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GARETH THOMAS may have been entrusted with the alien No 15 jersey for Wales' Six Nations championship opener with Scotland, but he can't understand what the fuss is about.
The Celtic Warriors captain, who is known as Alfie, has spent most of his 72-cap Test career on the wing and plays centre for his region, and has hardly played full-back.
But that didn't stop Steve Hansen picking him as last line of defence for Saturday's clash at the Millennium Stadium.
And Thomas, who lines up for his 73rd cap and is just one short of former skipper Ieuan Evans' Wales try-scoring record of 32, insists he won't be fazed by the extra pressure in the new role.
"I don't see why such a big deal is being made about it. Playing wing or full-back doesn't matter; there isn't really much of a difference," declared Thomas.
"In the last Six Nations game we played with three full-backs."
Thomas, 6ft 2in and 16st 5lb, was thrown into the role at the World Cup when Garan Evans was stretchered off with concussion just minutes into the Pool D decider with New Zealand.
He proved a massive hit, persuading coach Hansen to stick with him - a move which has won the approval of JPR Williams, the nation's most famous full-back in history.
"I felt very comfortable going into the New Zealand game because I did not get the pressure and the hype that seems to be coming at the moment," said Thomas.
"I enjoyed the times I played at full-back at the World Cup and I'm just happy to be playing again.
"There is a great bunch of players in the squad and I know, whatever happens on Saturday, we will be supporting each other."
Hansen doesn't have any doubts about the quality of Thomas, saying, "He is a very capable rugby player, one of the best I have coached, so I have no problem with him doing the job.
"Between the New Zealand and England games, everybody said I had to put him back there at full-back. We have not played any Test rugby since."
Thomas admits being excited about forming a potent back three with wingers Shane and Rhys Williams.
"Shane is a quality player. People look at him, his size, and get negative thoughts. But he can beat players one-on-one and has got great skills," said Thomas.
"We have also got the likes of Rhys, Sonny Parker, Iestyn Harris, Stephen Jones and Gareth Cooper. They are players who can do exciting things given their chance."
Although Wales are likely to adopt a run, run, run policy, given space and time, Thomas warned them to forget their performances in Australia.
"We had a lot of positives in the World Cup, but I don't think you can go into a tournament like this thinking about what has been in the past," he said.
"I think we need to get confidence, not from the World Cup but from Saturday. If we can end the first game in a confident mood then we can take it on for the rest of the tournament.
"We believe we can win, but this happened last year. We were very confident going into the Italian game, but we came out with a loss."
Wales never recovered from the shock 30-22 reverse in Rome as they went on to have a first Six Nations whitewash.
"This first game is massive," said Thomas. "We have got to be positive going into it, that's a big part of rugby. But we can take nothing for granted.
"They have got a new coaching staff and with the success of Edinburgh in the Heineken Cup they are going to come in very confident.
"I don't really know what to expect so we will have to see the first 20 minutes and how they play.
"If they are anything like Edinburgh, it is going to be a great game because they are a very adventurous team. They like to throw the ball around and they have got some great skills among the backs."


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A house fire in which four family members were killed has been determined to be a murder-suicide.
According to WAVE News, a mother and two children were shot and killed before their residence in Louisville, Kentucky, was set on fire. More than 30 firefighters from various departments were called to the scene. They found the bodies of 33-year-old Brad Hettinger, 32-year-old Billie Hettinger, 5-year-old Collin Hettinger, and 4-year-old Courtney Hettinger.
The father, a U.S. Army veteran, is believed to have set the house on fire. Investigators were immediately concerned about the origins of the flames, as they noticed the house was lit floor by floor.
"When we have multiple fires on multiple floors, we can pretty much figure it's going to be an arson investigation," said Jeffersontown Fire Chief Sean Dreisbach
It was determined that Brad died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and the entire family suffered gunshot wounds to the head. The father was found on the first floor of the house, and is believed to have shot himself after setting small fires throughout the home. Both children were discovered in their beds on the second floor of the residence. Billie was found in the basement with a gunshot wound through her chest.
The family attended St. Michael Catholic Church and went to the Palm Sunday Mass the day of the murder-suicide.
"It's a difficult time for all of us," said Reverend Richard Sullivan, as reported by Kentucky New Era.
"Archdiocesan counselors are working with the school counselor to assist teachers and students, and parents have been encouraged to talk with their children about this," stated the Archdiocese of Louisville. "We ask all to join us in prayers for the Hettinger and Gayheart families and for the repose of the souls of Brad, Billie, Colin, and Courtney."
Billie was employed by Baptist Health, which also released a statement following the mother's death. "We extend our heartfelt sympathies to co-workers, family and friends after this tragic loss," the organization said. "Billie Hettinger touched many lives with her kind and caring demeanor, and she will be greatly missed by her Baptist Health Family."
Neighbors are shocked that such an incident occurred so close to home, especially since the family was well-liked in the community.
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Dang, we have some nice Mustangs in Québec
I'm from a little further East, as far as you can go, here's my ride...
hey how did you do that
do what?
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post the pick of my white car
I went on your website and allowed myself to post one of your pics
ya ok but how did you get it from there to here
I already posted in this thread... but i got a new car!!
here it is.
I saved it on my computer then posted it here. You need 30 threads to post pics.
I love the coupes !
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this is a pic of my stang. its an 89 and started out as a 4 banger
its sunburst orange with a splash of ultra silver metallic on the front.
