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Husband and female friend(23 Posts)
My dh had a work meeting with this girl he knows. He runs his own business. He told me about it and I was fine. I've met her before and she seems nice. Trouble is by work meeting, he actually meant a day out in the city taking a very nice lunch and visiting several cafés for coffee. He would normally hold such meetings in his office over phone or an hour meeting In town. He also didn't charge this girl for his time because they are friends.
To me this sounds like a date! A very nice date!
The other thing is this girl is 10 years younger than us and looks like a certain celebrity he rather fancies!
He says they are friends (no different to his regular male friends)
I don't know anyone that has friends of opposite sex that they go out with like that! I have male friends at work and husbands of friends etc but I would never dream of going out alone with them like that. As a group is fine, as is with my partner etc.
We have had a massive argument and I've been in tears! It spiralled out of control and he shouted at me for:
hating all his friends (he does always try to arrange stuff and can't say no but this simply is not true. But some weekends I just want me and him!)
hating his mum (I've met her a handful of times as she lives in a different country, she pushes religious beliefs on me and I get anxious as I believe something else)
and hating his job (we have the usual arguments about working hours, his job can be unsociable but I don't think it's anything any other couple doesn't argue about)
Other thing is I'm pregnant with our first. Feeling fat and unsexy! This has really hurt me!
Aibu and just hormonal or is what he did plain dodgy?
Well, I wouldn't be happy if my DH had done that so I don't think you ABU.
I think he is being unreasonable.
It does sound like there are other issues under the surface causing tension.
I am pregnant with our first baby at the moment and I am finding myself more emotional about lots of things. DH is quite emotionally astute so he has been great so far!
When you are both calm, will you be able to explain to him how you are feeling? Will he listen?
would he treat his male friends to a nice day out in the city?
I would be upset too. Who hangs out with clients in the city all day and doesn't charge them.
They have arranged it between them. How silly of him. Why don't men get how vulnerable pregnant women feel?
It sounds very odd to me, and I say that as someone with mostly male friends, as I work in a very male-dominated industry. My best friend is a guy. I go out for lunch with him all the time (and my other friends) and meet them for coffee one-on-one all the time, so that's not the aspect that confuses me.
I would find it weird to have 'a day out' with them in the circumstances described. If I was socialising for the whole day, I would invite my DH to join us for one thing (whether the friend I was meeting was male or female). If I was having a business meeting with them, I would do it in an hour or two, and charge them for the time unless it was completely speculative or a piece of pre-sales. I wouldn't go out for an entire day and hold a work meeting in the middle of that, it just sounds odd. What are they doing in between the lunch and the several coffees? Visiting a museum or something?
I wonder what the hell she makes of it - why would a business meeting take all day?
Methinks he doth protest too much. He's managed to turn the argument round to a catalogue of your supposed failings. Does he do that often?
You are not being unreasonable. He is in very dangerous territory as far as I can tell. Why couldn't he take you along or just take the day off work and you and him travel to various cafes etc.
Don't back down. I have to say if I was you I would give him a taste of his own medicine. Have you got any male friends you could do this with?
I agree with tribpot, a full day out of work does not sound like a business meeting.
Is there a good reason why they couldn't have the meeting(s) in his office and then get a coffee?
I have male friends. My DH knows them. I have been out with one of them socially. Been to his house, helped with cooking/cleaning. On my own. He has been to our house when DH has been working. He's stayed for dinner, and we have been out for coffee together.
Unless there is a back story I think that your DH was rather insensitive in his actions, he sounds a little uptight about being questioned.
FWIW I have no problem with my DH spending time with female friends; he once ( few years ago prior to our DD) visited a friend at the other end of the country and stayed over at her house. I had to work so couldn't go. No issue with that at all. Hand on heart. I appreciate that other people may not be comfortable with this, but I know the friend and absolutely trusted her. I have no cause not to trust DH, and similarly, he has no cause to distrust me.
Apologies for slight derailing.
I often work in the same way as your dh did - meet somewhere for a coffee and start the meeting, discuss business over lunch, conclude with a coffee somewhere else, particularly if we are discussing something that is not straightforward such as future plans for the business. I do it with both female clients and male clients, and for me it means nothing more than a nice environment for doing that kind of business.
That doesn't make it OK for your dh though.
You would never dream of doing it. That doesn't make it NOT OK for your dh though.
Essentially we each have our own ideas of what is acceptable, and there is no absolute right or wrong. What is important is how you feel, and how your dh reacts to how you feel.
If my dp was upset about me meeting someone for lunch, I'd feel pretty pissed off, but I would try to find out what was behind it - why did he feel like that, was he feeling insecure, was it something about the particular person I was having lunch with, was it because I was having a nice lunch and he ate a sandwich at his desk... etc.
Do you know what is making you feel upset - because she is young or pretty? because you would like to have a nice lunch out with him? because that behaviour is out of character for him?
I think he is being totally unreasonable and knows it, hence he is now trying to turn the argument into something else. It is classic behaviour from a cheater who has been caught out.
I'm not saying he has cheated on you with her, but your observation that this 'meeting' had turned into a date seems spot on and this is what has upset him so much.
He needs to apologise and really mean it. Instead of this he is trying to bully you into submission. Don't back down
yanbu, that does sound like a day out. He is being defensive because he knows he 1) planned it, 2) enjoyed it & 3) felt entitled to plan a dayy with a woman like this.
I agree with not backing down, and I don't mean continue fighting. That would be horrible. But don't say 'oh I was hormonal, you're right I just over-reacted' to end the bad feeling as it would only be a very temporary end to the bad feeling.
If he's with you and if he values you and respects you he won't be treating younger women he fancies to a very pleasant day out in the city hiding behind the guise of 'business meeting'.
Never had anybody take me out for more than lunch when I was working in the city. Ok we had a few jollies but there was alwayys a gang.
Usually if you were taken out for lunch the person either took two of you out for lunch, or two of them took you. It was just so so rare, in 14 years of working in the city anyway, to be asked out on my own by just one other person.
My DH has meetings with a number of different women in a work context that take the form of long lunches.
I trust him implicitly. He does make me feel very secure though; on the phone 10 times a day, rarely out in the evening without me, doesn't really like the boys night out thing etc.
I think your DH needs to listen to your concerns, and adapt accordingly. If he has to meet her because he needs to for work it shouldn't involve a whole day together, for example.
Having a work lunch/ coffee itself is not unusual as other posters have said.
But in OP's DH's case, it IS unusual as she says his work meetings are usually office based.
I would try talking to him again calmly.
My husband does this all the time, men and women, some he would consider friends now. He wouldn't dream of asking me along, that's ridiculous.
Client lunch to talk business, then it turns into a long lunch and they might carry on for coffee or more drinks
He wouldn't charge for his time either, that would be shocking. You treat the client
Bit I guessit depends what business he's in.
hm, I'm someone who has close male friends and have gone to spend a week with one with our older son back in the uk - he's family really, since my own is broken, and husband -knows- there is nothing but friendship between us. He's an older brother, really.
But this is different. Work context, that long, that many nice coffees and not charging? there's something else going on ... and the things said in the row sound like there's other things simmering underneath.
