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It seems to me the EU not only doesn't give to their spouse but also themselves. I could never understand why my husband would do something unethical and immoral. Why didn't he care more about himself if not me. How do you look at yourself in the mirror every day when you know you are doing something wrong? But perhaps those are part of the emotions he doesn't "get," too. If he's incapable of feeling my pain, why wouldn't he be incapable of feeling his own pain.
Just rambling thought.
he wants ME to come up with a solution.
Frogger: How about fire her ass? Does that sound like a solution... she's not doing what he needs her to do, not cooperating? Have you tried that solution with him?
Try not. Do or do not, there is no try. -- Yoda
Its such a crappy situation. They both work in the same department but under separate groups. They both have leaderships roles in the department and in theory should work together on projects for the group. It is a very fuzzy line as to who's job is what so the people in these positions need to really work well together.
So of course having an A with that person was pretty stupid on his part. While in the A she would do stuff for him that she really didn't HAVE to do. The latest issue is that he is supposed to pick out a new system for the department that his group will use. In the past she would have helped him research it since her people are affected by his people's work. Now she told him she doesn't care what system he picks--and he is all upset about it. Boo hoo. She won't do the crappy research part for him now like she used to so he has to actually do it himself. He said "the administrative part of this job is not what I enjoy" Yeah just the prestige of the position is good, not the actual WORK.
So he really is just upset that now he has to actual do his own job.
ETA- He really just doesn't get it that she was doing stuff for him because she was in Luuuuvvv with him. He obviously is so in touch with his feelings that no longer have an A with her didn't change his motivations at work at all. so he can't understand how no longer being in luuuvvvv with him is why she is no longer putting forth the extra effort for his job. (Or how being a jilted lover could make someone feel oh I don't know UPSET and ANGRY at you so they don't care if your butt isn't covered and might even be happy to see your ass fired so they make sure everyone sees your mistakes.)
[This message edited by Frogger at 10:30 AM, November 27th (Tuesday)]
or he can form a committee and not invite her to be part of it, or actually invite her to be part of it and watch her self-destruct in front of people when she appears uncooperative or uninterested.
I know if my supervisor was asked to give input into a system that affected how I do my job and they declined, I'd be pissed as hell.
In theory it's "going UNDER her head" instead of "OVER her head".
now onto EU things.... we had MC last night and we were talking about assumptions and what detriment they have on communication. H says "Weepy assumes this was some big love affair and it wasn't." Well, I didn't respond or argue about it, but started to think about it.
I mean MOST of the women were prostitutes, so I would never jump to that conclusion. But I'm going to ask him if he thinks this should be easier for me to "get over" because he wasn't "In Luv" with his LTAP? Like it should make a difference to me?
Wonder what I'll hear?
Thanks for all of your thoughts and questions. The chronology of our post A history is a little confusing. I discovered and confronted my H about the A over a year after it was over. That was about 2 ½ years ago. For the first 9 months we floundered. He didnt want to leave, but felt highly ambivalent (big time fog). I told him that if he wasnt staying for me he needed to go. I never begged and I dont think that Im co-dependent. I have a career and am financially independent and more than capable of living without him. He never wanted to leave but he wouldnt commit to me. After several months, I forced it. He was about to rent an apartment, got cold feet and and said that he wanted to work on the M.
Took us several more months to find the right MC and weve been in MC for about 1 ½ years. I think it took a full year of MC for my H to understand that he has EU and PA issues. He really thought he was just born that way, couldnt change and that he could have a good M with a different kind of woman (you know, the kind that never makes emotional demands or has conflicts). I do think that its just in the last 4 or 5 months that hes truly understood that the way he interacts with people is on a very unemotional and level and this is what creates the distance he feels, not just with me but with everyone. Even when others reach out to him, he puts up walls and keeps his distance. He just retreated to his little island of isolation. Of course, I was seen as his main antagonist since, as his W, I was the primary person in his life. His problems are serious. After d-day, in one of our many talks, he even admitted that he wasnt sure that he loved our older daughter. She wasnt an agreeable little girl any more but a pre-teen with all that going on and he just didnt have a clue about how to deal with this new, highly emotional person trying to upset his island of peace. The work that we have been doing in MC is really the work that should have happened in IC. He did go to an IC during the first year after d-day at my insistence. Unfortunately, the IC he wound up with was ineffectual.
The progress in the 1 ½ years of MC has been slow. But there has been progress. My H never misses a session, we have weekly R talks, we date every weekend, parent and run the house together. Hes always fulfilled the good dad role except, of course, when it came to the girls' emotional lives. Also, truly, there has never really been any doubt in my mind (as much as any BS can be sure) that he is seeking out or even thinking about potential APs. The doubt in mind is whether he has really severed his connection to his fantasy, not the OP, but the fantasy that she helped create (because, in his case, that is really what it was---it was very short term, pretty much all one-sided and in his head). This **fantasy** was his ultimate justification and it served him very well to protect him from having to see himself as some middle aged adulterer chasing after the dream of lost youth. If his OP had been willing, I am certain that he would have continued to pursue the idea of living his life over again and somehow finding a magical solution to happiness (no introspection or other hard work required).
To give it up completely, means to accept exactly where he is, accept that the state of infatuated love that *could* make everything wonderful for him is not going to happen to him, accept that he will actually have to take responsibility to create his own happiness in this real world---even though this has not worked so well for him in the past. All this from a man who always thought the best course was to keep a low profile, try to get by and maybe, just maybe, if youre lucky things will go right for you. Its hard to reduce all of this to one easy explanation but suffice it to say that this is a pretty tall order for someone so unused to taking responsibility for his own emotional life and so unversed in language and feelings of a deep emotional life.
