItem> operationQueue =
            new BlockingCollection<OperationQueueItem>();

        public SqliteOperationQueue(SQLiteConnection conn, IScheduler scheduler)
        {
            this.scheduler = scheduler;

            bulkSelectKey = new Lazy<BulkSelectSqliteOperation>(() => new BulkSelectSqliteOperation(conn, false, scheduler));
            bulkSelectType = new Lazy<BulkSelectByTypeSqliteOperation>(() => new BulkSelectByTypeSqliteOperation(conn, scheduler));
            bulkInsertKey = new Lazy<BulkInsertSqliteOperation>(() => new BulkInsertSqliteOperation(conn));
            bulkInvalidateKey = new Lazy<BulkInvalidateSqliteOperation>(() => new BulkInvalidateSqliteOperation(conn, false));
            bulkInvalidateType = new Lazy<BulkInvalidateByTypeSqliteOperation>(() => new BulkInvalidateByTypeSqliteOperation(conn));
            invalidateAll = new Lazy<InvalidateAllSqliteOperation>(() => new InvalidateAllSqliteOperation(conn));
            vacuum = new Lazy<VacuumSqliteOperation>(() => new VacuumSqliteOperation(conn, scheduler));
            deleteExpired = new Lazy<DeleteExpiredSqliteOperation>(() => new DeleteExpiredSqliteOperation(conn, scheduler));
            getAllKeys = new Lazy<GetKeysSqliteOperation>(() => new GetKeysSqliteOperation(conn, scheduler));
            begin = new Lazy<BeginTransactionSqliteOperation>(() => new BeginTransactionSqliteOperation(conn));
            commit = new Lazy<CommitTransactionSqliteOperation>(() => new CommitTransactionSqliteOperation(conn));
        }

        // NB: This constructor is used for testing operation coalescing,
        // don't actually use it for reals
        internal SqliteOperationQueue()
        {
        }

        IDisposable start;
        CancellationTokenSource shouldQuit;
        public IDisposable Start()
        {
            if (start != null) return start;

            shouldQuit = new CancellationTokenSource();
            var task = new Task(async () =>
            {
                var toProcess = new List<OperationQueueItem>();

                while (!shouldQuit.IsCancellationRequested)
                {
                    toProcess.Clear();

                    IDisposable @lock = null;

                    try
                    {
                        @lock = await flushLock.LockAsync(shouldQuit.Token);
                    }
                    catch (OperationCanceledException)
                    {
                        break;
                    }

                    using (@lock)
                    {
                        // NB: We special-case the first item because we want to
                        // in the empty list case, we want to wait until we have an item.
                        // Once we have a single item, we try to fetch as many as possible
                        // until we've got enough items.
                        var item = default(OperationQueueItem);
                        try
                        {
                            item = operationQueue.Take(shouldQuit.Token);
                        }
                        catch (OperationCanceledException)
                        {
                            break;
                        }

                        // NB: We explicitly want to bail out *here* because we
                        // never want to bail out in the middle of processing
                        // operations, to guarantee that we won't orphan them
                        if (shouldQuit.IsCancellationRequested && item == null) break;

                        toProcess.Add(item);
                        while (toProcess.Count < Constants.OperationQueueChunkSize && operationQueue.TryTake(out item))
                        {
                            toProcess.Add(item);
                        }

                        try
                        {
                            ProcessItems(CoalesceOperations(toProcess));
                        }
                        catch (SQLiteException)
                        {
                            // NB: If ProcessItems Failed, it explicitly means
                            // that the "BEGIN TRANSACTION" failed and that items
                            // have **not** been processed. We should add them back
                            // to the queue
                            foreach (var v in toProcess) operationQueue.Add(v);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning);

            task.Start();

            return (start = Disposable.Create(() =>
            {
                try
                {
                    shouldQuit.Cancel();
                    task.Wait();
                }
                catch (OperationCanceledException) { }

                using (flushLock.LockAsync().Result)
                {
                    FlushInternal();
                }

                start = null;
            }));
        }

        public IObservable<Unit> Flush()
        {
            var noop = OperationQueueItem.CreateUnit(OperationType.DoNothing);
            operationQueue.Add(noop);

            return noop.CompletionAsUnit;
        }

        // NB: Callers must hold flushLock to call this
        void FlushInternal()
        {
            var newQueue = new BlockingCollection<OperationQueueItem>();
            var existingItems = Interlocked.Exchange(ref operationQueue, newQueue).ToList();

            ProcessItems(CoalesceOperations(existingItems));
        }

        public AsyncSubject<IEnumerable<CacheElement>> Select(IEnumerable<string> keys)
        {
            var ret = OperationQueueItem.CreateSelect(OperationType.BulkSelectSqliteOperation, keys);
            operationQueue.Add(ret);

            return ret.CompletionAsElements;
        }

        public AsyncSubject<IEnumerable<CacheElement>> SelectTypes(IEnumerable<string> types)
        {
            var ret = OperationQueueItem.CreateSelect(OperationType.BulkSelectByTypeSqliteOperation, types);
            operationQueue.Add(ret);

            return ret.CompletionAsElements;
        }

        public AsyncSubject<Unit> Insert(IEnumerable<CacheElement> items)
        {
            var ret = OperationQueueItem.CreateInsert(OperationType.BulkInsertSqliteOperation, items);
            operationQueue.Add(ret);

            return ret.CompletionAsUnit;
        }

        public AsyncSubject<Unit> Invalidate(IEnumerable<string> keys)
        {
            var ret = OperationQueueItem.CreateInvalidate(OperationType.BulkInvalidateSqliteOperation, keys);
            operationQueue.Add(ret);

            return ret.CompletionAsUnit;
        }

        public AsyncSubject<Unit> InvalidateTypes(IEnumerable<string> types)
        {
            var ret = OperationQueueItem.CreateInvalidate(OperationType.BulkInvalidateByTypeSqliteOperation, types);
            operationQueue.Add(ret);

            return ret.CompletionAsUnit;
        }

        public AsyncSubject<Unit> InvalidateAll()
        {
            var ret = OperationQueueItem.CreateUnit(OperationType.InvalidateAllSqliteOperation);
            operationQueue.Add(ret);

            return ret.CompletionAsUnit;
        }

        public AsyncSubject<Unit> Vacuum()
        {
            // Vacuum is a special snowflake. We want to delete all the expired rows before
            // actually vacuuming. Unfortunately vacuum can't be run in a transaction so we'll
            // claim an exclusive lock on the queue, drain it and run the delete first before
            // running our vacuum op without any transactions.
            var ret = new AsyncSubject<Unit>();

            Task.Run(async () =>
            {
                IDisposable @lock = null;
                try
                {
                    // NB. While the documentation for SemaphoreSlim (which powers AsyncLock)
                    // doesn't guarantee ordering the actual (current) implementation[1]
                    // uses a linked list to queue incoming requests so by adding ourselves
                    // to the queue first and then sending a no-op to the main queue to
                    // force it to finish up and release the lock we avoid any potential
                    // race condition where the main queue reclaims the lock before we
                    // have had a chance to acquire it.
                    //
                    // 1. http://referencesource.microsoft.com/#mscorlib/system/threading/SemaphoreSlim.cs,d57f52e0341a581f
                    var lockTask = flushLock.LockAsync(shouldQuit.Token);
                    operationQueue.Add(OperationQueueItem.CreateUnit(OperationType.DoNothing));

                    @lock = await lockTask;

                    var deleteOp = OperationQueueItem.CreateUnit(OperationType.DeleteExpiredSqliteOperation);
                    operationQueue.Add(deleteOp);

                    FlushInternal();

                    await deleteOp.CompletionAsUnit;

                    var vacuumOp = OperationQueueItem.CreateUnit(OperationType.VacuumSqliteOperation);

