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Category Archives: Domestic Violence
Home Should Be Safe: Domestic Violence Awareness Organization
What began many years ago as journaling to vent my pain, is now going to form a non-profit organization to help victims of domestic violence to find healing from the trauma. When I married at nineteen I had no knowledge or experience with abuse so I didn't recognize the charming act of an abuser during the dating stage. Once I was married it took me years to recognize that my husband's behavior was so classically abusive. When I divorced fourteen years later no one that I knew had any inkling of what was wrong with me or how to help me. So, once God healed and delivered me I set out to find a way to make people aware of the signs of abuse and how to help its victims.
After twenty years of writing and speaking on the realities of domestic violence and how to help its victims my next step is to form an organization that will not only make the information available but will attempt to be a bridge between secular and spiritual helpers. My goal is to show women that healing and wholeness are possible.
This blog will provide information on domestic violence and updates on the formation of my organization, Home Should Be Safe.
Jesus is the Answer
There is an old song that I love called, "Jesus is Still the Answer". That one little phrase can be applied to any situation of our lives. We can try every solution the world offers; we can try any solution we can think up for ourselves. But, no matter what we try we will still come back to the reality that Jesus is the answer for whatever we need in this life.
When I was a young woman I met and married a man who I found out too late was abusive. For many years I did everything I knew how to make that marriage work. I didn't even know what abuse or domestic violence was because violence didn't happen in my parents' home. For this reason it took me a long time to recognize that my husband's behavior would never change. When I finally divorced I was broken into so many pieces that I thought I'd never be whole again.
The good thing was that I'd had a relationship with Jesus since I was a small child and was saved as a teenager. So, even when I tried to give up on God he refused to give up on me. Four years later I received God's healing and deliverance from all the pain and suffering of those years of abuse. Once God healed and delivered me I felt free and light, like I'd never felt before in my whole life.
It's been more than twenty years since that happened and I can tell you that no matter what troubles life threw my way, no matter what challenges I faced, Jesus is still the answer. God never promised that we would never have pain or trials. In fact he said we would have them. But, he did promise that he would walk through them with us.
If there is one thing I could tell someone who was or is a victim of domestic violence it is that Jesus is still the answer. If your heart is broken Jesus can heal it. If your spirit is broken Jesus can heal it. If you feel like you're missing pieces of your life, Jesus can rebuild your life. If you feel like you have no dreams left, Jesus can give you new dreams.
Whether you are still living in your abusive situation or not Jesus is walking beside you waiting for you to reach out to him, to call to him and to ask him to help you. He loves you and wants to bring you close and shower you with his love. Jesus can give you peace the world cannot understand. Jesus can give you a knowing deep within your heart and soul so that you know that you know that you know that God will take care of you no matter what your situation. All you have to do is reach out to him.
Mina R. Raulston writes extensively about domestic violence and loves to give her testimony of healing and deliverance from the pain and suffering of domestic violence. Contact her by phone at 614-507-7893 or e-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.com to schedule a speaking engagement.
You can buy copies of her book, Home Should Be Safe: Hope and Help for Domestic Violence Victims from her website
Why don't they just leave?
During the years I was researching my book, Home Should Be Safe: Hope and Help for Domestic Violence Victims, one of the questions asked most frequently was, "Why doesn't she just leave?"
So many people were incredulous that women in an abusive relationship didn't simple leave the relationship. Some thought these women actually liked to be mistreated. Others felt they had "made their bed and should be forced to lie in it." Regardless of their opinions few people understood what held a woman in an abusive relationship.
My research provided several reasons why women stay, none of them simple or black and white. But, one of them was very simple. They were terrified of the consequences of leaving and there are multiple consequences. But, one sticks out more than all the others and it is this.
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 75% of women who are killed by their abusers are killed when they try to leave or are in the process of leaving.
Think about for a minute. Regardless of how you came to be in an abusive relationship how quickly would you try to escape, especially if you had children, if your abuser had threatened to kill you if you left and you him to be violent to follow through on that threat. Who would you be willing to put in danger for you to escape? Or would you be so panicked and frozen by your fear that you could do nothing?
So, before you come to a quick opinion on what a woman in an abusive relationship should do think about what options are available to her and think about if you would be willing to help her get to safety.
Male Victims of Domestic Violence
Ever since I began writing about domestic violence some readers asked why I didn't include male victims of domestic violence in my information. Frankly, the reason was that I didn't find much information about that side of it except as it related to male children and I included that information in my book. There is now more information available about male victims of domestic violence such as husbands and boyfriends so I will be researching that topic and write about it here. So, if you have questions related to domestic violence in any way please post them here and I will research and answer your questions and provide referrals when available.
If you are a male who has been a victim of domestic violence and would be open to an interview please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I will contact you. Also, please know that even though domestic violence shelters are for women and children, there is help available for male victims. Call the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence hotline at 800-799-7233 for assistance.
Home Should Be SAFE: My Journey from then to now
I didn't start out to be a writer. I didn't even think very seriously about a career even though I was an honor student in high school. I certainly never thought I'd be writing about domestic violence. But, the path my life took made it imperative that I write about my life experiences as related to domestic violence.
At the age of 19 I married a man I met in my church after a six month courtship. I found out all too soon that he was not the man I thought. Within months after our marriage the cycle of violence began even though it would be many years, after the divorce, before I even knew what that term meant. Finally, the abuse became intolerable for both my children and I so I obtained a divorce with the help of Legal Aid.
Four years after the divorce I was finally able to receive God's healing and deliverance. I began journaling to get all the pain out because people had tired of listening to me and more than one said that I should "just get over it and on with it." They didn't know what it was to live in fear in your own home. You can't just "get over it and on with it" quite that easily.
That journaling developed into Bible studies that I taught in my local church. Then I began writing for local newspapers and later for denominational magazines. One of the main topics of many of my articles was domestic violence. As I studied and researched, interviewed and wrote, all my information began to take form into something larger than I ever expected.
