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Claim: Merck is offering to donate $1 to cancer research for every free "Make the Commitment" bracelet kit ordered from them.
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Origins: In 2006, the pharmaceutical corporation
ORDER A FREE BRACELET KITBy late June 2006 the Make the Connection promotion had been ended "due to an extremely high demand" for bracelets. However, it was started up again as the slightly differently named Make the Commitment promotion in
Show your support and help make the connection between Cervical Cancer and HPV by ordering a FREE make the connection bracelet kit!
With every order of the FREE Make the Connection bracelet kit you will get two kits, so you can invite someone to join you in showing support against cervical cancer.
By ordering a free Make the Connection bracelet kit, you will be helping to advance cervical cancer education and outreach. For every pair of bracelet kits ordered, Merck will donate one dollar to Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation, up to $100,000, for cervical cancer awareness and screening programs among medically underserved women.
Kits can also be ordered over the phone 888-4-HPV-CONNECT (888-447-8266).
The stated intent of the bracelet kits is to help promote consumer awareness of the link between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV), and in order to to encourage the wearing of the "Make the Connection" bracelets, Merck is offering to "advance cervical cancer education and outreach" by donating one dollar to the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation "for cervical cancer awareness and screening programs among medically underserved women" for every pair of bracelet kits ordered (with Merck's contribution being capped at $100,000).
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 20 million Americans (both women and men) carry HPV, which is transmitted by skin-to-skin genital contact:
Genital HPV infection is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). Human papillomavirus is the name of a group of viruses that includes more than 100 different strains or types. More than 30 of these viruses are sexually transmitted, and they can infect the genital area of men and women including the skin of the penis, vulva (area outside the vagina), or anus, and the linings of the vagina, cervix, or rectum. Most people who become infected with HPV will not have any symptoms and will clear the infection on their own.Merck has more than a philanthropic interest in this issue, as the FDA recently approved their cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, for sale in the U.S. Thus Merck's "Make the Connection" campaign has been characterized by some as a commercial effort to "prime the market" for their new vaccine and help them keep ahead of pharmaceutical rival GlaxoSmithKline, which is hoping to launch its own cervical cancer vaccine in the near future:
Some of these viruses are called "high-risk" types, and may cause abnormal Pap tests. They may also lead to cancer of the cervix, vulva, vagina, anus, or penis. Others are called "low-risk" types, and they may cause mild Pap test abnormalities or genital warts. Genital warts are single or multiple growths or bumps that appear in the genital area, and sometimes are cauliflower shaped.
Merck — the first to market — must clear several legal and marketing obstacles before the vaccines will be widely available.Some consumer groups have been quite pointed in their criticism of the link between the "Make the Connection" campaign and Merck's commercial interests:
Merck's immediate challenge is persuading federal and state officials to recommend and pay for widespread or mandatory vaccinations, over possible objections of sexual-abstinence and anti-vaccine groups that prefer Pap smears as a proven prevention.
Merck marketers, working already for a year to publicize HPV risks and prime the market, also must take care not to undermine cancer screening and safe-sex campaigns, experts said.
All the while, Merck must watch over its shoulder at GlaxoSmithKline, which hopes to launch Cervarix by late 2007. Its second-to-market strategy is to let Merck pave the regulatory road and then slingshot past Gardasil.
At stake, beyond public health, is billions in revenue for both companies and a potential economic boost for Montgomery County, home to Merck's vaccine division. With roughly 10,000 employees, it already is Pennsylvania's biggest manufacturer of any kind, state officials say.
Merck, struggling since the 2004 recall of its blockbuster pain pill, Vioxx, has staked its turnaround in part on vaccines. They accounted for
Last fall, Merck funded "Make the Connection," run by the industry-backed, nonprofit Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation and celebrity charity Step Up Women's Network. Designed by the public-relations giant Edelman, the campaign features publicity events, a TV public-service announcement and cameos by celebrities such as Maria Shriver and Jessica Alba wearing girls' beaded
Gary Ruskin, executive director of Commercial Alert, a consumer group based in Portland, Oregon, that is critical of drug company advertising, said Merck's promotional Web site on the viral connection to cervical cancer is "deceptive and dishonest."Merck itself maintains that their "Make the Connection" campaign is "part of a broad and longstanding Merck public health commitment to encourage education about [cervical cancer]."
"Merck doesn't tell you why the site exists, which is to sell Gardasil," Ruskin said.
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First Thursday Quilt Night - open to all!
A great social time, show and tell, demo, and optional block
exchange - 6:30 to 8:30. The store will remain open past our
usual 5:00, so even if you can't join the group you can still
See what you missed:
OUR Bee ROCKS!!! Thanks to 100% participation
by its members we won a BOLT yes a BOLT of soft and natural
batting for our group! woot woot. We donated this bolt of
batting to Red Hen Fabrics to use for all their charity quilts!
Karen won the Home Sweet Home blocks. Wasn't
a lot of participation for this one -- but promises were made
to Karen so she'll be getting a few more blocks next month
-- Here are two of the make up blocks fromTracy & Jane
cat houses tee hee
Optional Block for April 3rd Meeting:
Pastel colors, calico and flowers -- that is
the theme! There is no size restriction -- so the sky's the
Roll Call
Some peeps were there :) Some peeps were
not :(
Jerri, Nicole, Jane, Tracy,
Karen, Bo, Sue, Kay & Tamara
Artist Trading Cards
Lots of items were brought in for us to make our very own
trading cards.
We had fun and got very creative! Check out our our works
of art!
Some are 3D and some move -- but they are all beautiful and
Coming up!
April - Modern Quilting trends: feature
books available at Red Hen with show and tell; trunk show
of modern quilts that Thursday quilters have made. Optional
Block to be determined by April winner. -- Have you made a
modern quilt? If so bring it in to show off! (You can bring
in other show and tell, too.)
May - Binding corners and joining binding
ends: Sandy Geho and Bo. Bring and trade the ATC's you've
made. Will do like Christmas white elephant. Block TBD
June - Fat quarter exchange. Demo TBD. Bring
as many FQ you want to exchange. Block TBD
July - Dresden Star demonstration. Nicole
and ?? Block TBD
Show and Tell
Only a few people had items to share.
But as usual they were all AWESOME!
Starting with Nicole
Challenge Quilt
A quilt about you!
Apparently I didn't take notes. This
appears to be 1/2 SQ Triangles :)
Can you see the white zig zag?
Great use of black to outline everything
makes it all pop.
tee hee -- Check it out
smaller, its easier to make out the little guy!
Pillows, pillows and
more pillows
Red Hen Fabrics
22 Trammell St
Marietta, GA 30064
Monday - Saturday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday - 1 p.m.
to 5 p.m.
