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Resenting husband for enabling disrespectful step kids
Does anyone else find themselves resenting thier husbands? I am starting to really resent my husband for enabling his kids. They walk all over him at think they are in charge of our home and our personal lives even though they have homes and families of thier own. My husband is like an ostrich, he sticks his head in the sand and disenvows any knowledge of what is going on. Outside of this one fault, he is a very kind hearted, patient and gentle man. I love him, but my life has become H-E double hockey sticks since we married. I draw lines with my own adult kids and they understand that there are boundries. His children are entitled, selfish, grown adults who feel it is thier job to run our home. I avoid them at all costs even if I have to find something else to do if they are coming over. I resent this, but I am tired of talking to my husband who is just like talking to a wall. I don't really resent the kids that much because I feel like thier father has taught them to treat him (and subsequently me) this way.
I'm not sure from what little you posted exactly what the kids ar doing. I assume they are not telling you what to eat, wear, and what you can or can not on a daily basis.
Are they just there all the time? Balancing your checkbooks and telling you what you can spend money on? Borrowing money? Telling you where or when you can vacation? Yeah, I'm stretching here, but I'm trying to see what it is that you are resenting so much and what dad is allowing to to get away with. And you're right on that point, if dad is allowing/encouraging whatever it is, dad is the guilty party here.
excatly, agree with justmetoo, just be more specific, I had specific issue with SO when his DD28 insisted we spend every vacation with her, due to SO limited vacation days we ended up never ever having any vacation time unless his adult DD is with us. This was a specific issue that i asked help for. But you didn't say what is exact issue with SKs. We can't advice anything unelss we know what do they do?
OK. Here's the thing. We are in our 50's. He has 4 grown children, I have 2 grown children. He is in construction. He is the family guy to call when you have any type of Fix-it problem. This is fine but it has become an expectation and not appreciated. For instance last weekend we decided to go to a matinee movie. We shut our phones off because we were at a movie. We were available via cell on the way to and from the movie. However, for about 2hrs and 20 minutes we were enjoying a film. When we got home his 25 yr old son who lives with us and goes to college met us at the door. "Where have you been" he demanded. Then he went on to tell us his sister had bought a burglar alarm and was trying to reach us to get in installed and that we had better call her back. My husband who is passive aggressive said OK and proceded to not call her back because that is what he does when he doesn't want to do something. I disagree with this because I think he should just tell them if he doesn't feel comfortable doing something. Then on Sunday SS came in and wanted to know if we called SD. Dad said "no not yet". SS called SD and said very arrogantly "hey, did dad call you back?, well I have him here right now and he WILL talk to you" and handed the phone to his dad. I was very insulted by SS treating his dad like a child but bit my tongue as I was not directed at me. I found myself seathing over it the rest of the day. It makes me resent my husband because he does not draw lines with his kids. He should have called SD back and told her he didn't feel comfortable installing a burglar alarm in a rented house. He had good reasons, it requires a permit, landlord approval and an appropriate license. My husband only does work he is licensed to do or he could loose his license. It is understandable and he should have explained it to her. He also should have explained to his son that his arrogant and disrespectful tone is unbecoming and will not be tolerated. This is one example of many. I could go on but I think this gives you the picture. I spoke to SS 2 days later after I calmed down. I told him that his dad might not have a problem with that behavior but that I found it disrespectful to his dad and hurtful to me. I also told him that I would never allow my grown children to speak to his father or to me that way. Glad I got it off my chest but I still feel resentful to my husband that I always have to be the "hammer". I have tried over and over again to explain to my husband that he shouldn't be afraid to speak to his kids. That when he avoids telling them something they think of him as incompetent but if he would just speak directly to them they would understand his reasoning and if they didn't agree at least they would know why he wasn't doing something. I am constantly put in the position of explaining or denying and explaining things. This does not help my relationship with his kids as they see it as if I boss him around. I do not. I never tell him what to do. However, I can understand how it would look that way. I used to wonder why such a nice, caring, Christian, harworking man would have been divorced so many times. Now I know. I don't want to be the next marital casualty, men like this don't grow on trees. I have to change my tactic somehow. My husband gets defensive if I try to talk about it so disengaging and going to future movies with my mom instead of him is tempting; but I know it won't fix the problem.
