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In this new video, David Wilcock explores the core spiritual teachings of the Law of One series and other great sources to give you practical tools that can help you in your spiritual development. Our Thanksgiving gift to you is a reminder to Occupy Your Self!
No one can reasonably deny that prophecies have been given to indigenous cultures worldwide that describe the 25,920-year Earth cycle known as the Precession of the Equinoxes -- and they say the end of this cycle ushers in a Golden Age.
In The Source Field Investigations, my new book that debuted on the New York Times best-seller list and stayed there for three weeks, peaking at #16, a comprehensive scientific case is given that proves this to be true.
I again want to thank all of you who helped to make this possible. By "voting with your wallet", you've given unprecedented credibility to this argument that those in the mainstream cannot ever deny.
Right up until it happened, I really had no idea if we'd make it -- but with your support, this information was able to make a big splash. This has now directly paved the way for a breakthrough into mass media that we are now planning and executing.
In SFI, not only do I cover the prophecies in intense detail, I also give a vast, multifaceted presentation of scientific information explaining how this is all coming true.
In the Law of One series, this process is referred to as the "fourth-density shift." I like to call it "Ascension."
I first heard about this concept in the mid-1990s, and I immediately felt that if it were really true, there should be an incredible scientific case that could be made to prove it.
Where there is smoke, there is fire... and there is more than enough data at this point to reasonably conclude that this "shift" is really happening now, and will culminate in profound events we have not yet seen.
That being said, The Source Field Investigations does not delve that much into the philosophies of spiritual growth that are in the Law of One series.
This video you are about to see is our first volley in what will become a free online television series that will explore personal growth and philosophy that will be of direct assistance in your own Ascension.
This is one of three initiatives I'm now developing in parallel -- the CONVERGENCE film, the Source Field Investigations network television show, and the Internet-only philosophy show.
We are still sorting out the logistics of how and when this Internet show will be done, and with whom, but I've been putting a lot of energy into this -- and we have some strong leads at this point.
The video you are about to see was originally shot in 2010... during the same trip where I got the call that led to my appearing on seven different episodes of Ancient Aliens on History Channel.
For various reasons, we never released the original video after we produced it. Recently, the director, Sam Womelsdorf, went back and re-edited the last 20 minutes of the original -- where I focused in on personal spiritual development.
He presented me with this idea a few weeks ago and I accepted it. He put an incredible amount of time, energy, love and spirit into bringing this video up to a high level of quality.
Larry Seyer then used excerpts from music we wrote together and scored the film, adding the final touches to complete the project.
We were supposed to have this ready about a week ago, but there were minor tweaks and problems that only now have been resolved. That's part of why it took so long to update our site. So, without further ado, here you are!
I do believe we've barely even started to see how far this book will take us. There are now 44,000 copies in circulation, and on the very next print run they will have "New York Times Bestseller" on the top of the front cover. I haven't yet seen the final design but it will probably be approved next week.
That means all the books out there, up until this happens on our next print run, will become collectors' items... particularly if it really takes off once the TV show comes out.
Not a lot of people read hardcover books anymore, but I've seen many times how people are immediately drawn to SFI -- even the diehard skeptics. At over 500 pages, dense with references, it is quite impressive.
This book has become a liberating force for so many people who have believed in UFOs, higher beings of light, Ascension, cosmic consciousness, time travel, stargates, you name it.
You're definitely not "crazy" -- and by handing this book to the people you love, they may very well begin listening to you. It can be found on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, IndieBound and in many bookstores -- in both hardcover, ebook and audiobook form.
The Ebook is particularly useful as a reference, because there are over 1000 bibliographical entries in the book -- and you can load it into your smartphone, click on any footnote and it immediately brings you to the bibliography, where you can then click on the link and read the original material online.
I narrated the audio version myself, and am amazed at how inexpensive it is, considering where things were just a few years ago. The entire book is available for less than the cost of the hardcover version.
We should be receiving our first revenues from the book sales in the Spring -- and as I have always done, the profits we make are invariably re-invested into further ways we can help humanity.
The price of the book is still being "subsidized" by the publisher for the holidays to help ease your costs -- so you can still order it on Amazon as of this posting for $18.48 instead of $29.95.
There will always be hateful comments from people who refuse to accept that anything should be sold, but without offering these products we simply could not afford the time and energy it takes to keep this enlightening material alive.
Many of the topics I cover in this new video were expanded upon in much greater detail in our premiere video product, Access Your Higher Self. I put the very best of what I know about making real contact with your Higher Self into a single presentation!
I will be giving stunning 16-hour all-weekend conferences in Hawaii on February 24-26 and Austin on March 30-April 1st, with many others on the way -- including shorter events at the Conscious Life Expo in Los Angeles in February.
I will also be doing a five-city tour of Australia in April, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, sponsored by Veritas Magazine. This is my first extended tour, where I do multiple dates in a short time... and I expect to see you there! [Please note that exact dates and venues have not yet been set up, so pre-orders are not yet available. Stay tuned for details!]
I am also really excited about the sequel to Source Field Investigations, which I have already begun writing. This evolved out of a series of discussions with the publisher about what to do with the 230 pages we cut from the original manuscript.
I have since realized that I can have an even more sophisticated and stunning discussion of some of the scientific concepts in the original without rehashing old information. We are shooting for a release date of next September.
Much more is on the way, even while I'm diving into this new creative process -- so we thank you for your support!
This is quite fantastic, I love a variety of music but in recent times my interest has diminished and I've been searching for something new from a wide variety of styles but finding little that inspires me.However, having just listening to this sample track I can say this is Right in tune with me and the quality is impeccable, and David's vocals are a revelation, first class, I'm glad I stopped by the website.
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I highly recommend that if you know you are holding onto things in your past and want to finally once and for all let them go, then you would find reading his book and using the free worksheets online very powerful tools.
When it comes to forgivness we can use all the help we can get. It will move mountains of energy when you understand and apply to it the Law of Attraction and that all things happen for a reason. Thank you David for reminding me yet again what a huge piece of the puzzle this is.
I have already posted this to the OV website however I do not think that I would have been aware enough to have had this cognition if I had not read the information in your book and lent myself to your music and videos on spiritual enlightenment. Here is my cognition:
I thank all my friends on OV for igniting the spark that led to this cognition:
A couple of weeks ago AstralGuy shared a video by a gentleman named Carl. It showed astrological configurations at the beginning of this month and the end of this month. The formation of 2 grand trines coming together creating the Star of David. In the middle of this Star is a geometric configuration of a stargate. This gate opens at the beginning of this month and opens again at the end of this month releasing us from its passage. I now realize that everything that I am experiencing with such intensity is the movement from one dimension to another. As my certainty grows, so does my love, and as my love grows, so does my certainty. Peace of mind is the result.
Thank you Michael, Christopher, David, and all others for listening,
Love & Light,
[MODERATOR: In the access your higher self video David explains that some dreams can be both however all dreams should begin with an analysis of how they may apply to yourself first.]
