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The reaction to it reveals how we look at presidential candidates. I don't think we look at them as real people. The process ... prevents the general public from treating people authentically and seeing them as human beings. —Greg Whiteley, documentarian
When Greg Whiteley began filming Mitt Romney's six-year quest for the presidency, the documentary filmmaker seldom had his camera trained on the candidate's family.
Like other documentarians of political campaigns, Whiteley was drawn to the intrigue of strategy meetings, filming the candidate and his advisers plotting their next move.
But, campaign strategists weren't as fascinated with Whiteley recording their every word and told him so.
"In most cases the candidate and his family are off limits. In my case it was the just the opposite. The campaign wanted nothing to do with me and the family was open," he said. "I couldn't explain how or why I got the family to trust me to the degree that they did. But they just did and I went with it. As a result it's great family drama."
The unusually personal political documentary "Mitt," about a candidate and his family living through the rigors of a presidential campaign, has its world premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival with eight screenings, including the festival's Salt Lake City Gala at Rose Wagner Theater on Friday.
The film will be released through Netflix on Jan. 24.
No ground rules
Romney family members are not commenting about the film, the former candidate's son Josh said. And Whiteley said the family hasn't seen the final cut, although Josh Romney did view a pre-cut version last year.
But Mitt Romney was familiar with Whiteley's work before he let the award-winning filmmaker into the private confines of family gatherings.
Romney first appeared on Whiteley's radar in early 2006 after the filmmaker got an email mentioning that then-Massachusetts Gov. Romney attended a screening in Boston of Whiteley's popular documentary "New York Doll." The film is about the late punk rocker Arthur Kane, a reformed alcoholic who converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
"I was intrigued by that, that the governor of Massachusetts would be interested in movie about cross dressing punk rock stars," Whiteley recalled.
When he read that Romney was considering the GOP nomination for president, Whiteley told his producer about the idea of film documenting the ventures of another Mormon — this time one running for commander in chief.
Romney turned down Whiteley's first request. But when Whiteley got word, through Romney's son Tagg, that Romney's wife Ann liked the idea, Whiteley showed up at the family's Deer Valley home on Christmas Eve 2006. It was during that holiday break that the family would discuss the pros and cons of running and decide.
"Mitt was there. He let me in and I started filming," Whiteley said.
There were no ground rules on what Whiteley could film, only an agreement that he would not release any footage until Romney was done running for president or being president.
"I thought that would be two years at the most," said Whiteley, who recalled the indications were that the family would give national politics one shot and then move on.
Instead, it turned into a six-year project documenting a close knit family doing what families do — laughing, talking, crying, praying, eating, teasing, arguing — except in the extraordinary context of two presidential races.
Trevor Groth, director of programming for Sundance, said the intimate family setting of "Mitt" is what makes it fascinating — and unprecedented in political documentaries.
"So much of life is connected to family and the experiences of dealing with family are so inherently dramatic," Groth said. "I think artists tap into that, they get inspiration from that and I think they find truth in telling those stories."
Public perception
Throughout the 2012 presidential race, supporters of Mitt Romney constantly complained that the public didn't really know the man behind his too-good-to-be-true polished appearance and model family.
Pundits chimed in that the campaign could build trust and admiration among voters by talking more about the faith and family of the multi-millionaire Mormon and Republican nominee.
Romney friend Mike Leavitt — who won three terms as governor of Utah and served in President George W. Bush's cabinet before becoming a top adviser to the Romney campaign — explained the public is often caught in the middle of a process where candidates try to define their opponents.
"It's impossible to get to know a political figure in the context of a campaign," said Leavitt, who recalled seeing Whiteley on the campaign bus. "People are deliberately trying to define (opposing candidates) in ways that are negative and almost always exaggerated."
Whiteley is reflective about the feedback from those who have viewed the film, particularly from those who seemed surprised to see Romney doing mundane things, like picking up trash.
"The reaction to it reveals how we look at presidential candidates," Whiteley said. "I don't think we look at them as real people. The process ... prevents the general public from treating people authentically and seeing them as human beings."
Whiteley doesn't know whether what he witnessed in the homes, hotel rooms, buses, airplanes and other places the Romneys gathered would have effectively countered the image of a cold-hearted businessman and flip-flopping politician portrayed by Romney's Democratic as well as GOP opponents if his documentary had been released during the campaign.
"Knowing the political ramifications of the footage I have is way beyond my paygrade," he said. But, Whiteley noted that in the hundreds of hours of film he has of the candidate and his family he captured more of Romney's decency and humility than the public saw — even with the campaign's efforts to project a positive image of Mitt.
"The problem is every presidential campaign is pushing the story of what a great guy the candidate is, so the people go, 'Yeah right, we've heard that before,'" he said. "But in the case of Mitt Romney, that's actually true."
Fly on the wall
Whiteley said the documentary has no narration or background music and carries no message or moral.
"We don't answer a lot of questions," he said. "We just place you as a fly on the wall and you get a perspective of what it is like to be a presidential candidate that I think is unprecedented."
Whiteley hopes viewers will feel the same exhilaration he did documenting the emotional roller coaster of winning and losing primaries, accepting the GOP nomination, assessing debate performances and coming to terms with losing on election night 2012.
He recalls in particular the thrill he felt filming the Romney clan in the privacy of their hotel room on election night.
"How many people were wondering about what I am seeing with my own two eyes," he recalled thinking at that moment and throughout the editing process of the film. "I kept remembering how I felt on election night and how do I build to that moment. ... I want the audience to have that same feeling I did."
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Battle of Chocula
|Previous battle: Battle of Carport
|Concurrent battle: None
|Next battle: Battle of the Expository Bridge
|The Battle of Chocula
|Conflict: Transylvitian Wars
|Date: 52 turns after the Battle for Gobwin Knob, 61 AW
|Place: Chocula
|Outcome: Transylvito reclaims Chocula, wrecks Garrison
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With the defenses of Transylvito weakened by devoting resources to Faq Carpool has been able to conquer more territory. They captured Chocula from Transylvito at some point. Caesar Borgata was sent with a small force to retake the city.
