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COLUMBIA — The Cotton Bowl's sincere interest in South Carolina is a mutual feeling, coach Steve Spurrier said Tuesday.
The Gamecocks will fall short of making their first BCS bowl bid, despite a 10-2 record and No. 8 ranking in the BCS standings. However, a third straight 10-win season has them in line for one of the SEC's premier January bowl games.
South Carolina will travel to an attractive location over the holidays. Spurrier told The Post and Courier his preference is the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
"That would be a trip that would probably be at the top of our list, if we had a choice," Spurrier said. "The Capital One Bowl is an excellent bowl, there's no question about that. If they send us there, that would be fine also. But, because I've never coached it — and I've coached about all the rest of them — certainly if I had my choice that would be where I think our team would like to go. And I think most of our fans would like to go to the Cotton Bowl. So we'll see where it plays out, I guess."
South Carolina will either play in the Capital One Bowl, located in Orlando, or the Cotton Bowl Classic, The Post and Courier has learned. The Gamecocks are unlikely to be invited by the Outback Bowl, where they've played four times since 2001.
The Capital One Bowl gets first pick of SEC teams after the BCS process is complete. The Outback Bowl, located in Tampa, then gets first pick among SEC East teams, while the Cotton Bowl gets first pick among SEC West teams.
One potential scenario is a trade, sending an SEC West team to the Outback and an SEC East team to the Cotton.
South Carolina is among four realistic possibilities for the Cotton Bowl, CEO Rick Baker told The Post and Courier on Tuesday. Baker said there is also interest in the SEC Championship Game loser — Auburn and Missouri play Saturday in Atlanta — as well as LSU.
Baker has long wanted to invite South Carolina to the Cotton Bowl, but by the time the Cotton could choose an SEC East team the Gamecocks were no longer available. Baker said he believes there could be a "legitimate opportunity" this year.
The Cotton Bowl had its first team selection meeting Tuesday, and South Carolina was discussed. However, Baker said he's unsure if South Carolina will be available.
"We try not to get emotionally invested in any particular team or matchup or scenario because we know it's probably going to change after this weekend," Baker said. "Our position has always been, and certainly was proven today, that we were really just looking at what options we might have and what we might do if certain things happen. We're very much aware that a lot of what we do is dependent on a stream of what others may or may not do or whatever teams may or may not be picked ahead of us. We're pretty much just in a wait mode."
Baker said he expects the SEC bowl picture to starting clearing up Saturday night, following the conclusion of the SEC Championship Game.
Once the Gamecocks knew they would not play this week in the SEC Championship Game, focus immediately shifted to the team's bowl situation. South Carolina athletics director Ray Tanner said bowl discussions started Sunday.
Like Spurrier, Tanner is also interested in the Cotton Bowl.
"I think that if you pay attention to social media and all that, it's been very intriguing for our fans because we've never been to the Cotton Bowl," Tanner said. "Most years you're not in position to get into consideration. This is a different year as far as that's concerned. So I think it's exciting to our fans to be in that mix.
"Also, we've had some great experiences in the state of Florida, and there are some great opportunities there as well. We think we're in a very good position right now with a 10-2 team. It's going to be an outstanding bowl, and it's a win-win for us."
Baker said he'd be "very proud" to host Spurrier and his team for the first time. He's also impressed with the interest South Carolina fans have shown in the Cotton Bowl.
Spurrier mentioned the newness of the Cotton Bowl as a reason he'd like his team to make the holiday trip to Dallas. He believes the Cotton Bowl would be a good experience for players, most of whom have never played a game in Dallas.
"It's just something different," Spurrier said. "... Just because I've never been there. If I could win that, that would be neat to say you won the Cotton Bowl."


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While investigating how forests responded to defoliation stress, Institute ecologists discovered that white-footed mouse populations played a large role in regulating the moths. Key predators on gypsy moth pupae, research showed that moth populations declined when mice were abundant.
More interestingly, scientists discovered a connection among acorn production, mouse population size and the number of blacklegged ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.
Lyme disease is caused by a spirochete bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi. This bacterium is transmitted to humans during blood meals taken by infected ixodid ticks on human hosts. Several ixodid tick species can transmit the disease; in eastern and central North America the primary vector is the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis.
Larval ticks hatch uninfected and are not initially dangerous to humans. If they feed on an infected host during their larval blood meal, they can become infected and later transmit Lyme bacteria to people. Whether a larval tick will acquire an infection and thus molt into an infected nymph depends largely on the species of host on which it feeds.
Different species of tick hosts tend to have different probabilities of transmitting an infection to a feeding tick. In eastern and central North America, the host most likely to transmit an infection to a feeding tick is the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus), which infects between 40% and 90% of feeding larvae. Eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus) and shrews (Blarina brevicauda and Sorex spp.) tend to be moderately competent reservoirs for B. burgdorferi. Most other mammalian, avian, and reptilian hosts have a considerably lower reservoir competence.

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In this powerful and controversial book, distinguished African-American political leader and thinker Randall Robinson argues for the restoration of the rich history that slavery and segregation severed. Drawing from research and personal experience, he shows that only by reclaiming their lost past and proud heritage can blacks lay the foundation for their future. And white Americans can make reparations for slavery and the century of racial discrimination that followed with monetary restitution, educational programs, and the kinds of equal opportunities that will ensure the social and economic success of all its citizens.
In a book that is both an unflinching indictment of past wrongs and an impassioned call to our nation to educate all Americans about the history of Africa and its people, Robinson makes a persuasive case for the debt white America owes blacks, and the debt blacks owe themselves.
"Incisive…keenly observed…beautifully written." –The Philadelphia Inquirer
Table of Contents
1. Reclaiming Our Ancient Self
2. Taking Account of the Long-Term Psychic Damage
3. Race to Class to Race
4. Self-Hatred
5. Demanding Respect
6. Race, Money, and Foreign Policy: The Cuba Example
7. The Cost of Ignoring the Race Problem in America…
8. …and in the Black World
9. Thoughts About Restitution
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5 Ways 'Borderlands 2' Is a Remorseless Addiction Machine
#2. Interconnected Characters
Ah, but it's not enough to have just one character running this gauntlet of soul-crushing addiction, compulsively organizing and hoarding items that he couldn't possibly use until his gritty resolve is completely lost in a delirious haze of multicolored arrows. There are four different characters in Borderlands 2, and each one has a litany of specialties they can choose from. Which is great: That adds some variety and replay value to an otherwise straightforward shooter. But in the first game, those characters were exclusive: If you found a gun for a sniper, but you were currently playing as a mountain of fists that exclusively punched giant robots into inexplicably bloody piles of meat, too bad. You just sold it and moved on. Now there are no longer weapon proficiencies -- everybody can use everything -- and you can swap items between characters, besides. That sounds like a much-needed feature at first glance, until you realize that every item now means something. Even if that item is irrelevant to the game you're playing now, it could be vital to the other game you're playing, or the game you might potentially start up next.
Do you see what just happened? Now you're hoarding on behalf of a theoretical person, and preparing for all of their potential (but still totally nonexistent) needs.