I was looking for a set of BBS RK wheels for my '96 and really like them on your car . Did you get them locally or order from the U.S. ?
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India Team Selected Squad, Players List for West Indies Tour 2016. (Ind vs WI) India vs West Indies Series 2016 Test Matches Time Table, Schedule, Fixtures.
BCCI Announced the India Team Selected Squad going to West Indies for the Test Matches, before the series of Zimbabwe 2016.
India Tour of West Indies 2016 Test Series starts from 21st July 2016 and it is going to be interesting Test Series as New and Young India Test Squad will challenge the host West Indies.
India Team Selected Squad (Players List) Announced for West Indies Test Series 2016
I think you all remember that West Indies Tour of India some time back that was on October 2014 and West Indies team left the tour in mid -way and then Indian BCCI took strict action against them but now everything is clear and good.
In the last series of West Indies and India in 2014. I think you all remember that West Indies left the tour in the mid-way but everything is clear now.
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- Jason Holder (C)
- Kraigg Brathwaite (VC)
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- Jermaine Blackwood
- Carlos Brathwaite
- Darren Bravo
- Rajendra Chandrika
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Venue – St Kitts
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
And history repeats itself.
What's that line...the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away?
If you've followed this blog for awhile-
a) you are undoubtedly super amazingly COOL and b) you will remember that we did not get Jaysen into a fantabulous school without a fight.
A fight that cost him years of education, set him back socially, and shattered my trust and faith in humanity.
A fight I am afraid I am going to have to embark on yet again.
I don't know if I have the strength to do this.
I received a call from V, the supervisor of Special Education.
She informed me via phone message, that it's okay Jaysen follow through with the good school for upper elementary for 5th and 6th grade, but for middle and high school, she says he has to get back on track with our "home" schools.
Hmm. Let's think about that for a minute.
My son was put through so much hell at one school, that you yourself- the supervisor of Special Education- said it was despicable, and he should not be subjected to that treatment. You were there when my son was isolated from his peers and an appropriate education for over 4 months. You were there when the teacher got the parents to rally- calling him a "monster", said he should be in a separate class, not allowed around other kids, and when were their kids going to get "special attention" like him? You were there when the principal blatently lied about her actions, and violated multiple ethical and legal avenues. You even had to reign her in.
You were also the one who toured the other schools with us. You were the one who said the school we toured (Jaysen's current school), would be a much more accepting and encouraging environment. You gushed on and on how this would be a productive and successful environment for him. That he would flourish. And he is.
So it's kind of beyond me, why he is being transferred back to the school system that was horrible to him.
And the kicker?
The shit-eating principal from the crappy school? Is at the middle school you want him in.
There is something really feckered up about that.
7 comments:
- Ashley's Mom said...
WHAT THE HELL??? Get your attorney's phone number on speed dial right away...
- April 21, 2011 at 12:32 PM
- r.b. said...
Money? What else could it be?
- April 21, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- Stimey said...
Oh, God. That's horrible. I don't understand how they can justify doing this to our kids. I'm so sorry.
- April 21, 2011 at 1:31 PM
- Apples and Autobots said...
God, I'm so sorry.
- April 21, 2011 at 5:40 PM
- Mari said...
This principal and these incompetent teachers are what needs to be purged from the school system...They are the protected ones, not the children. They're so arrogant about it too...This totally sucks because they're the ones creating the hellish environment. Jaysen is reacting to a world and a school system that is totally hostile toward him. From principal to teacher to other "parents"(who above all should understand and be there beside you and supporting Jaysen's rights as fiercely as for their own, because it's supposed to be a partnership between all parents with all teachers united for what is best for the children. Period . Not for everyone except....I'm sorry the fight is sooo hard. You're at war in school, and again at home...I'm here anytime, sending love and power and strength. xoxoxo
- April 21, 2011 at 7:52 PM
So sorry to hear that. I'm sure things will work out for ya's. Good things happen to good peeps. And you are GOLDEN. S.J.M.
- April 22, 2011 at 5:56 PM
- Joeymom said...
Have all that and the documentation in a binder, ready to go. Chart out the difference between the school in a nice, dramatic, easy-to-read graph. DEmand an explanation- in writing- about why they wish to disturb your child's appropriate placement and appropriate education (and when you write the letter, state it in just that way- that they want to disrupt your child's progress and education in an appropriate environment to place in him in one that has proven, due to the personnel, to be inappropriate). If they come back at you with complaints about your wording, stick to the guns of "this isn't an appropriate explanation of why you wish to disrupt my child's education". And yeah, you're going to need a lawyer. I might even have teh lawyer write the letter asking for an explanation.
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This week in focus: Weakness of the current account underscores the economy's structural fragility
The financial account posted a USD 1.3bn surplus in September, moving the BoP into the green in spite of the current account widening its deficit to USD 875mn.
As export deteriorates the economy becomes ever more depended on financial inflows. Our year-end GDP growth estimate remains unchanged at 1.2% y/y.
Currency market: USD/UAH slides to 25.49, UAH supported by agro season
UAH has been exchange appreciating throughout the week with USD/UAH rate landing at 25.49 as of October 21, down from the last week's closing level of 25.66. Appreciation of UAH has been supported by export revenues, namely due to exceptional harvests in the current season.
The NBU intervened into the market four times last week, purchasing USD 105.8 mn.
