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A journalist wishing to criticize the government's policy of silence could quote his colleague, the Syrian columnist Izz al-Din al-Darwish, who wrote in the same newspaper that "the attempts of senior Israeli [officials] to deceive in a policy of feints and distortion, and intentional military censorship."
At a news conference yesterday, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni deviated from diplomatic decorum when she stopped her Portuguese counterpart, Luis Adado, who began responding to a question on Syria. Livni argued that she did not believe that any statements on the matter from any side can be productive. Any side? It's bad enough censoring the Europeans, now Livni wants to censor the Syrians too?
The absence of comments from Israel leaves no room for free public discourse. How is it possible to argue with someone if we do not have the facts?
Take for example Dr. Alon Liel, the founder of the lobby in favor of peace with Syria. He would very much like to know what happened, if anything did happen, on the Syrian-Israeli arena. Perhaps this is the time to raise the flag of peace with Syria, or maybe this is the time to lower it to half mast. We simply cannot know.
"I cannot remember such a blatant example of silencing the public, and the media, like this latest one, [an incident] which was or was not," said Liel, who previously served as director general at the Foreign Ministry. "The security conduct in view of the Syrian affair is a blow to democracy, freedom of speech and the basic right of the public to know about the state of its security."
Liel, who conducted talks with the Syrians through the Swiss channel, warns that in the long term, this behavior will undermine the credibility of the government vis a vis its citizens, and the credibility of the state before the rest of the world.
"To date, when I listened to the radio and television, I knew that at least the independent analysts were free to speak their mind," Liel says. "Now I am convinced that we hear puppets speaking. The irony is that the Syrian dictatorship has become the source of information for the Israeli public that is trying to feel its way in the dark."
Yossi Beilin, the Meretz leader, says that he cannot praise or condemn that which he does not know.
"I do not know if this was an important move or a crazy one," the head of the leftist party says. "It's pathetic to say that a stupid thing occurred here, if I am not supposed to know what happened. At the same time, I do not need to understand the substance to conclude that in the absence of a political move between us and Syria, we can expect the situation to deteriorate to violence, and to this I will not be an ally of any government."
Zahava Gal-On of Meretz and Israel Hasson of Yisrael Beitenu shared the same opinion yesterday, when they said on Army Radio that it is the absolute obligation of elected representatives of the public to supervise the political and military leadership of the country.
Gal-On wanted to know which details in the careers of Ehud Olmert and Ehud Barak justify granting them blind and unlimited trust.
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Aaron represents the best of baseball
Aaron represents the best of baseball
What also sets Henry Aaron apart, particularly in a day when professional athletes aim for swagger or cool, or some kind of highly profitable public persona, is that Aaron's career was conducted with a quiet kind of dignity. In fact, his life has been conducted with the same quality.
Bud Selig, the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, has known Aaron for 50 years, dating from the time when Aaron was starring for the Milwaukee Braves and Selig was a young and devoted fan. It was 50 years ago that Aaron and the rest of the gang from what some New York publications referred to as "Bushville" won the World Series. It was a magical season in Milwaukee.
"I have many, many favorite Henry Aaron moments," Selig said, "but the best one is, I'm a 23-year-old kid, sitting alone in the upper deck at County Stadium, September 1957, and he hits the home run off Billy Muffett [of the St. Louis Cardinals] that wins the National League pennant."
For Selig, who has spent much of his life trying to present baseball in the most favorable public light, Aaron is not only a close friend, but also a baseball ideal.
"If you were to pick the prototype person to break the most famous record in professional sports, you know who it would be? Henry Aaron," Selig said. "Why? Because of his class and his decency and his dignity. He has represented this sport so beautifully in every way."
Lost sometimes in the face of all those home runs is the fact that Aaron, breaking into the Major Leagues in 1954, still qualified as a pioneer. African-American players still faced built-in prejudice. For Spring Training, there were Jim Crow laws in the South. And even greatness on the diamond was no guarantee against bigotry. When Aaron was on his way toward breaking that most famous record -- Babe Ruth's 714 lifetime home runs -- Aaron was subjected to piles of vicious, racist hate mail, not to mention numerous death threats.
"He took so much abuse during that process," Selig said. "It was sad in so many ways. But he came through it, the same way he would accomplish anything else -- quietly, thoughtfully, and with dignity."
His greatness as a player was established over time by the home runs. But it could be argued that Aaron, who was no less than outstanding in all aspects of the game, probably didn't receive his due during the peak of his career. He was "Hammerin' Hank," no question about it, but his exploits may be more celebrated now than they were when he was playing. There was no SportsCenter then, and no Internet, either. Playing outside the media capitals of the nation, in Milwaukee and later in Atlanta, Aaron never received the amount of accolades that, for instance, Willie Mays did.
The quiet dignity also wasn't going to attract much extra notice for Aaron, either. But it remains at the core of who Henry Aaron was, as a player, and as a person.
And this is why we celebrate Henry Aaron and will continue to celebrate Henry Aaron, even if or when his home run record is broken. He not only hit the home runs. He was the sort of human being that you would want to have holding baseball's most treasured mark.
Selig, as president of the Milwaukee Brewers, brought Aaron back to Milwaukee, this time in the American League, for the final two seasons of his career. Aaron was past his peak by then, but it was a fitting way for him to finish his career, back in the place where it started.
"I saw him play his first game and his last game," Selig said. "I've known Henry for 50 years now. I have a world of respect and affection for Henry Aaron. And the thing is, he is the same fundamentally nice, decent person now that he was then. He is just a wonderful person."
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Would prefer expo. The crowds are more tolerable. Currently for expo, with the circle line construction going on, the bottleneck at the escalator there was so bad.
Would prefer expo. The crowds are more tolerable. Currently for expo, with the circle line construction going on, the bottleneck at the escalator there was so bad.
expo FTW man... no need to squeeze through the escalator and the bridges
expo better
if at vivo, i would hv walk there everyday alreadyOriginally Posted by DevilishTom
Whatever floats your boat...
although i live in west side. i prefer expo. spacious imo
suntec... if onli they close all roads...
Once Oldbie Now Newbie >.<
suntec is a pathetic place to organize the event.. =x
traffic jam, human congestion, inconvenience etc
expo ftw.
Expo or suntec for the circle line construction???Originally Posted by Shmutt
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today's papers pointed that the crowd is the largest at 700,000 pls. And the nest year is confirm Suntec.
I prefer Suntec for it's central location, 15 min max from where I stay. But I like the expo for the space, but getting there is cumbersome, unless I take MRT then change MRT then walk so far to get to that Hall...:p
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EXpo near , no cramp and 1 floor. no need take so many escalators....
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expo no need to jam with ppl tat's going to shopping have a hard time looking for parking -_-"
i will prefer expo..
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Ian Bogost is a professor at Georgia Institute of Technology where his specialty is the development and meaning of video games. Be sure to check out his game Guru Meditation. His new book, "How To Do Things With Video Games," rejects a lot of the traditional ways of thinking about games.
"I think one of the biggest assumptions is that games are just for fun, entertainment, wasting time," he says. "But there's a flip side to that assumption which is that games have the potential to be used for very serious things like politics or education. If you put the two together, you get the idea that video games are either a waste of time or they can save the world. Instead, I want to suggest that video games, like every mature medium, do a whole lot of things -- everything between wasting time and saving the world."
