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Concerns are sometimes expressed about how Indigenous perceptions of certain animals acting as a 'sign' or 'omen' for an undesirable event (e.g. death) may in fact endanger the species existence. In Africa, owls and snakes are prime examples of this. But is this a problem of Indigenous knowledge per se or is it a symptom of loss of Indigenous knowledge?
During the course of carrying out research on meaningful nature experiences, a few individuals have understandably objected to the implications of belief systems which hold that certain animals may act as a 'sign' or 'omen' for certain events. In other words, the appearance of a creature at a particular moment is perceived to carry a meaningful message for the perceiver.
This idea is quite prevalent among Indigenous and non-Western cultures. I guess I was first exposed to its potency when spending time with Aboriginal Australians a few years back. Or at least it was something I was forced to reflect on more seriously than I had done before.
Visitations by certain birds were said to carry importance (and, as featured on eyes4earth.org last year, research is now underway within Indigenous Australian communities to document such knowledge.) I've since read about Native American worldviews, saw similar interpretations in India and experienced firsthand such beliefs in South Africa with the Khomani San and Xhosa peoples. It seems pretty universal.
That this exists amongst more traditional cultures is not overly surprising – much has been written in anthropological literature and there are plenty of explanations floating around including: the close link and dependency on nature for survival; the idea that Man has his/her archetypal symbols; or to human's innate need for projecting meaning into or onto nature and seeking association with characteristic of animals…be it out of fear-based domination or love-based kinship.
But I was intrigued as to whether: 1. These beliefs are evolving or dissolving as Indigenous cultures become more Western influenced and diluted? And 2. Whether Western white Caucasians still share similar perceptions somewhere in their collective unconscious?
Well, from what I've seen it appears to be 'yes' and 'yes'. Yes, Indigenous cultures still foster such beliefs but in many cases knowledge is becoming lost or misinterpreted, misunderstood or simply misused to justify actions which border more on fear-based superstition than respect and reverence. And, yes, such beliefs were integral to former European cultures (e.g. pagan and Celtic beliefs, Greek mythology) and it is no surprise that many animals have become iconic in meaning-making (e.g. 'omens') even in our modern society. Many 'new age' or less mainstream (yet often revealing) texts explore this phenomenon and seek to offer pointers for how us sacred-starved humans can use such 'totems' to support our own personal development. (South African author Andrea Wansbury provides just one example with her interesting book: "Birds: Divine Messengers", see: http://andreawansbury.com )
But should this subjective knowledge – or perhaps perceptual delusion – be given (scientific) legitimacy? What are the implications? What are the societal and conservation benefits for giving weight to such worldviews or alternative 'ways of knowing'?
When presenting my research proposal some time ago, one prominent South African ecologist confronted me with the very sobering reality of the multitudes (pick any number and add three to five 'zeros') of animals – particularly birds and reptiles – that are killed each year in South Africa due to this very fact of 'meaning' being attributed to animals. This person was mainly referring to killings done out of fear or superstition. But animal killings may also be done for traditional medicine (i.e. 'muti') or for ritualistic and ceremonial purposes (e.g. wild cat skins).
My mind instantly raced back to images of my first visit to Kruger National Park. There at Sabi Sabi restaurant (I think it was there) was a display of the sad plight of the owls in South Africa. With less-than-pleasant images, a conservation-minded information stand decried their large-scale massacre across many parts of the rural areas of the country. These owls are traditionally perceived (predominantly by Bantu peoples) as bringers of bad luck. It is said that if an owl is to land on the roof of your house then, sadly, someone will soon die. Even in the Baviaanskloof region, I've found both some of the Coloured & Xhosa folk share similar interpretations. It bothered me. Does attributing such a label automatically imply slaughter?
I asked a Xhosa man I know – a local Christian minister and now recently also a 'sangoma', i.e. traditional healer (I love this co-existence of traditions by the way). He said that animals take on different meaning for different people in a community depending on what 'their' particular animal is. Should that animal cross their path, yes, some people do seek to kill it. But that's not how it was meant to be. What then?
I asked another Xhosa chap – a park ranger – who whilst not a sangoma himself, comes from a family with a strong lineage of traditional healers and diviners (sangomas). Sitting in his peaceful empty field office, he explains:
"Some of the people they are associated with the elephant. Some of the people are associated with the leopard. Some people interact with animals, and some people are associated with certain snakes. Some certain snakes, they can come and visit. They can come around the house and go and you are not supposed to kill it. Should you kill it, you are supposed to make a ceremony for asking forgiveness. It is a visit from the ancestors. On my other side, I am also associated with the bees. Because the bees, they are also my family. So there are times when they can visit our home. Last time, it was last year, they visited home, and they gathered and I made some honey. And I am not supposed to chase them. I have to make a traditional beer and talk with them and call some other elders, they will talk with them. And after some time they will go. So it is a visit. After that visit, there will be much pleasure and liking everything."
That all sounded pretty nice and in support of conservation but what about the owls? Aren't they supposed to be bad?
