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More than a simple homage to air power, A History of Air Warfare exposes air power's strengths and weaknesses and, where relevant, illuminates the challenges of joint operations and coalition warfare. Because of its critical approach, even treatment, and historical background, the book will appeal to modern warfare scholars, air power specialists, and general readers interested in military history alike.
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Interesting Story, poorly presented
- Ray
Fatally floored
The subject is interesting, and is clearly & logically laid out - I didn't always agree with the various authors analyses but their arguments are both well informed & well argued. The scholarly tone of the book does make it somewhat dry, which isn't to everyone's taste, but it is clear that this book was never intended to be a collection of anecdotes, and as such was I think well presented.
No! the fatal flaw with this book is in the choice of narrator. The following aspects of his performance served only to irritate me continually throughout the entire book: -
- A smug tone by which he conveyed his obvious delight at the sound of his own voice.
- His inability to pronounce a wide of words accurately or without a degree of pompous over emphasis.
- His seeming boredom at having to read the book at all.
I would not inflict this reading of this book on anyone!
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Thats my husband on the ground
his head under some old ladys car, changing
her tire. She says she didnt think people
stopped anymore. I tell her hes the last
of his kind. We make small talk about needing
to learn to do things like this ourselves,
but neither of us has any intention. The spare
is low, the valve stem blew out of the original.
My husband is telling somebodys grandma
these details. She seems to be listening, but
I am focused on the sweat that is not forming
on his forehead. He spins the jack with ease,
removes lug nuts like he was born to labor.
I watch his fingers turn the bolts, gently at first,
increasing speed just before they come
loose. He fits the spare onto the axle, wiggles
it into the perfect position, screws it
all back together. The woman is still
talking, but I am already miles down
the road, at home, on top of my husband,
making him glad he was a good Samaritan.
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] on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 at 8:25 AMThis indeed an honest stream of thoughts by a woman about her hubby as she gets to watch her hubby at his routine work.Stylistically too it is pleasantly informal.
No woman,whatever be her source of income, official status or marital position, is ever without thoughts of being wonderful to her man in bed basically because she represents the Life Force at work.ALL ELSE is secondary to her justification for existence.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Love is a battlefield
Posted by Snuze at 14:35
4 comments:
- naz said...
hahahaha, indeed it was.
That cheers me up. Thanks.
- July 27, 2011 at 2:50 PM
- zlkmhd said...
i like the fat guy pic. you know my sisters and i used to tease one another about getting a fat guy...and we can save money by not having to buy any pillows :P
- July 27, 2011 at 11:00 PM
- rad za said...
I like the first pic. So funny and so me.
- August 2, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- Snuze said...
Naz: Laughter is the best policy, right? Or something like that. Hee!
Zu: That is most definitely a point to ponder. Plump guys should advertise their pillowiness as a chick magnet.
Rad: You are not alone. *pats*
- August 4, 2011 at 12:01 AM
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Its the end of the month. I can't believe I managed to post every day. Since it is only takes 21 days to establish a habit I hope it bodes well for the rest of my writing. I'm glad I did iv even though sometimes it has felt like scraping the bottom of my brain with an ice cream scoop. Onward to next month!
Day 206: Promises to my unborn children, step children, and their parents
I don't have children yet but since I now plan on it some day I have started to pay attention to parent bloggers and how they write about their kids. The cyberspace revolution didn't even start until I was mime or ten so I did not grow up with my baby pictures uploaded to Facebook as a matter of course or the milestones of my childhood recorded in a blog. My girlfriend wrote to her firstborn in a blog during her pregnancy and I liked the idea so much I plan on writing an individual for any children I am blessed with. I also know that the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry but I will try anyway. I will do my best not to post stories about them on my personal blog which might them cringe in embarrassment when they old enough to realize that Mommy or Stepmom as the case maybe has a blog and they are mentioned it.
I promise to always ask permission of a child's parent(s) (both whenever possible( before I write about them or post a picture I may have them on the net. Yes,the world is a lot safer than it used to be and I am not one to jump at shadows but as parenting blogs continue to evolve we as the adults should remember that we are responsible for their safety as well as the outside world's perception of them and that is a fragile trust indeed. To my partners and the parents of their children: thank for allowing me to share in the blessing that is you child(ren's) lives and know that I will love and protect them like my own.
Day 165: it's four years later and I'm still here
November of this year Writer's Desk will be four years old. Wow. A lot has happened in those four years, most of which I never expected. My main purpose in starting the blog was to have a place to decompress and be myself. I never expected other people to read it, four years later my post about my relationship to a Peanuts character gets 27 hits on the day it was published. I have had several blog spaces before but WordPress is the only one I have stuck with long-term. I think it's because I started Writer's Desk of my own volition and not because I felt pressured into doing so which is how I felt with my LiveJournal and several others. I am not exactly the person I was four years ago and just like me this blog has evolved since its first post. You might notice that if you go looking for that post you will not find it. Is the only post within the blog labeled private and it will stay that way. I have met some wonderful people through the medium of this blog and I'm profoundly grateful for their presence in my life even though we only know each other through comments left on one another's blogs. Overall I have become a much more confident person. I am less afraid to share my opinions and considerably less worried about what other people think that I was when I first started writing here. I always encourage people to comment whether they agree with me on on a subject or not and I will continue to do so because I believe the ability to express different opinions in a nonconfrontational manner is an important skill that we should all regularly exercise. Who knows where I'll be another four years but I can guarantee you I will still be writing in this blog.
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Day 140: C'mon folks we're all adults here right?
I was browsing through the blogs I read when I came across something sad. Some of the blogs I read are more personal, some are more topic centered and some are somewhere in between. I read Courage 2 Create to remind myself that's ok for life to get in the way of writing sometimes, my life does that a lot. Recently the author of the aforementioned blog suffered discrimination because of something which had nothing to with his ability to write. (He was asking to be a guest blogger , the link is to the post on his blog,it gives more details.) I understand that is a blog keepers personal choice who to allow to write guest posts and whether or not to allow guests at all. I can only assume that this blog has had guest bloggers before .though I'm not exactly sure since Ollin has more class then to trash this person and her blog in his. If, for some strange reason, something I write here prompts you to want to write a longer response than can fit in the comments section feel free to ask to guest post. I will be putting up a Non-Discrimination Policy Page to Writer's Desk and Gideon's Golden Way soon because, no matter if anyone chooses to use the opportunity discrimination is wrong and if my small stand against makes a difference then I'm happy.
