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TNT analyst Steve Kerr called it a "changing of the guard." The Oklahoma City Thunder's biggest win in the four-year history of the franchise brought a flood of compliments from Kerr and the other TNT announcers.
Thunder-Spurs Remote Patrol: Steve Kerr says Thunder is ready
"It just feels like Oklahoma City senses it," Kerr said early in the fourth quarter after the Thunder had built a 10-point lead. "They are ready to break through. It's like a changing of the guard right before our eyes."
Said TNT analyst Reggie Miller, "We've seen a team grow up in front of our eyes and mature."
The Thunder had to withstand a furious rally by the Spurs but pulled out the victory aided by James Harden's miraculous 3-point shot that Kerr called "maybe the shot of the year for Oklahoma City." Harden drained a 3-pointer to give the Thunder a 106-101 just before the shot clock expired.
"A little shimmy, a pullup jumper for a three and Harden just sucked the life out of the whole building," Kerr said.
On the postgame show, Shaquille O'Neal said he is expecting a louder than normal Chesapeake Energy Arena on Wednesday night when the Thunder can clinch a berth in the NBA Finals for the first time. "I'm going to steal a quote from Chuck, Wednesday in Oklahoma City that place is going to be rocking."
"On fire," Charles Barkley added.
Barkley, who had picked the Thunder to win the game, said the visitors outplayed the Spurs. "My biggest concerns have been Russell Westbrook and James Harden, and they finally stepped up. What you saw tonight is Oklahoma City is a better team. They are just too young for the Spurs."
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Hong Kong extends 'black' travel alert for Japan
Hong Kong (AFP) March 16, 2011
Hong Kong has widened its top-level black travel alert to three more Japanese prefectures after explosions at a nuclear plant in the quake-stricken country deepened concerns of a meltdown.
The warning, announced late Tuesday, advises Hong Kong citizens to avoid travel to affected areas amid rising concerns about dangerous radiation seeping from the stricken facility about 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of Tokyo.
"In view of the seriousness and uncertainty of the incident of the nuclear power plants in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan, the government has extended the Black Outbound Travel Alert from one prefecture to four prefectures," a government statement said.
The alert advises citizens to avoid all travel to Miyagi, Ibaraki and Iwate Prefectures, which are near Fukushima where the plant is located.
A black alert was issued for Fukushima on Saturday. The rest of Japan including Tokyo is under a red alert, one level below black, which advises against non-essential travel.
The government said special arrangements have been made for Chinese citizens to leave Japan, without elaborating. The Standard newspaper in Hong Kong reported that buses have been arranged to transport Hong Kong residents to local airports.
Hong Kong has no immediate plans to scan inbound travellers from Japan for radiation contamination because the Japanese government is already conducting tests for those who had been within 20 kilometres of the plant, the city's Undersecretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok said Tuesday.
After explosions and fires at the atomic facility this week, Japanese officials said radiation near the plant had reached levels harmful to human health.
Tens of thousands have already been evacuated from a zone within a radius of 20 kilometres from the Fukushima No.1 plant.
On Wednesday, some Hong Kong lawmakers questioned why the black travel alert was not extended to other areas of Japan.
"This is illogical and unreasonable -- Tokyo is also an affected area, why is the black travel alert not raised for the city?" asked James To, chairman of the city's Legislative Council security panel.
But security chief Ambrose Lee insisted the alert levels were "right", saying "we based our decision on advice from radiation experts and the potential impact of the radiation on humans".
Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Observatory said Wednesday it was unlikely the southern Chinese financial hub was at risk.
"Based on the Observatory's assessment of the weather situation, the chance of radiation from Japan reaching Hong Kong in the next few days is slim," it said in a statement.
"The path of the air mass approaching Hong Kong in the coming days clearly indicates that its origin is far from Japan," it added.
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I look to the Moon, hanging aloft
Among the clouds so milky soft.
How must it feel, so high above?
So chilled and bleak and void of love.
Collapsed and sunken are his eyes,
Dark and deep as the onyx skies.
As the Moon shies from the sun,
I share no love with anyone.
The Moon is alone, without affection.
In its grim face is my reflection.
Inside my heart, the longing grows,
And rots my soul, a sickly rose.
While I look beyond this cage,
I clench my fists; they shake with rage.
I desperately stare above,
Wishing to fly, free as a dove;
For release from the troubled heart I claim,
To be finally rid of the madness and shame.
Although reprieve is found in song,
To no one does my soul belong.
In music, may the pleas be spoken,
But all in vain; the heart is broken.
The Sphere returns, begins to sigh.
We are not so different, You and I.
So twisted and fractured is the White Stone.
We both have no one; We are both all alone.
Copyright © Mike Ruff
i have seen my death
wrapped around a maypole
waving four corners in the wind
peek-a-boo with my soul
i have seen my death
as i march onto the battlefield
aimed to kill
that which threatens my very existence
my right to stand
on the balcony of life
feast my gaze on the rising sun
interlaced with the aroma of morning dew
sit at the edge of a quiet stream
watch the sun slip slowly
behind the mountain peaks
the air dancing
with the fragrance of lilac
i have seen my death
viewed through the stethoscope
of the minds of learned men
that boast their knowledge
their talent
their skill
as i move away from sterile hands
with sterile anger
pushing away sterile needles
that have not the cure
only promises of next time
i want answers to this rage
this terror
that no man understands
i have seen my death
through the eyes of my loved ones
as they kiss away
my fear
their fear
my death
their death
i cannot enter
into their quiet soft place
my space
is filled with shadows
as i watch them close the coffin
on their humanness
but not their souls
i have seen my death
i'm not ready to die
Copyright © Carolyn Kemp
The swan in the cemetery looked so out of place
in such a depressing location to see such a symbol of grace
a mystical message engraved on a level of hidden depth
a breath of fresh life, hidden amongst the death.
as i watched the swan pace between the gravestones with all the confusion it
in a place of such solitude, i chuckle at the irony the swan represents
but all of a sudden the swan stops in its tracks.
looks up at the sky down at the ground and then over its shoulder as to look over
its back
with an insinuation in its actions that portrays an essence of surprise
as it stops looking around and focuses on my eyes
which some how against my will has me rested on my knees
as the swan opens its beak but instead of a sqwauk a human voice pleas
a plea of forgiveness for all that its done
a plea to say goodbye to his wife and his son
but then the swan descends into the ground through a grave with not as much as
a sqwauk
as i read the inscription on the stone i cry as i find it reads here lies hope
Copyright © Josh Denson
Where do I go ?
What should I do?
Cannot mistake
My feelings about you.
Running behind,
Making mistakes,
What do I give?
What do I take?
You seem to know
What I should do
But, you're not me
You are you...
Empty feelings,
of being alone.
I cannot wait
until you're not home.
You yell, you scream
You make mistakes.
But now it's different,
it's O.K.
You seem to know
What I should do
But, you're not me
You are you...
Undying surface
Emmenseful pain
You have no knowledge
that's what I'll gain.
Crucial arrogance,
times go bad.
I'll always remember,
I have no Dad.
You seem to know
What I should do
But, you're not me
You are you...
Copyright © kristin miller
Struggling to maintain his magnificent posture
And breathing heavily out of unvarnished pores,
The chair remembers.
Lit by the dim flicker of a ceasing fire,
His mahogany frame lucidly radiated the room.
Smooth dark wood, solid to his inner splinters,
Slick varnish, lathered his exterior; His defence
Against the world.
