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Our Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter had 35 members participate in our Regional Event on January 21, 2015. The purpose of this full-day event is to prepare our members for the State CTSO Performance-Based Assessment Conference in March.
United Way of Anchorage, Alaska Dental Action Coalition, Alaska State Dental Hygienists' Association, Alaska Dental Society, and University of Alaska Anchorage Dental Programs are joining together to provide three days of free dental care to individuals who are on a limited budget and have NO dental insurance.
There are 11 members of our local Business Professionals of America chapter who are committed to attending this year's National Leadership Conference (NLC). They will be holding a Valentine Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction on Friday, February 13. All money raised will help these 11 members with travel expenses.
The Red Boucher Scholarship honors the late H.A. "Red" Boucher. It supports outstanding Alaskans pursuing careers in technology education and/or training.
Two guest presenters helped Mrs. Riddle's students make straight-through patch cables. Thank you to Mr. Jesse Jones, Alaska Power and Telephone, and Mr. George Riddle, Blueberry Island Lodge.
On behalf of Phyllis Frankfort Perillo, President and CEO, and all of us at w!se, it gives me great pleasure to announce the Blue Star Schools for the 2013-2014 academic year.
To finish the disassemble/reassemble hands-on lab that they began last week, Mrs. Riddle's A+ (Microcomputer Maintenance and Repair) students re-assembled computers on Tuesday, September 16, 2014
A total of 22 runners who are full or part-time students at CTHS participated.
Mrs. Riddle's A+ (Microcomputer Maintenance and Repair) students disassembled computers on Tuesday, September 9, 2014. Next week, their job is to put them back together and make sure that they boot up!
With the new wing and two new pathways being added next year, now is the time to get some CTHS Swag with the current five pathways!
During our first pathway meeting, we covered the reasons that we have pathway meetings and some of last year's BPA members explained Business Professionals of America and how to become a member. Then our business/IT students got into groups to complete some teamwork/leadership activities.
Desktop Publishing students created edible color wheels to finish their unit on graphic design elements.
Our CTHS Chapter of Business Professionals of America (BPA) held their Kick-Off Meeting during lunch on August 25, 2014. Nine members explained reasons that students should consider joining BPA.
I would like to go over the Medication Administration policy for the MSB School District.
Congratulations to Trish Zugg, a teacher at Career & Technical High School, who was selected as the 2015 Mat-Su Teacher of the Year!
Chef Carolyn Frey is taking a year's leave of absence and was honored at our last staff meeting.
The School Board held a special recognitions event and invited the following BPA 1st place winners to attend.
On May 7, the students in Ms. Shreves' Surveying class staked the playground site for the Sutton Community Playground.
Occupational safety class of 2014 equipped with the proper PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) for chemical, radiation, biological, electrical, industrial noise, and physical hazards with MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) in hand.
Patty Sullivan writes, "Students from Mat-Su Career & Technical High School visited Mat-Su Borough staff today learning about local government, public affiars projects and tools, and IT networking. Special guest Pat Martin impressed the students by lifting his new UAV, unmanned aerial vehicle, over the skies of the Borough building. The shots took in the crowd below, the Chugach peaks and some of the Talkeetna range. Martin collaborates with Public Affiars to give construction shots on many Borough projects a new angle."
The school year is flying by but in case you have missed what is happening in the Science Department here is a recap: Nine students participated...
Josh Hughes, a junior at Mat Su Career and Technical High School, took first place in the Native Youth Olympics (NYO) wrist carry on Thursday, April 24, 2014. Josh's distance was 730 ft 6 in. which set a new state record beating the previous record by 119 ft 2 in.
Anita Laulainen, a CTHS senior, wrote this article about the state CTSO conference.
Tech Sgt Lochrie was a guest speaker in Mrs. Riddle's N+ class. He gave a presentation on CGI (computer-generated imagery) software and careers.
When I talk to parents, the most common complaint I hear is, "I can't help my child with his homework anymore." It is very difficult for most parents to help their son or daughter master high school level mathematics. So here are a few ideas to help your child succeed.
Register to vote right here at CTHS! If you are 18 or are within 90 days of your 18th birthday you can register to vote by swinging by Ms. Petukh's office (room 191) at lunch or after school. She recently became a registrar and would love to see you!
CTHS Science Bowl team (Ariel Hasse, Joshua Hartman, Lucas Arthur, Jordan Lockner, Courtney Monroe) earned a very rare at-large bid to compete at the National Science Bowl competition held on April 24th - April 28th In Washington D.C.
Students' menu included scallop schnitzel with Mango Beurre Blanc and pineapple cucumber salad; duck breast with Montmorency sided with braised rainbow chard and harvest medley rice; and a chocolate Bundt cake filled with raspberry sauce and passion fruit zabaglione.
Our CTHS BPA chapter's regional event was held on January 31, 2014. Thirty-six of our members participated. Two of our BPA alumni members, Samantha Walsh and Kyle Brunger, came in to provide encouragement to our members and help to our advisors. Thank you, Sam and Kyle!
For the 2013-14 School year, the CTHS English department has used the NMSI training brought in by the school district as a springboard to continue our tradition of excellence.
On a typical weekday in the CTHS kitchen, the aromas of food cooking waft out into the halls as the sounds of crackling flames and the clatter of knives on chopping blocks fill the kitchen. This is where students in the culinary arts program learn all the essentials to succeed in the restaurant industry.
CTHS is offering a Healthy Futures fitness program three days a week starting in February. Workouts will be individually designed to help you meet your goals of getting stronger, losing, weight, and making healthier nutritional decisions.
In January, State Officers from Business Professionals of America (BPA) joined state officers from the other Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) at the Winter Planning Meeting to continue work on planning the State Performance Based Assessment Conference (PBAC) in March. BPA, DECA, FCCLA, FEA, HOSA, and SkillsUSA state officers met at Homewood Suites and King Career Center in Anchorage on January 17-18 to continue their work for the State PBAC.
