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The Top 10 Place necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 51 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
The Top 10 Place.com
Ive had a little website project running for a couple of years, and just never seem to get time to improve it. Finally the time has come. The existing concept and site can be found at http://www.itop3.com. Please take a look (yes I know it looks awful!) That what we need to change... along with the name. If you watch the short flash movie at the top of the screen it will give you a good idea of what the sites all about.
Anyone can set-up their own Top 10 subject or vote in other peoples top 10 subjects. It was called itop3 because you get 3 votes in each Top 10 subject. Everything from favourite actors or actresses to your opinion on the best Starbucks coffee!
The site is just a bit of fun, and the idea is to connect people with similar interests in debate. As well as provide ultimate top 10 lists using the wisdom of crowds.
Please feel free to look around http://www.itop3.com and you'll get the idea.
We are changing http://www.itop3.com to http://www.thetop10place.com and giving it a facelift.
The website is for anyone, it takes a mass subject like Top 10's and what's your favourite..... But makes it quite niche. Different age groups, genders, and demographics will be attracted to different subjects.
It's also just for fun, but at the same time can hopefully become a good source of information for those making purchasing decisions. Top 10 Digital cameras under 200 USD, if you're looking for a digital camera, hopefully my site will become invaluable.
As the site is designed to drive discussion and community feel, I guess the majority of users will be from the 18 to 35 age group. People who have purchasing decisions to make who are after solid information from a non biased community.
1. The website will be changing its name from http://www.itop3.com to http://www.thetop10place.com. So I need a new logo base on the attached PSD, not the old site.
Something that says fun, but also trustworthy and honest opinion. Not to stuffy and formal, but at the same time not so wacky it can't be taken seriously. If you can incorporate the concept of voting, or charts or wisdom of crowds in it that would be great. Also as the new site is called http://www.thetop10place.com I wonder if we should place emphasis on 'The' for example to show that it's the only one, the best source THE only site. kind of like when people say "THE one and only blah blah"
2. Attached is a PSD of how the new web site top 10 subject page will look. As you can see the colours are a bit of a mess. So I need a new colour palette. I don't know if it's better to change the PSD file first and figure out the colours then make the logo or make the logo and fit the design to that colour palette. I'll let you decide.
I quite like the purple and dark blue of the buttons.
1. New logo in PSD & EPS or vector.
2. The uploaded PSD returned with the new colours on the included page.
I'm also interested in any comments you have about the attached PSD page. Please feel free to let me know what you think.
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Current Law Students / Re: advertising law« on: May 21, 2007, 11:48:33 AM »
Look to business torts. False advertising. Interference with prospective advantage. yea, you cant take classes like that first year - they will be upperclass electives.
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has anyone taken both the NY and NJ bar together? Any tips? suggestions? caveats?
i love the way people express outrage/dismay/amusement with certain positions on this, an anonymous website, in the hopes it will positively affect their "reputation score". you can almost hear them pressing the delete key telling themselves "no, no, no if i say it that way i may end up in the negatives". as if a completely arbitrary ranking given by some drone who spends 18 hours a day staring at a computer screen has any meaning.... "not only did i spend 4 years working on the human genome project as a research assistant, i also recieved a ranking of +8 on lsd over the course of 500 posts". to hear some of these future attorneys actually say things like "yeah well i wouldn't take uchi's advice because s/he has a negative ranking" while noisome popinjays who say things like "what good has ever come out of conservatism?" get high marks (gee, let's begin with a little known figure like alexander hamilton the father of american banking and author of many of the federalist papers) is a true scream and brings great credit to this chatroom.
Use the math answer to get a good chuckle to show you have a good sense of humor, and then say "but, in all seriousness, etc etc etc." I agree with the advice to always put a positive spin on it, but it has to be honest and not something stereotypically interviewish. I always said that I was overbearing, and proceeded to talk about how I was probably too attentive in a previous job to the point of annoyance, the idea being that there is no thing as a lawyer that is too attenive.
Externing for a judge is a great experience. Highly recommend it. If you're concerned about job opportunities in the future with your current grades, your best attack strategy is to, as others have advised, do all things necessary to work on raising your current GPA and in the meanwhile look into working for a judge. I suggest a Federal Judge if you want to go into Biglaw. A judge will not only increase your research and writing skills, but they will also be able to put you in contact with many other employment opportunities.
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We're up and runnin' today from the Corvette chalet here in the middle of the Detroit River to finish off our Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix coverage with some hot IndyCar racing action. So whether you're coming to the race today, watching it on ABC at 3:30 or reading our live-blog here (hint-hint) here's five questions we've got for the race today that maybe you can help us to answer:
1.) Can Detroit native Roger Penske make the Detroit Grand Prix a one-two punch with a win today by Helio Castroneves after Penske Racing's Romain Dumas piloted his Porsche RS Spyder to the win in yesterday's ALMS? No pressure Helio.
2.) We've got to ask it, mostly 'cause she's sitting in seventh in overall points — can Danica Patrick win her first IndyCar race?
3.) Who'll be the first driver to take a car into a concrete barrier today?
4.) Given you've now answered the last question, here's one that's just as important — which concrete barrier will take the first hit today? Will it be in turn one? Turn two?
5.) Will Tony Kanaan take down Target Chip Ganassi racer Scott Dixon today in a fit of protective rage over Dario Franchitti?
Racing starts today at 3:45, but we'll have coverage throughout the entire day, so keep your eyes on our Detroit Grand Prix tag for the hottest in racing action.


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This Blog focuses on Ancestor Stories, both the stories themselves about my family's ancestors and discussions of where they come from and how to prepare and share them. These stories may be non-fiction or fiction – we will always tell which is which, of course. Also see my KINNICK blog and The HOMEPLACE Series Blog, left sidebar, scroll down.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
2010 GeneaBloggers Winter Games: Day 2
3 Bronze Medals, today.
In Expand Your Knowledge - Bronze Medal - my accomplishment:
1) Created a timeline for my Great-Grandparents, James and Ellen Preston, using TimeToast, that I had not used before.
This only has some basic information, but was a good learning tool. An interesting piece of free software that I will likely use again.
In the Write, Write, Write event - Bronze Medal - my accomplishment:
1) Created a page on my blog listing my surnames - Task E completed.
In the Reach Out & Perform Genealogical Acts of Kindness event - Bronze Medal - my accomplishment: 1) Commented on ten new Genealogy Blogs - Task A completed.
Families are Forever! ;-)
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I haven't tried out the timeline software yet but I looked at your timeline. It looks like it will help visualize what our ancestors did or where they were at different times. I think it will also help point out gaps in our research.ReplyDelete
It looks like you are off to a good start in the 2010 Winter games.
Your timeline looks great. I can't wait to give mine a go.ReplyDelete
Congrats on your efforts....I am way behind. I will look at your timeline link.ReplyDelete


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Hello all,
Our garden is far too small for a garden railway, let alone one of 381mm gauge. Or so my better half would say if I dared ask her.
But I would still like a narrow gauge railway in my garden. Having spent a lot of time on the Gnatterbox over the past months, the penny finally dropped: I'm going to model our own garden, including a Gn15 railway of course.
I'm a longtime 0m modeller (22.5 mm narrow gauge), but I kept feeling the urge to build something in a bigger scale. I've kept moving away from the standard gauge prototype-inspired layout, looking for freedom - which I found here.
Many of the inspiring layouts I've seen here have been built around some kind of industry. Mine will reflect my own interests: pottering around the garden (wearing wooden shoes - I'm Dutch) pointlessly trying to control the green stuff that keeps popping up everywhere; drinking tea (or beer); and repairing the handful of bikes owned by my family (but not looked after by them). Oh, and railways.
Like many of you, I've also got half a barn full of things "which might one day be useful for the railway". I intend to buy nothing for my layout, but finally use some of that stuff instead.
Thanks for the inspiration so far. It's time I did something back!


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View original article on ckom website here!
Reported by Karin Yeske
Gluten, nut free café to open in Saskatoon. Leyda's will offer fresh local, seasonal, organic food in Riversdale!