I think that you need to sit down and talk calmly - and stay calm- on a low-hormone day and state your (very reasonable) reservations. Then talk about the other stuff that's come up in the row. Again, its perfectly reasonable to want some weekends with just you and him!
good luck
Trust your instincts.
I am racking my brain and at present, can't find anything that might explain the need for a little outing like that.
I assume you asked him...what did he say?
OP - read Ppaka's post...she thinks it's dandy so there you go.
She's a model, he's a photographer and taking shots for her portfolio for free?
I'd be more than pissed off.
He's defensive and treating you like a mug, saying you ' hate' his friends and family is his way of trying to take attention off the issue at hand.
He's a twat.
I think there must be other issues in your marriage if you feel nervous. Does he usually work this way with colleagues? I know in my husbands work it could be common. He is in academia and sometimes the meetings can be over lunch and then coffee and then pub. But they only meet like this if it's in a conference not the usual at the same uni colleagues.
And I trust him because I know usually who these women are.
Is it more like a day out other than a meeting day over food?
Or is he in sales so he has to woo and wow?
Is he being quite secretive? DHs work colleagues quite commonly post pics on fb. And usually there are lots of paper and laptops. And you can see it's nothing romantic.
I think only you can judge if it's off compared to the nature of his job.
Oh just noticed it's a model and photographer. I wouldn't trust that combo either.
If he doesn't do this as a norm with males in his circle then it is not appropriate.
The level of defensiveness about his actions is not indicative of innocent motivations.
To behave in this manner (verbally aggressive and combative) when you are pregnant also waves red flags in my opinion. A normal reaction would be to reassure you, take on board your concerns (whether justified or not), and examine his own actions honestly.
Thanks ladies. We just had a long chat about it. Ended ok. He is sorry and I made him realise that he had upset me. We spoke about the other issues too. I used a lot of your advice actually and directly quoted from here (he doesn't know I had people helping me hehe)
I do trust him, he is not cheating but he does need to be careful about making me feel shitty. He promised not to be so defensive in future.
Part hormones part him being an idiot!
At least we talked about it. A good start!
Thanks all.
onelittletoddleterror NO it is not a mod/photographer
Combo. You misread a post asking if it was that. The OP has not told us what business they are in.
OP you have every right to be upset
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Omissions by ABS-CBN on the Alex Diloy/Jimmy Lopez "eyewitness" angle
26-Nov-00 Two farmers, Alex Diloy and Jimmy Lopez, come out as eyewitnesses to the Dacer-Corbito murder case. Both tell reporters that Dacer and his driver were strangled by policemen using electric cords before their corpses were set on fire.
Diloy and Lopez identify four Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) members to be among more than 10 individuals who took part in the killing. Lopez is also reportedly a civilian agent of PAOCTF.
Both "eyewitnesses" are arrested by the NBI. Diloy was wearing Dacer's white shoes when he was presented to the NBI. Lopez admits to helping build a pyre of wood and tires to set the victims on fire. Viña, head of PAOCTF Visayas, signed the permit of the seized .45 caliber pistol Lopez is carrying when seen by the NBI.
The "dacer shoes" were't white anymore nung nahuli yung mga "witnesses" ng NBI. Painted brown na siya. But That shoe angle is interesting. Ginamit ito ni Diloy para patunayan na nandoon raw siya sa "scene of the crime". Na ibinigay raw ito ng mga killers sa kanya. To give his story credibility.
The case of publicist Salvador "Bubby" Dacer is a strange one indeed.
First, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) announces to the public that the case has been solved, as its officials presented before the media, two eyewitnesses and a bag of charred bones plus dentures that they claimed were Dacer's and his driver Emmanuel Corbito's but which still had to undergo DNA testing for positive verification.
Then one witness showed the media a pair of brown loafers which he claimed belonged to Dacer and which the killers gave him for his own use. He even went to the extent of claiming that the pair of shoes used to be white, but that they were brown today because he had dyed the pair brown.
Based on the eyewitness account, certain cops identified with former Philippine National Police chief Panfilo Lacson, were implicated in the "murder" of Dacer and Corbito.
It was later discovered that the pair of shoes shown by the witness could not have belonged to Dacer or Corbito. And forensics still had not determined whether the charred bones were human bones.
I'm pretty sure these two so-called "witnesses" were already busted in the past for making shit up.
Now comes Ampy Dacer Henson saying his father never wore Topsider type shoes. Diloy shifted to say it belonged to driver Corbito to which Corbito's wife retorted: "no, its too big, it's not my husband's shoes." This is just one of the holes pointed out in Diloy's story.
More here.
Lacson pointed out that the NBI had earlier announced that they found the shoes of Dacer in the house of one of the suspects, only to be told that the shoes were not Dacer's. The BI then tried to pass the shoes as those of Corbito but his wife, in a television interview, also denied that the shoes were Corbito's. "This only shows that in their haste to solve the case, several lapses were being committed which in the final analysis do not help solve the case.
UPDATE: Dan Mariano in 2001:
Are Salvador "Bubby" Dacer and Manuel Corbito really dead? Have they really been reduced to the armful of bones and teeth that agents of the National Bureau of Investigation claim to have recovered from the boondocks of Indang, Cavite? Were the two yokels the NBI presented to the media really part of the liquidation squad that strangled the PR executive and his driver, then set fire to their bodies?
Despite the readiness of many quarters to believe that the NBI has finally cracked the case, many disturbing questions linger. One of them was raised by a respected clergyman who writes a weekly column for this paper. In his April 5 column, Bishop Teodoro Bacani quoted Fr. Gabriel Baldostamon, curate of the Parañaque parish where the Dacers live, expressing grave doubts about the official version of the fate that befell the controversial PR man and his hapless chauffeur.
Soon after the November 24, 2000, abduction of Dacer and Corbito, Father Baldostamon overheard former national security adviser Jose Almonte tell the PR man's family that in case the kidnappers return Dacer to Almonte's group, "they would try to sneak him out to the USA." In any case, Almonte reportedly said on December 3, Dacer's family should continue to mourn for him in public "until the opportune time." Why would anyone make such a proposal unless he had some way of influencing the victims' abductors?
In a radio interview after the bishop's column saw print, Father Baldostamon said more doubt surfaced when the NBI presented a white shoe, which was allegedly recovered from the crime scene and which probers said belonged to Dacer, who took to wearing all-white outfits after his wife died several years ago.
When the shoe was presented to Dacer's children, however, they said it was not their father's, the priest recalled. They even noted that the footwear had merely been painted white, perhaps by parties desperate to produce evidence no matter how shoddily fabricated to reinforce their case against the presumed perpetrators. Given the unconvincing proof the authorities have dug up, Father Baldostamon said during the interview that he and his parishioners were not yet ready to give up on Dacer. "Which is why up to now, we have not held a Mass for the dead for Bubby Dacer," the priest told his radio interviewer in the vernacular.
Reading between the lines, it shouldn't take too much cerebral effort to imagine where the Dacer investigation is being made to go. Meanwhile, the Dacer children are still at a loss as to what has actually become of their paterfamilias.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
UPDATED: Glad to be of service, HTL
a Herman Tiu Laurel article digs deep into the Philippine Politics 2010 archives to shed more light into the now relevant (again!) Dacer Corbito case.