Day 124: To delete or not to delete….that is the question
While surfing another blog site I frequent I came across this post and it made me think. I don't delete my blog posts or comments. I have several defunct blogs on other sites that stand as a now mute testament of my refusal to delete. I also don't delete the comments of those who happen to disagree with the opinions I may express in my posts. I firmly believe that world would be a lot saner if we all learned the art of civil disagreement. I have written a few posts, like this one which have resulted in disagreements but all parties remained reasonably civil. By civil I mean that there were no four letter words exchanged.
Do you blog anonymously or do you blog as "yourself" and why?
Prompt found at The Daily Post here on WordPress.
When I first started this blog I didn't use my given name, depending on the subject I may use my name and I may not. My initial reason for not using my name was simple: I didn't want anybody I knew in "real-life" to stumble on the blog uninvited and know that I said things which they might very well disagree with and therefore start a not necessarily nice debate. I have noticed something however, the longer I write the less concerned I am about people who disagree with my viewpoint. I have decided this year to be who I am and make no apologies. I will not deliberately incite unrest, I am not a verbal anarchist but neither shall I remain silent when I think something is important.I welcome debate, but not mudslinging, world politics has too much of that already, "blog politics" doesn't need it. I leave you with this: my name is Rachel, those of you who know my last name probably are at least personally acquainted with me, those of you who don't will not find it here. Either way know that I sincerely appreciate anyone who reads this blog, if you have read it for very long at all you probably realize that I have self-esteem issues at the best of times, the fact that people read even if they don't comment assures me that I'm not screaming into a black hole with no one to hear.
day thirty eight:more reasons why I personally keep a blog, and why it has saved my book
I am still surprised at how much this attention this blog has gotten in the fairly recent past. I started it is nothing more than a repository for my thoughts. It was a last ditch effort to keep writing fun for me, a place where I didn't feel obligated or under pressure to write and with the pressure and overhanging sense of obligation gone I write. What I never expected was for other people to write me back. When I began I wrote out of desperation now I write in the hope of hearing even just one small voice cheering me on in the distance. Even constructive criticism has that effect. If a person offers constructive criticism I don't take it negatively because the person's comment is in effect saying to me, "I believe in you and I want to help you become someone greater than you are at this present moment." Some of the people reading this might be aware that I have a half written manuscript gathering dust on my hard drive. To be honest, I haven't touched it in months, every time I have tried I am overwhelmed with a horrible case of performance anxiety and anything I managed to write sounds stilted and two-dimensional and therefore gets scrapped almost as soon as I write it.I have discovered that the comments and even just the simple views that this blog accumulates are slowly helping to rebuild my confidence in myself as a competent writer, for that simple gift I will never be able to say thank you enough.
Why blog?
Several days ago, during the commercial breaks for Criminal Minds, I found myself explaining the concept of blogging to a friend. I explained the various reasons and things about which people keep blogs. Because of that conversation I started thinking about why I personally keep one. Believe it or not I was originally dragged into the world of blogs kicking and screaming.When I was 19 a friend of mine pestered me about not having one, so much so that I finally created a LiveJournal account to finally have some peace on the subject. It has been years since I posted there. Since then my writing has matured vastly, at least in terms of construction, the subject matter can still be rather mundane at times I suppose. Sometimes I wonder why I blog.At the risk of being thought less of I will be honest. My disability and the decided lack of public transport where I live means that I don't go out nearly as often as I would like. Blogging therefore has become a way to keep contact with the rest of the world. People leave comments sporadically but thanks to the stat tracker I realize that just because no one left a comment doesn't mean it wasn't read. As a matter of fact this blog has garnered far more attention than I ever thought it would. I used to believe that I might as well be putting a note in a bottle and casting it adrift for no reason. I have happily discovered I was wrong.


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Oh! I wanted to let you all know that I have been keeping up with your blogs, even though I haven't been commenting. When I'm on my iPad it has issues when I try to comment. I am a bit over it, so have almost given up trying to comment.
I'm also linking up to Lily's Quilts. Small blog meet is the place to be peeps!!
(hoping this works from the blogger app)
E xx
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I know what you mean about trying to comment on your iPad. I find it sort of tedious and tend to not blog as much when I'm using it. I'm hoping to catch up enough today to post and link with the small blog meet also. We'll see how it goes. There's still a lot of post-Christmas clutter around here!ReplyDeleteReplies
I feel like I've been wadding through a lot of post Christmas and New Years posts. I'm tryong to avoid it myself, be ause while lists are fun sometimes, days and days wortha re really killing the vibe :-PDelete
I'm glad I'm not the only one with iPad issues.
I'm still working out how to make email reply's work, but I promise I read every one and will reply by email or on the blog.
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Better Your Memory by Eating Right
Leading a healthy lifestyle can cause many benefits and that include helping you to have better memory. This is a very important aspect because if you will not take certain steps in order to nurture it, you may end up with the disorders that are associated with this function of your brain. Your memory is your brain's ability to encode information, retain and store them and recall vital data whenever needed.
Steps to Improve Memory.
There are various ways to improve your memory. This can be achieved by avoiding unhealthy vices like drinking too much alcoholic beverages, smoking and turning to prohibited drugs. If you can't stop taking them, you must learn how to control it. Exercising also helps in giving your brain good supply of oxygen. This will enhance its performance and will make you remember things easier. It is also a must to get enough rest and good amount of sleep. When you feel tired because of lack of sleep, your ability to focus will be decreased.
Some exercise can help to improve your brain improve. You can resort to various card games that promote such benefit. You should also be active in learning new things all the time. You must also engage in different physical activities that will help regulate the blood circulation on your brain. You must also learn how to control your emotions, especially the stress that you feel as a result of thinking too much about your problems. Depression causes a major impact on one's memory as well as emotional instability.
Eating Right.
Eating right is important for your brain to function well. It will not help if you will be distracted by your hunger. It means that you have to eat the kinds of foods that are healthy in proportions that will help you stay fit and vigorous. If you are into some type of diet, just be sure that you follow the recommended intake of the food that you are allowed to eat. Here is some good food that you are recommended to take.
1. Sunflower seeds. Nuts contain healthy fats that you can incorporate on your diet. These seeds are a great source of Vitamin E, an antioxidant that helps out in improving your memory as you grow older. Other rich sources of Vitamin E include hazelnut, spinach, kiwi, broccoli, wheat germ oil, mango and dry almond.
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3. Blueberries. These are very rich in phytochemical elements that can improve your memory. These are also good for your overall health.
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Thread: Oracle ASP Case problem :(
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Unanswered: Oracle ASP Case problem :(
I am having a problem with using cases....
