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It's a sorry man who beats a woman. And although Palmer did not want to press charges and says Rice has never been violent before, many experts who counsel battered women will tell you that if it happens once, another beating is likely to happen again.
I'm not suggesting that Rice will repeat his abuse, but I am saying that Rice needs to work on his anger issues and Palmer needs to understand the psychology behind Rice's rage. Palmer married Rice one day after he was indicted.
Rice avoided jail by applying for pre-trial intervention program that allows for charges to be dismissed against first-time offenders who participate in the program. Rice may also need to participate in an anger management program.
So did Rice get a pass because he's a superstar in the NFL? Yes, I believe so. And does the punishment fit the crime? Absolutely not.
What concerns me is not only the violent act that Rice displayed, but the callous disregard for his fiancée by dragging her out the elevator like a sack of potatoes after he knocked her out cold.
What about rushing to call 911 in case she needed immediate medical attention? And how about talking through a disagreement instead of lowering the hammer on a woman who Rice professes to love?
And what does it say about Palmer for marrying Rice weeks after she regained consciousness?
Rice claims that he wants to be a role model but I would never want my kids to emulate Rice. Black men – and all men – should never strike a woman under any circumstances and Rice, I assume, knows right from wrong. I hope he gets the help he needs to end his violent tendencies.
I'm sure Palmer will be in the stadium cheering for her husband on Sunday afternoons but, perhaps privately, she may also pray that she doesn't end up a victim of domestic violence – again.
What do you think?
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21 thoughts on "COMMENTARY: Ray Rice Got Off Too Easy"
I have 2 sons and 1 daughter. I taught them from day 1″do not hit "or you might get hit back. It is not right for a woman or a man to hit. However, hitting is a reflex and we must remember men can hit harder. If you cannot hold your temper and hit him first, you better learn how to run fast.
and get out of the way. As an only girl with brothers and a bunch of male cousins. I learned how to punch and run.
People overlook one important thing: Ray Rice's wife will also get a two game suspention. She will also lose $500,000. So ladies, it this what should happen to her? What woman shouls lose a half a million dollars for hitting her boy friend?
Can the "mob (ESPN, espnW etc.)" do me a favor…the next time a single college educated mother who doesn't fall out drunk or chase idiot athletes needs support due to domestic violence SHOW HER THE SAME COMPASSION???? Sorry folks but in my book "victims" DON'T THROW BLOWS!!! I love how we keep glossing over the Solange Knowles females to keep this tacky Lifetime drama going!!! What if it had been Jay in that elevator without B (I still laugh thinking how Solange dialed that crazy back when B stepped in front of J hahaha) and security to help him and he knocked her a@ out in self defense. if I saw this tape I would say "SET JAY FREE!!!!" Janay defended her hubby so what was Roger and the NJ Prosecutor to do after seeing FACTS of the video??? The NY Prosecutor didn't charge Solange like they did Ray and Janay (not rich and famous enough I guess)!!! I survived domestic abuse so I'm a little sick and tired of REAL victims being ignored!!!
What I'm most annoyed about is that she married him after this violent beat-down. I guess money means more that your own safety/life. If she doesn't see herself as a victim why should we? I'm no physo-analyst but she needs her head examined. Hasn't she heard what happened to Nicole Simpson?
As far as the NFL goes, ask yourself what would your employer's do in this case. Seems to me that the justice systems is the one to blame for his slap on the wrist.
I know its fun to speculate since the Beygency shut down TMZ from stealing/buying PRIVATE hotel security tapes BUT I don't think she took a "beat down!!" I promise you her face would have been the evidence!!! She defended her cushy NFL paycheck plain and simple…….like of of them athlete chasers. You do realize she looks exactly like that athletes marry?????? Could be Torrey Smith's (Rays best friend) wife SISTER! hahahahaha
dont get caught up in that,rice and wife are just that.if rice were dark as TO,he would be banned for life,think on that and react,dont get folled into the bs .rice
An irresponsible attempt to shun Domestic Violence using Ray Rice as his podium. Never read such brash misplacement of argument in my life.
Black people you need to "March & do a new conference" about domestic violence..crap that goes on in our community. But NO you only complain about the White man or the Latinos in our neighborhoods but when it's us it's hush hush..it shouldn't be that way. There's so much crap that goes on between black people at Work it will really surprise us… because you the supervisor you think it's alright to assault people with cuss words or physical attacks even sabotaging your co-workers family by firing them over nonsense & falsehood.. Some of you hold back checks & threaten to attack people at home. If anybody knows you we know each other. All that black power we proud yeah that's all good when it's some other race we're accusing. March Now.
Black people, are always silent (at the WRONG time). We are still LAZY (when WE should be SCREAMING). I agree with you.
Rice definitely got off to easy! Perhaps we don't know all the details; but I know I wouldn't marry someone that knocked me out (no matter the circumstances). Money $$$$ can make someone do crazy things. Lot of gold diggers out here.
Sometimes men, women, and children do things that they later admit receiving just compensation for their actions … if they are honest. We never know what we might do … under the right, or wrong condition … including marring someone that has hit, cheated, or mistreated us. Trust me, it happens. Don't be so naive.
I guess when a the writer describes Ray Rice as, "the stocky Baltimore Ravens running back" it is equivalent to calling him a "a big black N." First he must demonize the man before passing judgment. The writer goes on to state, "I don't know Rice, but I do know that it takes more than a simple apology to sort out domestic violence issues" — which seems to suggest that he has placed himself as judge and jury, being able to define what qualifies as true repentance. I am not will to defend what Ray Rice has done, nor judge him beyond what the law has seen fit to levy against him. None of us knows the details of this case, including the impetus, the true character of Rice, the relationship of the two, or where this will end. All this speculation about what it all means is just that … speculation. The arrogance of some people.
Spot on!
This story is a week old. ther have been blogs, commentary all week long, And Smith has since apologized for his comments. Now along comes an oppportunistr who wantrs to make a name for himself by going in again on Ray rice by sticking his chest out with this blog.
I was thinking the EXACT same thing.
So what, he apologized. He was REQUIRED, to do so. His comments were IRRESPONSIBLE! Whoopi's comments, were IRRESPONSIBLE! It is NEVER acceptable, for a male to HIT a female. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, is still one of the LEADING causes of DEATH for WOMEN (NOT, men). Wake-up, people!
And yet, she still married him.
Her bad. Red flag #3. She will possibly die at his hands next time. Then, what will the NFL do?
Had he beat Becky or Susie, the suspension would have been 4 or more games.
Yes, that is SO true. Shame, shaMe, SHAMEFUL!
While I don't condone what Ray Rice did to his now wife. I think that what some people don't get is that the NFL suspended him without pay. That means no money coming into his house which his wife and child now live. Do you think missing game checks also punishes his family too?


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Now here's an idea.
The Board of Public Utilities, which usually focuses on arcane, complicated matters of utility rates and regulation, has begun to examine what can be done about a far more mundane matter: Trees. Specifically, trees that fall down on power lines in storms and cause outages.
Better "vegetation management," as it is called in the electrical power business, can reduce outages, the BPU has determined.
You think?
New Jersey utilities began to focus more intensely on trimming tree limbs near power lines after the June 2012 derecho. Still, during Hurricane Sandy approximately 100,000 trees fell on power lines around the state, according to NJSpotlight.com.
The head of Atlantic City Electric said in a March 2013 letter to the editor that the utility had "tripled the cost allocation for our vegetation management plan." But drive down almost any road in South Jersey and you can spot tree limbs that are dangerously close to power lines and that look like they are going to take out the line in the next storm.
If this is so easy for motorists to spot, why is it so difficult for utilities to do something about it - before thousands are inconvenienced by hours or days without electrical power?
Now, at least, the BPU is stepping up the process, approving a staff recommendation to consult with utilities, local officials and forestry experts to develop more aggressive vegetation-management programs. Regulators have traditionally focused on protecting high-voltage transmission lines. But now distribution lines, which deliver power to homes, will be the focus.
One proposal would set up a tracking system for tree-related outages in an effort to identify trees likely to fall on power lines. Another possibility is determining that only some tree species be allowed within utilities' rights-of-way.
All of this is welcome and overdue - but it does seem overly bureaucratic. Finding the problem trees isn't difficult - all you have to do is look. We're betting each reader of this editorial could easily point out a half-dozen trees posing risks to power lines in their neighborhoods.
To be fair, there is another side to the problem. Some people get very angry when the power company trims trees on their street.
We get that. We like trees too - a lot.
But extreme weather and power outages certainly seem to be a growing problem. Tree limbs falling on lines are a major culprit in these outages. And ordering utilities to do a more aggressive job of vegetation management would seem to be a no-brainer for the BPU - and a major plus for everyone else.

