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So 2012 was the year that I finally caved in and joined Twitter. I had always been determinedly anti-social networking, I still don't know what Tumblr is and I thoroughly dislike Facebook. I once bought a T-shirt which said, "Am I f--- on Facebook" and wore it into training. Which probably wasn't a very sensible thing to do. It turned up the other day buried under a pile of clothes, never to be worn again.
My feelings towards Twitter have tended to be much the same. My impression was always that it was an interminable log of the nation's breakfast habits. Robbie Savage's incessant tweets during our Match of the Day appearances also put me off, it seemed as though Twitter was something from which you could never switch off. I was much happier communicating ideas through my Observer column and didn't feel the need to join the twitterati.
I also didn't fancy risking the wrath of football's governing bodies. The first tweet I ever read was during my Portsmouth days when one of my team-mates wrote: "Team of the week two weeks in a row, Fabio are you watching?" A prime example of how not to use Twitter. The authorities dreaded those kind of messages and over the years sent representatives to speak to players at the start of each season and warn them that we could be in breach of our club contracts were we to be found tweeting the wrong thing. The fact that the very same football authorities were themselves on Twitter did make things confusing but I believe they have this season introduced some sensible and welcome guidelines on the subject.
My own capitulation came about, initially, in the form of wanting to promote a good cause – the work of my foundation in Malawi, which seemed a good reason to get involved. But before I knew it I was being asked – and answering questions – about more general football chat. In fact, I was asked my opinion on everything from gun crime to the Mayan apocalypse, from Liverpool's back four to whether psychopaths have similar traits to international football stars (I would argue yes). Soon Twitter began to take over my life. Foolishly I hadn't counted on how addictive it might be, especially to someone with an addictive personality – without a job. You can imagine the impact on my home life.
I felt obliged to respond to everything immediately, or endlessly think up something to say to justify people following me. Someone sent me a text the other day that read: "It's easier to resist cigarettes and alcohol than Twitter." I'd say there's some truth in that. Before I knew it I was searching for the account of every American footballer I could think of just so I could follow them. And then unfollowing them after realising all they talked about was religion and advertising. My Twitter use, enjoyable as it was, was definitely getting out of hand.
So I can see how a footballer, or anyone else, might easily fall into the trap of tweeting something he comes to regret. Such was the experience of Rio Ferdinand when he retweeted a description of Ashley Cole as a "choc-ice". Now the general population, I would argue, would not have understood that term without explanation. Personally I haven't heard it in years. It is a slur generally used between black or mixed race people, similar to when Lennox Lewis called Frank Bruno an Uncle Tom.
But for journalists picking up on Rio's tweet and making it headline news, it probably would have gone over most people's heads outside the black community. Nevertheless the FA duly stepped in and, following a swift disciplinary process that bore little resemblance to the season-long debacle concerning the John Terry incident, Rio was promptly fined £45,000. Personally I thought that was ridiculous. The sum itself seems extortionate compared with the fines handed out to Serbia for their fans' racist behaviour. Of course I don't agree with Rio's comment, there's no way of justifying that, but to hand out such a disproportionate fine seems harsh.
It is precisely these sorts of incident that no doubt make the football authorities wish Twitter had never been invented. Everything about the medium screams anarchy, power structures turned on their head. While Rio has 3.7 million followers, the FA has 280,000; while Wayne Rooney tweets to 5.5 million, most Premier League clubs do well to attract even half a million. And, if you have such a huge captive audience, then why bother speaking to traditional media?
As Michael Owen complained on Twitter the other day, the press have a poor reputation among footballers of twisting the facts. I have certainly enjoyed being able to correct press reports and clarify my views, debating with journalists and fans. Being able to interact with football supporters, as though you are just sat down having a coffee and a chat with them, is amazing.
One thing Twitter does spell is the end of football autographs. Some people say a footballer's follow is the new autograph but I'd argue that it is the tweetable photograph. People don't carry pens around any more. It's all camera phones and within an instant it's up on Twitter. I do wonder if that means yet another nail in the coffin of the live match experience. If fans can interact with footballers online, instead of needing to hang around the ground to catch a glimpse of them, and if they can follow the games online with tweets from fans and journalists actually at the game, plus the usual TV and radio coverage, why bother ever leaving the house?
I hope instead that clubs and governing bodies cotton on to how Twitter can be used to promote the game in a positive light. Players should be encouraged to tweet about community projects instead of just promoting their own commercial interests. And the whole experience of interacting so directly could be developed as a way of attracting new fans to the game. For now at least Twitter is the future. Let's just make sure that football is there alongside it, every step of the way.
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Rains still look to favor the western Corn Belt and southern Plains for the near-term, with rain amounts and coverage much more limited for the rest of this week and into the weekend for areas east of the Mississippi River. Best rains in the western Corn Belt will be for today through very early Friday, with amounts not looking as big as I earlier thought as totals of over a half inch will be mainly for central/eastern Nebraska, Kansas, far northwestern Missouri, and much of western Iowa.
Much of the hard-red winter wheat belt of the southern Plains is forecast to see rains of over a half inch in the near-term, with the potential for bigger rains of over an inch for central through southwestern Oklahoma through a large part of Texas. The areas favored (disfavored) for rains in the near-term are likely the areas to be disfavored (favored) for rains next week. We will see a series of re-enforcing shots of cool air arrive in the Nation's midsection next week, each of which will bring with them a fresh rainfall threat.
Those systems will not be able to pick up much moisture though until they reach the Mississippi River and points eastward, so that is the area that is favored for rains (with the western Corn Belt and Plains looks looking at limited totals). Heat yesterday in the Plains and western Corn Belt was quite notable (lots of 90s for highs; record highs scored at Sioux City and Sioux Falls as readings for both places topped the 95 degree mark), but it is below normal temperatures that will be most notable for the second half of September.
Things look to be getting especially cold for Monday of next week and beyond. I think that this pattern means that it is just a matter of time before we see a frost/freeze in a significant part of the Midwest. Already this Friday morning there will be a lot of 30s for lows in northern Iowa and points northward and some isolated places will be in the 32-35 degree range.
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings of next week is another cold period, and I think that some isolated locations then will get to 32 or a little lower. Additional threats of sub-freezing temperatures appear to be almost a certainty for later in the month as well. This cold should have no impact on the corn crop and likely a minimal impact on the soybean crop given the advanced state of maturity of this year's crops.
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Los Angeles, June 26 (IANS) Members of British boyband One Direction say they've learnt to "deal" with things that "attack" them all the time and admit they are "stronger" than they've ever been.
The "No control" hitmakers — Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson — have had a tough time of late with the exit of their bandmate Zayn Malik, and though they often feel "huge pressure", they are "stronger than ever", reports femalefirst.co.uk.
"Mentally, more than anything, we've grown up — although we are still very immature. We're learning to deal with different things that attack us every day. Being in this position, there's obviously huge pressure all the time.
"There's been a lot of big changes in the band, and we have to grow past those different obstacles. To be honest with you, we're stronger than ever, which is amazing," Payne told Teen Vogue magazine.
One new track from the group's forthcoming new album is named after a girl, and though it doesn't feature Payne's girlfriend Sophia Smith, he insisted she doesn't mind being snubbed.
He said: "I was listening to it with Sophia this morning, actually. One of songs has a different girl's name in the title, but it's fine — she didn't take any offense. We're just ready to go with it. It's going to be ace, I promise you that."