"Ja, they are associated with the bad evils. There are different deaths. Deaths that are caused by evil. And also there is death, which is in nature, you see. Those evil things that are associated with the owls, they will be a calling that something is going to be happening in the family. So the family is in that bad luck. So those things should not be happening, and eventually somebody is going to die. So those things are very bad luck and death will continue and continue. There are some deaths, which cannot be stopped, you see. It will happen."
So this was becoming a little clearer to me. And it was also intriguing to see the intercultural similarities. Owls have always been the subject of superstition or symbolism. Many cultures have associated them with either death or wisdom – attributes which can even be found in the folklore of the Mayan peoples of Central America. In ancient Greece, the owl was held sacred to the virgin-goddess Athena whose supreme attribute was divine wisdom.
But I still needed some more opinions on the South African perceptions.
I asked both a Coloured bossiedoktor (bush boctor) and a Xhosa-Khoi sanusi (uppermost sangoma). Yes, owls on roof-tops, snakes by the river or water spirits in the pond all carry a powerful message. And do you go out and kill them? No of course not, that would mean trouble…
I asked a lecturer in anthropology who is also inducted into the Zulu sangoma tradition. Same story. In fact, she said killing the animal in question may have greater repercussions with the 'ancestors' who were often associated with (or embodied in) the appearance of that animal.
I asked a Coloured friend of mine. He didn't really believe in all that stuff the older people believed until he was out with some fellow community members and they experienced an incident when a bird foretold a certain negative incident which came true within a matter of minutes. This immediately changed his perception.
So, I said, "Should we kill these birds then?"
His answer was resounding and, in his delightful Coloured accent, it went something like this:
"No man. That bird is just the messenger. If that bad thing is going to happen, it is going to happen anyway. It's not the birds fault. He is just giving you a warning. He is actually helping you, you see… you don't kill the messenger!"
So the problem is not necessarily the meaning-making or the interpretation. The problem is a breakdown of Indigenous knowledge transmission, a problem where the processes and deeper connections are no longer understood, no longer explained and where the values which were embodied and implicit in the stories and traditions have been corrupted, misinterpreted or forgotten. The solution is education – but not just to throw that overused word out there like we usually do…but to understand what that education means in terms of the specific cultural context, e.g. utilizing existing elders or accepted mentors to pass on cultural knowledge complete with the stories and values therein. Mission impossible? Possibly…
If cultures evolve and stories are no longer 'real' or relevant, so be it. But then we need new stories which embody the core values and norms which the former beliefs embodied. Whether the icons of sacred forest or the knowing owl are replaced with modern-day signs and omens of malfunctioning cell phones or empty KFC outlets then ok – but can they be tailored to deliver both a respect for nature and fellow human… the interconnectedness of human-nature?
Credo Mutwa, South Africa's most famous shaman, may have understood it best. This Zulu sanusi expresses the old African belief system quite matter-of-factly:
"We used to believe that in every one of us there lay a spiritual animal, bird and fish with which we should keep contact at all times, to anchor our family upon the shifting surface of this often troubled planet."*
The Zulus call their great Earth Mother Nomkhubulwane, a name which means 'she who chooses the state of an animal'* or what we might alternatively refer to as a 'shape-shifter'. Credo Mutwa continues:
"The great Earth Mother is capable of changing her shape into beautiful and gentle birds, animals and reptiles. She is capable of assuming the shape of an animal such as springbok, an eland, an impala, a lizard, or a python…We are taught that the reason that our forefathers told us that our gods and goddesses were capable of changing shape…is that they wanted to instil in the minds of their descendents the oneness of the human being, the animal and the Deity. By making us believe that the highest gods were part animal and part human being, we were taught to look upon animals with great reverence, love and respect."
So maybe the Earth Mother or African ancestors would still prefer to make their presence known through the owl, snake, monitor lizard, mantis, eland or bird. Maybe they know that that way – more than any other – can deliver a felt understanding of interconnectedness with all life on earth.
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[1]If you're big into instant messaging you might want to listen up. Empathy allows you to use all of your instant messaging accounts in one place. dotTech has covered Pidgin in the past, however, Empathy is a viable alternative. Empathy is part of the Gnome project, and is the standard IM client that ships with Ubuntu.
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Empathy is a multi-account supported instant messaging program for Linux. Empathy is maintained by the Gnome project.
[2]I use instant messaging services all the time. I mostly use Pidgin for all my messaging needs. For the most part Pidgin does the job but it's not for everyone. Some people don't like Pidgin, and I understand that. Empathy is a satisfactory replacement. I'm not a huge fan of it personally. I don't hate Empathy, in fact, I switched to it for a while. After a while I felt like Pidgin was the better application so I switched back.
Don't get me wrong, Empathy isn't terrible. It has some compelling options, but it doesn't really stand out to me. It really just feels like another take on Pidgin. Now, it takes a user from a different perspective to prefer one type of application over the other, and people certainly have their preferences. Empathy is very polished program, one that is very fluid and good looking. Sometimes messages take a while to be sent or received but that's a rare occurrence.