About 2004 I realized that I had accumulated all that I needed; the new information I was finding was merely a duplicate of what I already had. I began to put together what I thought would be a simple booklet to give to the church to help them deal with domestic violence victims in their churches. In 2009 I realized I had to finish my book and for a number of reasons I quit my job and concentrated on my book. Although I eventually had to return to work I had finished my book.
After going over it carefully I hired a writer/editor friend of mine to do a professional edit. I sent out requests for formal endorsements for the book and received very favorable ones. I submitted book proposals to traditional publishers and one showed interest but then the economic crash hit and they were unable to move forward. After much prayer and deliberation I decided to self-publish.
The challenge with self-publishing was that I didn't have extra money to pay the publishing expenses. So, I took it one step at a time. The push came in 2010 when my church held an Author Sunday to promote authors within the congregation. In order to participate I printed up the few copies I could afford and sold all of them that day and took orders for more. Later an editor I wrote for referred me to his book packager and graphic designer and I was able to print paper back copies of the book to sell. Almost everyone who has read the book, even total strangers, has given me positive feedback.
This week I reached another milestone with my book. I purchased my ISBN number and bar code. My book is now in the Licking County Public Library in Licking County, OH. Very soon I will have it on Amazon and some independent book stores.
Check back often for updates on the publication and distribution of my book, which can be purchased from my website.
Home Should Be Safe: Myths and Misconceptions – Abuse is caused by alcohol or drug abuse.
Myth: Abusers behave as they do as a result of alcohol or drug abuse or possibly mental illness, all of which are not the fault of the abusers. We must understand them and treat the illness. Reality: Domestic violence is a learned behavior, proven by the fact that it exists where alcohol, drugs, and mental illness do not exist. That's one reason why it repeats itself from one generation to another.
The reality is that drugs and alcohol serve to break down the self-control and the behavioral barriers we establish. If a person becomes abusive after taking alcohol or drugs then the behavior was there all the time but under control. And, as previously stated there are more than enough stories of abusers who did not take drugs or alcohol. Therefore, even though the two may co-exist it does not mean they are automatically joined. One thing shown to exist in most abusers is a belief that they can treat other people however they please in order to get what they want.
Mental illness has been used to discount abusive behavior as well. One victim said that her husband's doctor told her he was manic depressant and could not help himself so she shouldn't blame him. In an interview with a director of a domestic violence shelter, she told me, "Mina, being mentally ill and being abusive is like having a broken arm and a broken leg. They are both broken but you don't treat them the same way."
Domestic Violence is a violent crime committed by people whose belief system gives them permission to treat others however they please to get what they want. Until society treats it as a violent crime and makes the abuser accountable, abuse will continue.
Myths and Misconceptions – Why doesn't she just leave?
Myth: Women stay and tolerate abuse because they like it.
Reality: No woman likes being hit, insulted, manipulated, and betrayed. There are many complex reasons they stay which I discuss in my book, Home Should Be Safe: Hope and Help for Domestic Violence, in Chapter 6, "Why Don't They Just Leave?"
Many times over the years I have heard the question asked, "If the violence is so bad and she is in such danger, why doesn't she just leave?" There are many reasons why a woman will not or can not leave her abuser. There are economic reasons, social reasons, personal reasons, family reasons and a variety of other reasons. When people use to ask me this question I responded a bit antagonistically. I would respond by asking them questions. "Are you going to help her leave? Are you going to help her find a place to live? Are you going to help her find a job? Are you going help her connect with Social Services or legal assistance?" I had many more questions for any who would listen. I felt that unless someone was willing to help a victim of domestic violence in some way they had no right to judge or criticize her.
But, in a training session with Choices Domestic Violence Shelter, I watched a video where a survivor of abuse answered that very question. Her response was much more telling and effective. She said, "Why should I have to leave? It's my home too and he's the one who broke the law."
The use of physical abuse to injure, kill or coerce a person is never acceptable. If it happened in public by a stranger it would be called assault and battery but for centuries society considered abuse in the home a "family affair" and no one interfered with what happened behind closed doors. As a society we need to take a stand against family abuse. We need to ensure that abusers, regardless of gender or age, know that if they injure someone they will face legal consequences just as if they had injured a stranger in public. Abuse is a crime and we must treat it as such.
Domestic Violence: Myths and Misconceptions
Myth: Domestic violence only happens in lower class families.
Reality: Domestic violence happens in every social class, economic bracket, nationality, ethnic background, culture, lifestyle and religion.
The myth of poverty and abuse is common. People see abuse existing in a family in poverty and make the assumption that the abuse is there because the people are uneducated and lacking in education, morals and values. They believe that education, social standing and financial increase are the solution to the problem of abuse.
The reality is that domestic violence or family abuse happens in wealthy families and poor families, in upper class families as well as middle class and lower class families, and it happens in every nationality, every ethnic group, every lifestyle, culture and religion known to man.
Domestic violence, just like any violence, is not about status in society but rather it is a mindset. The abusive person believes they have the right to treat other people however they please through manipulation, coercion, and physical control in order to achieve their goals.
Home Should Be Safe
Home should be safe. Home should be the safest place you can exist, a haven of rest from the world around us. When I come home from a day of work, shopping or any activity at all, I step into my home, take off my shoes, hang up my coat and breathe a sigh of relief. I am home; I am safe; and I can relax and do whatever I choose without fear of retribution. I hope that your home has the same atmosphere.
There are many people who do not have this safe haven. These people want to be any place but at home because home is where they are the most afraid. Home is where they are in danger of being torn down emotionally, deprived of any comfort and injured physically at any time in any room. They are not in danger because they live in a bad neighborhood. They are in danger because someone in the home abuses them. It's called domestic violence or family violence. It is insult and injury not at the hands of a stranger but at the hands of an intimate.
It could be the husband or it could be the wife, the father or the mother, or it could an adult child who abuses an elderly parent. Regardless of who it is, the abuser believes they have the right to treat or mistreat others as they see fit for whatever reason they see fit. They have only one goal, to manipulate and exercise control over others.