The Flicker Faded, as did the Varnish.
Covered with Dust and Diminishing Debris,
He Rotted.
No room for struggling now,
The front legs snap.
Copyright © Conor Jordan
In our quiet senario,
I saw a tree stare
At me, it told me it
Was going to die
I asked why and it
"I doth Love but
Fear none.".
I asked why.
It replied in tears,
"My hours has come,
soon it Would be thine.
I too wept.
Copyright © Chukwuemeka Anyikwa
This is a day that I could have really done without,
Saying you love me and do this to me hurts no doubt.
Day after day I pray that you will please stop,
What pain you've caused me has taken all I've got .
I love you and adore you but it seems not to matter,
Still you continue to hurt me leaving my heart shattered.
You come to me with words I have only dreamed ,
But what they were meant for was to hurt me it seems .
Never have I seen a woman with so much hate ,
Taking revenge on me by disrespecting me till it hurts.
True I have waivered with my troubles with trust,
The one thing thats important and this is a must.
There are no more words or sayings that will ever work,
I have tried everything I know giving it all that its worth .
To the day I die I will never understand why ,
The woman I love does everything to make me cry .
So this my dream to be forever with you ,
Is only nightmares for me and dying is all I can do.
This a day I surely could do without.
Copyright © TIMOTHY CARTER
Something is in my heart
I want to say it
Words can't support me
How can I say it?
I want to know,
If you can bear it
Why can't I say it?
I am delighted,
If you want to hear it?
No, no, or never
Why can't I say it?
Copyright © Ibrahim Ghani
If these wall could talk, they'd tell tales of silent sighs and muted tears,
Of a happy household; everything in place, a vital something amiss...
If these walls could talk, they'd describe diluted dreams gushing out of starry eyes
desires dancing on wistful eyelids...
If these walls could talk, they'd speak about burning ambitions
embers still flickering bright on the retina...
If these walls could talk, they'd narrate about acts of selfless devotion going
unnoticed, unappreciated; of ears fervently aching for tender words of compassion...
If the walls could talk, they'd share the recipe; ingredients of dedication and care
lovingly used to prepare each un-eaten meal...
If the walls could talk, they'd spill out the whole truth
one that not a soul has an inkling about; of stony silence's endless pining...
If the walls had a heart, they'd reach out and hold in a warm embrace
to soothe away empty loneliness of cold dark nights...
Copyright © Yesha Shah
Sometimes I still use a cordless house phone.
When I call her I imagine her wrapping an invisible cord around her finger
as if she were only walking slowly the opposite direction as the cord stretched further.
When she talks she says she likes to feel her voice as it runs away from me. She says that she wants me to believe distance is just a myth our minds created. When she held me I was a last box on a moving van. I was stretched out like piano wire waiting for a hammer to knock the breath back into me. Her hands forced me upward like keys pounding harmony.
She is the hottest day of summer telling me to wake up and find water and her bed is an oasis.
Our clothes scattered a mosaic across the paint spotted carpet.
We read to each other from the bookshelf on the corner.
The one that sagged in the middle until all its shelves were smiling, ready to laugh loose their stories.
The morning she left the half-closed shades left cords of sunlight stretching across her chest
and I traced them but there were highways, and she the smallest country.
When she calls me she traces her breath as it spirals like a hurricane to the wall and bounces between cities. Her voice is strangled with 350 miles of telephone lines.
The clothes we dressed our floors with for months have been stripped away.
The room is naked now and the bookshelf, half empty. When I think of that house
she is the only thing I can remember. Everything else fades, the room disappears entirely and I remember only having lived inside her. Home is where the heart is.
The first astronomers who looked up there had to have discovered sparkling new words about how far two things can be. We build telescopes to force everything closer.
I have built myself a telescope with bed posts and bathroom mirrors.
On warm nights I climb to the top of my room and look west where the world curves her away from me. I know now why the myth of a flat earth existed for so long.
It is not a story of people afraid of falling but of people terrified of growing apart,
reading that if you stare hard enough at the horizon, you'll be able to find anyone who is left you. But "listen" she says. The blind man on my block had his cataracts removed.
He told me when he looked out his window for the first time he couldn't understand why his hand was larger than the houses across the road.
He couldn't grasp how things look smaller at a distance so close your eyes.
Stop looking for me in satellites fading below the skyline. Let us make this world flat again.
I am always right here.
This continent is just our kitchen table.
These highways piano strings.
The same note ringing resonating between us.
God keeps our sight stronger with eyes that we will never see by looking in a mirror.
Copyright © Spenser Jones
by Ellen Fahey
I'm trying so hard to hide in here,
but, her emotions won't release me.
Why does she fear?
I am just a tear.
Liquid feeling
made for healing.
If she'd just let me loose,
her pain I could ease.
But, here I am
I'm locked inside,
Lord, won't you help her, please?
Help her to see that it's okay
to feel what she feels.
Let me fall from her eyes,
and caress her tender cheek,
for it will be in my release
that she will hear you speak.
For I am nothing to fear.
I am just a tear.
Liquid feeling
made for healing.
Copyright © Ellen Fahey
Copyright © Quondreika Cheatham
If these walls could talk
They would say "Take a look"
Hey young lady!
Why your room is so messy?
You're always very busy
Doing your other duty
Well, I know the reason why
You just control yourself not to cry
The pain you've been experienced
To whom you love ever since
And to overcome it all
You only faced me and your tears will fall
How many times I've witnessed your attempt
To take many sleeping pills just to end
The sadness you feel it in your heart
That you keep it from the very start
If these walls could talk
They will say "can you forget everything?"
And try to fix all your things?
Just like your life, it must be in order again
September 15, 2012
Copyright © Maria Paz Samelo
Loneliness and sadness
Are my constant shadows.
My unsolicited friends.
They keep me company
In times when no one seems to understand.
They chose me to be their companion.
But, in retrospect, did I choose them?
I always wonder.
Over the years,
I tried to secure
my joys
my happiness
my fulfillment
my pleasure
even my blissful dreams.
But, I guess,
I've been unsuccessful.
I have to agree to the terms.
This alone seems clear to me.
Resigned is myself now.
Bound to solitude.
Welcoming no one but silence.
A complementary trio.
The mind thinks of solitude
While the heart sings of silence.
Life is a dull mystery.
But, still, I care to tell
a small portion of what life is.
So, I call to them.
This mysterious loneliness,
That strange sadness,
They want to be heard.
they hesitate.
A nod towards shame.
And, so
they curl up
like some caterpillar
taking refuge
a dark cocoon.
They breathe.
They live.
They thrive.
They become.
Like in some forest,
carefully hidden.
The beauty is silenced;
confined within.
Copyright © Wendy Meyer
I look out to the waters,
And this is what I see.
A blanket made of darkness,
Draped across your body.
Death extending its fingers from shore to shore.
Creatures that once dwelled deep within your heart,
Are being plucked up by each wave.
Being placed upon your brow,
For all the world to see.
The scares upon your face,
bring much empathy.
Your blood was spilled,
And death was certain.
Oh what a tragedy!
Copyright © christie mills
Love is
the morning dew...
lurking, looming
Copyright © JSLambert Mister ROBOTO
Titbit scars to feed emotions crimson;
In Her gloomy heart by her wet season.
As Her solstice endorses a greasing red,
She revels off a goad instead...
