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Using Sphinx for Non-Fulltext Queries
How often do you think about the reasons why your favorite RDBMS sucks? Last few months I was doing this quite often and yes, my favorite RDBMS is MySQL. The reason why I was thinking so because one of my recent tasks at Scribd was fixing scalability problems in documents browsing.
The problem with browsing was pretty simple to describe and as hard to fix – we have large data set which consists of a few tables with many fields with really bad selectivity (flag fields like is_deleted, is_private, etc; file_type, language_id , category_id and others). As the result of this situation it becomes really hard (if possible at all) to display documents lists like "most popular 1-10 pages PDF documents in Italian language from the category "Business" (of course, non-deleted, non-private, etc). If you'll try to create appropriate indexes for each possible filters combination, you'll end up having tens or hundreds of indexes and every INSERT query in your tables will take ages.
So, we were doing many weird things to solve this problem, like having really huge covering indexes for most popular browsing situations, having powerful (and expensive) dedicated servers for browsing queries, etc. Nothing helped and we ended up reducing filters number to 1-2 per query. But with continuously growing documents base we'd really love to help people find interesting content and filters is what we'd really want to add to the project.
Long story short, we've decided to try to use Sphinx search engine for really unusual thing – we decided to move all SELECT queries for our documents to a small (proof of concept) sphinx installation on one of our DB servers and use Sphinx' full-scan feature. After a few hours of development I've created a simple to use module which mimics ActiveRecord's find method interface and allows us to perform queries like the following (sometimes even more powerful than AR):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | browser = Scribd::SphinxBrowser.new(:host => 'ip.add.re.ss') # Get top 10 hottest docs result = browser.browse # Get top 10 most commented docs this week result = browser.browse(:order => 'comments_week DESC') # Get top 5 most voted docs of all times result = browser.browse(:order => 'votes_total DESC', :limit => 5) # Get top 10 most viewed docs for today (only docs with language_id = 5 returned) result = browser.browse(:order => 'views_today DESC', :filters => { :language_id => 5 }) # Get 10th to 19th hottest docs with language_id = 1, 2 or 3 result = browser.browse(:filters => { :language_id => [1, 2, 3] }, :limit => 10, :offset => 10) # Get top 10 hottest docs with language_id = 1 and pages count between 1 and 10 (excluding doc with ID = 5) result = browser.browse(:filters => { :language_id => 1, :page_count => 1..10 }, :remove_id => 5) # Get top 10 latest docs with file_type = 1 and word_user_id = 12345 result = browser.browse(:order => 'created_at DESC', :filters => { :file_type => 1, :user_id => 12345 }) |
After a short testing we've got our performance benchmarks results and here are some facts:
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- re-indexing time – 20-30 seconds for an entire data set (4 large joined tables)
- longest query (surprisingly – a query without any filters) takes about 0.5 sec on one core
- generic query with 1-2 filters takes 0.01-0.05 sec on one core
- queries with many filters take 0.01 sec and less on one core
- queries time could be reduced almost linearly when adding more cores (splitting index on many pieces).
- sphinx scales really easily on more than one box if we'll need it to.
As you can see here, it is really useful sometimes to think "out of the box" when you work with some tools – we were using sphinx for a quite a long time now, but this solution for browsing was like a blessing and really helped us to keep up with service popularity growth.
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We use this technique for filtering searches on categories, price, etc. We just stick cat_39 in a deal and add that to the sphinx query. Works like a charm.
There are two different techniques – one is adding pseudo keywords and other is using filters and "Full Table Scan" query.
Pseudo keywords works if there are few of them in the query and they are well selective.
If you will have 10 keywords each with 90% selectivity this would not work well.
Filters w full table scan however can be slower with good selectivity but you can have a lot of non selective filters with very low penalty.
Also note Sphinx "full table scan" has optimizations so it often can skip a lot of "blocks" based on filters which makes it kind of similar to indexed lookup
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Do you guys use Sphinx to index the contents of your documents, or only metadata about them that is stored in the database?
2W. Andrew Loe III: No, for browse index we use documents' attributes only.
First of all, you blog is very interesting and I like it, salute from Ireland to you!
The problem is with MySQL(like with every DBMS written by folks wo/ corporate experience) still the relative small amount of features to handle something bigger than the average.
Let me show you what i am thinking about:
And just for the record, innodb is an Oracle product.
Maybe you can try this:
Hello Alexei,
I have one comment regarding this:
From what I've read so far Sphynx is great only for non-constantly-changing-data… Am I correct.
If you have thousands of writes per second and you want the info to be available within 1-3 second span how would you do that with sphynx??? if reindexing takes 20-40 seconds of 3Mil rows as you said…
Andrew has said that online add and remove is coming in 0.9.9. When will it be ready? Don't know. But that will be a big, big jump in usefulness.
Yes I agree sphinx makes for a great general purpose index. We put a huge database in sphinx for full text, but realised it could be used an index on many of the other fields too!
Sphinx can search multiple indexes in one query, so the basic idea is to create a main index, and the a delta index, you just more regually reindex the delta index. You can even have multiple delta indexes – basically constantly reindexing the changes. You can also use line attribute updates to 'delete' items from the main index without reindexing.
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A great idea man , but i would be better if you could post in English for other to understand
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Style and Technique (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
The extraordinary degree to which the young Faulkner managed to compress into this, his first published story, many of the elements that came to be characteristic of his fiction is the effect of his unusual use of the first-person point of view and his control of the motifs that flow from it.
By confining himself to the pronoun "we," the narrator gives the reader the impression that the whole town is bearing witness to the behavior of a heroine, about whom they have ambivalent attitudes, ambiguously expressed. The ambiguity derives in part from the community's lack of access to facts, stimulating the narrator to draw on his own and the communal imagination to fill out the picture, creating a collage of images. The narration gives the impression of coming out of a communal consciousness, creating the effect of a peculiar omniscience. An entire novel could be developed from the material compressed into this short story.
Is the narrator telling the story in the southern oral tradition or is he or she writing it? To ask basic questions about this unusual collective mode of narration—who, what, where, when, and why—is to stir up many possibilities. The oral mode seems most appropriate, but the style, consisting of such phrases as "diffident deprecation," suggests the written mode.
A pattern of motifs that interact, contrasting with or paralleling one another, sometimes symbolically, sometimes ironically, flows naturally...
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A Rose for Emily (Magill Book Reviews)
Miss Emily met Homer Baron, a foreman with a construction company, when her hometown was first getting paved streets. Her father had already died but, not before driving away her eligible suitors. As rumors circulate about her possible marriage to a Yankee, Homer leaves town abruptly. During his absence, Miss Emily buys rat poison.
When Homer returns, the townspeople see him enter Miss Emily's house but not leave. Only when she dies do the townspeople discover his corpse on a bed in her house and, next to it, a strand of Miss Emily's hair.
This Gothic plot makes serious points about woman's place in society. Throughout the story, the reader is aware that these events are taking place during a time of transition: The town is finally getting sidewalks and mailboxes. More important, values are changing. The older magistrates, for example, looked on Miss Emily paternally and refused to collect taxes from her; the newer ones try, unsuccessfully, to do so.