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Resources at Purdue University:
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Indiana Water Monitoring Inventory - A central hub for water monitoring locations of streams, lakes, and groundwater
Stream and Tile Monitoring Stations at Purdue Animal Science Farm
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Is the smoking ban truly bad for business? A new survey out Wednesday concerning the impact of Michigan's smoking ban shows restaurants and taverns have been more than 2.5 times more likely to experience a decrease in sales than to have experienced an increase.
The numbers were collected by the Michigan Restaurant Association and spokesman Andy Deloney said they have no hidden agenda.
"We're not gathering signatures to repeal it, what we really wanted to find out was what has been the impact since May 1st," Deloney said.
The survey shows that about 43 percent of the restaurant and tavern operators have reported no change in their sales or the number of visitors to their establishments since the smoking ban took effect May 1.
Although 14.8 percent reported an increase in their sales since the ban took effect, 42.4 percent state that their sales are down since the ban was enacted.
Deloney said pre-ban promises weren't met.
"We're not the ones promoting this," Deloney said. "The ones who were proponents of this and the ones who passed this are the ones who are saying we need to do this and it's good for your industry because you're going to see all kinds of higher sales and traffic."
According to MRA president and CEO Rob Gifford, while most restaurant and tavern operators have seen little or no benefit from the ban, there are far many more operators who have been hurt by the ban than have benefitted.
"Despite the claims of proponents that smoking bans lead to increased business, this clearly has not happened," said Gifford. "In fact, nearly three times as many restaurants and taverns have been hurt by the ban as have been helped by it."
The Michigan Restaurant Association will continue to conduct periodic surveys of its members to gauge their attitudes over time towards the Michigan workplace smoking ban law.
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(NECN) - As the snow falls in Maine, crews continue to work to restore power to the 30,000 residents who are still without it.
Bob Potts of Bangor Hydro Electric talked about efforts to get the power restores to his company's customers.
"For several days now, it truly is all hands on deck at Bangor Hydro. We have every available crew of our own certainly out in the field. We have many, many outside contractors who have come into help us, as well, both from within the state of Maine and from areas beyond," said Potts.
He says Bangor Hydro still has around 12,000 customers without power.
The company had one disgruntled customer on a Maine island who couldn't understand why his power had not yet been restored. Bangor Hydro had to pull the crew out of that customer's area, as the safety of their employees is paramount.
"We get it. Folks are frustrated and we're doing the best we can to get everyone restored," Potts continued.
Potts says anyone that is concerned about getting power restored in their area can call their customer service line.


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I've seen that site before... I might have linked it here in the past? Anyway, some of those TTs look like they belong in Anthropologie store or something. Some of them look more tasteful than others; I'm not a fan of "look-a-TT-as-gnarled-wood" aesthetic so much. But I love the DIY spirit.
Replinthing is a cool thing.
Imagine trying to decide between them based on sonics! No two alike!
However, Jethro Tull did this back in 1977, so it's not exactly a new thing.
Hi sd, didn't see your previous link, but good to know.
Since I live amongst the Redwoods on the coast, burl everything is a kitschy leitmotif of the trailer park proletariat. AND stick house dwellers, as well. Tourists go nuts for it .
But Scilley's "Barky" turntable was featured in this month's Metropolitan Home, which is kinda cool. I'm not a trendoid, but it's always inspiring to see vinyl ANYTHING in a major publication, especially one that has eschewed audio for its non-conforming aesthetic.
I'm also curious about the hemp speakers. And Scilley puts together affordable tube driven systems for his customers. In Oakland.
Maybe JVS can get over there and give him a look.
Among the TTs there, I'd be interested to hear "The Bachelor":
Vintage VPI-based, but the arm board is the Gabon ebony wood. If it's the true Gabon ebony, that's some seriously good wood. It sinks in water, like mpingo...
Love that stuff! My favorite is Barky for the sheer stoner, absurdity of it all. I might not buy any, but I'd rather see more fun stuff liker this than all the over built sterile stuff that is out there.


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This Luna Moth was on the side of the house three or four years ago. The green was a really startling neon green.
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- July 18, 2011 at 2:17 pm
I love the color of this little bugger! I've never seen this type of moth before. Are they found in certain areas/countries?
- July 18, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Well, they are in north central Texas. I am not a moth specialist, so cannot say where their range is, but they are not unusual near me.
- July 20, 2011 at 3:18 am
This is a great shot, most of the moths in my part of the world are a dull brown/grey color, this little guy is showing them how its done!
- July 22, 2011 at 2:28 am
Though the moth is a real beauty, I'm more impressed with how you captured this little thing in photo. 🙂 I first thought it was a butterfly.lol
- July 22, 2011 at 6:41 am
Thank you. Close-up lens work magic with bugs.
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Make sure that you dont have anything running in the background.... And restart your computer and try again.... When i did my first on it locked up on me also....
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Make sure that you dont have anything running in the background.... And restart your computer and try again.... When i did my first on it locked up on me also....
not to beat a dead horse here....
but i restarted my PC and cut off background apps, however the wad2iso is still hanging on wad #1 (yoshi story) can you tell me roughly how long it takes to make a iso? its been about 20 mins with no progress at all....i was thinking since its a n64 game its prob bigger and may take longer, but i am skeptical as this is the same thing it did last night and at the same spot as well.
any thoughts?
It might be a BAD .wad... trying getting another one.... i just compiled three .iso and it took 3min
Some of my games have 2 wad files, the extra wad has DLC in the title, will these wads work too?
Ive gotten a good bit further now, i have the ISOs showing up in config usb loader, it makes the virtual console sound when i launch the game but goes back to wii home screen afterwards.
i tried several games all with same result.
i saw this is based off of triforce and i did not have that installed, is there anything (a IOS or what not) needed to run this I may need as i have looked over the directions twice and pretty sure i did everything right.
and ive put too much time into this and come to far to not get it working, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Well make sure that you have the NANDGames folder on your fat partition(STEP 6 - 5b) as it has the .dol loader that is needed for loading the .wads from the emulated nand... Also for kicks and giggles try another loader.... Like USBLGX
OK this just isnt working for me at all.
i tried wiiflow usbload config and loadergx nothing works. the isos are there and it makes the bing sound of a virtual console title when you click on it but after that it boots to wii menu screen everytime.
I had cIOSrev19 and went down to cios17 and still no go.
followed the guide to a T....went as far as printing it off and literally putting a check by every step once completed.
Nandgame folder is there, even tried renaming the uloader.dol to boot.dol hoping you left that out on the guide, but that was a no go.
That software is WAY buggy too. several of the programs hang and freeze randomly. ive put 10-14 hours into this and to the point i want to pull my hair out so gonna take a step back and revisit this is a day or two.
the custmizemii app in your download pack is outdated version too emu, i couldnt get past the step that used that until i updated it. when u run the app it tries to autoupdate itself which results in fail when it tries to open wiiscrubber a second or two later. it froze every time at this step (5 times at least) for me UNTIL i was able to click "update" very quickly (only get a second or two before screen goes away), from that point I was able to get past it and move to next step. dunno if this is case for all but it worked for me so just throwing it out there.
also wad2iso you must cut off your desktop screensaver, that froze me many times... even cut it off and when screen went to sleep after 20 mins (converting my wads was 1.5 hour process or so) it froze it. this didnt work on my PC but it worked on my laptop, thus the problem of screen cutting off... you gotta have ALL that stuff cut off and let it do it thing.... and even then it still freezes sometimes.
the wad2iso app has a option to continue a batch that was paused or froze, which is really cool, but only if it works...which it doesnt. it hangs on the same game from the old batch everytime looping over and over (the progress bar moves which is deceptive, however the game title count never goes down... i let my run for a few hours before noticing this.... the progress bar keep moving so I thought I was good)
everytime wad2iso freezes you gotta start over weither it froze at 10% done or 95% done. also my wads are all about 0.03gb on my HD, on the wii it looks like they are all 0.0 size dont know if thats right or not.
thats just my exp with this so far, hope it helps the guide and anyone else out there having trouble, gonna revisit this a few days later but right now I want to punch something so taking a breather.


