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However, this year's Opening Day Parade route will be a bit different due to Cincinnati's streetcar construction.
The parade will start at Findlay Market, as has been tradition in past years.
However, rather than heading down Race Street, the parade will head west on Liberty and then south on Central Parkway.
The parade will continue down Central Parkway and then head back to Race Street. The parade will proceed as normal to Fifth Street.
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Thursday, Jan 09, 2014 12:18 pm
Re: �Senior doesn�t want organics recycling,� Jan. 2
Dear Editor,
This letter is in regard to the letter last week by D. Forest. I agree with D. Forest. My husband and I are not seniors but we recycle and have very little garbage.
How can you institute a program after so little consultation with the people of Airdrie?
Then you threaten us with a fine if we don�t use the bins. I would rather have seen the money go towards hiring two more RCMP officers. Calgary waited until they had over a million people before they brought in organic recycling. Maybe we should take it to a vote.
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Klout Brings Influence Measurement to Businesses
In an official blog post, Klout has announced that it is open for business(es). According to the announcement, "Businesses will be able to look at an easy-to-read dashboard that tells you, at-a-glance, whether you are engaging your influencers on the networks where they are most actively exerting their influence and on which Klout Score ranges you could stand to amp up your efforts. Most importantly, Klout can tell you which topics your audience influences others on, helping you maximize your content efforts to drive consideration for your brand."
The new dashboard is not yet available. Businesses interested in participating will need to go to Klout for Business and sign up and then wait for more information. The announcement refers to an initial complimentary set of analytics, which implies that Klout is taking a page from Appinions and will be offering businesses with a permium set of analytics and information.
This screenshot from Klout indicates that businesses will be able to view metrics on their social network audience, information on the effectiveness of their online activity, top topics and moments.
As a personal influence measurement, Klout has improved by leaps and bounds. As Mark Schaefer, one of the experts on social influence, points out, it's time that we move beyond the debate over the merits of social influence measureing. Individuals, and now businesses, need to "take a clear-headed look at the real dynamics of online influence and the implications for you, your brand, and your business, and make an informed decision."
Therefore, this new product from Klout should be looked on with excitement and interest. If Klout is able to provide a barometer for your business influence online, and provide meaningful metrics for how that influence is or isn't working, that should be viewed as a benefit.
If you haven't used Klout at all before, the service aims to analyze someone's online activity and connections and produce a real-time score and metrics. Klout can look at your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and other social network accounts, as well as key indicators like a Wikipedia entry, and see not only how many "followers" you have, but how those followers are engaging with you. Are your tweets retweeted or your Google+ posts shared and commented on? The theory is that the more interaction and engagement your activity generates, the more influential you must be.
There will surely be Klout and influence measurement-haters who think this is yet another scheme to change our perceptions of brands, or whatever other inane argument they want to make. They're welcome to their opinions. My clients and I, in the meantime, will be looking for any advantage we can gain from the information Klout has to offer.
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.- During a radio program this week, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani of Lima invited a woman who repented of having an abortion to become an "apostle of life "and help others who have experienced the same tragedy.
During the program, Dialogue of Faith, the cardinal took a call from a woman who underwent an abortion four years ago and later repented and sought God's forgiveness in the Sacrament of Confession.
"God has forgiven you because He is of infinite mercy and kindness, but He also wants to use your suffering and your desire to change," the cardinal told her. He encouraged her to become an apostle of life and thus help women undergoing similar experiences, in order to help them realize the gravity of abortion.
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Gabe Newell responds to Valve's layoffs, says the company 'isn't changing any priorities'
As it turns out, Jeri Ellsworth wasn't the only employee that made a departure from Valve yesterday. Gamasutra reported that a large number of employees were laid off. Many of them said something about "great cleansing" and "large decisions" in the organization's future when Gamasutra questioned them on the matter, but none would say more than that.
According to an analysis by Garry's Mod creator Garry Newman, nine employees lost their job yesterday (Ellsworth brings it to ten). Jason Holtman, Valve's business director, departed along with TF2 lead visual designer Moby Francke, senior developer Tom Leonard, developer Elan Ruskin, artist Realm Lovejoy, animator Keith Huggins, lead tester Marc Nagel, artist Bay Raitt, and animator Matthew Russell. The only confirmed layoffs at this point in time are Holtman and Ellsworth, the state of everyone else's position is currently up in the air.
Apparently, the story of the layoffs was enough to get people running scared; layoffs are never a good thing, and many started to wonder if this meant Valve was going to be dropping a few projects. In a statement issued to Engadget, founder Gabe Newell assured everyone that this was not so:
"We don't usually talk about personnel matters for a number of reasons. There seems to be an unusual amount of speculation about some recent changes here, so I thought I'd take the unusual step of addressing them. No, we aren't cancelling any projects. No, we aren't changing any priorities or projects we've been discussing. No, this isn't about steam or Linux or hardware or [insert game name here]. We're not going to discuss why anyone in particular is or isn't working here."
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The Clinton Plan Commission has supported and recommended approval of an urban renewal plan for the Lincolnway Railpark.
The city council at their last meeting raised some concerns about the cost of the potential projects in the plan.
At the Plan Commission meeting Wednesday City Administrator Jessica Kinser explained that a couple of years ago the laws changed and urban renewal plans must include projects, whether those are ever funded or not. She said the city has been amending and updating existing plans to meet the new law.
Kinser told the Plan Commission the updated plan for the Railport Industrial area would allow for tax increment financing to aid new business development. She admitted the cost of the potential projects is large, but there is no commitment to spend that money by adopting the plan. She said she understands there are some "scary numbers in there that could make you hesitant to approve the plan, especially the $53-million." But, she also stressed there is no commitment to spend the money and all projects would come back to the council. Kinser called the plan proactive instead of reactive.
Plan Commission member Bob Soesbe commented that the commission's role is to determine if it is good for the community, but not the budget impacts.
Kinser said tax increment financing is part of the agreement for the Rail One business to locate in the rail port industrial park hinges and the plan requires approval for that to be approved. Without that approval there could be some 'hurt feelings' from the new business. The approval also is needed to aid in the property purchases the city is committed for at the industrial area.
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Some people love the idea of being a pilot and flying because it allows them to go places they wouldn't be able to otherwise. Flying, as well, can be a lot like artwork. With the stroke of a paintbrush an artist, too, can explore new places.The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is putting aviation and artistry together by encouraging children to put their creativity to good use by entering their annual aviation art contest.This years theme is "view from the pilot's seat," and 22 winners in grades first through fifth will be chosen from across the state. Winners receive a certificate and a mounted copy of their artwork.PennDot secretary Allen Biehler says the department has been happy with previous submissions."We've been very pleased with the participation and creativity students showed in this contest in the past," says Biehler. "Aviation supports thousands of jobs in Pennsylvania, so we're glad that kids are learning about an importantindustry and having fun at the same time."With a number of airports in the state, Pennsylvanians benefit from numerous employment opportunities provided by the aviation industry.