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, nearly 50% of adult women in the United States will experience abuse at the hands of an intimate. Domestic violence is known to cross all societal divides. Abuse is as old and mankind and happens regardless of social class, political party, religion, ancestry, geographic region, occupation or hobby.
For those who have experienced abuse, for those who know someone who has experienced abuse, for those who think they have all the answers and those who don't have a clue, this blog will provide answers regarding abuse.
The information in this blog are pulled from the pages of my book, Home Should be Safe: Hope and Help for Domestic Violence Victims which you can purchase from my website.
I challenge you to read this blog, consider what you read, comment upon what you read, ask questions if you like. I promise you will not come away from this blog unchanged where the subject of abuse is concerned.


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Based on a Thursday decision by the Emmet County Board of Commissioners, a wider range of business uses will be possible for a piece of land in a busy Bear Creek Township commercial area.
The county board approved an amendment to the planned unit development agreement for Bear Creek Plaza, located off U.S. 131 just north of Lears Road, commissioner Bill Fedus said today, Friday.
This amendment involves a parcel of land located next to an existing Applebee's restaurant along U.S. 131. A sit-down restaurant and offices were among the acceptable uses specified for the property, which Southfield-based Versa Development is interested in developing.
With the modifications approved by the county board, the range of possible uses would expand to include retail business or a mixed-use project with restaurant and retail components.
The site and possible uses for it have previously been the topic of litigation. At one point, the Bob Evans restaurant chain was interested in setting up a location there, and the planned-unit development agreement governing Bear Creek Plaza was updated to allow for the dining use.
Miller Apple Limited Partnership, owner of the local Applebee's, pursued a court challenge of that 2008 zoning modification, noting concern about economic harm from the addition of a third restaurant to the plaza.
But the Emmet County Circuit Court concluded that Miller Apple's expectation of economic harm from the Bob Evans restaurant proposed across the street from its Applebee's was not a legally protected interest. The Michigan Court of Appeals later agreed with the circuit court's conclusion.
Miller Apple then sought the Michigan Supreme Court's consideration of the matter, but the state's high court recently declined to hear the case, Emmet County assistant planning director Tammy Doernenburg said.
Versa Development's Steve Robinson did not respond to a message seeking comment as to specific uses being considered for the site in Bear Creek Plaza.

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Source: Yahoo Sports
Do they have it again? Do the San Diego Chargers have that strut that oozes from successful teams and players confident in their abilities and ability to win?
LaDainian Tomlinson thinks so.
"We've finally come together," Tomlinson said. "It usually takes a while to build that 'it' factor. When we get our swagger going, we're pretty tough to stop."
The Chargers don't look to stop their three-game winning streak Sunday, despite the always-tough Philadelphia Eagles coming to San Diego.
Like they have in all three years of coach Norv Turner's tenure, the Chargers start slow from the gate they build momentum.
This season is no different as a team which was 2-3 and three games behind the AFC West-leading Broncos is now 5-3 and a game behind Denver.
The Chargers, it seems, never do it the easy way. And Sunday's opponent is certainly no soft touch, especially with the Eagles being in a sour mood after losing to the Dallas Cowboys last week.
But the Chargers are lassoing another winning run, which is becoming a San Diego tradition.
It seems the Chargers don't get serious until the scoreboard or standings don't give them any other choice.
"Maybe we're just are a mature team that knows how to overcome adversity," outside linebacker Shaun Phillips said. "There is going to be adversity throughout the season."
The Chargers got an early dose when they lost both anchors of their lines in the opening game. Also, Pro Bowl linebacker Shawne Merriman was slow rounding into shape after knee surgery and the running game didn't—and still hasn't—appeared.
But the Chargers just shrug and head into another battle against an NFC East rival, one game after beating another one, the Giants, 21-20, in the Meadowlands.
"Every team has highs and lows and maybe our lows come at the beginning of the year," Phillips said.
Other people's lows come at the end of the year. Look at the Giants—they started 5-0 and they have lost four in a row.
"It's hard to be perfect for a whole season, so where there is adversity it's how your respond to the adversity," Phillips said. "We have done a good job the past few years of responding to adversity."
The Chargers aren't out of the woods, not by a long shot.
The Eagles will be a tough foe, then it's a showdown at Denver. There's a possible lull with the Chiefs and Browns next on the schedule, but the Chargers jump right back into the fire against the Cowboys and Bengals.
But the Chargers, once again, have climbed off the mat. Just when everyone was writing them off and calling for Turner's scalp, they've reeled off three straight wins. If you want to discount this winning streak because two of the triumphs came against the Chiefs and Raiders, go ahead.
Still, it would be foolish counting the Chargers out—although they have a tall task in beating the Eagles Sunday.
But they returned from New York with more than a foam figurine of the Statue of Liberty. That thrilling win last Sunday could pay off this Sunday and through the season's second half.
"When you're able to win in that atmosphere and have that type of excitement in your locker room after a comeback win, it can go a long way," quarterback Philip Rivers said.
How far? The Chargers are convinced that road will lead to their fourth straight playoff appearance.
"We've always had a close team," Rivers said. "But an experience like Sunday really can bring a team together."
The Chargers get to prove just that on Sunday against the Eagles.
Series History: 10th regular-season meeting. Chargers lead series 5-4, though Philadelphia has won the last two meetings, most recently taking a 20-17 victory at Lincoln Financial Field in 2005 as the Chargers lost on a blocked field goal. The Eagles have a distinction they can't be too proud of: They were the victim when QB Ryan Leaf got one of his four career wins as a Charger when he beat Philadelphia in 1998—the last time the Eagles played in San Diego.
—If coach Norv Turner needed an instructional video on how to run a "7" route with the game on the line, he would just point to Vincent Jackson's course on Sunday.
"The last route is how you would team a guy to run that route against that coverage," Turner said. "It is as good as you can run a route. He gave him a great move off the ball to get a release. He ran up the field as fast as you can, full speed, and when he came out of the break the ball was in the air and Philip made a perfect throw."