I have a table called products which has some simple attributes (productID, productname, uproductname, Cost, .......)
The productID is the primary key and the uproductname is a copy of the product name converted to uppercase by a trigger.
However. my problem is that I want to build a search page on my site, where the user can type in a partial product name and the page will display the results on the same page.
Moreover, when you search for product it will only display the exact case. Therefore I decided to create an upper case attribute for the product in the table and do the query based on the upper case attribute. Once the record has been found the site would display the productname not the uproductname
I tried to use SELECT * FROM products
where UPPER(uproductname) like '%MMColparam%'
MMColParam bing the textbox on the form
I thought this would work, but obviously not.
Any Ideas????????
Thanks for your help in advance. I look forward to your reply
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Re: Oracle ASP Case problem :(
You have the UPPER function on the wrong side. Your query should be:
SELECT * FROM products
where uproductname like UPPER('%MMColparam%')
Alternatively, you could do without the uproductname column and trigger, and just query:
SELECT * FROM products
where UPPER(productname) like UPPER('%MMColparam%')
If you want to make use of an index, you could then create a Function Based Index on UPPER(productname). But note that since your search string begins with '%', Oracle would have to do a full scan of the index in either case.Tony Andrews
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Thankyou!!!!!! This fixed the problem.
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We pretty much live and die for Art Deco theatres, and the Warner Grand San Pedro Theatre is no exception. Next weekend on November 8th, the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation will be hosting an "All About" tour at the Warner Grand, and we were able to get a great preview of the handsome Deco interior.
Of the original Warner Bros theatres, Warner Grand is the only theatre still under the Warner name to remain intact and in operation, with the Beverly Hills location demolished in 1988 and the Huntington Park and the Pacific Hollywood twinned (split into multiple screens) and abandoned for the last few decades.
Opening in January 1931, the Warner Grand was the first theatre equipped with sound in the South Bay. All three of the Warners were built by notable architect B. Marcus Priteca, each with their own signature Art Deco starburst designs that covered the ceilings in immense detail. Priteca built hundreds of theatres across the country, including the Hollywood Pantages and the downtown Pantages (which later became a Warner). The theatre was run by Warner Bros. until the '50s, and the Stanley Warner Corporation took over until 1968. It was then run as a Spanish-language movie house called "Teatro Juarez," from the late '70s through the late '80s.
In 1996, the City of Los Angeles purchased the theatre and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as well as a City of LA Historic Landmark. The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs continues to operate and program the theatre with live shows and occasionally classic and foreign film screenings.
LAHTF's All About is a great opportunity to explore the theater (including backstage and the projection booth) in a way that wouldn't otherwise be possible for the public.
The tour starts at 10AM on November 8th. You can find tickets for the event here.
If you aren't able to make it to the tour, you can find more in-depth info on the Warner Grand San Pedro here.
Hollywood Heritage and LAHTF will also be partnering up on November 12th for a presentation on Warner Bros. Theatres in L.A. Tickets available here.
Warner Grand
478 W. 6th St,
San Pedro, CA 90731


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No sex, no idea what to do(54 Posts)
I don't know what to do. DH's work is one where we have to move country every 3-5years. He is not British. We have two DC under three.
DH doesn't touch me. He doesn't want to have sex with me. Last time we had sex was October 2013. Before that was Jan 2013 and before that was end of 2011. He loves me though and I him. He has started seeing a medically trained sexologist (ie I think he's also a gynaecologist, not a only a "counsellor") who says he has a naturally very low libido.
Him agreeing that he has a problem has taken years to arrive at and has gone through many, many iterations of me thinking it's all my fault (I'm now clear that it's not, but my self-esteem has been damaged). It's also a big deal because he finds it virtually impossible to discuss sex, including with me.
The sex was never frequent or earth shattering, but because I was secure in the fact that he loved me I thought it would come with time, so was patient - and I had NO idea that men wouldn't want sex (I know, I know).
So, DH had one appointment and the dr gave him his personal phone number (so no going through hospital secretary) because he wanted to see him before he went on a month's holiday. DH didn't call.
I know it's only a month, but it took two months from the time he was given the referral to actually call, and only then because I had a meltdown.
I've been looking into divorce, but it's extraordinarily complicated because neither of us are nationals of our current country and we didn't get married here either. I've not worked properly due to moving with his job for the past 7 years. I've got no family to speak of and no friends here. He has both. The house comes with his job. I can't see a way where it works out ok for me. I literally have nowhere to go. Additionally, I cannot leave this country with the kids, without his written agreement. Because of our lifestyle, I don't really have anywhere to "return" to anyway - my friends are literally all over the world.
I'm finding it harder and harder to continue. Today I've just been trying not to cry the whole day. I have started to think that there's no point in even living anymore. I've felt down about it for a long, long time (and he knows this) but never this down. I've told my GP and she essentially thinks that the level of stress this has put on me is at least a contributing factor to my health problems at the moment.
I don't want to go on antidepressants, because taking a pill everyday should not be the solution to my marriage and it would be a daily reminder too. I do love him too so I don't really want to divorce, in addition to the massive difficulties that would cause.
And I HATE how people (especially visiting in-laws) see me down or irritated and think I'm unreasonable, I have a beautiful life, a husband who does lots with the kids etc, when behind the scenes I'm struggling with the fact that my DH hasn't so much as touched my arm for over a year.
I don't even know why I'm writing this, I just need to tell someone I guess.
Taking an AD would not be a "solution to your marriage", but a means to help you get into a better state to find such a solution. Please consider just a short course.
ADs helped me to finally go for the divorce I needed. (Not saying divorce is necessarily your solution, though)
clay it sounds like a very stressful lifestyle, picking up and moving country every few years. Some people like it and some people don't. No wonder you are down with no real support network where you are.
Secondly the sex thing. You and your dh need to talk about it as he has taken the first step and found out what the cause was.
Can I ask how long a short course is? I thought ADs were all long term things that took months to get right.
Oh God you poor thing. I was in a very similar situation.
Expats. Haven't had sex since 1995. Yes you read that right! One DS conceived through IVF as I knew the pressures of trying to get pregnant weren't helping the whole sex thing. Once we looked into getting help to conceive it turned out we would have needed help anyway as his speem count was v low.
At one point after we had DS we were living in Europe, my family are in Ireland and like you we had friends all over.
We had counselling for a while but the counselled left and there wasn't anyone else really. And one sentence stuck out from our first session. It wouldn't bother DH if he never had sex again. He is just not interested.