The arrival of the IMF technical mission was rescheduled for the beginning of November.
The NBU transferred to MinFin UAH 10 bn, the first part of UAH 38 bn of its profits. The total sum will be transferred in several tranches in order to attempt to avoid any shocks to the FX market.
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The last OVDP auction provided UAH 4.3bn of proceeds, mostly due to the placement of EUR-denominated bonds. Cut-off rates for 9m and 3y UAH-denominated bonds didn't change comparing to the previous analogous placement, landing at 15.30% and 15.75% respectively, while the EUR bonds were placed at 4% rate.
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New Research Finds Link Between Being Overweight and Having Memory Problems
Yet another excellent reason to shed those extra pounds.
It's no secret that maintaining a healthy weight is good for you. Staying fit can help reduce your risk of diabetes, heart disease, and even cancer — and now, according to a September 2016 study, it might also reduce risk of cognitive problems later on in life.
In the study, researchers at the University of Arizona found that having a higher body mass index (BMI) is indirectly linked to "declines in memory and executive functioning" in older adults.
To conduct the study, the researchers looked at data collected from 21,000 British people, ages 50 and older, over the course of six years. Throughout those years, the participants were tested several times for their BMI, inflammation levels (which were measured by the presence of C-reactive protein, an indicator of inflammation problems, in the participants' blood), and cognitive function (which was measured via word recall and verbal fluency tests). Based on their analysis, the study's co-authors were able to detect clear links between the three factors.
What exactly does that mean? Well, according to this new research, people with higher BMIs tend to experience a greater amount of systemic inflammation, which occurs when a person has an overactive immune system. And greater inflammation has previously been connected to cognitive decline — so when the co-authors of this study were able to both link higher BMIs with inflammation and inflammation with memory problems, they were able to establish a correlation between being overweight and later cognitive problems.
That said, study co-author David Sbarra, PhD, told Health that more research would need to be done to prove a cause-and-effect relationship between BMI and memory loss, which means we can't definitively say that maintaining a healthy weight will help keep your mind sharp. Until more research can be conducted, though, one thing is certain — making healthy choices to keep those extra pounds off (especially as the holiday season approaches) is never a bad idea.
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Unanswered: max no. of values in WHERE ... IN clause
Hi all,
can anyone tell mey what the maximum number of values (if there is any) which can be used in the WHERE ... IN clause?
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what is the maximum number of values which I can put between paranthesis?
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According to the MySQL manual, "The number of values in the IN list is only limited by the max_allowed_packet value" (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Co...Operators.html). And a search on "max_allowed_packet" on this page told : "The default value of max_allowed_packet is now 64KB for the server and 512KB for the client", speaking of version 3.20.17. I also found, in order to explain this limit : "All string functions now return NULL if the returned string should be longer than max_allowed_packet bytes" (3.21.12). I'm not sure it's the same in v4, but it seems like you can put A LOT of values in your IN condition, though only a limited number.


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I think the FCUM experiment went OK for the first couple of years but I've not kept any special tabs on how many of the originals remain true followers now. I do remember dicussing with one of the original faithful 3 or so years ago now that whilst it's great to be able to sit down in the club bar after the game with the lads who've been out performing on the park (and it really is great because they're the same as you - just ordinary working class lads that you can connect to) . But as the side improves over time and develops/signs better quality players then that higher quality always commands higher pay. Higher pay leads to higher prices ...leads to disaffection over time .....leads to separation of the "new breed" of player from the fans - and there you have the nub of the issue. The journey to where the Premiership is right now has begun - ALL OVER AGAIN.
Sounds like a fella with his priorities right to me.......
That last sentence is simple to answer mate... If you don't pay that much, they won't let you in Joking aside, it's becoming a sickening onward progression of continually looking to bleed the fatted calf.......Today's "sport" (if I may be so bold as to use that word...) is a sad and pale reflection of what used to be OUR bleedin' game!
Someone needs to change the title of this thread to simply A complaint against the Premier \league - FULL STOP.
I disagree. This is an international issue.
Is QPR away the most expensive?
Hello allAs with most big questions there aren't really easy answers, and in this instance there is a difficult model of supply and demand to work on. For example, if your ideal situation is for ticket prices for both adults and children to be significantly less, AND for dads to take their lads or similar to every game, then just as many people as now WON'T be able to go to games. How does that work? Well, clearly if tickets were £15 and £10 for kids, or season tickets were £300, they would sell like even hotter cakes. There would be a stampede to buy either on a first-come basis or on some other system, let's say "proximity by birth / matches attended" etc. Without doubt all games would be sold out (as they currently mostly are) and no-one outside the system would be able to get to any matches. You might argue that even so, those new fans would be true working class supporters with more 'right' to a ticket than some out-of-towner. So a passionate fan whose family left the city when he/she was 5 should be considered as less worthy of a ticket; a teacher, dentist or other "middle-class" professional has to take their place at the back of the queue; and so on; and if you are a moderately wealthy person who is inspired by Liverpool's history, players and people and desperate to experience it for the first time, just forget it.But actually, all those rules more or less apply NOW. It's already well on impossible for everyone who wants to go to get a ticket. It's almost impossible for everyone who is willing to pay current face value. It's pretty difficult even if you are willing to pay more. And the real truth is - the people who go ARE nearly all fans. Liverpool does not have 35,000 prawn sandwich eaters outside of the Kop. All the fans I have been with at any match home and away have been genuine, passionate, vocal and loyal, whether they come from Norway, North London or L4. When the spit rains down on us it lands on librarians and dockers alike (and me). So no matter what happens, genuine deserving and committed fans are missing out and will continue to do so. A change in pricing or admission policy won't stop that happening. You just replace one form of exclusion/preferential treatment for another. Maybe, if you see this as part of a greater political struggle, it's a "moral rebalancing" of the pendulum, but I don't know about that. There are holes in all the arguments from all sides.So what's the answer? Short-term, I can't see anything. A bigger stadium might be a starting point .. but it would have to be much, much bigger. And I don't want to end up like Arsenal. Part of me wants us to remain defiant and awkward, innovative and unreconstructed, to be the Yosser Hughes in a room full of Will Selfs or Alan Sugars. But we know what happened to him as well ... YNWA
Bloody hell mate! I just looked that match up as I remembered that the reason Altrincham could have OT that night was that United were away at Walsall replaying their 3rd round match - and losing 3-2!!It was on Tuesday 7th Jan 1975 and my lad was just 6 and a quarter !! Where the bloody hell does time go??