Hes trying. Hes had made some real progress in understanding himself and why our M came to be what it was---not bad, but not truly emotionally fulfilling for either of us. And, of course, I contributed to all of this. I knew something was missing and I tolerated the situation rather than risk rocking the boat. Not blaming myself for the A, just acknowledging my part in the M troubles.
He is a good man at heart. His honesty and integrity were always traits I greatly admired in him. A aside, he is still that man. I know that he believed he had something special with the OP or he never would have done what he did.
But its true that I dont think hes fully renounced his A because of those good feelings that he remembers. He will readily admit it was wrong, that he shouldnt have done it. He has said hes embarrassed and ashamed. He has said hed never do it again because of the pain it caused me. He understands the selfishness involved. I just think he doesnt want to let go entirely of the happy feelings he had or (false) hope they inspired that he could be a changed person if he just changed his wife. He says he understands now that wouldnt be the case. But I dont know that he feels it. Other than hiring an exorcist, I dont know how he will ever really get rid of this. And sometimes I wonder if he has and its just me that has the problem here. Its a delicate subject between us, because I just hate that look on his face whenever I discuss this with him. (Its like, Gee Brass, I wish I could tell you that the passion for the OP wasnt ever there but it was and I dont care how many books youve read it felt real at the time and it was so good for me. I keep waiting the follow up sentence, But it was all a piece of crap.)
Ive gotten myself so stirred up about this the last couple of days, I am going to talk to him about this again tonight and force the subject in MC if I keep hearing things that make me uncomfortable.
Sorry Ive rambled on. I just wanted to give you a clearer picture of whats been going on. It may not be as bad as Ive made it seem but it has taken a long time, its still not resolved to my full satisfaction. Until we got in MC and got my H to start to understand himself better, it was pretty awful and I thought every day about kicking him out and fantasized about my new life with the caring and loving man in my life. And I still do have those escape fantasieseven sometimes when things are going well. I think infidelity does that to you---makes everything seem a little less certain than it used to be.
Brass Ring
[This message edited by Brass Ring at 5:15 PM, November 27th (Tuesday)]
Just read your last post. To catch you up, I thought/think WW is a bit EU because she is so ambivilant about R. Now I'm starting to think she is still foggy/in withdrawal.
Found out last Sunday she broke NC the week before. Said it was to have closure with POS. Whatever.
I'm ready to ask for D, but then I say your post and saw your comment:
For the first 9 months we floundered. He didnt want to leave, but felt highly ambivalent
Did the ambivilance really last that long? How did you deal with that? How did you kick his ass off the fense?
it was pretty awful and I thought every day about kicking him out and fantasized about my new life with the caring and loving man in my life.
I've also been thinking about this alot lately [but with a loving "woman", not a loving "man" ]
How did you get beyond these feelings?
After d-day, in one of our many talks, he even admitted that he wasnt sure that he loved our older daughter. She wasnt an agreeable little girl any more but a pre-teen with all that going on and he just didnt have a clue about how to deal with this new, highly emotional person trying to upset his island of peace.
Unfortuniately I can relate to this. My WH really thought the kids should not interrupt his life and should do whatever he said immediately. He also seemed to lose his love for the kids before the A. He was so frustrated with them. As mentioned before with him asking about D over the smallest things, I think he almost wanted to D the kids when there was conflict with them. This is an interesting aspect of the EA that I never really took the time to focus on or think about from an EA/PA conflict avoider point of view.
HurtinginDenvir--this applied to us as well. I was blamed for all his issues and it was really hard for him to give that thought up--especially with OW feeding into that. I actually saw the A coming and I could not pull him away from OW in time, then I couldn't get him away from her to save my life. I finally reached a point where I was not threatening to leave but was truly going to leave. (We had already been in MC for a month or two, he was claiming NC, saying all the right things, refocused on us--but actually still in C and pining away for her) Anyway that started to wake him up but that was THREE months ago. NC was established mainly because he was worried I would leave him, word would get out why, and his reputation would be ruined. This is actually the reason he GAVE me for staying. (He didn't want people think he wasn't a "family man" and was an adulterer) Anyway only recently has he seemed to get it just a little that I was NOT to blame for his problems and that he loves the kids and I. (Or at least that we make his life better!) If you want to R just know that it takes time and be patient until she pulls out of the fog. Then you can work on the other issues :)
I can't remember now who asked but I do remember asking WH once that if he thought he would be happier as a single guy why was he starting up a new relationship before leaving this one? And did he realize he was jumping into ANOTHER committed relationship? So that if I left and he was "free" he really wouldn't be because he would have OW to deal with? He looked absolutely shocked. Never occured to him I guess--exchanging one ball and chain for another.
We also discussed what the real situation is when you are a middle aged single man. I asked him what he thought of the single guys who hang out at the bar all night? Who would he hang with since all his friends are married and NOT hanging out at the bar all night? Did he really want to come home to an empty house every night? What was he going to do with all that free time that he couldn't do while married? Especially since he might not want to hook up with skany hos all the time? Really big eye opener for him to think about what "freedom" looks like.
Did the ambivilance really last that long? How did you deal with that? How did you kick his ass off the fense?
Yes, it did, longer really. My profile is long, but some facts to remember are that my Hs A was summer of 03. That fall he continued to pursue her, was horrible at home to the kids and me and, still not having given up on the idea of winning over AP #1, made a pass at potential AP#2 (who rejected him). Clearly he had left the marriage in his heart at that point, I just had no knowledge about it.