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At what age did you move out of your parent's house? I'm 22 and still live at home, granted, I just graduated college and had been living elsewhere for the past four years, but I feel stuck here. I have a decent paying job doing something that doesn't interest me and I could easily afford to move out, but I'm afraid of losing the oppurtunity to live at home for at least a couple years and save a huge amount of money to put towards a house when the appropriate time comes. My parents are fprtunate and generous enough to pay for a lot of my things (food, cell phone, insurance, etc.) and they aren't pushy about trying to force me out of the house. They are more than happy to have me there.
The only downside to this plan is... I am completely miserable. All my friends from college live nowhere near me, my girlriend and I ended up breaking up because of the distance, and I have basically no time with work to meet new people. The isolation is killing me. Some of my friends have already moved out and are struggling somewhat financially but seem 10 times happier than I am just to be doing something new and exciting.
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Severing ties with parents...
Jun 27, 2013, 05:10 PM #2
Move out. The sooner the better.
Some of my best times in life were in the years when all of us were battling to make it, usually always broke, it didn't matter much in retrospect, we were too busy laughing & living.
You come off as intelligent, motivated, educated. Ergo, you'll always make money.
You can't get time back.
If you don't like the movie, get up & leave.
You said it yourself. You're miserable. Break out of your comfort zone. And if the next thing doesn't work, you try something else. And again. The journey is the fun of it.
One man's humble opinion.
Jun 27, 2013, 05:11 PM #3
Maybe your uncle can get you a job in television.
Jun 27, 2013, 05:15 PM #4
And people complain that this forum is useless... LMAO! Lil Nephew, enjoy it while you can and be thankful of what you have!! Let your parents know that all the time! Life doesn't always go the way you planned and you never know when you might need a little parental housing! As long as they are okay with you living there and saving money, do it! As far as what age, that really is up you ans when you are ready! Good luck to ya! And by the way, I am by far no expert!
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And like Zeroevol said, let your parents know how thankful you are, best thing they could here.
2 questions: (1) What is your Degree in? (2) What kind of job do you think you'd enjoy doing?
Jun 27, 2013, 05:28 PM #8
I moved out two months after I turned 18 (i'm 32 now), never looked back. I'm about an hour from the house if I need to swing by for any reason, soon to be 2-3hrs away, but still within driving distance. If you have already saved up a good chunk of change, go ahead and do it if you're really miserable.
Life is too short to feel that way, never know when the ride is over, so might as well get out on your own and experience it. You'll find out that life isn't so easy on your own, but you'll grow from it and get stronger. If you want to be able to bag as much tang as you possibly can, then that's the only way to go my man, lots of chicks in the 18-25 range that will go home with you simply because you have one....
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HAHA Oh man welcome to the real world. Guess what, it only gets worse. Stay at home as long as possible and save as much money as possible. ****, stay there until you inherit the house. You are literally voicing what every single kid fresh out of college thinks. You just realized that college was the best its gonna get, and that sucked for everyone. The way I see it you have to paths in life. 1) Move out and go to like Costa Rica and live a humble life of surfing and drinking Imperial on the beach, but you will be living a cheap life and never have a Benz or a trophy wife. 2) Become part of society and start to pay taxes, buy a house, and work until retirement or death ( with some very luxurious surf trips mixed in). Believe it or not you living on your own sounds great till you are eating cup noodles every night, and then you can meet girls because you are poor, and chicks hate poor. Stay home and suck it up.
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Hi OP,
As a workaround for now you might try commenting out or removing the two lines from RisServercodeGen.proj that refer to the HL7 directory. I've been able to successfully build the RIS once that's done.
(I would paste them here but for some reason xml isn't appearing in my response.)
I'm trying to compile RIS, but am having problems ..
I installed Ruby and I have both - VS 2005 and VS 2008 C# Express.
When I try to build Trunk, I get the following output:
...lities\ObservableList.cs Utilities\ResourceResolver.cs Utilities\AttributeUtils.cs Utilities\NullExtensionFactory.cs Audit\AuditLo
g.cs Audit\AuditEntryInfo.cs Audit\IAuditSink.cs ExtensionSettings.cs ExtensionSettings.Designer.cs IUserCredentialsProvider.cs Pr
oductSettings.cs ProductSettings.Designer.cs Shreds\IShred.cs Shreds\QueueProcessor.cs Shreds\QueueProcessorShred.cs Shreds\Shred.
cs Shreds\ShredExtensionPoint.cs Utilities\FtpFileTransfer.cs Utilities\IObservableList.cs Utilities\IRemoteFileTransfer.cs Utilit
Audit\AuditLog.cs(66,37): error CS1031: Type expected
Audit\AuditLog.cs(66,38): error CS0443: Syntax error, value expected
Audit\AuditLog.cs(66,39): error CS1026: ) expected
Audit\AuditLog.cs(66,55): error CS1519: Invalid token ')' in class, struct, or interface member declaration
Done building target "CoreCompile" in project "ClearCanvas.Common.csproj" -- FAILED.
Done building project "ClearCanvas.Common.csproj" -- FAILED.
Build FAILED.
Audit\AuditLog.cs(66,37): error CS1031: Type expected
Audit\AuditLog.cs(66,38): error CS0443: Syntax error, value expected
Audit\AuditLog.cs(66,39): error CS1026: ) expected
Audit\AuditLog.cs(66,55): error CS1519: Invalid token ')' in class, struct, or interface member declaration
0 Warning(s)
4 Error(s)
Time Elapsed 00:00:04.32
And when trying to compile tag Workstation/RIS 1.5 SP1:
Generated /Healthcare/NoteAcknowledgementSearchCriteria.gen.cs
Processing Address
Generated /Healthcare/Address.gen.cs
Generated /Healthcare/AddressSearchCriteria.gen.cs
Skipping WorklistQueryBase
Processing WorklistQueryBaseResult
Generated /Healthcare/WorklistQueryBaseResult.gen.cs
Processing WorklistQueryBaseCriteria
Generated /Healthcare/WorklistQueryBaseCriteria.gen.cs
Total 243 files
MSBUILD : warning MSB6003: The specified task executable could not be run. The directory name is invalid
The previous error was converted to a warning because the task was called with ContinueOnError=true.
Build continuing because "ContinueOnError" on the task "Exec" is set to "true".
D:\Projects\SB_Slovenj_Gradec\ClearCanvas_RisViewer1.5SP1\Ris\Server\RisServerCodeGen.proj(12,5): error MSB6003: The s
pecified task executable could not be run. The directory name is invalid
Done building target "BuildSolution" in project "RisServerCodeGen.proj" -- FAILED.