One of Mrs. Riddle's Desktop Publishing students was hired to create this year's flyer for the Mat-Su Outdoorsman Show
If you are interested in helping organize the events that go on in our school, stop by the tourism hallway flex room next Tuesday at 2:00pm to check it out.
It is estimated that over 400 million people throughout the world consider Spanish as their official language. It is the third most spoken language in the world.
This article was written by Anita Laulainen and Bryanna Pearce and is featured in the Frontiersman.
There are only two types of jobs, a good job and a bad job. What type of job did you do?
All you need to do is take pictures of your grocery receipts with the Shoparoo app made for your smartphone. It doesn't matter where you shop or what you buy - every receipt submitted results in a donation to our school!
Our latest service project includes providing Thanksgiving dinners to families in need within our Mat-Su Borough School District. National Technical Honor Society, Business Professionals of America, Heath Occupations of America, Science Olympiad, Ocean Bowl, Science Bowl, and our staff, all teamed up to donate these complete Thanksgiving dinners.
Congratulations to the freshmen class for dominating our canned food drive competition! As their prize, freshmen will be released from their 4th period classes five minutes early this whole week. Thank you to all students who donated to our annual canned food drive!
At CTHS the primary focus is on helping students discover their passion leading to their careers. One of the pathways is fitness. The fitness pathway offers a variety of courses that will help students prepare for college certificates and degrees in fitness.
Health care is one of the fastest growing fields in industry, and a career in health care can offer tremendous job satisfaction and excellent compensation. Students with skills in health care will be well positioned for many career options after high school, and CTHS offers students a variety of courses to develop these skills!
The BPA Social Committee planned an ice cream sundae party in October.
Members of CTHS Student Government attended the Alaska Association of Student Government's Fall Conference in Juneau. Our delegates got to experience Juneau, participate in leadership workshops, and most importantly debate and pass resolutions from schools all over the state!
A crew of BPA members setup for their first annual Fall Bazaar. The bazaar will be held on Saturday, October 12 from 10am-4pm. Admission is free!
During the October 9, 2013 Pathway Activity Period, Business Pathway students put their communication, leadership and teamwork skills to the test.
A+ students created patch cables during a lab in October 2013. Our industry guests were Mr. Jesse Jones (MSBSD IT Department) and Mr. George Riddle (Blueberry Island Lodge).
Culinary Arts Students were interrupted by a fire drill while making a dark roux for their Creole Style Gumbo.
Nine BPA (Business Professionals of America) members and two of our local advisors were interviewed by Mr. Mike Chmieleswki about our 1st annual Fall Bazaar. The two-minute spot will be aired and also be available on our website. Thank you to Mr. Chmielewski and KVFR Radio Free Palmer for this wonderful experience!
All State CTSO Officers gathered at the Homewood Suites for their first face-to-face meeting since being elected at last spring's Performance-Based Assessment (PBAC) Conference. They are planning this year's PBAC that will be held in March 2014.
Mr Parsons and Mr. Smith biking home from school. These staff members bike to and from work every day, weather permitting and even sometimes in crazy weather. Go CTHS staff!
Employability skills are foundational in every class in the Business Pathway. These three students are shining examples of qualities that impressed this employer.
Mrs. Riddle's A+ students completed a hands-on lab where they reassembled the computers that they had disassembled the previous week. There was 100% success in reassembling the computers and booting them up as you can see from these photos.
BPA Members, John H and Daniel S, presented a money-handling training in preparation for taking over Pizza Sales in October.
Mrs. Riddle's Desktop Publishing 1 and Business Skills Lab classes completed a color wheel activity this week. They created primary and secondary colors.
Mrs. Riddle's A+ students completed a hands-on lab where they disassembled computers.
Our BPA chapter started the year with a kickoff meeting on September 9, 2013. Pizza was provided for all students interested in joining BPA.
Students in grades 3-12 and staff will participate in this survey that measures school climate and student connectedness. Read more from Assistant Superintendent of Instruction, Gene Stone.
At 5:30 p.m., January 21, MSBSD Admin. Building in Palmer: See the proposed boundary maps, meet the demographer and ask questions, talk with the new principal for Redington, and hear the demographer's presentation to the School Board during the regular meeting.
The MSBSD School Board has approved the 2015-2016 School Year Calendar. Community input included an online survey with over 3500 responses and public comment.
MSBSD Enanuaq Preschool Program is academic center-based for three and four-year-old Alaska Native and Native American children to prepare them for kindergarten readiness. There are sessions at Wasilla High and Burchell High. The high school program is designed to support supplemental educational learning opportunities through the federally funded Alaska Native Education Program. The grant expires in FY15.
"...American Indians and Alaska Natives helped build the very fabric of America. Today, their spirit and many contributions continue to enrich our communities and strengthen our country." President Barack Obama.
Did you vote in the first fall calendar survey? Even if you did vote, you have one more opportunity to voice your opinion. The three-year calendar approval survey is open October 31 through November 10.
Thursday and Friday, October 30 and 31, are Parent/Teacher Conference Days in the MSBSD. Please check with your school for schedules. If your child attends a non-traditional Mat-Su school, follow your school's calendar. For traditional schools, no school for students on these two days.
MSBSD Office of Instruction hosts a School Advisory Committee Meeting for the new Joe Redington, Sr. Jr/Sr High School. Thursday, October 23 at 6 p.m., Mat-Su Central School (600 E. Railroad Ave., Wasilla). School opens next fall for grades 6-10; expanding in future. View full story.
Your opinion matters! Take the MSBSD calendar survey to share your preferences. View full story for survey. Survey open now through October 10.
Last year the state legislature passed HB278, which repealed the High School Graduation Qualifying Exam for Alaska students, but now requires that all 11th grade students take a College or Career Readiness Assessment (CCRA) specifically the ACT, SAT, or WorkKeys. Read More....
Adam Mokelke, principal of Burchell High School is one of six exceptional school leaders, according to an announcement by the National Association of Secondary Schools Principals. Mokelke will be honored during a September meeting in Washington. Read more....and good luck, Mr. Mokelke!
Students and parents may complete registration for next school year ONLINE. Read more for instructions or click on i-Enroll under the Parents tab...
