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- Finding Out, Part 6
- Books for the Betrayed
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- 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, September 11, 2013
Healing From Betrayal: Why We Must Tell Our Story
We women, who've been betrayed by exactly the people we trusted with our hearts and bodies, also know a thing or two about trauma.
[Before there's a pile-on about how being cheated on doesn't even rate on the same scale as 9/11, let me say that this isn't a pain race. Pain and loss is pain and loss. And all pain and loss deserves to be acknowledged and grieved.]
Here's what Trunk has to (brilliantly) say about trauma:
The way to deal with post-traumatic stress is to tell your story over and over again. The theory is that when you are in the moment of trauma, you have to turn off all your emotions to get yourself through it. After the fact, in order to stop having nightmares and panic attacks, you have to experience the emotions you missed.
And this is the step that cheaters, including reformed cheaters, just can't get.
We need to talk about what happened to us. We are desperate to talk about it.
It doesn't prolong our pain. It does exactly the opposite. It doesn't deepen our pain. It does just the opposite.
By talking about our trauma, we are processing all those emotions that were stifled when we were going through the experience.
How many of you describe your response to D-Day as "shock"? Or say, "I felt numb"?
I know that I somehow got myself dressed, out of the house and managed to make chit-chat with the other moms while picking up my kids. It was like some weird out-of-body experience. I could watch myself making small talk and smiling at the teachers and pretending with my kids that everything was A-okay.
That, my friends, is a trauma response. That is survival instinct kicking in. And it's helpful. It's helpful to ensure that children get picked up from school, that dinner gets put on the table, that jobs get done, that life goes on. But, over the long term, it's not helpful, it's harmful.
It produces post-trauma. It might show up as a numbness that simply doesn't go away even when it becomes safe to process feelings. It might show up as depression, or self-loathing (which is anger turned inward). It might be nightmares. It might be anxiety. It might be an out-of-proportion response to something seemingly benign. Like completely panicking when your husband is five minutes late coming home from work.
I once went berserk when I couldn't reach my husband on the phone and he was at the grocery store. I went ballistic on him. To him, what was the big deal? To me, not being able to reach him was EXACTLY what had happened the morning I found out. This wasn't about him being unreachable at the grocery store. This was about me being totally transported back to that awful, horrible morning when my world fell apart. To that consistent 33-second wait while I listened to his phone ring until it went to voice mail. 33 seconds. I watched the clock. Over and over as my brain caught up to what my body had known for weeks.
This was about post-trauma.
And, as Trunk points out, the way to turn post-trauma into PAST trauma is to talk about it.
The key here is talk. This isn't about raging and screaming and dredging up every last unkind thing your spouse has ever done. In fact, that won't get you anywhere. It's about telling your story. It's about someone bearing witness to your fear and your confusion. It's about someone confirming that this happened. And it was horrible. It's about reminding yourself over and over again, that this happened...but it's not happening now.
You survived.
You survived to tell your story.
It can be really tough, however, to convince your husband of this.
You tell your story and he hears, over and over again, I'm a total asshole who did this. I'm a cheating, lying scumbag. No matter that you're not exactly saying that (though you might be thinking it), that's what he hears. And he doesn't WANT to hear that. He doesn't WANT to be reminded of what he did. Who would?
Though a therapist or good friend can also listen to your story, it's often those who created our trauma who we want to listen to our story. We want our husbands to listen to our pain and reassure us that we will never have to go through that again. That it's over. That they are doing everything they can to make sure they never walk down that same path. That they never want to hurt us like that again.
That's it. Most of us don't want our husbands to beat themselves up. We don't want the focus to be on them at all. This is about us.
And the opportunity to tell our story, or part of it, each time we're triggered moves us forward. It helps us heal. And each time our husband is able to be with us in that pain, to listen without defending himself, or minimizing our experience, or telling us why we shouldn't feel that way, our marriage is strengthened. We're on the same team, trying to beat back trauma.
But each time we're silenced, told we're "living in the past", told we're hurting ourselves, that we need to "let it go" and "move on", our trauma goes deeper underground and our marriage fractures a bit more. We're on opposing teams, each trying to nurse his/her own wound at the expense of the other.
The story of our betrayal is a key part of who we are, whether our husbands or we like it or not (and most of us...not so much). But sharing that story carries with it the power to heal, not only ourselves but our marriages.
21 comments:
This is a great post. I am 18 months out from the 1st D day and 8 months out from final D day trauma. I have wanted to post my story, but haven't done it yet. Maybe I will now after reading this post. Your site has been a life-line to me. Thank you for sharing your own trauma.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2013 at 7:08 PM
This is an excellent article and I agree with Barb about this blog being a life-line to surviving this hell. I have probably gotten more help from this blog than I have going to my personal counselor in addition to couples' counseling with my husband, trying to sort this mess out. My husband has also started with his own counselor, so hopefully 3 counselors between the two of us will help our marriage survive, and for me, to find myself again. So thank you Elle and everyone who has shared your pain, triumphs, and fears.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 13, 2013 at 8:09 AM
My wife asked me to read this and I should have read it right away. It's right on for both side's. I have to call my wife and tell here I am sorry.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you for this comment. I think I'm going to cry. If just one guy (you!!) recognizes his wife's trauma/pain and understands how he can truly help her past it, then my life's work is done.Delete
One caveat: this might play out over and over again. Unfortunately, it isn't magically healed with one "I'm sorry." But consistently, over time, those "I'm sorry"s become less necessary because she comes to truly know you're sorry. To recognize that you would un-do your choices if you could and that you don't ever want to hurt her like that again. And that's when true healing takes place and your marriage becomes so much deeper.
Thank you for writing this. It's something that I needed. I have been trying to talk about my trauma and sometimes people just don't want to hear it. And it hurts. It feels good to know I am not being nutty.ReplyDeleteReplies
I resisted it too. It felt "dramatic" to me. I kept thinking: I haven't been raped. I haven't been to war. But once you examine what prompts a trauma response, betrayal fits the bill. Once I could allow myself to respond as if it was trauma, my healing sped up and I was able to extend more compassion to myself, and my husband.
Me too! I didn't want to talk about it I didn't want to be reminded of the pain I was going thru to the point I left so many unanswer questions out. I realized that in order for me to move on I needed to know those painful answers and talk about it.....I was in so much shock that I forgot most of the text messages I read between my husband and the OW I refused to go to that place but now that I know the whole truth and that he done with her I am ready to move on and start the process of forgiveness.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2013 at 4:04 PM
I have days or weeks even that I seem to be..ok. But then there are days like today, where out of left field I get slammed with a flashback or even the smallest memory of the trauma and BOOM...the tears start rolling out. So its days like today that I come to this site, I've read and reread some of the articles to help remind me that I'm not alone and that this part of my life won't always be so bad. I'm still dealing with humiliation of staying in my relationship at times. I don't know sometimes from day to day whether or not it will last or if I'll learn something new that will hurt me once again...but nonetheless this site has gotten me through many a bad day.ReplyDeleteReplies
You're absolutely not alone. We all know that feeling where you're having a good day (finally!) and then something pops into your head, or you hear a certain song, or see a certain model car, or remember a certain moment and -- wham! -- you're right back there. That's a consequence of PTSD, which many of us experience. You experience those thoughts as IF IT'S STILL HAPPENING…but it's not. Remind yourself that you are safe, that it's over, that you're okay. They will get fewer and further between until you can think about it without very little emotion at all. It becomes simply part of your story, a painful part, but a part that isn't without its gifts, too.
