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Junior Andrew Garner carries an eight-game hitting streak into the series against UCF
May 9, 2013
NEW ORLEANS - With just two weeks left during the regular season, Tulane's baseball team will travel to Orlando to square off against Conference USA rival UCF in a three game series this Friday, Saturday and Sunday before returning home for their final regular season series against UAB.
Friday's contest will start at 5:30pm CT, while Saturday's tilt will begin at 3pm CT. The final game of the series will begin at 12pm CT on Sunday. All three games will be broadcast on 88.3 FM, and live stats can be followed on TulaneGreenWave.com.
The Greenies are coming off an 8-7 victory over Nicholls State this past Tuesday night, a game in which they were up 6-0 and 8-2 at different points. Because of an injury to normal Friday night starter Tony Rizzotti, Tulane baseball head coach Rick Jones and his staff used five different arms against the Colonels in order to preserve starter Randy LeBlanc's arm for the Sunday game of the weekend series against UCF. In the contest against Nicholls, the Tulane bats collected ten hits, giving the team double digit hits in four of their last six games. The Green Wave defense played strong, as they turned five double plays in the game, the first time a Tulane team fielded four or more double plays since they did so in a game against UAB in February 2003.
The win against Nicholls brought Tulane's overall record to 25-24. With a record of 8-10 in Conference USA play, they are entrenched in seventh place in the standings.
UCF is coming off a 4-0 Wednesday night victory over Bethune-Cookman. They had their conference bye last weekend, and instead of taking the weekend off, they played Florida State in a three-game set, losing all three contests. On the year, UCF is 27-22, and currently sit tied for second place in the C-USA standings with an 11-7 record.
Because of the aforementioned injury to Rizzotti, he will not be taking his normal spot in the rotation as the Friday night starter. Instead, senior Alex Byo will move up a day and pitch against UCF's Ben Lively. Byo had a strong outing last Saturday in a victory over the Houston Cougars. In that contest, the Baton Rouge, La., native pitched 7.1 innings of action, striking out two and allowing eight hits. On the season, the righty is 3-4 with a 2.89 ERA. He has notched 41 strikeouts in 74.2 innings of action.
Lively is arguably UCF's top pitcher, as he has posted a record of 6-3 with a miniscule ERA of 1.26. In 86 innings this season, he has recorded 85 strikeouts, and opponents are only hitting .207 off him.
On Saturday, senior David Napoli will move up a day from his normal spot in the rotation. Last Sunday, Napoli continued his outstanding senior season by only allowing three hits spread out over 8.0 innings. On the season, batters have had trouble hitting him, as he holds an opponent's batting average of .161, tops in C-USA. On the season, the southpaw has been crucial for the Greenies, posting an ERA of 2.08 and a record of 4-2. He has only allowed 30 hits over 56.1 innings.
UCF will also throw a lefty on Saturday, as Chris Matulis will take the mound for the Knights. The LSU transfer is 5-3 on the year with a 3.56 ERA. He is second on the team in innings pitched with 73.1 and strikeouts with 58.
LeBlanc - who only pitched 3.0 innings on Tuesday against Nicholls State - will get the nod on Sunday for his first weekend start of the season. The Abita Springs, La., native only threw 31 pitches in the contest against the Colonels earlier this week. On the season, LeBlanc is 4-3 with a 4.66 ERA with 25 strikeouts.
UCF has yet to name a starter for Sunday's game, but Danny Davis (4-2, 3.12 ERA), Brian Adkins (3-6, 4.23 ERA) and Eric Skoglund (1-3, 4.81 ERA) have all started seven or more games this season.
At the dish, Tulane raised their batting average to .240 after the aforementioned streak of double digit hit games. Once again, senior Brennan Middleton's batting average of .296 paces the team, but quite a few Greenies have raised their averages as of late. Junior Andrew Garner - who had the night off against Nicholls State - has an eight-game hitting streak to his name, and now owns a batting average of .271. Senior Sean Potkay is third on the team with a .267 average.
Junior Nick DiMaggio has been a tremendous surprise for the Greenies, as he has started the last seven games after only recording two other starts in his career - both coming earlier this year. While he hasn't recorded enough at-bats on the year to register for the team lead in batting average, he has hit .295 this year in 16 games played. He, too, will carry an eight-game hitting streak into the weekend.
UCF is hitting .258 as a squad, and are led by Chris Taladay's .358 average. Taladay also leads the team with 37 RBIs and is fourth on the team with three home runs. Erik Hempe holds a batitng average of .321, but after that, their next leading hitter is Parker Webster, who hits at a clip of .264. Jeramy Matos leads the club with eight home runs, and James Vazquez has six four baggers to his name.
The UCF bullpen is led by Zac Favre, who has recorded 28 appearances on the season. In 46.0 innings this season, he has recorded four saves and 51 strikeouts.
Tulane's bullpen is of course anchored by true freshman Ian Gibaut. The Houston native notched his 11th save of the season on Tuesday against Nicholls State, and he sits behind only two other freshman in the entire nation in regards to rookies with saves.
The Knights are skippered by Terry Rooney, a former pitching coach at LSU. He is 166-119 in his fifth season in Orlando.
Jones, who is in his 20th season with the Green Wave, has 799 victories as the head coach at Tulane. When he earns his 800th win, he will join an elite group of just 14 active coaches who have 800 or more wins at their current school. The list includes Gene Stephenson (Wichita State), Mike Martin (Florida State), Mark Marquees (Stanford), Pete Dunn (Stetson), Jim Gilligan (Lamar), John Anderson (Minnesota), Keith Guttin (Missouri State), Wayne Graham (Rice), Gary Powers (Nevada), Fred Hill (Rutgers), Bill Brown (George Mason), Jim Morris (Miami (FL)), Jack Leggett (Clemson) and Danny Hall (Georgia Tech).
After this weekend, the Green Wave will return home to play UAB at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium for the last three games of the regular season.
Fans can follow the Tulane baseball program on Twitter (@GreenWaveBSB) or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/GreenWaveBaseball.


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May 17, 2009
EUGENE, Ore. -- Washington State had three champions in intermediate hurdlers Jeshua Anderson and Lorraine King, and high jumper Trent Arrivey Sunday at the Pacific-10 Track & Field Championships at Oregon's Hayward Field. Both team titles were captured by Oregon with the men scoring 158 points and the women scoring 165.5 points. The WSU men finished fourth among the ten teams with 91 points, the highest team finish for the Cougs since 1998 (fourth). The Cougar women scored 44 points for ninth.
