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Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by his Pakistani heritage and by the frequent chill between his parents, who fight over things he is too young to understand. Then Mina arrives, and everything changes.
Mina is Hayat's mother's oldest friend from Pakistan. She is independent, beautiful and intelligent, and arrives on the Shah's doorstep when her disastrous marriage in Pakistan disintegrates. Even Hayat's skeptical father can't deny the liveliness and happiness that accompanies Mina into their home. Her deep spirituality brings the family's Muslim faith to life in a way that resonates with Hayat as nothing has before. Studying the Quran by Mina's side and basking in the glow of her attention, he feels an entirely new purpose mingled with a growing infatuation for his teacher.
When Mina meets and begins dating a man, Hayat is confused by his feelings of betrayal. His growing passions, both spiritual and romantic, force him to question all that he has come to believe is true. Just as Mina finds happiness, Hayat is compelled to act — with devastating consequences for all those he loves most.
American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look inside the interplay of religion and modern life. Ayad Akhtar was raised in the Midwest himself, and through Hayat Shah he shows readers vividly the powerful forces at work on young men and women growing up Muslim in America. This is an intimate, personal first novel that will stay with listeners long after they finish.
Hayat Shah was captivated by Mina long before he met her: his mother's beautiful, brilliant, and soulfully devout friend is a family legend. When he learns that Mina is leaving Pakistan to live with the Shahs in America, Hayat is thrilled. Hayat's father is less enthusiastic. He left the fundamentalist world behind with reason. What no one expects is that when Mina shows Hayat the beauty and power of the Quran, it will utterly transform the boy. Mina's real magic may be that the Shah household, always contentious and sad, becomes a happy one. But when Mina finds her own path to happiness, the ember of jealousy in Hayat's heart is enflamed by the community's anti-Semitism-and he acts with catastrophic consequences for those he loves most.
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Ayad Akhtar is an American-born, first generation Pakistani-American from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He holds degrees in Theater from Brown University and in Directing from the Graduate Film Program at Columbia University, where he won multiple awards for his work. He is the author of numerous screenplays and was star and co-writer of The War Within, which premiered at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay and an International Press Academy Satellite Award for Best Picture - Drama. American Dervish is his first novel.
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By Air Force Master Sgt. Mike R. SmithSpecial to American Forces Press Service
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 3, 2008 The Senate confirmed Air Force Lt. Gen. Craig R. McKinley yesterday to receive his fourth star and to serve as the 26th chief of the National Guard Bureau.
McKinley, the current director of the Air National Guard, will become the first four-star general in the nearly 372-year history of the National Guard.
Nominated for the post in September by President Bush, McKinley will succeed Army Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, whom the Senate also confirmed yesterday to become the first National Guard officer to serve as deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command. Blum has led the Guard Bureau since 2003.
As chief of the National Guard Bureau, McKinley will be the senior uniformed officer representing nearly 468,000 citizen-soldiers and -airmen. He will also serve as the principal advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on National Guard issues.
"I give all the credit for [this promotion] to the performance, friendships and relationships of [Blum]," McKinley said Sept. 22 at the National Guard Association of the United States conference in Baltimore. "Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum has been a fantastic chief of the National Guard Bureau."
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates recommended McKinley for the upgraded four-star position in July following the recommendations of the Commission on the Guard and Reserves and the fiscal 2008 National Defense Authorization Act. The act also established the Guard Bureau as a joint activity of the Defense Department.
"General McKinley has earned this place in history," Gates said during the NGAUS conference. "I trust he will continue to lead the Guard to new heights."
A Florida National Guard member, McKinley has served as director of the 107,000-member Air National Guard since May 2006. Prior to that, he served as assistant deputy chief of staff for plans and programs at Air Force headquarters. He is a command pilot with more than 34 years of military service.
The last Air Force general to serve as Guard Bureau chief was Lt. Gen. Russell C. Davis, who held the position from 1998 to 2002.
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Fidel Castro, one of the longest serving and most controversial heads of state, has officially stepped down yesterday morning. The leftist leader's decision was first reported by the online version of the Cuban state-run newspaper Granma. This revelation comes a month after the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commented that Castro seemed both lucid and healthy enough to retake the presidency after the two leaders met last month. The NYTIMES has reported that the news was revealed in the form of a letter to the nation under Castro's name. Castro's letter was also read yesterday morning on radio and TV stations through out Cuba as people headed to their jobs. In his letter Castro stated that his poor health made it extremely difficult for him to continue with the presidency and that he thus would not seek it. The Cuban leader has rarely been seen since he had a serious intestinal operation two years ago. He had only been seen in pictures and videos distributed by the state-run media when he was visited by foreign guests. Castro clearly stated in the letter:" I will not aspire to neither will I accept — I repeat I will not aspire to neither will I accept — the position of president of the Council of State and commander in chief."
CNN reported that the atmosphere in Cuba was very "quiet" after Castro's decision to step down was revealed. They also stated that the streets "of Cuba's capital, Havana, reflected the normal coming and goings of its residents." As well as that there were even a lot of people who surprisingly had not heard of the news when asked about it. This despite the fact that Granma had dedicated the entire front page of its print edition to it. It seems that this is mainly because the state-run media in Cuba has not made a particularly big deal about it. An example of this was given by the NYTIMES when they reported that the state-run media in Cuba "read the announcement as part of the morning news, then returned to the usual mix of music and children's broadcasting."
Castro's younger brother and Cuban Defense Minister, Raul Castro, is widely believed to be his successor. Raul has already functioned as acting president ever since Fidel's health deteriorated. It is thought though that Fidel Castro will continue to have a lot of influence in Cuban politics no matter who in his entourage takes charge. Particularly after he stated in his letter to the Cuban people that his "only wish is to fight as a soldier in the battle of ideas" with his writings and that he would continue to write under the banner "Reflections of Comrade Fidel." Castro would go on to say that his writings would also be a "weapon" that the Cuban people could "count on."
The electoral process in the Cuba states that a newly chosen Parliament will have the task of choosing a 31 member council of state. That parliament in turn will choose the next president of the council and commander in chief. Cuban officials claim that their electoral process is very democratic. However, it is no secret that the Cuban electoral system has many critics and is believed by many to be anything but democratic. With Castro having complete control on the island and at times even ruling with an iron fist. For example the NYTIMES reports that many experts on Cuban politics think "the decision on a successor remains in the hands of Fidel Castro, his brother and his inner circle, many of whom hold positions in the cabinet." But Raul Castro "is not the only possible successor" says an article in the Miami Herald. Although he seems to be the most likely there is a list of possible succesors. The list includes: 56 year old Cuban Vice-President Carlos Lage, 70 year old former UN Ambassador to Cuba Ricardo Alarcon, 42 year old Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque, 75 year old communication minister Ramiro Valdes and 64 year old Esteban Lazo a member of both the council of ministers and the Cuban Communist Party's political buro.