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Toyota's latest campaign channels the Cinderella story we all know and love. In the commercial, a young fashion student isn't invited to the "Palace Fashion Show" because she sadly, doesn't have a dress. But she doesn't let that stop her. She grabs her best friends, hops in her Toyota C-HR, gathers supplies and finishes a show-stopping look just in time to walk down the runway.
Now, the car company is bringing that challenge to life with young fashionistas in New York City. They've tasked Fashion Camp NYC students with designing three different looks inspired by the Toyota C-HR. While you might be wondering how on earth a formal gown can resemble a car, well, these young designers stopped by our People Now studios to show you.
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The first pair decided to channel the car's features â they dressed up in a white floor-length gown by adding tassels resembling windshield wipers, a lacy belt as a chic version of a seat belt, and tied it all together with pearls and diamonds that any Fairy Godmother would deem essential. The next pair decided to focus on color in a bright red number. They showcased the other hues the car comes in by adding black lace in the back and metallic accents all around.
The third one has a 1920's inspired vibe. The bold blue design was accented with peacock feathers as a way to symbolize the car's uniqueness. "When I first walked in the car, I thought it was very unique so I wanted to add something [similar] to the dress," the young designer shared. To see them all, make sure to watch the full video above!
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I found out about The Gentle Barn a few weeks ago when I saw a friend on Facebook hugging a beautiful cow. It's an animal sanctuary for abused and/or neglected animals located just north of Los Angeles. So we rounded up some family and friends for a Sunday afternoon barn sesh.
Chris was teasing me saying that I was going to stay there petting everything until my hands bled. I could have. Below, you have "Mr. Fancy Pants." He periodically sticks his head out of this little door and does a loud, crazy gobble then disappears back into the barn. Pure comedy.
This piggy was dreaming while a million little hands massaged the coarse fur that covered her 1000 pound body. She even slept as a little kid tugged at her nipples.
These were the sweetest, calmest little angels. I liked the ones who sunbathed and accepted sweet petting.
We had some help from a docent with picking up this Japanese Silky rooster. He totally loved being held! His feet were HUGE. He had fancy feathers with the nape of his neck sporting an ombre coloring and a few teal blue long feathers in the back.


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Where is the link for the samples? I can't find it, did they take it away or I must be blind today.
Its still there if you go under Custom kits...
I should be getting my sample kit tomorrow and I can't wait!! If I like the products, I'll be ordering the 78.00 kit. So excited!!
I got my sample kit in like 2 days! I haven't tried them yet, but hopefully I'll get a chance today.
I'll let everyone know how they work out for me....
I just placed an order, I can't wait to get them!!!!
i got mine over a week ago and have been using it.
i love it!
i used bare minerals before and i didnt like it.
the everyday ones are great.
and the samples will last me a while too!
i love EM!! hope you love it too because it is great stuff!! i've been using it for over a year and my skin loves it.
Their premium Kabuki brush is great! I just ordered a second one, also w/ the mini eyeshadow kit. Don't need it, but love to have.
This is the best stuff ever and you cannot beat the price!
I got my sample kit today and I LOVE it!!! I ordered the Sunkissed fair and Fair in foundations but I think I'm going to stick with the fair since the Sunkissed Fair leaves my face with orange lines. I swear it's so hard for me to find a foundation that doesn't leave me orange....even the lightest ones possible do. I'm going to try the Sunkissed Fair one more time and see if I can get it right. The blush is really good too, I even used it on my eyes!!
I noticed on the website if you order by tomorrow you get 10% off and two free eye shadows. Do these promotions happen often? I'm feeling a bit rushed to buy the kit I want since I'm short on cash but it seems like a really good offer.
two of their makeup kits are $28. what would i need to buy to get to $29?
I just received my sample kit this week. I am really impressed with the foundation and blush. I think I need a darker concealer though. Overall it's a great product. I'm thinking of trying the eyeshadows.
You could buy a small eye shadow for 2.50
I was so sold on that make up today that I just ordered myself a kit. Still not sure on foundation though so I ordered the Sandy Fair and Fair. I'm really confused but the Sandy Fair seems lighter so that's probably the one I'll keep and I'll exchange the other one. Gah, I didn't see the Sandy Fair option when I ordered my samples, but it seems lighter than the Fair, doesn't it??