"For he is my progeny, my legacy, my heir; I shall name him ButtLord."
When I first saw the storage vault that allows you to swap items between characters -- even though you need to play for hours just to get to it, and I had just barely completed the quest that opens it up -- my immediate thought was "Oh shit! I have to start another character and level him up so I can trade items from this one to the new one."
Why? Why, you stupid, stupid brain?! They don't exist yet! You cannot predict the potential needs of imaginary people! But it's sitting there right now, at this very moment, mocking me: A locker full of weapons for a sniper that hasn't even been born yet. I'm saving for the college fund of a child that I do not have, that the wife and I might not even want, and who may decide he doesn't even want to be a sniper like his daddy says, but would rather hit people with swords or teleport or just fucking sing jaunty show tunes in a local dinner theater troupe.
Hey, it's a big world; anything can happen. Don't you judge my boy.
#1. The Complete Acknowledgment of Guilt
So clearly: Borderlands 2 is the end result of a long history of psychological exploitation in the media. It is all the worst elements of addiction and consumerism, twisted and presented as harmless entertainment. It is an unrelenting knife twisting in the wound of our own vices.
And you know what? It's totally fucking fantastic.
Not in spite of these things, but because of them. Borderlands 2 never tries to hide all of the clever and manipulative ways it screws with your brain. In fact, I'd argue that it's the entire point of the game: Literally every other piece of dialogue is snarkily acknowledging these tricks. In the Borderlands universe, when you die, you respawn at a save point that charges you a small fee for bringing you back from death. Every single time it happens, the fictional company in charge of the resurrection machine plays a little message thanking you for dying, and politely encouraging you to run off and make the same mistake again, or to seek vengeance on the party that just killed you. That company, by the way, is also one of the major weapons manufacturers. In one of the better snippets of writing, a calm, feminine voice gently suggests that, if you're going to seek vengeance anyway, why not buy one of their guns to do it?
I should thank you to keep your filthy social commentary out of my violence simulators, madam.
Each of the vending machines plays a set of prerecorded loops that acknowledge the fact that they're making money off of your foolish repetition -- whether that's the gun seller jovially admitting that "most of our merchandise is scavenged from the bodies of dead vault hunters" (you're a vault hunter) or the medicine machine asking you to "think of [them] the next time you're bleeding out" -- the idea that you're a stupid and predictable thing being manipulated by your absolute basest instincts is everywhere. It's hurled at you from the billboards and the radios, in the quest dialogue and even in the descriptions of the weapons themselves. Borderlands 2 isn't a shooting game; it's a vicious parody of gaming in general. It's a direct and blunt mockery of every flaw inherent in our chosen hobby. It is literally a gripping collection of addictions and vices, each of which spits right in your face and dares you to quit dosing up, because it knows you won't.
And it is just so much goddamn fun, you guys.
Look, it's really important that you think about your entertainment, and what it's trying to do or say -- especially if you're prone to manipulation by said media. There might be some very bad people doing some very bad things with your vices. But shit, it doesn't mean those vices are any less fun.
Most alcoholics started drinking because, at the start, it was a fucking party.
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Most people modify their ways of speaking, writing, texting, and e-mailing, and so on, according to the people with whom they are communicating. This fascinating book asks why we 'accommodate' to others in this way, and explores the various social consequences arising from it.
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broadhead Throws Agency Muscle Behind Key Log Rolling
broadhead Throws Agency Muscle Behind Key Log Rolling
Minneapolis Agency to Roll Out Integrated Campaign for New Client Key Log Rolling
Agency folks aren't exactly known for their physical strength, but Minneapolis brand communications firm broadhead is throwing everything it has behind the lesser-known sport of key log rolling. The full-service agency that made its name with award winning work in agribusiness branding and issues management has been recruited to help raise the national profile of both the sport of Key Log Rolling and the company behind it, Key Log Rolling, Inc.
"This is undoubtedly our most unique assignment yet," jokes Kiersten Schroeder, vice president, broadhead. "But broadhead is not your typical agency. We've never been afraid to get our hands dirty…or in this case our feet wet. We're currently picking our brawniest copywriters and account people to get some hands on experience of the sport as we kick off the campaign. It will be interesting to see who has what it takes on the log."
Log rolling is an age-old sport, in which contestants compete to see who can stand on, and keep a floating log "rolling" for the longest period. Introduced by the company Key Log Rolling Inc,, Key Log Rolling, the sport, is the next evolution of the sport involving the use of 60-pound synthetic log designed to act exactly like a natural log without any waterlogging, splintering or the need for trees to be logged. The Key Log was just recognized as a Top 5 Most Innovative Product at the 2013 Summer Outdoor Retailer Show.
broadhead will work with Key Log Rolling, Inc. to help raise awareness of the new version of the sport, focusing in the first phase of the program on the Upper Midwest and Northeast regions. Early tactics of the program will include public relations strategy with online engagement aimed at attracting summer camps and other outdoor recreation groups to try key log rolling as an activity. The agency will work closely with the Hoeschler family, owners of Key Log Rolling, and themselves expert and champion log rollers.
"We're excited to really get rolling, so to speak," says Abby Hoeschler, Key Log Rolling president. "broadhead is anything but a traditional agency, and we were looking for some out of the box thinking to take this fun sport to a higher level of public participation."
About Key Log Rolling:
Key Log Rolling is an innovative new approach to the age-old sport of log rolling. The idea for a lighter log was born in 2005, with the first prototype completed in 2010. The Key Log is a 60-pound synthetic log that is filled with water at its final destination. With its patent-pending baffled system, the Key Log floats, spins, and reacts just like a traditional cedar wood log. The Key Log is built of high-density polyethylene, the same material as canoes and kayaks, so it can sit in the water without getting "water-logged." It doesn't peel, splinter, crack, rot or mold, so no maintenance is required. The log also features a built-in traction surface, so rollers can use off-the-shelf sports shoes.


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The arching of two fingers in such a position that it cant possibly fail to find the G-Spot has become known as The Evans Claw since it was passed down from "Ice" A true hero to all men.
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So what will get people talking at Sunday's 83rd annual Academy Awards? Here are a few tips on what to watch for when the show airs on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. (Join our live blog that night on PEOPLE.com!)
1. The Hosts!
While the Academy is likely to be safe from a Ricky Gervais-esque controversy, there will be scrutiny on the surprise pairing of relative youngsters James Franco, 32, and Anne Hathaway, 28, who are co-hosting the main event. In addition to the promised singing and dancing, fans might expect quite a sight when it comes to how (or if!) 127 Hours Best Franco holds himself together should he win – or lose. Then, how will he get back to hosting?
2. An Expansive Natalie Portman
A glowingly pregnant Portman continues to grow right along with her trophy collection, which includes a Golden Globe in January. But will the mom-to-be take the granddaddy of them all, a Best Actress Oscar for Black Swan? And how will fashion designers come up with new ways of showcasing her burgeoning baby bump?
3. The U.K. vs. the U.S.A.
Colin Firth's royal vehicle, The King's Speech, leads the field with 12 nods, while the Coen Brothers Western starring Jeff Bridges, True Grit, has 10. The British flick, Firth in particular, has been running away with awards so far this season. But for Hollywood's biggest night, will it be Cool Britannia or the American Way that claims the most statuettes?
