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Juneteenth festival returns for third year
The third annual Juneteenth festival starts tonight at 7 p.m. on Martin Luther King Drive in Oxford. The event is celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation. (June 17, 2011, Page 2A)
It's time to be honest and stop making excuses
Ole Miss student Amanda Schnugg stopped making excuses and started getting healthy. Read how a rude, but honest, doctor helped her take the first steps to losing weight. (April 15, 2011, Page 1B)
Missing class is not like it used to be
Ole Miss student Amanda Schnugg talks about getting sick during the first couple weeks of the new semester and different it is from being in grade school when you were able to stay home when sick without feeling guilty. (February 4, 2011, Page 1B)
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How many times have you heard, "If I win the lottery I would …"?
Chances are, if you are from Mississippi, not very often. I grew up in Florida and turning 18 meant one thing — being able to play the lottery. It was one of the first things I did on my way to work on my birthday. I bought both a scratch off and a Florida Lotto ticket and, although I did not win that week's lotto (or any week's), the excitement was just as fun.
As a student, the lottery would be a great benefit for myself and my classmates. The game's main purpose — besides allowing those lucky few to win large amounts of money — is to fund programs for education. With the current budget cuts and the rise in price of education, a lottery could help many students and schools with extra funding that is so desperately needed by many. (October 15, 2010, Page 1B)

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Senate Majority leader Harry Reid is not backing off his comments that Mitt Romney has paid "NO TAXES" in the past 10 years. However, Reid was attacked on the Sunday political shows yesterday by the RNC chair Reince Priebus in a game of calling each other liars.
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Dirty Harry Reid as he is called by the republicans, a Clint Eastwood character in the movies is quite a compliment for the mormon from the state of Nevada. Reid has revealed by his own words from a "credible source "who invested in Bain Capital and knows that "Mitt Romney has not paid taxes in 10 years" said Harry.
Mitt Romney's only response was to ask Harry Reid who his sources were, not exactly refuting that he had or had not paid taxes in the past 10 years but he only said "he paid lots of taxes" not exactly an accurate rebuttal to the charge.
Romney is boxed into a corner with the accusations because if he does not release his 23 years of taxes, Harry Reid becomes the victor and if he does release the tax returns and there is something very damaging (which is the assumption on why he is not releasing the returns) then his goose is cooked both ways.
A summary of Romney's tax release so far shows the IRS indicate his 2010 tax return was incomplete because it does not include forms for Foreign banks and investment holdings. So far this year, Romney has stalled his 2011 tax returns until after the GOP convention where he will be officially nominated. Romney's tax returns are in a shambled mess, and will dog him until election day.
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Last week, Jeffrey, Cole and I traveled to Boston to meet Seth, see his work in person and attend his art show at the Liberty.
When we arrived Seth was still setting up so we dove in and starting helping setting up his paintings.
Throughout the night Seth shared his brand new watch which was our interpretation of the Goldfish painting that was in above photograph.Another one of Seth's brand new paintings. If you would like to see the progression of the Mercedes you can become a fan of his on FB and see it from sketch to finish.
It was great to meet Seth and see his work in person. We will be a part of his next show at the Liberty in November.


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I am absolutely in love with my new blog!!!! My blog is a girl, BTW, and her name is Grace. And Grace just got a brand new look. She got her hair colored and her nails done and a brand new dress from Anthropologie. And the cutest Coach purse you've ever seen. So while Lyndsay was making my 'Grace' most beautiful and lovely, I was painting the cabinetry in the laundry room. I sanded it (with my very own electric mouse sander) and then painted two coats of black paint…and then sanded it again. I love distressed cabinets. I will finish it with something, but I'm not sure what yet. I also painted the hardware silver and have plans for vanilla ice-cream colored walls and yellow toile window mistreatments.
And while I painted and made the best beef enchiladas ever (they will get their own post soon) the teens were out of school again, so they horsed around…..
while the little ones played in the very slight amount of snow there was…..
and Caiti cleaned out her closet (pics to come)……and took pictures of my ongoing
project. So while Lyndsay did her job most fantastically……..and finished……..here I stand, on the washer painting the cabinets while the washer goes through the spin cycle. At least I have an excuse for it not being perfect.
Now, I need your help. It has been my lifelong dream (about 3 months really) to have three columns on my blog. I have coveted 3 column blogs like crazy. I have dreamed about 3 columns and have nearly lost my very own little blog trying to achieve 3 columns. Grace has always apologized to me for being two columns. Now, I have 3 columns and there's a little problem. I also want the post column (where the main body of the post and pics are) to be larger. They call it 'stretch' in blog lingo. I can't have stretch and 3 columns. Apparenly having your cake and eating too is not for blog world. Grace can either keep the new dress from Anthropologie or she can keep the Coach purse. But not both. So what I'm gonna need you to do is go visit BrownEyedFox and see 'stretch' and then come back and let's chat. 3 columns? Or stretch?
Isn't she lovely? Isn't she wonderful? sing it with me
I am absolutely in love with my new blog!!!! My blog is a girl, BTW, and her name is Grace. And Grace just got a brand new look. She got her hair colored and her nails done and a brand new dress from Anthropologie. And the cutest Coach purse you've ever seen. So while Lyndsay was making my 'Grace' most beautiful and lovely, I was painting the cabinetry in the laundry room. I sanded it (with my very own electric mouse sander) and then painted two coats of black paint…and then sanded it again. I love distressed cabinets. I will finish it with something, but I'm not sure what yet. I also painted the hardware silver and have plans for vanilla ice-cream colored walls and yellow toile window mistreatments.
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- 1 January 21, 2009 at 12:57 pm
She is BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!
A three column beauty!!!
Now…I love what you are doing with your cabinets…what kind of paint??
So brave but they look great..please do a after post!
Enjoy your new blog "home"!
-sandy toe
- 2 January 21, 2009 at 1:13 pm
stretch….it is thinning….and it is like a little sexy black dress with red heels and chuncky jewelry.
- 3 January 21, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Oh Edie I love Grace! She is stunning! I do love 3 columns, but was so used to your 2. Either way would be awesome, but I'm gonna say go stretch. I would tend to say 3 columns if you didn't take such good pics, but with the stretch your pics are so much bigger and your pics are always so good.
