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I though i was finished deciding what i was going to buy. Went to the gun shop and held the fnp 9, and i am right back to trying to dicide what to buy.now its between the fnp and xd. decisions decisions.
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National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing (NCPTW)
The official site for the conference--an excellent opportunity to present ideas on your own work and to hear from others about theirs. The site has a space to share ideas with others.
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Store your silk flowers the right way – in a plastic bin!
I found a great article on storing silk flowers in plastic bins on ehow.com. The author Valerie David has TONS of great how-to articles you can use everyday. Check out these easy tips on storing silk flowers.
How to Store Silk Flowers in Plastic Bins
By Valerie David
Silk flowers can be used again and again, changed out for different seasons and holidays. When you're not using a cluster or bouquet of flowers, you want to store them in a way that will keep them from getting damaged or covered in dust. Read on for tips on how to store silk flowers in plastic bins, keeping them in good shape and easily accessible for the next time you need them.
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· Low-profile bins that slide under furniture
· Tissue paper
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1. Gather your silk and plastic flowers together. Separate out the longest and heaviest pieces.
2. Line the bottom of the bin with lightly crumpled tissue paper (you can use the crinkly tissue from gift bags you've received). The soft plastic bags you get from discount or department stores also make a great cushion. See Warnings section.
3. Lay the longest and heaviest stems in first. Angle them any way they fit. Alternate which end of the bin you rest the top of the stem in.
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i guess emo is like a loud rock band without a turbo, where as Metallica has a T-88 in Kirk...
This is a discussion on little kids within the Comparison: WRX vs World forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; i guess emo is like a loud rock band without a turbo, where as Metallica has a T-88 in Kirk......
i guess emo is like a loud rock band without a turbo, where as Metallica has a T-88 in Kirk...
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HEY NOW! We cant forget about Dire Straits or Jethro Tull.........no thats rock.
You shut your MOUTH when you're talkin to me!
danzig - mother. now thats a great song
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Whats your name on Nasdaq? Where in west.? I'm in eastchester/mt.vernon border.Originally posted by Weeeeeeeeeeeeee
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nasoic? i quit that place too annoying.Originally posted by PaulRex
Whats your name on Nasdaq? Where in west.? I'm in eastchester/mt.vernon border.
im in yorktown, if you on the taconic going south to eastview in the mornings, i probably sped by you at some insane rate of speed rushing to class.
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Dyno 12/18/04: 201 WHP / 198 WTQ
Oh come on now, the music I listen to has emotional lyrics, but is more hardcore than any music that Metallica or any other music of that era has ever produced. Norma Jean, The Dillenger Escape Plan, Bleeding Through is good. . .Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Metallica. . . its old man. "The times, they are a chang'in" -Bob DylanOriginally Posted by hellafastWRX
Emo kids are cool though, without them who would we make fun of?
What do you considered as RICEBOYS? Kids in hondas with loud exhaust? or Asians?
It's weird how you are trying to see if people have anything against Asians, but in your post you stereotype honda owners
In my book = All show, no go
My car sounds like a LIGER.......ERZ + SPT = LOUD......pretty much one of my favorite sounds.....
lol talk about an old thread! HellafastWRX didn't even have his WRX yet.
248whp 204lb/ft torque
I'm 16 years old. And NO, and my mommy and daddy did not buy me a WRX. Right now i'm working my @$$ off so that i can afford one on my own. Probably gonna get 2 jobs for faster results. So go ahead and call me "a little kid"Originally Posted by wRxOne
Last edited by Mid117; 04-02-2005 at 10:08 PM.
im in yorktown too and can't deal with the texaco crew...i really just don't understand it. i mean im younger too (19...20 soon), but all the kids around here have loud exhausts that are extremely annoying and all they do is drive around parking lots revving. anyways i've prob. seen you around, i have a red 02'Originally Posted by Weeeeeeeeeeeeee


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Well-implemented proactive chat can offer compelling business benefits: increasing sales, reducing call center costs, improving customer satisfaction. Proactive chat availability is growing. But many companies continue to stumble in their implementation, compromising their ability to achieve these benefits.
I've recently had two unsatisfying chat experiences that are not unusual:
In the first instance, I was having trouble logging into my account when a proactive chat box appeared asking if I needed help. The offer of assistance began to ease my rising blood pressure. After requiring me to complete queuing questions including my zip code and the product I was inquiring about, I was told that chat couldn't help me and directed to the 1-800 line. Clearly the rules to trigger a chat invitation following repeatedly unsuccessful attempts to log in were misplaced. My blood pressure returned to its upwards trajectory.
