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So why get involved with this guy? Odds are the fantasy started with the vision of an international adventure. Something that makes the OP look more attractive than they truly are, and every word they say being more enticing. As long as you're fantasizing, the protection concept would be easy enough to discard, because no one's fantasy person would dare to have a disease, right?
Each of us have somewhat different reasons for why and how we cheated. But the bottom line is it all starts with a lie we tell to ourselves. That cascades into a series of lies to keep the fantasy going. At some point, you don't even know what reality is anymore.
Everytime I try to talk about how I'm feeling he gets frustrated with me and tells me that he doesn't want to talk about it and he wants to act like it never happened
You've painted a picture of a man who is interested only in his own feelings, and probably has no empathy. Could be I'm projecting, because that's how I was. If he's like me, he doesn't feel guilt (or anything) like normal humans.
He's cheated on you several times, and it has little to do with the *actual women* in each case. It's him, he's addicted to the "teenage infatuation" high he gets. What he's doing now at home with you, sounds like what we call "white knuckling." He'll grin and bear it for awhile, but yes, he's Jonesing for a fix of Teenage Infatuation. It's a habit he won't kick until he decides he wants to. Continuing to take him back, I'm afraid, may teach him that his actions have few consequences. I'm so sorry you're in this awful situation. Take care of yourself, and good luck.
When I ask him about it he says that he's here and that if he didn't want to be then he wouldn't. Everytime I try to talk about how I'm feeling he gets frustrated with me and tells me that he doesn't want to talk about it and he wants to act like it never happened.
The hardest thing for a WS to face is the impact of their own actions. So each time you tell him how you feel, he's likely falling deeper into self loathing and driving a figurative knife into his own gut. Affairs are a cowardly action to begin with, so a WS often won't have the strength to face the consequences of their own actions.
That said, you need to bring clarity to the situation. One of the best gifts my wife gave was when I asked about considering a trial S, she refused. Her terms were clear. We were either both all in for working toward a better us, or we were done. There is no half way here.
It would be best to set clear and non-negotiable terms. IF he is all in, fine. That means he goes to IC. He finds the real reason for why he's done what he's done and fixes it. He allows you to express how you feel without trying to diminish it. He seeks to find what he needs to do to make you whole ahead of his need to hide from his own actions. He locks in NC with the OP and commits to making his focus 100% on you. And if he can't make this level of commitment, you explore a way to end the relationship.
Missing the OW? Probably not that person. He's missing the escape from reality. The escape from facing the results of his own choices. He needs to be held accountable to giving up on that escape, because it is what gets him in trouble in the first place.
The basis for the action isn't rooted in reality, which is why it's so confusing when you're on the outside looking in. When we let our defenses down and allow the fantasy to take over, no logic is applied.
So why get involved with this guy? Odds are the fantasy started with the vision of an international adventure. Something that makes the OP look more attractive than they truly are, and every word they say being more enticing. As long as you're fantasizing, the protection concept would be easy enough to discard, because no one's fantasy person would dare to have a disease, right?
Listenclosely, Thank you for the reply. This makes so much sense! Then combine that with the fact that her self worth was at an all time low at the time and there you have it.
When I ask him about it he says that he's here and that if he didn't want to be then he wouldn't. Everytime I try to talk about how I'm feeling he gets frustrated with me and tells me that he doesn't want to talk about it and he wants to act like it never happened....... It's almost like he shows no remorse
What is he doing to change himself? If it's nothing, then whatever hole he was trying to fill with the A is still there.
What he's doing now at home with you, sounds like what we call "white knuckling." He'll grin and bear it for awhile, but yes, he's Jonesing for a fix of Teenage Infatuation. It's a habit he won't kick until he decides he wants to.
20Wrongs is 100% correct. He's the same person until he starts to fix what is wrong.
Is he missing the OW?
Yeah, probably. That doesn't mean he won't get over that feeling and someday soon radically change the way he feels about her. My remorse didn't hit until after I came out of the fog.
How many of you slipped again after dd1? Did you work through it or not?
While I didn't slip, I can say I was still foggy for a few months after DD. You spend so much time lying to yourself and believing something that's not real that it takes a while for it all to clear.
I also traveled a lot when my A took place. The biggest problem in hindsight is that when you travel like that you have a lot of time to just let thoughts run through your head. I would spend a lot of time in hotel rooms eating room service with no company but the TV and a laptop. I could see how someone going to a bar would substitute casual conversation for something more than that. And yes, alcohol will in most cases aid bad behavior. You let your guard down too much when your not 100% sober.
