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Gilbert scoffed, interrupting his younger brother. "When we say talk, we don't mean "Oh, hey [Name], nice weather, isn't it?" We mean actually talk!"
"Vee~" Feliciano decided now would be a good time to step in and help his confused friend. "What he means is that you should speak to her like you speak to us!"
Ludwig was even more confused than before. "But, what do you mean just-"
"You can't speak to her about your DVD collection, though. Heck, that'd probably put her off..."
"Bruder!" was all that Ludwig could exclaim.
"Well, if she is your friend, and we are your friends, then just talk to her like you talk to us!" Feliciano continued. Both Ludwig and Gilbert paused to turn around and listen to the Italian. "And if bella [Name] feels the same way that you do for her, you'll both become good friends, no?"
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Speak to her, just like a friend. Speak to her, just like a friend. Speak to he-
"Hi Ludwig." There she was standing right in front of him, smiling so brightly that he felt confused, all of a sudden. What am I supposed to be saying, again?
"G-Guten tag." He managed to stutter out. Before he even had the chance to think of anything to say, she spoke, though.
"Today, drinks on me, okay?" They were back in the pub where he'd seen her first when they really got to talk, for the first time, properly.
"It...wouldn't be proper." Ludwig frowned. This wasn't part of the rules, was it? The man always had to pay!
"Oh, don't worry about all that!" She laughed. "Since when did friends care about propriety?" Her chiming laughter sent his mind in a muddle, again, and he found himself murmuring agreement.
"Hey, Ludwig, you'd told me that you had three dogs, right?" She asked, as she sipped her [drink of choice]. Ludwig just nodded in reply. "Tell me about them!"
"A-Are you sure?" Ludwig had no idea why he had just asked that.
"Well, of course! I just want to know more about you!"
Ludwig froze, momentarily, as his mind made so many strange connections.
What was it Feliciano had said? That if she feels the same way as me, then she...no, we would become good friends. She could just be acting polite, and asking about him, she does not necessarily have to be interested in him, and even if were, romantically would be a far possi-
"Plus, I just like hearing you talk."
That was when Ludwig completely lost his chain of thought.
The rest of the evening was spent in pleasant chatter, and company.
When Ludwig returned home - there was only one thing that he was sure of
He'd fallen deeper for [Name]
Step 4 - Speak to her - achieved


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Swanson, Jacob Dean, 25, Ridgefield, and Daniels, Stefani Lee, 22, Vancouver.
Marcou, Chelsea Marie, 21, Vancouver, and Hilton, Joshua Alexander, 20, Vancouver.
Ellefson, Leanne Elizabeth, 22, Washougal, and Johnson, Robert Mathew, 23, Washougal.
Browning, Margaret Helen, 50, Camas, Sandberg, Marguerite Marian, 57, Camas.
Freeman, Kaytriona Letese, 22, Vancouver, and Guerin, Andrew Daniel, 27, Vancouver.
Elizondo, Tasha Lynn, 22, Vancouver, and Kaumatule, Tutulu Peatau, 25, Vancouver.
Yarnold, Emily Grace, 25, Happy Valley, Ore., and Reed, Christopher David, 22, Clackamas, Ore.
Cooper, Tyler Vincent, 19, Vancouver, and Sparks, Torie Justine, 19, Vancouver.
Wilcox, Scott Morrison, 30, Washougal, and Jones, Mary Elizabeth, 32, Washougal.
Lawrence, Myron Lee, 32, Vancouver, and Turner, Hope Shawnte, 32, Vancouver.
Duling, Mary Lynn, 38, Vancouver, and Tupper, Daniel Arthur, 49, Vancouver.
Burnside, Aundra Nicole, 27, Vancouver, and Zimburean, John William Steven, 31, Vancouver.
White, Rachel Ann, 28, Vancouver, and Greiling, Jeffrey Ryan, 30, Vancouver.
Robson, Wesley Allen, 61, Camas, and Myers, Anna Norene, 46, Camas.
Langlois, Jenny Kay, 39, Vancouver, and Pessa, Matthew Steven, 29, La Center.
Frazier, Joseph Rutledge IV, 34, Portland, and Kern, Isadora Claire, 36, Portland.
Loughran, Eric Patrick, 30, Vancouver, and Jones, Amber Maiie, 26, Vancouver.
Wahl, James Douglas, 53, Scappoose, Ore., and Daniel, Sigrid Bairdain, 54, Scappoose, Ore.
Boylan, Charles Edward, 48, Concord, Calif., and Mangahas, Geronimo Magno Jr., 50, Vancouver.
Kaur, Sawarn, 47, Vancouver, and Singh, Karam, 48, Vancouver.
Chenet, Brittney Jade, 23, Camas, and Wiseman, Christian Robert, 26, Camas.
Marriage dissolutions
Bordea, Marilyn and Lorenzo.
Braddock, Tammy Lynn and Michael Eugene.
Coonce, James and Meador, Kendal.
Dean, Nancy Lee and William Carl.
Ersland, Melinda and Donal.
Garcia, Lisa Herrera, and Ruiz, Sergio Garcia.
Goe, Denette L., and Morehouse, Brook H.
Hite, Theresa A. and Ryan A. Woman's name changed to Collyer-Hite.
Jessup, Mari and Richard.
Johnson, Dena Rose and Scott Anthony. Woman's name changed to Richardson.
Mincks, Katherine E. and Jedidiah B.
Moltke, Jeffrey D., and Iredale, Trudy A.
Nelson, Amber M. and Robert D.
PellyMounter, Terreca J. and Matthew E. Woman's name changed to Meagher.
Perez, Ricardo and Sandra.
Robison, Benjamin J. and Sarah M. Woman's name changed to Ruchert.
Court sentencings
The Columbian's policy is to publish all Clark County Superior Court felony sentencings, as provided by the Clark County Clerk's Office. DC signifies that the defendant has entered drug court. Addresses are provided by the courts and may have changed by the time of sentencing. Misdemeanor sentencings, provided by District Court, are published for the following crimes: DUI (driving under the influence), DWS/revoked (driving while license is suspended or revoked), theft-3 (third-degree theft), and assault-4 (fourth-degree assault). If the defendant is sentenced for other misdemeanors at the same time, those offenses are also listed. Money figures represent fines.
Judges: John Hagensen, John Nichols, James Swanger, Barbara Johnson, James Rulli, Vernon Schreiber, Robert Lewis, Richard Melnick, Darvin Zimmerman, Diane Woolard, Scott A. Collier, Greg Gonzales, Kelli Osler, Sonya Langsdorf, Dan Stahnke and David Gregerson. Judge Protem: Terry Vetter. Court Commissioners: Carin Schienberg, Amy Swingen, Alison Greene, Suzan Clark, Clayton Spencer, Jeff Witteman, Mary Arden, Kristen Parcher and Dayann Liebman.