Previously, Carpool had taken Carport and then filled it with air defenses and croaked two of Transylvito's warlords when they came to retake it, expecting little opposition. Caesar suspected they might try the same trick in Chocula and decided to bring the only two battle bears who could reach. He avoided an air battle and led the two battle bears himself in an assault on the gate. Broadway Tony led the goyles, firebirds, thunderbirds and Doombats in an assault on the wall defenders to cover Caesar's attack. Broadway Tony was croaked as well as most of his air assault.
Caesar was nearly croaked in the battle but he stayed on the ground and avoided the air defenses. Carpool had built up a murderous number of archers and their Shockmancer had added spells to the tower that would have certainly croaked any airborne troops. Only by staying grounded was Caesar able to survive the battle and even then it was a very close call.
After the battle, Caesar seriously suspected that he had been set up. The small forces he had been sent with and the murderous defenses he had to deal with should have croaked him, if not for his strategy and combat prowess. He bitterly resents the sacrifice of good soldiers like Broadway Tony when they will be so badly needed in the future.

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(Accelerated procedure)
In Case C‑370/12,
REFERENCE for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Supreme Court (Ireland), made by decision of 31 July 2012, received at the Court on 3 August 2012, in the proceedings
Thomas Pringle
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Attorney General,
on the proposal of K. Lenaerts, Judge‑Rapporteur,
after hearing the Advocate General, J. Kokott,
makes the following
1 This reference for a preliminary ruling concerns, first, the validity of the European Council Decision 2011/199/EU of 25 March 2011 amending Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (OJ 2011 L 91, p. 1), and, secondly, the interpretation of various provisions of the EU and FEU Treaties in order to enable the referring court to assess whether Ireland, by adopting and ratifying the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism done at Brussels on 2 February 2012 ('the EMS Treaty'), would undertake obligations incompatible with the Treaties on which the European Union is founded.
2 The reference has been made in proceedings brought by Mr Pringle, a member of the Irish Parliament, against the Government of Ireland, Ireland and the Attorney General, seeking a declaration that the amendment of Article 136 TFEU by Article 1 of Decision 2011/199 constitutes an unlawful amendment of that treaty and, further, an injunction preventing Ireland from ratifying, approving or accepting the EMS Treaty.
3 The referring court requested that the Court of Justice apply an accelerated procedure to this case pursuant to Article 23a of the Statute of the Court of Justice and Article 104a of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice.
4 It is apparent from the first paragraph of Article 104a of those Rules of Procedure that, at the request of the national court, the President of the Court may exceptionally decide, on a proposal from the Judge‑Rapporteur and after hearing the Advocate General, to apply an accelerated procedure derogating from the provisions of those Rules of Procedure to a reference for a preliminary ruling, where the circumstances referred to establish that a ruling on the question put to the Court is a matter of exceptional urgency.
5 In support of its request, the referring court observes that the timely ratification by Ireland of the EMS Treaty is of the utmost importance for other members of the European Stability Mechanism and, in particular, for those who are in need of financial assistance.
6 While, in the interim, Ireland and all other Member States which are signatories of the EMS Treaty have ratified that treaty, it is nonetheless apparent from the questions referred to the Court in this case that there is uncertainty as to the validity of that treaty.
7 The use of the accelerated procedure in this case is necessary in order to remove as soon as possible that uncertainty, which adversely affects the objective of the EMS Treaty, namely to maintain the financial stability of the euro area.
8 Accordingly, in the light of the exceptional circumstances of the financial crisis surrounding the conclusion of the EMS Treaty, the request of the referring court that the accelerated procedure be applied to Case C‑370/12 should be granted.
On those grounds, the President of the Court hereby orders:
The request of the Supreme Court (Ireland) that the accelerated procedure provided for in Article 23a of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union and Article 104a of the Rules of Procedure of the Court be applied to Case C‑370/12 is granted.
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This week's question is from Erin Cole, who writes mystery and horror and recently debuted her novel, Grave Echoes. Hooray for Erin!
Her question:
"Unfortunately, my character must die a gruesome death, but by natural causes. Frankly, it needs to be bloody, so that it looks like a murder. I thought that maybe she could die of electrocution in the bathtub, and then because she was taking large doses of probiotics, her body (excuse the gore here) rather explodes (due to the yeast in the probiotics and the heat of the bath). Is this medically possible?"
Great question Erin.
What might cause a grisly death scene that looked like foul play was at hand, but really wasn't?
A few things immediately stuck out as possibilities.
1) Hematemesis (Fancy word for vomiting blood). You could die from a bleeding, broken blood vessel high up in the gut (stomach, esophagus). The blood fills the stomach and it causes vomiting, which as you can imagine, would create a horrific scene. Sadly, I've seen this myself, and yes, it can appear like a massacre took place. The number one cause has often been cirrhosis of the liver (liver failure from diseases, such as long standing alcohol abuse or viral hepatitis, which eventually causes certain blood vessels in the body to expand and bleed. The also have accompanying problems with their innate ability to stop bleeding, which makes the problem worse). A stomach ulcer that eroded through a blood vessel could also cause hematemesis, but less likely death.
So for Erin's character, a past history of alcoholism and markers of cirrhosis (little pink blood vessels over the skin [called spider hemangiomas], flushed palms, distended abdomen, jaundice) might be evident and yet still easy to conceal.
2) Boerhaave Syndrome. This is perforation, or ripping of the esophagus (the tube that connects your throat to your stomach). It occurs with severe retching and vomiting. It can be a cause of death in someone with bulemia, for instance. The death rate of this, untreated, is very high. To make the scene kind of gross for Erin's case, there might be vomitus mixed with blood at the scene of death. Or if the person does not die immediately, they would soon succumb to breathing problems, shock and then death. It's not nearly as messy as being caused by #1, and thus a less ideal choice for the character.