When you hear that a 20 year old turned down a £100,000 a WEEK contract and James Milner is stalling on a £165,000 a WEEK contract offer, it really does make your head wobble & piece by piece just lose a bit of love for the game. Such a huge gap between these clubs, players & the general supporter nowadays. There's no relationship or mutual respect. Its gone too far. Seriously considering cancelling my membership & jacking in going to Anfield next year. Its like being with a bird and knowing that its going to end in tears but you still going back for more as you cant help self punishment.
When we go there I hope we defile their goal. I want us to deflower it like it was their little sister being betrothed to an old fat nobleman executing his right of prima nocta like in the Medieval times.
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More than 2.4 billion years ago, Earth's atmosphere was inhospitable, filled with toxic gases that drove wildly fluctuating surface temperatures. Understanding how today's world of mild climates and breathable air took shape is a fundamental question in Earth science.
New research from the University of Maryland, the University of St. Andrews, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Leeds and the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science suggests that long ago, Earth's atmosphere spent about a million years filled with a methane-rich haze. This haze drove a large amount of hydrogen out of the atmosphere, clearing the way for massive amounts of oxygen to fill the air. This transformation resulted in an atmosphere much like the one that sustains life on Earth today.
The group's results, published March 13, 2017 in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, propose a new contributing cause for the Great Oxidation Event, which occurred 2.4 billion years ago, when oxygen concentrations in the Earth's atmosphere increased more than 10,000 times.
"The transformation of Earth's air from a toxic mix to a more welcoming, oxygen-rich atmosphere happened in a geological instant," said James Farquhar, a professor of geology at UMD and a co-author of the study. Farquhar also has an appointment at UMD's Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center. "With this study, we finally have the first complete picture of how methane haze made this happen."
The researchers used detailed chemical records and sophisticated atmospheric models to reconstruct atmospheric chemistry during the time period immediately before the Great Oxidation Event.
Their results suggest that ancient bacteria - the only life on Earth at the time - produced massive amounts of methane that reacted to fill the air with a thick haze, resembling the modern-day atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan.
Previous studies by many of the same researchers had identified several such haze events early in Earth's history. But the current study is the first to show how rapidly these events began and how long they lasted.
"High methane levels meant that more hydrogen, the main gas preventing the build up of oxygen, could escape into outer space, paving the way for global oxygenation," said Aubrey Zerkle, a biogeochemist at the University of St.
Andrews and a co-author of the study. "Our new dataset constitutes the highest resolution record of Archean atmospheric chemistry ever produced, and paints a dramatic picture of Earth surface conditions before the oxygenation of our planet."
The methane haze persisted for about a million years. After enough hydrogen left the atmosphere, the right chemical conditions took over and the oxygen boom got underway, enabling the evolution of all multicellular life.
The key to the researchers' analysis was the discovery of anomalous patterns of sulfur isotopes in the geochemical records from this time. Sulfur isotopes are often used as a proxy to reconstruct ancient atmospheric conditions, but previous investigations into the time period in question had not revealed anything too unusual.
"Reconstructing the evolution of atmospheric chemistry has long been the focus of geochemical research," said Gareth Izon, lead author of the study, who contributed to the research while a postdoctoral researcher at St.
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The research paper, "Biological regulation of atmospheric chemistry en route to planetary oxygenation," Gareth Izon, Aubrey Zerkle, Kenneth Williford, James Farquar, Simon Poulton, and Mark Claire, was published March 13, 2017 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Hope this is the right place to write this!
I've been with dp for 10yrs over this time we have had 2 children and he's brought up my eldest since she was 2 so she sees him as a dad. I havent been happy for a very long time it's hard to explain but I left a emotionally abusive relationship and he was just there we had been friends for years I wouldn't say close ones but he suddenly was around a lot helping with everything and in my fragile state it was nice to have someone about being kind. Anyway we ended up getting together he was incredibly clingy but I put it down to him never having a girlfriend before. warning bells should have rang when he wouldn't stop pestering me for sex when I wasn't ready ect but it didn't as he was nice the rest of the time!