I almost left. But I decided I was as much t blame for the fact that we were married with a child as I had pushed for that knowing that sex was non existent. I should have left him years ago. But I didn't. And then we brought a child into it. So leaving with DS would have meant going to Ireland or UK and taking DS (who loves his dad) away. DH is also adopted so DS is is only blood relative. I decided I couldn't do it. So I stayed.
We are now ten years down the line. DS is 13 and we are back in the UK.
Still no sex. We have separate bedrooms.
But. It's fine. We get on really well now. They say use it or lose it. I lost it! I'm not bothered now. I've been through the menopause so that might have something to do with not being interested too.
It really depends on if yu think you can continue to live the way you are.
It depends on the type of ADs, the individual person.
How about some sort of therapy if you prefer not to take ADs? Somewhere you can go and talk because it sounds like you don't have anyone to talk to.
Still - he can't talk about it. I've tried a million different ways, direct and indirect. He's just can't. After his first session, he was in the worst mood I've ever seen him in. He kept saying it was HARD.
Cider - I need to be physically loved. I wish I didn't.
It can take a few weeks for ADs to kick in properly - though I have found that they work pretty quickly for me. So I'm guessing about 3 months for a short course. (Have been on and off them over the years, and seem to need maintenance dose myself, so can't be more specific, sorry)
I don't know what to say except I am sorry you are feeling so awful.
Have you told him you are thinking about a divorce because you just can't live like this any longer? What was his response?
You say he has not touched you at all. That suggests it is more than a low libido. Was he ever affectionate and loving in a normal day to day way? It is very hard tolive without affection for most people.
It sounds as if that is his default position in life and as such that is where he is comfortable and will stay. I don't think this will change.
How do you know he loves you? He sounds cold and distant. How can he share anything emotionally if there is not even a hug or a cuddle. What is his reaction if you hug him?
Is he affectionate with the children- does he hug them or does he do activities and go places with them so they spend time with him but not hug them?
You say he has family where you live, and friends. Might they do some childminding so you could start work part-time? That would at least give you some earnings and something to put on a CV - you would be starting to build a future for yourself slowly.
Sorry I am not much help. I can't think that I could continue with what you are living with but there needs to be a route through it for you.
My DH is very loving and that physical contact is so important to us both- just a hug, a kiss, holding hands, his arm around me on the sofa when the tv is on. It is warm and reassuring and close. I would hate to be without that. You must feel so lonely and angry with him.
Clay - I know. We all do. I cried myself to sleep many many nights.
Have you thought about going to joint counciling?
Also, I am not trying to upset you but do you think your DH might be gay? It might explain why he is so great in so many ways apart from the bedroom.
Are there any women's groups you can join to build a support network.
Just to talk it through night be good. The Samaritans are there 24/7 for you.
I hope you did a positive solution for a difficult situation.
On a more radical note, if it is just the sex which is missing, how would your DH react to the option of an open marriage. I saw a program where there are online groups where married people in sexless marriages come together for sex as they love their partners but the sex has gone.
Got to go to kids so can't reply properly. Will be back later.
I don't think you need ADs, you're not mentally ill, your just dealing with difficult life circumstances. They can have unpleasant side effects. What you really need is support - someone to talk through your problems with, and work out what to do.
He's not gay, is he? But wants the trappings of "normal" wife & family (perhaps needed for his job/profession?) There's more of that about than you'd think.
you would have to look into the law of the country you are living in to see what is said about divorcing
each country deals with it differently
also if lack of sex would be reason for divorce
you need to have all facts before you make your next step
as for how you feel - sadness is natural reaction to loss of affection, so you are sad, disappointed and unhappy - AD's won't help IMHO
how is your sleep?
I also thought that he may be gay, but it is possible that he lost interest in you as a sexual partner and is to scared to face consequences of it
saying that - just remembered one of my friends divorced her DH as he never had any libido and hid it from her for years
Thanks everyone. I'm on phone so can't reply with names, but hopefully I'll get all the questions.
I've asked him if he was gay, after "realising" that that must be it. He insisted that's not it. That of course made me wonder if he was insisting too much. It was a few years ago and I'm pretty certain he's not, after watching him like a hawk.
I also "realised" one weekend that he must have been sexually abused as a child. So, very, very gently I brought the subject up. Apparently that's not it either.
Then I asked him if he was asexual, and he says no. He says he wants to have sex with me, he just has a low libido. I don't get it.
Also, because it's a common problem these days, he's not into porn - at all. He's very much against it and strippers. He's walked out of a strip bar before, after telling the woman who was paid to give him a lap dance that she was degrading herself and him by doing it. I'd say that could sounds gay, however, he really is a very fair person (out with our intimate relationship) and is not interested in men or women being exploited, so it's not out of character.
I've also spoken about divorce and although his response was annoying (more blaming me and self-pitying than anything else), I found out later that he told the GP that he needs help, or we'll get a divorce.
I've also told him (after reading masses on mumsnet - thanks mumsnet) that when we married we promised to meet each other's needs and he's not even trying to meet mine. If he doesn't want to, then he should let me get them met elsewhere. It didn't go down too well, but I think it contributed to him realising that it's not just his needs that are important..or lack of them.
In reality, I'd feel that if broken something if I slept with someone else, even if I had good reason too, and I'd feel awful, so I know I don't really want an open marriage.
This evening he spontaneously brought the subject up! He obviously realised what my sadness today was. It ended in a big argument, because I told him how I'd been feeling. Apparently it's too much for him to handle [insert any number of expletives here!]. The sexologist wants me to come to a meeting and I suggested I go to one alone first (basically because I've a lot to get off my chest and I know he won't want to hear it in it's raw form!). I'm totally onboard with the whole therapy thing for him. We'll see how it goes though.
As for me, whoever said I need someone to talk to is right! The thing is, that his therapy is expensive and I'm not sure we can afford more fees on top of that - and I don't want money to be a reason for him not to go.
And to one of the first posters who was/is in a similar situation, I don't pity you, but I am sorry that you've had to go through this pain. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy (although I would wish a week of it on DH, so he cold really "get it"!).
LuluJakey - not physically affectionate ever really. His parents aren't either, but brother and sister are in their respective relationships.
His family don't do hugs though, except with young children. They're lively warm, welcoming people, but hugs don't happen. When we got together, I find it bemusing and had to actually teach him how to hug! He'd just let his arms flop around me. Now he occasionally hugs me - a few times a month (haven't counted, but on average not more than once per week) and it's like he's holding me, but almost mechanically. No extra squeeze at the end, for example.