I just re read this today. Certain parts of this site are more meaningful as I go through my journey. That's why this site is so great. I read it every day. Thank you for being here.ReplyDelete
A friends husband had an affair over 6 years ago and came through with a stronger marriage, she did not ask questions and thinks I'm wrong to. (she is also a friend that has kept away from me and does not contact me, only seeing me in couples) My husband did make the comment that they worked through it without talking about every point, so why do I need to! I said that everyone is different. I'm confused-if you rob a bank or commit murder and get caught you have to account for your actions. So why is it different for a cheater??
He is trying really hard, and says he made a mistake and wishes he could turn back the clock. But it was not one occasion. It lasted 7 months. Each action, phone call, text, meeting was a mistake he knew it was wrong. He is a grown up and understands right from wrong.Replies
The fact that your friend isn't contacting you and only sees you as a couple speaks volumes to me. I doubt she's truly healed from her husband's betrayal and would find your pain too much to bear. I had a similar experience with a friend of mine. She was quite impatient with me as I struggled to understand my husband's betrayal. She had left her husband after an affair. It was only years later that she confessed to me that it took her years to get over the devastation, long after she'd left him, because she chose to simply "forget" about it. Our bodies don't forget. They hang on to trauma, which is why we need to exorcise it. To replace it with understanding.
Your husband is also unfair to expect you to respond the same way to what he's done. It's common -- most of these guys would prefer to just move past what they did. But it's unreasonable and unrealistic. And ultimately unhealthy.
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2013 at 2:12 AM
Thank you so much for this site. I just found out on October 4th and am feeling.very lost. I don't have any friends that have gone thru this. I feel that I have to be with my husband every day all day. I think I might be trying to hard to make things right again. When I'm not with him I think to much about the ow. At this point I'm just completely clueless and feel very lonely.ReplyDeleteReplies
Welcome…and I'm so sorry you need to be here.Delete
This is pretty raw for you. I can remember that feeling of believing I needed to be with him every minute to assure myself that nothing was happening. Be gentle with yourself. You've experienced huge trauma. Try not to obsess about the OW (you'll find lots of stuff on this site to help you with this). And give yourself time to get over the shock before you focus on making things "right". This is a marathon, not a sprint.
- AnonymousDecember 2, 2013 at 3:48 PM
I'm very sorry for your loss. I am 3 months out, and after an initial upsurge in confidence that things are going to be OK, I am struggling still. I just want to be with my husband all day long, but with both of our schedules, it is hard to find any time during most days.Delete
Today is a bad day, and I'm not sure why. Except that I feel the dread that the rug is going to be pulled out from under me again. I think that I should be asking for reaffirmation from my husband, but he is also going through a pretty scary stage of grief, and is not able to be there for me as much as I would like. It leaves me feeling sad and rather isolated, as you describe. I wish that I could say something, anything more comforting than "you are not alone, and you will be be OK". I hear this, and know it to be true at some level, but it is hard to FEEL that one will be OK on days like this. Hang in there.
I'm not a very patient person- thinking about running a marathon is rather daunting for me today.
Three months is still incredibly new. I know it seems like a long time. But at three months I think you're still processing your new reality.
I know that feeling of wanting to be with your husband all the time -- to cling to that. But yes, you will be okay, even on days when you're not so sure. Don't worry about the 26th mile of this marathon. One foot in front of the other will get you there.
Hi Elle.. my husband said that.. he is a man. He is not like me. He does not need to talk about it.ReplyDelete
Which brought me to the question of .. how would betrayed husbands handle betrayal?
He hates moments when I bring anything about what happened up.. he always says that it 'spoils the mood' or any good time we may seem to be having.
He finds it so hard to be patient to sit through me crying and having to keep hearing certain things or to have to say certain things repeatedly.. but that said.. is there a standard way of how the WS deals with the BS?
I would like to think that there is still an ounce of conscience in him.. but he did say very hurtful things to me in the past month but i dont know.. is him forcing himself to make things somehow work.. a bad thing? Sigh.Replies
He doesn't have to be "like" you to recognize that you've been deeply wounded by him…and that he needs to do whatever it takes to help heal that hurt. It's really that simple. He seems a master at putting his needs before yours. Not any more.Delete
- AnonymousMay 25, 2015 at 12:02 PM
Since PTSD is being mentioned, I'd like to pass on a book recommendation: Pete Walker's book about Complex-PTSD. (The complex form is from extended trauma, like an abusive childhood, which I had, but both PTSD and Complex-PTSD share a lot of the same symptoms). I read his book before I found out about my husband's cheating because I was trying to deal with recovering from my extremely abusive childhood, and the same stuff has helped me in dealing with the fallout from D-day.ReplyDelete
Also, check out his website here, scroll down to "emotional flashback management". His technique has been invaluable for me. Emotional flashbacks used to take me days to come out of, now I can usually recover from one in hours.
I hope that helps someone!
Thank you Elle for sending me the link to this feed. I thought I was going crazy with this PTSD symptoms. I sent it to my husband to read and hoping that he will begin to understand. The link to flashback management had some good tips.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2017 at 11:42 PM
I just came across this blog as I put in my google search "Why do I still get filled with rage after my husband's infidelity." The blog and comments were very helpful. I am one of the lucky ones in that my husband is doing all that he can to make our marriage better, stronger etc. For some reason though, when I feel inadequate, I start to blame the OW then I hate myself for that then the self-loathing starts. I've been in individual counseling since learning of the affair and we were in couples' counseling off and on for a long time as well. He even sees a personal counselor. I guess by reading this blog, other blogs and articles, that this is "normal" but I need to work on WHY and HOW to deal with the anger. He found out a lot of really bad things about the OW (a former co-worker) and so he's dealing with that - questioning why he didn't see these personality traits in her etc. I need to learn to really forgive and to let go of my anger. We just celebrated our 25th anniversary and he's taking me on a special trip for my birthday this summer. I am truly blessed that I'm married to someone who, in the end, is very remorseful for what he's done and I need to just let it be. I need to remind myself that he chose ME, not the OW, but ME. He chose me because he loves me, because he likes me and cherishes what I bring to our marriage. The affair rocked my world in the worst possible way - no doubt about it. I just want to let go of the rage and anger I feel toward the OW, not toward him, and for feeling so awful about myself for feeling this way about another person. A person who lied, said and did things to make my husband believe she was better for him than me, wanted him to run away from his job and family, all sorts of crazy things. I am in awe that my husband is still here - that in the end, he wanted to stay married and that I wanted to stay married. It's been tough and we sometimes still fight about stuff and I don't like that either. We just had a horrible fight and in the end, I bring up the affair when actually, it really didn't feel like that was right. I was feeling insecure and so I pushed those feelings onto the OW even though she's been out of his life for almost a year now.ReplyDelete


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Sydney Food Bloggers 'Mad Hatter' Spring Picnic, Centennial Park (9 Oct 2010)
10 comments:
- thang @ noodlies said...
what a great event, everything looks fantastic! sorry couldn't be there
- October 9, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Julie said...
wow so quick!
I have a bad habit of appearing randomly in the background of your pictures!
- October 9, 2010 at 7:37 PM
- Monica ^o^ said...
Cookie monster is the theme today ? Soo cute !!! Looks like lots of fun and so glad that the rain has decided to take a break :)
- October 9, 2010 at 9:54 PM
- Unknown said...