I still had to travel for a while after the A. I tried to shift my behavior to text my BW more and to immerse in work. Anything that kept my mind active on something healthy.
While this may "explain" things, it still has to be nipped in the bud. Boundaries are boundaries. And if your WH can't maintain them then he has a ton more work to do.
He got upset bcuz he feels that she was a friend to him and he would never desert a friend even in this situation where he feels he is in control and the A is over.
Have any of u WSs considered your AP a real friend and wanted to maintain a friendship w them? I know its crazy but i hav to ask
My questions are:
1. Are there others who had an EA and ended up "in love"? How do you get to the point of love without a physical relationship?
2. Have other BSs had a lot of sexual discussion (his was quite graphic) without physical contact? To me this is so foreign- I don't understand how he could draw the line at just talk.
One last point, very quickly after the A was discovered and the fog had lifted he realized that he was not in love with her at all, but was rather in love with the attention she gave him and the escape it was from his real life. He says he has no fond memories of her and seems genuinely crushed by his actions and the results it has had on our family.
I never stayed with the AP, I can't think of anyone here on SI who did end up staying with the AP although I could be wrong. I'm sorry I don't have much to offer but I can tell you that that fantasy bubble bursts rather quickly once kids and bills come along. My grandfather married his AP before I was even conceived and I could tell as I grew up he regretted it; although he'd never admit it. He knew he blew it. He knew she was more beautiful,sweeter, just all around better. Plus she could sing professional opera. Anyway, he would never admit it but I could always tell. Sorry if that answer didn't help much. "An affair born in betrayal will end in ashes."
Your WS knows why he was looking her up, he's just too scared to tell you. YOU get to put the hammer down on this relationship and decide when it's over. How much are you willing to put up with? For how long?
Your question is not crazy. The AP is NOT a friend of the marriage. The AP was and forever will be an enemy to the marriage ALONG WITH any "friends" who helped the WS conceal and "root for" the A. Your WS is lying to himself if he thinks the AP is a friend and she deserves no apologies. Would you apologize to a murderer? Forgive, maybe in like, 50 years. Apologize to? I seriously doubt it.This needs to be made crystal fucking clear to your WS.
1. I personally never felt "in love" with the AP though I know it is very common. The "love" that many feel is not love but the rush of the drug. The feeling you got is what you loved, not the person. Thinking you're feelings are being validated, that you're important/sexy/smart. Some people are in love with the thought of being in love. As far as the physical activity aspect, I really don't know. There are many people on different sides of the fence who have sexless relationships but are in love.
2.I'm sure there is a lot of discussion with no contact. But who's to say how long your H's A would have gone on before it actually went to a full on PA? Your H may have been trying to figure out a way to meet up with the AP, or have sex on skype or whatever and the whole graphic talk is just one step away from the full act. Or maybe your H still had a little bit of conscience to hold him back. I can't answer for him but I'm sure this can be addressed in counseling.
Your last point, I believe, is a partial answer to your first question. I hope I helped answer your questions.
[This message edited by stilllovinghim at 2:06 AM, May 18th (Sunday)]
WH believes she is his friend because she covered for him at work, gave his ego a good stroking and listened to him when he needed an ear. He felt alone in our marriage, felt that nobody else was there for him. I know she was never a friend of his or of the marriage, otherwise this would never have happend.
I guess he is not yet out of the fog, remorseful, etc. Seems like he will choose to be her friend and lose his wife. Tragic
[This message edited by Imissmyhusb at 12:17 PM, May 18th (Sunday)]
He maintains that the affair was one, long (2+ month) event for him once it started -- that once he descended into it, he didn't see things as rational choice A and choice B. He basically suspended most judgement and most rational thought.
I have such a hard time with this. If this was true for you, and if you have gotten your BS to understand this, how did you do it? I get hung up on the whole "how could you it" details of particular things, and don't know how to get out of there. The details hurt for BSes. My H doesn't deny that, and wants me to express my feelings. What he hates is when I say he should have felt/though differently then. His answer is, "if I had felt/thought differently (and correctly) then, it wouldn't have been an affair." i.e if he could have been able to see that having sex in the family truck was a degrading, cruel and hurtful thing to do, he wouldn't have done it.