So here I am 10 yrs later with 3 children working unsocial (nights) hours, while trying to be a house wife during the day. He does nothing but nag me for sex and if I say no he acts like I hate him and makes me feel guilty. He rings me constantly and even when he knows I'm with friends he still calls me to the point I just switch off my phone! When I say I'm with friends this means round a neighbours having a cuppa. I don't go out places unless it's for family stuff and when I'm going to them he makes my life a misery before hand as I swear in his head my brother is some kind of threat. He is good with the kids and obviously looks after them while I work over night but wouldn't think of doing homework with them or anything like that's or even clean up for that matter. Over the years there have been so many times I've tried to end it but he makes me feel bad and I back down back into the same shit after a week of him "trying to change".
For example this week I lost it said he had to go ect. He was like fine I'll go if I don't make you happy but then messed about to the point the kids got home and he starts telling them mummy's making him leave ect and upsetting them and he's crying and they start telling me to not make him go and I end up backing down! I wish I wasn't so bloody weak but I am. I just don't know what to do! He's now acting like nothing happened and I feel dead inside. To add to this there's his mum who gets Involved in everything if he can't get hold of me he calls her all worried so I have the pair of them on my case. be honest I don't know if I can survive on my own I wouldn't be able to do the job I'm doing now and I have a lot of bills that I'm not sure how I'd afford them. There really isn't any point worrying about that is there though as I will never get to that point as I'm to pathetic to get to not back down! I just don't know what to do!
Sorry, I don't have any advice but wanted to say you are half way there! You recognize you need to leave and have made attempts to do so.
IS there anyway you could swap to day shifts where you work?
They don't have any at the moment but I do have training in a area I don't really like that I can fall back on if I have to.
The thing that sums up my life is this morning I'm feeling tired and down. He's gone to work but keeps texting me I text back I'm dealing with the kids so will speak to him later next thing I know his mums calling over and over again as he's told her I'm unhappy and want to leave him and why is that and why won't I answer him. Why won't they just leave me alone
So sorry sadmummy. It sounds like emotional blackmail. Don't cave in to these two bullies. Take some time to rationally create a plan to leave. They will both make your life miserable. You may struggle but this sounds a terrible situation. Take time out without a relationship and consider what you need from a man to make you happy. Good luck xx
Womens Aid can and will help you leave him for good. Their number is 0808 2000 247.
He is emotionally abusive towards you and his mother is exactly the same; this was learnt behaviour from her on his part. His crying, using the children in the ways he did (that was really low) and emotional manipulation are all part of the script such abusers use to keep their victim in line.
You have basically gone from one previous abusive relationship to yet another one albeit different but still fundamentally abusive. You were targeted by this man and he met you when you were at a low point yourself. It may well be that your own relationship template is warped, perhaps from your own childhood. He has simply used that against you to his own ends, its no coincidence you have gone from one abusive relationship to another.
Make plans using the help of WA to get away from him and his mother and do enrol on WA's Freedom Programme before you embark on another relationship.
Thank you I will call them when the children are at school Monday! I just feel like I'm being stupid like I'm making a fuss about nothing as some days things seem ok everyone else seems happy and I'm the one trying to ruin it. It's been like this so long it's scary to think of changing it. Sorry I'm rambling but don't usually get to talk about it!
Talk here....as much as you need to.
Thank you dp thinks I should go to the Drs as I clearly have depression which is making me want to leave! As for having no one to talk to I tried to speak to my mum but she just kept on that I shouldn't change things as it will mess everything up with work ect. She's very career driven so sees thing differently to me. I work in retail just for the money it's not exactly a career. Maybe I am the crazy one I don't know!
You don't sound crazy to me op - just tired and at the end of that tether that he and his mum have you on.
One step at a time - see your GP and contact Women's Aid as soon as you can.
You will get loads of support on here too from people far more knowledgeable than I.
I will call them when I'm on my own Monday!
You work nights and do all the daytime stuff? When the hell do you sleep?
He's an immature, manipulative dickwad, but I think you've sussed that, by now.
If he's going to drag his feet and play up all the drama, is there any chance of having anyone scary there with you and having another go at kicking him out?
I clearly have depression which is making me want to leave!
I don't think that anyone in their right mind would be happy about being with him. I'd say that your depression is a perfectly understandable response to our current situation and not the reason why you won't want him around. You're getting the cause and effect muddled. (If there was any tiny doubt, it's the way he tried to turn your kids against you when you told him to go that debunks it)
I seem to have lost the momentum to do it now though and he's being all nice offering to buy me things that I don't want and just keeping so busy that we don't get chance to talk.
As for sleep the day before my first shift I get up at 6.30am get the children ready take them to school and then sort the house as if I don't do it then it won't get done plus I'm not tired. I then pick the kids up do homework cook dinner read, dp gets home I have a cuppa and get changed head to work. Get home at 7.30am take kids to school, sleep about 9-2 then go get the kids repeat day befores routine then back to work. I only do 3-4 nights but at 11hours they are hard going.
It's just like going round in circles he knows how to wear me down so I just shut up for a few more months. Maybe it would be easier to stay but there is this thought about only living once that keeps coming back to me! Maybe that's just me being selfish I don't know
Once you see you can't unsee.
He is keeping you too tired to escape.
That's the thing isn't it I can't ignore it now I know!
You know the thing that's really really getting to me is the fact he used the kids against me! I've tried telling him this but all I get is "I thought we where moving on from all that!" Or "I just thought they needed to know what was going on!". He can't see anything wrong in upsetting 3 children to get his own way.
I just feel so trapped if I stay I'm miserable if I leave I'm having to give up my job and work out a way to pay my bills.