UPDATE: Isingit ko lang ito (from apr 2001)
A Ping on the political radar
By Herman Tiu Laurel
Senatorial candidate and KFR-buster (Kidnap-for-Ransom) Ping Lacson was in the crosshairs of the GMA-Ramos propaganda gun. Last week, two events pulled him out and moved him into the radar screen of unbeatable candidates. First was the open declaration of support by the group of kidnap victims led by Robina Gokongwei and, secondly, the explosive revelations from Fr. Gabriel Baldostamon, C.P., parish priest of the Dacer family. The tormentors of Ping have the tables turned on them. GMA, Ramos and Almonte should now be running scared.
The Dacer children, Ampy and Carina, have also come out to deny the alleged violent altercation between Estrada and Dacer at the latters visit to Malacañang. This demolishes the premise anti-Estrada propaganda and Ramos Dear Eddie letter from Dacer tried to establish. Dacer and Estrada reconciled in that Malacañang meeting, the Dacer children Ampy (who was at that meeting) and Carina insist. All these buttress my theory that Ramos knows more than he is saying about Dacer's abduction.
For those who have not read Fr. Baldostamon's revelations, here's a brief summary: Soon after the disappearance of Dacer, Fr. Baldostamon heard Ramos henchman Joe Almonte broach an idea to Dacer's children. Almonte proposed that Dacer's abductors could be negotiated with to return the PR man alive but would demand that he be spirited out to the U.S. The family would continue to mourn for him as if he had never been found. Fr. Baldostamon has no self-serving motive for coming out with this, an angle that sends a chill up our spine.
Bishop Teodora Bacani, one of the few trustworthy Catholic priests around, who helped Fr. Baldostamon break the story asks: why was Almonte interested in helping hush up a Dacer return. It would have made the opposition to Estrada quite heroic if they had shown Dacer was kidnapped by Estrada or Ping, as the GMA-Ramos propaganda machine wanted us to believe. We can only conclude from Fr. Baldostamon's story that Almonte wanted to protect some people not identified with Estrada and, most likely, identified with the anti-Estrada forces.
Hundreds of thousands of Inquirer and TV news watchers, Edsa II fans mostly, have been led to swallow the black lies dished out by the GMA-Ramos propaganda machine. There have been a few e-mails from bimpo journalists castigating me as an Estrada paid hack because I questioned the official Dacer story and propaganda against Ping Lacson. These bimpo journalists are the most pitiable of the ignoramuses in Manilas intelligentia, waging militant crusades for a free press but incapable of freeing their minds from propaganda.
Fr. Baldostamon's story implicates Almonte, and where Almonte is, Ramos cannot be far behind. This supports the theory we were first to bring out at the height of the controversy over Dacer's disappearance. My contention was that the January 20 Coup plotters had the most motive to shut up Dacer. Dacer was working with the coup plotters, but after the Estrada reconciliation and P 30 million paid (according to eye witness accounts) for changing sides, he became a hot potato for the plotters. He knew too much and had to be put in the freezer. Then, the disappearance would be blamed on Estrada.
GMA-Ramos had to keep distracting the public thereafter, holding up red herrings to throw off the scent. The People Power mob, led by the likes of Etta Rosales, Teddy Casiño and Bill Luz, like stupid bloodhounds that they are, just kept tracking the odor of the red herrings and not the real tracks of the culprits. But truth will out, as the saying goes. Truth cannot forever be smoke-screened out of the broader public vision. Not all are as stupid or deliberately self-blinded as the Edsa II mob. Fr. Baldostamon, Robina Gokongweis, Ampy and Carinas stories all finally came out.
More related dacer stuff from Ellen Tordesillas.
UPDATE on March 25, 2009: Bishop Ted Bacani's 2001 article revealing Almonte's statements to the dacer children.
BISHOP'S MOVE Teodoro Bacani Jr., DD
I WANT to share what two people have told me regarding the Bubby Dacer case in the hope that they may be of help toward its solution.
Fr. Gabriel Baldostamon, C.P., parish priest of Holy Rosary Parish in Parañaque City, where Bubby lived, shared the following with me on Tuesday. He said that soon after the kidnapping of Dacer, he heard Joe Almonte tell Dacer's family that in case the kidnappers should return him to Almonte's group, they would try to sneak him out to the USA. In such an eventuality, he told Dacer's family to keep on mourning for him in public (as though he had not been found. Father Gabriel explained) until the opportune time.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Obama's teleprompter started a new blog
Monday, March 16, 2009
My Wishlist for the Cine Europa 2009 at the Shang
I hope the EU will screen these movies for their 12th Cine Europa at the Shangri-la Plaza:
France: Entre Les Murs (The Class)
Sweden: Let the Right One In (2008) OR Fyra nyanser av brunt (2004) both films by Tomas Alfredson
Germany: The Edge of Heaven
Austria: Revanche (trailer)
Belgium: Ben X (trailer)
Denmark: The Art of Crying
Italy: Gomorra or La sconosciuta
Netherlands: Dunya and Desi
Norway: O'Horten
Portugal: Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto
Czech Republic: I Served the King of England (trailer)
Finland: A Man's Work (trailer) (images)
Iceland: Jar City
Hungary: Taxidermia
Romania: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
Spain: The Orphanage
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Kaus: First Time The MSM Has Ever Ignored Warren Buffett
BUFFETT: ...And, Joe, it--if you're in a war, and we really are on an economic war, there's a obligation to the majority to behave in ways that don't go around inflaming the minority. If on December 8th when--maybe it's December 7th, when Roosevelt convened Congress to have a vote on the war, he didn't say, `I'm throwing in about 10 of my pet projects ... [snip] ...
JOE: Yeah, but you might--might not have fixed...
BUFFETT: But I say...
JOE: You might not--you might not have fixed global warming the day after--the day after D-Day, Warren.
BUFFETT: Absolutely. And I think that the--I think that the Republicans have an obligation to regard this as an economic war and to realize you need one leader and, in general, support of that. But I think that the--I think that the Democrats--and I voted for Obama and I strongly support him, and I think he's the right guy--but I think they should not use this--when they're calling for unity on a question this important, they should not use it to roll the Republicans all.
JOE: Hm.
BUFFETT: I think--I think a lot of things should be--job one is to win the war, job--the economic war, job two is to win the economic war, and job three. And you can't expect people to unite behind you if you're trying to jam a whole bunch of things down their throat. So I would--I would absolutely say for the--for the interim, till we get this one solved, I would not be pushing a lot of things that are--you know are contentious, and I also--I also would do no finger-pointing whatsoever. I would--you know, I would not say, you know, `George'--`the previous administration got us into this.' Forget it. I mean, you know, the Navy made a mistake at Pearl Harbor and had too many ships there. But the idea that we'd spend our time after that, you know, pointing fingers at the Navy, we needed the Navy. So I would--I would--I would--no finger-pointing, no vengeance, none of that stuff. Just look forward. ..[snip] ...
BUFFETT: Well, I was going to mention to Joe that you've heard this comment recently from some Democrats recently that a `crisis is a terrible thing to waste.'