4. The Fashion, Of Course
Judging by the hottest trends at the Golden Globes this year, stars' choices will be hard to predict. From floral detail to shocking red to long sleeves to black fishtail dresses, celebs have a lot to choose from. And we have to wonder: What will fashion risk-taker (and King's Speech nominee) Helena Bonham Carter show up wearing? What about young Hailee Steinfeld, or classically minded Nicole Kidman? Visit People.com on Oscar night for all the fashion highlights.
5. Oscar Virgins
As usual, there's a healthy dose of Oscar veterans in the mix this year, but there's also a fertile crop of newbies who've earned their way into the spotlight. In addition to Franco, there's the soft-spoken erstwhile character actor John Hawkes, nominated for a jarring performance in Winter's Bone; the young Hailee Steinfeld, only 14 and up for True Grit; and the modest Social Network nominee Jesse Eisenberg. Just how will these freshmen (and women) mesh with Hollywood's seasoned legends?
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No late-game heroics needed. Just a plus defensive performance this time around.
And an easy victory for interim head coach Bob Pietrack in his first game at the helm.
The No. 25 Fort Lewis College men�s basketball team acquitted itself well without head coach Bob Hofman, who�s out on medical leave, pressuring New Mexico Highlands and knocking down a bevy of quality looks for an 81-60 victory Friday at Whalen Gymnasium.
Pietrack looked right at home in the driver�s seat, providing a consistent voice and pushing the right buttons after spending the last eight-plus years as Hofman�s right-hand man, and the Skyhawks didn�t miss a beat, leading by as many as 29 points in the second half.
�I haven�t had a chance to think about it, to be honest,� Pietrack said.
�I felt pretty comfortable. We had developed over the past 10 games a clear blueprint of what we�re trying to do and stuff like that. I felt comfortable with that. Coach (Daniel) Steffensen did a great job helping me. Smooth sailing.�
Alex Herrera had yet another double-double in what�s quickly becoming a long list of such feats with 17 points and 13 rebounds in just 21 minutes, and Nick Tomsick poured in 15 of his own to pace FLC.
Tomsick said that adjusting to Pietrack being in charge instead of Hofman for the time being didn�t take much, and the Skyhawks� showing Friday night backed his claim emphatically.
�Nothing has changed at all,� Tomsick said.
�(The coaching staff) kept the same thing going as before, and we were really energized to come out and play.�
The defensive performance was top-notch for the Skyhawks, who allowed the Cowboys to shoot just 29 percent from the field Friday in moving to 10-1 and 7-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
That defense allowed Fort Lewis to turn a 15-all tie in the first half to a 35-17 lead thanks to a 20-2 run and a Highlands� field-goal drought of nearly 9 minutes en route to a 40-24 halftime advantage.
Highlands (5-8, 3-6 RMAC) had just six assists against 14 turnovers on 20 made field goals.
�We didn�t guard as well at Black Hills State as we�d wanted to, and we wanted to make it a focus all week,� Pietrack said.
�We�ve been talking about just trying to extend and play a little bit more in the lanes, and we were able to do that (Friday). You never know about shot-making. Sometimes they go in; sometimes they don�t.�
The Skyhawks, meanwhile, were a benchmark for offensive consistency.
They shot 50 percent in each half, totaling the same for the game, and they had three players in double figures � Marcus Ayala was the other with 14 � and Mike Matthews and Matthias Weissl had nine points apiece.
A big reason was the aggressiveness of FLC�s guards, who had no problem driving to the basket and mixing it up with an athletic Highlands squad, and Matt Mazarei, tops in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio, had five dimes against no turnovers.
�We knew they were going to come out and pressure the ball really hard, and they�re long and athletic, so the ball fake was really big (Friday),� Tomsick said. �When they�re out pressuring us, being able to use our dribble and go by them really kept them honest.�
And the Skyhawks� bigs were up to the task down low, with Torrey Udall chipping in four assists and nine rebounds as Fort Lewis led in the rebounding category 41-36.
Only 10 of New Mexico Highlands� 36 rebounds game on the defensive end of the floor, and the Cowboys mustered a decent chunk of their offensive rebounds in the second half after Fort Lewis had build a commanding lead.
�I was happy with the way Chief (Herrera) and Udall rebounded,� Pietrack said.
Only the 19 turnovers soured the Skyhawks� big night.
Highlands, meanwhile, had four different players in double figures, led by Mannie Cass� 14 points and 13 from Lavell McDade.
The Skyhawks also were adept at the foul line, hitting 22 of 29 free throws while Highlands connected on 14 of 16 from the charity stripe.
Fort Lewis will look to win its sixth in a row and second under Pietrack at 7:30 p.m. today when Western New Mexico comes calling at Whalen Gymnasium.
�Got to clean up some turnovers. ... But, big game (tonight),� Pietrack said.
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quote: It should be compatible with K8L and native quad-core parts, meaning six months or so down the road one could have 8 high-end cores with (hopefully for AMD) competitive performance.
quote: I would have to disagree with your first statement that a 65nm quad would match a kentsfield in performance.
And I would have to disagree with your statement because a 65nm quad from AMD won't be the same core as the present 65nm cores.
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on February 23, 2013 - 12:01 AM
By Daniel Burnett
The wooden teeth. The cherry tree. The white hair.
Our contemporary – and largely incorrect – picture of George Washington is limited indeed. Americans know he was the first president, but what else?
A study of college graduates found less than half could identify Washington as the American general at the Battle of Yorktown. Worse, the question was multiple choice. And worse still, the other three choices weren't even from the Revolutionary War period.
Historical and civic amnesia is a growing epidemic among Americans – and too many people are infected.
The cause can be traced to our educational system. Students graduate from high school without a basic knowledge of history, and the trend continues in college. "What Will They Learn?," a nationwide study of more than 1,000 colleges and universities, found 80 percent of colleges don't require students to take even a single foundational course in American history.
Too many of today's graduates are far more likely to be familiar with Gangnam Style than the Salem Witch Trials, with Lady Gaga than Lady Macbeth.
Washington himself once wrote that "the best means of forming a manly, virtuous and happy people, will be found in the right education of youth. Without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail."
What we have today is, quite clearly, not the right education of youth. To graduate from college without a basic grasp of our history leaves us poorly prepared to face America's many challenges, not to mention the fact that it is a tragic slap in the face of the men and women who formed America, and defended her since.
Quite some time after Washington's war days, 16 million Americans served in World War II. Of them, more than 400,000 didn't come home. Most of us have relatives who served, and about 1.2 million veterans are still alive today.
Among my family who served was my great-grandfather, who fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
The battle – Hitler's final lunge for victory – left the German forces heavily depleted and ushered in the end of the war. With 19,000 casualties, the battle was also among the bloodiest in U.S. history.
As Americans, we're proud of our relatives who sacrificed here and around the world. But the significance of that sacrifice is fading: When given a multiple choice question to identify in which war the Battle of the Bulge occurred, barely two in five college graduates answered World War II.