Phone: (770)
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
© Copyright 2015 Clayton News Daily
Special to the Progress-ArgusRegistration for the 2011-2012 youth basketball season will be Monday, Oct. 3 through Saturday, Oct. 22. Leagues and fees for the upcoming season are as follows: 5-, 6-, and 7-year-old co-ed Instructional League: $35. 9-, and 10-year-old Girls League: $55. 7-, and 8-year-old Boys League: $45. 11-, and 12-year-old Girls League: $55. 9-, and 10-year-old Boys League: $55. 13-, and 14-year-old Girls League: $55. 11-, and 12-year-old Boys League: $55. 13-, and 14-year-old Boys League: $55. Registration will be accepted at the Recreation Office Mondays through Fridays, from 9 a.m., to 5 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 22 from 9 a.m., to 12 p.m. For more information on the upcoming youth basketball season, or to become a youth basketball sponsor or volunteer coach, call the Recreation Office at (770) 775-8228. Stananco donates to department Beginning Sept. 26, participants in the Parks and Recreation Department Soccer Program will receive certificates that can be redeemed for a free soccer ball at Stananco. After the 30-day program period, the Parks and Recreation Department will receive $2 for every Uniroyal tire sold to the general public on behalf of Uniroyal and Stananco. Contributing to our local community and supporting our youth is so important to us, said Stanley Maddox of Stananco. We look forward to connecting with players and families from Butts County Parks and Recreation Department when they come in to get their free soccer ball. REC Force Tumble Registration The department is still accepting registration for the REC Force Tumble Program. There are only a few spots left in the Thursday pre-k tumble and Thursday kindergarten class. If you would like to add your child to the waiting list for any class for the next session, call the Recreation Office. Classes are offered for boys and girls ages 4 to 17. If you would like more information on the REC Force Tumble Program, call the Recreation Office at (770) 775-8228. ZUMBA Zumba is offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m., at the Butts County Community Center. The monthly fee is $30, or drop in for $5 per class. Saturday drop-in classes are also offered for $3 per class from 9:30 a.m., to 10:30 a.m. For more information on the Zumba fitness program, call (770) 775-8228 or visit www.zumba.com. Annual Fall Festival Parade The Annual Fall Festival Parade is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 8, in conjunction with the Jackson Alive Family Festival. The Fall Festival Parade is an event for local organizations to showcase their youth group, including churches, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and school groups. If you would like to enter your youth group in this years Fall Festival Parade, contact the Recreation Office for an entry form. Countywide Yard Sale The Annual Fall Countywide Yard Sale is set for Saturday, Oct. 8 from 9 a.m., to 3 p.m., on the vacant lot adjacent to the Butts County Administration Building on Third Street. Reserve a 10-by-10 space for $10 per space at the Recreation Office. The yard sale will be held in conjunction with the annual Jackson Alive Festival. For more information on the Fall Countywide Yard Sale, call the Recreation Office at (770) 775-8228. Fall Break Day Camp The Recreation Department will host Fall Break Day Camp Tuesday, Oct. 11 through Friday, Oct. 14 for children ages 5 to 12. Camp hours are 9 a.m., to 5 p.m. The department will offer pre-camp beginning at 7 a.m., and post-camp until 6 p.m. The camp fee is $60, and $2 for pre-camp and $1 for post-camp. Register at the Recreation Office by paying the $60 camp fee by Monday, Oct. 3. Pre-registration is required. There must be 15 participants enrolled by Oct. 3 to have camp. Adult Freeplay The Butts County Community Center Gym is open for Adult Freeplay every Monday and Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The fee is $2 per person. Senior Center volunteers needed Volunteers are needed to help in the delivery of meals to home-bound senior citizens in Butts County. Individuals, civic groups or churches may volunteer to deliver one or more meals once a week or more often. If you or your group is willing to help meet this community need, call the Butts County Senior Citizens Center at (770) 775-8238 or (770) 775-8228. Chair aerobics Stay-Fit Chair Aerobics is offered at the Butts County Community Center Monday through Friday at 10:30 a.m. Chair aerobics promote increased circulation, spine stabilization, flexibility in ankles, stronger mobilization and postural muscles. Stay-Fit Chair Aerobics classes are free and open to all Butts County senior citizens. For more information on this program, call (770) 775-8238. Blood pressure checks Brightmoore Hospice will be conducting free blood pressure checks on Thursday, Oct. 18 beginning at 10 a.m., at the Senior Center. Free blood pressure checks are offered on the second Thursday of each month by staff from Brightmoore Hospice. Free Movie Friday The Butts County Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting Free Movie Friday at the Butts County Community Center. Friday, Sept. 30 will feature Driving Miss Daisy. Free Movie Friday is free and open to all Butts County senior citizens. Seven Islands Artifact ID Day The Butts County Historical Society, along with the Ocmulgee Archaeological Society and the Village at Indian Springs, will be hosting Seven Islands Artifact ID Day at the Indian Spring Hotel/Museum on Oct. 8 from 12 to 4 p.m. The public is invited to bring their artifacts to be identified and dated by members of the Ocmulgee Archaeological Society. The will be several artifact collections on display, flintknapping demonstrations by Dave Swetmon, as well as atl-atl, primitive weapons and friction fire demonstrations. For more information, contact W.J. Shannon at (770) 361-7185 or visit the web site at www.buttscountyhistoricalsociety.org. Butts Transit Butts County is part of a regional transportation system which provides public transportation for residents of Butts, Lamar, Pike, Spalding and Upson counties. The system operates under a demand-response model which means that there are no fixed routes, bus stops, or pick-up times. With demand response, citizens call in and order a trip 24 hours in advance, and daily routes are generated based on destinations requested. The fee is $2 per one-way trip. To utilize Butts Transit, call the dispatcher at (770) 229-4885. Dispatch hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m., to 5 p.m. For more details about Butts Transit, call Jim Herbert at (770) 775-8228. Butts County Community Center Hours Parks and Recreation Office: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m., to 5 p.m., and Thursdays from 9 a.m., to 8 p.m. Senior Citizens Center: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m., to 4:30 p.m. Gym Schedule: (Gym A Only) Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m., to 10:30 a.m., Senior Walkers Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday (no Wednesdays), 10:30 a.m., to 4:30 p.m., free play, open gym.
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- Cultural Celebration Day set for Sunday ( March 18, 2009 )
- Driver's education classes offered at Huie Center ( March 11, 2009 )


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The Dallas Cowboys Jason Witten reached the 600-catch mark of his career faster than any tight end in the history of the National Football League. He hauled in the milestone reception in his 125th career game. Witten had 10 catches for 140 yards and a TD in the 33-30 win over the Washington Redskins on Dec. 19, 2010. The football he caught and the jersey he wore on the play arrived at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
Witten is just the fourth tight end ever to amass 600 career catches. He is joined Tony Gonzalez, Shannon Sharpe, and Ozzie Newsome in the elite group. Each of those three tight ends has memorabilia from various record-setting moments already in the Hall of Fame's collection.
Games needed to reach 600 career catches
"It's humbling for sure. To see the guys who are on that list. You try to stay humble when you look at that list and obviously, it's a terrific accomplishment," shared Witten after reaching the milestone in Week 15 of the 2010 NFL season. "I have a lot of great people around me. A lot of great quarterbacks, running backs, a lot of good (offensive) lines and I'm very fortunate to be able to do it because those are three great tight ends on that list that are really special. Hopefully, there is more to come still though."
The jersey and football will be placed on exhibit in the Hall's Pro Football Today Gallery.
