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By Sean Higgins, Assistant Principal, Hoover Community School, Redwood City School District
About six years ago, I saw what has become my favorite piece of art. It was in my friend's kitchen. Hanging on his wall, adjacent to his stove, was a small Keith Haring painting of a parent and young child holding hands.
"That's me and my son," I told my friend.
Holding my son's hand is perhaps my favorite thing about being a dad. It's not the simple act of holding hands. It's what I feel when we hold hands. All the mushy love type stuff. And I know he feels the same. All unspoken with my hand wrapped around his.
Just last weekend, my son and I were at the farmer's market on Clement Street. He reached out and grabbed my hand as we were walking home. My son, Bailey, is 10 years old. I know time is ticking on hand holding. I'm an assistant principal of a K-8 school and a former middle school teacher. I'm well aware that I'll be lucky to have one more year of holding his hand. Maybe a couple of more years if no potential cool person is anywhere in the vicinity to see us.
It's hard being a dad. Bailey doesn't go around saying, "Thank you dad for helping me with my homework." He never once has said, "You play on the iPad, while I do the dishes." I've never heard him say, "I understand that you had to work late and miss my baseball playoff game."
That last one happened last month. Bailey's team miraculously had gone from losing their first game without getting a single hit to the semi-finals. I was scheduled to present to my board of directors on the same night as the biggest game of his short life. It was an intense moral dilemma for me. Support my son or take the opportunity to impress very important work people? When I'm old and gray(er), I thought, I would remember the baseball game, not the board meeting.
It didn't help that Bailey's other dad, my ex, was already looking into postponing a flight to attend the possible finals. Ultimately, I chose work in this instance. There was a tinge of guilt though and a sense of jealousy that my ex just scored a run, while I struck out.
They lost the game. My ex told me all about it. Bailey didn't seem to care. Whew! He seemed more interested in hanging out with his friends than whether or not his team won.
Bailey's indifference did not last. The next night was the league's awards dinner. When Bailey and I walked into the lobby where the event was held, he told me he didn't want to go. I asked him why. He explained he was mad at the coach for not pitching him in the last couple of regular season games or in the playoffs. I convinced Bailey to go in to support his teammates. Ultimately, he had a good time with his friends.
Later that night, Bailey and I were sitting on our couch. He placed his hand in mine and I squeezed his hand tight. He was still angry. I continued to hold his hand and comfort him as best as I could.
The Keith Haring painting of the dad and son seems so happy. But life is rarely two-dimensional. Sometimes it's hard being a dad and an assistant principal and an ex. It's hard too being a 10 year old and a baseball player. Sometimes the only thing to do is hold hands.
In my mid 20's, I made a bucket list. Becoming a dad was on the list. Everything on my list has been accomplished. And I'm only 44. I've been very blessed. It's not been easy. I've worked hard. I've persevered. I've also had lots of help and Bailey has 300 honorary uncles, my brothers in the San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus.
This Sunday, Bailey, my ex, and I will hike up Mt. Tamalpais to the West Point Inn for a pancake breakfast. It's been our Father's Day tradition for the last five years. We'll laugh at Bailey's potty jokes and create a conga line over each wooden bridge. Bailey will complain it's too hot–or too cold—and when we get to a fork in the trail, we'll try to remember which one leads to the pancakes. If we get lost, like last year, we'll forge a new exploration. Maybe in a wide part of the trail, Bailey will hold both our hands and attempt to do midair summersaults.
When the hike is over, I'll hold his hand as we walk along the narrow, curvy, paved road back to our car. When an oncoming car approaches us, he'll let go of my hand and walk ahead of me. I'll warn him to keep to the edge of the road and to not get too far ahead. I need to protect him, to love him. That's what a father does. That's what I get to do.


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Kalliopeia posted 10/1/2013 19:55 PM
Help me out here, please.
I came to SI because my ex fiance cheated on me with his ex wife, got her pregnant and now there is an OC.