Wow that was fast!
It was really lovely meeting you too =)
Great photos, it's making me hungry again!
- October 9, 2010 at 10:13 PM
- Anna said...
The food was awesome, wasn't it?! :)
Don't think we got a chance to meet yesterday, Simon - d'oh!!!
- October 10, 2010 at 6:39 PM
- chocolatesuze said...
wow you were only there for a short time but you took so many photos! awesome work!
- October 11, 2010 at 12:28 AM
- Celeste @ Berrytravels said...
What a fabulous day out it seems. Sorry that you guys didn't get the sunshine we did down in Melb, but it looks like you guys had heaps of fun nonetheless!
- October 11, 2010 at 4:38 PM
- Simon Leong said...
hi thang, hopefully see you at the next event. i nearly didn't make it myself. i still had to start packing my bags for the USA. i always leave these things to the last minute.
hi julie, there's nothing wrong with being randomly in the background — or perhaps it's on purpose hehe ;-)
hi monica, i really thought those clouds were about to pour but it stayed good. so lucky!
hi tambourine, great meeting you too. i wish i came earlier so i could have tried your dish.
hi ladybird, the food was fantastic. i don't think we met but i ended up trying your food i think. was lovely :-)
hi suze, there was so much to photograph i couldn't stop myself.
hi celeste, we didn't do too badly with the nice weather. actually probably worked out well being cloudy so the food photography was easier to get a good shot without being too bright :-)
- October 12, 2010 at 2:37 PM
The picnic looked so amazing! LOVED all the amazing cupcakes, feeling very hungry staring at these delicious sights at 10 in the morning.
Have fun in America Simon!
- October 23, 2010 at 10:20 AM
- Simon Leong said...
hi ally, thanks. hoping to find lots of tasty places in the USA without overdosing on High Fructose Corn Syrup :-)
- October 30, 2010 at 1:35 PM
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Las Vegas – Women in AV (WAVE) honored AVI-SPL account manager Alexis LaBroi with their first mentoring award, presented during the NSCA–WAVE networking reception on Wednesday, June 13 at the AV industry's annual InfoComm show.
After some words from WAVE founder Jennifer Willard and an introduction from member Cory Schaeffer of Listen Technologies, Alexis gleefully accepted her award.
"I'm excited to see more and more women in the industry, and more and more mentors," said LaBroi. "It's great to share your experience and knowledge with other people."
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Chuck,First a beautiful spread in LensWork followed almost immediately by a Merit Award spread in B&W. And in B&W you were doing one of my favorite things: Abandoned farmhouses.Congratulations, bravo!!! and keep it up.Best regards,
I still have no idea which of my photos are in it. LOL. I need someone to scan it.Congrats Chuck
Michael,You're on pages 182-183. They printed "Left Behind" "Septa R8" and "Tough Decision." My other favorite thing: street!Congrats to you too. Bravo!!! and keep it up.
Thanks, Russ. I keep trying to avoid those abandoned farmsteads as that subject matter is pretty cliche, but they're so damned compelling I can't help it. Like Michael, I have no idea yet which photos they chose. Heck, I don't really remember what I entered.Don't anyone spoil the surprise, though. I like perusing through the magazine first.As you inferred, Russ, it's been a helluva couple of months. Can't last forever, so I'm gonna relish it while I can.
Okay. I have the magazine on my lap, turned to the pages with your pics, but I won't tell you which ones they are.I know. I know. Abandoned farmsteads and dying towns are always cliche bait, but I can't resist either.I'm dying to see what happens next with B&W. According to the list in the front of the mag I won a Spotlight award. When I saw the name I thought it had to be someone else, and I'm still not sure. In any case, I couldn't remember making a submission to the portfolio contest. But I'm pulling out of my downtown office and moving to a new studio we built next to the house. When I started going through CDs to be moved I found I'd made a submission -- of pictures of people in Taegu during the Korean war. So now I'll wait and see if that name is mine.
Just got my copies ! I hope my issues come soon.Eric
What? No bridges? I hope my issues come soon.Eric
As Tweety would say, "I did! I did... I did win a spotlight award." Just got the word from B&W. The portfolio was of photographs from Korea during the war -- not pictures of war but pictures of how people lived there at the time. From recent Korean pictures I've seen, things have changed a lot since 1953.
Issue #80 is out and once again I was a merit winner. I'll have to wait and see what image(s) of mine are in it.Also I have an interview and portfolio in this months Rangefinder magazine.PDF here http://www.rangefindermag.com/storage/articles/RF1110_Penn_Quintenz-Fiedler.pdf


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The 2013 Sperry-Topsider Melges 24 World Championships will follow the America's Cup in San Francisco from 26 September to the 5 October, four Australian teams will challenge for the world title in a fleet of sixty boats against the world's best sailors.
This is appropriate as the Melges 24 class was inspired by and has grown from the tradition of the Americas Cup. In 1992 Buddy Melges won the America's Cup with the Reichel Pugh designed America3 in San Diego, California. In 1993 the high tech Reichel Pugh designed Melges 24 was introduced to the market and continues as a growing and vibrant international class. This is demonstrated by the first Southern hemisphere Melges 24 World Championship hosted by Royal Geelong Yacht Club in January 2014.
It was 2005 when the last Australian, Americas Cup Team Oracle skipper James Spithill, won the Melges 24 World Championships. Like all international Melges regattas Australian sailors are sprinkled throughout the fleet, however, this year four Australian teams will be on the start line at the Pre Worlds, (the St Francis Yacht Club Rolex Big Boat Series) and the San Francisco Yacht Club Melges 24 World Championships.
Warwick Rooklyn Bandit AUS 717 (CYCA) and his crew Doug McGain (Tactics), Sean O'Rourke (Jib and Rig), Tom Johnson (Spinnaker) and Will Parker (Bow) are aiming for a top ten place at the championships and thrive on the high level of racing. If their 2012 results are anything to go by Bandit will be in the mix. Bandit achieved a third place in the June 2012 at the US National Championships followed by a win in August at the Melges 24 North American Championships in San Francisco. Rooklyn's team Bandit becoming the first all-southern hemisphere team to claim a Melges 24 continental championship.
John Bacon Roger That AUS 750 (RPAYC) are using the San Francisco Worlds as a platform to build on for the 2014 Worlds on the more familiar waters of Corio Bay in Geelong. The Roger That crew includes the 2013 Australian Champion Chris Links, Craig Pocklington as trimmer and 1999 Etchell World Champion Cameron Miles on helm. Cameron is aiming for good clean starts and a place in the top fifteen. "We are really looking forward to measuring ourselves against the world's best" said Chris Links.
Kevin Nixon Accru AUS 812 (RPAYC) sponsored by Accru Chartered Accountants, this full family crew are ticking off competing in a Melges 24 Worlds together and experiencing the America's Cup from their bucket list as they prepare for the challenge ahead. The Accru team consists of Daniel Nixon (tactics and everything) Grace Nixon (tactics and main) Bonnie Nixon (Bow) and Kevins wife Glenda on Jib. This awesome sailing family have too many individual sailing titles to mention and will be competing in the Corinthian division. "We sailed in the Pacific Coast Championships in San Francisco last month to check out the Berkeley Circle and left feeling even more confused about the tide and wind, it's difficult to work out, but we are looking forward to mixing it up with the pros at some stage" said Kevin.