Having taught this and more for years I do like what ya got here...nice and concise.
Interesting how many off subject topics are in here... must be moderator in moderation...hehehe
Great book, cool info, and well written/done.
I see by the news letter that there ain't no new news, just the ad for conferences.
...and then after getting ready, one has the option of that 'dominion over all' promise.
All things, plants, animals, and rocks...is the easy part.
The hard part is getting one's self ready, simple but not easy.
Very difficult to let go by knowing there need be no worry...
That just as you felt safe on grandma's lap, so The Creator welcomes you onto his.
It is a beautiful thing.
Even worse is the attempt to tie the new system with the notion of ascension. Just doesn't pass the sniff test with the information given.
Three very powerful and wealthy industrialists were killed - Astor, Guggenheim and Strauss. These 3 were against the formation of the Fed reserve and would most likely have opposed the 1st World War.
Read more at www.world-mysteries.com/.../
"There is a last correlation that is slightly less clear then others. The spirits they see in hallucinations are 3 dimensional sound emitting images, and they speak a language made of 3 dimensional sound emitting images. In other words they are made of their own language like DNA."
when I try to check for updates on the trillion dollar thread
I get a slow warning on my computer. There is some kind of mallware in there causing my computer to freeze up..."
the same thing happened to me but then i quickly tried the prev blog link in this blog and it worked and has been working all day but not the front page link...
when I try to check for updates on the trillion dollar thread
I get a slow warning on my computer. There is some kind of mallware in there causing my computer to freeze up.
[Moderator: No malware... it appears to be just the sheer size of the page and the massive amount of traffic slowing our server down.]
I am glad to know for the good of all (and yours) that your mission is not over yet.
Your help here is making the world swift, apparently is taking a good pace.
I am only one of the many behind you.
Your integrity is spreading as an unstoppable ripple of divine light.
Take your time and keep enjoying as much as you can while doing your mission.
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
I am on the same boat, keep smiling, which was my aim with this simple message.
I am so proud of you, that it hurts. Thanks for that and much more.
Johnny Parra
@ Michael,
Please be nice. It's OK to tell us to learn patience, but "get a life" is unnecessary.
If some of David's readers have become too reliant on David's perspective and are unable to chill upon a long wait period before a post, we have to be nice and compassionate toward them, just like you would be toward the people out there that are totally brainwashed and asleep.
As confused as they may be, they too shine their little light which is part of the one.
I'm sorry. I love you. Please forgive me.
Yes Pablo!! You are on the path...
I'am sorry. I love you. Please Forgive me.
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Toxic SIL but I feel sorry for her too(82 Posts)
DH and I got married three years ago. We are considerably younger than BIL and SIL, who have been married 17 years and have two DC. MIL is the matriarch. FIL is dead.
When DH and I first started dating he was very preoccupied and upset by the fact that BIL was having an affair and trying to leave SIL for an OW who he worked with. MIL and DH think family should always come first and, rightly or wrongly, read the riot act to BIL and told him that he needed to confess everything to SIL, get his head straight and get rid of the OW.
BIL capitulated to their view, got rid of the OW and confessed all to SIL who, to everyone's shock, instantly "forgave him," (after going to his work and telling BIL's boss and getting him and the OW sacked.) This was all while DH and I were first dating, and after her revenge, SIL was very keen to quickly sweep it all under the carpet. She made DH promise not to tell me anything that had happened because she "didn't want hedgebets to see the family in a bad light going forward."
DH told her that he hadn't told me, even though he had, and asked me to swear I'd never mention it to her, so I swore not to. He was very upset during the whole ordeal and often needed to offload on me about it, so I don't blame him for breaking his family's privacy - and now we are married, it is fine that I know about it anyway. MIL also doesn't know that I know.
Fast forward to now and SIL is becoming extremely controlling of everyone in the family. According to DH she was very controlling before, and BIL listed this as one of the reasons why he just could not be with her anymore. I'll try and give a few examples of what she does:
- she needs to know where we all are at any given time. If I give her the information, she becomes very judgemental (DH and I went on holiday last month and only told MIL. When SIL found out, she texted immediately and demanded to know where we were and how long we were there. When I told her, she implied that DH and I were extravagant, lazy and afraid of work, eg: "where does the money come from for you two to go gallivanting off all the time? I suppose you are both just beach bums and so you don't really care about saving for your futures. Fair enough, you both have that kind of personality. I could never do that. BIL and I are only happy if we have money in the bank. Let's hope my DC take after BIL and I and not you two :-)") If I don't tell her where I am, I get several sarcastic texts "oh don't worry about me, I don't matter, I'm only your sister...too busy to talk to me, eh? Too much fun to reply?" and she will go direct to BIL, MIL or DH and bitch about me for being secretive and holding things back. In the holiday example, she went to MIL and told her that DH and I would probably go bankrupt from so much extravagant spending, which really worried MIL (who is now in her 70s) In the same vein, she will come to me and bitch about DH, BIL or MIL when they don't give her what she wants - so it is not just directed at me.
- I am currently her 'favourite' because I reply to her texts and do what she wants, so she bitches to me mostly about the rest of the family. We are due to go on a big family holiday in September, and she has given me a shopping list of things she wants me to get for her that she cannot get in the city she lives in. This would be fine if I didn't feel like such a minion already. She has made several schedules for the holiday in advance and tried to tie us all in to those plans by sending out a family email with the schedule (swimming at 9am, run at 10am, lunch at 12 noon etc) and asking us to commit to it months in advance. She uses her DCs as an excuse for this regimented attitude and says that they need regularity and we all need to contribute to that by agreeing to and obeying the schedule. MIL often refuses to do this and she and SIL have huge rows as a result. SIL threatens her that she is isolating herself from her DGC by rejecting the schedule and if MIL doesn't get up at 7am to have breakfast with the DC, she will not see them all at all. So MIL eventually tows the line.
- She puts down my relationship with DH and constantly compares it unfavourably to her relationship with BIL. She implies that they have more trust, more love, more attraction. Sometimes she sends me lessons over text or email about what I have to do "to keep my husband." Like she is some kind of wizened relationship guru. She tells me stories about DH as she knew him before he met me: "He never went out with women who were like you - oh no. Such a different type. Taller, thinner, more "career oriented."" While she patronises me about this I am burning inside, because she doesn't know I know that things are not and haven't been rosy for her and BIL, but for DH's sake I keep my mouth shut. She often comments in public on how insecurely I behave and how I shouldn't be so insecure. DH always defends me and shoots me apologetic looks, but it is obvious he is also afraid of her as he lives in fear of me finally exploding and telling her I know everything. She comments on my body - if I've put on weight or not. She's also a bit inappropriate. She noted that my boobs were bigger than hers and wondered aloud whether maybe DH and BIL liked big boobs, because MIL's boobs are big too. She then, in front of all of us and her DCs debated whether she should get a boob job or not to "please her husband." Then decides against it and says "BIL should love me as I am," then shoots him a poisonous look. This is most damaging, of course, to her DCs, who are constantly aware of the atmosphere between them.