To each bliss cusp she gladly deflowers,
I cavort rue to each rose's hour;
As fingertips writhe in snow-white flesh
the sate of Love's cappella caress...
My emotions ascend to a God with black wings,
And soon this soul taken from pentacle rings.
But first I am descending before Her throne,
Her chest still racks that abyssal stone!
Prurient crucifixion of an annulled witch hunt.
Nascent Shangri to Her mire c*nt.
Her emotions strong enough to splendour fires,
This libertine forges Her foreplay desires.
Taken of the pulpit by a tyrant crevasse,
Splay out on an Oratory's cerise glass.
As she leers like the silver Moon...
I sprawl to Her with greatest tempt,
Only for me to feel contempt!
I scream ''You are my salvator'' as,
Blood pours where my sanguinary blade caress...
Copyright © Jimmy Brouwers
The phrase "Music to my ears" has been injected toward the
wrong part of my body, and most unpleasantly personified.
There is a record player that I let skip and scratch on purpose, hearing
colorful sound of life back when truth kept us both inside the lines.
I thought order was helping me draw closer to you, while you began on the next
page without me. The needle digs it's way into my ape-shaped forearm.
I'm directed by the guitar string shaped veins
that only play notes in the keys of D# E# A# F# and the sharp sounds pierce
my perception to the point I can hardly hear your voice anymore.
At times, listening to the same old sad song on repeat makes me think
that I am just an old soul getting repeatedly tossed around in God's
big barrel of human paradox. "Lord what was I made for? Surely it wasn't
to repeat the mistakes of my forefathers, because I'm certain I am the
only one you molded with forearms so large, that the record got lost
and forgot how to spin in circles. Music is all about art, and art all about
perception. Perception has nothing to do with your eyesight, and
you use your ears to envision the painting on a blank canvas before picking
anything else up but sound waves. I drive myself crazy sometimes when
I think that my inspiration is speeding away from me in the
opposite lane, but I didn't even ask for directions. Mostly because I'm a man,
a stubborn one at that, and I always think I know where I'm going.
But this time, I swear I had gotten the map right. So I transformed my open
hands into tight fists to make music burst out of my arms, and the needle went
faster and faster until it broke off, and the high pitched vibration
disintegrated the steel into my own blood. I blame myself for letting this
be the first time to let myself draw some air into my body. A surgery of
scalpels cutting into my physical, and an orchestral symphony of sutures,
threading my life back together again. My blue blood turns crimson as it kisses the air.
Why do we associate the color red with life and vibrancy, when it clearly shows that we are letting our own blood run down our arms? Why do so many women where red lipstick; the kind that sticks to your collar, screaming to your wife that you clearly sinned?
Why do we see sin so clearly; transparent enough for others to correct us before we really we even grasp the desire to fix ourselves? AND WHY IN THE WORLD IS THIS MUSIC PLAYING SO LOUDLY NOW; when my needle broke off into my body a long time ago, and I can hardly hear you anymore.
Good thing my life's song still isn't completely written yet. Let's add a more positive climax to this. One drawn in harmony.
I once saw a rundown house
sitting on a thin little frame
and thought it pretty to someone.
She doesn't understand,
when she speaks of me the same.
Reflections aren't supposed to lie.
I see less than she, or more depending
on what it is I am searching for,
anymore I see the rundown house,
weakened frame, but I can't find thin.
I think the scale lies,
perhaps just to me.
She says enough is enough,
look in the mirror and see what I see.
What does she see that hides from my own eyes?
I see less, perhaps more,
depending on what it is
that I am searching for.
I see things perhaps with death's eyes,
does she know it is killing me?
Has she seen me fall from grace
and turn from life as if pushed
into the depths of my own grave?
She must know:
it has me hanging on a thin frame,
rundown, weakened from neglect,
I guess I am pretty to someone
but I don't see it the same.
She asked how can you
let it rape you of life?
I guess someone should tell her
that I am already dead,
she doesn't see.
Copyright © Sandra Adams
**********Note: This is Part II to the 'BIG GAME'**********
May the Lord Be with you!
Now the Devil was at First Base
Ready to take a steal
One of his minions' is on Third
Preparing to do the devious' deal
He planned to steal
While one of the Lord's Shepherds'
Was out playing the field
And their was one little truth
That wasn't heard
And that was that the Shephere
Got the word...
As the ball clasped and thundered
A ground ball that barely cleared
The ground...
It took every-body by surprise
Fore it never made a sound
And the multitudes' shuttered
As he took first base
I could barely believe my eyes'
The Devil is low you know
He stole second base
But, God kept the minions'
At bay... In their place...
And it has been that way to this
Very Day
The fear engulfed the multitudes'
This game was to last all day'
And it seem as though the
Devil would win....
That he should have his way....
With a little help from his
The Minion (BATTER^UP) was of
The Devils' own making
He was a bat... Lords' people
Were all shaking...
And you know what made
Thing's worse
He did make first and released
The Curse
And the Plague was in
World Domination was about'
To begin
******Surely to be continued*********
Copyright © Gary Fields
Golden ashes
You are as gold in my eyes;
How I see your rise
So deep I pry
Still then I cry
Can I ever run away from you?
you light up my dreaded end
Like chyme in my belly
Your end is nearing time
You stick so close to my lip;
How I wish I could skip
But you bring forth strength
Only to rent my fears for a while
Still stuck in the mystery of you;
I await your dusk
A thousand tusks is no publicity
Compare to your futility
We long for your history
Although reality long beckons
You stay true to the demon you are
You're an illusion as to Golden Ashes
Copyright © Invincible Pen
Falling at a terminal velocity
From the ether we fall at a speed that is
What is my purpose, my destiny
Inevitable fate befalls the
Colliding with the other frosty white souls
Scattered across the ground sparkling like bright white
We're born in a season that is dead
How can something so white and pure be
Like vampires the sun is our infirmity
Dawn approaches illuminating hues of
The epiphany before my death
Is everything is impermanent
Copyright © Trevor Barnett
Being used.
Take everything out of me,
& on the days i'm not wanted,
I am left emptied
all of the way out.
A pleasant 'medicine' to show others just how good I make you feel, & how good I taste.
I'd be lying to say that hearing those words doesn't make me spring right back up even in a setting as disintegrating as this.
I'm still here, ready to break off a piece of plastic from my narrow body for you.
It is you after all. I'd do it if I had too.
But, you confuse me.
You keep my head lifted & it keeps you entertained.
I like it, kind of. It's like we're getting to know each other's touch, and see similar smiles to those of when we first met.
This makes it easier not to think too much about how I'm handled.
You've never treated me this way.
I've gotten my big head stuck before by trying to fill myself up with much more than you needed,
but this feeling of loneliness by you is unfamiliar.
I love you, I say. I love you, I show.
You love me, you say. You love me, I believe.
I hate the feeling of feeling cheap. You told me that I was especially manufactured for someone of your taste, & I believe every word of that.
Stop pressing my head down into my stomach, please.
I'm starting to get sick of not seeing everything that kept me full of your every desire to see me smile.
I could never be naive enough to say that I can fulfill who you are,
because I have a purpose that involves much more than
going up and down, emptying my insides with temporary dissolving gestures.
But I know I can share with you
the essence of being the someone who treats you as good as the planets you can't see.