Caught in these changing times, Miss Emily is trapped in her role as genteel spinster. Without a husband, her life will have no meaning. She tries to give lessons in painting china but cannot find pupils for this out-of-date hobby and finally discontinues them. If Homer is thinking of abandoning her, as his departure implies, one can understand her desire to clutch at any sort of union, even a marriage in death.
The theme is developed through an exceptionally...
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Historical Context
The South after the Civil War
The Reconstruction after the Civil War had a profound and humbling effect on Southern society. The South's outdated plantation economy, based so long upon slave labor, was devastated by emancipation. Northern opportunists, known as ''carpet-baggers,'' came in droves to take advantage of the economic chaos. Some Southern aristocrats found themselves working the land alongside tenant farmers and former slaves. Faulkner came from a family that once owned a plantation. The history of his family and of the South in general inspired Faulkner's imagination.
The short stories and novels Faulkner wrote about Yoknapatawpha County combine to create an epic, mythical history of this era. David Minter, in his biography William Faulkner: His Life and Work, notes that as a teenager, Faulkner was known for being observational to the point of oddness: ''Sometimes he joined the old men of Oxford on the town square … there he sat or stood motionless, quiet, as though held fast by some inner scene or some inner sense of himself.'' It was in this manner that Faulkner soaked up the legends of his region. He heard Civil War stories from the old veterans, hunting stories from his father, stories of his great-grandfather's heroic exploits from his grandfather, and fables about the animals in the forest told by Mammy Caroline Barr, an ex-slave who watched over him when he was a small boy. The...
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Questions and Answers Section I
Study Questions
1. What hints are given in Section I that "A Rose for Emily" takes place in the South?
2. What is the name of Miss Emily's manservant?
3. Why does the Board of Aldermen send a delegation to Miss Emily's house?
4. Whose portrait sits on an easel by Miss Emily's fireplace, and what material was used to make it?
5. What "color" is Miss Emily's house?
1. Faulkner mentions a cemetery where Union and Confederate soldiers who were killed during the Battle of Jefferson are buried; the former mayor of Jefferson, Colonel Sartoris, was the father of an edict prohibiting Negro women from appearing in the street without an apron; and cotton gins have sprung up around Miss Emily's house.
2. The name of Miss Emily's manservant, a "combined gardener and cook," is Tobe.
3. Miss Emily had not been paying taxes for many years, and the new town leaders wanted to rectify the situation.
4. The portrait of Miss Emily's father, made from crayons, is on the easel.
5. Miss Emily's house is described as "a big squarish frame house that had once been white.…"
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Questions and Answers Section II
Study Questions
1. Why doesn't Judge Stevens want to confront Miss Emily about "the smell"?
2. What did Miss Emily inherit from her father?
3. What were the minister and the doctor trying to convince Miss Emily of doing after her father's death?
4. How many years pass between "the smell" in Section II and the deputation in Section I that visits Miss Emily about her taxes?
5. What do town members finally do about "the smell"?
1. Judge Stevens believes that he can not "accuse a lady to her face of smelling bad.…"
2. Miss Emily's father willed her the house but apparently left her with no money.
3. The men were trying to convince Miss Emily of disposing of her father's body properly.
4. Thirty years pass between the two events.
5. A group of men sprinkle lime around Miss Emily's house and in her cellar.
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Questions and Answers Section III
Study Questions
1. What does the term "noblesse oblige" mean?
2. What events cause some of the townspeople to say "Poor Emily"?
3. Why is Homer Barron in town?
4. What does Miss Emily purchase from the druggist?
5. What does Miss Emily tell the druggist the poison is to be used for?
1. "Noblesse oblige" is a French term that means "nobility is an obligation." In the English usage, it refers to the "honorable" behavior that persons of high birth or rank are expected to display.
2. Miss Emily appears in public with, and expresses an interest in, Homer Barron, a Yankee day laborer.
3. Homer Barron is on a crew paving the sidewalks.
4. Miss Emily buys arsenic from the druggist.
5. Miss Emily refuses to tell the druggist why she wants the poison.
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Questions and Answers Section IV
Study Questions
1. Why did the Baptist minister call on Miss Emily?
2. What did Miss Emily buy from the town jeweler?
3. About how many years pass between the time of Homer Barron's disappearance and Miss Emily's death?
4. What change took place in Miss Emily's relationship with the town for a period of several years when Miss Emily was in her forties?
5. Were the new generation of town leaders able to collect taxes from Miss Emily?
1. The minister was forced by some of the ladies in town to talk with Miss Emily about her being a bad example for the town.
2. Miss Emily purchased a man's silver toilet set with the initials "H. B." engraved on each piece.
3. Miss Emily was in her thirties when she met Homer Barron, and she was seventy-four when she died.
4. Miss Emily opened up her house for china-painting lessons for the town's children.
5. No, the town was never able to collect taxes from Miss Emily. Each year the request for the taxes was returned by the post office unopened.
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Questions and Answers: Section V
Study Questions
1. What happens to Tobe after Miss Emily's death?
2. What are some of the older men wearing at Miss Emily's funeral?
3. Which room do the townspeople open once Miss Emily is "decently in the ground…"?
4. What kinds of objects are found in the room once it is opened?
5. What is found on the pillow next to the skeleton?
1. Tobe leaves Miss Emily's house and is never seen again.
2. Some of the old men are wearing brushed Confederate uniforms.
3. The townspeople open a room above the stairs that has not been opened for forty years.
4. Among other things, there is an array of crystal, a man's silver toiletry set, a collar with a tie, and a man's suit.
5. On the pillow next to the skeleton there is a long strand of iron-gray hair.
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Literary Style
Flashback and Foreshadowing
Flashback and foreshadowing are two often used literary devices that utilize time in order to produce a desired effect. Flashbacks are used to present action that occurs before the beginning of a story; foreshadowing creates expectation for action that has not yet happened. Faulkner uses both devices in ''A Rose for Emily.'' The story is told by the narrator through a series of non-sequential flashbacks. The narrator begins the story by describing the scene of Emily's funeral; this description, however, is actually a flashback because the story ends with the narrator's memory of the town's discovery of the corpse in the Grierson home after Emily's funeral. Throughout the story, the narrator flashes back and forth through various events in the life and times of Emily Grierson and the town of Jefferson. Each piece of the story told by the narrator prompts another piece of the story, regardless of chronology. For example, the narrator recalls Emily's funeral, which leads him to remember when Colonel Sartoris relieved her of taxes. This of course leads to the story of the aldermen trying to collect Emily's taxes after the death of the Colonel. The narrative thus works much in the same haphazard manner as human memory does.
The narrator foreshadows the grisly discovery at the end of the story with several scenes. First, when the aldermen attempt to collect Emily's taxes, her house is...
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Compare and Contrast
1930s: The 1929 collapse of the stock market in the U.S. leads to the Great Depression. Unemployment grows from 5 million in 1930 to 13 million in 1932 (24.9% of the population).
1990s: The U.S. economy booms. The stock market climbs to unprecedented levels, while unemployment is at a quarter-century low.
1930s: The thirties are part of a three-decade long golden age of radio. Families gather around the radio after dinner to listen to news, sports events, and dramas such as ''The Shadow'' and ''Little Orphan Annie.''
