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On the last episode of Oprah's Big Give , the remaining three contestants—Stephen, Brandi and Cameron—tried their hardest to out-give each other, but in the end Stephen was named the Biggest Giver and was awarded a $1 million prize. Holly and Rodney get the inside scoop on the finale from Oprah's Big Give judge Malaak Compton-Rock, who talks about the unique qualities of all three finalists.
Stephen went home as the Biggest Giver, but Malaak says choosing him wasn't easy. In fact, she and co-judges Jamie Oliver and Tony Rodriguez didn't initially have a clear winner, she says. "I thought they all did really well, and it was a hard decision—it's not like we went and deliberated [shortly] and said, 'Stephen is the winner,'" she says. "They gave us as much time as we needed to deliberate." In the end, Malaak says Stephen's track record on the show and his known commitment to giving made him the winner. "He was already a committed humanitarian, spending time in Africa and actually sending money over [to Africa]," she says. "I was so impressed with his children because they had maps of Africa in their room with pins as to where they had supported villages." Cameron , the young and successful entrepreneur, also performed well, raising large sums of money and doing lots of good, Malaak says. While he's a true philanthropist, Malaak says she wants Cameron to get more involved in hands-on giving. "What I am hoping is that not only will he continue to give, but he will continue getting to the trenches and not just writing out checks," Malaak says. Brandi , the pageant queen with a big heart, is also the queen of the "small give," Malaak says. While she didn't have as many contacts in the business world as Stephen and Cameron did, Malaak says the smaller ways Brandi was able to give made a big difference in the lives she touched. "Brandi is going to be able to do anything she wants to do," Malaak says. "She is so charismatic; she has such a beautiful heart." While Malaak says she doesn't know if there will be another season of Oprah's Big Give , she says the show should be an inspiration to everyone to continue giving to people in need. "This is a movement," she says. |


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Editorial: Unpopular, but needed
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No matter where Mucho Macho Man races, his trainer Kathy Ritvo has fans coming over and telling her "I love your horse."
"They like him because he is so big, and they like his name," Ritvo said of her star 5-year-old, who on Saturday will seek a second win in a row in the $400,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Classic at Gulfstream Park.
"He ran in the Kentucky Derby and the Breeders' Cup, so people know him," she said. "He is consistent, and people like that. He runs in big races and at least hit the board every time last year."
Gulfstream is expecting one of the biggest crowds of this season, maybe as large as 10,000, on a day when it will have its annual Florida Sunshine Millions stakes and later hold racing's Eclipse Awards presentation.
In the Classic. most fans will probably root for Mucho Macho Man and include him in their bets.
If he wins, it will definitely be for a home team. Tim Ritvo, Kathy's husband, is Gulfstream's president.
The Classic is 1 1/8 miles on dirt for 4-year-olds and older that were bred in Florida.
It is one of six Florida Sunshine Millions stakes races. All of the stakes have purses of at least $150,000 and are restricted to Florida breds, 4 years old and up.
Mucho Macho Man is the likely heavy favorite in the seven-horse Classic field.
Ron the Greek, the second-place finisher in last year's Classic, will probably be the second choice in a race that also has the multiple 2012 Calder stakes winner's Cash Rules and Fort Loudon.
The Classic is the 10th race, with scheduled post time of 5:05 p.m.
Post time for the 11th and final race, a nonstakes, is 5:35 p.m.
Eclipse Awards
From 7 p.m. to about 10 p.m., Gulfstream will hold racing's annual Eclipse Awards presentation in the Sport of Kings Theatre on its second floor. Tickets to the event are sold out.
But Gulfstream officials expect that many fans will stay to watch on its Jumbotrons and other TVs that, starting at 6 p.m., will carry the HRTV telecast.
Trainers and owners of winning horses will be interviewed outside the theater, in an area where fans can watch live.
The Votes are in
Voting by racing writers and racing industry officials was completed early this month for 17 categories.
The sponsoring National Turf Writers Association later announced that the Horse of the Year winner will be Fort Larned, I'll Have Another or Wise Dan.
Mucho Macho Man and Ron the Greek could place in the top 10 on many racing analysts' lists.
Meeting again
Mucho Macho Man beat the late-running Ron the Greek by 1 1/2 lengths in last year's Classic. He added a second big win on March 10, in the Gulfstream Park Handicap (Grade 2).
They ended their seasons Nov. 3 in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita. Mucho Macho Man finished second by a half length to Fort Larned. Ron the Greek, trained by Bill Mott, finished fourth.
Regular jockey Mike Smith will ride Mucho Macho Man and regular jockey Jose Lezcano will ride Ron the Greek.
None of the top contenders have a history of seeking to win gate to wire.
"We'll leave it up to Mike," on whether to take the lead if no other horse wants it, Ritvo said.
David Fawkes, trainer of Cash Rules, said he will let jockey Luis Saez make that same decision.
If Mucho Macho Man gets a clear lead, the task could be difficult for Ron the Greek.
Other Stakes
• Successful Song is the probable favorite in the $300,000 Distaff, at 1/8 miles on dirt. Speak Easy Gal would be a threat to go gate to wire, if trainer Marty Wolfson runs her in this race instead of the turf stakes.
• Romacaca, winner of the recent South Beach Stakes, heads the field for the $150,000 Filly and Mare Turf at 1 1/8 miles.
• Doubles Partner and Slews Answer head an eight-horse field in the $150,000 Turf, at 1 1/8 miles.
• The $150,000 Sprint, at six furlongs, has a 12-horse field that is the largest of the stakes and is deep in talent. It includes Bahamian Squall and Bernie the Maestro, who won Gulfstream sprint stakes last month.
• R Holiday Mood and Golden Mystery are morning line co-favorites for the $150,000 Fillly and Mares Sprint at six furlongs.


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Author | Linds, Warren; Coulet, Linda; Sammel, Alison Jodie |
Book Title | Emancipatory Practices: Adult/Youth Engagement for Social and Environmental Justice |
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I spent an evening online and irl with nice people.
Allgood.... I want to send out a long distnace hug to you... having to deal with all of the triggers of last year's d-day is tough. And, having your 'antiversary' of d-day surrounded by the same people and in the same location as last year would be way too much for me. My strategy for dealing with d-day anniversaries and real life wedding anniversaries over the past 3 years has been to stay really busy and to do different and new things. I tried to go away on our wedding anniversaries just so that I would not be bale to think as much... so.. having to deal with all of that explains all of your tears this past week... I hope your husband understands how painful this antiversary is...and is able to comfort you.
Honest... so sorry that you are upset as well. Of course, you would be with your WH (the bigamist) planning on returning to the USA and acting as if all is well....and he will pick up with you and the kids as if nothing is going on... Yikes..how screwed up is that? You need to remind yourself ...over and over... that you are not the crazy one...he is.... you are not in the wrong...he is... and..you need to try to be kind to yourself...everyday..try to do one nice thing for yourself. You are a prime example that bad things do happen to good people... life is like that... but, have faith... you can survive this and thrive... the best is yet to come for all of us! that is my prediction!