MSBSD High School Credit Recovery Summer School begins Wednesday, May 28th. Students must already be preapproved and enrolled. Read more for specific times...
Congratulations to all of our graduating Seniors and 8th Graders. Read on to see a full schedule of our graduations and promotions, including links to those that will be live streamed. Also, find more information about purchasing a DVD of those ceremonies held at the Menard Sports Center.
Thank you, Mat-Su teachers! We honor all our teachers this week and especially our BP Teachers of Excellence: Mary Schaff (Swanson), Charlotte Ray (Sherrod), Teacher of the Year Fred McKenney (Colony High), Beckie Miller (Shaw), and Mike Shea (Teeland). Congratulating these BP TOE were Stan Bennion, BP Vice President of HR Alaska, and Superintendent, Dr. Deena M. Paramo. Read more...
Welcome to the Home of the Tigers!
McCool Carlson Green worked collaboratively with the school Building Design Committee to refine the spatial needs and develop a range of design options to add 33,000 square feet of building to the existing Career & Technical High School. You can see the McCool Carlson Green's Design Narrative of new CTHS addition here.
Each Career and Technical Education (CTE) Pathway offers career-minded students an opportunity to explore and prepare for a career. Career and Technical Education Programs of Studies (CTEPS) provide suggested courses to take in high school. Students and parents can use these CTEPS to guide their decision making about what courses to take in high school. Click on this link for our district's CTEPS.
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If you are looking for a way to introduce your child to the wonders of fishing, then join our Park Ranger for a morning of introductory fishing. You and your child or children will learn the basics of fishing, learn how to cast and then practice your skills in search of catfish, sunfish and bass in the beautiful Guadalupe River. This program is designed for first (or nearly first) time fishing boys and girls and their parent/guadian. We do limit the size of the group to the first ten children that register. Please call 830.438.7653 or email email@example.com to reserve a spot. Please note that if you have participated in the program before at the park, you will be placed on a waiting list, giving first priority to children who have not yet participated. Thank you for your understanding with this. We will provide the rods and reels, tackle and worms. Be sure to bring water. This program will begin at the Amphitheatre behind the Discovery Center.

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Clayton Borough and Gloucester County Black Foot Soldiers are reportedly calling 'bullshit' on the police and white media's account of how twelve year old devil Autumn Pasquale's body ended up in a recycling bin behind a vacant house next to the one where seventeen year old Donte Robinson and his fifteen year old brother Justin lived with their family.
According to reports, the Robinson brothers are charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, disposing of a body, tampering with evidence and theft. Reportedly, Justin is also charged with luring. Gloucester County Prosecutorial racial terrorist Sean Dalton is cited as accusing him of persuading a 'biking-obsessed Autumn' to come to his home so they could trade BMX bike parts. There, he alleges, they stole her bike.
"It don't sound like she was obsessed with biking to me. It sound like she obsessed wit' niggas & black dick!"
"It is clear that the State's emerging case against our two brothers is being built to make this so called 'pure' and 'white' daughter of reparations offenders appear as innocent and gullible as possible while demonizing Donte and Justin as treacherous and manipulative. It hasn't been established yet whether this pre-teen white devil knew or had been watching Donte and Justin or whether or not she was a black male watcher and, thus, one of the kind of white girls who fantasizes about black on white oral sex gang bangs. Where was this girl's hesitation before voluntarily riding off with these two presumed strangers? We don't even know if this girl was a virgin or not," Gloucester County Black Foot Soldier who identified himself as Mingo Jack is quoted as saying in the first of any statements coming from Soldiers in the state. The state's leading Black Foot Soldier, William Still, has yet release a comment on the case.


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One of my goals for my next home is to be totally wireless. From desktop to screen, from television to DVR, from curb to fence. Only problem is, I've never done this before. Digital Home Magazine looks like a good place to start. They have a tutorial for the newbies, like me, and plenty of reviews of appropriate products for those who are more advanced.
This review of the Maxtor OneTouch II, a networked backup unit, seems essential reading for anyone who puts any value on their data. The next question is, is it wireless?


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With its distinctive gateway, this building looks very much like it must be an old carters' inn. If you can confirm or refute this, or have any more information, please let us know.
It's marked on a number of old OS maps as "Temple Bar", which may be significant.
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MOST mums think their tots are cute enough to be models. But cutting it professionally requires more than just a cherubic face.
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Has anyone installed a counter over their 24" or 27" Miele's?
We're about to have an extra full bath on the first floor turned into a half-bath/laundry room with the machines going in place of the tub, cabinets above. We love our stacked Miele W1986/T1572s in the city but can't say I'm crazy about the build quality of Whirlpool Duet Sports we currently have here in the basement. The 27" Miele's could work as well as the 24" ones however the flat panel electric dryer only comes as a condenser model. Any thoughts would be appreciated. |
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You cannot install 27 miele washer or dryer under counter according to miele manual. |
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the conference programme of the International Linux Audio Conference 2005
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at http://lac.zkm.de. Small changes are still possible, though.Also, registration (free) for the conference is now possible, too, at
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Hello all! I have been a lurker these past few weeks as we embark on a pretty significant remodel in our house. The information I have gotten here has been invaluable so far, but this is my first time posting my own question.