The cabinets look great!
- 4 January 21, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Blog looks great! (I like 3 columns over stretch, but that's just because I have TONS of links I like to have in my sidebars and I can organize them better, hey, at one point I actually had 4 columns!)
Laundry room looks great too! I can't believe you painted with the doors on. That would have been a huge mess if I had attempted it in that manner.
- 5 January 21, 2009 at 2:00 pm
She is really beautiful! I just love the banner colors- they're my favorite! I also love the three columns (I've been secretly coveting three column blogs for a while) but in comparison to Ms. Brown Eyed Fox- I've decided I LOVE LOVE LOVE the elegant simplicity of stretch. I love the large pictures and how uncluttered it is. Thinking about it for myself….and one of those gorgeous banners from Ms. Johnson!
- 6 January 21, 2009 at 2:15 pm
OH EDIE…Grace is sooo beautiful and I am SOOOO jealous! Seriously!!! You have NO IDEA! K, I'm going to go sulk now. xoxo Ang
- 7 January 21, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Go with the stretch, it's easier to see the big pictures. Love the cabinets. I did that to my master bath and it turned out great, I took the doors off to paint them. It was more work, looks lots easier the way you're doing it. Great blog makeover, I really love it either way.
- 8 January 21, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Ohh, Grace is yummy and would be delicious in stretch. I think it is less cluttered and a great way to show off your awesome Nikon (should he remain in the family:-)He is obviously a HE!
- 9 January 21, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Your blog looks wonderful. So fun.
What is an electric mouse sander? Did you use latex paint on your cabinets? Or your knobs? Please share…
- 10 January 21, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Hi Edie,
I love the cabinets. I have been thinking of painting my kitchen cabinets but have been too chicken. I did paint my master bathroom cabinets and love them but the thought of making that big of a change (and not being able to go back) scares me. I bet you cannot relate. Anyway, what is a mouse sander?
I don't have any thoughts on stretch vs 3 columns (I do love the new colors).
Take care,
- 11 January 21, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I think your three columns is great because you have lots of stuff to put on a sidebar. But I also liek the way stretch looks. Very Clean and open feeling.
I like your new colors and header and hope you can use them even if you go stretch! It's refreshing!
p.s. I like what you're doing in your laundry room.
- 12 January 21, 2009 at 4:00 pm
love the new diggs! oh…i'm partial to the 3 columns…as soon as i can find someone to take me…that's what i'm doing. i'm afraid to try it myself. your cabinets are singing! they are gorgeous! what's a girl to do without her sander…love mine! it's the first power tool my husband bought for me…years ago!
- 13 January 21, 2009 at 4:23 pm
your new blog design is great!
- 14 January 21, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Your new look really suits you, everything is so fresh and pretty. The black cabinets are amazing, I need a sander.
- 15 January 21, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Loving Grace's new look… torn between stretch and 3 columns (I want the bag and the purse too)!! And I love the laundry room…makeovers are always FUN! I covet your being able to paint, paint ,paint…we are in a rental, getting ready to go to base housing in Japan, and I miss color!!!
Praying for you & your "students"!
- 16 January 21, 2009 at 5:20 pm
ok, ok, love the new Grace…and hello, the cabinets! you are awesome…you didn't even remove the doors, do wha-at???
- 17 January 21, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Grace turned out just gorgeous. Love it.
Also love the new black painted cabinets and silver handles. very pretty.
- 18 January 21, 2009 at 6:10 pm
love the blog design! crazy jealous! i find 3 columns busy…love the stretch and the laundry room. xoxo
- 19 January 21, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Grace looks AWESOME. Hmmm.,…the purse or the dress. I'm not sure, but I'll think on it.
Loving your cabinets…I started on the cabinets in our laundry room bathroom at midnight the other night. I must get them finished tonight b/c I have a b-day party here on Saturday, nothing like starting something right before you're having an event.
BTW: Did you use gloss or semi gloss on the cabinets?
- 20 January 21, 2009 at 7:17 pm
All that hard work sure makes it all worth it, great job!! Your blog looks fantastic!
- 21 January 21, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Gorgeous blog AND home!!
- 22 January 21, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Love the new cabs and the new blog design. It suits you better.
- 23 January 21, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Your cabinets redo is great. Really great. Love the black distressed look.
Enjoy reading your blog and the new look is just perfect.
- 24 January 21, 2009 at 11:55 pm
LOVE the colors love the new header! Your cabs look great too!
I have no advice for your template but I guess you have to think of your blogs purpose and what you want to highlight!
You will make the right choice!
- 25 January 22, 2009 at 2:28 am
I LOVE what you did to the cabinets….they look fantastic!! Girl, you are mighty good with that sander!!
Grace looks beautiful too….I almost went to 3 columns, but my love of photography and large detailed pictures won out…..so, that being said, my vote would be to go for the stretch….you can get really creative with your pictures and even do some pretty cool collages!!
Have a great week!
- 26 January 22, 2009 at 4:41 am
I'm thinking stretch – but it does look good.
Laundry looking good to.
- 27 January 22, 2009 at 7:16 am
Very pretty – lovet he banner and those black cabinets. Wanna come do mine next???
- 28 January 22, 2009 at 10:31 am
Hey Edie!! I'm late commenting, but the stretch is the way to go (which I think you've already done)!! It looks great, so does the laundry room!
- 29 January 22, 2009 at 11:49 am
Love the new blog and the new cabinets! I see you're joining the FB craze. It is so addicting. I love it. I'm afraid it is going to make me fat though . . . I spend way too much sitting and chatting on FB than I should. I'll look for you and befriend you!
- 30 January 22, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Well, i am here and she is a 2 column stretch beauty now, so you must have made up your mind. It's lovely- I LOVE the color combo!!
And I love your cabinets balck- very sharp!
- 31 January 23, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Oh. My. Gosh! You made those very yummy looking enchiladas and painted your cabinents on the same exact day??? You are everything that I strive to be!
Is there a trick to distressing the cabinents? I want to do that in my kitchen, but I am just not sure how.