Dissidents in Cuba like Oswaldo Paya have stated that with Fidel Castro's retirement the Cuban people "will have more hope." There has also been reports that Miami, Florida the city that could be considered the anti-thesis of Castro's Havana, was also very calm after the news reached them. People like, Janisset Rivero, the executive director of the Cuban Democratic Directorate, a group that works with the dissidents in Cuba does not seem to think that any real change will occur though. She told CNN she thought preparations had been taking place for quite a while and that "the crowning of Raúl Castro," was very assured. Rivero would go on to tell CNN this morning that Castro's decision to retire will not "mean any change to the system." That she felt that "one big dictator" was simply "replacing the other."
CNN also reported that most who had heard the news of his retirement where cautious of offering their comments on Castro's decision. However two who did said that they thought it was good idea. One said that it was good idea because Castro needed to take care of himself and the other went even further and stated that it was good decision from a man "who made good decisions." It is believed that few in Cuba expect much change from Castro's decision. Even though most think that Raul will be his successor and that he will continue with the model of his older brother. Yet there has been some speculation that Raul will perhaps make way to a kind of Chinese model. This, however, remains to be seen.This analysis is not shared by all as the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that Tom Casey, the spokesman for the U.S State Department, has qualified Raul as "pseudo Fidel."
One can only imagine that Cubans like any other peoples can only hope for a better future with a change in rule. With Castro stepping down newspapers and other news outlets around the world have begun to ponder how Castro the revolutionary and polarizing political figure will be remembered. The NYTIMES has for example stated that his "his record has been a mix of great social achievements and dismal economic performance that has mired most Cubans in poverty." His social achievements being universal healthcare, free education and making a lot of progress in rooting out racism in Cuba. However, his dictatorial way of governing for almost 50 years and the economic difficulties faced by Cuba are sure to stain his rule and place in history. Even though the U.S embargo on Cuba will also have part of the blame for the poor state of Cuba's economy and the hardships that it has faced and continues to.
With Castro's retirement some world leaders have already expressed their opinions on the matter. For example U.S president, George W. Bush, as he told reporters on his trip to Rwanda that he thought "the international community should work with the Cuban people to begin to build institutions that are necessary for democracy and eventually this transition ought to lead to free and fair elections." Bush would also state that the United States "will help the people of Cuba realize the blessings of liberty." Another prominent member of the Bush administration, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, stated that the U.S had no current plans to lift the embargo or the blockade as Cubans refer to it.
The world is waiting to see if any real change will happen in Cuba after this historical announcement.
(The letter writen by Fidel Castro to Granma can be seen in both Spanish and English at their website)


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It's over. The abrupt withdrawal this week of hard-charging conservative Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okl., from a bipartisan "Gang of Six" senators trying to hammer out a deal to rein in the nation's debt badly undercut the group's influence and once again highlights the demise of bipartisanship in a town where brinkmanship has become the preferred tactic in budget deals.
What made the group so unique was that three conservative Republicans senators, including Coburn, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Mike Crapo of Idaho ,were willing to at least talk about the possibility of raising tax revenues as well as slashing spending to reduce the deficit – an approach considered heresy in most Republican precincts. Although the group continues to solider on without Coburn, questions about the continued relevance of the "Gang of Six Minus One" reverberated across Capitol Hill.
"It's not even a side show—it's a coffee club at this point," a veteran Republican Senate staffer said of the gang in an interview with The Fiscal Times.
"I know them all, and I just didn't see them getting together," said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, ranking member of the Finance Committee. "Let's face it: Republicans know that if we increase taxes in any way, the Democrats will spend it. They won't pay down the deficit. And if you don't have tax increases, they won't go along with it."
Hatch's comment reflects the high level of distrust between the parties that pervades budget negotiations. Just last month, amid much acrimony and posturing, GOP leaders struck a deal with the White House to avert a government shutdown with just hours to spare. Now conservative Republicans are threatening to force a default on U.S. debt unless the administration agrees to a major deficit reduction plan as part of legislation to raise the debt ceiling.
The gang of six, a group whose views span the ideological spectrum, tried to bridge the political and ideological chasm and put an end to the brinksmanship that constantly keeps the nation's capital on edge. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., provided the moderate to liberal counterbalance to the group.
The gang appeared close to striking an agreement, but the talks abruptly collapsed this week after Democrats rejected Coburn's last-minute demand for deper cuts in Medicare. Coburn had come under attack from conservative Republicans, including anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, for violating his previous no-new-taxes pledge. Coburn further distanced himself from the group Wednesday when he revealed plans to offer his own plan for $9 trillion in deficit reductions over the next decade, or more than twice what House Republicans and President Obama have advocated.
Today, Coburn pronounced the efforts of the Gang of Six a failure and blasted the Senate leadership for not doing more to try to work out a compromise. "It is not realistic to expect six members to pull the Senate out of its dysfunction and lethargy," Coburn wrote in a Washington Post op ed. "Some will ask why we should have more hope in an open, deliberative process, in which all senators are engaged, when a dedicated few did not succeed . . . It's time for the Senate to earn its reputation as the world's greatest deliberative body and help lead that effort."
Coburn wrote that Senate inaction—for which he says Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., bears "special responsibility"—forced the self-appointed gang to take action. "The public rightly prefers spending cuts over revenue increases, but numerous polls indicate the vast majority of Americans would support the only type of plan that would ever make it out of Congress and be signed into law: one that favors spending cuts over revenue increases but includes both."
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The circumstances you are facing now in your life could become setbacks or opportunities to make a comeback depending on how you handle them. It is a personal decision to allow your setbacks keep you down or to become your stepping stone towards your promotion. It is the Satan's main agenda to cause us to fall. Any attack the enemy brings against you is to tear you down and devastate you.
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Joseph bounced back after his Incarceration in Pharaoh's Prison. David bounced back after his mistakes; Jacob bounced back after slavery in the camp of Laban. You can convert that mountain confronting you, which looks like a big battle before you into stepping stone that can make you
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Behind every battle there is a spiritual force. perhaps you were doing well in life before but now things have gone very bad, hang in there! Jesus is saying today, for you must bounce back by fire, because Jesus has defeated the spiritual force behind your battle. Yes that mountain confronting you today shall break forth before you into singing. All the trees of life hindering you, shall clap their hands. All you do is to be still and watch what The Lord will do. Stop complaining and become thankful, God hates grumblers and complainers. You have to walk by faith and not sight; hence no matter the situation be happy and wait on the Lord your Sustainer.


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It's been a long time since the original "Teen Mom" stars first gained notoriety on "16 and Pregnant," and a lot has changed in their lives. MTV caught up with Farrah Abraham, Catelynn Lowell and Amber Portwood in three hour-long reunion specials on Sunday (Feb. 23) to see what they've been up in the past few years.
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Abraham's priority during her special was to clear up any lingering doubt about her "porn star past." She denied any allegations that she was a porn star, claiming that her sex tape was just that -- a sex tape. When it comes to her daughter Sophia, Abraham says that she isn't going to hide anything from her.