Clark, Emily Annie, 15, 3207 Grand Blvd., 3 days, 6 months probation, 8 hours community service, malicious mischief-3. (Johnson, April 8)
Elkins, Joshua Allan, 13, 4917 N.E. 55th St., 5 days, 12 months probation, 24 hours community service, theft-2 with access device and possession of marijuana. (Lewis, April 1)
Huizer, Esther Leol, 17, 2311 E. 21st St., 10 days, 11 months probation, 8 days community service, theft-3. (Liebman, April 4)
Parfitt, Isabel Cristina, 15, 10508 N.E. 101st St., 3 days, 9 months probation, 18 hours community service, malicious mischief-3. (Liebman, April 4)`
Baker, Dustin Lincoln, 30, no address, 30 days, possession of methamphetamine. (Melnick, April 10)
Barraza, Rudy, 53, 24400 N.E. 92nd Ave., Battle Ground, 30 days, fail to register as a sex offender (felony occurring after June 10, 2010). (Melnick, April 10)
Fejeran, Benjamin Scharff, 39, 2501 N.E. 138th Ave., 35 days, two counts theft-2. (Melnick, April 10)
Guerra, Jason A., 34, address not available, 60 days, theft-2. (Melnick, April 10)
Kirkland, Kenneth Gregory, 21, 4200 E. 18th St., 36 months, drive by shooting and bail jumping on a class A felony. (Melnick, April 10)
Prejean, Orlandria Danee, 29, address not available, 30 days, attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle. (Melnick, April 10)
Reazin, Daniel John, 19, no address, 210 days, residential burglary. (Melnick, April 10)
Rodriguez, Toni Rachelle, 33, 2315 N.E. 88th St., 366 days, retail theft with extenuating circumstances-3. (Melnick, April 10)
Schneider, Marcus Matthew, 24, Leavenworth, 60 days, theft-1. (Melnick, April 10)
Swanson, Paul Eric, aka Swanson, Paul Eryck, 46, 5400 Kauffman Ave., 120 days, assault-3 – domestic violence. (Melnick, April 10)

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The superintendent of a school district in Illinois is under fire for defending a student guide that misrepresents the Second Amendment, and this morning Fox News Senior legal analyst Andrew Napolitano asserted during an appearance on Fox & Friends that "this guy is making it worse by giving students in the suburbs around Chicago an inaccurate understanding of their rights."
The controversy has infuriated gun owners and Second Amendment activists across the country. In a way, one might feel sorry for Superintendent Bob Hill because he didn't write the guide.
At issue is a middle school workbook that says this about the Second Amendment: "This amendment states that people have the right to certain weapons, providing that they register them and they have not been in prison. The founding fathers included this amendment to prevent the United States from acting like the British who had tried to take weapons away from the colonists."
The workbook is used at Grant Middle School in Springfield School District 186.
Here is what the Second Amendment really says: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
The statement has infuriated gun rights activists not just in Illinois, but across the country. It is being defended by Supt. Hill, who told WMAY radio that the workbook was put together by a now-retired teacher at Grant Middle School. The study guide is apparently still in use, he confirmed, and materials such as this are not vetted for accuracy. Hill indicated there are no plans to replace the workbook, and that segment of the course has been completed. Listen to the podcast here.
During this morning's segment on Fox & Friends, Judge Napolitano observed about Supt. Hill that, "He comes from a culture which is the most anti-gun, pro regulation culture in the United States of America, even more difficult than our home state of New Jersey.
"Illinois has worn away at the right to keep and bear arms more than any other state in the union and the statistics show it," Napolitano added. "What's the worst city in the country for murders? Chicago. What's the second worst? District of Columbia. Where is it most difficult to keep and bear arms? Chicago and the District of Columbia."
Napolitano referred to two recent Supreme Court rulings on the Second Amendment during his appearance, the 2008 Heller ruling and the 2010 McDonald ruling in a case brought by the Second Amendment Foundation of Bellevue, a victory that has been repeatedly overlooked by Seattle media for its important local angle. It is being noted on Facebook that Otis McDonald, for whom the case was named, is seriously ill.
Should Hill be forced to step down over his defense of the workbook's language? The question has not been raised so far, but typically that's where such controversies lead. He reportedly told the radio station that the explanation regarding the Second Amendment shows "what happens with the right to bear arms in the context of 2014."
"It's a study guide summary of the Second Amendment and the impact of the Second Amendment on the lives of people today," Hill said.
Does this suggest Hill is defending the alteration of the Second Amendment to suit his personal view, or is he accurately portraying what has happened to the right to keep and bear arms in today's culture?
The flap erupted Monday and has ramped up over the past dozen hours. Hill told WMAY that he has received several telephone calls, from all over the country but only spoke to one concerned parent from the school district.
Should the Second Amendment be interpreted in the "context of 2014," as Hill suggested?
Judge Napolitano noted that the Second Amendment has been eroded over the years, and not just in Illinois. Here in Washington State, gun rights activists suggest that erosion is currently typified by Initiative 594, the 18-page gun control measure being touted as a "universal background check" plan that also stretches the waiting period on handguns, and affects all transfers of firearms, not just sales of firearms.
Two questions for Examiner readers:
Q. Should the Springfield school board direct Supt. Bob Hill to pull the controversial study guide and find a suitable substitute?
Q. Have you seen similar misrepresentations of the Second Amendment in study materials distributed in your local school districts?
Personal Note: Our colleague and friend National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea is down with an ailment and injuries, as noted by independent blogger Mike Vanderboegh. Hopefully he will be back at the keyboard within a few days, comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.


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Swedish defenseman Nicklas Grossman was traded Thursday, February 16, 2012, to the Philadelphia Flyers for two draft picks.
And not just any two draft picks, but one 2012 second round round and a 2013 3=third round pick. Which leads me to wonder if the Stars were just looking to move Grossman now, bringing up a Texas Star in his stead, if they need those draft picks later to build the team or trade at some later date, or Grossman wanted to move to a more Stanley Cup Playoff-bound team.
The 2nd round draft pick in 2012 is the one the Flyers acquired from the Los Angeles Kings in last summer's Mike Richards deal. The 3rd round draft ick in 2013 the Flyers got form Minnesota Wild for Darroll Powe last June.
Depleting the Dallas Stars defenseman depth isn't something to take lightly. Since the loss of Sergei Zubov, Dallas has been struggling mightily to fill his shoes. Stephan Robidas has stepped up his game, but Zubov had big boots to fill and no one man in the league was likely to immediately make a snug fit.
Grossman has had 5 assists in 52 games this season, and in his 333 game career, 3 goals and 41 points with the Stars. And, he's not one to ignore on the ice. The 27 year-old Grossman is 6' 4" and 230 pounds, 100 blocked shots, and 96 hits with 18:26 minutes of ice time per game, including 2:17 per game shorthanded, third-most on the Stars team and an n even plus/minus rating.
What do the Flyers expect from acquiring another defenseman?
"He is experienced. He is a bigger body and he is a good solid defensive defenseman," Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said. "He can kill penalties for us and play regular shifts. He can chew up minutes."
The Flyers have struggled lately allowing 6 power-play goals in their last three games, according to NHL.com.
"We've struggled in a lot of areas here lately and that (penalty kill) is certainly one of them," Holmgren said. "Nicklas has been around, he's developed over time in Dallas. He's still a good young player and we're excited to have him. I feel he's really going to give us a boost in our own zone and get us out of our end quickly because he makes a good first pass. He's not a guy that's going to put up a lot of points, but he's a good all-round defenseman."