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We Suck.
When we drink from plastic straws, that is.
Unless you have a health issue that prevents you from drinking directly from a glass, using a straw is superfluous. If you're concerned about aging, sucking on a straw–like smoking–can cause wrinkles around the lips. If you're concerned about the environment, many straws are made from polypropylene (#5)—a petroleum bi-product. And since they're not stamped with the #5 plastic symbol, they're not recyclable.*
Off to our landfills straws go. Or waterways and, eventually, our oceans where large pockets of plastic soups threaten the food chain. (A friend who cleans up beaches on a regular basis claims straws are the second most frequent item found).
Lots more than 60 million straws a day thrown away.
While I had a difficult time locating stats on plastic straw consumption and waste, I think I can safely deduce from McDonald's website that, since they serve 60 million people globally per day, at least that many straws are used and thrown out each day. That doesn't account for other fast food chains, restaurants, coffee joints or families that purchase straws for home use. Plastic straw consumption and waste could be epic.
If you need a straw, why not a glass one?
GlassDharma straws are sturdy, fun and even elegant. Made in the U.S.A. from a heavy duty glass (borosilicate, the same glass used for coffee pots), these straws even has a lifetime guarantee against breakage (but don't throw it against a wall-it can and, with force, will break). They're even dishwasher safe. You can also get an eco-friendly case so you can take it wherever you go.
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What else you can do.
Certainly, conscious living is not always perfect and once in a while we might get a complimentary plastic straw in our drink when we're out. Can't exactly send it back. The damage is done. If you can remember to, request a straw-free meal before you sit down or carry out.
If you know any jaw-dropping plastic straw facts, please share them here!
More about #5 plastic recycling.
Communities that accept #5s are generally forced (by poor economics) into bundling them with other plastics to form a mixed plastic bale. This mixed plastic bale is of low value and is often shipped overseas to an unknown end of life. Although my waste management provider accepts #5 plastic (only if it has the #5 stamp), they specifically do not accept plastic straws and were unable to not give me a reason why. Check with your waste management provider. But don't rely on the first answer being correct!
Preserve's gimme 5 recycling program, located in most Whole Foods stores, accepts #5's, but not plastic straws. Preserve's Li Chen says:
We would love to be able to recycle plastic straws but if it is not specifically marked #5 we can't accept it in the program. Plastic straws are not always #5 plastic and plastics that are not marked as #5 may contaminate our #5 plastic supply.
* I recommend checking with your local recycling company to clarify what can and can't be recycled, as it varies not only by recycling company, but by city/town. But beware: in my experience, you need to ask more than one person. I've found the answers vary and often times start with "I think" or "I'm pretty sure." Ask who you should speak to for a 100% for sure answer.
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10 Responses to "We Suck."
I have always liked the idea of glass straws, but I worry about keeping them sanitary. In the end, I think it is just best to avoid drinking out of a straw.
Definitely better to just forget the straw altogether. As far as cleaning, there's a cleaning brush. Thanks for reading and commenting, Victoria! Cheers
"We Suck." Awesome, Lynn
I see more and more paper straws lately, as well. I guess they're nice because they (atleast the ones I see) are fully biodegradable, compost-friendly and 100% chlorine free.
Thanks, Joe. Do I see a cartoon in the making? Paper 'should' be better than plastic, but there's that argument about paper bags not being better than plastic bags so the comparison could be a challenging rocket science project! Cheers 😉
I refuse straws when they're offered to me by wait staff. (also refuse ice as if their is less demand for ice, there is less demand for ice machines = less use of fossil fuels and less CO2 output).
Way to go, Roger! Thanks for the comment
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Pretty awesome the way you continue to increase awareness…. just what we all need – reminders of choices…. my granddaughters love using straws – for Easter I am going to get them re-usable ones….. Thanks, Lynn.
only a few people recognize the aftermath of using plastic straws, now i am less worried after knowing someone else is keeping other people aware. thanks for the information! btw, i have a facebook page i made, it has been running for a year already though the increase of the supporters r not that great comparing to straw lovers in facebook but still, i'm driven 😀
there is also a metal straws,they r originally used to macha drinking but can be used for other liquids as well if so one desires and they r light and easy to carry around


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World Golf and Sand Creek Golf Course
- 6865 Galley Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80915
- (719) 597-5489
- worldgolfsandcreek.com
|9 total holes at facility
|Green fees - $9 to $10 (estimate)
|Designed by Mark Fontana
|Built in 1978
|Driving Range: Yes
|Public golf course
World Golf and Sand Creek Golf Course is a 9-hole executive style golf course in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This layout provides for a fun golf experience for golfers of all skill levels. More information about World Golf and Sand Creek Golf Course will be coming soon. Online tee times may be available at World Golf and Sand Creek Golf Course or at nearby golf courses, often at a substantial discount from the going green fees rate.
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Health Law and Policy Forum lecture series
Noon - 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008
Suffolk University Law School
120 Tremont St., Boston
"The Cultural Politics of Pain Medicine in America"
Presented by Keith Wailoo, Martin Luther King Professor of History at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
The Suffolk University Law School Health Law and Policy Forum features national and regional leaders in health law, health policy, medicine, and ethics. The forum promotes communication among practitioners and scholars across disciplines and builds on Suffolk University Law School's unique Health and Biomedical Law Concentration program.
The lectures are free of charge, and a complimentary lunch is included. The University community and members of the legal, health policy, and medical communities are welcome. RSVP: 617-573-8191.
Keith Wailoo is the Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor of History at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, with joint appointments in the Department of History and in the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research. He is founding director of the Center for Race and Ethnicity at Rutgers.Back to Events Listing »


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Viktor Stalberg of the Chicago Blackhawks skates with the puck during... News PhotoChicago Blackhawks,Full Length,Gila River Arena,Glendale - Arizona,Horizontal,Ice Hockey,Match - Sport,National Hockey League,Phoenix Coyotes,Puck,Skating,Sport,USA,Viktor StalbergPhotographer Christian PetersenCollection: Getty Images Sport 2013 Getty ImagesGLENDALE, AZ - FEBRUARY 07: Viktor Stalberg #25 of the Chicago Blackhawks skates with the puck during the NHL game against the Phoenix Coyotes at Jobing.com Arena on February 7, 2013 in Glendale, Arizona. The Blackhawks defeated the Coyotes 6-2. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)


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Melissa McCarthy has been a near-constant presence on the big screen since "Bridesmaids," and she'll soon be back in "Tammy."
Playing what seems like a cousin of her character in "Identity Thief," she's back on the other side of the law after playing tough cop Mullins in last summer's "The Heat."
As the titular character in the film, which she co-write and co-directed with husband Ben Falcone, the official teaser (via "EW") opens with her jamming to "Gangsta's Paradise" as she preps to rob fast food restaurant.
Of course, she's not quite a skilled con-woman, as her disguise – a fast food bag over her head – limits her ability to hold up the employees.
The comic scene does not introduce any of the other acclaimed stars taking part in the comedy, including Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney, Toni Collette, Sandra Oh, Kathy Bates and Dan Aykroyd.