"I don't know if Sophia will understand my choices," Abraham says. "But I hope that one day she'll understand I did everything to support us and our family. I think I'm a good role model for Sophia because I've been through a lot of things that I can protect her from."
The "Teen Mom" star certainly doesn't hide any of her cosmetic procedures from her daughter. She explained to Sophia what tanning is and why she goes to her aesthetician. "Being Farrah" followed Abraham into her tanning bed and into the doctor's office while she got fillers injected into her face for "preventative work." Sophia told her mom that she looked "evil" while she was getting ready to go out with friends. Oops?
In the end, Abraham accepted that she's made some questionable decisions in her life. "I feel like I've accomplished so much but I've made many mistakes," Abraham says. "When the time is right, I know Sophia will make better choices than I have."
"Being Catelynn"
Throughout her reunion special, Lowell and her fiance Tyler Baltierra struggled with whether or not they would actually get married. They went to "Couples Therapy" and have been working on their relationship, but Baltierra says he's "terrified" of being married.
They also struggle with how they aren't allowed to post any photos of their daughter Carly on social media based on the adoption contracts they signed. But after Lowell and Baltierra read a letter that Carly's parents sent them, and they talk to Carly on the phone, they decide they have a better situation than most parents who give up their kids for adoption since they still get to be in their daughter's life.
After discussing their romantic future, Baltierra asks Lowell to go on a walk with him. He then asks for her ring back, making it seem like they were breaking up, but then he gets down on one knee and proposes again. "We have a very untypical love story," Baltierra says, and Lowell accepts.
Earlier that week, Lowell had been feeling ill, so she bought a pregnancy test with her mother -- and MTV actually showed her peeing on the stick. Guess TMI doesn't really apply to these "Teen Mom" stars, huh? In the end, the test was negative, and Lowell and Baltierra were optimistic about their future.
"Being Amber"
After serving 17 months of a five-year jail sentence, Portwood was released early due to a rehab program for inmates. She also left prison with her GED, and was happy to reunite with her family after her release. She was less than thrilled about being grilled by the paparazzi immediately, especially when they asked her about how many times she saw her daughter while in jail.
When talking with her family about her time in jail, Portwood was honest about how she struggled. "It's been a year and a half of hell," Portwood says. "It was really bad. But I worked on myself and worked to make myself better."
Portwood reunited with her daughter Leah after only seeing her three times in the past year and a half. "I'm nervous," Portwood says. "She's afraid I'm going to leave her again. I just f***ing hate everything I did."
The thing Portwood struggled with the most was staying sober now that she's out of jail and knows where she can get drugs. But her family supports her and offer to go with her to NA meetings if she ever needs to go.
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Residents of Labrador outraged over SAR response to Burton Winters case
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Minister Penashue invited the general public to speak with him at the Labrador Friendship Centre after arriving to the scene of a protest in front of the Minister's office in Happy Valley Goose Bay on Friday. Protestors were challenging the military's response in handling the search effort for Burton Winters.
A protest calling for permanent Search and Rescue service in Labrador turned into an impromptu public meeting with Labrador MP Peter Penashue this afternoon.
About 100 people gathered in front of the Miniser's office in Happy Valley Goose Bay, Feb. 10, waving placards that read "He walked this far..." and "Is my life worth saving?"
The protest was sparked by the death of Makkovik's Burton Winters last week. Fourteen-year-old Winters went missing on Jan. 29 after what was supposed to be a short snowmobile ride. His body was found on sea ice three days later, 19-kilometers from his abandoned snowmobile.
In the days following the tragic incident, information surrounding DND's response to the calls for search and rescue to the area has resulted in a national public outcry from family, friends and supporters who want to know why the Canadian Forces did not send a SAR team until 48 hours after the boy was reported missing.
The HVGB protest was organized by local residents Kirk Lethbridge and Roxanne Dyson.
"We wanted people of Labrador to come together so we can ensure that something like this doesn't happen to anyone else's child," said Ms. Dyson.
"We feel that whenever something tragic occurs then we get wind of all the government's so-called protocols and it's just not enough for us. We're hoping we can make a difference."
"I think it's time for them to apologize to the family instead of making up all these excuses. The friends and families of Burton Winters are going through a really difficult time right now and they don't need to hear any more excuses of why search and rescue didn't come to save him."
On Wednesday, DND brass explained that mechanical trouble and weather conditions in Makkovik both lead to the delay of SAR aircraft out of Goose Bay joining the search. In addition, they said dispatching a Cormorant helicopter would have left the Maritime SAR fleet shorthanded.
Fiona Anderson, a former resident and teacher of Makkovik, said she attended the protest to support the voices of all of Labrador.
"Like everyone else I am outraged. I know there are rules and laws and protocols to follow but when a young life is in danger you got to put that aside, you've got to get out there and do what you can do. And if they were waiting for a call from the RCMP and it didn't come they should have been calling back to find out what the situation was.
"There's no way that this Government can let this continue it has to change. Look at all these people they are all voters.
It's for equality it's for decency and it's for sensitivity, accountability and responsibility and we deserve it."
Lethbridge welcomed the crowd for coming and gave a short speech.
About ten minutes into the rally, Mr. Penashue unexpectedly arrived to his office and observed the protest and listened to concerns.
Lethbridge was at the microphone when Mr. Penashue arrived.
"As the precious minutes and hours ticked by we hear what had happened we heard that search and rescue would not come and we heard different excuses. If a 14-year-old child is not worthy searching for, than what the hell is an emergency?" he asked.
"It's seems that search and rescue is there for a politician who needs to fly around on personal business but not there for a 14-year-old child in Labrador who is dying of the cold and that is wrong. It's not good enough for us!"
Following the voice of concern from other individuals in the crowd Mr. Lethbridge then invited Mr. Penashue to the mic.
"This is a very difficult situation, I understand that. I am a father and I am a grandfather so I completely understand the situation in terms of what it would feel like for me. My sympathies and my condolences go out to the family," Mr. Penashue said to the crowd.
He then offered a "sit-down meeting" at the Labrador Friendship Centre to hear more of their concerns.
Withing minutes, the protesters moved down the street and into the Friendship Centre boardroom.
Penashue would not discuss specific details about the situation, saying answers the DND SAR response were contained in investigation report already completed.
However, about 20 protesters voiced their concerns over the way the search was handled, and the government protocol for dispatching rescue teams.
Gary Mitchell, Ordinary Member for Nunatsiavut for the Lake Melville area and former resident of Makkovik echoed many of the crowd's sentiments, saying "This thing about authority and protocol has to change and immediately. I am not giving up we are going to fight for what we believe in.
"We are frustrated it's time for action from SAR to change their protocol and give Labrador some recognition and a permanent SAR base here in Labrador."
The impromptu meeting dissolved after about 40 minutes. Before leaving, Minister Pensahue assured the crowd that he would agree to meeting again with the public in the near future and will be taking the concerns he heard with him to Ottawa.