It is almost as if I have to assume, and accept, that he was batshit crazy for 2 months.
[This message edited by bionicgal at 1:25 PM, May 18th (Sunday)]
I edit, therefore I am.
A lot of WS's are really good at compartmentalizing. It's something that EVERYONE does but to a different degree. I'll give you two different examples one being extreme and the other not but BOTH are examples of compartmentalizing.
1: You are having a really bad day at work and everything is going wrong. You get in your car pissed off and fuming still thinking of the day. You get home, open the door, and your child is standing there,crying. She got hurt and needs your love and attention. You immediately rush to her side forgetting the entire work day and focusing solely on your child's safety and well-being. You've put your whole shitty day behind you. It might pop up again for a second, but you immediately dismiss it. Now, so there's no confusion, this example doesn't necessarily mean your day wasn't shitty and you just minimized the situation. What you did was you took something and put it in a "mental compartment" in your head and you may or may not go back to it later.
2: A person who has suffered traumatic abuse such as mental/physical/sexual. These types of traumas are compartmentalized. They are put away mentally so that the person can function without repeating over and over and over the trauma. They haven't forgotten it, but they don't exactly tell everyone about it at the next social gathering.
The first example was a minor one and the second a more severe one. I'm sure you've caught the drift.
A lot of times when a WS cheats, they minimize the situation and compartmentalize the events as well.
When I look back on what I did I could just kick my own ass. Going to a (practically) stranger's house by myself. Yeah REAL smart. I could have been tied up in a basement and skinned alive. You don't think about those things at the time during the throngs of an A. Yeah your H fucking his AP in the truck was skanky and dirty but he didn't see it that way until only after the A because the rose colored glasses came off and his head (hopefully) has retracted from his asshole.
There's a lot of shit us WS's look back on afterwards and just think to ourselves "wtf was I thinking? Who am I? How could I have done this? Oh God what if xyz would have happened?..." etc.
I think you get the drift by now. This doesn't excuse the behavior by any means, this is simply an explanation of shitty behavior.
[This message edited by stilllovinghim at 10:04 PM, May 18th (Sunday)]
I hope to repeat the advice that smarter and more evolved people have said on this site. Your situation is not unique. You cannot hope to R if there are three people in your M -- you, WH, and AP. Until you get AP completely out of WH's life, you are still at the starting line.
There are lots of stories here of a WS being in "a fog" for a while after DDay. That they still have feelings for the AP, or at least do not know how to address the hole that AP was filling. That isn't always fatal. If your DDay is close to your registration date, you are in the time period where WS's are in the fog. Some WS come out of the fog, either on their own or with a push from the BS. Some WS do not come out of the fog.
Look at the healing library for the "180." Take care of yourself. Don't wait for WS to get it.


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It seems the two of them used to date back when they were teen-agers. There was definitely something there; they went roller skating every Friday night in Pasadena, and she bought him a silver ID bracelet, which practically meant you were engaged back in those days.
"He was so sweet," Rose recalled. "But very shy."
Anyway, ID bracelet or no ID bracelet, they drifted apart a year later. Rose got married and raised two kids. Ricky never married, but he went to maritime school and became a marine engineer.
Rose eventually divorced after 14 years of marriage. Six years ago, she was in the Glen Burnie Mall with her kids and ran into Ricky for the first time in years. He was still sweet, she could tell that.
Apparently, he hadn't gotten a handle on the shyness thing, either - it would be another six months before he summoned the nerve to call for a date. Things quickly got serious. Eventually, Ricky bought her a diamond engagement ring, then they bought a house together.
Now, they were standing in the chilly mist waiting to get married, Ricky in a dark blue suit and topcoat, Rose in a pink jacket and black slacks, the two of them on skates, her hand in his, looking happier than anyone had a right to in this weather.
"We got sunshine, don't we, babe?" Rose said, and Ricky smiled and nodded. On his wrist was a shiny gold bracelet. Rose had bought it not long ago. It cost a heck of a lot more than the 11 bucks she spent for that silver bracelet when they were kids.
At a little after 12, the first strains of "The Wedding March" drifted over the PA system, and the couples took to the ice. One by one, they made their way over to a white stand decorated with red hearts, where WLIF personality Fran Lane introduced the Rev. Joel Dan Lehman.
The reverend, he knew this wasn't the kind of day where you yak a lot. He got down to business.