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This course is an introduction to the major theoretical approaches and debates in organizational theory, which draws primarily on sociology and secondarily on economics, psychology, and political science to explain the basic building blocks of modern society. The purpose of this course is to provide you a roadmap for you to roam the terrain of organizational theory. Accordingly, we will start with the classics and then trace the history of ideas as the field has evolved to the present.
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text: Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail (1930) -- (look him up, you'll like his work) does not stand the test of time. Like The Poseidon Adventure and The Barbarian and the Geisha, it's one of those proprietary Walmart titles, and it's not made in China. Why did Walmart pick up this film? I have no idea why. The Big Trail is important to cinema history, but it's not a great film. It concerns the Oregon Trail, and what the early settlers went through on their way west. Variety noted on Dec. 31, 1929, : "Young John Wayne, wholly inexperienced, shows it, but also suggests he can be built up. He certainly has a great start as the lead role in a $2 million production." The reviewer went on to describe the Grandeur process, and I've a feeling they were having problems with their 4k projectors: "The widescreen Grandeur [process] seems to dim the photography; leaves ensemble scenes indistinct, except for figure or form." I presume this Blu-ray shares the earlier DVD master, and on Blu-ray it takes on a totally different existence. I did note that the frame seems to be cropped a bit in height, as the full title art does not quite make it to the screen. The Grandeur version is lacking in shadow detail. I presume from the optical dupes down to 35mm. In many shots the standard Academy version looks better. Beyond that shadow detail, there is little to complain about in this release, which services the need for a historical reference for an early Grandeur production. It only ran in the process in NY and LA. Grandeur, by the way was a process that used 70mm film. It was developed by Fox. It's proportions were 22.5 x 48mm, and carried an optical sound track. Desire more info. Go here, the best place in the known universe for information cinematography: http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/grandeur-sep1930.htm Seeing a widescreen film that's over 80 years old will get your attention, and this one is worth your time. Again, not a great film, by any means, but a good one, and being able to witness the emergence of John Wayne, a decade before Stagecoach is worth the price of admission. BTW, you do get both versions on a single Blu-ray. As I recall, The Bat is another early large format film available on DVD only. Image - 3 Audio -3 Recommended.


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The BBC is to be given access to the benefits records of up to 7m households potentially eligible for financial assistance in switching from analogue to digital TV.
Following today's Queen's speech setting out the prime minister Tony Blair's 10th and final legislative programme, the government will shortly publish a digital switchover (disclosure of information) bill, allowing the BBC and the operator of the switchover help scheme access to social security and war pension information.
The government estimates that up to 7m households will be eligible for a switchover subsidy, based on the findings of its Bolton trial into helping the elderly and disabled with the move from analogue to digital TV.
People aged 75 and over, those with significant disabilities and the registered blind or partially blind will be eligible for the switchover subsidy, which is to be funded out of the BBC licence fee and will pay for providing digital TV equipment and "practical home support".
"To ensure they get assistance as quickly and effectively as possible, the government is legislating to allow the operator of the help scheme access to benefits records to identify and target eligible people," the government said today, in a briefing note published on the Number 10 website after the Queen's speech.
"This avoids the need for a lengthy claims process and the need for proof of eligibility, which would take longer and would discourage some from seeking assistance. The information can only be used to administer the help scheme and could not be used for any other purpose with appropriate criminal penalties for misuse.
"This bill would allow the department of work and pensions to share social security information, and the ministry of defence to share war pension information, with the BBC and the operator of the digital switchover help scheme."
The BBC and the government are still negotiating the size of the digital switchover subsidy, as part of continuing talks about the new licence fee settlement that are due to be concluded before the end of the year.
Digital switchover will begin with the Cumbrian town of Whitehaven next autumn and is due to be completed, region by region around the country, by 2012.


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Sony settles with unpaid intern for £4,600
Sony has opted to settle in a suit brought against the company by former intern Chris Jarvis, according to The Independent. As a result, the company will pay Jarvis £4,600 ($7,189.34) for his work with the company.
In 2012, Jarvis was hired by Sony Computer Entertainment Cambridge (now known as Guerrilla Games, developers of Killzone: Mercenary). Although he thought he'd be shadowing a staff member, Jarvis claims he was working as a tester for the company's games' 3D artwork, which saw him work from 9:30am until 6:00pm for three months. When he "politely informed" his employers that his new role entitled him to at least national minimum wage, they instead told him that his status as an intern meant he was not entitled to pay.
Jarvis did what any disgruntled worker would do and reported Sony to HM Revenue and Customs, and sued for the unpaid wages. Rather than meet before a scheduled tribunal, Sony agreed to pay Jarvis £4,600, about £1,000 more than his original request. Way to stick it to the man Mr. Jarvis.


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Former Eddie Stobart lorry drivers made redundant last year have vowed to keep fighting until they get justice.
The former Eddie Stobart employees took part in a demonstration at the Tesco distribution centre on Middle Bank where protesters tried to slow down lorries coming in and out of the centre as part of their ongoing campaign against the redundancies.
The drivers, who used to work on a Tesco distribution contract, said they decided to hold the protest to highlight the 'unfair dismissals'.
It also comes amid claims Eddie Stobart Ltd is currently trying to hire staff in the same roles they were made redundant from in January last year.
Around 50 of the 184 former drivers attended the demonstration.
Trevor Cheetham, former senior steward for the Unite trade union, said he thought the protest had been successful.
He said: "We're here to let Tesco know we're not going away. We're going to keep fighting until these men get some justice."
Phil Fowler worked for 12 years as a lorry driver before being made redundant.
He said: "We want justice because the job I was doing 12 years ago is still being done today, and it's not right.
"We were well paid but that was through years of negotiations and pay rises, and that's why they got rid of us.
"The average driver here worked for Tesco for at least 10 years. I didn't have a day off or a disciplinary once in the 12 years I worked here – but they still got rid of us like that.
"I don't care how much we get from the tribunal, it's not about the money it's about making a stand against what they did to us."
Unite is currently pursuing an unfair dismissal claim on behalf of the 184 drivers, claiming the redundancy package given to the drivers was insufficient.
The employment tribunal is expected to hear the case next month.
A Tesco spokesperson said after the protest: "A number of Tesco colleagues at Doncaster transferred to work for Eddie Stobart in late 2012.
"At the time we consulted with the union and we've stood by the agreements that we made with them then."
A representative for Eddie Stobart Ltd declined to comment on the protest.


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I've been on the Oracle conference presenting circuit for well over a decade now and I must confess I enjoy it. Part of this is that I see lots of friends at nearly every conference – even in countries I have never been to before. This is because many of those friends are fellow presenters, who have been presenting for well over a decade now…
This year I decided to come to Birmingham a little early for UKOUG Tech16, coming up on the Saturday. I drove up to Lichfield where I grew up (15 miles North of Brum – which explains the touch of Brummie in my accent) in the morning to see my mum. Once we had discussed her various ailments and prejudices for a few hours and I'd unblocked her vacuum cleaner I set off into Birmingham to get to Jury's hotel for 18:00. I was sure the shoppers would be pouring out of the city centre by then and it would be quietening down.
In 2 days time the UKOUG Tech16 conference starts. I love this conference, I've been to all but 1 one of them in the last 15 years – but I am not going to go on about why I like it so much again.
Tomorrow I head off to Bulgaria for the BGOUG Autumn Conference 2016. I've only been to the Bulgarian user group once before, having heard from so many people what a fantastic user group conference it was – and they were right. Milena Gerova and her team do an amazing job of organising it and make everyone feel really welcome. So I am really looking forward to my return.
In just under 1 month the annual UKOUG conferences are happening – Tech16, Apps16 and JDE16
The first half of this year was a little quiet for me on the presenting front. I was concentrating on writing and also on organising events, as opposed to going to them, so most of my trips were for personal reasons (that means "holidays"…). I presented at the Ireland conference and a few UK user group events but that was it – quite a few European events this spring fell on dates I was not available (including the Israeli and Finnish conferences where I was asked to attend and would have loved to). Or, oh the shock of it, my submissions were not accepted! {How dare they
The Call for Papers is open for the UK Oracle User Group annual TECH conference. It's in Birmingham, in December, and is being co-located with the JDE & Apps conferences too (and the call for papers is open for them also).
If you are a Standard Edition (SE) expert, have a real-world story to tell about how you used Oracle (good or bad!) or want to teach others how to get going with some aspect of Oracle, I really want to see your abstracts.
As the title indicates, I'll be speaking at the UK Oracle Midlands event on Tuesday evening next week. Details can be found here (and that link should mention the next event if you click it in the future).
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The UKOUG Tech15 conference ran earlier this week, from Super Sunday on the 6th through to the final sessions finishing at 16:20 on Wednesday 9th. In fact, I see on twitter that some people kept the fun going into Wednesday evening. I have to admit up-front my personal Bias – I was the database lead for the volunteers doing content and agenda planning. If you did not like anything about the Database stream content or how it was organised, please blame me and PLEASE either let me know direct or the UKOUG office. We can only try improve to things if we know they need improving.