3) But what about exploding guts? If you remember my forensics post, a dead body at some point will bloat from the gases formed by bacterial decomposition. Many of these bacteria are naturally occurring, but eating lots of probiotics probably won't make you more aggressively decompose.
Furthermore, the body has many layers of fascia, muscle, and skin that keeps the abdomen a neat and tidy compartment. Even with severe bloating in decomposition, the belly probably won't explode, especially in a fresh post-mortem scene.
Erin would have to concoct a way for the person's belly to be partially penetrated/torn/stabbed during or just after death, and the body would have to be discovered days later. Perhaps sooner, if a warm environment sped up decomposition. This way, the abdominal contents would have time to decompose to the point of expanding and popping outside of the abdominal compartment through the wound.
I've heard of exploding guts causing death, but it's only happened when the layers of abdomen were compromised, such as at the onset of surgery. I once heard of a case where a patient who had such severe constipation (yes, really, really, really bad constipation can indeed kill--sorry for all the hypochondriacs out there) but this is extremely rare.
Thanks Erin for the great question, and sorry to all of you who just read this over breakfast (a frequent apology here at Medical Mondays, unfortunately!)


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Dimension Data last week said it has acquired OpSource, a provider of cloud hosting and managed services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Based in Johannesburg, Dimension Data is a huge $4.7 billion global systems integrator and reseller. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTT Holdings. Santa Clara-based OpSource provides cloud hosting and management services to more than 600 enterprises, service providers and SaaS-based ISVs.
OpSource will be moved into Dimension Data's Cloud Solutions Business unit, which reports directly to company CEO Brett Dawson.
"Our decision to accelerate our focus on cloud services aligns to our long-standing strategy to become a services-led business," Dawson said in a statement. "OpSource brings a rich set of services, a sound cloud architecture, and extensive experience in cloud services that will meet immediate client needs -- in addition to a cloud infrastructure which supports development and growth in this space. We believe OpSource provides us with an accelerated time-to-market as their infrastructure and services are well-established and tested."
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Battlefield 4's Rubber-banding Issues to Be Fixed
Have you been having issues with Battlefield 4's multiplayer and find yourself being zipped around the map, almost like your being teleported? DICE will have a fix for you soon.
The Battlefield Blog has been updated with a quick word from DICE on the matter of rubber-banding in the game. Some players may have experienced a strange glitch that almost feels like lag and transports them to different parts of the map during multiplayer matches. This is called rubber-banding and it usually occurs during matches with up to 64 players.
DICE will be upgrading the hardware for their servers in order to deliver a better experience for their fans. There's no word on exactly how long this will take, but we'll keep you updated on any new information that's released. DICE said, "Reducing lag for these players is absolutely a TOP priority for us to solve and we expect to have the solution very soon."


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Regents Approve $4.3 Million Contract To Replace Heating Loop
SOCORRO, N.M. December 22, 2009 – The New Mexico Tech Board of Regents issued a $4.34 million construction contract to replace the university's hot water loop.
The Board held a special meeting Friday, Dec. 18, to issue the contract before the end of the year. TLC Plumbing and Heating of Albuquerque submitted the low bid of $4,338,000.
Other bidders were AUI Inc. ($4.57 million), Ashcraft Mechanical ($4.73 million), RMCI ($4.74 million) and K.R. Swerdfeger ($5.4 million).
The winning bidder will have one year to complete the project. The hot water loop is the university's underground utility that provides heat to all buildings on campus. The aging system has suffered numerous failures in recent years. The 2010 project will replace the entire system in phases to minimize campus disruptions.
University president Dr. Daniel H. Lopez said he called the special meeting before the end of the year because a hot water loop failure could present health and safety issues for Tech's students and employees due to heat loss during cold winter months.
When completed, the hot water loop will tie into the new geothermal project currently under way at the base of 'M' Mountain. Geothermally heated water will be pumped from the mountain to a heat exchanger at the west side of campus. The heating loop will connect at the new facility.
The Board of Regents also approved a budget adjustment request to assign state-mandated reductions to specific line items. The state required the adjustments prior to the beginning of the 2010 legislative session.
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Clarkson University's Oney Receives Air Force ROTC University Civilian of the Year Award
Heather Bradley Oney isn't in the U.S. Air Force, but her job performance is flying high nonetheless. In fact, she's one of only four people nationwide to earn the University Civilian of the Year award from the Air Force ROTC.
Oney is the administrative secretary for Clarkson University's Department of Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC). The unit is part of the Northeast Region, which consists of 37 units at universities located in 15 states and Washington, D.C. Oney now goes on to national competition against civilians from the three other AFROTC regions.
"Things are busy here and I'm happy to do what I can to keep it moving smoothly," she says, adding that she needs to find a nice place on her desk for the award.
Major Chris Victoria is the operations officer for the Reserve Officer Training Corps detachment at Clarkson. He outlined a long list of Oney's accomplishments when nominating her for the award. They include assisting with major events as well as handling cadet pay and academic issues. She also covers the duties of active duty staff between personnel changes.
"Heather took on more than what was expected, beyond what is just listed in her job description, and kept the office administration afloat so that our mission wouldn't flounder," he says. "She puts the cadets and their success first, which really speaks to the Air Force core values of integrity, service before self, and excellence. For a non-AF member, she really modeled the characteristics sought in all Airmen when we need them most."
A native of Potsdam, Oney graduated from Clarkson in 1998 with a bachelor of science degree in social sciences with a concentration in technical communications. In 1999, she was back on campus, working as a library paraprofessional. In 2005, she accepted her current position, where her many responsibilities make for a very busy year.
"We have some big events throughout the year," she says. "There's dining out, the commissioning ceremony, shadow day, POW/MIA ceremony, and a new student orientation program. I also do the uniform purchase, inventory and issue. We have a lot of bodies to put uniforms on."
