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by Alexandre Dumas
Publisher: G. Routledge 1880
Number of pages: 133
The Corsican Brothers, a short novel by Alexandre Dumas, was originally published in 1844. The narrator of the story is Dumas himself, or at least a famous Parisian author named Alexandre. The well-crafted story, inviting atmosphere, and camaraderie among the characters provides for a pleasant and amusing read.
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Earlier today we released new information about the registration process for QuakeCon 2010. Whether you're a regular to QC or a first-time attendee, you probably have questions about getting set up. To help, Marty Stratton, Executor of All Things Awesome at QuakeCon, to explain this year's registration process.
Take it away, Marty!
QuakeCon is fast approaching, and we couldn't be more excited. Things have been quietly progressing behind the scenes as we plan this year's event, but today's announcement really marks the beginning of our run-up to QuakeCon 2010 in Dallas on August 12-15. We have a ton of exciting news and information to share over the next few weeks, but I wanted to offer a little bit of insight into the changes to our registration process — particularly for those that have attended in the past — as it is one of the more significant changes we're making to the operation of the event this year.


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The treatment of pain is a large clinical problem. More than 7 million people in the UK suffer from pain at any one time, and 5 million people develop chronic pain every year. Much of this pain is not treated effectively. Arthritis is one of the most common diseases, affecting 1 in 10 people. Many people with arthritis do not only have painful joints, but they also have pain in other parts of their ...
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Watch This: The Golden Girls Explain Same-Sex Marriage
As the fight for marriage equality reaches the Supreme Court this week, this video is a reminder that "The Golden Girls" were able to sum up the case for gay marriage in less than a minute. Where is Sophia Petrillo when we need her? [YouTube]


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The lens is removed to allow access to the bulb. External lenses usually have a rubber gasket around them to keep dust and water out of the housing; the gasket must be present and in good condition at reinstallation. Exterior lenses are held by one or more screws which must be removed. Once the lens is removed from the body, the bulb is removed from the socket and replaced. For some front marker lamps and front turn signals, the socket and bulb is removed from the lens with a counterclockwise turn.
The bulbs used on Toyotas are all US standard and may be purchased at any auto store or dealer. Because of the variety of lamps used on any vehicle, take the old one with you when shopping for the replacement.
On some models the lens can be replaced separately. On others, you have to replace the lens with the plastic backing attached.Rear Turn Signal, Brake and Parking Lights
Most rear lenses are fastened in place from inside the luggage compartment. A stud is attached to the lens and passes through the sheet metal at the rear of the body. Remove the attaching nuts from inside the luggage compartment and pull the lens off. A few small lenses may be attached with screws that are accessible from the rear. To remove these, the outer chrome trim may need to be removed. Then simply remove the screws and remove the lens.
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A book detailing the life and times of corrupt former NSW Labor MP Eddie Obeid has been pulled off the shelves.
He Who Must Be Obeid, by Sydney Morning Herald journalist Kate McClymont and ABC journalist Linton Besser, was published with much fanfare on July 30, but is now the subject of legal action.
It's understood the legal action is not being taken by any member of the Obeid family.
The book's distributors, Random House, sent an urgent recall to booksellers on Wednesday afternoon telling them to remove it from sale and from store websites.
A spokesman for Abbey's Bookshop, on York Street in Sydney CBD, said the book had been one of its best sellers since its release.
"We got extra stock in because we've sold out of the first stock," the spokesman said.
On Wednesday afternoon, the book was still advertised on its website under a banner reading: "This book is longer available for sale. This title is currently subject to an injunction."
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Creamy salad dressings, rich pasta sauces and tasty melted cheese. Who doesn't love a dinner filled with creamy favorites? We all want to make the perfect dinner with creamy dishes our family can enjoy together. If you or a family member is lactose intolerant or sensitive to dairy due to lactose, you might be thinking that's not as easy as it seems. Well, good news…it is.
There are actually plenty of dairy options you can incorporate in your meals, like yogurt, which has live and active cultures to help to digest lactose. Many people can digest natural cheeses like Cheddar, Colby, Monterey Jack, and Swiss, because most of the lactose is removed during the cheese making process.
But why stop there? Bring dairy front and center in your favorite dinner recipes with lactose free dairy products like LACTAID® Milk and LACTAID® Cottage Cheese. They're 100% real dairy, just without the lactose, which means you can enjoy your favorite creamy dinner dishes without discomfort due to lactose. LACTAID® Dairy Products are not only delicious but helpful too! Use them in your favorite recipes to make them lactose free, so you can savor every dairy dish on your menu, to the last creamy bite!
As an added bonus, LACTAID® Milk is healthy and nutritious. You and your family will get the essential nutrients found in dairy, including calcium, protein, and vitamin D that are essential for strong bones and teeth!
To get you started, here are some lactose free recipes for you to try the next time you're planning dinner:
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Last week my tooth was bugging me. I had eaten something with a seed in it, and the seed got wedged up between my teeth.
Wiggle, wiggle.
I dug around in the cupboards for some floss, and thinking I snagged the little sucker and my teeth were safe, I went about my week.
A few days later I could still feel it. Every time I ate something, it felt like that seed was being driven into my gums. What, a phantom seed? I thought I got it! What's going on?
At work on Thursday I couldn't stand it anymore and scoring some floss from a co-worker, I holed up in the bathroom and tried once again to floss that sucker outta there. Which seemed to go okay until...
"What the heck goes clink?" I wondered. Picking up the piece that fell in the sink, I carefully turned it over in my hand. It was hard and looked suspiciously like a piece of....tooth?
Na. Can't be.
Then I checked with my tongue and there was a hole where before, there wasn't one.
OMFG. I just flossed out a hunk of my tooth.
No. Don't make me go to the dentist. I am terrified of the dentist. All that grinding, and water sprays, uncomfortable gaping your mouth open while they poke around with those pick things and scold you, gross sucky things that they vacuum up the spit with, not to mention the PAIN. And needles. And the PAIN.
Pain. Did I mention the pain?
Two hours later I found myself in the dentist's chair. When I phoned I admitted that I was terrified, hadn't been to the dentist in years (seriously, I don't even remember the last time), and to please please PLEASE be nice.
Then I almost cried.