Jeshua Anderson (sophomore, Woodland Hills, Calif.), successfully defended his Pac-10 400m hurdles title and ran a season-best and national-leading time of 48.90 seconds. Anderson, who is also the defending NCAA Champion, led the race from the gun and won his second-consecutive conference title by nearly 2 seconds. Anderson received a standing ovation on his victory lap from the appreciative Eugene crowd. Barry Leavitt (senior, Benton City) finished fourth with a season-best and improved NCAA RQ time of 51.00. For the second straight day, Trevor Habberstad (sophomore, Santa Clarita, Calif.) ran a PR and improved NCAA RQ time of 51.67 to capture sixth place. Completing the Cougars foursome in the event was freshman J Hopkins (Everett) who finished seventh with a time of 51.86. The 20 points scored in this event moved the Cougar men from ninth to fifth in the team standings with five events left to be scored.
"I was looking to run in the 48's," Anderson said post race. "Once I got past the wind in the first part of the race, I finished strong in the last segment. I've been doing strength workouts for football and they have been showing in my track performance. I perform better in championship meets and am looking for my time to improve in the next meets. I am not taking any race lightly, I stay hungry."
WSU women's team captain Lorraine King (senior, Fontana, Calif.) won the women's 400m hurdles in a lifetime-best and improved NCAA RQ time of 57.51 seconds, the second-fastest women's intermediate hurdles race in WSU history. King became the first Cougar woman to win a conference intermediate hurdles title and did so comfortably over runner-up Delilah Muhammad's time of 58.21.
"Finally! I knew I could do this. I did this in last Sunday's practice and thought `why can't I do this now?' I PR'd by almost a whole second," King said post race. "Throughout the season I was holding back: I had some small, minor injuries that were holding me back. This is a huge blessing to get through this. Getting to this point, knowing who I am, it brings everything together."
Trent Arrivey (junior, Woodinville) won the men's high jump by clearing the bar at 7-feet, 2 1/4 inches (2.19m) and Ryan Deese (sophomore, Colorado Springs, Colo.) took fifth place after clearing 6-8 3/4 (2.05m). Arrivey is tied for the national-lead with his PR of 7-4 1/2 (2.25m). Sunday he passed until clearing the bar at heights of 6-8 3/4 and 6-10 3/4 on his first tries. It took him two attempts at the next three bars, including the winning height of 7-2 1/4. He miss all three attempts at 7-3 1/4.
"I'm glad I could do my part to help my Cougs place well at this meet," Arrivey said at the conclusion of the meet. "I dedicate this title to my good friend and training partner Shawn Swartz (freshman from Port Coquitlam, B.C.) who was just diagnosed with leukemia and couldn't be here this weekend. We're all thinking about him and hoping for the best. Next stop for me is West Regionals to try and qualify for the NCAA Championships."
Justin Woods (senior, Buena Vista, Calif.) grabbed two second-place finishes Sunday. He was the runner-up in the men's 100m dash with a PR and improved NCAA RQ time of 10.28, after running 10.30 in the Saturday prelim. Woods' Sunday time of 10.28 is the eighth-best time in WSU men's history. Marlon Murray (sophomore, Des Moines, Wash.) finished seventh in the 100m final in a time of 10.60. USC's Ahmad Rashad won the 100m dash with a national-leading time of 10.13 and doubled up with a win in the men's 200m dash (20.82) as Woods finished second in a PR time of 20.91. Murray took sixth place in the 200m final with a time of 21.37 after running a PR and improved NCAA RQ time of 21.01w in the prelims.
In the men's 400m dash, Anderson finished fifth in a time of 46.73 and Reny Follett (junior, Lewiston, Idaho) took seventh in a time of 47.68.
The WSU men's 4x400m relay team of Barry Leavitt, Woods, Follett and Anderson took second place in an improved NCAA RQ time of 3:08.93, with Anderson out-leaning Oregon's Chad Barlow to edge the Ducks at the finish line by a mere 2/1000ths second. This same Cougar 1600m relay team finished eighth at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships with an indoor school record time of 3:06.74.
Also scoring points for the Cougar men on the track were Robert Williams (senior, Riverside, Calif.) and Luke Lemenager (junior, Maple Valley). Williams took fourth place in the men's 110m high hurdles with a time of 13.95. Williams had been out of action for much of the outdoor season with a sore hip and reached an NCAA RQ time of 13.81w at the Texas Relays last month. Lemenager took eighth place in the men's 800m final with a time of 1:53.27, slower than his PR and NCAA RQ time of 1:49.28 run two weeks ago in Seattle.
Matt Lamb (junior, Emmett, Idaho) threw the discus a season-best and improved NCAA RQ mark of 186-11 (56.97m) for fourth place. Freshman Joe Bartlett (Reno) finished 14th after a discus toss of 155-6 (47.39m).
Moreno Zapata (senior, Lakewood) took fifth place in the men's triple jump with a season-best and improved NCAA RQ leap of 51-0 1/4 (15.55m). Sean Wilson (freshman, Colorado Springs, Colo.) had a PR mark of 48-1 3/4 (14.67m) for 10th place and Devin Timpson (senior, Ocean Shores) also leaped a PR distance of 47-11 3/4 (14.62m) for 11th.
For the second straight day, Princess Joy Griffey (junior, Federal Way) ran a PR and improved NCAA RQ time in the 100m dash as her 11.58 seconds took fourth place after she ran a time of 11.59 in the prelims.
The women's 4x100m relay team of Angela Jensen, Griffey, King and Morgan Clem finished sixth in a time of 45.70, just over the season-best and NCAA RQ time of 45.67 seconds run in the Saturday prelims. The 4x400m relay of Griffey, Anna Layman, Veronica Elseroad-Wall and King ran a season-best time of 3:42.01 for seventh place and just 1/1000ths second off the NCAA RQ standard.
Lisa Egami (junior, Coquitlam, B.C.) finished seventh in the women's 1500m with a time of 4:29.87 after running a PR and improved NCAA RQ 1500m time of 4:21.25 in the prelims.
The Cougar women throwers had a solid day. Ashley Kenney (freshman, Spokane Valley) took sixth place in the women's discus throw with a PR and NCAA RQ mark of 161-8 (49.29m), a nearly 9-foot improvement on her lifetime-best and the ninth-best throw in WSU women's history. In the hammer throw, freshman Kjirsten Jensen (Arlington) took seventh place with a toss of 174-0 (53.03m), just 2 inches below her PR. Cassie Whitfield (freshman, Puyallup) threw the hammer 156-0 (47.55m) for 13th place.
Triple jumpers Jessica Yates (freshman, Snohomish) and Candace Missouri (sophomore, Vancouver, Wash.) both leaped PR distances of 40-1 1/2 (12.23m), with Missouri's leap wind-aided for seventh place and Yates' legal wind for eighth.
Alexa Huestis (sophomore, Chehalis) finished ninth in the pole vault with a PR and improved NCAA RQ height of 13-0 1/4 (3.97m), the fifth-best mark in WSU women's history. Hilary Moore (redshirt freshman, Prosser) cleared 1107 3/4 (3.55m) for 16th.
The 2009 Pac-10 Track & Field Championships will be shown on the FOX Sports Net affiliates as a delayed two-hour highlight broadcast between May 22-31 with Fox Sports Net Northwest airing the meet May 21 at noon, May 23 at 1 p.m. and May 30 at 1 p.m.