At the end of this frenzied fall of single guy activity, he announced his unhappiness in the M and I went about trying to make everything nice for him. He was happy with my changes, but still pining away for the OP (I think really the**A feelings**). He had made up his mind, however (without informing me at the time), to tough it out with me for the sake of preserving his family (and probably his self image) even though he was of the belief that our M was probably a mistake and that he could be happier with someone else. I didnt discover the A and confront him for about a 1 ½ years after his I am so unhappy speech. In retrospect, its clear that during all that time he was ambivalent. I was still clueless about everything that had gone on but felt more emotionally cut off from him than ever. This feeling of utter "emptiness" in our M drove me to look for evidence of an A. When I confronted him he was still full of fog talk. I insisted that I didnt want to be married to him if his heart were elsewhere. Even though he was still dreamy about the A, he did not want to leave. The OP wasn't available to him and I think the thought occurred to him that his leaving would really hurt the kids. The ambivalence was still very much there though in respect of his feelings for me and our M. He told me that he wanted to stay for the family. I loved him, I never wanted him to leave, but I insisted that he must if he wasnt there for ME. Variations of the this conversation went on for 4-5 months after d-day (as well as a lot of HB which made it all the more confusing).
The hard reality of actually moving out of our home was too much for him though. He was literally 24 hours away from signing the lease when he asked if we couldnt work on the M. This was 6 months after d-day and I knew that he was still ambivalent but also scared to death.
At this point, he had spent two years fantasizing about a different life for himself while enjoying all the benefits of home. He wasnt actually having an A but he might as well have been. I think it was a few months into MC (1 year post d-day, 6 months after he almost moved out) when more and more of the ambivalence disappeared. But he is an ambivalent guy by nature and in all things has a difficult time expressing himself with words of certainty. He has never once said to me, I know this what I want Brass, to be married to you forever. I can do and will do whatever it takes to make that happen. He will and does sincerely tell me that emotional connection with me is his goal, and he is working all the time to achieve this but he is still struggling with his own security about his ability to achieve this goal. And these years have been so hard, I have to admit sometimes I lose confidence too.
I didnt get him off the fence ever, in any dramatic way. It was more of a slow slipping off as reality and therapy kept giving him new insights into what his A was all about. And I absolutely do think that EU people are much more resistant to fog lift. First, because (in my Hs case) he really doesnt (didnt) understand his own emotions very well. (E.g., it took the MC to explain to him that love is different from a short-lived, mostly one-sided infatuation.) In order for the fog to lift you have to know the difference between the fog world and the real world. I think the lines were pretty blurry for my H and his recent fog world experience had been so darn delightful for him it was hard to accept that it wasn't part of the real world. Secondly, I think that EU people dont value real love in the same way a non-EU person does. Over and over again, I read on the board about WSs who want their old M back, or at least the part of where they knew they were fully loved by their BS. I dont think my H really ever felt (beyond the very early years) that he had my full love. And thats why he started thinking about finding it somewhere else. He really wanted to believe in the romantic notion of that special someone who makes everything in your life right forever just because of the stars were aligned perfectly when you met. I think he thought that he didnt have the ability to have a real love relationship with me because it hadnt happened automatically the way it is "supposed to." Our M wasnt a loving comfortable place he wanted to re-capture. And the idea of creating a new R that could ever compete with the instant high of the A seemed unlikely to happen because, after all, he was who he was and I am who I am and how could that ever change??? He is seeing us both differently now through the work in MC.
My WH really thought the kids should not interrupt his life and should do whatever he said immediately
Frogger, it hurt so much to hear my wonderful dad H tell me that he thought he didnt love D#1, minimizing her like this and giving himself an excuse to withdraw. Who could turn their back on the love of their own child. The only good thing was that it took such a burden off of me. By his admitting this, it clearly drove home to me that my Hs problems were much bigger than me and our M. D#1 is a wonderful, loving girl who adores her dad and has never given us an ounce of trouble. If he couldnt feel love for her, I knew there was something major going on. Part of the reason why I continued to work with my H in MC was the realization that even if we wound up not staying married, maybe he would come to be a better dad to his girls.
Have any of your "emotionally unavailable" spouses been diagnosed that way by a therapist? Is this a "real" sickness?
Well, I dont know if I would call it sickness but yes, my H was diagnosed (by a 30+ years psychologist). I think that it's more accurate to call it a behavior pattern that interferes with creating emotionally close relationships. My H has also been diagnosed as being conflict avoidant, passive aggressive and perhaps mildly depressed (or he has been at times).
Our MC was actually my IC originally. (We tried to find another counselor for MC but I completely trusted my MC and, with the consent of my Hs IC, we began to see him for MC.) Before he met my H, the MC suspected that my H might be NPD or at least have strong narcissistic tendencies---mostly because of his sense of entitlement for the A (blamed not getting his needs met and being angry at me), lack of remorse after d-day and lack of empathy for the way the A hurt me. I was scared of NPD because I think, for me, that would have been the end. I definitely would have left. I wanted a diagnosis I could be sure about. After we started MC, we spent a lot of time with FOO issues. The MC was able to see how my H related not only to me, but to our Ds, family members and co-workers. His diagnosis quickly became that my H had been damaged in childhood (by non-feeling parents) and had learned early on to shut off emotions because they only led to rejection and humiliation for him. Over years it became so automatic it felt instinctive. Its a bit more complicated than that but thats the essence. The MC's mantra to my H is that this is learned behavior that can be unlearned by allowing your conscious mind to prevent reacting to emotional situations with anger, stonewalling or shutting down (which allow you avoid emotional involvement). My H was very resistant to accept the fact that nurture played the predominant role in who he came to be. Also, he didnt want to blame his parents (who were not bad people, just misguided). It took a lot of time to get past all of this, but I do believe that my H has changed his viewpoint on this now. Putting it all into practice is hard however (or, as the MC would say, Not hard, just different.)
Sorry for all these long-winded answers. I can be brief. Really.
[This message edited by Brass Ring at 4:21 PM, November 28th (Wednesday)]
I don't want to reconcile with him, but we do live together and I need some to learn how to deal with me dealing with him! I'm not looking for him to change. But I have to deal with this in a healthy way for me. Any reading materials you could recommend?
I found the co-dependency books good too.