I know what you're thinking. Come on, grow up, it's just the DENTIST after all. What is your problem? I'm not sure what it is about the dentist that sends me into complete panic attack mode. The fact that when I was a kid, I had some nasty experiences? That I just hate people touching my teeth? Or that I'm afraid that something will be seriously wrong in there, requiring something major that will mean a lot of pain?
Because people, I've had the lots of pain thing happen before and it's not fun.
My dentist turned out to be a soft spoken, older gentleman who obviously had been warned of my fear because he guided me to the chair, speaking softly like one would if they had to calm a small frightened animal. He and the assistant were so gentle, and so kind, that I momentarily forgot that they had to fix my um...broken tooth.
Turns out that my filling had cracked awhile ago and my tooth started to decay, which caused the piece to break off. The tooth was absolutely fixable-all I needed was a new filling. The experience wasn't pleasant, but it wasn't that bad, either. They were efficient and gentle, and by the end my tooth was good as new.
"You know, this wasn't bad at all. You really should get the others looked at, just in case so you know what's going on in there and they can be fixed." He looked over his glasses at me kindly, almost fatherly, really.
I nodded. Time to grow up already and get my teeth taken care of, despite my fears. This guy wasn't bad at all. He froze me up solid, was gentle and fast, and didn't scold. There is this other tooth that was bugging me...
...but I don't have time to go back until July.
I think I can wait that long, right?
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Dental Phobia
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Kelly Clarkson's "Einstein," Plus Other Fuzzy Math In Pop Music
All morning I've been listening to Kelly Clarkson's quite enjoyable new album, Stronger, and found myself laughing aloud at the lyrics to the song "Einstein. Ahem:
Simple math
Our love divided by the square root of pride
Multiply your lifeless time
I'm going out of my mind
It was heaven when I finally figured it out alone…
Dumb plus dumb equals you
Dumb plus dumb equals you
Dumb plus dumb equals you
Indeed, there is no better way to tell a man to shove it than to diminish him with some lyrics containing some seriously fuzzy math. Dumb plus dumb equal you, BOO YA!
In honor of Kelly — and my favorite high school calculus teacher — here are some other bad math moments in music history.


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Fireworks CS5 had showcased this feature but had to be pulled in the last moments due to stability issues. Engineers worked on the feature where the png file when crashed, can be recovered and the user will be prompted to recover it the next time Fireworks launches.
On the next launch of Fireworks, it will alert that the files have been recovered. There are cases when the recovered file will need to be re-saved to ensure some smaller things like previews which are not saved when recovering the file.
I remembered one crash where Fireworks CS5 used to crash on editing a symbol which had an empty name. This crash is also fixed along with the other crashes fixed for Fw CS5.1 release.


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I admit, I've been a bad girl damn it. I haven't blooped since Sunday's 17 miler so I've got to catch up.
Tuesday I ran 3 miles with Dorian, um...mm in 29:02 - it was 84 degrees but thankfully cloudy and only 55% humidity.
Wednesday I ran 9 miles in 1:29:20 with an average pace of 9:55 min/mile, temperature was 70 degrees, 88% humidity and foggy. Elevation gain of 173 feet and a loss of 178 feet. I saw 4 other runners out there, making a total of 6 or 7 runners since moving out to Chandler, IN.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:44
Mile 2 - 10:30
Mile 3 - 9:59
Mile 4 - 10:09
Mile 5 - 10:01
Mile 6 - 9:53
Mile 7 - 9:44
Mile 8 - 9:30
Mile 9 - 8:50
An awesome run, not so awesome day.
Now Thursday! Oh Thursday was a very eventful day, let me tell you. The plan was 3 or 4 miles that evening, so we left the shop at 4:45 and got home around 5 so I could change clothes. Then I along with Dorian and Rocky headed to the Evansville riverfront. The skies had been threatening rain all day, but nothing came until 5-10 minutes on the road. By the time we got to the parking lot it was a downpour along with raging winds that I wasn't about to dare take a stroller in so we had to head home. While on the highway talking to my mom on the phone, I notice my Tahoe hinting at some kind of trouble but it stopped so I kept driving and trying to see through the sheets of rain. As soon as I got onto the off ramp to get onto 62 my RPMs dropped dramatically, I could feel things shifting back and forth like it kept trying to get up and going but would give up. Then it would stop, but as soon as I got up to 50 mph it started again and my RPMs dipped below 1,000. I wanted to make it but I was still a good 3 miles from home and at the rate this was going it would take me longer than I could run. So I pulled to the side of the road, as far over as I could because the speed limit is 60 but people go anywhere from 65-80 on here and I was seriously terrified for my son's life and my dog's life (and mine). I was able to reach my mom who said she'd head my way to pick us up, then I reached DH who gave me a tow company's number to call. I probably sat there for 30 minutes before my mom got there, in a downpour with my dog who wasn't seatbelted in and my son (a '98 Tahoe doesn't exactly have the safety features that keep a toddler carseat safe and tight, and I am all about the safety of my son). My mom finally gets and by then it's a real downpour, I raced Rocky to her van first and we're drenched then both mom and I head to the tahoe to get Dorian and the carseat out. We're drenched even more at this point, I eventually get his carseat safely strapped in tight as he is sitting in the front seat waiting patiently (had someone hit us at this point, my son would be dead so I was seriously scared and trying to hurry up on getting him back in his seat strapped in). We sat there for probably 20 more minutes waiting for the tow truck, and by the way during the total of an hour and 10 or 15 minutes we sat there (including the tow truck) not a single officer passed us on either side. During the sheets of rain, nobody was getting over in the left lane as they would pass us, while going 65+ mph and soon a Semi with a trailer came along and as he passed us I noticed the back end of his trailer swinging to the right... had it done that when passing my mom's van it would have hooked us and drug us along I was so relieved when it was over.
Suffice to say, by the time we got back home I was tired and didn't feel like running at all.
This morning was 70 degrees but raining so the 94% humidity didn't feel too bad at all. Rocky and I ran 6 miles in 1:02:10 with an average pace of 10:21 min/mile, elevation gain of 136 feet and a loss of 140 feet.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:44
Mile 2 - 10:34
Mile 3 - 10:27
Mile 4 - 10:26
Mile 5 - 10:04
Mile 6 - 9:55
Okay........... I've got 3-4 miles planned tomorrow and then an 18 miler Sunday... wish me luck.