1990s: Media is pervasive in late twentieth-century life. The choices seem endless; radio, television (with hundreds of channels), film, and the Internet provide people with information and entertainment twenty-four hours a day.
1930s: Bruno Hauptmann is tried for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby. (Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean on a solo voyage.) Although many believe that there is a rush to judgement in Hauptmann's conviction, he is executed in 1936 via the electric chair. The press dub the proceedings the ''Trial of the Century.''
1990s: Former football star O. J. Simpson is arrested for the brutal murder of...
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Topics for Further Study
- Except for the title, roses are never mentioned in the story. Why do you think Faulkner chose this title? Do you think the rose symbolizes anything in the story?
- As the narrator is telling the story of how Emily's taxes were remitted, he remarks that Colonel Sartoris is the father of an edict declaring that "no Negro woman should appear on the streets without an apron." Why do you think the narrator mentions this law? What does this remark tell us about the Colonel Sartoris and the narrator?
- Look up the definition of "eccentric" in the dictionary. Find examples of eccentric characters in literature and film. Compare your examples with Emily Grierson. What qualities do these characters share? What is there to admire or dislike about them?
- Only once in the story does the narrator place an event in a specific year. Find that event and year and see if you can put together a chronology. Does it seem consistent and realistic? Why or why not?
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Media Adaptations
- "A Rose for Emily" was adapted for film by Chubbuck Cinema Co. It was produced and directed by Lyndon Chubbuck and written by H. Kaye Dyal. Anjelica Huston plays the role of Miss Emily.
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What Do I Read Next?
- Collected Stories (1950) by William Faulkner is an exhaustive collection of his short fiction. The volume includes ''Barn Burning'' and many other stories about Yoknapatawpha County.
- The Sound and the Fury (1929) by William Faulkner is the novel that established his reputation as an important writer. This experimental novel concerns the decline of the once proud Compson family of Yoknapatawpha County. The story is told in four sections, each one detailing the disintegration of the Compsons from a different character's viewpoint. Faulkner used this technique in other novels as well, including As I Lay Dying (1930) and Absalom, Absalom! (1936).
- Many of the works of Flannery O'Connor are in the same Southern Gothic tradition as ''A Rose for Emily.'' Her short story ''A Good Man Is Hard to Find'' (1955) details a vacationing family's doomed encounter with an escaped criminal known as the Misfit.
- Southern playwright Tennessee Williams examined many of the same themes in his work as Faulkner. His play A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) is the story of aging, tarnished Southern...
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Bibliography and Further Reading
Birk, John F. ''Tryst Beyond Time: Faulkner's Emily and Keats.'' In Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 28, No. 2, Spring 1991, pp. 203-13.
Gregory, Horace. Review of The Collected Stories of William Faulkner. In New York Herald Tribune, August 20, 1950, p. 1.
Gwynn, Frederick L., and Joseph Blotner. Faulkner in the University: Class Conferences at the University of Virginia, 1957-1958. University of Virginia Press, 1959, p. 26.
Hays, Peter L. ''Who Is Faulkner's Emily?'' In Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring 1988, pp. 105-110.
Levitt, Paul. ''An Analogue for Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily.''' In Papers on Language and Literature, Vol. 9, 1973, p. 91.
Littler, Frank A. ''The Tangled Thread of Time: Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily.''' In Notes on Mississippi Writers, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1982, p. 80.
Mellard, James M. ''Faulkner's Miss Emily and Blake's Sick Rose: Invisible Worm, Nachtraglichkeit, and Retrospective Gothic.'' In The Faulkner Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall, 1986, pp. 39-41.
Minter, David. William Faulkner: His Life and Work. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980, 1997, pp. 1, 14, 16.
Rodman, Isaac. ''Irony and Isolation: Narrative Distance in Faulkner's 'A Rose for...
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Bibliography (Masterplots, Fourth Edition)
Brooks, Cleanth. William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha County. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1963. This venerable classic of Faulkner criticism is one of the best introductions, treating Faulkner's characteristic themes and historical and social background and offering detailed readings of the major novels and stories. Includes carefully prepared notes, appendixes, and a character index.
Kirk, Robert W., and Marvin Klotz. "A Rose for Emily." In Faulkner's People: A Complete Guide and Index to the Characters in the Fiction of William Faulkner. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1963. Identifies all the named characters in "A Rose for Emily" and describes the role of each character in terms of the plot.
Porter, Carolyn. William Faulkner. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. A concise and informative biographical work that spans Faulkner's entire life but focuses primarily on his most prolific period, from 1929 to 1940. Offers insightful analysis of his major works.
Skei, Hans H. "A Rose for Emily." In Reading Faulkner's Best Short Stories. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999. Skei addresses critical questions about apparent inconsistencies in the narrator's voice and the appropriate genre designation for this story.
Towner, Theresa M. The Cambridge Introduction to William...
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2. Meanwhile, cook bacon in skillet; remove, drain, and dice. Sauté shallots in drippings until tender. Stir in 1 1⁄2 cups corn kernels, sage, and salt and pepper to taste.
3. In food processor, puree remaining 1 cup corn with 1⁄2 cup water. Transfer cooked grits to mixing bowl; stir in bacon, shallot-corn mixture, pureed corn, 1⁄4 cup Parmesan cheese, and green onions. Transfer mixture to 2-4 gratin dishes; sprinkle more Parmesan on top.
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Feb 16, 2011
I Love Karma - To start off id like to say cheating isn't an accident its a choice.
I was with whom I thought was love of my life we were together for 3 years we were inseparable we did everything together until she enlisted in the army reserves which i was ok with i supported...
1 Response
Jan 10
Broken Heart - The worst feeling in the world is when you can't love anyone else, because your heart still belongs to the one who broke it.
1 Response
Sep 25, 2011
I Didn't Think Anything Could Hurt Like That - Well before my last girlfriend, I heard about people being cheated on but it wasn't something I thought would touch my life in the way it did. We actually met each other when she came to stay with her dad, who was seeing my mom...
2 Responses
Nov 21, 2010
Cheaters R Kunts - am a bi sexual guy and for the first time in my life i actually got interested in a guy. normal i would be involve in relationships with girls but i was like lemme give this a shot and trust me it would be my last. i meet him over an online chat room, he's easy...
Feb 22
Cheaters Should Be Shot - I am very sick of guys cheating on their women. What is the point of being with someone if you desire other people. I have watched many girls go through breakups like crazy. I have been throgh many myself. I feel like I should grab the guy by his...
11 Responses
Mar 27, 2007
Liar Liar - Really? Even though I've seen the evidence, you are going to deny it, and try to make me believe it's all in my head.
Burn in hell.
I hate you.
1 Response
Nov 18
2 Days Before My Birthday - watched someones who claimed he loves me and wants to marry me and rather save me for marriage **** a person right inside his home!!! i stood up in street all night long and watched the shadows<<<< any advice cuz i feel really sick...
2 Responses
Jul 7, 2008
A little while ago I came across a girl on here who cheated on her boyfriend. She said how she regretted it but soon fell into the temptation again. She was 18 years old and was looking for peoples help about what she should do. Everyone was commending her saying she didn't do...