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So after I nailed my Science exam in like 30 minutes, I got a call from my piano teacher. I went to the Academy and pretty much gave the smoothest performance of the whole semester (which is great, because the exam is next Tuesday). Then I met a few people and we sort of had a heated discussion about whether I'm good enough to play at one vocalist's exam… And I also heard that I got 8 on my Harmony exam, which has yet to be confirmed.
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Not Easy Being Green, but Siemens Will Get You Started in Five Easy Steps
Earth Day this week. Time to start thinking (if you haven't already) about how to do your bottom line and the earth good at the same time.
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In today's Wall Street Journal, Mark Herrmann, an attorney with Jones Day, co-proprietor of the Drug and Device Law blog, as well as an occasional contributor to Pharm Exec, has a lively review of Alison Bass' Side Effects, a new book that tells the story of the campaign against Paxil.
His bottom line is a familiar one for journalists covering the pharmaceutical industry. He writes:
"Side Effects" belongs to a genre of investigative journalism that involves talking to plaintiffs, their lawyers and their expert witnesses, taking their stories as gospel and denigrating the opposing view because corporate money (apparently less pure than money from the plaintiffs' side) supposedly has a corrupting effect.Â
It didn't help that, as Bass herself has pointed out elsewhere, GlaxoSmithKline provided minimal input to the book. But it's easy to understand the unwillingness of pharma companies to speak these days. The truth that they have to present is nuanced, messy, and filled with uncertainties—from clinical trials that ended up proving nothing to reports of adverse events that can't be definitively tied to drugs but can't be ignored. And the public, for whatever reason, seems unable to tolerate a story that gets complex and murky. Conspiracy theory reigns. As the sociologist Frank Furedi put it in a recent online article:
Contemporary conspiracy thinking helps to fuel suspicion and mistrust of politics. It replaces critical engagement with public life with a destructive search for the hidden agenda; it distracts from the clarification of genuine differences and helps turn public life into a theatre where what matters are the private lives and personal interests of mistrusted politicians. The media, in turn, fuels this attitude by continually suggesting that what really matters today is not what public figures actually say, but rather what their 'real' agenda is. This incites the public to look for hidden motives. No one, apparently, is what he seems to be. The normalisation of suspicion has absolutely no positive element to it.
This isn't to say that no one's a villain. Of course there are bad, greedy people out there. But in a world in which screwing up, misunderstanding, and outright failure seem to be the true building blocks of life, is villainy really the first hypothesis that should be on the table?


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Agyare interned as a law clerk for Judge Randall R. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, in Washington, D.C.
He received his bachelor's degree in biology from York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1994, followed by a master's degree in 1996. Agyare earned his juris doctor degree as well as a master's in intellectual property from UNH Law in 2003.
He serves as vice chair of the board of directors for the New Hampshire Coalition for Minority Health and as a member of the advisory board for the Peace and Justice Program at Nashua Community College in NH. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the New York State Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Boston Patent Law Association.


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My 5 month update! Sorry about the messy room. I hope you enjoy the video and share it :D Much love, thank you!
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Oh thank you! I made most of them myself. :)
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yayayayay i love your videos! you have inspired me more than you know:D
Thank you very much! And very neat, i also can't wait to see how everyone's locks form :)
i love how your dreadies are progressing..this is how mine are starting to go as well..can't wait to see where we all are in a couple years...=]
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If you eat sausages,hot dog or salami every day, you are rapidly increasing danger of getting pancreas cancer, and many scientists are warning us of that threat which daily consumation of refined meat is causing.
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As a registered dietitian and associate nutrition editor at EatingWell Magazine, I know that herbs and spices do more than simply add flavor to food. They let you cut down on some less-healthy ingredients, such as salt, added sugars and saturated fat, and some have inherent health benefits, many of which Joyce Hendley reported on for EatingWell Magazine.
It's the fastest growing sport in America, though for some it's more of a spiritual calling. The practice of yoga engages both the body-through a series of stretching poses, and the mind-through meditation and breathing exercises.
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Back in May, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) asked Apple CEO Tim Cook, after grilling him on Apple's tax practices, why he constantly finds himself needing to update the apps on his iPhone. "What I really wanted to ask," said McCain in a lighthearted moment, "is why the hell do I have to keep updating a...
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Despite claims to the contrary, Ireland Ambassador Michael Collins this past week penned a letter to US Senators Carl Levin and John McCain exclaiming that Ireland has no special tax deal with Apple. The letter reads in part: First, Ireland's tax system is set out in statute - so there is no po...
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Monday, September 16, 2013
DDR4 Memory Will Remain Expensive Until Late 2015 – Analysts.
Transition to DDR4 Expected to Take Several Years
Friday, September 13, 2013
Damages at SK Hynix DRAM Plant More Serious Than Expected.
SK Hynix's Chinese Plant May Delay Shipments by Months
Thursday, September 12, 2013
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
SK Hynix Chinese Memory Plant Suffers from Fire, But Expected to Resume Production Shortly.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Skyera to Use SK Hynix's 16nm NAND Flash for 500TB SkyEagle Enterprise Storage Systems.
Skyera Teams Up with Hynix for NAND Flash Memory for 0.5PB SkyEagle Systems
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
PC Memory Prices Set to Continue Growing – Analysts.
DRAM Pricing Up 42% in Q2 2013, Set to Continue Increasing
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
SK Hynix Further Delays Commercial Production of ReRAM.
SK Hynix to First Supply Memristor-Based Memory to HP and IBM in 2015
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Rambus and SK Hynix Settle Long-Lasting Patent Dispute.
Rambus and SK Hynix Sign Patent License Agreement
Monday, May 13, 2013
Commodity DRAM Price Rebound Results in Unusually Strong First Quarter Revenue.
Samsung and SK Hynix Retain Leadership in DRAM Market
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Contract DRAM Price Growth Slows in the Second Half of April.
DRAM Prices Continue to Rise, But Slowly – DRAMeXchange
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Disruption in South Korean Production Could Have Catastrophic Impact on Global Electronics Business.
What Happens If North and South Koreas Collide in a Conflict?
Friday, April 19, 2013
Contract Price of 4GB DDR3 Memory Module Gains $2 in Two Weeks – Market Tracker.