I'm sorry I can't offer advice except to say I feel your pain. This is exaclty how SS30 talks and treats my DH & also about the same as he reacts. Only it goes so far as him defending him no matter how the behavior. It's awful , but according to him his kids are perfect. So much so that I was pushed out of our home since SS was so "uncomfortable" having me there.
Best of luck to you, I don't even know what to say except I'm sorry. I thought my situation was kind of extreme but I guess not.
You have a DH problem and he has a child problem. You are not slaves to these kids, especially since they are adults.
Did they get in the habit of your DH being Johnny On the Spot when they were younger, the divorce was fresher, and he was playing Disneyland Dad (or in his case, Bob the Builder Dad) and now they still expect that?
My husband allowed a lot of disrespect to be aimed toward me by his adult kids for years because he didn't know how to be in the middle and was afraid to make them mad at him. I absolutely hated that phase and it made me dislike the skids. But, what I had then was a HUSBAND problem. Things have improved but only after a lot of drama and hurt feelings. Things still aren't really right, just better.
It's your DH that you need to talk to about this.
Oh, my. I'm rather surprised dad has not ran and hid from all of you. You all have having a power struggle over how and what dad should do and be.
I think you hit it yourself when your second post suggest you should disengage. You can't 'fix' it because it is not yours to 'fix', and what I see from your postings is you resent your husband because you can't respect him and you can't respect him because he is not respecting himself.
It's an issue that dad has to do for himself, but you can't make him, and no, you should not be the 'hammer'. You are double talking also and therefore my suggestion is to stand back, review, and yeah, change your tactic.
You're saying to us that you don't tell DH what to do and in the next breath tell us how you have told him and told how what to say, think, do, handle.
Dh has seem serious issues in dealing with his kids, but you can't do it for him nor badger him into doing it the way *you* want him too. The 25 year old was indeed wrong to do the phone business, the daughter was indeed wrong to expect dad to drop everything and come running at her beck and call, but dad has to be the one who is either pointing this out to them or ignoring them. Not you.
You know, DH is defensive when you try to "talk" to him about things and likly because you really are not discussing it with him, you are telling him how it should be, what he should do, say, blah blah.
You can't change what DH does not want changed. I will assume that dad and kids pretty much had this same relationship and the manner it is long before you came into the scene. What was it that drew you to this gentleman and his family that is different now than it was then? I bet DH was the same then as he is now only now it is intolerable to you because it didn't change after marriage or get 'fixed' just because you insisted it should.
Okay, best advice I can see is counseling for you, your husband, and the two of you together if your DH is willing.
Good luck to you, you're living waaaaayyy to stressfully, go see that movie with your mom and relax a bit, and think about what you can do to really help make the situation better. Lecturing the Dh, correcting the adult kids as if they were small children, none of this is working and it does not seem to be appreciated by any of them (DH/kids).
Unfortunately you can not make your husband stand up for himself. And when you do it then you become the bad guy to his kids. I know it is hard to watch, but maybe you should just leave it alone. If he wants to let his kids run him then you can not stop it. All you can do is watch the train wreck. If his kids demands interfere with your plans then stand up to him for yourself. Don't say things like "well because of your kids we can't go" etc. Word it more like "we had plans and I do not appreciate them being cancelled".
Good luck!
It seems to me that adult children of divorced parents are mostly manipulative. When we recognize it for what "it is" it's can be easier to handle.
Justmetoo hit the nail on the head:
" ... you resent your husband because you can't respect him and you can't respect him because he is not respecting himself."
Obviously your husband has some healing to do, but it has to be on his time - not yours. In the meantime, it sounds like you're enjoying your time together (ie: going to the movies etc.) Why not embrace those times, embrace your husband and let him deal with his adult kids on his terms.
"It seems to me that adult children of divorced parents are mostly manipulative".
I know plenty of adults whose parents are divorced and they are not manipulative at all, in fact many members of this forum come from broken families yet they don't appear to be manipulative. it is stereotyping.
Would you still call it stereotyping if I rephrase the statement by adding the word "young."