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New Trailer For The Master Arrives
Philip Seymour Hoffman starts a religion
Paul Thomas Anderson's latest, much anticipated film The Master hits US cinemas in October and the promotional campaign is definitely heating up. Yesterday brought a poster for the movie and today delivers the latest trailer via Yahoo, which can be seen below.
The Master sees Joaquin Phoenix as Freddie Sutton, a man adrift after World War Two. Shaken and broken by what he has seen and done, Freddie is descending into booze and debauchery.
But he's offered a chance at something else by the charismatic Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Freddie becomes his right-hand man, much to the concern of Dodd's wife, Mary Sue (Amy Adams).
As Dodd's faith-based organisation (which some have suggested is a prod at L Ron Hubbard's Scientology) grows, rifts begin to develop between the volatile Freddie and the smart but secretive Lancaster.
This promises to be another intriguing Anderson piece, and hopefully lives up to the likes of There Will Be Blood and Magnolia.
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seafood curry & rice
- Serves: 4
- Calories: 511 kcal
- Total Time: 40 m
- Prep: 15 m
- Cook: 25 m
- Japanese: Shīfūdo-karē-raisu
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- metric
- 8 ounces or 20 shrimps
- 8 ounces or 8 scallops
- 6 ounces onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 4 ounces solid curry blocks
- 3 cups water
- 1 tablespoon salad oil
- a little salt
- a little pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons sake or white wine
- 4 servings steamed rice
step 1:
Hull shell and devein shrimps. Slice the onion and garlic cloves thinly.
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Heat the butter in a frying pan. Fry the onions until they turn a brownish color. Remove from pan.
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Put the salad oil in the pan. Add the sliced garlic, shrimps and scallops. Sprinkle a little salt and pepper on top, and pour in the white wine. Mix and fry until the shrimps and scallops are cooked.
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Add the water and bring to a boil. Add the onions (Step 2).
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Split the solid curry blocks and add. Simmer for 5 minutes over a low flame. Stir until well mixed.
Serve over the steamed rice.
The curry sauce suits the seafood very well, and this dish tastes very good.
other fish recipes
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The Ledbury Library Development Group were very pleased to see that our library will have increased opening hours when it moves to the Master's House in February.
While it is an increase on the current hours, it will not take us back to the number of opening hours we had last year before the cuts started.
At least it is a step in the right direction and gives us opening hours on Mondays.
Some of us remain concerned that the library will still be closed on Saturday afternoons.
We think this is a missed opportunity for holding children's events.
We are also concerned there will still be no evening opening past 6pm, which reduces access for those in work.
Not surprisingly, we are told that current figures don't support these hours – but then they wouldn't now.
With no clear idea what hours would be best for those who don't use the library regularly at the moment, the development group is considering doing a survey.
This would be a considerable amount of work and would take some time to prepare.
If readers would like to let us know what opening hours they would prefer, please e-mail us on email@example.com.
We continue to work with the library services team, and we will be holding further fund-raising events over the next few months.
Our current challenge is to raise £300 for audio books and £200 towards a project to digitise historic copies of our local papers.
Nina Shields
Ledbury Library Development Group


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Sonic Impact i-F2 Speaker w/ Remote-Black
Designed to meet hi-fidelity standards, the i-F2 speakers deliver amazing sound in a wonderfully portable package. That's because they include aluminum cone neodymium drivers for clarity, ported speaker housings and advanced Maxxbass technology that provides an enhanced bass response while minimizing distortion. Along with superior sound reproduction, the i-F2 offers the ease of a durable all-in-one case that keeps the speakers and your iPod safe. It also gives you the convenience of an easy-to-use remote control.
Incredible design! A portable mini sound system for your iPhone.Added 9 Years Ago from Griffin Technology
Lego Mini Speakers for your iPod. How cool is this?Added 9 Years Ago from wishingfish
This is a neat little novelty gift for that music lover on your list.
Amazing! Aesthetically pleasing speaker that requires no electricity at all! I really want to see this up close!
Jam it out like back in the old days without all the tapes to cart around.This flat packed cardboard boombox folds up to a real working stereo complete with fully working amplified speakers and a hook-up for your ipod.Tags: audio, radio, electronics, ipod, music, technology, gadgets, retro, microphonesAdded 9 Years Ago from Delight.com
These glasses remind of something off of Star Trek, but they also have a great use. Myvu glasses are made to plug into your iPod or video iPod. With Myvu, you can listen to excellent audio quality through the speakers, but you can... These glasses remind of something off of Star Trek, but they also have a great use. Myvu glasses are made to plug into your iPod or video iPod. With Myvu, you can listen to excellent audio quality through the speakers, but you can also watch videos on the lenses of these glasses. Not only do they look cool, but the futuristic style will also be a conversation starter at the local coffee shop! The glasses display video in high resolution full VGA and last up to four hours between charging.
this is the coolest speaker ever!Tags: audio, ipod, music, technology, gadgets, tech, speakers, mp3 players, MacAdded 9 Years Ago from Red5
Tube-powered goodness for the modern techie.
it's cooooooooooolTags: audio, electronics, ipod, music, technology, gadgets, Bose, gifts, techAdded 10 Years Ago from Bose
It's the little things... music & video to go. Project RED -- Apple gives a portion of the purchase price to the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa.


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Feb 24, 2014
Let Go of the Baggage, Embrace the Love
Let Go… I am a people watcher, and I travel a lot. At times, this makes for entertainment, aggravation, and even observational learning. On one particular occasion, I was coming back to New York from a business trip out...
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The Healthy, Empowered Life
Maximizing your human experience
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Dec 13, 2013
What Dying People Teach Me
I have spent many years as a volunteer at veterans' hospitals; often spending the final days with our brothers and sisters who have served. I must say, there is nobody as free as somebody who is dying. Conversations are...
Nov 4, 2013
Your History and Your Destiny
So many of us get caught up in the past: past issues, past relationships, past mistakes, etc… We tend to give away our thoughts and energy of today to days and events that no longer exist. An unfortunate reality...
Oct 15, 2013
Life's Ingredients
How would your life be different if you learned to let go of things that have already let go of you? Your life is a blend of the ingredients you add to it. Whether you feel energetic or drained, nourished or poisoned,...
Jun 4, 2013
Get Off the Scale!
You are beautiful. Your beauty, just like your capacity for life, happiness, and success, is immeasurable. Day after day, countless people across the globe get on a scale in search of validation of beauty and social...