Price of Mainstream Memory Modules May Hit $30 Shortly
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Samsung May Use SK Hynix Memory Chips Inside Its Devices - Company.
Samsung May Use Rival's Memory Chips to Boost Output of Smartphones and Tablets


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Activists Add Zell to CommonWealth Slate
NEW YORK (The Deal) -- A pair of activist funds have brought in additional firepower for their fight against CommonWealth REIT (CWH), adding billionaire real estate veteran Sam Zell to its list of candidates to CommonWealth's board.
Newton, Mass.-based CommonWealth has been sparring with Corvex Management and Related Fund Management, a pair of hedge funds that together own 9.6% of the company's shares and which are attempting to replace five CommonWealth directors.
The funds late Tuesday said Zell and David Helfand, another veteran REIT executive, were joining their slate, and hinted the pair could be willing to serve as chairman and as CEO, respectively, in the event the funds prevail in their fight and oust current CommonWealth management.
Zell in a statement said "we see an attractive opportunity at CommonWealth uniquely suited to our expertise," promising to be responsive to shareholders if voted onto the board."One of our core operating principals is the alignment of interests between company leadership and shareholders," Zell said. "We believe the shareholders of our REITs have clearly benefited from having an accountable, properly aligned board overseeing an effective, internalized management team with the sole goal of increasing shareholder value." Neither Zell nor Helfand own any CommonWealth stock, but the funds said they have granted an entity associated with the two nominees an option to acquire about 4 million shares. CommonWealth president and managing trustee Adam Portnoy in a statement called the announcement "an obvious attempt to divert shareholder attention from Related's abysmal historical track record of operating public real estate companies." Portnoy said he was "surprised" Zell and Helfand joined with the funds without first approaching CommonWealth to discuss the REIT's business plan, claiming Related's track record with REITs "is certainly not in keeping with the public company governance principles that Mr. Zell has espoused." But Keith Meister of Corvex and Jeff T. Blau of Related in a joint statement praised the track records of Zell and Helfand. "We believe that once CommonWealth shareholders are given a choice between the Portnoys and their record of value destruction and Sam Zell's record of value creation for shareholders, the choice is clear," the investors said.
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Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane make quick impact in opener
BY MARK POTASH Staff Reporter April 17, 2014 10:28PM
Updated: April 18, 2014 12:36AM
ST. LOUIS — Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane wanted more hockey, and they got it.
Eager to return to the ice after missing significant time with injuries, Toews and Kane probably got more ice time than they bargained for in the Blackhawks' 4-3 triple-overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.
But both made an immediate impact. Toews, who did not play in the final six regular-season games because of an upper-body injury, had two assists and Kane, who missed the final 12 games because of a sprained knee, scored a goal as the Blackhawks took a 3-2 lead after one period.
Toews in particular had an eventful evening that got rougher as the game ensued. He was slashed in the ankle by Steven Ott in the first overtime. And he was drilled into the boards by Ryan Reaves in the second overtime — a play that drew blood on Toews' face and a roughing penalty on Reaves.
Toews appeared shaken if not injured after the hit by Reaves, but returned to the ice moments later and finished the period. Toews had two assists and was a plus-one in 32:11 of ice time. He had four shots on goal and won 21 of 31 faceoffs.
Kane and Toews were never better than when the collaborated on a tie-breaking goal as the Hawks were completing a penalty kill for the 3-2 lead with 1:36 left in the period.
It a perfect example of the anticipation and teamwork that makes both players among the best in the NHL, Kane peeled off into the offensive zone as the Blues were about to lose possession in the Hawks' zone. Toews gained control of the puck in his end and fired a pinpoint stretch pass to Kane at the blue line. Kane did the rest, beating Ryan Miller for the tie-breaking goal.
Toews also had a secondary assist, passing to Brandon Saad, whose cross-ice pass led to Johnny Oduya's goal from inside the left faceoff circle that tied the game at 1 with 8:46 left in the first period.
Both players said they felt more rested and energized after sitting out.
"I feel great and I have a lot of energy, not only physically but mentally,'' Toews said. "We're all excited to play our first playoff game. Should be a lot of fun to get back at it.''
Regardless of the outcome, the opener against the Blues was a significantly stronger effort than previous playoff openers.
"The last couple of practices we've had are probably some of the best we've had all year,'' Toews said. "You can definitely tell that the guys are ready to go. It shows when we're flying around, having fun, all the guys are laughing and at the same time we're focused and ready to play best hockey we've played all year.''
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This activity prepares participants to learn about ritual in our congregations by first discussing rituals in their everyday lives.
Ask participants to sit in a circle. Say, in your own words:
We will talk about rituals today. Rituals are certain things we always do, usually at the same time. An example would be saying a prayer before a meal. Another example is our opening ritual here in our group. Now I am going to ask you to think about your morning routine at home, when you wake up and get ready to go to school. Then we will talk about a ritual that many Unitarian Universalist congregations around the world take part in.
Ask participants to sit comfortably, without touching their neighbors. Ask them to close their eyes if they are comfortable doing so and silently, in their heads, think about the answers to these questions:
Pause for approximately 20 seconds and ask them to slowly open their eyes. Ask participants if they thought about any things they do every day. Let them share their thoughts. After a minute or two of sharing, in your own words say:
Those are morning rituals. Just like how you get ready for school with certain rituals, people in Unitarian Universalist congregations participate in rituals, too. They light a chalice as we do here. What else do we do in our opening ritual? What is the difference between the ritual of brushing your teeth every morning and lighting the chalice in church on Sunday morning? Brushing your teeth is a personal ritual, but what the congregation does together in church is a religious ritual. We do it together because we are a religious community. Family rituals such as good night hugs and kisses, bring a family together; rituals in church bring all the people in the congregation together.
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The global sports food and beverage market is forecast to record yearly growth in excess of 5% between 2008 and 2013, according to research from Business Insights. The market is expected to generate more than $3 billion in revenue by 2013. Sports nutrition products are consumed by both professional athletes and mainstream consumers from all walks of life seeking to boost their energy levels and promote general health.