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Recently, with the exit of Kunwar Amarjeet Singh and Shakti Mohan as this on screen duo got Dare 2 Dance on Life OK and Jhalak Dikhhlaa Jaa Season 7 respectively, the makers of the show thought of bringing in new entries to live up to the expectations of the viewers.
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Amar avers, "I agreed to do the show just because of my fans. They were too attached to me and the show as well. They were really sad when I left the show so when the makers approached me I accepted it because I felt it will be absolutely worth it to go and do the show just for my fans."
Well, this was what Amar had to say. But we have also got some exclusive piece of news besides this.
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The ongoing season of Dil Dostii Dance going off air and the news of the makers bringing in a new season with a fresh cast will be a good watch.
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The most interesting thing to me about the power of healing is that it offers brand-new purpose & perspective on old, painful experiences.
God sheds new light on the positives that are often hidden inside of the hardest parts of our story. These places teach us that we can draw from them, what we once thought was only good to weigh us down, can be used to propel us forward and bring others with us.
When we're ready, we will be able to see it. We can heal and learn and grow from the same pain that held us hostage for so long. True story. We are exactly who, and what, we choose to believe that we are. From that point, is where our choices, our goals, our vision for our future, and how far we think that we are capable of going stem from.
My personal addiction story begins with my traumatic childhood experiences, where addiction's foundation had been prepared in fertile soil, long before I would turn to drugs & alcohol to cope with my own messy, unmanageable, adult life.
So here we go:
I was born to two teenage parents.
My mom celebrated her 16th birthday, and I was born 2 weeks later.
My dad was 17.
My dad:
Was a well-intentioned young man; funny, smart, and by all accounts has always been a hard working person. Since we haven't had a close connection for over twenty years, I can only speculate on certain details.
Here's what I do know.
At one point in his life, he had a drinking problem. Despite the fact that I never witnessed him being violent, I have caught a few glimpses of him sleeping outside. I did see multiple pickup trucks being dropped off at our house via tow truck, I watched him get arrested a few times, and I can remember the way he used to smell like alcohol.
Speaking only from my own observations and current knowledge on alcohol, it is clear to me that along his journey, something went wrong between him and his relationship with alcohol.
Note: To be completely fair to him, I have never heard him refer to himself as an alcoholic, so I will not use that term. I do know that AA was one component that led to his life change and to him turning his life around after divorcing my mother.
My mother:
Having three children before she was 25 probably contributed to the struggles that she had already developed in regard to coping with life's ups and downs.
She had been diagnosed with Manic Depression as an adolescent. (Bi-Polar Disorder) in the 80's.
From what my grandmother explained to me there was a noticeable & severe shift in her personality by age 13, and it seemed like she was never able to find a balance between her body and her medication. Having a child so early in her life added extra psychological stress and complicated things even more, and by 1987, she had fallen in love with crack-cocaine.
I won't make a list of all the things that she found impossible to deal with. Her unmanaged or mismanaged mental-illness and her struggles with addiction have been an ongoing fight for her since she was twenty years old.
So it is no surprise that emotional regulation has always seemed to be really difficult for her. After my youngest brother passed away is a time that I can pinpoint where she completely retreated inside of herself and vowed to never resurface.
And, she hasn't.
My brother has been gone now for almost 26 years.
As I sit here, she is still struggling. Every day is tough for her. She lives 20 minutes away from my house. Her addiction is still reigning over her, and her current situation is heartbreaking. Over the years because of her prolonged drug use, she has also developed several other conditions and diagnosis'.
My Early life:
Imagine a tiny living room with an abundant amount of smoke as thick as fog, and a party-like atmosphere with music that was always unbearably loud, waves of strange people coming in and going out who were smelly, and flashing lights, or some kind of police interaction on a regular basis.
That paints an accurate picture of the majority of my memories. Those things were my normal, everyday, home-life. When I look at this picture I know that I was always happy, and most care-free when I was outside. That is my house behind me:
One of my last few bottoms:
It was the middle of the afternoon and I had planned on accompanying my grandmother to the post office. The last thing that I remember before we left the house that day was struggling to stay awake.
I could always feel when I had taken too many pills or if I drank too much, or mixed too many different things together. I knew and expected that I would fall asleep or throw up, but this time something was a little bit different. Neither happened.
I assumed eating would be a good idea. Surely, it would do the trick if I could just hold it together. But after picking my head up and out of a quick & unexpected face plant into my bowl of chicken noodle soup, I forced myself up and made it into the kitchen. I barely made it to the counter in time to drop my bowl down into the sink. I leaned over the counter for balance and tried to breathe as deep as I could with my face touching the cold counter-top. Nothing was working. I couldn't stay awake.
As I laid my head there with my eyes closed I could hear my grandma hollering my name from the driveway. Over and over and over.
So I took one last deep breath, peeled my cheek away from the counter, and staggered out to her car.
I really don't remember the entire 3 block drive downtown, but I do remember walking through the entrance & seeing a line of people.
I can remember feeling a lightening flash sort of feeling, the room getting dark & feeling extremely tiny, and I was reaching out for a wall lean against.
I hit the ground.
The next time I opened my eyes I immediately recognized the sight, smell and sounds. The hospital.
I felt annoyed that I was there. I was annoyed that I was wasting time. I was annoyed that the nurses were so nosy; prying information out of me. I hated talking to people.
This particular afternoon was like many others before it and it wasn't the last time I injured my body or that I got myself into trouble.
I really wish I could tell you that was it, that after that a light bulb went off and I decided to choose Recovery that day.
That after I ripped out my IV and left a.m.a (out of fear of child services catching wind of my latest melodrama), that I had a some crazy but much needed spiritual awakening or encounter with God.
But I didn't.
It would take several more months before I would realize that I had a real problem.
Where it all started:
Having a primary caregiver who struggles with addiction and mental health issues meant that my life was unpredictable by default.
I taught myself various ways to hide from things. I knew how to make myself feel safe in unsafe situations. I became an a chronic seeker of escape. I was an expert at covering up my own emotions as a means of survival.
I began controlling everything that I could. Doing this felt soothing to me. I figured out how to do everyday things for myself and self-reliance was how I lived my life. I knew who I could count on and who I couldn't.
My constant compulsion to be in control and to live my life anxiously awaiting a crisis meant that the coping skills that I developed weren't always necessary. But I didn't know how to turn them off. Eventually it just became my way of life and definitely changed how I operated day-to-day.
I was street smart and intelligent, but I as I got older I couldn't control my emotions so easily.
Hiding or escaping wasn't as easy.
I found that I could not cope with my own emotions, or handle any kind of conflict. I had significant trust issues, and didn't really know how to allow myself to connect with others in order to build real, lasting, authentic relationships with other people.
My substance abuse began in high school and yes, I thought that it started as innocent fun.
Being drunk for the first time felt really good (really really good) and I just thought that everyone was doing what I was doing.
I knew I was breaking promises that I had made to myself, to never be like her (my mother).
But when I allowed myself to lower my guard, I saw that I laughed, I bonded with other people, and I could finally just be myself. The weight was gone.
And I liked that feeling. A lot.
I was always the loudest in any group setting. I was a really funny drunk.
But at some point I would always turn into a weepy, unstable, drunk person. I would mostly try to fight at least one person, and if I didn't get myself removed from whatever bar I was in, then it wasn't last-call yet.
I was relentless.
Drunk, I was always searching, planning, and making mental notes of time and alcohol availability. Even when other people were winding down I was still anticipating more.
It didn't take long for me to try marijuana, cocaine, crystal meth, mushrooms, ecstasy, and cigarettes.
I was a poly-substance abuser. I was addicted to not feeling anything. For a long time, that was my primary problem. I valued and sought to not feel.
I became a teen mom at 19.
Having to provide for someone else my inability to handle stress became more evident.
I became obsessed with giving this small person a better life and a better opportunities than what I felt like I had.
But I didn't know how.
I was burning from both ends and I was running out of ideas. It is like I knew what I wanted to give to him and I knew what was 'right' but I didn't know how to make those things happen.
I began to use different drugs earlier in the day and for different reasons. I still avoided feeling, but I began using to not feel shame.
I dropped out of high school, got my GED, enrolled in college, dropped out of college, and ended up working tirelessly at dead-end jobs, doing my best to take care of my son.
The shame continued to mount and my problem got bigger and stronger.
I felt like a failure and overall, I was in a battle within myself.
I didn't know who I was. I could feel that I was an incomplete person.
I knew I was afraid of the truth: I couldn't do it all.
So I made sure that I couldn't feel and somehow, that made things work.
Until it didn't.
Things had already been getting progressively worse and more serious.
My life took a turn for what would be my worst two years after I had a surgery.
A surgery that turned into a huge nightmare.
I contracted a staph-infection (MRSA) and was down for about a year.
By down I mean sick.
By down I mean:
"Here Brittany, we know you cannot sleep comfortably; take two of these before bed to relax your muscles. By down I mean we know you are in constant pain during the day too, so take one or two of these every few hours. We are just doing everything that we can. Take one of those every four hours for your anxiety."
After a 25lb+ weight loss,
2 terrible outpatient procedures,
3 additional surgeries, and one more additional year of living in pain-
I had become addicted to pain killers and two other medications that I had been spoon fed throughout the duration of time that I was under the direct care of my surgeon and his minions.
I was taking around 12-15 pills per day, and when those prescriptions weren't available to me anymore I found them on the street.
Me, after one of my surgeries.
Eventually I did came face to face with an ultimatum only after physically hurting & endangering someone who I truly loved, many others (including myself), wrecking cars, ruining relationships, stealing from individual's and companies that I cared about, living in and out of jail, hiding from bondsman and ex-boyfriends, and ultimately, submitting to exhaustion from the daily chase.
I reluctantly chose to accept the help that, by the Grace of God, landed in my lap.
I am not sure if I agree that everyone has a 'bottom' that is so often assumed to exist for ALL people who struggle with an addiction, and is a requirement for 'real' change-
but I had definitively have more than one bottom and I hit hard every single time.
It wasn't any one experience for me that led me to accept offered help, it was the circumstance in which I found myself at the right time.
My recovery began as my simple choice to get sober.
I was afraid and did not really believe that I had what it would take to actually change my life, but I wanted it. I wanted it more than anything in the world.
It was that peace that I sought.
Feeling true contentment within my life in a real way.
Not having to chase anymore.
No more having to pre-plan every single day, anticipating every single moment.
It took one full year to scratch the surface.
My long-term goal was peace and contentment and this first year was a really good start toward that goal.
I began to uncover why I was the way that I was.
I had to walk through my childhood to recognize the patterns ingrained within myself, my brain and my heart, and to discover why that all mattered.
I had to forgive myself for things that happened back then that were out of my control and I had to learn to accept that my parents are just people.
Very young people who were doing the best that they could at the time, who were going through their own situations.
I had to forgive and move on.
I had to accept all of the things that I had done, and had chosen not to do.
I had to survey my surroundings and make some decisions about the people I allowed in my life.
At the end of that first year, it became clear to me that it was all really about learning to take responsibility for my own actions as an individual.
Nothing that happened to my life was anyone else's fault.
The things that happened to me weren't who I was, unless I chose to see it that way.
I had choices, and I could choose to self-identify with NEW things.
New things that I had to work for in order to uncover them.
It was the hardest year of my life.
I cried a lot.
My emotions were all out of whack and I couldn't sleep.
I felt lost.
My thoughts worked against me and time felt like it had stopped, like it was knew that I was watching the clock.
I tried to quit and to tell myself that I couldn't do it, but ultimately, never did let myself quit.
I learned to combat those voices that told me that I wasn't good enough to live a different life, that I didn't deserve a healthy life.
I listened to the truth and the people who I had met who told me that I could change, that I was loved, and that everyone was cheering for me.
I couldn't believe that virtual strangers cared about me or my future, but they invested in me and never let me give up.
My second year was less about using drugs to cope and more about unpacking even more emotional baggage.
For the first three years of my son's life, I wasn't there.
I was there physically, but I couldn't remember any of it.
I had to learn ways to move forward and build new memories. I learned that the more I allowed myself to focus on building new things, the less I would beat myself up over all that I had missed.
Each year I learned more and more about myself.
This has really been a journey of self-discovery and learning to live life as a healthy person.
I have a strong relationship with God, and He is my source of strength and His book my number one resource. Relationships are a close second, the most important one being my marriage.
I have also come to realize that sobriety is a choice.
I am not a drug-addict.
I am a woman who is choosing to live a sober lifestyle because I want to.
Next year I celebrate my 10 year anniversary of SOBRIETY and NEW LIFE.
I am publishing my first book to commemorate this occasion.
My 10th Birthday.
If you are reading this and you are struggling, please don't give up on yourself.
We are resilient creatures and I can say that at one point, I truly believed that I was meant to be nothing more than a high school drop out, a struggling, single mom, who felt comfortable being in abusive relationships, who ended up having a love affair with drugs, who didn't deserve anything good-
and that I could NEVER get my life on track.
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Words: , Sunday Sunshine: New Hymns and Poems for the Young (London: Nisbet & Co., 1858).
Music: Homeland (Bateman), (1852-1929).
Great God, the world is full of Thee,
Thy kindness, and Thy power;
The bright blue sky, and rolling sea,
Green tree, and summer flower.
And every day, and everywhere,
Thou watchest everything;
The tender lamb enjoys Thy care;
The little birds that sing.
And very, very kind indeed
Thou art, O God, to me;
Supplying all my daily need;
And helping patiently.
Teach my young heart to yield its love
Through Jesus Christ, Thy Son;
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Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was unabashedly lazy and uneventful, and it was amazing. I even managed to fit in two naps. After a workweek that seemed like it would never end, the weekend was just what I needed.
Part of last week's disorderliness was due to the cupcakes you see before you. As the resident baker, work birthdays can be quite the burden, but the pleasure I get from making something special for a special someone's day exceeds the inconvenience of finding the time to do so. For now, anyway. Sometimes, the hardest part is figuring out what to bake, and in this case, with the birthday girl celebrating a 5 at the end of her new age and with a baby on the way, I knew it had to be something grand.
While "Chocolate Banana Cupcakes with Nutella Frosting" may be the title of this post, the unabridged name for these babies is "Chocolate Banana Cupcakes with Nutella Cream Cream Frosting, Hazelnuts and Caramel." With the birthday girl eating for two, and me baking for 24, the long, grandiose name seemed only fitting.
Before making these, I reached out to the birthday girl's husband and asked if she and/or the baby had any special cravings that I should try to satisfy. The answer I got back was "rich and chocolatey."
Rich and chocolatey is what I delivered.
And then, because chocolate, banana, nutella and cream cheese weren't enough, I went ahead and topped each cupcake with chopped hazelnuts and a caramel drizzle.
I knew caramel had to factor in somehow, because the birthday girl loves the stuff. I know this because I made these salted caramel cupcakes for her birthday a couple of years ago and she went bananas for them. Bananas were therefore the natural inspiration behind these treats.
As long as their name may be, these cupcakes were really no more difficult than any other recipe to put together. The chocolate and banana batter doesn't even require the use of a mixer. A little bit of elbow grease will do the trick. And the frosting comes together in no time.
Multiple tasters told me these were the best ones yet. I'm definitely my own worst critic, but even I might have to agree with them. I hope you give these a try, and hope you have a great week.
- 1 cup milk
- 3 ripe bananas
- ⅔ cup canola or vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1½ cups sugar
- 2 cups flour
- ⅔ cup cocoa powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup nutella
- Preheat the oven to 350°. Line two cupcake pans with liners.
- In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork, then whisk in the milk, sugar, oil, and vanilla until incorporated. Whisk out as many large lumps of the banana as you can, but some lumps are more than ok.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the banana mixture. Stir until just smooth being careful not to overmix.
- Pour batter into liners, filling each one no more than 2/3 full.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 18 to 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes in the pans. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whisk together the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Sift the powdered sugar over the bowl and continue whisking until combined.
- Add the nutella and mix until completely incorporated. Give it a taste, and add more nutella and powdered sugar if you have a bigger sweet tooth than me.
- Transfer to piping bag and frost cupcakes.
- Makes 24 cupcakes that I also topped with chopped hazelnuts and caramel sauce.