Bogost sees the future of games as being more about not noticing that they're games at all. In the early days of movies, you had an awareness that you were watching a movie, but when that same basic platform is used for commercials or instructional videos, you wouldn't call it a movie. "The most exciting thing that could happen to games is that we could stop talking about them as a separate practice," says Bogost. "We might play a game in a way that we might not even notice. In the same way as you watch a video when you get on the airplane that's supposed to teach safety features, or you look at an image on a printed card. Imagine if you started doing that -- or in addition to doing that -- you experienced some sort of video game or simulation that led you through the experience of emergency. It may sound like a silly example, but it's the kind of thing that suggests the ordinary mundane ways that we constantly interact with information on a day-to-day basis."
He says the students whom he meets at Georgia Tech have a different relationship to games and technology than their parents do. "I think one of the big differences is they've grown up knowing that it's an aspect of creativity that they have access to," he says. "It's not just a strange medium that appears out of nowhere by some small group of young men toiling alone in dark rooms. They have the idea that they've experienced the medium of video games in their lives and they see potential in it. There's something new they see that they can do with it. That might be something familiar or it might be something totally different."
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Russia is an attractive destination for foreign investment, so how has this affected recruitment in the local legal sector?
"With an influx of investment the banking and finance sector has shown a significant increase, particularly on the debt side," comments Anthony Wiggins of Pro-Legal. "Corporate M&A work is also a key area for growth, with the traditionally strong energy sector being supplemented by work from tech and retail. Real estate and construction are also areas of growth among foreign investors."
There was also a notable shift in 2012 in terms of how firms recruit, notes Nikita Prokofiev, head of legal search practice at Odgers Berndtson Russia.
"2012 saw quite a number of moves in the private practice space," says Prokofiev. "If in 2010-11 almost all partner-level laterals were motivated by client following and very few associate or counsel moves took place, non-partner searches are now back on track and not all candidates are expected to have a heavy book of business."
Firms are also becoming more selective, stresses Prokofiev.
"Firms have become extremely pragmatic and meticulous," he says. "There are no more quick offers: they need to know what's inside the box and what they can make out of it."
And the mood is quite different in the private practice and in-house markets, adds Oksana Solomou, a senior consultant at Laurence Simons.
"The legal recruitment market in Russia significantly differs from private practice to in-house," says Solomou. "While in-house has been active in various industries throughout 2012, law firms have practised more caution when recruiting, with only a few firms – mainly boutique US firms with relatively small offices in Russia – prepared to invest in new practices."
The in-house market may also be a tougher nut to crack for foreign-qualified lawyers.
"Most classic in-house roles in Russia require Russian qualification and international experience," notes Solomou. "Only a few sectors require the skills and experience of foreign lawyers. Opportunities for foreign lawyers may arise in investment houses, private equity funds or oligarch structures, [but] predominantly at a more senior level."
And knowledge of Russian is a must, highlights Wiggins.
"It's very difficult for a foreign lawyer to obtain an in-house position in Moscow, but not impossible," he says. "The major obstacle is language, but if you speak Russian and have been doing quality work in a respected private practice the potential is there. An understanding of both English and Russian law is an advantage. Not too many candidates fit these criteria."
"I didn't see more than two openings in 2012," adds Prokofiev. "I recruited for a senior international counsel for a major private equity fund and general counsel for a Europe-based family office of a Russian billionaire. However, in both instances our clients needed proficiency in Russian."


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In the heady post-war years of the 1950s and 60s, British flying was at its zenith and its aircraft industry flourished in a dazzling display of ingenuity and design brilliance. Having invented the jet engine, Britain was now set to lead the world into the jet age with a new generation of fighters and bombers. The daring test pilots who flew them were as well-known as the football stars of today, while their futuristic-looking aircraft, including the Meteor, Canberra, Valiant, Vulcan and the English Electric Lightning, were the military marvels of the age.


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You can read Lane Keister's criticisms at Green Baggins. My response doesn't come until later in the comments, as I didn't realize he had written anything about the book until I swung over to his blog randomly a few days ago.
Lane believes that I misrepresent Protestantism's view of authority. He believes that in Protestantism the authority of "the Church" and its "pastors," is greater than that of the individual Christian. The problem with that belief, as I point out in the comments, is that the Called to Communion guys definitively showed it to be false. First in the big sola reduces to solo post and then in Dr. Mike Liccione's follow-up.
Protestants are forced to define "the Church" circularly:
But how does he determine what is the Church? Being Reformed, he defines 'Church' as wherever the gospel is found, because the early Protestants defined the marks of the Church as including "the gospel," where the gospel was determined by their own private interpretation of Scripture. So he claims that it is in the Church that the gospel is found, but he defines the Church in terms of the gospel. This is what we call a tautology. It is a form of circular reasoning that allows anyone to claim to be the Church and have the gospel. One can read the Bible and formulate one's own understanding of the gospel, then make this "gospel" a necessary mark of the Church, and then say that it is in the Church that the gospel is found. Because one has defined the Church in terms of the gospel [as arrived at by one's own interpretation of Scripture], telling us that the gospel is found "in the Church" tells us nothing other than "people who share my own interpretation of Scripture about what is the gospel are referred to by me as 'the Church.'" This kind of circular reasoning allows falsehood to remain hidden.
The Catholic position does not suffer from this circularity, because 'Church' is not defined in terms of "gospel," but in terms of apostolic succession, involving an unbroken line of authorizations extending down from the Apostles.
This is an incredibly difficult truth for Protestants to see. I remember sitting in my room during my Evangelical Protestant days, trying to work out in my mind whether this was true or not. I didn't want it to be true, and I tried to see how it was not a tautology. But it was, and I eventually realized it. Now it seems obvious, but back then it did not. It is not obvious to Lane or to Dr. Mathison, or to many learned and Christ-loving Protestants.


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Steve Jobs, one of the co-founders of Apple, was reported to have passed away today. Steve Jobs, who helped to form Apple in his parent's garage in Silicon Valley, was
instrumental in getting the computer, once a product that was reserved exclusively for large businesses, into
the homes of people across the world. The creation of Mac computer made it possible for the average person to have the same access to technology as a Fortune 500 company. Well known for his creativity, and sometimes eccentric way of doing
business, Steve Jobs changed the way the world saw personal computing. Over the years, while heading the
Apple corporation, Steve Jobs introduced several innovative technologies, such as the iPhone, and iPad.
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NEWARK, N.J. – Too bad the nickname "Iceman" is taken. Kyrie Irving insisted he was a bundle of nerves all night, waiting to hear his name called at the NBA Draft. You sure couldn't tell by looking at him.
Not even when he had a roomful of eyes and cameras trained on him in his press conference minutes after the Cleveland Cavaliers made the 19-year-old, with his one truncated season of college basketball, the first overall pick. Near the end of his session, as he was answering a question, a roar from down the hall in the Prudential Center nearly drowned him out, and a nearby monitor popped the news that – surprise – Texas forward Tristan Thompson was the Cavaliers' choice at fourth overall.
What do you think, Kyrie?
"I'm really looking forward to it, to playing with him. I'm really excited," he said. Then he burst out in a grin and added, "I was trying to look over there (at the monitor) and listen to the question at the same time." He chuckled.
Everybody else did, too, mainly because he played that move off so well. No one noticed even he'd been distracted. Chalk it up as the first smooth no-look of his NBA career.
There surely will be more.