BECKY: Yeah.
BUFFETT: Now, just rephrase that and since it's, in my view, it's an economic war, and--I don't think anybody on December 7th would have said a `war is a terrible thing to waste, and therefore we're going to try and ram through a whole bunch of things and--but we expect to--expect the other party to unite behind us on the--on the big problem.' It's just a mistake, I think, when you've got one overriding objective, to try and muddle it up with a bunch of other things.
P.S.: He's against "card check." ("I think the secret ballot's pretty important in the country.") ... 7:19 P.M.
Monday, March 09, 2009
Saturday, March 07, 2009
A box of Dibidis for you, Prime Minister
RP Kidnapping in the 90s
Let's give credit for Ping Lacson (under the Erap admin) and Angelo Reyes (under the Arroyo administration) for cracking down on this criminal "growth industry" after kidnappings spiked during FVRs time and for a short period after Edsa Dos under Larry Mendoza's time.
Pero wala talagang masyadong nagawa si Ramos ano?
This year's EDSA anniversaries (both I and II) will best be remembered for
its non-celebration. Thanks to GMA who not only downplayed it, but
trivialized it.
I agree with FVR, who was visibly irked with the non-appearance of GMA and
vanishing trick of VP Noli, when he said, "What appointment could be more
important on this day (February 25) than the commemoration of the
restoration of democracy?"
But then, you have to ask, "What democracy?"
Is there any Filipino who still doubts that GMA spoke to Garci? Even GMA
herself tacitly admitted it when she said, "I am sorry." The Garci tapes
contained damning pieces of wiretapped phone conversations. In one, GMA
asked Garci to guarantee a 1 million winning margin. In another, they talked
about the abduction of a teacher to silence her. The most natural thing to
resolve this was for Congress to go through impeachment to either clear or
find GMA culpable. But they found the complaint insufficient in substance
and dismissed it. They have reduced the issue to a numbers game. In
succeeding years, a Malacanang stooge would file a bogus impeachment
complaint to immunize her for at least a year. *They have prostituted the
process and reduced it to power play.*
* *
Is there any Filipino who still doubts that COMELEC officials colluded with
suppliers to defraud the government of billions of pesos in the election
automation project? The Supreme Court itself declared so and directed the
Ombudsman to run after the culprits. But the Ombudsman exonerated them
leading to a situation where you have a crime without criminals. *They
defied the Supreme Court and got away with it.*
Is there any Filipino who still doubts that Abalos, FG, and GMA are involved
in the NBN-ZTE scandal? A picture is worth a thousand words, and a picture
with the three of them golfing at the ZTE headquarters in China says a lot,
especially since the ZTE project was quickly changed from a BOT to a
government-to- government contract soon after the game. Besides, how do you
explain GMA's trip to China, "coming and going like a thief in the night"
(Malacanang Press Office's own words) to seal the ZTE contract as witness,
doing the signing at the airport, breaking all diplomatic protocols? And
yet, no charges have been filed against any of the principal players, even
after GMA admitted that she belatedly knew of the irregularity. In contrast,
Jun Lozada and his wife Violet have 10 live court cases against them. *They
have perverted the justice system, using the agencies of justice to
persecute anyone who dare go against them.* **
Is there any Filipino who still doubts that GMA distributed money to
congressmen, mayors and governors at Malacanang in November 2007 to buy
their support? Among Ed Panlilio himself showed the money and an ABS-CBN
news footage showed Congressmen leaving the meeting with loot bags similar
to the one given to Among Ed. If it is true that GMA was truly unaware of
the dole-outs, then you would expect that the Taray Queen would unleash her
wrath on whoever was behind it for doing it right under her nose and making
her look like a fool. Nothing of that sort happened. KAMPI – the president's
own party, owned up to the cash bonanza, and no one was ever charged,
reprimanded, or even slapped in the wrist. *They think all Filipinos are
dumb to accept such a tall tale.*
Is there any Filipino who still doubts that Jocjoc Bolante architected the
fertilizer scam, with the blessings of his patrons? Two independent Senate
investigations concluded so and recommended the filing of plunder against
him. But the Ombudsman is taking its sweet time in filing the charges. Under
public pressure to catch a big fish, the Ombudsman hurriedly filed graft
charges against Neric Acosta of Bukidnon – a known critic of GMA. Ooooppps.
Wrong aquarium. What the public wanted was a big fish from the Palace
aquarium where there are plenty of sharks. *They must think plunder is a
joke. That explains why they pardoned Erap so soon.*
* *
Is there any Filipino who still doubts that FG is involved in the rigging of
road projects? The World Bank Department of Institutional Integrity
concluded so, and they had two witnesses who attested to it. But FG could
not attend the Senate hearings. He has a heart condition and to testify
would be too stressful. (And a round of golf with millions of pesos at stake
is not?) They have just set a precedent in jurisprudence. Henceforth, all
accused with heart conditions cannot be compelled to testify. They can
either check in or get a certificate of exemption from St. Luke's Hospital.
*They must think they're above the law.*
* *
Of course, they invoke due process and rule of law as their refuge. For such
are the ways of democracy. Well... they have succeeded in perverting
democracy to a point where you can hardly recognize it.
I think this nation is long overdue for a change. Even the administration
agrees. But the kind of change they espouse – charter change, is really just
a ruse to extend their terms and perpetuate themselves in power.
No, more than change, this nation is long overdue for a revolution. And I
think it will happen soon, through the ballot or by the bullet.
The signs are clear.
The judiciary was designed to play a passive role in governance, acting only
on pleadings presented before it. But when you see a Chief Justice
proactively initiating reforms on human rights and leading a Moral Force
movement, you know something is wrong with the system.
When you have the two chambers of Congress competing with each other in
leading investigations of never-ending scandals – the lower chamber to
insulate its patron at the palace, and the upper chamber to provide a stage
for its presidential aspirants… you know that they will come to a head
sooner or later.
When you read a full page ad by associations of retired and active officers
declaring that they are united behind an incarcerated comrade, you know that
something more than just a senatorial bid is brewing.
When you view all of these against a backdrop of hundreds of thousands of
Filipinos losing their jobs, and hundreds of thousands of families moving
below the poverty line… the old palace line that they are working hard on
the economy supported with their fudged numbers simply will no longer cut.
And when you factor in the people's sentiment about their president – 46%
disapproval and 45% distrust ratings, you know you have a powder keg just
waiting for the fuse to be lit.
The political equilibrium is precariously unstable brought about mostly by
the abuses and excesses of the ruling class. The inviolable law of physics
is finally catching up with them… for every action, there is an equal and
opposite reaction.
The Americans bought into Obama's promise of "change we can believe in." I
think the Filipinos will buy into anybody's promise of "change we can live
with." I still remember how people rushed to the side of government to
defend democracy during the Oakwood mutiny. Is there any Filipino who still
doubts which side people will rush to, this time around?
Are there Filipinos who still care about democracy? Many. But not the farce
that we see today. We all yearn for the one that is *of the people, by the
people, and for the people*.
*Panahon na para sa pagbabago. Now na!*
Friday, March 06, 2009
Imagine if Erap was adept at the teleprompter
UPDATE: nah... probably wouldn't have helped in the end.