History – even relatively recent history – is slipping away. It is estimated that World War II veterans are dying at a staggering rate of 600 a day.
Will we remember them?
Daniel Burnett is press secretary of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a higher education nonprofit dedicated to academic excellence.


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All students know that a grade of 88 is not bad, but 100 is better.
The Springville-Griffith School Board feels the same way about the high school graduation rate.
The board this week heard details of efforts aimed at inching the percentage of students who graduate in four years closer to a perfect 100.
Principal Vincent Vanderlip illustrated the problems and potential of reaching that goal by breaking down the 163 students in the most recent senior class. In 2012, Springville had 12 percent or 19 students described as "non-completers" or students unable to complete high school by June of their fourth year. Of that group, three graduated in August and two more in January 2013. Of the remaining students, three are still enrolled, three have completed their GED and eight have dropped out.
To improve the graduation rate, Vanderlip said it is important to understand the "why" of dropping out.
He said the district's steady influx of transfer students are often not as engaged in school and can be unenthused about pulling through to graduation.
"But the common thread among last year's non-completers," he said, "was that they came from a divorced or single-parent household." Vanderlip was quick to say that the blame didn't necessarily rest with families.
An analysis comparing Springville with East Aurora, a district that boasts a 100 percent graduation rate, showed that despite the similarities or differences in family structure, the real disparity was socioeconomic.
In response, the principal said the district has a number of initiatives aimed at the incoming freshmen, calling ninth grade "the linchpin year."
The district now assigns high school students to the same homeroom teacher for all four years to provide them with a "constant" in their daily routine. Also, input from middle school staff is used to identify "at risk" students before they arrive at the high school so that they can be assigned an adult advocate.
Other recommendations Vanderlip hopes to enact is a return to the freshman-academy model, which keeps students on a specific academic team at least through ninth grade. He also would like to implement a program to improve classroom behavior and social skills, and offer more internship exposure for upper classes so students remain engaged through graduation.
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Tag Your Pets: National Pet ID WeekCecily Kellogg
Does your pet have a personalized ID tag?
How about a microchip?
A tattoo? (Yes, there are pet ID tattoos.)
A rabies tag?
A license?
If not and I'm just going to say this bluntly you're making a HUGE mistake.
While no statistics really exist to tell us how many pets are lost because they don't have any identification on them (because according to the ASPCA, most shelters are actually private and not required to keep any sort of statistics about lost pets), but we do know this:
Approximately 5 million to 7 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year, and approximately 3 million to 4 million are euthanized (60 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats). Shelter intakes are about evenly divided between those animals relinquished by owners and those picked up by animal control. These are national estimates; the percentage of euthanasia may vary from state to state.
That means that 1.5 to 2 million pets loved, adored, cherished pets are likely put to sleep each year because they don't have any identifying information on them when they are picked up by animal control.
This kills me.
Here's the thing: pet stores have handy machines where, for about $5, you can easily create a custom made tag for your pet is LIKE FIVE SECONDS. And, for THE LOVE OF GOD, don't just put your pet's cute name on the tag; include important information like your phone number or address.
Of course, collars can be lost; there are two indelible forms of ID that can't be lost; tattoos (less popular than they were fifteen years ago) and microchips.
Microchips are AWESOME. These tiny (about the size of a grain of white rice) capsules are injected under your pet's skin between their shoulder blades, and are easily read using a handheld scanner. Nearly all shelters have these scanners so they can check the pets that come into the shelter and of course notify the owners that their family pet has been found.
So, if you haven't bothered to tag your pet, take this reminder of National Pet ID week and RUN to get your pet ID today.


text: From 3 weeks in to about 4 months in, I had the same issues. Too much sugar, the wrong kind of oils, and specially gluten gave me massive diarrhea, buzzing headaches or gas pains like a knife in my gut- debilitating. Around 5 months in I noticed my reactions lessening. The few times that I ever cheat, I still feel like I swallowed a brick, but the stabbing only lasts a minute now, with no ill effects afterwards except maybe retaining some water temporarily. After my latest big relay race, someone handed me a slice of pizza after I crossed the finish line. I snarfed it. I just wanted food and I didn't care what. I felt awful for about 3 minutes, then nothing, no problems. I feel like my body is starting to work like it should- adapting to the situation at hand. I have to admit I kind of liked the fact that I had immediate reaction- it kept me on track, but I feel like Primal eating is engrained enough now that I can still keep up the good WOE.


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Thank you, golden411. The 'Baldes of Glory' vid was hilarious.
Patrick Chan visits George Stroumboulopoulos
Now some people may want to suggest a good male partner for Patrick.
Youtube version
I hope none of these are geoblocked.
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Missed having Patrick at 4cc.Hard to wait until Worlds to see his next skate. Though his skates this year have not been perfect loved his Rostelecom skate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFon3qNt3Fs. Don't know about a male partner lol but he would have made a great ice dancer iam sure.
I Know it is not nice of me, but I am glad the japanese men showed some inconsistence in their performances as well. (Sorry) I hope Patrick will be a little bit more relaxed at worlds
And thank you very much for the interview-links. None of them were geoblocked I liked his socks <3
Here's the full Peter Mansbridge interview. It worked for me in the U.S. It's not on YouTube yet. I love this interview; Mansbridge asks some very good questions and lets Patrick talk as long as he wants to in answering them.
Yes Dai, and even Hanyu did not have their best competiton , iam sure they will be better at World's but perhaps they already had their best short and long of the season earlier?, Hopefully Patrick is building and will peak at Worlds and show his best performance of the season. Should be a close competition. He said in the interview he needs more mileage so at the end of his Free the lactic acid doesn't build up making his body tired and doubts creep into his head. Really admire Patrick, Dai and Yuzuru and hope its them on the podium again as they to me have the best combination of technique and artistry. Fernandez is certainly a superb jumper and moving closer to them. Kevin is such a consistent jumper this year and improved his choreography, i cannot quite put him in the top group as he lacks power.
I agree with you Kuan. IMO, there will be a close fight between Dai, Hanyu, Fernandez and Patrick for the podium in any order though I think right now, the hot favourite is Hanyu. Fortunately, I won't be able to watch the live streaming for Worlds as I will be away so I will be spared the excitement and pounding heart. I won't rule out the others like Kevin (since he has proved that he can do it), Mura, Amodio, Aaron and Ross. If they skate their best, they all have a shot at the podium too especially if the other four falter. I still feel disappointed that Kozuka will not be skating at Worlds.
I'm still hoping for a Patrick win with the others very close in a tie for second, or a four way tie that proves unbreakable. (yeah, I know) Each one of them has shown vulnerability in one or two events this season, though Hanyu has managed to be on the podium each time. Patrick has kept there in the main events, but his meltdown in the Japan Open rivaled Dai's at FCC. Javi's worst was fourth. Patrick recently said, only slightly togue in cheek, that he was an underdog going into Worlds. Now he has company. I'll be at London, and I hope I survive the stress.