I'm - hmm, I was - a very affectionate person with everybody. Certainly very tactile. I'd always give people big hugs and I'd love to hold hands with my boyfriend,touch his back, have his hand on my back, have and give massages (both sexual and not) etc. it's just not there with him and it seems his previous relationship wasn't tactile either.
He's affectionate with the children, which to begin with was a great shock and relief. Now I'm just happy that he's more "normal" with them.
Do you do many things as a couple? Do you like spending time together?
As time goes on it becomes harder, because, for example, if I just wake up from a dream in which I'm lying in bed in post-sex sweaty wonderfulness with my DH, and the reality is far from that, I find it hard to be around him for a while.
But yes, in general.
Oh and forgot - his family doesn't live near, but visit every few months.
does he never kiss you or hug you in be at all?
being in bed skin to skin (no clothes) helps with intimacy
does he wear his pyjamas?
in be = in bed
We aren't in the same bed at moment due to kids, but when we were, he'd give me a peck on the cheek and then just turn over. He doesn't wear PJs.
In the beginning, we used to sleep holding hands, because I only like spooning when I'm in front and would always end up with him in front. It worked better to hold hands and we'd wake up still holding hands too. It was quite nice!
He gives me a peck on the lips - the way my grandfather kissed me (very "properly") goodnight as a kid - before going to bed and arriving home in the evening. It's literally a peck on the lips, not giving me a hug and kiss. He does the same with the kids, but with a hug, in part because he needs to pick them up to do it though. It's as in romantic a kiss as you can imagine.
He's never been up for passionate long kisses.
I feel a TOTAL idiot for being in this situation. Which doesn't help my self-esteem. He told me he was really shy about sex early in the relationship, and I believed him. In fact, he believed himself too. It was only later when he realised it was more than shyness, or so he says. I do believe him though. He's not very self-aware, so I've found out.
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Kia Motors America (KMA) has set sales records in the United States for 24 consecutive months, a huge achievement for Tom Loveless, the executive vice president of sales for KMA. KMA has also been recording annual sales growth in the US for 17 years. Loveless, along with KMA's executive vice president for marketing & communications Mike Sprague, still faces the hard task of sustaining that sales growth.
The secret for their success: they don't sell vehicles that don't sell. The company's consecutive monthly records began shortly after Kia commenced the operations of its West Point assembly plant in Georgia in November. That provided the carmaker with a steady supply of Sorentos and Optimas to augment its imports, allowing Kia to boost its sales and capture the seventh spot of best-selling brands in the US. Kia didn't stop there.
This year, the carmaker added a third shift and increased its production capacity to 360,000 units a year. Kia, however, will only receive less than 300,000 units from the West Point plant, as the site also produces the Santa Fe for sister brand Hyundai. However, that would be enough for 40 percent local sourcing if the carmaker remains on track for a 4 percent U.S. market share in 2012.
That would translate into an expected 572,000 vehicle sales for Kia this year, up 18 percent from 2011. Loveless plans to further increase Kia's sales volume and US market share in 2013, but will not source the additional vehicles from the West Point plant.
According to Loveless, Kia would increase its volume in 2013 by importing cars. KMA is jostling for a bigger 2013 allocation from its South Korean, after receiving an additional 10,000 units of the Soul this year. Kia's operations in other parts of world are also clamoring for more products, but the carmaker only has limited resources. Loveless hinted that some other international markets are "tougher than others."


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Introduction to Baby B and a Transabdominal Cerclage
The end of this week has been an amazing week of ups and downs, all at the same time. We went for our appointment on Thursday anxious to find how our little ones were growing. The great news is, they are all very healthy size and appear to be doing very well. They are all about 6cm, or 2.25 inches long.
We had the wonderful opportunity to get a new kind of sonogram this week, 4d sonography. This is a somewhat new technology in which they are able to produce 3D images of the babies. This enabled us to get our first good look at our kiddos. We are in love with them already! Although very small (and resemble aliens, perhaps on Brad's side of the family, just kidding), they are already very recognizable as babies. We have been reassured through reading that they will only get cuter from here. 🙂
Baby "B" got the prize this week for sitting still long enough to get a clear picture. Although we don't know what gender the babies are yet, I am guessing this one to be a girl since she likes the camera so well! We did get shots of all of them, but they were moving around and doing gymnastics so much, it was impossible to get a great one.
The second portion of our appointment was much more difficult. After much consideration, our doctors, with us, have made the decision to give Jen a Transabdominal Cerclage. This is a "major" surgery that will keep Jen in the hospital for at least 2 nights, then home to recover for a few weeks. This surgery should give us the best chance at carrying our babies past that vital 28 week mark, and hopefully beyond. If you would like further details on this surgery, see the link below. This surgery will likely be this coming week, we are still working on getting it scheduled. We will let you know when we know when it is.
Prayer Requests:
-Please be praying the Jen and I can leave every fear and anxiety at the Lord's feet.
-Pray that Jen and the babies are safe during the TAC surgery.
-Praise God with us that He has been so faithful to us all the way through this.
-Prayer for sleep (specifically Jen) she hasn't slept much the last 2 nights
-Pray that Jesus Christ would be glorified by every action and decision that we make. That God would use our situation to show others the hope we have for salvation and eternal life with Him. We would not be able to withstand these difficult decisions without His constant hand of assurance.
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C. Patrick Allen has lived in Athens since 1985 and has been president of numerous incarnations of a local bank, currently Bank of America. He supports many facets of the Athens community -- civic, scholastic and the arts. He is not only involved in many civic organizations, but treasures his family and is deeply involved in his church. He tries to consciously live his Christian faith each day and knows the importance of having fun every day in everything he does, whether with his family, his church, his profession or his relaxation.
Hails from: Born in Atlanta but moved to the town of Montezuma when he was six years old. ''Montezuma is in middle Georgia, 49 miles south of Macon, and 20 miles from Perry, and 20 miles north of Americus. Montezuma is my mother's hometown, and my family moved there after the war. My father was a civil servant at Warner Robins.''
Early influences: I believe who I am and why I am is because of the way I was brought in up. My family was not wealthy but was respected -- hard working. I was brought up in a Christian environment. It was a privilege growing up in a small town in middle Georgia in the '50s and '60s. ''The Andy Griffith Show'' was the most popular show on TV, and we all tried to live that way. That was a time and place when all the women in the town saw you as their child and wanted to take care of you, and when the men in town taught you what you could become. It was a strong influence, being raised in that time and place and in that family.
School days: Macon County High School, 1965; Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, 1969; graduate of Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers, University, 1985.