WSU Head Coach Rick Sloan quotes:
"The men's team was battling all day long and we had some good things happen and got some points up on the competition. We were shooting for second place and trying to get of everyone except the Ducks because they were pretty far out there, USC performed real well and we just came up a little short of Stanford in the end. We had a great competition here. I was proud of the effort and the way we competed here. We had some outstanding marks and a fourth place finish in the Pac-10 is still pretty good.
"Justin Woods was remarkable. He ran so well and he had some big lifetime bests this weekend and he just looked great. Marlon did a great job, especially in the prelims where he had a good time. He fell back a little bit in the final but still ran well and was very competitive. We made our mark in those 100m and 200m sprints. In the 400m, Jesh ran easy and I was hoping he would finish higher than fifth but I think he was a little leery of putting a lot of energy into the 400m knowing that he had to come back in the hurdles and the relay. And he did a great job in the hurdles and ran well in the relay as well.
"The biggest event of the day for us was the intermediate hurdles and we got 20 points there. All the guys performed well: Jesh with 48.90, Barry with his seasonal-best mark of 51.00, and Trevor with a lifetime best 51.67 so he had two great races here.
"Trent winning the high jump was a big highlight for us. He had to battle a little bit for it but he did a great job. I think the horizontal jumpers, the triple jumpers did well. Even though they didn't get to the final, Sean Wilson and Devin Timpson had big jumps at 48-feet and Moreno jumped 51 legal and that was great job by him.
"Matt Lamb's fourth place in the discus and he's been down a little this year but he's starting to come up out of it and hopefully by the regional and national meets he'll be cranking throws up and over 200-feet again.
"I am disappointed about our 4x100m relay team not competing in the final because I think we have one of the fastest relays teams and I hope we can prove it at the regional meet. With good passes I think we can run a time of 39.5.
"Even though the women finished ninth in the meet, I was proud of the way they competed and I think we got more points than we anticipated going in. And that was from people just chipping away and getting into the 5th-6th-7th range and scoring. The freshmen throwers did a real nice job; Ashley Kenney with almost a 10-foot PR in the discus. The women triple jumpers both jumped over 40-feet with lifetime bests for both of them and scoring 7th and 8th where we showed them with no points going into the meet. Alexa pole vaulted over 13-feet for the first time and while she didn't score it was a big jump by her.
"The highlight of the whole women's meet was Lorraine King winning the 400m hurdles and being the Pac-10 champion with a lifetime best mark. She really looked strong and ran a great race.
"Princess Joy Griffey ran an 11.59 in the prelim and then an 11.58 with a legal wind in the 100m - that is incredible and that is great sprinting. Coach Mac and Coach Richardson have just done a great job of having these kids be at their best. That sprint-hurdle corps were the backbone of our team. Big Rob (Williams) ran a 13.95 (in the high hurdles) and he couldn't hardly even train this week because his hip was still bothering him.
"Event after event we kept battling and we fell back a little bit and then we would take a couple steps forward after that. It was a great effort by the Cougs. The men's side just didn't have enough bullets in the gun but we fired all of them we just came up a little short of what our goal was. You look at the teams that were behind us and the adversity we went through this spring with a variety of different weather conditions, and this is a testament to the toughness and the skill of our coaches to have to prepare for this meet."

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I just received word that Bob Ford, known to most of you by "acparmed", a friend and Sr Moderator here at CombatCarry.com has passed away from complications related to his recently diagnosed lung cancer. I have quoted a PM from his personal friend, Jimmy and an email I received from Judy, another close friend of his.
This news comes as a shock to us here at CombatCarry.com. I can't express how hard this news has come to me personally as well as the staff here at CombatCarry.com.
God bless you, Bob.... :frown:
I am sorry to have to write this letter but I must inform you that Bob Ford aka acparmed, died today in the hospital at 3:30 PM pacific time from complications related to lung cancer.
I will keep you informed regarding all arrangements.
I know how proud he was to be a member of your forum. He was also gratified that he was highly thought of here. On his behalf, I would like to thank all of you for the many wonderful hours he spent with you. It was a major and most enjoyable part of his life.
I wish you all well, as would he.
Be Safe,
Jimmy Lockett
My best friend Bob (acparmed) passed away this afternoon at 3:30 PST. I am devastated as I am sure you all will be to hear this - but I didn't know if anyone would contact you.
He was so very, very grateful for all your support and cards. He really loved this site and didn't realize how many people cared about him.
He will be missed more than I can ever say.
I loved him - he was my best friend and I even talked to him this morning. I'm so grateful for that
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Junior midfielder Sam Mewis is blogging for UCLABruins.com during the 2013 season. Mewis is a regular with the U.S. Women's Youth National Team and a two-time all-conference selection who has scored 34 points on 12 goals and 10 assists in her career.
With only one game this past weekend, we got straight to business against Arizona State on Friday and were able to beat them, 3-0. Ally Courtnall ran the show from beginning to end, not only getting a goal and an assist, but gracing all of us with her beautiful performance of the national anthem before the game. Courtney Proctor and Darian Jenkins chipped in with a goal each, and Jenna Richmond selflessly contributed two assists.
Friday's game was also honored as our Breast Cancer awareness event. I can't stress enough the personal importance of this game for me every year. Both my mother and aunt are breast cancer survivors, and each year I feel as though this is my opportunity to honor their bravery and strength. I'm very proud of both of these women and look to each of them often as examples of the kind of woman that I aspire to be. I feel very grateful to UCLA for continuing to support such an important cause every year.
We took a much-needed break over the weekend. It's been a physically demanding few weeks, so the two days of rest were seen as a gift. A few of us started some art projects in place of studying on Saturday. I'm already thinking about Christmas presents that I want to make my friends and family! (A tad premature, I know.)
On Sunday, a good number of us woke up early to go help out at Dribble For the Cure, an event run by the UCLA basketball programs to support Pediatric Cancer research. We were working at the t-shirt-making station, having just as much fun as the kids. It felt really good to get out and do something positive for the community, and getting to see the kids participate was very rewarding.
Later in the day, Belden Long and I went to our first book club meeting that we just founded with UCLA men's volleyball player Steve O'Dell. We had all decided to read Albert Camus' The Fall and had a very enlightening discussion about the themes of the book. It was awesome to get different perspectives on such an interesting novel, and I'm really looking forward to our next meeting!
I'm starting to think that collaborating with others on familiar ideas is just as important as being exposed to new ones. Somehow, Belden convinced me to go to hot yoga with her and Cassie Sternbach. Yoga isn't exactly my idea of fun, but I gave in and went anyways. I expected it to be a lot worse than it was. Cassie and Belden were both considerably better than me, but then again, yoga is all about your own individual practice, right? Needless to say, I sweat an impressive amount and made it through the class. I don't know when I'll be going back, but it was definitely a cool experience!