2 Responses
5 days ago
To Anyone Who Has Ever Been Broken - this is addressed to anyone who has ever been cheated on or stepped on by someone you once cared very deeply for. it's not your fault, you are wonderful and beautiful and perfect and everything else the people who cheated wish they could be...
1 Response
Aug 18
What Am I Going To Do Shes A Compulsive Liar And Cheater - I fell in love, she cheated. together loyally (for me) for about 8 years. She cheated with a family friend and 2 ex's. Last time was 6 months ago. She said it wasn't my fault.
She lied to me the whole time of the...
2 Responses
Mar 24
If You Support Cheating... - If you support cheating, you support lies, deception, abuse, and etc.
And if you say you don't support lies, abuse, and etc., then congratulations, you're a hypocritical, pusillanimous snake.
10 Responses
Oct 12
Facebook And The Possibllity Of Cheating Ex Girlfriends - a friend of my ex girlfriends boyfriend posted this on her boyfriends profile:
"(bf's name) how the hell is (some other friend) above me in ur friends list!?....I was a dedicated member of the find (bf's name) club...
Jul 10
Long Distance Relationship - im so angry right now! he is ignoring me for 3 weeks now since his travel.
i hate long distance relationships its so f hard. i love him but i cant take it anymore being in LDR is making me so sad, moody and angry. I don't know wht to do im afraid to...
1 Response
Sep 13
The Worst!! - What's worse than a cheater? A cheater that doesn't like to be cheated on.
3 Responses
Aug 19
Cheaters Are Horrible People - Men, women, doesn't matter. Just plain horrible. They come up with excuses all the time, like "I wanted to experiment," "My___ wasn't giving me what I needed," "This will make our relationship stronger." All bull. They shouldn't be allowed in public...
5 Responses
Apr 18, 2011
I Find It Aweful - It's really mean and awefull to cheat on your boyfriend/girlfriend. I don't see a reason for it. If you don't want your boyfriend/girlfriend anymore, then break up with him/her! That way would hurt less for him/her. And bring you into less trouble.. Why being...
2 Responses
Sep 24
Nuh uhh! You never saw it coming! - Well. Today was a total surprise for me.
My room mate's ex came by with out notice and dropped in for the day.
This is a person who in the past has cheated, lied and stolen.
He came here with the intent to make up with my room mate and get...
2 Responses
May 7, 2009
Nine Signs He's Cheating - When you get suspicious that your significant other is cheating, be careful not to appear to be paranoid. You have to walk a fine line — you don't want to make false accusations.
So, while I'm sharing this list of cheating red flags, I concede...
11 Responses
Dec 16, 2008
To Tell Or Not To Tell... Probably Not. - I've never been cheated on, never been in a relationship, but I still hate cheaters. I just want to smack them so hard they fall to the floor. Here they are, in a relationship with someone who obviously cares, and then they just go about...
Nov 7
One Of The Worst Feelings Ever... - I thought I was enough. I thought I was your everything. I thought that having me changed you. But knowing that it was all a lie, is one the worst feelings ever. I gave you my heart and soul. Something I was so afraid to give anyone ever again...
2 Responses
Sep 24
The Victim Mentality - My story is rather short.
Enter one single relatively attractive woman. She meets a man who she thinks is single.
They sleep together. She falls in love.
He tells her she's married or in a committed relationship. The standard lines go like this "I love...
6 Responses
Dec 4, 2012
Cheated On...And Staying For Our Daughter's Sake - I have been with my boyfriend for 13 years. We have one wonderful daughter together. Two years ago I found out he was cheating on me. I found facebook messages talking about when and where they would meet. I also saw messages...
6 Responses
Jul 29
15 Years! - For 15 years I been with the same man off and on and just recently I caught him cheating on me on Facebook! He doesn't feel like that asking a female out on Facebook is cheating on top of all the other flurtasious things he says on there, I'm just sick of this, I am...
2 Responses
Nov 18
Kimberly Slosek From Connecticut Sleeps With Married Men - Kimberly Slosek from Connecticut sleeps with married men
This girl has no problem sleeping with married men -- she has even said so -- I have no patience for cheaters whether they are the Married one or the single one...
3 Responses
Mar 17, 2011
Cheating Sucks - Cheating is the worst you can do to your partner followed most likely by lying wich sucks a lot too ...I'm glad I didn't had to live through that experience and I know never will .
There are the lines of cheating ... is it just the act of sexual intercourse or...
9 Responses
Jul 17, 2011
Exodus 20:14 - Trash: that's the only word that accurately describes cheating men.
As a man, I only feel shame and disgust even being a member of the sex as someone who does something as disgraceful cheating.
If you know your partner is cheating, you should cut off all ties...
2 Responses
May 7
Why? - I met my second wife when I caught my first wife with her husband. We talked and cried together, then ended up married. Just caught her with a man she works with. Why couldn't she have just left me. She knows how bad it hurts...why?
2 Responses
Oct 26
On Line Cheating? - Interestingly enough, On line cheating is not always looked upon as actually cheating. But if someone has their hands down their pants, well one hand down their pants while they are typing with the other hand, I consider that cheating *wry smile*.
How did I...
8 Responses
Apr 28, 2008
Let's Just Keep This Between Us - He insists she was "just a friend." A lonely lady that he was nice to and she made more out of it. They both work in a shipyard...not in the same area.
I found cards in his truck...birthday and Valentine cards calling...
9 Responses
May 31, 2007
10 Signs Of A Cheater - 1) Your significant other is consistently "working late" or has repeated excuses to be elsewhere. They take numerous trips out of town. - Frequent excuses for their time is one of the first signs that can lead people to believe that their significant other...
3 Responses
Aug 27, 2012
Just Don't Do It .... - I really dislike when people cheat on someone they say they can love. There will always be temptation when you are in a relationship but it is how we deal with it that is what counts. There have been times i have felt like cheating ... and i have had to be...
1 Response
Jul 11
Why Cheat? - I have no sympathy for anyone who cheats on the person they claim they love so much. It doesn't matter what age, gender, race, etc. you are, if you really love someone, why cheat on them? Love in a relationship should be conditional, not situational. Arguments...
4 Responses
Jul 24, 2012
Beelzebub - Breakfast in Coralio was at eleven. Therefore the people did not go to market early. The little wooden market-house stood on a patch of short-trimmed grass, under the vivid green foliage of a bread-fruit tree.
Thither one morning the venders leisurely convened...
Jan 18
Why??? - Why would a person cheat on someone? Get a flipping divorce if you don't want what you have at home. Break up with your significant other if they are not enough for you. Enough said.
6 Responses
May 19, 2010
Loving You Isn't Easy. - Next Friday me and my boyfriend will have 8 months together. We had a weird start because when I met him he was with someone else. When he finally told me I told him that I didn't want to be with him under those conditions.
My ex (The only other guy I've...
2 Responses
Jul 29
Can Anyone Help Me? - I'm pretty sure my boyfriend is cheating on me. He's been distant and is spending a lot of time with his guy friends. When I ask him about it he gets really defensive. I feel like he's lying to me. We've been together for a year and a half. I need help...
3 Responses
Jul 29
Karma Story Of Playboy Ex - My ex husband was my bf for 5 years and cheated on me with a Sikh girl for 7 years. I forgave him as wedding was around the corner and I thought he would change. He wad my first and I loved him more than anything in the world. We got married and I...