"Tammy" will be released on July 2. What's you take on the trailer? Weigh in below!
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The Sims 3 Pets Expansion Pack gives players the opportunity to adopt cats, dogs and even horses! Players will not only determine how their pets look, but they'll also be able to give them unique personalities traits as well!
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Killian Greens Golf Club
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- 9980 SW 104th St, Miami, FL 33176
- (305) 271-0917
- www.killiangreensgolfclub.com
|18 total holes at facility
|Green fees - $23 to $41 (estimate)
|Built in 1969
|Driving Range: Yes
|Public Community golf course
Killian Greens Golf Club is an 18-hole regulation length golf course in Miami, Florida. This medium-length layout has 3 sets of teeboxes for a fun, but challenging golfing experience. Online tee times may be available at Killian Greens Golf Club or at nearby golf courses, usually offered at a discount from the normal rate.
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Hi! I've just edited an ebook on Antarctic Exploration - a topic that has fascinated me for years - and rather than watch my book get published and then disappear without a trace I thought I would at least mention (plug!) it once on this forum of Antarctic Aficionados! Its called "The Antarctic Exploration Anthology: the Personal Accounts of the Great Antarctic Explorers", and it's available on iBooks and Kobo, (and soon on the Kindle).
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Hello and welcome to the board.
Link removed, that sort of advertising isn't allowed for newbies I'm afraid, I would also question "editing" as a description.
Links to 4 ebooks here: http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarc...%20history.htm
...then on the book pages, they can be downloaded for free.
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Hi Paul,
Thanks. Completely understand removal of the link. I saw that you have some of the e-books available to download for free on the site, but I hasten to add they are in a very different format to the Anthology that I have very definitely just "Edited"!
While I applaud you for making the texts available for free, the ebooks from Gutenberg generally contain hundreds of spelling and punctuation errors, which I have painstakingly 'edited' from my ebooks, as well as adding a huge selection of original expedition photographs, maps, illustrations, appendices with meteorological measurements, bespoke covers, and active tables of contents.
This has been a labour of love more than anything else, but I can understand your trepidation, as I have admittedly only just joined the site. I hope I can contribute to this forum in the future! Regards.


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definitely would like to know myself cause i want it faster. all i'm running is freeice
u have installed xp full?
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De Hoge Veluwe
De Hoge Veluwe is Holland's largest national park with a wonderful art museum and a large Van Gogh collection (Kröller-Müller Museum), a sculpture garden, forest, and hunting lodge. Visitors to the park can use one of the 1,000 'white bikes' free of charge and cycle through 26 miles of paved paths, including the outdoor sculpture garden. You can also walk along the heath fields of the Veluwe with a shepherd.
Villages around De Veluwe
To get an impression of the history and culture of this area you should visit the ancient cities, castles and estates or one of the many museums. Wonderful places that you can put on your list are:
- Hattem has a grand market square and is known for the designer Anton Pieck, who was one of the creative minds behind the amusement park Efteling.
- Harderwijk used to be a Hanseatic city. Nowadays most people travel to Harderwijk to visit the marine mammals at Dolfinarium.
- Elburg is one of the oldest cities of the Netherlands and boasts at least 250 monuments. There are walking tours that lead you along the most interesting highlights.
- Surrounded by the nature you can find peace and quiet in Nijkerk.
- The old university town Wageningen has, besides students, many historic buildings.
Visit Arnhem
The biggest city in the area of National Park De Hoge Veluwe is Arnhem. The quarter Klarendel and the Artez Fashion Academy Arnhem gave this city the label of fashion city. Besides shopping there are numerous museums and zoos in this area, such as the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Netherlands Water Museum, Apenheul and Burgers' Zoo.


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Broken: I'm Hurting. Is it Helping?
So, Waylon Lewis, uber-inspiring founder of this great online mag, has been on us columnists to get off our duffs and do our stuff–write.
White Hot Truth maven Danielle LaPorte–who I am eternally grateful to for helping me create this incredible, freeing, loving life I'm now living–once wrote a post about how to blog. She recommended we hold off on writing about the shite we go through until after the fact. I think she might have even used the phrase "Pull your pants up." She suggested we only do it if we can come at it with some insights, something of use to share to our readers. I agree with her.
I just can't do it today. Because today I'm still processing. Today I'm still mourning. And I have no interest in involving other people, outside my intimate circle of close friends and family, in my inner drama. But I have to write, and I can't get anything else to come out.
When a relationship ends, it's like a death. And we can all acknowledge that it's a part of life, that it's not unusual, that it happens all the time, all over the world. But that doesn't negate the pain.
I guess I'm hoping that since this experience is so universal–broken hearted, sobbing on the bed, head-ache in your head–that simply sharing my experience of it will maybe be useful enough.
Here's what I know for sure.
I have loved. Like never before. Like no one before. I have kept on opening wider my own heart, and giving despite not knowing, and that experience was more uplifiting than any love I have ever received. Now, I know it's true. Love is giving.
I have been challenged. I have grown. Yogis, seekers, healers, spiritual gurus: They all tell us we will bring into our life people who will force us to face our own judgements, our own closed places. Because of these people, we will have to open those places up, air them out, and deal with the junk we'd jammed behind the door and forgotten about. I have cleared.
I see the other side. They also say we attract people who mirror us. I have never met anyone so like me in so many incredibly fundamental ways. I saw that being with him was like being in a relationship with myself. I was shown how it has been for other people who have loved me. I understand now.
I am no longer enamoured with grand gestures. They are wonderful. But it's the un-intended things that really count. It's the silence in the car. The occasional bickering. It's the truth that's gently spoken, rather than tucked away. It's the things that only happen between two people who are certain the other loves them, and won't run when things get uncomfortable.
I am going to continue to open my heart. I am going to continue to give love. No matter what.
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7 Responses to "Broken: I'm Hurting. Is it Helping?"
OH my dear sister. what beautiful blog. You are so correct about the little things. My husband and I had a rough patch this weekend. I can tell you I'm glad I'm not dating myself
You are obviously wise and open and ready – and already know that this shall pass. and I would disagree that you came to this blog too soon…the insight is already there.
The pain sucks, no doubt about it. I'm glad to hear that you're determined to keep on giving love. For my part, it was all of my "failures" that prepared me for the right relationship – when I, the world, and my wife-to-be were all ready for it.
Of course, even now, the learning process continues.
I wish you speedy healing, insightful processing, and all the love you can handle. Maybe even a little more. OK, a lot more. Blessings.
Sorry to hear about your pain. But it is true that you have and will continue to grow from it. It's inspiring to hear you are not deterred from loving fully again! Thank you for sharing and I hope you feel better soon
Thank you for daring to write when you didn't feel ready. It was insightful and full of love. Namaste.
Joy, you are I are in similar spaces…thank you for sharing – and keep up the voice. Us EJ writers need to keep writin'!!!
Hey Lindsey, sorry to hear that you're hurting. But it'll pass as you know, and when it does, you'll meet someone who really deserves you. You're beautiful. Keep on loving, keep on giving (through writing such as this too!)