Homgren admits that the Flyers have had their eye on Grossman for sometime. Flyers' defenseman Chris Pronger has been in and out of the lineup since November 2011.
"He's a guy that we've talked about over the last few weeks, talked with Dallas about it," he said. "They weren't really prepared to move him until here recently."
In fact, his concussion-like symptoms are so persistent, they've kept him away from the Flyers' Wives Fight for Lives Carnival in Philidelphia where they raise millions of dollars for Philadelphia-area charities and allows fans to meet and take pictures with current and former players. Pronger has also missed 6 games with an eye injury and was out with a knee surgery. On December 15, 2011, Pronger broke his right foot in a game against Montreal and missed 13 games with that injury.
"A lot of our guys are containment-type defenseman," Holmgren said. "They've never really been Chris Pronger, where they're going to whack somebody. I don't think (Grossman) is a mean player, but he's a physical, competitive player that's going to help us."
The NHL trade deadline is February 27 and Grossman will become an unrestricted free agent this summer. Holmgren isn't in a hurry, he said, to offer Grossman a contract.
"I think that goes both ways," Holmgren said. "I think Nicklas has to see if he likes it here. We like him … we're happy to have him and we'll see where it goes from here."
The Flyers are 2-5-1 in the last 8 games and they haven't won a back-to-back in over a month, but they have big plans to reshape their defense with the addition of Nicklas Grossman as they head into the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs.


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I've tried both Rhythmbox and Banshee for syncing my iPod Touch 3g.
However it frustrates me that it took them so long to sync up all my songs (~1700). It took around 3~4hours.
Curious to see how long it took in Windows, I booted into my windows partition and tried to sync my iPod from scratch (using Mediamonkey, apparently iTunes can't import my playlist properly) again with the same amount of songs and to my surprise it only took ~30minutes, I tested by selecting a few songs to made sure it worked (Rhythmbox failed me once after I finished my sync, the file is there but not playable), and it did!
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Women's Basketball Defeats St. Bonaventure In Overtime, 71-66
Feb. 21, 2002
AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts women's basketball team defeated St. Bonaventure University, 71-66, in overtime this evening at the Reilly Center. The Minutewomen outscored the Bonnies 12-7 in overtime to improve to 9-17 on the season and 7-8 in the Atlantic 10. St. Bonaventure falls to 13-12 overall and 7-7 in conference play.
Junior Jennifer Butler (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Freshman Katie Nelson (Ellicot City, Md.) combined for nine of the 12 UMass points in overtime,while holding the Bonnies scoreless for the first four minutes of the extra period. Nelson scored a career high 20 points, while Butler tallied her 18th double-double of the season with 13 points and 13 rebounds.With the performance, Butler broke her own UMass single season rebounding record of 284 set two years prior, and is only 28 rebounds shy of the career rebounding record.
Junior Amber Sneed (Cincinnatti, Ohio) scored a jumper in the lane with only 18 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game at 59-59 and force the overtime period. Sneed finished with 13 points on the game. St. Bonaventure led by as many as nine points early in the second half, but UMass battled back into contention behind the strong play of junior Nekole Smith (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Smith tallied 13 second half points, including eight in a row down the strech.
The Minutewomen and the Bonnies battled basket for basket until the 11:00 minute mark, when scored four straight points to give UMass it's largest lead of the game, 19-12. A three-pointer by Becky Valenti brought St. Bonaventure back into contention and a jumper by Kristin McGhee tied the game, 19-19, at 4:49. A three-point play by Angela Scott gave St. Bonaventure it's first lead since the 12:00 mark and sparked a 9-0 run. St. Bonaventure led by as many as seven with two minutes remaining, but Butler converted a layup with six seconds remaining in the half to enter the break trailing, 29-24.
Courtney Mattingly and Stephanie Collins led St. Bonaventure in scoring with 10 points each, while Christina Cole chipped in nine. UMass outrebounded St. Bonaventure 45-32 in the game.
The game marks the 6th overtime contest of the season for the Minutewomen, a UMass women's basketball record for most overtime games in a single season. UMass has won the past three overtime games and are 3-3 in overtime play.
The Minutewomen return to action on Feb. 24, 2002 when they take on George Washington in their last home game of the sesason. The game is slated to begin at 2:00 p.m.
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Live in Comfort with Spacious Suites in Waukegan, IL. Perfect for business & leisure travelers, the Candlewood Suites® Chicago - Waukegan hotel is one of the most conveniently located hotels in Waukegan, Illinois. Only five minutes from I-94 and near the Great Lakes Naval Base, our guests find it convenient to visit downtown Chicago during their extended stay. Enjoy the comforts of our spacious suites with cover lit bedding, plush recliners and a full kitchen.
Our location accommodates business travelers well. Located near Abbott Laboratories, Cardinal Health Midwest Distribution Center, Abbvie, Visual Pak and Greenbelt Conference Center makes for an easy commute with time to spare. We offer our guests the convenience of staying connected with free Wi-Fi access and keeping your regular routine while on the road with free laundry service and the 24- hour Candlewood Gym.
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This is the first anthology ever devoted to early modern Japanese literature, spanning the period from 1600 to 1900, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa, one of the most creative epochs of Japanese culture. This anthology, which will be of vital interest to anyone involved in this era, includes not only fiction, poetry, and drama, but also essays, treatises, literary criticism, comic poetry, adaptations from Chinese, folk stories and other non-canonical works. Many of these texts have never been translated into English before, and several classics have been newly translated for this collection.Early Modern Japanese Literatureintroduces English readers to an unprecedented range of prose fiction genres, including dangibon (satiric sermons), kibyôshi (satiric and didactic picture books), sharebon (books of wit and fashion), yomihon (reading books), kokkeibon (books of humor), gôkan (bound books), and ninjôbon (books of romance and sentiment). The anthology also offers a rich array of poetry -- waka, haiku, senryû, kyôka, kyôshi -- and eleven plays, which range from contemporary domestic drama to historical plays and from early puppet theater to nineteenth century kabuki. Since much of early modern Japanese literature is highly allusive and often elliptical, this anthology features introductions and commentary that provide the critical context for appreciating this diverse and fascinating body of texts.One of the major characteristics of early modern Japanese literature is that almost all of the popular fiction was amply illustrated by wood-block prints, creating an extensive text-image phenomenon. In some genres such as kibyôshi and gôkan the text in fact appeared inside the woodblock image. Woodblock prints of actors were also an important aspect of the culture of kabuki drama. A major feature of this anthology is the inclusion of over 200 woodblock prints that accompanied the original texts and drama.