I'm sure someone will come along soon with something sensible.
Sending hugs.
How likely are you to be able to find another job? At the moment you are barely functioning re sleep. More sleep and you'll feel better (don't tell him!) and might have more energy to act. Or does doing nights get you away from a sex pest?
Sending more hugs
I think you hit the nail on the head with the sex pest thing. I'm just so scared of being a single mum I put up with all this 🙁
Is being a single mum likely to be worse than how it is now? It isn't a loaded question. I am not a single mum and I can't imagine how hard it is - but your health is likely to be better, especially your mental health.
I am not really confident to give advice, but I think you need to prioritise getting a clear head. I can't say what would be best for you, but it may be asking him to leave for a day or two.
Is childcare the biggest sticking point? Would it be worth/possible getting an au pair?
That wouldn't be financially viable as I'm only just above min wage. If I'm totally honest I know I need to leave I don't love him and haven't for a while just I'm such a bloody people pleaser I'm scared to say it for fear of hurting everyone and for fear of being alone. Pathetic I know
Your feelings are actually more important than his because your children need you. They need you, not him, because you are the one that actually looks after them and cares how they are. You need to consider yourself more in order to look after them.
As someone who is currently making an escape plan for a similarly abusive relationship, you need to get out.
Please call Women's Aid. I haven't got any personal experience but I'm sure they will have had many women who are in a similar financial/childcare situation... They can advise you on what you can practically do.
How old are your DC?
Morning Sadmummy
I have been where you are and it's scary. You have alot going on in your head right now. You need to take small steps. Try not to visualise this and visualise that! If you stay or if you go! It's all too much!
Right now you day you're depressed. If so you need to address that. You don't know if you are depressed because you are unhappy in your marriage/lifestyle (working nights is hard going) or the depression is making you want to leave. I would make an appointment at the doctors and explain how you feel. Not everyone agrees with medication but if it can make you think a little more clear and hopefully make you feel less depressed then you can start to plan b. I have been exactly the same position as you OP. Stay strong because there is a light
toots321 Her dp wants her to believe she is depressed so that she will take some tablets, shut the fuck up and do as she is told. The OP has not said that she is currently depressed.
It may be that there is reactive depression due to normal people getting depressed in the sort of situation the OP is stuck in. I am a great fan of antidepressants where appropriate and this may be one of the times when a short course may provide the resources to take the measures needed, whatever they are. I think of it like splinting a broken leg.
However any diagnosis of depression may be used to convince the OP that she is crazy and should shut up and stay. Any tablets may be used to try and 'prove' to the OP that she is wrong to try and get away.
Sadmummytrapped sending hugs.
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Seven years after the failed Camp David summit, and six and a half years after negotiations ended with the Taba talks, Israel has started talking with the Palestinians on a peace agreement again. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Jericho tomorrow is supposed to launch dialogue on the future Palestinian state. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave the parties their homework during her visit last week: to reach an agreed-on diplomatic formula by November's Washington summit and to continue confidence-building gestures.
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Peres is said to believe Gaza is lost to Hamas, and that any arrangement must involve Jordan, too. Barak says Hamas and Fatah both want the same thing, but differ in their methods. Minister Haim Ramon, who has had thousands of hours of negotiations with the Palestinians, stands somewhere in between, with his partial convergence plan and his call to give dialogue a chance.
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text: So, I'm a big fan of the impending release of the 2009 Jetta TDI. I see they are also making the Sportwagon as a TDI. The new TDI is scheduled to be released this summer as a 2009 model and it will meet California emissions standards (toughest in the world). The down side, lately, is the price of Diesel. Seeing the almost $1 premium was a bit scary. However, if you really compare the numbers, I'm still seeing a financial benefit despite the premium for fuel. The estimates are for 55 mpg highway. Given the current fuel prices, I would need to buy a gas car that gets 44.5 highway as an equivalent. I did some research and there aren't very many cars that can even do that highway. The only cars I'm seeing that can are hybrid cars, which I don't want. As a comparison, the Civic, Yaris, Fit, and Corolla are all in the high to mid 30's on the highway. If we look at city Driving, lets assume that the new TDI will only get 30 city. I actually think it will be better than that. An equivalent gas car would need to get 25 highway in order to match the cost per mile at current fuel prices. Of the cars I listed above, the Yaris does the best at 29 city. Add to all of this the "fun" factor that the new TDI will have over comparable efficiency machines, and I think it is no contest. I really would love to go get an 2009 but I think I'll wait until the 2010 models, if I can make it that long, to see how things shake out with the new engine, etc.


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The College of Central Florida honored its 25th Annual Gabor Award winners during its annual employee recognition program, Friday, May 9.
Barbara Anderson, professor of Nursing, has served the college since 1996. She was honored in the faculty category.
Darin McClain, personal computer and audio-visual technician, has served CF since 2008. He was honored in the career service category.
Dr. Vernon Lawter, Citrus Campus vice president, has served CF since 2006. He was honored in the administrative/professional category.
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Report: Bills' Sammy Watkins likely to play vs. Jets
On Sunday, Bills receiver Sammy Watkins felt pain in his left foot, the same one he had surgery on in the offseason. He is listed as questionable for tonight's game against the Jets, and he's expected to feel residual soreness moving forward.