Nofun... I was glad to hear that your husband was not adverse to hearing about Retrouvaille. I think that you will be able to sell him on the idea...one weekend to try to save and improve your marriage... no public confessions involved..just listening and then private sharing... the worst case scenario...it doesn't help and you are back to where you are now... best case scenario... it does help and changes and improves your marriage the way so many past participants say it has helped them...
forgive and forget.. I know that feeling..of wondering how we could have been so foolish to begin with? in marrying our WS ? well, we were young, naive, we saw only the best in them..could not predict the future..we went in with the best intentions...nothing to feel foolish about really...our WS are the ones that should feel like total losers..they're the ones that screwed up...
Miracle... after reading that heartbreaking story of your husband's abusive behavior toward you..well, there are no words... I am so sorry for what he has put you through. He and the OW are obviously very, very troubled,toxic, sick individuals... they both know NOTHING about true love and devotion.... if they had any NORMAL emotions for each other they would have acted upon them! I would not categorize their relationship as a 'love' relationship..it was far from it.. it was a sick, toxic relationship. Neither one wanted to marry the other and build a life together...instead they fed on each other's toxicity and sickness.. there was some kind of need in both of them to have this destructive and hurtful thing go on for years and years.. sick...toxic...hateful..not at all loving... and you know what? not particularly sexy either... sick.. Now.. the question is... can your husband get healthy? Is that possible at this point in his life? can he turn things around? or is it too late? and..Miracle...you know what you need to do for yourself..you need to keep yourself healthy and sane...your kids need you...
mm3.... LTAs are crazy...and most people IRL cannot understand us trying to R at all... It's one of those things that unless you have experienced it you cannot understand it.... I think that what all of us are grappling with is the realization that the men and women we married were much more sick and screwed up then we ever imagined.... Having a ONS is one thing..but, the person that can carry on a LTA is sick... whether it's due to alcoholism, drug addiction, depression, bipolar, Borderline personality, Narcissism, sexual addiction...a combination of the above... all of the possible reasons for LTAs are all some kind of mental illness... so... now on top of being traumatized by finding out about a LTA we as BS now begin to realize that our spouses have some real psychological problems.... so.. what we are trying to do when we ask them the questions about the affair and the OW/OM...and their feelings about the marriage during the affair years...what we are trying to do is figure out how crazy they were... and if thee is any hope for change in the future... can this WS snap out of the behavior? learn from the past? be motivated to save the marriage? be motivated to get help? be motivated to do the hard work needed for real change to occur both in themselves and in the marriage? those are the questions we are really asking them.....
also...mm3... I totally understand about wanting to out the OW... why should she get off scott free when your whole life is turned upside down? I did out the OW..to her husband... to co-workers... to the boss... to other superiors... she did have quite a bit of fall out and repercussions... I still fantasize about contacting her in person... and letting her know what a complete laughingstock she is at work.. this woman really thinks of herself as this femme fatale... (you have to see a picture of her to truly understand how sick she is!LOL) but really everyone at work now sees her for the pathetic, desperate, old, whore she is........ so..you have my permission to do whatever to out the OW...it's the truth ..why not tell it?
ats....there is so much to say... I am so sorry for what your WW is putting you through.... I really do think that she is a SA... read the Kasl book..I'm sure you will see your wife in it. Most female SA were abused as children or abandoned by their fathers as children. They never learn how to have normal relationships with men... they push the 'nice' guys away and instead pursue meaningless sexual hook ups with the worst guys possible... are they recreating their childhood abuse? or trying to empower themselves by using sex as a tool to control men? are the good guys too nice? and therefore there's the risk that they will fall in love with the nice guy... so they need to push the nice guy away....?falling in love means losing control and power.... flirting and coming on to strange men and feeling like you have them in the palm of your hand..if only for that night..seems more powerful than being in a strong, healthy relationship... ats... all you can do at this point is take care of yourself and do the 180... she needs IC badly...and..it can't be the same IC that you go to see.... she needs someone who knows about SA...not every therapist does... you need someone to be an advocate for you... and Xanax can't hurt either.. stress is a killer.. do whatever you can to de-stress.. yoga is good... karaoke is too but too much alcohol is not the way to go.. as for your kids.. they heard what they heard... it is not your fault. Your WW is a sick woman... sounds like she has been for quite some time... tell your kids you love them and that you will always be there for them whether you and your wife stay together or not.. Now..about the seperation in the same house... I am not a fan of that. If you want to go NC ..implement the 180 ...to really get her to hit bottom and/or to help yourself detach frim the insanity...well, you can't do it under the same roof. the craziness will continue and will be more harmful to the kids and to you in the end... better to spend the money on seperate living arrangements ...
I hate to say this out loud..but, I just have this weird feeling that your wife could be fishing for a new affair... just some of the vibes that she is sending... this sudden independence, etc. could there be a new man in her sights that is giving her this false sense of bravado?
Tryin...glad to hear that things are still on target for you and yours... Stay strong and stay the course...
as for me... I have my ups and downs.. I am enjoying our vacation.. this is part of my husband's amends to me... taking me on lavish vacations... it's working to an extent... it does help to be in new environments away from home.. however, I have to be honest..that eventhough I am over 3 and 1/2 yrs post d-day and my husband is basically doing cart wheels to make it up to me... I still think of the LTA every single day...much of the day.. I do have some hours that I actually do manage to put it out of my mind... progress, I guess..but, it sits there in my brain...always ready to jump out... LTAs suck...they really do... the damage is immeasureable... hugs to all
Ast you were never going to fix your W Ive come to learn that none of us can fix spouses that cheat. They must fix themselves. All we can do is make sure we are being the best person we know how to be. I find zero faults with you for making a decision to D. Sometimes, this is the best way to find happiness. Do not fear my friend Make it so and also know that it is OK for you to try and R again if you so desire.
Iwant My vision about Papers art has this meaning to me she has climbed that steep cliff to a greener, grassier ledge, one that has a real rose. She took that damn paper rose and made a paper airplane, tossing that history back into the sea. From this ledge, there are always going to be another mountain to climb, another ledge to find.
I read a book called Sex on the Brain by Daniel G Amen I wanted to share with us all today
When the brain works right, it helps you be thoughtful, playful, romantic, intimate, committed, and loving with your partner. When the brain is dysfunctional, it causes you to be impulsive, distracted, addicted, unfaithful, angry and even hateful, thus ruining chances for continued intimacy and love.
As I think about times before my dday, my brain was almost always healthy. Today, I take pride in the fact I have always made good decisions in my life. Those good decisions have always made me happy and kept my healthy brain. Im sure my Ws brain was not healthy and it is no wonder she told me she was not happy. It was because of the poor choices, decisions she made. We can make good healthy decisions and up to ourselves to make those decision and choices. Today, I continue to do only things I can control and make good decision that only I can do Today, I know life is about loving and being loved . and I am going protect my own happiness at any and all cost from now until my death.