One of Saskatoon's family doctors is trading syringes for spatulas. Dr. Dee Dee Maltman is opening Leyda's, the city's first gluten and nut free café in Riversdale Friday. With 28 years experience as a family physician in Saskatoon, Dr. Maltman went back to school a few years ago to become a specialist in integrative medicine—a concept that brings traditional doctors together with alternative and complementary practices.
The idea of a gluten and nut free restaurant started as a tongue-in-cheek joke until Dr. Maltman started to seriously consider it. "I really started to think about how could I get the information that I was learning, which was so profound, out to the community?" said Dr. Maltman, a celiac with a nut allergy. "It's so much more than eating less and moving more. It's so much more about the quality of the food we are eating," said Dr. Maltman, who teaches at the University of Saskatchewan and runs a practice in Saskatoon.
The team at Leyda's has created a signature bread. The four-season menu will feature items like local trout, black cod, grass-fed beef and bison, free range organic chicken and eggs, organic milk and butter, Saskatchewan organic seabuckthorn berries, gluten-free pizza made in a woodstone oven. "Who with celiac hasn't craved a good pizza?"
"I've seen a lot of bad gluten-free food out there. I also have watched the industry. It's all gluten-free everything, everywhere. A lot of people are just on the bandwagon for all the wrong reasons," she said. Gluten-free commercially-produced food tries to replicate the regular industry, which has a lot of artificial, manufactured and chemically-preserved ingredients.
"To eat gluten-free and to have certain dietery restrictions doesn't mean you have to give up eating delicious, incredible food. In fact, in our early soft opening tests, we've had people that have nothing to do with eating gluten-or-nut free (sayong), 'This is absolutely delicious,'" she said. The restaurant has some unique features, including not owning a deep fryer. The kitchen doesn't use nonstick chemical-lined pans, high fructose corn syrup, MSG or artificial sweeteners. All the water is run through Leyda's reverse osmosis filtration system.
Leyda's is the first restaurant in Saskatchewan to own a commercial urban cultivator. The double-sided fridge which was featured on CBC's Dragon's Den grows fresh herbs.
The restaurant has a heavy emphasis on education. Leyda's will hold educational nutrition classes, cooking classes and Dr. Maltman hopes to work with local schools. "There's really a lot going on in this restaurant, all based on what I've learned and what my passion is, and what I do in my own home for my own family." An important area of health, said Dr. Maltman, is chronic disease, which makes up 77 per cent of our healthcare budget. Chronic inflammation is known to be a factor in chronic disease, so Leyda's serves up anti-inflammatory food like veggies, fruits, whole and cracked grains, beans and legumes, al dente pasta and healthy fats, fish and soy foods. The café will never turn away a customer with dietary restrictions, said Dr. Maltman. "We will never say no to them. We will create something right now for them. We're really looking to have a place for people that have all those concerns but can sit down for a meal with family and friends and not feel singled out."
A lunch menu will be in place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., a dinner menu from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a "small things at all times" menu available all day. By next Friday, Leyda's will have a takeout menu.
"I wanted a place for peaceful dining, a place (where) people who have celiac or gluten intolerances or nut allergies, can come truly dine in peace."
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Corporate News
EUR 75 million investment under umbrella of long-term gas supply contract
Linde constructs eleventh air separation plant in Duisburg-Ruhrort, Germany
Munich, 4 May 2010 - The technology group The Linde Group is set to expand its gas supply network for steel conglomerate ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe at its largest production location in Duisburg, Germany. Under the terms of the agreement, Linde will construct another industrial-scale air separation plant in Duisburg-Ruhrort. This will be the eleventh air separator that Linde has built for ThyssenKrupp. It will have a daily capacity of 1,500 tonnes (tpd) of oxygen. The new facility is set to go on stream in the third quarter of 2012. The total investment in the new plant and in existing plants in Duisburg-Ruhrort is valued at around EUR 75 million.
"This investment is another milestone in the long-standing and successful collaboration between both companies in the area of air separation," says Dr Aldo Belloni, Member of the Executive Board of Linde AG. "Since 1951, Linde has constructed ten air separation plants for ThyssenKrupp in Duisburg. And in 1998, we took over operations management for the entire air gas production landscape in Duisburg. We are delighted to now be adding another state-of-the-art air separation plant to the existing complex."
Under the umbrella of this new project, Linde signed a contract with ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe to expand the existing network to ensure long-term, reliable supply of pipeline oxygen and nitrogen to the ThyssenKrupp steelworks in Duisburg. The new plant will also produce the noble gases argon, krypton and xenon, which Linde will distribute to other customers worldwide. These gases are invaluable in a number of industries ranging from electronics and fibre optics through lighting to aerospace.
With a crude steel production of nearly 15 million tonnes per year, Duisburg is one of the world's largest steel hubs. ThyssenKrupp is specialised in the manufacture of high-grade steel-sheet products. Its main customers are in the automotive, construction, household appliance, energy and packaging industries.
The Linde Group is a world leading gases and engineering company with almost 48,000 employees working in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2009 financial year it achieved sales of EUR 11.2 billion. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards sustainable earnings-based growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment - in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
For more information, see The Linde Group online at http://www.linde.com
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Streaming movies on Netlix should get faster.
Comcast said Sunday that it will allow Netflix to connect directly to its broadband network.
Netflix will pay Comcast for the access, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the deal. It did not cite specific terms of the deal. Comcast and Netflix would not confirm that arrangement.
In a statement, Comcast said the more-direct pipeline is "already delivering an even better user experience to consumers." That means the direct pipe has already been established, a source confirmed to CNNMoney.
Netflix and internet service providers have been at odds over the huge amount of bandwith Netflix streaming eats up. At peak times, Netflix traffic can be one-third of all U.S. broadband network traffic.
Internet service providers have wanted Netflix to pay them for the bandwith. The dispute apparently slowed Netflix streaming speeds for customers of Verizon FiOS by 14% earlier this year. Speeds for Comcast customers have also been sluggish.
Verizon is currently in talks with Netflix as well, the Journal reported.
Comcast is the No. 1 cable company, with about 23 million subscribers. It has entered into an agreement to buy Time Warner Cable, which has 11 million subscribers.
A person close to the deal told CNNMoney that Netflix chief Reed Hastings and Comcast head Brian Roberts struck the deal in early January at the Consumer Electronics Show, and have been working on implementing it since then.
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WELCOME to Community Church of Hayward!
We are a fun and loving church with contemporary and traditional values. We are thoroughly multicultural, with faces of people from the community. At Community Church of Hayward you will meet new friends and get to know your neighbors, enjoy upbeat music with a contemporary flavor, and hear positive, encouraging messages from the Bible.
As part of our vision we are in the process of developing relationships with local families in an effort to, not only strengthen their spiritual life, but their day-to-day practical needs and concerns as well. But our vision is not limited in scope. Our long-term strategy is to help the community develop itself by developing leaders who will be better equipped to give back to it.
Our MOTTO is "loving each other back to health." We want you to know that God has wonderfully designed you. He makes no mistakes, and he makes no junk. Come and discover the gifts, talents, and abilities he has given you. Come and live out the awesome plan that God has in store for you.
Come WORSHIP with us and discover the difference!
FELLOWSHIP with us and live out that difference!
SUNDAY WORSHIP service begins at 10:00 a.m.
A time of FOOD & FELLOWSHIP follows immediately after our Sunday service.
(We won't be meeting during this COVID-19 season, but you can see our live worship services on our Facebook page.)


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This weekend's discounted product feature is the Pentek QC10-SED Water Filter Cartridge. This inline filter cartridge reduces sediment down to the 5 micron level in your drinking water and is compatible with any Pentek Q10 system that uses a quick change, 10-inch water filter system. We will be selling it this weekend only for $14.99 (regularly $17). The sale will start this afternoon, so keep your eyes peeled!
Since the specifications on that filter cartridge are pretty simple, we have also decided to highlight another product line that was recently featured in the news: the Aquaovo egg-shaped water filter.