Done building project "RisServerCodeGen.proj" -- FAILED.
Build FAILED.
MSBUILD : warning MSB6003: The specified task executable could not be run. The directory name is invalid
D:\Projects\SB_Slovenj_Gradec\ClearCanvas_RisViewer1.5SP1\Ris\Server\RisServerCodeGen.proj(12,5): error MSB6003: The specified tas
k executable could not be run. The directory name is invalid
1 Warning(s)
1 Error(s)
Time Elapsed 00:00:24.97
Any idea on what's going on?
Hi Guys! Every help appreciated .......
Iam trying to build Rev. 12706 from 03/03/2010 ot the Trunk.
I was able to build successfully in Building the RIS and the SQLServer script.
But after i wanted to run following command:
ClearCanvas.Ris.Server.Executable Authentication.Setup.SetupApplication
i receive an error please refer to the attchament.
APENDUM: sorry guys .... i didnt run the script against my new Databse!!!
Hi Guys
What is the Revision number for the RIS 2.0 SP1?
Luigi, the 2.0SP1 version is tagged and the location can be found in the Developer's Guide.
Best regards,
Hi Denver... U need to import authority tokens. Go to Admin->Authority Tokens... Then double click Administrator group and in the popup window, click an icon containing an arrow towards right. Click it, close the workstation and then re-login. You must see the configurations menu option in tools menu
Hi everyone.
I think I've read all topics on the forum explaining how to bulid Ris and Ris client from source but I'm still unable to do it.
Windows XP in Virtualbox, instaled .Net framework 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5, silverlight and silverlight sdk, ajax and ruby and of course CC SDK. Tried Visual Studio 2010, 2008 (Ultimate and Profesional) and without success.
Right now i receive following errors:
Z:\CC\Desktop\Executable\\PostBuild_dist.proj(156,5): error MSB4061: The "Regex
IsMatch" task could not be instantiated from the assembly "Z:\CC\Desktop\Execut
Z:\CC\Desktop\Executable\\PostBuild_dist.proj(156,5): error MSB4061: System.Sec
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Z:\CC\Desktop\Executable\\PostBuild_dist.proj(156,5): error MSB4061: at ClearCa
Z:\CC\Desktop\Executable\\PostBuild_dist.proj(156,5): error MSB4061: The action
that failed was:
Z:\CC\Desktop\Executable\\PostBuild_dist.proj(156,5): error MSB4061: LinkDemand
Z:\CC\Desktop\Executable\\PostBuild_dist.proj(156,5): error MSB4061: The assemb
ly or AppDomain that failed was:
Z:\CC\Desktop\Executable\\PostBuild_dist.proj(156,5): error MSB4061: ClearCanva
s.Utilities.BuildTasks, Version=220.127.116.11, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
Z:\CC\Desktop\Executable\\PostBuild_dist.proj(156,5): error MSB4061: The Zone o
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Z:\CC\Desktop\Executable\\PostBuild_dist.proj(156,5): error MSB4061: Internet
Z:\CC\Desktop\Executable\\PostBuild_dist.proj(156,5): error MSB4061: The Url of
the assembly that failed was:
Z:\CC\Desktop\Executable\\PostBuild_dist.proj(156,5): error MSB4061: file:///Z:
Z:\CC\Desktop\Executable\\PostBuild_dist.proj(156,5): error MSB4060: The "Regex
IsMatch" task has been declared or used incorrectly, or failed during construct
ion. Check the spelling of the task name and the assembly name.
Done Building Project "Z:\CC\Desktop\Executable\PostBuild_dist.proj" (default
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Identifying Indigenous Mexicans and Central Americans in Surveys
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Keywords: Indigenous Mexicans and Central Americans, ethnic group identification, survey questions
Indigenous Mexicans and Central Americans migrants are an emerging and expanding population that travels between the United States and Mexico. In the U.S., it is important to get accurate counts and accurate demographic profiles of these transnational communities not only to inform policy but also to plan for educational, health, translation and other services. The standard OMB race question undercounts indigenous respondents who are often unfamiliar with U.S. racial categories and facing discrimination in both the U.S and their country of origin are sometimes reluctant to self-identify. The authors analyzed data from two question experiments that were embedded in the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS) with the goal of improving identification of indigenous Mexicans and Central American in surveys. The NAWS was used as agricultural work is often an entry point for these groups. As a first step, the NAWS added questions on both adult and child language use to better identify the indigenous language use. The results showed that this improved the count of indigenous and that neither the race or language question alone was sufficient to define this group, Demographically distinct groups identified themselves using race only, language only or both as identifiers. Child language increased the count as some individuals listed Spanish as their adult language Among other things this difference was related to state of origin in Mexico. The second questionnaire experiment added questions asking about locale (municipio) of birth of respondent and, to help identify second generation immigrants, respondent's parents. This data was then used to match U.S. respondents to the geographic taxonomy on indigenous identification developed by INEGI, the Mexican statistical agency. This shed additional light on the multiple ways of identifying indigenous respondents, particularly for those identifying using the race question.
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During the annual DNR Roundtable in Brooklyn Center on Friday, DNR Fish and Wildlife Division Director Dave Schad said more money is needed just to maintain current programs.
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Schad said Minnesota's license fees haven't kept up with inflation. In addition, he said, most other states charge more than Minnesota does for licenses. For example, Minnesota is 36th nationally on the list ranking the price of resident annual fishing licenses from highest to lowest.
Newly appointed DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr has only been on the job for a day or so, but he also said raising fees might be necessary.
"If we want to continue those core functions at the level they have been, we have to look somehow at increasing that revenue or we're going to go into the red," Landwehr told the stakeholders gathered at the DNR Roundtable.
But getting the Legislature to approve fee hikes might be harder this year than in the recent past, as Republicans control both the House and Senate for the first time in 38 years. They campaigned on avoiding tax and fee increases to address the state's budget issues.
State Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, is the new chairman of the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee. He said he's open to considering higher fees on fishing and hunting licenses, especially if the DNR can show it's carrying out programs more efficiently.
"Our caucus has been very strong, and carried the message quite frankly from the folks that put us into these positions -- that fees or taxes, we don't want to pay any more," Ingebrigtsen said. "But the bottom line is it takes money to operate."
Ingebrigtsen said he plans to speak with Landwehr about providing services at less cost to the state. Fee increases could be part of the picture, but Ingebrigtsen didn't make any promises about considering them this year.
A plan to increase license fees could surface as part of Gov. Dayton's budget proposal in February.
Schad said it would be best if the Legislature addressed license fees during this session, because the increases wouldn't take effect immediately.
"We understand that this is a difficult and challenging time, given the economic climate here, to have some of these discussions," he said. "I do think we have an obligation to bring this forward, even though it is tough."