The co-dependency thing has never been an issue with us. We really always had a nice inter or intra-dependency. We're both very self sufficient and though we shared much we also had lots of independence.
The book I probably need is "How to Live Single While Being Married but Keeping it a Secret From the World." I haven't found that out there yet.
I'm having a little trouble with the Four Agreements too because we never DID have good communication skills and one of the character traits he has that I LOATHE is the negativity. So basically I can't respond to anything he starts a conversation about...
Maybe there's some recommendations in the separated forum?
Here's a link to Amazon
Have to run now, I wish I had more time to join in with everyone. I'll get back later.
The more I read, the sicker I believe he is. I wonder how one finds a really good therapist. I know he doesn't want to start over again, but his present therapist doesn't seem to get it. I think he functions so well on the surface that you have to be really smart to know to delve. The fact that his therapist has never asked to speak to me tells me there is a problem. I say that because he is only going to therapy to try to win me back.
Since Dday I've read alot. I've really tried to educate myself, but it's hard. I can't quite put my finger on what it is we are dealing with. We haven't started MC as of yet, reasons being
1. It's taken a couple yrs for him to come out of the fog enough to admit we need help.
2. money, of course.
3. Fear of getting the wrong therapist, because we really don't know what we are up against.After reading stories here I am cautious.
But after joining this thread and realizing that FWH and I aren't alone, and there are others dealing with the same stuff, I worry,howuote]do you find the right therapist? Our situation could stil go either way at this point. We are still what I would call fragile. It sucks big time. I'm afraid the wrong therapist will tilt either of us in the wrong direction.
I think he functions so well on the surface that you have to be really smart to know to delve. The fact that his therapist has never asked to speak to me tells me there is a problem.
Ditto Skye.
I feel certain the FWH is EU and PA, I don't need a
Drs DX to tell me that. I had the term coined 3+ yrs ago when I felt something missing in our relationship. Only problem was, I did not know how critical it was at the time. And like BRass Ring said earlier..with a PA/Conflict avoider you don't rock the boat..you just go along. Which is exactly as I did.
Her words and story sound so familiar to me.
I also have the book titled Emotional Unavailability by Bryn C. Collins, M.A., L.P.- recognizing it,understanding it, and avoiding it's traps-[/. This one wasn't on the list others recommended, but it was all Borders had in stock at the time. I hope I get something from it when I read it.
The thing about this current book I am reading is that the author strongly indicates that the (BS)spouse is the one who must change in order for the relationship to work. We must learn how to navigate around them (PA'S)and live in harmony with them. That somehow seems out of balance for me...a concept I can't quite bite on. PA is somewhat a learned behavior is it not?
I feel resentful that I should have to learn how to accept his "learned" behavior. He can change just as I must change therefor
creating a balance. I think this is where Brass Ring is now...finding a balance after all this time.
SIDENOTE: Are any of the others that have been in R for along time irritated that it is taking so long and you are no further than you are? Do you now see WHY ?
Yes, in FWH defense.. he is starting to make some forward advancement...finally!!!(sigh) But he is so out of touch with his feelings, who knows. I don't...he willneversay. I just continue to focus on me. There is so much of me that I must take care of right now. I need to find the willingness and strength to go on to the next stage of all of this.
Edited to say that I don't know why half my post is in italic...it doesn't appear this way in the message draft...oh well...I can't edit that now...too late
[This message edited by bobsgrl at 12:05 AM, November 29th (Thursday)]
A friend told me that I will need to find the psychic network because at the rate my cheater is moving forward he will be dead before I see anything.
eta: Between us we've seen 5 therapists (we've moved) and four were very good.
[This message edited by Skye at 7:50 AM, November 29th (Thursday)]
Face it, we HAVE to change. The way we "dealt" with them prior to the A obviously failed. Just like the way they dealt with us, their own conflict avoidance or whatever failed them.
I know I was a "slammer". If I got angry about something I didn't talk about it, but the world KNEW I was mad. He would run the opposite direction. If I was angry, he'd ignore me, or leave and wind up getting angry himself. The small change I made in being able to say "I am so angry at what you said/the A-hole driver/the kids..." whatever it is, gives him a chance to acknowledge that and ask how he can help. (well, sometimes he does).
But you all are right... it does take 2 willing to make changes. It's probably the WS first inclination to want to go back to what "worked" for them before. My H NEVER let me know what was going on or where he was. I'd get things like "What are you writing a book?" or "Thats on a need to know basis, and you don't need to know." He not only answers me now, but he volunteers the information.
Now neither of those behaviors is getting him to open up to his emotions, but they are behavioral changes that affect my emotional nature in a positive way.
eta: waiting to die isn't working for me.
[This message edited by Skye at 9:01 AM, November 29th (Thursday)]
Running your life angry is going to kill YOU, not him. It's not hurting him, it's not making him act any differently about the affair. the anger is not getting you what you want. Find a way to dispel it.
I like to scream in the car on the way home from work. I took Tai Chi, and that didn't help though.
So if anger is actually another feeling disguising itself... what is your anger really saying? Are you really just angry at him? or angry at yourself too? I know that is my biggest hurdle.


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Another objection is plastic plates, this makes restaurant look cheap, plus plastic in those plates is harmful.
I can't say this is the best sushi I've ever had but... – the service was excellent, and the prices are very reasonable. I will cone back next time I'm in town.
LOVE THE SUSHI – I just love shogun, the sit down stuff is fun but their sushi is the best. And they have special sushi days when it is cheaper. :)
I am obsessed!
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Through fire and flames
Joe Terrell: An eyewitness account to history
Published: Thursday, July 5, 2012
Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 21:07
When I learned I had been accepted into an internship program with Focus on the Family, a Christian ministry based in Colorado Springs, I had no idea I would be forced to evacuate and embroiled in the middle of the most destructive wildfire in Colorado's history.