In the second experience, I went online to purchase computer hardware. Unsure of what I needed, I searched FAQs until a proactive chat box appeared, offering me a glimmer of hope. Midway through the chat, the agent's responses began to slow down until there was a nine minute delay. Nine minutes. As an analyst covering this space, I understand the staffing issues that may have caused this problem. Perhaps the agent was conducting too many concurrent chats; while 2 to 3 concurrent chats are usually considered best practice, some companies strive or staff for upwards of 4 or 5 chats. Or perhaps the agent was also engaged in a time-consuming co-browsing session at the same time as he was helping me, a significant risk in offering the two channels on a blended agent screen. As a consumer, the reason for the nine minute delay didn't matter; I resolved my question by using the time to purchase my item on a competitor's Web site. I am not alone: 57% say of online consumers say that they are very likely to abandon their purchase if they can't quickly find the answer to their question (Source: North American Technographics Customer Experience Online Survey, Q4 2009 [US])
Proactive chat is at the convergence of multiple functional areas such as Call Center Operations, eBusiness, IT, Sales, Website Design & Usability, and Marketing. As a result, implementing a successful proactive chat can be complex because it requires aligning the objectives and measurement across many areas.
But once proactive chat invitations are appearing on a website, the work is not done. A successful proactive chat offering is an ongoing process. I've heard from clients that the most subtle changes, such as an invitation box with rounded edges rather than square edges, can affect acceptance rates. These subtleties can only be discovered through ongoing experimentation and refinement in several areas including business rule triggers, staffing, and design.
I've recently published a report called "Making Proactive Chat Work" which outlines many of the steps to a successful proactive chat implementation. I hope it will be helpful and welcome your feedback.
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integration and intelligent routing...so important
Comment from Tucker Walsh on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 12:11
Clearly not a way to satisfy and retain customers. That's not fun!
Certainly a good reminder for the need to integrate other key data sources – including CRM, knowledge management, order management or web analytics tools – directly in the chat console. That can really help to reduce average handle times.
And increasing first-contact resolutions needs to be a priority and mapped accordingly - intelligently routing chat interactions to appropriate departments, or agents, based on a host of contextual parameters like geographic location, time of day, business rule, web page, etc.
Finally - proactive call/talk solutions might be worth a look - that certainly eliminates any wait time between responses!
Nice article, small typo
Comment from David Raffauf (not verified) on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 11:26
Thanks for the great article. I think this citation:
"57% say of online consumers say..."
should read:
"57% of online consumers say..."
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2013-14: Posted her quickest 50 freestyle (25.27) and 100 butterfly (58.79) times of the season at the American Athletic Conference Championships ... Had a very strong meet at the Pittsburgh Invitational, completing the 100 freestyle in 55.73, the 200 freestyle in 2:04.37, the 200 butterfly in 2:17.61 and the 200 individual medley in 2:16.89, all her fastest times of the season.
2012-13: Swam her quickest 50 free time (25.58) at the BIG EAST Championship ... Recorded her fastest 100 freestyle mark of 55.06 at the Miami Invitational ... Also had her top 100 fly time at the Miami Invitational, finishing in 59.97.
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|Gazza in Rehab; For all Gazza talk
|Topic Started: 10 Feb 2013, 07:54 PM (831 Views)
|10 Feb 2013, 07:54 PM Post #1
Dance as if no-ones watching, sing as if no-ones listening and live every day as if it was your last
|Keeps it out the Sevco thread.
|10 Feb 2013, 07:56 PM Post #2
First name on the team-sheet
|Ok repeat from me. The guy has serious mental problems. PLease stay human.
|10 Feb 2013, 07:58 PM Post #3
Let the people sing
Is Gareth Bale English?
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|10 Feb 2013, 07:59 PM Post #4
Showing Silky Skills
|Is Jimmy Fivebellies still on the scene?
|10 Feb 2013, 08:00 PM Post #5
Dance as if no-ones watching, sing as if no-ones listening and live every day as if it was your last
Don't need to repeat from you mate.
I don't have an opinion on this.
I just want the Sevco thread to be kept and not hijacked as per the last time when it was closed because of arguments and serious comments.
There was a sticky posted by the mods regarding the posting in the Sevco thread.
Read that and then repeat to me.
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Lohan: I've Only Done Cocaine 4 or 5 Times
By JACKIE WILLIS
May 06, 2013
In a rather candid but bizarre interview with CNN personality Piers Morgan, Lindsay Lohan (who entered rehab per the court's order this past week) talked in detail about her drug and alcohol use --but her answers aren't what you'd expect.
"Everyone thinks I've done [cocaine] so many times. But I've only done it maybe four or five times in my life," Lohan, 26, told Morgan of her cocaine use (via London Daily Mail). "I don't like it. It reminds me of my dad (Michael Lohan). I took it four times in a period from about the age of 20 to 23, and I got caught twice. ...I felt a little too buzzed -- it made me feel uncomfortable."
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When asked about experimenting with other drugs like heroin, the Mean Girls star answered, "It's the truth. I've never taken heroin either, never injected myself with anything, never done LSD. Those things all scare me."
Lohan did, however, admit to trying other drugs, telling Morgan, "Pot, obviously. And ecstasy. I liked that better than the others (giggles). I didn't drink on it, so I was just chilling. It's something that a lot of people experience when they're in college. I just should have known that being in the public eye, someone was bound to say something or try to make some money off it."