Joe Duggan, who chairs the Game and Fish Fund's Budget Oversight Committee which is made up of citizens and stakeholders, said the committee plans to send letters to legislators next week recommending fee increases.
"We know the flight path and we need to take care of it," Duggan said.


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I walked away, said nothing. He chose to sleep on the couch.
This morning I tried to explain how his saying no to me made me feel.
It turned to how selfish I am, how I don't appreciate what he is doing, how by saying that I need more from him is being too demanding.
How it is not all about me and my pain.
He also says that he doesn't ever think I will get over this. that maybe we should end it now, give up.
I apologized before this conversation for allowing my anger to take over and not expressing it in a constructive way and that I would try in the future to talk about it before it overwhelms me. I tried to tell him how hard it is for me to have this anger, never had it before and I am not good at dealing with it, that I have to learn how. How hard it is for me to ask for anything, how vulnerable it makes me feel. How much it hurts when he refused my request.
He seems to put up this wall of indifference.
I told him that I believe that I have made my needs clear, asked if he understood and said that it is up to him to choose if he wants to do this.
His response was that what if he is unable or does not want to.
I told him that is his choice.
MC tomorrow morning. I think it is going to be a tough one.
I am so very tired. As my mother used to say "shit or get off the pot". crude but so very true.
I know what I want in my life and I will accept nothing less.
dday October 21,2012
dday December 20, 2013
wh deleted
I attempted R, he was a lie
What I see is that you are the one putting all of the effort into your M and R. Your WH is deflecting his lack of effort by making you into the bad guy in this situation. If he can make you accept the responsibility then he doesn't have to do anything.
I think he is right when he said he is unable or does not want to. From reading your profile, this is what he has been saying to you for a long time. If I were you, and I know that this is HARD, I would do a hard 180. As others have said, start preparing for D. Protect yourself. You can not R alone and right now you are.
you are right. I take the blame too easily, way too hard on me. My mc says that I need to be sure for me that I have done everything i can before I can make the decision to d.
It is so very hard. I am recognizing life long patterns in myself, struggling to have boundaries, it is so easy to fall back into "comfortable patterns"
How do you "180" when you are living together?
It feels so crazy, I feel so wrong when I protect myself, feel like I am being false.
I have always been so open with my love, so giving that when I choose to not show it, it feels wrong.
I have to remember, only give love when it is deserved.
Don't give it away so cheaply, I am worth so much more than that.
Thank you for your words.
Thank you to everyone that has responded to my crazy posts, I feel so selfish.
I don't know how I would survive this without all of you.
(((all of my si supporters)))
from the bottom of my heart
He says that nothing reaches me. That I never express appreciation for what he does.
I don't agree.
Every time he does something that reaches me, gives me some relief, I tell him. I go to him, put my hands on his cheeks, look him in the eye and say what I feel. Thank you for pushing through that with me, it helps, I love you.
I think that he is not always reaching me is because he listens but doesn't offer words of comfort. Never brings up the pain that he caused.
Then I start to feel guilty, thinking I am expecting too much, being selfish. Then i go back to after what he did he should be giving whatever I ask for and then trying to do more.
I can understand your frustration with an unremorseful spouse this far out from DDay. The 180 will serve you well with all the issues you mention your WS, problems with your own boundaries, feeling bad about taking care of yourself...
We are in R.
He keeps telling me that I need to recognize his effort. Recognize all the hours he spends talking to me.
He says that nothing reaches me. That I never express appreciation for what he does.
To keep you from daring to ask for anything else. The red flag for this is that he bring it up in response for stating a need that is not being met.
My WH struggles with getting defensive and hearing that he is not good enough every time I tell him I need more. I think this may be true for a lot of waywards particularly in the beginning. This doesn't mean you shouldn't state your needs anyway.
You can't keep doing this alone. To 180 while living together you just start concentrating on you. Go to IC, prepare for divorce, make a contingency plan, get strong for you. You don't have to be cruel to your WH, but just don't try to engage him any more. Expect that he can't/won't meet your needs and take care of yourself accordingly. Seeking out an attorney and finding out your rights is a good first step.
Many times a BS will try to control the navigation through R hoping for some predetermined outcome. They regard their point of view as the only "right" way to R. When the WS does not R the way the BS expects, anger is often the result.
R takes a lot of patience. If you truly want to R, then don't rush to fix things. Allow the relationship room to evolve into ways you may have not considered. Holding in anger is destructive. It is very important to find constructive ways to express yourself. If you find yourself getting angry, this is an indicator that emotional intimacy (i.e. being connected) is lacking in the relationship. Find ways to improve this. Many couples use a MC to improve this, but there are also many good books available on improving a marriage.
I know what I want in my life and I will accept nothing less.
And this is why you suffer. This is a very selfish position and would be difficult for a spouse to deal with.
I now strive to have a calm and peaceful mind. That's it. I try not to regret the past or worry about the future. Things like greed, vanity, anger, hate, stubbornness, inability to accept change, will all lead to suffering.
I know that happiness comes from within. I learned to turn my anger towards my FWW into compassion. I took the time to understand her point of view and what drove her to betray me. I also realized that true love stems from acts of kindness. When I felt myself getting angry, I turned it around by doing something kind for my wife. In my mind I would acknowledge the anger, but I would quickly understand the cause and move on. We can't control our thoughts, but we can control how we react to them.
Some of this may sound backwards. Some may call it rewarding the WS for having an affair. To me what is important is that I am now content with our marriage. It is stronger than before the A and we are closer than ever. My wife and I both learned to build on each others strengths, rather than trying to tear down the weaknesses. Every minute you are angry is another minute you are missing the beauty and joy that exists around you at the present moment.
[This message edited by HardenMyHeart at 11:21 AM, July 28th (Sunday)]
I am dealing with so much pain right now. It seems his a and his abandoning me have brought all of my issues from my childhood and realizing the impact of how they shaped me and what I thought of me. It is so much to process along with the pain of his actions today. It all seems to get so jumbled, hard to focus on anything, like a rotten stew.
yes i don't dare to ask for more. How could I possibly risk it? If he can't give the little I ask for how can I risk myself by asking for more? I guess I am testing, testing to see if it is safe to risk my heart, ( as if I am not already)
What I meant by accepting nothing less did sound rather selfish, so I must clarify.
I am looking for basics.
being able to openly express my feelings without being ridiculed. No walking on eggshells, years of verbal and emotional abuse, that I allowed, but no more. Respect. Sharing of thoughts and emotions, no assuming, I need to know how he thinks and feels. Is this selfish?
As to my anger. I know it was inappropriate. I apologized to him this morning. I have never allowed myself to have anger, boundaries (regarding accepting abuse), this is all so new to me. Not an excuse, I need more experience and must be prepared for this emotion and be ready to handle it as I guess it is inevitable that I will have feelings of anger.