Welcome, Coriana, to the fest! And the forum. We are honoured that you chose to post here first. I hope you enjoy Worlds thoroughly. Don't stress. It's up to the skaters to bring it at the right time. However, please do send some love and white light to Patrick when he comes on, and to the ice as well.
I believe that Patrick troughed at GPF and is rising now, hopefully all the way to peak at Sochi. I've long been interested in cycles of all sorts and am on to figure skating cycles, at least those for the skaters. It seems there are turning points which are peaks for some and throughs for others. E.g. Patrick and Daisuke seem to be on the opposite cycles. Early 2010 was the high for Daisuke but a low for Patrick. Then Patrick peaked at/around 2011 Worlds where Dai troughed. I believed late 2012 was another turning point when Dai Peaked and Patrick troughed. I posted the possibilities early this season with prediction of directions for some skaters pre and post GPF and will keep an eye on how things will work out.
I'm with Patrick about psychologists. Just had a discussion with some friends on psychologists and psychotherapies which focus so much on the past and the causes so they go on for years, turning into an addiction instead of a solution! Staying in the moment really is the key, as well as a high, also known as Satori, a moment of mindlessness and extreme clarity, a God moment. Very dangerous sports such as skiing, cliff climbing, and racing are thrilling because of the high induced by the total focus demanded as it could be a matter of life or death/disaster. I find it quite easy to focus with interactive sports because immediate reactions are constantly required. It has got to be very difficult and challenging to have that total focus, aka being in the zone, required for peak performance in figure skating competition. Most people try to master discipline, but of actions (e.g. training) and not of the mind which is much more significant and impactful. But staying in the now/moment is a very desirable state for everyday living and I imagine such practice would be extremely beneficial to a competitive skater. The mind is a tool we use about 10% of the time, and the rest of the time it takes over to have us living in the past or the future with repetitive useless or even negative thoughts. It is best to use only the working mind and put the egoic aka monkey mind in the tool drawer the rest of the time. And Patrick, no negative thoughts at bedtime! Only your greatest dreams please!
Spiky, I'm with you about Kozuka.
Here is to Hat Trick For Patrick at London Worlds and Patrick In The Zone at Sochi Olympics!
Thanks. You're absolutely right on all points.
I'll miss Taka too.
I will also miss Taka. Love his lightness on the ice.
Coriana I will also be at worlds. Are you going for the whole week? We are driving down on wednesday morning in case you want a ride and staying at the Holiday Inn.
I'm not to familliar with posting but I tried a private message response. If you don't get it, please let me know.
I want to start a "Hat Trick for Patrick" campaign. For those not familiar with (Canadian) hockey, a hat trick is when a player scores 3 goals in a game and fans throw their hats onto the ice. If Patrick wins his 3rd Worlds title in Canada, it would be cool for fans to throw hats instead of toys, especially since he is a big hockey fan and will also be performing hat tricks in his show program.
Will you guys please spread this to other boards?
Mission accomplished, Guru. Are you going to the Worlds?


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Born in Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax moved to Winnipeg, Canada, with his family when he was a young boy. He studied at The Juilliard School and Columbia University capturing public attention in 1974 when he won the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In 1975 he won the Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists, followed four years later by the coveted Avery Fisher Prize.
Highlights of the current season include return visits to the orchestras of Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Atlanta and Toronto as well as a number of recitals culminating in a series of three at Lincoln Center focused on the music of Schubert. In recognition of the bicentenaries of Chopin and Schumann in 2010 and in partnership with London's Barbican, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony, Mr. Ax commissioned new works from composers Thomas Adés, Peter Lieberson and Stephen Prutsman for three recital programs presented in each of those cities with colleagues Yo-Yo Ma and Dawn Upshaw.
In addition to this large-scale project, recent tours included performances in Asia with the New York Philharmonic on their first tour with Music Director Alan Gilbert and European tours with both the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and James Conlon as well as the Pittsburgh Symphony with Manfred Honeck.
Mr. Ax has been an exclusive Sony Classical recording artist since 1987. He has received GRAMMY® Awards for the second and third volumes of his cycle of Haydn's piano sonatas and has also made a series of GRAMMY®-winning recordings with Ma of the Beethoven and Brahms sonatas for cello and piano. Mr. Ax resides in New York City with his wife, pianist Yoko Nozaki, and their two children. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honorary doctorates of music from Yale and Columbia Universities. For more information, visit www.EmanuelAx.com.


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With Catholics across the globe taken aback amid the first papal resignation in nearly 600 years, local church officials said Monday that they might meet Pope Benedict XVI's successor within months of his election.
Monday's announcement that Benedict will resign for health reasons on Feb. 28 shocked Roman Catholic clergy. Popes typically work until their deaths, with the last resignation - that of Gregory XII in 1415 - caused by a religious schism.
"When I first heard, I thought something was coming across that he died," said Monsignor Anthony Little of St. Patrick Church in Newry.
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Bishop Mark L. Bartchak of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown greets Pope Benedict XVI during Bartchak's visit to Rome in September 2011, when he participated in a conference for newly ordained bishops from around the world.
Benedict, 85, told church cardinals that his advanced age has rendered him unable to carry out his duties as head of the Roman Catholic Church and its more than a billion adherents.
"I think - and this is just speculation - he saw the declining years of [Pope] John Paul II, and in his case said, 'Maybe that's not the best thing for the church,'" Little said.
With the College of Cardinals likely to elect a new pope before Easter, or March 31, a delegation of Altoona-Johnstown Diocese officials could meet the future pope during a scheduled summer trip to Italy, diocese spokesman Tony DeGol said Monday.
A pilgrimage, which will include local Bishop Mark L. Bartchak, is set to go to Castel Gandolfi, the pope's summer home, in July, DeGol said.
"The pilgrimage is still set to continue," he said. "The bishop may well meet the new pope as early as July."
In a written statement, Bartchak praised Benedict's intellect and recalled his two meetings with the outgoing pontiff.
"During both visits [in 2011], Bishop Mark found Pope Benedict to be very engaged, attentive and focused," a diocese press release said.
Unlike past papal elections, which required a mourning period following the previous pontiff's death, the next pope's election could get under way quickly after Benedict steps down, DeGol said.
DeGol and Little said the coming papal transition will have little immediate effect on rank-and-file Catholics, who are set to begin the Lenten season this week with Ash Wednesday. The pope's decision may be reflected in holiday sermons this weekend, Little said.
"The initial surprise probably comes right down to the parish level," Little said. "Besides God, the pope and maybe two other persons, nobody saw this coming."
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Olstad was a machine shop and valve rebuilder in business since 1983. Its owner, Jon Olstad, decided to retire.
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Lately I've been wondering what to give to Adelaide's little friends at her birthday party this coming Sunday. I really am not fond of purchasing items that are eventually going to end up in a dumpster somewhere, and so I wanted to try to give the children something that hopefully they will be able to use and enjoy beyond a sunday afternoon birthday party. And I also wanted to try and make the goodies myself using inexpensive materials that I had on hand.
Because I've had several parents ask me about Adelaide's favourite crayons - a kind of children's wax and oil based crayon from Japan - I got the idea to give out small packs of these crayons in the birthday goodie bags. And then I realised that I could make small children's scribbler books to go along with them!