When pressed to recall the last time she did a drug, Lohan claims after a long pause, "Probably a year ago ...some pot. But I'm not a stoner."
The troubled actress also claims she doesn't drink a lot, so why has she been court ordered to go to rehab six times? "This is where it gets hard for me to explain. I don't think there's anything wrong with people taking time to just be by themselves. I think people want to see me do that. They will keep saying the same things about me if I don't. I don't think it will be a bad thing for me to be away with myself for three months."
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Lohan adds, "I could write the book on rehab. Constantly sending me to rehab is pointless. The first few times I was court-ordered to rehab it was like a joke, like killing time."
Despite her claims that she doesn't have a substance abuse problem, Lohan did admit to taking pills. "I have severe ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). I can't stand still. So I take Adderall (a prescription drug) for that, it calms me. ...It works well for me," she told Morgan. "Trazodone (a tranquilliser) if I've been travelling and can't sleep from jet lag. But in small doses, I'm not a pill-popper."
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As for the worst moment of her life, Lohan confided, "The day I had to turn myself in to jail, and I had to see my mom's face. I spent 12 days inside and I felt utter shock and cried for four days straight."
When asked if she thinks her latest stint in rehab will help her state of mind, the actress added, "Yes. Being in New York has helped me. Just being with my family more, and being able to walk around and have more of a life."
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I am so incredibly impressed with what textile designer Yaling Hou of Flowie has created. Her hand screen printed designs are beautiful and her fabric selections make me drool (big time). I typically am pretty picky about patterns and fabric, but I can't find a single item in her collection that I don't thoroughly enjoy. My favorite is the Dumpling Bag...what shape! I just need some chocolate, a glass of wine, a chick flick, new shoes and a Flowie bag and I am girlie heaven.


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I do not feel my attorney is as passionate about this case as I would like. I am now totally disabled (filed for SSDI and was approved in a couple of months), and as a result of loss of income cashed out my 401k to live on. I am getting weekly WC checks and am also getting SSDI payments now. But there are SO many things that I am unable to do now. I am on chronic pain meds (probably for life). My attorney says we don't want to include the cost of these meds in our "presentation" (something about a larger settlement), yet these cost me almost $5k a year in total costs. I am also the sole provider and caretaker for my 11 year old child. I have bills to pay (mortgage and all the usual) that required me to cash out my retirement. I need to feel warm and fuzzy about my case; right now I do not.
I understand your trepidation. You need to make these feelings known to your attorney immediately. Further explanation may help you understand the rationale and strategy behind his or her advice. Unfortunately, warm and fuzzy feelings and advice often do not serve you in the long run. Real, practical advice is of much greater value. SSDI can often greatly complicate matters so discuss this with your attorney. If nothing else, the mediation is not binding and you do not have to settle. However, your attorney is in the best position to render advice, especially at this stage of your claim.
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You should either listen to your Attorney, or you should get another. I promise that you will not feel "warm and fuzzy" about your settlement option at Mediation. The Insurance Company and you will try to compromise, which means that you could get much more/less than the unknown Trial outcome. If you and the Defendant are both unhappy with a Mediation settlement, it was probably fair.
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You are not required to settle your claim. It sounds like you are either not ready to settle or are on the same page with your attorney. Keep in mind that a settlement involves compromise. You have to agree to take less than everything your case may be worth. Otherwise the insurance carrier has no incentive to settle at all. So your attorney may be leaving things out, as a compromise, in an effort to get a settlement. Make an appointmet to talk to your attorney now about your concerns. You may need to hire a new attorney if he/she is not able to allay those concerns.Ask a similar question
Discuss your concerns with your attorney. The fact you have now filed for SSDI impacts your workers' comp settlement as you will have to set aside a portion of any comp settlement to pay for your future medical treatment including your pain medicine. This means less money in your pocket if you do settle. It's called an MSA or medicare set aside. Also unfortunately you can't get pain and suffering as part of your w. comp claim. Workers' comp is designed to compensate you for 2/3 of your lost wages and your medical bills.Ask a similar question
AS the other attorneys have mentioned, I would recommend that you have a conversation about your concerns with your lawyer. Has a Medicare Set Aside Trust (MSA) been prepared? You will need this because you have applied for SSDI. Also, are your pain meds covered by WC? It sounds as though you are paying for them out of pocket and it is unclear why they are not covered by WC. Hopefully, you will be awarded SSDI and Medicare will eventually provide medical coverage for your meds. I am sorry that you are having so many financial struggles. I do not think that you will feel warm and fuzzy when your case is resolved. To the other parties, this is a business transaction whereas for you, it is your life. Good luck.Ask a similar question
If your SSDI is NOT high enough to create an offset, you may be better-off trying the case as a permanent total disability case, provided that Georgia has lifetime benefits. Given your eligibility for SSDI, if you intend to settle you case, you MUST get Medicare's approval on an MSA (Medicare Set-Aside). This will take at least 6-9 months and will probably double the cost to your employer's insurance. That is why your attorney "didn't want to include" them. Of course, this would be fraud.