Monday's practice threw us right back into soccer with a competition day. On competition day, there is a series of small sided games in which your individual record of wins, losses, and goals scored is documented. The teams change every game, and the objective is to determine who most contributes to winning. I had a blast playing 2v2 with 6 or 7 different teammates. While it was very competitive at times, that's the way it should be. Our competitiveness shines through so much against one another, but I wouldn't want to mess with some of my teammates if I were on another team! I think that Monday's practice was very beneficial for us to see how tough everyone is and to reestablish that we should be glad we're all in this together when it really counts.
It was also quite the musical week for me as I got to see both Walk the Moon and Jack Johnson perform live! Kylie, Rosie and I went to Walk the Moon with a few other friends for a very lively and exciting show last week in Santa Ana. Rosie and I attended at a much more relaxed and classic Jack Johnson concert at the Orpheum Theater in downtown LA. Seeing live music always makes me so happy, so I felt so fortunate to get two opportunities in such close succession!
We want to wish Rosie White good luck as she travels to San Francisco to play with the New Zealand national team against the USA national team. She will play against UCLA alumnae Sydney Leroux and Lauren Holiday, and also against my sister, Kristie, who is attending camp with the national team this week too!t was also quite the musical week for me as I got to see both Walk the Moon and Jack Johnson perform live! Kylie, Rosie and I went to Walk the Moon with a few other friends for a very lively and exciting show last week in Santa Ana. Rosie and I attended at a much more relaxed and classic Jack Johnson concert at the Orpheum Theater in downtown LA. Seeing live music always makes me so happy, so I felt so fortunate to get two opportunities in such close succession!
I also want to recognize Zoey Goralski, as she is finally being integrated into some of practice after tearing her ACL earlier in the spring. It's such a long recovery, but Zoey has been working so hard to get back into form, and it's great to have her on the field with us!
Our busy schedule resumes as we travel to both Utah and Colorado this weekend for Friday/Sunday games against the two Pac-12 opponents. With only five regular season games left, it's really important that we get both victories this weekend. The better our record is during the season, the more likely we will get seeded to play home games during tournament. Make sure to catch both games this weekend, and we'll see you back at home next week. Go Bruins!


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How to obtain Compensation in the workplace in Malawi
By Sam Banda Jnr
It is a requirement that employers take care of their employee's needs and provide a supportive work environment.
But there are times when the workplace can be dangerous, particularly in industries that involve physical work or require the operation of heavy duty machinery.
While some accidents may happen due to carelessness or negligence by employees, some employees get hurt because of the actual work they are involved in.
If you are involved in an accident in the workplace, you can be compensated, but only if you follow the correct procedure.
Malawi Government Workers' Compensation Act says that an employee has the right to compensation when he or she is involved in an accident whilst on duty.
The Act says there are proceedings for the recovery of compensation for an injury and that notice has to be given once the incident happens.
The Act further says that an application for compensation has to be made with respect to such injury within twelve months from the date it was incurred or in the case of death, within twelve months from the time of death (compensation in this case is paid to the family and/or spouse).
A worker shall be compensated if the following occurs:
"Every injury arising out of and in the course of employment which results in the death of a worker or which may result in death to a worker or is likely to result in some degree of permanent incapacity to a worker or incapacitating a worker from following his normal employment for more than fourteen days."
The process of compensation also demands that if a worker has given notice of an injury, he shall go for a medical examination to be carried out free of charge by a medical practitioner named by the employer.
The Act says where the worker fails to submit himself for such examination; his or her right to compensation shall be suspended until such examination has taken place.
Any employer who fails to compensate an employer after a report has been made or fails to comply with the requirements of the Act, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of 20,000 Malawi Kwacha ($143).
Here are some of the schedules of percentages of incapacities:
Loss of two limbs, loss of both hands or of all fingers and thumbs, both feet, loss of sight, total paralysis, injuries resulting in being permanently bedridden and any other injury causing permanent total disablement – the worker must receive 100 percent compensation.


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Fundamentalism In Greece:
ID Card Query Abolished
Dimitris Skouteris
From: "Skouteris Dimitris"
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Sent: November 08, 2001 4:41 PM
Subject: Fundamentalism in Greece
Dear Cliff,
Many thanks for a really interesting website. It is refreshing to find like-minded people elsewhere, and I spend a huge amount of time browsing through the PAM web pages.
I come originally from Greece and have been brought up as an orthodox Christian, although my parents were by no means overly religious (what I would call 'nominal' Christians). When I went abroad to study, I saw things from a broader perspective and abandoned Christianity (and theism) for good. I have been regarding myself as an atheist for several years.
Although after the September 11 events it has faded away, you may or may not know that Greece was shaken throughout the past months by a seemingly unimportant clash between the church and the government. The government, very rightly in my opinion, decided to abolish the 'Religion': entry from Greek IDs on the grounds of its being unconstitutional and intrusive upon one's religious freedom. The highest Greek court agreed (almost unanimously) on this being so, even if it's only completed optionally.
In response, the Greek archbishop (one of the slimiest people I know) tried to persuade Greeks that 'their national identity is in danger', 'they are being robbed of their heritage', blah, blah, blah. He even organised pan-Hellenic demonstrations and collected signatures to put pressure on the Government to bring the 'Religion': entry back to the IDs (but to be completed optionally). He eventually failed miserably, but I was impressed by the sheer amount of people following him and being actually convinced that there was some sort of danger behind this government decision!!!
I would appreciate your thoughts on this. I love and respect my people, and it saddens me greatly to see them stoop to this point, being dragged around by a fundamentalist hierarchy.
Best wishes,
From: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: "Skouteris Dimitris"
Subject: Re: Fundamentalism in Greece
Date: November 08, 2001 8:42 PM
We heard from Greek physician [name removed] about a year ago. She and I briefly discussed both the apparent need of a national identity to keep a social or ethnic group running smoothly as well as the possibility of promoting something other than religion as the point of national identity. The example that she came up with was the heritage of ancient Greek culture. This is certainly something of which more than just Greeks can be proud: almost anybody can have a sense of pride with the Greeks over the accomplishment of your ancestors! Would that we all take a good look at this era in our attempts to learn how to do just about anything involving government, art, or culture!
I expounded on this concept for an anonymous "peace campaigner" in Northern Ireland, suggesting that the religions are being used as pawns in a giant territorial struggle, with loyalism to the religion is the litmus test for which side you're on. Thus, even atheists will express allegiance to one church or the other.
In the letter, "Bush, and How the U.S. Differs from the U.K.," I describe a family that I've known in Portland for 16 years, and how their Macedonian (Greek) cultural identity is anchored to the Church even here in the States! Nobody I know in this family is (or was) even remotely religious -- even the matriarch who emigrated here with her young husband during the 1920s or so. However, "Nana" would spend weeks out of the year making goodies to sell at the annual Greek festival sponsored by the Church, and all her friends were members of the Church whether or not they were religious. The priests would enunciate the doctrines during the service, but you could tell that they were very secular when "off duty."