It was a throw that won the game for the Chargers.
• CB Quentin Jammer said it was outsiders, not the Chargers, doubting the team could turn it around after a slow start.
"We have always had character," he said. "But it was the media that put it out there and said that we were done. We have always known that we have a lot of character. We have seen it previous years where we come back, so I can't say enough about the character of this football team."
• Chargers defensive coordinator Ron Rivera spent five seasons as the Eagles linebackers coach from 1998-2003.
• Michael Vick is more than a show piece for the Eagles. "It does present problems in terms of us in our preparation – we have to prepare for it," Turner said. "And they try to create problems for your defense by spreading you out. It helps get their play-makers in space. The people that say he doesn't look as fast aren't the guys getting ready to play him that week."
• Eagles secondary coach Brian Stewart was part of the Chargers' staff when it went 14-2 in 2006, his final year with the club after a three-year run.
• Eagles coach Andy Reid has a 3-2 record against Turner-coached teams.
• QB Donovan McNabb always seems to get away from the rush. How does he do it? "He's a quick guy and instinctive," Shaun Phillips said. "That makes us more cautious about our rush lanes. That's how we stop Donovan – us being diligent in what we do."
• How big is it that OLB Shawne Merriman is finally fit? "He has made a complete difference to our entire defense," Turner said. "It makes it easier on everybody."
• The Chargers' coverage teams will be challenged in tracking Philly's DeSean Jackson. He averages 15.2 yards per punt return, the third-best mark in the league.
By The Numbers: 5—Number of consecutive games WR Vincent Jackson has a touchdown reception if he can get one against the Eagles.
Quote To Note: "Winning can be contagious, just like losing can be. We've been able to put three in a row together against teams with different styles, playing at different levels. Our focus has been there and we really have improved."—QB Philip Rivers, on the team's three-game winning streak.
The Chargers will get a boost at inside linebacker this week with Kevin Burnett returning after being out three weeks with a knee injury.
But in Burnett's—and Tim Dobbins'—absence, third-string ILB Brandon Siler has done a good job. Look for defensive coordinator Ron Rivera to rotate Burnett and Siler to try and keep both of them fresh.
Dobbins, Burnett's backup, is likely down one more week from a knee injury.
Player Notes
• WR Legedu Naanee is a versatile player who bears watching. He had three receptions for 20 yards and could be used more if the Chargers go to the Wildcat offense.
• S Kevin Ellison's move into the starting lineup is paying off. Ellison, a sixth-round pick, had 10 tackles, a quarterback hit and two passes defensed in his best game of the season.
• RB Jacob Hester gets an occasional carry and is used as a blocker, a role he splits with Mike Tolbert. But where he is really making his mark is on special teams and he had a game-saving tackle late Sunday after Philip Rivers threw an interception.
• CB Antoine Cason got a dose of confidence Sunday when subbing late in the game for Quentin Jammer. Cason had an assist on a tackle and helped break up a pass in his brief appearance.
• WR Buster Davis continues to be a healthy game-day inactive. The team isn't getting much bang from a former first-round pick.
Game Plan: That adage of needing to run the ball to establish a passing game needs to take the week off—at least as far as the Chargers are concerned. Don't look for them to get stubborn this week and try to get the running game going—they are ranked dead last with 69.6 yards per game. The Eagles allow less than 100 yards per game on the ground, so why would the Chargers try to force the issue this game? They won't, meaning it's going to be up the Eagles to match points with the Chargers in what figures to be a shootout. At some point, the Chargers do need to get their running game untracked—to a degree, anyway. But this isn't the week.
Matchups To Watch: Chargers secondary, which has improved of late, vs. the big-play capability of the Eagles behind QB Donovan McNabb. The backend of the defense has played better, some of that because of the improved pass rush and because the backend was shaken up. But there is a rookie at safety in Kevin Ellison and the Chargers have to be careful he keeps an eye on things so the Eagles don't go up top. They must keep an eye on DeSean Jackson, who has scored six touchdowns of at least 50 yards this season, including one rushing score and one punt return. He has also has non-scoring receptions of 51 and 43 yards. Through eight games, Jackson has 26 receptions for 530 yards. His 20.4 yards per reception ranks second in the NFL. So CBs Quentin Jammer and Antonio Cromartie must be on their game, but they will also need to some help from the safeties. Among the reasons the Cowboys beat the Eagles last week was because Jackson was restricted to two catches for 29 yards.
Chargers pass rush, which is led by LBs Shawne Merriman and Shaun Phillips, vs. Eagles front line and mobile QB Donavan McNabb. The Chargers have won three straight, in part, because the defenders are meeting at the quarterback. In each of the three latest wins, the Chargers have five sacks in each game. If Merriman, who has four in two games, and Phillips, who has five in three games, can pester McNabb, it could take care of the some of the deeper routes downfield developing and contain the number of big plays the Eagles can produce. The Eagles have allowed 21 sacks. And with RB Brian Westbrook possibly not playing the Eagles might not have a running game – either through rushing or short passes – to lean on. The key here is McNabb being able to buy time and move around – that wasn't the case so much against Eli Manning and the Giants.
Chargers pass protection, which was keen on Sunday's big drive, vs. Eagles pass rush that comes from every direction and from nearly every player. The Chargers have allowed 18 sacks, which is about middle of the road. But when the Chargers absolutely had to pass protect – and the Giants knew they were passing – the blocking was sensational in last week's late drive. Jeromey Clary has been getting some help at right tackle, with a tight end often at his hip in key moments. But the Chargers' blockers will need to have their head on a swivel as the Eagles have 14 different players with at least a sack. The biggest sacker is Trent Cole and his 7.5 sacks. LT Marcus McNeill will have his hands full with Cole. Rivers will also be hard-pressed to get much past Philly CBs Asante Samuel (five interceptions) and Sheldon Brown (four).
Injury Impact: TE Antonio Gates (foot) skipped practice Wednesday but said he is fine for Sunday.