While we don't currently carry any filtration systems quite like this, we thought the design concept was worth talking about. Aquaovo vessels are made of chemical-free porcelain with lead-free glazing. The filter cartridge, which contains filter media made of carbon, quartz crystal and ceramic pellets, is made from hand-blown, lead-free Pyrex glass. Very little plastic is contained in the unit, itself, making Aquaovo an environmentally-friendly alternative to bottled water (which, as you know, we fully support). What's more, the system is aesthetically pleasing, easy to clean, and effective at reducing most impurities. While I'm not sure I'd use it as an everyday home water filter, it is the perfect water dispenser for special events such as weddings or corporate parties; it requires no plumbing attachments, using gravity as a filtration mechanism, and it is able to hold up to 11 liters of water at a time.
Aquaovo is currently on sale in Canada, the United States and parts of Europe. The concept for this four-stage filtration system was inspired by the idea that when liquid is stored in an egg-shaped vessel, it encourages the water molecules to move, and when water moves, it apparently tastes different. I'm not sure I'm sold on that idea, but if it's true, it could be an inspiration to water filter manufacturers and designers worldwide. If you're interested in having us test out this theory in one of our upcoming Filters Fast YouTube videos, let us know in the comments section below. In the meantime, let all your friends know about our weekend special on Facebook and Twitter!


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Today in things that make us nervous, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga are supposedly planning a duet. Do we really need this?
The two stars chatted about collaborating in Las Vegas this weekend and apparently it was all cuddles and kisses.
"During the song 'Till the World Ends,' Gaga walked to the pit and tossed Britney roses," an eyewitness tells Us of the "Applause" singer, 27, and the "Hold It Against Me" performer, 32. "Brit blew her a kiss!"
Yay? Brit Brit reportedly said that she wanted to work with Gaga last year while chatting with her fans. The Vegas showgirl said she found the New York native "very different and interesting and intricate." I just hope Britney and Gaga's song will be better than Shakira and Rihanna's — we can only handle one sad, expensive pop song per quarter.
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ObamaCare, Social Democracy & Socialism
The following excerpt from Jeffrey Friedman's article in the January/February 2010 issue of Cato Policy Report, though about the financial industry rather than health care reform, captures why so many critics of ObamaCare are comfortable describing it as socialism:
What I am calling social democracy is, in its form, very different from socialism. Under social democracy, laws and regulations are issued piecemeal, as flexible responses to the side effects of progress — social and economic problems — as they arise, one by one.… The case‐by‐case approach is supposed to be the height of pragmatism. But in substance, there is a striking similarity between social democracy and the most utopian socialism. Whether through piecemeal regulation or central planning, both systems share the conceit that modern societies are so legible that the causes of their problems yield easily to inspection. Social democracy rests on the premise that when something goes wrong, somebody — whether the voter, the legislator, or the specialist regulator — will know what to do about it. This is less ambitious than the premise that central planners will know what to do about everything all at once, but it is no different in principle.
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A Convicted Colleague
By Rick Boxx
November 23, 2012
Paul battled with a colleague over a project. They both believed they were right and neither was backing down. The conflict impeded progress for many involved.
Paul later complained to a friend in a Bible study about his negative feelings against this colleague. His friend wisely used Psalm 15 to put Paul on the right track.
Psalm 15:1-3 teaches, "Lord, Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman."
Convicted of his actions Paul went and made amends with his colleague, smoothing the way for an amiable resolution.
Do you have anyone you've slandered?
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11 Total Metallic styles in photoshop. Can be used for text, shapes, or icons of various sorts.
Useful for logos, various graphics, promotional posters, and more. A great way to grab someone's attention.
The following is included:
1 PSD file including 11 texts + 11 icons that contain the editable / customizable layer styles.
1 Styles set, can be imported into photoshop.
All shapes and text completely resizable! Styles can be applied to anything in a layer!
Fonts Used:
Planet Kosmos – Free @ DaFont
Airstrip Four – Free @ DaFont
Univers – Paid, standard in some computers


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- Home
- Feeling Stuck, Page 22 (PAGE FULL)
- Sex and intimacy after betrayal
- Share Your Story: Finding Out, Part 5 (4 is full!!...
- Finding Out, Part 5 (Please post here. Part 4 is f...
- Stupid S#*t Cheaters Say
- Separating/Divorcing Page 9
- Finding Out, Part 6
- Books for the Betrayed
- Separating and Divorcing, Page 10
- Feeling Stuck, Part 23
- MORE Stupid S#*t Cheaters Say
- Share Your Story Part 6 (Part 5 is full)
- Sex & Intimacy After Betrayal Part 2 (Part 1 is full)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Creating the Conditions for Healing
Brené Brown, author of The Gifts of Imperfection, writes that "Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed, and rare."
She's talking about healing a relationship. But with betrayal, the damage isn't only done to our relationship with a spouse. Frequently our relationship with ourself is damaged. We're angry at ourself for not knowing. For not being stronger. For somehow betraying ourself. And it's that relationship that needs repairing as much as (or more) than our relationship with our spouse.
How? Well...we hear so much about forgiveness in regards to betrayal. But before you consider whether or not you can forgive your spouse, ask if you can forgive yourself?
Forgive: You were, after all, doing your best. You may have been completely ignorant of your spouse's behaviour. You may have suspected but not confronted. You may have confronted but believed his gas-lighting. You may have doubted his gas-lighting but feared leaving. You may have left but forgiven him despite everyone's objections. Whatever your reason for being angry with or infuriated by yourself...let them go.
Healing can only begin when you forgive yourself.
Acknowledge: Can you truly acknowledge the pain he's caused? Even if he's denying, minimizing, blame-shifting...can you nonetheless stand in the truth that you absolutely know? It's critical that you acknowledge the pain in order to get clear on where you go from here. As long as you're buying into his myths – that it was "only" talking (behind your back and about your marriage), that you were too busy with the kids or your sick mother, blah blah blah – then you can't heal. You don't fix a broken bone by telling yourself it's just a sprain. You tend to it.
Where's your line in the sand? You also heal by taking steps to protect yourself in the future. And one of those steps involves determining what's your line in the sand. Sure we all said cheating was a deal-breaker...only to eat our words. But now that you've experienced it, what's your line. What will you do if he cheats again? Or if he doesn't cut off contact? Or if you start to feel that all-too-familiar knot in your gut? Get clear on that...and have a plan. It's not enough to simply tell yourself you'll leave, or sleep on the couch. You need to have something of an escape plan, even if you don't plan to leave. Think of it as a deposit into your self-respect bank.
Our hearts are capable of healing, even from being shattered. But we need to create the conditions to ensure such healing occurs. Otherwise, we're simply broken souls disguised as whole.
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Elle - I'm wondering about the question you pose: "Can you truly acknowledge the pain he's caused?" In your opinion, what does that 'look' like? Is it enough to allow yourself to feel the feelings, to sit with them, wallow in them. Or is there more? I'm, of course, questioning if I'm doing enough.ReplyDelete
I don't know what it looks like so much as what it feels like. And it's chilling. It's truly acknowledging the depth of the pain he caused...and the depth of the betrayal. Like many women, I tend to be a master empathizer. I'm so good at putting myself in someone else's shoes that I barely know what my own feel like (I'm working on it!!). But I think before I was able to really start to feel better, ironically I had to feel worse. I had to admit to myself that my husband was a total ass who betrayed me in the worst possible way. I had to stop qualifying my own feelings of rage and pain out of some sense of disloyalty to him – in other words, I diminished my own pain because it made HIM feel guilty.ReplyDelete
It's crucial to truly acknowledge your pain and sit with it. Many of us are terrified of that. We fear sinking into it and never emerging (at least I feared that). And we fear that if we don't somehow mitigate our pain, then it will be unbearable for our spouses who caused it. And yet we do neither partner nor our marriage any favors by pretending things are better than they are. We're far more likely to be able to shake off that pain once we've stewed in it. Once we've truly felt it in our bones (hence the "chilling" comment at the start) we can then let it go. It becomes part of who we are...but not the whole of who we are.
Does this make sense? Hate to sound all New Age-crazy on you...but it's been one of the most profound lessons I've learned through all this. Pain doesn't destroy you...but ignoring or minimizing your pain can.