"We're gathered here, in the presence of these witnesses," he began, and that's when we saw a man in a dark suit being helped off the ice. His bride-to-be, in a white wedding gown, skated behind him, a concerned look on her face.
This guy, he didn't look so good. His face was all red, and he was bent over in agony. I thought it was his ticker.
"No," said the man, who turned out to be Tom Quarles, 40, of Baltimore. "It's my feet. First time on skates. I was cramping and my feet were buckling."
But Quarles, he turned out to be a trouper. He got out of the skates and leaned against a railing, and that's where he exchanged vows with Maureen Miller.
Anyway, in a few minutes, the ceremony was over. The brides and grooms kissed, took a quick lap around the rink as "Through the Eyes of Love" blared from the speakers, and posed for pictures.
I found Ricky and Rose Walega in the warming tent shortly after. They were beaming. "It really dawned on me how much this means to me," Ricky said, looking at Rose. "She's a beautiful woman. And now she's all mine."
Everyone else in the tent looked happy, too. A huge five-tier wedding cake was ready to be served to the couples and their guests.
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About 300 volunteers came together at Greer Stadium on Thursday to place school supplies into backpacks for the United Way's annual "Stuff the Bus" campaign.
All of their energy was focused on one goal: getting the children who are most in need off to a good start this school year.
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Records fight with city continues
The battle between The Examiner Newspaper and the city of Beaumont over the way the city handled the dismissal of public intoxication and disorderly conduct charges against NBA star Kendrick Perkins will continue in Judge Layne Walker's court.
The judge heard arguments from lawyers for the newspaper, the city and Perkins on Wednesday but a ruling on what, if anything, would be turned over to the newspaper was delayed until the lawyers and the judge could review which documents are subject to an expunction order signed by Walker on April 21. A day before that order was signed the Texas attorney general ruled the records being sought by The Examiner must be turned over to the newspaper; however, none of the parties were notified of the ruling until after Walker expunged the case against Perkins.
Sean Samuel, the son of Beaumont City Councilman Audwin Samuel, is representing Perkins, a Beaumont native. The city is being represented by assistant city attorney Quentin Price. Sharae Bassett, who is the assistant city attorney who handled Perkins' case, was also in the courtroom. Absent was city attorney Tyrone Cooper, who has been accused in court records obtained by the newspaper of trying to make the case against Perkins "go away."
The newspaper is represented by John Werner, who asked Walker to set aside the expunction long enough to clear up the open records issue, after which time the judge could again wipe the basketball player's criminal record clean.
After about a half hour, Walker decided to let the lawyers review the documents behind closed doors and then said he would decide which records might be turned over to the newspaper and which records would be destroyed. The judge's jurisdiction over the case extends for 30 days from the date the expunction was signed. That deadline was 11 days away as of April 21, and Walker is expected to make his decision within that timeframe after also reviewing the documents and video records in the case.
Jerry Jordan can be reached at (409) 498-1074, or at jerry [at] theexaminer [dot] com.
Yellow Journalism Spotted: Time Traveling Judge?!?!?
So basically, Judge Layne Walker traveled forward in time to April 21, 2012, to sign the expunction order,and then traveled back in time to consider what is subject to the order before he signed it?
Or the article's author royally screwed up the dates contained in the article. In either case, yellow journalism.
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No time to read between the lines....because none cares......duh..this is stupid news.....smh
It's the fact that its trying
It's the fact that its trying to be covered up and whose doing it...read between the lines a little bit...
Who give a fu*k...Why is this
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It was tipped off by a 2011 scandal at the Labor Department, in which the undersecretary in charge of veterans' affairs, who was also a member of President Obama's post-election transition team, resigned after investigators found that he had bypassed contracting regulations to get jobs for a former colleague, Stewart Liff.
The undersecretary, Raymond Jefferson, mentioned that Liff had also done work for OPM. The federal personnel agency's investigators found that, not only had similar misconduct occurred in Liff's work for OPM and that it involved top advisers to then-OPM Director John Berry, who departed the agency last year, but that the problem with bypassing competitive bidding at OPM went far beyond Liff.
All culpable, according to the report, were Michael Grant, senior adviser to Berry; Kay Ely, then-associate director of OPM's Human Resources Solutions office, which does work for nearly every government agency; and other high-ranking officials and rank-and-file contracting officers.