So after he so wisely did all of that, he came back to me, then got himself involved into an EA that he carried on in front of me for a very long time, gas lighting me, etc
I cut off contact.. then one day he shows up again, says he is done with both women.
NC with the emotional affair. Avoids his ex wife like the plague, and is currently trying to figure out a way to see his kids WITHOUT seeing the ex. He decided that is impossible and for the last 2 months he has not been in contact with ex wife, OC and his 10 year old daughter. ex wife won't let him talk to either child on the phone and is trying to force him to go over to her place. He won't do it.
Admittedly prior to the last few months, I was losing it a lot. Lashing out, trying to NC so I could calm down.
In return he has been working to fix things as he sees them coming up, usually AFTER a big blow up that goes like this:
I trigger some, try to ask him to handle things a bit different ( for example, he doesn't say goodbye when hanging up the phone or he disappears for hours without giving head's up.)
What I specifically ask for is what I view as common courtesy. He also has a nasty habit of blocking me on IM when he gets mad. I realize this may sound dumb, but when I get that block, it enrages me. I feel so disrespected, devalued, mistreated.
Well, a lot of it has stopped, the blocking, I mean. Things were getting better, I thought.
Until yesterday.
This is what happened.
I work from home, he was on skype IM. He has it on his cell phone and we chat off and on through out the day.
Lately he has been "disappearing" then shows up later and says sorry honey, I crashed. He fell asleep on the sofa. Or he was traveling around town and it was hard to have a conversation.
This may sound weird of me, but it really bothers me when he disappears. I don't think he is cheating. I don't know he has gone, he was chatting at me, then he is just GONE.
It's pushing my buttons bad. He just tells me don't be stupid, you know I am not really gone, just wait and I will show up later.
Like hours later, or the next day.
Yesterday we are in the middle of a serious conversation and he suddenly disappeared. So I kept talking. No response. I was trying to talk to him about the disappearances. Basically I want for him to tell me when he cant talk.
Mainly because it has become so pervasive that I feel disrespected.
He's disappeared MANY times in the past when trying to talk to him. Gets up, leaves, Walks out, doesn't come back for days. Blocks me on IM's, social sites.
At the least it is annoying, at the worst, it can send me into a tailspin and I freak out and he ignores me, and I end up having a massive outburst where I have a verbal meltdown that is always in the form of a huge email slapping him around for the cheating etc.
I have been able to calm down enough the last few months, stay way calm in comparison to how I was, because this time last year I was a raw screaming fit.
So when he disappeared on IM yesterday, I waited a while. Nothing from him, and then i said are you there. He answered after a bit and said yes. he had seen what I wrote and he had decided to wait until he got home to talk instead of trying to have "an important conversation" on his cell phone.
Does anyone else find it weird that he sat there watching what I wrote, saw me getting upset some for the disapearance, and then after almost 2 hours told me he had seen it and had been reading the whole time, but never responded with... "I see what you are saying, I cant respond atm, but will when I get home".
Do you understand? He was in the conversations, decided to stop responding, and didn't bother to give me heads up?
Anyway, he gets home, ( we are currently separated) and gets on skype, and says ok to talk. So I try to talk to him. His response is slow, and slowly he just drifts away until zero response. This took about 15 minutes.
So I get suspicious. We both play an MMORG together, he is way more of an avid player than me. So I log in and he is there, playing and blowing me off.
We have a shared channel in there, and tbh, I was mad. Felt ignored and disrespected.
So I say, what gives? I waited for you to get home like you asked and you said you had time to talk and you disappeared in the middle and now you are hear and the discussion went no where.
So he gets mad. He says WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!
I kind of wanted him to grow up. I feel shocked because we had most calm for a few months.
Then he said basically he was tired of me trying to talk at him, he had enough and decided to have a break.
Without telling me. And I said to him, well this is exactly what I was trying to talk to you about.
So he refuses to respond. I am dumb, because I didn't expect this crappy behavior. So I wait 20 minutes and I try to talk again.
So he blocks me in the game.