"It seems to me that young adult children of divorced parents are mostly manipulative".
still stereotyping and generalization, I know plenty of young adults from divorced families and they are not manipulative. what you said is no different from: blacks are mostly xyz, Jews are mostly xyz, all men are xyz, all. it would be more reasonable to say: some young adults, or young adults that you happen to know are manipulative.
Here's the thing finedreams ... the words "It seems to me" declares this is my opinion. And it does seem to me that young adult children of divorced parents are manipulative.
As a matter of fact, you seem to have been manipulated by an adult child of divorced parents ...
" ...his DD28 insisted we spend every vacation with her, due to SO limited vacation days we ended up never ever having any vacation time unless his adult DD is with us."
Cut me some slack. ::GEESH::
of course there are adults young or not of divorced parents or in intact families who are manipulative, but those are specific adults that I know or you know, not in general. Like it would be wrong to say that SMs mostly hate their SKs just because some do.
It's wrong to take "postergirls" post and minimize her situation because you don't like my opinion and feel the need to correct me.
My words stand regardless ...
"It seems to me that young adult children of divorced parents are mostly manipulative".
well i have to say i have been looking on the internet for days trying to find someone with a story even close to mine... most of what i see is people writing giving the advice of how i should deal with the level of disrespect commming from an adult skid because of the delecate situation... i would like someone to help me figure out how to at least talk to her no matter the outcome. I really think that it can get worse but hopeing for a " meet in the middle" kind of ending..
She is 18 .. soon to be 19 and moved in with her father after living with mom in a diff state, after some very clever manuvers on her part , she came for a visit and then refused to get on a plane to go home by thowing a tantrum at 14 in the airport to the point they told her dad she can not fly in that state ... so she got to stay, got away from mom and rules , her stepdad who she said was so mean to her she couldent stand it... but according to her big sister they got along great... so anyway her ather and i have been dateing off and on for about 6 years now.. not your typical relationship, but everything was good.. with her i think the crap started when her older sister came to live there as well.. i also have 2 childern young, 6 and 11 now , she blames me for everything, her dad was looking so hard for a new start in life after his 2nd marriage ended, i have to say he made some horrible choices when it came to handling her living here, ne missed her growing up, got sooo used to her dad being the cool dad they visit, and miss when they were apart. now she is not only disrespectful twards her dad , but has started writing hate letters to us both because she cant talk to us... this has been going on for mo. He did not take me to Christmas dinner at his parents house because she said she wanted it to be just familey no otsiders, and she would walk out if a came... so he did not take me and she brought her boyfriend and then spoke no more then 5 words to him all night... now before you think i have made this happen... i did only what i had to to be there for her, him , her sister, my childern.. most of what she writes is about her dad , and his bad choices, he gave up everything in order to have her move up here, a job, dropped out of parimedic school , off the fire dept, and even turned down promotions in the military to keep her the the same school.... he told her he has created a busy life for himself because it was just him, but she insisted this is the life she wanted.. now claimes he was not there for her... was a bad role model, and now that she does not NEED us to do everything for her, she is being horrible to the both of us. The grandparents much rather sweep it all under the rug, cant believe there sweet little grandaughter is acting in this manner and want to know what it is her father did to upset her so much.. In my family we would sit around the table and have it out.. open conversation, be able to defend stories told by one another, let the truth come out... this is what i would like to do , i dont want to spend 5 more years with someone that is going to only resent our relationship further down the road because his daughter who has her own life is controling his, my kids rely on him , he is a good rolemodel for them, better then their own dad, who when he has time visits and pretends to give a hoot when it matters. I know this is a sap story, but im tired of being the excuss when she needs an outlit, someone needs to find out what is really going on whith her, and if im going to ruin our relationship being in his life then at least i want to be able to defend myself againt the things she says about me, my BF , my children, and if we get past all this I dont want to have to explain myself or for him to have to stick up for me against his family because of 1 persons misguided opion of her " horrible life" that has been in reality filled with love and a silver spoon and plater. so do i keep being a doorstop ?? or do i push for a sit down?? resolve ( at least try) or let it play out and let her disrespect her father and I. Children need to know that a parent is a parent, its just hard for him because he has made it ok for them to treat him anyway they plaese in fear of upseting them and worried about the relationship souring , but they are not childern anymore , and need to be talked to like an adult... i dont know .. im rambling... help!!!!