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|Historical Periods, Measurements, and Other Matters
|Early Modern Japan
|Kana Booklets and the Emergence of a Print Culture
|Ihara Saikaku and the Books of the Floating World
|Early Haikai Poetry and Poetics
|The Poetry and Prose of Matsuo Bash
|Chikamatsu Monzaemon and the Puppet Theater
|Confucian Studies and Literary Perspectives
|Confucianism in Action: An Autobiography of a Bakufu Official
|Chinese Poetry and the Literatus Ideal
|The Golden Age of Puppet Theater
|Dangibon and the Birth of Edo Popular Literature
|Comic and Satiric Poetry
|Literati Meditations
|Early Yomihon: History, Romance, and the Supernatural
|Eighteenth-Century Waka and Nativist Study
|Sharebon: Books of Wit and Fashion
|Kiby_shi: Satiric and Didactic Picture Books
|Kokkeibon: Comic Fiction for Commoners
|Ninj_bon: Sentimental Fiction
|G_kan: Extended Picture Books
|Ghosts and Nineteenth-Century Kabuki
|Late Yomihon: History and the Supernatural Revisited
|Nativizing Poetry and Prose in Chinese
|The Miscellany
|Early-Nineteenth-Century Haiku
|Waka in the Late Edo Period
|Rakugo English-Language
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Arizona 2004-2005: Was a main contributor for the Wildcats...Went 10-1 in the fall season, highlighted by winning the consolation final at the Wilson Regional...Defeated UCLA's Phillip Gruendler who was ranked #66 at the time...Finished the season 18-14 playing the majority at the No. 5 position ...Won against NAU in his single start at No. 1...Paired with multiple teammates throughout the season and finished with a 9-15 doubles record.
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Our nation is preparing to observe Thanksgiving Day, a holiday that makes it clear that we are not self-sufficient, but rather dependent on the God who gives us both our life and our freedom. We thank Him for both, realizing that there is no gift greater than life itself. One of the best ways we express our gratitude for the gift of life is to defend that gift when it is under attack, or when its value is denied.
This Thanksgiving, I will be praying for each of you, and giving thanks for your efforts to defend life. Let us give thanks that we can be part of the greatest civil rights movement of all time, the pro-life movement.
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Name: Austin
Email address: austinm [at] metal-observer [dot] com
Function: Reviewer
Compatible styles: Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal, anything progressive, Hard Rock. I'm extremely open to new music. Anything in a foreign language = big plus. Grunge. My music taste changes frequently. Check my last.fm -- most things are going to fit for me.
Incompatible styles: 99.9% of Black Metal, Power Metal that is too D&D, symphonic stuff, -core, Nu-Metal, RAMMSTEIN and their copycats.
Thoughts on the main Metal genres:
Black Metal: I'm not kvlt or trřř at all. I like things with Blackened elements on occasion (ZYKLON), but nothing that is horribly produced or with vocals that are too screechy. I avoid this genre for the most part.
Death Metal: The genre of extreme Metal I like the most. Old-school Death is not my favorite, although I like a lot of it. I like Technical Death Metal to an extent (has to be unique and not just a bunch of random chaos), and OPETH, my favorite band, belongs to this subgenre. The Swedish scene has the best stuff, in my opinion.
Thrash Metal: I used to be a bigger fan of this genre than I am now. I still like MEGADETH a lot, and I think "Rust In Peace" is one of the best albums of all time. In the MEGADETH vs METALLICA war, I choose MEGADETH for sure.
Power Metal: Not a fan. All I like really is "The Metal Opera" by AVANTASIA. I don't like it mostly for the lyrics and for the over-the-top vocals. EVERGREY is good, though. It all depends. If it's not about dragons and swords, I'll try it.
Progressive Metal: This is where I really started. Bands like QUEENSRźCHE are the ones who got me into Metal. A good majority of the music I listen to has some sort of "progressive" element to it as well.
Doom Metal: I like a few songs here and there, but I really don't like this genre.
Gothic Metal: It can get pretty predictable with the clean female vocals and the gritty male vocals. LACUNA COIL really goes right through me though.
Melodic/Heavy Metal: A big fan. My first Metal album of all time was "No Rest For The Wicked" by OZZY OSBOURNE. The genres are pretty special for me. I like a lot of IRON MAIDEN's stuff, but I don't like a lot of JUDAS PRIEST's. Rob Halford's vocals don't do it for me; ironically, I like Geoff Tate's style.
Nicknames: Austin ;)
Time at TMO: Just started as of Oct 19, 2009.
How came to TMO: I've been reading TMO for years. I believe I found it via Google (shocker). I saw that a position was open and I thought I'd try it out.
The best thing as a TMO writer: Getting new music and broadening my taste.
The worst thing as a TMO writer: It would probably be trying not to be overly negative about an album I don't find absolutely perfect.Statistics:
Reviews 11
Reviewing methods: I pop the CD in and give it a good once-through, making informal mental notes about which songs are boring and which are cool. When a particularly cool part of a song comes on, I replay it so I can bask in its awesomeness. Then, hours or later, I'll play the album again so as to become more familiar with the material. If the lyrics are indecipherable, I'll read along with the lyrics. I'll write down the overall vibe of the album, including discussion of the absolute coolest parts on the disc. I then give a few sum-up sentences at the end for the tl;dr people.
Birthday: June 14, 1991
Birth town: Orlando, FL
Present location: Gainesville, FL
Job: Full-type student
Languages: I am in love with languages/linguistics. I study German and Spanish, and have studied Russian. I play around with Swedish, various writing systems (Arabic, Cyrillic, IPA), and have studied a little bit of Brazilian Portuguese before I got bored with it. I want to become fluent in Swedish one day. I read up on a lot of languages, though. Definitely strike up a chat with me about any linguistics topic and I'll talk 'til I drop.
Hobbies: See above. Also music, hanging out with friends, going to football games, Skype with buddies back home.
Pet peeves: Racism, ignorance, bad grammar, auto-tune and people who think Lil Wayne is the second coming of the Beatles.
Phobia(s): Most medical-related things (blood, needles). Cockroaches! I once stepped on one barefoot... I try to forget about it.
I, about myself: I love languages, music, and culture. I'm a college student:)
Describe yourself in 5 words: Focused, enigmatic, passionate, fun, trustworthy
Funny childhood story: After my great-grandmother's funeral, my family and I were in the car on the way home. My four-year-old self looks at my grandmother and says, "Well, I guess that means you're next." True story that gets quoted often to me.
How I came into Heavy Metal: I started by loving KISS. I thought they were the best musicians on the planet. After awhile, I bought MÖTLEY CRÜE's "Shout At The Devil". Believe it or not, I couldn't listen to it because I thought it was too "hardcore." I must have been 11 or 12 years old. After that, I received "No Rest For The Wicked" by OZZY OSBOURNE for Christmas. I loved it! I then went down the classic rock path, listening to bands like VAN HALEN and LED ZEPPELIN. I discovered METALLICA, then MEGADETH (who were my favorite band for a very long time), then deeply explored the thrash scene. After I went to Gigantour, I became a fan of OPETH and much heavier music.
First Metal CD ever bought: "No Rest For The Wicked" by OZZY OSBOURNE.
Most embarrassing CD in your collection: "LOL <(^^,>" by BASSHUNTER. Sad, I know. This is the most embarrassing one I actually still listen to.
First Metal concert: I can't remember. When I started getting into Metal I went to a ton of shows, so a lot of them blur together. The best one was definitely Gigantour.
What did Metal teach me about life: Being unique is a good thing. Society isn't always right.
Favourite music listening place and why? On my computer so that I can talk about the music I'm listening to with my friends and recommend them stuff that I like.
Most prized Metal possession? I had a CD signed by Scott Rockenfield of QUEENSRźCHE once. Kinda cool. My
Band & previous band experiences: None
Instrumental talents: I was learning how to play the guitar quite well before I lost a lot of free time.