I had been anticipating a summer full of hiking, rafting and scanning documents.
Prior to June 19, the Waldo Canyon fire was nothing more than scant plumes of smoke hovering above the mountains that form the western border of Colorado Springs. It was more of an allergen and sinus irritant than anything else. That changed that Tuesday when the fire unexpectedly flared up and consumed thousands of acres within the span of a few hours.
On that fateful Tuesday, I stepped out of my cubicle around 4 p.m. and walked out to the parking lot to get a bottle of water out of my car. We heard reports of fires brewing in the west for several days, but were assured by the authorities that Colorado Springs was in the safe zone. The first thing I noticed upon stepping outside was the light flurries of ash falling from the sky. Puzzled, I looked up to see a massive pillar of smoke and flame cresting the mountain range. The firestorm looked poised to overtake Rockrimmon valley within a few hours, the location of my host home.
After making a call to my supervisor, I drove off into the direction of the fire. During my 15-minute drive, the city issued mandatory evacuation notices to the Pinon, Woodmen and Rockrimmon valley neighborhoods. Unfortunately, I didn't receive the memo.
Driving into my neighborhood was like visiting a Hollywood film set. Helicopters roared overhead carrying fire-retardant chemicals while families frantically packed their possessions into waiting vehicles. I pulled into my host home driveway and gathered everything that could fit into two suitcases.
Securing the suitcases in my backseat, I then made the worst decision of the week. I drove a mile west up the mountain to get pictures of the fire. I found myself on a ridge less than couple of blocks from the fire line with a group of equally foolish spectators.
After five minutes of taking photographs, the wind abruptly changed direction. I later learned the weather service recorded wind speeds in excess of 65 mph. There was a gasping noise from the fire and the flames surged forward in our direction.
In that moment, I knew we didn't have hours, we had minutes. Me and the group of amateur photographers frantically stumbled down the ridge toward our vehicles as the landscape at our backs bloomed orange.
Upon reaching my car, I was immediately overtaken by a thick cloud of smoke and debris. Day turned to night in a matter of minutes. Flicking on my headlights, I began my surreal and slow journey back down the mountain. The road was filled with fleeing deer and other wildlife. At one point, a flock of birds dropped dead from the sky. Overwhelmed by emergency and military responders, cell service plummeted. It honestly felt like the end of the world.
My escape grounded to a halt when the road outside my neighborhood became gridlocked with traffic. Stuck in one spot, smoke began to fill the interior of my car. I poured water over a towel and wrapped it over my nose and mouth.
I broke free from the fire line half an hour later. In my rear view, Colorado Springs was shrouded in thick black smoke. It looked like a scene out of the book of Revelations.
Later that night, I stood on another balcony 3 miles north of the fire line watching flames tear through residential neighborhoods. Of everything on fire, homes burned the brightest.
During the following days, firefighters and emergency personnel beat back the flames and saved thousands of homes, including my host home. Unfortunately, more than 300 houses were lost in the blaze.
Even though I don't live in Colorado Springs, I witnessed a diverse community pull together to support one another in a time of disaster. Supplies and aid poured in from the country. Thousands of families and businesses opened their homes and buildings to the evacuees.
The past week has been one of the most devastating, exhilarating, and poignant experiences of my life. Even in the face of cataclysm, nothing can compare to a community's will to survive and rebuild.
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Missouri's weather has been a force to reckon with this summer. In July, the statewide average temperature was 83.8°F, which is 6.5° above normal, and most areas reported at least 10 days of triple digit heat. The warmest Missouri summer on record was in 1934, when the average temperature was 81.9°F.
There are hundreds of public works projects underway and other outdoor projects being done in Missouri this summer. As of July 23, 2012, there have been 152 reported heat-related injuries, according to the Division of Workers' Compensation. (Those injuries include heat exhaustion, overheating, dehydration, or any other heat-related injury.)
If you are an employer, it is your responsibility to provide all employees with a safe environment, even in the sweltering summer heat. To protect workers from heat-related injuries, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) says it best in three words: Water. Rest. Shade.
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Mike Rizzo gets new contract with Nationals
Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo received a new contract today and also a new title — President of Baseball Operations. Rizzo was hired as assistant general manager in 2006, serving under then-GM Jim Bowden. Rizzo took over the GM role in 2009 when Bowden was fired.
Rizzo was named 2012 Executive of the Year by the Boston Chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America and Hit Club of Chicago.
"Upon purchasing the Nationals, Mike Rizzo was our first hire and he has performed brilliantly," managing principal owner Ted Lerner said in a statement. "We started with an idea about how baseball teams should be built and he translated it into a reality far faster than many could have imagined. He knows the game, the players, and is a true professional. Under his direct leadership, the Nationals have become one of the most exciting and respected young teams in baseball."
In a statement, Rizzo said the Lerner family has giving him nothing but support.
"I am truly proud to be a part of the Washington Nationals and excited to be able to continue what we've started here," Rizzo said. "The task of building this club from nearly expansion level — at both the Minor and Major League level — has been challenging, but the Lerner family has been nothing but supportive. We've made significant progress toward our goal of competing for a World Series championship, and I intend to do everything in my power to one day hand that trophy to Mr. Lerner at Nationals Park. We've still got work to do, but I am pleased that ownership trusts me to get it done."
Bowden received a ton of attention — positive and negative — in 2012 over his much-discussed decision to shut down star pitcher Stephen Strasburg, who was in his first full season back from Tommy John surgery. He has not been the focus of so much attention this year, but perhaps he should be, considering the team's dismal under-achievement — currently four games below .500 and 10.5 games out of first place in the NL East. The team is currently saddled with big contracts to players like 3B Ryan Zimmerman and 1B Adam LaRoche, two players whose play is not satisfactory and who are not providing the sort of power the team needs out of those positions. The acquisition of RF Jayson Werth in 2011 still does not look good and CF Denard Span has been a disappointment.