Just a few of my own important boundaries - I will never cheat on my W, my kids, my family by starting any close emotional relationship with another woman. - I will not accept my W in any way to have a close relationship with a male and will communicate my feelings only should instincts take hold of me. - I will try with all my power to avoid anger and control it within and I will not accept being married to someone angered. - Distractions.. I will try with all my power to listen to my W when she is talking to me and I will not accept being married to someone that will not listen to me. - I will make regular attempts to be romantic every week and, I will not accept someone not romantic to me. - I will be thoughtful, give affirmation, and gifts of love everyday and I will not accept anyone who cannot do the same for me - I will try and make every week playful in some way. - I will communicate only my feelings when conflict enters my life and allow God to guide my fate. - I will pick myself up and forge on when I make a mistake and will not be married to anyone that cannot forgive me. - And the toughest of all boundaries I have I will overcome all my fears and make the tough healthy decisions for my own happiness.
Right now.. Im pretty happy and sharing some things that I have discovered in my life's journey with all you fine folks... I pray all can find what I have found.
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Well, I'm off to Trigger City tomorrow & I haven't packed a thing. I also failed to call the Hotel to see if we could leave today instead. There's a subconscious message there... Anyoo - I will check in tonight - but that will be it for about a week. So, thank you NJGal & everyone else for your support - I have tried to explain to my H what he could do to help, I have no idea if he "gets it" or not. His continued reliance upon humor to distract my pain is just not working - which I've told him - I just hope he steps up.
I am over 3 and 1/2 yrs post d-day and my husband is basically doing cart wheels to make it up to me... I still think of the LTA every single day...much of the day..
njgal - I believe I will think about this LTA for the rest of my life. At first I thought that if I got rid of H, the thoughts of the A would go away. I'm not so sure about that though.
Last night I went out with H, another couple and we met up with my daughter, her BF and a couple of their guy friends. We were at a local restaurant/bar/pool table/darts, etc. I was watching my FWH and DD27 interact. I can always see the disgust in my daughter's face while she is talking to her dad. It's always there, constant. She gets very sarcastic towards him and the next thing I know, she tells him he is a hypocrite and she kept repeating it until he put his head down. (I couldn't hear what prompted her to say it) No matter what he says to her, she does not believe him and she makes it known to him. She told me she loves him because he is her father, but she has lost all respect for him. This is the daughter that kept telling me something was going on and that she thought he had a girlfriend and that I needed to do something about it. It's sad to see how LTA's affect the whole family, not just the BS's. Does anybody else have these issues with their children? or adult children?
Ats: I'm still in denial. Is this for real? Didn't you say your wife seemed happy?
It is painfully real for me. I am not sure what happened, neither is she. A few weeks ago their was a disconnect and we have not recovered. The truth is there was never a marriage to recover, and there is too much hurt and uncertainty (on her side) about wanting a marriage to enable the painful work necessary to build one.
She seemed happy yesterday, and bought fish for an aquarium I recently set up for her. I noticed the fish when I was looking at our large aquariums this morning to think about what needs to be done to drain and sell them.
I texted her this morning to ask if we can identify some furniture (big pieces)to start to sell now that neither of us is going to want or have room for after the D.
I had a good time last night. Early on I missed having W with me, but it turned out to be a great time. She has an event tonight that would have been fun to attend, she wants me to, but I cannot take going out withh her as a friend right now and then still deal with what I need to do.
I know that I will need to do all of the work for the D. She would be happy with the status quo, no sex, someone to talk to, no painful discussion becasue she will just spew venom at me or withdraw. Football games start in two weeks. I feel silly driving to them seperately and sitting seperately from her to watch DS14, but think that will be more comfortable.
I guess I really need to get to the attorney this week so we can get a seperation agreement and then I can look for an option to move out. I had never really thought about what dismantling a 20 year M entails. We have so much crap stored everywhere. Who gets "custody" of the Christmas cut outs we made? I need to accellorate the project I wass doing to scan in all the photos too so we do not have to worry about dividing them.
Honest, how are you doing this morning?
that eventhough I am over 3 and 1/2 yrs post d-day and my husband is basically doing cart wheels
this, essentially is my problem. W has gone NC with OM, and done some counselling. That is really the limit of her efforts. She says she is trying, but what that entails is more wrong behavior of telling me what she thinks I want to hear, supressing her feelings, etc.
tryn thanks for the explanation...so that is a vase holding a rose behind her if i understand correctly (i do't always understand, )...i love the symbolism of it...
have i told you lately how happy that i am for you that you got your lion back...
njgal: when the thoughts come, YOU are the one who needs to push them away, you need to busy yourself, make a call, read, something to distract you...maybe allow yourself some time during the day, everyday if you must to think about it and then start retraining yourself to think of something else..even here at si, delve into someone elses sich...where you are not concentrating on your own...and finally "see" what you have NOW...and try and learn to appreciate what you have NOW....not an easy task but so worth the investment....
allgood: we will be thinkin bout ya and prayin...mostly for peace of heart....and mind....and soul...and finally body...
and humor is probably all he's got right now...the man has not developed any other tools, he has not evolved as of yet, he is still very much a work in progress....tell him exactly what you need, be clear, to the point almost factual about it...when i feel ____i need you to ______and when anything else occurs to make me feel uneasy, sad, hurt or angry i need you to _________and once i tell you what i need you need to do it...
and for anything else, plant those seeds...(((allgood)))
ats: it feels like you are moving sooo fast now....and i get the feeling that your wife has lost it on some level, she is not processing what she needs to process and instead choosing to run away from it, and you represent i think too much right now to her....i dont know ats, she just doesn't sound stable....she is asking for a d and then asking you to do things with her...that is not rational...its like she wants all the benefits when she wants them and only then, otherwise she wants to be left alone...life doesn't work that way...
as for who gets what...you have a son to consider here, who he stays with get the brunt of stuff for him...he needs a little change as possible, his world is about to go upside down and inside out....he needs as much stability as possible and that includes seeing the things...otherwise the loss will be greater then it needs to be and the loss is already huge...(((ats)))
honest: i hope you are being good to YOU today....check in later and let us know how you are...and maybe vent a bit...(((honest)))
fun: when you wrote of your dd, i see my own dd...she too looks at her dad with disgust, he cannot say anything without her seeing red...he not only cannot do anything right but he cannot earn her respect...and to add to it he keeps messing up with the easy stuff that should be easy but still tells who he is..like a phone call from a telemarketer, he lied to the man and hangs up the phone and looks at us sitting around the table and says "wow, i shouldn't have lied to the guy, i should have just told him the truth""i dont know why i didn't tell him the truth"...for gods sake this was a nobody and he cannot tell the truth...and this is what he admits to my kids.... ....i am beginning to believe that this is a losing battle..but it still a battle i am allowing him to do from inside the home...if he leaves the battle would be lost i think forever, even though i am sure it will end up there anyway...i guess i just want more for my kids...and also more then i myself had with my own dad...oh well, we cannot save them from everything...
so fun, you guys went out, so i guess this means he is feeling better, and your duties as nurse have abated i hope...
i hope all have a good day, i will not be around til late tonite...leaving in an hour or so with the family to go visiting...i hate the drives...too much time to think and when we pass certain locales...well lets just say the ch and rks overtime...need to practice what i preach and push those thoughts away...