Favourite bands: http://www.last.fm/user/austinmangel This changes all the time, so I don't have a favorite band really.
Least favourite bands: Most Black Metal bands. Bands who "try too hard". Old CANNIBAL CORPSE (with Chris Barnes). RAMMSTEIN.
Sound you'd like to have banned: Auto-tune
Most overrated bands: DREAM THEATER, METALLICA, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLIPKNOT (blech), RAMMSTEIN, SLAYER
Most underrated bands: VINTERSORG, TÝR, MĹNEGARM. I don't know who's considered underrated anymore; apparently I like a lot of bands that are "underground", but with the Internet it's really easy to find new bands.
Most influential band: Most everyone quotes BLACK SABBATH as being the most influential.
Favourite musician: Mikael Ĺkerfeldt
Favourite album cover: MEGADETH - "Rust In Peace"
10 favourite albums:
Megadeth – Rust In Peace
I know every note to this album by heart. It's the album that inspired me to pick up a guitar. Every song is a real winner.
Moody, depressing, atmospheric. The music is extremely slow and heavy, and the lyrics are insightful and poignant.
Opeth – Blackwater Park
I think this album highlights the best of OPETH. Not a bad spot on it, in my opinion.
Pantera – Cowboys From Hell
One of the earliest Metal albums I purchased. It's got great choruses and insane riffs. I also love the vocals, too. "Cemetery Gates" is easily one of my favorite songs of all time.
Ozzy Osbourne – No Rest For The Wicked
Tons of squeals, processed vocals, and cheesy imagery. This is what "first Metal albums" are all about.
Van Halen – s/t
I remember where I was when I first heard "Eruption." My first VH album was a best of compilation. I was extremely young at the time and I noticed to myself, "Hey, this singer sounds different on songs." After a while I figured out that Sammy ruined the band. I asked some older dudes I knew for their opinion and they shoved me in this direction. Every track's a hit, David Lee Roth's a star.... this is one that I will never tire of.
Bloodbath – Breeding Death
This is the album that really got me into Death Metal. Brutal, short, and ridiculous lyrics make this one a fun, occasional listen.
Cannibal Corpse – Evisceration Plague
Very well produced, vocals are great and easily to understand. I think I like this one so much because the lyrics are a lot less ridiculous than those in their past.
Cynic – Traced In Air
This album flows so well that I don't even know time has passed once I reach the end of it. I really dig the vocals and thought-provoking lyrics.
Opeth – Damnation
There was a time when I listened to this album daily. Sublime, beautiful vocals and really mellow guitars go amazingly well together.
Favourite films: Big Tarantino fan. I really dig foreign films, usually.... The Big Lebowski, El Laberinto del Fauno, etc. I can't think of any off the top of my head.
Favourite books: Not a huge book reader. I guess my reference books or coffee-table books.
Favourite food: Anything new, exciting, and delicious that does not contain weird crap from the sea, mushrooms, insects, etc. I love Mexican cuisine, as well as German, Swedish, and Thai food. Sushi is a big plus too.
Favourite drink: Right now it's Diet Pepsi. Awesome stuff! Water too.
Favourite smokes: I don't smoke.
Which song should be played at your funeral? "The Night And The Silent Water" by OPETH
Idol (s): none
Person you'd like to meet: David Lee Roth, Mikael Ĺkerfeldt, Dave Mustaine, as well as Samuel L. Jackson because I think he's a hilarious actor.
Catchphrase: I always greet people with Swedish "hej" and always say goodbye with Spanish "adiós." This is pretty much without fail ;)
Biggest thrill in life (so far): Getting hit by a car really was an unexpected adventure.
Goal in life: I want to move to Sweden one day.
Secret: If I told you that, it wouldn't be a secret, now would it?
5 favourite links:
· http://www.amazon.com - Requires money, unfortunately:(
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Underride truck guards: Federal government moving towards rule change
Announcement 2 years after Contact 5 probe
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announcing the agency is taking the first step in a process that could result in new guidelines for underride truck guards.
The guards are steel bumpers on the back of big rig trucks. They're supposed to keep drivers from sliding under a truck in the event of a crash. But they're not always holding up.
For the last year, advocates have aggressively asked the government to toughen standards for these guards and after a Contact 5 Investigation in May, 2012 some lawmakers also made the same request.
"We know that there's a problem when more than 400 Americans lose their lives in these gruesome accidents and more than 5,000 Americans are injured. We know that this is a serious problem," said Florida Congressman Ted Deutch shortly after Contact 5 exposed the problems.
Last year, Marianne Karth, a Truck Safety Coalition Volunteer, took on the fight against the feds after losing her daughters in an underride truck crash one year ago.
The Karth family created a petition which gained more than 11,000 supporters seeking to improve underride guard protections.
In a statement from the the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the agency stated, it "is deeply committed to improving large truck safety. Today, the agency initiated a rulemaking process to evaluate options for enhancing the safety of rear impact guards on trailers and single-unit trucks, in response to a petition delivered to the agency by members of the Karth family and the Truck Safety Coalition. NHTSA is looking into potential improvements based on its field analysis, IIHS's (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) tests, international standards, input from stakeholders and other data that may inform potential changes to existing federal safety standards - including enhanced rear-impact guard requirements."
The next step will be to evaluate options to increase the safety of these bumper guards. Also under consideration, a request to improve side guard requirements and even front guards.


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Snowpiercer (2013) Dir: Bong Joon-ho. Rated R, for violence, language, and drug content.
This film is currently playing in theaters.
Based on the French graphic novel, Le Transperceneige written by Jean-Marc Rochette, Korean director Bong Joon-Ho's Snowpiercer stars Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, and Tilda Swinton in a story about the Earth's remaining civilization stuck in a perpetually moving train that travels around the globe. Due to a failed global-warming experiment, Earth had gone into an ice age, making the outside world completely uninhabitable. Inside this train, named Snowpiercer, a class system has been installed, with the elites inhabiting the front of the train with guards everywhere while the poor inhabit the tail. Led by Curtis (Evans), with help from security specialist Namgoog Minsu (Song), the tail inhabitants decide to revolt against the upper class by forcing their way into the well-guarded head of the train and confront the train's ultimate leader, Wilford.
This film's a doozy. Where to begin? Let me note that I've been a fan of South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho's work for quite a while. I started off with his independent dark comedy Barking Dogs Never Bite, then to his suspense thriller masterpiece Memories of Murder, darkly-humored giant monster flick The Host, his darkly unsettling thriller Mother, and now, Snowpiercer, his first English-language film. I had trepidations going into this film. In general, many overseas directors' sensibilities do not quite transition well into English films. Thankfully, this one doesn't appear to be a Hollywood film, which may've helped.
First off, let me say this is not a perfect film. However, it's highly original, with good doses of nutty surrealism, and is unusually thought-provoking. It starts off kind of slow. At times, I wondered where the film was going. I kept encountering more and more interesting elements as the main characters entered each car toward the head, however. By the end of it, my mind was blown. It's surreal and stylishly off-kilter like Alice in Wonderland, but it is riddled with metaphors and ideas. Bong Joon-Ho's films have always been consistent—he loves to explore the ironies of society. In his films, I notice, there are often those moments where you are seeing from a third-person's view of society. In this case, it's a whole train.