David Bull Jester 4 AUS 553 (RPAYC) will be flying into San Francisco from France where they are currently competing in the SB20 Worlds as fleet training for the Melges 24 Championships. The Jester 4 team including Dave's wife Zorana Bull (Pit) Stephen Fries (Tactics) Oliver Hartas (Bow) and Mark Muirhead (Jib) have been working on boat handling and tactics and take every opportunity to get in more time on the water.
Some of the best sailors in the world are entered including Flavio Favini, Terry Hutchison, Harry Melges III and Australia's own Nathan Wilmot steering the Irish entry Embarr. The Australian teams will be revelling in the opportunity to learn more about this class and compete against a large Melges 24 fleet.
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The first several weeks of Dave Nisleit's tenure as the new captain of the San Diego Police Department's Western Division have been anything but quiet and uneventful.
Two days before Christmas — less than a month after Nisleit had assumed command — two men were taken into custody in connection with a shooting in Point Loma Heights in the 3800 block of Nipoma Place.
Then, on Dec. 30, a man Nisleit said had ties to the skinhead community was shot in Point Loma Heights in the 1600 block of Catalina Boulevard during an arrest that involved the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force. The man, Joseph Anthony Hill, 44, has been charged in connection with two violent crimes the previous day: a murder in Linda Vista and an assault with a deadly weapon at the Biltmore Hotel in La Jolla, Nisleit said.
Though his early tenure has been associated with big-headline crime scenes, Nisleit said he is also focusing on persistent issues that affect residents and business owners in Ocean Beach.
Nisleit told board members of the Ocean Beach Town Council he is directing resources like the Homeless Outreach Team (H.O.T) to address law-enforcement issues near the beach along the Newport Avenue corridor.
"I think you'll see some improvements in that area," Nisleit said Jan. 22 at the Town Council's monthly public meeting.
The Western Division, which includes 16 neighborhoods and takes in the entire Peninsula, has seen several command changes of late. Nisleit is Western Division's third captain in less than a year. He replaces Andy Mills, who left to become police chief in Eureka.
Nisleit described himself as a veteran of 26 years with San Diego police, including 12 years on the S.W.A.T. team and additional experience relating to sex crimes, narcotics, internal affairs and gangs.
"I've had experience all over the place," he said.
His breadth is a trait Nisleit said he shares with his three lieutenants at Western Division.
"We can do a lot of brainstorming," he said.
Nisleit said he welcomes members of the public to share their concerns. He can be reached at [email protected]
In other Town Council news
• A city-mandated environmental review could blow a hole in the budget of a proposal to restore the north end of Sunset Cliffs Natural Park with native plants. The project was developed early last year to create an entryway and encourage an appreciation of native plants, while demonstrating good water conservation practices, said David Fleitner from the San Diego Native Plant Society. A budget of $4,000 had been envisioned to revegitate the site, a barren area at the corner of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard and Adair Street. Fleitner said the city has recently asked for more than $2,000 for environmental documents. The added expense and difficulty obtaining permits has placed the project in a holding pattern, he said. More information about the project is available at sunsetcliffsgarden.org.
• Some supporters of a long-sought crosswalk in the middle of the 4700 block of Santa Monica Avenue —intended to increase safety for Ocean Beach Elementary kindergarteners — say the city is focusing on a design many parents won't like. Following the installation of a streetlight last month, the city now plans to put in curb cuts and paint yellow stripes, said John Ly, aide to District 2 City Councilmember Kevin Faulconer. An elevated speed bump that would accommodate wheelchairs could be installed later, Ly said. But two mothers — Nicole Burgess and Suzy Reid — said they feared the painted crosswalk could wind up being used as an excuse not to install an elevated crosswalk. They also preferred an elevated crosswalk flush with the sidewalk, eliminating the need for curb cuts. Ly said he would seek guidance on the design at an upcoming meeting of the Ocean Beach Planning Board. The board's next meeting is Feb. 5, but the agenda could not be confirmed at press time. More information is available at oceanbeachplanning.org.
• Worn-out flags at Veterans' Plaza at the foot of Newport Avenue were replaced Jan. 17, said corresponding secretary Jon Carr. Two new flags — one a POW-MIA flag, the other California's state flag — were supplied by the Ocean Beach Community Development Corporation and Ocean Beach MainStreet Association. A crew aboard local Fire Truck 20 swapped out the flags, Carr said.
• Those pockets full of change people threw into donation cans hosted by local businesses around Christmastime added up. Nearly $1,000 was raised for holiday charities, said recording secretary Marin Green.
• The newly released state budget is "the best budget we've seen in a long time," said Roberto Alcantar, aide to state Sen. Marty Block. Alcantar said Block is working on two bills to improve education: one to provide universal preschool, the other to allow bachelor's degrees at community colleges in high-need areas like nursing.
• Local state Assemblywoman Toni Atkins has been selected to become California Assembly Speaker this year, said Atkins aide Rachel Gregg. Atkins will likely move into the position in the spring. She'll be the first San Diegan, the first lesbian and only the third woman to hold the position. Atkins was a member of the San Diego City Council before her election to the Assembly's 76th District in 2010. "It's a big thing for San Diego," Gregg said.
• Winners in the 34th Annual Ocean Beach Holiday Parade were presented with awards. They were: Katie Hess Loves OB (Family Category); magician Loch David Crane and the Star Trike (Individual Category); Ocean Beach People's Organic Food Market (Merchant Category); OB's Finest Presents The Blue Streak Racer (Neighbors Category); and OB Burners Presents Christmas on the Playa (Organization Category).


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I checked out another stellar peninsula trail running location at Sanborn County Park and Castle Rock State Park. The loop I ran covered between 12 and 12.5 miles with a great variety of trails, beautiful forest, great vistas, and no trail repeated. The start/finish point was at Saratoga Gap.
I began with a 3.2 mile segment along the Skyline Trail from Saratoga Gap into Sanborn County Park. This is a great stretch of trail with sections of single track and wider path in thick forest. At 3,000 feet of elevation, the climate is cooler and the mountains enhance precipitation so the forest looks very similar to parts of the Western Washington lowlands with a Douglas fir and bigleaf maple dominant forest. The bigleaf maples are nearing the peak of the fall color display and were a treat to run amongst.
At 3.2 miles, the main entrance to Castle Rock State Park can be found across Skyline Blvd. After a descent through forest on the Saratoga Gap trail, turn right on the rough and technical single track trail to Goat Rock. The views from the area around Goat Rock are awesome! Continuing from Goat Rock, the Ridge Trail descends through a gorgeous forest of madrones and yet more vistas of the San Lorenzo River Valley out to the Pacific Ocean.
From the bottom of the Ridge Trail, continue straight to the Trail Camp where drinking water is available. Head down to the Frog Flat trail and then a short section on the Saratoga Gap fireroad. Turn left on the Travertine Springs Trail which traverses the hillside in mixed forest and chapparal. About a mile into the Travertine Springs Trail there is a bridge across the San Lorenzo River. Later, pass the Travertine Springs which are actual springs with a wetland area. Soon after the Springs, reach the Saratoga Toll Road Trail. Turn right and begin a gradual ascent back to Saratoga Gap over 3 miles. The Toll Road Trail is a double track pathway that alternates between forest with nice soft surface and chapparal with views.
I recommend doing this loop clockwise as described because it's nice to be able to enjoy the views along the Ridge Trail while descending. In addition, the Saratoga Toll Road is graded very nicely for an easy ascent of 800 feet back to Saratoga Gap.