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This is a space saving half mount reproduction of an actual baby Great White Shark was found on a beach in southern California many years ago. A mold was made of the shark and this is the reproduction of this very shark.
This is an awesome shark mount. It is 41 inches long and 18 inches at its widest point. It is lightweight, but durable, made of rigid polyurethane foam and hangs flat against the wall. It weighs 3 pounds. It is made with REAL SHARK TEETH, and painted by a professional taxidermist.
This shark is a great decor idea for a boys room, restaurant, bar, or for the fisherman in your family.


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Not just good news for me, but also for all those people who wait days for me to answer emails and get to things because I get backlogged, I've hired an assistant. She starts on June 15th. Actually, it's someone very familiar with Samhain so training will be easy, thank you, God.
She's going to take over a lot of the little busy-work tasks that I don't really need to do, just oversee. That will free me up for things like answering emails, being a better boss to the editors, and a better editor to my authors. Whee! Really, since I'll be traveling half of July and most of August, this comes at the perfect time.


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Fine quality French Point de Beauvais/tambour embroidery dates from the 1920's, and is in pristine unused condition.
Piece has many motifs of foliage and flowers in pinks, corals, blues, yellows and lavenders and greens.
Embroidery is extremely fine and executed on fine cotton gauze.
Motif measures 8.5 by 3 inches, and the gauze measures 6.5 by 12 inches.
I have shown the embroidey back lit in one photo.
Price is for one piece.
Point de Beauvais embroidery is worked from beneath the cloth using a very fine crochet hook, resembling a regular needle, to push and pull the thread, forming interlocking loops on the top surface and making a real "chain stitch".
Tambour embroidery or tambour work is a technique whereby a chain stitch is worked with a fine hook (a tambour hook) on a fine,
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Gah! Brooklyn is now an even MORE POPULAR baby name than we thought!
From today's just-out list of the most popular baby names, courtesy of the Social Security Administration: Brooklyn was the 21st most popular girl's name in 2011, up from 34 in 2010. It's right between Aubrey (#20) and Lillian (#22). (Those? Really?) At least it didn't crack the boy's top 100 at all. Somebody has to stop this insanity. Any better names to suggest to moms in Duluth?
I like Sunset Park for Korean babies. Not that any Koreans care what I like.