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Loonat appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Thursday and was charged with intimidation. He was released on bail of R5 000.
Loonat denied the allegations, saying they stemmed from "an ongoing vendetta" being waged against him by top provincial police.
Everyone who knows me knows that I have dedicated my life to fighting crime and uplifting communities. Bombs? That is just a ridiculous accusation. This is a clear attempt at tarnishing my name… These underhand tactics will only encourage me to work harder to expose police corruption in this province."
Loonat and another man were arrested on Tuesday.
During his tenure as CPF chairman, Loonat butted heads with police management.
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Instead of taking advantage of a golden opportunity to rekindle the progressive politics of Wisconsin's dimly remembered past, Democrats now appear hell-bent on tearing apart their own highly successful coalition.
The Obama landslide in Wisconsin won a combination of more urban, suburban and rural counties than in any other state in the nation. It created a power base from which Democrats could conceivably dominate state politics for years to come. Instead, starting with a series of anti-Milwaukee budget vetoes back in July, Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle began blowing apart the successful Obama coalition.
Doyle vetoed a local sales tax negotiated to rescue Milwaukee County transit that was approved by voters in a referendum.
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While Milwaukee Democrats were still trying to figure out how a Democratic governor expected to get re-elected after giving the back of his hand to the state's largest city, Doyle made the surprise announcement that he didn't.
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To think OH is being crap or is this standard?(127 Posts)
Todays scenarios....
1. Toddler pees through knickers, trousers and wellies when out. OH stands by the car with her for 5 minutes in freezing conditions waiting for me to come back to sort it out. He has car keys in his hand and there's plenty of spare clothes in the car (I haven't specifically told him that but one second of looking he's find them in boot).
2. Baby winging and whining, I call up why baby crying? He says it's this and that. 30min later I come up and baby has temperature. He didn't notice flushed cheeks, warm back.
Every day is like this in some way and I'm getting pissed off. He doesn't take initiative, are other dads like this? Is it really all mums work? On the plus side he is gentle, calm, sweet, plays with them beautifully and is a good emotional support to me just resolutely shit at doing this hands on stuff which makes me feel I'm on my own with the responsibility parts of it all. Is this normal dad behaviour?
SoMuchToBits that's exactly what mine would do, not look in wardrobe!!! I honestly started thinking he had bloody amnesia so I'm glad in a way to see others 'think' like this. Hilarious stories.
I'm not sure whether dh would have noticed if ds had had a temperature when he was a baby. There was one time when I didn't notice, and wondered why he kept crying when he usually settled to sleep well, but to be fair, I had a temperature myself at the time, so he didn't feel hot to me when I picked him up!
My DP would not have done either of those things. He would have got the child in the car one way or another and he would have had the good sense to check the boot for clothes. He would also have noticed a high temp. There is nothing now that BF is done with that he can't do as well as me with the children. Nothing. The only time it is best if it's me is when they are ill, because they want me more. Even then he still takes equal time off work and equal night waking. I don't treat him like he's a saint for this, but I equally never roll my eyes or sneer if he doesn't do it the way I do.
My dh would never have done this. We've very recently started separating tasks when we're both around, as dd1 is now 13 so there are things she needs me for, and ds is 11, and is getting to the stage he's very cuddly with me still but wants to do stuff with dad. Dd2 doesn't care as long as she's not left out!
But then (and maybe this is an excuse) I had severe pnd - up to and including hospital treatment - with all 3 dc so he had to be the person they came to. In many ways that's helped - we've never had a child whine "no, I want mummy/daddy!" (apart from feeding needs!) and they treat us equally.
Not the same as you, your dh, OP!
If this had been my dh, then I think he probably would have done the same as you OP. If he knew I had the changing bag, then it wouldn't even have occurred to him that there might be clothes in the car, so he wouldn't have thought to look for them. I don't think it would have occurred to him that he could have put our the toddler in the car, even without the clothes either. He would have been focussed on "SoMuch has the change bag, toddler can't be changed without change bag, I will have to wait until she gets back". It woudln't have been a case of he didn't want to get his hands dirty/couldn't be bothered, he just wouldn't have seen a different way of doing things.
Whenever I went away/out for the day when ds was young I had to leave a list of what needed doing when for dh, otherwise he probably would have forgotten to give him lunch etc. And even then, once when I was away overnight and ds was 6 months old, dh phoned me up to ask where ds's trousers were. I hadn't hidden them or anything, but he had just looked in the chest of drawers, couldn't find them and was stumped. He never thought to look in the wardrobe, where they had always lived...
He says I criticise everything he does so he doesn't do anything cos it'll be wrong anyway, but it is always stuffing wrong that's why I criticise! So what does one do in this situation?
Stop hovering. You are helicopter parenting but you are doing it to your dp. Stop treating him like an incompetent child. Don't criticise. Don't even comment. If you are hanging around telling him he's doing it 'wrong', then you might as well do it yourself.
I think I have to leave him to it a bit more but that freaks me out. He's not lazy, he's definitely not selfish but common sense with kids is lacking
This is your problem, not his. What harm will come to them in his care? A little bit of discomfort is ok. When children are unhappy, hungry, tired, uncomfortable, they let the adult know by their behaviour.
Living ^My DH doesnt even remember to feed children if I am out at mealtime. Has no idea what they eat or when despite youngest being three! Cant find wipes medicine cream etc even when its within arms reach!
Will sit witdh them in front of tv whilst on internet (babysitting!!).
Has never packed a nursey or going out bag ever but is very quick to criticise if I forget anything!^
If he ever tries to do anything with kids i can guarantee he will be shouting for me within about 5 minutes cos he cant find something he needs which is probably right in front of him in plain sight
You seriously need to pack a bag, go away for a weekend on your own and turn your phone off. When you get home you will be surprised to discover that your dh did feed the children, did find the things he needed and managed to do it all by his little self.
Derbyshire, sorry
That's ok SonOfAradia, we can move :-D
Dh's do sound awful but we're only talking about their bad points. Dh does have plenty good about him, he's an excellent cook, he'll quite happily shop and put washing out and deals with all the household bills, but if he doesn't know how to do something it's like he has learned helplessness like the dogs in the experiment that don't even try to get away because they don't believe they can, sorry to go back to dogs again. But it is just like watching your oh be electrocuted, you can only watch and think why would you do that to yourself? All you can do is have patience
cos murder's illegal and dd wouldf miss her daddy cos it's not all bad :-)
DH was the same when DD started eating solid stuff, because if she was hungry, she'd have to come to me before.
then even when she started solids, she'd usually be having a milk feed when we had our dinner.
so, he wouldn't think to make her something to eat and i'd have to send him back to serve her something.
he's good at it now, though, even dished hers up fist so he can cool it in the fridge before it gets eaten.
mind, she's only 14mo, so it's not like he's had years to be a twat about it.