There appears to be several aesthetic extensions to the main loop to increase the mileage. The first add-on is the Achistaca/Saratoga Gap Trail Loop that extends north of Highway 9 to Long Ridge Open Space and adds 3.7 miles. When you reach the Skyline to the Sea Trail 0.3 miles from Saratoga Gap, turn left and cross Highway 9. On the other side is the Achistaca Trail which goes to Long Ridge in 1.7 miles. From here, cross Skyline Blvd. and take the Saratoga Gap Trail back to Saratoga Gap in 2 miles. The second extension is a 6 mile out-and-back along the Skyline Trail past the Main Castle Rock State Park entrance. The trail continues for another three miles to Sunnyvale Mountain which also marks the end of the currently completed segment of the Bay Area Ridge Trail. Finally, one could also incorporate the Skyline to Sea Trail by turning left on the Saratoga Toll Road Trail at the Travertine Springs Junction (instead of right) and linking up using either the Beekhuis Road or the Interconnector Trail to Waterman Gap.
Route Itinerary (94 minutes, 12-12.5 miles):
- Skyline Trail (cross road at Castle Rock main entrance)
- Saratoga Gap Trail
- Goat Rock Trail
- Ridge Trail
- Saratoga Gap Trail
- Frog Flat Trail
- Saratoga Gap Trail
- Travertine Springs Trail
- Saratoga Toll Road Trail
- Skyline to the Sea Trail


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BEIJING, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- International SOS is proud to announce the launch of the new global brand "Aspire Lifestyles."
Aspire Lifestyles is the highly-anticipated strategic merger of several of the world's premier loyalty, concierge and assistance solutions providers: International SOS's Worldwide Enhancement business, VIPdesk (USA and UK) and EMSM (Korea).
Drawing upon the collective strength of nearly three decades of loyalty, concierge, and assistance heritage, Aspire Lifestyles will provide its clients richly customised services, powered by unmatched technology and delivered by an experienced team of over 900 Concierges & Brand Ambassadors, who speak over 90 languages and dialects, delivering around-the-clock service via 19 Concierge Centres around the globe.
With the largest integrated, directly owned and managed global footprint, Aspire Lifestyles provides over 60 million of our clients' customers with an unmatched degree of local relevance and global reach. The brand is able to provide complete B2B program support to its client base of financial institutions, insurance, hospitality and loyalty schemes all around the world via an award-winning PCI DSS compliant infrastructure and service delivery platform.
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"I'm checking an aircraft fuselage for possible cracks using an ultrasonic instrument. It was developed for industrial purposes but it's essentially the same as the ones we all know from the doctor's office. My team of 13 and I also use other methods to detect damage to aircraft and their components. Are there any hairline cracks? Is the material beginning to corrode? We want to spot any damage as early as possible, so we run the appropriate tests at regular intervals. We often have to work on places that are hard to reach and require more than a visual inspection with the naked eye. Thanks to our high-tech equipment, though, we can investigate the deeper levels of a material. We can also detect cracks using the eddy current method. It involves sending eddy currents through a conductive material. That creates a magnetic field, which is interrupted wherever flaws exist – and the measuring instrument shows us precisely where they are."


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But is it Legal?
The internet is awash with information about Hackintosh building, and I haven't seen any signs of this attracting any cease and desist orders from Cupertino. That's no argument in law, of course, and I'm not a lawyer. But I do know that all the bits of the operating system - EFI, kernel, kexts - that you'll be messing with, or have been messed with for you, aren't part of Apple's proprietary intellectual property. The core of Mac OS X is an open source Unix variant based on BSD Unix.
The final build: would adding one of Apple's logo stickers make it entirely legit?
However, as you'll have read in the Snow Leopard End User Licence Agreement - and of course we all always read these EULAs - "You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer..."
You're on your own with this. I'm in some doubt myself about the legal standing of "non-Apple branded" in this context. The Snow Leopard distribution disk you bought in the Apple store conveniently provides you with a pair of white apple-shaped stickers, presumably to attach in some way to your computer. Does your Hackintosh with such a sticker attached become "Apple-branded"?
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Zach Braff Responds to Critics of his Kickstarter Campaign
Zach Braff took Kickstarter by storm late last month when the Garden State director solicited fans to help fund his indie feature Wish I Was Here. Braff breezed by his $2 million goal in the first few days, but he also found himself at the center of a controversy revolving around big-name celebrities using the crowd-funding service for their own personal projects.
At the heart of the debate was the idea that Braff was taking advantage of a tool designed to help relative unknowns fund their dream projects – and while Wish I Was Here is definitely one the actor/filmmaker's most personal projects (and one the studio system would never officially green-light), the feeling amongst some is that a guy with Braff's money and connections shouldn't be turning to the common fan to fund his film. The vitriol got pretty heavy – with some accusing Braff of being a "carpetbagger" and stealing attention and funds from smaller, yet no less worthwhile, projects.
The director sat down with the Los Angeles Times recently and addressed some of those issues, as well as outlining what he hopes will be possible with Kickstarter in the future. If you feel that Braff took advantage of the system, maybe he can persuade you that his heart was in the right place…
When asked about the negative reaction to the idea of going the Kickstarter route, Braff offers up the following observations:
"This is a very personal story. I wrote it with my brother [Adam], and like Garden State, it's something that I feel passionately about. It's been funny to hear that people think this is some kind of money-grab. It would be the worst get-rich-quick scheme ever. If I wanted to make a lot of money I would have reteamed with my friend Bill Lawrence (creator of Scrubs) for a new TV show. Or written a huge romantic comedy. That's not what this movie is."
He goes on to add:
"There's been some deliciously yummy vitriol. I guess I was a little naive about this coming in. I didn't think that people would care that much about a little movie, which I was wrong about. But I can't say I totally get it. It's not like I've taken over Kickstarter. It's not like when you go to the home page there's a big picture of me smiling at you; you have to click through past a lot of other worthy projects to find it. It's not like I lobbied Congress to pass a tax to finance my movie. It's just sitting there in a corner of the site. If you want to wave at it and back it as you're passing by, great. If not, you can just move along and that's fine too."
Braff is right about this – but I don't think it's the idea of his project that people find so bothersome necessarily. The bigger concern seems to be that if projects like Wish I Was Here and Veronica Mars show Hollywood that fans will not only pay for tickets to movies, but the money to make them, Kickstarter is likely to be overrun by big projects that will squeeze out the smaller indie creators. He then addresses the issue that his film is cannibalizing funds from lesser known projects.
"I have something every detractor doesn't have: the analytics. Most of the backers of my film aren't people on Kickstarter who had $10 and were deciding where to give it, and then gave it to me instead of someone else. They came to Kickstarter because of me, because of this project. They wouldn't have been there otherwise. In fact, a lot of people who didn't know about Kickstarter came and wound up giving money to a lot of other projects too. So for people to say, 'That's ... up; you're stealing money from documentaries' is just not a sensible argument."
Braff is right in that we don't have the analytics, but we suspect what he's saying is true. High profile projects like this one or Veronica Mars bring in people who don't frequent Kickstarter (or in some cases, had never heard of the site in the first place). At least a few of those people are likely to look around and maybe drop a few bucks on other things that strike their fancy.
One of the other concerns with studios and celebs using the crowd-funding site to launch projects is that it allows creators to raise funds and make projects – which could turn out to be very profitable – without having to reward the investors with anything other than a finished product and some knick-knacks. Braff hopes that will change in the future – and believes there will come a day where Kickstarter backers will earn equity on their investment.