• RB LaDainian Tomlinson (hip) didn't work but said it wasn't serious; he likely will practice Thursday.
• ILB Kevin Burnett (ankle) went through Wednesday's practice and is a go for Sunday.
• ILB Tim Dobbins (ankle) was limited and appears to be out at least one more week.
• C Nick Hardwick (ankle) was limited and will likely sit out one more game before returning.
• DL Travis Johnson (groin) didn't practice but will play on Sunday.
• DT Ogemdi Nwagbuo (ankle) didn't practice but will play Sunday.
• DL Travis Johnson (groin) didn't practice but will play Sunday.
• OLB Shaun Phillips (ankle) didn't practice but will play Sunday.
• OLB Jyles Tucker (ankle) didn't practice and is still in a walking boot. He appears out for Sunday.


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DiS Bookclub #11 ~ Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
Jamaica Inn tells the story of the 23-year-old Mary Yellan, brought up on a farm in Helford in the early 1800s, but who is forced to go and live with her Aunt Patience after Mary's mother dies. Patience is the wife of the keeper of Jamaica Inn, Joss Merlyn. On her arrival at the gloomy and threatening inn, she finds her aunt under the thumb of the vicious Joss, and soon realizes that something unusual is afoot at the inn, which has no guests and is never open to the public. Mary tries to squeeze the truth out of her uncle during one of his benders, but he tells her, "I'm not drunk enough to tell you why I live in this God-forgotten spot, and why I'm the landlord of Jamaica Inn."
Well, it's not going to blow minds or anything. Just a bit of an adventure story really. I chose it because I'm going there in a couple of weeks, that's all.
I started it the other day. Bit of a page-turner, some real nice sentences and Joss is well good.
Oooo I really want to read this
I've still never read any Du Maurier and this seems like the obvious starting point. I'll see if I can get my hands on a copy.
Excellent work scouter
If you get the copy I've got (Virago) don't read the intro by Sarah Dunant. The SPOILERIFIC TWAT.
I never read the intro until after I've finished...
Partly because I'm impatient and want to get right into it, partly because I'm just not that interested until I've built up some emotion for the characters but mainly, I think, down to similar spoilerific moments in the past. Thanks for the heads up though!
Nor do I usually
Can't remember why I did it, but I did. I'm an idiot.
They should put those 'introductions'
at the end really. Then, if you've enjoyed it enough to be excited, you can read all the interesting insightful stuff, and those who have read the book before can go straight there if they want.
Putting something at the beginning of a book always makes me feel i should read it first. Surely a proper 'introduction' doesn't need to be much more than the blurb on the back?
Yeah, either that or not just outline the entire plot as your introduction
Weak like lemonade.
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Oh yes, another thing
If you do happen to go out and buy it, it'll be under 'M' not 'd'. Yeah? Yeah.
Token 'But she went of her own accord!!!!11!' joke.
I think I have two copies of this.
I have read none of them.
"Jeat jet?" he asked
"Jeat lunch yet?"
aw, J.D...
I've read this
It's mint
There was a separate entrance to the bar and, though the room was empty now, there was something heavy in the atmosphere reminiscent of the last time it was full: a lingering taste of old tobacco, the sour smell of drink and an impression of warm, unclean humanity packed one against the other on the dark stained benches.
For all the unpleasant suggestion that it conjured, it was the one room in the inn that had vitality...
Get me something to eat, I must go out again, and there's no time to lose. Stop that yawling, Patience, or I'll smash your face in. You've done well today, Mary, and I'll not forget it.
This weakness was a thing of torment to her, and she longed for it to be tangible so that she could tear it from her and trample it underfoot.
Ian, I'm not reading this book, because I half way through the one that you lent me.
Love that book so much
I'll do it for March DiS bookclub. Can't wait to read it again. I'll get another copy. Keep hold of it or pass it on to a manc disser or something, yeah?
Twilight gathered in the market square and the lamps were lit
Fun read. Would recommend it.
Didn't hate the female main character either. Was kind of expecting to for some reason. She was sufficiently ballsy.
I generally found it to be a good page turner.
Also saw a hot girl reading it on the tube this morning, so that was good.
Stayed at there a couple of weekends ago. Don't remember too much of the Saturday night though as two of our small party are massive Pompey fans. It was the afternoon of the FA Cup clash with Southampton. Found a scrotty pub in Honiton and got wangered on Guinness and Blue Mandarin Sambuca (x2 for the first two goals) and some horrible (most likely illegal) blue absinthe when we'd run out of the blue sambuca for the other two goals. I was fucked. Nice place though... from what I recall.
Final bump for a weekend cheyne stoking
Not a very successful one (not that many have been). I'll keep at it for a while though.
I'll start the March thread tomorrow. Should be a bit more popular hopefully.


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I'm currently four months pregnant.... but my boyfriend left me! He wants nothing to do with this child, therefore I am moving out of state back to my parents house. He doesn't want to be there for the birth, or any part of the child's life. He has also told me that he doesn't want his name on the birth certificate, but out of respect for his family, i want the child to have his last name. Is this possible if his name is not on the birth certificate?