                    MarshalCompletion(vacuumOp.Completion, vacuum.Value.PrepareToExecute(), Observable.Return(Unit.Default));

                    await vacuumOp.CompletionAsUnit;
                }
                finally
                {
                    if (@lock != null) @lock.Dispose();
                }
            })
            .ToObservable()
            .ObserveOn(scheduler)
            .Multicast(ret)
            .PermaRef();

            return ret;
        }

        public AsyncSubject<IEnumerable<string>> GetAllKeys()
        {
            var ret = OperationQueueItem.CreateGetAllKeys();
            operationQueue.Add(ret);

            return ret.CompletionAsKeys;
        }

        internal List<OperationQueueItem> DumpQueue()
        {
            return operationQueue.ToList();
        }

        void ProcessItems(List<OperationQueueItem> toProcess)
        {
            var commitResult = new AsyncSubject<Unit>();

            begin.Value.PrepareToExecute()();

            foreach (var item in toProcess)
            {
                switch (item.OperationType)
                {
                    case OperationType.DoNothing:
                        MarshalCompletion(item.Completion, () => { }, commitResult);
                        break;
                    case OperationType.BulkInsertSqliteOperation:
                        MarshalCompletion(item.Completion, bulkInsertKey.Value.PrepareToExecute(item.ParametersAsElements), commitResult);
                        break;
                    case OperationType.BulkInvalidateByTypeSqliteOperation:
                        MarshalCompletion(item.Completion, bulkInvalidateType.Value.PrepareToExecute(item.ParametersAsKeys), commitResult);
                        break;
                    case OperationType.BulkInvalidateSqliteOperation:
                        MarshalCompletion(item.Completion, bulkInvalidateKey.Value.PrepareToExecute(item.ParametersAsKeys), commitResult);
                        break;
                    case OperationType.BulkSelectByTypeSqliteOperation:
                        MarshalCompletion(item.Completion, bulkSelectType.Value.PrepareToExecute(item.ParametersAsKeys), commitResult);
                        break;
                    case OperationType.BulkSelectSqliteOperation:
                        MarshalCompletion(item.Completion, bulkSelectKey.Value.PrepareToExecute(item.ParametersAsKeys), commitResult);
                        break;
                    case OperationType.GetKeysSqliteOperation:
                        MarshalCompletion(item.Completion, getAllKeys.Value.PrepareToExecute(), commitResult);
                        break;
                    case OperationType.InvalidateAllSqliteOperation:
                        MarshalCompletion(item.Completion, invalidateAll.Value.PrepareToExecute(), commitResult);
                        break;
                    case OperationType.DeleteExpiredSqliteOperation:
                        MarshalCompletion(item.Completion, deleteExpired.Value.PrepareToExecute(), commitResult);
                        break;
                    case OperationType.VacuumSqliteOperation:
                        throw new ArgumentException("Vacuum operation can't run inside transaction");
                    default:
                        throw new ArgumentException("Unknown operation");
                }
            }

            try
            {
                commit.Value.PrepareToExecute()();

                // NB: We do this in a scheduled result to stop a deadlock in
                // First and friends
                scheduler.Schedule(() =>
                {
                    commitResult.OnNext(Unit.Default);
                    commitResult.OnCompleted();
                });
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                scheduler.Schedule(() => commitResult.OnError(ex));
            }
        }

        void MarshalCompletion<T>(object completion, Func<T> block, IObservable<Unit> commitResult)
        {
            var subj = (AsyncSubject<T>)completion;
            try
            {
                var result = block();

                subj.OnNext(result);

                commitResult
                    .SelectMany(_ => Observable.Empty<T>())
                    .Multicast(subj)
                    .PermaRef();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                scheduler.Schedule(() => subj.OnError(ex));
            }
        }

        void MarshalCompletion(object completion, Action block, IObservable<Unit> commitResult)
        {
            var subj = (AsyncSubject<Unit>)completion;
            try
            {
                block();

                subj.OnNext(Unit.Default);

                commitResult
                    .SelectMany(_ => Observable.Empty<Unit>())
                    .Multicast(subj)
                    .PermaRef();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                subj.OnError(ex);
            }
        }

        public void Dispose()
        {
            if(bulkSelectKey.IsValueCreated)
            {
                bulkSelectKey.Value.Dispose();
            }

            if (bulkSelectType.IsValueCreated)
            {
                bulkSelectType.Value.Dispose();
            }

            if (bulkInsertKey.IsValueCreated)
            {
                bulkInsertKey.Value.Dispose();
            }

            if (bulkInvalidateKey.IsValueCreated)
            {
                bulkInvalidateKey.Value.Dispose();
            }

            if (bulkInvalidateType.IsValueCreated)
            {
                bulkInvalidateType.Value.Dispose();
            }

            if (invalidateAll.IsValueCreated)
            {
                invalidateAll.Value.Dispose();
            }

            if (vacuum.IsValueCreated)
            {
                vacuum.Value.Dispose();
            }

            if (deleteExpired.IsValueCreated)
            {
                deleteExpired.Value.Dispose();
            }

            if (getAllKeys.IsValueCreated)
            {
                getAllKeys.Value.Dispose();
            }

            if (begin.IsValueCreated)
            {
                begin.Value.Dispose();
            }

            if (begin.IsValueCreated)
            {
                commit.Value.Dispose();
            }
        }
    }

    class OperationQueueItem
    {
        public OperationType OperationType { get; set; }
        public IEnumerable Parameters { get; set; }
        public object Completion { get; set; }

        public static OperationQueueItem CreateInsert(OperationType opType, IEnumerable<CacheElement> toInsert, AsyncSubject<Unit> completion = null)
        {
            return new OperationQueueItem() { OperationType = opType, Parameters = toInsert, Completion = completion ?? new AsyncSubject<Unit>() };
        }

        public static OperationQueueItem CreateInvalidate(OperationType opType, IEnumerable<string> toInvalidate, AsyncSubject<Unit> completion = null)
        {
            return new OperationQueueItem() { OperationType = opType, Parameters = toInvalidate, Completion = completion ?? new AsyncSubject<Unit>() };
        }

        public static OperationQueueItem CreateSelect(OperationType opType, IEnumerable<string> toSelect, AsyncSubject<IEnumerable<CacheElement>> completion = null)
        {
            return new OperationQueueItem() { OperationType = opType, Parameters = toSelect, Completion = completion ?? new AsyncSubject<IEnumerable<CacheElement>>() };
        }

        public static OperationQueueItem CreateUnit(OperationType opType, AsyncSubject<Unit> completion = null)
        {
            return new OperationQueueItem() { OperationType = opType, Parameters = null, Completion = completion ?? new AsyncSubject<Unit>() };
        }

        public static OperationQueueItem CreateGetAllKeys()
        {
            return new OperationQueueItem() { OperationType = OperationType.GetKeysSqliteOperation, Parameters = null, Completion = new AsyncSubject<IEnumerable<string>>() };
        }

        public IEnumerable<CacheElement> ParametersAsElements
        {
            get { return (IEnumerable<CacheElement>)Parameters; }
        }

        public IEnumerable<string> ParametersAsKeys
        {
            get { return (IEnumerable<string>)Parameters; }
        }

        public AsyncSubject<Unit> CompletionAsUnit
        {
            get { return (AsyncSubject<Unit>)Completion; }
        }

        public AsyncSubject<IEnumerable<CacheElement>> CompletionAsElements
        {
            get { return (AsyncSubject<IEnumerable<CacheElement>>)Completion; }
        }

        public AsyncSubject<IEnumerable<string>> CompletionAsKeys
        {
            get { return (AsyncSubject<IEnumerable<string>>)Completion; }
        }
    }
}


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Il Giro di Campania 2001, sessantatreesima ed ultima edizione della corsa, si svolse il 6 marzo 2001 su un percorso di 180 km. La vittoria fu appannaggio del russo Dmitrij Konyšev, che completò il percorso in 4h41'25" precedendo gli italiani Biagio Conte ed Alberto Ongarato.

Sul traguardo della Reggia di Caserta 20 ciclisti, su 112 partiti da Mercato San Severino, portarono a termine la competizione.

Ordine d'arrivo (Top 10)

Collegamenti esterni

Ciclismo nel 2001
Giro di Campania

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Category: The Replacements
Interview: Color Me Obsessed director Gorman Bechard
There's something missing from Color Me Obsessed, director Gorman Bechard's new documentary about Minneapolis music legends The Replacements: the band itself. Bechard purposefully avoided putting Paul Westerberg or his bandmates in the film directly—no interviews, no music, no concert footage, no album covers. But what seems at first to be a self-defeating approach is perhaps uniquely suited to The Replacements, a band so infamously disinterested in its own fame that its members once tried to steal their master tapes and throw them in a river, and flipped the bird to the whole idea of MTV by making a music video consisting entirely of a speaker playing "Bastards Of Young" for three and a half minutes. As its title implies, Color Me Obsessed is about the band's fans as much as it is about the band itself. By not directly including The Replacements in the film, its subject broadens beyond simple biography into an exploration of what it means to be a fan, and to have your life changed by a song. Obsessed tells The Replacements' story, from formation to early '90s flameout, through the words of fans, critics, and contemporaries from the Minnesota music scene, including HüDüant Hart and Greg Norton, The Hold Steady's Craig Finn, Kids In The Hall's Dave Foley, and Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy. The A.V. Club talked with Bechard in advance of Color Me Obsessed's Minneapolis debut, 7 p.m. May 4 at the Woman's Club, as part of Sound Unseen.
Originally published May 2, 2011 on avclub.com. Read the complete article.
film, interview, Minnesota, Minnesota music, music, Sound Unseen, The Replacements | Christopher Bahn | May 2, 2011 4:36 pm | Comments (0)
Review: Paul Westerberg, 49:00
In the mid-'90s, Paul Westerberg was in danger of ruining his reputation as the songwriter for deeply influential alt-rockers The Replacements, thanks to a raft of bland solo material that showed little of the passion of classics like Let It Be or Tim. Thankfully, he's recaptured more than enough of the Mats' ragged glory by flying under the radar as Grandpaboy, and with his latest release under his own name, the lo-fi, self-recorded 49:00. Titled after Westerberg's age (he turns 49 in December), it's a loose, shaggy beast that throws together a collection of new songs, seemingly unfinished snippets, and a medley of classic-rock covers. (The latter is a single 44-minute mp3 with no official track listing or title, and it was released as an online-only 49-cent download less than a week after it was finished.)
Westerberg songs generally sound better when they're roughed up a little—the Mats' Don't Tell A Soul is proof enough that he doesn't shine when he's too polished—and 49:00 doesn't so much embrace that aesthetic as wrestle it to the ground in a big, joyous sprawl. Songs fade in and out, or smash into each other like cars at a demolition derby, cutting each other off and sometimes playing simultaneously. The jarring transitions, or lack thereof, might be frustrating for anyone expecting a traditional album, and it certainly ruins the mood of his heartbreaker about a father's death to have the subsequent rave-up burst through like Kool-Aid Man in a funeral home. But that's the way he wanted it—stating emphatically in all caps on his website that "ALL SOUNDS ARE INTENTIONAL AND VALID AS A WORK OF ART"—and it mostly works wonderfully, positioning Westerberg right where he ought to be, between Guided By Voices and the Stones' Let It Bleed.
Originally published on avclub.com Aug. 4, 2008. Read the complete article.
Minnesota, Minnesota music, music, Paul Westerberg, review, The Replacements | Christopher Bahn | August 8, 2008 8:13 am | Comments (0)