1 Response
Aug 30
Cheaters - I don't see the sense of cheating....
So a co-worker of mine told me that she was cheating on her boyfriend with another guy at her second job which whom I may say is married. Which I actually know her boyfriend because I use to work with him and still talk to him...
2 Responses
Sep 18
You Know What'S Worse Than Cheaters? - People who take cheaters back.
2 Responses
Feb 5
Especially When It Comes To A Family - There is a man that my mothers known since more than 20 years and i ve read their conversations worst part is that he seems like he doesnt care about her and since she doesnt know that im awared of that stuff now i feel so lonely and dont...
3 Responses
Nov 9
Once And Your Done - Sorry no cheating cheat on me once and it's OVER forever. I Don't care how much you love me...if you loved me you wouldn't have done it in the first place >:)
8 Responses
Mar 3, 2011
Why Cheating Is Irresponsible - First and foremost, no one seems to realise that their married boyfriend is cheating on his wife, and if you get you way and he marries you, he'll probally cheat on you in return
No one considers the impact on the family. Its all about how sad a...
1 Response
Jul 4, 2009
LIES - You told me you loved me.
You told me I was your everything.
You told me that you would never want another.
You told me nobody else will ever matter.
You told me I was the one and only thing you needed in life.
You told me this was true love.
You told me I was your...
1 Response
Sep 24
Completely Unacceptable. - I just can't understand what brings someone to cheat, honestly. I've been cheated on several different times and I've always wondered where I've gone wrong or what I could do to prevent it from happening. But I've come to realize that there's no rhyme...
6 Responses
Dec 3, 2009
Can You Ever Really Forgive A Cheater? - Let me just preface this by saying, being cheated on is the worst pain I've ever known, and as an atheist I pray that none of you reading this will ever have to experience that kind of pain. Being betrayed by the one you love most, it just...
8 Responses
Dec 20, 2012
so I had a date planned with a girl i liked after i told her im bi and asked her out. She never came, then at school I hear a guy talking about ******* her last night then later i saw them kissing! I hate guys and girls now! Sam, idk how you have strength even though how many...
1 Response
a week ago
God I Hate My Mother In Law - I hate my mother in law with every cell in my body. I hate her manipulative personality. I hate the decisions she makes. I hate her distorted view of her place in this world. I hate her idea of what is important in life. I hate how she believes...
5 Responses
Nov 18
Dear Jack, Jim, And Jose... I Hate You Too.... - How do you define hate? In all honesty I think most of us who have written in this particular category do not hate our husbands but we hate what they have done through drinking. I know this statement is true for me. I hate the way...
2 Responses
Nov 21
I Just Hate One... - Let me start off with some background story. In October 2012, my family got a foster child in need of emergency placement. He was 4 years old at the time, I will call him 'Jimmy' for the purpose of story telling. My parents drove to go pick him up...
3 Responses
Nov 29
I Hate Feeling This - I hate being in love with you ,i hate having to wait all day to maybe receive a single txt msg from you .I hate the feeling of anguish and sadness because i know that I love you and only you .I hate feeling trapped ....I know your a broken piece scared to...
1 Response
Nov 14
There's No One I Hate More... - I've managed to ruin the only happiness I knew... I thought life was hard before... and now I'm one year into the next direction I've pointed myself... I hate where I am.. I hate who i am...I hate why I'm here..
The only thing I can do is let...
2 Responses
Nov 17
I Hate My Dad - Why can't I just have a normal dad that hears out his kids problems, and doesn't yell at them for their opinions. I'm a rude child. Not because I want to be, but because my dad made me like this. Yes, I could change the way I act, but I can't help but yell back. I...
Nov 17
Haters - Ooo=>DON'T YOU HATE HATERS....
Haters like to brag,haters like to pick...=>BUT REMEMBER:We are the baddest and haters are ignorant humans who hates you because you have the Good Life $$$ like me :) Add me on Kik at ThickBody1211
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George Smith
Hunting in Maine Was Safe In 2009
Submitted by George Smith on Tue, 12/29/2009 - 3:23pm.Hunting in Maine in 2009 was about the safest thing you could have done outdoors.
Only one person was injured during the fall deer seasons. No one was killed. The injury came when a first-time hunter shot herself in the foot. She learned that the foot is not a proper place to rest the barrel of a loaded gun.
Merging Would Hurt Maine's Natural Resource Agencies
Submitted by George Smith on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 7:35am.Governor John Baldacci has tried twice to consolidate the state's natural resource agencies. The legislature soundly defeated both proposals but that apparently didn't discourage the governor. He's back with a third proposal now. Three strikes and he'll be out.
The road to consolidation of natural resource agencies has been paved with broken promises.
Loads of Environmental Issues on the Agenda
Submitted by George Smith on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 10:26am.In a few weeks the Maine legislature meets to resolve some troubling budget problems, putting every state program on the line. But the undertow carries other issues of importance for those who care about Maine's environment and quality of place. Here's a rundown of a few key environmental/conservation issues, starting with the most important.
Budget Concerns
Demise of Maine's Deer Damages Our Economy
Submitted by George Smith on Tue, 12/08/2009 - 11:02am.The deer hunting season was a disappointment for hunters and a disaster for the outdoor industry.
Deer have disappeared from the North Woods and their numbers in central Maine are greatly diminished. The implication is severe for sporting camps, guides, butchers, taxidermists, motels, gas stations, and all others who benefit from the spending of deer hunters. I saw a look of desperation in the eye of a third-generation owner of one of Maine's finest sporting camps who wondered if his son — the fourth generation — would be able to keep the family business going.
Montana Has Some Lessons For Maine
Submitted by George Smith on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 10:11am.The snow-capped Rocky Mountains were off in the distance as I gazed out of my hotel room in Bozeman, Montana. I could just make out the mountains over the top of a shopping mall anchored by huge Target and Costco stores. Instead of the grassy meadow where I once saw fifty grazing whitetailed deer, my eyes gazed at pavement and a sprinkling of motor vehicles.
Saltwater Anglers Soon Must Register
Submitted by George Smith on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 5:30am.Beginning on January 1, 2010, Maine saltwater anglers must register with the feds. The National NOAA Fisheries Service will implement a registration system on that day using a toll free number and Web site.
Information is already available on the Web site, www.countmyfish.noaa.gov, but anglers won't be able to register using either the Web site or phone until January 1. When they do register, each will be given a registration number and can fish the same day they register.
Maine Wins Lynx Lawsuit
Submitted by George Smith on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 9:02am.Animal rights activists have lost their latest battle to stop trapping in Maine.
On November 10, Judge John Woodcock, Jr., of the Federal District Court in Bangor, denied a request from the Animal Welfare Institute of Idaho for a permanent injunction against the state of Maine to stop trapping in order to protect Canada lynx.
The lynx was designated as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on March 24, 2000. But it has been illegal to hunt or trap lynx in Maine since 1967.
Environmentalists Divided on Plum Creek's Plans
Submitted by George Smith on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 9:27am.We report, you decide. Which environmental groups are right on Plum Creek's conservation and development plan for the Moosehead Region, approved by Maine's Land Use on September 23? Here's what major environmental organizations had to say about the project and LURC's decision.