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*Proper sized plastic tub not to big, not to small (i.e. Rubbermaid, Sterilite etc)
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and that about sums up the requirements for a proper snake enclosure.
ok let me first start out by saying i've had some usage out of glass tank setups but in no way shape or form can they compare to a plastic enclosure. For one plastic is easier to disinfect, its light weight, easier to heat and holds humidity. Overall its a fun thing creating your own enclosure..;D.
ok i started out with purchasing a 41qt. Sterilite tub which is 34 3/4" x 16 1/2" x 6" then i used a soldering gun/iron to burn holes in each side of the tub for ventilation (pic below of my soldering gun/iron for those of you that aren't familiar with what it is)
after doing so i then rinsed the inside of the tub out with tepid water..and to not over do it you should start out with a small number of holes. What i did was run a tape measure along all four sides of the tub and marked a dot every 1.5" if your humidity is above 60% then you'll need to add more holes to drop it..proper humidity for a ball python is between 50-60%. Here's a diagram of my setup not to mention i have added a few more holes after this pic was taken and i relocated the thermo-hygrometer (to the cool side which is the right side of my tub).
ok once you have made a sufficient number of holes in your tub for ventilation check to see if your humidity stays at a steady 50-60% if not then you'll need to make a few more holes. ok once you have achieved that, you can then flip the tub over bottom side up and this is where the rubber feet/bottle caps, foil tape,U.T.H, and thermostat probe come into play. ok what you want to do now is place the rubberfeet/bottle caps on each corner of the tub to give it a 1/2" - 1" clearance as to not build up heat from the U.T.H. and the surface it's stationed on. now you can place the Undertank Heater on the outside bottom of the tub, once you have done that you can then tape it down with foil tape on all four sides. then to properly regulate your temps assuming you have purchased a thermostat..you then place the thermostat probe 1/2" off of the U.T.H and tape it to the heatmat with foil tape. ok now that you're down with the bottom. it should look like this.
once you have your thermostat probe taped down to the heat mat you can set it to a basking temp between 90-94 degrees to achieve optimum basking temps. as in the photo below.
once you're done with the bottom you can now start with furnishing the inside of the enclosure. ok first you need to set the Thermo-Hygrometer up. a Thermo-Hygrometer basically gives you a reading of ambient environment temps, ambient humidity levels and temps that can be monitored through a probe some units can measure two temps at once, one through a probe and the other with the base unit itself. ok first you set the base unit itself on the "cool side" of the tub a.k.a the side that doesn't have the UTH under it..this will measure the ambient temps and humidity levels from here in the corner..now you'll want to feed the probe from the Thermo-Hygrometer on the tubs floor bottom and have it come out right above the side that the heatmat is placed on so you can get a readout of the basking area (warm side). if need be you can tape ( i use painters tape, that's the blue tape) the probe wire down to the bottom of the tub and cover it with your substrate of choice.
i personally use newspaper being as though its inexpensive and can be replaced easy as it was soiled..out with the old and in with the new..some people use aspen, bark etc..if you're all about aesthetics and want to use something that has a natural look then use aspen, but i personally suggest that you lay out a sheet of black&white print newspaper (no color ink) then lay the aspen on top of the newspaper, being as though some snakes tend to burrow themselves deep into the bedding this can cause some snakes to get burns from the heatmat but if there's something under the aspen thats breaking that contact with the enclosures floor then you should have no worries.
ok now that you have your enclosures substrate laid out you'll want to place "hides" or "hide boxes" on each side of the enclosure..one over the "warm side" and the other over the "cool side" the more the better but i'm just covering the necessities. now for the water bowl you can put it in the middle of the enclosure or on the "cool side" of the enclosure as seen in the pic below...
but if you see that your humidity is dropping and you need to bring it up a bit you can place your water dish on the "warm side" and the heat from the UTH will raise you humidity levels.
remember a BP's (ball python) humidity levels are 50-60% and their basking temps are 90-94 and cool temps are 80-85 as in the photo below.
now you have the bare necessities of a ball python tub setup..to top things off you can add a small rock in the enclosure to assist with shedding as it can have something to rub against so it can break the old skin and ...shed..or you can add fake plants to the setup as well...damn i feel like a nerd..lmao
Old Glass Tank Shots
here's a few pics of my old glass tank setups. they are of a 20gal and 20 gal long tank.
*full view of my 20gal tank..as you can see its a much taller tank that has a lot of head room that really isn't required with BP's since they're a terrestrial species.
*in this pic i chose to use aspen as a substrate but keep in mind i laid a sheet of black&white newspaper down before i did so.
*here's my 20gal long, as you can see i had to modify the screen lid to trap humidity and heat inside the tank. i used 3 sheets of foil paper and placed them shiny side down which is facing into the enclosure, and i used 2 layers of duct tape on the top of the lid also taping the foil paper down.
*here you can see a 5"x5" cutout for the heat lamp to sit in.
*this is the inside or the "roof" of the enclosure that has the 3 sheets of foil paper and duct tape keeping it in place. the side with foil paper faces down into the enclosure.
*this is an aerial view of my 20gal long with the proper husbandry requirements as you can see.
*this is my 20gal long just purchased and setup the same day..i took that rock out though..lol
*this is an aerial view of my 20gal long which i switched my water dish and hides to plastic tortilla containers..and used a soldering gun to cut out an entrance in both hides then i cut out an entrance on the top of the water dish which created a water hide where she can soak peacefully and not be disturbed as seen in the above picture.
*my 20gal long tank with tortilla hide and water dish. as you can see she has the optimum temps in a glass tank as well..only thing is glass requires more attention as oppose to using plastic..when using glass tanks people tend to use heat lamps and heat lamps dry out your humidity and glass takes longer to heat up...when using plastic tubs you don't have to worry about that. yet they still both function properly it's just a personal preference.


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James RubergAge: 45-54Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5UnplannedJuly 3, 2018James RubergAge: 45-54Gender: maleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This book transports the reader into the life and mind of a college age girl and how she got involved in volunteering at Planned Parenthood and then went through the ranks to become a Planned Parenthood leader in a facility in Bryan, TX. This book keeps the reader on the edge of his seat. The story moves rapidly as you turn each page. It's interesting to see how the hand of God was at work in the life of Abby Johnson and how He moved her out of the abortion industry and into the pro-life community. This book clearly shows that people on the abortion side of the fence will know that we are Christ's disciples when we show Christ's love to them.
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nomer15Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5A Must-ReadDecember 8, 2014nomer15Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5"Unplanned" by Abby Johnson is an incredibly important book in the pro-life discussion. Abby Johnson was involved with Planned Parenthood for eight years, initially being recruited as a volunteer while as a college student. She worked her way through the ranks, eventually becoming the director of the Bryan, Texas, clinic.