I feel for you for the situation you are in. Blended families are rarely easy (shucks, even biological families are complex). May I suggest that you try to take a step back, and assess the situation for what it is. What makes you happy in the relationship? What makes you unhappy? Are you and your partner willing to work through the issues (kids grow and leave). What do you really want....make sure your basic needs are being met. All relationships go through hard times, no pressure, no diamonds. I try to see the good...after all, its the good times that led you to where you are. If the situation seems unresolveable over the long-term, you have a decision to make. Only you have the key to that decision. We are on here to support you regardless!
Please note, I have been on here long enough to see a pattern of toxic users. Try not to take to heart what sylviatexas or EmmaR offer for advice. I believe they are genuine, but they appear to be man-haters that only see black and white. Take it at face value, they often have good points. Just know we all don't see things that way, there's a million shades of gray :)
Good luck, follow your heart.
:) Bess
Wow Bess, isn't it great you have a "one size fits all" answer that also includes a slam of other posters?
Butterfly, I think you need to have a discussion with your partner. He needs to know you are not faring well under the current system and you need to decide (and tell him) if a continuation of this will prompt you to break off the relationship. Certainly if no changes are made by either of you then things won't change.
Your partner needs to decide if he wants to stay with you in a happy relationship, and start calling his daughter on her poor behaviour, or if he wants to be a lonely doormat for her.
Whether he is a good role model for your children is immaterial, his daughter is not one (and they must surely see her mistreating her Dad and getting away with it) and living with a stressed, unhappy parent is also not good for them.


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Fort Hays State University junior Keriann Shaw matched up against Pittsburg State University junior Lizzy Jeronimus, a two-time All-American honorable mention and the national leader in free throws attempted, last Saturday.
Shaw, known for defense and rebounding, continued her trend of shutting down a top scorer. FHSU lost 71-67 at Gross Memorial Coliseum, and Jeronimus finished with 17 points on 4 of 10 shooting and 9 of 10 from the foul line.
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The 5-foot-10 Shaw and the 6-4 Lehman, the national leader in blocks per game, have helped Fort Hays enjoy the No. 2 defense in the 14-team conference at 16-6, 9-6 MIAA with four regular season contests left.
"It almost becomes a 1-on-1 game with everybody else, because the other players deny so well on their team, and then they just funnel everything to Kate," Lord said.
In addition, the Tigers have four players in the top 15 in steals per game. Sophomore Taylor Chandler stands fifth at 1.8, and Edwards ranks eighth at 1.6.
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- ASTM F2792-12a, Standard Terminology for Additive Manufacturing Technologies, vol. 10.04.
- Y. Zhai and D.A. Lados, Integrative Materials Design Center (iMdc), Bi-annual Progress Report (Worcester, MA: WPI, 2012).
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- Additive Manufacturing: Making Imagination the Major Limitation
- Journal
Volume 66, Issue 5 , pp 808-816
- Cover Date
- 2014-05-01
- 10.1007/s11837-014-0886-2
- Print ISSN
- 1047-4838
- Online ISSN
- 1543-1851
- Publisher
- Springer US
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- Topics
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- Authors
- Yuwei Zhai (1)
- Diana A. Lados (1)
- Jane L. LaGoy (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Integrative Materials Design Center (iMdc), Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA
- 2. Bodycote IMT, Inc., 155 River Street, Andover, MA, 01810, USA


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With the introduction of the D600, Nikon made a full-frame DSLR more accessible than ever before. The D600 was an extremely popular camera, but it had one fatal flaw, a shutter mechanism that became known for shedding particles, dust and oil on the sensor. While Nikon never acknowledged the problem officially, the D610 is clearly an answer to the shutter problem on the D600. The camera is essentially the same in almost every way. The biggest difference between the two cameras is a redesigned shutter mechanism (which leads to an ever-so-slightly higher FPS count) and an improved auto white balance. And it seems to be a good solution... we tested the camera fully, and it does not show the same dust and oil issues the D600 presented.