Real quick: Ats - I agree with Miracle - your wife doesn't seem to be processing this at all. I thought it was weird that she was happy. Even people who want a divorce, go thru Hell to get a divorce - when I finally call them to tell them it's final - a lot of them are still sad....
That your wife just asked you to go out with her is just remarkable - I have a feeling that she is going to have the mother of all meltdowns when you actually move out. What sucks is that you are going to go through all this agony while she is sitting in denial and then I bet when you've dropped a ton of money making HER wish happen she's gonna be sobbing like a child telling you to stay.
Is she still going to go to IC? For herself at least?
Ok - I seriously have to pack now.
Hopefully your children will fare better than mine. Two of them keep things bottled inside and the other (middle daughter) lets it out.
I'm finally not playing nurse anymore. I can't even say the word nurse (OW was a nurse). Grrrr....
Have a good weekend tribe!
She just asked if I was going with her tonight. I told her I was not comfortable going out together with us D-ing. She turned with a suprised look and said she thought we were still going to MC and working things out. I have no idea where she got that, that is not the conversation I remember.
The discussion thenshifted to happy news. Her parents are sending $5k to help with DS college expenses this year.
I am waiting for a Xanax to kick in, what do I do? How could we he this far off on expectations?
She would be happy with the staus quo, no sex, someone to talk to, no painful discussion becaues she will just spew venom at me and withdraw.
Sounds like my WH, (except WH still wants sex, although he claims he was never satisfied with the quality or quantity of our sex life)
I guess it's just the classic that they don't want to face anything and let's keep going on as if everything is ok.
Ats, just take it slow. I know you want to take action, but D is a process like anything else. You also have to keep in mind where DS will live. You would want a lot of things (like the Christmas decorations, etc) to stay in the home where he will live. If it was just you and WW, you could just split everything, but that would not be the case with your DS involved. Yes, you will have to do the work, but slow down a bit and not just act on emotion.
NJgal: thank you for your wonderful and thoughtful post. WH still talks as though everything "will be the same", yet he barely calls, it's like I'm talking to an aquaintance...He asks how I am, and if I'm stupid enough to fall into the trap, he doesn't seem to care one iota about my feelings or anything to do with me. OMG, I just had a AHA moment! It feels as though I'm talking to a friend's husband....you know....you've known them for a long time, you know things about each other, you ask polite questions..... WOW, how painful..... I have been thrown under the bus....a long time ago and just didn't know it. I think WH has just been trying to let me off easy. Slow torture of detaching.
Nofun: How ackward and painful to see DD know and hurt herself. If my DS's show any hurt or anger, WH blames ME because of how I'm acting!! Hang in there. I'm glad to see WH seems to feel better enough to go out, so your nursing duties are less. I hope that someday you and WH and DD can talk.
Allgood: I'm sending you hugs for this trip. I know how painful antianniversary can be. I know how frustrating it must be if WH's response is humor when you want him to be serious. It's probably the only way he knows how to deal with pain, it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt him. Try to enjoy this trip as much as humanly possible.
Miracle: I hope you have a wonderful day, despite having to sit through a long drive and possibly traffic.
Tryn: I read through your list of boundaries, and my WH fails miserably on each and every item. <sigh> I think I have been trying to save an illusion. I guess I don't know what is real anymore. I have to take more of your advice and read more, and work on myself. I try so hard, then somehow WH intrudes on me either in my thoughts or feelings or he calls to tell me how he is renting our house, and what his plans are, as though I don't exist or have a say. I guess I just feel I've lost all control. I am still trying to control myself, and I lost control of myself completely last night.
Thank you everyone. I am trying so hard to find internal validation for myself, but it seems like it is always being stolen away somehow....I guess, Tryn, that is what is meant by "boundaries"....to keep yourself healthy.
ats, it seems your WW was talking out of emotion and doesn't even remember what was said. You took her talk of D as how she really feels, but it seems that your WW will talk how she feels AT THE MOMENT.
Right now, you have to make the decision FOR YOU. Not how she feels, or if she is willing to R or not. She is unstable and doesnt' know what she wants.
Perhaps you may want to take a day or two on your boat without WW to think it over, don't be angry at her. It seems she can't help it. You have to decide for you.
Setting things up and putting your ducks in a row is ok for now anyway. You were focusing on things to do than the real issue.
Take your time and decide if you are done or not. GO BY YOUR GUT this time!!!! Not just emotions or just intellectually.
Post here, talk to people IRL. Take your time to decide what you want to do.
Nofun, you are in my thoughts.
ast.. I'm sure the end for your W is going to be very painful for her too. You can alway reconsider... THere is no rules that say you cannot try one more time.
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Next, you all are right, she is messed up.
I told her we needed to talk. I explained what I heard, she told me what she heard. Lot's of defensive "no, I told you that" in the discussion. The discussion began to feel familiar. She will take pieces from 3 or 4 discussions and assemble them into supporting her position, or selective hear parts of the whole. Further, regarding talking about the trip before she went, she texted me to say I was invited, I replied I am staying home for DS14's band event. She took that as being the discussion and ordered her tickets.
This is all not right, and all very typical WW.
I also found what set this all off 3-4 weeks ago. she has been telling nme what she thinks I want to hear. She has been resentful that she does not get to say how she feels. I am sure I picked up on the words not matching the behavior, and that set off my trust alarm.
So I am torn. Yes the discussion was messed up, but then her being messed up is not new information. She denies it, but it was the scared little girl I was arguing with that night. When I picked up my glass to through at the far wall (yes, I know, not my best moment), she thought I was going to hit her with it. Later that night she gathered up every glass in the house and put them in the trash. She was proud that she did not pour all of our liquor down the sink this time.
As for further MC and goals, she wants to learn to have an emotionally intimate loving relationship, and she wants that to be with me, she does not know if she can, but that is waht she wants. MC may actually be a good step, as he can act as an honest broker to facilitate some of the difficult issues we are going to have to get in to, like her fighting with her entire abusive past when she is mad at me. Her continuing to withdraw and not provide the signals we have agreed to.
I am going to the event with her tonight, I do not consider us to be in R. I am going to hope for the best as I prepare for the worse. I will continue to pursue the administrative side to the D. Get a seperation agreement prepared, inventory all the accounts and stuff, continue to seperate out the money and finances, etc. I am writing out the boundaries she accepted today. In addition to sex, focused time and touching, MC, this includes she is staying with her parents on the trip, not at the hotel with everyone else. I can call on the landline to talk to her at the condo.
I am not optimistic. The love is gone for me right now, we will see what happens. I felt a sense of control with the D, and I liked that. She knows better than to say the exact words, but it keeps sounding like if Atsenaotie would just be a better person, evgerything could be OK.