- I am now pregnant with my first DC and she is trying to tighten her grip on me. She asks me over text how I'm feeling, what I'm doing. And you've guessed it -- everything I am feeling and doing is completely WRONG. She has been especially controlling with me about this holiday schedule. She seems to want me, more than anyone, to be in the right place at the right time as she dictates. It doesn't take a genius psychologist to figure out that one of her prime modes of control is via the DCs. She has defined herself within our family group as a mother and uses the DCs like chess pieces to get everyone to do what she wants. Now that I am pregnant, I am threatening her role. So she is determined to have me under the thumb.
DH and I have got to the point where we wish they had just divorced. BIL is a shadow of the man he was. I am really torn with my opinion of her, because I entered my friendship with her completely on her side. I can see and understand the insecure part of her which needs to lash out at us. But it is like she is punishing us all for BIL's betrayal.
What, if anything, would you do about this?
I don't understand why you have so much to do with her. Why are you going on holiday with them? It doesn't make sense.
You need to distance yourself from her completely. If she asks you how you are, don't reply. If you absolutely have to then just be as bland and neutral as possible.
Do you let her bitch about the rest of the family to you? You need to tell her to stop.
ThatWasNice the family are very close and always have been, even before I came on the scene. We are all in contact with each other every day.
The reason I am so involved is because neither BIL, DH or MIL will stand up to her. And it is hard to be the only one in the family standing up to someone - because you end up isolating yourself.
In answer to why we go on holiday with them - we go on holiday with them, their DCs and MIL. DH loves his family, I think that's nice. They are all - with the exception of SIL - nice to me too.
They have a big family home in Italy which we go to every summer. If we didn't go we would be missing out on returning to where DH grew up.
To start with I would refuse point blank to go on the family holiday, it sounds like a punishment from Dante's Divine Comedy. I would insist my dh back me up, and I would also insist he or both of you together tackle her about her behaviour and tell her in no uncertain terms to stop trying to run your lives.
Why on earth is everyone including your MIL and dh dancing to her tune? What can she possibly do to you if you all tell her to back off ?
I couldn't and wouldn't live like this, let alone subject a child to it, it sounds suffocating. I don't think it is all down to Bil's betrayal, it seems like she was controlling before his affair, but you're right you are all suffering and being punished for it and it needs to stop.
Please do something before your baby is born otherwise she will just have one more person to control and she will make your life even more unbearable.
You are far too much in each other's pockets. I wouldn't be going on the hol if I were you.
Your DH needs to tell her that you know and have no secrets from each other. She only has all this "power" because you all give it to her.
Now you're pregnant things are only going to get worse, if you don't want to be controlled and hounded you need to nip it in the bud now
Why do you feel sorry for her? She sounds like a controlling bully to me and I'm really not sure why you speak to her every day and get so involved if she is always undermining you
It's never easy when it's a close family member but you really don't have to put up with this and neither does your DH
I would start to stand up to her now before your baby arrives otherwise you will be on here in a few months asking for advice on stopping your interfering SIL for taking over with your PFB.
I'd use the holiday as a good place to start, when she asks about the holiday schedule tell her simply that that won't work for you and DH, you are looking forward to a relaxing break together before PFB arrives. You will also be too tired/hot/pregnant to be running around after her DC schedules but you will catch up for dinner etc...
Personally I would let her know that you are aware of what happened with BIL - let her know that you and your DH have no secrets from each other, this is why she thinks she is in control as they all know something you don't as she has told your DH not to say anything.
You and your soon to born child are your dh's family and should be his number one priority.
If no-one is going to stand up to your sil nothing will change and you will either have to learn to live with the status quo or leave.
Can't you and dh go to the holiday home just the two of you? Honestly I would rather stick pins in my eyes than endure that for the sake of missing out on returning to where your dh grew up.
I am very close to my family, likewise my dh is close to his and we are both close to each other's but no way in a million years would either of us put up with what you have described.
Emigrate. Seriously. Or just tell her to fuck off. I wouldn't put up with that nonsense in a million years, she sounds unhinged.
I totally agree that I need to stand up to her - it's become ridiculous now. I just feel a bit sorry for her. She is obviously not okay about this affair and doesn't seem to have the self awareness to see how she is reacting. Instead she blames and punishes everyone else around her, even her DCs, for what BIL did. And then there is the question of why BIL had an affair. Obviously the coward's way out, but I now find myself not blaming him for wanting a woman who was a bit more easygoing
The reason everyone dances to her tube is because we are all very attacked to the DCs. Me less so as I've only known them a few years, but DH was around all the time as they grew up (he used to live with BIL and SIL when he was a student) and they are MIL's main pleasure in life, since FIL died. But SIL uses them like pawns. The consequences for anyone not doing as she says is removal of the kids completely.
* correction: the reason everyone dances to her tune is because we're all very attached to the DCs
So she uses her children as pawns, how awful but unfortunately because everyone jumps when she does this they are perpetuating this behaviour. Someone needs to call her bluff and point out that her children will suffer just as much if not more if she deprives them of their uncle and grandmother, and what kind of mother would do that to her children?
I dread to think what she has in store for your child as unless you do something your child will become just another pawn and casualty of her power games.
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She's barking. How worrying that everyone is so afraid of her.
How old are her dcs?
Meanwhile, if someone sent me a text whilst I was on holiday saying all the things she has said, my response would be "how we live our lives is totally none of your business. If you have nothing positive to say then please do not bother me"
It all sounds totally suffocating and unhealthy being in constant contact with each other.
You can love your family with talking to them or seeing them all the time. And you certainly don't need to tell them anything about your own comings and goings.thats because its nobody's business but your own.
I would feel utterly stalked and spied upon.
She is going to really undermine you and try to make you doubt yourself as a parent of a little baby.
Becoming a parent is marvellous but sometimes you can feel wobbly and insecure. That is not to say you need someone else to make decisions for you. It means you are still finding your own way. And that is right.
Your sil will see this as another opportunity to control. If you allow her then you may as well let her bring up your child.
I think you need to not let any of them bitch to you about the others. You're part of the bitching if you do that.
You really need to detach a lot.
SILs behaviour is not I think solely about her H's betrayal because she bashes the whole wider family with her behaviour. Controlling behaviour as well is also abusive; you do realise this don't you?. This all has its roots many years back as well with MIL being the matriarch. I wonder what FIL was like in terms of personality when he was alive. Any ideas?.
I can see that you're a reasonable person and just wanted to be nice but unfortunately your SIL is not nice, has never been nice and will never be at all decent to you or anyone else. Such people do not change. You cannot also adopt the "normal" rules of familial relations when dealing with such unreasonable people; the rule book goes out the window. Telling her to stop and or be decent will be about as effective as spitting in the ocean.