The folks at the Gnome project always make quality applications and Empathy is no exception. Some of the features aren't very compelling but that's just because Empathy has a long way to go to overtake Pidgin. Most people honestly just use what works and Pidgin is that program. I'm a little disappointed that there's really no custom plugin community like there is with Pidgin.
It's not all bad. Empathy does VOIP and video chat extremely well and I'm very much impressed with it. The video chatting is very much up to par with some of the other video chatting platforms on Linux. VOIP is also very polished as well. The IRC support is alright but it's ok. They did say 'limited IRC support' so it's not that big of a deal. Empathy is a satisfactory replacement for users that don't really want to use Pidgin. Canonical has chosen Empathy over Pidgin for the default messaging app so they must be doing something right.
I don't think I'll switch from Pidgin at any time soon. If the Gnome project continues to add amazing features I'll be more than willing to abandon Pidgin. This is a program that I'll be keeping tabs on. I hope that this program keeps evolving and that one time in the future I'll be able to change my opinion on the matter.
If you're not a fan of Pidgin, you'll want to give Empathy a go. It has some very compelling features and is very polished. Empathy is a product of love from the Gnome project. If you're dissatisfied with the other options on Linux, I recommend that you give Empathy a chance.
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Version reviewed: 3.3.2
Supported OS: Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, etc. — all Linux distros
Supported software repositories: Ubuntu via launchpad, any distro with Gnome
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President Obama fires a marshmallow gun and lets robots roam his White House at the White House Science Fair.
Three-year-old Danielle Fairchild probably can't grasp the magnitude of what she's enabled. The little girl adopted by Fred and Dale Fairchild in Duluth, Georgia was born with half a thumb and no fingers on her right hand. Half-way across the country a smart teenager and five other girl scouts were looking for a science and technology project to complete.
Dale Fairchild contacted Kate Murray and the troop of The Flying Monkeys and a partnership was born. 13-year old Murray was born with a thumb but no fingers on her left hand. Despite this digital abnormality she took up the violin five years ago using a device that clips to the bow and wraps around her left palm. And she thought she could help someone else learn to write.
Upon hearing about little Danielle The Flying Monkeys flew into action, learning all they could about prosthetic limbs, talking to doctors and learning how to build one from scratch.
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As the President held the BOB-1.2 plastic device in his hand, he said, "This is outstanding."
Mr. Obama pumped Joey Hudy's marshmallow air cannon before launching the blob of sugar 176 feet across the White House Dining Room. Over 100 students joined the President and top science advisers and department heads to shine a bright spotlight on science, technology, math and engineering.The Flying Monkeys won a $20,000 Innovation award from For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Lego League. FIRST is the non-profit organization started by inventor Dean Kamen, who famously brought us the Segway. And for Murray a trip to the White House is "super exciting."
She says, "I want to be a mechanical engineer when I grow up. I want to design cars to be more fuel efficient and/or rely entirely on wind or solar energy."
14-year old Joey Hudy unwittingly stole the show providing spectacular photo opportunities as President Obama listened the story about how the Phoenix teen built his marshmallow air gun from PVC pipe with the help of employees at his local Home Depot. Then he asked if the device was operational and decided on the spot that the two should fire it together.
The President asked that everyone in the line of fire move back because this was an improvised activity while strolling through the student exhibits and talking to the winners of over 40 science fairs and competitions.
When the gun popped, press cameras clicked wildly and they caught the child-like wonderment in the eyes of the President, which encapsulated the entire White House science fair.
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President Obama lauded the whip smart students and their clever projects. But he was struck by something more.
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He said some students will develop new products that change the way we live. He pointed out Hayley Hoverter, the winner of the 2011 Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship's National Challenge. The 16-year-old Los Angeles resident invented a flavorless, colorless sugar packet that dissolves in hot water.
About her invention the President said, "It could potentially save up to two million pounds of trash each year — and that's just at Starbucks." Mastercard gave the teen $10,000 to turn her concept into a working business.
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Angela Zhang of Cupertino, who has proposed a potential cure for cancer. This year, she won a $100,000 grand prize in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology for her nanoparticle cancer treatment. She says, "I keep saying 60 years from now I will probably be telling my grandkids everything that happened when I was 17."
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He took the top prize in America's 2011 Top Young Scientist competition at the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge where he won $25,000 for his efforts.
The President spoke of the adversity several groups of students overcame just to be at the science fair. A rocketry team from Presidio, Texas came from the 4th poorest school district in the nation where most students speak English as a second language. Parents raised money to help the students make the trip to Washington D.C. Mr. Obama said they even sold a goat to make the journey to the White House.
He applauded the winners of the Michigan Regional Contest of the National Engineers Week Future City Competition. Three Detroit students imagined a clean energy future for their city and while they were doing so their school burned down, forcing them to merge with another school while they completed their project. The team said, "(Future City) helps me make a better city to live in." They designed there vision around a city following the theme of "Fuel Your Future: Imagine New Ways to Meet Our Energy Needs and Maintain a Healthy Planet."