So align me inside the atmosphere of your care, & I'll pick you up before you can say, "deSpenser"
…As a dragon I have soared,
…Regions ranging shore to shore,
…Great stories, great adventures,
…Great tales and greater pleasures,
…But as I recount my years,
…The dark specter of time leers,
…Reminding of days gone by,
…Spent without reason or rhyme,
…Now chained in murky shadows,
…Underneath deadly gallows,
…Upon which I killed all hope,
…Of better days down the road,
…A pitiful existence,
…Powerful and persistent,
…But then hope from this hell grows,
…Once the dragon met the rose…
Copyright © My Gull Wheels On
They visit me here though they think me dead
They all think me a long time gone
The mausoleum is quiet, with only a dark shadow
Creeping upon its ancient walls, and thats of my own
The heavy door seems to creek all of sudden I think
Outside I hear the sounds of what seems like footsteps
I open that very old secret door which leads to my rest
And with a heavy heart consumed by this fire, I prepare for the kill
But then, outside, there is no one, no one is there
No one out there now to steal from me this time in here
Outside now I catch only the furtive and dark shadows
As I hear the lonesome cry of a howling wolf or hurting bird
I dart quickly another look again to my ancestral and cold coffin
My fateful resting place is one more time again safe
No friend nor foe to release me to free me tonight from my woes
And from all of my black and torturous betraying thoughts
I, Barnabas Collins, I stand here in all this darkness alone
As I close my weary eyes for another moment and rolling time
Then again I hear the wind moaning and hear the wind weeping
The dogs are howling and my wounded heart abates in the wind
They're my only companions in my endless and perpectual sorrow.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
July 22, 2010
Copyright © Dorian Petersen Potter
Beside the busy highway,
In the bushes there lay supine'
A despoiled corpse of a splendid damsel,
Scratched, bruised and all nailed,
Her cheeks bore the prints of teeth,
And marble-white neck blue scars,
Her silky white dress was spotted,
With the dots of blood,
Her delicate white soft shoeless feet,
Were still unharmed,
Her hair was disheveled, added to her grace,
Her eyes half opened,
As they were looking afar high beyond the sky,
To her dwelling place,
The wronged lips still bore an elegant smile,
If saying, "O! Dwellers of the world be happy evermore,
I depart to my own celestial place,
Where no one will desecrate my sanctity."
Then from the contents of her handbag,
Some one found out a stained document,
And with blood was inscribed,
"I am Miss Honesty, raped in the dark,
By the custodians of law."
Copyright © Muhammad Shanazar
Uneasiness or pain, due to loss best describes my existence,
My name is Sorrow and though many try to avoid me,
No one can keep their distance.
I live strongly in the families of Malcolm X, Dr. King and JFK,
Some use me as an inevitable excuse to escape the every day.
I will never die, though people kill themselves for me to continue my mission,
Whether you be rich, happy, beautiful
I strike you in any condition.
Like a common cold, I don't disappear, Im just dormant
But happiness is a medicine, not a cure
To strike you, I need no consent
Copyright © Doreen Wright
'Tis winter season—
a bracing weather, foggy in its warmth.
The trees are drying, as bones,
gripping water from the winter soil.
It's resting on an earth snow:
dancing in chilliness, dazedly.
it's waiting for a poignant breath
that will give him soul.
To feel, once more, from being numb.
To warm his heart;
but the serenity and the turmoil have ended.
The dream is forgotten by the prized.
The dream is freezing the lover.
Copyright © Ray Angelo Ong
my friends, I feel your presence
but I cannot see you where are you?
my friends your songs soothe my wounds,
Wounds that scar my body, your fire my mind your hungers that feed upon my burdened heart
your magics of earth and Fae my soul
I can almost feel thy furry bodies surrounding me,
thy warm fire in your belly and hard scales upon
which I lay my head, the soft earth colored skin
of your arms around me holding me
The powers of winter and summer inside me,
Power that comes from The Fae beside me spread
Salve on my wounded soul, as incubus and succubus feed ever so gently happily eating the pains, the woes, and sorrows that lie etched deep into my heart Taking its burden for their sustenance
as you all surround me Comforting me, telling me
that I am not lost in the darkness
that you will guide me, teach me it gives me
a measure of comfort thatI have companions
that I am not alone
Copyright © Wolf Lief
You chew your papaya like you chew her head.
Callous and savagely,
You take out each seed, like you did of hers.
Each seed she sowed in you, you spit out from your soul.
You think you can slice away from her life, give her a piece and let her go.
Aah but what do you know?
She has already killed the biggest seed sown by you.
In her womb lies the remains that you spewed!
The remains of the Papaya tree you grew...
Copyright © Shruti Vellody


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Recently, concern has arisen regarding a possible elevated occurrence of ALS among veterans who served in the Persian Gulf during Operations Desert Shield (August 2, 1990 - January 15, 1991), Desert Storm (January 16, 1991 - February 28, 1991) and Clean-up (March 1, 1991 - July 31, 1991). This study involves an epidemiologic investigation into the occurrence of ALS among veterans of the Gulf War. This study will further define the epidemiology of this neurological disease among younger individuals while determining whether there is a higher than expected occurrence. It will also ascertain the etiologic importance of deployment to the Persian Gulf and exposure to specific environmental factors in that geographic area. VA is leading this joint federal government epidemiologic study that also involves DoD, HHS, CDC, and academic centers of excellence in neurology, with advice from the ALS Association.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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|Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|CSP #500 - An Epidemiological Investigation Into the Occurrence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Among Gulf War Veterans
- Probability of ALS among veterans both deployed and non-deployed to the Gulf Region(8/2/1990-7/31/1991) [ Time Frame: Ongoing ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
DNA samples of blood or mouthwash were collected in veterans' homes by nurses.
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|July 2000
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2003
|Primary Completion Date:
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|Genders Eligible for Study:
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Living and deceased veterans with an ALS diagnosis who served in the military between 8/2/1990 and 7/31/1991.
Inclusion Criteria:
Veterans who served in the Persian Gulf during Operations Desert Shield (August 2, 1990 - January 15, 1991), Desert Storm (January 16, 1991 - February 28, 1991) and Clean-up (March 1, 1991 - July 31, 1991)
Exclusion Criteria:
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00007722
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|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705
|Study Chair:
|Eugene Z. Oddone, MD MHSc
|VA Office of Research and Development
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|Oddone, Eugene - Study Chair, Department of Veterans Affairs
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|NCT00007722 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|December 29, 2000
|Last Updated:
|October 7, 2009
|Health Authority:
|United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by VA Office of Research and Development:
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Gulf War Veterans
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Motor Neuron Disease
Central Nervous System Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Proteostasis Deficiencies
Spinal Cord Diseases
TDP-43 Proteinopathies
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Ooo gossip? Your costume is fab!
yeah got a bit of gossip
I had two really good nights actually feeling so happy atm which is just such a refreshing change. After struggling with my depression and finding the past 6 months very hard after the break up from my ex whom I wanted to marry I have found life very difficult. Its just one of those things in life, a culmination of events and you just feel smothered and unable to cope. This is a bit heavy and not what I initially intended to write but it feels right and its what Im thinking and feeling.
We broke up in June and it was messy and for the next 6 months I kept sleeping with him, because we share the same friends it was impossible to avoid him and we fell into old habits. Apart from I got none of the good things, I was just used for sex and I allowed myself to be used. This meant that I didnt really move on or deal with the break up properly and he treated me like absolute crap, slept with me and other women and I allowed it because I had such a low opinion of myself. I thought, who else will have me?