My DH is a bit like this, but not as bad - for instance in scenario 1) he would have tried to do something. He would not have found spare clothes in car - even if I told him where they were - but he would have improvised craply to keep DS warm - even if it meant putting wet child into car to keep warm and soaking the seats in the process. He has little common sense, but he wouldnt make his child suffer.
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Derbyshire, sorry .
Really though I'm completely gobsmacked that a full-grown man could lurk outside the bathroom door while his wife uses the loo, whining about his own daughter crying! Sort it out yourself, man-child.
Words fail me too - why exactly did you get together with these men?
Hubby cares about me and the kids always has, has always put us first and will see to the girls before he sees to his own needs - even after one spat yoghurt in his eye! (though , shamefully, I did laugh when he kept it shut and wiped her first....)
I find anyone - men , women, children - can be pathetically useless if you LET them . "Deal with it, I'm busy right now" should be the mantra......
SonOfAradia where do you live, are you in Kent, be dh's new best friend I will PAY you...
'She's crying' while standing at the bathroom door waiting for me to come out.
Words fucking fail me. Really!
God are some men really so pathetic? I became a dad at 44 and learned by doing, not waiting around to be told as my wife had about as much clue as I did, ie not much as we were both first time parents.
If something needs doing, it's obvious that someone needs to do it and it doesn't matter who that someone is, mum or dad.
Mondrian: I think we (Men) miss that all important mum gene so mum-ing is something that we have to work at.
Bollocks. If you don't know how to do something you work it out by making it up as you go along - just get on with it. Parenting is 100% teamwork.
He says I criticise everything he does so he doesn't do anything cos it'll be wrong anyway, but it is always stuffing wrong that's why I criticise!
In what way wrong though? Not exactly as you do it or things that will harm or cause distress to your child? Do you expect your mother, for example, to do things exactly as you do and berate her if she does things differently or do you trust she knows what your views are and trust her to get on with it? Would she, in fact, tell you to wind your neck in if you spoke to her that way?
He is causing discomfort now, leaving a soaking shivering child wet and in the cold, but how has it got to this point?
You can't have it both ways. He is a parent, not your staff to be trained up - if you want him to parent, let him parent. You surely discuss how you want things to be and your shared style/ethos? If so the boundaries to operate within are set. If he can't do right for doing wrong, has his parenting undermined and is now in a situation where he gets to do fun stuff but abdicates shit work...seriously what would you do? I would say fine, I'll carry on playing, enjoying the good bits and leave you to moan over the nappy bag.
The expectation should be that he has 50% of the parenting - but you can't expect that and tell him he can't autonomously parent but must be the knock off version of you - like you but obviously not as good as the original- or his efforts are invalid. Everyone fucks it up now and then but you learn from it - unless you are prevented from doing so. Fathers are equal parents, this means they don't get to abdicate responsibilities and mothers don't get to veto the rights inferred by that 50% by being able to cast some kind of final vote on any decision.
*Another one we have is me:"dh please could you sort the Dc's tea"
DH: "Ok. What are they having?"
Um, I don't know that's why I'm asking you to sort it!*
yy Rabbit Or the 'She's crying' while standing at the bathroom door waiting for me to come out.
'Yeah I'm having a poo
for fuck sake, COPE!!! honey, can you cope for a minute....' dere's a good boy, scratch tummy, throw biscuit..
My DH doesnt even remember to feed children if I am out at mealtime.
Has no idea what they eat or when despite youngest being three! Cant find wipes medicine cream etc even when its within arms reach!
Will sit witdh them in front of tv whilst on internet (babysitting!!).
Has never packed a nursey or going out bag ever but is very quick to criticise if I forget anything!
If he ever tries to do anything with kids i can guarantee he will be shouting for me within about 5 minutes cos he cant find something he needs which is probably right in front of him in plain sight.
Good job he earns a lot of money
have to say, DH is more likely to pick a colour-coordinating outfit for DD.
I tend to just pick the first thing off each pile (piles make it easier to find everything), whereas DH will spend
fucking ages time working out which clothes go best together.
It's not the most important thing to me, but it works for DH.
He's very slow at everything, though, and I have to completely disappear when he's doing x,y,z extremely slowly, or I go all ranty and try to take over.
It's not that he can't do it, it's just that it takes him a lot longer than me! (but that's the same with everything, even in his own life - he eats really slowly too)
I have to remember to factor that in when we get up together - he gets up about half an hour before me and I get a lie-in because I know that it won't take me as long as him to get ready (which is nice, but it also means we don't have to fight over the bathroom etc). He still has to sort DD out on days when we're both in charge.
Oh, we have had the yoghurt/tissue thing too.
Another one we have is me:"dh please could you sort the Dc's tea"
DH: "Ok. What are they having?"
Um, I don't know that's why I'm asking you to sort it!
Oh blimey I'm not on my own then! Thing is I think it's disrespectful to treat them like idiots or worse dogs, because then you're expectations are so low and you're sort of manipulating the situation rather than resolving things by communicating your real needs. Is there something in it that I do this all day long, 7am to 6pm and that just by sheer virtue of doing something for that amount of hours means that I would be better at it than someone who does it for 2 days a week? I bloody refuse to write lists or train him up and I accept I've colluded in this too. Hmm yes it's hard work!
I mean when he's being a bit obtuse I do snap at him, as in when dd throws yoghurt everywhere and dh asks me to go get him a tissue. It's like 'really?!?'
* So what does one do in this situation? I think I have to leave him to it a bit more but that freaks me out. He's not lazy, he's definitely not selfish but common sense with kids is lacking. *
It's hard work, isn't it Appletarts? When I want to kill dh most, which is quite often, I've learnt to very calmly, point out the bleedin obvious. For example 'I'm covered in my blood (period) and dd's vomit/urine/food. Can you watch her for a bit while I go have a bath?' Or go get the shopping in, strolling around the supermarket leisurely then go home with a big smile saying 'are you okay' to everyone and handing out hugs (this is awful reading this back, this what I actually do), like he just did something really big. I think someone said treat them like dogs? That's it basically, lots of praise and simple instructions. And try noticing the good things he does and talk about those - 'oh great, did you put the washing out, thanks honey'. But tbh I do snap and say 'oh you are joking aren't you...'?