Following the closing of the meeting Mr. Lethbridge told the Labradorian, " I think that people power today put some pressure where it needs to be. I think that Minister Penashue and Keith Russell (MHA for Lake Melville) are both aware of what needs to be done and the ball is in their court now to push this issue to what we are looking for which is to have a search and rescue helicopter permanently stationed in Labrador.
"They know what we want and we've given them the leeway to do whatever it takes in a reasonable amount of time to come back to us and we will have another meeting at that time."


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TULSA — Wister outfielder Caleb Hill is used to playing for a lot of state tournament teams from his days playing for the Wildcats, which includes a championship team from May 2011.
But Tuesday was different for the recent Wildcat graduate. He participated in the Small School All-State Baseball game as a member of the East team, which beat the West 4-0 at Johnson Stadium, located on the campus of Oral Roberts University.
What was different?
"Playing at a college baseball stadium, maybe, and a lot of fans — I'm not used to it," Hill said.
Another was playing with new people.
"It was fun getting to play with guys who I usually play against," Hill said. "I enjoyed playing with guys from Dale and Rattan the most."
The players from Dale were Landon Coon and Asa Thomas Manship, and the other was Jonathan Samuels from Rattan.
Hill didn't get any of the three hits that the East had, but he did get on base twice through walks after flying out in his first at-bat.
He plans on walking on at Northeastern State in Tahlequah and believes this game was good preparation.
"I had a lot of fun. This was quite an experience," Hill said.
In the game, the East got its first run in the third when Zach Burns of Tushka got a groundout RBI.
Coon got an RBI double in the fifth, then got tagged out in a rundown en route to third base later on the play.
A wild pitch accounted for the third run, then the last came on an RBI single by Coleman's Cash Miller.


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Having had a rant in my last post, I thought I'd offer a more constructive point of view. I'm not sharing this out of malice. It is just opinion. I hope that I can help someone else close to this kind of situation protect themselves from the pain. I suspect though that it will only reach those already experiencing this pit of agony who are, like I was, too close to the trees. I have no plans to write on any of these topics again.
I keep reading about Passive Aggression. It's typical for an INTJ personality to obsessively find out every tiny detail about a subject they become interested in.
This truly is not a subject I would ever have chosen to explore and the more I read the more bells ring in my memory and the more horrified I get that people can actually behave this way. The behavior is covert abuse and it is brutal and dishonest.
There are so many articles on the subject and they all are very consistent, except in regard to what kind of personality ends up with this kind of person. I recall reading them in the early days after bomb drop and I understood , but I didn't really understand. As has been said, "a healthy mind will never understand a sick mind". I am starting to grasp exactly what that means and as such the articles are evoking more and more horror as to what I really was dancing with and to the fact that what I perceived to be a health loving relationship was actually abuse and is recognised as such.
Firstly my now ex-husband also admitted to being codependant. Another word for Codependency is Covert Narcissism and like most Narcissists they can be extremely charming. In the case of codependancy the Narcissistic supply is your attention and love which fuels their, "need to be needed". But I digress.
The passive aggressive man also comes across as charming, caring and easy going.
Most of us may have come across passive aggressive people sometimes in our lives, without actually realizing it.
This is because the passive aggressive man has a charming and caring nature which hides their actual nature. With this charming nature, they are also able to attract women towards them. However, the actual nature of husbands will come up sometime or the other in a relationship. However, it is difficult to actually diagnose the problem because they let out their anger in a passive and subtle manner. They do it in such a tactful manner, the wife starts thinking that the problem is actually with her.
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/passive-aggressive-husband.html
She did tell me that she'd wished I'd never met this individual. It's taken me four years and a bucket load of pain, self reflection and tears to agree.
A Passive Aggressive Fears Conflict:
It should have been a red flag that my husband didn't argue, but as I wasn't aware of how dysfunctional people can be I never questioned it. When I say, didn't argue I mean he would just shut down, completely. It is impossible have debate with someone who refuses to respond. It got to the point where we just didn't have any arguments. In hindsight one of us would bring up something and within a sentence he would redirect the conversation or I would say no, and that was the end of the discussion. This didn't bother me because I preferred the non confrontation. I know that very early on I realised that arguing was not his thing and changed my behavior.
I also remember, very early on in our relationship, when I was trying to bring up some or other issue with him and he was shutting down, I got so mad that I threw a mug at him. I have to point out that I almost never show or feel anger. It's just not in my nature. In fact, as an INTJ, I base everything on what is logical and anger is unconstructive. As a result I was horrified at myself. I have subsequently read that this is the kind of response Passive Aggressive people often elicit in people close to them. It just wasn't in my nature to repeat that incident, so at least it wasn't a repeating scenario in our relationship. In our 15 years together I think I saw him express anger exactly once at it lasted only seconds. It appears that avoiding arguments at all costs is what Passive Aggressives do.
It would seem reasonable to assume that they are just easy going and willing to go along with the flow and that is how it appears to the person on the receiving end. That isn't however how it is. What's really going on is that they are slowly building up resentment and in the typical Passive Aggressive way they won't take ownership of their part in this dynamic and so they blame you. When they've built up enough resentment then they explode.
I guess it helped that he knew, and actually told me when he was leaving, that he is Conflict Avoidant. I had no cooking clue and I probably would have taken a lot longer to recognise it. I continue to be completely shocked that people adopt these coping mechanisms, they are completely illogical. An INTJ is more inclined to just call a spade a spade and get on with it.
I guess the final display of avoidant behaviour was when he wouldn't just come out and tell me he wanted a divorce. He told everyone else in the neighbourhood though, and they told me.
A Passive Aggressive Blames:
I've mentioned this above as one of the results of fearing conflict. They may blame, but they will never openly express that. Not until they explode anyway. Even when they explode, and you ask for specifics, they can't or won't actually tell you what they blame you for. I suspect this is combination of more avoidance and the fact that the resentment build up for so long over so many things that they've forgotten half of them.
The result is your marriage dies without warning and you have no idea why!
They run around telling the world that is was your fault and behaving like the victim. He left amid an affair so this is also fuzzy because people in affairs blame shift to justify their behavior anyway, which escalates the pain. That is described perfectly on the "about divorce" website here
A Passive Aggressive Fears Dependency
A quote from this article entitled My Abuser – Covert Passive Aggressive: A Grown Man With a Child's Ego
He/she will dodge responsibility for anything in the relationship while at the same time making it look as if he/she is pulling his/her own weight and is a very loving partner. The sad thing is, you can be made to believe that you are loved and adored by a person who is completely unable to form an emotional connection with anyone.
Those of us who form normal honest loving feelings don't understand this. It sure as hell shocked me to the very core when he dropped the bomb on my life. I'm left wondering how many times he has actually done this. I know of at least two incidents, including ours, of where he dropped everything and ran from his life. I'm left wondering if there was a person involved in the prior incident, since I am well aware that he also lies by omission, and am therefore fairly sure that I was only given some of the details.