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Exeter Chiefs have been given the go-ahead by their members to plan the redevelopment of Sandy Park Stadium and the adjoining conference facilities.
The development, which will be in stages as finance permits, will include the stadium's capacity being increased from 10,744 to 20,000.
The Aviva Premiership side's chairman and chief executive Tony Rowe hailed the news from Wednesday's annual general meeting as an "important milestone" in the club's history.
"As a board we are delighted that the membership of Exeter Rugby Club have supported our plans for the future," he said.
"Over the last few years we have made great strides in developing the club, but we are keen to push forward even further and make ourselves a force within not only the English game, but also the European game. This decision by the members is yet another important milestone in the history of our great club."
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Bulldogs' Senior Captain Returns To The Court After 13-Game Absence
ITHACA, N.Y. — Looking for a source of inspiration following last week's tough loss to Princeton, the Yale University women's basketball team found what they were looking for in the return of senior captain Yoyo Greenfield.
Greenfield missed the previous 13 games of the season with symptoms related to a concussion that she suffered in practice the week after Thanksgiving. And although she only played five minutes, she brought an emotional boost to her teammates in time to inspire a comeback at Cornell Friday night.
The last time the Bulldogs saw their captain in uniform was the game at UC Davis on Nov. 26. While her minutes were limited Friday night, Greenfield recognized the return from her concussion would take some time before she was back to full form.
"I had a lot of fun," Greenfield said. "I felt rusty and tired but it was definitely fun to be out there and to be in a uniform warming up with my teammates and to be a part of the team again. I only practiced with contact twice this week. With more practice, hopefully I will be back to my old self soon."
Until then, her teammates proved they can carry the load on the offensive end, putting on a second-half shooting show that powered a late rally that put the Bulldogs back on the winning track.
Sophomore guard Megan Vasquez scored 11 of her 14 points in the second half, shooting 8-for-10 from the free-throw line in the half, to lead Yale to a 57-49 road win over Cornell in Ivy League action Friday night.
Senior forward Mady Gobrecht scored a game-high 18 points, 10 in the second half, and grabbed six rebounds to power the Bulldogs' offense. Freshman forward Janna Graf scored 10 of her 14 points in the second half.
In her return, Greenfield finished 0-2 from the floor, 0-1 from 3-point range, with one rebound and one steal in five minutes of action, all coming in the first half.
Cornell started the game with a 12-3 run, but Yale (8-11, 4-1 Ivy League) responded with a 12-0 run that started with seven straight points from Gobrecht to take a 15-12 lead.
Over the opening 10 minutes, all of Yale's scoring came from Gobrecht (eight points) and Graf (four points) until Vasquez converted a three-point play at the 9:47 mark to cap the 12-0 run.
Cornell outscored Yale 12-6 over the final 9:32 to go into the halftime break leading 24-21. Sophomore guard Taylor Flynn scored the final eight points of the half for the Big Red.
Cornell scored the first five points of the second half, putting the Bulldogs in a 29-21 hole just 3:35 into the second half before the shots started falling from outside the 3-point arc. Yale drained five 3-pointers to fuel a 21-4 run over the next 9:11, holding Cornell to just one field goal over a 6:49 span during that stretch.
"At halftime, it certainly had all the markings of nightmarish road game," said Chris Gobrecht, the Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954, Head Coach of Women's Basketball. "We couldn't hit our shots. We looked really out of sync. We were in foul trouble. And we were playing against a real fired up team that was really determined. We just had to keep battling. The big difference was when we started to hit our perimeter shots and Janna made those threes. That was huge.
"Michelle, Megan and Janna all played much better in the second half. They all really have been in a slump lately. It's nice to see them bounce back like that."
Yale made only six field goals in the first half (6-for-26, 23.1 percent) and eight in the second half (8-for-21, 38.1 percent), but five of the eight baskets in the second half came from 3-point range and the Bulldogs sank 15-of-18 free throws in the second half. They were 23-for-29 from the free-throw line for the game.
"The road is like that sometimes," Coach Gobrecht said. "It's hard to win on the road. You just have to hang on. But we have to play better."
Allyson DiMagno and Taylor Flynn each scored 10 points to lead the Big Red (5-14, 2-3).
Yale returns to the court Saturday night at Columbia in Manhattan. The Bulldogs and Lions are scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m.
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After much deliberation I have not found any grand inspiration for drawing day...looked at references and thought I would just do a girl sitting with a book, thinking of what to draw! Hope everyone has fun drawing and creating for Drawing Day! :-D
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wow it looks so peaceful that garden such a beautiful drawing!:)
Oh my gosh! Everything in this picture looks so serene! I love the arches with the flowers hanging down! Maaan I wish that place were real! I just love how the sun streams through the collumns! 5h n faves
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a great inspiration must come after being in such a beautiful place...5/5..
Haha I am hoping that I will have a grand inspiration for drawing day. I think that it looks very lovely and is a clever drawing- a girl sitting with a book thinking of what to draw lol. The background is beautiful with the flowers. 5/5 and favorites
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OK, so here is the deal. My family is really, REALLY, religious (Southern Baptist) and I slowly separated myself from their beliefs for the past 5-6 years until about a year ago where I am a full blown anti-theist. As one might expect, this has caused tension with my family (they don't know that I no longer believe in god, they just think that I am a horrible Xtain). This came to a head about 8 months ago when I posted on facebook (oh wonderful facebook, the place to go for drama) that I support gay rights and that they should have the right to marry and such. While this got a lot of positive feed back from my friends, my two (lets call them Cain and Able lol) brothers started posting things such as its a mental illness and that god does not approve and such. Their posts of course received a lot of negative responses and while Cain backed off (to fight another, less public day), Able kept right at it, even going so far as to call my friends and myself some kinda ugly names (liberal crap head [lol], embarrassment to the family, dumb, unintelligent, etc) After the name calling started it got really ugly as one can imagine. Able is also a police officer and he also said things like how the police are anti-gay and other things that could really get one in trouble. Believe it or not, Able's facebook was then "hacked" and he had to delete his account.