At NYE, like all the other drunken nights before we ended up together at my house. and when I woke up he was gone, like always. I then went on to fb and saw all of these photos with another girl a couple nights before and I just felt truly broken. I already have so much to contend with, why am I making life so hard for myself? I am miserable and lonely and I have no self respect or love. So I just decided. Thats the end. I have to fix myself. I can see myself falling to old worrying patterns, that have previously led me to two hospital stays. But I am better and stronger than then. I have to fix it before it gets that far.
I wrote this huge list of things I wanted to change, I separated that in to two, things I have control over and things I dont. and I started therapy. I cant believe in four short weeks the change in myself. after 6 long miserable months. Its like this fog has lifted. I know its not over and there is lots of work to still be done. But I feel amazing. I stopped going out so I didnt have to see my ex and I just feel like all those strings are gone! I feel free. I am losing weight, Im sorting my head out and I am fixing a seriously poor start to my last year at uni. I am pulling it all back. I am also constantly preaching self love and positive thinking to myself and it is working! I never thought I would go for that, but really, how else can you change yourself and your behaviours? Just keep telling yourself and one day you wont have to because it will just come naturally!
So last night was the first time since NYE that I caught up with most of my friends. I had a huge catch with a friend of mine who is also a Polycystic Ovary Syndrome sufferer. She is big like me and truly understands a lot of what I go through. We are the only big girls in our group. She just asked me 'Whats changed?' she said she could see a light in my eyes that she hadnt for so long. I felt really touched by that. I dont really talk to my friends about my depression or the things that make me sad, so for someone to notice so much with so little information, I really felt like she got me. I explained that I had lost 1 1/2 stone and I felt like something in my head just finally clicked and that I felt so happy.
We both then joined in a group of people talking, some my friends and some new people I hadnt met. I was so confident and happy and I loved making everyone laugh, I felt like I was me again. My friend kept making eyes at me so when I got the chance I asked her what she obviously wanted to say She thought that one of these new guys we were talking to liked me. He had at one point said, you are so smiley, I love that! - very sweet! I laughed it off and pointed out he was talking to our beautiful size 8 friend and that I thought he wanted a piece of that, who wouldnt! However, later on we happened to be left alone in the kitchen and we were chatting away and he suddenly said to me 'Do you know what I find sexiest about a woman? Confidence, and you have it by the bucket load, its so attractive' and then he promptly kissed me.
hahah shocked doesnt quite cover it. This guy is like miles out of my league. Hes a bleeding athlete!
I cant stop smiling.
I dont think anything will come of it. I think it was a spur of the moment bit of passion lol but I dont even need anything to come of it cos it made me feel bloody amazing!
sorry for the essay guys. Seriously feeling the love today.
I also want to thank all of you guys, I feel like this diary has seriously helped me, very cathartic. You kinda made me feel like I have friends when I felt alone in my life!
In other news, does anyone watch new girl? cos the kiss was kinda like that - and watching that - it blew me away!!!
He is not out of your league babe, dont be crazy!!!!!!! I am so excited for you!!!!!!!!!! I hope you got his num!??!
<3 big love babe! SO deserved!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I love hearing that you are feeling better.......I think maybe I need to do this list idea. And consider some therapy too. I have spent the whole weekend thinking about Lee- good things, bad thing etc etc but mostly how **** the last 3 months have been and how fuxxing miserable I've been. I miss my family so much and I dont really have any friends. I am seriously struggling and I know he's done some serious lasting damage.
It took everything I had this morning to actually get out of bed and have a shower- not done that since friday! Thought I'd dress up and make an effort as Sarah dragged me to a sodding wedding fair- not exactly where I wanted to be. Blow dried my hair and wore the new skirt plus new underwear that I havent even tried on.
It was ok. Full of snobby 4x4 driving hoity toity likes, but ok. Other then the fact that 2 separate stalls thought Sarah and I were the happy bride and bride to be. Honestly............WTF?!!?
Im going to a meditation class tomo night, hopefully I can get a grip. I know its wi tomo noght but I dont exactly feel inspired to go. I feel flabby and yuk. And like I've eaten too much.
didnt get his number no, I could contact him on fb but I dont think I will. This may seem odd. But it made me so happy I just want to leave it as it was!
For my therapy I pay 40 for an hour which I dont think is too bad. I have had many experiences of NHS counseling and they were all terrible. This is my first paid private one, although I have had private before but it was funded my uni (the first time round not this time) and the other thing Ive had is from a charity, it was so good, so if you feel like paying is too much maybe do some research into your local charities and get help that way. Or chance the NHS? They must have some good counselors!
Youve taken the hardest step already! Realising your problems and admitting you need help - now you just need to plan how to get where you want! I love a good list, I think lists solve so many problems! They also have a calming effect.
If you dont want to weigh in, wait a few days or another week, regain some control and come back to the scales when your ready! xxxxxx
If my meditation class is cancelled I'm going to brave tomo! Face the fear!!
I've had some NHS counselling- it was awful!!!!! And I did some private at Southampton uni and that was marginally better, but there are 2 aspects of my past that must be like a counsellors wet dream- and we focus on just those things and nothing else. Despite my attempts to redirect. I think I just need to get out and do some nice things for other people and take some art lessons. I'm going to join rock choir and mayb the local andram if I find where they are just gotta get happy.
Aw hon! Ru still on a high? He might track you down!! You irresistible foxy pika! Xxx
haha my high has slightly decreased somewhat as I have to record a business pitch and put it on youtube before tmrw morning haha I dont know why I do it to myself! Im so bad at leaving my uni stuff to last min. Only my lecturer will see it but Im still in my pjs, haha going to get dressed and make myself presentable and then try and work out how youtube works and how to make things private!
Ahh Im really lucky as my therapist now is all about self led sessions, we did a timeline so he knows the big events but we just talk about whatever I feel like! but often that leads back to certain things. Just cover that bad stuff when and if I feel like it!
hmm maybe I should join a club? I have no idea how to meet new people! Im on plenty of fish but I only seem to attract seriously ugly guys. or 60 year olds. Its become quite depressing haha. I dont know what club I would join tho! lol no talents or interests! I think Id be too scared to do it alone aswell!
I just realised I lost a stone in Jan!!! How good is that then?! You only lose a stone a month on VLCDs and I did it while living an actual life!
Chuffed with that!!!
Morning all,
Ooo that was exciting gossip it creates such adrenaline and makes you feel so happy and boosts your confidence. When you said he was chatting to your size 8 friend- I have always thought men are attracted to skinny girls but it really isn't always the case, I have a few men friends and when I was chatting to one about what type of girl he likes he said that they couldn't be too skinny, I was surprised.
It seems like we all know how depression feels, after my ex I had hit rock bottom, it was my choice to end things because I had fallen out of love with him but for 5 years he held me back from doing what I wanted, he treated me shockingly and I resented him and regretted it. The regret turned into depression and I was signed off work etc. I was the same in that I couldn't get up on a morning, I had counselling through the doc but was rubbish (the fact she kept calling me Beth, my middle name, and not Lucy really annoyed me, I mentioned it so many times), randomly my parents started getting me up really early to drive to the countryside and go for long long walks. It helped so much, it made me feel small but in a good way, like the world is much bigger than me and I don't have to carry the weight of it on my shoulders. Now when I look back I remember the places they took me fondly and have been back since to do walks.