You really need to sit down with your attorney until you have a more complete understanding of your options, what is being recommended, and why.
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It is not true that you must have Medicare's approval. Under certain circumstances, their interest must be taken into consideration usually through a Medicare Set Aside agreement in the stipulation of settlement. You should raise this issue with your attorney if you have not already.
It is very difficult to feel "warm and fuzzy" about any situation such as yours, but a frank discussion with your attorney, as well as the information you can gather from a mediation, might make you feel more at ease. The mediation is an opportunity to learn what the insurer is willing to pay to resolve your case, at which point you can process whether or not receiving such will have a positive or negative effect on your live. This should definitely be proceeded by working on a "game plan" with your attorney to make certain you have a clear understanding of the process and you're on the same page.
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workers comp in georgia is not about warm and fuzzy. It is a business decision. If you go in with the warm and fuzzy you will make a bad business decision. I know it is important to you. Tell your attorney your concerns and be sure to think rationally and not emotionally.Ask a similar question
I always tell people that come to me with this same question that they should expect satisfaction with their attorney in a workers' compensation or other case. If your attorney is not addressing your needs, then you need to set an appointment with your attorney and get answers to your questions. You should definitely give him the opportunity to address your needs with regard to this matter.
Your workers' compensation case and your social security case are intertwined and do affect one another. If you settle your workers' compensation case, there should be specific language in the settlement in order to minimize what the social security administration can keep from you in your monthy social security disability check as an offset. This language is called Hartman language. In addition, funds will need to be put aside in the settlement process in a fund called a Medicare Set-Aside Account. These funds are for medical costs only that are related to your workers' compensation injury. This must be done to protect you from having your Medicare put in danger of being stopped.
With respect to your question regarding costly medications, you need to address your questions to the attorney and make sure he provides you with a satisfactory answer that you do understand. It is your lawyer's job to explain things to you in a manner that you can and will understand. If you are not clear on what he means with his response, make sure he knows you do not understand. This holds true with respect to this question or any other question that you may have.
As far as the things that you can no longer do because of your injury, unfortunately Georgia Workers' Comp law does not allow for you to recover for the loss of particular abilities except certain amounts that are payable as permanent partial disability.
As for feeling warm and fuzzy about a workers' compensation case in Georgia? It is not likely you will ever have that feeling because the law does not generally allow a recovery that is what many people would call fair and reasonable. I know as a workers' compensation lawyer that I can come to work every day and serve all my clients to the best of my ability, always choosing the right strategy at every turn and never making a mistake and most of my clients will still not be satisfied with the measure of benefits that they receive because the law does not allow them to receive enough in the form of benefits to adequately compensate them.Ask a similar question
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"Not my will by Thy Will be done." That was the prayer 24-year-old Caitlin offered to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in late 2010. The second-grade teacher at a Catholic school in Cincinnati had gone through difficult relationships and her experiences on CatholicMatch had been less than ideal. She decided to put it all in God's hands.
"That night I started a handful of novenas," she recalled. "One of which was a novena to the Little Flower (St. Therese of Lisieux, an early 20th century Doctor of the Church in France). "The next day I came back from lunch and one my students named Rose handed me a small pink rose bud she had found on the playground." Caitlin knew a sign of answered prayers when she saw it, and minutes later she got an emotigram from Chris.
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These were the quiet little things that reveal character, and he also took care of Caitlin. "He cared about what happened to me," she said. "He helped me put on with my coat and always opened the door for me. When there was a large bank of snow beside his truck he trudged through it and picked me up. I never in my life had a man treat me so well that I wanted to be a better person for him."
The signs of God's grace were alive in their relationship, and ever-so-gradually, they got onto the same page in matters of faith and morals. By the spring, Caitlin decided to move to Tennessee. "I never wanted to leave my hometown, but he made it worth it," she said. There was a window of time in 2011, between May and November, when Chris had to be away for his Air Force training and Caitlin used that time to move and get settled.
When Chris returned, he didn't waste time and proposed marriage. This past May, they were married. Now open to the possibility of a large family, Chris is off to a good start—he and Caitlin are expecting their first child in 2013.
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On thing i feel is essential is learning to use layers in photoshop, some places will allow you to download a PSD or photoshop document to see all the layers made up from an image they create. To me, I use layers constantly in everything and once you get the idea of layers, you'll find it pretty quick. I'd upload one to use of mine but they are HUGE to say the least, I mark all my layers as to what they are and you can turn them off and see what layer is responsible for what part of the image it's making.
I see you have gotten PS7 which is good but not compatable with many of the new and free shapes, images, patterns, brushes, styles and gradients, all are part of photoshop to make neat stuff.
Places like deviantart do have members that will allow you to download a PSD file of their work which may be "Merged or complete" but it gives you an idea of how they put it together.
I prefer at least PS8 CS2 since it has more compatabilities with newer stuff.
I still feel that it's a personal preference of how someone makes their art and the steps they take but good tutorials on the net are found easily and help alot, from beginner to advanced to out of this world.