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A Chemical Marriage - Poem by Stan Petrovich
We were once the torrid lovers,
Don't get me wrong:
Slobbering kissses the afternoon long;
And nightly penetrating like shovels.
But soon enough, too soo enough,
Entered the scourge of alcohol between her lips,
Floating fat and curling cheese around her once-shapely hips.
My reaction was astoundment, and my heart pounded rough.
Tonight with alprazolam coursing through her passed-out form,
I sit & curse my fate;
For I will not don the weight
Of those stupifying pills as any norm.
You see, with me, it all terminated at Kent State, back in '72 or '73;
When we lost our longsuffering position;
The rifles came and shot dead several along with me;
Clearly we had lost our situation.
But my wife's 700 million braindead cells.
All alcohol related,
Turned her into a fuming gel,
That only remains abated.
These newfangled drugs I think do even worse harms;
These newfangled pharmaceuticals boom onto her vacated brain;
Where there was a glimmer of hope has faded again.
I want to send out signal, issue alarms.
But no one believes that such a normal-seeming spouse
Can be engaged in such a zone of harpy-dropping terror;
That any marriage can have its strife,
Without this unseen force bottled on the floor.
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I learned about this from a natural hair video on Youtube and her video mentioned the "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" documentary, so I decided to watch that too.
Some people laughed at it and said it was completely stupid, but I guess certain things work for certain people. I'm interested in trying this whole juice fast thing, but mine will be a bit modified. Mainly to lose weight and to train my taste buds into loving healthy foods, but also just as an experiment to see if I can do it. Of course, first, I don't think I'll start out with 60 days though.
Does anyone else want to try? I plan on buying a good juicer or a blender.
I hear this was huge in the 80's following the massive aerobics outbreak! :) Take it easy when dieting and best luck to u! (This DOES sound refreshing...
I juiced before using the guidelines of the fat sick nearly dead website. My minimum was only 3 days (I'm vegan) but I kept going until I ran out of produce(5 or 6 days). It was pretty cool. First 3 days WERE THE WORST. After that everything smoothed out. I noticed though that I felt like this flim/chalky sensation on my face. I guess it was literally the gross stuff was coming out my pores. I would love to do one again but my juicer is in Georgia!!!! I may buy a cheapie. This year I am saying bye bye to all processed foods and refined sugars so I would like to detox because of that. Good luck
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Have you heard about Simple Traffic Solutions?
Chances are if you're reading this review you found it through one of the many traffic techniques I've been testing using John Thornhill's new traffic generation product.
Like most webmasters working online today you don't want to rely on Google anymore for your traffic after the dreaded algorithm updates known as Penguin and Panda wiped out a lot of websites and blogs.
There are many products, services and websites available online that claim to be able to show you how to generate free and paid traffic without Google and Simple Traffic Solutions from John Thornhill combines all of them.
Do the techniques and tips given in Simple Traffic Solutions actually work?
I've done a lot of research on the matter, as I was one of the webmasters who was affected by Panda and Penguin, and I think I can help you decide on the answer to this question.
Everything I've discovered is detailed in the article below.
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It's a step-by-step home study course that includes:
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- Facebook Group
I refer to Simple Traffic Solutions as a complete home study course because you're getting videos, worksheets, case studies, an eBook and a mindmap.
Also each video tutorial comes in various formats ready for iPod, iPhone & iPad.
You even get MP3, MP4, PDF's and Transcripts allowing you to learn in whichever way is best for you.
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John devised this traffic formula after his Google Adwords account was banned for reasons unknown to him and he needed to get traffic to his websites.
He didn't know anything about SEO or getting natural search engine traffic through keyword research, link building or page optimization so started to learn how to get free and paid traffic to his websites without involving Google at all.
What Results Can you Expect?
John mentions on the Simple Traffic Solutions information page that on one of his servers he got over 2 Billion page impressions over a 12 month period.
He also notes that the traffic didn't cost him a penny to get (as they were all free methods) and that you can also achieve this if you work at it for a few hours per week.
I find this a little bit vague and the screen-shot of the traffic graph doesn't really mean anything unless it includes more detail such as particular websites and how many of them were included in the results to get those sorts of traffic figures.
I am still testing the various traffic methods in the formula so I can't give you any of my own traffic figures yet but I do know quite a lot about blog commenting for SEO and traffic generation purposes as I use this technique extensively when building my own niche sites.
Blog commenting or Blog hopping as John refers to it in his Simple Traffic Solutions formula is the method of finding and visiting other related blogs in your niche and leaving comments on their posts.
Here's an example of a blog comment I let on Pat Flynn's Smart Passive Income blog:
How Well Does John Explain Blog Commenting?
I like the way John explains this technique with a theory lesson first and then a practical example where he refers to his own blog to show some different types of comments that have been left and discusses the advantages of some comments over others for driving traffic back to your own website.
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Also it only takes about 5 minutes to do.
He gives Blog Hopping an overall rating of 4 stars out of 5 stars for traffic generation, but I would personally give it 5 stars.
As a modern SEO technique, this is one of the most valuable methods of getting natural looking back-links to your blog which will get you more search engine traffic as well as direct traffic from the blog post you commented on.
After reviewing this module the only criticism I would make is that there could have been more information about Gravatars (the little picture you see beside your comment) and maybe a step-by-step guide on how to make one.
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The only part of the Simple Traffic Solutions course that I can see being misinterpreted is the claim that generating this traffic is free.
As many of you may know, there is no such thing as free!
The fact is you get this traffic by using methods which are free such as a blog commenting, uploading a video to YouTube, writing an article, but there is still a cost and that is time.
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The reason these offers are different from OTO's is because you can take advantage of them at any time after you purchase.
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This traffic training course is worth at least 20x more than this.
When you make the initial purchase you have the option to take advantage of two individual offers from John Thornhill.
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I didn't take advantage of this offer because I already know the fundamentals of how to build a profitable online business.
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This is a great training course in the area of traffic generation without the involvement of Google or upfront costs. I fully recommend buying it as I did and taking advantage of the offer to join the Inner Circle.
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As the January window rolls on, it looks increasingly unlikely Arsenal will be prepared to meet the Hammers' valuation to seal a deal for the 26-year-old.
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The Pedagogy of Pop
Theoretical and Practical Strategies for Success
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Yvette Benavides; Seth Besteman; Carrie Brockheim; Colleen Coughlin; Jennifer Culver; Sheila Delony; Mikee Delony; Charity Dishon-Fischer; Brian Duchaney; Jennifer Edelman; Richard Ellefritz; Jennifer Moyer Geiger; Mike Hall; Glinda Fountain Hall; Sylvia Mac; Amy Rakowsky Neeman; David D. Newman; Michelle Parke; Julie Irene Prieto; Bob Reese; Cindy Roberts; Forrest Roth; Ludovic A. Sourdot and Fred Waweru
Media competes with public schools in terms of student engagement and time. However, the two needn't be mutually exclusive.
The Pedagogy of Pop: Theoretical and Practical Strategies for Success
discusses a variety of strategies and approaches for using social and mass media as tools through which teachers might improve schooling.