After that I just thought I'm going to live, so I quit my job, went travelling for 4 months, whilst I was there decided to apply for uni, came home then moved to Liverpool a week later to start. Whilst in my first year I met my current boyfriend who is worlds apart from my ex and we've been together 3 years now.
I think it shows that even though you feel at the time it's never going to end and there is no light at the end of the tunnel something happens and it is the end and the light is there.
I know people do not believe but I see a brilliant tarot reader about every 9 months, she's amazing, the first time I saw her she said I aren't here to tell you your future or to tell you what to do, the tarots will give you a map of your life as it is and your choices, after I see her I have such clarity it's amazing.
Sorry a out the long post x
Where are you from? I would love to see a recommend tarot reader. X


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A Tribute to Jerome RobbinsMay 7, 2015 to May 10, 2015 Academy of Music
A Tribute to Jerome Robbins
Celebrate the versatility and genius of choreographer Jerome Robbins. World famous for his work on Broadway blockbusters like The King and I and West Side Story, Robbins created superb ballets with the same panache and flair. Two hilarious works anchor this program: Fancy Free, which follows the escapades of three World War II sailors on leave in New York City, and The Concert, observing the outlandish antics and straying thoughts of an audience gathered for a piano recital. Whimsical and serene, the Company premiere of In G Major features aquatic-inspired sets and costumes and an exquisite central pas de deux, set to Ravel's monumental Piano Concerto in G Major.
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Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins (1918-1998) received world renown as a choreographer of ballets created for New York City Ballet, Ballets U.S.A., American Ballet Theatre and other international companies. He received equal acclaim for his work as a director of musicals and plays for Broadway as a director of musicals, as well as a director of movies and television programs.
His career as a gifted ballet dancer developed with Ballet Theatre where he danced with special distinction the role of Petrouchka, and character roles in the works of Fokine, Tudor, Massine, Lichine and de Mille, and, of course, his first choreographic sensation Fancy Free (1944). This ballet, followed by Interplay (1945) and Facsimile(1946), was performed by Ballet Theatre, after which he embarked on an enormously successful career as a choreographer and later as a director of Broadway musicals and plays. His first musical,On the Town (1945), was followed by Billion Dollar Baby (1946), High Button Shoes (1947),Look Ma, I'm Dancing (which he co-directed with George Abbott in 1948), Miss Liberty (1949), Call Me Madame (1950) and the ballet The Small House of Uncle Thomas in The King and I (1951). His work continued with Two's Company (1952),Pajama Game (again co-directed with Abbott in 1954) and Peter Pan (1954), which he directed and choreographed. In the same year, he also directed the opera The Tender Land by Aaron Copland. Two years after that he directed and choreographed Bells Are Ringing (1956), followed by the historic West Side Story (1957), Gypsy(1959) and Fiddler on the Roof (1964). In 1949, he joined New York City Ballet as Associate Artistic Director with George Balanchine. Among his outstanding works were The Guests (1949), Age of Anxiety (1951), The Cage (1951), The Pied Piper (1951), Afternoon of a Faun (1953), Fanfare(1953) and The Concert (1956). For his own company, Ballets U.S.A. (1958-1962), he created N. Y. Export: Opus Jazz (1958), Moves (1959) and Events (1961). For American Ballet Theatre's 25th Anniversary (1965), he staged Stravinsky's dance cantata, Les Noces, a work of shattering and immense impact.
After the triumph of Fiddler on the Roof, Robbins dedicated his energies to creating ballets for New York City Ballet. In 1988 he took a leave of absence to stage Jerome Robbins' Broadway. In 1990 he resigned from the position of Ballet Master in Chief – which he shared with Peter Martins – to pursue other projects. A partial list of his 54 creations includes: Dances at a Gathering (1969),The Goldberg Variations (1971), Watermill (1972),Requiem Canticles (1972), In G Major (1975),Mother Goose (1975), The Four Seasons (1975),Opus 19/The Dreamer (1975), Glass Pieces(1983), I'm Old Fashioned (1983), Antique Epigraphs (1984), Brahms/Handel (with Twyla Tharp in 1984), In Memory Of… (1985), Ives Songs(1988), 2 & 3 Part Inventions (1994), West Side Story Suite (1995), Brandenburg (1997) and the NYCB premiere of Les Noces (1998).
During this extraordinary career, Robbins served on the National Council on the Arts from 1974 to 1980, and the New York State Council on the Arts/Dance Panel from 1973 to 1988. He established and partially endowed the Jerome Robbins Film Archive the Dance Collection of the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center. His numerous awards and academic honors included the Handel Medallion of the City of New York (1976), the Kennedy Center Honors (1981), three Honorary Doctorates, an honorary membership in the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1985) and in 1988 he was awarded the National Medal of the Arts. Over the last five decades, Robbins brought joy, emotional involvement and humorous pleasure to millions of people, not only in the United States, but throughout the entire world.
- ABT Jerome Robbins, http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/robbins_j.html
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Program evaluation is an essential component to implementing diplomatic and development programs and initiatives. Evaluations allow project managers to better understand their programs and give policy makers a tool to assess the capacity of a particular program or sector.
The Department of State and USAID have partnered to develop and implement new evaluation policies, guidelines and procedures to support both agencies' evaluation and performance management strategies. Under the aegis of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), the two agencies are collaborating on activities to promote and sustain evaluation as a management tool. See the evaluation policy for Department of State and USAID.
The Department is committed to using performance management best practices, including, program evaluation, to achieve the most effective U.S. foreign policy outcomes and greater accountability to our primary stakeholders, the American people. The Department of State's policy on program evaluation embodies the aims of the current National Security Strategy, the Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development, and the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. The policy applies to evaluations of the Department's diplomatic and development programs, projects and activities. This policy is an important milestone in strengthening agency evaluation capacity at State and more effectively incorporating evaluation into planning and budget decision-making. The policy supports OMB efforts to work with agencies on the development of evaluation plans and to incorporate program evaluation as a core element of program management. As part of efforts to implement key QDDR recommendations, the Department is currently revising its evaluation policy to strengthen the connection between evaluation and USAID's strategic planning, performance management and budget formulation processes. The revised evaluation policy incorporates best practices and international standards in evaluation and criteria to facilitate the evaluation of programs, projects, activities and other efforts implemented with State Operations and Foreign Assistance funding.
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Divided by a common language?
Having worked in the staffing industry in an international capacity for a number of years, I've become quite familiar with the differences in spelling and pronunciation between American English and English English (or the Queen's English for pedants and monarchists). When I worked for a large international staffing company that was listed on both Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange, we produced two sets of Financial Accounts each written in the local vernacular so I like to think I became quite an expert in the variations. In fact, I still have a copy of Websters' Dictionary sitting on my bookshelf from those days as well as the Oxford English Dictionary.
Within the staffing industry, there are really only a handful of key words that you need to pay careful attention to if you want to bridge the transatlantic gap:
- labor - labour
- organization - organisation
- program – programme
- specialty – speciality
- operating income – operating profit
- SG&A – operating expenses
RPO is a verbal landmine. In Europe, some people use it as a broader umbrella term to capture all forms of labour procurement, both contingent and direct hire. Speak to a vendor in London about recruitment process outsourcing and you may well find you are discussing a programme to hire a temporary workforce, not just a permanent one. Our Global Lexicon usefully highlights a few of the other differences in usage among the international contingent family (see http://www.staffingindustry.com/Research-Publications/Research/Staffing-Best-Practices-Case-Studies-Operational-Issues/UK-Lexicon)
Global media means we can still understand each other pretty well even when we use different words to mean the same thing (elevator – lift, sidewalk – pavement, truck - lorry, freeway – motorway, gas – petrol, etc). What's more difficult are the very subtle differences with regards to tenses, past participles and other grammatical idioms which sometimes mean we just sound a little awkward to each other. For instance;
- The British athlete plays on a team, the American plays in a team but both can play for a team;
- The British student reads biology at college, the American majors in biology but both can study biology;
- The British politician stands for election, the American runs for office but both are incompetent.