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Headlights - major safety issue
Headlights - major safety issue
I have so far not noticed this issue. Of course, I only have my car for 2 months, so I'm not much of a reference.
Do you mean that the light bundle is too narrow?
Or are you missing the swiveling headlights that other cars have? (like my previous car, for example)
The Model S (with tech pack) does have cornering lights which light up the inside of the corner when turning. They only work up until 40 km/h, though. Do mean that you don't have the cornering lights or that the speed to work on is too low or that they're not efficient enough?
So many questions, sorry :-) Just like to clear up the question.
For reference of other readers, this is your previous post:
I enjoy the increased night time visibility afforded by the turning lights. Is your issue related to the fact that they phase out at a certain speed threshold? If so , I'm sure that's amenable to a firmware upgrade if the idea is sufficiently endorsed to ownership.
I have never in my life known anyone with a car that had cornering lights. So the Model S does have some kind of cornering lights, but they aren't good enough? Okay, fine, talk about how they can be improved, but calling it a "major safety issue" is a bit much, don't you think?
@ mike,
You have the halogen lights. If there is an issue, it must be specific to those lights. I have the HIDs - which is standard equipment - and there is absolutely no visibility issue.
No problems here either. Have the car for a over a year now with tech package.
How about reducing speed if you feel visibility is not sufficient? Speed limits in the US are generally set to be on the hypercautious side for the average cheap car. If you have trouble with a MS, then you are speeding. In LA, going up Topanga from PCH to the 101 is a lot of fun, and I have not had any problems with the car at night going up to speed limit (45 MPH). The major issue is other "flatlander" drivers creeping up. Grew up on Switzerland; we have a few mountain roads there.
If a particular set of headlights is a make-or-break issues for you, get a car with those headlights.
Given your newfound knowledge, perhaps a title edit is in order.
these are the posts that keep be away from the forum for weeks at a stretch...
HID headlights come with the tech package.
Even better: Xenon HID headlights are now standard. You don't need the tech pack for those any longer.
So I guess Tesla did listen to you, but of course that doesn't solve your problem, I understand that.
Isn't HID standard on all MS now? I have driving my new MS few night without noticing any issues op described. I live in an area that have very dark and winding streets with people walking/joggin after dark.
Correct--Xenon comes standard on every Model S now. There is a small cohort of "early adopters" (~1%) who did not order the tech package who received halogen apparently. I don't know when TM transitioned to HID for all.
To be clear:
Standard today: Xenon headlights with automatic on/off
Part of Tech Package today: LED cornering lights
Previously the Xenon headlights were part of the Tech Package, I don't know what was standard then or when they made Xenon standard.
@mike, have you emailed ownership@ or talked to your service center yet?
You should.
+1 @NKYTA - I don't know why it took 16 replies for someone to mention contacting TM.
@mike - you have now had 2 threads spanning 7 months trying to find people to support your crusade against Tesla's cornering lights policy, and so far no one is on board. Clearly this isn't a concern to most people, but it is very important for you. Therefore your time is probably best spent working with your service center to find a solution for your dissatisfaction. They can be very helpful. Trying to push an agenda on the forum is more likely to leave you feeling frustrated and helpless.
Just my 2 cents.
Post a video. Not that it will probably help any..
To be fair, I was the one who dug out the old thread, not Mike.
And it seems that he is going to take your advice or took it already,
@ mike,
My Xenon HID lights came with the car - I have the tech package. However, it's a very easy swap for the service center to change out your headlight assembly. If you are asking them to change the bulb from halogen to xenon, it won't happen. But if you're willing to pay for a swap of both headlight assemblies (the entire thing, not just the bulb), then you should have no issues. Tesla would be happy to sell those to you.
@ mike,
Also, would you mind changing your thread title? It is not really accurate. There is no "major safety issue", otherwise others would have also reported the same. You are simply seeking information on how to upgrade your lights to HIDs, which we have provided. It might be more accurate to change your thread title to something like "Headlights - how to upgrade to HID?"
What did we ever do before cornering lights and adaptive headlights? Amazing that we've survived so far with this "major safety issue." For the record, I have the cornering lights on my S, have adaptive self-leveling headlights on my BMW motorcycle. They are interesting gewgaws to show off to friends, but do nothing for safety. I have also never come close to hitting a curb with or without self-turning headlights.
I disagree completely.
Cornering lights, swiveling headlights, Xenon HID lights or LED headlights improve visibility for the driver. How does that NOT improve safety?
Auto leveling makes sure that you don't blind anyone coming from the other direction and that your light always optimally illuminates the road ahead. Again, a safety feature.
Remember how long we've "survived" without seat belts? Without ABS? Especially tell the surviving bit to the people who were killed because someone didn't see them or because they flew through a window during an accident not wearing a seat belt.
@Pungoteague_Dave: I too have active curve illumination in my Mercedes and I absolutely LOVE this feature. Just because you see no value in seeing where you are turning your car into at night does not mean others don't value that feature.
In fact whenever I drive my girlfriend's Volvo S80 at night I complain about the lack of vision when turning into a darkly lit residential road at night. With my Mercedes as soon as I turn on the turn indicator, it lights up the area I am about to turn into and when driving in residential neighborhoods I appreciate being able to tell if there is a small child or pet along the side of the curb BEFORE I make the turn.
I haven't driven a Model S at night time but when I order one I will order it with the fog lights because I understand Tesla uses the fog lights for cornering and I appreciate any extra illumination I can get.
And what's this about comparing to how we got by without cornering illumination systems. Yes, we also got by with internal combustion engines too buy after my current car I am done with them.
Whatever that can be improved should be improved and when you pay a certain amount for a car, it is not unreasonable to expect features found in similarly priced cars.
And for those who are curious, the Mercedes lighting system is not just for illuminating curves. It is speed dependent and also depends on what type of road that you are driving on. Basically at night time it enhances illumination and if you drive with the high beams on, it automatically adjusts for oncoming traffic.
I have the cornering lights on my car but I don't even notice them. Perhaps it is because I have the tech package?
I watch way down the road when I drive. Most of the corners I encounter are blind corners, so I take them at a lower speed.
The roads I travel are rural windy hills with switchbacks about half of the time. The rest is freeway and city/burbs. When on straights, I have my eyes on the road as far ahead as I can possibly see so that I can see the reflection of my headlights in an animal's eyes. My spouse is from a big town. I'm always having to remind him to watch further down the road and watch the ditches/shoulders when on highways and roads. City kids...
I am having trouble envisioning the situation where the cornering lights are useful. When I look for them they are shining into a ditch immediately in front of me and I am already cornering.
If you have cornering lights and they don't make a noticeable difference when turning, IMHO they are not doing their job and need to be redesigned or something is wrong with them.
"I haven't driven a Model S at night time but when I order one I will order it with the fog lights because I understand Tesla uses the fog lights for cornering and I appreciate any extra illumination I can get."
No, the fog lights are not used as cornering lights. There are separate LED cornering lights that come with the tech package and have nothing to do with the fog lights.
The fog lights are more for being seen than for seeing.
Again, I have had adaptive headlights on two prior MB GL 320's, two BMW cars, two BMW motorcycles, one Porsche, and we have the cornering lights on the Tesla. Gimmicks.
If you can't see well at night, you shouldn't be driving. I acknowledge a SMALL marginal safety benefit, certainly not anywhere close to being in the league of ABS, seat belts, or air bags - CERTAINLY not a stop-the-clock emergency as stated by OP. It isn't as if standard headlights have no peripheral illumination. If you have ANY chance of over-running your vision with whatever lights you have, then SLOW DOWN. How fast do you go around corners anyway?
You are essentially saying that every Honda, Toyota, VW, etc., on the road are fundamentally unsafe cars because this technology is just now emerging and not available yet on those marques. Absurd. Even the vast majority of Mercedes delivered today do not have this feature, and they were the first to make it available about 15 years ago (there were some mechanical system on American cars in the 1950's and 1960's, like on the Olds Toronado), but in modern terms, this is a luxury, not a needed feature. Note that international standards require that cornering lights NOT function above 40kph (25mph). That's to keep other drivers from being blinded.
@WEB_SRFR - My spouse notices them, but I don't. He commented that he liked them. Perhaps just different driving styles?
@AmpedRealtor: The only reason I'd order the fog lights is for the corner illumination as I love this feature in my Mercedes and want to retain it when I get a Tesla. You stated that "the fog lights are not used as cornering lights," but then why does it show a $500 option for the fog lights (with a claim about them being used for cornering) when ordering a P85 with the Tech Package?
The $500 fog light option's description clearly states that the fog lights will be used with the cornering lights when ordered with the Tech Package. Look it up...
So to get the cornering lights do you have to select the Tech Package AND the fog lights? This might explain why some people with the Tech Package are saying they don;t notice much of a difference.
"Cut through fog and illuminate obstacles on dark roads with LED fog lights that are controlled through the touchscreen. Our newly redesigned fog lights are designed to work with our LED cornering lights and headlights as a complete system."
@Pungoteague_Dave: I have no problem seeing at night *knock on wood* but I certainly can't see what is not illuminated. All I said is that Mercedes has got this system right and it makes a big difference to me when I drive at night. It's only when I drive the Volvo that I notice how much better the Mercedes illumination system is.
I never said Honda, Toyota, VW, etc are not safe. Where did you get that? All I said is that to me, the intelligent and active illumination system of my Mercedes makes a big difference to what is illuminated in front of me when I drive at night. Apparently to you, it is all the same and that is fine. When I get my Tesla, I want to pay for whatever options are available to make the illumination comparable to what I have and appreciate now.
AmpedRealtor is right.
What they mean with the sentence you posted is simply that if you take the fog lights, you have a complete light cluster. The don't mean that you only get cornering lights when you take the fog lights, just like they don't mean that you only get headlights when you take the fog lights.
I do not have the fog lights. I still have the cornering lights.
The cornering lights are in the same case as the fog lights. The cornering LEDS are mounted on the side to illuminate the side of the road. The fog lights are mounted forward to illuminate the ground underneath the fog layer in front of the car.
It seems misleading then. Obviously when you get fog lights you don't assume that the car no longer comes with headlights :)
The statement I copied, at least to me, suggest that when you order the fog lights it enhances the cornering illumination of the vehicle at night. This is how it works with my Mercedes. When I turn at night, the fog light on that side comes on, and it illuminates a substantial portion of the side I am turning to. I find the extra illumination worth the cost of the fog lights it if it works like it does on my Mercedes and not otherwise.
I guess what this means is before I get that option I should test drive at night with and without the fog lights and see how it affects corner illumination.
I have both cornering lights and the new generation fog lights. There is nothing about that combination that is special in terms of functionality. The fact that your fog lights are on will, by default, improve visibility. Perhaps Tesla is referring to something esoteric, but if you do not have your fog lights turned on, the cornering lights do not activate them when turning.
@AmpedRealtor: Thanks for letting me know. I guess I was mislead with the description for them on the Tesla Web site then. I assumed they'd work the way they work so effectively in my Mercedes. The Mercedes fog lights might have been built specially to augment cornering illumination then. If the Tesla fog lights offer any extra corner or curb illumination, maybe this is something that Tesla can activate with a software update.
In any case, when I place my order I will drive with and without the fog lights at night to see if Tesla has by then implemented similar to what Mercedes has done to improve cornering illumination.
While I tend to post as if I know everything, I'm open to being wrong :)
I think it's actually a good idea to activate the fog light on the side where you are turning in addition to the LED turning lights, but knowing how my fog lights look when on, I can confidently say that I am not seeing anything close to that type of illumination. The LED turning lights are not particularly bright, but the fog lights are.
Maybe there some combined functionality here that I'm just not noticing?
I have the tech package (hence cornering lights) and got the gen 2 fog lights retrofitted - did not notice anything magical about cornering after the retrofit.
For the OP, you should talk to Service/Ownership about retrofit options for the HID - its more than a simple bulb swap, but I would assume its doable.
You made me look(at Tesla's ordering form)--fog light option makes no mention of cornering other than the fact that the fogs, turning lights and headlights comprise a complete system. Every tech package comes with turning lights regardless.
I have noticed I can't see around corners as well as I'd like. I have my windows tinted and put it down to that in part, but thinking about it I've had my windows tinted in every car I've owned (4 in the last 15 years) and never had this issue before. I do notice the side-lights (whatever they're called) coming on during turns, but they don't help near enough. Just my opinion.
Also, to the comments above to the effect "why are still posting about this issue?", sorry I think this is EXACTLY what these forums are for. To discuss issues we have with our expensive high-tech brand new cutting edge cars.
To anybody who thinks forums should be used for sales boosting and advancing Tesla Motors, sod off mate (as they say in Australia).
@Bighorn: I see what you are saying and I think it is extremely redundant to say that the fog lights will work with the other lights and that they are all integrated. Obviously they are based on the photos. I was mislead by the fact that they explicitly mention how the fog lights are integrated, not with the general lighting system, but specifically with the cornering illuminating capabilities of the car. This all made sense to me because that's how the system in my Mercedes works but according to @AmpedRealtor the system as is might not be what I imagined and understood.
In any case I would not be buying one before AWD comes out so when that happens I will make it a point to see what benefit by then the fog lights add to corner illumination as that's the only reason I'd buy them.
Just reporting the facts--couldn't cut and paste Tesla's description or I would have. I think you'll discover that the fog lights have no effect on cornering visibility. I like the cornering LEDs and I can certainly see better turning onto a dark country lane than with my 540.
I have the old halogen lights without the tech package, and there is a minor issue when taking a sharp turn at night. For instance my residential street is a right angle, right turn off the highway. The residential street drops down fairly steeply. When turning into the residential street there is essentially zero illumination until the car has turned through 45 degrees or so onto the residential street.. Its not a big problem for me because I obviously know the street fairly well, but if there was something non-illuminated near the junction there would be no way to see it.
There are other areas in the hills with the same geometry where there is essentially zero visibility. I can't say the situation with the S is any worse than it was with my old Prius classic. I usually carry a flashlight, and there were a couple of times when I drove the Prius where I had to stop the car and look out the passenger side window with the flashlight just to see where the road went. This would require a bit more contortion with the S, because its a much bigger car.
In these situations going slow does not help, because you can't see anything, no matter how slow you drive.
I never noticed any issues driving at night. I know you said your soon corroborated your experience, but perhaps it would be worth seeing an optometrist. Ask about night vision issues in particular.
You knew you wanted cornering lights but were too damn cheap to order the Tech Package. Demanding it be added at no charge and post these asinine posts demanding them be added this afternoon because of the safety hazard is ridiculous.
I suppose next all of the cheap people that ordered the 40kWh battery should demand that the 85kWh battery be added for free by this afternoon because running out of electricity on the highway is a safety hazard.
@ Dallas. When turning a corner, I get much better lighting and visibility in my 2005 Buick than I do in my Tesla 85. I don't have a tech package on my 2005 Buick.
Misunderstanding the issue doesn't really do much for the rest of us, does it?
@ jack
Details of your lights would be helpful--halogen or xenon, turning LEDs?
I have the cornering lights. They are activated when turning sharp turns. They shine light perpendicular to the front bumper and fill in the other 45 degrees where the headlights do not shine. Highway turns are so gradual they never come on.
If not having cornering lights is so hazardous governments would require them on evety car.