As I said, this is a HUGE trigger for me. So I log out of the game and try to stay calm. I have PANIC attacks over this treatment. End result is I lost control and told him to unblock me and stop doing it, insert about 10 f-bombs and you get the picture.
So he says to me, I am going to block you here, too, until your fingers learn some control.
Now he KNOWS I have massive issues with the blocking. And maybe you guys think I am out of line.
He certainly does.
So I just drop it as best I can, I am in the middle of huge panic attack, so I take a xanax and go to bed.
I get up this morning and he has unblocked me and he leaves me THIS message.
"You think too much about how others treat you. You don't really think about how you treat others. Especially of long term consequences of you being mad and losing control"
Basically he has been very blaming towards me for my actions while he was cheating on me, when the baby came out of nowhere, and he was screwing around with his emotional affair.
yes. I was losing it a lot. yes, I had a lot to say to him then about it and after initial attempts at discussion that repeatedly ended with him blocking, walking out, disappearing and flaunting it, I really went off the deep end.
In fact, I became suicidal. Every little incident blew me apart and I smacked his ex wife around, I told his EA's husband, I called him every dirty name under the sun.. essentially I went crazy for about 2 years.
Now. He wants me to account to him for the long term damage I did to his feelings and pat and soothe him and take care, change my ways.
I reiterated to him that we had discussed the blocking and it is a MAJOR issue for me. Basically don't do it.
So the ONLY time I am actually getting that upset with the guy is when he starts the silent treatment, blocking, walking off in the middle of discussions.
I said to him he can easily tell me he had enough discussion BEFORE he leaves. I never fight with him over it. But by the time he does a disappearance, screwing me around.. I am pretty upset.
I don't want to let it go without saying I would like him to tell me he is leaving, because I FEEL really disrespected otherwise.
And he wants to focus on how my outbursts are causing long term damage to him and other people.
I don't argue with anyone else. And I am pretty disappointed. This episode ended with unfriending on social sites, blocking me on IM's. Completely ignoring me because I didn't respond right to his statement about how much long term damage I am doing to him.
it's pretty hard to put myself in that headspace after what he has done to me and when I complain he says he cant ever talk about what he did, he has no excuse for it and what is the point of dragging it up?
What he wants to talk about is what I did in response to his cheating, lying, EA..
Am I being unfair and overly demanding, should I be setting aside my own upsets to try to explore his feelings of hurt for calling him a whoring fucktard when he was cheating on me?
I am not being facetious. Do I need to address this with him?
[This message edited by Kalliopeia at 8:05 PM, October 1st (Tuesday)]
silverhopes posted 10/1/2013 20:19 PM
He reminds me of a certain ex of mine. Your ex-fiance knows what he's doing. He knows he's disrespecting you. And he knows that if he upsets you enough, you'll (understandably) blow up - but then, he'll make you out to be the psycho one. He'll use your emotions against you, instead of being supportive of you and concerned about how you're feeling. He'll wait for you to get upset and say, "oh look, you lost control again! You must be crazy!"
He hasn't taken any responsibility, has he? Beyond the very facetious "sorry"s, that is?
Read this book: "Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men" by Lundy Bancroft. Really read it. It will contain some painful messages. But it can help you.
He's trying to stay in control. He values control over communication and care. He is NOT a healthy person, and this dynamic isn't healthy.
Right now, no, I don't think you need to try to listen to him and understand him. I think you need to get away from him. Not just because he's unhealthy. Also because he is emotionally abusive. He is playing mind games with you. He is hurting you.
I know that is not easy to hear. I remember how hard it was to leave him behind. It was almost like being brainwashed into believing that that was what I deserved. It's not about deserve or not deserve... Very simply, what he is doing is wrong, and you are not mistaken.
How will you protect yourself from him? He is not on your team. To quote another member here: "He knows how to push your buttons because he's the one who installed the fuckers!" Please, you don't have to put up with his mind games! You can be free of him. (((hugs)))
[This message edited by silverhopes at 8:23 PM, October 1st (Tuesday)]
gonnabe2016 posted 10/1/2013 20:23 PM
TBH, I wouldn't address a damn thing with this idiot. Go Dark on him. I think he's a total dick who treats you like a 2 year old. He's blocking you until "your fingers learn control"????? Is he fucking kidding????