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Cornell scares No. 8 Syracuse before losing 82-60
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- When Cornell's Nolan Cressler scored his 20th point of the first half to give the Big Red an unimaginable 14-point lead over No. 8 Syracuse, the Carrier Dome faithful were in disbelief.
"Everybody sleeps on the Ivy League," Cressler said. "Year in and year out, we compete with the best teams in the country. Whenever we're playing our type of basketball, we can play with anybody and beat anybody."
The Big Red surely did that, gaining a 36-22 lead when Orange freshman Tyler Roberson was called for goaltending on a shot by Cressler with 4:11 left in the opening half. Syracuse closed within six at halftime and went on an 18-5 run early in the second half to win 82-60 behind Trevor Cooney's career-high 27 points.
Cornell was 13-18 last season and fourth-year head coach Bill Courtney has had to replace four starters. Returning first-team All-Ivy forward Shonn Miller continues to recover from offseason surgery to his right shoulder that sidelined him in the preseason, but Cressler more than made up for his absence with a career-high 23 points.
"Obviously, that was a very good first half for us," Courtney said. "We did a lot of things we planned to do and did a fair job on the backboards. The whole first half our guys were extremely excited. None of our guys have had a moment, period. All these guys are basically in new roles."
Cressler has his moment. He hit 3 of 5 from beyond the arc, converted a three-point play, and hit from the wing before forcing the goaltending call. At that point, the sophomore guard had just two fewer points than the eighth-ranked team in the nation and only two off his career high.
"We were excited," Cressler said. "Everybody had us as the underdog. To be up by 14 was exciting. We had all the momentum."
Syracuse, playing its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, leads the all-time series against Cornell 88-31 and has won 34 straight against the Big Red. It was the first game between the teams in three years, but the Big Red, 5-68 all-time against teams ranked in the Top 25, was up for the challenge, outrebounding the much bigger Orange 19-16 in the first half.
Syracuse turned the tables in the second. Cooney scored eight points in the surge and nabbed two steals, finishing the second with a court-long dash and two-handed dunk to put the Orange up 60-48 with 11:38 to go and they steadily pulled away.
"I got the first couple to go in and the game kind of flowed from there," said Cooney, who finished 10 of 12 from the field, 7 of 8 from long range "My teammates found me in great spots. I was getting my feet set and just knocked down shots. When you hit three or four in a row, that's when you know the game is coming to you."
C.J. Fair finished with 19 points for Syracuse while the Orange's heralded freshman point guard Tyler Ennis was 0 for 6 from the field but had a team-high eight rebounds and seven assists with two turnovers.
Sophomore forward Jerami Grant, expected to be a key contributor this season for the Orange, warmed up with the team before the game but did not play. He watched in street clothes from the bench. Coach Jim Boeheim would not say why he was kept out of the game but that he would play in the next game at home Tuesday night against Fordham.
Cressler managed just three points in the second half after going 7 for 11 in the first.
"In the second half we made some adjustments defensively, took away their high-post pass, got to the shooters better," Boeheim said. "When you don't move on defense, it doesn't matter what kind of defense you play."
Syracuse set a school record last season for 3-point field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 28.4 percent. But that was with the imposing backcourt duo of lanky 6-foot-5 point guard Michael Carter-Williams and 6-4 Brandon Triche, who routinely forced shooters beyond their comfort range.
Carter-Williams is starring in the NBA now and Triche graduated, leaving the 6-2 Ennis and the 6-4 Cooney to assume the rigors at the top of the Orange's 2-3 zone. The Big Red finished 10 of 32 on 3s.
Syracuse won the last meeting with Cornell 78-58, holding the Big Red to 1-of-12 shooting from beyond the arc in taking a 21-point halftime lead. That was a distant memory on this night as Cressler, a 40 percent shooter from long range last season, put on a one-man show.
But Cooney hit three 3-pointers in a span of just over 4 minutes to key a late first-half rally, his last from the right wing on a pass from Michael Gbinije narrowing the deficit to 36-30 with 64 seconds left.
Cornell hit 7 of 16 (43.8 percent) from beyond the arc in the half as each team finished 13 of 29 from the field.
Cornell committed five fouls in the first 3 minutes of the second half and Cooney's fifth 3 gave Syracuse a 42-40 lead with 16:54 left. After Robert Hatter's 3 gave the Big Red the lead again, Fair hit a follow off a miss by Ennis and seconds later drew a charge on Cressler, his third foul of the game as Syracuse began to assume command.
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And then the men could have her, could use her however they pleased. Verna had no doubts that tonight Helen would be fucked, very thoroughly fucked in all the regular ways and perhaps in a few new ways. And since Helen liked Porno movies, she should have no objection in being the star performer in one. As a matter of fact, she was going to, like it or not.
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The large automobile drove on, the driver silent as if in contemplation. Helen was in pain, the nipple clips tightly squeezing her. But she no longer begged for release, she knew now that it would not happen yet. She cried, almost silently, hurting and knowing at the same time that she would likely hurt much more as this evening progressed. The good Dr. Hudson, on the other hand, was in no pain whatever. As a matter of fact, he was enjoying himself mightily. He had captured this sinner, this sexual transgressor, and he meant to have her interrogated, to know all the illicit details of her sex life, to be told by her in full, living color, absolutely nothing hidden.. These she would be compelled to confess freely, down to minute details. And when the score finally be written down and totalled up, for all to see and all to hear, then some penance would be assigned, some fascinating punishment and humiliation extracted from this naked beauty. No, certainly she was not naked now, but just as certainly she would asked soon to strip stark naked and just as certainly she would quickly be persuaded and would be naked very soon.
And while the automobile drove on, at it's destination Verna Hudson awaited. Right now she was nude, deliciously naked, and aroused. The two men had gone off to fetch Helen, and surely they would have her here soon. In the meantime, she looked at her bare image in the mirror of her dressing area, liking what she saw. She was 40, though often she had been told that she looked 30. That did not impress her especially. She had a good, strong body, quite tall and, if one liked abundant woman, well built. She was very brunette, almost black. Her nipples, standing hard and erect, were chocolate brown, as were the smallish aureoles around them. She had strong shoulders and the arms of an athlete. Very good, large breasts. A small waist, wide hips, full thighs, long magnificent legs, and a beautiful, very shapely, very exciting large behind. Certainly she did not have a model's figure- she was voluptuous in the true sense of the word, looked sexy, felt sexy, loved being sexy, either with a man or woman, and if circumstances were right, sometimes with one or more of each. She felt very comfortable with her own sense of her sexuality.
She had a catalog full of exotic clothing, lingerie ordered from Frederick's of Hollywood, and selected from odd stores here and there on her travels. Tonight, though, she was going to wear what she and her husband simply called "The Corset". It could not have been any more revealing. It had a Victorian, imperious look, like a Queen or perhaps a vicious Russian Countess might wear. She was sure, absolutely certain that when Helen saw it, she would instantly know what to expect. Verna knew what to expect. She was going to conquer Helen tonight, give her a sufficiently thorough bottom basting that there would be no thought, not for a second, of anything less than total obedience. And then Helen would learn about eating pussy at length, and then be introduced to the art of anal adoration. And then the men could have her, could use her however they pleased. Verna had no doubts that tonight Helen would be fucked, very thoroughly fucked in all the regular ways and perhaps in a few new ways. And since Helen liked Porno movies, she should have no objection in being the star performer in one. As a matter of fact, she was going to, like it or not.
Around one more corner and down a long, dark driveway, sheltered by tall trees, stood the house- almost like a medieval castle, forbidding in appearance as if its image almost depicted dark and terrible acts that took place there. The car drove up this driveway, slowed, stopped under a dark portico. The driver- now visible as Jim Seymour- opened the front door, stepped out. He opened the rear door and let Dr. Hudson out, who immediately stepped through the front door of the house and disappeared. Jim pulled Helen by the arm towards the door, took her out of the car while her hands were still fastened behind her back. He pulled up the back of her skirt, thrust his right hand down inside the back of her panty hose, and squeezed the bare cheek of her behind. She squealed in surprise. And screeched out loud as his finger tested between the cheeks of her bottom, found her anal rosebud. The finger searched, slowly wormed its way inward to full depth--- and stayed there. She heard him, in that icy voice, now obviously delighted at being in control, say to her, "Now walk, cunt. Straight ahead. You're going to get your lesson, and I'm going to help teach it."
While the finer wiggled in her rectum, she preceded him through the front door, down a dimly lit hall to the rear of the large house, and into a room that obviously had once been a library or a study but now had been refitted something like a torture chamber. To Helen, the room was a shock, an indication of awful things to come. But even worse was the sight, the other sight that she saw....The imperious, dangerous, and very naked Mrs. Verna Hudson.
Verna looked like she had never looked before. She wore high heeled, patent leather pumps. She wore a form fitting, obviously custom made black corset, that covered her wasp waist and nothing else. Above the corset, her large, naked breasts looked at Helen, their nipples so dark brown as to be almost black--and very erect. Below the corset, Helen could see Verna's stark, black pubic triangle. She could almost see pink lips there, and perhaps peeping out between them, a clit already risen. And when Verna turned around, her full, bare, shapely bottom. She wore black nylon hose, attached to garters on the corset. In her hand, she carried a wicked, black leather riding crop. Her full, shapely mouth was painted with flaming red lipstick. She on mascara. Her eyes were made up in an evil- looking dark blue shade. She looked the very personification of evil, the very personification of pure, unadulterated sex.
She smiled, a satanic smile, and said to the terrified Helen, "We are here together to learn a few things from you. You, of course, are going to tell what we want to know. You are going to tell them freely and openly. We are going to hear what you have to say, and to help you with your confession. Where you have erred, we will correct you. And understand this- you will confess- I promise you that."
On a tripod stood a Video camera, a red light winking on the rear panel, its eye pointed at Helen. Her hands had been untied, the nipple clips removed. Her bra hang loosely from her breasts, the strap unfastened behind her back. Her hair was mussed, unkempt. And she was frightened beyond description. Both men stood at one wall, silent, watching the drama unfold between the teacher and her captor. Verna, the black riding crop in her hand, swinging it almost idly back and forth, looked at Helen, a patrician kind of smile on her face. Helen stared at Verna, at the crop, and at the black triangle on her mons veneris. Verna, her avid sexuality displayed, implied what Helen would be doing soon. She would punish Helen for sins real and imagined, and then take her, use her, humiliate her in marvelous, delicious, hideous ways, require her to do base, ugly things, submissive things that would acknowledge Verna's authority and Helen's acceptance, total acceptance of that authority. But first things first.
"Its a bit warm in here, don't you think," Verna asked. And getting no reply, slashed the crop through the air, and asked the same question again.
Helen understood. She stammered a bit, but agreed that it was warm. Verna thought that Helen would be more comfortable without the warm sweater on, and suggested that it be removed-- and also the bra. Soon, the two garments lay on the floor and Helen was nude from the waist up. She had no thought of even arguing the order, of resisting in any way. She was ordered to remove the skirt, the shoes. Now she had no clothing save her striped nylon bikini panties. Verna looked at these, snickered, thinking that Helen would have some stripes to show tonight, with or without the panties, some stripes that she intended to apply herself to that marvelous ass, using this very crop. Verna walked around Helen, studied her body, her total physical attractiveness, her lovely full breasts, her fully erect pinkish brown nipples, that gorgeous big ass. She ordered Jim to remove the panties from Helen. The camera recorded Jim yanking them down, Helen stepping out of them, doing as she was told without argument, standing nude now before the others-- and crying softly in fear and apprehension.
Her fears were not at all helped when Jim's hand crossed over her mound, forced itself between her thighs, and a finger fought its way into her vulva- to find, to his surprise, that it was not bone dry but rather fully lubricated as if in excitement. He told her to spread apart- and the camera recorded that, too.
Jim attended to preparing her for interrogation. Her hands were again fastened behind the small of her back. A hair clamp was threaded through her blonde pony tail, a throng attached to it, and that throng fastened through a ring bolt in the ceiling. She stood, basically immobile, fastened by her hair. A leather leash was fastened around each ankle, and each leash attached to the end of a spreader bar so that her ankles were fixed about 30 inches apart. The camera looked at Helen, nude, widespread, at Jim testing her tactile responses as he finger-fucked her. Jim was obviously excited, his cock erecting in his pants. But he was silent. Dr. Hudson stood in a fairly dark place, saying nothing. His excitement was concealed. Verna walked around Helen, looking, watching the interplay with Jim, also saying nothing.
Jim moved up behind her, his trouser front rubbing against her naked rump. She could not see, but perhaps he had opened his fly. Anyway, she felt something warm and hard rubbing on her behind, and it would not have surprised her at all if it was his exposed cock. But she was not certain. His hands came around her, cupping each full breast loosely in a surprisingly gentle, almost caressing motion, his palms lightly massaging her nipples- now fully erect in fright and perhaps somewhat in excitement. He undressed, showed her a very large, thick, and totally erect prick. Now he stood in front of her, holding his throbbing erection in his hand, almost pointing it at her. By bending slightly he managed to get the head partially into her creamy vulva, though certainly not very deep into her-- just deep enough to have good contact with her clit which he massaged with the large, circumcised glans. As he excited her this way, and gently rubbed her breasts, she thought that she was simply going to be fucked in this unusual posture- standing up with the man standing in front of her. But no, Verna was there.
Verna was holding the riding crop. And Verna, without saying a word, slashed the crop through the air so that with a sickening SPPPLLLLLLLLAAAAATTTTTT!!!! it cut ferociously across both full cheeks of her beautiful naked behind. She screamed at the sudden and furious, almost nauseating sensation. And Jim, at that instant holding both her nipples just pinched them- not especially hard but hard enough to concentrate all her sensations so that she was feeling this unusual combination of intense pain and extreme pleasure at once in all of her erogenous areas.
Long moments passed. Jim's cock was in her slightly deeper than before- perhaps two or three inches, but stable, not pumping back and forth, simply staying in one place, as he continued his play with her nipples. The horrible, burning sensation had almost totally disappeared from the crowns of the cheeks of her bottom. She was feeling incredibly excited at this treatment, over which she had absolutely no control. She was naked and being fucked by a man she detested, being spanked by a beautiful but evil woman that she, if possible, hated even more, and being watched by yet a third person whom she did not hate, whom she absolutely abominated. And worst of all, that terrible camera was taking pictures of all this happening!!!! And that thought, coupled with the sensations she was feeling, took her close, remarkably close to orgasm. She would have cumm, she was sure, except that at that instant, TTTTTHHHWWWWAAAAACCCCCKKKKKK!!!!. Verna, to be sure that she had not been forgotten, had firmly cracked her again across both cheeks of her bare ass with that awful crop!!
JIm had not totally finished his preparations for her. He stepped away, returned with a saucer filled with something greasy, with red specks suspended in the grease. He took a gob of this on his finger, found Helen's anal opening, thrust the finger in, greasing his way as he went. Another gob and yet another went in. Soon, the way was lubricated for the insertion of a thick, rubber butt-plugger, a conical shaped dildo device designed to force its way past the anal sphincter and then lock itself there. It went in with a bit of difficulty, but with Jim providing the force, there was no way Helen could prevent it going in, and once it went in it was guaranteed to stay in until forcefully pulled out. At first it was not really uncomfortable, but as time passed, it did seem to generate yet another burning sensation that seemed continually to get slightly worse.
Now Jim stepped back away from her, stepped back into the shadows against the wall. Dr. Hudson spoke, also from the shadows where she could not see him. He asked her about her previous sex life, small questions, intimate questions that no one had ever asked. Each time he asked, she answered, trying not to say too much. And each unsatisfactory answer produced a second question, much like the first. And if THAT question generated an unsatisfactory answer, it also generated another scalding stroke of Verna's fiery crop across her bottom. It seemed that the questions were so spaced that by the time the awful sensation on her naked ass would subside, another question would be asked that would earn her another scalding shot.
After her hot rump had been kissed by the crop more than half a dozen times she was crying hysterically, begging for the opportunity to confess everything. Anything devious was forgotten. She talked freely for the camera eye, trying to imagine the answers that her interrogators wanted to hear, and then telling that answer, no matter if it was true. No detail of her sexual background, even back to early girlhood, was off limits to inquiry. She told everything about early masturbation, loss of her various virginities, recent infidelities. She told everything, in full living color, embellished in flaming, sexy detail, as much detail as they seemed to want. They wanted it all. Finally, she begged for release, she would do absolutely anything they wanted her to do.
They knew she was conquered. She was released, ordered to lie naked on the floor, her legs spread, her pussy pointed towards the camera's eye. A dildo was tossed to her, a thick, black, rubber cock. She was ordered to pretend she was the lady in the film at the theater, to pretend that the dildo was her black lover, to masturbate with it all the way to orgasm, to do it with abandon, to hold nothing back. As a kind of joke, she was told that for the moment her lover was Walter, the black janitor in the school. She was to pretend that she was with Walter, that he was giving her the glorious fucking that she had always wanted. She was to compliment him on his huge, black prick. She was to call out his name, tell him how much she wanted him, tell him all the things she wanted him to do to her. She specifically was to ask him to call her, to please come over and fuck her. She did, as the camera watched and recorded, raising her level of both fear and excitement which was already incredibly high and soon bringing herself off with wild movements of her hips and her bottom as the dildo fucked deep into her.
Later, on instruction, she turned over, raised her hips and showed her upraised naked ass to the camera, the blunt end of the butt plugger in clear sight. Jim Seymour pulled it out, tossed it on the floor, and handed her a much thicker rubber dildo, now lubricated with the same speckled grease that he had used on her before. He reminded her that the lady in the porno movie had been getting fucked in the ass by the black guy on the screen. She was to play that part now, to fuck herself in the ass with this thick dildo- again as if this was Walter giving her an incredible hosing out with his huge length of ebony gristle. Now, as that whole part of her body was upraised, right in front of the camera. Slowly she inserted the dildo, and saying out what they wanted to hear- that she wanted Walter to come to her, to ream her out so deeply that his marvelous prick would come out her ear. She stroked it deeply back and forth. It was larger than anything she could have imagined ever fitting in there, and it did hurt. She remembered thinking about Walter, wondering if he really was this big, and if he had ever really fucked a woman in the ass, this very way. The stuff in the lubrication was rather more uncomfortable now, burning her in a strange way. She could not hold still, wiggling wildly as if she were being fucked by a huge, hot iron. That, too went into the record.
A short while later the large dildo was taken out of her bottom and the butt plugger put back. She lay on the floor on her back, her knees raised and spread. Verna kneeled over her, the juicy black triangle just over her face. Helen stared upwards, between Verna's thighs, looking directly into the open cunt just above, a sight she had never seen from exactly that perspective, a sight of such devious perversity, of such hideous sexuality that for the moment she forgot the insidious burning in her rectum. Just then, all she wanted to do was to please Verna, to bury her face in that cunt, to kiss it and suck it. Helen put out her tongue on command, licked the delicious cream from that vulva, sucked the erect clit. She sensed that Verna was smoking hot, that she would come very quickly. So when Verna gasped, reached down and held Helen's hair and seemed to pull her face even more tightly into her smoking pussy, Helen knew that the moment had come for Verna. What she did not expect was that she had an orgasm, too, a simultaneous orgasm brought on by Verna's response.
For a little while, Verna seemed to relax above her. Then, when ordered to open her mouth wide, Helen did so without even thinking of refusal, without thinking of what would happen next. Perhaps she was not even especially surprised when Verna's golden stream began to flow into her mouth. She simply swallowed it down, a gulping mouthful at a time, acknowledging by doing so that she was totally conquered, that she was willing to eat with relish Verna's marvelous, demanding box, even willing and eager to drink her new mistress' piss. And if there were watchers, an avid, interested audience who saw this, and a camera that recorded it, there was no help for it, she would do it anyway.
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"Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive" - CS Lewis
Good luck with whatever you decide to ask for.
As BSes many of us have a compulsion to know what happened, partly as a way of seeing exactly what we are dealing with, and perhaps partly to try to "control" the situation a little in retrospect.
I found it vital to talk about many of the details, because it gave me a feeling of not being in the dark, and honestly, it was good for my H as well. He had lived in a state of denial and darkness for 2+ months. Shining a light on it gave him needed perspective as well, and allowed him to see the real results of his actions, which he had been willfully blind to. So, I think the most important thing is that a WS is willing to look at themselves and be transparent about what occurred.
However, the details hurt, and can haunt you in ways that also hinder healing. I have had more than one occasion where I would hear something and think, profoundly that "I will never recover from this. This is unforgivable." But, all of those things I am recovering from, and many of them don't even bother me anymore. That, is nothing short of a miracle. (Such is the power of love, but I digress.)
What I guess has become most important for me to remember, is that his reality during the affair, is not reality. That terrible, hurtful, devastating things were done and said, that aren't based on any kind of truth. It is kind of like wanting to hear the details of someone who is hopelessly drunk. The details of what they did feel important, but in a significant way, they really aren't.
Our MC said to ask 25% of what I wanted to know, and then wait. Sex stuff leads to mind movies in my opinion, but also not knowing if they did X, Y or Z can lead to speculation. I guess there is no right answer, but I would err on the side of caution. Sit with the questions for a few days before you ask. And remember, then was then -- it may have nothing to do with your husband's true feelings, or his real, authentic self.
One of the most profound but simple statements my H has said about the terrible stuff he did (and mainly felt at the time, i.e. that he loved the AP) was "I was wrong." It is hard to wrap one's mind around being so profoundly, incredibly, stupendiously wrong, but yet -- it is so common.
[This message edited by bionicgal at 7:06 AM, June 1st (Sunday)]
The dumbest things can cause problems down the track. For me the admission 'I liked the sound of her voice', really causes me more pain than knowing that she was 'on top'. Go figure!
I agree with the advice to sit on it and if you can't let it go, ask.
[This message edited by AML04 at 8:53 AM, June 1st (Sunday)]
I'll write down the questions and ponder to myself for a bit.
The problem in doing this is that I also got information I didn't need or want.
One of the things I still vividly remember H saying was what kind of underwear AP wore. I didn't ask for that. I.DID.NOT.NEED.TO.KNOW.THAT!
So what I'm saying is think about what you want to know. Then ask yourself why you want to know. Then sit on it for a day or so. If it still feels important, then ask.
I am not saying don't ask -- not at all. We all have to find our happy medium. But, when I read people say their imaginations were worse than reality, I am really jealous. (And my H didn't do anything out-of-the-wayward ordinary.)
And I have gotten to the point at a year, where I can finally say, "You know, it doesn't really matter what AP was wearing," or "it really doesn't matter if she shaved," etc. I feel like I am beginning to see the forest for the trees. Part of that may be I have satisfied enough prurient interest, but part of it may just be I am healing, and gaining perspective.
I could have really used some help with all the home and kid duties.
Then when the affair turned sexual which was 7 months before I found out about the affair. It was "I have such and such professional organization tonight" which meant I am meeting OM at a motel for sex".
When I first discovered the affair with a coworker I heard a phone message from him and at the end of the message he said love ya tons call me later.
My WW lied and said they were just kidding around and she let it get out of hand and she understood it was inappropriate and she said "I never cheated on you" so I let it go but I was suspicious and a week later I found out it was full blown meet at the hotel for sex affair.
I asked her how many times this happened she said just a coupe (really 10 or so times in 7 months including "I have to work on New Years Eve" Left me and DD at home to meet OM for sex at a motel.
Since I felt so lied to and betrayed I had to shed light on everything. The sex and every thing they did. Not only for me to know the truth but so WW could say it out loud and admit it to me. I wanted her to realize the depth of the hurt.
I even had her drive me from her office to the motel they would meet at and I ask her what she would think about on that 30 minute drive. Did I go overboard, no not for me was it painful, yes for both of us. But in the end no stone was left un-turned. It still took me more than a year to recover. And I hat to say it 10 years later some times I think about it. I don't get mad or wonder what happened, because I know everything.
Ask what you need to know I asked for a year and I was able to move forward.
Did anyone have this? How do you feel about that - grateful that your sex life has opened up or disgusted that it took the A to bring them out?
I also didn't want to feel like they had any dirty little secrets between them
I'm still trying to reconcile the body image stuff. My thinking is that they were all more toned and slim than I am and that has exacerbated my already poor self esteem. They also all shaved their.... parts. In a fit of self loathing I shaved mine after DDay and then felt extremely confused and upset. I kind of wish I didn't know that part as I really don't want to shave but while still foggy my H said that he did prefer it (I asked). He swears that he doesn't feel that way now but I'm still struggling with it.
For me it was more of no more secrets between us, I didn't want there to be any more suprises later on. I didn't want to be in the dark.
My imagination was a lot worst and I was glad to hear everything.
I did ask that question and surprisingly the sex was kind of bland most of the time between fWW and OM. But I had to know I asked about positions and everything. I asked if he asked her to do certain things and she would just tell him no.
But I did have to ask.