While there is a vast body of literature in this field, editors Edward A. Janak and Denise Blum have created a text which differs in two substantive ways: scope and sequence. In terms of scope, this work is unique in two facets: first, it presents both theory and practice in one volume, bridging the two worlds; and second, it includes lessons from secondary and postsecondary classrooms, allowing teachers on all levels to learn from each other. In terms of sequence,
The Pedagogy of Pop
draws on lessons from both historical and contemporary practice.
The introductory section of Janak and Blum's collection presents a pair of papers that use somewhat different approaches to examine the historical roots of contemporary critique. Part I presents a series of chapters designed to provide guidelines and theories through which educators on all levels can think about their practice, focusing more on the "why" of their approach than the "how." Part II presents a more "hands-on" approach by sharing a variety of specific strategies for incorporating pop culture in all its forms (technology, music, television, video games, etc.) in both secondary and postsecondary classrooms. The conclusion shows the praxis of teaching with popular culture, presenting a counterpoint to current thinking as well as a case study of the best of what can happen when popular culture is applied effectively.
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Introduction: The Past as Prologue
Chapter One - Can We Win the Future by Living in the Past? An Exploration of Nostalgia in Education,
Jennifer Edelman and Edward Janak
Chapter Two - Professional Paradox: Teachers in Film and Television,
Sheila Delony and Mikee Delony
Part One: Theoretical Analyses of Pop Culture
Chapter Three - Making a Modern Man: Disney's Literacy and Health Education Campaigns in latin and South America during WWII,
Julie Prieto
Chapter Four - Uncovering Images of Teaching: Towards a Teacher-Activist Ideal,
Sylvia Mac and Denise Blum
Chapter Five - "The Words We Write for Ourselves:" Confronting the Myths of Race, Education, and American Genius in
Finding Forrester
Joanna Davis-McElligatt and Forrest Roth
Chapter Six - "If You Should Die Before You Wake..." Bart Simpson and the Genesis of Rebellion,
Brian N. Duchaney
Chapter Seven - From
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The Real Housewives of New Jersey
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: Views on Family and Gender in Popular Culture,
Amy Neeman and David Newman
Part Two: Improving Instruction, The Pop of Pedagogy
Chapter Eight - Editorial Cartoons as Education: Political Cartoons as Pathways to the Pedagogy of Popular Culture,
Richard Ellefritz
Chapter Nine- iClickers & Voice-Over PPT: Using Technology to Engage Millennials in Learning,
Bob Reese
Chapter Ten - Amending Eurocentric Narratives of African History in the U.S. Classroom: A Popular Culture Approach,
Fred N. Waweru and Mwenda Ntarangwi
Chapter Eleven - Popular Culture and Teacher Education in the 21st Century: The Pedagogical Possibilities of
Aliens in America
Ludovic A. Sourdot
Chapter Twelve - "How Does this Sound?" Using Language to Characterize Race in Middle-Earth,
Jennifer Culver
Chapter Thirteen - "World Goin' One Way, People Another:" Using
The Wire
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Michelle Parke
Conclusion: The Future as Epilogue
Chapter Fourteen - I Don't Get It and That's Okay: Teaching Experiential Film Interpretation,
Jade Lynch-Greenberg and esteban garcia
Chapter Fifteen - My Conversations with Ben: What This Mother Learned from a Ghost Boy about Bullying,
Yvette Benavides
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Editors Janak and Blum draw lessons from historical and contemporary instructional classroom practice. The first part of the book provides guidelines and theories focusing on the "why" of teaching rather than the "how." Part 2 examines a variety of strategies for incorporating pop culture, including technology, music, television, video programming, etc., into lesson planning. Chapters 8 through 13 focus on pop culture as a form of pedagogy that enhances discussion of race, class, and gender in today's classrooms from pre-K-12. In the concluding chapters, pop culture provides the impetus to discuss topics that students are reluctant to discuss in the classroom (e.g., bullying). A new subgenre, creative life writing, is explored in the last chapter. The editors' goal for this book is to expand teachers' views and expand their own practice in the broadest terms. The final case study uses Department of Justice reports and the writings of Kayla Webley to focus on the suicide of Phoebe Prince. The 15-year-old Irish immigrant's text message "I can't take much more" drives home the painful truth about bullying and the power of putting theory into practice. Summing Up: Highly recommended.
For years the argument has raged over whether to teach popular culture in the classroom. Now that that argument is over, the real question—just how should we incorporate popular culture into pedagogy?—is finally being answered with this timely, well-written book. In
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- 3 cups uncooked bow tie pasta
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- 1 pound peeled and deveined cooked medium shrimp
- 2 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup reduced-fat creamy Caesar salad dressing, divided
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- In a large saucepan, cook pasta according to package directions, adding the broccoli during the last 4 minutes of cooking.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook shrimp in 2 tablespoons dressing over medium heat for 3-4 minutes or until heated through.
- Drain pasta mixture; transfer to a large bowl. Add the shrimp, cheese and remaining dressing; toss to coat. Serve immediately. Yield: 4 servings.
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Vogt has that 'rejuvenation feeling' going from A's to first-place Brewers
Vogt has that 'rejuvenation feeling' going from A's to first-place Brewers
After five seasons in Oakland, Stephen Vogt begins a new chapter of his career in Milwaukee.
The 32-year-old was designated for assignment by the last-place A's on Thursday and claimed by the first-place Brewers on Sunday.
On Monday, the two-time All-Star catcher discussed his new opportunity with a contender on MLB Network Radio.
"Obviously I was ecstatic to hear I was headed to Milwaukee. We all watch baseball and they are such a fun team to watch right now. And your buddy Eric Sogard is there, so I've got some familiarity. It's an opportunity to win and I think anybody, when you get to the stage I'm in in my career, where I'm 32, I want to win. I'm at the point where that's kind of the goal in the big leagues where all you care about is winning and that's where I'm at. So, to get the news that I'm headed to a first-place team, I couldn't be more excited," Vogt said.
After making the AL All-Star team the last two seasons, Vogt struggled to the tune of a .217 batting average with four home runs and 20 RBI in 54 games.
But with a new team in a new league comes a fresh slate.
"You get that rejuvenation feeling, you get that feeling that this is the change you needed especially going to a winning team where when you're winning, everyone plays better, when you're winning, everyones happier. No matter where you are in life, you want to have that feeling that somebody wants you. So to have Milwaukee come in and say 'We wanted you,' Yeah, it recharged the batteries. I'm ready to go," Vogt said.
Instant Analysis: Five takeaways from A's first road sweep of 2017
Instant Analysis: Five takeaways from A's first road sweep of 2017
The A's sprung to life offensively in the late innings Sunday and polished off their first road sweep of 2017.
They scored all five of their runs over the final three innings to beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3, continuing an odd stretch of streakiness. The A's swept the New York Yankees in four at the Coliseum, then turned around and dropped four in a row to the Houston Astros before arriving in Chicago and taking all three from the Sox. It's their first sweep on the road since they won four in Kansas City from Sept. 12-15 of last season.