Despite the concerns, it appears that Watkins will indeed play tonight. From ESPN's Adam Schefter:
Bills WR Sammy Watkins, listed as questionable for tonight vs. Jets with foot injury, "wants to play and probably will", per league source.
Initially, there was concern that Watkins had rebroke his foot against the Ravens. However, further tests showed that this wasn't the case. A sigh of relief was collectively let out of Buffalo.
Watkins is vital to the Bills' ability to stretch the field, giving Tyrod Taylor a downfield threat with size. This passing game relies on big plays, and Watkins is the man for the job.
The surgery took place back in the spring, but it's still in the process of healing. If Watkins wants to continue playing this year, he'll just have to continue enduring the pain.


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Cussing Isn't Cute
Apparently when a nice Catholic girl sets down her pink Kate Spade and out of the blue starts dropping f-bombs like some insane hockey dad, it can be shocking to some people. Who knew?
The other night I was chatting with someone I've known for about a year and whom I hope to know for a long time. As a matter of fact, I was feeling so good about our friendship that I felt free to use my more colorful word choices. Somehow I have developed the notion that using profanity with someone is kind of like moving things to a more intimate friendship, like sharing a secret about your past, or that you like Yanni, or a flask or something.
So time it seemed, in my friendship with this person to make a conversation 'funnier' by lacing it, intensely with expletives. It went over like a lead f*&$ing balloon. He was stunned, unamused, and disappointed. Dis.a.ppointed. When I apologized he said it's just surprising after you've had someone on a pedestal.
Yes. Apparently I had been on a pedestal. Which is great to learn of course, but, I just wish I had known, for at least a short while, that I had been there, before I hurled myself off of it. Some external validation would have been nice for an insecure nut like me before the self-flagelating phase began. Oh, well, they happened simultaneously and now I'm off my pedestal and back here on terra firma, having a blogging (personal, professional etc) identity crisis.
I imagine you've noticed that I'm not one of these gals who posted beautiful pictures of their children's birthday parties and was OOOhverwhelmed with response from the whole worldwide web. I wasn't one of the first 3,000 people to blog cleverly used mason jars or kale chips. I'm not vegan, I'm not in a restaurant, not allergic, not political. I'm part writer/publisher from my Discovery and National Geographic days (oh, and school), and part chef who thinks profanity is f$%^ing funny.
Here is one of my favorite Onion headlines of all time. The s-bomb is everything. And then there's this guy http://thugkitchen.com who's prolific potty mouth makes his blog a total hoot, and got him a shout out on national television from Gwyneth Paltrow.
His recipes look good too, so now I hate him. From what I understand, harboring tremendous resentment towards someone who is successful is a good way to ensure my own success. Energy well placed I call it.
So anyway, I am at crossroads. Keep it 'professional' or let it all hang out? Do I need a super salient blog identity? Do I get a degree in SEO? Do I, do I …. wait, I need more m&ms to think about this shit.
Oh, and I need to rinse my rice.
Dinner tonight is Persian rice, lucky us. And first – the night before or the morning of, you rinse and soak the rice. Running warm water and your hands through the rice is a nice, meditative way to think about what the hell you're gonna do to make a living. Yoohoo.. Gwyneth, I'm heeere!!
She'll write soon I'm sure. In the meantime, we'll finish up this dirty talk with some squeaky clean white rice. First measure 3 cups of basmati rice into a a bowl or container – if you have one with a lid, that's best. Then put the bowl in the sink and run lukewarm water into it. Agitate the rice slightly. The water will look cloudy and if you take a picture with the lights on right above and behind you, your big-ass shadow will be in the picture. You can relax now Annie Leibovitz. Your career is safe.
Pour off the water, rinse and repeat (literally) 4 more times until the water is much clearer. Like this:
The rinsing helps get rid of extra starch and soaking the rice in salty water helps toughen each grain of rice slightly so that when it's cooked the grains are all separate and the rice is like sand. It sounds like a lot of salt, but most of it goes out with the water when you drain before cooking.
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Prepping Basmati Rice and Basic Cooking
Prep Time: 10 minutes
3 cups basmati rice
2 Tbsp salt
8 cups water
- rinse the rice 5-6 times until water runs clear
- cover rice with 8 cups water (or as covered as you can get) and salt and allow to sit overnight or for at least 2 hours
- to cook bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil
- drain the salty water off of the rice and cook in the boiling water for about 7 minutes; cook it the way you do pasta
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Ethanol Infrastructure and Market Development: A South Dakota Perspective. March 13, 2013. Presented by: Hunter Roberts Energy Policy Director. Presentation Outline. Intro SD Program Do's Do not's. South Dakota Program.
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Provide cash grants for the installation of ethanol blender pumps at retail locations
$25,000 for the first pump
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Current program has $3.5 million over 5 years to encourage additional ethanol use.
2010 Stimulus Program Results: 61 blender pumps installed at 29 stations with $610,000 in grants awarded
2012 South Dakota Ethanol Infrastructure Incentive Program: 26 blender pumps installed at 15 stations with $370,000 in grants paid. Department received 33 station applications requesting $1,155,000 in grants with $940,000 in available funding.
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The media was all abuzz about Snowpocalypse finally coming to our region. The National Weather Service predicted a chance of 2-4 inches in our neighborhood. Sadly when we got up it was just a dusting. It is snowing now though and very pretty. My daughter is outside measuring it as we speak. I, personally, am hoping it snows enough that my husband gets an enforced snow day tomorrow. Well, my daughter just came back in and she reports "0 inches for the driveway and the road, but 1 centimeter for the driveway and 1.5 centimeters for the road," and "I'll check it in a half hour. Now I'm going to go record my findings." Ah ... the science of weather. She's also really into telling me what kind of clouds are in the sky and what they mean.