He's right in that actions have consequences. But it seems that he's perverting that sentiment and twisting it in order to *control* you.
Stbx had the same problem as your WS. His action was never the problem that we dealt with, it was my *reaction* that he turned the focus on to and declared to be the issue. It was NEVER about the event that preceded my *talking to him in the wrong way or saying the wrong thing to him*.
A couple of years ago I talked stbx into going to a community group that had a program that worked with abusive, angry people. Stbx sat in front of this man and woman and talked about how *terribly* I spoke to him and yadayada.....they both just kind of looked at him, shook their heads and smiled. They both told him "you are getting back what you put in for so long." They could see me. They had heard me speak. They could see that I wasn't some raging, out-of-control lunatic. And they could see/hear that he was a *clueless* abuser.
Personally, I think that you should block your xwF everywhere that you can. Stop chasing after him trying to get him to *see* what a disrespectful dick he's being and has been. You're handing your personal power over to this jerk. Stop it.
Think of it this way -- what if one of your girlfriends treated you in the way that he is? Would you still be friends with her? A person that just *vapors* in the middle of a conversation or who gets in a snit and runs around blocking you all the time? You probably wouldn't stay friends with that person for very long, would you?
cruelty posted 10/1/2013 20:24 PM
Sounds like he is playing games period. There is no reasoning with this. You cannot win. He is playing. The ONLY way to "win" is not to play.
I know this game well, lived it for years. Funny how no one else in the entire world acted this way with me.
cruelty posted 10/1/2013 20:24 PM
Sounds like he is playing games period. There is no reasoning with this. You cannot win. He is playing. The ONLY way to "win" is not to play.
I know this game well, lived it for years. Funny how no one else in the entire world acted this way with me.
fourever posted 10/1/2013 20:30 PM
I agree completely with Silverhopes.
This is a bad mix, abusive, disrespectful and frightening to say the least.
You need to leave and go NC with him.
Only when you are away, will you see the extent of this abuse..
Kalliopeia posted 10/1/2013 20:58 PM
to be honest, when the blocking happens (which it didnt for months) I completely lose it.
he says he simply sees no reason to subject himself to the abuse from me. he finds it hurtful and says if I was simply more patient and not panicking all over the place and then lashing out when I do, life would be a lot more smooth.
Just telling what he said. and sure if I paid no attention and let it go, he does always show up.
Kalliopeia posted 10/1/2013 21:00 PM
and thank you for validating me.
I really need that.
gonnabe2016 posted 10/1/2013 22:38 PM
Kalli -- I have been *validating* you ever since you started posting here. I don't remember the specifics of your debut, but I'm pretty sure that I identified your dude as an ass. And guess what? I haven't changed my opinion.
It is a whole new level of *crazy* when the abuser begins accusing *you* of being the abusive one. The reason that it brings on the *crazy* is because there might be a nugget of truth in there -- in a *technical* sense. And that nugget is one that, once an abuser takes hold of it, you are in for nothing but a massive amount of brain damage over.
Stbx would label me *abusive* if I told him that he was a lying cheater. I didn't really understand that because he WAS lying and he WAS cheating. You are lying and you are cheating, thus you are a lying cheater, right? It just seemed like a statement of fact to me. But he declared that my saying that he was a lying cheater was me engaging in name-calling....which is abusive. "You're the abusive one, Gonna! LOOK at HOW you TALK to ME!!!!"
Oh, for ffs. The poor lying, cheating guy.
He's playing the *deflection* game with you, Kalli. I have no idea about *how* you deal with him when he pulls his *ignore Kalli* bullshit....and maybe it IS abusive....but if it is, then you are just playing right into his hands and giving him the ammunition that he needs to keep the attention away from where it needs to be.
What you are doing now isn't working. You are playing *his* game....and that will not end well for you. It's time for a new game plan on your end.