With love, Ben
This is really raw and heartfelt and beautiful, Lindsey. I sometimes think we are all here to learn how to love. We're all flawed. Damaged and hurt and insecure in certain ways and places. The more we open up and love – which is often giving, as you say – the more we grow and heal. Even though it does hurt like hell at times.
Thanks for sharing. And write on. It's great Therapy, as we both know.


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A majority vote from business owners at the Jefferson County Corporate Park will be needed to allow Penske Truck Leasing to lease a facility owned by Michael E. Lundy, because of its status as a retail business.
A letter requesting signatures of approval from owners for the proposal was mailed Thursday by the Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency, which owns the industrial park off outer Coffeen Street. The agency has a covenant that prohibits the establishment of retail businesses there.
Though he does not own land within the park, Alexandria Bay developer P.J. Simao recently voiced his opposition to the plan for Penske to move into Mr. Lundys building. Mr. Simao previously received a letter of intent in July from Penske expressing interest in his building near the park entrance at 21291 Route 12F, the former SMX repair center. But then Penske changed its mind to pursue Mr. Lundys 10,000-square-foot industrial facility, which has been vacant since the West Carthage developer built it as a speculative venture in the summer of 2010.
Mr. Alexander said the agency has always sought approval in the past from business owners when retail businesses have moved into the park, including Timeless Frames, Morgias Pasta and Haun Welding Supply, all of which are light industrial with a retail component. No business owners have ever voted against such a proposal. But if that occurs, the matter would probably be put to a majority vote, Mr. Alexander said.
The agency has judged these things in the past by whether or not theyre negatively impacting anyone else in the park, Mr. Alexander said. Some (retail proposals) weve never taken to owners for approval because we feel its not going to work, and reject it out of hand. As I understand it, this covenant was primarily designed to avoid a high-traffic section in the park wherein youd upset owners with a lot of cars in a road that might be occupied by tractor trailers.
But Penske is not a Walmart or Kmart and arent going to put a lot of traffic in there because they arent big, he said. Weve never had an issue where even one person says no. If its a problem, we go back to talk with them about why. If one person adamantly says no, I would tend to think the majority would rule.
Mr. Alexander, who said he believes there is bad blood between Mr. Simao and Mr. Lundy, said the clash between the developers has detracted from the agencys mission of economic development.
I wish that Mr. Lundy and Mr. Simao would come to some agreement on dealings so the community can continue economic development actions and be unhampered by these cross purposes, Mr. Alexander said. Penskes business model is primarily working with other businesses to lease them tractor trailers, so its a business-to-business thing. Some of their business is to rent trucks to people moving around Fort Drum, and I think that is a valid community service to have.
Mr. Alexander said he hopes the matter will be resolved in October.
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When Unions Use Non-Member Dues To Finance Political Activities
April 29, 2014
Steven Malanga
A lawsuit making its way through federal court in California highlights just how much unions use their right to collect agency fees from nonmembers to fund political activities.
When the Supreme Court ruled in 1977 that government employee unions could collect a fee from nonmembers to cover the cost of collective bargaining, the justices noted that such fees could not be used to cover political activities.
In that decision, Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, the court affirmed a Michigan law that required teachers who didn't want to join a union to pay a so-called agency fee to the Detroit Federation of Teachers for the work it did representing everyone on the job.
Since then, government unions in 22 states and the District of Columbia have been allowed to collect agency fees, and have largely determined what those fees should be.
That may be about to change.
A lawsuit filed by 10 dissident teachers challenges the California law that requires them to pay $650 each per year to the California Teachers Association and its parent, the National Education Association.
That figure is based on the union's claim that 65 percent of the average $1,000 a year in teachers' union dues go to representing workers.
But the plaintiffs argue that unions are claiming activities which have little to do with representing workers.
The CTA, for instance, has classified its spending on human rights programs, including its programs on gay and lesbian issues, as being 100 percent chargeable, meaning that somehow the union believes that these programs are entirely about representing teachers in the workplace.
The CTA also classified a conference on gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender issues as part of its expenses representing workers, and it attributed 78 percent of the cost of its internal magazine, the California Educator, to be a cost of representing workers, even though the magazine is heavily political.
Meanwhile, the NEA, which receives a portion of money paid by teachers to the CTA, has deemed expenditures for conferences for its staff to be 100 percent chargeable, meaning the entire cost is attributed to worker representation.
In the lawsuit, the teachers contend that the arrangement under California labor law violates their First Amendment rights to free speech and free association because it allows the union to determine the charges.
A teacher can object to the charges, but then he must bear the cost of filing a complaint and backing it up in order to reduce the unions assessment.
These severe infringements on plaintiffs rights to free speech and association cannot withstand First Amendment scrutiny, the suit contends.
Laws mandating compulsory speech and association must be narrowly tailored to serve a compelling government interest. Californias agency shop arrangement cannot meet that standard, the suit said.
Unions have long made the case that nonmembers who work in a place where collective bargaining is in place are free riders if they dont pay anything toward representation, because they benefit from union work on behalf of its members.
But abuse of the agency fee regime where there does not seem to be a practical constraint on what unions can charge nonmembers has already brought court rebukes.
In 2012, the Supreme Court admonished California SEIU Local 100 for imposing a 25 percent emergency surcharge on nonmembers to support labor's campaign against a series of 2005 initiatives designed to curb government union power in the state.
In that case, SEIU didnt even bother asking nonmembers if they wanted to opt into the special charges, prompting a solid 7-2 decision by the court against the unions action.
The court specifically noted in that case that SEIU was also being overly aggressive in deciding what qualifies as a collective bargaining expense.
The SEIUs understanding of the breadth of chargeable expenses is so expansive that it is hard to place much reliance on its statistics, the majority decision held.
'Lobbying the electorate,' which the SEIU claims is chargeable, is nothing more than another term for supporting political causes and candidates," the opinion said.
The issue of agency fees and the political spending of public sector unions in general is causing people to question their role more generally.
In a December Field Poll of California residents, 44 percent said government unions do more harm than good, compared with 39 percent who said they did more good.
Even members of union households have become restive. A 2011 Harris Interactive Poll found that 47 percent of those in union households didnt think union members got their moneys worth from dues, while 62 percent of respondents felt the same way. No wonder those paying the agency fee are now headed to the courts again.
Big Labor increasingly spends money on political activities that have little to do with representing workers. Too often, that spending reflects the attitudes of union leaders, not workers.
In California, the teachers' union contributed $1 million in 2008 to an effort by liberal groups to defeat Proposition 8, which defined marriage as an act between a man and a woman -- an expenditure that had little to do with teacher representation or education.
By contrast, 56 percent of voters in union households supported the initiative, a CNN exit poll showed.
Similarly, when the administration of President George W. Bush began requiring unions to file detailed reports on their giving, the disclosures showed that the NEA donated members' money to advocacy groups that have little to do with worker representation, including Amnesty International and Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- House Democrats drew on their new majority Thursday to pass an energy bill that would repeal roughly $14 billion in subsidies and royalty relief for the oil and natural-gas industry called "unwarranted" corporate welfare doled out by the last Congress.
The House voted largely along party lines to pass "Creating Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation" on a 264-123 vote. The bill is one of several legislative initiatives in the Democratic leadership's agenda for their first 100 hours in power.