Banking: I was working in finance for General Motors. It was a great company, but was seniority-based. My role for seven years was collecting past-due loans and repossessing automobiles. I worked Ocilla, Enigma, Alapaha, Fitzgerald and worked out of Tifton. Then I made friends with a fella who was about my age but had a senior position with a bank. He offered to hire me for 30 percent less money than I was making, but I was young enough to take a chance. I went to work for C&S Bank in Albany, and it was a tremendous opportunity. (The bank) would reward people on the basis of merit, abilities and potential rather than on seniority. I took the job and the risk, and it's paid off.
Albany: I was hired as a branch manager after my training. Then I was transferred to Augusta as manager of corporate banking, making sure the loans on the books at the bank were of the quality we wanted, and were being managed the way they should be.
A time past: Back then in time, it was when a banker was someone who sat in an office and people came to see him or her and begged for money. Today it's totally the other way around. I didn't want to ever be the salesperson; I wanted to be the judge. Now it's turned around and the people we hire today have strong sales skills.
Bank of America: I'm currently president, Bank of America, Athens. Before, I was with NationsBank, and C&S Bank before that. These are all the same companies that merged -- I never changed jobs.
To Athens: I transferred into Athens. They needed a senior credit officer and credit manager, and I was chosen.
Interest in the arts: I've enjoyed music all my life. In our small south Georgia high school, our men's quartet took first place in state my senior year. It was the first time in many years our school did that. Our small town of Montezuma had a group of music lovers, and a Music Lovers Club. We even did small productions. I was in a few of those, but not a regular. I don't sing at all now, but at times I've sung in the church choir.
A little romance: I met Gaile at Georgia Southwestern College. She was in nursing school. I liked those white uniforms, white hose and cute hats. And she is cute. We met literally ''across the crowded room (of the student center) one enchanted afternoon.'' I had a guitar with me, actually, me and a couple of guys were entertaining the freshmen, walking around, being crazy. This was the '60s, remember. We'd probably be locked up today. But it was the magic '60s, and we played mostly folk music. I saw her -- we saw each other, actually. It was very mutual. We had a date or two, went together for 2 12 years and got married one quarter before I graduated.
Popping the question: We both knew we wanted to get married, although we hadn't talked about it. But it was time to give her a ring. I as working part time at the Varsity in Americus at the time, and one of my missions was to try to put some weight on Gaile. I always took her a milkshake after work with a raw egg in it. One night, I brought it to her in a sealed cup, but instead of the shake, it had the ring in it. She was actually surprised, and this being the '60s, she said she loved it whether she liked it or not.
Marriage: We were married March 21, 1969, at the Block House Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Ga. It was an old historic church they'd just rebuilt, and our wedding was the first event they had in that church. We've been married 31 years.
Gaile: Gaile W. Allen is a registered nurse and is director of the pediatric subspecialty clinic at St. Mary's Hospital.
Children: Beth Cordell is 30 this year and a new mother and homemaker. She and her husband live in Rome, Ga., with our first granddaughter, Caroline, who was born in September. Our son, Clayton, 26, is an officer of South Trust Bank in Birmingham. My parents, Grady and Dorothy Allen, live in south Georgia with my sister, Teresa Mitchell.
For fun: I do a lot of civic work and I play golf a little, but I'm not a good golfer. Gaile and I enjoy a quiet night at home, just the two of us. And we've fallen in love with the Caribbean and go once a year. We go from island to island, and we love to snorkel.
Civic involvement: Present, chairman of the board, St. Mary's Health Care System; treasurer, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, SPLOST IV Citizen's Advisory Committee (Chairman 1995), Finance Committee, Athens Country Club; board member, United Way of Northeast Georgia and Georgia Children's Chorus.
A few significant past civic involvements: fund drive chairman, United Way of Northeast Georgia, 1998; chairman, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, 1993; chairman, Athens Clarke County Unification Commission, 1989; chairman Leadership Athens, 1987; Board, Hope Haven School; chairman Finance Committee, Lanier Gardens Advisory Board, American Heart Association fund drive chairman, Clarke County Board.
Religious involvement: Athens First United Methodist Church, board of trustees chairman; past chairman of Administrative Board; Sunday School teacher, Athens-Elberton District of United Methodist Church, past chairman of District Trustees, finance committee chairman, Georgia Council on Moral and Civic Concerns.
Honors: Recipient, 1995 Christian Citizenship Award, Georgia Council on Moral and Civic Concerns; 1996 honorary inductee, Beta Gamma Sigma, University of Georgia chapter.
Favorite movie: ''Father of the Bride.'' When Beth was getting married, that was me, and I watched the movie several times a week.
Favorite food: steak
Favorite music: Christian music
Philosophy: The most important parts of my life are my family, my church, my work and my faith. And my focus is on excellence. There's a verse in the Bible that says, ''Do everything as if you were working for the Lord.'' That makes me strive to reach a higher level of excellence in all things -- if I believe I do everything for the Lord -- as if He were doing my performance appraisal. And I think along with that, is to have fun at whatever I'm doing.
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We are looking for a 2+ bedroom place anywhere in the Costa Blanca with sea views (partial, OK).
We were just in Moraira and saw a lot of se vende signs and also saw some property, but couldn't find out dream place.
We don't want anything on Cumbre del Sol either.
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Are you looking for apartments? or a small villa? think you will find a villa in or near moraira almost immposible for your budget! was your 200k max euros or sterling?
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We are looking for bungalows and apartments, obviously… 🙂
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ENJOY STIRRING MOMENTS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY WITH THESE TWO DIFFERENT COFFEES FROM TANZANIA and ETHIOPIA. . . AND YOUR FAVORITE COFFEE OF THE MONTH CLUB . . .
Tanzania is the origin of truly great coffee. Often overshadowed by its neighbor Kenya, Tanzanian coffee offers an equal alternative at a much lower price. Tanzania is ranked 8th in production of all African nations, and 24th worldwide. Coffee comes from three major growing regions: Mochi District on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Arusha on the border along Kenya, and Pare, encompassing the high plateau between Lake Nyassa and Tanganyika.
Tanzanian, as well as most African coffee, follows a grading format which has become well known from its use regarding Kenyan coffee. The top grade is AA, indicating the largest bean size with the fewest defects per pound. Approximately 14% of Tanzania's crop is AA grade. Following AA is grade A, which contains slightly more defects per pound, with a smaller screen size. Additional grades that are found are AB, BB, and CC, in diminishing quality.