The D610 shares the same 24 megapixel FX CMOS sensor as the D600, with essentially the same body, features and options. The new shutter mechanism shoots at 6 FPS, where the D600 was 5.5 FPS. The D610 also has a quiet mode for the shutter, and it is noticeably quieter than the normal mode; an option that is useful for wedding ceremonies, births, wildlife, or anywhere you would want to be as unobtrusive as possible.
Build and Design
The build and design of the camera are essentially identical to the D600. It features a magnesium alloy interior on the top and back of the camera's insides, and is weather sealed just as fully as the D800. The camera is equipped with the same dual SD/SDHC/SDXC card slots, the same display, and the same viewfinder with same focal points as the D600.
The street price for the body only is just about $2000, and the kit with the 24-85 f/3.5-4.5G VR lens is approximately $2500. This is $100 less than the D600 when it came out!
Because the D610 is basically the exact same camera as the D600, we will not be doing a full discussion of the Build and Design, Ergonomics and Controls, and Menus and Modes sections of this review. Rather, click here for a full review of the Nikon D600. (DigitalCameraReview's Theano Nikitas did an excellent job explaining the D600. There's no need to rehash the information again, right?) Instead, we will focus this review on the difference between the two cameras, namely the new shutter mechanism.
Does the shutter mechanism shed particles? Does the camera allow abnormally high amounts of dust into the seals? Are there oil splatters seen on the images?
Check out page 2 of this review. We have included a time lapse video containing 7200 shutter clicks that will expose any problems the D610 might have with dust/particles/oil.
The overall performance for the D610, in real world experience, is identical to that of the D600. Besides the lack of major dust and oil on the sensor, the two cameras perform in the exact same way.
Shooting Performance
I have owned a D600 for a nearly a year, and the D610 feels identical to me in terms of its performance and usability. There is a slight difference in FPS shooting speed (6FPS for this camera vs. 5.5 FPS for the D600), but it is not noticeable in everyday shooting. The camera performs very well and shoots quickly. The 39 point AF system is identical to the D600; however, my opinion of the AF coverage area bears repeating: it is smaller than I would prefer. It is easy to adapt to, however, by either focusing on one of the available points, using the DX crop mode, or using focus and recompose techniques. As in the D600, the sync speed is 1/200th of a second.
Nikon states that the D610 features improved white balance, and the colors are good our of camera in the video and still photograph modes alike. Image quality is great, and the camera's dynamic range is fantastic. The D600 handles high ISO very well, noise is not as issue until about ISO 3200 or higher, and I find images useable at 6400 and sometimes even higher than that.
Lens Performance
If you choose to purchase the D610 as a kit, the 24-85 f/3.5-4.5G VR kit lens will be a great starter lens. The variable aperture zoom is probably not going to satisfy the pros, but a budding amateur will most likely enjoy the lens. This kit lens is nicer than most and has a flexible shooting range. The lens is adequately sharp, but is not the sharpest lens you will find.
Surprisingly, the inexpensive 85mm f/1.8 (street price of $500) is a fantastic lens for this camera. It produces extremely sharp results. For the money, it's hard to beat the value of this lens. The Sigma 35mm f/1.4 is also a stellar lens for this camera. It produces consistently sharp results.
Video and Image Quality
The D600's image quality is fantastic and the camera's dynamic range is impressive. The camera produces images with very little noise up to an impressively high ISOs. The image below was taken at ISO3200.
Below is a time lapse video taken with the Nikon D610. The video was taken over a two hour time period. A series of 7200 images were captured during this time. The video shows small amounts of dust that attached to the sensor. The Nikon 85mm f1.8 lens was attached to the camera for the video. Overall, the video shows that the dust issue is on-par with other DSLR cameras. The main concern is that dust appeared on the sensor while the lens was attached. This means one of two things (or both): either the camera had some dust already inside of it when this time lapse was started or the camera has an issue with dust entering the camera even when a lens is attached. The second scenario is much more troublesome and will fall in line with dust issues with the D600. However, we didn't see a large amount of dust on the sensor even after a month of repeated use. This would suggest that the dust in the time lapse video was already present in the camera.