He exuded confidence in himself and comfort with his surroundings with every action at the draft. It reflected his play during his year at Duke ... well, his 11 games at Duke, split by a three-month absence because of a toe injury. He handled the role of floor leader for the defending NCAA champ and preseason consensus No. 1 pick flawlessly for eight games. By every indication, he handled his extended time out perfectly – he spent the time "shadowing the coaches," he said. And when he returned for the NCAA Tournament, he played as if he had never left, even though the Blue Devils went down in the round of 16.
And on Thursday night, Irving was fully aware that the majority of the attention was on him. Yet he glided through it all as if he'd done it all his life. He moved from pre-draft photo-op to photo-op. One with commissioner David Stern, then with a series of various sponsors, including men and women in suits and youngsters in jerseys.
On stage, Irving goofed around, danced a little, and joked with his fellow soon-to-be-draftees. At the table with his family and friends, he laughed and joked and smiled. When the crowd broke out in cheers over someone on the big screen, he glanced up, saw that it was directed not at him – even though he grew up minutes away in north Jersey – but at Kemba Walker (from across the river in the Bronx) or Jimmer Fredette (the people's choice and hopeful Knicks pick), and resumed what he was doing unperturbed. All the while, the stream of camera crews didn't slow, not until Stern called his name.
Being in the spotlight didn't appear to faze him at all. Still, he knows that he's already under a lot of scrutiny, starting from his announcement that he was entering the draft in April, and that it will hardly slow down now. He is, after all, perceived to be replacing the player who was more heavily booed at the draft than anyone else (even Stern), even though he was drafted eight years ago. Every time LeBron James appeared on the video screen, he took the heat of the fans.
Irving heard his share of questions about LeBron. His answer, as it has been since Cleveland won the lottery last month: no thanks, I'm not replacing LeBron.
"Just trying to be Kyrie Irving and just contribute to the Cleveland Cavaliers organization as much as I can," Irving said. "I'm looking forward to getting to Cleveland. It's a big sports town, and I cannot wait to embrace all of the fans there and the fan support – I can't wait. Having the chance to see my jersey out in the crowd with all those Cleveland fans, that's something I'm really looking forward to."
True enough, Irving probably will have the honeymoon of all time from Cavs fans after what they went through this year – but eventually they'll want to see him win the way their prodigal star did.
Meanwhile, he stayed with his story, told often in recent days, that the Cavs never tipped their hand that he was their guy (although they were always his team, since that was the only one he worked out for, so sure that he would secure his status with them). He didn't know for sure they would take him, he said, until he heard his name called.
"I was really nervous sitting at that table with my family and my friends," he said.
Yeah. Just like he was distractedly eyeballing the Cavaliers' second first-round pick while conducting his first NBA press conference.
It might just be that Kyrie Irving doesn't fully realize how cool, composed and in control he actually is.


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Giant Saudi Arabian construction firm Abdullah Abdul Mohsin Al Khodari Sons Co was awarded three contracts from the Ministry of Higher Education worth a total SR689m ($184m), it said. Al Khodari will build facilities at Taibah University for SR374m and at Northern Borders University for SR315m. The financial impact of the contracts is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2014, Reuters reported. The contractor reported a 68.8% slump in second-quarter net profit last month, due to a sharp escalation in manpower costs.
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Faced with increasing terrorist and public-safety threats over the past two decades, mobile surveillance technologies have emerged and evolved. Forwardthinking vehicle fleet managers are always looking for comprehensive solutions that reduce liability and enhance safety and fleet performance.
While basic principles remain the same among different verticals, there are unique elements and requirements that must be considered for specific fleet types. "It really depends on the vertical the service business covers. For example, landscaping companies often have extremely expensive assets on their trucks, whether they have five or 500 vehicles in their fleet," said Mark Roberts, CMO of Nextraq "One single in-vehicle device covering all different needs is replaced by vertical-specific solutions with smarter analysis and more value-added services. "
Concerns by verticalTaxis and Limousines"For taxis and limos, the No. 1 risk is reckless driving," Roberts said. Features such as speed reports, risky driver behavior identification and alerts are used to monitor unsafe driving patterns that might result in accidents or litigation.
Police CruisersIn the U.S., police vehicles are equipped with cameras to record both inside and outside activity. Video quality is the ultimate consideration when choosing an in-car video system, said Adam Rushlow, Marketing Manager of WatchGuard Video. HD is a priority as video footage is required as court evidence. According to IMS Research, the HD camera market for police cars in the U.S. is set to grow more than 20 percent over the next four years. Sound-recording facilities can also be integrated and used in a court of law to prove or disprove witness statements.
Most police officers are not technologically oriented. "Make sure police officers can be trained easily and effectively while installation remains as simple as possible," Rushlow said. "The accountability and reliability of solution providers are also vital, especially when some technical issues arise."
Logistics and Freight"Delivery vehicles and freight trucks could carry potentially expensive assets that could be targeted for theft or robbery," said Liu Yang, Technical Support Engineer, Dahua Technology. While GPS provides location information, asset-tracking devices can be deployed to pinpoint the location of equipment or a specific trailer.
Some assets require real-time monitoring with location updates every two minutes. Other mobile assets like containers and rail cars require location updates less frequently and require batterypowered tracking devices. The goal is to allow fleet managers to monitor and maintain real-time control, ultimately minimizing the costs associated with lost, stolen or abandoned trailers, said Todd Lewis, President of GPS North America.
A traditional way to secure trailers and freight cargo is through door-only or door-plus seals. However, door-only and door-plus seals do not provide protection against unauthorized entry, said Laura Turner, Marketing Assistant at Global Tracking Communication. Smart containers are asset trackers with a container lock feature, reporting opening and closing events. With this additional layer of security, fleet managers may use an online application to view assets and vehicles on maps.
Reports and alerts can be triggered, for example, when cargo enters or leaves a specific geographic location. This geofencing information improves security and reduces possible theft, helping business owners better manage inventory and human/object assets.
Mass TransitIn public transportation, key security concerns for passengers and drivers include disputes from accidents, violence, vandalism, driver behavior management and liability mitigation, said Chalon Dilber, Marketing Director for Safety Vision. "To a much lesser extent, the concerns stretch to include hijacking and homeland security-related concerns."
Simple video recording with a fixed camera might be adequate for after-the-fact processing since litigation has always been a concern for mass-transit operators. Readily available video footage provides the most legitimate evidence to support or dismiss claims from either passengers or drivers. In recent years, remotely accessible and live video has become a prerequisite in selecting mobile DVRs, which provide decision makers with a real-time view as critical events unfold. To ensure video quality, features like Wi-Fi, 3-G and bandwidth consistency should be taken into account.
Unsafe driving maneuvers should also be monitored. Identifying reckless behavior with sensors is generally included with recording hardware or GPS devices. "For example, accelerometers can measure high G-force events such as aggressive cornering, brakes and crashes," Dilber said. "In addition, integration with external hardwired sensors as well as vehicle diagnostics allows buses to provide real-time alerts to a central station."
According to Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators research, driver fatigue contributes to 19 percent of accidents and 4 percent of fatal collisions. Fatigue detection focuses on the status of eyes. "The latest development is to combine video analytics and passenger counting with audio and GPS data to proactively monitor driving habits and passenger loading to prevent possible accidents," said Xin Zhou, Product Manager, Hikvision Digital Technology.