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Personally, I would feel safer to just leave it in the car. I have to do that often anyway. Just keep it out of sight, as well as anything else of value, so no one sees a reason to break in the car, to start with.
Your gun is safer in the car then at the motel safe, probably. When I go to church, I can't legally wear my gun, but I want my gun when I go back home. There's really not much choice, but to leave it locked in the car out of sight. Other situations are similar.
It's the law of averages, and odds. Do I want to leave it in a safe at a motel, where someone already knows I have probably left something of value, or leave in a car among hundreds of others, on the whim that thieves with pick my car. Of course I don't drive a new or fancy car, either.
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I woke up this morning about 4 a.m. and popped on the tube for some background noise.
I tuned to a channel that had some kind of comedy sketch playing.
The gag was a group of guys standing around when two get into an arguement and challenge each other to a race.
They look to another of the group to start the race when he reaches into his belt, pulls out a pistol and begins to wave it around.
The group dodges and ducks and on screams, "Is that a real gun?"
The gunman says, "Yes, this is a real race........"
Yesterday, as it has been for the last few days, we had a conversation about the 'W's' of the Colorado Shootings.
Doris looked at me and said, "Why is it a massacre when it happens here in the U.S.?"
Syria is a 'uprising' or whatever label we put on that CeeEff.
I guess our citizens are more special than people overseas, only we can suffer a massacre?
And what about a bus full of Israeli vacationers in Bulgaria?
I also 'love' the media coverage.
I got up to make my early morning partol on Friday morning and caught the news as the reports coming out.
It was the ususal talking heads and speculations about what was happening.
And then the rush to get people and victims interviewed-the same people on different outlets telling the same story over and over again. We also need to hear the 911 tapes and that grainy, unstable cell phone video that really doesn't tell us anything except some idiot stood there, trying to make facebook or youtube, instead of getting out of the way or helping out.
Sometimes its not the act of an idiot that makes me cringe about being an American.
It's the way we react.
Like LH said, the bodies aren't cold yet, but we have no problem making our outrage known.
The race was on to find out who this moron was, why he did it and where he came from. We know where his parents live - What kind of pain does a parent go thru knowing your child perpetrated this evil on a group of innocent people?
Then we have the 'famous people' with a cell phone who begin posting.
I especially liked the message from one of the Batman filmmakers who said something like "how could someone do that in a theater"...This coming from the same people who think nothing of putting out crap and crappy movies.
Natural Born Killers, Kill Bill - both volumes and tons of other trash that make killing people a spectacular passtime.
I won't go into video games and how they may affect impressionable kids.
I am glad that the studios decided to withhold the weekend receipts to 'honor the victims' or is it a way to hide the fact the numbers were affected by people who thought twice about going to a theater this weekend?
It's not about anything except people being stupid and others wanting to make money and the first with the 'right' information.
but, isn't that what being American is all about?
The truth be danged.