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How many runners does it take to run one loop in the southern Kettle Moraine, with maps? Well, a lot more than we had on this run! It was another super-awesome outing with some of my favorite peeps, my CHUGs :) This time we headed a little further north, to roundabouts Eagle, Wisconsin to pitch some tents at the Pinewoods Campground of the Kettle Moraine.
Geof volunteered us to do the planning for this trip, so I immediately rallied and reserved a couple camp sites that would be pup friendly, noise friendly, and have easy access to some trails. Lucky for us, the trailhead was right behind our tents, sweet!
I guess it would have helped to know what trailhead it was, though.
While a bunch of CHUGs hung back at camp (you know, to do the important stuff like keep the beer cool, fire warm, and tents safe and sound), six of us set out on one of the most confusing 5-mile loops of lush, delicious wooded trails. The plan was to follow the outermost 'green' trail (5-mile loop). How hard is it to follow the outside loop? Really freakin' hard when you're in Wisconsin! Every intersection became a cluster of madness, and a touch of frustration each time we realized we were running in circles, just not the right circles. Which way do we go? Does anyone see a green blaze? A blue blaze?! What? there's not even a blue trail on our map, what the eff is the blue blaze for? Are we going to die out here, Blair Witch style? Who farted? I want a hotdog!
So, you get the idea. It took us about an hour fifteen to finish the loop, and a few were turned off from doing a second. But not Leslie, Geof and I! We headed out for another loop, this time trying it in reverse to see if maybe we could trick the green trail into being marked correctly or something. Nope, still a clusterf***! Although we finished it considerably faster, we still got lost several times, and I spooked myself more than a few times. It's kinda scary out in those woods in the dark, lost, confused, hungry.
On Tuesday, I had one of the most difficult and decidedly uncomfortable runs of recent memory. Geof and I headed out for 10 miles after work, and while the weather was just fine, my body was not. Everything felt funky. My stomach was totally empty and I was sooo hungry, but that hunger feeling quickly turned to nausea. I felt like crap, and my form was suffering. But I kept on despite it. I don't know what was going on, but my only guess was dehydration of sorts. I could not get enough water! Once we got home, we ordered a pizza from the Italian cafe across the street, and while I showered up I noticed I was not feeling any better. Nothing sounded appetizing and I felt blech. The smell of the pizza was horrendous, but I ate a piece knowing I needed to eat something, and it just looked so good! Wow, what a weird feeling, must have lasted a couple hours post-run, too.
It's all official-like, and Geof and I even registered the old-school way, via U.S. Mail. Ooooooooo. Geof's doing the 50M because that's just how he rolls, and it'll be his last long run before Javelina three weeks later. It'll also be my last long run before a baby taper going into the NFEC 50M in Wisconsin two weeks later. Bam! I love racing!
Did I mention I just had a birthday? Oh, yes, I did :) Yep, turned the big 2-8...huge milestone of a birthday, I know. One of my peeps, Brad, said to me, "well, at least you get to wake up tomorrow [on your birthday] and still be in your twenties." Hehehe, true story. Geof and I gorged on sushi and Sapporo, then he wonderfully sat by while I gushed over the season premier of Grey's Anatomy. That's right, I said it, I'm a Grey's fan.
Enough of that "non-running content!"
Another Chicago Trash Runners run tomorrow morning, then we're heading back out to Palos Hills for another CHUG long run on Sunday. Can't wait!
Sounds like a good week, Paige! 'Cept for that stomach thing. Maybe eat something next time before you go running. You know us ultrarunners gotta train our stomachs as well as our legs. Eat more food!
Happy birthday all over again.
Thanks, D-Ray :) It's weird how the tummy works because I can handle most food, in large amounts, WHILE running during a race, but for some reason I can hardly eat before OR during a *training* run. What gives!
Happy Birthday from one Virgo to another!
Thanks, Jamie! But, little known fact, I was born on the very last day of Libra-ness...close call!
Aw, happy belated birthday, girl! Glad it was a good one. Dang, we are getting closer and closer to one that IS a big milestone--and I don't know about you, but I am not looking forward to that!
But YAY, you have races coming up . . . which means more fun race reports for me to read! I'm selfish, what can I say! :) Hope the training is going well!


Whether you're a carnivore (all beef, all the time), a healthyvore (lean turkey or ground chicken please), or a veggievore (black bean, mushroom or soy protein only), your burger of choice deserves better than a melty bit of cheese, a glob of mayo, and a squirt of ketchup. Not that there's anything wrong with melty cheese, mayo, and ketchup, it's just that a little change will sometimes do you good, and it will definitely jazz up your burger. Here are a few ideas to whet your appetite.
If you must have mayo, make your own homemade herbed version. It taste tons better, and it's so simple to make you'll ask yourself why you've been bothering to buy it all these years. In a blender, combine 1 egg, 1/4 teaspoon dried mustard, 1/4 teaspoon paprika, 1 teaspoon salt, and the juice of a lemon. As mixture is blending, slowly add 3/4 cp of canola or vegetable oil and blend until fully emulsified. Add fresh dill or thyme and a bit of minced garlic.
Brush sweet, thick-cut Vidalia onions with olive oil and sprinkle with Cajun seasoning. Grill and serve over a burger of any kind with white Cheddar and bottled barbecue sauce.
Mix equal parts blue and cream cheese; thin slightly with mayonnaise and serve over beef patties or our Grilled Portobella Mushroom Steaks.
For a super-simple burger schmear, Mix fresh goat cheese with our Sun-dried Tomato Pesto.
Smother turkey burgers with our Green Tomato Relish or a zippy toss of red and green chili peppers, sauteed in olive oil and simmered for 5 mintues or so in a bit of red wine vinegar, a dash of sugar or honey, fresh lime juice, and sea salt.