Mining and Dangerous GoodsSafety is a top priority. Many mining sites or dangerous goods transport routes are located in rural areas, which may not have cellular communications, said Cliff Henley, CEO of Fleet Management Solutions. Mining vehicles are rugged and huge, and accidents involving them are always serious. "Two-way satellite communication with GPS tracking is vital for immediate location awareness and emergency response."
Driver blind spots include the front, sides and back of the vehicle. This fact sometimes leads to deadly accidents as drivers do not even know or sense they ran over a car or a person, Yang said. Radars, microphones and cameras are deployed and shown on a display inside the cabin to enhance situational awareness.
Road safety is critical in risk mitigation and a key concern for these fleet managers, said Jason Lai, Director of Fleet Management Service, Riti Technology. Improved safety on the road in remote areas with harsh environments can be achieved by creating geofences around no-go areas or designated routes to notify if the driver has gone off the grid. "There is no doubt that driver safety remains the most important objective with dangerous goods transport fleets, but monitoring speeding, which is a major contributor to crash incidents, is equally important," Lai said. Features like driving-behavior monitoring enable managers to know when and where specific events such as hard braking, sharp turns and rapid acceleration occur. "In addition to management awareness, weekly or monthly summaries let drivers know how many events they trigger each day, thus promoting safe driving habits on a daily basis."
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Crystal Palace's Yannick Bolasie says the club are getting used to Premier League life
YANNICK BOLASIE claims Crystal Palace have finally got to grips with the Premier League thanks to Tony Pulis.
The Eagles have gone from relegation certainties to having a real chance of staying up thanks to a Pulis-inspired revival.
Palace picked up just four points from their first 11 games before experienced boss Pulis's appointment in November.
Since then they have collected 19 from their last 12 games to climb off the foot of the table up to 14th.
"The players are getting much more confident after the last few results and we know what the levels in this league are all about now."Yannick Bolasie
Winger Bolasie said: "The players are getting much more confident after the last few results and we know what the levels in this league are all about now."
Bolasie also played down talk of leaving Selhurst Park after he attracted interest from Italians Fiorentina.
Bolasie said: "Obviously I was flattered by the interest but I'm a Palace player and I'm happy here.
"Now I want to try and help us stay in the Premier League.
"It's been a bit stop-start for me this season but now I'm coming into my stride and hopefully I can start scoring more goals and setting up more goals."


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CDS index tranches and the pricing of credit risk correlations
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Standardised loss tranches based on credit default swap (CDS) indices have increased liquidity in the market for credit risk correlations. Although progress is being made, quantitative modelling of these correlations is complex and not yet fully developed.
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Learning Objective(s)
- Translate real life situations into word problems.
- Translate word problems into algebraic expressions and equations.
Assessment Type
This introductory lesson uses the presentation from NROC's Algebra 1--An Open Course, Unit 2 Topic 1: Solving Equations. It includes a low stakes formative assessment in which high school students create and illustrate a problem of their choice.
Assignment Details
- Let your class warm to the topic of making real life algebra equations. You can ask them to give examples of when they use math in real life or give them an example of your own. Have they ever had to write their problems down to figure them out? Tell them their objective for the day is to create a real life algebra problem of their own.
- View Unit 2, Topic 1: Solving Equations (4min). In this presentation, an equation is made to solve for the number of batches of cookies a person can make if they only have so much flour. In the presentation, "equation" is defined and properties of equality are also discussed. If you wish, you can have your students take notes.
- Lead the class through making a few example cookie batch equations—have fun with letting them choose ingredients and see how much they can do on their own (Socratic questioning techniques can help with this). Be sure to use correct algebra terminology as you go.
- When comfortable, break students into small groups (I suggest heterogeneous grouping) encourage them to discuss their favorite cookies amongst themselves to create a fun, excited atmosphere and lower apprehension about errors.
- Have students take about 30 min total to make and illustrate an equation for a cooking situation of their own. They should choose what they are going to make and what variable to solve for. (How many batches, X, can they make if they have 12 cups sugar to use up and the recipe calls for 4 cups of sugar in each choco-caramel cookie batch?)
- Have each group show you and each other what they've come up with after about 5-10min. This allows you to check their progress and give feedback as needed.
- Circulate the room checking on whether students have successfully made a real life equation. Once you approve a group's equation, give them a large piece of paper and marker to make their idea and equation into a large poster for your classroom.
- Students do not need to present a solution on their poster, unless they are done early and you need them to keep working on something! I prefer for the students to make the equation illustration with a large blank solution space. Then, the student-generated problems can be used as class warm ups in the future or student groups can trade and solve later.
- Fun and innovation should be encouraged. If students would rather make up an equation about car parts and cars, have them go for it!
- For a student who is feeling really stumped, the Unit 2 Tutor Sim, "Building a Swimming Pool," can help with moving into representing word problems with symbols.
- For students needing a challenge: Can they make up a real life problem that involves more than one step, a problem involving addition and multiplication for example?
- For older students, a more grown up topic, could be used to make equations. Budgeting for a shopping trip or a vacation for example.
- This is a very scalable activity. If you don't have much class time, individuals can just set up their equation problems in class, then illustrate at home.
If in a rush, you can use a basic, "Plus, check, minus," scale to represent 100%, 85%, 75%. Odds are low a group will earn less than that.
Alternately, if using a 10 point scale:
5pts -- Time on task. Students stayed engaged and on topic working to create their problem and present it. All students in the group supported one another and invited contributions from each other.
3pts -- Students created a neat and clear equation representing their problem and incorporating feedback you gave them. A word problem is written out, variables are defined, and the equation is shown.
2pts -- The equation is completely correct.
Total= 10pts
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Photographer's Note
They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings which flap at high frequencies audible to humans. They hover in mid-air at rapid wing flapping rates, typically around 50 times per second,[1] but possibly as high as 200 times per second, allowing them also to fly at speeds exceeding 15 m/s (54 km/h; 34 mph), backwards or upside down.(From Wikipedia)
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holmertz (64602) 2014-08-25 7:24
Hello Eleu,
An elegant and interesting composition which owes a lot to the black background. The effect of the green and blue bird hovering above the red bowl (?) is quite refined and dramatic.
Kind regards,
rychem (49261) 2014-08-25 8:38
Beautifully caught, very nice photo of this little hummingbird, is seems the bird hasn't any wings, interesting black BG
regards Ryszard
abmdsudi (63581) 2014-08-26 8:38
Hi Eleu
A fine image of this little wonder at a pretty popular feeding station to replenish on fuel. It just amazes me with the amount of wingbeats per second that this industrious guy has to generate as he needs all the energy he can get just staying afloat. You are spot on target, darker bg enhances the colour contrast so stunningly but just wonder how much this little hummingbird can drink in one day. Whatever it is, that is quite a feat capturing this at one click. Very well done Elue. Fabs, Congrats, tfs
Best regards
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- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2013-10-31
- Categories: Daily Life, Nature
- Exposure: f/8, 1/320 seconds
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Bobber wrote:I thought everyone would be interested in seeing how these students present Linus Pauling and the issue of vitamin C and the common cold.
Bobber wrote:Dr. Zucic,
So, even though we have more information on how ascorbate works than Pauling did, they still did not even try to duplicate Pauling suggestions from the time!
zucic wrote:I was never in USA, but whenever someone returns from this side of the ocean, I ask him/her about food. The answers range from "bad" to "disguisting". When I ask for more details, a typical comments are "too sweet", "cakes contain more sugar than flour" etc.