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Thailand has been steadily rising in popularity as a tourist destination, particularly over the last 30 years. Most international flights connect at Bangkok, which is a great city to enjoy a stop-over for a couple of days, before heading for the quieter coastal resorts. Hua Hin is within easy driving distance of Bangkok, a […]
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Sakhnovka Bracers XIIIc.
… "However, much unexpected discovery appeared to be steel bracer (elbow piece), originated from rich house hold (there was also discovered cupper golden-plated icon) of village Sakhnovki, destroyed by Mongols around 1240. Bracer consisted of two pipe-like pieces connected with hinges, which were pulled (to be more specific, closed) around arm with the help of two belts and two buckles. This bracer was so close to late medieval period, that it impressed the head of archeological dig site V. Gaze. He wrote following in his report: "Location and conditions, under which this part of warrior's armor was discovered (bottom of dwelling, 3.2 m deep, - A.K.), makes it especially interesting, since its relation to period of kniazes is doubtful."
So, antiquity of the item does not cause any doubts. It is important to present several comparisons. In Europe, plated armor for arms appeared around 1230; bracers in shape of two pipe like plates appear in 1250 – 1260. Hinged elbow pieces show up for the first time on images of 1325-1330, and much earlier ones, found on Bornholm, relate to XIV c. Thus, Sakhnovki bracers are the oldest in Europe and, besides, the rather perfect in its design. It is left to add, that term "bracer" starts to come up in documents of XVI c., and if not for Sakhnovka discovery, we would not know of such an early appearance of this part of armor in Russ." ...
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Gorbatchov Studio Hotel provides good lodging in Budapest.
Guests can get to Hungarian State Opera House, Vidam Park and Budapest Puppet Theater in 20 minutes on foot. Gorbatchov Studio Hotel is also placed near to Városliget, Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden and Museum of Fine Arts.
Bocanova serves italian dishes and lies just 10 minutes walk from the property.
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It's been a long time. I've been reminded a few times. I've lost contact. I have no real reason except for school and home. I've been neglectful of my online presence, my blog, my personal creativity and sharing my love with friends outside of work. The last time I posted was in October something. I'm sorry. Not only for my audience but also for me. I feel a sense of accomplishment and pride when I blog. I feel a surge of energy and inspiration. I also love to keep a record of my going-ons. I love the connections I make and the feedback.
I had intended on writing posts about constructing our awesome Halloween costumes, art journalling, my life as a musical theatre director, my darling hubby and baby, my great friends and family, the new babies in my life, things in the news and then some. I had intended to make a lot of art and crafts and get somewhere with interior design and teach and inspire and take more photos. I did quite a lot of that but didn't write about any of it.
A new friend of mine told me that she was nervous to start a blog and always wanted to. After following me for a bit, she was inspired to start her own, because I am honest and non-threatening. She told me that I am a very kind, passionate and creative person. I see the world through eyes of wonder. She not only started a blog, but has been blogging regularly for the past two months about purging, friendships, inspiring kids and life-changing travel – some really great stuff. I've written nothing. I feel like a fraud. I promise to come back. xoxo.


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This Friday I visited Miller Hill Sand Lake Elementary in Averill Park, NY and enjoyed managed to choke down one of the most disgusting lunches I've ever eaten. The fifth grade had a contest to design food that aliens might enjoy, and some of them went so far as to actually cook their creations.
There were black egg-like things, dripping eyeballs, green brain matter, and stuff no one could quite identify. I sampled (nearly) everything, and forty-eight hours later my stomach hasn't sprouted any strange, alien creatures. I take that as a good sign.
Thanks to everyone at MHSL for the fun vista and the delicious disgusting lunch. I hope we can do it again sometime!