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Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort
How women-friendly is The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Florida?
How women-friendly is The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Florida? It was chosen by Women On Course to host an official Women's Golf Journal event. And really, it's a perfect venue in so many ways, starting with the golf. The resort's Tiburón Golf Club features 36 holes of Greg Norman-designed wonder. Home to two pro events: The LPGA's CME Group Tour Championship and the PGA Tour's QBE Shootout, the Gold and Black courses make the most of the local environment with stacked sod wall bunkers and coquina shell waste bunkers as striking features amidst native scrub and towering trees. Pristine fairways are only part of the charm, as the 27,000-square foot Mediterranean-style clubhouse features three dining rooms, lounge areas and huge pro shop—with a welcome selection of women's apparel and accessories on offer.
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NewsYou are here: Home » Blog » News » How Fair Oaks Ranch residents and CCGCD put a stop to a high-density development
Boerne based Hill Country Weekly gives us a great human interest story that includes the details what can happen when water and politics mix. Kendall County's Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District is featured as it applies its rules to help residents of Fair Oaks Ranch stop a high-density development.
Sandra Senecal, Staff Writer
Hill Country Weekly
The mayor and his wife: Winning at life
When Garry Manitzas met Dedie (pronounced Dee Dee) 45 years ago, she was a young woman living in "the valley," and she wanted out. She wanted to teach school in Austin but had only $400 saved up. Then she met Garry through a friend and they saw each other a couple of times and spoke on the phone a couple of times (Her father would only let them talk for five minutes.) and decided she was going where he was going, which was to Austin.
She got there and got a roommate and got a job at a bank—and she got Garry. They met and married within a year and have been married for 44 years with two children, Heather and Alex, and five grandchildren: Matthew, Katie, Nadia, Alyssa and Christian.
When they married, Garry was in graduate school and when he graduated with a degree in finance, they moved in June, 1973 to San Antonio for his new job at CPS Energy. Garry later moved on to work at Valero and KCI in San Antonio until he retired.
Dedie found a job teaching at Edgewood Jr. High School. "I spent 23 years at that school and after that I became principal for an at-risk school," she explains. "If the child is a grade level behind we help get them caught up. It was a very successful program."
"Those kids were considered to be at a high risk of dropping out and she didn't lose a single student in five years," Garry adds, giving credit where credit is due. When the program ended, she went into school administration as an assistant principal for 11 years and then retired in 2012.
For years they would drive around the Hill Country and wish they could move there. "We would see the tall tower that was in Fair Oaks Ranch and say oh my word, look how beautiful it is out here," Dedie says.
After the kids were older, (and they were older), they began to believe their dream could take shape, so they built their house and finally moved from San Antonio.
Dedie loves to play bridge, and, since she retired, plays five times a month with different bridge groups. She and Garry used to play together but "I never got to be good at it," Garry says. "But that's okay if you have a good memory and a good partner."
The book "Bridge for Dummies" states: "Arguably, bridge is the greatest card game ever. It not only is a lifelong friend, it also enables you to make lifelong friends because it's a partnership game."
Dedie continues, "When I retired, I got into these groups because it's a game for older people and they quit or pass away. So they love younger players. Not many younger people are coming into it. If their parents play, they may continue in the group.
"Our two kids never got involved, they never picked it up. In my day, in college, you would play in your down time but nowadays there's a lot of technology so they don't do any card games at all really anymore."
She plays at least one day a week, mostly traveling to San Antonio. She hasn't joined the Fair Oaks Ranch bridge club because she doesn't have time, especially because of what has happened in the last two years. But more on that later.
Both Garry and Dedie love to travel and do yard work together. Since being retired, they've been to Venice; on both a Mediterranean and a Scandinavian/Russian cruise; and a "Four Corners" trip in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah where they saw in person many famous western landscape scenes.
"The next year, we did the winter wonderland-type trip, you could say, to Montana and Wyoming in January. Yes, January 15 to Montana!" Garry laughs. "We went on a snow mobile and did dog sledding, Dedie was in the seat and I was up front on the runner with the dogs. Some of the dogs pulling the sled were race dogs that just came off the race in Alaska.
"We also swam in a natural hot springs surrounded by snow. You would go outside in 10-degree weather and peel off 10 layers of clothes and literally sprint to the pool. It was wonderful. We would have never thought of taking a trip like this, but our friend suggested it."
It was a good thing they had a terrific trip, because the next year, in March 2014, Garry received a call from a resident friend in Fair Oaks Ranch.
"He told me he had heard that the city council had approved a very high-density development that some people wanted to do north of Ammann Road. It was done very quietly and had been brought to the city council with three days notice," he explains. "A lot of people here started to get excited about it because of water and density issues because the developer wanted to put 645 homes on half-acre lots when lots in Fair Oaks Ranch are usually five acres and more. On top of this, the developer needed to get the property annexed by the city because it was sitting on the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District (CCGCD), who would have only allowed 86 homes on the same plot of land rather than 645 homes.
"We spoke to a lawyer who advised us that the development was hinged on getting the annexation because without it, they were still sitting in the CCGCD boundaries and had legal issues there, so we decided we had to kill the annexation. We only had six weeks to convince the city council to vote 'no' on the annexation, even though they had already approved the development agreement with the developer."
Thus began a full-scale, grass roots effort with many Fair Oaks Ranch residents hanging signs throughout the city, talking to their neighbors door-to-door, getting a petition signed and asking everyone to write and visit with their city council members to ask them to vote against the annexation.
"Our strategy was for those alderman to be looking at friends and neighbors while making that vote," Garry explains.
And that's exactly what happened. So many people showed up for the vote, it was standing room only and they had to open the windows so the crowd outside could see what was happening.
"The city council saw this and thought the citizens don't want this, and the annexation didn't pass," he says with a smile. "We continued to stay very active with this, and you do so much as a citizen that you finally realize that you really want to make a some changes. You kind of have to bite the bullet and go run for office. So, my friend throughout this whole thing, he and I ran for council last year and we both got elected by a landslide."
Garry ran for mayor of the City of Fair Oaks Ranch in May of this year and again won by a landslide. He suggests that, "the residents want to see transparency in their government, a logical and businesslike approach to running their city, good decision-making and proper diligence and a reasonable approach where you try to manage new growth."
His main goal now is to change the city from a General Law Charter to a Home Rule Charter (by the citizens), and has put a team of 11 residents together to write the charter by next February.
Then hopefully, it will be put on the May ballot to be voted on by Fair Oaks Ranch citizens.
Whether playing bridge as a team or running a city together, Garry and Dedie do so with determination to do their best, and to share lots of fun and laughter along the way.
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It was stylish and yet very child friendly for our toddler. The noise from the street and apartment upstairs would be the only concern we had, but with such an amazing central location we understand street noise is very difficult to avoid. Thank you for a fantastic stay!
The apartment was so clean an modern and had everything you needed and more!
Warm and cosy with gorgeous shower. Shame there had been a washer there before, but no longer, so will consider booking their flat above which does. Was pleasantly surprised only muffled sounds from street below in evening. A little awkward approaching main entrance but once inside no problems.
Met all expectations, will book again in the future.
We have rented this flat twice now and have already reserved a third time. It is clean, well stocked and has nearly everything one would need... if I had to think of one thing, it would be nice to have a washing machine, given the weather in the Lake District and the need to wash children's clothes. But overall it is a wonderful flat, with a great view of activity in the town. Many thanks!
The alley way was dirty and not pleasant to walk up in the evenings. people from the restaurant smoked and chatted outside below the rear bedroom window which was also unpleasant for a non smoker. If the price would have been lower then I would have given it higher marks but for that kind of money I expected it to be quiet. The key provider was excellent and should be praised for them allowing us to go in early and to be very attentive.
The flat was very clean, well presented and luxurious. We couldn't have asked for anything more and had a lovely stay.
Just returned from a girls weekend at the Foxs Den. Beautifully appointed and decorated first floor apartment right in the centre of keswick. Both rooms are lovely - twin and a double with an amazing bed with a tv in it. Bathroom is good with a large shower and the kitchen whilst small, has everything you need. There's a parking space too. Definitely recommended as a excellent base in Keswick.
Stayed at Fox's Den for 3 nights in July and could not be more impressed with the apartment. We were a bit sceptical upon booking as we couldn't find any previous reviews however we were very pleasantly surprised on arrival. It's located right in the centre of Keswick and must be newly done up as it was very clean and modern inside. It's decorated to a high standard and has everything you could need for your time away including tea/coffee, cleaning equipment, washing up stuff, tea towels, even down to kitchen foil which I have not had in a self catering apartment before. The shower is decent and is a big cubicle so no elbow banging when I washed my hair. The bed was a bit firm for my liking but big and comfy enough with a huge TV built in. The only downsides are that the there is a lot of street noise from the restaurant across the road which wasn't great for us with a toddler who was in bed by 8 (although it didn't actually wake him up luckily) and it's a bit of a pain getting in and out the apartment with lots of bags or a pram due to all the doors and stairs to get in. I would definitely stay here again as I think the apartment is a great price for what you get, my Mum and Dad paid more just to stay in a twin room next door at the George pub.
In the centre of the market town of Keswick, the delightfully named Fox's Den is a first-floor apartment, that's part of a new cottage build providing all the modern touches required for a great stay.
A communal entrance leads you to this modern apartment, Fox's Den sleeps up to 4 people and is ideal for families and couples looking for a getaway and the chance to explore this fantastic town and its surrounding areas.
Within the apartment, you will find a fully equipped kitchen in which meals can be prepared and enjoyed at the dining table, before finishing and relaxing in front of the TV in the comfortable lounge/diner area.
The apartment features two bedrooms, one of which is a master bedroom with an outstanding spotlit wardrobe and a king-size bed, plus its own remote-controlled TV built into the bed.
The other is a twin bedroom, beautifully panelled with oak floorboards.
A shower room with WC and basin is also included for guests to refresh after a long day.
Outside there is private parking for one car and the apartment provides views onto the delightful hustle and bustle of the street below.
Just a short walk across the road will take you to the restaurant.
Set in the heart of Keswick, just a short walk will take you to what this central Lake District town has to offer, including pubs with homecooked meals, fires and real ales, restaurants, shops, museums and even more just a few steps away.
Keswick is famed for its outstanding natural beauty, and there are a variety of walking tours available and short drives will take you to the top of Skiddaw Mountain or the beautiful Derwentwater Lake.
Further afield, Keswick is just 14 miles from Cockermouth, which is home to the beautiful National Trust property of Wordsworth House and Garden where visitors will have the chance to learn about the famed poet and experience life in the 18th century, as well as visit the Jennings Brewery.
In the other direction are the towns of Grasmere, Ambleside and Windermere, making this a great base from which to explore the Lakes.
Fox's Den is the perfect spot for a couple looking for that romantic getaway or a family looking to explore the natural beauty of the landscape around them.
Beautifully oak floored dining area and lounge.