The bill signals a willingness by Democrats to target record oil-and-gas industry profits to fund other government spending initiatives and an altered political landscape for oil companies that previously benefited from tax cuts and pro-development policies when Republicans were in the majority.
Rep. John Yarmouth, D-Kentucky, supported the bill, called the subsidies "a huge welfare check to big oil companies." Other Democrats said the tax breaks at a time when oil companies are reaping the benefits of record-setting oil prices was fiscally irresponsible.
But Republicans called the prospect of raising taxes on domestic energy companies at a time of tight global energy supplies and placing these companies at a disadvantage to overseas oil companies "crazy."
"We do not need to make American energy less competitive than energy produced overseas," said Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill.
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Companies that lease federal lands and waters typically pay fees, known as royalties, to the federal government based on a percentage of the oil and gas that they produce. But more than 1,000 leases signed during the Clinton administration for deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico excluded royalty fees, allowing companies to walk away with the entire profit from the sale of oil and gas produced when prices soared. Democrats want those so-called royalty payments inserted into the existing contracts. See recent article.
The bill would create a penalty for companies that refuse to give up their royalty-free leases a $9 tax on each barrel of oil pumped out of the Gulf when market prices close above $34.73. Companies would pay a tax of $1.25 per million British thermal units on natural gas production when prices climb above $4.34 per million Btu.
The fees, estimated to generate more than $6 billion over 10 years, would be funneled into an alternative-energy fund Democrats envision being used to finance new solar, wind and biofuel projects. Companies holding the leases would also be barred from bidding on future leases offered by the Department of the Interior unless they renegotiate their contracts.
"These are public resources," said Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.V., chairman on the House Resources Committee and a co-author of the bill. Rahall, who promised future hearings and investigations into the government's royalty programs, called the lost royalties "an unwarranted giveaway to public companies for what they would do anyway."
In fiscal year 2006, oil and gas companies received over $77 billion from the sale of oil and gas produced from federal lands and waters and paid the federal government about $10 billion in royalties, according to a new report released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office.
Republicans also expressed concern that invalidating legally binding contracts would set a dangerous precedent. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, said the royalty contracts dispute should be resolved in court. The Bush administration said Wednesday it supports "voluntary" efforts to alter the leases.
The Democratic bill would also eliminate royalty relief given for oil and gas produced from ultra-deep wells drilled in the Outer Continental Shelf granted over the next five years and royalty relief for Alaskan producers included in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Two other provisions in the bill would repeal tax breaks passed by the last Congress. The bill would bar the oil and gas industry from employing a tax deduction granted for all domestic manufacturers in a 2004 tax package. The energy sector would face an effective corporate tax rate of 35% rather than the 32% put in place in 2004. This change in tax law would generate an additional $7.6 billion for federal coffers over the next decade.


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Thanks for the tip on the manscaping issue. Perhaps he doesn't care as much about oral. I mean he's always said he likes it but maybe it doesn't matter as much. Helps to have some insight on that one.
If he were definitely willing to have sex even when he is dirty and unshowered I might consider makin a move but since I have like a very low chance of it happening anyway, I think it's harder to jump the "gross-out" barrier....
I've tried to talk to him about how his bad manners are grossing me out when I'm trying to be sexy and intimate with him but I don't think he really cares...? He thinks it's funny.
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So, to make a very long story short, my husband and I had a lot of relationship issues the first couple years of marriage but have diligently worked on them (got a lot of help from this discussion board) and are so much better now.
However, there is an issue with the whole sex thing. He has a p*rn addiction he's trying to kick, and has an accountability partner that helps keep him on track. He says he still has days where he "fails" and everything, but I honestly don't talk about it much anymore unless he wants to. We talked about it a lot before, because it was such a big issue, but since he's been improving himself I don't feel it's my place to keep asking about it. He talks a little about it to me when he wants to.
So the issue is, while when we do have sex it's always fun and very good (which we both agree on) we rarely rarely actually have sex. We have discussed it many times, and usually the reason is that he's already gotten what he needs from the p*rn. He says he finds me sexually attractive, and he probably does at least a little, but let's be honest folks I don't look like a p*rnstar. Can't compete with that. I really like trying new, exciting things, or I am good with just a quickie if he's tired, I mean I am just so open all I want is to have more sex cuz I am sooooo sexually frustrated right now I feel like I'm gonna explode.
I'm one of those females who has an extremely visual brain and sex is pretty much on my mind 24/7. I try not to think about it, I really do, but it's hard (no pun intended). So by the time I get home after a long workday or working out or something, all my hormones are like WE'RE GOOD TO GO LET'S GET THIS ON.
But when I get home he is there, sitting on the couch playing video games or watching sports, and is in ugly old underwear and never trims or waxes like anything anymore and eats gross snacks and has like food all over his face. And he is an electrician so when he comes home he doesn't shower right away so there's dirt all over him AND the carpet I just vacuumed AND the walls I just cleaned. There are chip and cookie fragments like EVERYWHERE. He also has no etiquette whatsoever and burps and farts all the time and laughs about it like he's 7. I try not to be bothered by that, guys, I really do, but it's just constant and so gross.
At this point, my sex drive takes a nose-dive and my body is like EWW NO WAY.
And when I try to come on to him he usually kisses me for like a minute and pushes me aside so he can continue playing video games or watching sports. I've tried lingerie, dirty talk, everything. I've even just asked him point-blank if he'd like to have sex and he's all like "Honey I'm watching hockey right now and it's the 4th quarter it's very exciting." Yuck. I hate sports.
Lately, like the past month or so, we've had sex maybe once. I am stuck between wanting to initiate and being totally grossed out. Plus I still have those angry inner feelings about how p*rn keeps replacing me. I like start to come onto him and he like burps or farts or something and then I'm like "Ok nevermind".
I mean I've talked to him about how gross I find all that and especially when I'm trying to make out with him it's really not funny. Not that I don't want him to be himself or be pretentious for me, can it please just not happen all the time.
But I've like given up and I'm so sexually frustrated I have chewed through like an entire pack of #2 pencils and punched my pillow in the face like a thousand times.
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I think your husband may genuinely want to help you, but he really doesn't know what to do. If he's like my husband, his mother always did all that stuff for him and he really doesn't know what goes into keeping up a household and he couldn't do it all even if he tried. It's not a good feeling for a guy because he wants to take care of his household, which is evident when he says he's a sh***y husband.
So have a nice sit-down and make a list of chores that you can divvy up. You could even stick the list on the fridge so he has a reference. He may have fewer chores than you at first, but he'll get used to doing them and maybe you could both agree he will take on more as times goes on.
As far as the PlayStation goes, my opinion really depends on whether he has a job as well. If he does have a job, then when he comes home he probably needs a solid hour of gaming because it's how he relieves stress. It's the equivalent of you coming home and talking to him about your day. But also talk to him about it and let him know that you understand he needs to game but he also needs to limit it because you need his help.
So, like I said, let him game for an hour or so when he comes home and then maybe you both could agree that when the hour is up it's ok for you to come up to him and say you need his help so could he please stop gaming and help you.