Linus Pauling said also that sugar intake should be reduced.
ascorbicjoe wrote:Even organic packaged foods tend to follow the current sugar trends of America.
It's a resurgence that would cause Dr. Linus Pauling to be elated, having started one of these revivals in 1970 with the publication of his book, Vitamin C and the Common Cold. The consumption of vitamin C is reported to have jumped then by 300% and a dramatic drop in the mortality rate from coronary heart disease followed (public health authorities failed to report this). Dr. Pauling went on to write other books on vitamin C in 1986 and 1993 regarding cancer and longevity. During that era, before angioplasty, statin drugs or aspirin therapy were being touted, the number of annual deaths per 100,000 Americans due to coronary heart disease dropped from nearly 500 to about 250. [NIH Data]
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I wanted to add a very simple "Keep the spammers away" thing on a static website. Being a PHP programmer, the first thought that hit my processor was the imagecreate. The site being a static site, PHP was out of question. So my next choice was JavaScript, a very simple JavaScript Captcha. All that it takes is 10 images of 20 x 20 px (Size depends on the layout of your website) for random numbers. Make images of different fonts and color to make it little difficult for the bots to read. Remember to name the images as the value name. For e.g. 1 should be named as 1.gif, 2 as 2.gif and so on.
I have included a JavaScript based md5 file for encryption. I found this brilliant piece of code from http://pajhome.org.uk/crypt/md5
var path ="path/to/your/js/folder/"
This is the only way I could include the md5 file in a JavaScript Document.
Some global variables.
var myCaptchNumber, randomNum
getRandomNumber is a simple function that calls makeRandoNum to collect an array of four digit Random numbers. This is stored in value. To cross check the randomly generated value, we collect that as number in myCaptchaNumber.
function getRandomNumber()
randomNum = new Array(makeRandomNum(),makeRandomNum(),makeRandomNum(),makeRandomNum())
var value = randomNum[0]+""+randomNum[1]+""+randomNum[2]+""+randomNum[3]
myCaptchNumber = parseInt(value)
makeRandomNum generates a random single digit number using Math.random(). Since this generates a float value, we multiply that by 10 and the round it off using Math.ceil. One small check is that if the rounded number happens to be 10 then we assign it as 0.
makeRandomNum = function()
var makeRandomNum = Math.ceil((Math.random()*10))
return (makeRandomNum > 9) ? 0 : makeRandomNum
Now this is where the actual challenge lies. Since it is a JavaScript based Captcha code, we cannot create an image instead we arrange these images as if it were one single image.
function makeImage()
makeImg = ""
for(var i=0; i< randomNum.length; i++)
makeImg += ""
return makeImg;
We have the random number ready, set of images in sequence ready. All that we need to do now is display it as a HTML component and make it work. Please note the line where we generate a publickey. This variable contains md5 value of the random number and I have added some more text to make the value little more complex than md5 of simple numbers.
function imgCaptcha(backGround)
var make
var publickey
var backColor = (backGround)? backGround : "none"
make = "
"+makeImage()+"
"
make += "<input id=\"submitcaptcha\" name=\"submitcaptcha\" type=\"text\" maxlength=\"4\" style=\"width:135px;\" autocomplete=\"off\"/>"
publickey = hex_md5("blowFish"+myCaptchNumber)
make += "<input id=\"submitkey\" name=\"submitkey\" type=\"hidden\" value=\""+publickey+"\" />
"
The above function produces a div inside which you have a user input textbox, a hidden field with md5 value of the random number created and the set of images in a span to make it look like a single image.
How to use this file in your HTML page.
- Include this file say captcha.js in your html file.
- Type this statement where ever you want to display the captcha code.
This will give a white background to the images
The background remains transparent.
Use CSS to adjust the height,width, color and placement of the captcha element as per your website.


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I would like to make a program that connect to the internet, but i can't find out how to do so.
i figured out how the program would run, but i dont know how to actually dial out.
Heres how i planned it:
on first running:
get the host name (aol, infoave, etc);
get the number;
get the user password;
then make a file with the information, connect, when connected, output the modems command things, like connected to host <hostname> etc, and recording that to a file for troubleshooting.
On second run, get the information from the file, if any errors, reenter;
do the same thing.
But for now i just want to connect to the internment and disconnect. can i do that in console mode?
Thanks in advance


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"It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period."
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Hello all,
THE CONTEST IS FINALLY HERE! There's a HUGE prize list with some very good prizes and a (hopefully) fun theme, so please take your time to read this journal and consider joining.
Through Space and Time
The theme of the contest is 'Through Space and Time'. It needs to involve one of my original characters (references given below), but other than that and following the theme the contest is pretty free. You can even add in your own OC's if you wish or more, go crazy! The theme of this contest can be interpreted in a lot of different ways, so be creative!
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Prizes: CLICK HERE! Lots of points, art, features and more!
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- DO NOT USE MY REFERENCE SHEETS TO MAKE OTHER ART OF, THESE ARE JUST FOR REFERENCE AND NOT FOR USE IN YOUR ART! Standard rules for manipulations apply. This means you can only use STOCK pictures, credit the stockartists, no stealing, etc. You know the drill.
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- A maximum of three (3) entries are allowed per contestant.
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AUSTIN (AP) - Moises Jaramillo was tired of traveling every weekend and never getting to see his wife. After 16 years of umpiring college and minor league baseball games, it was time for a change.
With $20 and a little push from his wife, he got on the Internet last summer and applied to Galveston College. The 37-year-old son of Mexican immigrants borrowed $30 for placement tests needed to get into classes and started school in August.
"Community college opens doors," Jaramillo said. "I'm doing this for the future of my family."
But officials at the state's 50 community college districts worry that thousands of Texans might be left out as tuition increases and state funding decreases. All this is happening as the number of Texans enrolling in community colleges is rising.
By 2040, about 175,000 more Texans will enroll in community colleges than four-year universities, according to Steve Murdock, management science and statistics professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio. The growth, he said, results from the increasing population of minority Texans, many of whom are more likely to attend community college.
In 2003, lawmakers facing a budget shortfall slashed state funding for community colleges by nearly $60 million to $1.5 billion, then dropped it another $16.6 million the next year.
At the same time, enrollment increased at two-year colleges at a rate not seen in more than a decade. More than 500,000 students enrolled in 2003, compared to about 470,000 at public four-year universities.
"They just had the perfect mismatch of dollars and additional students in community colleges," said Deborah Greene, assistant commissioner for finance, campus planning and research at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
To keep the doors of higher education open, community college leaders say lawmakers need to hold up their end of the deal.
When Texas community colleges were started in 1969, the state was to pay instructional costs. Tuition and local property taxes levied by college districts would cover building and maintenance costs.
Historically, state funding has accounted for about 60 percent of community college revenue. After the 2003 cuts, 31 percent of the money came from the state, according to the Texas Association of Community Colleges.
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At long last the book is now done but certainly not finished or polished. I promised the book would be online today (01/21/2010) and so it is. We have posted Chapters I -IX but have not yet posted the introduction or the copies of the original document images at the end of the book but they will be online within a couple of days. The Index alone runs to 100 pages and I will not be transcribing it at present but fortunately, the book will be completely indexed by the search engine before the end of this evening. In the meantime, I have linked all the chapters I - IX. While working on this today, I also noticed that some of the images are missing although I know that both Ginger and I have them. Since the links are on each page, I imagine Ginger just needs to get the remainder to me and then the broken links to the missing images will work.
