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How far would you go to right a wrong? For Michael Sykora, killing started as blind rage. Then it became something he's good at. To most of those who know him, Michael is a software designer, a smart but average guy with a workaholic nature. To a chosen few, Michael is a part-time hit man whose specialty is eliminating hard-core criminals. Michael has managed to keep his two personas separate. Until now.

Many of us go through life making choices that we think are our choices, but they are not. They are choices that we have been conditioned to make. We do not realize that we have been influenced by someone else, by some toxic belief system that we hold, or by some toxic environment we grew up in. Broken Families is aimed at empowering you, not the toxicity in your life, to solve your problems in a purposeful way.

Shortly after the Titanic sank on the morning of April 15, 1912, author Logan Marshall compiled a history of the tragic event. His narrative reads like a novel, yet every word is true. Bruce Caplan took the original work and edited and abridged the book to include new information and today is a much sought-after public speaker and considered a premier Titanic expert.

Castle House Lodge. A century ago it was an exclusive resort hotel. But for years it's stood empty, a haunting shadow of its former glories. Now, after twenty-five years of rumors and ghost stories, the overgrown grounds are showing signs of being tended. The building itself has been repaired. Castle House has new occupants. What was once a haven for the elite is now a madhouse, a private asylum for pregnant women.

Dale Wilkinson, life of the morning coffee crew, tells tales. Mostly about dear old Doris, his wife. But one day shortly after entertaining his mates, he reveals to his best friend, Frank, that Doris had passed away. Or at least that's what it seemed like he said. Dale himself seems to be swimming right past this fact. Befuddled, Frank goes about some light reconnaissance and works the mystery out with his wife, Molly, over casseroles and conversation at their long-since-quieted family table. In the course of sorting out this mystery they rekindle the spark that time had faded.

Follow along with me as I fumble through the first few years of fatherhood in real time. A father to two young boys, I've been documenting the transformations, the stumbles, the minor successes that resonate like world-changing victories and the hysterical fails that remind me that children are literally made to survive our shortcomings. Hell, they can even thrive in the face of them.

The Civil War was the deadliest conflict in American history, and had the two sides realized it would take four years and inflict over a million casualties, it might not have been fought. Since it did, however, historians and history buffs alike have been studying and analyzing the biggest battles ever since. Americans have long been fascinated by the Civil War, marveling at the size of the battles, the leadership of the generals, and the courage of the soldiers.