We are Using a KD who has been helpful thus far, and I do feel like I can trust her, but in the past couple of days we have run into a hiccup that is causing me some concern. We were thinking about laying down travertine on about 1080 sq ft., but the cost with install was coming to about $15K. Tthis was more than we wanted to spend so we thought the daltile San Michele porcelain tile would be a more affordable option. Our KD priced it at about $5.50/sq ft. Here is the issue, I found it online for about $3.50/ sq ft. That is a $2000 difference. KD tells me that it must be a "bad batch" of the tile probably. Supposedly this is what her Daltile guy told her. I don't want to start down the path of distrusting her, but I also want to do my due diligence and get the most for my money. If I'm going to pay $5.50 per sq foot for porcelain, I would just as soon pay $8.50/ sq ft for the travertine. So, I guess my question is whether or not what she is saying is correct, or is she taking the route that is easiest for without regards to my budget. Btw the online flooring was at Fastfloors.com. I apologize if this question has been asked before |
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I will look it up and give you my opinion. Awfully big spread on Daltile and Daltine could give a hoot about online retailers..So I will look up cost. |
Since you're talking porcelain, differences in quality shouldn't be an issue so I don't buy your KD's reasoning. If you were still considering the travertine, I would be more concerned about the possible differences in quality of the natural stone or country of origin being reflected in the pricing. That's not to say you can't find top grade materials at a discount. I have been shopping around for marble and travertine tiles for two bathrooms and have found pricing to be quite varied out there - even among local retailers. I found a reputable local place with great prices. A different tile place called to follow up with me and when I told him the deal I found he was able to beat it (coming down significantly from the original price quoted) - shows you the flexibility these places have in their pricing. I think with a little leg work you should be able to find lower pricing on both the travertine and the porcelain. Good luck. |
I've always found that Daltile is MUCH cheaper online than in the store. And I know the seller was reputable. Check shipping costs, though. I was looking at some stone online and after shipping there was very little savings. |
Because of where I live (there is a Daltile warehouse practically in my backyard) I would pick it up directly From the warehouse with no shipping. They offer a full manufacturers warranty and is regular product, not seconds. I'm pretty sure there is no reason I shouldn't get it online. I just don't know what my KD's deal is. Why wouldn't she be ok with me getting it as cheaply as possible? Is she getting a piece of the action? Is she trying to run up the cost so her fee will be higher? It is just frustrating. |
Can you do that? Buy it online and pick it up locally? That would be great because I work near a Daltile warehouse. |
That is what the qualityfloooring4less.com rep told me. I would certainly check it out. I just wish I knew someone who had done it so I could have some first hand knowledge. |
Clg7067, What ended up happening w your flooring? Did u use daltile? |
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Reviewed Kicked Up Chicken Wings with Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce
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"I've tried these a couple times and would like them to be a little saltier and spicier. Is saltier a word? Anyway, They fried crisp and my family loved them...it's just that I expected this terribly spicy chicken that needed the dipping saice and I ended up with a very flavorful, lightly salted, tasty chicken with a hint of spicy kick. I'll try..."
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"It has been, indeed, a trying hour for the Republic; but I see in the
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and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the
country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the
people until wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed."
--- Abraham Lincoln, in reply to a letter from a friend in Illinois, as
the War of Northern Aggression wound down
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(From the back of the bus) "Tell us more about Rosy."
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These are wild times for metal stocks, as evidenced by the recent flurry of hostile takeover bids and friendly mergers and consolidations. All this indicates a belief by some, at least, that the stocks of takeover targets are undervalued. Some allege that this undervaluation results from the illegal rigging of world metals market prices by some of those same companies attempting to acquire others, particularly Barrick Gold Corporation's pending hostile takeover bid for Novagold, now that Barrick has bagged Novagold's own former hostile-takeover target, Pioneer Metals. More on this in a moment.
Technical stock analysts generally claim that price floors have been tested and reconsolidated and that both gold and silver now are due for big upward spikes. A few predict imminent downward metal price moves. Regardless, I know which way the dollar will be going (down, because that is the only direction it can go), and that is all that matters to me in dictating my long-term precious metals position.
Silver spiked up this past week. Maybe a trend. Maybe not. Those who bought along with me have all their positions in the black, so we quite simply don't care. We know what the future holds. What's more, we hold at least half our wealth in the form of metal itself, not paper (including Exchange-Traded Funds like GLD and SLV, incidentally), so we can afford to just sit on our assets. Our only question is when to move our paper investments to increasingly-safer forms, then into metal, as well. I think there still is a strong updraft in metal prices coming and would like to capitalize on it to some degree with the leverage that paper affords.
Capitalism or Fascism? Gee, I Can't Tell the Difference!
Mergers and acquisitions: It's just business as usual in what passes for "Capitalism" these days. Corporate fascism, more like it, given the clearly-existing linkages between government, market makers and market participants. For example, the position of US Treasurer effectively has become a sinecure for the Goldman Sachs investment banking firm. Current Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, was Goldman Sachs' most recent CEO. Clinton's Treasury Secretary, Robert Rubin, also once headed up Goldman Sachs. What are the odds? About the same as the room-temperature-IQ son of George Bush ascending to the Presidency on his own merits, I'd say.
Ever since my days on Treasury staff for a major American corporation, I have known just how irrelevant are stockholders and how corporate officers always realign their companies to ensure their own survival and prosperity at the expense of stockholders, beginning with "stacking" the Board of Directors. With a solid background in Finance (BA) and Accounting (MBA, Cal Berkeley), not to mention a law degree from UCLA, I know all the little tricks, such as shuffling foreign tax credits to avoid paying US taxes altogether or moving debt off a balance sheet via major lease deals or interlocking corporate book cooking sales or burying costs and revenues in reserves (euphemistically called "capitalizing" them) so that they are available in the future to massage reported income streams (which always differ radically from taxable revenues and costs) or directly plundering the worth of a company by granting officer stock options that are buried in financial statement notes and amount to a direct transfer of wealth from shareholder wallets to those of corporate executives and directors (well, how did you think they managed to stack the boards in the first place?).
My knowledge, coupled with how I have seen American business increasingly grow into a form of corporate fascism that disregards shareholders, first, then citizens of whole countries, second, as companies conduct business in the self interest of their own executives (witness Enron or, better yet, Dick Cheney's Halliburton), has led me seriously to reevaluate my belief in the viability of Capitalism in any society for longer than a very brief period of time.
Employees, of course, always have been irrelevant and disposable to capitalism in any form, which is why collectivist labor unions got a toehold in the first place, then a stranglehold, in American business - a stranglehold that led directly to today's outsourcing and the upcoming impoverishment of the American working class in yet another demonstration of how collectivism of any sort always is a really bad idea.