I do try to talk to h about my anger, using I statements, focusing on how I feel, he runs, will not listen.
I really am trying not to do any further damage.
Sometimes it feels as if it is at my expense.
I am looking for basics.
being able to openly express my feelings without being ridiculed. No walking on eggshells, years of verbal and emotional abuse, that I allowed, but no more. Respect. Sharing of thoughts and emotions, no assuming, I need to know how he thinks and feels. Is this selfish?
Of course this is selfish, but it is also a basic emotional need and one of the primary reasons why we enter into a relationship. So why do you think your H ridicules and abuses you? Is he lashing out due to his own suffering, has this become his way of manipulating the marriage, or some other reason(s)? It's important to understand where he is coming from because this will help you better understand what you can actually do to improve R.
We have talked, so far he says, that is what I have always done. I have always treated everyone badly until they left me, until he met me no relationship lasted more than 2 years. I have too high a tolerance for abuse.
I ask, do you think this hurts you? Are you afraid of me leaving you?
He does not want to delve into this. I feel we must if we are to ever connect in a real intimate way.
How do you show love for someone while simultaneously distancing yourself?
this confuses me.
How do you show love for someone while simultaneously distancing yourself?
You cannot reconcile alone and by the way he's acting, it doesn't seem like he has it in him right now.
Work on you and stop trying to figure him out. That's on him.
Hardenmyheart: can you please note 1-2 marital books you recommend. I have read so many Infidelity books...I would like to move forward...
Years of verbal abuse, drinking, being fired from 2 jobs in 7 years because of his temper.
I forgave and forgave, my brokenness. Lack of self worth, boundaries.
2 attempts at MC. Last therapist refused to see him anymore and told me to divorce.
I withdrew during the last 2 years. Self protection, walking on eggshells.
I forgave and forgave, my brokenness. Lack of self worth, boundaries.
2 attempts at MC. Last therapist refused to see him anymore and told me to divorce.
I withdrew during the last 2 years. Self protection, walking on eggshells.
My dear Cantaccept~
I am not sure how much more compassion you could show to a bully with anger issues, one that shows and has shown you so much disrespect.
I went to h last night after my anger outburst and said that I wanted to calmly tell him how I was feeling. He gave me a look, kind of fuck you and said nothing.
The NERVE...!
It turned to how selfish I am, how I don't appreciate what he is doing, how by saying that I need more from him is being too demanding.
You are not selfish. NO Way! He is using something called 'projection'.
It turned to how selfish I am, how I don't appreciate what he is doing, how by saying that I need more from him is being too demanding.
Really, but he is demanding that you choke down those emotional crumbs he is giving you and like it or shut up...GAH!
...a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously rejects his or her own unacceptable attributes by ascribing them to ... persons in the outside world.
... an immature defense, the projection of one's negative qualities onto others...
...another form of defense, one which may be linked to the making of false accusations...a bully may project his/her own feelings of vulnerability onto their victim... (from Wikipedia)
... an immature defense, the projection of one's negative qualities onto others...
...another form of defense, one which may be linked to the making of false accusations...a bully may project his/her own feelings of vulnerability onto their victim... (from Wikipedia)
Some of the advice you have gotten on this thread may not be in your best interests.
You have prostrated yourself to your WH for years! He tried and tried to beat you down verbally, emotionally. Then he adds the ultimate insult: taking a lover while being married to you. And tries to keep his and her secrets from you. Thanks Pal.
You have every right to be angry. HE is the cause and source of this anger. If you are not allowed to express your displeasure in his A, you will surely bust!
He is not getting the correct social cue of anger and hurt from his betrayal. Which most healthy people do when they are verbally and emotionally abused.
Having compassion for your destroyer is what started the dysfunction in the first place.
He is not accepting you fighting for your rights as a human being, living with him as loving spouse. He is actually showing you what he thinks of you. Chattel.
What, his feelings are hurt because now you won't accept the crumbs of him 'trying' to be nice?!? He is uncomfortable with your being devastated by his terrible actions?!? It's on you to understand his psyche to keep peace in the house?!? Really?!?
This is called rugsweeping.
How about him understanding the searing pain that he has caused by his A?
How about when you trigger, for him to hold you and tell you how very sorry he is that his actions have caused you both such sorrow? HOW ABOUT THAT...?
You have every right to your anger.
If he was big and bad enough to take a lover right under your nose, he should Man UP and face the consequences for his actions. IMHO.
His passive aggressive 'indifference' attitude is what you may want to cultivate in order to achieve the 180.
Because remember the opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. Turnabout is fair play.
I am so very tired. As my mother used to say "shit or get off the pot". crude but so very true.
INDEED! Be nice or be gone.
Never forget what is worth remembering or remember what is best forgotten.
Please stop trying to twist yourself into a pretzel for this man! You have a right to your feelings. You have a right to your anger. If anything, you have probably suppressed your anger for far too many years. Do you have your own IC? Not just the MC but a therapist that is there for you.
the only thing i wanted to add was this....please listen to every word that Getting to Happy wrote to you tonight.
that post to you is right on point. i would have said the exact same thing to you.
stay strong....and know your worth.
If he is telling you he is unable to meet your needs or doesn't want to, then you need to stop being angry at him for what he isn't willing to do. You need to do soul searching and figure out what makes you happy and not rely upon him or someone else for that happiness. These is hard - especially if your childhood did not allow you to feel safe and secure with yourself.
You can't change the past. You can change your future. It is easy to fall back on familiar behaviors that are not healthy for you. It is hard work to change. My suggestion is go to IC and work on you.
Since DDay I have been extremely angry at WH and myself. Angry that I tried to keep peace and made decisions for the sake of our marriage and not for my wellbeing. Angry he chose to cheat instead of honestly talking to me. Angry because he didn't see what I did for our marriage. Angry that he was so selfish and did not care about hurting me. I have realized I can't continue to be angry. The anger hurts me. The anger will hurt you more than it hurts WS.
I am still working on the anger and letting go. It is a work in progress.
Gotta love the life that we livin'
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HELP with recoving data
I have a failed windows XP installation and somewhat damaged drive on a friends laptop trying to help.
I managed to boot it up with a disb. from CD and mount the C: drive and found the files which my friend wants to backup. However the CD disb. has no USB support, and I can not burn them to CD.
Anyone have any idea how I can easily boot something from USB or CD which is free and allows me to copy files to an USB device/burn to CD
What's a "disb."?
Maybe one of the small Linux distributions is an idea. Knoppix has a live demo which boots from CD I think. If it finds the USB ports you can copy the files.
If his notebook is okay and he has enough free disk space you could also install a real Linux. It should only grab one of the partitions or create a new one out of the free disk space.
Or if he has a 2nd partition you can install another windows on the 2nd partition.