All this led to a phone conversation I had with Able were he called me more names (little bitch being the most common) where he decided that we just weren't going to see each anymore. Time went by very peacefully for me, except for my father telling me that I needed for forgive Able and such and me ignoring him and telling him that if Able wants forgiveness then he has to call me and apologize. Anyway, a couple of weekends ago I come to find out that my aunt and uncle were up to see my step-mom graduate, I couldn't go to the graduation because it was mother's day and I didn't think that my mother would appreciate me going to see my step-mother on her day. They had a huge family dinner, and since my bother was up, I didn't find out about my relations even being in the state until after they had all left. I confronted my father about keeping me in the dark and basically lying to me and he said that it wasn't to hurt me, just to not cause drama.
I happen to feel that they are taking his side after all the shit he said about me and I am the one being punished, not him. Should I not be feeling this way? I am just...I don't know how to say what I am, just...empty...over this experience. I feel let down and abandoned by my family, I wanted to "come out" about my atheistic beliefs (I knew it would be a big deal and I would probably loose them, but I had hope that they would just love me anyway) but I feel that after this experience I really can't because then I really would be viewed as the worst person ever and they would shun me. And while I love my husband and his family (they are much more open minded, my husband is an atheist as well) I don't know if I could stand being cut off from everyone in my family.
So I guess, what do you think about this situation and is there any advice on how I should deal with them?
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You might already be having that dinner with your parents, so my thoughts may be too late for your first big coming out event. But I'll share a little anyway.
I, too, grew up going to church twice on sunday, and wednesdays and fridays too. Church camp every summer. I even taught vacation bible school. My extended family now runs the gamut of non-religious to full on creationist. My immediate family is mostly pretty liberal christian, so it wasn't as difficult as your situation when I came out to my parents, sis and bro-in-law last year.
Here's my standard opening gambit when I'm talking to christians about being atheist:
If I am wrong, I am more than willing to stand before god on judgment day. If he knows my heart, he knows I have always sought the truth. I did not willfully turn away from him. It was my desire to understand him and know his will that drove me to deeper study of the bible, and to try to define my faith more clearly. It became harder and harder to reconcile my faith with the god of the bible. If god knows my heart and will punish me for eternity anyway, there's nothing I can do about that. And if that's the kind of god he is, I cannot worship him. (Not will not - but can not.)
I find that starting from that experience generally puts to rest the subject of salvation. I'm willing to let god be my judge, so they should also be willing to leave that up to god.
After that, there's no telling where the conversation goes. But honesty and looking for common ground are usually good tactics.
Wish you the best! And you are not alone!
"I can't believe in the God of my Fathers. If there is one Mind which understands all things, it will comprehend me in my unbelief."
-- Gerald Kersh --
I hate to say it this, but in your situation I would not tell them right now. You are clearly very emotional about this topic and I would wait awhile and clam down. Issues with family are offen very emotional and you do not want to make a bad decisions in the heat of the moment. If your family is very important to you, it is not worth losing them. All I am saying is wait. Tension in you family is very high right now and will at least would wait until it is clamer and your fight with your brothers is over. If family matters to you a lot I would not risk it.
you are not alone.. same here
my family aren't just religious.. they r Muslims..
and if they found out ( you can google that) :l
hope everything goes well with you <3
Oh Cheesus I would have the most fun with your family if I was you. Btw, when you do come out to them, it might be interesting to come out as a satanist first, then when their jaws drop just be like JK IM ATHEIST! and it won't seem so bad.
Meg - the last person posting that they had a problem similar to Amanda's, I suggested telling the family it was cancer, followed by "just kidding," - but I suppose Satanist would work too --
I want to give you a hug. I'm in kind of the same situation just not as dramatic and severe. I'm happy you have your sister and husband. I've been lucky enough to have an atheist friend group to vent to (and this amazing site). Let us know how the dinner goes. This is kind of inspiring me to come out too. I wish I could help and give you advice, but I'm stuck in the same rut and not sure how to go about getting out.
But what I can say is, be strong and do what you think is right for you. Sometimes you have to put yourself first and do what's best for you.
Amanda - RE: "my husband did tell my dad that he didn't appreciate how they treated me" - it's really none of our business, unless you want to share, but other than the shallow superficiality, how did they treat you badly?
I guess my parents knew of my disbelief, only because of probing questions I often asked about their beliefs, but I don't recall ever sitting down and formally discussing it, because I knew it would cause conflict and I was sufficiently troublesome as it was, without compounding it. (Trust me, I was a pain!)
So how important is it really, to have "the talk"?
@Amanda - RE: "I am sure it would have been so funny to be a fly on the wall when you were 'being a pain' hehe"
I know I hide it well, but I really haven't changed that much --
I don't see that you've done anything for which you should feel the need to take the blame. But the confrontation you're considering is up for debate. Check out the 2-minute video on my website, and pay particular attention to the line in the song that says, "It's better to be loved than to make a point" -- http://in-his-own-image.com/2011/12/29/---a-special-merry-xmas-edit...
It still cracks me up every time I watch it - it's a classic, but the message is good too - only you can decide what's best for you, but sometimes, "It's better to be loved than to make a point" --
On the other hand, that doesn't mean you need to roll around on the floor and talk in tongues either, or anything else involving your parents' religion that makes you uncomfortable, but it's your decision to make.
You might consider listing:
1. Confront them
2+. All increments in between
?. Pretend everything's peachy and Kiss Hank's Ass (and no weiners with sauerkraut - ever!)


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Student Story: Honors pre-vet student made most of college experience
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- At just 4 years old, Samantha Fanelli had a passion for helping animals.
In high school, she knew she wanted to go to veterinary school, so she decided Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences was the perfect place to prepare, with its hands-on, well-rounded scientific programs. As an incoming freshman, she encountered a variety of opportunities that would open doors for her as a veterinary and biomedical sciences major.