M. at the barn (who owns the Lipazzans who I think look like squinkies) and I finally got to go hang out outside the barn together yesterday. We went to lunch at a local diner and then went to a tack store in Bellevue so I could look for breeches and check out their dressage saddles and because she needed to return something. I was looking for new breeches because the two pair I got four years ago are cotton and one pair is already falling apart, so I was looking for a higher quality pair that will last a long time and that has a full seat for when I'm riding Toad I can feel a little bit more secure. You know, seeing as they don't make velcro seats.
Actually, I was marveling yesterday how much trust, respect and really solid communication has developed between and Toad in just the four months I've had her. When I first met her it was like she had no idea that I was even there and I was like an annoying fly that was there to tell not to crowd me, run away from me, or get in my space. Then it was like I was some big presence that told her what to do but she was still unsure and insecure and worried she wouldn't do something right. Now she is my little pocket pony who comes over to me and lays her head against my chest and lets out big, relaxed sighs when I get to the barn to see her and she is much more tuned in to me and when she starts to freak and I'm there and I *remind* her I'm there, I can tell that having me there to give her direction is a relief to her. Yesterday I let her free lunge then actually got her to do walk/trot transitions in a circle around me (without the lunge line). She was trying to so hard to listen to me and do what I asked and she did a really good job. She got lots of snuggles, kisses and treats after that! She also played really hard beforehand though, so she was completely ensconced in billowing clouds of steam when were done. Trainer K. loaned me her cooler (a big wool blanket that lays loosely over their back ... which I should never touch without my gloves because I'm allergic to wool and I had to immediately wash my hands because they started to turn red and inch when I took it off her ... duh.) and I walked her around the arena for about 40 minutes. We're working on walking on the lead line and listening to me instead of just rushing ahead until I demand she stops. She's doing great in the arena and barn but we still have a lot of work to do outside the barn walking down the street or out to the back pastures because she gets so excited and has never *had* to walk nicely out there until me so there's a learning curve.
Trainer K. came out to lunge her horse - a big goofy Warmblood named Madios - and warned me that Maddy was waiting for any excuse to explode because he hadn't been out in the pasture because it was too icy. He did blow up a couple times and try to run off on the lunge line and did some bucks and bolts. Toad reacted the first time and started to scoot right into me (I should've used better judgement and led her with me between her and Maddy) but as soon as I said, "Hey, you're fine. Knock it off," and pushed back when she scooted toward me, she calmed down and looked at me like "Protect me, Mama!" which is a huge improvement for her from the old days of just ignoring people around her and continuing to freak out. The next time Maddy had a little explosion and started bucking and bolting we were farther away in the arena and I said immediately, "Be your own horse. Remember - you are your own horse! Let's keep walking," and Toadie had her ears back and was on high alert but just continued to walk with me. She's growing up, my girl is!
I turned Girlfriend out in the arena when no one else was in there and she rolled a lot but her legs are still too stiff and sore to even trot, let alone canter or gallop. She pranced a little and threw her head to get some energy out, but even she knew that trotting or cantering was too hard on her legs (which is huge for her - when I got her she loved to run so much that she would've probably tried to run with a broken leg). So, we spent a lot of time walking around the arena. She's such a sweet girl that I didn't even have to put her lead rope on, she'd just follow me around everywhere I went as though I had a lead rope. When I wanted her to stop I'd say "Whoa" and I put my arm out in front of her chest and she'd stop immediately. She's such an amazing girl! And she's so cute next to Toad because she's so little and cute and right now she's super fuzzy and Toad is so tall and skinny.
Back to hanging out with M. We were at the tack store and I said I really needed a better lunge whip because the one I got last year is super cheap and too short. I found one that is just like Trainer K.'s and it was definitely better quality and long enough, but then I saw a bright magenta/pink whip and pulled it out to look at. It was not only super pretty but much lighter and "bouncier". There are a lot of times I can put the lunge whip under my arm with Toad, like when we're doing spirals or she's super amped up, but there are also times that I have to have the whip out all the time if she's feeling super lazy and keeps trying to stop and roll. And with Trainer K.'s whip, if I'm holding it out a lot over fifteen minutes it starts to stress out my really bad arthritic wrist joints. And Trainer K.'s whip is stiff, whereas this new whip has some bounce to it which also makes it feel lighter. I was holding it in the store, practicing flicking it like I was flicking it at Toad's back feet and said to M. "I'm really interested in the physics as to why the fact that it is bouncier makes it feel lighter and the distribution of the movement over the surface of the whip changes the perception of weight," then paused and said, "Physics is kind of a hobby of mine," waiting for her to do what 90% of the people I meet do which is to screw up their face in confusion and say, "Really? Uh ... that's ... um ... nice?" Instead she said, "Oh, that's cool," to which I said, "You don't think that's weird?" and she said, "Not at all," and I said with relief, "Oh good! I need more friends who don't think that's weird!" It's totally fine for good friends to think it's weird as long as we still like each other - it's just a relief when they also think it's interesting. One of my new friends up here is actually a physics major in college but I can't quite keep up with her yet.
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