Anyway I think Ubuntu is the word for you,last time I checked the live CD has USB support.
Any modern linux live-cd thingie.
Knoppix used to be the go-to distro for this sort of thing: [ http://www.knoppix.net/ ].
Nowadays all the major ones have live CD's. If you're new to Linux, I'm going to repeat my tired old advice of "if you have to ask, go with Ubuntu." Here are instructions on your specific problem: [ http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo…dows-computer/ ].
Edit: Do *NOT* follow Gorath's usually excellent advice on this one -- if a disk is borked, never, EVER write *anything* to it. Additionally, if the disk is physically broken -- e.g. it makes grinding, clicking, or whining sounds that it wouldn't normally -- don't even power it up; in such a case, your only option is a professional disk recovery service, which costs a quite a lot.
Yes, I know, that's why I did not want to copy it from or install anything on the HD, or try to recover the XP, appearently something heavy fell on the laptop so the HD is probably not so healthy…. I do use some linux, but I am not so updated in which one could run on USB or on live CD, thanks a lot for your help.
O yeah it was a typo I meant dist. :P
I will try later tonight!
O BTW, can any of these live linux distros mount a somewhat damaged NTFS filesystem drive? I used hard drive manager 6 on the distro I installed to mount it most other programs I tried failed to reach the data on it. I found some info about it in the link you sent PJ, but I am confused, he creates a directory????? is this directory created in ram memory or some such? if I am running from live CD it could not be created anywhere else?
Thanks again!
I haven't had to try this myself but yes, I'm pretty sure it's created on a "virtual" disk in RAM. A Linux system won't function properly if it doesn't have anywhere to write, so live CD's do this kind of magic -- essentially they create a RAM disk on boot and then mount it to the points in the directory tree that need to be written.
If the disk is physically damaged, though, please be aware that just spinning it up is likely to make things worse; IOW, if the data on it is genuinely critical, don't do anything and ship it to DriveSavers or somebody like them.
I already managed to reach the data on the other dist. Unfortunately that dist. could not save to USB which made me a bit annoyed. The data is not so critical as to ship to to driveSavers, but my friend would be very happy if I could recover it. Going to try the ubuntu dist. as according to your link PJ. Let you know results later!
You could just unscrew the laptop bottom, take the hd and use adaptor to plug it to pc. If the hd is not physically damaged you can still access it.
I know one person that recoved data from physically damaged 3,5" drive even by buying an identical one (it was old and cheap), opening both and switching the disks. Eventually the hd was lost (dust etc got in) but it worked easily long enough to recoved all data.
Sounds about right to me. There's a lot of manual labor and some extremely expensive equipment involved.
If it is not physically dfamaged there are a number of Windows options. For simple tasks you can use the Boot CD for Windows if you aren't comfortable enough with Linux.
It has quite a number of applications for recovery, including reinstalling a bootable Windows on top of what is there and restoring Internet access. Being Winodws and CD based however, it can be grindingly slow so fair warning.
However, when I needed some serious recovery done on lost partitions I found findpart
You really learn this stuff the hard way. These may not help your situation now but they could be very good tools for the future.
(there is a media file recovery tool that comes with the UBCD4WIN as well that picked up files that even findpart couldn't - the name slips my mind at the moment but its pretty popular. I believe its an alternate dos boot from the disc's normal windows boot).
OMG Ubuntu live CD runs faster than windows installed on HD, that was impressive! I have already managed to recover most of the data!
I am considering installing Ubuntu on my main computer now also, it must be the newest version which became so darned fast! It was not last time I tried even if it was installed on HD that time.
It's getting there. I've tried Ubuntu on the desktop for a few years now, and always given up on it; I put the latest version (Jaunty Jackalope Netbook Remix) on my netbook, though, and am on the whole very pleased with it. Good to hear it worked out.
I found some parts are damaged, is there a disk repair tool such as "scan disk", to try to recover these parts included in the ubuntu distro ?
Sure: gddrescue. Install it with
sudo apt-get install gddrescue
Instructions for use here: [ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery ].
I recovered almost all data, and in attempt to save the HD I tried to format it, it worked well, however when I try to install windows, it appears to fail, I am thinking the damaged sectors of the HD makes it fail ( it appears however as other sectors work fine ) I am thinking whatever I could drop the broken sectors and try to install windows on what is left after that. Anyone know if it is possible ??? and what tool do I need to do that.
You might be able to do that, but I wouldn't bother. The disk is clearly damaged -- you've at least suffered a head crash, probably worse. It's unlikely that it'll last very long without failing again, even if you manage to get it apparently working.
A normal "long" format will map out bad sectors for you anyway; if that won't do it, it mapping out more of them by hand is unlikely to work either.
Success! I think I could cram a year or two out of it hopefully, after that she probably want a new computer rather than a new hard-drive. I think the damaged sectors are a bit tricky on this one, it appear like the computer cannot figure out there are damaged sectors and read right into them, and after a long long pause it gets out of it. I think I managed to get rid of that now, as the computer is working very well, tried to copy a couple of 10 GB's and it works like a charm.
However I am warning her that the HD is unstable and she better backup important things, and it might die on her soon.
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.- The Vatican has started construction on its annual nativity set in St. Peter's Square, and the display is expected to include a few animals that may not have been at Jesus' birth.
The Pope said in his third book on the life of Christ, "Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives," released Nov. 21, that the ox and the donkey, which are regularly included in nativity scenes, are not mentioned in the gospels.
But they are included in other parts of the Bible, which could have inspired Christians to use them in representations of the birth of Jesus.
"No representation of the manger is complete without the ox and donkey," Pope Benedict says in his new book, explaining that "Christian iconography adopted this motif at an early stage" because it conveys the humble circumstances of Jesus' birth.
The square was first decorated in 1986 under Pope John Paul II and the 19th-century images usually come from the parish of San Andrés del Valle.
The construction of the nativity scene began on Nov. 19 and is expected to finish by Dec. 24, just in time for Christmas Eve.
The Governorate of Vatican City's technical services office designs a new nativity set every year, inspired by different scenes of the life of Jesus.
Although the scenarios of where the statues are located vary each year, the essence is the same.
In 2010 the set included nine Filipino figures in honor of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations with the Holy See. Last year's scene focused on biblical events where Mary was a key figure, including the Annunciation, the Visitation, the presentation in the temple and, of course, the birth of Jesus.
As of Nov. 21, the area where the display will be in St. Peter's Square sports the pillars that will partially support the nativity scene. Construction workers have also placed a metal frame next to the obelisk and a tent to protect their work, with scaffolding alongside it.
The nativity will likely include life-size figures of Jesus, Joseph, Mary, shepherds, the Magi and some animals.
The display will be placed next to a 78-foot white fir, which comes from the town of Pescopennataro, Italy and will be donated to the Pope by the southern region of Basilicata.