I don't know what to say. The only thing I have a definite opinion about is that I do not understand how in the middle of all this crap you are going out with her tonight?
As to your wife's behavior - it seems like you are going in with eyes wide open.
And - how is your son? (It is a son, right?) What did your W say to him while you were gone? Your W may have been out of her mind - but your son certainly wasn't - and I know you said they were texting each other a lot - what's going on with that?


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ASPEN, Colo.—One person died and two people were injured when a plane crashed at the Aspen airport Sunday afternoon, Colorado authorities said.
Three people were aboard the plane Sunday, said Thomas Wright, a dispatcher with the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office. One person was injured severely and another suffered non-serious injuries, he said.


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Star Trek Alien Spotlight Orions
Series: Idw Star Trek Alien Spotlight Orions
Full Color | One Shot
Written by Scott & David Tipton
Art by Elena Casagrande
Colors by Mirco Pierfedeici
Letters by Chris Mowry
Edits by Andrew Steven Harris
The female of the species is deadlier than the male - a statement that was never more true than in the case of the Orion Animal Women, infamous from the very first episode of Star Trek, The Cage! It's a fact Fleet Captain Christopher Pike will soon discover, as he's caught up in a web of intergalactic criminal intrigue. Can Pike trust the beautiful Orion slave girl - and can he trust himself around her? This focus on one of the most mysterious, and beautiful, alien races in the Star Trek galaxy is written by Klingons and The Gorn scribes Scott & David Tipton!


text: They transform a dark, claustrophobic space into an airy studio by reflecting light and expanding the view. Actress Brook D'Orsay splurged and hung two 5-foot-by-8-foot panels for about $450 apiece so she wouldn't feel as if she were pumping iron in a mechanic's shop. If covering a wall is too pricey, look to IKEA, which sells full-length versions for less than $100. Position a mirror near your weights so you can check your form.


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Monica Mæland facts – more political sarcasm in social media
National elections in Norway are this September, and clearly there's going to be more playful use of social media this time around. The latest I've seen is a Twitter account spitting out "facts" about Monica Mæland, a conservative politician who is the Chief Commissioner (byrådsleder) in Bergen.
Probably these are not exactly new jokes either:
- "Once Monica Mæland made a Happy Meal cry"
- "Every time Monica Mæland doesn't get her way, a unicorn is born."
- "If you Google "Chuck Norris" it says "did you mean Monica Mæland?"
While slightly amusing, I doubt this is going to win any elections. A bunch of (lets admit it) mean jokes with no actual political content – other than to claim that Monica Mæland is scary and gets whatever she wants – aren't going to convince anyone to change their vote. At most, they might make people who are already committed to a political view laugh or be annoyed and perhaps share them with friends. I suppose conceivably it might get more people to actually vote and be involved in the elections. Perhaps you would laugh at is and en decide to go and find out what Monica Mæland actually stands for and has done. I'm looking forwards to seeing more political content in these ads, though. The Hey Girl Audun Lysbakken have more of that, although they've sort of declined after the first couple of days.
At MiT8
I'm at MiT8: Private Media, Public Media at MIT and am lapping it all up after too few conferences over the last few years. Missing a lot due to juggling kids, but there's lots to enjoy anyway! Right now I'm in a session on algorithms – this is Stephan Helmreich starting his talk "Go and stop them, but don't tell anyone that an algorithm said you: Monitoring Public Life in Germany". The Twitter backchannel is lively, and especially useful in a conference with so many parallel sessions that all sound tempting.
Meeting the US students for our joint course
Scott and I are visiting the three US universities that we're doing a joint course with in August, and are having a fabulous time meeting all the students we'll be working with in a few months! Scott cooked this whole thing up: we're doing a week long joint course on Collaborative Creativity in New Media where students work together in US-Norwegian teams to create creative digital projects in Bergen. We're collaborating with Rod Coover here at Temple University in Philadelphia, Sandy Baldwin at West Virginia University and then next week, we're going to the University of Minnesota at Duluth to meet Rob Wittig and Joellyn Rock and their students.
Here are the students from WVU and Temple – all very excited to be coming to Bergen and full of interesting skills, ideas and backgrounds. And you can spot Rod and Scott in the second photo as well.
We're also meeting with deans and coordinators and international relations people about setting up longer term exchanges, and there's a lot of interest here. One point I find interesting is that in Norway (and Europe) we're largely set up for semester long exchanges, whereas here there are a lot of shorter exchanges, 2-4 weeks seems fairly common. It might be interesting to set up a course at UiB that has an intensive two week session at start of semester that's open to short term international students, and that continues at a less intensive pace for the rest of the semester for our local students. Many possibilities.
We lost the elections, but I am so glad to have experienced the campaign!
As you may remember, this semester I ran for election as vice-rector in Kuvvet Atakan's team. Today the results were announced. We won 41% of the votes, which wasn't enough to win, but certainly shows that a great many people at the University of Bergen supported us. Being part of a university election campaign was an amazing educational experience and I have learnt so much about the university and about university politics. And it was fun, too! Continue Reading →
Having fun with the election
I complained to Liz, who was here last weekend (wonderful, inspiring talk! slides here, video there) that I was getting bored with the election debates, of which there have been many, and she said, "So have fun! Make some memes!" Continue Reading →
My professor application
For quite a while, I've been meaning to put my application for full professor online. Here it is.
I had never seen an example of an application for promotion to full professor when I submitted my own application, in September 2009. The process was veiled in secrecy, it seemed. The criteria were clear, sort of: in Norway you have to have a PhD (of course) and then the equivalent again to merit a full professorship, and any associate professor with a permanent job at a Norwegian university can apply, you don't have to wait for a chair to be available as in some countries.
So I had no idea what a professor application should look like. There were no mentorship programs, no annual talks on what was expected and how to prepare an application, no other professors happily sharing their applications. There were brief guidelines, similar to these 2012 ones, but nothing that seemed very specific. Instead I found blog posts from US academics on how they were preparing their tenure binders, and so I decided to copy that model, and actually use a binder. I filled it with sections on research, teaching and outreach, each with a selection of material. I spent an hour in the university bookshop deciding which colour binder to use, and opted for a dark, rich pinkish-purple: feminine yet very serious. I photocopied five copies of ten publications, put it all in a big cardboard box along with five copies of the book I wrote and the book I co-edited and lugged it all over to the Faculty of Humanities administration.
Uncharacteristically, I didn't blog it. I was too nervous my application would be rejected. And nobody ever talks about their professor applications. It seemed as though it was taboo, and so I didn't.