Congrats to Mike Rizzo on his new long-term contract and promotion to President & GM of Baseball Ops with Nats #WellDeserved
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Auckland Airport has an environmental policy in place that is supported by a comprehensive environmental management plan (EMP). The EMP includes an assessment of environmental risk that will be reviewed on an annual basis to ensure continual improvement in environmental performance.
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Peggy Blessing, Office Manager
Peggy's primary responsibly is to manage and coordinate the Master's Programs office. She is often the first point of contact for students and handles student requests for both student services and admissions. Peggy enjoys traveling, water skiing, camping, gardening and spending time with her pets and family.
Tad Brinkerhoff, Director, MBA and Master's Programs
Tad oversees all aspects of the six Master's Programs and the Full-time and Weekend MBA Programs, including the areas of admissions, recruiting, marketing and student services. Tad also collaborates with Deans in regards to strategy and the Krannert Professional Development Center on career-related activities. Tad likes spending time with his five kids, can play the piano and cello and has a wealth of international travel and experiences.
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Stefanie works with students to ensure that all course requirements are met prior to graduation. She provides important data and reports for the Master's Office and processes applications. Stefanie is an avid Purdue fan (Boiler Up!). When she isn't in the Master's Programs office, Stefanie likes to play golf, read, spend time with family and participate in church activities.
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Amy processes applications for the Master's Programs Office. She provides information to prospective students and assists students with filling out the application and scholarship information. She also assists with admissions decisions. In her free time Amy likes to shop, garden and spend time with family and friends.
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Allene is responsible for the Board Fellows Program, KGSA and associated clubs advising, Graduate Assistant (GA) Programming and is on the Committee for MGMT 390/LGL activities. Allene is a double Boilermaker with bachelor and master degrees from Purdue in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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Shelloy works to coordinate interviews for prospective students and handles logistics for recruiting events. She also works as part of the Admissions Committee to process incoming applications and selects students for admission. Shelloy enjoys spending time with family and friends and is an active member of her church.
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Brian is responsible for overseeing Purdue's MBA for STEM Professions. He is charged with the marketing, recruitment, admissions and student services of the newly launched, one-year program. When he isn't working he enjoys traveling (he has visited every state except Alaska), spending time with his wife Cheryl and trying to stay in shape.
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Amid all the high rollers and glitz of the Las Vegas Strip are a surprising number of things to do that won't cost you a thing. The casinos alone are a sensory tour de force, with lights, fountains, shows, and music—much of it free. Use this guide to explore some of the other no-cost opportunities in Vegas and save your money for the blackjack table.
Las Vegas's downtown Arts District is filled with cultural activities. The Arts Factory is home to many artists' studios and galleries. These are free and open to the public every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Arts Factory is one of many places open during First Friday, a street festival held in the Arts District on the first Friday night of each month from 6 until 10 p.m. Bands perform in the streets, galleries are open to all, artists display their works, children draw on the sidewalks with chalk, and street performers entertain. The city provides free rides on trolleys between First Friday stops.
The Las Vegas Jazz Society provides some of its concerts free of charge. Check the schedule to find out the location and which concerts are free.
Stop in at the Don Pablo Cigar Company and watch workers roll cigars by hand. Open Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
To satisfy your sweet tooth, Ethel M Chocolate Factory offers free self-guided tours of the chocolate factory and access to wander the botanical cactus gardens located on site. Open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Ethel M Chocolate Factory is located in Henderson, Nevada, about 15 minutes away from the Las Vegas Strip by car.
Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas is home to many of the original casinos in the city, and it's also home to the Fremont Street Experience, a seven-block, open-air pedestrian mall featuring daily shows and concerts and the nightly Viva Vision with big-screen films shown to all using 12 million LED bulbs and sound. Shows are every night from dusk until midnight.
The Hawaiian Marketplace features daily animatronic bird shows and Hawaiian dancers. The birds sing, dance, and tell Hawaiian folklore stories at 1 and 3 p.m. Friday-Tuesday, and the Hawaiian dancers perform daily between 4 and 9 p.m.
A shrine to M&M's candy, M&M's World features exhibits like an M&M's color mood analyzer, a replica of the M&M's NASCAR race car, and a 3D movie. Occasionally, the store in M&M's World will hand out free samples of new products.
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Las Vegas's casinos are a spectacle in themselves, and just wandering through them can provide hours of entertainment. On your wanderings, be sure to check out these free attractions inside.
The Bellagio's Conservatory and Botanical Gardens showcase an elaborate display of exotic plants and flowers. Open 24 hours daily. Also stop by the Chocolate Fountain to view the 27-foot-tall (8-meter) cascade of liquid chocolate located in the Jean-Philippe Patisserie inside the Bellagio. Open Sunday-Thursday 7 a.m.-11 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.-midnight.
The Flamingo is home to no shortage of its namesake birds. Walk along the streams of Flamingo's Wildlife Habitat to see flamingoes, swans, and other animals not native to desert Nevada.
The world's largest gold nugget on public display, the Hand of Faith, is inside the lobby of the Golden Nugget. While there, also view a collection of unique gold nuggets from Alaska.
The Auto Collections, the world's largest collection of antique, muscle, and special-interest cars, is attached to the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino. Admission to view the collection is free. Open 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. daily.
Have you ever wanted to give Hollywood television executives a piece of your mind? Get your chance at the CBS Television City Research Center, located in the MGM Grand. Visitors watch programming from Viacom networks and offer their opinions afterward. The MGM Grand is also home to the Lion Habitat, which features some of the casino's 31 lions. Sometimes you can see a feeding or demonstration. Open daily from 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
If the MGM Grand's lions weren't enough, head over to the Mirage to see the Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. The Mirage's lush habitat is home to Siegfried and Roy's famous white tigers.