Your H's family of origin is deeply dysfunctional and unhealthy; everyone is very enmeshed with each other. Your BIL married this women at great cost to himself and his family now; this is not how emotionally healthy people behave at all. SIL could well be a narcissist in terms of personality; its basically all about them and what they want. Nothing and no-one else matters. Does she get into a right old rage as well on occasion; a rage sometimes like you have never seen before in anyone else?.
Your DH and yourself need to completely detach and withdraw from all of this lot because all they are doing now is dragging you down with them. You also need to start building boundaries with these people as they are set far, far too low currently. For a start you can and should refuse to go on the family holiday/route march and you can stop replying to her incessant text messages. Also you can block her number from your phone and e-mail accounts. All this may seem drastic but its actually necessary.
I think your life will get far worse once baby is here because your SIL will try and undermine any child rearing you do as well. She will either overvalue or undervalue the relationship with your child, your precious resource. Both are very damaging to your child. You cannot and actually must never expose your child ever to your SIL even for a moment and for that matter MIL as she seems unable to keep her mouth closed as well. Your MIL told SIL (perhaps almost as soon as a hour, day or two later) that you had gone on holiday.
Most of my responses to all that would be to not respond at all and when asked say 'my mother told me if I can't say anything nice, not to say anything at all. So I didn't'.
Stop pandering to her ego for goodness sake! The kids thing only works as you all leap to appease her. What would seriously happen if you all stopped responding? She would have to tone it down as it is the attention she seeks.
You need to use the baby on the way to detach now. 'Im not agreeing a schedule on my holiday, but you can do all those things and we might join you for one or two'. Etc etc etc.
She sounds like a nightmare, but I think it goes beyond her husband having an affair. Although she's obviously still punishing her DP.
I'd just push back all the time. Don't engage.
Re the holiday "schedule" if its via email can you be a bit braver (as its not fact to face) and say it won't work for you, it's not what you want to do, do you all need a schedule etc etc
Is it just DH and his brother no other family? Does she have any family on her side.
Politely refuse and mildly mock the tantrums.
I would invent a crisis in your family so you couldn't go on the holiday this year, however if you don't want to do that, send a reply to the group message to all saying something like "gosh SIL, I have no idea what I want to do each day on holiday this far in advance, especially as I won't know how I'll be feeling given the pregnancy. I think it's best you arrange a schedule that suits you and the children, if we want to join in with you on any given day we will do, otherwise we'll just do our own thing."
Next time she texts and asks you where you are either ignore it, or message back "has something happened? Why do you need to know?" Followed by (as she's bitching about you anyway) "no offence, but I'm not one of your children who has to check in with you. Where I am is none of your business."
The lists of stuff "sorry, bit busy, I'm sure you could just order them on-line."
Basically, don't give her any control, she can only control you if you let her. Don't discuss details.
It also could be that everyone has been so worried about her feelings as her DH had affair, they've stopped her realising other peoples feelig could be hurt too, if you also get upset/offended, you might get treated better. Instead, you suck it up and never tell her you are angry at her for being so rude.
She's this controlling because you all ALLOW it. If she throws a fit then let her. If she threatens to keep the kids away then let her. She will only go as far for a very short time.
You're an adult, stop pandering to her. If you don't want to do something don't do it. When you behave like a doormat people will treat you like one.
On holiday, just don't follow her schedule, what's the worst that she can do. Seriously the way to deal with someone like this is to NOT allow them to control you.
My first response was to ask why on earth you have so much to do with her as she is clearly quite toxic. Having seen how intertwined the family are (I understand something of what this is like) then you need to stop 'enabling' her to behave like this.
So when she criticises you or your life choices by text, reply with something like "SIL, do you realise how rude that sounds?" Also ignore her when she's commenting negatively on the pregnancy and if she demands a response say something like "not really sure what you want me to say to that. Clearly I've going wrong again so I thought it best to leave it there". She may not realise the tone of her messages, but if she does mean it then you need to make very clear the boundaries of what are acceptable for comment.
Assuming the DCs aren't toddlers I don't really get the 'schedule' issue on holiday, and it does just sound like her wanting to call the shots. You could call her out on the threat to withdraw contact with kids next time someone doesn't comply with "really? You'd do that to a 70 year old woman because she wants to lie in on her holiday?" or "that really doesn't seem very fair on the DCs?" She will HATE you for it, I have no doubt, but you don't seem that keen to be friends and it may shift the dynamic if one person is calling her out.
FWIW I think the affair secret is a bit of a red herring. It sounds like this was her personality before it happened?
Knowing what it's like to have an in-law who thinks everything we do with our DC is wrong, you do need to redefine the relationship before the baby comes. It could really spoil your early days with you baby.
I agree that the affair is a bit of a red herring and that it's a bit pointless trying to work out why she is like she is. It's interesting family gossip but it doesn't change her behaviour.
You have to work out if you want to do something about it or not. It's up to the rest of the family what they want to put up with and either you sit back and accept that or you have to take action yourself. There is no point taking her on, I imagine the only effective thing to do would be to stop seeing her and to stop corresponding with her.
This very much sounds like my DHs Spanish family where family means everything but they all seem to dislike each other. It's like theres a huge co-dependency thing going on They have all these big get together and appear to have lots of 'happy family' moments but mostly can't stand each other. Luckily we just dip in and out when we want and by doing get on fine with everyone and avoid the drama.
What about your family and friends?
I hope you or your DH don't work with them
Whatever you do don't forget that your SIL WILL NOT CHANGE. Ever.
Well to me it's glaringly obvious what her problem is, she is jealous as hell of you.
She wants the perfect relationship with an adoring husband, the perfect much-loved children, disposable income to be able to have holidays with her DH/family, basically everything that you already have. And now you will have a child as well.
She HAS to put you and everyone else down and try to control them because it's the only way she knows how to feel good about herself. It's she who is insecure, lonely and has no self esteem so she tries to hide this with her controlling, bullying behaviour. You can't be better than her if she can make you do what she wants, right? You can't take her "place" in the family if she is in control. She nearly lost the family altogether when her DH had hs affair, she must be terrified that it could happen again. If he'd chosen the OW she would be out, with her only recourse to use her kids as weapons. Now that you are due to have a baby even her monopoly on the next generation of the family will be lessened.
You sound like you have kind of "got" this, as you already feel sorry for her. PP are right, you need to detach and just stop letting her have this amount of control. It sounds like you are already down the route of trying to be her friend but her insecurities are so huge she can't accept this.
Your pregnancy is the perfect excuse to start the detatchment process, you don't have to go full nc just stop replying quite so often, stop responding to her goading.
You sound like you have a wonderful life OP, this woman's mental problems are really not your issue. Se needs help, but not from you, and she may not accept it until she hits rock bottom and the whole family can't bear her any more. Maybe not even then, that could be your fault for turning them against her.