The sports nutrition industry is witnessing increased demand due to consumer awareness as to the health benefits of regular exercise. Sports energy drinks, in particular, have penetrated a wide range of consumer profiles from very active to occasionally active, reports Datamonitor. Consumers are increasingly informed as to the impact of nutrition on health, with sports people integrating sports nutrition products in their daily eating habits to reach their physical performance goals, and less-active consumers eager to benefit from optimum nutrition for increased energy in the workplace and for day-to-day activities.


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What effects might selling franchises on the Internet have on the sale of franchises in the future?
Kaufmann: The sale of franchises over the Internet, as opposed to auctioning them off on eBay, is a legitimate activity that's having a profound impact on the franchise sales process to the benefit of both franchisors and franchisees. Franchisees, with a few clicks of the mouse, can obtain a plethora of information that before could only be obtained by flying to various franchise trade shows, stopping at an endless number of booths and conferring with salespeople.
For franchisors, the advantages of offering franchises over the Web are many. First, it eliminates the time, expense and often-fruitless efforts of paying for print advertising and then flying around the country to appear at countless franchise trade shows. Through the Web, franchisors can now post their franchise marketing materials online.
Moreover, through electronic franchise application forms, franchisors can weed out, at virtually no expense, franchisee prospects who aren't suited for the chain. In addition, by enabling franchisors to immediately and electronically disseminate their franchise disclosure documents over the Internet, presumably [it will make it easier for] prospective franchisees to undertake investigative effort before applying for franchises.
Full and thorough disclosure upfront, which is particularly accelerated by the Internet, leads to fewer pipe dreams and fewer unrealistic expectations down the line, such that subsequent conflicts, which so often arise out of unrealistic franchisee expectations, can be avoided to the benefit of both the franchisor and its franchisees.
Purvin: A franchise is not a commodity that can be placed on an auction block. In most instances, the franchise fee is a small part of the cost of starting a business. Selling a franchise by auction or on the Internet is quite simply not in the best interests of any franchisor or franchisee.
Could this impact the selling price of franchises?
Kaufmann: Perhaps for smaller or start-up franchisors, much of whose initial budgets are devoted to the franchise marketing process. Given the reduced costs of marketing franchises over the Internet vs. the traditional method of attending trade shows nationwide, perhaps these smaller or start-up franchisors can make their offerings more attractive by concomitantly reducing their initial franchise fees. For larger franchisors, the franchise marketing budget is so relatively minuscule to their overall operating budgets that I don't see the cost savings associated with offering franchises over the Internet as having any profound effect, or any effect at all, on those initial franchise fees.
Purvin: Traditionally the price of a franchise is driven by the cost of qualifying and training prospective franchise owners. Internet sales will not appreciably affect these costs.
Would the level of franchisees be affected?
Kaufmann: An Internet-driven franchise sales process will enable franchisors to quickly weed out unqualified prospects-those who have insufficient funds, insufficient experience or education, or the wrong attitude. Through the use of an electronic application form, this weeding-out process can be vastly accelerated, saving the franchisor much time, effort and money. Given the vast population of prospective franchisees yielded by the Internet and their ability to investigate the investment in great detail from the comfort of their homes, I predict the Internet will give rise to more and better franchisee prospects at vastly lower cost.
Purvin: Quality, ethical franchisors will still thoroughly screen and train their franchisee prospects. Those franchisors would never consider blindly selling a franchise on the Internet. Fraudulent opportunities, on the other hand, wouldn't care [potential franchisees] found their franchises, so long as their franchisee checks clear the bank.


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After weeks of internal debate, House Democrats will join the select committee to investigate the Benghazi attack after all and send a full delegation of five members, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday.
Oversight Committee ranking member Elijah Cummings, who has served as the Democratic counterweight to Chairman Darrell Issa's Benghazi hearings, will serve as the ranking member.
The other members of the committee are:
- Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who serves on the Intelligence Committee
- Adam Smith, D-Wash., who is the ranking member on the Armed Services Committee
- Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., who serves on the Ways and Means Committee's Oversight Subcommittee
- Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., who serves on the Armed Services and Oversight committees and is also an Iraq War veteran
The decision comes after days of negotiations with Republican leadership, in which Democrats had hoped to convince the majority to grant them equal representation on the panel as well as greater oversight over subpoenas and testimony.
Pelosi and House Speaker John Boehner met on Tuesday to discuss potential changes to the committee's operations, and they spoke again by phone on Wednesday. But Pelosi told reporters Wednesday afternoon that Republicans never budged on those issues.
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Although many top Democrats had argued against appointing their members to the select committee—particularly if they did not receive concessions from Republicans—Pelosi argued that the lack of an agreement over committee rules made it even more important for Democrats to engage in the process.
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- Fink, B., Grammer, K., & Matts, P. J. (2006). Visual skin color distribution plays a role in the perception of age, attractiveness, and health of female faces. Evolution and Human Behavior, 27(6), 433-442.
- Fink, B., Grammer, K., Mitteroecker, P., Gunz, P., Schaefer, K., Bookstein, F. L., & Manning J. T. (2005). Second to fourth digit ratio and face shape. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 272, 1995-2001.
- Fink, B., & Grammer, K., & Thornhill, R. (2001). Human (Homo sapiens) facial attractiveness in relation to skin texture and color. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 115(1), 92-99.
- Fink, B., Manning, J. T., Neave, N., & Grammer, K. (2004). Second to fourth digit ratio and facial asymmetry. Evolution and Human Behavior, 25(2), 125-132.
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- Fink, B., Neave, N., Manning, J. T., & Grammer, K. (2005). Facial symmetry and the "big-five" personality factors. Personality and Individual Differences, 39(3), 523-529.
- Fink, B., & Penton-Voak, I. S. (2002). Evolutionary psychology of facial attractiveness. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11(5), 154-158.
- Fink, B., Täschner, K., Neave, N., Hugill, N., & Dane, L. (2010). Male faces and bodies: Evidence of a condition-dependent ornament of quality. Personality and Individual Differences, 49(5), 436-440.
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"Everywhere is becoming Ganga!" A Mayapur Flood Escape Story
Submitted by Shastra dasa
27 September 2006
Mother Ganga touched the Lotus Feet of Sri Sri Radha-Madhava in the year 2000, but she has not come to greet the new Pancha-Tattva Deities, installed only 2 years ago. A rather dry rainy season was coming to an end . no one expected any flood in Sri Mayapur this year. Then the news came – the dams are too full and the Government has opened them up, in a few hours we will have a flood.