This really does work, I assure you, but it'll take some time for him to get into the habit of it so unfortunately you're gonna need a lot of patience lol. It may feel like you're dealing with a teenager at first, but eventually he will get into the habit of helping you.
I don't have any kids but my mom is a teacher and when we were young, when she needed to grade papers and stuff then my dad would take us for a walk or have story time or something to occupy us. Perhaps your husband could do something similar so he's interacting with the kids and you have some peace while you try to grade and do your own homework.
Congrats on going back to school, BTW. That's awesome.
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My summer was pretty great! I was very independent, outdoors about 24/7, always swimming or walking or golfing, got a sweet tan that I get every summer cuz I'm part Native American, very healthy all summer.
I think if I were to have different religious beliefs I'd be a sun-worshipper (that's what everyone calls me). I have fibromyalgia and a VitaminD deficiency so warmth and sunlight are the best things for me.
tmlmtrl, do you live in/near the Midwest? I'm just assuming, because I do and all the farmers around here suffered from the drought and you said your bf does something with irrigation...
I feel bad that I enjoyed how dry it was, but humidity affects my fibromalgia in a bad way so dryness feels good. But I do feel awful for a lot of the farmers around here. I know it's been tough on them, and I'm always praying for them.
I'm really connected to nature and as the drought wore on I felt so bad for the trees and grass and flowers.
The minute classes started and cold weather started to hit, everything got bad again and things happened that caused my stress level hit the roof. I got very sick, had to have surgery and in so much pain I just don't wanna move or breathe LOL but I still do everything I have to do, no giving up. Although my doctor told me in no uncertain terms that if I don't get rid of my stress I will die young.
No one understands why I'm so stressed and I can't tell them why because I don't down-talk my husband to people we know.
Also we are looking into moving to a bigger apartment here in town and my husband and I are disagreeing.
Also sessions with the marriage counselor have been intense and he asked us to come in more often, and the sessions are tough but hopefully it all leads to a stronger relationship.
Despite all the stress, our anniversary was a couple of weeks ago, and it made me think back to our anniversary last year which was possibly the worst day of my entire life. I can see that we have come such a long way from then and I'm so thankful things are better now. It made me think of you guys and how you got me through so much!
So, how are y'all?
I hope everyone else got to enjoy their summer, and for those of you that have been going through some tough stuff, I been thinking of you and praying for you.
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I wouldn't say I'm angry. Frustrated, yes. But like everyone has said, this thread is a vent, so I was/am venting. It's just nice to feel like I'm not the only one who struggles with this kind of stuff (even though I of course wish no one else had to go through it). But thank you for your advice!
Before we were married, we were very matched in desire, and we never "hooked up"...we never had pre-marital sex, even. But of course lots of making out.
It was a nice, slow relationship that was based on realistic love, and it was really great.
But of course, things changed after we got married as things often do. And I'm very grateful for how apart from sex and romanticism, all the other aspects of our marriage have greatly improved.
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Let's face it, guys need to relieve sexual tension, without the expectations of another person involved, and porn - or even pictures of girls in bikinis - often helps with that. That isn't a problem. Also, girls do the same thing a lot so this isn't just a guy issue.
I personally don't care for that particular kind of stuff, but everyone has different outlets and mine is just different.
The problem comes, as you and other posters have said, when the usage of any type of porn - again, including girls in bikinis - comes BEFORE your significant other.
If it affects your S.O. negatively, yet you STILL choose to use it, that is wrong. And you may not classify it as an addiction, and you may not even classify these pictures as porn, but it's still wrong. It's being selfish.
I agree that having a discussion about it is a good idea. Your wife is obviously very upset by it and even if you, as you say, try to make her feel attractive, looking at those pictures is hurting her self-esteem more than you know and it's negating every positive thing you say about her attractiveness.
And it seems that you look at these pictures when she is with you (you mentioned her commenting on you looking at them). Why are you looking at them while she's around you? At the very least do it in private.
As far as churches go, I've only ever been to one church where they talked about it. I don't think it's something that should be preached about from the pulpit, I think it's something that should be addressed situationally.
But if your wife's religious beliefs are also strongly mixed up in this, that could cause great distress in her internally.
You obviously want to feel justified, and I'm sorry but you are not. And it's completely wrong of you to blame it on the church and on the wives.
As I am a wife of a person with a porn addiction, I can tell you that I have pretty good self-esteem but still have a problem with the addiction. It's the selfishness of it that is wrong. If my husband didn't put it before me or replace me with it, I think at this point due to my views on it I'd just turn a blind eye to it.
Any kind of addiction will hurt your S.O. whether it's porn, shopping, hording, etc.
The point is, you are putting this issue of looking at these images ahead of your wife, and blaming your guilt at being selfish on her and the church.
There's a lot more going on here than your wife just not liking how you look at those pictures, so please keep that in mind if/when you talk with her about it. Be very open to what she has to say. I'm sure that this issue can be worked on and eventually resolved to a point where you're both happy.
I really do wish you good luck and I hope that you and your wife find a happy middle-ground. View Thread
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Scott R. Puryear, 60, of Guymon; passed away Tuesday morning, March 13, 2012 at the Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice in Amarillo, Texas.
The son of James and Jeanne (Irving) Puryear, he was born on May 29, 1951 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Scott graduated from Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids with the Class of 1969; he graduated with a BA from Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa, and received his MBA from Goddard College in Vermont.
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In 1933, it took a constitutional amendment to end prohibition. However, in 2007, a restaurant sparked a similar result in the city of Zeeland.
"I'm not out to cause any trouble by any means," says Ryan Snyder, Owner of Vitale's Pizza.
Snyder is now pushing the envelope again by asking the city for another change in the rules.
"If someone wants to take their favorite bottle of wine home, they can do it," says Snyder.
Even after prohibition ended nationally in 1933, Zeeland remained a dry city. Then in 2007, Vitale's became the first restaurant to legally sell alcohol. AJ's Grocery Store began selling packaged alcohol in 2008. Earlier this year, the first downtown restaurant, named Public, began selling drinks. Zeeland Mayor Kevin Klynstra says the city is trying to work with local businesses.
"If they needed something,we reviewed it, and if it seemed like a good idea, we passed it," says Mayor Klynstra.
Although Vitale's helped spark the changes to the alcohol ordinance, Snyder does not want it to define his restaurant. He says his pizza was the biggest factor in his success over the last 22 years.
Under current rules, grocers can sell packaged alcohol and restaurants can sell beer, wine, and spirits by the drink. Vitale's now wants to sell take-out six-packs and wine bottles.
"There haven't been problems with the current ordinance and I don't think its a problem to expand it further," says Steve McNeely, Zeeland resident.
"It would send a message that it's OK to drink whenever you want," says Zeeland resident Laurie Summers, who opposes expanding the ordinance.
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A major anniversary taking place in Scotland this month is the bicentenary of the publication of Sir Walter Scott's novel, Waverley, arguably the first ever historical novel.
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"Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. – It is not fair. He has Fame and Profit enough as a Poet, and should not be taking the bread out of other people's mouths.– I do not like him, and do not mean to like Waverley if I can help it – but fear I must".