But four years later I'm annoyed to see how closed the process still is. So I'm putting my whole application online so anyone else who wonders what a Norwegian application for full professor looks like can see. I still haven't seen more than a couple of other applications, so I've no idea whether this is a typical or even a particularly good application, but I did receive my full professorship from an international jury of my peers (or rather, of people who had already been full professors for several years), so it must have been good enough! And I'll include the evaluation report too so you can judge for yourself. I'm not including all the publications or all the articles and course descriptions and so on that were in the teaching and outreach sections, but the table of contents should give you a pretty good idea of what I put in there. Here are links to PDFs of the documents I wrote specifically for the application:
- Professor application form
- Application-letter-promotion-full-professor
- CV-summer-2009
- Annotated-list-of-research-publications
- ToC-for-outreach-section
- ToC-for-teaching-section
And here is the evaluation report so you can see how the committee received it and what they emphasized. It's in Norwegian, but most people applying for a professorship in Norway can probably stumble their way through it, and I expect Google translate will get you some of the content. Now, my field is digital culture, which doesn't exist as such at other Norwegian universities. They sent my application to the media department at the University of Oslo. So this may all vary in other fields, I really don't know!
Best of luck if you're applying!
Hey girl Audun Lysbakken
Today I'm loving these Hey Girl Audun Lysbakken photos – Lysbakken heads the socialist party (SV) and I suppose he is rather good looking. Someone has started a series of photos of him based on the Ryan Gosling memes, or more specifically, really, the feminist Ryan Gosling memes. But to be honest, I think these are even better. They have a very clear set of rules:
- Sexy (but not undressed) photo of Audun Lysbakken looking flirtatious
- Start out with "Hey girl"
- Punch line has to be something seductive, sensitive and political
And of course, national elections are coming up in September. So far, the political points appear to be real campaign issues. I'm sure there'll be some rip-offs, though.
Here's a Feminist Ryan Gosling photo to compare – and hey, did you know that you can actually buy a whole book of these?
Of course I've been chatting about this on Facebook, and my favourite meme expert, Kristine Ask, wrote a great short summary there of the appeal of the feminist Ryan Gosling meme:
Hey Girl, Ryan Gosling is one of my all time favourite memes. It so nicely sums up the fangirl culture found on f.ex. tumblr: Its sexualized (photo of hot guy), its feminist (and done without fear of sexual harassment from Commentary Field Heroes) and it speaks to/for an audience that idolizes knowledge and intellectualism (like gender theory).
I wonder how these Hey Girl Audun Lysbakken pics hit SV's demographics? I know women are an important group for them, but I'm not sure about the generational demographics. And I don't know whether these would appeal more to younger or older women. I like em, anyway
Update: A few hours later, there are new versions everywhere. There are some slightly nasty ones about Erna Solberg, the leader of the conservative party Høyre: Hey boy Erna Solberg. And @olainnset made a Hey man Torstein Dahle photo.
And oh, look at that, "somebody " (ahem) made an Atakan version! Fancy that. Could probably use some more work for that to really take off – but at least I'm having fun! (And, hey, if you work or study at the University of Bergen, vote Atakan for rector! The deadline is Wednesday April 24 at noon.
Imaginary bombs
"I saw two aeroplanes dropping bombs over our preschool," Jessie told me. "No planes have dropped bombs over Bergen since grandma was a baby," I said. "That only happens in wartime, and luckily there haven't been wars here for a very long time."
"But E's little sister is in hospital because a bomb took away her legs," Jessie continued seriously. E's mother told me yesterday about E's imaginary little sister. It took me a while to realize that the imaginary little sister with the amputated legs and the bombs over the preschool represent these five-year-olds' way of dealing with a very real, though in some ways distant threat: this is how news of the Boston bombings filters into children's awareness. Doesn't help that she didn't hear it at home. I don't think she heard it at home. Maybe she heard us talking when we weren't thinking of her listening.
I can keep telling her that wars are all very far away. But bombs and danger aren't necessarily.
Mostly, I agree with this cartoon that's been making the rounds on Reddit and Facebook. But sometimes, turning off the television is not enough.
Teach the kids to code!
Tonight marks the first meeting of the Lær kidsa koding! (teach kids to code!) initiative, which I'm so thrilled to be a part of. One of the most important recommendations in the report to the government I co-wrote about hindrances to digital innovtation in Norway was introducing programming in schools. In Norway, as in most other countries, children and teenagers have to have support from home and be very self-motivated to teach themselves to program. There is absolutely no support for this at most schools until the second last year of high school, and even then I have met many children who want to learn to program (often so they can make games or animations) who have no support or help and end up giving up. Even teenagers studying media and communication are told they can't take the programming class because it's reserved for other students. No wonder we struggle to recruit IT professionals – but at a deeper level, I think this is serious for the whole country: we need everyone to have basic knowledge of how computers and networks work. We don't all need to be programmers, but this is such a fundamental part of today's society that we are going to make the wrong decisions as a society, as individuals, as innovators (as police offers, doctors, teachers, parents, lawyers etc etc etc) if we don't all have more understanding than we do today.
I wrote an op-ed in Aftenposten last week about this that got lots of Facebook likes and Tweets and comments: Hvorfor lærer vi ikke barna våre å kode? Read it if you haven't already! (The English version Google Translate suggests isn't too bad, actually).
Torbjørn Skauli, the person who has developed the Norwegian version of the kids' programming language Scratch, is one of the people working on Lær kidsa koding! and he recently posted a really promising outline of what a curriculum in programming could look like, in four levels. It's definitely worth spreading, so I took the liberty of copy and pasting it, and translating it to English (below the fold). What do you think? Would you want your kids to have the opportunity to try this curriculum?
Nivå 1: Avmystifisering av IT (for alle)
Hva: Lære at et program er en oppskrift laget av mennesker, som datamaskinen følger, og at veldig mange av tingene vi bruker inneholder en datamaskin. Lære at programmering er en nyttig ferdighet i arbeidslivet, og at man også kan gjøre det på fritiden med sin egen datamaskin. Ha det gøy med å lage enkle programmer.
Hvem: For alle, inklusiv foreldre! Målgruppen er særlig barn i barneskolealder, men "Nivå 1″ er aktuelt for alle som ikke har prøvd programmering før.
Hvor: Overalt hvor vi kan komme til! På SFO, klubber, barnebursdag, utstillinger og arrangementer. I fremtiden burde dette være del av læreplanen for barnehage og barneskole.
Hvordan: Scratch, Legorobot og andre enkle, lett tilgjengelige verktøy.
Nivå 2: IT-allmenndannelse (i obligatoriske læreplaner for ungdomsskole og VGS)
Hva: Lære om konseptet algoritme og om hvordan informasjon kan representeres som digitale data. Lære noen forskjellige algoritmer for behandling av informasjon. Overordnet forståelse av lagring og overføring av data. Digitale medier: lyd, bilde, web. Enkel robotikk.
Hvem: Elever i ungdomsskole og videregående skole.
Hvor: På kort sikt burde det være mulig å få dette inn som valgfag i ungdomsskolen, men dette bør inn i skolens læreplaner, enten som eget fag eller som utvidelse av matematikk, naturfag og kunst&håndverk.
Hvordan: Jeg er usikker på hva som vil være de beste verktøyene her, men neste versjon av Scratch er en god kandidat. Legorobot og enkel tekstbasert programmering er også aktuelle, men dette nivået bør unngå å ha fokus på det programmeringstekniske.