The milkman came to deliver his daily bucket of milk – "No thank you," said my husband, "Don't you know what is happening? We are packing up because of the flood!"
"But it is not raining anymore," was his reply. He did not seem to know that floods in Mayapur are usually not caused by the rain directly, but rather by the opening of large water reservoirs higher up the Ganga , a few days after the rain, to save those dams from bursting.
The first day was passed moving things up to higher apartments, and speculating as to whether it will really flood. Someone had heard that the a Government Official said it will not go beyond ankle level..well, that was already there, and the water was no longer pouring in. Children found it a jubilant opportunity to splash all around in the brownish, cool water.
The next morning was more alarming – the water level was rapidly rising. To leave or not to leave? "Why not just stay happily on the top floor and take an occasional dive directly into our merciful Mother Ganga?" one might ask. "and swim in ecstacy to the Lotus feet of Nrsimhadeva? And in this way wait for the flood to end." Some of the more experienced residents of Mayapur could answer this – there will be no electricity, eventually the water will stagnate, it will be full of sewage that has washed up, full of dead entities, mosquitoes and diseases, food will become scarce as well as drinking water, no clean bathing water will be available..the initial joy of the children will turn in to runny noses and colds and flu as they will be constantly wet, during the last flood some had jaundice too, not to speak of the boredom of keeping a child in one room for four weeks until everything has dried up, not forgetting to mention the water snakes..I took one look at my four-year old son and decided we had to move out immediately – so on Day 2 we headed for the "Long Building" where all the devotees normally congregate during the flood, and where a few stalwart local devotees will reside for the duration of the flood to take care of Their Lordships.From there at least it was close to the road which was a little elevated so that one could still escape.
Mangala Arati Day 3..The water is waist level near the temple and up to head level in the Grhasta Area. Mother Ganga seemed determined to reach Lord Caitanya's feet. We decide to leave by 10 am, after Gurupuja. By 7 am we say farewell to some devotees who are crossing the area by boat to the main road where we can still get a 4×4 to go to Kolkata. The local devotee in charge of transport tells me "You better leave with this group NOW, Mataji." I insist we want to greet the Deities first, and the look on his face tells me he is in no mood to try and argue with stubborn westerners.
We swim to greetings and have the most ecstatic Darshan of Lord Nrsimhadeva, Pancha Tattva and SriSri Radha Madhava ever. The few remaining devotees shout as the curtains are drawn open. Someone brought a boat and the smaller children circumambulate the Deities in floating fashion. We see two of those famous (or notorious?) water snakes also circumambulating the Lord, gliding in zig-zag fashion. (A few devotees carry sticks to push them away if they should come close). Kirtana is ecstatic – jumping and splashing in the water. And the Deities look the most beautiful ever..dressed in pink and blue flower outfits, very simply, without any of the usual flower garlands (no flowers for obvious reasons) and just a small bouquet in Radharani's hand…the Darshan is sweet and intimate.
We return to the room to pack, alarmed that the water is rising so rapidly. The fences and signboards are going under. Water is coming into the first floor already. We manage to get a boat. Contrary to expectations boats are scarce, very small and we cannot take much luggage. Our boat totters 2 cm above the water as we have four bags, an accordion, 4 adults and one boy on board. We manage to balance things and if anyone dares to move an inch the boat topples and water comes pouring in. Balanced like this we set out towards the road..
To our shock and amazement we are told the road has gone under and there is no way any vehicle can travel on it, we have to row all the way to Rajapur (the next village). The boatman is not sure which way to go. We row in circles..now the full extent of the flood becomes visible..I have never seen such a vast expanse of water, I feel like one of the seven sages on King Satyavrata's boat. Who is our Matsya? The Holy Name. My husband, Shastra dasa, takes his accordian (wow – that move nearly toppled over the boat!) and we have kirtana all the way. Ramananda Raya (my son) nearly falls asleep apart from the ants that nibble him awake. Ants? Yes, the tree tops are black, full of insects trying to save themselves. Huge black ants try to cling to any floating object..no one wants to die.
The boatman does not know where he is going. My husband is contemplating what to grab if we should hit any rooftop or other object we cannot see under the water – should he grab our bags with the books that we do not want to get wet, my son who cannot swim, or his wife who might need help.just keep on chanting.
We finally spot some people in the distance. Some locals approach us, vehement exchanges of words take place in Bengali, we do not understand a word but it is clear the boatman has no idea where we are.
More people come wading through the water to push us. Finally we reach a shallow area with water rapids.we are told to climb down. We wade through the water holding on to each other and the locals help to push the luggage on the boat.
After some time we manage to spot a rikshaw, and I cling to the bundle of rupees in my bag – I know the few pieces of paper is what is going to save us – it will convince the rikshaw man to push us through the water with his bicycle half-submerged. In the time of the flood the last few food items available will fetch high prices, and money is a good commodity to have, he will be most eager to earn a last nice sum of rupees.
Two rikshaw men agree and they load us all onto the rikshaws. I cannot believe the flood had spread so far. Now we are heading along what used to be the road, and we pass hundreds of local villagers. I feel great pain in my heart as I see old ladies trying to carry bundles above the water level. There is a patch of dry land left near the Gaudiya Math, and all the cows from the villages have been taken there. My heart breaks when my husband tells me that the General Manager of Mayapur, Nitai Prasad Prabhu, had informed him that the Government had opened another dam so the second inpour of water was expected later in the day. The villagers do not know this but I know that soon that last patch of land will also be under and the cows will have nowhere to go.
Children seem happy swimming around in the water, but I see the anxiety on the faces of the men. All the houses have been destroyed and everyone is trying to take shelter of the few high buildings (mostly temples) sticking out.
Ramanada Raya cannot believe his eyes. "Mama, everywhere is becoming Ganga !" he says. I ponder about the deeper meaning of the flood. Mother Ganga is visiting all the Deities in the different temples, she is uniting her devotees together at those temples completely depending on the Lord's mercy, but she is also purifying everything, liberating many living entities, and purifying us.