You can't win by trying to appease her so stop trying. Polite smiles, head-on-one-side and "really" to her rants in person, text replies of "busy, talk later", being too tired/pregnant to do such-and-such a thing etc.
Good Luck!
I have a very difficult parent and the only way that I have managed to get the relationship under contol is to:
In the beginning, challenge him directly. Once when he threatened to get very angry/punish me over something, I directly challenged him on exactly what he thought he was going to do, given that I was in my thirties and married. The silence on the line was golden!
See him on my own terms and move about/stay independently.
Communicate less often, but try to keep things easy/non contentious when I do.
Any difficult behaviour on his part results in lower levels of contact from me.
The arrival of your baby is a good moment to change the status quo - I think it will change anyway, so dig your heels in for some reactions from SIL.
If you dont do something about this mad woman, the moments with your PFB will be ruined and your baby a pawn, imagine it:
"But Hedge, PFB will miss out on playing with his/her cousins, you dont want PFB or cousins to miss out do you, it'd be such a shame"
Seriously.....kick her up the arse and walk away, It gets depressing having someone so in your life you arent sure if its even your life.
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Astyra also, the village near Adramyttium, is said to belong to Mysia.
The latter conducted them a stage further, to Cius in Mysia; and from Cius they set sail to join their main armament.
In Asia they occupied the coasts of Mysia and Caria; a strip of land which from thence derived the appellation of Æolis.
To reach Abydos, the route was north, through the province of Mysia.
Then they turned west, and passing through Mysia without preaching arrived at last at the coast, at Troas.
In Mysia a youth named Hylas went ashore to fetch water, but was caught by the nymphs of the stream and taken captive.
Mysia and the Troad were the districts, which, as it seems, Gyges first subjugated to his dominion.
But when they were come to the land the people of Mysia entertained them with hospitality.
Pergamum, the modern Bergama, lay in the valley of the Caicus in Mysia, about fifteen miles from the sea.


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I keep changing my mind about which of Bob Hicok's books of poetry is my favorite. Is it Words for Empty and Words for Full (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 2010) or This Clumsy Living (University of Pittsburgh, 2007)? I finally decided to write about the former title, his latest book, although right up until I started this post I was undecided. What I love about Hicok's writing is its conversational tone and ways of unexpectedly turning the world inside out and making me think about it differently. Reading these poems, I feel as though he's talking to me about his own feelings and observations, and something more: the universality, and— contradictorily —the singularity of those feelings.
The second section of this book deals with the shocking shootings in April of 2007 at Virginia Tech University where Hicok teaches English. Take a look at "Whimper," which describes in one long sentence, a search for reasons to help explain the tragedy, and ends with this long stanza:
…and why ask that why
of the larger why, why did this happen, and why from that why
branch to the why am I alive why, there's the why
are we here why and the why do we let so many questions
begin with a bang why and the why do we say aftermath
when it never ends, the desire to add for some and subtract
for others, we say we want answers, that it's very quiet
around here now, all this light, the sun more full of itself
by the day until July will strip us of shadows and time
will seem to have given up on night, why is the song
we add to nature, we're like birds as kids, why why why,
we sang, we sing, whole flocks of us swirling now,
turning our turns into turning, not knowing
in our direction what our direction is, how things
get decided undecided, lost if you need to find us
is where we are.
Whether it's the progression of his musings that results from breaking a coffee carafe to the wars in far away countries ("Kinesis") or a description of a conversation he had with his plumber, in to fix a leaky hot water heater ("Redoubling Our Efforts"), which includes doubles, Noam Chomsky, and the plumber's son who wants to join the Army, or, perhaps my favorite, "from the history of grade school," reading Hicok's poetry makes me look differently at the world. At various times, as I read and re-read these poems, I am filled with happiness at Hicok's language play and humor, with awe by the way he makes language new, and with a renewed feeling of terror at the randomness and unexpectedness of life.


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Alberta men's championship has strong field
By CON GRIWKOWSKY, QMI Agency
EDMONTON - It's hardly hold-the-presses news that Kevin Koe and Kevin Martin nabbed the top two seeds for next week's Alberta men's curling championship.
The compelling storylines this go-round are with No. 3 seed Jamie King and No. 4 seed Brendan Bottcher. Both Edmonton-area teams punched their tickets to Leduc through Alberta Tour byes.
Bottcher was busy winning the world junior and CIS titles in 2012 and should be a team to watch in his rookie appearance at the men's level.
King's crew has a couple of former world champions in its lineup — Blake MacDonald throwing skip rocks and Scott Pfeifer at third. Both back enders are in the mix after taking a sabbatical from the game for a couple of years.
In an unprecedented configuration, at least in Alberta men's curling, King will call the game while throwing lead rocks.


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Date: Mon Jul 3 02:17:15 EDT 2006
Mark Engelberg wrote: > What is the relationship between modules and units? I started to grok units and modules by reading some papers by Matthew and others. In many cases, I believe you can think of a 'module' much like a 'package' in Java, and a 'unit' much like a 'class'... but if you start believing that's true, then you're missing some important features of these language constructs. I suspect the most applicable papers are from the PLT group: Units: Cool Modules for HOT Languages PLDI 98 Flatt and Felleisen http://www.ccs.neu.edu/scheme/pubs/pldi98-ff.ps.gz A Programmer's Reduction Semantics for Classes and Mixins POPL 98 Flatt, Krishnamurthi, and Felleisen (Expanded version of POPL 98 paper) http://www.ccs.neu.edu/scheme/pubs/tr97-293.pdf Robert Bruce Findler and Matthew Flatt. "Modular Object-Oriented Programming with Units and Mixins". Proceedings of ICFP 98. 1998. http://www.ccs.neu.edu/scheme/pubs/icfp98-ff.pdf From Structures and Functors to Modules and Units ICFP 06 Owens and Flatt http://www.cs.utah.edu/plt/publications/icfp06-of.pdf And HTuM is still applicable: http://www.htus.org/Book/Staging/how-to-use-modules/ If none of that helps, then I'd have to say that the state of the relationship between units and modules is probably none of your business! Leave the poor kids alone, for crying out loud! ;) Cheers, M
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The poll shows Obama with 51 percentage points compared to 41 percentage points for McCain.
The poll was conducted Oct. 10-12 from interviews with 2,783 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points.
Meanwhile, a Real Clear Politics average shows Obama six points ahead of McCain.
Obama is two points ahead of McCain in the battleground state of Ohio, which has been consistently Republican for 50 years, except for when Jimmy Carter carried the state by 11,000. President George W. Bush carried Ohio in the 2004 and 2000 presidential elections.
In Virginia, Real Clear Politics shows Obama up by six points. Bush carried Virginia in 2000 and 2004.
In Nevada, Obama is two points ahead of McCain. The state went to Bush in the 2004 election. In Iowa – a state that voted for Bush in 2004 - Obama is ahead by 11 points.