One of my problems is that when I really *feel* the pain caused by this A then I get angry... really angry... like 'I understand why people were burned at the stake way back when' angry... and no one, I repeat NO ONE (not even myself) ever knew I had this angry side. (I've been described by many as 'the nicest person they know'). Ha! Not when fantasizing about burning stakes! So for me this pain turns into anger (at him! at myself?) for having to feel this pain. I go round & round & round with this and just not sure how to get off this merry-go-round from hell.ReplyDelete
PS - This is 'anonymous' from before (mom of twins)... I think I figured out how to put a name to this!Replies
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Yes, I too felt rage unlike anything I had ever experienced. And I too am frequently described as "nice" (though not by the OW). I'm going to assume that you're not actually going to burn anyone at the stake, as tempting as that may be. I would recommend coming up with something that allows you to express this anger -- writing a letter that you may/may not send; kick-boxing, running (my "expression" of choice); driving your car to somewhere remote and screaming; punching a pillow...you get the idea. What I'm suggesting is allowing that anger to completely be expressed. It won't happen all at once, obviously. But over weeks, possibly a month or two (not continuously, of course), you'll likely notice a depletion in your anger. The thing is, your anger is justified. But the other thing is, it's not very useful at this point. Anger is important in reminding us when our boundaries have been violated. At this point, we know that. So unless your anger is being RE-plenished (ie. by a spouse who continues to totally disrespect us), it should becomes less and less as you express it.
It's also important to note that anger is, as my therapist is so fond of reminding me, a "secondary" emotion. In other words, anger clues us into deeper feelings of, generally, hurt or fear. By expressing the anger, it often allows us to access those deeper feelings that are masquerading as anger. And once we excavate those feelings and bring them into the light of day (which can be equally as terrifying as thinking we're going to burn people at the stake), they also will diminish. By acknowledging them and truly feeling them, they tend to lose their power over us.
It sounds easier than it is, of course. I tell you this with five years of dealing with it...but if I knew then what I know now, I'd spend less time trying to keep my pain under wraps and more time figuring out how to express it in a way that doesn't hurt anyone (though, as noted, running saved me more than once. I would wait until it was dark and cry my eyes out as I ran. And, wow, could I run fast when I was really mad!!)
Yes, the further clarification was really helpful. Thanks, Elle. I think I tend to be a little less compassionate perhaps so I don't have trouble with trying to minimize my husband's guilt. In fact, I have a tendency to be to the opposite extreme.ReplyDelete
I, too, have felt a white hot rage like no other. At my therapists suggestion, I've been able to redirect it into energy towards running and doing things that have the potential to make me feel better. After about six months post-Dday, my anger subsided. I actually miss that buzzing energy I had. Now, it's turned into a sad, depression like state. I got so much more done in the anger state with little sleep and not much food. This new depressed state is too sloth like. But, just trying to get through it.Replies
It's frequently referred to by other betrayed spouses as "the plain of lethal flatness", that state whereby you feel almost nothing. You're no longer angry or even particularly sad...but you also don't feel joy or happiness. I hated it...more, I think, than the rage and sadness. I was generally referred to as "passionate" prior to all this -- about people, about causes, about my work. That passion was one of the casualties of the affair, though it's coming back.Delete
I still occasionally feel the plain of lethal flatness, though far less often. This past episode led to me volunteering to host a bookclub for women in prison, which terrifies me. So taking drastic measures to FEEL something might be dangerous. :)
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Thank you for explaining it so well...I feel like I am in the land of 'the plain of lethal flatness"..... I know I have to go through this , but I so want it to be over.
- AnonymousDecember 17, 2012 at 1:15 AM
Great article.I found out a month ago my husband of 21 years had had a fling with someone.We've had the 'hysterical bonding' phase which was wonderful but now I'm cooling off and wonder what is the next phase I'm going to encounter.I don't like the sound of what may be ahead in the 'plain of lethal flatness'!Anyhow,thank goodness for the internet and forums like this as it's comforting to know there are others out there who have gone through the emotional devastation of finding out about an affair but have survived and in most cases become stronger because of it.Thanks everyone for sharing their thoughts with those of us still not sure of what to expect next.ReplyDelete
Just found this site. Looks like it is the perfect place for me to vent, to tell my story. I feel like I am the only one who experienced the devastation of finding out my husband of 16 years had been seeing someone for 2 years! He actually developed a real relationship with her and her 2 young children; with the children calling him "daddy"! The day after telling me about her/them, he never came back but moved in with her without even telling me. After 6 months with her, moved back home without asking and now I am here with him trying to cope. Somedays it seems nearly impossible to even look at him. It has been 1 1/2 years since he told me. Still cannot cope.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm glad you found us but, as I always say, wish you didn't need to be here.
I'm so sorry for the pain you're in.
What are you doing for support? Have you sought counselling? And how was your husband able to move back in with you without your consent?
He left. He made a choice that was no doubt excruciating for you. And he simply walked back in the door without making any sort of amends? That's unacceptable. I don't blame you for hardly being able to look at him.
I think your first step is to seek help in developing enough self-respect to refuse to allow yourself to be treated like Plan B. You are better than this! You do not need to accept this sort of treatment by someone who lied to you and left you.
Please, if you're not already in counselling, find a great counsellor that can help you sift through what's happened and help you get the strength to ask your husband to leave until such a time that he can beg for your forgiveness. At that point, you can decide whether you're willing to grant it...or not.
You were NOT to blame for his choice and you certainly don't have to put up with this.
He has been begging for my forgiveness with tears almost constantly in his eyes. But I feel like I want to punish him every single day. 2 months after he moved back in, I left for Italy for 6 months to work. I told him I would be gone for 3. I really thought when I got back I could move forward and not look back. I did good for the first couple of weeks but 2 months later I feel like falling apart almost constantly. And I am obsessed with the OW. He doesn't understand this or anything concerning my constant sadness. I have told him many times how I feel like you said; "Plan B". but of course he denies it. I feel like the victim here where now he is back with his life as before and the OW is with the next man after most likely destroying another family. I am definitely on the band wagon in exposing these SKANKS. Her next victim needs to know! See the obsession? I need help. Can't afford counseling.ReplyDeleteReplies
You've clearly still got a lot of anger around what happened...which is generally a mask for hurt and fear. Your use of the term "victim" makes me think you feel powerless, which is also likely what you want to last out at the OW, in order to feel back in control.Delete
Being cheated on DOES often make us feel powerless. But it's an illusion. While we can't control our spouse's behaviour, we can certainly control our response to it. What do you want to do but feel you can't? What CAN you do to feel like you're in charge of your own life. Do you want to stay with your husband? Can you imagine a future with him where you feel like an equal and cherished partner?
Do you feel you have any insight into why he cheated? Does he? There are lots of books on the topic and, as you've likely discovered, plenty of Web sites. Read what you can to try and get clearer on what's behind the anger...and what you can do about it. You're not a victim. You've been hurt by someone you trusted. But now you need to trust yourself to take care of yourself.
Just came back to this site. After more than 2 years, still cannot look at him without wanting to ask him "How could you have done this to me"? I'm still not dealing with his affair of 2 yrs. Haven't sought counseling. Have been online looking for one who I might want to tell my story to. But haven't made the plunge yet. But I really feel I need to. I don't feel even with counseling that I will even be whole with him again. Will this EVER get any easier? He keeps trying to get close but admits there is nothing more he can do to help me. How do I find that right professional to help me? He wants me to see a priest. I said absolutely not. I think he's hoping a priest will prey on me forgiving him. After all, isn't to forgive--Divine? I don't want to forgive him. I want to make his life miserable. If only I can do this and still find my own happiness somehow. Is this unreasonable? Is it wrong for me to WANT to punish him even after 2 years?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Violet,Delete
Welcome back. I'm so sorry this has been so incredibly hard for you.
You're welcome to share your story here if you're ready. We've all been where you are.
I strongly urge you to get counselling. Finding the "right" professional is partly luck but mostly a matter of trusting your gut. Call a few and talk to them. Explain your situation and what you're hoping to achieve from counselling and see what they say. You'll pretty quickly get a sense of whether they understand the issues around affairs and can support you in your healing. You might even want to find a couples counsellor who also does individual counselling as he/she is likely to have encountered infidelity in their practice. It took my husband and me three counsellors before we found the one who's really great. That's not to say we didn't learn from the first two...just that we weren't getting where we wanted to go quickly enough for us. So be willing to walk away and try again if your first (or even second) choice doesn't work out. But you need a safe place and safe person with whom to unload all the pain you're carrying around and begin sifting through it.