It will be lit during a ceremony on Dec. 14, although the manger will be inaugurated on Christmas Eve.
Pope Benedict will celebrate a vigil Mass on Christmas Eve at 10:00 p.m. in St. Peter's Basilica.
Updated at 9:22 a.m. MDT on Nov. 28, 2012. Corrects quote from Pope Benedict's book about the presence of ox and donkey in paragraph four.


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Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 | 11:11 p.m.
Sun archives
- Inquest set for Sept. 22 in police Costco shooting (8-12-2010)
- Metro mails Costco customers to find witnesses in police shooting (8-18-2010)
- Candlelight vigil held in memory of man killed by Metro Police (8-11-2010)
- Planning for a situation like recent Costco shooting not easy for police (7-19-2010)
- Man killed by police in Costco shooting honored at memorial (7-17-2010)
- Metro IDs officers in fatal shooting at Summerlin Costco (7-12-2010)
- Officers fatally shoot armed man at Summerlin Costco (7-10-10)
A coroner's inquest into the July 10 police shooting of Erik Scott outside a Summerlin Costco store will be shown on Clark County's cable television station, and county commissioners asked county staff to broadcast all future inquests.
Commissioners on Tuesday approved the broadcast. They needed to give their OK because the Sept. 22 inquest conflicts with a commission meeting, which is normally shown the station.
Commissioner Steve Sisolak requested the inquest be shown after receiving phone calls and e-mails from constituents following a recent inquest into the police shooting of Trevon Cole, he said.
Cole's shooting was found justified by the coroner's jury, but the case drew even more public interest about the shooting of Scott. Metro Police said he pointed a gun at officers, but family members dispute the police version.
The commission's zoning meeting will still be held Sept. 22, but it will not be shown on television so the inquest, which is scheduled to run Sept. 22-24, can be broadcast in its entirety.
Cox Communications has agreed to help with the technical setup for the event at no cost to the county, Sisolak said.
Commissioner Lawrence Weekly said he was concerned the inquest was only being shown because of interest in the case of Scott, who is white, while the cases of Cole and other blacks were treated differently.
"The sad part about it, it's become a black and white and brown issue. It really has," Weekly said. "You hear from the brown and black community: Well, what happened in our community? We've had a number of these cases. It's a white male now, and because it's become so public and so many people are talking about it, it's become such an emotional issue, whereas in our community it comes and it goes away and nobody knows where to go and who to talk to."
Sisolak said the interest in the last case is what brought it to his attention to suggest the change.
"It's because I got so many calls and complaints about the last one that this came forward," he said.
Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani said she hopes people don't use the inquests to make emotional judgments. Perhaps there should be some sort of an introduction or explanation broadcast with the inquest, she said.
Lisa Mayo, a spokeswoman for the Scott family, said the family supports the broadcast. But the family hopes viewers will be a catalyst for changing the inquest process, she said, before reading a letter from the Scott family to the commissioners.
"We support televising Erik Scott's coroner's inquest hearing on Sept. 22 and 23, not because we support or have any confidence in the current inquest process but because we know Erik would want his fellow Las Vegas citizens to see for themselves just how one-sided and unfair this process and the investigation into officer involved shootings really is," the letter said.
In addition to the county station, which broadcasts on Cox Communications Channel 4, KLAS-TV plans to broadcast the inquest on digital cable Channel 128, and KSNV-TV will carry the inquest live on Cox Cable 123.


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Prosecutor: Pistorius Shot Girlfriend Ask They Talked
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The prosecutor in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial has told the world-famous athlete that he fatally shot his girlfriend through a toilet door as they were talking.
Chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel insists that Pistorius intentionally killed Reeva Steenkamp and put it Friday during cross-examination of the double-amputee Olympian that "she was standing behind the toilet door talking to you when you shot her."
Pistorius denied Nel's claim, saying "that's not true" in a dramatic exchange to end the first week of the runner's testimony at his trial.
Nel says the "only reasonable explanation" for the shooting last year is that Pistorius killed the model after a fight. Pistorius claims he shot Steenkamp by mistake thinking she was a nighttime intruder behind a toilet door in his bathroom.


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Veggie Rolls – Delicious Detox Recipes Made Easy
Healthy meals can be simple, quick and filling – here's a 2 minute recipe great for a girl (or guy) on the go:
2 romaine lettuce leaves
1 avocado, sliced
1 cucumber, sliced
2 tablespoons hemp seeds
¼ cup shredded carrots
1/4 cup sliced olives (I like the greek or italian ones, pitted of course)
¼ cup fresh sprouts
drizzle of olive oil and ½ lime
Lay romaine leaves on a plate. Add avocado, cucumbers, hemp seeds, carrots, olives and sprouts to a bowl. Drizzle oil and lime juice over the veggies and mix thoroughly. Place veggie mixture inside the romaine leaves and serve.


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More than two months after Jeffrey Boucher disappeared sometime during a morning run, police believe they have found the Whitby teacher's body on the Lake Ontario shoreline.
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Though a post-mortem exam has yet to officially confirm the identity of the body, investigators told CP24 they have a "high-degree of certainty" that it does in fact belong to the 52-year-old man who has been missing since mid-January.
The family was notified Saturday.
"He's found. Sorry I don't have the energy to write more," Mr. Boucher's wife Kirsten wrote to member's of a Facebook page devoted to co-ordinating community search efforts.
He's found. Sorry I don't have the energy to write more
The discovery comes after both the 52-year-old's running shoes were found along the Whitby waterfront on separate occasions this month, one of which was spotted hours before a passerby noticed the body.
"He taught me to never refuse going on a spontaneous adventure because they create some of the best memories," Mr. Boucher's daughter, Katja, wrote in a Facebook post last week to commemorate her father's birthday. "I miss you so much."
The exhaustive search for Mr. Boucher saw Durham Police dispatch aerial, canine and ATV search units, as well as an underwater robot. And while Mr. Boucher's wife, Kirsten, said earlier this month that she'd began to accept that her missing husband was likely dead, she continued to orchestrate volunteer searches of the waterfront.
"I could use up to 20 people to join me on various routes down the lake," she wrote on Facebook last week.
Mr. Boucher, a 27-year teacher at Bowmanville High School, did not return home from a routine run on Jan. 13.
"All of my family said to me, 'You know you seriously have to pretty well accept that he's probably died by now,'" Kirsten Boucher told CP24 earlier this month, after one of her husband's shoes was found. "We're logical people, so yes I've accepted that."
She was adamant in her belief, however, that her husband did not take his own life.
"What I wouldn't be able to accept is if someone came and said he committed suicide or something. That I cannot figure."