Forest Society of Maine
(Forest Society of Maine is a statewide land trust working with landowners to conserve and maintain the many values of forestlands in Maine.)
Sportsmen and Environmentalists Can Work Together
Submitted by George Smith on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 9:28am.Sportsmen and environmentalists are too often and too easily divided when we actually have a great deal in common. I prefer to think of all of us as conservationists.
Today, the groups that represent those two major constituencies are collaborating in an unprecedented way. And you can help.
We do have examples of collaboration that are worthy of repetition.
Long Nights Are For Good Maine Books
Submitted by George Smith on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 8:15am.The long, dark, cold, snowy winter provides a wonderful opportunity to read, by firelight if you prefer, gas lights if you are nostalgic, and bright electric lights if you are my age and can't see the pages anymore.
I'm adjusting to my first pair of progressive lenses and the small focal point for reading is tough – a good excuse to read more until I get the hang of it. I already borrow more books from Mount Vernon's Dr. Shaw library than any other patron – partly because, as chair of the trustees, I have a key to the library!


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"It's going to be great," Beckerman said. "It's something you look forward to, it doesn't happen often, and it could be the last time."
"It will be special," said Beltran. "The fact that I'm with the U.S. Men's National Team and get to play at Rio Tinto in front of my home fans and and front of my family, it's fantastic."
"It will be weird wearing a different crest," said Rimando. "But once you cross those lines, I'm familiar with those fans and the field, so hopefully it will feel the same."
It's no coincidence that Real Salt Lake is at the top of the table in the Western Conference, and they have the most MLS players on the Gold Cup roster.
"We've known that if we do well with Salt Lake, guys are going to get rewarded with national team call-ups," Beckerman said. "So, it's just a testament to the coaching staff and the club that have put in a lot of hard work to make us a good team, and guys are getting rewarded."
Beckerman and Rimando suited up but didn't play for the U.S. in the World Cup qualifier June 18th against Honduras at Rio Tinto. But both players have started and played well in two victories with the Gold Cup team.
"We want to be the best in the region," said Rimando, who has given up just one goal in two games. "We want to put U.S. Soccer where it should be, and this is one step in that direction."
The U.S. has looked dominant in their last two matches over Guatemala and Belize, winning by a combined score of 12-1. While the Americans might not put up that impressive of a score Saturday, they still are heavy favorites.
"If we click, we're going to score six goals," Rimando said. "But if we won 1-0, it's still a 'W' and we're moving forward in the tournament."
"I don't think you ever expect to score that many goals," said Beckerman, who had a beautiful assist on one of Chris Wondolowki's three goals against Belize. "But we've really been focused and training has been really good, making sure we get after these teams early. Because if you don't get early goals, these teams can really stay in it and get some confidence."
For Rio Tinto Stadium to host two national team games in less than a month is unprecedented in the state of Utah. But the RSL players say it's because soccer has caught on so well here that the U.S. team wants to keep coming back.
"It's interesting because we're the smallest market in MLS," said Beltran. "But we've built such a special thing here. We have a fantastic stadium with great supporters. It's just so great that the U.S. Men's National Team wants to come here."
"It's really a credit to the fans," Beckerman said. "The people here have really taken soccer and pushed it to the forefront. It's awesome."
"We've proven that we're one of the best states in America to host these games," said Rimando. "So, I'm excited to get out there and represent RSL and the United States."
The U.S. and Cuba will play at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Real Salt Lake is in action at 7:00 at FC Dallas in a game that will be televised on CW30.


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Student Poets Tour Coming to Campus – Will Include UofH Student
The Connecticut Poetry Circuit Student Poets Tour will be coming to Wilde Auditorium on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 12:15 p.m.
This year's readers include the University of Hartford's own Amanda Schoen, a senior majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing.
Every year, the Connecticut Poetry Circuit chooses five first-rate undergraduate poets from colleges and universities across the state to participate in a reading tour of Connecticut colleges. Competition for these five slots is intense. Each school in the state may nominate a single writer. Out of this large pool of nominations, only five poets are selected by a committee of accomplished poets and critics. In addition to participating in the tour, the work of the winners of this prestigious competition is published in Connecticut Review.
"Being chosen to participate in the poetry tour came as a great surprise and an honor," Schoen said. After graduating, Schoen plans to attend graduate school to pursue a master's degree in fine arts with a concentration in creative writing.
Read samples of Schoen's poetry.
In addition to the University of Hartford's Amanda Schoen, the other readers in the 2013 Student Poets Tour are Allegra Berndt from the University of Connecticut, Emma Phillips from Trinity College, Elizabeth Norton Sallee from Wesleyan University, and Amelia Urry from Yale University.
Please come see Amanda and these four other outstanding poets on Feb. 26! The program is free and open to the public. The reading will be followed by a question and answer session.


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TVA Invites Comments on Environmental Review for Transmission Project
January 18, 2011
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority will conduct a public meeting to receive comments on the potential environmental effects of a proposed power supply improvement project in Putnam, Cumberland and neighboring counties in central East Tennessee.
Either a new 500-kilovolt substation or extensive 161-kV transmission upgrades will be required in Putnam and Cumberland counties by 2016 to meet anticipated power loads.
The population of Putnam and Cumberland counties has grown nearly 1.8 percent per year since 2000. Most existing transmission facilities in the area will not meet acceptable voltage criteria by 2016, and by 2019 all facilities are expected to be overloaded.
The public can obtain more information and provide comments about the alternatives TVA is considering during an open house in Cookeville on Jan. 20, 3-7 p.m. CST, in the Willow Place Conference Center, Cascade Hall, 225 North Willow Ave., Cookeville, Tenn.
TVA is seeking comments on the scope of the project and what kind of environmental review will be necessary. TVA will consider these comments in drafting an Environmental Impact Statement or other form of environmental review. Comments can be submitted at the open house, by mail, e-mail or fax through Feb. 22, 2011. More information is on the TVA website at www.tva.com/power/projects/putnamcounty_tn/.
The Tennessee Valley Authority, a corporation owned by the U.S. government, provides electricity for utility and business customers in most of Tennessee and parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia – an area of 80,000 square miles with a population of 9 million. TVA operates 29 hydroelectric dams, 11 coal-fired power plants, three nuclear plants and 11 natural gas-fired power facilities and supplies up to 36,000 megawatts of electricity, delivered over 16,000 miles of high-voltage power lines. TVA also provides flood control, navigation, land management and recreation for the Tennessee River system and works with local utilities and state and local governments to promote economic development across the region. TVA, which makes no profits and receives no taxpayer money, is funded by sales of electricity to its customers. Electricity prices in TVA's service territory are below the national average.
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The thrill of studying and performing instrumental music—from Bach and Beethoven to Messiaen, Holsinger and beyond—will form the core of your experience in the Department of Instrumental Music. With guidance from a talented and caring faculty, you will be encouraged to embrace a sense of stewardship, realizing that music and the ability to develop your talents are gifts from God.In addition to courses in music theory, history, and literature, the Department offers a wide range of instruction in band, orchestral, and keyboard instruments, as well as the music component of the University's general education core. Instrumental Ensembles, available by audition to all students in the University, are also an integral component of students' creative, academic, and spiritual growth. Emphases offered:


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This petition is necessary to urge the PTSD School Board of Directors to address the existing issues concerning our high school. These issues include student enrollment which exceeds the capacity of the structure, increasing security issues, failure of the building structure to meet academic needs, the impact of the aging high school facility on the value of community real estate, and the loss of potential income to the community through school district revenue.