They brought on Liff first to work for Labor under an inter-agency agreement, as Grant and Jefferson were friends.
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OPM officials bestowed favoritism upon Liff that was likely worse than that committed by Jefferson.
Though a government shutdown is perhaps the most far-reaching crisis that OPM could face, Grant expressed concern "about how Mr. Liff specifically would be affected if there was a government shutdown ... The way Mr. Grant phrased this concern was not about how the project would be affected, but rather the consequences that a shutdown would have upon Mr. Liff personally."
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Then it will be ready to go independent. I will help as long as necessary but I will phase my self out, so that sooner or later I will leave completely. There can be no real independence unless I am gone. Those are the rules. Make no mistake they will do just fine.
Then of course some one has suggested an annual blog party. All the people involved in island dance blogs. Sounds good, should be in a couple, three years. You people will have a lot on your agenda.
Then the annual Cultural Dance Competition, sponsored by the blogs. It will all probably take place on the West Side and make sure it conflicts in the minimum with downtown or perhaps it could even go in the Aloha Games.
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Mister BlisterPosted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
On New Year's Day, I sent off PDFs of Fifteen Minutes and Mister Blister. A few days later, I got this response:
Dear Lawrence,
Thank you very much for your 16 pieces!
Both pieces are terrific and I'd like to definitely perform the whole 15 Minutes set and Mister Blister in my program. I'm currently learning all pieces and will be making "first-draft" recordings in the next few weeks to get responses from all composers. I'll keep you posted.
Thank you again,
I hear many horror stories from composers about their dealings with clueless or malicious performers. I have to say I've been very fortunate in working with dedicated, curious, imaginative musicians pretty regularly. Sending the composer a rough-draft recording of a performance-in-progress is a new experience for me, though; I'm very impressed by Piotr's initiative. At this point, if I'm not mistaken (and I hardly trust myself after my last blunder), he has several performances lined up this spring at New World Symphony, with others to come at Spoleto, Tanglewood and elsewhere.
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A tarp collapsed at a Villa Rica event Saturday afternoon, injuring five people, according to Villa Rica Mayor J. Allen Collins. It happened at the Villa Rica Civic Center and Sports Complex, known as V-Plex, shortly after 3 p.m.
Five people were taken to Tanner Medical Center where they were treated and released. They had no life-threatening injuries, according to the Mayor.
Heavy rains moving through the area began collecting on the tarp, which was set up over a stage area. Rain fell faster than water could drain from the top of tarp, according to Collins.
This happened during a two-day event called Curves & Chrome Rally for a Cure, which is a breast cancer benefit for cancer patients.
Mayor Collins said the incident is still under investigation. It is not clear at this time if the collapse was actually caused from the collection of rain or from the efforts to drain the rainwater from the tarp.
The event will continue Sunday at 10 a.m.
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Anyone looking for a silver lining to the extreme subzero temperatures may get an answer when spring comes, because that will be the true test of whether invasive species have survived the harsh winter.
With weather warnings urging people to take precautions to avoid potentially deadly hypothermia, it's no secret that extreme cold can kill. Yet, when it comes to insects like the emerald ash bore, which has infested the trees at Lakewood Cemetery, the subzero temperatures may be Mother Nature's way of lending a hand in eliminating an ecological invader.
Death's cold embrace reaches out to even the smallest of invasive species, and no one is more pleased than Robert Venette, a research biologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture whose research lab is on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus.
"I'm one of the few people who like weather like this, from the buggy side of things," he said.
Along with his research assistant, the two spent much of a historically frigid Monday carving larvae from the bark of ash trees, placing it in a Petri dish, and taking it outside to see how quickly it dies.
"It's around minus 20 that things get really interesting," Venette explained.
At -20 Fahrenheit, roughly half of the larvae will die. Once the temperature this -30, there's a 90 percent mortality rate. After two mild winters in a state where the emerald ash borer is now threatening to kill the state's 1 billion ash trees, Venette says one harsh winter could be a tipping point.
"The concern is that emerald ash borer might be moved into the central part of the state. That's where most of our ash resource is located," Venette said. "If emerald ash borer were to make it there and survive, it would be economically and ecologically devastating."
Although the epitaph for the emerald ash borer has not yet been written, Venette says he believes the cold could cause enough of a population loss to give people another opportunity to act.
"Communities have more time to find those infested trees and get them removed," he said.