Capitalism now seems to me always destined to morph into the dictatorial-collectivist sort of monopolistic, fascistic greed, oppression and exploitation of the common man that is all too prevalent in the world today, as the line between business and government increasingly blurs. Separation of church and state? What we really need is separation of Board Room and State!
Mind you, there is no danger of my philosophically lurching toward that other form of collectivism, most easily recognized in the forms of socialism or communism. As hinted above, I see them being just as bad as what I now see developing in the world today, perhaps worse, if we judge them by what took place in Russia and China last century.
Of course, we haven't seen the end result of what is happening today. Things yet could end up even uglier than ever before seen, given all the loose talk by lunatics like Rumsfeld and Cheney about pre-emptive war, tactical usage of nuclear weapons, disease pandemics and, of course, the eradication of liberty in order to preserve it, Orwell-style.
Then there is the increasing evidence of governmental false flag operations, such as that which 9/11 increasingly appears to have been, whereby governments knowingly murder swaths of their own citizenry in order to stampede the rest toward a foregone conclusion reached in private, smoke-filled rooms.
End of socio-political sermon for today.
Goldcorp: Too Successful for Its Own Good
Vancouver-based Goldcorp, Inc. (GG) just has announced its agreement to acquire Glamis Gold, Ltd. (GLM) in a deal that will result in Goldcorp becoming the world's third largest gold producer. The total value of all outstanding shares of the combined venture, to continue under the name Goldcorp, will exceed $20 billion. I'm not happy about this merger, nor is the rest of the market, evidenced by the fact that GG's stock gapped down $3 the morning after the announcement. Glamis, of course, was up, reflective of the unconscionable 1/3 premium being offered. This is the sort of premium offered by competitors in hostile takeover deals, not friendly mergers. Something stinks here, folks, and it's coming from the Goldcorp Board Room.
Once again, Goldcorp's officers have shafted their own stockholders, in my opinion. The last time was via the recent outlandish stock options they granted themselves and board members. Previously, I found a listing of those options by director and executive on line, leading me to demand an explanation of Goldcorp's public relations director (whose response to me was at once both arrogant and inadequate). Oddly enough, I no longer seem to be able to find such a listing anywhere on Goldcorp's web site.
Knowing full well the terms of the impending-but-still-secret Glamis deal, in the works since June, on August 25 Goldcorp's officers had the unmitigated gall to tell shareholders to reject the August 16 "minitender offer" by TRC Capital for 3,000,000 shares of Goldcorp (less than 1% of Goldcorp's total outstanding shares).
Minitenders are made for several reasons, the most important being the ability to acquire a small (less than 5%) but significant stake in a company without the necessary government agency filings attendant to larger acquisitions. Minitenders also "test the water" by seeing how a proposed price flies with the target's shareholders and executives. Minitenders often (but not always) precede a takeover bid. Finally, minitender offers simply are ways for some unscrupulous companies to acquire blocks of stock from unwary investors below current market prices.
TRC regularly goes around making this sort of tender offer to the shareholders of all sorts of companies, including Coca Cola and Halliburton recently, so appears to be one of those opportunists comprising the very last category noted. Even so, for Goldcorp's management to say "Don't sell your shares to TRC (for about $30 each)," knowing full well that they were about to announce a deal that would result in the lowering of Goldcorp's stock price to about $27 per share because of an outrageously excessive premium being offered for no apparent reason is ... well ... actionable, if not criminal. Keeping its mouth shut would have been one thing. Virtually no shareholder would have taken TRC's offer anyway, unless they somehow knew that Goldcorp was about to shaft them even worse.
However, in my professional legal opinion, to actively discourage stockholders, to whom Goldcorp officers and directors owe a high fiduciary duty, from selling their stock for a price substantially higher than those same officers and directors know they are about to create, goes beyond mere breach of fiduciary duty and verges well into the territory of fraud, both civil and criminal in nature.
After this consolidation with Glamis, Ian Telfer, Goldcorp's current president, moves up to Chairman and Glamis' president seems to be taking over the executive reins. That may be good, but then you have to wonder just who is taking over whom, particularly in light of the premium offered to Glamis.
I've been in the midst of hostile takeovers before. I understand the mentality that festers, then runs rampant through an industry once the dominoes start falling. I think that Goldcorp's executives and directors have been running scared.
Round and Round We Go...
Here's what I speculate is going through the minds of Goldcorp's board members: Because of its success, both operationally and due to blind, dumb luck in market timing, Goldcorp is the single most attractive takeover candidate in the world. GG's total market cap is small enough to be swallowed by at least 10 or 15 other gold companies (yes, most of them smaller than Goldcorp). Goldcorp's strong balance sheet, high reserves, low extraction costs and nonexistent hedging (GG has stopped stockpiling, which is a form of "reverse hedging") all make acquisition of Goldcorp a no brainer for anybody who can float the financing to pull it off. An acquisition of Goldcorp instantly cleans up anybody else's financial statements and strengthens their own stock.
Once Barrick and Novagold started the hostile-takeover festivities, I'm positive that Goldcorp got very nervous and examined ways to avoid a hostile takeover of itself, as attempted by Glamis last year. One way is to get too big to swallow, by swallowing a major competitor yourself. Another is to weaken your balance sheet and/or operating cost picture. Goldcorp gets bigger by acquiring Glamis, with the added short-term bonus of significantly diluting its own stock by paying such an outrageous premium (this impediment disappears once the consolidation takes place). Oddly enough, however, Goldcorp proposes this acquisition, not by issuing debt, which would make it even less attractive as a takeover target, but by issuing stock, in a move that hurts only existing Goldcorp shareholders.
Envision the Crimson Permanent Assurance Company, sailing the financial high seas at the outset of the Monty Python movie, The Meaning of Life.
Corporations are run by people - usually men. And men will be men, after all, albeit men in Brooks Brothers suits. Fragile male egos get bruised in takeover attempts. Unsuccessful hostile takeover targets often turn around and go on the attack, even though the former attacker might not be the best target, strictly from an acquisition standpoint. But, then, men will be men. It's a guy thing. Picture how bar fights begin ... and end. That's why Barrick turned around and now is wasting its time on Novagold when it should have pursued Goldcorp, instead. That also is why Goldcorp simply must have Glamis, a company that made its own hostile takeover bid for Goldcorp last year.