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2011-10-23 20:48
The strength of poverty
The Uncharted Path In August 1945, with Japan defeated by the Allied forces, Korea finally gained independence after thirty-six years of colonial rule imposed by the Japanese. In November of that year, my family ― my parents, four older siblings, myself, and my younger sister - packed our belongings, ready to head back home from Osaka, Japan. We had some old clothes and a small amount of money that we had managed to save. This was all that we had to show for the years of humiliation, servitude, and hardship that we endured during our time in Japan. We arrived at Shimonoseki, a port on the southwestern coast of Japan, and boarded a ferry headed toward Busan, Korea's largest port city, on the southeastern coast. We were all excited to leave behind a life of misery and dread. We were also worried, not knowing what to expect. The ferry was teeming with people like us. The mood became more raucous and cheery as we got farther away from Japan and closer to home. Many of us suffered miserably from seasickness, but that didn't dampen our joy. We were just grateful to be going back home alive. Unfortunately, our overloaded ferry was shipwrecked as it neared the island of Tsushima, 33 miles off the coast of Busan. Everyone had to jump overboard. Luckily, everyone was rescued, but all our belongings were lost. We were home, but with literally nothing except the clothes on our backs. I was four years old at the time, so I have no recollection of my sea voyage or the shipwreck. Instead, my very first memories are of my hometown and its marketplace, the pungent odor of fish entrails, the smell of the sea, and excruciating poverty. Poverty clung to my family like a leech, and it would be many years before we were able to free ourselves from its miserable grip. My father, Lee Choong-woo, was born a few miles from Pohang, where we eventually settled. He was the youngest of three sons. My grandfather was a farmer, but he didn't own much property. As was the custom back then, my grandfather gave the small plot of land he owned to his eldest son and the rest of his possessions to his second son. Penniless, my father left his hometown at an early age, wandering, looking for work, and scraping by on menial labor. He wasn't the only one. Under Japanese colonialism, many young men at his age couldn't find proper jobs and had to do with whatever they could find. It was during this time that my father became a farmhand, learning how to raise cows and pigs. Soon after, he decided to try his luck abroad. With a few of his friends, he set off for Japan and settled near Osaka, where he was hired to tend a farm. Life in Japan was arduous. The back-breaking farm work was hard enough, but he also had to endure the deep prejudice that many Japanese held toward Koreans. The humiliation was painful, but he did what was expected of him and even saved some money. After some time, my father was able to save enough money to come back home briefly to get married. His bride was a woman from the Chae family who came from a town near the city of Daegu. After getting married, my parents went back to Osaka and had six children. My youngest brother, Sang-pil, was born when the family moved back to Korea. Upon returning to Korea, our life remained difficult. My father was able to secure a job before the Korean War broke out in 1950. He was hired to manage a farm that was owned by the chairman of the board of a local high school. Although the job was nothing much, it beat roaming around the countryside looking for work. Besides, my father knew a lot about tending livestock and had good managerial skills, so the job suited him nicely. My father was a traditional man steeped in the teachings of Confucianism, which emphasized respect for elders and for others. Not surprisingly, he was a man who said very little. He showed us how to behave properly in different circumstances, such as the right way to bow. His teachings instilled in us the importance of adhering to and abiding by these various social customs. My siblings and I understood at an early age that such responsibilities are not a burden, but something that should be treated with respect. It is always a challenge for any father with limited means to teach his children such values or to exercise and command respect within the family. Often, poverty will beat a man into submission; a beaten man often turns to alcohol or neglects his family altogether. However, my father did his best to keep his integrity intact. Despite being poor, my father never lost his pride or his self-esteem. While my father was working at the farm, our big family was able to enjoy some semblance of stability. We were not well-off, but we had the basic means to carry on. And we managed to stay together. Unfortunately, when the Korean War broke out, our stability was shattered once again. Pohang soon became the scene of a major battle between the South Korean and United Nations forces and those from communist North Korea. And when Pohang fell to the communists, we were forced to abandon everything and move to another town farther south. My father, however, decided to remain in Pohang so that he could take care of the livestock. It was a foolish (not to mention dangerous) decision, but he refused to leave. The owner of the farm was already gone, but my father considered it his duty to take care of the farm and the animals. When our troops re-took the city of Pohang, the rest of us returned home. To our great relief, father was safe. But the farm was destroyed. He was jobless and we were broke, once again. With my father out of a job, I was forced to work at an early age. I tagged along with my father to nearby markets. This was my first foray into the world of business. One of the many jobs my father did was selling fabric, a job he was able to obtain through the patronage of a North Korean refugee. In this business, profit depended on how one measured the amount of fabric. For instance, a widely practiced trick was to basically double-count slightly when measuring the fabric and to throw in the remainder as a bonus. Doing so leads the customer to believe that she is getting a few inches of extra fabric when in fact she is being shorted. When my father was told of this trick, he refused to go along. In fact, he measured out exactly the amount he was selling, and then he would throw in a bit extra. He would also let customers buy from him using credit. Unfortunately, my father never kept a ledger of any sort, so he had no way to keep track of who paid him and who didn't. Also, it was usually women who came to buy fabric, and for an austere man steeped in the teachings of Confucianism, it was unthinkable to ask a woman her name, let alone her address. If some of them failed to pay him back, he would soon forget who owed him money. When my father was a young man, he attended church. However, when he was twenty-eight years old, he stopped attending after an argument with his pastor. During those days, churchgoers who had no cash would often bring food and other goods as offerings. One day, when the pastor singled out the people who gave offerings and said a special prayer for them, my father became very upset. "Why is the pastor saying a prayer only for those who gave offerings? Shouldn't he be praying earnestly for those who want to give but can't?" In my father's view, the pastor was distorting and tainting the teachings of Christ. Nonetheless, my father allowed the rest of the family to attend church. He also said nothing about my mother's deep Christian faith. Decades later, my father came back to the church. He told us he disliked big churches, so he decided to attend a small one. Although my father didn't have much, he later donated a portion of his wealth to the church and also became good friends with the pastor. He would often invite the pastor over for a game of chess, and did volunteer work at church. Shortly before he passed away, he was baptized by his new friend and pastor. |


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Huawei has invested over $80m in Canadian R&D centre since opening in 2010, exceeding initial commitment
SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 21, 2013 /CNW/ - Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced that Huawei's investment its Canadian Research Centre in Kanata, Ontario has already surpassed initial five year commitments made by the company in 2010. The announcement was made in in conjunction with a visit by Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and delegates from the City of Ottawa's trade mission to China
"We are pleased to announce today that since officially opening Huawei's Canada Research Centre in 2010, Huawei has directly invested over $80m in research and development in the facility," said Huawei Canada President Sean Yang. "This continued investment in the Canada Research Centre reinforces our belief that Canada and the Ottawa Region remain one of the strongest markets in the world for innovative technology development."