Unlike others I don't have a grasp on the pen tool or paths, I use the polygonal lasso tool and ut images freehand, since I have access to extremely large images which helps alot, with just that tool, you can cut out a car and simply paint over it with the standard brushes, oryou can use the image and make it posterized, this is the easiest way for some starters.
Guys that do know the pen tool have a great advantage over ones that don't, it's cleaner cuts IMO and can be saved as a path to later outline the image. Once you get the hang of creating layers and adding what is needed and where they go, it gets pretty easy at least for me after about a month at it, others have been doing it for years and can create images in minutes that are works of art no matter how you look at it.
To draw a straight line in photoshop, I use the shape tool and set the weight to lets say 4 pixels. Open a new document, lets say 1024X768 which is standard wallpapers for most and a decent size image to start.
now start a line with the shape tool as a line, you will see at the top in shapes it looks like a slash next to boxes and some other stuff. Hold down the "shift key" and just drag it across however far you would want it to go, it's perfectly straight line now on a new layer as you now see in your pallette.
Now switch to the elipse tool and draw a circle using the same method, hold down "Shift key" and drag across as big as you want the circle, now yo have another layer for say a tire or wheels that is a perfect circle, you can duplicate the layer on the right layer pallete and simply move it to where you want it. now you have two tires and the bottom of the frame of a car. This is basic shapes if it helps.
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You guys… Thank you so much. It feels amazing to see all those compliments and encouraging comments. I'll do my best to give back more to the audiojungle community in the near future, since I've been a bit lost from the jungle for the last months, not happily of course!
Wishing you all the best with your music journeys. These past few years have shown me how kind and talented the authors of audiojungle are, which helps everyone starting out here (as I did 2-3 years ago) get motivated and become a better musician and producer. It's great to be part of such a unique community.
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"Opposing Forces", what a great track! Do your band mates know about your AudioJungle success, Alkis, and if so, do they also have AudioJungle accounts here?
Thank you Scott. Well they do know that I have an account here and that it's going well, more or less that's it.
I'm glad you like it. The band's on its first steps and tests at the moment, but hopefully there'll be more official material to showcase very soon to anyone interested. EP on its way in 1-2 months, and after that a full length debut album in less than a year.
Yes one of them has and he's awesome! http://audiojungle.net/user/snegmusik
Congrats on your well deserved milestone alkis! Love your band too. Looking forward to hear more from you. All the best!
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I like your band, too Is that your band played with Maybeshewill ?
Congrats on your achievement but I also need to congrats you for passing me in Top author list Well deserved!!!
Good job Alkis! Sigxaritiria Alki, sou aksizei to xryso ki' akomi pio psila!!!!!!
So sorry for bumping up this thread again, just wanted to say thanks to the above posts – I only just noticed those. Other than that, it can be locked from the staff if necessary since it's that old, I'll understand.
@petrenj: Yes, exactly, our first gig was with them! Thanks
@leto Thank you leto! Wow I hadn't noticed that! Just so you know, you were one of those authors that stuck to me when I first signed in here – was always checking out your work the first days to understand how this marketplace works.
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Way to be overtly racist yourself!
Every race in the world has racists with in it, every race has those who are not. There are double standards all over the world, its just how life is!
I am a white man, and I can say honestly that saying 99% of whites are racist is one of the more racist things I have heard on this forum! My family has never been discriminatory, we were just not raised that way. My grandparents felt the affects of the end of the "Irish Need Not Apply" era. They showed us all how to judge people based on who they are, not where they are from or what they look like. The entire community I grew up in was like that!
With that in mind, the fighter that spurred this conversation, my community would have wanted him dead! Being a child rapist, that is the lowest form of human there is.
Hick is not a racial slur. In fact, hick does not even connote race but rather a sub-culture. Try again.
Secondly, do not misquote me and learn to read.
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While he is not a white nationalist Jeff Monson has caught crap before accusing him of being one. They even suggested his nickname was a reference to it.
Thankfully those times have passed and people now realize it was a bunch of Brazilians who gave him the nickname and he is just an ardent believer in "the government is out to get us" (whether you believe it or not). The point still stands, he did have issues based on rumors and perception alone.
With all of that said, understand this, my post was not to argue against you, just point out that the mere accusations caused Jeff Monson issues.
And seriously, did NO ONE in all of Zuffa google Saling?
Monson looks like a skinhead. He looks flat out like a thug. But regardless of that, he's had employment in ZUFFA and no serious backlash has been taken against him at all...so that's exceptionally weak.
More thousands of pages have been wasted crying about Cain's tattoo than that ******* weirdo's.
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The double standard is amongst the neutral public. There are racist on both sides but when a so called non-racist party caves in to one side
to avoid conflict instead of supporting the rights of both sides yeah that is a double standard.
What's so sacred about a Mexican holiday in the US that you can't display the flag in the US?
Shut up about the white man operated shit you are completely turning my argument into something it's not.