Now picture victim turned victor, vanquishing its foe. Or, as Monty Python showed us: walking the corporate plank. And you thought finance and accounting was dull!
Too Many Lawyers, Not Enough Good Ones
Speaking of walking the plank, Goldcorp's Telfer and crew should be sued by someone willing to finance a shareholder derivative suit for breach of fiduciary duty in (1) engineering the recent massive stock options they gave themselves and (2) giving away the store with the Glamis offer when it is Glamis who should be paying the premium to Goldcorp and, (3) particularly, for telling us to refuse TRC's offer of $30 per share when they knew full well that they were about to drive Goldcorp's stock price to a far lower level in just a matter of days.
There are other ways for companies to protect themselves from takeovers: poison pills and the like, but they often get invalidated by the courts. Growth via debt leverage, making yourself simultaneously too big to swallow and too undercapitalized to be an attractive breakup candidate, is the best way: You issue debt and use the proceeds to buy the stock of a major competitor outright. The Goldcorp/Glamis merger merely creates a larger entity since the loss with which Goldcorp's shareholders get tagged goes to the Glamis shareholders as a gain. Total market cap for the combination stays the same, as does the combined debt and hedging structures. Here's the problem: After Glamis, Goldcorp still is the most attractive takeover candidate around. Only the field of potential hostile suitors has been narrowed and Barrick still is the most ominous predator around.
In fact, Goldcorp's lower share price makes it an even more attractive takeover target, particularly if a hostile tender offer is enough to make the Glamis deal go sideways. Even if Glamis goes through, an acquisition of Goldcorp by a company the size of Barrick or Newmont, the number-two gold company in terms of total market capitalization, makes a lot of sense.
Regardless, the market historically swings up once everybody returns from their August vacation. Now is the time for a predator to make its move. The action has only just begun, I suspect.
Telfer mentioned spinning off the silver end of GG's business. That's the biggest potential growth area of the precious metals field, of course, and getting rid of its Wheaton silver operation, with which Goldcorp fortuitously merged last year just prior to silver's big move upwards in order to dodge Glamis, would make Goldcorp less attractive. Any bets on it going to an allied group, maybe directly involving Telfer, now that he will be just Chairman, for a sweetheart price, thereby further insulting GG's stock price?
Oh, you're probably right - I'm just too suspicious. But, it is suspicion born of experience, believe me, and I already have taken the measure of those currently running Goldcorp and found them wanting.
Telfer also joked about issuing a takeover bid for a larger gold company. That is just bluster. Tell me he isn't running scared. Picture Telfer walking that plank ... please.
The Music Begins...
As mentioned above, it was just last month that Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corp. rescued
Pioneer Metals (PSM-TSX)from a hostile takeover bid made by Novagold Resources, Inc. during the previous month, in which Novagold offered CDN $.57 per share for Pioneer. Barrick and Pioneer agreed to CDN $1.00 per share, which was about a third more than that for which Pioneer was trading just prior to Novagold's June bid. In financial circles, Barrick thus became what is called a "white knight" for rescuing Pioneer from a lowball takeover bid.Some may recall that it was just one month prior to Novagold's unsuccessful bid for Pioneer, in May 2006, that the prices of metals and mining stocks underwent a drastic meltdown, from which they have yet to recover. The traditional end-of-summer, low-point window is closing fast. Gold likely is about to move higher. Certainly, all the activity suggests that the major players believe so.
Simultaneous with rescuing Pioneer from Novagold, Barrick then made its own hostile takeover bid for Novagold itself, which since has adopted "poison pill" defenses, effectively designed to kill Novagold in the event of a successful takeover bid by Barrick. Novagold claims Barrick has misused confidential financial information gained during a joint venture involving both companies. Lawsuits all around, of course. Novagold also has embarked upon a public-relations campaign, including the announcement of significant increases in the estimates of its in-ground reserves (coincidental, of course, and surely not designed to support Novagold's contention that its stock is worth more than that being offered by Barrick).
In supporting Novagold's defense against Barrick's takeover bid, the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) alleges that Barrick illegally has participated in rigging the market price of gold via "short sales" (sales of future production at current prices) far in excess of what Barrick possibly ever could deliver, designed to keep gold's price artificially low. This, of course, facilitates a cheap takeover like that which Barrick now is attempting of Novagold.
GATA's estimable chairman, Bill Murphy, stated: "Barrick's hedge book is mega-toxic and so the company is desperate for the unhedged gold in the ground at NovaGold, with which Barrick would extricate itself from a nightmare. Taking over NovaGold will help Barrick immensely. This cannot be allowed to happen UNLESS Barrick has to pay so much that it impairs their credit situation..." Indeed, already Standard and Poor's (a credit rating service) has downgraded Barrick's debt ratings, due simply to the existing takeover bid, which would push Barrick's debt level up substantially, while affording little increase in its cash flow.
There are other industry mergers shaping up, too.
Plan B?
I think there is a very strong likelihood of Barrick's bid for NovaGold failing. When that happens (and I'll bet this already is lined up, with all the papers drafted, just awaiting dates and signatures in Barrick's board room), Goldcorp becomes the next logical target for Barrick. In fact, but for the infighting and bruised egos involved in the Pioneer scuffle, Barrick likely would have gone after Goldcorp in the first place.
Face it: Barrick has been a major tool used by our government in manipulating the price of gold. You think they will not see that Barrick is rewarded? Barrick must somehow reduce its exposure to its outlandish short forward sales. Goldcorp does that job for Barrick better than anybody else. Do the math.
Whither the Goldcorp Shareholder?
So - where are we? We already have taken our lumps for this surprise Glamis deal, so we might as well just hold on for now. We can only hope it falls apart, somehow, thereby returning the 10% of our stock value that Telfer magnanimously handed over to Glamis.