"But I do think one day people will be able to get equity in a project like this. They'll be able to invest in a movie like a stock. It's not legal yet. But there are some very smart people, people a lot smarter than me, figuring out the legalities. And anyone watching this knows that's where it's going.
…I want to involve fans as much as I can. We're giving people T-shirts and script pages and parts in the movie. That's what fans want. I want to give them more, but it's not legal yet. I'll give them whatever I can in exchange for their support."
It seems only fair that fans who invest in these projects get a cut of the potential profits, but we can't even begin to imagine the potential headaches in figuring all of that out. Plus, given Hollywood's penchant for creative accounting, we suspect most projects wouldn't result in backers gaining anything at all – but the idea is a nice one.
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- ► Scientists grow sperm in laboratory dish
- The development opens up the possibility of infertile men being able to father their own children rather than using donor sperm. Researchers in Germany and Israel were able to grow mouse sperm from a few cells in a laboratory dish. In a world first a team headed by Professor Stefan Schlatt, at Muenster University in Germany, were able to grow sperm by using germ cells. These are the cells in testicles that are responsible for sperm production. Scientists grew the sperm by surrounding the germ cells in a special compound called agar jelly to create an environment similar to that found in testicles.
- ► How to fake the pledge of allegiance
- "I pledge a lesson to queen's frag and her United States of Hysteria, and to the wee puppet for witch's hands. One Asian, under dog, invisible, with little tea and just rice for all."
- ► Worlds earliest toy car and title deed on show at Mardin Museum
- Archaeologist Mesut Alp said that the toy car, which is made out of stone, dates back to the late Stone Age and is thought to be 7,500 years old. The Culture and Tourism Director of Mardin, Davut Beliktay, said that the car is like a copy of cars today, adding that in its shape, the ancient toy also resembles a tractor. Beliktay also revealed that toy dolls and whistles, also made of stone, were found at sites in the area, "we believe that the whistles and dolls are 5,000 to 6,000 years old. The whistles are still in working condition," he said.
- ► Death of man struck by train leads to bizarre civil case
- Ruling in what it called a "tragically bizarre" case, an appeals court found that the estate of a man killed by a train while crossing the Edgebrook Metra station tracks can be held liable after a part of his body sent airborne by the collision struck and injured a bystander. In 2008, Hiroyuki Joho, 18, was hurrying in pouring rain with an umbrella over his head, trying to catch an inbound Metra train due to arrive in about five minutes when he was struck by a southbound Amtrak train traveling more than 70 mph. A large portion of his body was thrown about 100 feet on to the southbound platform, where it struck Gayane Zokhrabov, then 58, who was waiting to catch the 8:17 a.m. train to work. She was knocked to the ground, her leg and wrist broken and her shoulder injured.
- ► Gary Webb's Drug War Reporting Vindicated
- Douglas Farah was in El Salvador when the San Jose Mercury News broke a major story in the summer of 1996: The Nicaraguan Contras, a confederation of paramilitary rebels sponsored by the CIA, had been funding some of their operations by exporting cocaine to the United States. One of their best customers was a man nicknamed "Freeway Rick" — Ricky Donnell Ross, then a Southern California dealer who was running an operation the Los Angeles Times dubbed "the Wal-Mart of crack dealing."
- ► New Year's Resolution: Full Disk Encryption on Every Computer You Own
- The New Year is upon us, and you might be partaking in the tradition of making a resolution for the coming year. This year, why not make a resolution to protect your data privacy with one of the most powerful tools available? Commit to full disk encryption on each of your computers. Many of us now have private information on our computers: personal records, business data, e-mails, web history, or information we have about our friends, family, or colleagues. Encryption is a great way to ensure that your data will remain safe when you travel or if your laptop is lost or stolen. Best of all, it's free. So don't put off taking security steps that can help protect your private data. Join EFF in resolving to encrypt your disks 2012. Here's some basic info about full disk encryption. You can read this and much more (including information on password security) in our recent whitepaper on protecting privacy at the border.
- ► The Perfect Score: Cheating on the SAT
- For Sam Eshaghoff, getting a high score on the SAT college admissions exam was more than a point of pride. It was a lucrative business. As Alison Stewart reports, other students paid Eshaghoff up to $2,500 each to take their tests using easily manufactured fake IDs. His scam came crashing down in fall 2011, when he was arrested for criminal impersonation and fraud. Eshaghoff has since accepted a plea deal, but the case still raises major questions about the integrity of the test itself.
- ► Bad Teachers: Weird Education Crimes of 2011
- Gang Bang Teacher: Cops Say She Had Sex With Five Students & Filmed It. Science Teacher Accused of Sex With 17-Year-Old Student. Caught in the Act: Cops Say Teacher Seen Having Sex With Student. Biology Teacher Accused of Sexy Lesson. Bad Teacher: Police Say Substitute Urinated in Front of Class. Cops: Teacher Caught Doing It With 'Love Doll' on School Property.
- ► Russian officials rattled by breach at rocket plant
- Russia's deputy prime minister vowed Thursday to punish "sleepy" security officials after bloggers posted dozens of photos of an apparently unguarded strategic military rocket motor factory near Moscow. Blogger Lana Sator said she and friends met not a soul, much less any security guards, as they roamed around state rocket-maker Energomash's plant, snapping pictures, on five separate night-time excursions in recent months. She posted almost 100 pictures of decrepit-looking hardware from inside a rusted engine-fuel testing tower, the plant's control room and even its roof at lana-sator.livejournal.com
- ► Facebook Responsible for A Third of Divorces in UK?
- A recent survey conducted by a UK based divorce website disclosed that 33 per cent behaviour divorce petitions filed cite Facebook as a cause for filling for divorce in 2011. In 2009 this figure was 20 per cent. 5000 people were surveyed by Divorce-Online, the UK divorce website, during 2009 and 2011 covering Facebook as a means to check behaviour of spouse with the opposite sex and spouses using the social networking platform to comment about their exes post the separation.
- ► Faking It: How the Media Manipulates the World into War
- As the drums of war begin to beat once again in Iran, Syria, the South China Sea, and other potential hotspots and flashpoints around the globe, concerned citizens are asking how a world so sick of bloodshed and a population so tired of conflict could be led to this spot once again. To understand this seeming paradox, we must first understand the centuries-long history of how media has been used to whip the nation into wartime frenzy, dehumanize the supposed enemies, and even to manipulate the public into believing in causes for war that, decades later, were admitted to be completely fictitious.
- ► U.S. double standard surfaces in Strait of Hormuz
- What was truly comical was the manner in which numerous U.S. military pundits magnified the actual threat the primitive Iranian navy poses. Contrary to those gross exaggerations, the fact is that the most serious threat in Iran's maritime arsenal is its three small, aging, Soviet-era Kilo-class submarines. It is believed that at best, only two of the vessels are even still seaworthy, and the shallow, narrow Strait of Hormuz would preclude the effective use of any submarines. As for its surface fleet, Iran does possess a few fast missile patrol boats and an additional ad hoc flotilla of designated suicide attack boats. The majority of these craft are little more than rigid-hulled inflatables mounted with a variety of light machine-guns, packed with explosives and crewed by militia zealots. Opposing this cockleshell Flintstones navy is the mighty U.S. Fifth Fleet. Consisting of more than 20 warships, including aircraft carriers and missile cruisers
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- "Each box contains a set of bricks, that can be used to build the element of a concentration camp as shown on the box. All elements in the sets as well as those depicted on the boxes have either been taken from the mass-produced sets of LEGO bricks, or have been slightly altered by the artist. The prisoners are played by smiling skeletons from the "Pirate" set, while slightly modified figurines from the "Police Station" set appear as tormenters. In the upper-left corner of each box we find the following statement: "This work by Zbigniew Libera has been sponsored by Lego" – as the project was made possible thanks to the bricks presented by the polish department of the Danish company. Upon its presentation in Denmark, LEGO headquarters has launched legal complaints against the artist, however as a result of a fierce press campaign it has decided to drop the lawsuit. The controversies concerning Libera's LEGO also appeared in Poland, yet those where of a somewhat different character.