Again, it would help if you had the ability to read. Mexicans were banned from displaying their national flag and had their flags confiscated. So much for the "neutral public". Please tell me, when national news stations are deliberately and grossly slanting stories, omitting pertinent details and skewing the truth to make it look like the white man has to bend over backwards to cater to minorities...I don't really see that as a neutral public. I see that as blatantly biased and to a lesser extent undercover racism and scare tactics.
Also, I'm not sure you know how a school works, but generally bullying is not allowed. So in the case where a bunch of snobby, pompous kids decide they are going to organize a mass anti-Mexican protest on Cinco De Mayo, it's going to cause problems and most importantly, it's going to be disruptive and something the school wants to squash immediately.
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a little bit of background - I am planning to be a surrogate for a wonderful friend who had cancer 2years ago and cannot carry or conceive on her own. Everything was going along perfect, fertility specialist appointments and counselling were to start in 3weeks time.
we were using charting as our method of contraception, last cycle came 5days early on the 20th of dec right before the busy holiday period. Things got crazy and I wasn't charting very often but thought things were fine. We only bd twice during that cycle once on new years eve when this pregnancy was conceived.....................
We found out on the 17th of Jan and I am devastated we are not in a financial situation to be able to bring another baby into the world, nor do i feel we as a family could cope, we already have two beautiful boys.
Last fri I went to the dr's to arrange a termination. I have to wait until the end of this week for an ultrasound to confirm a viable pregnancy to be able to go publicly.
We told our friends who were intended to be surrogates for and they are devastated, and have decided that its best we dont go ahead with the surrogacy at this point in time.
I am so tired, so scared and devastated. I don't want this child, but I know there is no way we can raise it financially or emotionally.
My husband is supporting me, but i know secretly he would like a third child even though it is completely impractical. and would cause so much stress and anxiety. We would need a new house, at least one new car, another carseat. Clothing. Diapers. All of which we just cannot afford.
I am so lost I feel so guilty for letting our beautiful friends down, they are the most amazing people. Who desperately want a child, yet we have conceived one and all we want is for it to go away
I wish I could there with you right now to help, because I completely understand. 18 months ago, I was where you are-except surrogacy. And it was NOT pretty.
I was DONE having children in my heart, soul and mind. I had a beautiful daughter & I was happy. We practiced barrier (condoms) AND I have polycystic ovarian syndrome. On top of that my first pregnancy was not easy to say the least and I didn't want to be pregnant ever again. Here's my background:
I vacationed 3+ weeks & was apart from my husband. After returning home, he rather insensitively initiated unprotected sex and it was over before I knew it. This was the ONLY time w/o barrier. So, 6 weeks later I'm feeling like a hot pile of crap. Curiously I take a pregnancy test. It was positive! I was angry, devastated, scared & just plain pissed and bitter.
But now I regret all the awful notions & hopes that I had and hope my daughter never knows anything about them. Even though my husband wanted another one; I didn't want more children. I was stressed about the demands of another child, the financial strain, and having to start all over again and get everything for another baby. Our daughter was 4 now and we didn't have anything we needed for a baby.
I ended up with the worst morning sickness and eventually that distress made way for a horrible onslaught of obsessive compulsive disorder that required medication. In hindsight, we learned I had horribly substandard OB care by a doctor that was not even fully an OB but never disclosed that he was still earning his qualifications until the day of my c-section. He just let me stay debilitated by my morning sickness, completely refusing to give me medication for it. That was, until I essentially went crazy and then he handed out a prescription for prozac without blinking. But it was too late. I still wasn't my husbands wife or my daughters mother for pretty much my entire pregnancy, but a complete basket case and a total pain in the ass for everyone around me.
I cannot reiterate how bad the entire situation was for me. My pregnancy wasn't joyful like the first at all because I didn't want it.
Thankfully however, my life has drastically changed, but really ultimately for the better. My little girl is 9 months old now. She is the happiest baby I know & I can't imagine life wihout her. She is so sweet and her smiles seem to be so forgiving of my initial anger and bitterness. When I look at her I cant even think of the negativity, but only how happy I am to have her. My heart is so broken by how bitter I was toward her in utero. I'm so thankful I didn't terminate. The baby stuff that I fretted about came together after all. In comparison, they are really only 'things'. I'm not 'crazy' anymore. And I have another awesome, amazing, beautiful child.
But I know what your feeling. That panic, fear, anger and despair that is raging through you right now. I cant stand chiche's so I wont throw them at you. But if I could humbly offer my advice & experience; I would tell you that I cant see how terminating would fix this. This IS a huge monkey wrench in yours and that couples plans. I know you need things. But don't let this get you like I let it get me. I came out a regretful had-been crazy bitch that found myself more reduced to tears for wasting my time being bitter about a child that didn't mold perfectly to my plans. It doesnt stay so bad. Is it always easy? No. We have less financial flexibility, but we manage ok and I wouldn't forfeit her over money and worries.
Im still kinda resentful toward my husband for being selfish that one time. I was pissed he got his way with another child because he couldn't sympathize how hard and devastating this was for me and that made me mad as hell. BUT I am the one that really won after all because now I've got this awesome baby out of all the crap I went through.