The Silverton is home to more than 4,000 tropical fish in a huge, 117,000-gallon saltwater aquarium. Watch one of the interactive feeding shows at 1:30, 4:30, or 7:30 p.m. daily.
While you're in the Venetian, be sure to see living statues, gondolas, street performers, and music inside the courtyard of the Grand Canal Shoppes. The Gondolier March takes place daily at 9:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., and the street performers entertain daily from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Casino Shows
After a long day of gaming, you'll be ready for a break and some entertainment. And you don't even have to leave the casino property to find some great free shows. Step outside of Bally's to see the light, water, and sound show held every 20 minutes nightly after dusk. The show takes place on Las Vegas Boulevard just outside the hotel entrance.
Immortalized in the remake of Ocean's 11, the Fountains of Bellagio are a quarter mile (0.4 kilometers) of water, light, and music visible on the Las Vegas Strip outside of the Bellagio hotel. Shows occur every half hour from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and every 15 minutes from 8 p.m. until midnight.
Caesars Palace's version of the water show uses lifelike animatronic figures to act out the myth of Atlantis in the Fall of Atlantis Fountain Show. The shows take place every hour from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and until midnight. on Friday and Saturday. After the show, check out the 50,000-gallon saltwater aquarium behind the fountains that is home to more than 100 species of fish.
The world's largest permanent circus performs daily at Circus Circus. Different acts such as flying trapezes, jugglers on stilts, clowns, and contortionists take place every day from 11 a.m. to midnight.
Medieval performers and jugglers put on daily performances at the Court Jester's Stage in the Medieval Village located inside Excalibur Casino.
A nightly display of fire, smoke, and "lava" shoots out of the 54-foot-tall (16.5-meter) volcano in front of the Mirage. Shows occur nightly on the hour beginning at 7 p.m. in the spring, 8 in the summer, and 6 in the winter. The last show is at midnight.
See re-creations of some of Paris's greatest landmarks right on the Las Vegas Strip. Replicas of Parisian landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Paris Opera House, and Hotel de Ville are all at Paris casino. Mimes and other performers also wander the grounds offering free performances.
Watch Sam's Town's Sunset Stampede, a water, laser, and music show that takes place daily at 2, 6, 8, and 10 p.m. in Mystic Falls Park in the casino.
The days of the Rat Pack members mingling with guests after their casino lounge performances are gone, but you can still find some great live music free in the casinos:
Bally's Indigo Lounge is a nice place to sit and enjoy the live piano music.
Visit the Bellagio's Baccarat Bar for some piano music or hear some of the various performers at Fontana Bar. Baccarat Bar is open 24 hours a day, and Fontana Bar opens at 5 each evening.
Cleopatra's Barge in Caesars Palace is open nightly and features various performers.
The Flamingo's Caribbean-themed Margaritaville is a great place to hear live music, which usually starts around 10 p.m.
Revelers tend to dance the night away at Harrah's Carnaval Court Bar and Grill. The bar opens at noon, but the music doesn't usually start until the evenings. Or become part of the show at Harrah's Piano Bar for the dueling pianos show at 9 p.m. nightly. Also at Harrah's, be sure to check out the nightly music at the Range Steakhouse Lounge. The lounge opens at 5:30 p.m. Or head over to the country-themed I Love This Bar and Grill for live music Wednesday-Sunday by Las Vegas local, Tony Marques. The music starts at 9 p.m.
Head over to the MGM Grand for "progressive" music and choreographed dance routines nightly at Centrifuge.
Two bars inside the Orleans provide live nightly music. Stop by Bourbon Street Cabaret or Brendan's Irish Pub. Shows usually start around 9 p.m.
Paris casino is the place to enjoy the music and night air at the outdoor Le Cabaret or listen to some sultry jazz at Napoleon's. Napoleon's also offers dueling pianos at 9 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday.
Look out over the casino floor at Addison's Lounge in the Rampart Casino at the Resort at Summerlin while listening to live music Friday and Saturday nights at 8. Also check out the nightly music at the Round Bar.
Sahara's Casbar Lounge offers musical performances Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights.
Roxy's in Sam's Town is a great place to see and hear a Las Vegas lounge act.
Learn all about Las Vegas's history or the history of gaming and gambling at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas's Lied Library Special Collections. Special Collections are located on the third floor of the library on UNLV's main campus east of the Strip and are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. It is closed on weekends.
The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History offers impressive displays about the history of American Indian cultures in the southwestern United States, desert life, and the history of ancient Mexico. The museum is located on the University of Nevada-Las Vegas's campus east of the Strip and is open from 8 a.m. until 4:45 p.m. Monday-Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. It is closed on Sunday.
Or if Americana/kitsch is more your thing, be sure to stop by the Neon Museum. This open-air museum is dedicated to preserving neon signs from Las Vegas's past. The organization restores the signs and has them displayed along Fremont Street.
Stop by the Anderson Dairy for a free barnyard tour of the dairy processing plant. The guided tour is complete with animatronic animals, farm scenery, and colored lights to explain the history of the dairy and of Las Vegas. Suitable for children aged 2-11, the tour must be scheduled in advance by calling +1 702 642 7507, extension 264.
Take a walk through the Arboretum and Xeric Garden on the University of Nevada-Las Vegas's campus, located east of the Strip. The Arboretum covers the entire 335-acre (135.5-hectare) campus, showcasing trees and plants native to the area. The Xeric Garden is a 1.5-acre (0.6-hectare) plot located at the entrance to the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History and is designed to show how dry-climate plants and a water-efficient irrigation system can work together to create a attractive landscape while conserving water. Both plots are open to the public all the time.