This person can also help you determine if this is something you simply can't forgive, which is perfectly legitimate. There is no right or wrong way to healing, there's simply the path that's right for you.
It isn't wrong for you to want to punish him but, as my counsellor says, anger is a secondary emotion and usually masks hurt or fear. My guess is you feel both hurt and fear deeply. Hurt for what he did, and fear that it's going to happen again.
Betrayal is trauma, so it's quite possible you're experiencing post-trauma. I hope you'll find someone who can really help you deal with it. It takes time (it took me close to five years before I finally felt I was really through this).


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UH Manoa Department of Physics & Astronomy invites public to Open House on Nov. 17University of Hawaiʻi
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HONOLULU - The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Physics & Astronomy invites the public to learn about the latest physics and astronomy research and applications at a free open house on Saturday, Nov. 17. The event will feature discussions and interactive activities by students and faculty.
The Open House will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a welcome and overview by Physics and Astronomy Department Chair Michael Peters in the Hawaii Institute for Geophysics Auditorium. Group visits to the various sites will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. The public is welcome to join the group visits and can also visit these sites informally from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Topics, presenters and locations are as follows:
· Astronomy by Gareth Wynn-Williams, Watanabe 112
· Anti-matter by Thomas Browder, Watanabe 214
· THz Free Electron Laser by Luis Elias, Watanabe 316
· Nanophysics by Klaus Sattler, Watanabe 317
· Particle Physics & Origins of Our Universe by Xerxes Tata, Watanabe 420
· Cosmic Ray Physics by Patrick Allison, Krauss Annex
· Geo-Neutrinos by John Learned, Watanabe 217
· Free Electron Laser by Eric Szarmes and John Madey
· Physics & Toys by Joseph Laszlo, Watanabe 415
· Physics Demos by Society of Physics Students, Pui Lam and Michael Nassir, Watanabe 412
· ANITA by Peter Gorham, Watanabe 322
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Exposed on Lake Malawi
Still three hours from the lodge, we were hurrying along an overgrown path beside the lake. We were anxious to reach the lodge before nightfall, when everything with teeth sets off hunting in these parts. But something else seemed to be bothering my companion, Christina from Scotland. She had convinced the local fisherfolk to make wooden carvings for her to sell to the guests of the four-star establishment, and her backpack was full of tiny carved crocodiles. "Why just crocodiles?" she had asked the villagers. "That's what we see the most," was their reply. Truth is one thing, business is another. How was she supposed to explain this to the guests who regularly enjoyed a swim in Lake Malawi? Crocodiles can be dangerous on land as well: Some can reach speeds of up to 25 kilometers an hour from a standing start. With this in mind, we quickened our pace, but exercise makes you hungry, so we decided to stop for a brief picnic beneath an ancient baobab tree. There were two sandwiches in the basket, a large one and a small one. I told Christina she could choose, but she motioned for me to do so. With a moment of hesitation, I grabbed the bigger one – and will never forget the look on her face. Disappointment, certainly, but also a dawning comprehension. Until then, she had taken me for an honest, helpful, witty co-adventurer, but now she knew that
in a pinch I was nothing but an egotist. What did I learn? That it's always the small things that give you away.
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The family of an ex-FBI agent, who went missing in Iran in 2007, released five photographs that show him in an orange jumpsuit, with chains draped around his neck and wrists.
Bob Levinson disappeared from the Iranian island of Kish, where his family says he was investigating cigarette smuggling for a private client. He traveled there on March 8, 2007 and hasn't been seen since. His wife has said she believes he never left.
In one of the photos, Levinson holds up a sign that reads " Help Me." And in another a sign reads " I Am Here In Guantanamo Do you Know Where It Is?" He stands in front of a black background and has a long, white beard.
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The New York Times reported that the photos appear to be taken around two years ago, around the same time when his proof-of-life video was sent.
"Right now, I am trying to make people aware that my husband is still being held hostage," his wife Christine Levinson has said. "We still don't know how to get him home."
The case has increasingly frustrated investigators, who have relied unsuccessfully on evolving strategies of diplomacy and the public release of the video in hopes of finding Levinson.
In 2011 the family released the video, which had been received in November 2010 in an email from someone with an unknown address, showing a haggard Levinson pleading for help.
Christine Levinson has said she tried to contact them by email, which was all she had.
The FBI has announced a $1 million reward has been offered for information leading to his safe recovery and return. Anyone with information is urged to contact the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov.
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In advance of his special lecture at the Aquarium on April 22nd (Earth Day), we chatted with world-renowned marine photographer/filmmaker and dedicated environmentalist Bob Talbot about what inspires his work and how he uses the power of film to advocate for our blue planet!
How did you first become interested in photography?
I began snorkeling when I was eight years old. When I was thirteen I became a certified diver. The following Christmas I was given my first camera. I enrolled in an after-school photo class and soon realized that photography was the perfect medium for me to share what I was experiencing in the sea with others.
How did you start in underwater photography/filmmaking?
Soon after I began diving I met a fellow student that who had also just begun diving. Inspired by Jacques Cousteau, we photographed whatever we could in the waters off the coast of southern California. When we were fourteen, we acquired a sixteen-foot inflatable boat that opened up a whole new world to us. We now had access to the whales and dolphins that eventually became the main focus of my work.
When we were nineteen, I got my hands on a wind up 16mm movie camera. With no idea precisely where we were going, we loaded up a Datsun pickup and "trailered" the inflatable to Vancouver Island in hopes of filming orcas in the wild.
That trip was the first of several to the Pacific Northwest to photograph orcas. It was a fool's undertaking, fueled only by youthful enthusiasm and the passion to get an image on film. Those early days of trial-and-error honed the skills I use today. There was no formal training to become a marine wildlife photographer—an odd combination of photographer, naturalist, boatman and filmmaker.
The sea was our playground, our classroom. And it taught us as much about how to learn as it did anything else.
What inspires your passion for ocean conservation?
I've been drawn to the sea since I was a child. Long before I understood its importance to life on this planet, the ocean was a source of comfort and inspiration. Its inhabitants never cease to amaze me—it's liquid form an ever changing piece of art to be shared with the world. So I suppose on one hand my passion for ocean conservation is purely selfish. Though much more important is how critical the sea is to the survival of all living things.
There is a part of me that has come to the intellectual realization that what we have done to the sea is a natural progression of evolution. But in my heart I can't accept this. We know of no other planet where life now exists. I simply can't stand by and watch the destruction of such a unique and vital place.
How do you hope to inspire conservation in others?
I hope to inspire people with immersive film experiences that provide context and perspective through compelling stories. Old school conservation has become passé. I feel that we have reached a point in time when the environmental movement needs to reinvent itself.
I believe the way to move forward is to present issues in a clear and non-judgmental fashion, while providing logical and effective action to bring about meaningful change.
What do you love most about the natural world?
Purity and truth.
If you could only capture one animal for the rest of your life, what would it be? Why?
Orcas. They are the animals with whom I came of age both in my life and in my work.
Their power, intelligence, grace and form continue to inspire me.
Join us for Bob Talbot's Upcoming Lecture!
What: "The Power of Film: Inspiring Action for Monterey Bay"
When: April 22nd, 7pm EST
Where: National Aquarium and a livestream online via Google Hangout!


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Peace Garden Dedication and Wellness Program Kick-Off This FridayWednesday, September 23rd, 2009
SUNY Canton President Joseph L. Kennedy will formally dedicate the Peace Garden and kick off the Wellness Program at noon on Friday, Sept. 25, at the Peace Garden's location next to French Hall.
After unveiling the College's wellness campaign, Kennedy will lead a walk around the major loop of Cornell Drive around SUNY Canton. The first 100 people to complete the walk will receive a free commemorative t-shirt.
"The walk was developed as a way to give people an incentive to get out and be more active," noted Vice President of Student Affairs Daniel J. Sweeney. "We plan to have a campus walk every Wednesday starting at noon. Each week, a different campus celebrity will lead a walk around campus beginning at the Peace Garden."