He says I criticise everything he does so he doesn't do anything cos it'll be wrong anyway, but it is always stuffing wrong that's why I criticise! So what does one do in this situation? I think I have to leave him to it a bit more but that freaks me out. He's not lazy, he's definitely not selfish but common sense with kids is lacking.
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Hannah Kidd is pint sized and packs a relaxed, "can do" attitude which barely matches her rise as a wildly in demand artist and international exhibitor. Her interest in art and making came early and was likely influenced by her father who was a set builder for the Christchurch Court Theatre. After high school she headed for art school in Dunedin where she majored in sculpture. Looking back she noted that even then she had a fascination with trying to create three dimensional shapes and the subtle beginnings of her style grew from casting in bronze.
In 2001, she joined her then boyfriend (now husband) in the small Canterbury town of Methven. Not exactly the artistic hot spot of New Zealand but as it turns out, the perfect environment for Hannah to cultivate her art and sculpture heavily concentrated on the animal kingdom. She secured her first exhibition at COCA (proud supporters of young artists in the region) with a collection of drawings depicting genetically engineered animals (think glow in the dark rabbits etc!) But drawings weren't her calling – what she really wanted to make was "big stuff"!
She promptly talked herself into positions at South Pacific Seeds and then Methven Engineering with the aim of mastering the art of welding and learning to "make things stand up". A year was spent developing her skills and she then followed it up with another show at COCA using fiberglass on frame work (this time think astro turf and glossy fiberglass sheep!)
In 2003 she was still experimenting with materials – frustrated at the limitations of fiberglass. She began to play around with discarded pieces of iron and slowly but surely developed her now iconic technique of cladding her wire frames with metal to create three dimensional creatures ranging from magpies, fawns and dogs to life size bears, orangutans and elephants!
Most of her work has been produced from various garages around Methven and for a time, Franz Josef. Balancing marriage and babies with group shows and a rapidly growing list of commissions it wasn't long before Hannah needed to add some hands to her team. Graduating from hauling in her husband, friends and family to the welding shed she hired her first assistant in 2006 and then in 2007 met Sue Bamford her current welding extraordinaire. Initially, while still based on the West Coast, Hannah would freight the large wire frames she had made over to Methven where Sue would piece together a patchwork of metal to complete the works from a garage studio.
In 2012, Hannah and her family returned to Methven and along with Sue, moved into the new lofty studio in the centre of town in February last year. While still fulfilling their steady stream of commissions through Milford Galleries, they have just completed a collection ready for a solo show at Artis in Parnell, Auckland next month!
I found Hannah to be the real deal.
By that I mean, she is obviously super talented but it was her "no jobs too big" attitude and ability to innovate to extremes to achieve the creative result she has in her minds eye. She was casual, friendly and without a SINGLE pretentious bone in her body which you might expect from a sculptor who has exhibited at the iconic Sculpture by the Sea events in Bondi, Perth and Denmark multiple times.
Grass roots attitudes combined with steel capped boots are the way to go!All photography by Julia Atkinson for Studio Home
Girls can do anything. Seriously.


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All students must complete a major. The major programs approved by the Faculty Assembly are called standing majors. Most of these are in a single field and are also called departmental majors (e.g., History, Philosophy, Physics). Others, called multiple-field interdisclinary majors, combine two or more fields (e.g., International Business).
Standing majors, whether single-field or interdisciplinary, eligible for a B.A., B.S., or B.S.N. degree typically consist of 40 to 60 required credits, including prerequisites and supporting courses. Most single-field majors have a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 40 credits within the field. For a multiple-field major, each of the constituent core fields normally consists of 15-30 required credits.
Some majors require the completion of one or more courses which do not count toward the maxima indicated above.
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Determining a major field of study is an important choice in a student's academic career. Some students need time to explore a variety of interests prior to deciding on a major, whereas others come to college with a strong inclination toward a particular field of study. Linfield's policy on declaring a major is flexible enough to honor the student's desire to explore various options. At the same time, it recognizes that timely determination of an academic major facilitates planning and expedites progress toward a degree.
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A CHARITY has been presented with a donation by the organisation team behind Durrington's Sunday Funday.
The volunteers handed over £1,065 raised at the event in August to Meningitis UK founder Stave Dayman.
Sunday Funday team members Michala and Gareth Steele started raising money for the charity after their daughter Megan contracted meningitis three years ago.
The other members of the Sunday Funday team decided they would donate a portion of the monies made from the Sunday Funday event so donated £600, which was boosted further by the Bulford & St Leonards Cubs and Scouts after they donated to the total part of monies they made from a sponsored walk. Sunday Funday is looking for a sponsor and charities to support for next year's event.
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Even with a drastically reduced international presence after this year, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan will continue to exist. As long as enough aid money comes in, with arguably somewhere around 350,000 in the security forces, if the government can continue to pay and equip its security forces (granted, not a sure thing), no insurgent force will be able to dislodge the government in Kabul anytime soon. But in the rural areas, among the four-fifths of Afghans who depend on the land for their daily bread, changes are already taking place as security dynamics shift from ISAF control to Afghan government control, or to militia control, or to insurgent control. This creates uncertainty in power, ownership, and law, formal or otherwise.
Our colleague Matthew Dearing recently published a paper called "Robber Barons Rising: The Potential for Resource Conflict in Ghazni, Afghanistan," with Cynthia Braden, that outlines developing scenarios in one part of Afghanistan as the ISAF campaign there winds down. Already, they report, the flow of money from ISAF is decreasing, forcing powerbrokers and would-be powerbrokers in the area to seek new and revitalize old revenue streams. They present three hypotheses: that groups will adjust their own ideological and strategic approaches based on new resource realities, that conflict over resources will increase, and that claims to ownership based on the provincial or national government will become increasingly fragile as does those governments' legitimacy in the hinterlands. This is occurring across Afghanistan, and is well worth studying. "Robber Barons…" gives some good suggestions on how to mitigate some of the worst abuses of resource management and development, although I do take issue with the suggestion to develop artisanal mining (which, if not tightly controlled in a way I'm not sure the Afghan government can do, will really mess things up). The paper's well worth the read to understand what comes next in Afghanistan.