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Shorter Huskies upended by visiting UC Irvine, 86-72
In front of a sparse crowd of 5,875 fans at Alaska Airlines Arena, Washington (1-1) had no answer for UCI's big frontcourt.
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UC Irvine center Mamadou Ndiaye is so tall, the 7-foot 6-inch freshman from Dakar, Senegal can practically touch the rim when he extends his arms beneath the basket.
The Washington men's basketball team knew it literally had a steep task against the Anteaters and the country's tallest player, and the Huskies attacked the rim with little success in an 86-72 nonconference defeat in front of 5,875 at Alaska Airlines Arena.
"Mamadou maybe played his best game since he's been in college," UW coach Lorenzo Romar said. "He was a factor. I think he got in our heads a little bit."
One by one, the Huskies threw bodies at the big man with the 8-foot wingspan and nothing worked.
C.J. Wilcox said Ndiaye was "a tree."
"He altered so many shots (for) everybody that went in there," said Wilcox, who led UW with 24 points. "Just him being there you had to put a little extra on all of your shots. He got a lot of blocks. He definitely played a big part tonight."
Ndiaye finished with 18 points on 7-for-9 shooting, eight blocks and nine rebounds in 26 minutes.
When he wasn't rejecting shots, the UCI big man punctuated a two-hand slam dunk over 6-9 Perris Blackwell and yelled at the UW forward, which drew a technical foul.
"I was celebrating," Ndiaye said. "And of course, he (Blackwell) got mad a little bit. He talked to me. I said I was sorry. That was my first (technical). I'm not going to do that anymore."
Otherwise it was a near flawless performance for Ndiaye, who anchored UCI's 2-3 zone defense that held Washington to 37.5 percent shooting.
The Huskies had more success behind the arc (6 for 16) and at the free-throw line (18 for 29), than they did inside the paint.
"I just love blocking shots," Ndiaye said. "That's my favorite. More than anything else."
Without forward Jernard Jarreau, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opener, and injured forward Desmond Simmons (knee), Washington (1-1) had no answer for UCI's big frontcourt that combined for 32 points.
The Huskies countered with Blackwell, who made his UW debut after missing the opener with a concussion, and Shawn Kemp Jr., however they quickly switched to a four-guard lineup that included 6-6 wing Mike Anderson in the high post.
Washington had early success and led 36-30 with 2:58 remaining in the first half.
However, the offense turned cold the rest of the way.
"The second half, we just came out so flat," Romar said. "Second game of the season, that shouldn't happen."
The Huskies, which received 13 points from freshman Nigel William-Goss, never got closer than 13 points down the stretch.
Washington hosts Eastern Washington 5 p.m. Sunday before traveling to New York next week for two games at the 2K Sports Classic. The Huskies face Indiana Nov. 21 at Madison Square Garden. Connecticut and Boston College play in other semifinal.
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The NHL's Stadium Series resumes this Saturday in Chicago with the Blackhawks facing the Penguins at Soldier Field. While eyes were on the Olympics — and a slew of players from each team were in Sochi — the preparations were underway in Chicago.
And now the ice is down:
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Al-Qaeda's Iraq branch claimed responsibility Monday for the deaths of 51 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqis killed in a well-planned assault in western Iraq last week, intensifying concerns that the terror group is coordinating with Islamist rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Iraqi authorities say fighters and weapons are moving increasingly more freely across the long and porous desert border between the two countries as Syrian rebels try to consolidate control on their side of the frontier. (AP)