Here is a still image taken after the time lapse. The dust spots have been circled. The image shows 8 spots (one was hard to tell and one looked more like a smudge than a spot). Admittedly, this is totally nitpicking the image and the camera. The image was shot at f/16 on a white piece of paper and magnified 200%-300% in order to expose the flaws. In real world use, the dust spots would generally not be visual at wide open apertures. Also, when other elements are thrown into the image (people, animals, backgrounds, etc) the spots would make them even harder to see. That being said, no one wants excessive dust on their camera's sensor. And when paying $2000 for a camera, buyers want to know their investment isn't going to have fatal flaws.
Sample Images
If you are interested in full-frame shooting and are looking for a camera that delivers amazing dynamic range, excellent image quality, and full feature set with great performance for both still images and video, all for around $2000, then look no further... this is your camera.
I will focus here on the main reason this camera exists: the D600's issue with dust and oil spots from the shutter. The main question I had from the time this camera was introduced was, "Will it fix the oil and dust issue?" Using the camera's time lapse feature, I took several thousand shots right away to see if there was oil and /or excess dust accumulation, and there was not. After a couple weeks of heavy shooting, the sensor was still pretty clean. DSLRs in general are prone to dust collecting on the sensor, but I did not notice anything excessive or beyond normal with this camera. So, I feel that the new shutter mechanism fixes the problem with the D600. I have no way to know anything behind the scenes at Nikon, but honestly, after shooting with the camera for several weeks, I think that the D610 is simply a Nikon D600 with a new shutter and a different white balance. I highly recommend it for anyone looking to purchase a full frame camera. For those of you with D600 issues, contact Nikon to get your camera serviced ASAP. Most current repairs include a new shutter mechanism, firmware update and an extensive sensor cleaning.


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Q: Obviously you study offensive players on a week-to-week basis, but have you had any reason to watch Aqib Talib? If so, do you have any opinion on what you have seen from him since you guys came into the league together?
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As I sit in this recliner and reflect on the night I could not be prouder of the man who sits to my right. Today was game two for the South Bend Silver Hawks, so not quite opening day, but the first outing for starting pitcher Daniel Watts.
When I arrived at the field, I knew what was on the line for my husband tonight. His first outing in his first full professional year. It sounds over-dramatic, but once you understand the implications of each outing for the players on the field– it's hard not to.
As I saw #32 take the mound and complete his warm up tosses, I had a sense of peace coupled with nervous excitement. He is always pretty consistent, but for obvious reasons, this season seems so much more significant.
He had a bit of a shaky first inning, but I knew as soon as he worked out of it, he would find his groove. He did just that. Six innings, five strike outs and only two hits, with one earned run on the night. He was on fire, despite the temperature dipping down to 30 degrees.
I couldn't be more proud in the stands when they announced D as the player of the game. He works so hard and God has blessed him tremendously with opportunities and continued success.
I will say, despite Daniel's success tonight, I know how easy it is to be on the other side. I couldn't help but feel for the opposing starter as he walked batter after batter and was pulled in the third. I used to be so harsh, but now I understand the potential implications of a bad outing on a minor league baseball player. The reality is he could have just been issued his release papers and be trying to figure out how to get home right now. I don't know the guy and hope this isn't the case, but in this business — it really happens.
I am not ignorant to the fact that at some point this season, we will be coming home in complete silence after a not-so-good outing. It happens. It's the nature of sports. But, as long as he continues to find his validation in God and not what the stat sheet says, we should be in good shape.
I won't lie, I stood up and cheered obnoxiously when they announced his name for player of the game and had a huge smile for every text I got from family and friends about his outing. He deserves every 'good job' he gets, but he typically zones everything out to keep his eye on the prize. Never losing focus on the next challenge to overcome. I admire that about him.
I am blessed to have a friend from college whose hometown is just 20 minutes from the field. She has amazing parents and her mom came to South Bend tonight and showed me around. I am so glad she did because I saw an entirely different side of this place that I never knew existed. I saw plenty of non-sketchy places that really changed my perception of my current home. There is something about a familiar face in an unknown town that really changes your mood.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
Oscar Wilde
I prefer antitheist to atheist.
"People who are happy are slugs... They do not move the human race forward."