In the FAQ piece "Conduct vs. Creed," I noted that this use of the church as a cultural rallying point, though "legitimate" in the sense that people do it and the churches go along with it, does, in fact, degrade the church! What happens is that this use of the church fills the group with those who are there only for its cultural value and who do not actually believe the tenets of the confession of faith. This makes the "cultural identity" movements one of two sources of widespread hypocrisy in the Church, the other being the Church's own anti-Atheist bigotry.
By insisting that we all become Christians, the churches force us to fill their pews just to get along, keep our jobs, etc., and thus a much smaller percentage of those present are loyal believers. In the same way, by going along with using the church as the point of cultural identity (or by promoting some other material benefit from joining the Church), the Church guarantees that its "membership" will be watered down, so to speak, by those who are not there because they believe in the Church's tenets. This is not unlike what has happened to American Mormonism: the material advantages to be gained from joining that group has brought about such a large influx of "members" who are there solely for the material benefits of membership that Mormons have given this class of "lukewarm" members a derogatory name, calling them "Jack Mormons."
I would think that any focus besides ideology, such as is found in a church, would be superior to using the church as the point of cultural identity. This is because in any group that centers around an ideology, the most adamant supporters of the ideology are the ones who contribute the most toward keeping the group alive. When the group liberalizes to become more inclusive (as they must do in order to accommodate those who would join simply because "that's what members of our culture do"), the church runs the risk of losing the loyalty of the core supporters, those who are there because they believe in the tenets of the religious faith. Such core groups have been known to leave and form an independent "orthodox" group that will better meet their needs.
The "danger" consists only of that to his regime, which is based not on his church having an ideology that is truthful or even useful, but in the political ties that he and his predecessors have been able to accomplish by making membership in (and financial support of) the Church the point of Greek "cultural identity." Meanwhile, if cultural identity is the true need of the Greek people, then I can think of more lasting and less controversial points of that cultural identity. Societies tend to use the Church out of convenience, simply because greedy people such as this archbishop offer their churches up for this cause, ensuring their own political and economic supremacy for generations to come. While a campaign to establish some other more honest, more lasting, more universal, and less controversial point of identity would take work and perhaps money (at first), it is easy to see that such a change could only do good for the people (although this archbishop and his ilk would lose miserably).
I don't understand what you mean by "he failed miserably," though. Did he fail to rally throngs of Greeks to his cause? This doesn't look to be the case at all, from what I've heard. If he failed to convince the government to place an optional box on the form, I would not call that "failure" except in a policymaking sense. If he has the support of a large segment of the population, then I promise that you haven't heard the last of this matter, and he'll be back for "Round Two" in no time. If he's like any of his American counterparts, he won't give up until he has succeeded. It's not like he has to actually work in order to support his family, his "business" is not in danger of failing for lack of putting a decent "product" on the "shelves" (churches have no "overhead" in this respect!); thus, he has plenty of time on his hands for promoting this cause.
As a matter of expediency, the government might have done well to let this box stay on the form as a means of "tossing them a bone," so to speak. We do this in America, "toss the Christians a bone" for the purpose of getting them to "stop barking for a while" so we can get some real work done. These "bones" usually take the form of religious pronouncements and are never much more than (unconstitutional) statements by the government endorsing the Christian religion -- or even generic endorsements of religion such as "In God We Trust" or, more recently, "God Bless America." Only if the government is serious about its apparent goal of routing the concept of using the Church as a point of cultural identity would it be in their best interest to absolutely refuse to budge in this matter.
The "toss the dog a bone" metaphor is right on the money in describing such compromises, because these "bones" never have any "meat" on them: they're never truly destructive to national policy (nor truly beneficial to the Church), though they do tend to set dangerous precedents toward which the "Christian nation" revisionists will henceforth point in their constant attempts to implement truly dangerous policy involving collusion between religion and government.
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From: "Skouteris Dimitris"
To: "Positive Atheism" <email@example.com>
Sent: November 09, 2001 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: Fundamentalism in Greece
I don't understand what you mean by "he failed miserably," though.
I was basically referring to the court order which declared the whole thing unconstitutional, as well as to the fact that, when he presented the collected signatures (around 3 million out of a 10 million population) to the Greek President of the Republic (not the Prime Minister) the latter politely refused to have anything to do with them as they were against the Constitution, thus sealing the issue politically.
I totally agree that the whole thing is not over yet, but with the current situation nobody seems to be caring about it very much now...
Thanks very much for your quick reply.
From: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: "Skouteris Dimitris"
Subject: Re: Fundamentalism in Greece
Date: November 09, 2001 5:59 PM
Well, then, perhaps he did fail miserably! I am not hip to European manners and customs, but the situation you described, were it to have taken place in America, would have been anything but a failure, because it would have shown the support behind his move. However, if these numerous "pans" of his efforts by the President and the legislature, etc., resulted in the eventual loss of interest on the part of a large fraction of the people who initially supported his move, then I would consider that to be quite a success. Nevertheless, such "pans" by important people, had they occurred in America, would likely have resulted in more people getting involved, not fewer!
Perhaps we do well to adopt a wait-and-see attitude. I would thoroughly appreciate it if you keep us abreast of this situation, letting us know, perhaps in six months to a year, what changes have occurred. I will post this dialogue and link it to and from the other pieces that mention this situation (for which I gave you links). Then, if you would be so kind as to get back with us on this later, I will be able to append your later comments to this initial report. Then, anybody who reads any of the accounts will have available to them an updated look at what eventually happened.
The reason this is so important is because much of what we do is try to figure out which political moves do an do not work toward accomplishing our various goals. It's not like there's much historical precedence for what we do, here, and thus any collection of information which gives the readers a systematic overview of a situation, particularly if that overview covers events over a span of time, is of the utmost value to activists who are trying to work on similar projects and accomplish similar goals (or simply try to predict the outcomes of similar events).
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From: "Skouteris Dimitris"
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Sent: December 19, 2001 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: Fundamentalism in Greece
Dear Cliff,
Sorry about my much delayed response! Sure, I will inform you on any new developments on the 'Religion on Greek ID cards' case, although, as I said, this currently appears to have been put pretty much to sleep, especially since the archbishop I was mentioning appears to have earned the distrust of a lot of bishops in the church lately!
Besides this, there are other instances of religious discrimination in Greece which bother me a lot. Imagine that, in order for a non-Greek-Orthodox place of worship to be established, it has to have, among other things, the permission of the local Greek Orthodox bishop. And this is the law !
Anyway. I am very sorry about your recent developments and the fact that you have to move away. I can only wish you good luck and keep on maintaining this fantastic resource !
Best wishes,
Dimitris Skouteris
From: "Positive Atheism" <email@example.com>
To: "Skouteris Dimitris"
Subject: Re: Fundamentalism in Greece
Date: December 19, 2001 9:36 AM
Good work on the ID card deal!