We would like to thank the family of the author for giving us permission to make this book available to the Warren Co., North Carolina researchers. His son shared his only copy with me some time ago in order that we could scan each page.Sadly, it would not OCR so each page has been typed by hand. We would also like to thank all the researchers who volunteered to help type this 1000 page book. Bittany Trexler, a graduating senior from Granville Co. spent much of one summer typing pages in her spare time and finally Ginger Beattie Christmas finished the typing and put it together. If it does not look professional now, it is because of my personal difficulty porting pages done in MSW to HTML but I will not stop until each page appears as it should. Again, only the links to the chapters are currently linked.
Note: A word of caution, from D.Williams, NCGenWeb Project. While this book remains a good source of information for many HARRIS lines, some of the earliest lines have been proven to be incorrect by newer research. As with any source used in research, it is advised that you use multiple sources to prove the veracity of any info found in a book, since errors can be made at any point in time.
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I did not know what to expect from an organization like NSCS. I hadn't ever been apart of an honor organization or recognized for my academic performance in school. So it was a bit of a shock when a prestigious society in invited me, an art student, to join. I guess one of the main reasons I joined was to get on the same level my intelligent friends in high school were on and scholarships. What I got was much much more. NSCS has recognized me for my talent and love for the cinema, and has gifted me with the opportunity to work in my field at such a young age. Also everyone I work with is so awesome and cooperative. The individuals I communicate with are very professional and charming. This is truly a loving organization. I didn't just get hired, I joined a family. A good kind of family.
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£300m Northside Regeneration scheme for Belfast which could see popular pub the Sunflower demolished is refused planning permission
A £300m project to redevelop the north of Belfast city centre has hit a roadblock, after it was refused outline planning permission.
The Northside Regeneration is planning develop a so-called "mixed use" development, close to Royal Avenue, which would include housing, retail, leisure and student accommodation.
But Belfast City Council has now put forward the development for refusal
The project hit the headlines last year, after it was revealed popular and award-winning pub The Sunflower could be knocked down as part of the plans.
A Save The Sunflower campaign was launched on social media, drawing support from more than 5,000 fans of Pedro Donald's popular tavern.
Northside is a consortium, chosen by the Department for Social Development (DSD) with the development, which is bounded by North Street, Royal Avenue, Donegall Street and Millfield.
The consortium, including global building firm Balfour Beatty and property developer Kevin McKay.
A spokeswoman for Northside said it "remains fully committed to the development of the lands designated by the DSD for regeneration".
"Further to our submission of our outline planning application the planning authorities requested supplementary information on environmental impacts. The extent and scope of the information requested required more time than was available within the deadline set and regrettably this has resulted in our application being determined as " deemed refused".
"We will be resubmitting our application and re-entering the planning application process.
"It is important to note that our outline plan was developed following an extensive pre-planning community consultation process and took into account the views expressed throughout the process and particular consideration has been and will continue to be given to both listed and unlisted buildings of architectural and historic interest within the scheme.
"There have been concerns raised by a local councillor with Northside Regeneration Ltd regarding the Sunflower Bar and the development team will enter discussions with the owner of the property, where the bar is located, as part the planning process ."
And The Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, which has previously objected to the scheme, said: "Whilst the deemed refusal is welcome, it may not mean that unlisted historic buildings in the area are safe.
"They are not protected against demolition and it is likely that another scheme for the area will emerge in due course."
A spokesman for Belfast City Council said:
"Although Belfast City Council took on planning powers and functions in April 2015, the anticipated transfer of regeneration functions did not take place. Across Northern Ireland the Department of Social Development therefore remains in the lead for regeneration functions, including Northside in Belfast.
"The deemed refusal of the Northside Regeneration Ltd outline planning application on 18 January 2016 means Belfast City Council has no "comprehensive development" application for Northside to deal with at present; but there are other planning applications which the Council must determine within the Northside area.
"In taking planning decisions for this area, the Council will take into account the Council's own strategy for the city centre, the adopted Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan and all other material planning policies and factors. The Council is fully aware of the value of heritage assets in the city centre and indeed has recently supported the listing, by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, of numerous buildings across the city."
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Edward Jones' THE KNOWN WORLD won a whole bunch of prizes when the novel was published some years back, and for good reason – it was brilliant. So no wonder he and his new collection of stories, ALL AUNT HAGAR'S CHILDREN, is getting rapturous review attention and print media shoutouts from the New York Times, where William Hamilton looks into the semi-reclusive author's relationship to his native Washington, DC, depicting African-Americans through the ages and his writing ethos, which is heavily dosed with realism.
"When people come to you, characters, and they're doing or saying something, it's almost always a particular place that I have to situate them," Jones said. "I don't want to create some sort of imaginary street in Washington, because that's not the world that I knew." What he did know was a small space that housed his mother and his sister together with him for many years until finally, he moved out in 2004 to a Gothic revival apartment complex on Embassy Row. It's not about living the rich life, but having comfort. "Because of all the stuff we went through when I was a kid," he said, mildly hissing the word 'stuff,' "I don't ever want to eat another cabbage sandwich."


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Additional NIH funds to Zhou for alcoholic fatty liver studies
Dr. Zhanxiang Zhou (Translational Biomedical Research) received additional funding from the US DHHS NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for the project "Adipose Tissue Lipolysis and Alcoholic Fatty Liver." Alcoholic fatty liver is one of the earliest pathological changes in the progression of alcoholic liver disease. The research team's overall hypothesis is that reverse fatty acid transport due to excess lipolysis of the adipose tissue plays a crucial role in pathogenesis of alcoholic fatty liver. This project will test this hypothesis.


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The Missing
In this romantic spine tingler from Walker (Through the Veil ), psychic teen Taige Branch of Gulf Shores, Ala., falls in love one summer with Cullen Morgan, a boy on vacation from Georgia, after he rescues her from being raped by a couple of drunken louts at a beach resort. Four years later, after a psycho murders Cullen's mother in Atlanta, Cullen breaks up with Taige, outraged that his psychic girlfriend, who had saved little kids' lives in front of his eyes, couldn't foresee and stop the tragedy. Eight years after that trauma, Cullen asks Taige, now a member of an FBI special task force, for help in finding his motherless daughter, Jilly, a talented artist with psychic abilities who's been abducted by a child predator. A sweet love story alternates with an exciting manhunt. Romantic suspense fans will find much to like in Taige, a fearless beauty, half-white, half-black, who's not just another "medium" clone. (Nov.)
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You need to understand what your financial rights are, and how to protect yourself, and your kids. You also need to find out if leaving/throwing him out right now is a feesable option. Many here who are stuck operate under the notion that they would not be able to afford such things, when the truth of the matter is that there is more help available to single moms' out there than you know.
Make sure you are taking care of you. Eating, Sleeping, staying hydrated, if you aren't go to your Dr. Also I would strongly encourage you to be STD tested ASAP. His behaviors are those of a sex addict, and with that comes risky behaviors that in turn put you at risk. Protect yourself, so that you can care for you and your kids.
Keep posting, keep reading, start finding your strong. It's there, it's just buried with other stuff right now.
((((and strength))))
And...Get tested for STD's immediately.
That just sounded SO contrived, I knew it wasn't true.