Obama is also up by three points in Florida. President Bush would not have won the 2004 presidential race without Florida. In the swing state of Pennsylvania, Obama is 13 points ahead of McCain. In 2004, Sen. John Kerry won Pennsylvania – 51 to 48 percent – over Bush.
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Buffalo City Councilor, Russ Humphrey, livened up a recent meeting during a verbal confrontation with a city official. Sheridan Media's Aaron Palmer has the story.
At Tuesday's Buffalo City Council meeting, there was more confrontation between a member of the council and a city department head, this time over a letter to the editor submitted by the wife of the department head.
City Planner Zach Montgomery's wife submitted the letter that was published in the June 27th Buffalo Bulletin where she defended him and his actions concerning his position as planner, in response to some negative and harsh letters previously published in the paper.
Montgomery gave his written report to the council and asked if they had any questions of him, prompting Councilman Russ Humphrey to ask him to explain a portion of the letter that said grant money awarded to cities and counties was "free money."
Montgomery explained.
Humphrey argued that some of the grants require a local government match of some kind, so it isn't "free."
Montgomery explained that there are grants that don't require a match and some that do, and there are grants that come solely from mineral royalties, but that each grant is a substantial savings for the local entity that may pay anywhere from zero to 50% of the total cost of the project depending on the type of grant.
He gave an example of the nearly $1 million Crazy Woman Square Project that the city and county each contributed $100,000 toward, saying it was quite a return on the local government's money.
Humphrey then asked Montgomery to explain his wife claiming that she had walked barefoot through the lush grass at the sports fields complex and he wanted to know where she found lush grass to walk barefoot in.
Mayor Randy Dyess stepped in at this point, saying Montgomery did not have to answer for his wife.
Humphrey shifted his questions to the work being performed on the Margo's pottery building, asking Montgomery how much that project was costing the city.
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Rhodri Morgan and Welsh Secretary Peter Hain both said that they would not win if a referendum was called in the current climate.
"Rhodri and I and Welsh Labour are not in the business of calling referendums we are going to lose," said Mr Hain.
Mr Morgan said:"You have to wait for the consensus."
Their comments came after the publication by the UK government on Thursday of the Government of Wales Bill for the biggest transfer of power from Westminster to Wales since 1999 when the assembly was set up.
The Bill is expected to transform the ability of the assembly to pass new laws, and will see significant changes to the electoral system.
The legislation will mean the assembly will not have to compete with UK Government departments for a slot in the Queen's speech at Westminster and the decision-making process should be much quicker.
It also paves the way for full law-making powers to be transferred to Cardiff Bay, but only after a referendum - which neither Mr Hain or Mr Morgan envisage happening in the near future.
The Bill has been criticised for relying on the goodwill of the UK government to allow the assembly to pass measures.
But Mr Hain defended it by saying if a hostile "John Redwood-style Government" in Parliament tried to frustrate the assembly's wishes, it would create an "overwhelming case" for a referendum.
With more powers, but no increase in AMs, as some had called for, Mr Morgan said members would have to work harder under the new measures being proposed.
He said parties now had to think how best to use the powers in the Bill, which is expected to have its second reading soon after Christmas.
"Their manifestos will be a bit more exciting than manifestos have been able to be in the first two assembly elections," he said.
Opposition parties have criticised the bill, with both Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Liberal Democrats describing it as "timid" and the Welsh Conservatives saying it would be "a rigging of the electoral system to suit the Labour party".
But despite the criticisms, assembly presiding officer Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas, welcomed the provision to clear up the distinction between the assembly and the Welsh Assembly Government.
Assembly ministers will become royal appointees under the bill, like their Westminster and Holyrood counterparts.
"The confusion between assembly and government which has bedevilled Welsh politics since 1999 will finally be brought to an end and we will have legal clarity," he said.


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Well, we took care of business in the A-T-L and now we get some much-needed rest. We won in a sweep, but that was still a very physical series going against Al Horford and Zaza every game.
We had a great flight home after closing out the series. We were messing with Vince Carter in the locker room about being in the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time. Because we have such a tight, tight group of guys, we feel like we can say anything to each other. It is that openness which enable us to be better.
I really like how we're playing like a team on a mission. We're not going out there and acting like we've got a 2-0 or 3-0 cushion in these series. We're staying hungry and humble and keeping our foot on the throttle every game.
Back in the day, we used to relax in games and relax in series like this and we'd let teams come back on us. I think we've come a long way and are not doing that anymore. That's a sign of maturity for us.
Now, we're going to get two days off, but ya'll know I'll be back in the gym real soon getting my swolle on in the weight room. I also plan on working on my free throws. I've already talked to our guys about not losing focus or losing that edge just because we have a break.
I know that Stan will keep us ready. We did A LOT of running between the Charlotte and Atlanta series and we'll probably do the same again this time. It's a killer on us, but it's no time to be resting 'cause we need to stay sharp and keep that killer instinct up.
Here are some off the court updates: my big movie premier for "Just Wright" is going to be Tonight night at the Altamonte Springs Mall at 6:45 p.m. Not sure whom all is going to be there, but I know some of my teammates will be there to support and see me cheesing on the big screen. It should be a lot of fun. I'm hoping all the Magic fans will come and check it out!!!
One other thing, our e-bay memorabilia auction is cranked back up for this week. The search name is "DwightsStuff12." Most of the profits will go toward funding scholarships to my kids' basketball camps this summer. Here are some items that we have available this week:
• 2 Jerseys (All Star) and one White
• 4 pair of shoes AST TS commander Howard's, (2) TS Bounce Commander's, and AST NBA Bounce's
• 2 Commander T-shirts
I handed out my shoes to a couple of Magic fans after Monday's game. I thought they were going to scrap when I threw my jersey into the crowd. It still blows my mind of how many people value my shoes and jersey. I am truly honored and humbled.
Well, I'm going to get out of here. Get some rest Magic fans because we're going to really need you in the Eastern Conference Finals more than ever. Whether if it's Cleveland or Boston, it's going to be a dogfight. But believe me when I tell you this: The Magic will be ready!!! Don't forget to check out the auction and get some tight gear.
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30-SOMETHING WORKING GROUP -- (House of Representatives - November 04, 2005)
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Right. I guess they believe they can say anything they want to. They do not have to follow it, and there would be no consequences. But, see, unfortunately for them, fortunately for the American people, the American people get it now. They are on to them.
Let us talk about the Washington Post poll, and I know we will have an opportunity to put this up in poster form probably next week, but one of the questions that the Washington Post/ABC News poll asked was, Please tell me whether the following statement applies to Bush or not: He is honest and trustworthy. In May of 2004, 53 percent of the American people answered that question yes and 45 percent said no. Now 40 percent think he is honest and trustworthy, and 58 percent say he is not.
I think that is in part because you can tell a lot about a person by the people they surround themselves with. Right now, let us look at who is surrounding the President of the United States or who previously was surrounding him.