To note, one needs to establish that this film is not meant to be taken literally--the train, in this film, is a metaphor. As the saying goes, "we (the society) are all passengers on the same train." The train must continuously run and the people are kind of like the cogs in the machine. Each car section represents segments of society and/or class, or one may see them as chronological progression of society in general. It is perhaps best that I don't say too much at this point other than to say that to enjoy this film, one must view the film as a symbolized fable of sorts.
Chris Evans, shedding his Captain America persona, shows a great range as an actor here. It's nice to see him play a character less clean-cut and more grimy. Tilda Swinton is particularly memorable as Mason, a spokesperson for Wilford, the totalitarian leader of the train. Her colorful characterization fully helps cement the surreal, satirical tone of this film, counterbalancing the more morose, darker moments of the film. Song Kang-ho is great as always (a constant in Bong Joon-ho's films), and brings a good amount of humor and drama. There was one other actor I thought was very excellent, but to avoid any spoilers, I'll leave him at that. Some of the lesser roles by unknowns were not quite as refined compared to the stars, admittedly.
The film's art style brings out a Steampunk vibe. In terms of style and theme, I'm reminded of the game, Bioshock, which of course, was inspired by dystopian sci-fi stories of this nature—Metropolis comes to mind. And, given that the film is based on a French graphic novel, there are plenty of comic-book like characters and moments. The CG of the outside world is fairly well-done. It's not realistic, but doesn't go the full-on, big-budget Marvel style environment route, either. Ultimately, CG is mostly there to move the story forward…like the train.
This film is violent, with plenty of action. There's plenty of blood, but this being a film about violent societal unrest, it's not unexpected. This is not what one would call a full-on action film—director Bong Jon-ho is more interested in thoughts, ideas, and ponderings about society. The film appears to ask the question why we as people appear to be going in a perpetual loop in a box we have made, mostly too busy just fighting each other. A society stuck inside a train—among other things, can also be seen as a parallel to the situations in North Korea. That's what I found so great about this film—it kept me thinking about many things long after it was over. Marvel films, for example, are entertaining, but they don't really challenge me, mentally. Maybe we need to think "outside the box-car." All that fluff can make one lose their "train" of thought. Okay, I'll stop.


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|Dressage Canada Announces Markus Gribbe as Technical Leader for the High Performance Program
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March 24, 2011 — Dressage Canada is pleased to announce that Markus Gribbe of Bösel, GER, has been selected as the Technical Leader for Dressage Canada's high performance program. The announcement comes after an extensive search and selection process which began in December of 2010 led by the Dressage Canada Hiring Committee.
Applicants were narrowed down to three candidates and interviews were conducted in Ottawa, ON in February. The Hiring Committee then made their recommendation to the Dressage Canada Board (DCB), which was subsequently approved at a meeting of the DCB.
Gribbe's contract is scheduled to start April 1st, 2011, with a seven-month probationary period built into the contract. During the transition, Gribbe will attend both the CDI3* Loxahatchee, Florida scheduled for March 23–27 and the CDI3* Burbank, CA scheduled for March 31–April 4. There he will work with current Technical Coach/Advisor Robert Dover and meet with the athletes that plan to compete at these competitions.
"I am very happy to get the opportunity to work with the Canadian team riders and their home trainers," said Gribbe. In addition to his numerous wins at the international Grand Prix level, Gribbe coached Great Britain's dressage sensation and 2010 WEG triple silver medalist, Laura Bechtolsheimer, during her years as a young rider and at the 2006 World Championships in Aachen. "I will try to connect to the great work Robert did in the past. I look forward to all the new experiences, and I hope we will have a good time together and bring home good results."
This position is part of the high performance program being developed to assist not only in identifying talented athletes—both human and equine—but also to create a system to support and compliment their competitive goals. Dressage Canada and Equine Canada gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of Own the Podium (OTP), a national sport technical initiative designed to help Canada's summer and winter athletes achieve podium success at the Olympic Games.
"We are delighted to welcome Markus to our team and to have his skills, talents, and experience at our athletes' disposal, particularly as we prepare for the 2011 Pan American Games and the 2012 Olympics," said Equine Canada CEO, Akaash Maharaj.
Equine Canada and Dressage Canada wish to extend the utmost sincere thank you to Robert Dover for his extensive and passionate service to Canadian dressage for the past 15 months. The success achieved under the direction of Dover does not go unnoticed by anyone in the industry and Equine Canada / Dressage Canada wish him much success for the future.
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Now here is a car that has literally taken years to complete, so when I give Danny Torres a badd time about not completely his cars, I should not be giving him a hard time because well, there is this car that I started around Christmas of 2005.. I started this car soon after I realized that show cars were not for me, when I was building this Speedster, I had visited Joe Horvath at Revmaster and asked him if he would sell me a 3 liter, I told him I was building a kit car and he said he was not interested at that time in supplying a motor for that car but if I wanted to go drag racing he would reconsider. I finished the speedster and had a lot of fun with it, the power was incredable but in actuality it just made me want more and I knew that if I was to do anything with the kind of power I was craving it should be done on a track. I purchased the body from Small Car Connection up in the desert, a 57 oval window that was used as a trampolin and also had seen some serious Baja action. The pan was not included in the sale nor anything else for that matter, just a semi rust free shell for me to diesect. This is going to be a really long article, so keep checking back cause there is no way I can do this piece in one sitting.
You have to look close, the top is really smashed in badd. Oh well that just means it needs to be chopped.Typical of me, I not affraid to call myself out. I though well as long as I have to replace the roof I might as well get it chopped, so I made a few calls and quickly learned that gettting a car chopped was very expensive and would take up to a year. I was having non of that so I got on the ol Intra Web and started researching "How to Chop a Bug" I found a step by step that looked fairly easy. Next thiing ya know I am at HomeDepot getting a carbide blade for my skillsaw. A couple days later I was done with my first chop. 4″ at the windshield.I think my wife hates body work more than me cause it makes a gnarly mess. The best part about that is that now when I chop a bug I do it completely different to avoid all the dust and bodywork. In the future I will do a chop article on here to show.All blasted up, alittle body work then I will get it sealed.I made a frame table in my garage and got to work, fitting the body on and off atleast a hundred time. Used all chromoly tube and tig welded everything to meet a 6.50 NHRA certification.I went with a different driveline setup in this car, if I ever break this it will not due to excessive power. Its a Currie 9 inch Ford.Getting the rear end all set up, typical four link like most back halfed V8 cars. Setup for Strange coilovers, etc etcTime to de Baja Bug it, I replaced the sheet metal rear apron and fender inners. At this time I made a rear wing out of aluminum that matches the contour below the grills, we luh them oval window grills and could not cover them up. Behind the car is a W decklid that I made to go under the wing, dont even trip cause when I got that decklid it had been run over by a truck, its a rescue item that if I wouldnt have saved it would be at the dump.Oh I study the history of drag racing, these Spindle Mount Cragar Super Tricks were the wheels of the 70's and 80's for Funny Car and ProStock, I powderd coated these black and yes they only cost me 60 bucks for the pair on Ebay.