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Source http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadershop/news/July09NEWS.html
Times of crisis demand so much more out of leaders. This creates the opportunity to develop your abilities to a whole new level. But not all leaders will rise to the occasion.
Geoff Colvin, Fortune's senior editor at large and author of The Upside of the Downturn, writes, "Scientific research on great performance has shown persuasively that high abilities of all kinds are developed; they don't occur naturally. The question of whether great leaders are born or made is settled: they're made. The key to this development is pushing yourself—or being pushed—just beyond your current abilities, forcing yourself to do things you can't quite do.
"Certain practices can make the experience especially productive. Coaching helps. Getting specific in your own mind about exactly which abilities you wan tot improve, and how, will turbocharge the results. But the main idea is that continually trying things you can't quite do is what makes you better, and doing for a long time is what makes you great. And now, confronting the greatest business challenges to occur in generations, you're being handed a chance to become a great deal better. It's an opportunity that everyone faces but not everyone will grab."
While Colvin offers much to savor and chew on, his list of five things that this recession demands from a leader are essential:
1. Stand Up and Be Seen. "This most basic requirement is important for a fundamental reason that is often forgotten: people want to be led."
2. Be Calm and in Control. "People assume that the leader knows more about the crisis than they do and thus look to him or her for cues about how serious it is. The result is a clear example of self-fulfilling prophecy."
3. Be Decisive. "Leaders in a crisis must not lose their rare opportunity to act. The difficulty is that just when decisions are most easily accepted, they're hardest to make. All business decisions are made with incomplete information, and that's especially true in the heat of a crisis. At the same time the stakes are higher than usual. Every instinct tells you to decide more slowly than usual, yet it's vital that you decide more quickly."
4. Show Fearlessness. "We want our leaders to show us that they are not afraid….to face bad news head on without cringing." He adds, "Note that the advice here is 'show fearlessness,' not 'be fearless.' To suggest that you would be fearless would be ridiculous. But what counts is what you show."
5. Explain the Crisis in a Larger Context. "Extensive research has shown that how people are affected by stress depends heavily on how they see it…. The challenge consists of giving shape to events that have occurred and are occurring, portraying them as interesting, normal elements of life that may be no fun but that we can deal with while learning and growing."
On Monday morning, begin to emphasize these five behaviors and grow your leadership for this crisis and beyond.
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"A Taxi Driver" on cruise control after Liberation Day...
Jang Hoon's "A Taxi Driver" (Song Kang-ho) -- his fourth film after "The Front Line" (2011), "Secret Reunion" (2010) and "Rough Cut" (2008) -- secured a third straight weekend at the top of the pile this past weekend by adding another 949,447 admissions (26.77%), moving its total tally now over the 10 million admissions mark. Since its release early August, "A Taxi Driver" has grossed $71.6 million, and while it is currently the most successful film of the year, it is also now the fifteenth highest-grossing film of all time in Korea behind "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" (10.49 million) and "The King and the Clown" (10.5 million)...More
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Local films "A Taxi Driver" and "Midnight Runners" capture 70% of the sales...
Jang Hoon's "A Taxi Driver" added another 1.7 million admissions (40.47%) over the weekend, making it the highest grossing film of the year with just under 8 million admissions. The previous number one, Kim Seong-hoon-III's action outing "Confidential Assignment", scored 7.81 million admissions back in January, but Hoon's fourth feature (after "The Front Line", "Secret Reunion" and "Rough Cut") is still breaking new ground...More
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Local historical heroes fly high during peak season...
Director Jang Hoon's fourth film, "A Taxi Driver" -- starring Song Kang-ho, one of Korea's most celebrated and prolific talents -- enjoyed the third highest opening of all time and came away from its opening weekend with just under 3 million admissions (63.64%). The film captures the heroic deeds of an unknown cab driver who helped a foreign journalist (Jürgen Hinzpeter played by Thomas Kretschmann) during the infamous Gwangju Uprising that destabilised the country early in 1980. From 1,906 screens, "A Taxi Driver" banked $21.3 million and has streaked into sixth in the list of the highest grossing films of the year. Kang's previous films include "The Front Line" (2011), "Secret Reunion" (2010), and his debut "Rough Cut" (2008)...More
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Atmel® announces its 2.4 GHz transceiver IC, the ATR2806, manufactured using Atmel's advanced SiGe BiCMOS process. The product is designed for digital cordless telephone applications, but can also be used for wireless data applications such as wireless Internet access, headsets, games, and home entertainment. This low-IF device provides several features such as multiple handset operation and long distance coverage due to its good sensitivity ( 93 dBm at full data transmit bit rate of 1.152 Mb/s). The device includes, in the receive path, a low-noise amplifier, image rejection mixer, low-IF filter, demodulator, RSSI, and RX data as digital signal. It also includes a fully integrated VCO and PLL with an integrated Gaussian filter.
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Diamonds are forever…
Category: Misc - Tags: Hauzen, Lave-linge, Samsung
Unusual title to talk about a… washing machine! Designed and sold by Samsung, the Hauzen uses a unique technique, close to what is done to "shape" diamonds, but this time to clean your clothes. The benefits are multiple: the fibers aren't scorched, and the water and electricity consumption are reduced.
To give even more credit to this, Samsung announced a partnership with a famous jeweler. Your favourite shirts and pants will love it.