The President also acknowledged 18-year old Samantha Garvey, who has spent a lot of time with the President lately. The high school senior from New York made headlines after winning a spot in the semi-finals of the Intel science talent search. But more than her ingenious project studying mussel predation on Long Island she captured the attention of America because when she found out she was a semi-finalist she was homeless.
Since then she has appeared on television and sat in the First Lady's box at the State of the Union Address last month. At the White House science fair the President announced that the teen would like to work for NOAA or EPA some day. Pointing at them he said, "This is Dr. Lubchenco. She is the head of NOAA. Lisa Jackson, right there, head of EPA. You might, you know, just want to hook up with them before you leave."
The President said that all the students who participated in the science fair inspired him. He said, "It's young people like you who make me so confident that America's best days are still to come."
He went on to say, "When you work and study and excel. What you are doing in math and science. When you compete in something like this you're not just trying to win a prize today. You're getting America in shape to win the future. You're making sure we have the best, smartest, most skilled workers in the world so the jobs and industries of tomorrow take root right here. You're making sure that we will always be home to the most creative entrepreneurs, the most advanced science labs and universities. You're making sure America will win the race to the future. So as an American, I'm proud of you. As your President I think we need to make sure your success stories are happening all across the country. That's why when I took office I called for an all hands on deck approach to science, technology, math and engineering."Dale Fairchild says that before The Flying Monkey's created BOB-1 for little Danielle to use as she learns to write the toddler used her right hand like a flipper. But after the molded plastic device arrived, complete with a Vel-cro(TM) strap to attached a plastic pencil holder, the girl began using her fingerless hand to pick things up.
The teen engineers have never met Danielle Fairchild but their prosthetic hand device is going through the expensive and lengthy patent process, placing the teen inventors on track to help many more people besides the little girl in Georgia.
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Well im 25 my hubby 38. Totally different religions, culture. He was married before for 12 years. He minipulated his ex with wanting to kill himself. Did tape recordings about his last words for his daughter. Called them and said this will be the last sound you hear and cork a gun. Just lost of crazy things happened with them.
So now im seeing a few minipulating streaks coming through with me. I work full time, have a 7 month old baby, clean my own house, cook. He swears all of us and gets angry really easily. He even shouts and hit my 7 month old baby's hand for going somewhere he told him not to. What does a 7 month old understand?
We have sex about once every 6 months and i dont really want to either.
He doesnt want to do anything i want because the age difference i guess is just to big.
I hardly have friends and i have to make friends with his buddies wives who is also much older. I always felt like i wish i could have been 10 years older but now im not enjoying my 20's. i know i was stupid but im in this mess now and would really like to know what I should do? I dont even want it to work. Sorry for the long post.
Why do you stay with him Layla ?
I think if a man slapped my baby's hand and shouted at them - I would leave straight away. Anyone who does that is not the sort of person you want in your child's life, nor your life.
His past is very troubling. Do you really think that someone like that, a manipulator, could change ?
Please consider your options, and find a safe place.
All the best to you and your little precious child.
thanks popi... i know that all you say is true. i told myself a few times but i feel sorry for him. i dont think he can handle another divorse, he ended up in hospital for suicide after his last divorse. i know im crazy and he really loves his son....i dont know... what will i do on my own..he said he'll kill me if i ever take his son away from him
Has he ever actually attempted sucide??? I ask this because if he just threatens it, it could be a manipulation tool to keep you there. If I were you I would seriously consider what the affects of this relationship is going to have on your child as he gets older. He is not seeing a healthy relationship and being taught how to manipulate. If he choses to threaten about sucide call the police and they will force him to get mental health help! I hope this helps its hard to walk away from a situation like this but remember you have to keep yourself happy and healthy also for your little boy.
Hi akangel
well he was in hospital for a suicide attempt. i know i have to get out for my son. his daughter is so afraid of him and says if im not there she dont know what she'll do. also she is 14 and told me to get out of this relationship because he treats me very badly. she says its like dejavu cause it's how he treated her mother as well.
i dont want to waste a lot of my time but im scared of everyone else. my family, friends and him. its just that he has managed to fool all of them.
Come on girl, get a backbone, pick up your child and leave. He treats you badly, he treats a 7 month old baby (who you say he loves) badly. From all accounts he's always been like this so it's doubtful he will change.
Sorry to sound harsh, but if he was to attempt suicide and succeed, how would that make your life worse? Not your fault, unless you were actually holding the weapon at the time- his choice. If he makes dumb choices, his problem, and really it sounds like you and your son, and probably his 14 year old daughter would be better off without him in your lives.
oh wow..thats a reality check. i know i should do it and i feel that he knows im just waiting for that one more fight and everytime it happens lately he backs down. i will eventually get out. i just feel the sooner the better for my son. ok so i work in the same town he lives. what is he dont just kill himself but the family cause what does he have to loose?
i wish he was gone actually.think i'll feel relieved not sad. i have to do it. how do you just break it off when his pretending all is well.
i will, just waiting for the perfect moment. and i should stop worrying about what other people wil say and then i can follow my dreams. i told him i wanna be in the arts, singing. and he told me no ways....maybe jealousy, i dont know.
thank you ladies so much. i need other peoples views so know im not over reacting.