To make the scribble books, I first scanned in some animals from the pages of one of Adelaide's colouring books that I picked up at Daiso for $2 but it is completely unmarked besides pictures and a bit of Japanese text. I wish that I made the illustrations myself - they are so very sweet! However, I did not due to lack of time and because these little books are for gifts and won't be sold.
For the insides, I chose simple multi-coloured paper, along with some kraft, manila, and interlined paper as well. I randomly sorted them in stacks of 8 sheets, and along with a cover folded them in half to make 16 page books. Then, using a long-armed stapler (which I simply asked to borrow from my mom's work for a few days) I stapled the center fold line of each book twice.
These books are so incredibly simple and quick to make that I hope maybe you will make some for your little ones, too. They'd be great to kept in a small bag along with some crayons, ready for when you go out to a restaurant or coffee shop. Hopefully they can keep little ones occupied for even a short while!
ps. Thank-you all so much for your many comments and sweet words. I have now gone through all the comments for my children's book giveaway, and I have tried my best to pick winners by matching their animal preferences with what books I had left. And the winners are:
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quote: Oh, and yes, I'm aware of the allegations against Paul. But let's look at it this way in all fairness: if Democrats can elect an open former KKK Grand Kleagle to Congress for decades as the longest running Congress member in US history (Robert Byrd from West Virginia), then Dr. Paul who never was a member of the KKK should not be excluded from the presidency ballot and nomination.
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The new MUSC Health East Cooper facility has earned LEED certification through the United States Green Building Council. LEED or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a voluntary, consensus-based, market-driven program that provides third-party verification of green buildings. Stubbs Muldrow Herin architects led the design team for this 84,000 square foot integrated specialty clinic that had two primary sustainable goals. One was to create an environment using materials that would promote healing; a concept consistent with the client's mission. Secondly, a high efficiency ice storage HVAC system was incorporated, which lowers operational costs of the facility while providing exceptional internal environment controllability.
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UB sociologist Mark Gottdiener, a world-class scholar and recipient of numerous major awards and distinctions for outstanding contributions to his field, is on the move again.
A professor in the Department of Sociology, Gottdiener has been invited to teach urban sociology at China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University, one of the world's most highly ranked universities, for six weeks beginning July 1.
He plans to teach his course using his perennially popular 1994 textbook, "New Urban Sociology," now being revised for its fifth edition. It was translated into Chinese four years ago by Huang Yi, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University.
He also has been invited by the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai to address a select audience interested in issues of urbanization.
As for Shanghai itself, Gottdiener says that "As an urbanist, I could not ask for a better place to be."
"I've studied and written about the development of many urban centers, but Shanghai, the Chinese equivalent of New York City, is considered by many to be the greatest city in the world," he says.
"It has a population of more than 20 million, one-third of them non-Chinese, and is a rapidly growing metropolitan region famous for its innovation in technology, academics and culture. Of course the food, film, music and culture, I am told, are spectacular. Having six weeks to explore is, for me, an exceptional opportunity.
"I will be fully supported with a generous salary, hotel accommodation, a research assistant and air fare," Gottdiener says, adding that his wife Jennifer, recently retired director of articulation services at UB, will accompany him to Shanghai and later, on a "spiritual and cultural" visit to Tibet to visit several Lhasa monasteries.
Gottdiener is a founder of what is frequently referred to as "the new urban sociology," a field that considers the rise and fall of cities and regions, their class-shaped patterns of capitalistic urban development, real estate manipulations and their symbolic dimensions.
He also developed a new urban paradigm that focuses on such things as cultural semiotics and popular culture, and how cultural issues are related to social problems. He has written 14 books on these subjects. Much of this cutting edge research is presented for undergraduates in the book he will use in Shanghai this summer.
One of the nation's leading urban sociologists, Gottdiener is the recipient of the 2010-11 Robert and Helen Lynd Lifetime Achievement Award for distinguished career achievements in community and urban sociology from the American Sociological Association (ASA).
The Lynd award, one of the most notable awards presented by the ASA, is one of many honors received by Gottdiener during his career, among them a number of international visiting scholar positions (three in 2007 alone), a special session of the Eastern Sociological Society' annual meeting and several distinguished lectureships and fellowships, including two Fulbrights.


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The using of all capital letters over the internet; usually when chatting with someone.
Sorry, didn't mean to CAPSLAP you! I had CAPS LOCK on.
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While fucking, the male busts a nut in the girl's hat then proceed to put the hat back on her head.
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Apparently, due to past submissions to this dictionary, a team that IS THE BEST, yet CAN'T WIN.
The Sacramento Kings are the absolute best team! They'll beat em next time...
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team that's been everywhere- former Rochester/Cincy/KC/Omaha Royals/Kings; won lone championship in KC; are awesome lately; have solid, great team; will definatly will a championship soon, hopefully at the Damn Lakers expense
Vlade, Pregjag, C-Web, Bibby, Christy, and the Kings will win the NBA finals.
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Best team. Always and Forever
by the way this is Ivana not RoZeS....haha
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Only the best team in the NBA right now with the best win % and this years champs...uh huh uh huh thats right
I love Bibby and the Kings they're goin all the way this year
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Best team in the NBA! Nothing can beat them. Even though we havn't won a championship yet..... We Will!
Why do the lakers need Gary Payton?
Becuz they cant stop the Sacramento Kings!
Becuz they cant stop the Sacramento Kings!
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I love hanging out with my friends and going on friend-dates with them, but it of course doesn't fill my need for romance.
And I've done everything I can. I tell him the kinds of things I like. I point out trinkets at a store or describe in detail what kind of date I'd like to go on. I even try to take him on dates but he won't do it. I'm talking going out for a $2 cup of coffee at our local coffee place. I'm talking going on a walk when the sun is setting. I'm not asking to go to the Riviera Maya or something.
I'm really careful not to nag or whine. The other night he was angry at me for something and I was crying because I was so mad at being talked down to (I cry when I'm mad sometimes), and I finally told him I don't feel like there's any romance because he never does anything to make me feel special. He did say that he was sorry and hadn't realized I was so upset about it. But by then I was so sad that I cried til I vomited.
I feel really silly about that and it might have been dumb of me to tell him that, but...I can't hold all that in all the time and I make mistakes. He's made progress in some areas but then he goes back to old habits, it's a two-steps-forward-one-step-back kind of thing and I know I made a commitment and gotta stick with it but it's wearing me down a lot.
I don't really want to do anything fun with him anymore because he's just going to ruin it. My graduation party is coming up and it's also the weekend a bunch of his friends asked him to go skiing with them. I will state for the record that he said he'd stay for the party if I really wanted him to. But now I don't. Should I tell him to go? His mom is the one hosting my party and it might be weird if he isn't there.
I'm probably just rambling/venting but it's been a really really bad week. And my heart is lonely. This is more about me than him, it's something I have to work on and let go of.
Does anybody feel this way? How do you get through it? How do you move on from one stage in your marriage to another?
Thank you for any answers, my friends. And even if there are no answers, thanks for the opportunity to ramble.