Venette estimates the subzero temperatures may buy a delay of two to three years, but it is too early to tell whether a few plunges past -20 will be enough to evict the emerald ash borer.
The big chill can kill other bugs too. A University of Minnesota researcher recently discovered bed bugs face instant death at -22 -- but Entymology Professor Stephen Kells tells FOX 9 he would not recommend using outdoor temperatures to kill bed bugs even if it is possible.
Kells recently completed research on the topic and discovered that at 0 degrees Fahrenheit, it takes at least 72 hours to kill all stages of bed bugs. Exposure time drops to 24 hours at -11 degrees, but he cautions that factors like solar radiation, insulation, greenhouse effect (which occurs when items are wrapped in plastic), may complicate matters.
Wind chill is not a factor for bed bugs either, according to Kells. Although he acknowledges that need to address bed bugs living inside, he warns that people should never try to freeze bed bugs out because it could damage the structure of their home.
Yet, even the freezing temperatures farther north are no match for the moose ticks that carry parasites which are accused of killing off 70 percent of Minnesota's moose population. Wildlife Health Program Supervisor Michelle Castensen says that's because the ticks live on the warm host during the winter.
What would help kill the ticks is a long, cold winter that would linger until after when the ticks fall off the moose in April and start the next phase of their cycle. In other words: On the host they, survive the cold; off the host they may die if the freezing temperatures linger until May.
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Examining AT&Ts 3G-to-4G upgrade path
By picking its incumbent 3G vendors to build LTE, AT&T can take advantage of their upgradable equipment, but AT&Ts radio network head explains why turning a 3G base station into a 4G one isnt always the best option
When AT&T (NYSE:T) named Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) and Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) its 4G radio access vendors on Wednesday, it cited their incumbency in the 3G network as a critical advantage in deploying long-term evolution (LTE). The 3G base stations that Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson deploy today can be upgraded to support LTE in the future, giving AT&T flexibility and even a capex advantage in its future 4G rollout. But just how upgradable is AT&Ts network?
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According to Gordon Mansfield, director of AT&Ts radio access domain, AT&T wont be able to merely flip a switch in 2011 and have an instant LTE networkthere is still extensive network deployment necessary to build the LTE network. But AT&T does have an advantage, Mansfield said, in its ability to re-use numerous elements of its high-speed packet access (HSPA) networks that will make its LTE deployment more seamless and less expensive than an operator starting from scratch.
The biggest thing is that the equipment we buy today is upgradable in some way to LTE, Mansfield said. If I put LTE in at a different band I obviously need new radios, but the bottom line is on our base station equipment there are a lot of things that are completely re-usable.
By implementing Alcatel-Lucent and Ericssons next-generation software-defined radio equipment AT&Ts base stations are moving from centralized to distributed architecture. The easiest way to understand what that means is to think of previous generations as hardwired to a particular technology, supporting a specific radio standard at specific widths at specific frequencies. With a distributed architecture, the base station is no longer a purpose-built GSM or HSPA box, but a collection of generic baseband and radio resources, which can then be allocated to any technology or combination of technologies.
AT&T plans to build its LTE network at 700 MHz, and since its HSPA network uses the PCS and cellular bands it will need to install new radios for the lower frequency at each cell site. But AT&T doesnt necessarily have to install a new base station. Ericsson RBS 6000 and Alcatel-Lucents Multi-Standard base station lines can allocate a portion of their baseband processing capabilities to an LTE carrier, while reserving the rest for HSPA.
In general, when you talk about a distributed architecture youre talking in terms of raw radio resources, Mansfield said. As long as we dont exceed what the baseband processor can support we can use any configuration of technologies.
Under such a scenario, it would appear that AT&T is basically building its LTE network today. As part of its new 4G contract with Ericsson and ALU, all HSPA base stations deployed this year and onward will be able to support both 3G and LTE. But Mansfield said it would be a mistake to assume AT&T will simply slap some 700 MHz radios on its existing 3G cellsites in 2011 and have an instant LTE network. Just because all of its new base stations can be rescrambled for LTE, doesnt mean AT&T will use them that way. AT&T isnt turning off HSPA and replacing it with LTE. It will be using its HSPA capacity ahead of and concurrent with the LTE deployment, and in many cases HSPA will have spoken for all of the baseband capacity of many of its sites, Mansfield said.