"just waiting for the perfect moment"
Understandable. You want a 'triggering event' to justify your decision.
You'd feel less guilty that way and the "I'm leaving you" discussion will be easier for you to have.
It's human nature. But it's also not a good idea. Why?
- First, because as you say, he seems to sense it and is now backing down -- stopping just short of your breaking point. So he can string you along for years, being miserable and scared, but not quite angry enough to leave NOW. But he won't really change - You know that. Waiting for him to do something 'big enough' puts all the power in HIS hands, not yours.
- Second, because then he can blame your leaving on whatever the specific trigger was -- some fight, some minor misbehavior. Whatever it was, he can twist it to make it sound to everyone else like you over-reacted. Then he'll try to get everyone else on his side, get them to pressure you... Maybe even convince YOU that you over-reacted, because to that specific incident, you did, right? You can picture the rest... Instead of feeling vindicated and free, you've backed yourself into a corner. You left 'over some dumb little fight' -- not because he was emotionally manipulative and abusive. You'll be left defending a "last straw reaction" instead of a reasoned, well-thought-out position.
- Third, because if you wait for a hot spot, emotions will, by definition, be on overdrive. And he's emotionally volatile to begin with! You should explain your decision and leave when he is calm and rational, not when he is furious or devastated to start. There's a chance he will 'hear you' if he's calm to start, and he might even recognize some validity in your point of view that could mitigate his future reaction. A small chance -- but certainly a better chance than if he's already upset and irrational.
- Fourth - You need to be prepared. If you choose an ordinary Tuesday morning, you will be ready with a safe place to go and a bank account and he simply won't be expecting it. This will give you the strategic upper-hand that you will need to deal with a master manipulater.
There are other reasons as well -- but don't let your 'discomfort' at leaving him 'for no specific reason' delay what you know to be the right decision.
Remember, you've GOT reasons - LOTS of them - GOOD ones.
From your description, you are living with a dangerous man. Take your baby and get out of there. Figure out the details later -- and in safety.
Maybe he'll kill himself or maybe he won't. Maybe he'll do other stupid things or maybe he won't. You can't control any of it.
layla - I dated a man who played similar games. I do believe that he was actually mentally ill, although very functional. I was frightened that he would kill himself if I left him (broke up with him; we didn't live together). I pictured coming home and finding him hanging underneath my 2nd floor deck. It finally got so bad that I just broke up with him. He stalked me a bit, didn't take it well, finally left me alone when I alerted the neighbors to just call the police if they saw him or his car (and I told him that), alerted my workplace (and told him), and alerted the police (and told him).
He never did follow through with the suicide that he always talked about. He just went on to make someone else miserable.
And you know what? Even if he had killed himself, I had to get to the point where I accepted that it wasn't my fault, wasn't up to me to feed his craziness, and wasn't up to me to make him happy.
It's not up to you, either.
Thank you so much for your support. My eyes are opening more with every post.
So the previous night we had a fight and when i got into the car last night i was still angry. He told me he's sick. Got a pain on the left side of his face. I told him it might be a ear infection. He then told me that someone told him it migh be signs of a stroke. I think he is manipulating me again cause he knows im angry and i backed off cause thats just how i am.
In a sick way i thought, if he were to get a stroke i would be happy. What kind of person have i become, rejoicing in someone's death. Oh my word i dont even have words, i think im loosing my mind here.
he probably hid it all from her when they were dating, but as soon as they got involved he showed his real face. no way layla knew all of that when they dated.
a friend of mine was married to a man who was exactly what layla described. but when she dated him, she saw no signs of craziness, he was an angel. as soon as they signed marriage certificate, he showed his real nature. my fiend got out of marriage wiht great difficulty, had to deal wiht police and protection order and so forth. but she trully had no clue how bad he was when they just dated.
Ok, I'm seeing something else here. Sorry, obviously the guy is not completely sane and had a bad suicide bout in his past, but I want to take a step in a different direction and hope that maybe he was smacking the kid's hand when he went to touch a outlet or was crawling into the street...He can't walk at 7 months, right? A hand slap although not nice is generally pretty controlled. And, I've known a lot of people who thought they were having strokes or heart attacks when something on their left side acted up or felt funny. In fact, I'm pretty sure my husband thinks right now he may be dying from a mole on his back. Is he manipulating me into something, who knows?
I see you have a 7 month old and are working full time -- and it sounds like you don't want to do anything (friends, work, sex, nothing). It sounds like you may be depressed yourself; could you have post partum depression? Maybe it would help if you at least talked to someone yourself. I think you need to be in the right state of mind to think and see things clearly so that you are able to make rational decisions about your family. You may need to leave you husband, or he could be an ok guy with some past issues. I really can't tell what state of mind your impression of him is coming from.