The College is also running a version of NBC's hit weight loss show "The Biggest Loser," with its own "The Biggest Rooser," a weight reduction program with cash prizes. Other upcoming fitness opportunities include the Nicole Fleury Walk/Run this weekend
There are also several upcoming spiritual wellness programs during the month of October. For more information, and for more ways to get or stay fit and live well, visit www.canton.edu/wellness.
SUNY Canton offers a wide variety of career-driven bachelor's, associate, and certificate programs. Most of SUNY Canton's new four-year programs are designed so students can take them on-campus, online, or both. SUNY Canton OnLine features more than 100 courses online each semester. The College's athletic teams belong to the NAIA's Sunrise Conference, enabling students to compete in their respective sports for four years. Construction is now underway for the College's new Convocation, Athletic, and Recreation Center.
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In 1888, a stray Terrier mix named Owney was informally adopted by the U.S. Railway Mail Service. Owney's travels began in Albany, New York; riding on mail sacks, he journeyed all over the U.S. As he traveled, employees of the Railway Mail Service would attach tokens and dog licenses to his custom-made harness and jacket. After his death in 1897, his body was preserved, along with his special harness and numerous dog tags, and is still proudly displayed at the National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C.
Because of his history of "collecting" tags, Owney is also the unofficial mascot of the International Society of Animal License Collecting, a small but fiercely devoted club dedicated to preserving the history of dog tags and generating interest in this unique hobby.
Though they were originally made to be disposable, vintage dog license tags are lovely little artifacts that exhibit a touching amount of care in their design and craftsmanship. It is easy to see why they were so often kept by families for sentimental or ornamental reasons, and why they still appeal to collectors. Finding a century-old tag is an extraordinary experience, especially if it is still attached to an old leather or metal collar. Keeping them as they were found honors these sentimental keepsakes, and also preserves the historical evidence that allows more accurate dating of the items.
Dog licenses and the practice of taxing tags have a long and international history. Dog licenses were documented in Utrecht, Holland, as early as 1446, and there is evidence that dogs were taxed in Germany by 1598. One of the oldest known surviving dog licenses dates from 1775 and is from Rostock, Germany. The oldest known American dog license tag is an 1853 Corporation of Fredericksburg (Virginia) medallion.
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With the rise of middle-class pet ownership in the nineteenth century, the bureaucracy involved with dog licensing expanded and the appearance and design of the tags and licenses themselves became more involved. The earliest form was paper dog licenses. They came in a variety of colors, with details of the dog being licensed on the front; sometimes a printed image of a dog appeared as well. Paper licenses (from Massachusetts) were issued as early as the late 1840s. An 1899 Southborough, Mass., paper license fee was a whopping two dollars for one dog—a very high price for that era, and evidence of the value people placed on their pets.
The next step, toward the end of the 19th century, was metal license tags, those familiar collar accessories that so often announce a dog's presence with a cheery clink. At least 16 countries are known to have issued metal tags before 1900, but these are extremely rare; the most commonly found tags date from the 1940s on. Brass, copper, tin and aluminum were popular for tags, and many old metal tags have acquired handsome, well-worn patinas. Humorous, quaint, elegant or naïve, these metal miniatures are incredibly varied.
It's intriguing to imagine the process by which these strictly functional items, indicating payment of a tax, came to be designed. Some are simple round or oval disks, but popular shapes also include acorns and bells, as well as thematic forms like doghouses, dog bones and dog-head silhouettes. More unusual forms can also be found: six-pointed stars, three-leaf clovers, locks, keystones and butterflies. Some U.S. states used the shape of their capitol building and, in 1896, the city of Chicago issued an unusual and ornate beehive-shaped license.
Foreign tags often incorporated a coat of arms, an embossed dog or particular breed on their tags, sometimes in amazingly fine detail. Austria used highly ornate images of dogs on their brass and copper pre-1900 tags. It's interesting to see how history, in the larger sense, has had an impact on the small history of dog tags. For example, during WWII, compressed fiber and plastic tags were created in order to spare the metal that was needed by the military. In 1976, many states issued Liberty Bell-shaped tags to honor America's bicentennial; they were either red, white and blue or a single-color anodized aluminum.
Enthusiasts find these jingling tidbits of nostalgia at estate (and "tag"!) sales, on eBay, in dusty corners or simply while walking their dogs. They are often assisted by metal-detecting hobbyists (another passion with its own active clubs and newsletters) who pass on "dug" tags that they have come across when trolling for coins or jewelry.
History buffs, dog lovers, token collectors and regional specialists all take an interest in this hobby. Dog licenses are small, durable and lightweight; they are easy to collect and store; and there's an almost never-ending variety from which to choose. This fascinating and immeasurably satisfying hobby appeals to canine enthusiasts everywhere.


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A Queen's Counsel has blasted a judge who gave a drink-driving sportswoman a discharge without conviction, saying the decision "condones" her criminal behaviour.
Nigel Hampton says the ruling will send the wrong message about drink-driving and its consequences.
The woman was caught driving with a breath-alcohol level of 801 micrograms per litre of breath - double the legal limit of 400mcg.
Judge Graham Hubble, in the Gisborne District Court, granted her permanent name secrecy, meaning the Herald cannot tell you who she is, the sport she's in or what she's achieved.
Her lawyer, Marcia Insley, told the court that her client, who had no previous convictions, had reached an "exceptional level" in her sport, and had been offered a chance to compete overseas. A conviction would affect her ability to do that.
Judge Hubble said Ms Insley's submission was "persuasive" and he agreed to the discharge.
He said he was mindful of occasions when New Zealand representative rugby players had been refused entry to Canada because of similar convictions.
Mr Hampton said he was "very surprised" when he heard about the case. "I would say it's quite exceptional for a discharge without conviction to be granted in these circumstances," he told the Herald.
Asked if he thought the woman had received special treatment because of her sporting status, Mr Hampton replied: "It sounds a little like it, and one wonders whether that should be the case.
"You think of various high-profile people who have been charged with drink-driving - from actors like Robyn Malcolm to lawyers like Colin Carruthers - and they don't ask for suppression of name and they don't see it as a hindrance for them going overseas, because I am sure it's not."
Malcolm and Carruthers - also a QC - both pleaded guilty to drink-driving charges last year and were fined and disqualified for six months.
Mr Hampton said he could not understand why the discharge or name suppression were granted.
"In New Zealand, sports people are exemplars for the rest of the community and young people hold them in a high regard. If they, like all of us, have flaws, shouldn't the young people who hold them up as examples know about their flaws and be aware of them? It's not a good message to send, quite frankly.
"I think the police would be justified in feeling somewhat upset about this ... Here's this person doing it and the court in effect condoning it. I think that sends the wrong message."
Students Against Drink Driving chief Anna Braidwood was disappointed by Judge Hubble's decision.
"We hope that it does not inadvertently send the wrong message out to our young people - that in some circumstances, or for some people, drink-driving can be excused.
"When someone chooses to drive drunk they not only endanger themselves but they endanger the lives of other, innocent road users ...
"We struggle to believe that there have been no consequences for the person involved in this case, regardless of who they are or what they do."
The Sensible Sentencing Trust also criticised the judge's decision.
"What's next?" said spokeswoman Ruth Money. "Automatic suppression for everyone who chooses to break the law? Crime is a choice; commit it and be named. That is open justice."


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The baldfaced effort by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to lure some of San Diego's most important high-tech companies to relocate or expand in his state ought to raise giant red flags not only in San Diego, but even more importantly in Sacramento, the capital of denial.
As reported by U-T San Diego's Jonathan Horn and Bradley J. Fikes, Perry's December visit here followed on the heels of the Nov. 6 elections, when California voters approved Gov. Jerry Brown's Proposition 30, raising sales taxes on everyone and income taxes on people making more than $250,000 a year.
Here's what Perry told a rally back home in Texas in explaining why he came to San Diego:
"The passage of Proposition 30 in California ... has made California a target-rich environment for pro-business, low-tax, fair and predictable regulatory states." States like Texas.
And here's what key players here who know what they're talking about had to say:
"Our region has a target on our back. ... While we do the best we can locally at EDC, we need state leadership to fight back." – Mark Cafferty, chief executive of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp.
"Our business-friendly score versus Texas would not be high." – Duane Roth, CEO of Connect, a nonprofit that promotes technology entrepreneurship.