You have Mr. Libby, who was indicted on Friday; and, of course, it is not confirmed unless and until he is convicted. He is not guilty of a crime yet. But he was indicted. The first official in the White House in 130 years. The President said if somebody committed a crime they will no longer work in his administration.
The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan) I know will probably talk a few minutes about the difference in the shifting sands of the President's statements. But you have Mr. Rove who increasingly it has become clear, as clear as a bell, that he absolutely was directly involved in outing a covert CIA agent, directly involved, yet he is still in the White House with the highest security clearance, access to the most top secret information.
It is easy to see why 58 percent of the American people do not think the President is honest and trustworthy. Because if you take it a step further, the same Washington Post/ABC News poll says it has been reported that another subject of the investigation has been Karl Rove, who has been a close advisor to Bush.
The question was, Given what you have heard or read, do you think Rove did anything wrong in connection with this case or not? If yes, do you think he did something unethical but not illegal or did you think that he did something illegal? Forty-nine percent of the American people answered that question that he did something wrong for sure. Of the 49 percent, 26 percent believe he did something illegal and 23 percent think he did something unethical. Forty-nine percent of people asked believe that Karl Rove did something either illegal or unethical, and 59 percent of the people believe that he should resign from the White House.
Now, is President Bush so incompetent that he is not able to cope without Mr. Rove by his side? I do not know. Generally, I expect that, I know I surround myself with a number of competent people. You make sure you put together a team of people that does not rise and fall on one person and their knowledge and ability to assist you.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. You mean to tell me they did not keep track? They do not have a file?
Mr. MEEK of Florida. It gets better. Let me just tell you. Because it is so detailed between September 19 and September 29, the Congressional Research Service spoke to four House committees and was given the following response.
This is when you talk about the Potomac two step here. Someone is asking for records. Oh, my God. Well, people would assume here in the Congress that records is one of the things that we do so we know what we have done in the past, so that either we can do better in the future or not make the same mistake in the future. But here is the response: The committee does not have records. That was the first one. The other one: Committee does not have records of previous Congresses.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Wait. They do not keep records of previous Congresses?
Mr. MEEK of Florida. So we do not know what is going on under this majority.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Well, you bet your sweet bippy they are worried. They are worried you are asking for those documents. Because there are those on the other side of the aisle that would try to lead people to believe that we are just a bunch of malcontent Democrats who are standing on the floor complaining about something inconsequential. It is just the same old, same old. Not true.
Look at the reasoning and the motivation that was behind the outing of a covert CIA agent and of the planning and machinations that were going on in the White House to conceal and deceive the American people about what their plans were. It was all about making sure that they could have their way in going to war in Iraq. That is what it all boiled down to. And the consequences of that motivation are that now we have more than 2,000 American soldiers, men and women, who are dead, who lost their lives because this administration was hell-bent on being right, facts be damned.
It made no difference to them that all the evidence mounting showed that they were wrong, that there were no weapons of mass destruction. It was obvious there was no other reason to go into Iraq other than the President and his people decided we should, long before September 11. With all the documentation that has come out now pointing to the fact that, soon after the President was elected in 2000, it had been decided that they were going to go to war in Iraq, and what they have been doing for the last few years leading up to our entering Iraq and since then is assembling the facts around their decision.
Then subsequent to our entry into Iraq and it being discovered there were no weapons of mass destruction, in part because Joe Wilson went there to Niger and demonstrated factually that that was not the case, subsequently they have had to prevaricate. They have had to lie, because, oops, it was shown that not only were they wrong but they were deceitful.
Can you think of any more heinous an act than deceiving the American people and the world on the ultimate sacrifice that Americans are asked to make for their country?
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. They have no respect for the American people. They have no respect for the American people. When you are willing to do anything and say anything to have your way, regardless of the consequences, that demonstrates that you have no respect for the people that you represent, for the people that sent you to Washington to do right by them.
As elected officials, the three of us and all our colleagues here who serve in this Chamber, who have stood for office, most of us many times, what we are doing when we go and put our name on that ballot and ask people to support us, we are asking them to put their faith and their trust in us. We are telling them that we respect their opinion, that we will honor their opinion.
People in America do not expect to always agree with what we do here. I know there are people in my district who sometimes agree with me and sometimes they do not agree with me. But what they have told me, and I know each of my colleagues have heard this same thing, they have told me, Debbie, I do not always agree with you, but at least I know you are up there fighting for what you believe in. I know that you have the utmost integrity. I know I can put my faith and trust in you and that you are always going to look me in the eye and tell me exactly how things are and tell me the truth.
There is no one in America that the President can look in the eye and say he has told them the truth. Because, although he specifically has not been accused of anything illegal, he specifically has not been accused of anything illegal, you are a reflection of the people you surround yourself with. And, essentially, by allowing Karl Rove to remain in the White House and by hanging on to his staff that have been accused of unethical behavior--
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Dent). The Chair must remind all Members that remarks in debate may not engage in personal offense toward the President by accusation or insinuation of wrongdoing.
The gentlewoman may proceed.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Forgive me, Mr. Speaker, but there are times when this is so outrageous and the conduct that is going on in this administration is so outrageous that it is difficult to contain myself and it is difficult to keep that outrage bottled up inside.
Because that is what we have been asking for weeks now. Where is the outrage? Where is the outrage from the Republican leadership in this Chamber? They certainly had plenty of outrage during the previous administration.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, what it boils done to is that here in the House the rules hem us in, and we have to talk around a lot of what we might like to say more directly, but the American people elected us to speak truth to power. I mean, that is the bottom line. We could not have more power in the White House than there is right now, and they exercise every bit of it. They exercise every bit of it, regardless of the consequences, regardless of the plight of the people whose decisions they affect. There are so many examples of how what we are doing on this floor allows us to reveal that truth.
The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan) has a chart right there that will help us ferret out a little bit of that truth.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, with all due respect to the gentleman from California, you are the chairman of the Rules Committee. You spend as much time restricting the Democrats' ability to offer amendments and act in a bipartisan fashion and provide input to the policies that are forced through this Congress than anyone else in this Chamber. There is absolutely no bipartisan effort made here.
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I yield to the gentleman from California.
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for yielding to me.
Let me just say that that is completely untrue. Of the amendments that have been made in order in this Congress, 161 of the amendments reported out of the Rules Committee have been either Democratic amendments or bipartisan amendments; 143 of the amendments have been Republican amendments. More amendments have been made in order that were either bipartisan or offered by Democrats than Republicans. So it is a specious argument that my friend has made.
Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, we are getting into some procedural stuff here, but the Republican Party does not need to offer amendments because they get everything they want into the bill during the committee process. They offer it. They do not need to offer amendments.


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Central Sydney (12.30pm-2pm)
- George Street, between Goulburn Street and Alfred Street. (From 12.30pm)
- George Street, between Goulburn Street and Market Street. (From 7.50am)
- Phillip Street, between Alfred Street and Hunter Street.