I asked you whether you would put up with this same type of shit from a friend....you didn't answer....but I hope that it's planted a seed that the way that he's treating you is wrong, wrong, wrong. You are right. His treatment of you IS demeaning and dismissive. And it is a *good* sign that you are pissed about it. You do not deserve to be treated that way and you do not have to put up with it.......
Go dark and be inaccessible to him for a while......
Ostrich80 posted 10/1/2013 23:29 PM
I've seen my kids instigate fights like this when they were in grammar school. He's very immature IMO and extremely rude. This game he's playing would drive me crazy. You can't win. No matter what you do. He's got a nasty side to him that is cruel at times. Disappearing for days at a time too...it would be really difficult, I would think, to have a R with this man.
Kalliopeia posted 10/1/2013 23:33 PM
I wouldn't put up with it. I would figure they were a flake and distance myself.
In terms of him, one of the problems I have is that I do understand that he feels hurt.
He is desperate for me to take responsibility for lashing out at him and hurting his feelings and self esteem.
What I then run into in my own head is a couple of things.
First, I don't as a life choice, normally verbally abuse anyone. And last year about this time, I pointed out to him what I saw when I looked at him. They were the sort of observations that are actually TRUE, but kind of leaves the person you say them to feeling pretty rotton.
And his emotional affair, why telling her husband was an attempt to destroy her marriage and how terrible am I? Actually it was an attempt to get her to back off, but nevermind that.
I don't know if it is possible for me to separate out my hurt from what he did and set it aside to account to HIM for calling him a selfish POS whoremonger when that is exactly what he was doing.
What was I supposed to say when I found out?
"I really don't feel good about you having intercourse with your ex wife and g etting her pregnant and then lying to me and hiding that from me for over a year. Please excuse me whilst I freshen up in the powder room."
No, he does not really take responsibility. I think if he was doing so, he would figure bad choices lead to bad consequences.
Instead he is bullying ME to accept that MY bad choices of responding so negatively have led to how HE is treating me NOW.
I actually sat down earlier to try and figure out how to respond to his complaint in an empathetic way, but he popped onto skype and said he was "tired of always being the betrayer who betrays" and I said "well stop doing it then!"
And. HE BLOCKED ME AGAIN.
DeadMumWalking posted 10/1/2013 23:48 PM
Gently - if you are separated, why are you engaging with this asshole???
I completely understand your reaction to the blocking, but dickwad is doing that as a control mechanism.
As a previous poster said: the only way to 'win' is NOT TO PLAY.
Go NC. Detach. You WILL find your way toward peace.
Dare2Trust posted 10/2/2013 00:22 AM
It really doesn't seem like anything has changed since your Thread in the RECONCILIATION forum.in March...where you posted about this exact same, outrageous behaviors from this man in about 27 Posts:
The thread "Trying to reconcile. Not going well, don't know what to do"
I really have to ask:
WHY do you continue allowing this man to abuse you this way? You do recognize he's continuing to ABUSE YOU, don't you?
[This message edited by Dare2Trust at 12:23 AM, October 2nd (Wednesday)]
gonnabe2016 posted 10/2/2013 00:47 AM
"tired of always being the betrayer who betrays"
Oh boo-freaking-hoo. Grow the hell up, crybaby. If the shoe fits......<gotta go and find the world's smallest violin -- remember that from grade school?)
He blocked you AGAIN. Color me surprised....not. For the third time tonight....STOP engaging with this guy. Go Dark. If he *unblocks* you for 2 seconds in order to send you a message....ignore the fuck out of him.
I wouldn't put up with it. I would figure they were a flake and distance myself.
Exactly. And that is the attitude that you need to take towards this guy. You say that you can understand because he feels *hurt*. Oh, stop it. He's *hurt* because you are pissed, and letting him KNOW that you are pissed, that he kept OC a secret for a year???
This guy is manipulating the hell out of you, Kalli. You seem to have a pretty good head on your shoulders, so stop letting him make you second-guess yourself (another total red flag that you are in an abusive relationship....).