-- Camille Paglia, on Oasis
Probably true...
If you're going through hell, keep going. ~Winston Churchill
i gotted atheist too XD.
"why, does she have a penis?" -Datarock
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That which your heart tells you is right.
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Catholicism isn't on here. =/
Catholicism is Epic Fail. And christian. Which is mentioned.
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i should be a jew?
um, well, that works.
i agree with scientology or mormon...
my grandma's pushing buddhism on me
i dont mind the religion but i hate that she's
pushing it on me...guh...
That's so straight. No, seriously.
"You should just be a boring christian then" - that's what I got, and the truth is that I am a boring christian. What does that tell me? It tells me that I should probably do some bible reading and become more active religious person.
Ask friends who are not religious what kind of questions they have about the christian faith. Do not necessarily try to answer them, but the study what people outside this faith tradition curiosity. This is a beginning to apologetics. Besides the personal survey, an introduction to apologetics book to understand some of the most universal common questions about the Christian faith.
ugh! so steriotypical, but I am kinda into cleches... WICCAN! YAY!
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"Memories are nice, but thats all they are, you know?" - Rikku-FFX
"No matter how dark the night, morning always comes, and our journey begins anew." - Lulu-FFX
Scientology... because
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Are rainforest owl monkeys cathemeral? Diurnal activity of black-headed owl monkeys, Aotus nigriceps, at Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru
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Members of the genus Aotus are traditionally considered strictly nocturnal, however, in recent years cathemeral habits have been described in a single species of owl monkey, Aotus azarai, which occur in the highly seasonal habitat of the Argentinean Chaco. This finding raises the question as to whether other species of Aotus exhibit cathemeral activity in less seasonal habitats. In this study, we observed the diurnal activity of one group of A. nigriceps living in the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru over 65 days. The data collected indicate that A. nigriceps has only sporadic diurnal bouts of activity. In addition, nocturnal luminosity of the previous night, rainfall, and temperature did not correlate with the minor diurnal activity exhibited. This suggests that for A. nigriceps the potential costs of shifting to diurnality may outweigh its prospective advantages in this rainforest environment.
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- Title
- Are rainforest owl monkeys cathemeral? Diurnal activity of black-headed owl monkeys, Aotus nigriceps, at Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru
- Journal
Volume 55, Issue 1 , pp 19-24
- Cover Date
- 2014-01-01
- 10.1007/s10329-013-0395-x
- Print ISSN
- 0032-8332
- Online ISSN
- 1610-7365
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Peruvian owl monkey
- Activity pattern
- Thermoregulation
- Moon phase
- Manu Biosphere Reserve
- Authors
- Shenaz N. Khimji (1)
- Giuseppe Donati (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Nocturnal Primate Research Group, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK


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Fleetwood boss Graham Alexander praised the "big hearts" of his side as they stormed to a 4-2 win at promotion rivals Burton.
Referee Darren Drysdale put the kick-off back an hour to give groundstaff at the Pirelli Stadium the chance to clear surface water using a machine borrowed from Derbyshire County Cricket Club.
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Meanwhile, Paul Krugman at the Times rather sensibly declares, "The Obama budget isn't going to happen, so in a sense it's irrelevant." Then, exploring the rhetorical implications of this budget, Krugman says Obama "has effectively given up on the idea that the government can do anything to create jobs in a depressed economy. In effect, although without saying so explicitly, the Obama administration has accepted the Republican claim that stimulus failed, and should never be tried again." Of course, if you've been reading Krugman on the stimulus, you might expect what follows:
What's extraordinary about all this is that stimulus can't have failed, because it never happened. Once you take state and local cutbacks into account, there was no surge of government spending.
Krugman provides a chart to demonstrate his point: a line showing "Government Current Expenditures" dips deeply in the 2008-2009 recession period. He concludes that while the non-starter budget seems an admission that the stimulus didn't work, in actual fact, "Fiscal policy didn't fail; it wasn't tried."