Police did not suspect foul play, with Durham Regional Police Det. Jeff Kennedy saying Saturday "there is no reason for anybody to be concerned about anything suspicious here."
Police hoped a coroner's post-mortem exam would help determine the cause of death.
The full statement from police At approximately 2:20 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, 2014 a body was discovered on the shore of Lake Ontario by a citizen walking in Whitby. DRPS arrived and located the male body near Thickson Road South and Crystal Beach Boulevard. Further investigation took place and we believe the body to be that of Jeffrey BOUCHER, age 52, a Whitby man who has been missing since January 13, 2014. The Coroner has been called in and a post mortem examination will now be scheduled to confirm the identity and cause of death. Earlier today, at approximately 11 a.m., a second running shoe belonging to Mr. BOUCHER was found on the shoreline near the Heydenshore Pavilion in Whitby. The DRPS would like to express its deepest sympathies to the BOUCHER family and his friends and neighbours. We would also like to thank the many citizens and volunteers who assisted us in the Missing Person investigation. We especially want to thank members of OVERT and the DRPS Public Order Unit for their extensive efforts.
National Post with files from Hillary Robert and the Canadian Press


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Swimming / No Israeli Medals, but Plenty of Records
Israel's best swimmers managed to reach the semifinals while setting national records.
The Israeli delegation to the World Short Course Championships in Dubai will return home after failing to reach the final round in any of the tournament's competitions over the weekend.
Israel's best swimmers, however, managed to reach the semifinals while setting national records.
Amit Ivry was 0.02 seconds short of reaching the finals of the 100-meter women's butterfly yesterday, registering a time of 57.22 seconds. Ivry finished the semifinal in 10th place, and also missed out on setting an Israeli record.
Guy Barnea finished the men's 50-meter competition in 10th place with a time of 23.93 seconds. The result is a 0.02-second improvement on his previous high-water mark, which he registered two years ago at Manchester.
Gal Nevo completed the 200-meter individual medley preliminary in ninth place, falling short of the final. Nevo, however, came away with an Israeli record of 1:55.43. In the 100-meter medley, Nevo finished in ninth place (54.20 seconds ).
Meanwhile, American swimmer Ryan Lochte continued his assault on the record books, setting a new mark of 1:50.08 in the 200-meter individual medley. That showing comes 24 hours after Lochte broke the world record in the 400-meter individual medley.
"I just focused on going out faster than the rest of the field," said Lochte. "When I was doing backstroke I looked up on the screen and saw I was in front of the World Record line. That really motivated me for the breaststroke and freestyle."
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My, how times have changed. Ages ago, men were expected to sit in the waiting room at the hospital. Cigar in hand, pacing the floors, they were retrieved when their wives finally gave birth to their little bundles of joy. Fast forward a few decades and the fathers are the biggest cheerleader in the room yelling, "Push honey! You can do it. You're doing great!" Just when it seems entering parenthood as a team is the norm, a French doctor claims it should be done by the woman in a solo environment. Obstetrician Michel Odent believes a male presence can complicate the labor. He said:
Having been involved for more than 50 years in childbirths in homes and hospitals in France, England and Africa, the best environment I know for an easy birth is when there is nobody around the woman in labor apart from a silent, low-profile and experienced midwife... Oxytocin is the love drug which helps the woman give birth and bond with her baby. But it is also a shy hormone and it does not come out when she is surrounded by people and technology. This is what we need to start understanding.
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SPRINGFIELD — — Nerves are frayed at the Capitol earlier than usual this year as state lawmakers careen from political pressure points to governmental crises.
In rapid succession, they went through a primary election campaign, heard Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn's call to make permanent what had been billed as a temporary 67 percent income tax rate hike and faced Mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand to scale back pension benefits for City Hall workers in legislation that all but ensures higher property taxes in Chicago.


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from official site: http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancing/scoring.html
The judges' scores and the public vote both carry equal weight in deciding the fate of our couples.
In the first two shows, we add together the judges' scores from both shows to give each couple a total out of 60 possible points. For every subsequent show, the judges' scores just come from the performances in that show and give each couple a total out of 30.
Public Vote
The public phone vote is gathered from phone calls to the voting lines that are open for one hour following the show. Sometimes we may rerun the show and reopen the lines to give more people the chance to vote. At present each phone line is limited to making a maximum of five calls although this limit may change. The other element of the public vote is the online vote via this site, ABC.com. Although it may appear that you can vote online many times, the site will only register one vote per email address. The online vote closes at midnight, Eastern Time, of the Tuesday preceeding each Wednesday night's show.
When both the phone and online votes have closed, we verify them and add them together to create a total public vote for each couple. We then have a confidential leaderboard of total public votes for each couple, with one couple having the most votes and descending in order of quantity. The couple at the top of this leaderboard are then given maximum RANKING POINTS. If there are six couples in the competition that week, the top-ranked couple will get six ranking points, the second-placed will get five, the third-placed four, etc. The last-placed couple will receive one ranking point. As the number of couples reduces, so does the maximum ranking points -- so when four couples are in the competition, the maximum points is four, when three are left, the maximum is three. These ranking points are kept secret as they will be combined with the judges' scores in the upcoming show to determine who is eliminated.
Judges' Scores
The judges score each couple's dance within the show, giving a total out of a possible 30 points. As the show progresses, a leaderboard is formed with the couples with the highest judges' points at top and the totals for each descending couple below. When the show has finished we will have all six couples ranked on the leaderboard. As with the public vote, each couple is then assigned a RANKING POINT based on where they stand on the leaderboard. The couple in top position get maximum ranking points (again the maximum points is the same as the number of couples competing that week) and everyone placed below gets one less ranking point. In the event that couples are tied on judges points, they will both recieve maximum ranking points available to them in that position. The couple (or couples) below this will revert to what their original ranking point position would have been irrespective of how many above them have been given higher points. An example of this is the ranking points that would have been assigned to the judges' scores at the end of the first show (if they were not being combined with the judges scores from Show Two):
Couple Judges' Score Ranking Points
Joey & Ashly 20 6
John & Charlotte 20 6
Rachel & Jonathan 20 6
Evander & Edyta 18 3
Trista & Louis 18 3
Kelly & Alec 13 1
Combining the Judges' Scores with the Public Vote
When the final judges' scores are in, and each couple has been assigned their ranking points, we then add on the ranking points each couple received from the previous week's public vote. Each couple then has a total number of ranking points. The couple that has the lowest total of ranking points from judges' scores and the public vote is eliminated from the competition. If one or more couples are tied on lowest ranking points, then the couple that has the lowest overall public vote between the tied couples is eliminated from the competition. In the very unlikely event that the one or more couples tied on the lowest ranking points are also tied on the number of public votes they have received, then our head judge, Len Goodman, will decide which of the couples he feels has been the weakest dancers in the competition so far, and they will be eliminated.