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Carl Jung – Sabina Spielrein Quotations
Date: April 27, 2020Author: Mr. Purrington
Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein
Your thinking is bold, far-reaching, and philosophical. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, August 8, 1911.
Your study is extraordinarily intelligent and contains splendid ideas whose priority I am happy to acknowledge as yours. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, Dec. 23, 1912
Minds such as yours help advance science. You [definitely] must become a psychiatrist. – Jung to Spielrein, (Spielrein 13 June 1909, p. 101)
You will see that this investigation is the necessary preliminary work for the psychology of Dem. praec. Spielrein's case is proof of that (it's in the Jahrbuch). ~Carl Jung, Freud/Jung Letters, Vol. 1, Page 23.
Sincere thanks on behalf of my wife for the flowers. That was very sweet of you. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, Sept. [?] 1910
Your image has changed completely, and I want to tell you how very, very happy it makes me to be able to hope that there are people who are like me, people in whom living and thinking are one; good people who do not misuse the power of their mind to dream up fetters but rather to create freedoms. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, June 30, 1908.
How great would be my happiness to find that person in you, that 'esprit fort' who never descends into sentimentality, but whose essential and innermost prerequisite for life is her own freedom and independence. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, June 30, 1908.
I often think that the happiness that I want to give other people is begrudged me, or is returned to me in the form of hidden hostility, which is what has so often happened to me! Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, July 22, 1908
At this meeting I really had an opportunity for the first time to see this great man [Freud] in my world, out of his own milieu, and thus to understand him much more deeply than before. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, September 28, 1908
He [Freud] is truly a great and good man who, by virtue of his wonderful knowledge of humankind and his experience of life, sees incomparably further than I do. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, September 28, 1908
If I have previously only admired this man [Freud] from a distance, now I have really come to love him. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, September 28, 1908
I fear for my work, for my life's task, for all the lofty perspectives that are being revealed to me by this new Weltanschauung as it evolves. How shall I, with my sensitive soul, free myself from all these questions? ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, December 4, 1908
My mind is torn to its very depths. I, who had to be a tower of strength for many weak people, am the weakest of all. Will you forgive me for being as I am? For offending you by being like this, and forgetting my duties as a doctor towards you? Will you understand that I am one of the weakest and most unstable of human beings? And will you never take revenge on me for that, either in words, or in thoughts or feelings? ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, December 4, 1908
I am looking for someone who understands how to love, without punishing the other person, imprisoning him or sucking him dry; I am seeking this as yet unrealized person who will manage to separate love from social advantage and disadvantage, so that love may always be an end in itself, and not just a means to an end. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, December 4, 1908
It is my misfortune that I cannot live without the joy of love, of tempestuous, ever-changing love. This daemon stands as an unholy contradiction to my compassion and my sensitivity. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, December 4, 1908
When love for a woman awakens within me, the first thing I feel is regret, pity for the poor woman who dreams of eternal faithfulness and other impossibilities, and is destined for a painful awakening out of all these dreams. Therefore if one is already married it is better to engage in this lie and do penance for it immediately than to repeat the experiment again and again, lying repeatedly, and repeatedly disappointing. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, Dec. 4, 1908
I can hardly think that there is anything organically wrong with your foot, for the psychological situation is too powerfully and traumatically significant. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, Sept. 22 [?], 1911.
Only when you seek the happiness of the other, will your own happiness be granted. I allow myself to write to you so frankly and to admonish you because, after long and solitary reflection, I have eliminated from my heart all the bitterness against you which it still harboured. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, Sept. 22 [?], 1911.
But never forget that under no circumstances must you retreat from an immediate goal which your heart considers good and reasonable. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, Sept. 22 [?], 1911.
He [Freud] has spoken several times of your dissertation, the best indication that it has made an impression on him. You do not need my recommendation. Approach him as a great master and rabbi, then all will be well. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, Sept. 22 [?], 1911.
I am rather worried about how Freud will take the corrections I am introducing into the theory of sexuality. The more I write in my own style, the greater becomes the danger of misunderstandings, for inwardly I am quite alien to the spirit of the Viennese school, though not to the spirit of Freud. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, Nov. 24, 1911
He [Freud] wants to give me love, while I want understanding. I want to be a friend on an equal footing, while he wants to have me as a son. For that reason he ascribes to a complex everything I do which does not fit the framework of his teaching. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, Nov. 4, 1913.
At the meeting in Munich I saw clearly that Freud is lost to me. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, Nov. 4, 1913.
Respect for the human personality and its motives should not be undermined by psychoanalysis. Because I fight for that I suffer much. ~Carl Jung to Sabina Spielrein, April 1915.
him. I was looking for a friend to whom I could bare my soul." Later the poor man fell in love with her mother and when she left for Paris he jumped out of a window. ~Henry Zvi Lothane, MD, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 4
Sabina's other crush was on her paternal uncle Adolf who was also in love with her mother. Asked mother: "Which of them do you really love, your uncle or your [History] teacher?" ~Henry Zvi Lothane, MD, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 4
In 1901, "while in the Mother told Sabina stories about angels and demons, clairvoyance and miracle cures, inspired by the Chasidic folklore. ~Henry Zvi Lothane, MD, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 3
From age five to seven Sabina was educated in a Fröbel type kindergarten in Warsaw learning to speak German and French. ~Henry Zvi Lothane, MD, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 3
Until the age of 6-7 I had no fear of any devil. I was an example of courage for my brother and made fun of him by jumping at him out of a dark hiding place or telling him horror stories. My parents warned me that one day I would feel anxiety and understand how her brother felt. ~Sabina Spielrein, MD, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 3
"I nurtured grandiose fantasies: I was a goddess and ruled over a great empire, I possessed a great power with which I could know everything and achieve everything, even though I did not really believe in its reality, for there was a critic inside me who knew the difference between reality and fantasy." ~Sabina Spielrein, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 3
Sabina "conversed with a spirit. It was an angel sent to her by God, because she was an unusual person, a good spirit that helped her and guided her. At first the spirit spoke German, then Russian. ~Henry Zvi Lothane, MD, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 3
Up to the age of 13 she was "extremely religious in spite of her father's derisions." In fifth grade, age 15, she "took a lively interest in the psychological aspects of religion and arranged to have lessons in Ancient Hebrew so as to read the Bible in the original." ~Henry Zvi Lothane, MD, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 3
She [Sabina] had a crush on the history teacher, a man of high intelligence and a sad expression in his black eyes, but with a habit of odd grimaces, who "has opened up to her previously unknown vistas by leaps and bounds. I wanted to make sacrifices for him, to suffer for 6th grade, after the death of my little sister" Emilia of typhoid "my illness began:" a prolonged grief complicated by social withdrawal and mounting difficulties in relating to her father and mother. ~Sabina Spielrein, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 4
In 1904 she graduated with a gold medal from the all-girl Yekaterinskaia Gimnazia and like other rich daughters of Rostov, e.g., Vera Weizmann, the future first lady of Israel, Sabina wanted to study in Switzerland. ~Henry Zvi Lothane, MD, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 4
As she increasingly lost control of her aggressive impulses (hitting her mother) and unbearable rage at her father, Sabina had to be committed to the Burghölzli Asylum on August 17 1904, not yet 19 years old, to become director Bleuler's and his deputy Jung's patient. ~Henry Zvi Lothane, MD, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 4
Nine months later Spielrein recovered and while still in the hospital started attending medical school, from which she would graduate in 1911 with an 80-page dissertation on the analytic treatment of a schizophrenic patient. ~Henry Zvi Lothane, MD, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 4
From 1905 to 1911 Jung assumed a new function, as her [Sabina] medical school teacher and, with Bleuler, as her dissertation supervisor. ~Henry Zvi Lothane, MD, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 4
Jung and his patient in the hospital, true to her mischievous nature, Sabina acted out all manner of pranks to test the nurses and Jung, never Bleuler. ~Henry Zvi Lothane, MD, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 4
I have analyzed the clinical condition almost completely with the help of your method and, early on, with a favorable result. In the course of her treatment the patient had the misfortune to fall in love with me. She continues to rave blatantly to her mother about this love and her secret spiteful glee in scaring her mother is not the least of her motives. Therefore the mother would like, if needed, to send her to another doctor, with which I naturally concur. ~Carl Jung, The real story of Sabina Spielrein: or fantasies vs. facts of a life, Page 4