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Thursday, June 20, 2013
National Aboriginal Day Celebration (Jun 23)
The third annual National Aboriginal Day Celebration is happening this Sunday, June 23 at Canada Place. From 11am to 5pm, there will be plenty of Aboriginal stage performances and activities, including drumming and dance workshops, storytelling, artisan demonstrations and face painting. For more details visit Canada Place's website.
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As a former judge on defunct reality show X Factor USA, LA Reid says it's the "worst thing" he's ever done.
LA did a question and answer session in Cannes, France recently. Asked about being on the American version of X Factor, he admitted "It's the worst thing I've ever done".
He recalled, the show wasn't always his priority: "The first season, yes, I had a great time. t was a little bit of a vacation. I'd been making music, working at running labels for a long time, and it was a little bit of, 'Let me just have some fun.' But the second season I was fully engaged trying run a label, and it wasn't fun anymore.
However, it started to wear him down and affect his real life business (as a record label owner). "It really affected my taste — it almost destroyed it. It completely threw me off."
Why was that? "What works for television isn't necessarily the thing that works in the traditional journey of music, so I adjusted my taste for television. But the truth is, I lowered my bar — my bar was quite high, if I'm being honest, and as a result I didn't have the same level of success."
He's back to business as usual now though: "The bar is quite high again now," he says, "But it was damaging. I worked with Simon Cowell, who I love and have great respect for and he has great taste, but being around him for that long, I started to take on his taste, and I'm an amateur at having his taste — I'm good at my kind of taste."
He says, the show wasn't really a failure in the traditional sense: "We definitely had the audience. And I can't criticize Simon because it was his show, and we did well. But I think he made the statement that if we didn't do 20 million viewers, it was a failure. We did 14 million, which is actually a runaway success, but because we didn't do 20, it was a failure."
Moreover, they underestimated the competition: "To be honest?" says LA, "The truth is: The Voice cleaned our clock."
UPDATE: LA clarifies his comments about X Factor.
My comments at Midem were about me personally and were not meant to reflect on Simon Cowell, the X Factor, or its successes.
— LA Reid (@LA_Reid) June 7, 2015
Previously, Mariah Carey, former judge on defunct singing competition American Idol, called her own show "fake" and "boring".
Mariah recalled exaggerating opinions about the contestants to make the show more entertaining. But, ultimately, Mariah admitted, it was "the worst experience of my life".


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Well this week seemed to go by very quickly, I meant to blog much sooner. This week I have returned to normal with case units and standard lecture patterns, so that's been nice. We have new PBL groups, and the first session went well, so I'm hopeful. I was strange because everyone came to the session all used to doing things differently, ad the facilitator was no different. We are supposed to sit down and work out our own group rules *Yawn* but she was full of "this is how my groups have done it in the past and it worked so this is what we shall do, happy? Right, good continue". It seemed to work well, although I still don't understand the merits of electing one of the group to be chairperson, as it works just as well with everyone chipping ideas in and being equal.
Also this week I have done my second AMK, and this one counts for something. I think (pray/hope....) I have done better on it than last time. I answered more questions and felt a bit more confident. Some of them I know from talking to others I definitely got right, and there are some that I chickened out of answering because I wasn't 100% sure, but have since found out I was right which is frustrating. For revision I re-read topics I knew might come up that we had done and I had become hazy over, and I went through some bits of Crash Course in General Medicine which has chapters called Patient Presents With and then common symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath. It tells you what it might be and what you should do about it, and just picking at that I found gave me answers to some of the questions, and a few of the ones I had an inkling about but wasn't totally sure, so I think it's a good revision idea for next time.
I had an academic tutor meeting, which left me quite frustrated. My academic tutor grades my Portfolio Assessments: the one I said I waffled through about Independent Learning. For grading, you can either get unsatisfactory, borderline, satisfactory or excellent. She gave me a satisfactory, which ordinarily I would be fine with - I'm happy it's a pass. However, she went through my essay and marked everywhere where I had ticked off a requirement in the mark scheme. Since I wrote it to the mark scheme I had all the points ticked off which she was very pleased with, but I didn't get an excellent, because apparently she had a mark scheme in her head that I didn't correspond with. What now? I'm perfect for the medical school's required standard, but not to the one he made up? I understood the points she made and agree my essay was lacking in those areas, but it's still annoying. I may be a little bit of a perfectionist... in case you hadn't spotted.
Mr came down because he had some free time he hadn't anticipated and it was so nice to wake up with him in the mornings and come home and tell him all about my day. We didn't do anything terribly exciting as I had work and lectures but it was still lovely to have him around. Finally, I went rowing this morning on a really long outing and have so many blisters my poor hands are shredded. I'm not looking forward to clinical skills on Tuesday because I think we are learning how to scrub up for surgery and I really don't want to have to wash my hands too many times, or let alcohol hand gel go anywhere near them. Shampoo in the shower was bad enough. I shall go bathe them in moisturiser to try and get them to heal in time. Hope you had a lovely weekend.


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Update: Baldur's Gate II is now available on iPad for $15. It is a remake of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and includes content from Throne of Bhaal, Fist of the Fallen, Unbound, A Shadow's Life, In Defense of the Wild, The Black Pits II: Gladiators of Thay, and Gallery of Heroes II.
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Commercial Properties Could Undermine Recovery
Could the defaults and foreclosures of office towers, shopping malls, and half-built condo complexes bring down the rest of the economy? That's been the worry in recent weeks, as the "slow motion train wreck" of commercial real estate picks up steam.
"Both in the U.S. and Europe, experts are concerned that stress from the commercial real estate sector could undermine the fragile economic recovery," said Anita Likus in the Wall Street Journal.
The worry is that a wave of foreclosures and loan defaults for commercial properties in the year ahead could create more serious problems for the financial system. But the commercial crisis is different in fundamental ways from the residential subprime mortgage bomb that started our problems two years ago.