The weekend's events provided a morale boost for a team that began the series an American League-worst 9-25 away from home. The sweep also featured numerous contributions from a pack of recently promoted young players fresh from the minors.
The A's had no answer for left-hander Derek Holland through six-plus innings, mustering just four hits off the veteran. But trailing 2-0, they got on the board with Jed Lowrie's pinch-hit RBI double in the seventh. The next inning, Khris Davis singled home the tying run and Yonder Alonso followed with a go-ahead single down the left-field line to put the A's up 3-2.
They tacked on two insurance runs in the ninth on back-to-back homers from Adam Rosales and Matt Joyce.
Sonny rebounds: Sonny Gray (3-3) avoided the early trouble that plagued his last start, working seven innings and being rewarded with a victory thanks to the A's eighth-inning rally. He struck out seven and walked just one. That was a key as Gray had issued seven free passes combined in his previous two starts. Adam Engel hit a 2-1 fastball for a homer in the third, then Jose Abreu scored on a passed ball in the fourth to give Chicago a 2-0 lead. But Gray held the Sox to just four hits over his seven innings.
Sign of things to come? Franklin Barreto got a look as the No. 2 hitter in the order Sunday, a spot that some scouts feel he'll be well suited for as his career unfolds. He singled to the opposite field in his first at-bat, then struck out looking in his next two trips to the plate. In the eighth, his broken-bat single to left jumpstarted Oakland's two-run go-ahead rally. Barreto is 4-for-10 in his first two games with the big club.
Joyce provides a lift off the bench: Joyce entered as a pinch runner in the seventh and connected for his 10th homer, right after Rosales had gone deep himself. Joyce became the fourth Athletic to crack double figures in homers, and the A's improved to 31-26 when they hit at least one home run (they're 3-16 when they don't).
Doo does it again: Lefty reliever Sean Doolittle continued to deal since coming off the disabled list. He threw a scoreless eighth with two strikeouts and has allowed just one hit over five innings in six appearances since his return.
An unwanted milestone: The Sox scored their second run on a passed ball by Josh Phegley, which accounted for Oakland's 50th unearned run, most in the majors. They had just 43 unearned runs all of last season.


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Getting the driveway paves, down to two companies...
I'm so confused as to this whole process- especially the part where I've been getting prices ranching from $4,500 to $8,000 for the same driveway. I'm down to two companies, here's the details (I don't know what any of this means). Please read my notes at the bottom before replying. Thanks for reading.
Price includes:
- Regrade area using existing stone base
- Spray for vegetation
- Install 2" of ID#3 fine binder
-----Total: $4,474.00
Optional additional service:
- Install additional 1.5" of ID#2 wearing
-----Total: $1,950.00
(price excludes permits, hazard material removal, location of existing utilities [if needed])
- Sawcut existing blacktop edges along [road]
- Place grade stakes and establish grades for paving
- Remove 2"-3" of excesss 2B stone and haul from site
- Furnish and place 2"-3" of 2A modified stone base and compact
- Fine gradre and compact stone base to obtain proper drainage and grade for paving
Asphalt paving
- Pave entire area with a 9.5MM wearing course compacted to a 2" thickness
- Rolling of the same
- Seal ends of pacing with AC-20 oil along [road]
(price does not include permits/approvals, excavation, rock/concrete removal, any back filling along exposed blacktop edges)
NOTES: Here are my thoughts. For Company A, they want to pave over my existing stone.
This is what my existing stone looks like: http://i.imgur.com/6V0YA.jpg
Also, I have no idea what the "separate price" optional work on Company A entails (Install additional 1.5" of ID#2 wearing). The guy at this company said this is optional, so if I don't take this option Company A is over $1,000 cheaper than company B. If I DO take this option, Company A becomes more expensive than Company B-- and it seems like I'll get much less bang for my buck in that event.
My main concern is using the existing rock. I don't know anything about paving, but Company A is the ONLY company (I got about 7 or 8 quotes) that said they could use the existing rock. Take a look at the pic and tell me what you think.
Company B seems like they include a lot more work, but it is a lot more expensive.
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Company B is removin' then replacin' stone.... the bit more dust in the replacement ain't worth the effort...
It's Stone,...
Regrade it, Pound it, 'n Pave it....
The binder in the 1st option is a rougher material, bigger stones, stronger stuff....
The 2nd layer is a wear surface of finer stones, so's it looks smoother, like a hi-way lane...
The single layer drive is 'bout a 10/ 15 year driveway...
The 2 layer is a 15/ 25 year driveway...
Btw,... It's what I do 6 months of the year, for the last 20-odd years...
i also would go with option one. I am in construction,but not paving.
I paved my driveway with similar looking gravel as a base. no problems,3 years and looking good.
Thanks guys, very helpful! Just to clarify: I go with Company A, but not get the optional additional service.
Talk it over with the guy,...
Because, Many times, We go in, 'n do the Binder course,...
Then wait a few years to top it out with the finer wear course...
That allows the binder to lay down, 'n settle fully....
When the top is put down,...
Odds are, it will hold up longer, without any settlements, 'n it'll be smoother, longer...
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I like canned veggies right out of the can, especially peas and green beans.
Me too! Well, corn anyway. Whole kernel corn, no heat or added anything. Yum!
Most of these are if I'm really hungry, in a hurry, etc.:
Apples and peanut butter. Strange to some.
Just peanut butter. On a spoon.
Peanut butter and jelly on waffles (sandwich).
Cold pizza for breakfast or other meals (must be really good Chicago takeout pizza, and not deep dish.)
Fries with "fry sauce" (mix mayo and ketchup to taste)
Sandwiches with just bread and meat (i.e. ham on fresh bakery bread, no condiments). They looked at me really funny when I ordered this at Subway--so I stopped going there.
I used to like mustard on Wonder bread. Oh, and my sister used to roll up her Wonder bread into a ball, like she was going to make it into something else--then eat it plain. I don't eat prepackaged bread anymore.
I had a neighbor who put ketchup on everything--even pizza or mac and cheese, and he was about 5 years old when he started doing it.
My husband likes peanut butter and mayo sandwiches. I told him not to eat it around me, but I can still smell it on his breath if he ate it earlier in the day! Blech!
My brother used to put fries in his hamburger (i.e. from McDonald's). Now I can see the attraction of it.
It's weird how our tastes change as we get older. I like things now that I used to hate. I think when I was younger (a kid) I was afraid to try some new things, especially if they seemed weird or smelled funny to me (i.e., hummus, lasagna). Of course, to little kids, everything is something new. As an adult, I've tried a lot of things (or combos) and found I actually liked them.
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The Real History of Electronic Cigarettes
Contrary to the popular claim that Hon Lik invented the first electronic cigarette in the year 2000, it was really Joseph Robinson in the year 1927 who introduced the first patented "Electric Vaporizer".
New products are generally developed over many years; a process involving several people and a lot of paperwork. E cigs are no exception to that phenomenon; the idea has been around since the 1920's. Since 1927, several patents have been filed with the USPTO for electronic vaporizing devices. However, the most well-known inventors are the ones we're talking about today… J. Robinson, H. Gilbert, and H. Lik. For the past 86 years, electronic cigarettes have been developing into the interesting gadgets we see today – and the innovation continues!