We must not forget the fundamental difference between man and woman, which is also, provisionally, the rule. Man wants to embrace, woman prefers to be embraced. The reverse can only take place provisionally because men are on average more differentiated. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited extracts from a diary, Page 3
Woman is more discriminating in her choice because it is more difficult to find a personality that fits the ideal; it is for these reasons that the woman is generally monogamous, when she truly loves; for opposite reasons, the man is less discriminating and is more or less polygamous. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited extracts from a diary, Page 4
We always see that a beautiful woman is the determining factor in a man's choice – let us not get angry! What does that mean: a beautiful woman? It is well known that there is no absolute beauty; the ideal of beauty was simply developed from female forms most frequently encountered, that is, from characteristics that proved most pleasing. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited extracts from a diary, Page 4.
Thus one can love nature as a living being and confide one's inner thoughts to it; for example find similarities between the storm in nature and the storm in one's own heart, and this similarity is real because our world is a part of the universal world or, if you prefer, a reflection of it. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited extracts from a diary, Page 4
The paper that I have written for the clinic about the value of reaction (Spielrein 1909),4 makes me think that we see our own pain in the soul of the other, that is objectively – hence the relief. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited extracts from a diary, Page 4
Freud's interpretation that laughter is born of the comparison of two different amounts of energy, the over-abundance of energy being eliminated by laughter, seems to me to be very plausible. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited extracts from a diary, Page 5
When the artist creates, it is not the manifestation of the need to communicate something to the world. It is rather that the complex itself simply wants to emerge! ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited extracts from a diary, Page 5
The most elevated instincts always present themselves as murderous instincts. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited extracts from a diary, Page 6.
Everywhere you see the pleasure involved in destroying and dying. Young people have a strange need to sacrifice their lives for a great cause, a 'nobler' cause. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited extracts from a diary, Page 6
The death of a person constitutes the nature of only one complex – the sexual complex. Every individual must disappear as such. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited extracts from a diary, Page 6
001 For a dog, there would hardly be a difference between love and sexual attraction; but a human being can only experience true and profound love a limited number of times; in most cases it will be only a passing fancy. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited Extracts from a Diary, Part I, Page 157
002 It is not the sexual feeling that is uppermost, otherwise one could choose any man for one's doctor.
One goes to the doctor because one needs to be free of a complex, one confides in the doctor because one knows, or notices, his interest and sympathy; the interest corresponds to understanding, that is, to possession of the same complex.
Hence the sexual feeling. It is not at all necessary for one to react with a sexual complex. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited Extracts from a Diary, Part I, Page 161
If a generation of women, conforming to the utmost subtlety in their emotions and the way of life resulting from these emotions, eventually has a finer subtlety of forms, a purely mechanical sexuality is immediately applied to those forms.
Innovators are rare, especially where an instinct is concerned, and it is still always the rule that a certain shape engenders sexual excitement, a shape which perhaps only simulates a resemblance or in which is to be found only a slight resemblance, but which is more than a similarity between two persons.
After all human beings and animals have similarities which are deemed sufficient by some to engage in sexual relationships; these people are even less discriminating in their choice because an animal can only correspond to a fraction of their personality; from this minimal affinity it would have to be concluded that one can be understood by a cow and confide one's sublime feelings to her. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited Extracts from a Diary, Part I, Page 158
I come back to the apparent contradictions in sexual life; and this is because associations to death are sexual associations.
But I shall come back to this.
Looking at popular poetry – which must be taken into consideration as it always contains truths – we find that sexual power is considered to be demonic power, a destructive force; the sexual act is a sin!
Where does that come from?
How is it that everyone always puts up so much resistance to sexual feelings?
Why are they hidden, why are they felt to be unbearable, why can they be expressed only in a sublimated or symbolic form?
Why does every young girl (and perhaps also young man) have to live through a period of extreme apprehension of everything sexual (even if she has no idea of the pains it may engender)?
There is an indication here of a contrast between sexuality and the rest of the personality, a contrast which reaches a climax when sexual feelings begin to manifest themselves – as borne out by the numerous psychic problems at the time of puberty – until the 'demonic' instinct subdues in part the inner personality and is partly subdued by it. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited Extracts from a Diary, Part I, Page 160
This is how one can explain the numerous representations of the instinct as a destructive force, demonic, etc., … This is also how the resistance of every personality to the sexual instinct can be explained; I do not imply here that two people who feel a sexual attraction wish to be constantly fused into one unit or anything like that.
Sexual feeling is always tamed by other feelings; even during the sexual act, it is suppressed considerably, otherwise you would be facing a passionate killer or a martyr.
I mean that, by destroying, the man wants to annihilate himself while the woman wants to be annihilated.
One sees men as martyrs often enough. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited Extracts from a Diary, Part I, Page 161
Maybe one should regard martyrdom here as 'feminine' nature, as a contradictory feeling!
Among very passionate artists like Wagner one must look beyond death for the culminating point of love.
His heroes must die. Siegfried dies and so does Brunnhilde with him; it is thus that the domination of the idea of love is expressed!
'The race of gods has died away like a breath, I abandon the orphaned world; I now show the world the place of my most sacred knowledge':
No lands, no treasures,
No divine splendour,
No house, no court,
No princely pomp!
No obscure alliance,
No false treaty,
Neither the hard law
Of false custom!
Love offers to the lover
Only beatitude in pleasure as in sorrow!
It is when it is placed beyond death that a complex attains the sublime.
I would have explained it here in the same way, even if I had not known the essence of the sexual act, and if I did not constantly have these numerous examples illustrating the 'wish for annihilation', the destructive instinct.
In the Vaisseau Fantôme (Ghost Ship), the culminating point of love resides in death or beyond
death. 'I will remain faithful to you until death!'
These are my final impressions.
You yourself of course know of enough situations where the man kills the woman and kills himself afterwards; or the other way round.
Here is enough material for analysis!
I must end this soon for classes begin tomorrow – let us summarize therefore: the sexual instinct – an instinct which is there to renew the whole personality, a partial case of the transformation instinct which every isolated complex possesses! Sexual attraction – attraction of similar people (people with the same nature – only partially so when people are less differentiated). ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited Extracts from a Diary, Part I, Page 161
Sometimes one ideal, sometimes another may feed the psyche, which explains the change in sexual taste.
But the more ideals the lover has, the more lasting is the love.
Some circumstances make some people more accessible to each other.
I believe it is Turgenev who explains this: 'If a woman regrets something – one knows what will follow'.
If you feel pity, that means that you put yourself in the same situation; the same complex fills you momentarily and similar complexes regulate sexual feelings.
If they are two people of the same sex, a loving, light eroticism occurs; if they are not of the same sex, then the attraction goes deeper.
This explains the sexual affection between a patient and her doctor who are in a psychic relationship.
It is not the sexual feeling that is uppermost, otherwise one could choose any man for one's doctor.
Hence the sexual feeling. It is not at all necessary for one to react with a sexual complex.
All sympathy between man and woman arouses sexual feelings.
The sight of two magnificent grey eyes may accentuate the sympathy because those eyes by themselves are very eloquent, that is, they are linked to a certain powerful emotional complex, and perhaps express a certain mode of feeling.
The sexual feeling aroused by the same complex disappears as soon as other complexes, which are no longer felt in common, besiege the psyche (besiege in the sense that they 'become more powerful').
Let us now examine the transformation of the sexual complex.
Sexual feeling is the origin of a series of representations which we summarize as a sexual complex, in the narrow sense of the word.
But as every strong complex provokes a sexual complex as soon as the partner feels it at the same time, it becomes part of the sexual complex itself.
In this way, the most significant part of the psyche may become the sexual complex, and the magnitude of this cannot be assessed. In the broader sense of the word the totality of the sexual complex, hence the emotions felt for the lover, including all that has been felt simultaneously with him, must now (in the case of an unrequited love) be transformed in its entirety.
The person to whom this is made known assumes great importance.
If the transformation takes place between a man and a woman, the mutual feeling may provoke a new sexual attraction.
Transformation may also take place in the form of artistic work; one is not then linked to a particular person and it is a safeguard against new loves.
Thus the sexual complex in the broad sense of the term can become a powerful motive force, especially in art, but that does not necessarily follow.