Fanelli, of Downingtown, Pa., graduated last May. While at Penn State, the Schreyer Honors College student worked as a research assistant and individual researcher for her thesis at Penn State's E. Coli Reference Center.
She also was president of the Pre-Vet Club, Penn State Dance Marathon general fundraising chairwoman for Lion Ambassadors and a member of the Penn State Equestrian Team. In addition, Gamma Sigma Delta, the honor society for agriculture, inducted her as a member the fall of her sophomore year.
"I dedicated most of my involvement to Pre-Vet Club," she said, noting that she heard about the club during the Spend a Summer Day program as a high school senior. Once she entered her freshman year, she sought to get involved right away. The club has expanded and thrived since Fanelli took leadership roles.
"I have come to learn a lot about the field of veterinary medicine through lectures, hands-on laboratories and volunteer experiences."
Along with her role as president of the club, Fanelli also was chosen as one of two dance marathon chairs her sophomore year. She helped bring the club's "THON" fundraising totals from too small to even qualify for dancers to more than $10,000. Fanelli had the opportunity to dance in THON 2012 for the club.
The club also took part in the Homecoming parade for the first time last year.
"Balancing everything felt like a very delicate art sometimes," she said about juggling all of her activities and academics. She organized her busy schedule by keeping to-do lists and a very active, color-coded Gmail calendar.
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Aloha, so me and Peter Frank was discussing a bit on traits of a wave kite.
Now I know there are a ton of absolutely killer kites for waves out there, but that is not really what this is about.
I guess the way I see it we can split traits into two main categories: The first is general traits. They are absolutely needed all all wave riding. The second category is preference traits. These are traits that you personally prefer, or that given conditions provide a preference to but are not absolutely needed in all situations for the kite to be a great wave kite.
Once we figure out what these traits are we can discuss perhaps how to achieve them.
To me this would be:
General trait:
Drift - the way a kite falls backwards while you ride the kite to stay with you as you ride down the wave. I think this is a general trait always needed when riding waves. Even for people that turn the kite aggressively, and people that ride in side off conditions that will be a needed trait. Obviously not as much is straight off shore, but at that points you are not really wave riding you are just riding down the wave face.
Preferred trait (depending on conditions and day and..):
fast turning - I don;t always need this, but sometimes it is great to have.
good depower - again it depends on where I ride. If I ride where it is stable winds this is not a huge issue.
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Israel Today covered in our January 2012 issue the growing phenomenon of "Price Tag" acts of vandalism by some Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria angry over the ongoing threat to their homes by hostile Arab gangs and international diplomatic pressure, and the Israeli government's seeming apathy toward their plight.
Recently this situation got top Israeli officials talking about the possibility of civil war after a "price tag" attack was perpetrated against an Israeli army base. It also resurrected talk about splitting from Israel and establishing a separate State of Judea.
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There is already a Jewish uprising happening in Judea and Samaria that the media and government are doing their best to hide from the public, said the source.
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On Monday I was standing on the sideline watching the Dolphins practice. On what is just a routine run play into the A-gap, Daniel Thomas took the handoff and this happened when there was no apparent hole:
The Dolphins running back took the handoff and turned his back to the line of scrimmage and backpedalled into the pile of offensive and defensive linemen facing the wrong direction.
I turned to Dolphins officials and said that play tells me all I need to know about Thomas as a running back. His instincts are wrong. Rather than lowering his head and pads and bullying his way into the line to create a hole or, at the very least, bouncing outside to salvage the play, he basically gave up on the play and protected himself.
Not what I would expect from the kid who is 6-1 and 228 pounds.
Not what I would expect from a second-round pick.
Not what I would expect from the player who is supposed to inherit the Miami running back spot after this year because Reggie Bush is in the final year of his contract.
Not what I would expect from an NFL running back.
That moment, in all its disappointment, came back to me when I watched Hard Knocks Tuesday. In the opening minutes of the show, amid all the players that are not getting the job done or getting cut or traded, we see Thomas called into coach Joe Philbin's office.
It wasn't so the coach could give the player a standing ovation. Seems Thomas was late to the team plane that carried the Dolphins to the Carolina game two weeks ago. And he apparently did not meet dress code requirements.
And then last week he was late to a weight lifting session.
"Last week you were late to the plane and you weren't in the proper dress code," Philbin tells Thomas. "Now, I come to find out you were 15 minutes late today. From where I sit I get concerned about that stuff. Obviously, you're going to get fined, but that's not the point. The point is I don't want to be fining anybody. I want guys that do what they're supposed to do and be where they're supposed to be and right now, two times in four days, that's not a good thing."
There's more:
"And I'm just telling you, this can't happen, that kind of stuff can't happen," Philbin adds. "I'm getting a little queasy about you. You got to take responsibility for your own career, what you're doing and when you're doing it. I don't want to come talk to you again. I want to see you out there and next time I want to talk to you on a positive thing, not this kind of stuff."
So what does all this mean?
Look, the Dolphins are fishing for bodies or draft picks or anything that can possibly help them rise from the mire that currently threatens to sink them to the bottom of the AFC East standings once the season begins.
The Detroit Lions, meanwhile, are searching for running backs. And so it's only logical that the Lions might be looking at Miami's supposedly well-stocked running back stable and think maybe Bush might be available for a receiver or draft pick.
And if I'm the Dolphins, I would love to be able to consider the option. Except that the heir to the job can't be on time and isn't exactly producing on the field and isn't exactly following in the tradition of Larry Csonka, either.
So what can the Dolphins do but hold on to Bush, right?
Well, you might say, they can offer Thomas. That's a fine idea except Thomas hasn't done anything of high regard in this league and his tardiness was now on national TV. Also, the head coach said on national TV that he's starting to feel "queasy" about the guy. Yeah, that's going to bring a bigtime dividend in trade from Detroit ... or anybody.
It's just disappointing. That's all I can say. Disappointing.