Dining can cause a whole set of other problems. For a Brit, an eggplant would be an aubergine, a tenderloin would be a fillet, a zucchini would be a courgette, a fava bean would be a broad bean, a cookie would be a biscuit and fries would be chips (and chips are crisps). Oregano has the emphasis on the third syllable rather than the second, while basil doesn't rhyme with hazel at all. And what equates to beer in America would be a glass of fizzy water to the English palate. At the end of the meal, remember to ask for the bill rather than the check.
The English can get quite snooty about spellings and pronunciation as we think we invented the language – and because of the perceived pervasive influence of American TV and cinema. But, the surprising truth is that US spellings and accents are quite often more closely related to original Old English than the spellings used in the UK today. As the Pilgrim Fathers carried their 17th Century dialect to a large, isolated continent (alongside their non-conformist religion and big black hats), the language remained largely unaffected by outside influences - apart from the naming of a few streets and districts in New York by earlier Dutch settlers. However, since that time, the British have been heavily influenced by the many languages within their global Empire and, more recently, by their closer relationship with continental Europe.
The 21st Century flavour (or flavor) of UK English is quite far removed from that spoken by its Elizabethan forefathers. To hear English in its more pure form, travel to Boston Massachusetts rather than Boston, Lincolnshire.
Of course, there's no right or wrong here but I do think the US should seriously consider adopting the European pronunciation of 'niche' (rhymes with 'leash' and not 'bitch') as the European version sounds much more elegant – and more closely aligned to its French roots. I, for one, know I'd much prefer working in a neash sector than a nitch sector.
English remains the international language of business even though it is heavily outnumbered in terms of native speakers by Mandarin (almost three times as many people speak Mandarin than English) and has also recently been surpassed by Spanish. One of the key reasons it retains this hegemony (and is likely to in the future) is its versatility and ability to absorb hybrid forms of usage, spelling and pronunciation (not forgetting Canadian English and Australian English) without becoming unintelligible.
So, unless we all want to start learning to speak Mandarin, we should rejoice in and celebrate the differences in English spoken around the world. Churchill is credited with saying that the US and UK are "divided by a common language" but in truth we are more united by our language and all the richer for it.


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Not sure how to prove I'm not abusive, aside from my girls as a witness. I will try to keep an extra VAR available, but can;t she just say I freaked out at another time that wasn't recorded? I can't imagine a judge listening to thousands of hours of recordings, unless I'm just documenting times when we're discussing things and it shows I'm calm, while maybe she's angry?
I don't have any friends in my area. they are all over an hour away, in the city. i have to be careful who i ask for lawyer referrals because all parents around here gossip. i only know one or two who have been divorced, and their kids are in classes with my kids. So far, I've got to go through the phone book. I've been looking for lawyers who have reviews online.
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In another 5 or 6 years those children will be off to college and there will be no child support issues. Meanwhile do the 180 and establish an independent mind frame with little or no emotional connection to your wife. Work on your career and get back into the workforce full-time; in 5 years time you should be well - established as a respected professional and pulling a decent salary.
Then leave your cheating STBXWW to her own devices while you set about rebuilding your life. Move close to where your children are attending college and start again. Your ex-wife can indulge in her mindless sexual escapades to her hearts content; you just won't care.
You'll be in a mental institution going through this for years. Reading the agony you are in I can't imagine dragging it out.
Just try to get your career regenerated. IT is the one field I would think is certainly not contracting with all the snooping going on in all aspects of everyone's life. I believe if you had a good job prospect you would not be intimidated by your wife for a New York second.
Anyone who would not be apprehensive in your situation needs a lot of work themselves. But the bottom line is anyone can only take some much pain and disrespect before they cry "uncle" and say enough is enough.
Right now the VAR is your best bet if you do not think she is going anywhere but back and forth to work.
the real surprising thing to me is that she would her career and livlihood in jeopardy. I would think if she just wanted to bang someone else she would keep it away from work. but then again there are a lot of dumb people out there.
When I read your story and posts, and many others from SI, I feel like it's stories from hopeless prisoners, who barely exist in sad, dank, gray life sentences, no hope of parole, feeling they will never see outside the wall, and everyday is just another day making gravel and eat slop. Goddamnit, you only get so many spins on this rock, and my heart breaks for you folks that are enduring life, not enjoying it!
My man DG is gonna kick the snot outa this shit sandwich situation RIGHT NOW, figure a way out to do it, get rid of the POS cheater who seems to have no problem destroying lives, and when he is ready, have a lady in his life who treats him with respect and dignity... And a hell of a lot sooner than he realizes
The cruel, the unkind, those without honor, feast on the tender heart...
Judging from our old phone bills, she'd call him (1 min call), and they;d meet probably in the basement of the building. The calls stopped after her confession. If this is still going on, she's using her work ipad (if it has call capabilities) or work phone.
See...I'm able to write this today, without weakness. I don't give a crap if they're banging away as I type this. Successful day two of 180 and I'm SLOWLY getting my balls back.
I know that most people here think it's best to jump away as soon as possible. My wife is going to do her best to destroy me when this comes to light. I'm actively looking at lawyers and will beg family members for donations or get a new credit card when I find the right one. BUT I PERSONALLY NEED PROOF. I know that everyone is chuckling, "you have your proof, she's already cheated", "You have your proof, the same gut feeling that clued you in, the first time" etc, etc...
I need proof for several reasons. ALL FOR ME, not for anyone else, not her, not court, just for me. If she is still cheating, she's doing the best cake eating job, you've ever seen. She took care of me when I had surgery on my hand, even though I was ignorning her (I was doing 180 last week), she has been doing a lot of things that make her look like she's sincere in wanting R.
Excellent! She is a lazy liar. The more secure she gets, the more of a chance she'll f-up this time around.
It may very well have been, she was walking to her car, he was working on the garage with the other droids, and he followed her and talked to her. Meeting her when she arrives in the morning, is another matter altogether.
While I obviously don't know many aspects of my W, I do know that when I confront her with proof, or confidence, she backs down pretty easily. I know that won't last in a situation like this, but I need to take advantage of everything I can.
She will slip up, I will tell her to leave the house with at least a few changes of clothes, and rest will be a freaking nightmare. Her biggest fear will be if I tell everyone she/we know.
Our children are 11 and 12 and very mature. They know what divorce is, and they know what cheating is. They are scared to death of divorce. I have no doubt that my WW will tell them lies about the situation and not take the high road, so I'm also going to have to make a decision about telling them the truth. If WW and I BOTH told them "we are having differences that we can't work out" or some BS like that, I'm sure it would be the most healthy, but she's told them things behind my back before, and she;s scared to death of them knowing. When we've argued or discussed her A in the house at night, she'd freak out that it was too loud and the kids might hear.
Anyway, if I can get strong with 180 again, I can make this a much easier transition when I confront her with D. OR, I can just dive off the cliff and pray that I land in water.