When you get to a point where you want romance, but don't want romance with the person you're married to, that would make me evaluate if I wanted still to be married to that person.
When you want to feel differently than the way you feel with your husband, and there is absolutely no improvement in this area despite your telling him expressly what you want and those expectations are low, that to me says that the other person simply does not care about your wants and needs.
When this person's "better" involves making you cry until you vomit, and your having no desire for them to be there on a hugely important day for you, it shows to me that their "better" really isn't worth sh**, because it's still pretty bad.
But that's just me. I've never bought in to marriage being the death of romance. My parents have been married for like 22 years and they still hold hands on the couch together. He bought her a beautiful emrald for Christmas last year, replacing exactly one she'd lost 20 years ago. My manfriends parents have also been married for upwards of 20 years, and they still go on dirves together, and he still teases her about hair she had in the 80's. I think romance dies only because two people don't place similar value on it, and the neglect of one person can't make up for the upkeep of the other.
Yes, it is inevitable that romance will wax and wane in a marriage, but this is not a situation where people have been married for years--she's only 21, for heaven's sake.
MCK, you should not have to ask your husband to decline a ski trip with his buddies to be home for your graduation. There should not be any question in his mind which of those things is more important. His saying that he will stay home "if you ask him to" seems very manipulative to me--as if he wants a bunch of credit for "sacrificing" and doing what any decent spouse would choose to do.
I've missed some of the backstory. He's quite a bit older, right? Has he been married before? How long have the two of you been married?
I've gone through a lot with my husband and believe me, this isn't the worst of the problems. And I made a commitment to stay with him if he was earnestly seeking progress in changing himself. He's been doing that, so he's keeping up his end of the bargain. It's just that sometimes he reverts back to the way he used to be, and his addiction comes back tenfold, and it wears me out dealing with all the ups-and-downs. So like I said, it's more about me than him and how I should deal with these feelings.
I think it's really neat that those people are still in love. My grandparents on my dad's side were like that. I guess that's what I want, for the little romantic things to last forever. Spose that makes me a romantic. Well, I been learning how to be realistic so this is something I need to get realistic about.
A small part of me is absolutely terrified of him going on this ski trip for a whole weekend really far away. I'm scared of the things he might do there, I guess. But I need to get over my fears so I think that's another reason it'd be good for me if he went.
I just want to go on a date. I just want to get little gifts. It's horrible, and it makes me hate romantic movies lol. My Audrey Hepburn movie collection is gathering dust.
But I really do need to get over this. Just not sure how?
I don't necessarily know if he was trying to be manipulative when he said that, and when I asked him to stay for the party he said he would (this was a while ago). But I'm saying now I think he should go, and it'd benefit us both.
I think that because we've been through so much already, maybe the literal amount of time we've been married doesn't really apply. Like I said, feels like a lot longer. So maybe it makes sense that the romance is "waxing and waning".
I just know that literally I'm still relatively young and sorta feel like I'm missing out.
I just don't want to feel so depressed about it. Any suggestions for how to get over it?
I'm sorry if that's too blunt.
How to get over the thought that being "realistic" to you means being not being treated how you want?
How to get over his mistreatment of you, your insecurity of what he could do if he goes away for a weekend, and the fact that he's addicted to pornography and doesn't make you feel beautiful?
I have absolutely no idea how to do that, or why anyone would want to get over that. I have no idea why you find the way he treats you to be acceptable, and I disagree even with the supposition that it's something you need to "get over". I can't imagine why you would want to compromise the ideal of marriage for the sake of your marriage. Isn't the whole point of marriage to be a partner to someone? Aren't you supposed to love, respect, honor and cherish the person to whom you're married, shouldn't you be able to expect that back?
I'm not saying leave your husband. I guess I'm just saying most people wouldn't just "get over" the fact that the man they married doesn't show them any affection. I'm sorry.
I will think about that, though, because you brought a new perspective to it.
If he were to quit going to his recovery groups/counseling and discontinue trying to make any progress with himself, then he'd be breaking his commitment and I agree that that would mean divorce. But for now, he's overall progressing so I'm sticking to my commitment.
In general, if he talks down to me or mistreats me in some way then I do not stand for it. I may get mad and/or cry or something but then I tell him he cannot treat me that way, and how he should treat me instead in that situation. And he's getting better about not doing that.
So I don't think this lack of romance is mistreatment, I think it's just a difference between me and him and the fact that we're working on ourselves and our relationship and that's what I need to focus on. And he does show affection, I think, in small ways. Like hugs and stuff and sometimes he compliments my character traits which is important.
There's just an extreme lack of any excitement or anything that makes me feel...I don't really know what word to use...special? Magical?
And I think I need to get over that, because it's not exactly a necessary thing in a marriage it's just something I want.
But if you don't think it's something that can just be gotten over...I guess I'll just have to deal with it for a while.
Thank you for your input.
Your basically asking , "How do I become a robot that my husband will interact with ?'"...There is nothing here , seriously. And he isnt improving ,if in the very next breath you say...BUT sometimes he resorts back to his oldways....NO improvement to me.
Why do you just have to find ways to deal with it?? Do you really want to spend the rest of your life ,trying to figure out how to make HIM happy, while you are pinning away for attention , love and companionship....just cause you made a committment, doesnt mean you have to sacrifice everything YOU want , for him, ITs about compromise, there is none here.
He seems to be very stuck in his ways, and only shows these glimmers to get you out of his hair for the moment, then bam right back to who HE IS.
IDK....just is a very hard situation and your getting no where.
Yes, relationships take work, yes, they take commitment, but what you are asking for--a way to deal with, let go of, and realistically accept the unacceptable--is something that I cannot and will not give. You deserve better than a husband that talks down to you, that makes you so upset and sick that you vomit, that completely ignores your needs to the point that anything he does that approaches basic humanity is held up as amazing progress. You deserve more than an unending uphill battle to be treated as a decent human being, you deserve better than a constant war to have your needs even considered, much less met.
You deserve better than him.
I know that you will do as you see fit, and whatever you decide, it's a choice that yours and yours alone...all I can do is implore you to consider whether you'd be happier without him. Whether you honestly want to resign yourself to a life wasted, a life where you settle for never having lived, never having what you want. Romance doesn't die out after marriage (unless neither party places value on it, or one is blatantly inconsiderate of the other's needs). My parents have been married for 28 years. They have a rocky relationship--but they still love each other. They go on dates, vacations, away for the weekend. She treats him to movies, he takes her to dinner, they buy each other trinkets...
What you want from your husband is not unreasonable. Your request that we tell you how to accept his behavior is. Your request that we tell you how to resign yourself to life where your needs are neglected, to a marriage that has nothing in common with a healthy relationship, to settle for less than any reasonable person has a right to expect is something that we cannot in good conscience give.
I am sorry that your marriage is the way it is, I am sorry that your husband is the way he is, and I am sorry that the best advice I can offer on how to improve your life is end your marriage and live your life without him in it.
I wish you the best.
It was a very harsh show. The husband beat her all the time and when she finally left him he killed her best friend and came within moments of killing her.