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HIGH POINT, N.C. - Conference Carolinas announced the All-Conference Teams, Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Freshmen of the Year award winners in conjunction with the Conference Carolinas Basketball Tournament Championships that will begin this weekend. Head Coaches from conference member institutions nominate and then vote on the award winners who represent the best of the best for the conference.
Coker's Henna Koponen earned Third Team All-Conference honors in her final season for the Lady Cobras; this is her third All-Conference selection. Koponen averaged 13.3 points per game and 6.7 rebounds per game. She ends her career at Coker as the career leader in points with 1,494 points.
Women's All-Conference 1st-Team
Esty Flores, Barton
Marissa Hudley, Queens
Alexa Neal, Anderson
Helen Moore, Mount Olive
Porsha Morgan, Erskine
Women's All-Conference 2nd-Team
Shayla Jackson, Belmont Abbey
Audrey Timmerman, Erskine
Maria Young, Limestone
Jamila Johnson, Barton
Lauren Casey, Lees-McRae
Women's All-Conference 3rd Team
Ashley Arff, Converse
Henna Koponen, Coker
Jamila Harris, Pfeiffer
Domonique China, Pfeiffer
Lauren Pace, Limestone
Freshman of the Year
Maria Young, Limestone
Player of the Year
Esty Flores, Barton
Coach of the Year
Wendee Saintsing, Barton


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THE PUBLIC EYE: Who's to Blame for Long-Term Unemployment?
May 3rd brought news that the unemployment rate has dipped to 7.5 percent and there's been an alarming rise in the suicide rate for middle-aged Americans. According to the Center for Disease Control, "The [suicide] increase does coincide with a decrease in financial standing for a lot of families…" 4.35 million Americans have been unemployed for more than 26 weeks. Whose fault is this? -more-


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WAYNESBURG, Pa – The York wrestling team (0-3) faced off in a tri-meet against Waynesburg (1-2) and Mercyhurst (2-0). York fell in both matches in a tough match-up.
Facing Waynesburg, the Spartans fell 24-15. Ryan Flynn (Newtown Square Pa. / Marple Newtown) was able to get the first points for York as he earned a 6-1 decision over Crivelli. The freshman was able to secure his first collegiate victory with the decision. At 157, Adam Kritzer (Herndon, Pa. / Line Mountain) worked his opponent into the second period and then secured his first pin on the year. The sophomore was able to pin his opponent in 4:32. Zach Coleman (Belcamp, Md. / Harford Technical) was the last scorer for the Spartans, where he wrestled at 197. Coleman came out and was able to secure a pin over Jennings in the first period. Coleman dominated quickly and nabbed his pin in just 55 seconds.
Facing Mercyhust, the Spartans wrestled valiantly, but fell 32-9. Nicholas Zak (Jackson, N.J. / Jackson Liberty) picked up his first win of the season with an injury default. At 149 pounds, York junior, John Allenson (Glenside, Pa. / Germantown Academy), wrestled a great match. Allenson was able to capture a 10-6 victory over Miller of Mercyhurst.
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April 23, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale competed in several events on the cold, windy first day of the 115th Annual Penn Relays. After traveling down to Philadelphia, Pa. last night, the Bulldogs had a full day of individual events and relays on Penn's Franklin Field. Penn Relays is one of the biggest and most historic track meets in the world, drawing more than 22,000 entries and more than 100,000 spectators over the course of the three days. While competing against some of the best athletes in the country, Yale also had a chance to see how its best Ivy League rivals could perform.
One of the first events of the day was the 400-meter hurdle championship. Senior Jennifer Lin finished third in her section in a time of 1:02.76, which made her 30th in a field of 59. She missed the ECAC qualifying mark by less than half a second. Lin finished ahead of other Ivy League contestants from Penn and Cornell.
"It was nice to run with some other Ivy League girls," Lin said. "In the past we haven't run that well because you have to get up so early and got there so late the night before, but we're all in the same circumstances, and I was really happy with how I ran."
Later in the afternoon, the 4x100 meter relay heats were held. The Yale team finished in 49.08, which was good for fifth place in its heat and 51st place overall in a field of 81 teams. Freshman Alexa Monti ran the first leg of the relay, followed by junior Claudia Duncan, sophomore Jennifer Parker, and sophomore Kate Grace ran anchor. In this event the Bulldogs had better Ivy competition: Penn finished 27th in 47.20 and Cornell 34th in 47.68.
In the evening, most of the 4x100-meter relay team returned to run the 4x400 meter relay. In the only event that has a separate race for the Heptagonal schools, Yale finished third amongst its fellow Ivy League schools in 3:47.93, only .03 seconds behind Colombia. Duncan started out strong for the first leg, finishing in the lead as she handed it off to Lin. Parker was next, and Grace finished it off magnificently for the Bulldogs, having to work harder because of a messy handoff.
"She would have had the girl in front of her with five more meters," Lin asserted. "We were all really happy with how we did."
The 3,000-meter steeplechase was the last event of the day for the Bulldogs, and senior Bevin Peters finished in grand style. Peters finished third in 10:53.31.
"I felt pretty good during the entire race," Peters said. "I was really hoping to get under NCAA Regionals time, since I was so close two weeks ago, but I felt that I was in it the entire time. It was a really nice atmosphere. It was weird waiting around all day, but it was less stressful in the evening, because the crowds at Penn are huge even on Thursday and kind of intimidating, and they dispersed by the evening. It was a little chillier jumping in the water than we would've liked, though."
Freshman Anne Lovelace also ran a good race in the steeplechase to finish ninth in 11:16.22. The field included four other Ivy League competitors, including first-place finisher Kari Higdem from Columbia (10:48.58). Cornell had two runners in the Championship event as well, which boasted the 11 fastest runners of the meet: Stephanie Pancoast won the event in 10:30.46, while their other runner, Erin Roberts, earned sixth in 10:42.04.
Yale's only field competitors, sophomores Emily Standish and Eve King, competed in the high jump, but unfortunately both recorded no-height performances.