It does not follow when, for example, ideals press to be consolidated by a sexual transformation, when nature's charm is felt by a man in the shape of a woman, that is as a resonance of the ideal in a woman; it is in fact only the consequence of the instinct of transformation or the instinct of self preservation in every complex, that it also wants to be strengthened through the sexual act.
But it is not the sexual feeling which has become the motive force of art etc.; it is the instinct of transformation which every complex possesses, and since each aspect of the personality wants to make its presence felt, the sexual complex also possesses a transformation instinct; and the sexual act is but a particular aspect of this transformation whose function it is to establish a context that is new but also adapted to the same complexes.
Considering its nature, sexual feeling does not need the transformation instinct, but it is present nonetheless; yet the transformation instinct needs the sexual feeling, the latter being a necessary component of the first; otherwise how would the combinations survive?
They would end up dying.
As I have already said, complexes that necessitate transformation are not necessarily linked to the sexual complex; thus a painter who has just experienced a storm at sea can eternalize it in a painting without sexual feeling having anything to do with it; but even if it were also present, it is not the sexual feeling that would have made the artist paint: it is simply the 'complex gone wild which had to emerge, which needed to find full expression'.
The sexual complex equally aroused would also be equally transformed.
People like Marx, for example, who have dedicated their life to social problems, believe that the source of all feelings lies in socio-political relationships; according to this belief, all emotions, and thus science as well as art, should be modified by the influence of the new social order.
Isn't this a huge exaggeration?
We are totally ignorant of the cause of feelings, and it is impossible for us ever to know it!
One could at the most discuss the foundations of feeling; it is clear to me that the foundation, or the alpha or omega, of feeling is the transformation instinct, which could eventually be satisfied by the sexual act. ~Sabina Spielrein, Unedited Extracts from a Diary, Part I, Page 161
In Jung, I found the following passage:
Passionate longing, i.e., the libido, has two aspects: it is the power that beautifies everything and, in certain cases, destroys everything.
Often, one cannot recognize the source of this creative power's destructive quality.
A woman who, in today's society, abandons herself to passion soon leads herself to ruin.
One need only contemplate the current bourgeois state of affairs to understand how a feeling of unbounded insecurity occurs in those who unconditionally surrender to Fate.
To be fruitful provokes one's downfall; at the rise of the next generation, the previous one has exceeded its peak.
Our descendants become our most dangerous enemies for whom we are unprepared.
They will survive and take power from our enfeebled hands.
Anxiety in the presence of erotic Fate is completely comprehensible, for there is something immeasurable within it.
Fate usually contains hidden dangers.
The wish not to wrestle in the dangerous struggle of life explains the continual hesitation of neurotics to take risks.
Whoever relinquishes experiencing a risky undertaking must stifle an erotic wish, committing a form of self-murder.
This explains the death fantasies that often accompany the renunciation of the erotic wish."
I purposely quote Jung's words so completely because his observation of an unknown fear lying within erotic activity corresponds so well to my results. ~Sabina Spielrein, Destruction as the Cause of Coming into Being, Pages 155-156
This idea came originally Cf. my Symbols of Transformation; also Spielrein, "Über den psychologischen Inhalt eines Falles von Schizophrenic"; Nelken, "Analytische Beobachtungen über Phantasien eines Schizophrenen"; C. A. Meier, "Spontanmanifestationen des kollektiven Unbewussten." ~Carl Jung's CW 8, Footnote 2
If one reads the recent researches of the Zurich school, for instance the works of Maeder, Spielrein, Nelken, Grebel-skaja, and Itten, one gets a powerful impression of the enormous symbolic activity in dementia praecox. ~Carl Jung, CW 3, Para 390
regard to the mythological parallels, I would like to call your attention to the work of Boas,1 which includes a magnificent collection of American Indian sagas; then the book by Frobenius, Das Zeitalter des Sonnengottes; and finally the works of Abraham, Rank, Riklin, Jones, Freud, Maeder, Silberer, and Spielrein, and my own investigations in Symbols of Transformation. ~Carl Jung, CW 3, Para 478
Spielrein, too, gives some interesting examples of archaic definitions which, in the course of the illness, begin superimposing themselves on the meanings of words. ~Carl Jung, CW 4, Para 200
What I said above about a disturbed reality function being replaced by an archaic substitute is supported by a remark of Spielrein's: "I often had the illusion that the patients might simply be victims of a deep-rooted folk superstition." ~Carl Jung, CW 4, Para 201
Spielrein evidently thinks symbols have a similar significance when she says: Thus a symbol seems to me to owe its origin to the striving of a complex for dissolution in the common totality of thought.… The complex is thus robbed of its personal quality.… This tendency towards dissolution or transformation of every individual complex is the mainspring of poetry, painting, and every form of art. ~Carl Jung, CW 4, Para 201
If, for "complex," we substitute the idea of "energy value," i.e., the total affectivity of the complex, it is clear that Spielrein's views fall into line with my own. . ~Carl Jung, CW 4, Para 201
Spielrein's patient associated the act of boring with fire and procreation. ~Carl Jung, CW 4, Para 217
Concerning the substance of the rayed sceptre the following may be noted: Spielrein's patient said that "God pierces the earth with his ray." ~Carl Jung, CW 5, Para 638
Spielrein's patient said of her snake: "It is God's animal, it has such wonderful colours: green, blue, and white. ~Carl Jung, CW 5, Para 677
Spielrein (pp. 358ff.) found numerous allusions to this motif in an insane patient. Fragments of different things and materials were "cooked" or "burnt." "The ashes can turn into a man," said the patient, and she also saw "dismembered children in glass coffins." ~Carl Jung's CW 5, Footnote 4
Spielrein's patient (p. 394) speaks of horses who eat human beings and even exhumed corpses. Carl Jung, CW 5, Footnote 29
Spielrein, "Über den psychologischen Inhalt eines Falls von Schizophrenie" pp. 329ff. ~Carl Jung's CW 11, Footnote 5,
Cf. "Transformation Symbolism in the Mass," pp. 231f. For dismemberment, transformation, and recomposition in a case of schizophrenia, see Spielrein, "Ueber den psychologischen Inhalt eines Falles von Schizophrenie," pp. 358ff. ~Carl Jung, CW 11, Footnote 2
from my pupil S. Spielrein: cf. "Die Destruktion als Ursache des Werdens" (1912). This work is mentioned by Freud, who introduces the destructive instinct in "Beyond the Pleasure Principle" (orig. 1920), Ch. V. [More fully in Ch. VI, which contains the Spielrein reference: Standard Edn., XVIII, p. 55.—EDITORS.]
Pindar, fr. 166f. Spielrein's patient (p. 371) also had this idea of splitting the earth: "Iron is used for boring into the earth—With iron you can make men—The earth is split, burst open, man is divided —Man is cut up and put together again—In order to put a stop to being buried alive, Jesus told his disciples to bore into the earth." ~ Carl Jung, CW 5, Footnote 47
Spielrein's patient said that she too had been shot by God three times—"then came a resurrection of the spirit." ~ Carl Jung, CW 5, Footnote 52
Spielrein's patient was also sick from "snake poison" (p. 385). Schreber said he was infected by "corpse poison," that "soul murder" had been committed on him, etc. (pp. 54ff.). ~ Carl Jung, CW 5, Footnote 66
Spielrein's patient (p. 336) uses the same images; she speaks of the "rigidity of the soul on the cross," of "stone figures" who must be "melted." ~ Carl Jung, CW 5, Footnote 68
This fact led my pupil Dr. Spielrein to develop her idea of the death-instinct, which was then taken up by Freud. In my opinion it is not so much a question of a death-instinct as of that "other" instinct (Goethe) which signifies spiritual life. ~ Carl Jung, CW 5, Footnote 38
Spielrein's patient received three arrow wounds from God, through her head, breast, and eye, "then came a resurrection of the spirit" (p. 376). In the Tibetan legend of Bogda Gesser Khan, the sunhero shoots his arrow into the forehead of the demoniacal old woman, who then eats him and spits him out again. In a legend of the Kalmucks, from Siberia, the hero shoots the arrow into the "bull's-eye" that grows on the bull's forehead and "emits rays." ~ Carl Jung, CW 5, Footnote 94
Concerning the snake-kiss, see Grimm, Teutonic Mythology, III, p. 969. By this means a beautiful woman was set free. Spielrein's patient (pp. 344f.) says: "Wine is the blood of Jesus.—The water must be blessed and was blessed by him.—He who is buried alive becomes a vineyard. ~ Carl Jung, CW 5, Footnote 157
Spielrein's patient (p. 345), in connection with the significance of the communion, speaks of "water mingled with childishness," "spermatic water," "blood and wine." On p. 368 she says: "The souls fallen in the water are saved by God: they fall on deeper ground. Souls are saved by the sun-god." ~ Carl Jung, CW 5, Footnote 27
SPIELREIN, S. "Über den psychologischen Inhalt eines Falls von Schizophrenie," Jahrbuch für psychoanalytische und psychopathologische Forschungen (Leipzig and Vienna), III (1912), ~Carl Jung's Collected Works Bibliography
SPIELREIN, SABINA. "Über den psychologischen Inhalt eines Falles von Schizophrenie (Dementia praecox)," Jb. psychoanal. psychopath. Forsch., III (1911), 329–400. ~Carl Jung's Collected Works, Bibliography.
SPIELREIN, SABINA. "Die Destruktion als Ursache des Werdens," Jahrbuch für psychoanalytische und psychopathologische Forschungen (Leipzig and Vienna), IV (1912), 465–503. ~Carl Jung's Collected Works Bibliography
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On Earth Day, a Good Time to Celebrate Wangari Maathai Vision
Before she passed on, the Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai left an enduring legacy. The Green Belt Movement (GBM), a grassroots organisation she founded to eradicate poverty through environmental conservation, reached a significant milestone: planting over 50 million trees in Africa.
But in spite of that incredible achievement, her life's work was more about human regeneration. She dreamed of a society shaped by social values, investing in and empowering its citizens to foster collective decision-making that builds sustainable livelihoods. That vision and the impact of the work that followed, consciously or not, played a vital role in unveiling new models of social investment. It gave farmers a great opportunity to diversify their income sources and expand existing economic activities. Indeed, it championed new ways to achieve community development.
Designing a novel development model