On the rear I went with a standard CenterLine Convo Pro, 15 x 10″. While getting the car going we will use a 26 x 12 and eventually switch to a 28 or 29″ tall tire when more speed is needed.
Time to tackle the front end, I almost went with a fiberglass front end but opted for all steel body just for kicks. In this pic you can see a Liberty 5 speed shifter in the car, if the trans would have fit I would have used it, it was just too wide.Loads of body work, so if anyone ever ask why did I cut up a perfectly good oval, I will laugh. I saved a perfectly destroyed oval.
Finally loading it up for a trip to our buddy Earl Schieb for some color. While the body is being painted the chassis goes back to the Revmaster as Joe and I start maching the driveline parts to mate the Jerico 4 speed to the R3000 motor. This was the last time to the body was off the car. You can see that at this point most of the front end frame supports and motor plate mounts are not in the car yet.Here you can see the rear end set up, anti sway bar, panard bar, this car should launch very good and be stable. The 4 link bars are nickle plated. Another super funny tid bit, I spent so much time blocking out the car and skim coating it. It was soo straight, when I took it to Earl Shieb the hit the whole car with a DA Sander and ruined all the blocking I did. Of well its a race car right!Next we made a bellhousing, its made out of 1/4 dom tubing and 1/4″ plate. we tacked it together then checked it for alignment. After we finish welded it we decked it and machined the bore for the transmission to locate to. The bellhousing is pretty stout, NHRA gave it a thumbs up.All welded up and in the car, the clutch is a 6″ dual disk slipper clutch by DZE. The Jerico DR4 trans and the clutch will make this car super fun to drive, bang bang bang in the waterbox.Here is a shot of the clutch itself, it is pretty much a piece of art.I cant even begin to count how times the body was on and off the car, the motor plate and bellhousing are in but still no support bars in the front half of the chassis.
Finally time to start fitting the motor in, we did all the front half frame struts around a Big Block 180ci R3000 motor. The car will make its debut with a much smaller 153ci motor.In the early stages of this build were looking into running a Hard Anodized 4:71 blower from BDS. Also at this stage of the build you can see the sheet metal is being fitted and installed.It really looked sick with the blower on there.
Eventually we came to the conclusion that the 4:71 was just not going to give us what we wanted as far as boost. Man did it look good though.
In this pic you can see the belly pan is in the car, also the clutch fork and clutch linkage is being handled as well as the firewall being wrapped up.
Here is another pic of the drivers compartment after the belly pan was installed. We made a custom Tranmission top cover, its a helping hand.It only took a couple of times putting the trans in and out of the car to realize that a system was need to aid with servicing the clutch. The tranmission only weighs 60lbs but this little picker makes all the difference in the world. I should also note that we put the entire stock dash in the car, just becuase we can.Now we have the rear half of the car with all the sheet metal work done, brake lines finished and the wiring going in. You can slso see the battery which sits where the motor should be.All the rear suspension is wrapped up and ready to go. Moving to the back of the car the parachute sack is mounted as is the wheelie bars and a couple pages of todo items. If you are wondering why the we chose the paint scheme for the cars its because of this man, Sir Joesph Horvath. He served in the Marines and worked on fighter and trainer planes, the cars are painted like F4U Corsair war planes. If you ever get a chance to see our cars up close you will find that they show all the signs of being in battle but yet kept in fighting shape. Joe says the cars have hanger rash, even though the sedan has never been down a track it looks like it has been to hell and back and won its battles.Even though we expect this car to be absolutely stable we put a panic button on the steering wheel, if for some reason the short wheelbase car starts to get out of shape there is a big red button on the right side of the steering wheel that when pushed launches the parachute via a air cylinder.There's the red button I was talking about, as far as gauges we have oil pressure, oil temp and brake pressure for staging the car.Here we are fabing up new oil and fuel tanks where the spare tire would be, the wireing harness is under way. The additional chassis supports for the strut towers are in place and the blower drive is fitted in the car.
Finally getting time to start making a motor, we started with a R3000 aluminum case to make the 90mm x 94mm engine. This car will run the new CNC 049™ Heads, Revmaster Barrells and soon The New Revmaster Forged Pistons. The compression is set at 10:1 and in this photo Weisco forged pistons are in it. The shaft sticking out of the front of the crank is what drives the ProCharger directly, no belts.Here are a couple pics of the heads as I was making them, first a semi hemi cut was done, then I started prepping the heads for dual spark plugs. With the exhaust gas temps we are expecting, we cnc's the exhaust guides off in the exhaust ports to prevent them from burning off.
This is what the chambers look like roughed out, 44mm titanium intake with a 40mm titanium exhaust, dual plug. There is still a lot of work to be done on the chambers as far as blending and unshrouding around the valve heads.Here is a trick Revmaster has been doing to there turbo airplane engines since the early 70's, a thickwall tube is pressed into a bored hole where the head stud pass's thru the finned area of the head to eliminate the head from flexing under high cylinder pressure. The tube then acts like a solid mass of aluminum between the rocker box and the mass surrounding the chamber. You have to look to notice the thickwall pipe.
With the heads comming along we started began doing all the clearencing needed to fit the 90mm crank in the case. I think we should skip all the motor stuff for now, this post is already pretty long and the motor prepping could be a post in its self. So one last motor prep picture, the 6″ rods are chamfered to clear the cam better, we also fit these rods with ARP2000 3/8″ bolts, the good stuff.Again its late and time for bed, I will continue tomorrow.


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My Mother
Thursday, April 04, 2013
My mother is tremendously unhealthy. Her idea of a "good breakfast" is a big plate of biscuits and gravy. Exercise is something she does slowly...and maybe once or twice a month. She never breaks a sweat while doing that exercise. It's not surprising that she went from being thin to obese and pre-diabetic to diabetic. It wasn't a shock at all.
Before she was married and had me, she was a cheerleader and a model. She weighed 98lbs until my sister was born. Then when she had me, she "plumped up," to 127. I can't even tell you have many times she told me how I had "ruined her figure." You'd think I had set out with some sort of evil plan to ruin her life...before I was born.
When she would meet my friends' moms, she would immediately compare herself to them. She'd point out that she was cuter than THAT mom...or that she hated THAT mom because the other mom was thinner. She wouldn't just think these things in her head. She'd say them out loud to me. She went on and on about it.
When I gained a few pounds during puberty, my dad started cracking the fat jokes. "We're going to have to send you to a fat farm if you keep eating like that!" he'd say. I weighed 110lbs the first time he made one of those jokes. I remember, because my mother almost immediately started explaining to me HOW to lose weight....quickly. She had me hop on a scale an told me what would be a good amount to weight to lose. I was eleven years old.
I lost weight. Oh boy did I! By high school, I was nursing a good little eating disorder. I ended up in the hospital for that. My parents didn't take me to the hospital. My grandparents did. My mother resented the fact that I had "got sick." She made me feel terrible because she was going to have to pay my medical bills.
Today, my mother was in the hospital, having surgery done. Before she could get that surgery done, she had to get her blood sugar under control. The doctor simply refused to do the surgery until she did as he asked.