If I already have three carriers of HSPA on a base station, its probably not a good candidate for an upgrade, Mansfield said. He pointed out that LTE will have channel sizes as large as 10 MHz, double that of an HSPA carrier, meaning there would have to be a lot of extraneous baseband capacity in the box to support LTE, though he added AT&T might opt to install smaller 5 MHz LTE channels on a case by case basis. In urban environments, AT&T will likely need to deploy another baseband module as well as new radios alongside its HSPA kitin effect install new base stations.
Supporting simultaneous LTE and HSPA makes the most sense in rural areas. Outside of the cities, AT&T has a lot of 3G sites that are only running one HSPA carrier, leaving plenty of untapped resources for LTE, Mansfield said. In those areas though, AT&T has to ensure that its backhaul connections are up to par as the overall capacity of the site will jump dramatically, from a maximum of 7.2 Mb/s to well over 50 Mb/s. In fact, its those backhaul upgrades -- from T1s to fiber Ethernet connectionsthat are the most concrete of AT&Ts 4G preparations today. Mansfield said the LTE and HSPA networks, whether running off the same base station or separately, will definitely share the same backhaul connections, meaning any upgrade AT&T makes to fiber backhaul today is one that will be unnecessary next year.
Theres one other instance in which those upgrade capabilities could be highly useful to AT&T. As AT&T moves more of its data and voice traffic onto the LTE network (AT&T has aggressive plans for VoIP over 4G), it may start shutting down 3G and 2G channels in its most congested markets in order to take advantage of the greater spectral efficiencies of LTE. Since GSM and HSPA run at the cellular frequencies, AT&T wouldnt even have to install new radios to convert those carriers to LTE. If Alcatel-Lucent and Ericssons claims about remote radio programming are true, it might literally require only a flip of the switch to turn those 2G/3G base stations into LTE sites.
The big question is how much of AT&Ts network is new enough to take advantage of these 4G migration capabilities. As part of their contract, all new ALU and Ericsson 3G installations must be LTE upgrade capable, but Mansfield said that doesnt mean anything deployed before 2010 is hard-wired for 3G. Mansfield wouldnt give any specifics about what percentage of its footprint was upgradable, saying AT&T was still doing a complete inventory of the different generations of base stations in its network. But he did say AT&T does have much more flexibility than the 2009 cut-off date would imply.
Ericssons RBS 6000 is relatively new. It started going into networks in mid-2009. That likely means that most of the 3G network Ericsson built over AT&Ts PCS frequencies cant be upgraded, but more recent installations at the cellular frequencies are eligible. Alcatel-Lucent is a different story. It started its SDR program back in the 1990s and has been touting the software upgrade capabilities of its base stations for years. Alcatel-Lucent maintains that almost every GSM and UMTS base station its deployed in the last 10 yearssome 700,000 unitscan support some kind of upgrade, though Alcatel-Lucents vice president overseeing the AT&T radio contract Tim Krause acknowledged that some upgrades are easier than others. Alcatel-Lucent has gone through several generations of base stations, so older networks would require more site work and new equipment to make the move to LTE, while newer equipment such as its just released multi-carrier technology is completely software configurable.
If AT&T wanted to take the entire Alcatel-Lucent-built HSPA network and convert it into an LTE network its possible, Krause said, but it would definitely require some work, and ultimately its not what AT&T plans to do. AT&T wants to re-use what it can from its 3G deployment for 4G, but it isnt looking to replace one with the other, Krause said.
What AT&T is doing today is building a 3G network in such a way that when theyre ready to pull the trigger on 4G a lot of the network is already built, Krause said.
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Anthony Cunningham and Kevin Walsh have been appointed as Galway senior hurling and football managers respectively.
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Eamon O'Shea feels Tipperary hurling is in a good place despite their All-Ireland final replay defeat to Kilkenny.
Former Kerry star Paul Galvin was attacked by a spectator during Sunday's Kerry senior hurling final.
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A brilliant performance from goalkeeper Mary Rose Kelly helped Wexford to a 1-12 to 1-10 victory over New York.
Cork came from 10 points down to record a stunning 2-13 to 2-12 victory over Dublin in the All-Ireland Ladies SFC final.
Jason Plato kept his slim British Touring Car title hopes alive at Silverstone on Sunday.
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Star Wars: Tiny Death Star has hit the US App Store. The game is a humorous take on the Star Wars universe courtesy of Disney Mobile, LucasArts and NimbleBit (the guys who make Tiny Tower). The game asks players to help the Emperor build the Death Star level by level including installations such...