Even though I didn't think there would be a snowballs chance in hell that it ever could be a good outcome, everything has come together better than I could have imagined. Our 5 year old is the best big sister I know and I came out of everything a much stronger, happier and confident person. I got my husband in for a vasectomy-which we didn't have to pay for at all. (WIN!!!) And now I'm just enjoying being a mom to a baby again.
I don't want another woman with a situation so close to my heart to go through the hell I went through. Much less the worse hell that would come from terminating. I know people-both males and females who now have their own issues after terminating pregnancy(ies). One was disfigured internally as a result. Not worth it. A guy I dated had long standing issues as a result of an ex terminating. To this day, he still has no children even though he has wanted them since he heard his girlfriend was pregnant over 13 years ago. Its sad. I never thought a man was capable of those feelings.
The bottom line is that there is so much more to this than you can see right now and what you cant see right now is the good in all of this because its being clouded by the negativity. And if I could be completely honest for a moment, had someone said that last sentence to me 18 months ago I would have punched them in the face. But being where I am now, I can say that it really is true even though its probably not what I would have wanted to hear.
You don't know me from the next person and I don't know what will come of this ultimately, but if I can be of any help or support; I would love to be there for you. I might have done better if I had someone who understood my situation more and had better things to offer me than the negativity that was eating away at me. My heart breaks for you.
I know that this is not the end or the worst because I've seen that it is the beginning of bigger things and a better me. And I like my bigger family and the better me...
Anyways, I'm sorry this is so long and I hope I haven't bored you to death or pissed you off. Feel free to respond with whatever you feel-and I really mean that. You need to be heard and understood and I've got your back if you want me to. =]
I fully respect that this is your choice whatever you decide (and obviously it's a very difficult one). Not to be cliche because I would never suggest this under typical circumstances, but...
Have you considered adoption? Did you discuss the possibility of adoption with your friends? I realize it's not the same thing as surrogacy by any means for all people involved, but from an outsider's perspective it almost seems like the stars may have aligned on this one.
Lovin' my sweetheart, pregnant with #1 (EDD Feb.2013)
Have you researched to see if there are any places like this in your area: http://www.gbpregnancyhelp.com/. This particular center will help mothers with diapers, clothes, you name it for two years! There is so much compassionate and generous help out there if you look in the right places. Please take your time with this decision. I'll pray for you and your family.
Thank you all for your heartfelt replies I truly appreciate the time you took to write them.
I am still at a complete loss as what route of action to take if any, I managed to book an ultrasound but not until the 10th of february which is 2weeks away, putting me at 7wks3days big enough to see a baby a fully formed human being :( Having trouble organising things - which is a sign that this is the wrong thing to be doing I know a termination is not meant to be convenient for a reason but i thought it would be easier if it were meant to be so to speak.
I spoke to my friend yesterday - who i was planning on being the surrogate for and she is broken, she can't stand to talk to me, she is really struggling right now. I know I have hurt her, it was never my intention I am not a bad person. This is hard on me too, yet at the moment she can't seem to see that. She really hurt me with the way she spoke to me yesterday, like a piece of trash she'd just like to throw away and forget about now it has nothing to offer her.
I have said we shouldnt speak for at least a few weeks until things have calmed down and she has decided how she would like to proceed.
My husband and I had a very frank talk last night, he says he will support me no matter my choice. But adoption is out of the question for him. And he has the right to vito that idea this is of course part of him too. Ideally, he said he would like to continue with the pregnancy and we would have to just make adjustments huge adjustments to our lifestyle.
I felt grief stricken, to know that he wants something I don't. Actually now I am not sure how I feel. Overnight i have thought maybe we could make it work, maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Maybe it would be the making of us. But I also felt incredibly sad for my two boys, the thought of losing what i have with them, things can be difficult enough as it is with just the two of them. Our life minus this pregnancy is pretty wonderful. I feel like I need some guidance to figure out what i truly feel.
I dont want to feel sadness and resentment to this pregnancy/child if we choose to continue on.
Your story has yet another uncanny similarity to my own. I did not include the fact that I cried and constantly had meltdowns over fear of not being able to love my oldest enough anymore or that I couldnt love the next one enough. The only reason I did not include that was because I figured I'd said so much already and didn't want to add to the huge response I'd already left. So yes, again; I understand how you feel all to well. And I have yet another long response.
In my own experience, the resentment wasn't the baby as much as it was my husband. And the moment she was born, resentment was the farthest thing from my heart, soul and mind. It immediately was obvious that my love was not in any way divided but really, actually multiplied. However, I totally get where you are coming from. My life was just getting to where I wanted it-looking at a nice part time job (and more money), my daughter starting school, having my days open to do what I wanted, etc. That went out the window, but I've noticed that our babies are capable of just getting us to be calm, gentle, sweet and that they are completely disarming in addition to bringing out our ability to unselfishly and unconditionally love them no matter how much they cry, puke, pee or poop on us or the ungodly hours they keep us awake nursing them. Its pretty amazing. I love my daughter for bringing that out in me again after I thought for so long that I could never love a child again like my first. I am a believer now that I have seen it was never the impossibility that I feared it was. Which is why I feel so passionate about sharing it from the other side of things.