The birth of the social enterprise movement in Africa, in my view, was driven by the need to invest in businesses, which in turn focused on transforming local communities. GBM's achievements were noted for their ability to advance conservation, people and ideas that had the potential to change our world. New initiatives were inspired to mobilise capital to create opportunities for social progress. Up until then, most businesses had been unable to create value for shareholders as well as society. Investors frowned upon organisations that entertained the idea of integrating social and financial outcomes. Although a hybrid model presented new prospects, initially such noble ideals seemed unattainable and impractical.
Empowering young people to drive transformational change
The additional result of GBM was a new generation of young people who were empowered to learn more about social entrepreneurship; how to deal with challenging issues in their environments, and what contributions they could make to effect positive change. Many new mentor programs with experienced professionals effectively engaged and inspired them. As an example, a concerted climate change initiative reinforced the understanding and capacity for the youth to take integrated action through robust community engagement, as well as invest in agroforestry. It provided the dual benefits of environmental conservation and income generation. The idea that one had a stake in the implementation of practical solutions planted an indelible seed. For some, it offered a unique chance to graduate, from young entrepreneur to responsible leader, invested in a sustainable future.
Above: Wangari Maathai, leader of Kenya's Green Belt Movement and 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, speaking at the African Development Bank in Tunis, Tunisia. Image credit: UN / Mark Garten, via Flickr.
Embracing visionary leadership to inspire great entrepreneurship
A key success factor for the GBM can be attributed to a gradual approach undertaken to organically nurture simple ideas into effective solutions. It is no surprise that the social enterprise movement has transformed the investment landscape across Africa. New business models offer fresh perspectives of how Professor Maathai's vision was leveraged to inspire a new generation of change-makers, from regeneration to socio-economic empowerment. Significantly, the use of collaborative networks played a key role to sustain the movement toward social impact. Certainly, she wasn't alone in dreaming up this idea, being inspired and influenced by her generation's determination to effect social change through persistent activism.
Aligning capital investment with social returns
In response, corporate investors have started to channel their resources toward enterprises that proactively engage innovative and sustainable solutions to achieve social outcomes in health care, employment, housing and education. Indeed, development finance institutions like the CDC Group have specifically designed their investment strategies to deliver and measure impact through job creation. In some cases, such targeted strategies effectively complement the role of government and the private sector to stimulate economic development. In Africa, much like the West, the trend of aligning capital investment with social returns has unleashed "the sharing economy," espousing cooperative values. Although impact investing (without that formal name) has long played a key role in the running of public services, the fact private, for-profit actors (not merely development banks) are now invested in this concept implies a significant step to managing societal challenges. Still, evidence suggests that success cannot be achieved in isolation, and requires a cluster network of people, programs and places to inspire transformative change. Key stakeholders will connect the dots that catalyse development impact as a tidal wave of capital flows towards pioneering models.
It seems that now is a good time to celebrate Wangari Maathai's vision and build upon it!
David Kayondo is the Founder of Goldswans Group, a firm focused on investments, advisory and enterprise services in the frontier markets of Africa.
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Report highlights risks for container ships in Wadden Sea
by: MIKE CORDER, Associated Press
Posted: Jun 25, 2020 / 09:28 AM MDT / Updated: Jun 25, 2020 / 09:28 AM MDT
Contents from shipping containers washed up on a beach in Ameland, Netherlands, Thursday Jan. 3, 2019. Authorities in Germany and the Netherlands are searching for up to 270 shipping containers lost at sea by a cargo ship caught in a storm, saying some are carrying hazardous materials. The Dutch Safety Board watchdog said Thursday June 25, 2020, that large container ships should avoid sailing through a sensitive, shallow sea off the coast of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark in heavy northwesterly storms to reduce the risk of losing their cargo. (Lars Brouwer via AP)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch safety watchdog said Thursday that it is "undesirable" for large container ships to use a shipping route through an environmentally sensitive, shallow sea off the coast of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark in heavy northwesterly storms because of the heightened risk of them losing their cargo.
The conclusion came in a report by the Dutch Safety Board into the loss of hundreds of containers from a ship, the MSC Zoe, on New Year's Day 2019, that led to tons of cargo washing up on nearby beaches.
"The lessons to be learned from this accident must result in a better risk management of container transport on the shipping routes," the report said.
The ship, carrying more than 8,000 containers, was sailing north of a chain of islands in the Wadden Sea on a route from the Portuguese port of Sines to Bremerhaven, Germany, when it was battered by waves kicked up by a northwesterly storm. It lost 342 containers and 3,000 tons of cargo overboard, the Safety Board report said.
There are two shipping routes north of the Wadden Islands — a southern passage, which is shallower and closer to the islands, and a northern route. The Zoe was using the southern route.
"The Dutch Safety Board concludes that due to the value of the Wadden area, it is undesirable that these container ships choose the southern shipping route past the Wadden coast during a northwestern storm," the board said.
In the days and weeks after the incident, debris including shoes, televisions, lightbulbs and packaging material washed up on normally pristine beaches. The Dutch government sent the armed forces to the region to help in the cleanup operation and a salvage ship fished sunken containers from the seabed.
When slammed from the side by waves kicked up by northwesterly storms in the Wadden Sea, "large, wide container ships make extreme rolling movements," the board said in a statement. It added that on the shallow southern shipping route there is a risk of ships grounding and waves forced upward putting extreme stress on lashing systems used to hold containers on board.
The safety board made a series of recommendations, including that the governments of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark work together to make a proposal to the International Maritime Organization to safeguard the environmentally sensitive Wadden area.
"The aim of this proposal should be to minimize the loss of containers north of the Wadden Islands and to protect the Wadden area," the Dutch report said. "This may include measures for (a specific category of) container ships, and if necessary alteration of the two shipping routes north of the Wadden Islands."
Bernd-Carsten Hiebing, a lawmaker for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party in the state of Lower Saxony, said the report highlighted the continued dangers of shipping. But he pushed back against calls by the opposition Green party for a ban on 'mega container ships,' saying it wouldn't help improve security for people and the environment.
Instead, he said it would be better to consider more closely which routes are navigable by which types and classes of ships. He also backed stricter rules for securing freight and the use of location transmitters for hazardous cargo containers.
AP writer Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this report.
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Illinois Real Estate Law - Quitclaim Deed Vs. Warranty Deed
By: Fraser Sherman
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Warranty Deed Requirements in Tennessee
In Illinois, any type of deed needs four things to be legal. It must include the names of the grantor and grantee -- the property owner and the new owner. It must identify the property being transferred and say what the grantor receives in return for it. Finally, the grantor has to sign it. If an Illinois quitclaim or warranty deed contains those elements, it's legal. Which type of deed you choose depends on your circumstances and needs.
Under the state's Conveyances Act, a grantor using a warranty deed "conveys and warrants" the property to the grantee. As the name suggests, the grantor is giving a warranty on the transfer, a promise that he is the owner and he has the right to sell the land. If someone turns up who challenges the grantee's title -- or eventually, his heirs' title -- the grantor is legally liable if he concealed or overlooked any title problems.
Quitclaim
The quitclaim deed, by contrast, doesn't guarantee anything. Instead, the grantor uses it to "convey and quitclaim" the property to the grantee. The grantor gives up any claim on the property, but makes no guarantee the title is good or that she even has a valid title. It transfers the "existing legal or equitable rights" according to the Conveyances Act, but there's no legal recourse if someone accepts a quitclaim deed and later learns she doesn't have any ownership interest in the property.
Quitclaim Uses
Grantors use quitclaim deeds in cases where title isn't at issue. For example, someone who wants to share ownership of his house with his spouse can use a quitclaim, transferring ownership to the couple as joint grantees. It's also useful if one spouse gives up ownership in a divorce. The quitclaim deed doesn't transfer responsibility for the mortgage though. The grantor is on the hook for the payments until the grantee refinances in his own name.
Special and General
Warranty deeds are the standard tool when money changes hands along with the title. The warranty deed gives the grantee the option to sue the grantor, and different types of warranty deed offer different levels of protection. A special or limited warranty makes the grantor liable if she's done anything to impair the title. The general warranty deed holds her accountable even if the title problems date back to a previous owner. A limited deed requires specific language stating the limits.
Attorneys' General Title Fund: Corrective Deeds: When Will Illinois Courts Reform a Deed in Illinois?
Illinois State Bar Association: Statutory Reference 765 ILCS 5/9
Illinois General Assembly: Conveyances Act
Chicago Tribune: Quitclaim Deed on House Without New Mortgage Leads to Grief
Find Legal Forms: Illinois Special Warranty Deed
Nolo: Deeds FAQ
A Durham, NC resident, Fraser has written about law, starting a business, balancing your budget and fighting evictions, among other legal and financial topics.


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