Good for you, installing a keylogger. You have a very powerful tool at your disposal - DON'T EVER tell him how you got your information!!!! Never, ever reveal your sources. All that does is tell him what NOT to do next time (if he's lucky enough to have you around FOR a next time).
So that's rule NUMBER ONE.
I'm not quite understanding what these lame profiles are for - are they on a sex hookup site, or are they on a dating site like Plenty of Fish or Match.com?
In either event Jesss, I think it would be foolhardy to believe he's never met anyone in person or hasn't cheated on you numerous times, sexually over all these years he's been doing this. This has been going on for a long time and to assume it's just been nothing more than silly little messages through a dating site or chatting on the phone would be pretty naive.
First, I'd find a lawyer who gives free consultations and book that free hour with him just to get an idea of exactly where you stand since you're a SAHM and have no income of your own (never a good idea - it takes away ALL your options).
Secondly, I'd start getting all my ducks in a row just in case this does lead to a separation/divorce. You need to start saving small amounts of money - $10 here, $20 there, so on and so forth. Keep it hidden and just for you.
As far as what to do about his long-running and illustrious online dating 'career,' I'd blast his sorry ass right out of the water.
I hope you've COPIED all the proof you found in his secret email accounts - make 2 copies and keep one safe in a sealed envelope with a friend or family member. You never know if you'll need it down the right. You need to be smarter than HIM, as painful as this may be for you.
If you're going to set him up for a sting, you can create a fake profile but don't make this girl over the top - that will look fake. Find an attractive random picture or two of a woman and create a profile with attributes you know he'll find attractive. Again, don't overdo it and make her into some kind of dream girl or he's going to get suspicious. Perhaps her story can be that she's recently divorced or out of a long term relationship and looking for 'friends' as she's not ready for a huge emotional commitment. That will be attractive to your husband as he can't GIVE anyone a huge emotional commitment. But you'll probably need to get a friend or family member (sworn to secrecy) to help you as he'll eventually want to talk to this woman on the phone. So it may require the cooperation of a friend willing to do this for you.
Keep copies of all correspondence, tape any phone conversations he and this 'woman' have (if you can), and absolutely set him up for a first 'meet' at some out of the way place - then show up and watch him squirm.
Honestly, you're not going to make him feel hurt or guilty or any of those things. If he hasn't felt that way all these years that he's been up to no good shopping around for cheap thrills, I don't believe he's going to have a sudden epiphany and realize how crappy his behavior has been. It's almost like he feels justified from what I've read in your profile - he's verbally abusive and something tells me he thinks he DESERVES to have extra curricular crap going on the side. All he did was give you a whole bunch of lip service the last time he was caught.
I'm really so sorry you find yourself in this position and I think you're VERY smart for keeping what you've found out close to the vest - until you're ready to use it. Good luck to you.
You need to take care of yourself so you can take care of your children. (((more hugs)))
D-Day, June 10, 2012
The Dr's office is used to hearing this story. They will not judge, and will be sympathetic, and probably offer you some support. In addition it sounds like you could use a little pharmaceutical support right now too. That is OK.
I personally needed antianxiety medications to help me through it. I couldn't eat or sleep. When I didn't get sleep I found it was about a zillion times harder to emotions in check, and not become a blubbering mess. The ativan helped me sleep, and it helped with the panic attacks, when the what if cycle started...you know What if he is cheating, what if he gets a disease, what if I can't leave, what if I give him another chance, what if what if what if....It was unhealthy, and crazymaking.
It is time to put you and your kiddos first. You first, then the kids. Just like on a plane, you apply your oxygen mask first, then the kids. You are no good to them if you can't function. It was them that gave me the strength to keep getting up everyday, and going to work. I needed to be able to care for them.
((((and strength)))))
I just wish who he pretended to be was real. I loved his and trusted him so much. We been having problems for about three years, but when we were all together as a family doing anything, it'd always be a blast... For me and my children anyway... I hope one day he realizes what he gave up. I don't want to forgive him, he's not even sorry, but if he ever is, it doesn't matter. I'm done. I hope I can stay strong. What do you all do to stay strong? Not fall back into their lies?
None of it. If you carry any guilt, if you question WHY your WH has damaged your family so horribly, please believe that all the reasons belong to HIM.
This was my mantra: Hold my head up. Be strong. I did nothing wrong!
If he is blame shifting, he is not truly remorseful. He must own his mistakes and poor choices. For you to begin to heal from trauma of this magnitude, your WH will need to find a way to allow you to speak of your pain. I can't imagine reconciliation after infidelity without MC, but some here have managed it.
In your case, IC for you would be very helpful.
I don't want to offer too much for now. I just want you to know that this is a very safe place for you to come and begin to heal yourself.
This is such a long road. The support you find from the members of this forum will make the journey smoother...not easy, by any means...but you'll never travel alone.
Take care of you. You can't control the behavior or choices or your WH, but you can control how you react to them.
Do what's best for YOU.
Write here often. Lots of wonderfully compassionate and very smart folks here.
Ask questions or just vent. It helps.
Many hugs and healthy thoughts.
You will come out the other side one way or another but you will. Have faith.
It is for YOU not for HIM and not for your marriage but for YOU.
Good luck.
You need to think about who goes, who stays, where would you go, how would you survive financially. If you can figure that out, it will give you the strength to really confront him.
Then confront him with all of the evidence, tell him you have seen an attorney, and start the 180 until he comes around.
Then it is counselling and talking, and reconnecting, if that is possible.
So sorry you have to go through this with small children. Very scary but you will get much support and advice here. Hugs.
There is a resource thread for those who have spouses into anonymous encounters here:
that addresses items that are particular to this flavor of infidelity. Please add it to the posts you need to read.
Be gentle with yourself, and make yourself the priority now. Not him, or "catching" him. Now that he knows you are onto him, he's likely going underground or quitting temporarily until he can convince you he's not doing what he's really doing. You already know what you need to know. Focus on what you need to do to take care of yourself. The post above is one of many that will help you do that.
What kind of world do we live in? Who are these people? Do I pass them as I walk down the street, check out at the store?
I'm still reeling from shock. I think the bright side of that shock, is just the realization - one we can cling to - that we are not cut from a cloth that could participate in these kinds of things.
Small consolation though ...
Fooled twice - almost exactly 10 years apart.
My husband used to always say how easy it would be for him to cheat on me, since he works out of town. I didn't care because I "Knew" that he would never even think of actually doing such a thing.
[This message edited by Jesss at 11:40 PM, September 11th (Wednesday)]
DO NOT confront and give an ultimatum unless you're ready to follow through. Before you confront you need to have an exit strategy. Start thinking. Even if all you do is stow away your birth certificate and the last three years tax records, it's a start. It'll help you feel like you're doing SOMETHING. Sometimes that will cause your brain to kick into gear and come up with other ideas. I don't have anything else right now, but I'm sure you have resources that you haven't considered yet. Is there anything you can sell to stash cash? Can you cut back on groceries at all? Anything is a start. Trust me, anything is a start.