An information center and nature preserve run by volunteers show visitors the importance of the local wetlands and the plants and animals that live there at the Clark County Wetlands Park. Enjoy the hiking trails, bird viewing blind, ponds, and scenic views in this 100-acre (40.5-hectare) wetlands park. The information center is open daily from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., and the preserve is open from dawn until dusk.
Dubbed one of the seven wonders of modern engineering and ranked as the second-highest dam in the United States, Hoover Dam is located about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Las Vegas on the Nevada-Arizona border and worth the 30-minute drive. Parking on the Arizona side of the structure is free, and you can walk across during daylight hours. Tours inside the power plant cost extra, but there is no charge to stop by the visitors center, which is open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Biking, hiking, camping, and climbing are just some of the popular activities offered at Red Rock Canyon National Preservation Area. It's free to visit the visitors center, scenic overlook, or to bike or hike into this conservation area located in the Mojave Desert just a few miles west of Las Vegas. The visitors center is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
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GRIEVING children of a Hunter woman have been forced to embalm her because waterlogged earth at Sandgate Cemetery has delayed her burial by almost two months.
Irena Petrovic, a Ukrainian-born former World War II prisoner of war who emigrated to Australia with husband Milos in 1949, died in early May.
But her distraught family has been unable to lay her to rest beside her late husband, with the water problems in the grounds making it impossible for work to proceed.
The delays are also putting pressure on family members trying to observe Mrs Petrovic's Russian Orthodox beliefs, with a need to inter her body as soon as possible.
Mrs Petrovic's son Dennis said the situation was "heart-breaking" for the family.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS — A tragedy in Utah tonight as a one-year old baby girl dies while sleeping in a car seat. The baby died this evening, after efforts to revive her failed. The baby's death ironically comes on the same day of a new international study, which says leaving infants in a car seat can be dangerous.
We've probably all done it — you come home from a trip and the baby is still sleeping, so rather than risk waking the baby up, you leave her in a car seat like this while she sleeps in the house. Sadly tonight, a Utah baby may have died from exactly that.
Fifteen-month old Devon Justine Greer was being cared for by a neighbor this afternoon and was left sleeping in her car seat.
Sgt. Spencer Cannon, Utah County Sheriff's Office: "She had apparently fallen asleep in the car seat in the car, but was taken into the home."
The baby girl was sleeping in a bedroom, but when the caregiver went to check on her she was not breathing.
Sgt. Spencer Cannon, Utah County Sheriff's Office: "When family here at the home went into that room a short time later, they found her unresponsive and not breathing, and that's when they called 911."
Paramedics attempted CPR for more than an hour, but it was not successful.
Sgt. Spencer Cannon, Utah County Sheriff's Office: "We have detectives who are continuing to investigate to rule out any foul play, but at this point it appears to be an accident."
This baby's death could be related to what New Zealand researchers today warned is a danger for infants. The study reviewed nine infants who suffered "life threatening breathing problems" while strapped into a car seat where they were left asleep outside the car.
The babies had their heads bent forward while they slept and that restricted their airways.
Janet Brooks with Primary Children's Hospital says the warning about letting babies sleep for long periods of time in car seats is not new, but an important reminder.
Janet Brooks, Child Advocacy Manager, Primary Children's Hospital: "Leaving kids in a car seat too long. If you take them out of the car, take them into the house. They sleep in it, they nap in it. These are all issues, not only for airways but for curvature of the spine, flatness on the back of the head; these are all issues we look at."
While it's not safe to let babies sleep for a long time in the car seat out of the car, we want to make it clear: while in a car, it's a different story. There is no question that infant car seats save lives and researchers say may reduce car accident injuries by as much as 90%.
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Derek Jeter, perpetually in a comfort zone entering his 20th season, was stoic and relaxed in affirming 2014 is his farewell to pinstripes at a press conference Wednesday morning at the New York Yankees spring training facility.
"I tried to do this under the radar," said Jeter, who announced earlier this month on his Facebook page that he was retiring at season's end. "I didn't want this to be a press conference where I come here and read a speech. I didn't want to have everyone, especially my teammates, I didn't want this to be a distraction to them."
Current and former teammates lined the rows of seats before the podium at which Jeter sat, an ode to the player many regard as the greatest Yankee ever.
Jeter, who turns 40 in June, has 3,316 hits, which ranks 10th in baseball history, and a career .312 batting average. His accomplishments include five World Series championships, five Gold Gloves and the 1996 American League Rookie of the Year Award.
"I took a lot of time thinking about this," Jeter said. "I've been very vocal about how difficult last year was, how difficult it was to come to the stadium each and every day. ... This is not a retirement with a press conference. I still have a season to play. I felt as though this was the right time. ... I just felt like this was long enough."
Last season signaled the beginning of the end for Jeter. A broken ankle suffered in the American League playoffs in October 2012 was slow to heal and he played in only 17 games in 2013.
"This has nothing to do with how I feel physically," Jeter said. "When I talked to family and friends, they said 'take your time.' ... I feel great. Look forward to playing a full season."
The Yankees built their Wednesday schedule around Jeter's press conference, holding voluntary workouts earlier in the day to clear admiring teammates to attend. The entire roster and administration staff was present.
"My teammates, these are the guys that made it fun for me," Jeter said. "The banter back and forth, the highs and lows. They've taken this job, taken the monotony out of it. ... Anytime you have teammates say teammates say good things about you, it's a good thing. It's a team sport."
Jeter's last regular-season game would be Sept. 28 against the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park and his last appearance in Yankee Stadium, barring the Yankees reaching the playoffs, would be Sept. 25 against the Baltimore Orioles.
Jeter said there are "other things I want to do" and he feels healthy enough that he could continue beyond the 2014 season.
"Not yet," Jeter said. "I've been fortunate. I've played pretty much my entire career with only one major injury. ... I'm just ready to do other things. Not yet -- I see the Steinbrenner Family looking at me."
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