I start worrying that even Rajapur which is on a higher level and normally stays dry might be under by now..but I thank Krishna as I see people walking on dry land in the distance and a few vehicles around.
On the long, dangerous road to Kolkata, where there are no left- or right hand lanes, where taxis, buses, huge trucks, horses, rikshaws and cows drive, walk, dodge and hoot at breakneck speed, navigating around huge potholes, I wonder whether it would have been safer staying in Mayapur..better drown in a flood than leave your body on this hellish road! But today in Kolkata I think about all those still left in Mayapur, about how they will survive, about the cows and old ladies, about the children who might get pneumonia or starve, and about the villagers who have lost all their houses and property, how some western devotees might still be there, not having the money to pay for travels to other parts of India.
We are still receiving news that the water levels are rising more..now it is being said that it will be the biggest flood ever, bigger than the 2000 or 1978 ones. Please keep Mayapur in your prayers and support any Flood Relief or Flood Repair programs they might have. It will cost millions to repair the damage. ISKCON has some FFL operations already going, so please support them.
Please check their website at www.Mayapur.com to get updates.
Your servant
Ila devi dasi
PS – I am attaching photographs in a seperate email
PPS: As at the time we were leaving Mayapur yesterday, Gurumaharaja's samadhi was 60% coverd by the water but I learnt it is 90% now. We are heading to Jagannath Puri tonite.
I am more worried about the many westerners who could not afford to travel out of Mayapur because they have no laxmi to move. Pls keep praying.
Your servant and brother
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"Friend" ignoring us because we don't have kids...yet
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|Mon, 05-05-2014 - 10:14am
My husband, "Jeff" has known "Don" for close to 20 years. They met when working together. My husband's brother, "David" also became friends with Don during that time. The three of them never lost touch. Don got married first, then David, then, several years later (and several years ago), I married Jeff. We had a destination wedding. Don, his wife & kids even came to our wedding, which we were very grateful for. Don & David each had their first child very quickly into their respective marriages, and a few years prior to Jeff getting married. I'm a bit younger than Jeff, and we chose a different path - we decided to wait a while. I know we can't wait forever, so we'll probably work on it soon, perhaps later this year. I feel as though our choice, one which WE have been content with, has created a great divide between Don & my husband, leaving David in the middle, rather unsure of how to handle.
We recently found out that Don's oldest child had a communion ceremony. David & family were invited, but we weren't. When my husband inquired with David, his awkward reply was that "the communion was all kids." Oh, really? How come when I had my communion, my parents invited family & friends, including several friends who had NO kids?! While I do take offense to not being invited, it's Don's loss. His child received one less gift, and I know we would have given a nice gift. Not being invite to this makes NO sense to me! Don & his family have a summer BBQ every year. Every year we are invited, and for the past few years, every year, it has been "all kids." Prior to hearing about this communion, we had already made the decision not to attend the BBQ because it conflicts with our anniversary. I'm sure that will make Don think we are ignoring them!
I am sure this isn't the first time we weren't invited to something Don & his family have held, but David & family have been invited. About a year ago, my husband sent both an email and text message to Don asking him to go to a concert, something the guys do every summer. Don quickly responded to the text as if he had no idea who it was. Did Don delete my husband's phone number from his directory? Whenever my husband does something with "the guys," I have always reminded him to include Don on on the invite. And he does. And Don has always declined. I wonder if things would be different if the invite came from David...we've never tried that. I don't know if I'll remind my husband about inviting Don anymore.
Overall, I am rather perturbed because I feel Don (and his wife) BOTH simply assume that we don't want/don't like kids. What if we couldn't have kids? They shouldn't make any assumptions about this topic, and it is very "high school" of them to do so. They're ignorant, something I have zero tolerance for. I have a vivid newsflash for both of them - us not wanting/not liking kids couldn't be further from the truth. We treat our nephews like gold, we also treat other kids in our extended family very, very well. If we are lucky enough to have our own child someday, we would treat him or her as the most important human being we know (because they would be). If we have that child someday, will Don suddenly treat US like gold? I'm sorry, I won't be having any of that! If we are getting mistreated now, Don & his wife won't suddenly be our best friends once we have a child. No way, no how. I will put a stop to that - quickly.
How should we go about handling this situation? Should we let things slide only to have David to deal with occasional awkwardness or do we confront Don now to clear the air? With or without kids, we are who we are, and sadly, I don't think Don realizes this.
Your advice will be appreciated.
|Mon, 05-05-2014 - 12:52pm
Welcome to iVillage!
If I were to give the other two guys the beneift of the doubt, I would say that they are not intentially trying to hurt your feelings, but have probably come to some of their own conclusions regarding you, your DH (dear husband) and why you don't have kids, and all that they feel goes along with that.
And this is just a guess, but although I agree I don't see why kids would have anything to do with a first communion, as more activities revolve around their children, they may be more inclined to make a list of people with kids.
I had my first at 17, so I have never been in your shoes. And if I have ever behaved as your friends, I most certainly never meant to hurt anyones feelings.
Lastly, keep in mind that friendship do change and morph over the years. Kids or no kids, this does happen. Doesn't mean you aren't friends, just the dynamic has changed. I am having lunch on Thursday with a long-time friend that I only see a couple times a year. One of best friends since I was 12, but our lives just don't cross like they used to . Our youngest are even the same age. It is just how it goes sometimes.
Appreciate what you do have with these couples and continue to offer the olive branch. Change can be hard, but it doesn't have to be bad. Good luck!
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|Mon, 05-05-2014 - 1:16pm
"...With or without kids, we are who we are, and sadly, I don't think Don realizes this...". Oh, I think he realizes it perfectly. I suspect that the reason you were not invited is not that you are childless, per se. Married with children is a completely different lifestyle than married with no kids and a younger wife. The fact that "Don" no longer wants to hang out with your husband and "the guys" is a clear indicator of that. He either cannot afford it, or the atmosphere surrounding the events no longer appeals.
There is also the possibility that, since you are not the same age, nor at the same stage of life as the other couple, you aren't interested in the same things they are, and don't fit in.