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BENHAM, Ky. (AP) — The attorney general's office has ruled that an eastern Kentucky city didn't give adequate notice of a meeting at which a new mayor was appointed.
The Harlan Daily Enterprise (http://bit.ly/VYcUwW) cited the opinion in reporting that the city did not give "adequate specificity" on its agenda for the Nov. 15 special meeting.
Resident Roy Silver, who took the issue to the attorney general's office, told the newspaper that the agenda said only that the meeting was being called for "personnel and projects."
Benham Mayor Shirley Dodd said she isn't sure what, if any, action the city will take. She said she is still reviewing the matter.
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Valentine-Bear Cub Sweater is, without a doubt, all about the love! With a heart on the sweater front and hearts all over the sleeves, whoever is lucky enough to receive a precious bear cub made from either Valentine-Bear Cub or Honey-Bear Cub patterns wearing this sweater is sure to feel loved. He'd even be sending a kiss & hug when he turned around! This Valentine's Day...or any day... is a great time to give a lovin' bear cub wearing this sweater of love to that special someone...big or small...and the message is sure to deliver!
Gauge is not critical for this project. Your personal tension may affect the amount of ease the sweater will have on the bear you created, again with your personal tension, so it should still fit your bear well.
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Medical and technological advancements allow many children and adolescents with chronic illnesses to live long and healthy lives. However, many chronic illnesses and life prolonging interventions have an impact on the child's emotional, behavioral and cognitive function. The Center for Pediatric Psychiatry has a commitment and the expertise important to improve the quality of life of children with combined medical and psychiatric difficulties.
If needed mental health services for patients who enter Children's because of their medical needs are offered through the medical psychiatry service. Children may be seen at the hospital bedside or at a clinic visit by psychologists and psychiatrists who work closely with the child's care team. Because of the availability and expertise of medical subspecialists at Children's Medical Center, medically ill children who require mental health services may also receive care in the day treatment unit and the psychiatry inpatient services.


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Valley Save-A-Pet was established in 1976. Since that time we have worked tirelessly to provide shelter, health care and a future filled with love for the dogs and cats we have rescued.
We operate one of the most extensive spay and neuter programs in Ohio including our "Trap, Neuter and Return" (TNR) feral cat project. We also provide funds for emergency veterinary care of animals owned by people in financial need.
We have continued our education programs with talks to groups, a classroom program in partnership with The Humane Society of the United States, and phone help to people needing assistance in caring for their pets.
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7 December 2012: Arena Media scoops the Zoological Society of London business, while MPG Media Contacts lands the Organix media duties.
Each week, Campaign publishes the agency new-business leagues across the creative and media sectors.
The attached tables rank agencies according to how much business they bring in as well as any accounts they lose.
They show the cumulative totals for new-business wins during the year, but a look back at previous weeks will give a snapshot of how agencies were doing up to that point in the year.
For a more detailed look at individual account wins, check out the account activity news feeds on Campaign and Brand Republic, or view the "new-business league" page on Brand Republic.
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The Marc Davis Celebration of Animation
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Voted "The Animators' Animator" by his peers in The Observer, Richard Williams has amassed more than 250 international awards for his work.
Williams won an Oscar in 1988 for Visual Effects for his groundbreaking work on "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and received a Special Achievement Award from the Academy for the animation direction of the film. He previously had won an Academy Award in 1972 for the animated short "A Christmas Carol."
Today, after five-plus decades in the industry, Williams continues to practice his art. In 2010 he completed a short film he began more than 57 years ago, "Circus Drawings." He is also training new generations of animators through his master classes, and his book and DVD set, The Animator's Survival Kit.
Presented as part of the Marc Davis Celebration of Animation, Williams will discuss the work that has inspired him and the people who have influenced him. Some of Williams's favorite clips will be shown to illustrate the artistic and emotional range of this amazing medium, from the charm of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and the imagination of "Fantasia" to the stylized sophistication of "Rooty Toot Toot" and the subtlety of expression in "Toy Story."
Williams will also enlighten audiences about his own work through clips from "The Little Island," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "A Christmas Carol," "The Return of the Pink Panther," "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "Circus Drawings" and the first theatrical trailer for "The Thief and the Cobbler," as well as a preview of his work-in-progress, "Prologue."
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