And most significantly, there was this:
"The whole place (California) is very Democratic, very union-friendly and tax-unfriendly. And we just see the costs going up and the benefits going down. We see more regulation and more taxes, and more of an anti-business kind of environment. ... The unemployment rate in Texas is 7 percent; we're over 10 percent. Surely they must realize that the policies here are incredibly negative. ... They're just anti-growth."
Those were the direct quotes of Peter Farrell, CEO of ResMed, one of San Diego's most highly valued medical device companies, one of Perry's targets, and which has already acknowledged it is considering moving its headquarters to Texas.
To be clear, California still has some things going for it as far as being an attractive place for business, as Cafferty and Roth were quick to point out.
"For all the challenges we have, it's still the place that the great ideas come from," Cafferty said. "It's still the place that lots of smart people want to be. It's still the place that has a lifestyle that attracts people from all over the place."
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It's been a long time since I turned to my personal focus group in order to get a consensus on an issue. They've kept busy I'm sure (justice never sleeps), but now with the huge news that broke just after 2am this morning, I'm proud to shine a light in the sky and get their opinion on something.
So, without further delay, Many Batmen, what do you think of the lockout?
Forgive me if I take a moment here to fist pump, Tiger Woods style, in celebration of the glorious demise of the NHL lockout. I'm not going to be selfish here, so I will permit you time to fist pump as well.
So go ahead, hockey fan, after what you've been through you deserve it.
You can't see me doing one, so in my place I have chosen a reasonable facsimile to my ivory visage (fancy book-learnin' way of saying I'm pale).
But seriously folks, even though the contracts haven't officially been signed yet, I think it is safe to drive a stake into the lockout and get back to business as usual.
Even though there could still be a wrinkle in the deal and Bettman may pull the rug out from under us all once again.
I'm not saying he isn't on the level here, but this is a picture of him leaving the negotiations this morning:
Amidst all the excitement and joy all Canadians and several Americans must be feeling right now, I'm worried that there may be some fine print in the deal that is being overlooked. The basic story that "HOCKEY IS BACK!" is enough to get fired up about for a day or so, sure, but what if there are hidden conditions that will cripple the game we love even further?
Buried beneath all this talk of CBA's and HRR's and NHL's might be Gary Bettman's final FU to hockey fans everywhere. Like in Die Hard, when you think it's over and John McClane is hugging on his wife and hanging out with Carl Winslow and everything is great until BAM! Karl is still alive!
So in an effort to save us from this potential dreary, post-hockalyptic future (and to warm up my rampant speculating muscles that have atrophied after 3 1/2 months of lockout), I will attempt to uncover these conditions.
Hopefully, once the NHL notices that I've ripped the lid off it, they will double back and remove them in an effort to save face.
Under the new CBA…
1. Each NHL team is now required to use the same goal song to celebrate each score. That song will be "Don't You (Forget about me)" by Simple Minds from the "Breakfast Club" soundtrack.
b) Also, celebrations will be limited to solitary, defiant arm raises and the player must freeze and hold that pose for the duration of the song.
2. Phoenix will be spotted 10 wins at the start of the season.
3. All NHL broadcasts will be required to use the FOX glowing puck from the 90's.
4. Each team will be permitted 5 uses of the phrase "It is what it is" during post-game interviews. If a team goes over its allotment, they much put $o.o5 in the "Cliche Jar" which collects and goes to Ron MacLean at the conclusion of the season.
5. A random lottery will take place to determine which players have to stay in Europe until next season (you chose to go to Europe, you can f***ing stay there!)
6. If the Vancouver Canucks make it to the Stanley Cup Finals, the NHL will intercede and– actually, that condition carries over from the last CBA.
7. In the interest of parity, each teams salary cap will decrease by $10,000 with every goal scored. $20,000 for a win and $5 mil for failing to pay previous fines.
8. Expansion teams will be placed in Las Vegas, Atlanta, Seattle and Tempe, AZ within the next 5 years.
9. If a team is losing, they may abruptly leave the game and it won't affect their gamer score.
10. Each player will be limited to two dekes, with the exception of Joshua Jackson should he so choose to play in the NHL.
11. Don Cherry must dress like a human being and not an acid induced hallucination.
12. Players will stop making faces at Gary Bettman behind his back (he totally knows you are doing it, guys).
13. Any fans caught leaving the game early will be shot on sight.
14. Each arena will now cut off beer service during the American national anthem.
15. "Roping" has now been added to the NHL rulebook as a 2:00 minute penalty. Also, we have changed "hooking" to "stick-jerking" to appease local pimps (who were quite vocal about getting a deal done).
16. We have changed "Stick-jerking" to "pass interference" to appease teenage boys.
17. Due to pressure from the NFL, we have decided to just let people hook each other all they like.
18. The teams that have the sluttiest ice cleaning girls will get higher draft picks (don't be afraid to really tramp it up out there)
19. The NHL preseason will now be extended from September-January.
20. Ambiguous twitter accounts will not be permitted. Especially if you are funny, awesome and have Italian roots.
21. If a #8 seed sweeps a #1 seed in the playoffs, that #1 seed will be banned from competing the following season.
22. To increase rivalries, each team will be matched up with a division rival and will play them indefinitely (Van vs. Minnesota, ect ect)
23. Players are now permitted to wear capes, but not cowls.
24. Coaches must throw one player under the bus in post game interviews and it may not be the same player twice in a row.
25. If a team has lost 4 games in a row, they must change outside the arena in a dirty alley.
26. If a team loses, they are able to challenge their opponents to a winner take all game of Red Rover.
27. You can now legally punch a pacifist player in the face 12 times without getting a penalty (henceforth referred to as the "Marchand Rule")
28. The draft will be alphabetical each year, regardless of standings.
29. Broadcast teams will be required to show continuous shots of any celebrity girlfriends in the crowd in lieu of the 2nd period.
30. NO "Stairway to Heaven"!
I don't know about you, but if I was an NHLPA lawyer, and I saw No.30, that's when I would put my foot down and tear up this contract. There are limits, you know.
So there you have it folks, I've hopefully thwarted any nefarious plans "Bettferatu" has up his sleeve and I got to stretch my ridiculous, unfounded speculation muscle.
To be quite honest, I think I pulled it somewhere around #17. I'm gonna go put some ice on it, after all…
Hockey is back, and I'm going to need it.
You can follow j.Bow on twitter (@jBowmancouver). He had a KILLER #31, but then he realized you all have things to do.


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Saturday, October 4
Europe or Bust for John Daly?
JOHN DALY HAS EARNED $56,017 on the PGA Tour this year, making just five cuts in 16 events. The troubled 42-year-old is running out of options. So, according to an AP story, he's considering the European Tour.
"I know in Europe there are still a million opportunities to play," Daly was quoted as saying. "It's a great tour. Guys on that tour have shown themselves and proved themselves to be great players."
Part of JD's problem was a rib injury that restricted his mighty swing. He had surgery this past summer to deal with a golf ball-sized cyst. Doctors also found two small fractures in his rib area. The recovery has been slow, but Daly is starting to feel better about his game.
"Now I feel like it's all starting to come together. I'd love to play four or five weeks in a row like I used to do. I can't do that because I'm not exempt."
For now, Daly will continue to rely on sponsor exemptions and hopes to play his way back on tour.
−The Armchair Golfer
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I think another problem that JD is going to have going forward is nagging injuries. I know that he just had some, but i think it will continue and even get worse. Having played golf for over 30 years, I have nagging injuries and couldnt play everyday if i wanted to... If you look at a freeze frame of JD at the top of the backswing, he is putting tremendous stress on his left wrist and left shoulder. Even with superior talent, joints eventually wear out. Just like Tiger's left knee - which is where he puts lots of stress... Gene Sarazen was qoted before he died saying that Tiger's career would be cut short by injury because of how violently he swings the club... I fear that the same fate awaits JD.
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I agree. Another factor that makes Daly even more injury prone is the fact that he's obese. He needs to get on a strength and conditioning program, but he hates working out (too lazy, IMHO). Smoking and drinking Diet Cokes all the time probably doesn't help either.
I wish someone he trusts would convince him he's an athlete and that he should act like it--I think he'd turn his career around if he did.