So, she came to me...weeks ago. She wanted to know how I had stayed so "thin and healthy," while she had gained weight and become obese. I told her. I exercise. I gave up dairy. I watch how many calories I take in. After a day of explaining how to do what I do, she dismissed me entirely. I didn't hear another word about it until today.
Her boyfriend said to me, while she was having the surgery done, that my mother had lost 20 pounds since I last saw her. He might as well have said, "No thanks to YOU." That was the tone in his voice. I said that it was good that she found something that worked. He said that she had...she'd given up carbs and was living off of bacon and eggs.
I swear you could have hit me over the head with a hammer and it probably would've have shocked me less. I SHOULDN'T have been shocked. She was always the queen of the fad diets...unhealthy diets...quick fix diets. Why would she do something different now?
I pleaded with him to get her to consider a sustainable, healthy lifestyle. He looked at me and shrugged. That was the end of the conversation.
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It's really tough to watch loved ones eat unhealthy stuff. I am going through this with some family members as well.
1173 days ago
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Wow, as someone else said earlier, this really sucks. I don't know why family can be more cruel than strangers. I am so glad that you have been able to take care of yourself given all of the negativity around you. You tried to help when your mom asked, but that's all you can do. If she chooses not to like what you say, well, that's her problem and you can't fix that.
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Jesus. That sucks.
Part of being an adult is having the autonomy to decide how to relate to your family. We love them, or don't, but we don't need to feel guilty (or judge ourselves) about our frustration. Family is a weird thing. I hope you have plenty of positive relationships to balance it out.
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Thankfully you see the issues in dealing with your family and try not top let them affect you negatively. My obese chain smoking SIL is busting blood vessel's in her eyes due to mini strokes, was put on high blood pressure medication, was told to quit smoking due to fluid in lung, bronchitis and is on the path to emphysema. She won't make changes. She's only 43 and basically killing herself. It hurts to watch but All you can do is offer to help because they won't do it unless they really want.
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I love my Mother but she has served as a constant example to me of how NOT to be. She doesn't understand me and I don't understand her. I'm 53, she's 85 next month. It took me years to come to terms with the fact that it won't ever be different and we'll never have a friendship. It is what it is. If I don't learn from her and work on making my relationship "more" with my kids then any angst I've felt over the years has been a waste.
Do what you can and learn to speak up as lovingly as possible. Her boyfriend may need to be reminded that his girlfriend is an adult and is responsible for all her own choices.
I hope/pray her health improves.
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I hear you!
My best wishes for a quick recovery after the surgery! And I hope she will take better care of herself!
But anyway, you can only do what is the best for yourself. Your mother's well-being is not your responsibility, it is only hers!
Don't let it affect your life negatively!!!
Ufff...parents, from my own experience it is such a messed up relationship! So much emotional blackmail and guilt are included, and sometimes even from the best intentions!!!
But from the way you write you seem to be your own woman!!!!
Just take care of yourself everyday! (physically and mentally)
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Wow! Having come from a toxic family myself, it took years of therapy to learn to understand why they are like they are. With that understanding I learned to forgive almost everything and everyone but I still can't forget. And for that I carry an extra 50 pounds around. Don't let them get you down!!!!! Who knows why your mom is the way she is? She may not even see that there is anything wrong with herself. She would be wrong but you are young enough to work on your habits and overcome your inherited self-talk and negative self-image. You cannot change anyone else but yourself. And I have found that my friends are my family, much more supportive.
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Parents. Can't live with them.......Can't push them off a cliff either
Good parents are a luxury. It's good that you follow your own path.
I hear you. I totally hear you.
kind regards,
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Vent away! You suffered a lot and I am glad to see you are now your own, marvelous and well-balanced self!
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Thanks everyone. I had to vent a bit after having to deal with my family yesterday.
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to your negative mom. The best thing to do is to stay away so you don't have to be around the negativity. don't let her drag you down, your better than that
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Oh dear. I am sorry your family was so effed up around food/body stuff - good for you for finding a healthier path with such poor examples in front of you!
(I had a mom trying to control my eating when I was 9... Feel your pain, there.)
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It sounds like your mom judged/judges a lot and you have learned to judge her too. I urge you to let go of your negative feelings toward her. After all is that how you want to use your energy? Also, consider that she herself may be negative and insecure and it's really hard for her to face it so she may lash out you...kind of like the tale about the lion with a thorn in his paw. Everyone just thought was a scary and mean lion, but it was just in A LOT of pain until a young man noticed and pulled the thorn out. After that, the lion became his best friend. Maybe your mom's thorn will never be pulled out. But, you don't have to be the same way.
It may take time to explore and let go of the anger and pain, but it's one of the healthiest things you can do for yourself and I suspect it will have a positive effect on all your relationships too. I wish you the best!
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I have parental issues myself but I will save it for now. It is such a waste of breath to talk to someone who isn't going to take your advice or guidence. Maybe introduce her to sparkpeople? She can see that what you are doing is working so maybe she will come around eventually. If so, great. If no, then that isn't your fault. It is such a dichotomy of emotions when dealing with parents. I understand it well, my friend. You just gotta stay real to yourself and put good ole mom and boyfriend out of your mind for now. Let us wait and see what happens. (I want to add a MUWAHAHA, but that might seem creepy). Oodles of sympathy.
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Wow - It's so hard to not be able to help people who come to you asking for it. I'm glad you're a good example for her though. Every one needs someone to look up to.
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I know it's hard, but one person can not make another person do anything the other person does not want to do. all you can do is stand by and wait until she wants to get healthy for herself.
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It is very difficult to watch a parent {or anyone for that matter}on the road to self
destruction and no matter how much you try to help it won't work until your parent
admits they need help.Take care of yourself and be there for your Mum if and when
she asks for it.
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Polly Wogg's Old Car Quirks
Have your had your vehicle for some time? Does it do strange things? I've had my Honda Civic since 2004. It's the first vehicle I've actually owned. It's been paid off for some time but its been doing some funky things. The latest is the driver side door handle. It stays up when you open the door and if you don't push it back down before close it, you can't get out. I have, on occasion, rolled down the window, to reach out and push the handle down so I could get out. It's a lot easier than crawling over to the passenger side to get out.


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Report: Google set to announce NFC payment system May 26
Bloomberg reports that Google plans to announce a mobile payment service on May 26.
The Nexus S on Sprint will be the first device to take advantage of Google's NFC-based technology that allows compatible mobile phones to make payments at physical retail stores. When Google added NFC support to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) earlier this year, the NFC-capable Nexus S seemed the likely guinea pig for the long-rumored service.
New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C. will be among the first cities to receive Google NFC love. They have already been testing a Google Places-related NFC pilot program in Portland, Oregon, but it does not yet include payments.
With the rise of social buying sites like Groupon and Living Social, analysts predict U.S. spending on pre-purchased "coupons" will explode from $370M in 2010 to $6.7B in 2014.
Google plans to use both hardware and software from point-of-sale companies that include VeriFone Systems and ViVOtech, but expect it to be rolled into future Android updates.
It will be interesting to see how Google's NFC system is structured, as wireless consortium ISIS recently failed in their attempt to bypass the credit card companies and accept direct payments. Apple is also rumored to be preparing its own NFC service, but is predictably tight-lipped about it.
Via Bloomberg
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