Let's get real clear about the dynamics at work here: Goldcorp is the single best gold company in the world. Any acquisition by Goldcorp, even without paying any premiums, will weaken it and cause its stock price to drop. Any acquisition of Goldcorp, however, will strengthen the acquiring company and cause Goldcorp's stock price to rise, due to the premium required.
Now I'm hoping for Barrick to drop pursuit of Novagold and immediately turn on Goldcorp, creating a situation that might cause Glamis to want to go sideways, despite the premium now on the table. If not, then Barrick should swallow both at once. Barrick can do it and end up looking a whole lot better than it does right now due to its current massive hedging position. Barrick would, of course, be fought tooth and nail and would have to offer a hefty premium. If Glamis dropped out, double that premium. I, for one, gladly will tender my Goldcorp shares for that premium and put the money elsewhere, as my patience with Goldcorp's management finally has run out after a very successful four-year run.
If we get out of Goldcorp whole - no ... when we get out of Goldcorp - what do we do with our money? Maybe a few junior flyers, but the bulk of mine goes into the GDX fund, with perhaps a third into the GLD and/or SLV ETFs. We already have our long-term silver positions established, of course. The dollar is getting just too, too shaky for my taste.
That, however, is another story.
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For one week only, deep in the heart of Nevada, approximately 60,000 people make a pilgrimage to the temporary metropolis of the Black Rock City deep in the heart of the barren deserts of Nevada known as the Burning Man Festival.
One such group of intrepid explorers is the Unknown Fields Division (UFD), a nomadic studio run by independent designer, futurist, critic and curator Liam Young and designer, writer and educator, Kate Davies who run annual expeditions with various universities throughout Europe and Asia and travel to extraordinary landscapes to explore the implications and consequences of emerging trends, technologies and ecological conditions. Previous expeditions have included trips to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone through the Ukraine and the oil fields of Azerbaijan to rocket launch pad of Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrone.
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SPL feat. Auzriel – Look Into The Light (Must Die! Remix) [Play Me]
SPL feat. Nathaniel Knows – The Future [Hollow Point]
SPL – Show Me Love [Rottun]
Knife Party – LRAD (HxV Remix) [dub]
SPL – Turn It Up [Hollow Point]
Neosignal – Planet Online (Culprate Remix) [Division]
TRILT – Raving Days [TRILT]
Caspa – Setting Sun feat. Jagga (Mayhem & Antiserum Remix) [Dub Police]
Hatiras & Nom De Strip – The Nothing (Nathaniel Knows & Gang$ign$ Remix) [Hatrax]
SPL – Hypnotizing [SMOG]
Must Die – Recovery Crystal [Dub]
Culprate – Scarred [Inspected]
Rise At Night – Armed & Dangerous (Datsik Remix) [Firepower]
Zomboy – Mind Control [Never Say Die]
Excision & Space Laces – Destroid 7 Bounce [Destroid]
Nero – Won't You (Be There) [MTA]
Tiesto – Flight 643 (Fei Fei's Trap 643 Remix) [Dub]
The Bassist & Triage – Genesis [Hollow Point]
SPL & Nathaniel Knows – Right There [Hollow Point]
SPL feat. Nathaniel Knows – Put Your Hands in the Air [Rottun]
Must Die! & Crnkn – The Palmtop Tiger [SMOG]
The Bassist, Triage & Nathaniel Knows – Rave The Trap [Hollow Point]
Rise At Night – Lady Killer [Firepower]
Skism & Virus Syndicate – Like This (Mayhem & Antiserum Remix) [Never Say Die]
Singularity – Alone [Play Me]
Endymion & The Viper feat. Feral Is Kinky – Raging in the Dancehall (SPL Remix) [Neophyte]
Must Die! & Crnkn – Tokyo Police [SMOG]
SPL – Pterosaur [Hollow Point]
The Bassist & Triage – Ridin Kleen [Hollow Point]
Elvis Crespo – Suavemente (Kennedy Jones VIP) [Dub]
PANTyRAID – Dance On [Glass Air]
W&W – Thunder (Bare Remix) [Dub]
The Bassist, Triage & Nathaniel Knows feat. Black Feet – Let Tha [Hollow Point]
Bro Safari & UFO! – Drama [Future Primitive]
12th Planet & Mayhem – Murdaaa [SMOG]
SPL & Geno Cochino – Bounce [Hollow Point]
SPL & Kelly Dean – Drop [SMOG]
Emperor feat. Georgia Yates – Begin [Critica]
SPL – Rain [Dub]
Misanthrop & Phace – Motor [Neosignal]
Loadstar feat. Jakes – Warrior [Ram]
Mefjus & InsideInfo – Mythos [Virus]
Must Die! – Octopus – [Dub]


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Forums >Off the Beaten Path>Paper cut-out artist
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• 6 duathlons (1 Olympic distance)
• 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)
Now that was a bath...
Have you ever seen these...
I especially like the A4 cut-outs (from a standard size sheet of office paper). Enjoy.
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BTW, I also like your Ignatz avatar!
Thanks! I'm surprised at how many people know what it is! Lots of KrazyKat fans in the world I guess?


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Video Games Sprites in the Real World
These amazing video game images by digital artist RETROnoob take familiar bitmapped sprite characters and marry them to real world photographs.
Through creative and generous application of digital blur tools, each of the images does a brilliant job blending 2-D and 3-D worlds into one.
Street Fighter
Mario Kart
Donkey Kong
Mario Bros. 3
Be sure to check out the entire collection over on deviantART and tell us which is your favorite image. I'd have to say my fave is the Excitebike one, but I had a really hard time choosing.
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Simply awesome! Thanks!
If anyone's interested uVme are starting online tournaments for cash soon. Also they are uploading old classic games as well. You know old Atari and commodore C64 games etc..,


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She can use the top of your head as a weed plate. Her ability to communicate with goats through her octave range is a well celebrated by-product of nature. Hell fucking yeah Rihanna has pull in these streets.