In October 2010 - supported by a $6.5m Strategic Jobs and Infrastructure Grant from the Province of Ontario - Huawei committed to invest $67.5m and create 157 new jobs in the facility by the end of 2015. In just three years, Huawei has already exceeded the committed monetary investment in R&D, and it is expected to achieve job commitments made by mid-2014. In less than three years, the facility has created more than 125 new leading-edge engineering jobs, and has become the global hub for Huawei's research efforts in advanced 5G technology.
"We are very pleased that Huawei continues to invest and expand their research operations in Ottawa," said Mayor Watson. "As we complete our trade mission, Huawei stands as a shining example for other Chinese companies as to the skilled technology workforce that exists in our region, and the benefits that can come by investing in Ottawa."
About Huawei and Huawei Canada
Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology
(ICT) solutions provider. Through our dedication to customer-centric
innovation and strong partnerships, we have established end-to-end
advantages in telecom networks, devices and cloud computing. We are
committed to creating maximum value for telecom operators, enterprises
and consumers by providing competitive solutions and services. Our
products and solutions have been deployed in over 150 countries,
serving more than one third of the world's population. Huawei Canada
now employs 450 people, including over 200 people at the Canada
Research and Development Centre in Kanata, Ontario, and is proud to be
an important contributor to Canada's wireless communications and ICT
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Image with caption: "Sean Yang, President of Huawei Canada leads Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson on a site tour of Huawei's global R&D facility in Shanghai as part of the City of Ottawa's trade mission to China. To date, Huawei has invested over $80m in its Canadian R&D centre since it opened in 2010. (CNW Group/Huawei)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20131021_C5618_PHOTO_EN_32288.jpg
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Hey IML fans and my old buddy Neck,
After my last run of Halo w/ Osta bridge I ended up at around 278. STARTED THAT RUN AT 255! Currently I have been living at 270 and been trimming down slowly, but then again, i'm not on anything at the moment.
So now I'm looking for the next run and I've been thinking about giving the reformulated SDMZ a run and stumbled across Necks post in another thread regarding stacking SDMZ with DecaDrol. This intrigued me. Also the fact that I wanted to jump on some more SDMZ before it's all gone.
So of course, I'm never one to back down from something interesting and decided this was going to be my next run:
Following the below dosing protocol from Neck:
Super-DMZ 2caps e/d ~ Week 1
Super-DMZ 3caps e/d ~ Weeks 2-4
Deca-Drol 3caps e/d ~ Weeks 1-4
UltraMale e/d ~ Weeks 3 - PCT completion
E-Control 3caps e/d ~ Week 5-Empty
Of course i have organ supps, vitamins, clomid, etc... all on hand.
This has me absolutely stoked for weeks 2-4. I should be starting this Oct. 1.
I'll keep this updated as much as possible, I still don't have time for proper logging but i'll do my best.
Lifting is typically a 3 day split with every Friday off per week.
Diet will be the cleanest of any stack I've ever run due to me actually monitoring it this time.
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A startling, well-crafted image. While the center seems to be a place of hope, working for prevention, treatment and care, this photograph sure grabs me and leaves a gloomy impression.
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Afghan drug additcts are seen through a window mural at the Nejat Centre in Kabul, 13 July 2007. The NEJAT Centre is an Afghan response to vulnerable Afghan people, working with the communities for the prevention, treatment and care of drug users and HIV/Aids patients.


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Steven Sean Miller, 36, of Alexander died Friday September 9. Â He is survived by his mother Sandra Ridling and stepfather Lindel Ridling of Alexander; father Larry Miller of Pampa, Texas; a sister Amanda Miller and her husband Tim Miller and nephew Layne Miller of Benton; a brother Shane Ridling of Alexander; a stepsister, Allison Smart of Hot Springs, several aunts, uncles and cousins. Â Pallbearers will be Bryant and Geoff Gattin, Jay Smith, Ricky Bryant, Scott Evans and Marshall Johnson. Â
Col. Theodore R. "Ted" Dale, Ret. USAF, made his last earthly flight on 9-Sep-11 at 15:12 hours.
Cody Wayne Landrum, 16, of Paron went to heaven to run into the Lord's arms on Sept.
Funeral services for Ruby Elizabeth Nielsen, 87, of Jacksonville, Texas, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, Sept.12, at East Side Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Texas, with the Rev. Calvin Gould officiating. Burial will be held at Delamar Cemetery in Manning, Ark., on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 1 p.m. Mrs. Nielsen passed away Friday, Sept. 9, in Jacksonville, Texas. She was born July 14, 1924 in Manchester, Ark. Mrs. Nielsen held a doctorate degree and she was a homemaker.
Regina Denise Rider-Mize, 44, of Benton passed away on Aug. 31. She was preceded in death by her mother, Carolyn Rider. Regina is survived by her daughter, Haylie Rider; a granddaughter, Aadison; her father, Richard Rider; a brother, Curtis Rider; a sister, Lawanna Rider; two nephews, Sam Rider and Tyler Rider; one niece, Hannah Rider; and a host of family and friends that will love and miss her dearly. A memorial service for Regina was held on Sept. 8 at New Life Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers donations for the memorial service may be made at Dial & Dudley Funeral Home.


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Here is a sad story out of McAlester. On Wednesday, 64-year-old David Harold E. Earls, pleaded no contest to charges of rape and sodomy of a 5-year-old girl, and was sentenced to one year in prison.
Apparently the little girl did not qualify as a witness, and rather than lose the conviction all together they let Earls plead out.
Here is what Assistant District Attorney Mike Miller had to say about the deal.
We couldn't keep her (the victim) in the chair long enough to get the questions out of herEarls will get one year in prison, and then be required to register as a level 3 sex offender, which will require him to verify his address every 3 months.
We thought it was better to take a plea bargain to secure a conviction rather than risk not getting a conviction at all based on (the victim's) inability to testify.
It's disconcerting that this had to happen, but I understand the prosecutor's unwillingness to let him get off scott-free. Sad news all the way around.


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I'm author of the "Agile Toolkit" Framework. Currently it's available under dual license
- Affero GPL - any use, personal or commercial
- Permissive license for $130/domain
- Permissive license for unlimited domains $460/year
Since I have released it, many users have expressed desire to make personal projects and AGPL license seem to be an obstacle. I don't want to adopt MIT/BSD as it would pretty much any chance for me the get any revenue.
Suggest what license combination to use to keep framework open source and free for personal use, but still require to purchase a license for commercial use.
Also - I know I might need to seek advice from a legal advisor on this, but this is a very low-profit project so I can't afford to spend much.


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I can't make the UK Champs as I was already doing something when the date was announced, I don't do the World Cups because for me personally the money I'd spend is needed for other things.
Things change, my free time and money that I had in 2001, 2002 and 2003 is diminished and I've said this to Robert before but he doesn't care, as far as he's concerned your either 100% for the KOA or you're cast as being in 'retirement'. Would I love to be back to those early days, sure, but it's not to be for the moment so that's where I am.
I feel sorry for those trying to keep it alive in the UK, you guys are top class (Rob, Garry C, Steve E)and your persistence and commitment can't be faulted. Dunno what else to say really.