I am also a *nice* person who doesn't like to *hurt* people and apologizes quickly if I do. However, do NOT offer any type of apology to that guy right now. Don't accept any form of *responsibility*. He is just going to throw it back at you ten-fold.
He dealt you a really, really *shit* hand. And that facetious reply that you came up with is right along the lines of how he expects you to deal with it, so it seems. All reasonable and whatnot -- of course it is understandable that he would knock his x up while he was in a relationship with you... (moron)
Go Dark, Kalli. Seriously. NC.
[This message edited by gonnabe2016 at 12:48 AM, October 2nd (Wednesday)]
Ms_Strong posted 10/2/2013 01:38 AM
Kalliope, why do you still let this douchebag into your life? I don't know your background but from your post you are exes...so no reason to even be friends. You are right to feel disrespected, and ignored, because that is what he doing to you. He does not respect you. Why are you wasting time and energy on this guy who has treated you badly in the past, bad enough for you guys to break up, who continues to treat you badly? He doesn't deserve your attention or the time of day. Cut him out of your life. You do not need this negative presence in your life. Start fresh.
Edie posted 10/2/2013 01:50 AM
I advise you to go back to the NPD thread. The folks there have the expertise in the disorder that is keeping you controlled.
NC is the only way through this. Plus IC for you.
Tearsoflove posted 10/2/2013 02:17 AM
Let me guess, when he didn't have the capability to block you, he was really good at the silent treatment.
You really need to stop responding to him at all. Gonnabe is right on about him. You may not believe it but you deserve better than the treatment you're getting from him. Really, if you keep putting up with it you have to at some point ask yourself if you're feeding off it.
Bobbi_sue posted 10/2/2013 06:08 AM
Sorry but here comes a 2x4...
Does anyone else find it weird that he sat there watching what I wrote, saw me getting upset some for the disapearance, and then after almost 2 hours told me he had seen it and had been reading the whole time, but never responded with... "I see what you are saying, I cant respond atm, but will when I get home".It seems like typical juvenile behavior to me, not exactly "weird." I find it weirder that you don't just tell him to go to hell, block him, and never engage with him ever again, in any way. I'm just being honest here.
"I really don't feel good about you having intercourse with your ex wife and g etting her pregnant and then lying to me and hiding that from me for over a year. Please excuse me whilst I freshen up in the powder room."Is nothing a deal breaker for you? As Judge Judy would say, put a period after this relationship. It should have been over years ago, and I mean really over, no messaging, gaming, or texting or anything else.
confused615 posted 10/2/2013 07:06 AM
So...basically,nothing has changed. Well, you feel worse and more hurt..but he certainly hasn't changed.
Is he still involved in that "club?"
Pippy posted 10/2/2013 07:43 AM
He is desperate for me to take responsibility for lashing out at him and hurting his feelings and self esteem.
What about YOUR self esteem? It's in the basement because of the way he treats you. Why do you chhose this life for yourself?
You deserve to be loved by someone who puts you first - always. Not 2nd, 3rd, or 100th to everything. He's not the one. Please get some counseling and get this lowlife out of your life. Do you want to spend your life this way?


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Mechanism-Based Kinetics Simulator
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Simulate the kinetics of a reaction based on its mechanism using JavaScript. The idea is to write a mechanism and, based on that, follow the course of concentrations or rates of change in concentration of reactants, catalysts, intermediates, and products over time.
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Marion E. Cass, Henry S. Rzepa, King Kuok Hii
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1. Anthony Pettis
'Showtime' came into the UFC as WEC Champion, famous for his 'Ninja kick' when beating Benson Henderson in 2010.
He was welcomed by Clay Guida in his first UFC bout, where he got a rude awakening. Since then, he has looked unstoppable finishing Joe Lauzon, Donald Cerrone and then beating Benson Henderson for the second time in his career to win the UFC title.
He'll face former Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Josh Thompson in December.
2. Benson Henderson
Henderson's dominance as UFC Lightweight champion came to an end as he submitted to Pettis in his last bout.