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It's that time again. The monthly edition of The Session. Beer blogging boys and girls gather 'round the coal fired ISPs throughout the world to share their thoughts on a topic. This month our host is the Pittsburgh Beer Snob who writes:
At many points in history you can look back and find alcohol intertwined. A lot of times that form of alcohol is beer. Beer is something that connects us with the past, our forefathers as well as some of our ancestors. I want this topic to be a really open-ended one. So, it should be fairly easy to come up with something and participate. If you were among any readers I had when I posted most of the time you have a very good idea of where I might be going with my post when the time comes. The same doesn't apply to you. Do you want to write about an important beer event with great historical significance? Famous figures that were brewers? Have you visited an establishment that has some awesome historic value? Maybe a historically-themed brewpub? I wouldn't be surprised to even see a few posts on Prohibition. It doesn't really matter when it comes to history!
History is good. I am actually of the opinion the best histories of beer and brewing are yet to be written. But I also believe the best beer writing, thinking, constructs, descriptions and criticism are all a fair ways off, too. We wallow in times of self-satisfaction. Would you just look about you at the works so far, Ozzy?
Anyway, that being or not being the case, what to make of the state of brewing history? I have written a bit of my bit to be sure but I am still not satisfied. I have come across beer in the Arctic in the 1570s, the 1670s and the 1850s. Fabulous facts. Beer for those living on the edge. Why? Because it kept them alive. Happy and alive. Billy Baffin, that giver of what I think the most Canadian surname, on his fifth voyage in 1616 got into a real pinch and had to hightail it to an island off Greenland and make a tea to keep he and his crew alive:
Now seeing that wee had made an end of our discouery, and the yeare being too farre spent to goe for the bottonie of the bay to search for drest finnes ; therefore wee determined to goe for the coast of Groineland to see if we could get some refreshing for our men ; Master Hei'bert and two more having kept their cabins above eight days (besides our cooke, Richard Waynam, which died the day before, being the twenty-six of July), and divers more of our company so weake, that they could doe but little labour. So the winde favouring us, we came to anchor in the latitude of 65° 45′, at six a clocke in the evening, the cockin eight and twentieth day, in a place called Cockin Sound. The next day, going on shoare on a little iland, we found scuruy great abundance of the herbe called scuruie grasse, which we boyled in beere, and so dranke thereof, using it also in sallets, with sorrell and orpen, which here groweth in abundance; by meanes hereof, and the blessing of God, all our men within eight or nine days space were in perfect health, and so continued till our arrivall in England.
God is good, indeed. Beer is a bounty that is provided to us for health and joy and the lessons of history prove it. Yet, history also proves the wages of not only drunkeness but seeking out the best and brownest. Beer is neither benign or neutral but a powerful tool. That is what history teaches us. It can trace empires for us. Fortify a frontier. Collapse a region. Give hope. And bring despair.


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Further update: Field of Dreams 2 poster
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Update: Behind the scenes video!
...and deleted scenes :)
Thanks Lauren :)
Just when you thought Taylor couldn't get any cuter...
I almost wish they'd make this into an actual movie - the production value is really good - but does anyone know who that girl is?
At least we know why he was wearing a costume wedding ring *phew* close call!
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Photo by Jack GouldThe worst news about the Supreme Court's affirmative-action decisions last week was that it really was good news.
The justices had an easy opportunity to bury affirmative action once and for all, but didn't. In two split decisions–6-3 against the University of Michigan's undergraduate admissions program, with its fixed point system, and 5-4 in favor of its law school system–the court agreed that a vague, subjective and completely voluntary system that included some consideration of race is permissible. With typical post-civil rights reasoning, the court basically sanctioned affirmative action, but only when it's good for whites.
Many universities once vigorously opposed "introducing" race into the admissions process. They preferred to rely on such time-tested merit-based factors as alumni legacies, prep school attendance, athletics and standardized test scores.
But when the heat got too hot, some hit on a clever strategy, which came to be known as "diversity." Instead of recognizing the oppressions of the past (and their contemporary persistence) as cause for active redress to promote equality, they instead proposed that "diverse" learning environments were good for everyone (i.e., whites), and therefore a race-based admissions policy wasn't against the interests of whites. This policy effectively silenced critics on the left, while throwing down the gauntlet to the conservatives on the right.
In last week's ruling, the court finally put diversity to the test. Because of the 14th Amendment's "equal protection" guarantee, the court agreed that using race in university admissions is not fair to whites if the point is "to remedy disadvantages cast on minorities by past racial prejudice." This is the same 14th Amendment, remember, that was intended to remedy the "disadvantages" cast on the slaves and their descendents. However, apparently swayed by briefs from the likes of Microsoft and the military (an alliance that should give us all pause), Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote for the majority: "In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity."
That's a pretty big step backward: from addressing historical and continuing wrongs–the old argument for affirmative action–to diversity as a salve for the "legitimacy" of our politicians. Still, it could have been much worse: Only four members of the court were adamant that race is not a legitimate basis for any consideration. Justice Clarence Thomas argued in his dissent that "diversity" is not a compelling state interest and a public law school is not a state necessity, so how could the "aesthetics" of the school ("from the shape of the desks and tables in its classrooms to the color of the students sitting at them") be of sufficient importance to justify state-sanctioned racism? Besides, Thomas argued, affirmative action hurts its supposed beneficiaries because their white classmates look down on them. But isn't it better to have to prove yourself to Harvard classmates who doubt your abilities than to have Harvard students know you're not qualified because you never got in?
What's left is a lukewarm permission to consider race only on a case-by-case basis. There can be no specific target ("quota")–which is why Michigan brass steadfastly refused ever to define a "critical mass" of minority students. And the court put that permission on a time limit. Despite the fact that education gaps by race have stopped closing, and in some cases widened in recent years, the majority concluded: "We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today." In other words, if the University of Michigan were to decide tomorrow that diversity were no longer an issue, the justices would be delighted, and Michigan could return with constitutional impunity to giving preference to the children of alumni.
It's a sign of how far we've come that the justices concerned themselves primarily with whether admissions policies are fair to whites; indeed, there's nothing in these decisions that could be used to hold universities accountable if they don't pursue a policy that opens up their classes to minorities. Did I miss the part of American history where whites fell behind as a result of rampant racial "preferences"? (Maybe I should have paid more attention to that award-winning docudrama Falling Down, starring Michael Douglas as lead plaintiff for the oppressed white race.)
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All of this may have limited ramifications for public universities in California, already prohibited by Proposition 209 from using race, ethnicity or gender in admissions decisions. But that doesn't mean the issue has been resolved. At UC Irvine, the student body is just 13 percent "underrepresented minority," according to university statistics. That includes 2 percent African Americans, 11 percent Chicano/Latino students, and 87 Native Americans. In the UC system as a whole, minority admissions haven't yet fully recovered from the Prop. 209 shock. Admitting students to public universities on the basis of race is certainly no solution for the problems of America's yawning inequalities.
("Race" itself is a very crude indicator. Note that "Asians" are not an "underrepresented minority," composing 44 percent of UCI students. However, if we look among Asian ethnicities, we can find some stark inequalities. Statewide, a third or so of Asian Indians, Filipinos, Koreans and Taiwanese have completed college. But among the poorer communities of Laotians, Hmong people and Cambodians, fewer than one in 12 have finished college.)
Critics are quite right to point out that much of the problem lies at lower levels in the public education system, where inequality in resources across U.S. schools and districts is an international scandal. However, because of America's historical–and contemporary–legacy of racial preferences on behalf of whites, real affirmative action remains an issue of justice and fairness, and public universities have an important role to play. In the wake of the court's decisions, it's still legal–if only just barely–to act on that moral impulse.
Philip N. Cohen is an assistant professor of sociology at UC Irvine. Reach him at email@example.com.