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In MPLS Fun in the Lab: Add the Multicast in the Cloud – Part 5 we added the support in the cloud for multicast and for MVPN. As I mentioned in that blog, I intentionally left something out so we could have fun troubleshooting together. Please do know that what I left out is also most decidedly a very common thing forgotten by people new to configuring a cloud with MVPN/Rosen draft.
Time to play Network Detective together!
Gather the facts… collect the clues… follow the evidence.. interview the witnesses.. questions the suspects and figure out "who done it".
I'll start you off with 1 fact.
Fact – the missing configs are in the MPLS cloud offering MVPN. There is nothing missing from the configs in the customer multicast environment.
Knowledge and book learning really are the key to faster troubleshooting. I always begin here. So we have a "who done it". Right? I mean the multicast packets are not getting where they are supposed to go.
Before we look at what IS happening. First we really should have the knowledge of what is supposed to happen. So what is supposed to happen?
First – The MDT (multicast distribution trees) need to be built.
For multicast to flow from the Tx to the Rx… it needs the MDTs to be built.
I already gave you the fact that the missing configs are in the MPLS Cloud offering MVPN and not in the customer environment. So let's focus on the *,G between the Rendezvous Point (RP) and the Receiver (Rx).
What needs to happen for that *,G to get built between RP and Rx?
- Receiver (Rx) in customer environment sends an IGMP Membership report indicating it is interested in receiver multicast for group 220.127.116.11
- String then goes thru what I call "the checklist" prior to sending out a PIM (*,G) join. The checklist is "Who is the root?", "Where is the root?", "What is the PIM RPF neighbor toward the root?" This is a *,G so the root is the RP – which is Mozzarella at 10.1.1.1
- String then sends the PIM (*,G) Join "up the tree" towards the root. Which, in this case, is the SP cloud offering MVPN services.
- A PIM (*,G) join needs to make it to Mozzarella from the MVPN cloud. Remember this is NOT dense mode. Mozzarella is not going to just push multicast out. PIM Sparse Mode is a "pull" not a "push".
Time for our next fact.
Fact – Mozzarella is not receiving a PIM (*,G) Join from the cloud.
Well that gives us a place to start. If Mozzarella is not receiving the PIM *,G join for 220.127.116.11. Then it is Cheddar that is not sending it. Hmmmm… where to start – Cheddar to see if it has an OIL? Or Feta to see if it has received the PIM *,G Join from site 11?
Let's start on the right – over in Feta. Specifically over in Feta on the VRF customerA portion.
Remember, every device in our network, when troubleshooting, is a witness to the 'who done it.' So let's go interview Feta and see what facts and clues we can get.
Let's start by "asking" Feta my checklist of 3 questions for troubleshooting multicast.
- "Who is the root?",
- "Where is the root?",
- "What is the PIM RPF neighbor towards the root?"
Which MDT are we looking at? We are looking at the *,G.. also known as the RP tree.. also known as the shared tree. So… who is the root of the *,G? The Rendezvous point is.
The MDT we are trying to build is the *,G of *,126.96.36.199. Looks like Feta, inside of vrf customerA knows who the root is for this MDT. It is the RP at 10.1.1.1. However, we can see that the what is the PIM RPF neighbor towards the root is not known – 0.0.0.0.
Let's check if we know where 10.1.1.1 is. Also… while we are at it, let me show you one other command to see the who.
Okay… so we know where. Well how can we know where but not what the PIM RPF neighbor is towards the root? Simplest way for this to happen is to not have a PIM neighbor. The where is just showing you know the routing to get there. Where is it. But remember PIM *,G joins are sent hop by hop from PIM neighbor to PIM neighbor. So we need a PIM neighbor IP address that is our RPF (reverse path forwarding) towards the root.
I do like a lot of Cisco commands. But there is one that annoys me. 🙂 In IOS and IOS XE in order to see who my PIM RPF neighbor is I have to do a command that doesn't have PIM in it. Yeah… I'm not keen on that.
Alrighty then. So in VRF customerA on Feta we know who the root is, we know where the root is… but we do not know what the PIM RPF neighbor is towards the root.
But actually… thinking about it for a second… who should that RPF neighbor be? I mean… we are looking in Feta over in vrf customerA. The next "portion" of the network that is "towards" the RP is actual the Service Provider portion of Feta. Which is in the SP's network and not in the VRF.
Well that magic is what was supposed to have gotten accomplished by doing everything we did in the Part 5 blog.
What did we do again in that blog?
- Enabled Multicast Routing
- Assigned 232/8 to be SSM
- PIM neighbored between Cheddar and Rogue
- PIM neighbored between Rogue and Feta
- BGP IPv4 mdt peered Cheddar to Brie
- BGP IPv4 mdt peered Feta to Brie
So I check everything above and it looks perfect.
What did Daniel say again in his blog "CCDE – Next Generation Multicast – NG-MVPN"
Draft Rosen uses GRE as an overlay protocol. That means that all multicast packets will be encapsulated inside GRE.
A virtual LAN is emulated by having all PE routers in the VPN join a multicast group.
The default MDT is used for PIM hello's and other PIM signaling but also for data traffic.
Hmmmmm…… wait. PIM hellos over the default MDT? But why would I need PIM hellos over the 188.8.131.52? Oh… wait. "A virtual LAN is emulated by having all the PE routers in the VPN join a multicast group." So a virtual LAN is built in the SP core over 184.108.40.206 in order to "stitch" together the customer's multicast environment. So Cheddar and Feta are going to talk to each other over 188.8.131.52? Well when they talk to each other…. um…. what Source IP address do they use when sending a PIM hello to 22.214.171.124? And then there is the chicken and egg thing. This is SSM we are talking about. There is no RP to act as "dating service" between the sources and the receivers. So another question is how does Feta learn about the source IP address that Cheddar will use to send to 18.104.22.168 so it can send an S,G join to join it?
Enter the BGP IPv4 MDT.
Question – what IP address is Cheddar using for its BGP IPv4 MDT peering with Brie? It's using 220.127.116.11.
Question – what IP address is Feta using for its BGP IPv4 MDT peering with Brie? It's using 126.96.36.199.
So what if I told you that these are the IP addresses that will be used? Feta will learn the fact that Cheddar will use IP address 188.8.131.52 and group 18.104.22.168 via BGP IPv4 MDT. So then Feta knows to send a PIM (S,G) join to rogue for this. Specifically Feta will send a PIM (18.104.22.168, 188.8.131.52) join to Rogue. Rogue will complete the MDT by sending a PIM (S,G) join to Cheddar.
Conversely, Cheddar will learn via BGP IPv4 MDT that it needs to send a PIM (S,G) join… specifically a PIM (22.214.171.124, 184.108.40.206) join to Rogue. Rogue will complete the MDT by sending a PIM (S,G) join to Feta.
But… riddle me this. How do Cheddar and Feta do this? I mean… we didn't enable PIM on the Loopback0s on these two devices. How can the loopbacks create the "pull" – the join? Also.. the loopbacks will be the source of the GRE encapsulated multicast traffic.
So… what is the very common thing people forget to do? 🙂 What part of the "stitching" do they miss? Forgetting about the loopbacks that will be used as senders and receivers on the PEs.
Yup… that's it. That simple. And that common an oversight. Yes… absolutely everything else was configured properly.
Add pim sparse-mode to the loopback 0 on Cheddar and Feta and voila!
Before, on Feta in the VRF, the *,G for 184.108.40.206 showed an IIF (incoming interface) of Null and an RPF nbr of 0.0.0.0. Now? 🙂 Now we have Tunnel1 as the incoming interface and 184.108.40.206 (Cheddar) as the RPF neighbor.
So the above is the mroute in Feta but on the vrf customerA side. What does the mroute in Feta look like for the SP side?
A whole new world if you've never played with this stuff before. But… at the same time… there really only are a few moving parts to it. So I always use MVPN/Rosen draft when tossing together a SP cloud providing MVPN.
This blog, part 6, was the last of this blog series. In case you didn't get your geek on enough. 🙂 Here is a sniffer trace capturing the creation of the PIM 18.104.22.168 multicast distribution tree.. as well as the GRE encapsulated multicast traffic that goes over it.
Hope you had great fun playing in the lab together!


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Masonwood meeting frustrates
For 90 minutes a packed room engaged with Masonwood West developer Jim Meredith under the chairmanship of County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty. At times the engagement was angry and at no time did simple answers flow from the podium.
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In particular, Meredith gave no commitment to any reduction of building density on the 1,600+ on 900+ acres although he did agree to meeting with area representatives. He also alluded to the contentious PUA rules (the so call MOU) and hedged on how complex he found it and how he did not know what specifically it proscribed.
At the end of the meeting, State Rep Paul Workman asked what level of support there was in the room for widening Hamilton Pool Road by adding a turn lane and shoulders but only just over half the attendees raised their hands.


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Mini (Shabana Azmi) is a bright village girl with academic ambitions and an appetite for literature and philosophy. Her intellectual uncle (Utpal Dutt) indulges her brainy bent, encouraging her studies and running interference between Mini and her mother (Sudha Shivpuri), a pious widow whose only concern is to see Mini married, and quickly. Mini has a nascent love affair with her neighbor Narendra (Vikram), the zamindar's son, a student in Calcutta who on his frequent visits brings her Victorian literature, listens raptly to her discourse, and is bold enough to kiss her opportunistically when they are caught together in a rainstorm. Circumstances conspire against Mini and Narendra, though, and soon Mini finds herself married against her wishes to a wheat trader Ganshyam (Girish Karnad) from a neighboring village. Plunged into despair, Mini struggles to become accustomed to life in her unwanted marriage and her new home, where Ganshyam's stepmother seems to favor Mini's sisters-in-law and where her new husband treats her with a patience that she finds perplexing.
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January 13, 2012 at 8:16 am EST | by Phil Reese
Fast Five Fix: Jan 13
Wish you were at the North American International Auto Show right now? Want to live vicariously through other gays lucky enough to attend? See the largest auto show in the world through the queer eyes of gaywheels.com. And for those of us unable to make it to the Motor City to drool over the newest concept cars, there's some news:
- Did Canada's conservative Prime Minister just invalidate Pam Spaulding's marriage? Dan Savage too? NCLR doesn't think so — and neither does the ACLU, Lambda Legal, Freedom to Marry, or GLAD — but its not clear cut, and we'll certainly be seeking more answers today.
- Equality Maine to announce in two weeks whether or not they will take same-sex marriage back to the ballots in 2012.
- Teen kids of lesbian moms suffer just as much psychological angst — and no more — than teens raised by opposite-sex couples. No word on whether they say "You just don't understand me!" as much.
- Remember that Oxford soccer player Lee Steele who sent out that anti-gay tweet about gay rugby star Gareth Thomas? He got the pink slip.
- Jeff Wilfahrt, the father of openly gay soldier, Andrew, killed in action last year — who has become a leader in the fight against Minnesota's impending ballot measure that will ban marriage rights for same-sex couples in the constitution — is running against GOP Rep. Kurt Bills.
Oh, and speaking of my hometown of Detroit, Janice Daniels, the mayor of Detroit suburb Troy Mich., is back:
We'll be back again on Monday with more Fast Five Fix! Let us know in the comments bellow what you'd like to see in your fix!