The goat whisperer joins Barack Obama, Jeremy Lin, Adele, Kate and Pippa Middleton, Viola Davis, Stephen Colbert, Matt Lauer and a who's who of other notable figures that "inspire us, entertain us, challenge us and change our world" on Time magazine annual list of the 100 Most Influential People In The World.
"She's one of the coolest, hottest, most talented, most liked, most listened to, most followed, most impressive artists at work today, but she does it in her own stride," writes fashion designer Stella McCartney.
Rihanna Attends The 15th Annual "An Unforgettable Evening" Benefiting EIF's Women's Cancer Research Fund


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This game looks interesting and I'm dying to play it. However, I only know scraps of information about the WarHammer world as I've never played the minatures and still have not tried the roleplaying system. The closest I've gotten to WH is HeroQuest. I hope I don't need to have much background knowledge to do respectably at this game. I also hope that I'll be able to try it AND buy it if I like at GenCon. That would be ace. Any ideas?
Familiarity with the WH world; out for GenCon?
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Posted 08 July 2009 - 08:59 AM
Ignorance if futile. Resistance is bliss.
Posted 08 July 2009 - 03:57 PM
Posted 19 July 2009 - 01:26 AM
I am quite sure that you do not need any background knowledge of Warhammer Fantasy to play it, at all. Everything you need to know to play it is in the rules. If you still want some info, however, I would recommend you this place:


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Living With Flair
Like most people, I'm busy. I'm busy cleaning, writing, cooking, teaching, exercising, or doing any host of activities that consume the day. Sometimes I move through life so quickly there's no time for reflection.
I teach writing, and in my classes I teach the concept of writing with flair. I talk about creating amazing sentences with delicious verbs. My writing advice made me wonder, "What would it look like to live with flair?" What if I made a conscious choice to make everyday amazing--not because of what I produced, but just. . . because? What if I could find "daily flair" to help me catch my breath and reflect?
One morning recently I decided to do something full of flair. My neighbor and I learned the choreography for Michael Jackson's "Beat It." We had my laptop propped for maximum visibility and water glasses filled for potential dehydration. We adjusted our workout clothes so they wouldn't inhibit our moves.
We learned the whole dance from a youtube video. This is no small thing.
I'm not sayin' I can do it well, or in any way resembling MJ, but I did learn it.
It was my flair for the day.
Living with flair means I'm doing something a little ridiculous, a little beyond what's expected or appropriate every day.
Joy often lies dormant. It waits to be unearthed. What made learning dance moves with my neighbor so joyful? Was it the spontaneous, the supremely useless, the silly… that let the joy in?
Whatever it was, I needed it.
Flair means embellishment. I want to embellish the day; I want to celebrate it. Doing my MJ moves made things shimmer that morning. It wasn't -- in terms of productivity or market value -- useful.
But the day felt hopeful, not because I scrubbed a kitchen floor, but because I danced on it. And then I told all the neighbors. And I want to keep telling them. In fact, I started a "live with flair" blog to celebrate my daily flair.
Flair needs company. Dancing with my friend, banging into her when I mirrored the moves incorrectly, made us giggle like preschoolers. We weren't talking about anything. We weren't processing all the dysfunction in our lives or in the world. We were just trying to learn this dance. . . together. And we did it. We participated, somehow, in some larger dance. We're wives and mothers, with tons to accomplish in any given day. Who has time to learn a dance from the 1980's?
And yet, we danced. It was the perfect flair for the day. I believe in living with flair. And now, the neighbors do too. We talk about what made our days amazing at the playground or at the school pick-up line.
Just the other morning, a dear friend brought over a bright pink scarf for me to wear when I teach. "It's your flair," she said and did a little curtsy. That's flair.
Additional Links
Heather Holleman's "Live With Flair" Blog
JoAnn Foley-DeFiore
State College
Apr 01, 2010
This is my FAVORITE line! I laughed out loud.
"We were just trying to learn this dance. . . together. And we did it. We participated, somehow, in some larger dance. We're wives and mothers, with tons to accomplish in any given day. Who has time to learn a dance from the 1980's? "
and yet, who doesn't need to?
Andrea Minasian
State College
Apr 03, 2010
I LOVED this piece. After hearing it on the radio I had to got to my computer to hear and read it again. Thank you Heather for your inspiring words!
My favorite part is: "Joy often lies dormant. It waits to be unearthed." I plan to write this down and hang it on my bathroom mirror so that I am reminded each morning to live with flair and unleash my Joy every day.
I have shared this essay with my sister - these words really reminded me of her and I had to let her in on the news. We plan to "share our flair" with each other, even though we live hundreds of miles apart.
Thanks so much for sharing yours!
Jul 24, 2011
Absolutely delightful
Aunt Theresa Houseman
Foster City, CA
Jan 04, 2012
I've been living with flair "in reverse" the past week! Since serendipity brought your blog to me (thank you, Mar!), I signed up for your daily LIVE WITH FLAIR message and just now read your NPR piece. YOU are flair, Heather—that is, you have become God's mechanism through which people locate their invidual flair, unearth it and with it, they shine! Tonight I will write on my kitchen chalkboard (I got the idea for the chalkboard from your beautiful mom, my oldest sister!): "Joy often lies dormant. It waits to be unearthed[!]" I added the exclamation point. I've decided that exclamation points are points of flair. I hope you agree. I look forward to welcoming each of my days with the flair that you share! Love you, kiddo. Auntie Theresa
Kim Feasel
Sep 05, 2012
No disrespect to your niece Theresa Houseman but after seeing your mention of "God" in your comment I am compelled to ask where was God when you were sleeping with my husband for the past year and a half? What kind of woman does that to another? Don't use the excuse that he told you it was over between us….when he didn't move out and continued living with me you KNEW it wasn't over…..Here's a suggestion for you…in the future, don't start a sexual relationship (or otherwise) until the person you are seeking the relationship with is out of the marriage he is in. Yes, 21 years of marriage that you and he defiled! Did you ever think of what this would do to my children? SHAME on YOU! You should hope and pray I never run into you…...Yesterday I was in shock ~ Today I'm MAD as HELL!
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