My best friend had PPD and everything her husband did or ever had done became the end of the world to her. She was unhappy and wanted to lash out and he was the easiest target and I think she really thought he was the 'devil' at times, but he really wasn't.. I'm not saying this is for sure going on here, but it's something to consider. If nothing else, it does sound like your kind of depressed.
Okay well let me start with amyfiddler's question. No i did not know any of these things when we were dating. it could also be my mistake cause we dated for a short while and i moved 16 hours away from my family to live with him. About the past issues, i only found that out lately from his daughter but sure there were some signs while living together before getting married.
Ok and Carla. I can understand your point of view and it makes sense. Okay so yesterday we were driving home after picking up the baby and a lady was taking to slow infront of him and he called her a wh%&*re. Now i dont think that the guy i want to be with and has a baby with him at the time should talk like that. i might be depressed because of my marriage not ppd.
The evening he swore me because i did not put a pegg on the baby's cereal to close it properly. i also try and justify everything but sometimes its just wrong. so i didnt say anything back and he came in 5 minutes later being all fine. then obviously my face was sour and he asked me, whats wrong, why's your face looking like that now..and all i said was....nothing is wrong....nothing is ever wrong in this house and he just smiled and walked away. he is very causcous to take a argument to the next level cause he must know im not happy.
Ok, a lot of guys will call women drivers names in the heat of a road rage moment. And, I've cursed if I've noticed the milk was left out, or if I'm late and I can't find my keys. Without being there and seeing what you are talking about, I can't tell if this guy is really abusing you or maybe just has a potty mouth he needs to learn to control. It sounds like he wasn't 'mad' or guliting you 5 minutes later about the bottle thing.
The first year with a baby is hard on many, many couples. Yes, many guys will have to learn to control curse words and many may not really get it until Jr. comes home with a note from Kindergarten for saying the "F" word. Good or bad, he's probably not going to be able change his vocabulary within 24 hrs of you giving birth. It takes time to adjust; everyone's on edge. There's probably some sleep deprivation going on for everyone.. That first year with a kid is a lot harder on most families than you may think. I would say about 75% of my friends at least thought about divorce during that first year with a kid.
Again, I don't want to say he's not doing anything wrong at all. Your examples could go either way. But, calling a slow driver a bad name shouldn't necessarily put him in divorce court. Could you see how maybe adjusting to a new baby, having a depressed wife, and probably being a little sleep deprived himself may be a little hard on him and maybe not be putting him in the best of mooods at all the times either? I know you're probably doing 95% of the baby work, but for some guys it's really hard to do that 5%. I'd just hate to see new a family break up because they're having a hard time "adjusting". I'd seriously, even if he doesn't go with you, talk to someone; it should really help you sort out things. Yes, your husband could be contributing to your depression -- but could it also just be more generally that your expectations of family life just aren't what you hoped for, and that you feel you've lost your own self as you knew it (which you kinda of really do when you have a child).
It'd be good to get your depression (however it is caused) under control (and you should be able to with some help even with an abusive husband) before you make a really big decision. Of course if the abuse escalates, then you need to make a quick move regardless... but I'm not sure his cursing, or a fake suicide attempt from a years ago in a different relationship, is enough to put it at that point.
Layla, if after having thought about carla's words you still think he is dangerous, please contact your local shelter or abused women's resource. You don't have to be a victim of physical abuse to use the resource. What you describe is abusive. The staff will talk to you about how to keep yourself and your child safe. Make sure they know about your 14 year old step daughter especially if she lives with you.
I don't want to frighten you but for many women the most dangerous time in a relationship is after they leave. A man who feels he has lost "his" woman can be far more dangerous than one who is "merely" making her life hell with him.
If you decide to leave, reread sweeby's message above and plan this very carefully. Unless your safety is in issue, don't go during a fight. Go on an ordinary day when he is out of the house and wont be back for a while. Your local resource can give you ideas about how to make and execute your plan.
Good luck.
"just waiting for the perfect moment"
After years of mental abuse and wanting out my ex gave me the 'perfect moment'. I just couldn't seem to leave otherwise because it's a very big decision.
I had a girlfriend visiting from a city where we had previously lived. Evidently he was pissed that she was there and taking up my attention. One night we went to visit friends and us girls were going to do some art painting. Meanwhile the 2 guys went to a honky tonk and of course were drinking. When they got back we went home, my little 4 year old was put to bed and my teenage girls were in their room talking to my friend. I was very tired and went to bed. He came in and kicked me out of bed. I got a blanket & pillow and went to sleep on the couch. He wasn't satisified with that and came in there, jerked the blanket off me and told me to get out, went to the girls room and told them to get out. I'm sure he was fortified with the booze and feeling brave. I told the girls to get some clothes and let's go, picked my sleeping child up and we all left at 1 am. We went to a motel for the night. The next day we looked for somewhere to live, found a furnished mobile home for short term and moved in. My girlfriend had to go home so we stayed there for 2 weeks. When he was at work I would go home and get what we needed short term. We then looked for a rental house and I made arrangements for movers to go to the house while he was at work and get enough of the furniture for us to get by. Meanwhile he's looking all over town for us, calling me at work begging me to come home but never saying he's sorry, he won't do it again, just come home. If I had he would have done that every time he got mad about something so I refused and filed for divorce before long. He called everyone he knew begging them to talk me into coming back. That was 28 years ago and I have not regretted one time that I didn't go back. Had he not pitched his fit that night who knows I might still be there and still be miserable.