Washington Post wunderkind blogger Ezra Klein also steps back from the details of the twenty-pound budget to look at it as a political tool or statement in a roundup of wonk reactions published painfully early this morning. The budget is a potential first chess move in doing unpopular entitlement reform, argues Klein, without necessarily getting the unwanted credit. Perhaps he's onto something. Discussing the budget's missing entitlement reforms in a presser today, Obama said the recommendations of his deficit commission had not been shelved, but "still provides a framework for a conversation"—a conversation of which the budget is a part, but not the conclusion. And Jacob Lew, the president's budget director, has said that addressing mandatory programs would best be handled in closed-door discussions.
Klein writes:
it's worth remembering that this is the White House's opening bid in a negotiation that's just getting started. They have made a decision—perhaps savvy, perhaps not—to leave it to the Republicans to take the first step on entitlements and tax reform. The Republicans, due to their criticism of this budget, now have to offer something more far-reaching in their proposal. If they come up with a plan people like and some votes for it, the White House can join with them in negotiations and eventually sign onto a grand compromise. This budget will be largely forgotten. If they come up with a plan people hate that clearly can't get the votes, the White House can attempt a replay of the mid-1990s and hammer them with it.
This budget doesn't lead on long-term deficit reduction. But that's not necessarily because the White House is uninterested in that discussion. Note the section laying out the White House's interest and position on Social Security reform. Rather, they're keeping their options open until Congress makes the first move.
At The New Republic, Jonathan Chait sees the budget in political terms as well. For Chait, the budget is a demonstration that the White House is trying to change the idea, seemingly lodged deep in the American mind, that government is riddled with waste and bureaucracy. Chait says it's meant to be a conversation-changer. He writes:
The message, sometimes made explicit, is that the budget actually does not contain a lot of waste. It's filled with programs that have survived many previous rounds of belt-tightening for a reason. If you want to cut the budget, you have to cut useful and necessary things . He's explaining to the public that the free-ride view of budget cutting —we can cut our way out of the deficit by eliminating waste and spending that only benefits foreigners—is wrong.
Naturally, those on the right don't see the politics as being so clever, or so benign. But they do see the politics. Leaping off of Sullivan's blog post—"I suppose Sullivan was one of the last to figure this out"—blog Power Line concludes, Obama "is playing a game of chicken."
He puts forward a series of proposals that he knows are more or less insane; but he also believes that Republicans will come to his rescue. They, not being wholly irresponsible, will come up with plans to reform entitlements—like, for example, the Ryan Roadmap. Ultimately, some combination of those plans will be implemented because the alternative is the collapse, not just of the government of the United States, but of the country itself. But Obama thinks the GOP's reforms will be unpopular, and he will be able to demagogue them, thus having his cake and eating it too. Is that leadership? Of course not. But it is the very essence of Barack Obama.


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Posted By Claire Martin On April 30, 2012 @ 11:37 am In Animals,Attractions,Colorado Destinations,General,Lifestyles,Mountain Destinations,News,People and Animals | No Comments
At Conundrum Hot Springs Cow Palace [3], you choose your cow from six head!
Some context, according to the Aspen Daily News [4]: "The cows are believed to have sought shelter in the cabin during an early-winter snowstorm, but became too packed inside to get out, causing them to perish.
"A rancher with a grazing permit in the nearby Gunnison National Forest reported that 29 of his cattle went missing in the fall, possibly explaining where the animals came from. There are believed to be multiple other dead cows in the area, but it's unclear how many."
So: You don't need to stun it! It's already frozen [5]!
You cut your own steak! You cut your own sirloins, tips, blades and roasts!
You pick your cow! You cut it as big and thick as you want it [6]!
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Argentine Tango lesson and party tonight 8pm @ HAYES HALL lobby Genuine Argentine Tango lessons at OSU in the Spring Semester: Wednesdays 8pm lesson, 9:30pm practica. Saturdays: all levels lesson (8pm), La MILONGA Buckeye (9:30pm; social dance party). All at HAYES HALL lobby. Check http://go.osu.edu/tango Prices: End-Semester price: OSU undergrads $20, other students $25, others $40. One night: $5, $7, $10. Milonga $5, free for students, members, or with lesson. New people are always welcome, no partner needed, no dress code, two left feet ok. For updates and more details visit http://go.osu.edu/tango Join our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/494539070588510 |
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