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Three Rivals100 prospects, Elton defensive tackle Al Woods, Jonesboro Hodge running back Charles Scott and New Iberia Westgate wide receiver Jared Mitchell top the Rivals.com Louisiana postseason top 25.
Most of the top-ranked prospects in the Pelican State are expected to sign with LSU, showing that head coach Les Miles and staff understand the importance of continuing the tradition of keeping the state's best athletes at home to play college football. The top seven prospects in the state, in all likelihood, will end up in Baton Rouge.
Woods, the nation's No. 2 prospect at his position, committed to LSU early in the process and gives the Tigers another potentially dominant prospect at his positions.
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Scott is an impressive running back prospect who has NFL potential at his current position and potentially linebacker.
Mitchell, who made his debut in the Rivals100 this month, is the state's top all-around athlete. He is set to announce his college choice today and it is expected to be LSU. He will give the Tigers a big-time playmaker at the receiver position. One potential snag for Mitchell shining in Baton Rouge is major league baseball. He could be a fairly high pick and chose to turn pro in that sport in lieu of college.
Running back Richard Murphy of Rayville and wide receiver Chris Mitchell of Marrero John Ehret round out the top five. Murphy already has committed to LSU while Mitchell likely will do the same, giving the Tigers two four-star wide outs with the same last name.
Safety Shomari Clemons of West Monroe is another LSU-bound prospect. He has good lateral movement and could potentially play linebacker.
Ricky Dixon, a wide receiver from Reserve East Saint John, recently committed to the Tigers as well. He checks in at No. 7.
Oklahoma-bound running back Chris Brown of Alexandria could end up being the best running back in the Sooners' class this season.
Destrehan's Jai Eugene showed at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl that he can be a solid cornerback at the next level. There was some concern prior to the event about his coverage skills, but he held his own against the nation's top competition. Eugene will play for Michigan.
The state's top offensive lineman, Zhamal Thomas of New Iberia, rounds out the top 10. Thomas is heading to LSU.