I am not going to live in an open marriage. When I am strong, I can tolerate the possibility that something is going on, as long as I don;t know for sure. When I know for sure, that's different. If she's meeting OM, she will screw up. If she's not, I'll wait until I'm strong enough, and still give her ultimatum for secrets in electronics.
I am amazingly not crying right now. I barely have a stomach ache. I will continue to get stronger with 180 and the prospect of a job.
And don;t laugh, but because her offers of sex seem to be my downfall, I might check out a sex addicts anonymous meeting. Anything to break the hold she has.
I don't mind the 2x4s, by the way. I'm just grateful for the feedback I get here. You all give me strength. The comments that are nice, and the comments that are brutal.
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And dont laugh, but because her offers of sex seem to be my downfall, I might check out a sex addicts anonymous meeting. Anything to break the hold she has.
As far as needing personally to see the evidence, well I have been there, done that. I had a need to find something concrete. Very understandable.
I cannot stress this enough...do not confront her when you do find it.
Pull back and figure out your next move in conjunction with your attorney.
Your attorney should start off by asking what you want and then ask what you need. Sometimes the two converge but often we never get what we want from D because we didn't want this sh*t to begin with. So we have to focus on what we need. Whatever hard evidence you have it is your leverage but not forever.
From what you've posted your WW will not want others to find out but that fear has a shelf life. Over time people will care less about that because it is "in the past". Also, the more time passes she will work on turning your kids and mutual acquaintances against you. Your WW doesn't back down as much as she tactically retreats. So confronting her with the evidence will just result in her taking a longer, more deceptive route to do this. We've seen it before on SI so not using any proof, again just my opinion, is not useful. If you have proof you have the truth. Share the truth. Just do so in a way that you don't screw yourself legally.
Please get a background check done on the OM. You can hire a PI to do that since you already have his name and place of employment.
There have been 'marital arrangements' since the beginning of the institution.
If DG decides to remain in the marriage for lifestyle reasons, that is fine. I can accept HIS decision, as only he knows his true priorities. In that case I would strongly recommend a separate bedroom, and really a separate life *fully detached* from the WW. He has his own friends, hobbies, career, lovers, whatever. DG just interacts with WW over childcare and finances...the ultimate 180...and maybe makes an appearance with WW in society as necessary.
Shock, there is nothing wrong with that choice - aa long as it is DG's choice. Like I said, it has been an option for generations. There are those who value lifestyle and comfort over having a 'soul mate'. Cold utilitarian reason. Maybe they are on to something...after all we are all here having bought into 'happily ever after'
Put a pen VAR in the bottom of her pocketbook.
In a few days you will know everything you need to know.
There was a poster named "choppingonions" that nailed his wife to the wall.
He found out about 2-3 OM that he did not realize were in the picture of his wife's current EA with an overseas boss.
The pen VAR was the key.
And she was truly frightened about everything he knew. She could not lie her way out of any of the affairs.
He was a stay at home dad/ex attorney if I remember correctly.
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OW - multiple, just found out about ALL of them, Husband coming out of years of fog due to multiple childhood and military events.
Hopeful but cautious
Lets look at this as D or R. What is your choice?
We all know what is supposed to occur for R. Has your wife done anything to promote honest R?
Has she owned her own shit as they say and taken complete responsibility for her affair. Has she read any of the books to even learn what the hell she really did to you. Does she understand boundaries. It is obvious she doesn't get it all because she still wont let you see her passwords and that is really cold and telling.
Has she ever told your WHY she had an affair?
You can continue to try and catch her, but if she really isnt having an affair, you could try and catch her forever.
Everyone says go with your gut, and that is usually true. But once your gut has been 100% accurate, it can fool you. Being lied to is no laughing matter, it can truly screw up someone's mind and health, including gut feelings.
Your wife admitted her affair, why is she still working in the same building as the OM. Why isnt she looking for another job, that is what usually happens to a WS as a consequence of their affairs.
Her biggest fear will be if I tell everyone she/we know.
Is there anyway possible, you can be at her work when she gets off and watch her once in a while. Can you surprise her at lunch and show up offering to go to lunch with her.
Right now, she has it too easy IF she really is having an affair at work.
Since she is always home on time, that leaves lunchtime as about the only time she could be having an affair. Start surprising her at work during lunch.
She sounds pretty detached and calculating to me. Were it me DG no matter what I would be putting a lot of effort in finding a good attorney asap and retraining. Are you able to pull extra cash each time you go to the grocery store and set that aside for yourself?
But it is an option.
VARs tell far more detail, right from the horses mouth.
DG, is she using wifi at your home to connect the laptop/ipad to the internet? If so, is there a way you can procure a packet sniffer software and capture the data? Just a thought.


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I've gone from thisto thiswhich can also be pitched in this manner.My new tarp is 8' x 10' and flat in configuration. I wanted the flexibility of being able to pitch in different styles. After my recent trip on the AT I found that I wasn't fond of slithering under the beaks of my silnylon tarp to gain entry. :-)The lack of a catenary curve doesn't make the A frame pitch the tightest of pitches but I gave that up for the flat configuration and multiple pitch options. One more consideration was the height of the entrance. The lack of beaks and the placement of my tieouts lets me raise my entrance to @ 53" if I so desire which is the length of my trekking pole fully extended.I plan to explore more pitching options and quite possibly add a few more tieouts to aid in pitching it differently. It weighs 2.2 ounces more than my silnylon tarp but covers a good deal more area. It tips the scales at 13 ounces in its stuff sack.I'm using shockcord tensioners and a "Triptease like" reflective polyester line from Cabelas for the guylines.Show me your pitches.Party On,Newton
Nothing beats a flat tarp for versatility. There are probably a dozen useful configurations.
Nice job. I think I have seen that spinnaker before but the last time I saw it, it was on a roll. hahaha.Cheers,Lawson
Lawson,>>it was on a roll. hahaha<<Yep!It rolled from FLA to WA to LA. :-)Thanks to you and Aaron, Mr. Singer and Gutermann I now have a new piece of gear.Party On,Newton
It looks very nice John. Thanks for sharing the photos and thanks for the stuff sack./aaron
Aaron,Thanks.A small reward for your generosity and patience. :-)You are very welcome. I enjoyed making it.Party On,Newton
flat tarps apparently make your yard nicer too :Pno but really, i think i'll be getting a flat one too for the same reason.
Kieran,To everything there is a season.The gray tarp pic was in February of this year. :-0It was one our coldest winters on record, hence the beautiful straw color of my back yard. :-)So you're getting a flat tarp to make your yard a prettier shade of green? ;-)Party On,Newton
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John, Funny ...my latest MYOG project was a a simple flat 5'x8' tarp. It weighs in at exactly 7.0 oz. Here are a few pics.There is just something pure about such a simple shelter.Jamie
Jamie,Pure, simple and light! You hit all the high points. It looks great.Your MYOG Goes to the Mountains article got my sewing machine all revved up again.It's not quite finished as of yet. In the pic it is stuffed full of pillows. :-)There are more details and pictures on this thread.http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=35833&skip_to_post=306274#306274Thanks for posting the pictures that show the different pitches that are possible with a flat tarp.Party On,Newton
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I think Newton actually intended this threadNice pack BTW well done
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Roger,Thank you for the compliment and for fixing my broken compass. :-) :-)I made the neccessary repairs to my compass and edited the link in my post. ;-)Party On,Newton
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