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text: As for Thursday's scheduled news, Dow component Walt Disney ( DIS) is slated to report its fiscal fourth-quarter results after the closing bell. The average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters is for earnings of 68 cents a share in the September-ended period on revenue of $10.92 billion. Shares of Disney have soared this year, rising 33% through Wednesday's close at $50.08. The company's recent agreement to purchase Lucas Films and the "Star Wars" franchise for $4.05 billion in cash and stock has mostly gotten positive reviews with many analysts likening the deal to Disney's acquisition of Marvel back in the summer of 2009. "The deal will see Disney breathe new air into the "Star Wars" franchise with plans for three more films," wrote Canaccord Genuity after the announcement. "The seventh installment in the franchise is expected to be released in 2015, ten years after "Revenge of the Sith" was released." As for the coming financials, Goldman Sachs reiterated its buy rating on the stock this week and lifted earnings estimates for fiscal 2013 and 2014 by 1% ahead of the fourth-quarter report. The firm said it expects Disney to "show improved growth from new theme park assets, new ESPN affiliate fee deals, and higher consumer products from 'Avengers'" in coming quarters. The majority of the sell side is positive ahead of the print with 18 of the 30 analysts covering Disney at either strong buy (6) or buy (12) and the median 12-month price target sitting at $56, implying potential upside of 12% from current levels. Check out TheStreet's quote page for Disney for year-to-date share performance, analyst ratings, earnings estimates and much more. Another stock to watch after Thursday's close will be Groupon ( GRPN). Wall Street is looking for a profit of 3 cents a share from the online deals company in its third quarter with revenue projected at $590.1 million. Companies slated to report early Thursday include Advance Auto Parts ( AAP), Apollo Investment Group ( AINV), Dean Foods ( DF), FirstEnergy ( FE), Flowers Foods ( FLO), Kohl's Corp. ( KSS), Lifetime Brands ( LCUT), Monster Worldwide ( MWW), Petrohawk Energy ( HK), Scotts Miracle-Gro ( SMG), Tim Hortons ( THI), and Wendy's International ( WEN). The late roster features Allscripts Healthcare ( MDRX), American Apparel ( APP), Career Education Corp. ( CECO), Caribou Coffee ( CBOU), Kayak Software ( KYAK), Lions Gate Entertainment ( LGF), Microchip Technology ( MCHP), Nordstrom ( JWN), NVIDIA ( NVDA), and Zipcar ( ZIP). Thursday's economic calendar includes weekly initial and continuing jobless claims at 8:30 a.m. ET; and the trade balance data for September, also at 8:30 a.m. ET.


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LAKE JACKSON, Texas - There is a new clue in the violent attack of an elderly couple in a Hobby Lobby parking lot.
Lake Jackson police released dashcam video showing the two robbers walk in front of an officer's car just before the attack.
The violent attack happened just before 4 p.m. July 15 when the husband and wife in their 80s opened their car door to head home on Highway 332 West and Highway 288 in Lake Jackson, Brazoria County.
Investigators said one of the two robbers managed to get into the unlocked car and once the woman realized what was going on she started to scream.
"The female had actually bitten the hand of one of the males as he attempted to cover her mouth so she couldn't scream," Chief Rick Park with the Lake Jackson police department said.
If you know anything about this crime, call Lake Jackson police at 979-415-2700.
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The euro fell to a near two-month low against a broadly firmer dollar on Monday on uncertainty over a Greek vote on austerity and before this week's US presidential election.
Greece's government will present an unpopular austerity package to parliament on Monday and must win approval in a vote expected on Wednesday to secure more international aid.
The euro fell 0.4 per cent to $US1.2778, breaking below a reported options barrier at $US1.2800 and stop loss sell orders at $US1.2780 to mark its lowest since September 11. It was last at $US1.2794.
Having broken below the 200-day moving average around $US1.2836, the euro could face further losses, chartists said – although it has support at the September 11 low of $US1.2753.
Euro weakness helped the dollar to a two-month high against a basket of currencies. Uncertainty about theUS election, in which incumbent Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are neck and neck in the polls, encouraged safe-haven flows into the US currency.
"With the euro there is concern about what's going on in Greece, that they might not might not get the austerity vote through, and with the dollar the fiscal cliff is really getting some attention before the elections," said Arne Lohmann Rasmussen, head of currency research at Danske Bank in Copenhagen.
He said the US dollar was also helped by Friday's better-than-expected US jobs data.
The dollar index hit 80.79, its highest since early September as it surpassed resistance at the 200-day moving average at 80.672.
With the Republicans seen retaining control of the House of Representatives, victory for Obama would be seen as raising the risk of policy paralysis when it comes to dealing with the so-called "fiscal cliff".
If Congress cannot agree new arrangements, about $US600 billion in government spending cuts and higher taxes will kick in early next year.
If the euro closes below its 200-day moving average it would be the first time this has happened since September. This could signal a departure from its recent $US1.28-$US1.32 trading range, although it has support at the October 1 low of $US1.28035, while traders cited demand from Asian central banks to buy the euro.
Against the Japanese yen, the dollar fell on profit-taking, easing 0.2 per cent to ¥80.28, having hit a four-month high of ¥80.68 on Friday after the jobs data.
The dollar faces chart resistance at ¥80.65, a 50 per cent retracement of its decline from March to September, but many analysts expect it to rise in the near term.
"After the dollar/yen has tested a key Fibonacci level, it needs a bit of consolidation in the very near term," said Teppei Ino, currency analyst at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in Tokyo.
"But the dollar looks likely to maintain its uptrend. The dollar charts look bullish and better economic fundamentals in the US compared to Japan's also favour the dollar," he said.
Danske's Rasmussen said he favoured buying the dollar on any dips against the yen, given that the Bank of Japan "has really shown it is ready to be more aggressive and we see Japanese exporters struggling".
Japan's industrial production, a leading indicator of the manufacturing-driven economy, has been falling sharply, prompting the Bank of Japan to ease monetary policy for two months in a row – something it had not done for nearly a decade.
Elsewhere, the Australian dollar was up 0.2 per cent at $US1.0346, after a pick-up in retail sales left the market still guessing whether or not the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut rates on Tuesday.


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Big Time Rush's Kendall Schmidt Rides 'Windows Down' in His New BMW Hybrid (EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS)
Well, there's Big Time Rush lead singer Kendall Schmidt, who's been spotted in Los Angeles walking brother Kevin's pig. Yuma. Though these days, Kendall is driving around windows down in his shiny new BMW.
The "Windows Down" singer purchased a glacier silver metallic 2013 BMW Hybrid 3 on Tuesday. The sports car costs over $64,000, and as a testament to the boy band's commercial success, this is Schmidt's second BMW.
A source close to Schmidt told Celebuzz the singer chose the BMW Hybrid because it was eco-friendly. Schmidt originally eyed another luxury vehicle, but his father Kent Schmidt was on hand to steer his son in the right direction. Schmidt also took the time to pose with his young fans before speeding off in his new ride.
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"The traditional method of food production — farming outside cities and trucking it all in — seems to make less and less sense as transport costs increase," Schmidt told Celebuzz in September. "Plus, there's the nutrient loss to consider."
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