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It also turns out that widget is a field of endeavour.
Most people (customers) find us by searching for the brand name and we would easily be found (pre April/May) in the top 3 of the results with other distributors of the product being listed in the top 5 or 6.
Now (post April/May), we're still on page 1 results, but >=5. Only the manufacturer is listed as #1 with the intervening results being CITY directories or companies in CITY that sell widgets.
Searching for the quoted "CITY WIDGETS" results in an "appropriate" listing with us in the top 3. BUT.. how many people out there actually know enough to quote two key words to get the correct result?
If you were a human and saw the two key words, you'd know they belonged together as a brand name and CITY had nothing to do with it!
Does Google recognize TM/SM? You'd also think that with all the adwords and other promo's done that they could figure it out, but somehow their localization seems to be overriding "common sense"
Is there anything we can do to improve Googles understanding, or do we just hope things improve?
You have "Metropolis Widgets" as a trademark where there is no direct connection with Metropolis.
If I wanted to find a Widget supplier in Metropolis I would condsider G to be in error if it flooded the first page of results with references to your business.
In the final analysis the question for G to determine is what the majority of punters who may click on their ads are looking for. If it is widgets in Metropolis then they are right, if it is Metropolis Widgets (tm) then they have got it wrong.
In the final analysis the question for G to determine is what the majority of punters who may click on their ads are looking for. If it is widgets in Metropolis then they are right, if it is Metropolis Widgets (tm) then they have got it wrong.
That is correct, but to us (and anyone else looking at the phrase), you'd realize that the only (meaningful) choice is the later trade-marked (Metropolis Widgets). It appears that Google has (since April/May) incorrectly over-weighted the localism of a keyword pair (at least in this case).
Maybe Google needs another patent to work in trademarked words/phrases, or are they already taking that into account? (if they were, then "Metropolis Widgets" should appear higher in the rankings than they currently do.
Maybe Google needs another patent to work in trademarked words/phrases
This is a difficult area for the algo to work with, but there are several patents in play already that try to identify when a phrase is a semantic unit, such as a trademark or a joining of words that changes the collective meaning. The big challenge, as I see it, comes when not every search that Google gets intends the semantically changed meaning of the phrase.
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General Off-Topic Board / Re: mittster: satan?« on: June 11, 2012, 10:12:29 PM »
Obama does to give a crap about you.
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General Off-Topic Board / Re: mittster: satan?« on: June 11, 2012, 10:12:29 PM »
Obama does to give a crap about you.
General Off-Topic Board / Re: My 1L neighbor is driving me crazy« on: June 11, 2012, 01:08:50 PM »
S/he probably just doesn't understand law school and doesn't like his/her neighbor. S/he also mentioned her parents pay $2000 rent- the only relevance is to show a contempt. Of course, I thought 2k rent, Jesus, rich people problems.
Of course the crank possibility is always present though.
General Off-Topic Board / Re: My 1L neighbor is driving me crazy« on: June 10, 2012, 05:29:49 PM »
Without knowing her grades or GPA there really is no way to answer this. Law school is a different beast than grad school- don't compare the two. For some reason both law and med schools make grading, work load and classes much harder and stressful than other graduate programs. Only a top percentage get above a 3.0 versus grad school where 3.0 is the minimum- non law people do not often understand that.
If below a 2.0, then normally the student goes on academic probation. There is an evaluation and committee review. Probably, if she can't get her GPA up over the summer she will either be disqualified or put on probation (depending what her GPA is).
How can you be so heartless and selfish. You really can't bring your self to feel for her, exhibit some level of sympathy even if she interrupts your sleep every now and again? I mean damn man, you ain't got no love. Do you?
What's going on in her head is likely something along the lines- "My dreams are dying, I'm such a loser. What is wrong with me? I hate myself. If I fail, my life is over. Everyone will hate me. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!!!!!!!". If I were you I would be more worried about her trying to kill herself should she get kicked out- the blood will stain your ceiling and floor. Unless of course YOU get lucky and she kills herself with poison.
I looked it up for you. Page 92. It is, of course, intentionally vague so the committee has more case control.
Wait List / Re: So Many Wait Lists!!!!« on: June 09, 2012, 03:42:54 PM »
Haven't heard much about Dean, couldn't really hang in. Last I heard he was DNC chair a few years back. I never even got to know his politics too well, that scream ended him quick. Wasn't very marvelous.
OP, did you get off a wl yet? Fingers crossed with Penn .
General Off-Topic Board / Re: My 1L neighbor is driving me crazy« on: June 09, 2012, 12:51:25 PM »
Depends on the school. Look up the academic standards dumb.ass- and you think she should fail. Unempathizing piece of shi.t. Help her. If its you, I hope someone helps you. If its not, f. you- heartless fool.
Where should I go next fall? / Re: gw $$$$ vs fordham $$$$« on: June 03, 2012, 04:33:38 PM »
If you want to end up in NYC, then Fordham is your best choice. GW probably doesn't have a market in NY.
Out side of the T14 I'd focus on region first, then price, then rank.
L.L.M. Board / Re: LLM or MBA?« on: June 03, 2012, 12:23:43 PM »
Goats filled with seamen from Star Wars? Too far, even for me.
They must be witches.
Where should I go next fall? / Re: 3 denials 7 still out« on: June 01, 2012, 03:56:05 PM »
lol wow. Ok john. What are we talking about again? Regardless, I'm sure you were right.
Where should I go next fall? / Re: 3 denials 7 still out« on: June 01, 2012, 05:31:28 AM »
Give up the numbering paradigm please. I used it once and admitted its a douch.y approach. So, it now become your primary approach? Typical.
I didn't bother reading trough all of that. Too much effort for something so foolish. You called me a troll? Wow. Yes indeed- I'm a troll. I have no debt. Congrats to me.
Probability or statistics have nothing to do with your assumptions. As with the numbering paradigm- my approach, not yours.
Apologies Op for wasting so much of your thread arguing with this fool. I hope you heard back from CUNY and it was good news. .
Where should I go next fall? / Re: 3 denials 7 still out« on: May 31, 2012, 02:23:00 PM »
Dooood. I have never seen such an example of speculation and assumption being mistaken for cleverness. I'll do the same thing- typical tea party induction. Inducing huge conclusions from minute irrelevant or even exception data. You base a conclusion on outliers. Or worse, generalizations that can't include all the data.
Not everything in such an important decision as which law school to go is always based on linear rankings exclusively, and should not be. You do not know which schools rejected him. I saw a person apply to Harvard with a 148. She applied to a few T1s, a few T2s and a few T4s.
If anything he infers he has not heard back from CUNY.
CUNY is a different kind of school. It is outside the rankings. What I mean by that is the school admits people with 140s LSAT and can reject a person with a 160. They think differently than most schools.
Ah the student loan bubble. That's why you try to discourage people from law school. You don't want to help the OP. You want him/her swept aside as to not be part of the problem.
You're posting here to stop people from going to law school. Wow. Not selfish at all. Not apathetic. Not lame or weak, but practical, ehe?
What an f.in selfish dic.k.


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