• Commercial real estate is a big problem. There is now more more money tied up in troubled commercial real estate than in homes facing foreclosure. Commercial real estate properties totaling $160 billion are behind in their loan payments, according to the December report from Real Capital Analytics. In comparison, about 350,000 homes received some kind of foreclosure notice in December, according to RealtyTrac. If you plug in an average home sale price of about $280,000 (according to the U.S. Census), that's a relatively modest $98 billion in residential real estate on the edge.
• The problem is getting bigger. Close to 5 percent of all commercial real estate loans sold as bonds are now delinquent, and that rate could almost double, to 9 percent, in 2010, according to analysts at credit rating-agency Realpoint LLC. That would represent a huge amount of late payments to lenders. Harry Macklowe and Tishman Speyer will have company: Expect to read a lot more stories this year about trophy office towers in trouble.
• But much of the damage is done. The financial crisis created by home loans hit banks hard for a simple reason - banks borrowed heavily to finance their real estate-backed investments, so even slight losses to their investments put them underwater. While some commentators think banks are still too highly leveraged, they are much less vulnerable to falling asset values than they were before the crash. Citigroup, for example, has an overall leverage ratio of 17 to 1 today, which sounds high, but it's nowhere near the 37 to 1 ratio it had in 2007, according to analysis from Sprott Asset Management. (Sprott, for one, still believes that banks in general are overleveraged).
Also, prices have already fallen steeply for commercial real estate, and some experts already think the market has reached it's bottom. Here's a chart of commercial real estate prices and housing prices through the bubble from economist Paul Krugman at the New York Times:
Krugman's red line represents commercial real estate prices. It hardly looks like an accident waiting to happen - the bubble seems to have burst. As JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said in a speech earlier this week in San Francisco, "Commercial real estate is a train wreck, but it's already happened."
• Positive signs. There were some positive trends emerging at the end of 2009 that may take some some pressure off of commercial properties in trouble. Cash buyers, including real estate investment trusts and foreign investors, are beginning to return to the market, according to Real Capital Analytics. That will lend some support to prices and could throw a lifeline to properties on the edge. Also, financing is becoming more available for commercial real estate - two Wall Street commercial real estate lenders re-opened for business in December, which should provide some relief to commercial properties that need to refinance expiring loans.
"We have hit bottom and are starting the new decade on the upswing," according to Real Capital.
To stay with the train analogy, it seems there is light at the end of the tunnel.


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Annual National Trust membership is only £15.75!
If anyone is into that kind of thing. I'm so getting up on that. History here I come. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-trust/w-support/w-jointoday/w-jointoday-joinonline.htm
And free binoculars!
I'd definitely join at that price
if I had a car. As it is, there aren't a whole lot of places I can get to from here easily.


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Top 10 Marvel storylines that need to be filmed
Today marks the arrival of Wolverine's classic Japan storyline hitting the big screen. Next year we will get to see The Winter Soldier and after that the debut of Ultron. Now that Marvel has established their universe and a wide array of heroes, the time has come to play in the sandbox with those classic storylines that would make our brains explode with glee. Here are ten classic Marvel storylines that need to be made into movies one way or another. If your favorite didn't make the cut, add it in the talk back below!


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We believe that the design of a web site must faithfully serve function, preferring clean and intuitively navigable user interfaces for powerful and effective online applications. InternetBranding is adept at appealing static content production, but also specializes in dynamic database-driven tools, such as blogs, galleries, user management consoles, and integrations with external software applications. Flash animations are a popular frill in both high-end and low-end web sites. Although Flash is often garishly misused and non-functional, skillfully planned Flash can add atmosphere and increased interactivity to the web browsing experience.


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Spanish designer Jaime Hayon says his Palette Desk echoes the rhythm of life these days. "In a world where everyone is rushing around mega multi-tasking, to sit at an ordinary desk feels so static." Inspired by the kinetic sculptures of Alexander Calder, Jaime's contrasting shapes suggest a freeze-frame of motion. The 2-tiered design combines a bean-shaped desktop with a smaller circular shelf in a striking juxtaposition of ash veneer with the accent of black or white honed marble or polished brass. A black powder-coated steel base plays up the sculptural aspect of this latest addition to the Palette series for noted Scandinavian brand &Tradition. As the designer observes, "In theory it's like a mobile but in reality it's a desk."
"Humor reflects very much who I am…my character," says Spanish-born designer Jaime Hayon, known for his bold and whimsical design sense. As a teenager in the 1970s, he submerged himself in skateboard culture and graffiti art and then opted to study industrial design in Madrid and Paris. Joining Fabrica, the Benetton-funded design and communication academy, he began working closely with legendary image-maker and agitator Oliviero Toscani. After heading up the Fabrica design department, Jaime broke out with his own collections of designer toys, ceramics and furniture.
A rock star in the design world with studios in Italy, Spain and the UK, Jaime's client list includes Camper, Baccarat, &Tradition and Established & Sons. He's particularly known for tabletop objects—his irreverent approach kickstarted heritage porcelain house Lladró. Numerous awards from the likes of Icon Magazine, Wallpaper Magazine and Elle Decor (Spain) attest to his sway. "People will always look for objects that inspire them," he says, "that make them dream."
Design is never static. When Copenhagen-based &Tradition was established in 2010, founder Martin Kornbek Hansen's mission was to produce work that was defined by a unique vision, whether it came from Danish legends of the past or young innovators of the future. The roster extends from timeless luminaries such as Verner Panton and Arne Jacobsen to current leading lights Samuel Wilkinson and Norm.Architects to exciting new names Mia Hamborg and Victor Vetterlein. As the company's Kornbek Hansen puts it: "We see a kinship between the old masters, who were avant-garde in their time, and new designers creating the ground-breaking icons of today."
With its library of furniture and lighting extending from the 1930s to the present day, the firm is uniquely positioned to carry on the Nordic tradition of unstinting craftsmanship and adroit use of materials. Nonetheless, &Tradition sees its future in global terms, handpicking design talent and production facilities internationally in an effort to continually produce relevant product and engage a new generation of conscious consumers.


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