Read on for an in-depth outline of the development of e cigs.
Joseph Robinson filed a patent for the first "Electric Vaporizer" in 1927. Here's an excerpt from the original document:
"My invention relates to vaporizing devices for holding medicinal compounds which are electrically heated to produce vapors for inhalation, and to provide a device for individual use which may be freely handled without any possibility of being burned." – Joseph Robinson, May 3, 1927, New York
In 1930, Robinson's patent was approved and published by the USPTO.
While this device wasn't invented as a tobacco alternative, its design is very similar to the more modern e cigs. We think Mr. Robinson deserves some credit!
In 1963, Herbert A. Gilbert's patent for a "smokeless non-tobacco cigarette" was filed in Pennsylvania
"The present invention relates to a smokeless non-tobacco cigarette to provide a safe and harmless means for smoking by replacing burning tobacco with heated, moist, flavored air. Another object is to provide an article of manufacture resembling a cigarette by which air may be drawn through a porous substance of a cartridge which has been moistened with a chemically harmless flavoring preparation, heated by a suitable heating element. A further object is to suitably raise the temperature of the inhalant mixture, so that it may approximate that of cigarette smoke. A further object is to insulate the heat source so that the 'cigarette' may be held in the fingers without discomfort to the user's hand."
In 1965, Gilbert's patent was officially issued by the USPTO
Gilbert's invention was even featured in the December 1965 issue of Popular Mechanics
Like modern-day ecigarettes, these first two inventions combined heat, flavored liquid, smoke-like vapor, and a cigarette-like gadget.
Between 1965 and 2000, there were several more patents filed for electronic cigarette-esque products, but none really took off until Hon Lik had a dream in 2000…
"The idea of the electronic cigarettes came to me in a dream in 2000. Coughing and wheezing, I imagined I was drowning, until suddenly the waters around me lifted into a fog." – Hon Lik
Let's take a trip to China, circa 2003. Hon Lik's father had just passed away, having given in to lung cancer. Lik was a heavy smoker just like his dad, and he wanted to avoid the same fate. So, he translated his dream of water turning to fog into a revolutionary invention: the electronic cigarette.
In 2004, Hon Lik's first patent was officially issued by the USPTO, placing the first modern ecigarette into the market.
"The present invention relates to an electronic atomization cigarette which contains nicotine without harmful tar. The electronic atomization cigarette includes a shell and a mouthpiece… The advantages of the present invention include smoking without tar, significantly reducing the carcinogenic risk. Furthermore, users still feel as if they are smoking and experiencing the same excitement, and the cigarette is no need to be lit and is no fire risk."
Since being issued his first patent in 2004, Hon Lik has filed several more relating to e cigs.
Electronic cigarettes were first introduced for sale in Europe
Electronic cigarettes became available in the United States. One of the first American debuts was at the American Tobacco Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada where the e-cig won multiple awards.
The e-cig industry continues to grow exponentially, and will have contributed over $1.7 billion to the economy by the end of 2013. V2 Cigs is one of the leading e-cig brands, devoting ourselves to maintaining quality, innovation and transparency. Come visit our website and see what makes V2 Cigs a leader!
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I found this plant with bright yellow flowers in a grassy field near a wetland area. It has point leaves and reddish brown branches. It seems to have alternate branches and is about 4 ft. tall. Each leaf is a couple inches long and there is a single leaf at the end of each branch and set of leaves. Some of the leaves have some red on them.
These have compound leaves, so what you took for branches with a leaf at the tip were really leaves.


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Billions of Dollars and Millions of Guns [Infographic]
Why is it so hard to enact any kind of gun law? Because they interfere with a massively profitable arms industry. The continuing debate over Second Amendment rights and gun control have overlooked the fact that the real issue is how much money is at stake. Americans buy more guns than anyone else on the planet, making the U.S. the target market for the arms industry.
The gun corporations bankroll the NRA, according to a report by the Violence Policy Center. In turn, the NRA pursues a strategy of using litigation to eliminate gun-safety laws one at a time, which increases the sales and profits of the arms industry that funds the NRA. The biggest promoter of gun sales is NRA chief Wayne LaPierre, who is paid an annual salary close to a million dollars.
Check out the article and the infographic below for more information on guns and firerarm laws in America.


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Former District 2 Planning Commission member
While the Board of Supervisors has substantially modified its original Zoning Ordinance proposal, some remaining items are of concern and I request that they seriously consider rejecting the following:
The gun control debate, renewed in December and January after the brutal child massacres in Newtown, Connecticut, has calmed down a bit, despite having been featured in President Obama's State of the Union Address.
This is certainly not a surprise. We live in an age when the 24-hour news cycle constantly turns over new and newer topics. Thus, even the horror of the murder of little children who ought to be safe at school, has faded a bit since it happened.
Rick Howell's "Liberal Agenda" last week reminds me of how he and his fellow Bolsheviks crowed when Barack Obama was first elected president in 2008.
By Congressman Robert Hurt
Even as our economy continues to suffer from our nation's crushing debt and as the Congressional Budget Office projected a nearly $900 billion deficit for the next year, President Obama continues to demonstrate that he is not serious about addressing our nation's pressing debt problem. At over $16 trillion and counting, the national debt is on an unsustainable path that is destroying jobs, slowing economic growth, and harming families, farmers, and small business owners all across Virginia's 5th District.
If you failed to do your job, you probably would not receive a paycheck. The same should go for Congress. The House and Senate are required by law to pass a budget plan each year. While the House has passed budgets, it has been nearly four years since the Senate has done their job and acted on this basic responsibility.
Some of the biggest issues of the session were debated this week, making for one event-filled day after another. The Governor's transportation plan was up for a vote on the House floor on Tuesday. Crossover, the halfway mark of the legislative calendar came that day, too. And on Thursday, the House and the Senate approved different versions of amendments to the state's two-year budget.
By Sen. Steve Newman
23rd District
It is doubtful the 2013 session of the Virginia General Assembly will have a week more eventful than this one. Amendments to the biennial budget, the continuing debate over transportation funding proposals, and crossover all garnered headlines this week. With just two weeks remaining until the scheduled end of session on February 23, there's still much to be done.
The Commonwealth's 4 p.m. Burning Law goes into effect Feb. 15, 2013 which is traditionally the start of spring fire season in Virginia.
Wherever you look in politics and government, you see trends that reflect liberal and progressive goals and a rejection of conservative ideas.
First and foremost is the result of the November, 2012 election. Republicans ran against Barack Obama by branding him as a big-government extremist, with many even calling him a socialist.
Congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama are currently embroiled in their latest battle in The Great Budget War. The year began with a deal, in which President Obama got 90 percent of what he wanted, that prevented the country from going over the "fiscal cliff." Republicans got virtually nothing for their concessions on taxes.
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Without decent pics, you're going to have to give some dimensions.
Also, there are better cans. There are some baby formula cans that are about 3.5" in diameter and are about 9" long. These will about double your gain. People have stated that they have built cantennas using large diameter cans (1 gallon size) and have had excellent results. However, if you look at the pattern for these larger models, the main lobe is drastically skewed off-axis.