- Bent Street, between Phillip Street and Macquarie Street.
- Macquarie Street, between Bent Street and Prince Albert Road.
- Prince Albert Road, between Macquarie Street and College Street.
- College Street, between Prince Albert Road and William Street.
- William Street, between College Street and Kings Cross Road.
- Kings Cross Road, between William Street and Bayswater Road.
Brighton-le-Sands (11am-1pm)
- Bay Street, between The Grand Parade and Moate Avenue.
Woollahra (From 8.30am)
- Bayswater Road, between Kings Cross Road and New South Head Road.
- New South Head Road, between Kings Cross Road and O'Sullivan Road.
- O'Sullivan Road, between New South Head Road and Blair Street.
Waverley (From 9am)
- Blair Street, between O'Sullivan Road and Military Road.
- Military Road, between Blair Street and Campbell Parade.
- Campbell Parade, between Hastings Parade and Queen Elizabeth Drive.
- Campbell Parade, between Hall Street and Bondi Road.
- Bondi Road, between Campbell Parade and Council Street.
- Council Street, between Bondi Road and Carrington Road.
- Carrington Road, between Council Street and Coogee Bay Road.
Randwick (From 10am)
- Coogee Bay Road, between Carrington Road and Avoca Street.
- Avoca Street, between Coogee Bay Road and Rainbow Street.
- Rainbow Street, between Avoca Street and Forsyth Street.
Rockdale (from 11am)
- Bestic Street, between General Holmes Drive and The Grand Parade.
- The Grand Parade, between Bestic Street and Bay Street.
- Bay Street, between Moate Avenue and West Botany Street.
Marrickville/Sydney City (From 12.30pm)
- King Street, between White Horse Street and Carillon Avenue.
- City Road, between King Street and Broadway.
- Broadway, between City Road and George Street.
- George Street, between Broadway and Bathurst Street.
- George Street, between Market Street and Alfred Street.
- Essex Street, between George Street and Cumberland Street.
- Cumberland Street, between Essex Street and Lower Fort Street.
North Sydney (from 3pm)
- Olympic Drive, between Broughton Street and Alfred Street.
- Alfred Street South, between Olympic Drive and Lavender Street.
- Lavender Street, between Alfred Street South and Blues Point Road.
- Blues Point Road, between Lavender Street and Miller Street.
- Miller Street, between Blues Point Road and Pacific Highway.
- Pacific Highway, between Miller Street and Greenwich Road.
Ryde (From 4pm)
- Church Street, between Burns Bay Road and Ryde Road.
- Ryde Road, between Church Street and Monash Road.
- Monash Road, between Ryde Road and Victoria Road.
- Victoria Road, between Monash Road and Weaver Street.
- Weaver Street, between Victoria Road and Potts Street.
- Potts Street, between Weaver Street and Acacia Avenue.
- Acacia Avenue, between Potts Street and Parry Street.
- Parry Street, between Acacia Avenue and Charles Street.
- Charles Street, between Parry Street and Waterview Street.
- Waterview Street, between Charles Street and Kissing Point Wharf.
Auburn (From 5.30pm)
- Hill Road, between Homebush Bay Wharf and Pondage Link.
- Pondage Link, between Hill Road and Edwin Flack Avenue.
- Edwin Flack Avenue, between Pondage Link and Olympic Boulevard.
- Olympic Boulevard, between Edwin Flack Avenue and Herb Elliott Avenue.
- Herb Elliott Avenue, between Olympic Boulevard and Park Street.
- Park Street, between Herb Elliott Avenue and Murray Rose Avenue.
- Murray Rose Avenue, between Park Street and Showground Road.
* Special event clearways are also in place.
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Home Page >> Writing Assignments >> Process explanation
Ultimately, process essays come down to writing about HOW. Either how to do something, or how something happens, but HOW is always going to be part of the equation.
A "How To Do Something" process essay is, as the title indicates, meant to be doable by the reader. You may be describing something that the reader wouldn't WANT to do, like embalming a corpse, or cooking a squirrel, but the reader COULD follow the information and repeat the process. The key to this type of process essay is making sure that all of the steps are explained as completely as possible.
A "How Something Happens" process essay is more about explaining a process on a non-human scale. Explaining how stars are formed or how oxygen and hydrogen combine to make water are examples of non-human scale subjects. The writer is explaining a process, but it's not a process that the reader can duplicate.
Process involves the steps necessary for an event to occur. In order to write about a process, the writer must be familiar with the process. The writer needs to be able to break the process down into smaller steps or events. Most people know how to walk, but do they understand the process, are they in control of the process enough to explain it, step by step, to somebody who doesn't know how to walk? Many times, writing a process essay is as much of a learning experience for the writer as it is for the reader, since the writer is forced to slow down and actually pay attention to the steps. The Writing Process is an example of breaking a subject down into steps so that you can have both a better understanding of the process as well as better control over it.
However, the writer also needs to remember that this is AN ESSAY, not an instruction manual. A list of things to do written in fragmentary language next to bullet points is a to-do list, not an essay. Process essays MUST explain each and every step listed. So not only does the writer need to know what the steps are, but s/he also needs to be able to justify/explain those steps as well. If your answer to "why do you do it that way?" is "because," then you won't be able to write a successful essay. (This is one of the reasons why cooking is usually a bad topic for a process essay. Recipes don't explain why they just tell you what to do. That's why they are recipes, not essays).
One technique that authors use is to take a specific example to analyze a process. A writer who wants to explain the process of creating a comic book might focus on "How Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Created Spiderman." The writer is focusing on a particular comic book, but the process described applies to more than this one example. A writer might describe in detail the Krakatoa volcano explosion as a way of explaining "How Volcanoes Work," etc. However, if this essay begins to analyze the larger cultural meaning of the process why Spiderman has been so popular since 1963 or what effect the Krakatoa explosion had on the world's climate then it has moved beyond being a process essay.


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Such is the Iraqi passion for the sport that the track continued to operate until April 2, nearly two weeks into the war.
"With jet fighters in the sky, with bombs falling, people came," Mr Tahi said. "So I think that even with all the hardships now, they will come again."
Several hundred racehorses remained on site throughout the war, with a few stable hands watching over them.
"I couldn't leave them - I love them," said Faris Janabi, a groom who lived with the dozen horses in his stable. "They neighed and reared when the bombs fell nearby, and I felt their fear. I tried to calm them so they would not hurt themselves."
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UN inspectors had leads to follow: Blix
Blair denies secret deal on war
Proof of WMD is Bush trailer trash
US scraps power to Iraqis plan
Pressure for inquiry to find flaws in Iraq intelligence
Iraq's arms: Hill raises new doubts
US soldiers go gaga for women's and baby products
Iraq nuclear looters leave trail of anguish
Aust sends 13 to help hunt for mass destruction weapons
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Their pride insulted, angry locals take their revenge
Joy and grief in the city of expectation
After looting spree, racing club gets back on track
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