It's hard to tell someone else what to do. You just have to decide when it's right for you. I wish you luck with your decision.
Hi Carla
Thank you for your input I really value your positive side to things. I did speak to my husband about our situation and yes it was a screaming match at times but we managed to get everything out. Well in the heat of this argument I said he should find himself a other wife seeing as I wasnt good enough. This resulted in a fury and him leaving with tears in his eyes. I know this could be manipulative but I felt sorry for him. I am going to try and work on my marriage and see if maybe im the source of the unhappiness and at least give him a fare chance.
gajopa I am so sorry to hear about your situation. The same happened to my hubby's ex. That is how they broke up, well kind of. he came home at 2am and she basically asked him why he's home so late and they got into a fight. He then put her and their daughter out of the house and she never came back. Files for divorse and that was that. Now that we spoke about things and I also see his point of view I am hoping it will never get to this because he told me he is trying real hard and would like us to be forever. Well I have new hope and also would like ti to last forever. Like Carla said, i cant get a divorse everytime he curse or does something stupid.
Thank you ladies it was good to have a place to offload adn just get some opinions. Pray for my marriage and hopefully one day I can give advice but for now i need to find myself. God Bless You.


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Why do most people ignore cool down reduction on Garen? I sometimes like to get ionian boots and ghost blade for the quicker cool downs since he is solely cool down based. Being able to Q every 5ish seconds and spin every 7 is pretty nice.
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no magic res items whatsoever ??? So basicly ur garen is a physical tanky dps only, vs AP carry he just melt away in seconds... I'll pass, thx.
could spirit visage be a cheaper substitute for for FoN?
I build Garen as a tanky DPS, mostly with offensive runes and masteries and defensive items. Runes: Crit, Crit Dmg, AS, Health Regen, CDR Masteries: 23/6/1 Spells: Exhuast: Makes chasing enemies down easier, can be used defensively to escape along with "Q" and "E". Teleport: Heaven forbid if there's an unguarded enemy tower being stormed by your minions. Teleport there off of one of the minions and help them push it over. Your "Q" can damage turrets, and give you the speed boost to escape. Teleport is also a good way to teleport back to one of your towers/minions in order to escape enemies without having to go back to base to regen. It works really well if you have FON and Warmog's stacked. So I must admit that I'm still experimenting with runes on this build, but so far I've been able to go 26/2/12 in some games and 17/5/26 in others, it just depends on the role I play in-game. Before I get items I look at the opposing team and see if they have more AP or AD champs. I almost always try to lane with another champ that has good CC. Morgana's Entangle and Ashe's Frost Shot work really well with Garen. Other good laning partners are: Sion, Sona, Lux, Viegar .. .. Mainly someone who is not another tank (I build tank items), but still has good CC, or support abilities. Most of the time I get a cloth armor, and 5 hp pots to start. This gives me excellent sustainability in lanes up to lvl 6 or 7. Plus, if I die during the early laning phase, my teleport gets me back in there nice and quick-like. The next most important thing I build is Boots of Swiftness. The movement speed coupled with Garen's additional Q speed, can really help get you out of a tough situation, plus silencing an enemy champ is an excellent precursor to a hasty retreat. At this point if I either rush FON, starting with Regrowth Pendant if it's a predominantly AP team, or Thornmail if it's a predominantly AD team. Thornmail is a real problem for enemy Yis and Tryndameres Early game before they can get Black Cleaver. After I have my Armor and MR (Thornmail and FON), I immediately start building Warmog's. Why? Because of the health regen stacked with FON makes Garen very, and I mean VERY tanky. Rather a problem for that Annie or Ryze who wants to stun/combo nuke you. I don't rush Sunfire cape like everyone suggests. Why? Because it only gives me +45 armor (Thornmail give +100) and I use other items to build damage/AS. And my crit runes coupled with my "E" makes farming not such an arduous task. At this point it's mid to late game, I almost always try and help my carry get the red and/or blue buffs. Depending on my team I either tank Garen by stacking another Warmog's, and finally getting a sunfire cape, or I go DPS by getting a phantom dancer and finally an Infinity Edge. The Phantom Dancers, along with Boots of swiftness, exhaust, and your Q make chasing enemies down, and escaping more of a possibility than ever. By late game you should have 4k health or more, be incredibly fast, and tough to kill. Not to mention Garen's *****in' Ult, that allows you to get in the middle of a teamfight and execute a low HP, fleeing enemy champ. Hang out with your carry from this point on, and it should give the team a win.
I don't think Garen gets enough out of the Sunfire Cape for it to be worth it. I used to consider it the core of his build and rush it. Now I rush Brutalizer and then Warmogs and I havent regretted it one bit. Also I wouldn't ever suggest a Leviathan. Anyone good enough to know when it is okay to pick one up isn't going to be reading a guide.