"The meet opened higher than they're used to," Lin explained. "It's hard to jump that high on your first jump when it's cold."
The Bulldogs seemed very happy with how they competed.
"I feel like we're right where we need to be," Peters said. "People will be prepared to run really well at Heps in two weeks, and everyone is motivated to keep working until then."
After many hard-fought events, most of the athletes who competed Thursday headed back to New Haven that evening, while the others are staying to compete in the 4x800 meter relay at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Live results will be found here.
On Sunday the Yale Springtime Invitational will be held on the Cuyer-Dwyer track, which will be the last home meet for senior Bulldogs. The meet is also the last competition before Heptagonal Championships (back in Philadelphia on Franklin Field) May 9-10.
Report by Kyle Eichner '12, Yale Sports Publicity


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ATLANTA (AP) The Chicago Bulls were without three starters for Saturday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks.
Guard Kirk Hinrich, center Joakim Noah and forward Carlos Boozer did not play for the second straight game.
Coach Tom Thibodeau said Hinrich had a procedure in Chicago on Saturday to have an infection cleaned out of his right elbow. Hinrich is expected to miss about a week.
Noah was held out with plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Boozer, who participated in pregame wamups, was held out with a right hamstring injury.
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I help you to realize that you have the abilities, wisdom and courage to give birth. Birth is something that you know on a basic level. I just help you to access that knowledge. - Jacquie Munro
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Slowly...While Waiting for Baby...
So, I thought that I'd best just sit down and start writing while I'm waiting for another baby to come - a baby girl. Her mum and dad were supposed to be moving today, and were feeling quite stressed about it...so baby girl decided she would make things easy for them. She's coming early and now mum and dad get to cancel the movers! Babies can make magic happen!
I was at another birth this morning. A shiny birth... "Oh, this is fast!" "Good baby," says mum. "Great vocabulary!" says dad. "Can you say vocabulary?" "Vocabulary!" says mum after arriving at the hospital at 7cm, already feeling the first signs of wanting to push... Marcello came quickly, so that his mum wouldn't have to miss a meal. "Good baby!"
Then there were the other first babies this week... Two were both born on the same day (no overlaps!) How does this happen? First babies...under 12 hours? Yes, it happens. Marvelous denial of prelabour, I think! One woman called me to say she was already 2-3cm at her weekly checkup, but was still planning to complete her day's errands. She knew she could trust her body to tell her when it was serious about labour. But, things quickly changed, and I drove over to her house soon afterwards. Ten hours later...after dancing and lunging in the unlimited hot shower...out spun her over-eight-pound beauty!
Soon after, another baby decided to come at 37 weeks. Mum worked hard to deny the early contractions - "It must be pre-pre-labour!" She made it almost through the night, lying on her side, really not enjoying this at all! But she did it! And I did back circles, whispered calm words, while dad ran about, gathering everything possible. "Nuts!" I heard him cry. I thought it was an exclamation. But, he'd been toasting nuts for snacking... So great! We managed to make it through rush hour traffic - construction traffic - back-lane detours - phew! "Smooth and slow. Smooth and slow." I chanted. Fully dilated on arrival. "He's an angel!" said the mum over and over and over again when baby arrived. Dad stayed awake to watch him sleep all day...
And last weekend...a 2-3 day epic birth made me lose my ability to think in complete sentences. This birth taught us so much about surrendering to baby's cues, always trusting mum's instincts. This birth was so joyful...not that the others weren't joyful. But, there was ample time during this long birth for mum to contemplate the utter joy of labouring slowly. She truly had the time to think deeply about what she needed to learn in order to be the best mother for her baby. She decided to decide - and her baby came beautifully into the world by cesarean. What a triumph in so many ways!
You might think that only the long birth was a Slow Birth. But, I consider all these births to be "Slow Births." Don't be confused by the word "slow." It doesn't have much to do with time. It has more to do with giving each birth the time and attention that it deserves. It means not rushing through the experience. It might naturally be fast. It might naturally be slow. But it just needs to be what your body and the baby intend for it to be. And while it is happening...we are all listening to the body's lessons. We become connected.
Slow Birth is not hurried, not forced. It is calm, intuitive, patient, receptive. Slow Birth is about seeing the big picture and trusting each body's own rhythm. Fast or slow...
Now...I'm off to another Slow Birth...
- Jacquie Munro, Vancouver Doula, Slow Birth
5 comments:
- Rosie said...
Thank your daughter for me : ) and thank you for being so honest about your dad. My friend just lost her dad and I'm at a loss...for words. Maybe if you don't write you can stay in that time in place where he was, when you used to write. Your writing honors him by being you.
I've totally adopted the slow birth ways. And am more about slow living than I used to be...slowly going there :)
- 4:37 p.m. PDT
- ebbandflo said...
... and thank you for writing so positively about giving birth my c-section. You are one of the reasons why my own birth memories are so positive in the face of what could have been a truly awful time.
- 6:01 p.m. PDT
Welcome back! it is wonderful to "hear" your words and thoughts again, you've been missed!
Your spirit is strong and deep...
- 3:54 p.m. PDT
- Gracee said...
I love your blog. Your words encouraged me to hire a Doula and listen to my body for my third birth ( I was very scared after two really bad experiences). It was one of the most empowering events of my life. Now, as I run around with three kids 4 and under, I keep the concept of living slowly close at hand - I hope you have a book in the works. Your wisdom and reflection are so important - but live 'slowly,' listen to your heart and when you're ready to write - it'll happen.
- 9:28 a.m. PDT
- Dianne Hamre said...
Hi Jacquie~I spent a good part of the day reading your entire blog. It was wonderful...except for the fact that I was supposed to be working on the essay that would complete my certification packet for DONA! I love your writing style and info that helps the newer doulas get off to a great start. I'm heading into my 31st birth and, like you, I LOVE every minute of it!
- 7:37 p.m. PST