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RESIDENTS are preparing themselves for round three in the battle to protect an area of Morpeth countryside against proposals for a major housing estate.
Housing developer Bellway has now submitted a new planning application for 186 homes and outline consent for a commercial building at Loansdean.
The number of properties has been slightly reduced and a few other changes have been made to its first bid, which was rejected by Northumberland County Council's North Area Planning Committee.
That decision went to appeal and a hearing was held in Morpeth Town Hall. Planning Inspector Malcolm Rivett upheld the refusal because he considered that the benefits of the scheme, such as the provision of affordable housing, did not outweigh the loss of open countryside and the town boundary should be maintained in its current position.
Representatives of a residents' opposition group, the South Morpeth Coalition, spoke at the county meeting and appeal and it held a meeting on Monday night to start discussing how it will respond to the fresh proposal.
Coalition member David Holden said: "There was a very strong turnout on Monday, including quite a few new faces, and the conclusion was that residents remain fundamentally opposed to plans for housing on the site.
"We maintain that new homes should be built to the north of the town as there is land earmarked for new developments. The people living in them would be nearer shops, schools and services and traffic wouldn't have to go across Telford Bridge.
"Other areas would also be affected because the sewage from the site would cause an overload of the system in the town centre and overflows would increase the risk of flooding in Hepscott.
"We hope that many Morpeth residents will submit their objections to the county council. More than 400 people supported our position in regard to the first application."
Bellway has lodged a High Court Challenge against some of the planning inspector's findings and Mr Holden said the group expects that a court hearing will take place to determine the outcome.
The North Area Planning Committee pulled out of the appeal after councillors were advised that the outdated Castle Morpeth District Local Plan, which was used as the basis for rejecting the initial Bellway application, was not consistent with the new National Planning Policy Framework.
However, Mr Rivett said the Framework makes it clear that plans should not be considered out of date simply because they were adopted prior to the publication of the document and saved policies remain in place.
He also found that as there is a five-year supply of housing in the area, the Bellway scheme could not be justified as it would breach the long-standing settlement limit of Morpeth and cause significant harm from the loss of open countryside.
He said the affordable-housing factor was reduced as it provided relatively few social rented homes, so the company has increased the proportion of homes to be made available at affordable rent.
Bellway Corporate Affairs Manager Julian Kenyon said the other changes include improvements to the roundabout access to retain more trees in the area, increased landscaping such as the opening up of views along The Chip and revised proposals for the local shops to allow more replacement planting along the main road frontage.
Morpeth Town Council objected to the first proposal, which was for 200 homes, and its Planning and Transport Committee will decide its response to the new application at its next meeting on Wednesday.


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Scope this moody teaser with surprisingly high production value; this isn't a fan film kids. The story looks like a prequel to how Ryse's protagonist, Marius Titus, becomes the screaming, limb hacking, make-pretty-holes in everyone badass shown in the game.
Ryse: Son of Rome is an day-one Xbox One exclusive that you can play with your new shiny Xbox on November 22.
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Heidi Klum: 'I Don't Think I Will Remarry'
Heidi Klum has admitted that she will likely never marry again following her split from Seal last year.
Although the "Project Runway" host and supermodel is currently in a relationship with bodyguard turned boyfriend Martin Kirsten, Klum revealed her doubts about ever wanting to marry again.
"I don't think so," said the 39-year-old speaking to Marie Claire.
During her six-year marriage to Seal, the pair would publicly renew their wedding vows every year. Klum explained that the experience has changed her take on matrimony.
"I wanted to keep the memory of our wedding alive every year, that's why I thought it would be fun to get married over and over," she added, according to the magazine. "But now I don't think it's that important."
Seal and Klum, who share four children together, announced their split last April.
"I'm not angry about anything, but I don't think I will [remarry]," Klum noted. "Maybe if I'm with someone for 15 or 20 years, and we do it in our old age as a fun thing to do… But I don't have the urgency anymore."
Furthermore, the German model opened up about the painstaking decision to end her marriage to Seal.
"People say, 'Oh, God, how devastating to go through a divorce.' Did I wish for this to happen to my family? No," said Klum in Marie Claire's February issue.
"But everyone is healthy; we're moving on with our lives. If someone got [very sick], God forbid, that would be a real problem," she continued. "It's not what I wanted- it's not what anyone wanted- but it's not a real problem."
While Klum will likely never marry again, the model also divulged that she will not be dating men that are younger than her either.
"I can understand why a woman finds a young man attractive," started the model. "But I am realistic. I'm turning 40 next year; I don't think I could deal with waking up next to a 25-year-old."
Meanwhile, Klum is preparing for another season of Bravo's "Project Runway" set for premiere Jan. 24.


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Newcastle United have trained for the first time on their New Zealand tour.
Alan Pardew's men were put through their paces in Dunedin ahead of Tuesday's match with Sydney FC which is part of the Football United tour also featuring West Ham United and Wellington FC.
The players ran out on the pitch at the Forsyth Barr Stadium, where they will play Sydney (kick off 8.30am UK time).
As well as the training session, players also got the chance to meet locals and posed for pictures.
From Dunedin, the side will travel up to Wellington to play the home town team on Saturday.
You can follow Tuesday's game with Sydney FC in Dunedin on the ChronicleLive live blog which will be up and running from around 7am.
More on Newcastle United's tour in New Zealand:
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