- ► This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids
- This December, in a surprisingly simple yet ridiculously amazing installation for the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas. Over the course of two weeks, the museum's smallest visitors were given thousands upon thousands of colored dot stickers and were invited to collaborate in the transformation of the space, turning the house into a vibrantly mottled explosion of color. How great is this? Given the opportunity my son could probably cover the entire piano alone in about fifteen minutes. The installation, entitled The Obliteration Room, is part of Kusama's Look Now, See Forever exhibition that runs through March 12.
- ► DARPA's New Spy Satellite Could Provide Real-Time Video From Anywhere on Earth
- "It sees you when you're sleeping and knows when you're awake" could be the theme song for a new spy satellite being developed by DARPA. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's latest proof-of-concept project is called the Membrane Optical Imager for Real-Time Exploitation (MOIRE), and would provide real-time images and video of any place on Earth at any time — a capability that, so far, only exists in the realm of movies and science fiction. The details of this huge eye-in-the-sky look like something right out of science fiction, as well, and it would be interesting to determine if it could have applications for astronomy as well.
- ► Skateboard Songs Of The 70's
- "Skateboard" (as it is known in Brazil) is a sport that has emerged in the late 50 invented by surfers as a hobby in times of low tide. With the passage of time was the sportive will gain new fans and winning characteristics. In the mean time (years 50 and 60) there were a few musical recordings exploring the theme of skateboarding, such as "Skatebordin 'Pt 1 & Pt 2" dual "Jan & Dean." But the boom of skateboarding was only to give even in the late '70s, when the sport received a veritable flood of newcomers, and soon to greatly increase the number of songs exploring this new market of skaters. The recordings ranging from power pop, bubble gum, glam, disco, funk or any musical style that could match the atmosphere that the young skate ever breathed, with a strong influence of surf music, especially the Beach Boys.
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In just a few short weeks, the next incarnation of the Command and Conquer series is set to launch. For many, this is a momentous event: the second (or rather, third) coming of a series that many hold close to their heart. Though I'm not a diehard C&C fan, I do appreciate a good RTS and I've been anxious to get my hands on C&C after my rather bland time with Supreme Commander. My anxiety was relieved last night, as I managed to play the huge demo put out by EA.
The meaty demo covers a variety of different maps. There's a single skirmish map and three campaign maps to tide you over. The demo's tutorial and introductory mission revolve around the GDI faction. The tutorial is relatively painless and will get you acclimated to the typical RTS fare pretty quickly. Once you actually start the first real mission, you learn a little bit about what's going on. With Kane and Nod out of the picture, things have been pretty quiet considering the state of war. The first mission stars a rather routine trip out into some badlands marked as a yellow-zone to investigate apparent Nod activity, which is conveyed through the Ironside-guided FMV. You're then thrust into the fray. Finish the mission and you'll head out to Egypt for another helping of yellow-zone combat before completing the demo.
The most noticeable element of the game is the gorgeous presentation. Built on top of the Battle for Middle-Earth II engine, the extreme refinement of the graphical presentation throughout the demo is impressive. Small details in the effects of missiles spewing smoke as they whiz through the air, the burn of laser beams, and the treads clawing up dirt really demonstrate the care and attention to detail that was plugged into this game. It's not the typical EA fare here.
The other impressive feature of the game is the gorgeous interface. One of the things that really bothered me about Supreme Commander was the ungodly interface: congesting the screen and looking ugly to boot. The C&C3 interface is streamlined and non-invasive, with transparencies and other various effects, allowing you an incredible amount of flexibility without blocking the action—especially so if you have a widescreen monitor. The control through the interface has also been tuned.
Widescreen monitor support was nice, and the game loaded reasonably fast. We did have problems playing the game on Windows Vista, however. One machine produced errors complaining of DirectX 9 problems, but two other Vista machines performed admirably. If you find yourself having problems, be sure to update DirectX before installing.
The gameplay itself is as solid as ever, and it appears that there have been many different tweaks for the sake of balance. As is the tradition with RTS games, a more extensive play time is likely to reveal small little details that stand out as either fantastic or flawed. The interface has been tweaked and the presentation as a whole is impressive. Heck, even the FMVs that I was skeptical about add a certain personality to the game. At one point, I even found myself giggling and yelling out (as one of our readers put it) "Break on through, Micheal Ironside!" Overall, I really enjoyed my time spent with C&C3 and I'm looking forward to picking it up come March 28.


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I'm assuming most of you here are in the casual-to-decent-knowledge range of being Bond fans. Some of you may not even know that the films are based on a series of successful novels written in the 1950's and 1960's by the author Ian Fleming. You've seen some of the movies, Sean Connery is probably your favorite James Bond, and you have no idea what movie came out when, but you love them because they have explosions, guns, and more importantly, they have cars. Cars with fricken' laser beams. While sometimes playing a large role in their respective films, only one Bond car was actually given its own movie, and it was never driven by James Bond.
I'll wager that almost all of you had no clue that the same man who wrote the Bond stories also wrote the original Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang novel. This fall, his original tale of a flying car celebrates its 50th Anniversary of publishing.
It may strike you as odd that the creator of the most successful and often brutally violent and sexually risque spy characters managed to produce a highly successful children's story. It is indeed a unique addition to Ian Fleming's literary resume, as fourteen of his stories were Bond fiction, two published books were non-fiction travel logs, and just the one book, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, is a fantastical fiction designed as a family friendly exploration of a car with magical powers. Fleming's inspiration for publishing the story came from, quite literally, a change of heart. In April 1961, the year before the first James Bond motion picture Dr. No would be released, the author suffered a major heart attack. Slightly annoyed at the thought of bed rest and with a diminishing outlook towards life, Fleming needed something to ease his mind but didn't require physical activity. A close friend then suggested he write out a bedtime story he often told to his son, Caspar.
Ian Fleming's inspiration for his bedside story came from the aircraft-engined racers of the early 1900's. These cars adapted aircraft engines to automobile platforms from the surplus of wartime equipment. The direct inspiration for the book came from Louis Zborowiski's and Captain Clive Gallop's race cars nicknamed Chitty Bang Bang. Fleming had seen the drivers race at a young age, and later visited Higham Park, the estate where the vehicles had been developed. The vehicles ranged from 180 to 450 horsepower, and were so loud laws were passed that prohibited them from entering the town. Both the racing team and Fleming adopted the name from the noise produced by the powerful engines.
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Ian Fleming didn't live to see the book's publishing. He passed away on August 12th, 1964, his son Caspar's 12th birthday. The book was originally published in three volumes from October of 1964 to January of 1965.