A Passive Aggressive Feigns Forgetfulness
He wasn't as bad as some spouses with this, but it was present nevertheless. I always had the funny feeling that something was off but never managed to put my finger on it. I guess he was better at picking things that were hard for me to verify. I know that I used to ask him if he had downloaded the reports for the nightwatchmen or checked that he was arriving on time and I would be assured that he had done so, but he never did it. I always felt guilty because I always felt like I was nagging. These are common feelings for Passive Aggressive spouses.
I got the height of this tactic after bomb drop. Firstly he forgot the two exams I was writing a day after he walked out. I assumed this was forgetfulness (from someone who could remember things going back 15 years!!?). You then learn that Passive Aggressives forget in order to punish and it becomes so obvious. So now I also know why he sent my birthday as one of the suggested dates to visit the divorce lawyer and then denied doing it. This is intentional behavior and it IS abusive.
A Passive Aggressive plays the victim
He went to IC (Individual Counseling) for just long enough for the IC to condone his exit from the marriage. This is actually quite common among people who run from relationships. I always find it sad when another spouse on the receiving end of the bomb drop gets all hopeful because they think that their spouse is actually working on themselves, only to discover that they aren't in therapy long enough for anything useful and usually spend the time explaining how their spouse is the reason they need to leave their marriage.
He made it clear to me that I was to blame when he offered marriage counseling, so that I could, quote unquote, "understand"!!!
A Passive Aggressive becomes a pathological liar
The Passive Aggressive starts with little minor lies to avoid awkward conversations. This behaviour escalates to the point where they can look you in the eye and lie about significant things. I particularly enjoyed the day he looked me in the eye and lied about having another woman when he knew perfectly well that I already knew that the relationship was a physical affair. Even if he hadn't already admitted the affair to mutual friends it was pretty hard to miss her Silver car parked every night where he was staying.
It started smaller though. Way smaller. You first begin to notice the lies by omission. They will tell you about events or things that happened in their day but they leave out relevant information. You find out that they, "FORGOT" to mention rather important aspects of what happened. It is only through repetition that you start to realise that maybe something smells a little.
Then he starts lying about finances. I ask him if bills were paid and he says they are. I then find out that they were not. He tells me he has paid the tax man then the tax man attaches his pension because of non payment. A loan from the bank he claims is paid. I get the call from the debt collectors. He tells me he has phoned them and it is sorted then the debt collectors arrive to attach his things.
When, 9 months after he moved out, he still hadn't collected his possessions and after several warnings that I would throw them out if he didn't collect them, I did. I opened his unopened post as I chucked it, just in case there was something important in there. I have never seen so many letters of final demand in my life. There must have been 30 of them. There had been no mention to me that we are having cash flow issues and he was buying things as though there was no problem, but he was also quietly running up a huge rates bill without my knowledge which I discovered when they came to switch off the water.
Of course I also got the blame for him not making it from month to month. Funny. I'm paying for what both of us used to and I'm making it from month to month alone.
This behaviour reminds me of a middle age man in a green Mercedes that used to rent our cottage. The debt collectors used to come looking for him too.
I don't know if you just become more aware of these things as time progresses. It really felt like this behaviour was minor and got steadily worse.
He would never share his feelings with me, even if I asked. I now wonder if this too was some symptom or way to keep his distance.
This is the man I adored and loved with all my heart that I was honoring my wedding vows with and supporting through all the drama?! I can only be grateful that I didn't give him time to get nasty with the divorce. The emotional rape that I felt, and continue to have flashbacks of, is agony enough without that also being an issue.
It's like being married to a turd that is packaged in a nice little ornamental box covered in perfume and flowers But it is sitting in the sun gathering pressure in it's little dark box until it explodes and takes everything with it. The covert nature of all the interactions makes figuring out what happened a lot like trying to piece together a puzzle made from exploded shit.
The memories I formed in my marriage were of the pretty little box and had he died would have been the memories I kept. Having your memories rewritten and erased has to be the most painful experience of my life and while I'm healing very well and have a fantastic life it feels like a piece of my soul was torn out in the explosion.
As an aside, I am fairly sure that I was married to an ISFJ as described here I am greatly amused when Hipster INTJ mentions that they are the type most attracted to INTJs. She also mentions that the ISFJ will tell the INTJ that they need therapy, which he did. Maybe that's another mystery solved. I'm disturbed that my ideal companion is a Feeling type. Argh!!! *Screams histerically* *runs away*.
"Hipster INTJ", ha ha! Makes me laugh every time. Fabulous joke.
How can someone that is this dishonest with themselves and others possibly love anyone? I don't think they are capable, but it sure as hell looks like love to the real victim.
He had little or no therapy for these issues because this was obviously my fault. Runs into another life, taking the debt with him. I'm watching with interest because I suspect that when the Karma bus arrives there is going to be a spectacular collision.


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Beneficiaries of WFP general food distribution prepare their rations for transport. Photo: WFP/Sven Thelin
Through an emergency humanitarian assistance operation, WFP is addressing food shortages affecting drought-affected communities in 14 northern provinces of Afghanistan. In Jawzjan province, WFP has worked with the local Community Development Council to identify those who most required assistance, and recently distributed food for 175 families in one district.
Jawzhan province sits in rural northern Afghanistan, on the border of Turkmenistan and in close proximity to neighbouring Uzbekistan. This is a land full of communities for whom subsistence agriculture remains the most important source of food. In order to produce enough food each year, the farmers there rely heavily on sufficient precipitation during the rainy season, which typically lasts from November to April. The 2010 to 2011 rainy season was exceptionally poor and Afghanistan experienced one of its worst droughts in the past decade.
Subsistence farmers in Jawzjan are among the most vulnerable to food shortages. WFP is working with a local Community Development Council, one of thousands found across the country comprised of voluntary leaders elected to represent the community's needs. WFP identifies those who most require assistance through general food distributions. In the first phase of WFP's emergency response, drought victims are issued rations of wheat, which has been identified as the most important food commodity for households in the area.
The winter of 2011 to 2012 dumped a huge amount of snow on Afghanistan, and northern areas saw plentyof precipitation, but the normal harvest period is not until between May and August. Muhamed Tair knows how difficult the situation still is in the villages located in Khwaja Du Koh, a district in the Jawzjan province. He is a member of the local Community Development Council which is working with WFP to organize a food distribution for 175 families who are in need of humanitarian assistance. "The situation remains grave", he says. "Many villagers have planted their seeds and are hoping for a good new harvest in June. Until then, food assistance will have to be provided."
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Gorban is a farmer who lives in the village of Shahrarak Bazar, also in Jawzjan, with his wife and five children. He remembers that last year's harvest lasted only about two months. "I tried to find work as a labourer but because so many others were in a similar position, I rarely found work which paid. I ended up borrowing money from a rich neighbour to feed my family."
Gorban is visibly happy after receiving a three-month ration of wheat. "Tonight, my wife will bake good tandoor bread!"