The final grade, and our choice this month, is Peaberry, designated by the mark PB. It is specially sorted out of the standard flat bean coffee. While Tanzania produces both peaberry and the more familiar flat bean coffee, peaberry has become synonymous with Tanzania.
During normal development of a coffee cherry, a bean forms at the center. This bean is made up of two halves with a flat seam in the middle where the halves sit against each other. (See illustration at left.) If you take two coffee beans and hold them together, you'll see what we mean. Peaberry beans occur when, through the mysteries of nature, only one "half" forms. Because it does not have a partner inside the cherry with it, it develops into a small round bean without a flat side!
Ethiopia is very unique within the coffee growing countries of the world. It has several different growing regions, and each produces two types of coffee. The mostly commonly seen Ethiopian coffees are Harrar, Sidamo, Djimma and Limu. The names of these coffees come from the major city of the area where that coffee is grown.
Regardless of where the coffee is grown, it is either processed with the washed method or the natural method. For example, coffee from Djimma is sold as Djimma coffee which is processed naturally and it is sold as Lekempti, which is processed with either the wet or washed method. This creates a unique offering in the fact that Ethiopia offers a huge selection of different coffees, each with slightly different taste profiles. In comparison, most other countries export coffee with the different regional marks to them, but typically all coffee from any given country is processed in the same way.
If Ethiopian coffee is (or may become) one of your favorites, as you experiment with the different offerings available, take note of the name by which it is sold and how it is processed. There are several different Ethiopian coffees on the market, and their flavor profiles are quite varied.
Ethiopian Sidamo coffee is a washed arabica variety. It has a slightly acidic character to it, with medium body and rich aroma. This is an excellent stand-alone coffee, and should be brewed without blending with any other coffee. For true coffee pleasure, most forgo using sweetener or creamer.


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Simplifying the Regulatory Burden on Well-Run Financial Institutions: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, June 23, 1992, Volume 4
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Apologetics arguing for certain types of behaviour tend to borrow from nature to justify whatever stand that they propose (e.g. homosexuality, bullying etc.).
Here's another example: domestic violence and divorce.
Happily ever after also elude arthropods, it seems.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Learning from nature
Posted by Snuze at 01:52
3 comments:
- Freddie Kevin said...
Hi Snuze,
Hope everything is good with you.
Out of sight, out of mind. I think.
Best wishes always
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- January 11, 2012 at 12:12 PM
- Snuze said...
Hi Freddie!
Life is good when the pressing stuff are out of the way, no?
Cheers, mate!
- January 11, 2012 at 3:27 PM
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Life is good, regardless. Glad you're cheery..but do I sense..never mind.
As you say, cheers.
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Can Model-Based Banking Regulations Achieve Financial Stability?
May 7, 2015
Following the financial crisis of 2008, policymakers around the world have concentrated their efforts on designing a regulatory framework that increases the safety of individual institutions as well as the stability of the financial system as a whole.
In this context, an important innovation has been the introduction of complex, model-based capital regulation that was meant to promote the adoption of stronger risk-management practices by financial intermediaries, and—ultimately—to increase the stability of the banking system.
- Prior to the introduction of model-based regulation, the regulatory environment was considered too coarse, leading to excessive distortions in lending.
- In contrast, regulation under Basel II relies on a complex array of risk models, designed and calibrated by banks themselves and subsequently approved by the supervisor.
- By tying capital charges to actual asset risk, banks are no longer penalized for holding very safe assets on their balance sheets, so the distortion in the allocation of credit that accompanied the simple flat tax feature of Basel I is eliminated.
As a response to the financial crisis in 2007-2008, the Basel Committee has drafted a third revision of the regulatory framework for banks (Basel III). This framework continues to rely on model-based regulation, but further increases complexity to address substantial weaknesses of the old framework.
While the measures might make sense individually, increases in complexity are unlikely to increase financial stability. Simpler and more transparent rules would be more effective in achieving the ultimate goal of financial stability.
Source: Markus Behn, Rainer Haselmann and Vikrant Vig, "The Limits of Model-Based Regulation," Cato Institute, April 2015.
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The Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority went into closed session at Tuesday's special-called meeting, with Chairman Richard Isdell saying an issue with the defunct Augusta Lynx hockey team needed to be discussed.
Asked by reporters how that could legally be done -- state law allows closed meetings for issues of pending litigation, personnel and real estate -- authority attorney Ed Enoch said the Lynx had threatened to sue.
Mr. Isdell and authority member Keith Brown said later that the team wants $64,000 to compensate for two game delays caused by a corner of the ice floor not being properly frozen.
"We've made no threats to sue anyone," Lynx co-owner and general manager Dan Troutman said. "They may have interpreted it that way."
Mr. Isdell said the team owes the authority $120,000 to $130,000, part of it for advertising rights on signs within the James Brown Arena. The authority is about to draw $50,000 from SunTrust bank through a standby letter of credit, which will bring the balance down to $70,000 to $80,000.
After the closed session, the authority voted unanimously to have Mr. Enoch and civic center complex General Manager Monty Jones take inventory of televisions, signs, leather couches, refrigerators and other items left behind by the Lynx and try using them to negotiate down the balance. Some items have already been removed, Mr. Isdell said, and locks on arena doors have been changed to prevent anything else from being taken.
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Audi has revealed its new third-generation TT Roadster in a series of official photographs ahead of a planned public debut for the new two-seater at next week's Paris motor show.
Set to go on sale in Australia around this time next year, the new TT Roadster is set to attract a premium of around $5000 over the new third-generation TT Coupe, which is priced from $77,000, according to official Audi sources.
Final pricing is yet to be announced, though officials suggest the initial entry level model, the TT Roadster 2.0 TFSI, will be pitched at close to $82,000 upon introduction here in 2015.
As with previous models, the new TT roadster closely reflects the styling changes made latest TT Coupe. It receives a totally fresh appearance that boasts subtle hints of the Bauhaus design linage that inspired the original model launched in 1999 in combination with a contemporary fabric hood that automatically stows in a dedicated well behind the cabin in just 10 seconds at the press of a button.
Among the new car's more prominent design elements is a more angular grille, new trapezoidal-shaped headlights with complex LED internal graphics, a more heavily contoured clamshell-style bonnet and added structure to the lower section of the front bumper. In a move that brings it into line with the soon-to-be-replaced first generation R8, the four-ring Audi emblem has also been moved from the grille to the leading edge of the bonnet.