Nivå 3: IT-håndverk (valgfrie fag i ungdomsskole og VGS)
Hva: Lære å bruke et fullverdig programmeringsspråk. Lære mer om representasjon av informasjon, datamaskinarkitektur og nettverk. Skrive programmer som oppleves som fullverdige og relevante, f.eks. for web eller nettbrett. Dette nivået kan inneholde andre ferdigheter, f.eks. simulering, animasjon, digital fabrikasjon (3D-printing etc.) og robotikk
Hvem: Elever i ungdomsskole og videregående skole.
Hvor: Valgfag i ungdomsskolen, linjefag i videregående skole.
Hvordan: Python, Java, C++ eller andre fullverdige språk. Fullverdige verktøy for andre ferdigheter som læres på dette nivået, f.eks. 3DS animasjon og 3D-printing.
Nivå 4: FritidsaktivITeter (på ungdommenes fritid)
Hva: Lære å utvikle programmer og systemer på et mer avansert nivå. Skrive større programmer. Lage roboter, apparater og installasjoner. Avansert animasjon. Hjelpe til med instruksjon av yngre barn, og samtidig være rollemodell for dem.
Hvem: Elever i videregående skole, og kanskje på ungdomsskolen. Bare en liten andel av elevene vil være aktuelle, men det er ønskelig at alle blir gjort kjent med mulighetene slik at de som har en latent interesse eller talent får muligheten til å prøve seg.
Hvor: På fritiden, helst i nettverk av folk med sammenfallende interesser, lokalt eller på nett.
Hvordan: Få hjelp av voksne mentorer som kan ha LKK som sitt nettverk. LKK og/eller skolen hjelper med å koble interesserte elever sammen med lokale likesinnede og mentorer.
We need to teach our kids to code!
I wrote an op-ed for Aftenposten today about the need to teach our kids programming. Working on the government report on hindrances for digital innovation in Norway I read a lot about how we currently define "digital competency" and "digital skills", and the more I read the more concerned I became. We think we're giving kids what they need, because we require "digital skills" to be taught in every subject, but in fact we're teaching them to become good users and to use computers to communicate, but not how to truly understand how computers work.
I have to write more about this. This is at least a start. And happily, a lot of people agree that kids need the opportunity to learn to code. In fact, next Tuesday marks the first meeting of a brand new national grassroots organisation, Lær kidsa koding! (Teach the kids to code!) which is meeting in Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Trondheim and Sandefjord and maybe more places as well: check out kidsakoder.no for more.


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Photos of Lord Botetourt Lady Cavaliers' tournament win
As promised earlier, click here for a photo gallery of the Lady Terriers Christmas Classic's final day, including many shots by photographer Garland Gay of Lord Botetourt's winning game over Staunton River. The Lady Cavaliers took the final game 46-40.
Click here for a wrap-up of the tournament on varsity.roanoke.com, including an account of the Lord Botetourt ladies' festive socks, seen below. We also have this post from Lord Botetourt's win over Heritage in Saturday's round.
And here's the link to photos from the Lord Botetourt boys in the championship game at the Northside Invitational Tournament the same night.


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Announcements: National Latino AIDS Awareness Day --- October 15, 2011
October 15, 2011, is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, which seeks to raise awareness of the disproportionate impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) on the Hispanic/Latino population in the United States. Estimates of HIV incidence for 2009 indicate that Hispanics had a rate of 26.4 per 100,000 population, compared with 9.1 for whites (1). Two of the three goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy are to reduce HIV incidence and to reduce HIV-related disparities (2).
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day is an opportunity to encourage increased HIV prevention activities, such as HIV testing, for Hispanics. In 2009, male-to-male sexual contact was associated with an estimated 64% of new infections among all Hispanics and an estimated 81% of new infections among Hispanic males (1). Among Hispanic females, high-risk heterosexual contact was associated with an estimated 85% of new infections (3). Data from CDC's National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System show that, in 2008, 46% of HIV-positive Hispanic men who have sex with men did not know they were infected compared with 26% of HIV-positive non-Hispanic white men who have sex with men (3).
Additional information about National Latino AIDS Awareness Day is available at http://www.cdc.gov/features/latinoaidsawareness and at http://www.nlaad.org. Information about CDC activities and HIV resources is available at http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/hispanics.
- Prejean J, Song R, Hernandez A, et al. Estimated HIV incidence in the United States, 2006--2009. PLoS ONE 2011;6(8):e17502.
- White House Office of National AIDS Policy. National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States. Washington, DC: White House Office of National AIDS Policy; 2010. Available at http://www.aids.gov/federal-resources/policies/national-hiv-aids-strategy/nhas.pdf. Accessed October 5, 2011.
- CDC. Prevalence and awareness of HIV infection among men who have sex with men---21 cities, United States, 2008. MMWR 2010;59:1201--7.
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Victory over Texas.
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Keepers of the Faith -- The Unknown
Originally Posted by jsmith86 I wish I could find the picture that I have of us winning the Cy-hawk in 05. Also: That insight/fiesta bowl rep guy is thinking... "You think this is awesome? Oh if you only knew how we bowl reps party!"
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." "And for the rest of college football, welcome to utter BCS chaos."
Originally Posted by cyclonedave25 Victory over Texas. you need the picture with rhoads in it
Iconic, maybe not. But this game was in my eyes. Blythe's 4tds vs A&M. "The Iowa State sophomore set a school record with four touchdown receptions, leading the Cyclones' 42-14 rout of the Aggies. Blythe caught a career-high eight passes for 214 yards, the second highest single-game mark by an Iowa State receiver. His four TD catches was also a record for a Texas A&M opponent." "Meyer went 20-of-32 for 371 yards and four touchdowns, and Stevie Hicks rushed for 122 yards and two more scores as the Cyclones (5-3 overall, 2-3 Big 12 Conference) beat the Aggies for the first time in eight meetings."
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Originally Posted by geburgess Where the hell is this photo? Heaven.
Or even this, shows up in every ISU/Big 12 girl thread.
I always liked this picture
How come my pics show as a link?
Here's CRcyclone6 photo from above:
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Two years ago, Honda launched its Insight subcompact hybrid hatchback to high hopes. Regrettably, the company saw its hopes for soaring sales of its mild hybrids dashed, with the Insight selling less than half the projected number--largely because it suffered in comparison to its showroom stablemate, the Honda Fit. Both cars were five-door hatchbacks of about the same size, but the Fit is far more flexible inside, holds more people and cargo, gets real-world gas mileage of about 30 mpg, and cost more than $3,000 less.
For 2012, Honda has refreshed and updated the Insight, with revised front styling, a nicer interior, and improved gas mileage. The combined EPA rating is now 42 mpg, made up of 41 mpg city and 44 mpg highway--all of those numbers 1 mpg higher than last year's Insight ratings.