FoN = Fist of the Northstar Wouldn't that be awesome...
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- Series
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- Sheryl Nome
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- 2012
- Construction Difficulty:
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Now I remember why the majority of my costumes are skirts and dresses: because tailoring pants is annoying. The buttons are all functional and I hand-sewed all the applique on the sleeves, which thankfully only took as long as one viewing of Being John Malkovich and the MST3K version of Hamlet. This was also my first adventure in hat making, I modified a variety of Garrison cap patterns I found online. The gold symbols on her hat and shoes were individually made from Fimo clay, and the earring is from my previous Sheryl costumes, which I also made from scratch. The medallion is my old varsity swim medal from high school (1st in the 250m breastroke awwww yussss). Big thanks to Olliesquid for the photos and for putting up with me painting that flag in his basement all afternoon.
- Personal Thoughts:
- Okay okay I promise this is the last of the Sheryl outfits for a while. I had been dying to make this version way back when the artwork for Sayonara no Tsubasa started materializing online, but never really had the time to focus on it. When Ollie brought me back the prize A figure from Japan, I was finally motivated to finish it for the DC Sakura Matsuri street fair.
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Volume 38-055 (For Immediate Release)
Contact: Larry Archer
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, FEB. 4, 2010-- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has referred 18 businesses to the Missouri Attorney General's Office to pursue legal action for failure to pay hazardous waste-related fees from either fiscal year 2006 or fiscal year 2007 in violation of Missouri's Hazardous Waste Management Law and Regulations.
Businesses that generate, handle or dispose of hazardous waste in Missouri pay fees, including hazardous waste generator registration fees and in-state hazardous waste disposal fees. These fees help fund the department's Hazardous Waste Program, which protects Missouri's environmental and public health from threats posed by hazardous waste. One important function of the Hazardous Waste Program is to keep track of businesses that deal with hazardous waste to ensure the hazardous waste is properly and safely handled. If a hazardous waste spill does occur, the department uses these funds to make sure the contamination is properly cleaned up.
The following businesses were referred for failure to pay 2006 fees:
- Blue Anchor Marina in Gravois Mills.
- Brass Eagle in Neosho.
- Bulk Haulers in St. Louis.
- Caplan Property in Springfield.
- Electro Painters in Fenton.
- IRS, former main post office in Kansas City.
- Pioneer Machine Products Inc in St. Louis.
- St Louis Retinning Co. in St. Louis.
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- A & B Cleaners in Sikeston.
- Everyday Conoco in Independence.
- Fifth Avenue Cleaners in Kansas City.
- Gil's Body Shop in Gladstone.
- Harrison Lumber and Hardware in St. Louis.
- Hazelwood Commerce Center in Hazelwood.
- Southwest Vanguard in Branson.
- US Cleaners in Kansas City.
- US Cleaners in St. Louis.
- Whisk Products Inc in Wentzville.
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2010 was an amazing year for Destination Cellars in many ways. We truly have magical clients, incredible winery partners, amazing alliance partners and honestly a lot of great friends.
We had clients visit South Africa, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Tuscany, Spain, Napa Valley, Sonoma Valley and Oregon.
Our clients had the opportunity to really take a look "behind the scenes" of the world of wine. Whether they were hanging out cooking at Altesino in Tuscany, having a magical dinner with Mr. Bernard MAGREZ at Chateau Pape Clement in Bordeaux, hanging our with Ben & Tara at Capture, taking a little ride in the "Willy" with Laurie Clark at Clark Claudon, taking cooking lessons with Chef Sarah Heller, chilling out with our friends at Kosta Browne listening to some tunes and drinking pinot noir or playing a little bocce ball at Fantesca, there were definitely a lot of smiles and memories made in 2010!
We had winery partners travel with us throughout the United States to do host events in Houston, TX, Dallas, TX, New York, NY, Boston, MA, Miami, FL, Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA, Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO with alliances partners ours like MasterCard, YPO, Exclusive Resorts, Merrill Lynch, Continental Airlines, Bain Capital, Ameriprise, Saks Fifth Avenue and many others.
We can't even start to go through every event that took place around the US but we can say, "wow, we had a blast". Author George Taber of the famed book, "Judgment of Paris" participated in events with us in Miami, Los Angeles and Napa Valley with our friends from YPO and Exclusive Resorts. We still can't imagine what it was like in Paris in 1976 during that tasting! We had the pleasure of getting our tails handed to us by LPGA Pro Meaghan Francella but at least the golf bag looks great!
Our Estate Sommelier, Sean Meyer joined our team in late June after what he calls, "the two year interview". Sean has helped us tremendously over the last two years and we're incredibly happy to have him as a part of our team. As Sean always says, "It's better to drink wine than to talk about"......
On that note, we won't write about our world of wine any longer, I think we will now partake in a little wine. We hope to see you all somewhere around the world of wine in 2011. Cheers from all of us at Destination Cellars.