As for your "friend", if she treated you that way just because you got pregnant apart from her own interests; then she unfortunately really only does see you as an object and completely disposable. I wouldn't just give her a week or two, I'd give her the rest of my life to stay away from me. Screw waiting until things 'blow over', she is self absorbed and honestly too toxic to consider as a friend. The way she treated you is not what a friend does-EVER. She should never place her jealousy in your ability to conceive on you as if it is an affliction to her. In fact, if that is the degree of her maturity, she shouldn't have children of her own right now anyways due to the narssisisstic and sociopathic tendancies in her behavior alone. Maybe there is a good reason she does not have children? It is not your fault she cannot conceive, but she is treating you like it is. And that is really screwed up on her part.
I can sympathize with having trouble conceiving, but her behavior has become inexcusable and completely inappropriate. You couldn't pay me enough to bear a child for a woman like that or play the part as her doormat friend.
You should be grateful that you dodged a bullet with all this. I can't imagine being so closely connected as a friend, let alone a surrogate to such a bitter and selfish person. I think the fact that you did not get to conceive for her is a blessing in disguise-for you AND the potential child whom she clearly does not have the maturity or capacity to properly bring up right now. I hope for that woman's sake that she is able to gain valuable maturity and unselfishness before she has children.
Whether we like to admit it or not, the truth is that some people just should not have children. I think she just might be one of those people right now, but hopefully not forever.
You are not her object to use and abuse. You are a person. Your value does not depend on your ability to carry a child for her. You cannot walk her life for her because you must walk your own. You are a very admirable and kind person to consider being a surrogate. You do not deserved to be nor should you ever be abused by that woman. I think you need to keep a very healthy distance from this woman because she cannot be the friend that you need right now. Instead of being happy for you and being supportive, she is bitter and weighing you down.
You seem like such an amazing mother and person on your own, I can't see how it would be too hard to find better, supportive and worthwhile friends to surround yourself with. If I were near you,I'd be right there for you and I'd have a lot to say to the woman who is crapping on you over all of this.
I know that the in vitro process, fertilization, hormones, etc are all expensive, emotional and time consuming, and even heartbreaking when things don't work out. But you are need to know that you are not the 'problem' no matter what she tries to say to convince you otherwise. Don't give her control over your thoughts or decisions. There is more to your life than she is able to handle right now and you need to cut ties with her. Period.
I know that's probably a lot to take in, but I care enough for you to be truthful. You deserve a fulfilling pregnancy-regardless of whether or not it was planned and I personally feel that your consideration of terminating is far more deeply rooted in disappointing the people you were going to carry for. I have a very hard time believing you would feel so poorly or consider terminating if you didn't have such a woman placing unnecessary weight and pressure in you for her own interests. You are married, have children and obviously have a stable relationship with your husband; so it's really more an ideal circumstance for you to have a child. Some women do not have those things and are facing an unplanned pregnancy.
I'm not a nutjob or anything, and I know you have the right to choose. But this is your husband's child also-not some deadbeat strangers baby from some random one night stand. He is the father and actually finds joy in the possibility of another child. I know he said he would fully support you you in whatever decision you made, and I know the baby is in your womb, but you can't deny that you have an actual stable home and family for this child. It doesn't even seem like a question off whether or not it would be best to keep this baby. If your friend was truly a friend, she would be more pissed to think you would terminate when she could not even conceive.
Your life changed, as did your plans. So what?! You have your life to live, so live it and love it to the fullest. Don't miss out on account of that woman's displaced issues.
I am not picking sides or trying to make you feel badly, but personally I am happy for you and I hope you will at least allow yourself the possibility to open your heart to another child. I am delighted by my 'major-surprise-bundle-of-joy'. I never knew she could complete me so much. And you need to know that you deserve and are worthy of all the awesome joys that come with another child in spite of someone else's inability to carry children.
I think this one is longer than the first. By anyways, I hope you are doing well. And again, feel free to respond however you want. =]
Also if you would like to connect outside of this forum, send me a
direct message and I'll get my info right out to you.
Just wanted to mention that I have been thinking of you and hoping all is going better...
Were you able to get in for your ultrasound?
God bless and take care of yourself!
Good luck with all you are facing. i think BrZandi gave some good advice. I had initialy thought to say that maybe your pregnancy was a blessing for your friend since surrogate pregnancies don't always work and now you have a healthy thriving baby in you, but on reading your later post on how she treated you as well as your husband hoping to keep the child, I think you should keep it yourself. I know it will be hard and scary, but a lot of worthwhile things in life are hard. Also, if you were to abort the baby, even if your husband says he supports your decision, I think it could drive a wedge between you and the ghost of the child would always be in your marriage and family. I wish you the best and will pray for your health and your family!
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