Also, religious freedom is a two-edged sword. If you allow all sects to flourish, you must be willing to keep government's hands off all sects, both supporting and thwarting. If government aids or restricts either (including aid in the form of a tax exemption), at least some form registration is good -- but what you describe goes way too far.
Bush wants to have his cake and eat it too. He wants to give our funds to the churches but doesn't want the churches to subsequently become accountable. You cannot do one without the other and keep the peace. Someone will get very upset very soon if Bush's plan passes or otherwise slips through.
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Lots of posts lately about the election, about other strange things, (and especially about my favorite subject to not read: Nader) and we haven't had a knock-down drag-out argument about ethics for a while. So I thought I'd start one about this. Using up humans to collect medical data is unquestionably immoral and those who do it should be hung, if not put to death by torture. The question is whether those of us who had nothing to do with the collection of that data and have not done anything immoral become immoral by using data collected that way in order to save lives. I'm going to make three posts below, so be patient.
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Next week the popular area music group 'Mac 'n Lee' will appear at The Hibiscus Restaurant in Morristown, New Jersey for one night only. The date and times: Friday JULY 25 6:30 and 8:30.
The group's fine voiced singer is Julie Mac who performs a variety of music from Broadway to the Great American Songbook, folk, and jazz. Some of her major influences include Judy Garland, Liza Minelli, Bette Midler, and Nancy LaMott.
Julie is multi-talented: She has studied stand-up comedy with Katelyn Reiter, with Jessica Kirson and Bernie Furshpan, NY Hysterical Society, and she performs with The Late Shift Comedy Ensemble. She has studied with Jimmy Horan, Maria Gentile and Darius Frowner, Mayo Performing Arts Center, Helen Baldassare, Claude Stein, and Carrie Jackson through The Jazz Vocal Collective. She has performed at venues in Iowa, Arizona, the Catskills, and New Jersey. She debuted her one-woman show "As I Am" at the Metropolitan Room in NYC in November 2012.
"I grew up in Iowa on the Great Plains... lots of cornfields and wide open spaces. "I am who I am. I am not ashamed. I am the combination of 2 people who gave me the very best they had to give and who love me unconditionally. I am the straight unwavering row of crops planted with the incredible faith that they will grow. I am the hard work that makes anything possible.
I am the mid-western faith that keeps going through tornados, floods, fires, and accidents. I am strong and I am scared and I don't quit and I am teachable. I am valuable and I am lovable. Every day I take one step and I believe that I am exactly where I am supposed to be. There is no hurry and there is no destination. There is only the journey."
Julie gets to sing with two very fine musicians: Lee Tomboulian, who's music has been performed all over the US and in Japan. He has two albums of (mostly) original material. Circo: North/South Convergence and Lee Tomboulian and Circo: Return to Whenever, both on Amazon. Arranged recording projects for Susan Colin, Mary Ellen Spann and Karen Foster, among others, with big band, samba band, and many other ensembles.
The group's star bassist is Belden Bullock. Bullock's a star on both acoustic and electric instruments. After graduating from Boston's Berklee College of Music, he spent several years there as an ensemble professor, and played and recorded with many of the top acts in the Boston area. Now living in New Jersey, Mr. Bullock is a fixture at most of the top jazz clubs in the New York tri-state area, and has played with such jazz greats as Ahmad Jamal, Andrew Hill, James Spaulding, George Adams, Roy Haynes, Lionel Hampton, Gloria Lynn, and Ted Curson. He is currently a regular with artists such as Evidence, The Ralph Peterson Fo'tet, The Oliver Lake Quintet, and Abdullah Ibrahim.
Mac 'n Lee at The Hibiscus Restaurant, Friday JULY 25 6:30 and 8:30... Two shows, two seatings...call for reservations 973-359-0200... 270 South Street...Morristown, NJ... www.hibiscuscuisine.com
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Ningyan Zhang, Ph.D.
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Dr. Zhang joins the Texas Therapeutic Institute and The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM) at UTHealth from Merck Research Laboratory where she was a research fellow.
Dr. Zhang received her Ph.D. in plant biochemistry/molecular biology from the University of Kentucky, Lexington. She conducted her postdoctoral training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Dr. Berne Jones laboratory studying the expression and characterization of proteinases during the brewing process. Following her postdoctoral training, Dr. Zhang pursued a career in the pharmaceutical industry with a focus on protein engineering and therapeutic antibody drug discovery research.
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The proteolytic process mediated by proteinases including matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in the tumor microenvironment plays a critical role in tumor growth, invasion, metastasis, and cancer drug resistance. The molecular mechanisms underlining the complex roles of proteinases in cancer biology are currently poorly understood. Recent studies suggest that proteinases in tumor microenvironment may invade host immunosurveillance by cleavage of antibodies or shedding cell surface receptors to allow cancer cells to escape immune response. Dr. Zhang will study the interactions between proteinases and anti-tumor antibodies in the tumor microenvironment to delineate the roles of proteinses play in tumor resistance to antibody immune therapies.
Selected Publications
- Aste-Amézaga M, Zhang, NY, et al. (2010) Characterization of Notch1 Antibodies that Inhibit Signaling of both Normal and Mutated Notch1 Receptors, Plos One 5:9094.
- Li Y. Burns JA, Cheney C., Zhang NY, Bett AJ, Chastain A, Aste-Amezaga, AM, Huber H, Audoly LP and Zhang ZQ. (2010) Distinct expression profiles of Notch-1 protein in human solid tumors: implications for development of targeted therapeutic monoclonal antibodies. Cancer Biology and Therapy, 4:1-9.
- Zhang NY, Williams B, Lu P, An Z, and Chin C-N. (2009) Therapeutic antibodies in clinic use and leading clinical candidates. In: Therapeutic Antibodies: from Bench to Clinic, Z An ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ. pp 711-762.
- Homann M, Suen WC, Zhang NY, Zaks A (2006) Comparative analysis of chemical and biocatalytic syntheses of drug intermediates. In: Biocatalysis in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries, RN Patel ed., Mercel Dekker, Inc., New York, pp647-661.
- Suen WC, Zhang NY, Xiao L, Madison V, Zaks A (2004) Improved activity and thermostability of Candida artarctica lipase B by DNA family shuffling. Protein Engineering 17:1-8.
- Zhang NY, Suen WC, Windsor W, Xiao L, Madison V, Zaks A (2003) Improved thermostability of lipase B from Candida antarctica through directed evolution. Protein Engineering 16:599-605.
- Zhang NY, Stewart BG, Moore JC, Greasham RL, Robinson DK, Buckland BC, Lee C (2000) Directed evolution of toluene dioxygenase from Pseudomonas putida for improved bioconversion of indene to cis-(1S,2R)-indandiol. Metabolic Engineering 2:339-348.
- Zhang NY and Jones BL (1999) Purification and partial characterization of three barley aspartic endopeptidases that digest CM-proteins from barley. Cereal Chemistry 76:134-138.