This brings the Insight slightly closer to the 44 mpg combined rating for the larger and more luxurious 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid, which uses an all-new lithium-ion battery pack while the Insight sticks with the tried-and-true nickel-metal-hydride pack that's larger and heavier. It's worth noting, though, that the Civic Hybrid is also $5,700 more expensive than the 2012 Insight.
As well as the gas mileage, the 2012 Insight receives a restyled grille, headlamps, and front and rear bumper fascias; new materials and displays inside; and several new features. The base model added last year continues, with a starting price of $18,500.
The Insight's shape is similar to that of the larger and more efficient Toyota Prius: it's a high-tailed five-door hatchback. That lets it slip through the air with little aerodynamic drag, using less fuel to fight lower turbulence. The new-for-2012 rear bumper includes diffusers that smooth airflow leaving the car's body at the tail.
From behind the wheel, the Insight's twin-tier instrument panel sites digital readouts for road speed and other status information up top, with main gauges below in a more traditional cluster. The center stack is angled toward the driver, but climate controls are directly to the right of the wheel--meaning an awkward reach for the front passenger.
The front seats are flat and somewhat short, but there's a ton of headroom above them. The rear seats are different story, though, where the sloping roofline (those aerodynamics, remember?) steals height. For 2012, Honda redesigned the rear seats to add more than half an inch of headroom, and that half-inch will really count. You can fit three kids in the rear, but for adults, two's the real limit.
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Because it's a so-called mild hybrid, the Insight's electric motor can't move the car on electricity alone--unlike the full hybrids sold by Toyota. The motor contributes extra torque to the engine under load, and restarts the engine after it's switched off when the car comes to a stop. It also acts as a generator to convert braking energy into electricity that recharges the battery pack.
Around town, the Insight hybrid is pleasant enough, with quick takeoff from stoplights. To get power for passing, though, you'll endure quite a lot of engine noise--though for 2012, Honda has added additional sound insulation in the load bay and thickened other noise-suppression materials. But there's not much margin for extra power at highway speeds, which is when you're reminded most obviously that the Insight is a heavy subcompact powered by a small 1.3-liter engine.
The handling is a bright spot, though, and the Insight's steering and suspension make it much more fun to fling around crowded urban areas than the larger and softer Civic Hybrid or the not-very-fun (though very fuel efficient) Prius. The Fit is still a little crisper in corners, but the Insight acquits itself well for a hybrid and is smooth and composed at freeway speeds. Ride quality is good, and the car is quiet except when it's floored--which you may have to do more often than you'd like.
Midway through 2012, Honda raised its prices, so a base Honda Insight now starts at $18,500. It includes automatic climate control, remote entry, power windows, and an audio system with two (!!) speakers. Next step up is the mid-level Insight LX, which adds steering-wheel controls for the audio system, a console with armrest, a security system, map lights, and floor mats, with a price starting at $20,275.
At the top of the range, the Insight EX--from $21,965, or $23,690 with Navigation--adds a six-speaker stereo system with Bluetooth pairing, automatic headlights, alloy wheels, heated side mirrors, and paddle shifters behind the wheel so drivers can "shift" simulated "gears" for better performance. All Honda Insight prices are quoted before a mandatory $770 destination fee.
For more details, see the full review of the 2012 Honda Insight range on our sister site, TheCarConnection.
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5-Door CVT Specs | $18,500 | $17,629 | 41 | 44 |
EX Specs | $21,965 | $20,916 | 41 | 44 |
LX Specs | $20,275 | $19,313 | 41 | 44 |
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LX Specs | $20,275 | $19,313 | 41 | 44 |
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To get students warmed up, the leaders use basic icebreakers. In one exercise, trainers ask attendees to line up according to their birth dates — without speaking. "It's a simple way to get everyone laughing," says Carol Worthy, a Lotus systems architect who is both a graduate of the academy and trainer for two sessions each year. Another low-tech tool: They use children's toys to represent aspects of the consultant-client relationship. Most often, the work-flow process is represented by a Slinky; documents moving through the innovation process are modeled using windup toys, and buildings blocks illustrate databases. Finally, stuffed animals or figurines depict clients or consultants.
And attendees never know when they'll be asked to don rubber noses or rhinestone tiaras to get a reaction. "This is serious subject matter, but the play brings out the clowns in the group and gets people opening up. They all come up with ingenious solutions," says Worthy. "And that's the point. None of our clients is the same, so none of our solutions can be, either."
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#UPDATE: The previous version of Virtual Psychiatrist has been deleted to welcome in this version! Enjoy the comprehensive engine that is... Edward Wright!
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Status: | Referred to Joint Committee on Public Service |
Petitioners: John P. Fresolo, Thomas J. Calter, John H. Rogers


text: CircumcisionCircumcision is the removal of the foreskin of the penis. The rite of circumcision (brit milah) is one of the most ancient practices of Judaism. The commandment to circumcise male children was given to Abraham in the Torah (Genesis 17:714 and repeated in Leviticus 12:3): Circumcision is (in general) a common denominator among movements: Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Orthodox all circumcise their male children and require male converts to undergo some form of circumcision. Furthermore, faith is the only reason that Jews should circumcise their male children. In Moreh Nevuchim (Guide for the Perplexed), chapter 49, the Rambam says: "No one, however, should circumcise himself or his son for any other reason than pure faith; for circumcision is not like an incision on the leg or a burn on the arm, but a very difficult operation." Current medical fashions play no role in circumcision, as it is a religious rite to Jews. Thus, it is pointless to attempt to argue for or against circumcision from a basis of medical need. The circumcision is done the eighth day after birth, unless ill health or serious medical problems prevent it. Even Shabbat does not stop a Brit. If a child is not circumcised, he is still considered a Jew [San. 44a; Hoffmann, Melamed Lehoil, Yoreh Dea, #79]. However, if there are no medical contraindications (e.g., hemophilia), it is incumbent for the individual to arrange for their circumcision when medically safe to do so. Traditionally, the father is supposed to perform the Brit. Since most fathers do not have the appropriate training, a specialist called a mohel is usually called upon to perform the circumcision. It is customary that, if possible, a mohel performs his first Brit on his own son-under the supervision of an experienced accredited mohel (his teacher). Mohelim are trained by all the religious movements and are sometimes also practicing physicians. The operation is usually done in the home or the shul. The infant is surrounded by family and friends, and held by the sandek (an adult being honored by the parents, often a grandfather). In the Ashkenazi community, on the Shabbat night (Friday night) prior to the Brit, the community comes to the home of the newborn to welcome him with singing and thanksgiving to Hashem on his birth, and a small meal is served including chickpeas (ar'bes). These are served as a sign of mourning: the child mourns that the angel caused him to forget everything he learned in his mother's womb (just one explanation of many for this custom of eating chickpeas). In Sephardi communities, the night before the Brit is called the night of "Brit Yitzchak" and the community and family gather to learn the Zohar together, to sing special songs and have a dinner. In many places people from the community and family get together and study all night, not only on the night before the Brit, but also during the preceding week. Source: Shamash. |