WFP's emergency operation helps respond to the food needs of drought victims in 14 of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. From the start of the operation in December 2011 through the first quarter of 2012, food assistance through WFP's general food distribution and voucher programme has reached more than one million people in 10 provinces. That is roughly 22,600 metric tons of food dispatched to those in need.
David Matern
Head of Donor Relations and Reports Unit
David Matern works as the Senior Donor Relations Officer for the WFP Headquarters based in Rome.


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Apr 10, 2008
Using Eclipse with pbLua
For those who want to use Eclipse, one of the most popular programming IDEs around, with Ralph Hempel's pbLua for the NXT, Ralph has published an according tutorial on the pbLua web site.
If you are into a fast execution language for the NXT, give it a try (and, as usual, tell us about your experiences).
Posted by: Matthias Paul Scholz at 6:07 PM
2 comments:
- Philo said...
pbLua does not run on standard NXT firmware...
- Apr 10, 2008, 7:56:00 PM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Thanks for the hint. I've corrected it.
- Apr 10, 2008, 9:15:00 PM
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A series of advance polls are occurring in Swift Current in advance of the Municipal Election on Oct. 24.
The second and final voter advance poll for Swift Current is occurring Saturday (Oct. 20) from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the the Lt. Col. Clifton Centre (formerly the Recreation Centre). This advance poll is specifically for those individuals who are unable to vote on Election Day. The poll is also open to individuals who have been appointed as election officials, or individuals who are physically disabled.
Advance Polls are also being hosted specifically for residents of Swift Current senior homes.
Wednesday featured advance voting at the Pioneer Manor (10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.) and Riverview Village (1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.). Today, residents can vote at The Bentley (10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.) and Heritage Towers (1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.). The final two seniors locations to vote will be offered on Friday at Prairie View Lodge (9 a.m. to 10 a.m.) and Golden West Manor (11 a.m. to noon).


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Wisconsin pucksters edge CC, win Final Five title for final time
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Wisconsin Sports — The hottest team in college hockey started its season winning just one of its first 10 games. The Wisconsin Badgers continued their impressive turnaround with a 3-2 win over Colorado College Saturday to take the Broadmoor Trophy plus the WCHA's automatic position in the NCAA Tournament.
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Bethlehem — A 5-year-old girls died in the casualty ward at Phekolong Hospital in Bethlehem this week while nurses scurried around trying to find a bed for her in the casualty ward.
Nurses and patients have been complaining for several months about the poor service at the hospital's casualty ward, which appears to be linked to poor management of nurses' time.
Patients have told OurHealth that they wait long before they are attended to while nursing staff are complaining that they are short of staff, but despite this fact they are required to go to long meetings instead of attending to emergencies in the busy casualty ward.
There are also not enough beds to accommodate the patients in casualty.
A nurse who works in the casualty ward, and who asked to remain anonymous, said that hospital management required of nurses to attend meetings, which are often not critical, leaving only two nurses to man the ward.
"On some days there is only one nurse left and we have been complaining about this for more than four months," said the nurse.
"This is where we receive emergencies, how can I be expected to handle more than seven patients all on my own," asked a nurse, who works in the casualty ward.
"It has been bad, the management has been allowing nurses to attend meetings, making it difficult for us to give proper attention to patients," she added.
When OurHealth visited the hospital last week, there were two nurses on duty in the casualty ward with at least 12 patients waiting to be seen.
During this time a school driver rushed in with Boitumelo Mokoena (5), who had been knocked over by a car. The seemingly unconscious child, who on the outside only had a nosebleed, was made to wait while nurses tried to find a bed.
There were no free beds in the casualty ward and it took 15 minutes before Moekoena was seen by the two nurses who transfered an elderly patient. However, it was too late and the little girl was declared dead by the time she was seen by the doctor and nurses.
Her distressed family arrived later after the driver had to inform them of the tragedy. She was laid to rest this week.
The daughter of the patient who had been transferred to make space for the little girl said: "It is heart breaking to remove my mother who is yet to be attended to. With only two nurses working here, one can't help wondering if we are receiving proper care."
Nurses confirmed to OurHealth that they had lodged a formal complaint with management, but were still waiting for a response.
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The 23-year-old has two years left to run on his Breda contract but has become hot property since finishing as top scorer for winners Holland at the European Under-21 Championship.
Breda director of football Earnie Stewart told the Daily Mail: "We are in the process of negotiating a new improved contract with him but, if he wants to speak to Celtic, there is nothing we can do about it because it´s all been done by the book. Celtic have faxed us a note of interest and are the only club so far to do that."
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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. ~Nelson Mandela To avoid clashing with the holidays in many parts of the world, this month's release – the last for 2013 – is a week early, but contains some key Linaro Android and Ubuntu baselines developments. For Android, the ARMv8 LSK and Nexus7_2013-AOSP builds […]Read More


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Keeping His Side Job a Hobby
Bobcat S185 loader with grapple
Most people are doing good if they can be successful at their daytime jobs. But somehow Kevin Koch has found a way to propel a part-time hobby into a thriving side business.
Koch Excavating & Construction Services, based in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, is truly what one might call a one-man show. Koch, who also works full-time for the City of Edmonton, founded the business by himself and is not shy about admitting he likes working alone. However, in order to stay successful, he has had to hire a �staff� of machines.
For more than 20 years, Koch has relied on his skid-steer loaders and attachments to complete a myriad of freelance jobs, including construction and demolition of concrete, garages, and swimming pools, landscape installation, grading, site preparation, and material handling.
�Anything you can think of doing with a skid-steer loader, I�ve basically done it,� Koch says.
Hauling Leads to Other Endeavors
A dream to someday own an acreage prompted Koch to buy an old single-axle dump truck that had seen better days. But as it turned out, Koch didn�t have to wait until he bought that house in the country before he could use the dump truck. Shortly after fixing it up, a friend who performed concrete work asked Koch if he could use the dump truck to haul sand. �Back in those days, it was kind of at the end of a housing boom we were having around here and he was having trouble getting trucks when he needed them,� Koch says.
Koch�s friend wasn�t alone. Within a few months, others commissioned the use of Koch and his dump truck. Before long Koch was making several trips a week to the yard where he would fill his dump truck with black dirt, sand, or gravel. �You would just go to a company that stockpiled black dirt and other materials, and if someone was there, you would pay them to put a load on and away you�d go,� he says. �But sometimes when I went to get the dirt, there weren�t always loaders around. Here I had dirt to haul, but nobody to load it. So that�s what prompted me to buy my first skid-steer loader.�
Today, Koch is one man with a fleet of machines, including a Bobcat� 463, S185, and S205 skid-steer loader and an MT50 mini track loader. Koch prefers his machines just like he would want his employees if he ever hired any � reliable. Though he works seasonally, from about May 1 until the ground freezes, he typically racks up a total of 1,200 service hours on his equipment each year. At least 85 percent of Koch�s business is residential or small-niche-type work, but he also provides his services to five concrete contractors, who hire Koch to demolish steps, sidewalks, and driveways for condominiums and commercial sites. And since purchasing his first Bobcat skid-steer loader in 1984, Koch says he�s been able to focus on other aspects of his business because he�s not consumed with worrying about unexpected downtime and repairs.