The film adaptation in 1968 starring Dick Van Dyke has many ties with the James Bond universe besides sharing Fleming as its creator. The movie was produced by Albert "Cubby" Broccoli, whose family has produced all 23 official Bond films as well as the upcoming 24th. Desmond Llewelyn, famous for his role as the quartermaster "Q" in the Bond franchise, stars in Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang as the scrap yard salesman. Gert Fröbe, famous for his role as the villain Goldfinger in the Bond film of the same name, also stars as a character not originally in the novel, Baron Bomberst. The movie is currently available to stream on Netflix.
Other adaptations include a novelization of the 1968 film, a musical, and a radio play. Fleming also did some work on a treatment where James Bond is tasked with saving Stirling Moss from a Russian-staged wreck at the Nurburgring, which is currently being made into a novel.
So maybe the flying car in Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is not exactly a "Bond car", but there is enough of the Bond DNA to keep it PG and still be fantastic storytelling.
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A shorter workout this morning was followed by the annual team golf tournament. Time for a little change and fun. Then, after today, the grind starts. Where and when that ends nobody knows. Everyone in Phillies nation is figuring the end won't happen until the World Series is over.
With a roster pretty well set, there's not much drama. Oh, right field and the bullpen is yet to be determined. And, a bench player. Versatility there might be the most important tool when it comes to that bench position. Wilson Valdez, who filled in so well a year ago in the infield, will get some exposure in the outfield, Charlie has said. Michael Martinez, a Rule 5 draftee as an infielder, will also see some time in the outfield. Non-roster Delwyn Young has played both the infield and outfielder.
Phillies have two games on tap for Saturday, a 10 a.m. "B" game against the Blue Jays at Bright House Field (free admission/gates open at 9:30) and a 1 p.m. game in Tampa against the Yankees, the start of the Grapefruit League schedule. Those two teams meet on Sunday in Clearwater. Both games will be broadcast on 1210 AM (The Big Talker), the Phillies radio network and MLB.com.
Sunday, the Phillies scouting coverage of spring training camps will begin. Mike Ondo, Director of Professional Scouting, will have every camp covered. That means major league scouts Howie Freiling, Dave Hollins, Jim Fregosi Jr. and Gordon Lakey will leave the Phillies camp for their assignments. Pat Gillick, Dallas Green and Charley Kerfeld will remain in Clearwater.
Back at Citizens Bank Park, work continues in preparation for the March 29-30 On-Deck Series (Pirates) and the April 1 season opener (Astros).
Installation of the new video board, which includes a closed-captioning display, is moving along as is the floor coating in the seating bowl. TVs are being replaced throughout the ballpark. Exhaust ducts of the various food areas are being cleaned, elevators are being checked and electricians are powering up the concessions stands. Bram Reynolds, who oversees the maintenance of the ballpark, simply put is best, "The ballpark is starting to wake up."
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This is NOT a wise guy question. Please tell me about B games. In what way are they different than A games? Are they AAA and AA players? Are they full games? Are rules different? Isn't there anything valuable to report about from them? What is the difference between a B game and a split squad game? I know none of them really count, but why does a split squad game get more coverage than a B game? Do you have the Phillies FULL B squad schedule?


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The click and collect expansion
The growth in online fashion sales might be grabbing all the headlines but another sector has been quietly undergoing a similar revolution.
Coles is road-testing a new way for customers to buy and pick up their groceries. Shoppers in Melbourne order online and then collect the items from secure refrigerated storage at a time convenient to them between 3pm and midnight. Now, there are plans to trial the system in Sydney, possibly this year.
The general manager for online at Coles, Keith Louie, said that its internet sales had grown five-fold over the past four years and predicted ''strong double-digit'' growth in online food shopping over the next three years.
The online service has changed dramatically from five years ago, Mr Louie said, when distribution in Sydney and Melbourne was conducted from a single centre in each city with a fleet of 10 vehicles. Now, 48 service stores across Australia reach 92 per cent of the population with delivery from refrigerated van to kitchen benchtop costing consumers about $9.
But some customers want the chance to pick up groceries at their convenience. ''Some customers, particularly busy working customers, have said they would love to have groceries delivered but some don't know if they are going to leave the office at 5, 6, 7 or even 8 o'clock,'' Mr Louie said.
Coles already offers a ''click and collect'' program in nine NSW stores, where customers buy online and go into the store to pick up their purchases.
A research consultant at Monash University, Selma Mehmedovic, said online sales were ''still quite small''. ''In general, online retailing only accounts for 5 to 6 per cent of sales overall … it is growing much faster than traditional retailing,'' she said.
''Customers are becoming more comfortable with shopping online and using mobile phones to scan items they have run out of to process an order. These technologies are making that process much easier for the customer.''
Woolworths also sees potential in the convenience shopper. Its chief executive, Grant O'Brien, last month announced that for the year to June, online sales increased 95 per cent. The figure included online operations of Woolworths, BIG W and Dan Murphy's as well as Cellarmasters, a purely online liquor retailer.
''Even if you strip out Cellarmasters, the growth is still 48 per cent which is still far larger than the growth in the bricks and mortar stores,'' Woolworths said. A Woolworths spokeswoman, Siobhan Quinn, said customers were constantly asking for flexibility around how and when they shop.
This month, Woolworths launched a ''click&collect drive-thru supermarket'' at Warringah Mall, which it says means ''no delivery charges, no waiting and no need to get out of your car''.
Customers use a mobile phone app to make purchases.
Woolworths also recently conducted a trial at Town Hall station where commuters could use scanning technology to buy products.


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NEW YORK (The Deal) -- Pipe manufacturer Edgen Group (EDG) Tuesday filed the preliminary written consent notice for its $1.2 billion merger with Sumitomo Corp. of America Inc., a subsidiary of Japanese manufacturer Sumitomo Corp.
Sumitomo is acquiring Edgen for $12 per share, or roughly $520 million for the class A and B common shares, in a merger that was executed with written consent of partnerships controlled by Jefferies Capital Partners Inc. that collectively own 56.2% of Edgen. Jefferies cashes out its stake with the deal.
With debt, the deal is valued at about $1.2 billion.
Edgen shares traded up from $7.60 on the Oct. 1 merger announcement to $11.90 and have since drifted up on a par with the deal value. On Wednesday, the stock opened at $12.04.
The written consent notice filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission does not call for a proxy as the deal when signed already had a majority approval so it won't go to a shareholder vote. Written consent notice is required by the SEC to make certain that minority shareholders are informed about the transaction.
The filing states that Edgen's financial advisors Citigroup Global Markets Inc. since July contacted nine strategic and three financial parties about their interest in Edgen. The results do not suggest another offer is coming. Four potential bidders signed confidentiality agreements during August and were asked to offer preliminary bids between Aug. 30 and Sept. 5. Two of the parties dropped out prior to those deadlines and the remaining two indicated in mid-September they would not continue to pursue Edgen.
The companies anticipate closing the deal by the end of the year subject to regulatory approvals. The filings for U.S. antitrust approval were filed with the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission on Oct. 15 and the initial waiting period expires Nov. 14. Under the merger agreement, Sumitomo agrees to use best efforts to divest or hold separate assets as long as any such action would not be material to the oil related tubular goods businesses of the combined companies.
In its 10K filing, Baton Rouge, La.-based Edgen states that it does not believe that its competitors offer the breadth and depth of specialty steel products in stock that the company offers and that no one competitor or small group of competitors is dominant in any of its markets.
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