Further back, the new Audi retains the prominent wheel arch flares of the old TT Roadster but gains larger wheel housings capable of accepting wheels ranging from 17 to 20-inch in diameter. A defined shoulder line, referred to by Audi as the Tornado line, runs the entire length of the flanks, from the trailing edge of the headlights through to the tail-lights.
The new model continues with a notchback style boot within a rear end boasting a more a defined lip to the end of the body, an automatic spoiler that deploys at speeds above 120km/h and more angular tail-lights that flaunt distinctive LED graphics.
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The basis for the new car is parent company Volkswagen's flexible MQB platform. Despite a 37mm increase in the wheelbase at 2505mm, it 21mm shorter than its predecessor owing to slightly shorter overhangs. Width has also been reined in by 10mm at 1832mm and height has been reduced by a scant 3mm at 1355mm. With its traditional fabric hood in place, the new car is claimed to boast a drag co-efficient that is described by Audi has being the best in class at 0.30 Cd.
Audi says the moderate increase in wheelbase has led to improved interior packaging and greater accommodation. The multi-layer hood, supported on a frame consisting of aluminium, composite plastic, magnesium and steel components, is claimed to weigh three kilograms less than the structure used by the second-generation TT Roadster at 39kg. It opens and closes at speeds up to 31mph. With the hood up, the nominal boot capacity is put at 280 litres – some 55 litres less than the newly unveiled BMW 2-series cabriolet but an improvement of 30 litres on the model it replaces.
The engine line-up for the new TT Roadster mirrors that of the recently introduced TT Coupe, with a four-cylinder petrol and diesel in differing states of tune. They are mated to either a standard six-speed manual or optional six-speed S-tronic gearbox. Buyers will be able to choose between front- or four-wheel drive depending on the model when local sales get underway a year from now.
Included from the outset of Australian sales will be a turbocharged 2.0-litre direct injection petrol unit that develops 169kW and 370Nm of torque in the price leading TT Roadster 2.0 TFSI and a more potent 228kW and 380Nm in the initial range topping TTS Roadster, which isn't likely to see Australia deliveries until early 2016.
This provides the new TTS Roadster with 38bhp and 22lb ft more than its predecessor. In combination with detailed enhancements to its multi-plate clutch four-wheel drive system and optional six-speed S-Tronic dual clutch gearbox, the boost in reserves is sufficient to see the new car accelerate from 0 to 100km/h in a claimed 4.9sec, or 0.6sec faster than before. Top speed remains limited to 250km/h.
Available from the start of sales in Europe in early 2015 but not planned for Australia is a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder common rail diesel engine. It provides the TT Roadster 2.0 TDI with 135kW and 380Nm of torque along with claimed combined fuel consumption on the European test cycle of 4.3L/100km and average CO2 emissions of 114g/km in standard six-speed manual form.


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Each Halloween I like to do coordinating costumes with my husband. We also decorate our van for trunk-or-treating to match the theme. This year, I was inspired to do vintage circus after thrifting a heavily embroidered and sequined skirt. As it turned out, the weather didn't permit trunk-or-treating, so the activities were moved indoors. I have to admit it was easier decorating a classroom than running electrical cords and such to decorate the van!
I had fun collecting curtains, fringed trim, decorated tins, etc. for the circus theme. I also found a music box clown that I modified to fit the theme. I ordered a cymbal-clanging monkey from Amazon. After printing out letters and different flourishes, I made a sign using foam core board. The white globe lights around the perimeter operated in random motion and added to the fun. We also made a "Wheel of Fortune" from a bicycle wheel (not shown). The kids had fun spinning the wheel and then choosing a prize from the appropriate container. I also printed several vintage circus posters and hung them around the room. I found some free calliope music on the internet and had it playing for the evening.
So here's a few more details of the costumes...
My husband's coat started out as a woman's coat. It was the right color of deep red and fit him perfectly. I don't have any process photos, but will try to explain. At the front edges at waist height, I made a straight cut a few inches toward each side, then cut at an angle downward to the sideseams, then straight across the back bottom edge, removing some of the length. The newly cut lapels were trimmed in gold piping and covered with velvet. I then folded them back and tacked them in place. Velvet was also added to the existing collar. Buttons were added to complete the look. The truth is, there was A LOT of hand sewing on this coat! I also made a gold metallic vest to complete the look.
I thrifted some pillow shams that were a perfect match. I cut the trim from the shams, edged it with piping, and then hand stitched it to the sleeves.
The epaulettes were made from scraps of my jacket lining and thrifted fringe. In fact, I scored a whole bolt of gold fringe for $1.99! I'm not sure what I'll use it for, but when I figure it out...I've got it!
My jacket started as a nice black jacket with black on black trim across the front and silver buttons. I started by changing out the buttons for some gold ones in my stash. I also used gold-colored Hot Ribbon and ironed it on over the existing trim.
I cut the jacket at the waist and added a pleated peplum with gold lining. The gold fabric was a silky sheet I thrifted. I turned the front of the peplum up for an added feature. I ordered gold appliques off the internet, cut them, then hand stitched them to the sleeves.
The peplum was cut in a way so that the gold lining would peak out of the pleating. Gold buttons were added to the back.
Another gold applique was added to the back.
The skirt is covered with heavy embroidery and sequins. And, I mean HEAVY...it weighs a ton!
I thrifted some gold lace yardage that matched well with the outfit. I cut some strips, gathered them, then stitched them to the top of a pair of socks. The lace peaked out of the top of my boots and added some extra fun.
I made my top hat by cutting a piece of cardboard to fit the top of a plastic cup. I glued the cardboard in place then covered the whole thing with black fabric. I also cut a circle from cardboard and glued some stiff wire around the edge. I covered this with fabric as well. I glued the hat to the brim with a glue gun. I then embellished the hat with various trim, including a fun carousel tiger ornament! The whole hat was glued to a sturdy headband.
It was a fun evening and a fun theme! Now, I need to start thinking about next year!
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Looking for balance sash for kinro single hung Windows. Has a spiral rod that is inside of a metal tube. The seal or stopper at the bottom of the metal tube goes up in the tube because the tubing has expanded and now has a gap ( see photo #3) This is probably due to sun and heat on the west side of the house. Window size is 5' (h)x 2'5" (w). And the other is 39" (h) x 46" (w). Windows are still good.
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February 28, 2016
I measured the tubes. I need six that are 29 inches by 3/8" and two that are 19 inches by 3/8". All have a red/orange stop at the bottom of the tube. Also need the tension tool. Thank you.
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March 1, 2016
Assuming these balances are for a tilt window, see our Series 900 spiral balance. This looks pretty close to what you have. For the charging tool, see the 75-006.