Steps to Demolishing a Swimming Pool
So how can one man get use out of so much equipment? A prime example of how Koch puts all of his equipment to work occurred recently when he was hired to remove a metal-lined swimming pool in the backyard of a home in Sherwood Park. With her children long gone from the house, the elderly homeowner called Koch to ask if he could remove the deteriorating 16-by-32-foot in-ground swimming pool and surrounding wood deck. The woman had heard of Koch because a few years before he had removed and filled in two neighbors� pools.
One of the first obstacles Koch knew he would face with this job was poor access to the backyard. Because the garage was attached to the front of the home, Koch says he had to drive his skid-steer loader along the side of the garage and then make a turn behind it in order to go between the house and the fence leading into the backyard. While the logistics might have been a problem if Koch had used a larger machine, he was able to easily maneuver around the obstacles with his compact skid-steer loader.
On residential projects such as this, where he must repeatedly travel and turn on customers� lawns, Koch takes all of the necessary precautions so that he causes as little ground disturbance as possible. That�s why Koch equipped his S185 and S205 with flotation tires, which provide a larger footprint than conventional tires, thus exerting less ground pressure and enabling contractors to work in soft, wet soil conditions. �You can go on the grass and not damage it as much,� he says. �And when you get into soft ground, they make a huge difference. You get better traction.�
In addition, before beginning the job, Koch also laid down plywood running boards leading from the concrete driveway at the front of the garage to the swimming pool in the backyard. �The best part is when I go to pick up my plywood off the grass, you can�t tell I was there,� he says. �It saves the lawn.�
Once Koch surveyed the job and completed the prep work, he got his skid-steer loaders stationed where he would need them. At a new construction site about 2 miles away from the home, Koch used his Bobcat S205 to load clay into the dump truck. After transporting and dumping two loads of clay in the street, Koch used his S185 stationed at the jobsite to haul the clay around the side of the house, over the ground-level wooden deck, and into the pool. �What I�ll do is haul enough material so that I can basically fill half of the pool at one time,� he says. �Then I start by building a ramp system into the pool with the clay, so I can drive the machine right down into the pool, filling and packing the deep end first.�
Demolition of the swimming pool began when Koch attached a Bobcat hydraulic breaker to his S185, which he used to break away the pool�s metal sides and top trim. Behind the bolted metal siding, Koch also found a layer of concrete about a foot thick. When the pool�s sides from the ground level to the 4-foot mark were demolished, he reattached the bucket to the S185 and hauled away the metal and concrete debris. Attaching the hydraulic breaker attachment again, Koch went to work on demolishing the remaining sections. He did not remove the pool�s thin cork-lined bottom because it would disintegrate over time once the area was filled.
In addition to the swimming pool, Koch also had to do away with the large, rotting wooden deck surrounding it. To make the demolition process go smoothly, he cut the deck into sections and then used his pallet fork attachment to haul them away. Just like Koch has more than one machine, he has found how to maximize the versatility of his loaders by having more than one attachment. Besides buckets, pallet forks, and the hydraulic breaker, Koch also owns an SG50 stump grinder, landplane, Brushcat� rotary cutter, ripper, auger, and snow blade.
In all, Koch worked 10 hours a day for two days to complete the pool demolition project. On the third day, he turned the project over to his son, who was in charge of sodding the newly filled area.
Investing in Features
Because Koch places all of his trust in his machines, he spares little expense to get added features that can make him more productive and profitable. For example, Koch says he wouldn�t purchase another skid-steer loader without a Power Bob-Tach� mounting system because it allows him to detach and attach attachments by simply flipping a switch inside the cab. He also uses his optional high-flow hydraulic systems on the S185 and S205 to quickly drill fencepost holes with his auger attachment or perform stump removal with his stump grinder attachment.
It wasn�t long ago that Koch would come home after a long day of work covered in dirt. He remembers having to work on hot summer days with the door off his cab and dust blowing in his face. So when Bobcat Company came out with air-conditioned enclosed cabs, Koch was one of the first customers who showed up at his dealership�s door.
�Years ago, my wife would laugh at me because I would come home at the end of a hot day and I would be black from the dirt. I�d even have dirt in my socks and up my pant legs,� Koch recalls. �Now with air conditioning, I leave the door on year-round and when I come home, I�m not hot and dirty. Plus I�m not breathing in all that dirt anymore.�
When it�s only you running the show, you don�t have to worry about pleasing other operators. If he wants his loader to have air conditioning, Koch buys it. If he wants keyless start, he buys it. If he wants the optional high-flow hydraulic system, he buys it. Because Koch has equipment that helps him stay productive and comfortable, it�s no wonder he never feels like his hobby is a job.
"When I get a nice 1,500-square-foot concrete driveway to break out, for me it�s like going and golfing 18 holes,� he says. �I love it and I�m good at it."


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Mehew: This is your chance to hold down first-team place
Posted: December 24, 2012|
SUSPENSIONS will hit Gloucester City hard for the traditional Boxing Day trip to Worcester City.
The postponement of Saturday's home game against Guiseley means that boss Dave Mehew is without a trio of his key senior players for the derby clash.
Captain Matt Coupe, record appearance maker Tom Webb and key summer signing Lewis Hogg will all miss City's last ever trip to St George's Lane.
But far from being frustrated at the unavailability of key players, Mehew is instead challenging those left in their wake to step up to the plate and force him into making long-term changes.
"I've told the players who are playing at Worcester that it is up to them to keep those three out of the side for the next game," Mehew said.
"It's a chance for someone like Matt Liddiard to come in and show what they can do, and also for Jordan Goddard as the senior man in midfield to step up and dominate.
"We've got a good squad going up to Worcester, even without the three who are suspended, and hopefully my players can thrive in the derby day atmosphere."
Worcester are currently on the fringes of the Blue Square Bet North play-off places, having made some expensive additions to their squad in the summer.
They can count on a number of former Tigers in their ranks, including top scorer Mike Symons, versatile defender Tyler Weir and loan winger Charlie Reece.
However prior to their 2-0 success against Bradford Park Avenue at St George's Lane on December 15, Carl Heeley's men had gone three months without a home win.
Mehew hopes that their uncertainty on home turf can be exploited, especially as City go into the game on the back of two wins in their past three games.
"I always break the season into 14-game sections and we've got our second chunk under way with six points out of nine," Mehew said.
"That has ensured that we've got off to a good start ahead of tough games at Worcester and Brackley and then home to Worcester on New Year's Day.
"The key now is to keep chipping away at the points record if we can, especially over this tough run of games."
The early decision to call Saturday's Guiseley clash off, allowed Mehew to put his players through a stringent training session at Hartpury College.
The City squad did some tough heart and lung workouts to create what Mehew jokingly called some "Christmas pudding room."