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Addiction is a common and costly public health problem, and tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the US, leading to an estimated 438,000 premature deaths per year. Nicotine is the substance in tobacco which is responsible for its addictive properties. The goal of our project is to identify gene variants that contribute to nicotine dependence, using both linkage and association studies of subjects from the Icelandic population. To study the genetics of nicotine dependence we have recruited over 5,000 smokers and re-phenotyped them using questionnaires and by interviews. To isolate susceptibility variants we have fine mapped regions linked to nicotine dependence through fully multipoint allele sharing linkage analysis that does not assume a particular inheritance model. Significant linkage peaks with high information content are ultrafine-mapped with hundreds of markers to define the underlying LD structure. The regions have been assessed in a case-control analysis to look for significant haplotype association to nicotine dependence. Genes found in Iceland using this approach are tested for their impact in outside populations already collected by scientific collaborators. The extensive phenotype data on the nicotine dependent patients and relatives will be used in more careful genotype-phenotype correlations as a way to understand their role in nicotine dependence and its co-morbidities.and treatment for this common and intractable problem, in humans representing most important risk factors for numerous diseases. The project is also conducting genome-wide association studies of smoking behavior in a large sample of smokers. The studies have already lead to the identification of three sequence variants correlating with ND. All variants also confer risk of lung cancer, underscoring the public health importance of understanding the genetics of nicotine dependence. In the continuation we plan to increase sample size for GWA studies in Iceland using long-range phasing approaches and joint analyses of large datasets. We will conduct pool sequencing for the discovery of less frequent variants that will subsequently be typed on a set of 2,500 samples that have been chosen to optimize their usefulness for propagating human sequence information into the rest of the Icelandic population using long-range-phasing approaches. The pools will be enriched in samples from carriers of variants detected in GWA studies, and high-risk haplotypes detected by long-range phasing analysis with a focus on linkage regions. In addition we will pay special attention to copy number variants in our approaches. To validate variants in identified in this manner in other populations we will rely on large sets of foreign ND and smoking behavior case-control samples, and a larger set of samples rich in information on both smoking-related diseases and psychiatric disorders. .
Addiction is a common and costly public health problem, and tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the US. Understanding the genetic basis of nicotine dependence has enormous public health relevance, as the project has already demonstrated by identifying several genetic variants conferring risk of both nicotine dependence and lung cancer.
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|Yuan, Hua; Liu, Hongliang; Liu, Zhensheng et al. (2016) A Novel Genetic Variant in Long Non-coding RNA Gene NEXN-AS1 is Associated with Risk of Lung Cancer. Sci Rep 6:34234
|Thorgeirsson, T E; Steinberg, S; Reginsson, G W et al. (2016) A rare missense mutation in CHRNA4 associates with smoking behavior and its consequences. Mol Psychiatry 21:594-600
|Kang, Xiaozheng; Liu, Hongliang; Onaitis, Mark W et al. (2016) Polymorphisms of the centrosomal gene (FGFR1OP) and lung cancer risk: a meta-analysis of 14,463 cases and 44,188 controls. Carcinogenesis 37:280-9
|Wang, Yufei; McKay, James D; Rafnar, Thorunn et al. (2014) Rare variants of large effect in BRCA2 and CHEK2 affect risk of lung cancer. Nat Genet 46:736-41
|Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Jonsson, Fridrik H; Hansdottir, Ingunn et al. (2014) Psychometric properties of the Icelandic NEO-FFI in a general population sample compared to a sample recruited for a study on the genetics of addiction. Pers Individ Dif 58:
|Thorgeirsson, T E; Gudbjartsson, D F; Sulem, P et al. (2013) A common biological basis of obesity and nicotine addiction. Transl Psychiatry 3:e308
|Hartz, Sarah M; Short, Susan E; Saccone, Nancy L et al. (2012) Increased genetic vulnerability to smoking at CHRNA5 in early-onset smokers. Arch Gen Psychiatry 69:854-60
|Sulem, Patrick; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F; Geller, Frank et al. (2011) Sequence variants at CYP1A1-CYP1A2 and AHR associate with coffee consumption. Hum Mol Genet 20:2071-7
|Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E; Stefansson, Kari (2010) Commentary: gene-environment interactions and smoking-related cancers. Int J Epidemiol 39:577-9
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|The design concept for these mandalas came from simple black and white sketches of spider webs. Creative play with scraps of fabric, ribbon, lace and fiber creates a colorful texture surface. The spider web is drawn very slowly on the sewing machine so that an individual can experience a healing energy from within. The beaded spirit figure keeps your secrets and heals the spirit.
In mythologies, the spider is found in creation stories. In West Africa, the folklore stories about Anansi, the spider is a popular figure. These stories later came with slaves to the Caribbean islands. Like Brer Rabbit, Anansi is a "trickster" figure – clever, cunning, sometimes mischievous – who uses his wits to make up for what he lacks in size and strength.Once upon a time, a long time ago, Anansi, the spider, visited the "Sky God, Nyame." Nyame liked him so much that he gave Anansi the gift of storytelling so that Anansi could spin stories about life on earth.


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The Bureau of Economic Analysis now says that GDP growth is higher than last month's estimate; if errors are unavoidable, errors in that direction are welcome. Once again, the two-quarter trend is still indicating higher GDP growth than the BEA's official one-quarter method.
Here's the usual comparison:
[UPDATE: Click here for a brief, explicit summary of the math.]
The USA's debt burden ticked upward by a tenth of a point, to 65.4% of GDP. That's because the debt grew a smidgen faster than GDP did. Here's the monthly graphic.
Gotta run for today, but I wanted to get the charts up.


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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Pangasinan: A 'Rich' Province, Now
"The best place to invest, work, live, and raise a family."
Perhaps, Governor Amado T. Espino Jr.'s tagline is no longer just a vision, but now a reality.
Reaffirmed by the recent report of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) is Pangasinan's commitment- to what once was just a vision- of alleviating the lives of its people.
The province put in the sharpest drop of 9.5 percent in the poverty incidence rate, from 26.5 percent in 2006 to 17 percent in 2012.
Pangasinan recorded such thickset upturn while the rest of the country did not move that much.
Philippines, as a whole, registered only a minimal 1.1 percent drop, from 23.4 percent in 2006 to 22.3 percent in 2012. Also, the province- for the same comparative years- has even listed a higher improvement in the poverty incidence rate than Bohol, the province that was named in 2012 by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) as the top performing province in the country.
From 41 percent in 2006 to 32.5 percent in 2012, Bohol tilted an 8.5 percent growth.
In Region 1, Pangasinan despite only being second to Ilocos Norte with the lowest poverty incidence rate has recorded the highest significant growth with respect to the last six years.
As it can be taken from the above data collected by the National Statistics Office (NSO) based on the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) in July 2012, way back 2006, Pangasinan had a higher poverty incidence rate of 26.5 percent than the rest of the country with 23.4 percent.
Assuming the highest elective post in the province in 2007, Gov. Espino started instantaneously putting his dreams to actions that matter to the majority of the Pangasinenses.
The provincial government since then up to this day has been implementing various programs and projects in the areas of healthcare, agricultural productivity, livelihood assistance, and employment which provide opportunities for the people.
The province was also awarded numerous national and regional recognition placing it as the top performing province in the region and the top four province in the country in terms of DILG standards on administrative governance, social governance, economic governance, environmental governance and fundamentals of good governance, which include transparency, participation, and financial accountability.
Reelected on his last term, the Governor along with the provincial government workers vowed to keep up if not level up the quality of the service they provide: sustaining a living slogan and further making the province a 'rich' one in all the areas of good governance. (Arian Bermas)
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I have a curious behavior in an SPD 2010 workflow, the action "Set Infopath field inner text" returns the access denied error below, when the action is used in a workflow that starts "automatically when an item is created", and when the
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it just work when started manually...Any ideias?
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