When Dr. Phil asked the woman when she knew she needed to leave in relation to when she actually did she told him 2yrs. Then he asked why she continued to stay for those 2yrs knowing it was a bad situation and she said "because I always wanted and believed that we could have that happy family". Her response actually surprised me.
MCK, you may want to separate yourself from this story because there was physical abuse going on, but I'm here to tell ya that is you. I don't know how long you will stay, but I know you will stay for a very long time. You are lost in this belief that you will have a happy family with this man someday. It is sad.
I wish for you almost as much as you do athat he would really come around and be that person. But we can wish til we're blue in the face and all that's gonna happen is your life is going to pass you by and one day you'll be staying because you're too old to leave and wishing you would've had the balls to stand up and live the life you wanted when you had the chance.
I'm sorry. I really am. I'm sure this sounds harsh. I have more to say, but more that would really only debate what's obvious to everyone else. Plus I'm tired which makes me cranky.. Just please understand that we are people that actually care about what happens to you. We don't say these things to be mean. We would love for you to have happiness in your life.
Having said that, you asked whether you should ask him to stay for the party. My answer is that you tell him that the choice is his and don't try to sway him either way. If he isn't at your party and anyone notices well you just tell them that he preferred to go skiing with his friends. It's the truth. If people draw the conclusion that he is a selfish dolt who is neglecting his wife then LET THEM. If he's not happy with that then he needs to change his behaviour. It's not up to you to hide things that you feel are not "right".
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Over the last two seasons the Stetson baseball program has sent two catchers into Major League Baseball before their senior seasons. That won't be the case this year with sophomore Garrett Russini slated to be the starter in front of four true freshmen.
After Nick Rickles left Stetson for the Oakland A's following the 2011 season, Sam Kimmel came in from junior college and started 57 games in 2012, with 42 of those behind the plate. He took his .327 season average into pro ball last summer after being drafted by the Baltimore Orioles. That leaves Russini, who played in 20 games as a freshman and started just four times behind the plate, as the most experienced of the five catchers on the Stetson roster.
The Stetson coaches are confident Russini's offensive production will improve from is freshman season, and are not concerned about his defensive ability.
"He's been doing a good job, but he has to continue to get better," Hatters coach Pete Dunn said. "We brought Garrett in because we had a lot of confidence that he was going to be a good player. We brought in Kimmel because we knew it was tough for a freshman to go out there every day.
"Sam did such a good job for us last year, but the bad part of that was that Garrett didn't get as much time as we wanted as the backup. He went home over the summer and worked on his throwing because he knows he is the guy who has to get it done this year."
While Russini may not have put up big offensive numbers last year, he showed good ability at the plate. He walked more than he struck out and showed he is able to get down a sacrifice bunt when called on to do so.
"He swung the bat well in the fall and we think we are going to get some pretty decent offense from him from the left side," Dunn said.
Just having a year to mature in the Stetson program should also pay dividends for Russini.
"The thing I think has developed in him is he has come out of his shell some," Dunn said. "In high school, catchers aren't really asked to run the show like they are in college. His ability to direct traffic on the field and handle the pitching staff during a game is big.
"He is going to catch and throw well and swing the bat enough. He is going to have to be a take-charge kind of guy out there, and I think he will."
Behind Russini is a quartet of freshmen. Two have shown enough ability with the bat that they will likely land spots in the lineup elsewhere, even if they are not catching. The other two have a little more work to do to get on the field, but have shown flashes of the ability needed to compete in the college game.
Massachusetts native Buck McCarthy is the most likely to see playing time behind the plate as a freshman, but his work with the bat will give him a chance to be an everyday presence in the lineup, most likely as the designated hitter.
"I think the biggest obstacle for Buck to catching more is that he is such an offensive minded guy," Dunn said. "You have to be able to make that transition from offense to defense."
The next in line at catcher is another freshman from Massachusetts, and another member of the squad who has a chance to be a starter at another position. Patrick Mazeika is a natural catcher, but will likely be the every day starter at first base. Like Russini, Mazeika swings the bat from the left side but is a right-handed thrower.
"Mazeika caught in our alumni game in the fall and he did a nice job," Dunn said. "We just can't afford to give him a lot of time behind the plate at practice because he needs the work out there at first base."
With McCarthy and Mazeika likely to see plenty of playing time at other positions, the next most likely players to serve as the primary backup catcher are Canadian Konner Lutz and Cape Coral native Frankie Romano. Both guys are big – Lutz is 6-2 and Romano is 6-4 – and both have other positions they can play.
"The good thing for us about having Lutz, and I've always said this, is I don't like having my backup catcher playing another position," Dunn said. "If your backup is in at DH and you have an injury or something where he has to go in, then you lose your DH. Having Lutz available is nice because it will give us some flexibility.
A native of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Lutz is mobile and athletic enough to give the Hatters some playing time at both first base and third base if he is needed. He will also get a chance in the rotation as the designated hitter.
Romano was primarily a catcher in high school but, because he has such a strong arm, he'll be given a chance to become a pitcher. He will be available in an emergency to go behind the plate.
No matter who winds up seeing the most time behind the plate, the key to their success will come from their ability to manage the game from a defensive standpoint and to work with the Stetson pitchers.
"There is always a period of adjustment with a new catcher, and that is something the older guys like Kurt Schluter, will have to deal with," pitching coach Chris Roberts said. "I know the pitchers and catchers have been working in the pen to build up that comfort level, and I've tried to mix in to help the catchers with their setup and targets because each has a different look."
If the group can reach a comfort level with the pitchers, then anything they provide the Hatters from an offensive standpoint will be gravy.
(Editor's Note: Tomorrow we will preview the all-new Stetson infield.)


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When an early-morning fire tore through the Hampton Oaks Apartments complex in North Charleston last month, more than a dozen families lost their rented homes and in some cases all of their possessions.
The good news was that all the residents escaped unharmed. And they all had renter's insurance.
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It looks like Tops Friendly Markets picked a winner with its new Orchard Fresh concept store.
The supermarket opened a high-end gourmet and specialty food retail shop in Orchard Park last month. The plan was to watch the new concept for about six months and – depending on its success – decide whether to add locations throughout Tops' market area.
Just five weeks later, it already is looking for a place to put the next one.
"It has been a real home run for us," said Frank Curci, Tops' chief executive officer. "It has far exceeded our expectations."
Though nothing is official yet, Tops has decided to move forward with expansion much earlier than expected.
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Eventually, he envisions having two to four Orchard Fresh stores in each of the major cities in Tops' market area.
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Actress Grace Kelly died 30 years ago today. The Hollywood beauty -who demonstrated glamour, elegance and class - became a real-life princess with her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco.
Grace Patricia Kelly was born in Philadelphia, to a family of Irish and German origin, on November 12, 1929. She was named after her father's sister who died as a child.
Her father - John Brendan "Jack" Kelly - was a successful businessman and triple Olympic rowing champion. He won two gold medals at the 1920 Olympics and another at the 1924 games.
Jack's parents - John Henry Kelly and Mary Anne Costello - emigrated from Ireland in 1869 and 1867, to the US, where they met and married. Continue reading "Grace Kelly: Actress, Princess" »