Whether any of this changes if you have kids, is anyone's guess. If you still cling to your pre-children lifestyle, "my" guess is it will not.
|Mon, 05-05-2014 - 5:44pm
I think you are making too big a deal about this. First are you really missing out that much on not going to a first communion? I wouldn't consider that a "can't miss" event. Now if they had a birthday party or anniversary party that focused on an adult and you were not invited, then maybe your DH (not you) might ask Don himself if he had done something to offend him, etc. It's just a fact of life that when you have little kids, you seek out other parents of little kids because the kids play together and the parents contstantly talk about kid related stuff. I didn't have my first child until age 30 and when I went to events where all the other women had kids and constantly talked about them, I was bored out of my mind. Then when I had a child, I was glad that I had friends who had kids the same age. At that point, it was difficult to go to parties where they did not plan for kids as far as safety, having to watch the kids constantly, etc. and it was not enjoyable.
As far as the concert, if your DH is making his own plans with the guys, I don't think it's your place to interfere and to determine who goes on the guest list--if he invites someone and they don't want to go, isn't that between him & his friend? He must be at least 40 yrs old, so I think he could handle this himself. I also am wondering now how you get along with Don's wife? Maybe because of the age difference or just personalities, she doesn't feel close to you and Don doesn't invite you because his wife doesn't want to hang out with you--you know how sometimes the women & men stay separate? You really seem to have an edge here that would be pretty off putting. And if you know the annual summer BBQ is on the day of your anniversary and you really wanted to be friendly, you might decide to have your anniv. dinner or whatever you do on a different night--unless you have some very important event booked that you can't changed, like tickets to a concert or a trip. I would also think that if you have known these people for years, at some point the subject of children has come up and you probably said at some time that you eventually wanted children. I have really never heard of people being shunned because they didn't want or couldn't have children--it's not that people don't like you or are rejecting you because of it, it's just that people who have young kids just live a different life than people with no kids as you will soon find out.
|Tue, 05-06-2014 - 4:08am
You didn't say how long this has been going on...was there a time when you got along well as couples with Don and his wife?
I wonder if, as couples, you just don't have much in common these days? People tend to choose friends based on commonality and since kids become a huge part of a couples' life it makes sense to choose/hang out with others with kids---especially kids close in age. Even if you had a baby next week you still might not fit in with these people if you're the only one with an infant and the rest have kids 6+ years older. It sounds like even "just the guys" isn't really happening anymore. As somebody else mentioned, sometimes friends grow apart.
I think that you ought to let your dh take the lead in this, whether anything gets said or resolved etc. Because he is really the one affected here, you're a relative newcomer to this group compared to how long the guys have been friends. Near the end of your post you sound kind of self-righteous; if that and your feeling of being "mistreated" comes across in your demeanor then they will not be wanting to spend time with you anytime soon. Try to view this as a phase in friendship, you may find that at a later point in your life the friendship will be rekindled.
|Tue, 05-06-2014 - 1:01pm
First off, thank you to all for your advice. I really do appreciate it. I have also spoken in person with several neutral friends and coworkers on the matter, and it is interesting how opinions seem to differ. It has certainly been helpful in deciding how to handle the situation.
I certainly didn't intend to come across as "self-righteous" or offend anyone in my post. I was merely seeking advice from neutral parties. There is always at least two sides to every story, and I think it is simply human nature for your feelings and opinions to show through when you share your side. That said, I suppose I didn't think of Don's side, which, I admit, was wrong of me. I certainly don't think anyone would ever truly wish they did not have kids, but what if a part of him wishes he were in my husband's shoes? Maybe he's missing things like free time and flexibility, and there's a part of him that's a little envious. But don't be fooled - we're certainly not overflowing with free time, since we do work full-time (and my husband is also in school)!
For the record, Don (nor his wife) have never asked either of us what our stance is on kids. And it's certainly not information we would just randomly divulge to them or anyone unless the topic was somehow brought up and the circumstances were right. I personally feel it would be quite awkward to tell someone, "we enjoy kids, but we don't want them right now."
Honestly, I would probably just let this situation slide if it weren't for the fact that my husband's brother, "David" is friends with "Don." If there was no intermediary involved, my feeling would be "it is what it is." In a way, I suppose I don't want David to feel caught in between. When the whole "lost phone number" incident happened, we actually mentioned it to David, and he seemed quite uncomfortable then. And I know he was quite uncomfortable when he mentioned the communion because I heard him on speaker phone.
I discussed the situation with my husband last night. You are right, he's an adult and he can make his own choices, but I wanted to offer my opinion. And this is how he's decided to proceed: He will again invite Don to the annual summer concert. He will also suggest to Don that we all (including David & his wife) get together for dinner sometime soon. Additionally, we've both decided that whenever we do have that next big event (and subsequent ones), we will NOT exclude Don & family from our invitations - it'd be entirely up to them if they want to join us. The ball's in Don's court.
Thanks again.
|Tue, 05-06-2014 - 1:36pm
You continue to think the reason these people do not want to hang out with you, is because you are childless. I still suspect this has NOTHING to do with your stance on having children or not. A far more realistic interpertation of "you were not invited because it's all kids", is that your behavior is not kid-appropriate. Too much partying, inappropriate language, etc.
Also, I suspect Don is NOT envious of your husband. I suspect that he simply no longer is interested loud, crude, and party hardy events. This explains the reason your BIL is uncomfortable. He doesn't want to come out and explain, and you all just don't get it.
|Mon, 05-12-2014 - 3:09pm
Don't be surprised that Don declines your supper invitation. It is not easy for couples with small children to go out for dinner, without the kids. They have to arrange babysitting and many couples tend to prefer their "adult only nights out" to special ocassions.
People lives change and just because your husband has known Don for over 20 years, that does not mean Don considers your DH a close friend.
Chalk it up with people getting on with their lives.


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Excuse #6: There's too much good stuff on TV.
Sounds lame (and you can sub out TV for the Internet and video games), but sometimes entertainment replaces real life, says Masini. Although staying up for Breaking Bad while your husband goes to bed one night won't hurt anything, always choosing fictional characters over your flesh-and-blood hubby can harm your marriage.
Bust out: Of course you can simply invest in a DVR, but on a serious note, Steinorth suggests powering down all electronic entertainment an hour before bed.