The City boss will not be giving his players any hard and fast rules for consumption on Christmas Day, preferring to treat them like adults.
"They're not kids, at the end of the day, and you have to trust them to do what's right," Mehew said.
"We had a tough session up at Hartpury to create some Christmas pudding room and that will set them up well.
"I don't mind if they have a drink or two and a big lunch, but if they turn up on Boxing Day and they don't look right then they won't play. It's as simple as that."
City travel to third-placed Brackley Town on Saturday, before welcoming Worcester to Whaddon Road on New Year's Day, both 3pm kick-offs.
Boxing Day's game will be the last time City travel to St George's Lane with Worcester set to vacate the historic ground at the end of the season.


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Insulating existing barrel oven
Hello everybody,
First of all, I have to say that finding this site has been a real eye opener, just wish I had found it sooner!
My Argentinean father-in-law came for a visit a couple months ago and decided that his project while he was here would be to make a simple outdoor kitchen, consisting of a sink, grill and oven.
Here's what it looks like so far (many details left to go)
I have used the oven several times with no issues, several roasts and lately a couple pizzas, which prompted me to look for some appropriate pizza making techniques, which in turn lead me to this site and the crazy temperatures some of you are seeing several days after firing!
Of course it didn't take much reading to realize that my oven has zero insulation, it's basically very old Chicago brick held with mud and covered in cement.
Now, the question becomes, what can be done to insulate it now?
Thanks for your input!
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Here is another picture (with the chimney still under construction) showing the other side:
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Well, it looks like I will be doing a 3-4" layer of Perlcrete over the vault.
You can see on the picture that most of the left side of the oven (facing it) is next to the grill wall, so there is nothing I can do there. I will keep loosing heat through that wall.
I can only improve the rest.
I would like some ideas on the bottom of the oven though. I was thinking of casting a 4" slab of Perlcrete on top of cement board and then lifting it into place, holding it with some angle iron.
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i have a house full of old chicagos and they tend to spall at normal temps. Have you had any trouble with them from the heat? As you insulate, you will be able to sustain higher temps for longer periods and will definitely put your bricks and mud to test. Worst case it fails and start over, but i would try what you have.
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Yes, I would just go with what you have and maximize the potential as is.
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Hi Scaylabs,
If I was you and I'm assuming that you are not Argentinean. I would consult with my father-in law and sing praises of his project and how it has enhanced your life, then carefully broach, how you would would love to bake bread and slow cook a variety of stews, and meats that can be only achieved with a well insulated oven. Tell him that you will do the research, with his approval. Otherwise, you might be viewed as a all knowing, wise assed, American(another assumption) know it all, who has no business being married to his precious little girl, the light of his light. Be very careful when dealing with in-laws from other cultures, take it from me, I'm learning sometime new, daily. After you do this, then and only then can we give you the necessary advice, you seek.
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I am handling it very diplomatically. Fortunately we are of very similar cultures so I have it a lot easier than you! :)
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Completely frustrated with Perlcrete. This stuff is virtually impossible to work on the vertical or it's me that is useless with it?!
My dome is vertical for the first foot or so, and I can't even make it to that point. Smaller spaces like around the oven opening are easier, but still, any false move and half the wall comes crumbling down.
I'm done for today... fingers cut from the metal lath and stiff from the cement.
I might bite the bullet and order the ceramic blankets and just use perlcrete under the oven floor.
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I really dont know why ppl bother with pearlcrete/vermicrete it seems to create more problems than it solves. :confused:
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On Monday 03 June 2002 08:25 pm, Bill Broadley wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 09:47:36PM -0700, Ryan wrote:
> > I've set myself up encrypted swap, and am wondering which cipher will be
> > fastest.
> Hrm, I'd test them yourself, I've seen numerous benchmarks, particularly
> in sci.crypt. It depends quite a bit on your implementation and hardware.
> I'd guess blowfish would be fastest since it was designed to be fast
> with 32 bit cpu's, avoiding things like the DES proclivity for bit ops.
I poked around a bit, and it looks like AES and twofish use the fewest CPU
> > My choices are AES, serpent, twofish, or blowfish. I tried out xor too,
> > but It looked like it was SEVERLY vunerable to a plaintext attack
> > (creating a new swapfile to caculate the xor key).
> Xor is 100% secure if your key is as long as your data, otherwise known
> as the otp = one time pad. If it's less, it is indeed rather easy to
> break.
Thought so. Using a one time pad for swap is usless due to memory
> > Why bother encrypting my swap? Losta passwords go in there in plaintext,
> > easily recoverable with a boot disk.
> Hrm, I'd argue that this isn't true. Many applications specifically pin
> pages so they aren't swappable (I.e. ssh). Not to mention a healthy linux
> box shouldn't be swapping bins out to disk while they are being
> actively used. Have you ever found a password there?
Yea, I grep'ed it for fragments of several passwords I use and found them.
> A much faster method might be to zero out your swap on shutdown.
Wouldn't be zeroed out on a dirty shutdown.
> > And if anyone wants it, I wrote a simple shell script to configure an
> > encrypted loopback file with a random password, create a swap filesystem
> > on it, and mount it as swap.
> Cool, hack, might want to check out, hrm, tin foil linux. It's a boot disk
> for the very paranoid. It allows typing in a secure passphrase even if
> the keyboard is tapped. It adjusts contrast to make sniffing the monitor
> remotely maximally hard, it doesn't use any binaries from the local disk
> (to protect against trojans), and may take other precautions as well,
> i.e. random processes, random activity, random bus transfers etc.
I want my system to usable, my only concern is my brother or a nosy repair
> I've pondered the truely paranoid approach of encrypting ALL files, using
> a private key stores in an ibutton, if something ever happens and you want
> to secure your files forever just destroy the ibutton.
I'm able to memorize fairly long passwords of random garbage... My password
for stuff I want secure (pgp private key, disks) is over 200 bits of random
garbage (counting 6.5 bits per char)
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FAREWELL TO DREAMS: Fatal Insomnia, Book #1
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Fatal. Insomnia.
In the chaos of the ER, functioning without sleep is a prized skill. But even Dr. Angela Rossi will admit that five months is far too long, especially when accompanied by other worrisome symptoms: night sweats, tremors, muscle spasms, fevers. Then a dead nun speaks to her while Angela is holding the nun's heart in her hand.
"Find the girl," the nun commands—although no one else in the trauma room can hear, the words drilling directly into Angela's brain. "Save the girl."
Falling into catatonic states where she freezes in the middle of a resuscitation and hears dead nuns talking to her? Not good. Maybe she should check herself into her own hospital…except a lost girl's life depends on Angela.
Because the girl IS real. The threat to her is deadly.
Aided by a police detective fallen from grace, Angela searches the midnight catacombs beneath the city, facing down a ruthless gangleader and stumbling onto a serial killer's lair. Her desperate quest to save the girl leads her to the one thing she least expected to find: a last chance for love.
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