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** Today in History – Alex Haley sues Doubleday over Roots

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** Woman in Business – Is Your Glass Half Full, or Half Empty? by Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler

** Grins – The Irish

** "Cooking for the Empty Nest" – Corned-Beef Dinner, Irish Style

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Alex Haley sues Doubleday over Roots

On this day in 1977, author Alex Haley files suit against Doubleday, publisher of Roots, for not promoting the book and failing to land a competitive paperback contract. The book was made into a television miniseries, which attracted some 100 million viewers when it aired in January 1977.

Is Your Glass Half Full, or Half Empty?
by Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler

Many people today feel as though the rug has been pulled from beneath their feet!

They are being forced to ideal with a turn of events that is beyond their control—natural disasters, the plunging economy, and just plain old bad luck.

"The only time we ever know what's really going on is when the rug is pulled out and we can't find anywhere to land,"

Buddhist philosopher Pema Chödrön writes in her book When Things Fall Apart. There's great truth in this, since such challenges force us to determine what we do, and do not, truly "need."

What can one do? Responding positively to such events requires a deep kind of inner strength called resilience. And those who have it usually do far better than those who do not.

What is resilience? It's defined as "the ability to accept ambiguity and find hope amid uncertain or threatening conditions."

Resilient people do not let adversity define them. They transcending pain and grief by perceiving bad times as temporary, and believe better times are coming.

Experts disagree about how much of resilience is genetic. People do seem to differ in their inborn ability to handle life's stresses. But resilience can also be cultivated. At the heart of resilience is belief in yourself.

It's possible to strengthen your belief in yourself by "revisiting" past events and and discovering the strength you built by surviving them. Resilience is not the ability to escape unharmed. Resilient people have scars, but they avoid blaming themselves for what has gone wrong, and take responsibility for what goes right in their lives.

At the heart of building your resilience is a technique called “Reframing.” This is a way of shifting your focus from the cup half empty, to the cup half full. Take the case of one woman who had been emotionally abused by her older brother throughout her childhood. Her healing occurred in an instant when she reframed those years of abuse into a realization that she was a truly powerful survivor.

Re-examine your life story to discover how heroic your acts were as a child. Go back to an incident, identify your resulting survivor’s strengths, and build your self-esteem and resilience.

The author, Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler, is a renowned brain/mind researcher, and was one of the first in the world to introduce brainwave training to the corporate world. She is the co-developer of the web’s first brain gym ­ the quantumbraingym.com

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  A Little Humor to Start the Week 

The Irish
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Murphy lay in hospital covered in bandages head to foot - with just two little slits for his eyes.

'What happened to you?' asked Cassidy.

'I staggered out of the pub and a lorry hit me a glancing blow and knocked me through a plate glass window.'

'Begod,' said Cassidy. 'It's a good thing you were wearing those bandages or you'd have been cut to ribbons!'

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The first says: "Aye, this is a nice bar, but where I come from, there's a better one. At MacDougal's, you buy a drink, you buy another drink, and MacDougal himself will buy your third drink!"

The second then starts: "That sounds like a nice bar, but where I come from, there's a better one called Quinns. At Quinns, you buy a drink, Quinn buys you a drink. You buy another drink, Quinn buys you another drink."

Then the third pipes up. "You think that's good? Where I come from, there's this place called Murphy's. At Murphy's, they buy you your first drink, they buy you your second drink, they buy you your third drink, and then, they take you in the back and get have sex."

"Wow!" say the other two. "That sounds fantastic! Did that actually happen to you?" "No," replies their friend, "but it happened to me sister!"

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A man's been drinking at a pub all night. When he stands up to leave, he falls flat on his face. He tries to stand one more time, but to no avail.

He figures he'll crawl outside and get some fresh air and maybe that will sober him up. Once outside, he stands up and, sure enough, he falls flat on his face. Finally he decides to crawl the four blocks to his home.

When he arrives at the door, he stands up and falls flat on his face. He crawls through the door into his bedroom. When he reaches his bed, he tries one more time to stand up. This time, he manages to pull himself upright but he quickly falls right into bed.

The next morning he awakens to see his wife standing over him, shouting: "So, you've been out drinking again!"

"Why do you say that?" he asks.

"The pub called. You left your wheelchair there again."

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Billy and Shamus were walking in the woods when they came across a sign saying, "Tree Fellers wanted". One of them said, "Ye know, it's a shame Paddy isn't here. We could have gotten the job".

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Riddle

I washed my face in water
That was never rained or run
I dried it with a towel
That was neither wove nor spun

Do you know the answer? If not, look for the solution later in this newsletter.

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What is black and blue and found floating upside down in the Irish sea?
Someone who's tells a stupid Irish joke.

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"Cooking for the Empty Nest"
Recipe of the Week

3-4 lbs corned beef brisket
2 onions, sliced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 bay leaves
6 whole cloves
6 medium potatoes, pared
5 small carrots, pared
1 medium head of cabbage, cut in 6 wedges

Place corned beef in Dutch oven, and barely cover with hot water; add onion, garlic, cloves, and bay leaves. Cover and simmer (do not let boil)1 hour per pound of meat, or till fork tender. Remove meat from liquid; add potatoes and carrots. . Cover; bring to boiling and cook 10 minutes. Then add cabbage wedges; continue cooking 20 minutes longer or till vegetables are done.

Spice Glaze:
If you like, glaze the corned beef while vegetables cook. Spread fat side of meat lightly with prepared mustard. Then sprinkle with mixture of 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves. Place in shallow pan. Bake in moderate oven 350 degrees 15 to 20 minutes or till nicely glazed.

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Yours in cooking - Sue

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