- Zhang NY and Jones BL (1996) Purification and characterization of a cysteine endopeptidase from germinated barley. Planta 199:565-572.


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Colorado's Breckenridge Resort first broke the million-skier-day mark back in 1988. Often finishing just behind nearby Vail Mountain, Breckenridge usually ranks second among the most-visited U.S. ski areas by recording more than 1.6 million skier days annually. One skier day is a skier or snowboarder visiting the ski area for all or part of one day.
Although Vail may win the popularity contest in most years, Breckenridge can claim an authentic town as opposed to Vail's faux village. As the largest historic district in Colorado, the charming town started as a mining outpost when gold was discovered there in 1859. The ski area was opened in 1961.
Boosted by the Peak 6 expansion for the 2013-14 season, Breckenridge Resort now has 2,908 skiable acres covered by an annual average snowfall of about 300 inches. Breckenridge's below-treeline skiing generally stays fairly tame with blue runs dominating the fronts of Peaks 7, 8 and 9. Much steeper trails such as Devil's Crotch and Southern Cross come down between the peaks. Peak 10 is also home to more challenging black-diamond terrain.
The above-treeline terrain also tends to be more advanced. Horseshoe Bowl is accessed by a T-Bar with a lengthy vertical rise of 1,234 feet. Built in 2005, the Imperial Express SuperChair goes even higher to a North American record elevation of 12,840 feet. The new Peak 6 area features intermediate bowl skiing and expert hike-to-terrain.
Click here for Breckenridge Trail Map
- For beginners: The QuickSilver SuperChair on Peak 9 is good place for first-timers. Another cluster of green runs and relatively easy blues such as Springmeier can be found on Peak 8.
- For intermediates: Peak 7 is dominated by blue cruising runs.
- For experts: Breckenridge's most extreme steeps are found in the Lake Chutes and in the hike-to-terrain of Peak 6. Advanced skiers with a penchant for tree-skiing should head to Peak 10.
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Former Notre Dame punter Joey Hildbold is in his second year as a graduate assistant coach for the Washington football team.
A 2003 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Hildbold works primarily with Washington's defensive coaches, preparing game plans and coordinating the team's defensive coaching efforts.
Hildbold established himself as one of the finest punters in Notre Dame history during his four-year collegiate career, including one season under current Washington head coach Tyrone Willingham. The Centreville, Va., native set Notre Dame's single-season punting record with 78 in 2002, and finished his career ranked sixth in Notre Dame history with a 40.3 yards-per-punt average. Hildbold twice earned preseason All-America honors from Street and Smith's, and was a two-time semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award, given to the nation's top collegiate punter.


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A Fun-Filled Blast from the Past
The second concert in the DTE Energy Foundation's DSO Pops Series, Disco Days and Boogie Nights, opened this morning to a large and very enthusiastic crowd. I wasn't quite sure at first how I felt about an entire concert of music from the'70s; however, after less than five minutes I'll admit that I was hooked!
Conductor Jack Everly led the DSO, the male a cappella vocal group Chapter Six and singers Anne Beck, Farah Alvin and N'Kenge in a high-energy traversal of the decade that not only left no stone unturned, but also left this listener with an ear-to-ear grin for the better part of two hours. READ MORE


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I said that my illnesses would not define me; yet, as I type my thoughts I realize that I have let them shape my life. How do I separate myself from something that is a part of me? Do I even need to? I suffer from Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder, not to mention a long list of physical alignments. No matter what you take from reading my entries, you will see what the world is like through the eyes of someone else – someone who is still trying to find their way.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
I'm trying to find the middle...
My Kindred Spirit came over for a visit. You can ask her how hard it was for me to even put together a simple sentence. I was having a continual brain fart moment.
I'm not sure what my mood is. I am drifting. I am trying to figure things out. I thought that I was angry, but I think more than anything I am hurt. I mean I found myself talking a lot about the past today, things that were done and said…this was making me mad. It brought up my own resentment, but you can't live in the past. You have to move on. This is what I have always tried to do, but my fight is done. I have no energy left.
I am tiered of being the one to say sorry first. I am tiered of being the one to reach out all the time. "Be the bigger person". No more. I am done. Does this make me a bad person?
I think the weirdest part about today was not talking to my mom. I don't usually go a day without talking to her unless she is out of town. She is my best friend. I just know that I don't want to hear about it anymore. About how I was in the wrong. About my boundaries being off. It's time for everyone to look within and take responsibility for their roles.
I realize that even though my action were not intent to hurt, they did. I get that, but shutting the door and closing me out will do nothing. I have no energy within me to try and open it. I have seen close one too many times before. Is this sad, yes. But you know what I can't keep going on the same ride…falling…falling…if I fall too many times I may not be able to fall again.
This came out wrong; it makes it sound like I would be suicidal or something. My fear is that if I continue to fall I will be stuck in a dark and lonely place. I'm not there yet. I don't want to be there. I don't want to be there for me. I don't want to be there for the boys. I don't want to be there for Hubby.
Poor Hubby. The grumpy wife who greets him when he gets home from work. The wife who bitches and complains. The wife who talks about her poor pathetic life. The wife who is stuck in pity and anger. What a life for him. He knows I am sorry. He knows that I love him. He knows this because I tell him.
I didn't call the doctor. How bad is that? I think a part of me was hoping that I could do this without upping my meds. But after three days and feel no better, perhaps even worse, I definitely need to make the call. It's strange how scary that feels. I've been there so many times before. You think I would be used to it. Yet in so many ways it feels like I failed. Rationally this of course if not true, but in BPD and depression, rational is gone.
I'm back to my old pattern of calling him at work. I need to know everything little thing. I suddenly don't know where things are in the house. I need answers to silly questions. All this because I can't be alone with my thoughts. Because I need to know he is where he says he'll be. I get the voicemail. I wonder if he's avoiding me. I start to feel angry. I call more. He's doing what he should be. He's keeping his boundaries. Rationally I know this, but just answer once. Let me know you are okay. He should call me when he gets to works safely…let me know there was no accident. He should call me at lunch, touch base…he would know this if he read the book. Just pick it up and read it. It's not hard.
I said some things to Hubby tonight. Just sort of spiteful things, trying to hurt him. I made him angry. Knowing this I pushed a bit more. This is when he should ignore me…set the limits and tell me that he doesn't need to listen and walk away. He would know this if he'd read the book. (Sorry, I'm obsessing. My though patterns are stuck. The record is skipping.)
Why won't he read it? He keeps telling me he will, yet he doesn't. Why? Why? Why not? Am I not important enough? Does it mean actually admitting that something is wrong? WHAT??? I wish that he could answer that for me.
I think he's ashamed of my illnesses. He's never says it. He never would. Maybe embarrassed is a better word. I think he's come along way, but part of him is still unsure. He doesn't know what to make of all of it. How can he? He doesn't go through the struggles that I do. He bares witness, but there is no logic to when things happen or are said. He is a science guy. He needs logic. I think part of him thinks I do it all intentionally. Why shouldn't he be? Society is. It's no fault of his, no weakness…it is about growth.