Never has so much talent and potential resulted in such an unforgettable career. John Daly remains one of the really big time stars on the tour, even though he's had no game whatsoever for the past 3 years. All anyone can do is wish him well and wonder what might have been.
Hopefully he'll find his game over there. I would love to see him get disciplined, drop about 50 pounds, and see what he could do. Even with two majors, Daly probably wasted more talent than any Tour player. The guy could've done so much more. Let's hope we haven't heard the last from him.
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I'd like to be optimistic about JD's chances to turn things around, but it's hard to fathom based on his past excessive behavior. Change is difficult. I wish him the best, though.
It's a shame because Daly is or was a great putter. I saw him play with Crenshaw in a practice round at Doral. Daly laid down about ten balls all over the green on number 11. He made all but two. Crenshaw did the same and made nothing.


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• May 2: A Louie's Corner House employee said a patron began fighting and threw a bar stool into a flat screen TV, destroying it.
• May 4: A Hilton Road man reported $20 stolen. He said he thought he knew who stole it.
• May 6: A Lighthouse Lane man said someone broke into his lake home and stole several items.
• May 7: A Z's Village Market employee said someone broke in and stole several food items.
• May 7: A Somerset woman was stopped for an illegal U-turn on Hunts Landing Road. The officer found she was driving under suspension.
• May 8: A Seymour Avenue man said someone stole a bicycle from his property.
• April 18: Police took a report after someone cut a trampoline in a Lake Forest Drive backyard.
• April 18: A Newark man told police he believed his sister used his food assistance card causing him to be assessed an overage charge.
• April 19: Police were called to the Kroger store at 8:50 p.m. about two women fighting in the parking lot. The combatants left before police arrived.
• April 19: A Raspberry Circle man told police that his girlfriend's daughter came to his home and started an argument with him and his girlfriend. Police told the daughter to return to her Columbus home and not return to the residence.
• April 20: Police checked out a suspicious vehicle with two occupants that had been parked at the Kroger Fuel Center for about an hour. They were from out-oftown and wer waiting for a friend from Springfield to arrive so they could go buy a car. They were advised to wait somewhere else.
• April 20: Police tried to serve a warrant at a Kelly Court address. The man wasn't there. Police later talked with him on the phone and he said his mother was going to take him to turn himself in to police.
• April 20: Police cited a driver for going 41 mph in a 25 mph zone on Canal Road.


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For 23 Arkansas youngsters, Christmas came twice this winter.
The second time, these kids wore camouflage, had streaks of black face paint and displayed big smiles along with a number of ducks they had shot.
They were the participants in the fourth Muddy Bayou YoungGunz Youth Hunt. This is a project spearheaded by waterfowl enthusiast Cody Alberson of McCrory. It focuses on boys and girls ages 8 through 15 who don't otherwise have chances to go duck hunting.
On the hunt, each of the young people is with an adult volunteer. But before the hunt comes a Christmas-like receiving of gifts. The kids are each outfitted from head to toe in clothing and gear, mostly from Drake Waterfowl, a company that is one of several sponsors of the YoungGunz Youth Hunt.
The youngsters assembled at the Woodruff County Fairgrounds in Patterson, between Augusta and McCrory. The participated in the use of duck calls, and they did some shooting. For some, it is a first time experience in using a shotgun. One lucky kid went home with a new shotgun, acquired as winner of a random drawing.
For the two days of hunting, the results were mixed for the 23 young people just as it often is dor any Arkansas duck hunt. Some had ducks come in within shooting range. Some did not. Some kids missed shots at ducks. Some hit and downed ducks. That black face paint they wore had a purpose It lessened the duck-scaring sight of upturned faces near the decoys.
Dakota Phillips of Wynne is just 9 years old, and he smiled as he held up a greenhead, a male mallard. "I was the only one (in his group) to get a duck this morning."
Daniel Gaddy of McCrory was one of the adult mentors of the young hunters, and he related a bit of a different reason for his group coming up shorthanded. "We had ducks in front of us, but then two bald eagles showed up, and that was the end of the ducks in our place."
Three girls were among the 23 young people participating, and all three held their own in the calling, the shooting and the general kid-like interchanges of the two-day event.
Madison Reeves lives at McCrory, close to many of the adult volunteers, so duck hunt talk was not new to her. Hanna Carroll of Jonesboro and Katie Nelson of Colt both had experience at deer hunting, and both with success in that activity, before coming to the youth duck hunt.
Austin Reeves of McCrory downed a duck and said he fired two shots. Most of the ducks taken by the young people were mallards, with a few teal added to the bags. The hunting was in the bottoms near the Cache River and Bayou deView – some traditional good Arkansas duck hunting areas.
At the end of the hunt, the kids and the volunteers gathered in a fairgrounds building and dove into hot vegetable beef soup, grilled cheese sandwiches and fruit punch or water.
The adult volunteers come from various areas. , Many are rice and soybean farmers in the east-central Arkansas area. Gaddy said, "When we get finished with the crops, it is time for hunting – deer hunting and duck hunting."
Cody Alberson, the driving force behind this endeavor, smiled. He saw the smiles around him. He felt another success. And he wished for more.
"More funding will let us get more kids into this," Alberson said.
The young participants are chosen from nominations by duck hunters, organizations or just anyone who knows of a boy or girl with an interest in duck hunting and lacking the means to carry out that interest.
Alberson can be reached by telephone at 870-351-0833 or online at www.muddybayouyounggunz.org.
Joe Mosby is the retired news editor of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas' best known outdoor writer. His work is distributed by the Arkansas News Bureau in Little Rock. He can be reached by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The most common government loan is an FHA loan. 'FHA' stands for the Federal Housing Administration, which insures these loans. The federal government insures loans through the approved lenders in order to reduce the risk of a loss to the lender in the case of a homeowner defaulting on their mortgage. Mortgage Insurance Premiums are part of this protection. Through this system, borrowers pay a 1.75% upfront fee and a monthly 0.85% premium. Generally, the mortgage insurance stays in place for the life of the loan. By having these standards and protection, the FHA is able to lend to borrowers with lower credit scores, and with options for low down payments.
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Originally posted in the Vacaville Reporter: Change is never easy. We all know people who tout their flexibility and their openness to change, but lock themselves up when change begins. (Other people of course, not us.) At the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano it is interesting to watch this take place around a subject everyone knows needs to be addressed, improving the nutrition of our children.
Obesity has risen dramatically among younger people (and adults too) over the past twenty years meaning that diabetes and other diseases are becoming a major health problem for our society. The astronomical costs of treating those diseases, as well as the other problems we face as an obese society can be prevented by changing what we eat. Most of us recognize we eat too many fats, too much sugar, too many empty calories. In principle we all understand that we should eat more fresh fruit and vegetables and more whole grains.
If we are going to take steps to implement these changes, one of the most effective ways is to start with our children through the school lunch program. By providing students with a healthy lunch, we can give them good food to eat once a day as well as helping to educate them about how good food tastes. Seems simple, right?
In fact, changing school lunches has become a major political issue. The School Nutrition Association, a lobbying group that focuses on school lunches has switched its position from supporting the changes recently implemented in nutrition standards to now asking for relief from those standards. There are anecdotes about the disruption the new standards have caused that raise legitimate concerns. Stories are told of schools in the Southwest having whole grain tortillas thrown away because they are not culturally acceptable. Applesauce is thrown away as are fresh fruit and vegetables. And of course, funding is not adequate for these districts to provide increasingly expensive healthy food.
On the other side, school districts in rural Georgia share stories of how they were able to move from fried chicken (a Southern staple) to herb-baked chicken that kids love. Locally grown grits are one of the most popular items for their school breakfast program. Here in our community, some school districts are purchasing fresh produce from local farms, providing healthy locally-grown food to their students.
But beyond these operational issues, on the political side, a group named the Coalition for Sustainable School Meals Programs has pushed Congress to designate pizza with tomato sauce as a vegetable. The goal of providing healthy food to our children gets complicated because providing school lunches is a multi-billion dollar program.
While a few people may defend the status quo of the school lunch program, most agree that change is necessary for the good of our children. For the sake of our health, we need to see a change in our individual diets, and that will only come about through education. We need to begin with our children.


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