Besides, how can he begin to understand? I mean I don't even understand. I think what bugs me the most is this look he gives me sometimes when I talk…like I am crazy or off the rocker and totally don't get it. My mental capacity is the same it is my emotions that don't work.
I get this too with my physical alignments. He is such a compassionate guy when it comes to others, but for me there is very little. Like my pain isn't real. I mean how could I physically be sick…I mean I am mentally ill, so it must be all in my head right?
I think I am partly to blame for this. I push myself to hard. I don't let things stop me. Because I am able to accomplish so much it seems odd that I can feel so bad. What am I supposed to do sit around and feel sorry for myself? I just hate the looks I get when he comes home and finds me napping or dinner not cooked. Some days it takes all I've got to get showered and get out of bed.
I know that it isn't fair that he should have to cook after a hard day at work. I get that…I really do…but some days it is just so hard for me. It seems so out of reach. I have days where once I am down the stairs, I know that my legs won't let me go back up them. I have others where the thought of moving two steps away from the bathroom could be deadly…but that seems to go unnoticed. I can't explain this. I'm making him sound like a bad guy. So not my intention. He does so much without complaining. He's put a lot on the line for me. He's always made me his number one…but I guess it's the mumbles under the breath, the looks or the tone of voice. But there is the other side. The tea in bed at night or on Saturday mornings. The way that he allows me to make him vulnerable online and not take offence. How he loves me unconditionally. Part of me isn't easy to love. I get that. I mean even I find it hard at times, but it is still who I am.
I am not trying to say that my illnesses excuse my behaviour. I know that they don't. They simply offer some insight, some type of explanation. This explanation offers hope of controlling them and potentially overcoming them. It is a journey though. A long journey. One that will continue to have ups and downs. One were mistakes will continue to be mad and feelings hurt. These things happen even when mental illness isn't a factor. The mental illness just makes them that much worse. It magnifies things. Shine a little light on the glass and you have a fire. Blow on it and it burns, goes wild. Smother it and it goes out, but it my smolder below.
Just sensitive today. I'm floating between the black and white thinking.
(Side note: As I was typing this, my mom called. She seemed okay. It was nice to hear her voice. She wanted to know how Mr. Magoo did at dance and when Doodle's next hockey game is. She asked about my dad. I still feel like there are things left unsaid…yet I'm the one who thinks we need to move past it…I'm so confused.
So because Blogger is having the same kind of day as me and not functionally properly…I used the time it spend trying to save and stuff to call me mom. I started by thanking her for the call. I told her that I'd missed her today. Then there was a silence. So I filled it with the unspoken words from before. I needed to get closer from her perspective. I needed her to understand where I am at now and how I plan to move forward and why. It felt really really good to be so honest with her. I stayed calm and spoke from the heart…no mask…no anger…There was no blame or judgment. I think it is one of the best "confrontational" type conversations I have ever had. I asked what she needed from me. I told her what I could give. I told her what I needed from her. She told me what she could give. It stayed civil.)
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I'm proud of you for at least realizing that you're having a hard day, and putting your thoughts down. I don't know if I could ever be that strong if I was in your shoes.
- Mrs Lifecruiser said...
I agree with bubba on that one, well done to just get it out!
It's great that you had that honest and calm talk with your mom. Maybe a start of a new beginning? Let's hope.
About your hubby and not readig your book. I don't think it's because he doesn't care - on the contrary, that's exactly what he maybe does - too much.
I don't know him, but it's a possibility that he loves you so much that this is too tough for him to handle. He might be afraid of reading the book. So I don't think that he is ashamed, just afraid, not getting the strength to tackle it.
As he is a guy I think that maybe he feels bad about not being able to help you more than he does. Men tend to do that, they believe that if we say something to them, it's because we want them to SOLVE our problem, when we actually just are begging for some support and understanding. They often don't grasp that, instead they feel that they have failed.
We are different there, men and women :-)
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2012-13: Derrious Gilmore was the only Cowboy to start all 34 of Wyoming's games in 2012-13. His 12.4 points ranked second on the team, while his 2.9 assists led the team. He also added 1.7 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game. Gilmore tied for the team lead with 23 games in double figures, including a team-high five games with more than 20. He notched a career-high 26 points twice, reaching the mark at Boise State on Feb. 9 and at Colorado State on Feb. 2. He finished the season ranked in the top 10 of four Mountain West statistical categories, including eighth in assists. He ranked fourth in threes per game (2.3) and three percentage (36.7), as his 79 makes and 215 attempts both ranked third in UW single-season history. He also ranked second in the MW in minutes at 34.2 per game, after playing all 40 minutes in five games during the season. He made a career-high six threes in three games during the season, which tied for eighth in UW single-game history.
2011-12: Gilmore played in 24 games and made one start for Wyoming in 2011-12, despite missing nine games due to academic issues in the middle of the season. He averaged 3.1 points, 0.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists a game as the backup point guard. Gilmore's top performance of the season was 18 points and four rebounds at Idaho State on Dec. 22. He went 7-of-10 from the field and 4-of-6 from deep against the Bengals in a season-high 29 minutes. Gilmore made one start during the season, playing 20 minutes against Northern Colorado on Nov. 15. He dished out three assists three times during the season.
Before Wyoming: During the 2010-11 season, Gilmore averaged 12.3 points, 6.2 assists and 1.8 steals a game for Jones County Junior College. He ranked No. 26 in the nation in assists among all division I junior college players. He was also a threat to score from three-point range, as he knocked down 44.7 percent (46-of-103) of his threes. The Jones Bobcats finished 15-10 in 2010-11 and earned a berth in the Region 23 Tournament. For his efforts, he was named Second Team All-MACJC (Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges). His coach at Jones was Don Skelton.
A native of Baltimore, Md., Gilmore attended Lake Clifton High School where he earned multiple All-City and All-State honors, while helping his team to two city and one region championship. Following high school, he spent his freshman season at Pensacola Junior College in Florida, but transferred to Jones County after a coaching change at Pensacola.
Personal: Gilmore was born on Feb. 6, 1989 in Baltimore, Md., to Charles Gilmore and Darcell Taylor. He is majoring in social science at Wyoming. He was also recruited by South Florida, West Virginia and Nebraska.
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How to create Jka pk3..??
l known it will be crude of me to ask this but please help!!!!:confused: l created an awsome reborn skin but l don't known how to make it a pk3 file please help l abaut to finnish a mod!!!!!!:ugh:
Right click with your mouse and choose add to archive.Choose the name of the archive and edit the extention to pk3
If not then create an archive,add your mod in it and change extention to pk3
I have file extensions on by default so I just right-click and choose rename. Then turn the .zip into .pk3.
l will try let's hope l can test the mod on jka
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