However, before that he triumphed through the division, beating Frankie Edgar twice, walking through Nate Diaz and earning a win over Strikeforce 155lbs champion Gilbert Melendez.
With the second defeat of this career to 'Showtime' it's difficult to know what'll be next for The MMA Lab stand out. He's talked about a possible move to welterweight.
3. Gilbert Melendez
Maybe Melendez should be UFC champion.
His razor thin decision loss to Henderson could have went either way. He bounced back from the loss beating Diego Sanchez in one of the best fights of 2013.
Another win in early 2014 should see 'El Nino' earn himself another shot at the title.
4. TJ Grant
Who would have thought that when Grant dropped to 155lbs he would become a title contender.
He's gone 5-0 since dropping weights, and has looked an absolute beast. Grant was in line to meet Benson Henderson before suffering an injury.
His last win came against number one contender Gray Maynard, where he won via KO.
A number one contenders match with the fighter above seems the fight that makes most sense.
5. Eddie Alvarez
Alvarez is the best lightweight outside of the UFC. He lost his Bellator title against Michael Chandler in 2011, and avenged his defeat last week in a split decision win.
Beating the likes of Shinya Aoki and Pat Curran, his win pushes him one step closer to his dream - to fight in the UFC.
6. Josh Thompson
At 35 years old, Thompson looks to be improving with age. He lost a tight split decision loss in Strikeforce to Gilbert Melendez then produced his career best performance against Melendez's team-mate Nate Diaz last time out, landing a devastating head kick.
That earned him a title shot against Anthony Pettis in December
7. Michael Chandler
Despite his loss to Alvarez, Chandler is still a top top fighter.
He could have very easily got the nod in his last fight, however, suffered his first career defeat.
The Alliance MMA fighter will be back with a bang.
8. Nate Diaz
Diaz dropped back to 155lbs and tore through the division.
He submitted both Takanori Gomi and Jim Miller as well as completely out-striking Donald Cerrone.
The Caesar Gracie fighter now has back to back losses - to Benson Henderson for the title and he was KOd by Josh Thompson.
He fights Gray Maynard for the third time at then end of the month.
9. Rafael Dos Anjos
Dos Anjos is very much the dark horse of the division.
He looks looked super impressive lately, with much improved striking and wrestling.
His latest victory over Donald Cerrone was by far the best of his career and he is one to watch in the division
10. Gray Maynard
Almost a UFC 155lbs champion after his two thrilling title fights against Frankie Edgar.
He lost last time out against TJ Grant and will meet Nick Diaz next.
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IVFAT will award several thousand dollars in grants for fine arts programs in January 2012. Grants typically range from $200 to $500 to cover the total or partial costs. IVFAT-supported music, art and theater programs must be scheduled after January 2012 and be completed by Dec. 31, 2012.
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There is a ton of money to be made out there, but often times it takes a great deal of risk in order to make money. I am young and for the most part I prefer a dividend portfolio approach but I also put a certain percentage aside for more risky ventures.
That said I really like oneupper's post. I think if you're are young and have some cash there is something to be said for "going for it". It just isn't good investing.
Well one thing that can go wrong with waiting for a stock to rebound to its high, aside from the obviously already pointed out "it may never get back there", is that you could be missing out on a bunch of other opportunities along the way.
However, your line of thinking is on the right track (in my mind). The key questions to ask, is why is a stock off its high? What are the chances it returns to its high? Many stocks are knocked signficantly off their heigh by no reason of their own. How many stocks were cut in half in the recent market despite the company continuing to do solid business? How many stocks get hurt simply b/c a competitor is struggling in a fashion that may not relate to their company? Find opportunities and try to take advantage of them. Not all are going to work, so spread things around a bit, but its an approach that has well for guys like Ben Graham and Warren Buffett. If those 2 guys are proponents of something, its worth listening to.
Well, going back to my philosphy of Dividend Growth Investing.... I had two more of my stocks raise their dividends this week. TICC (a business development company) and NNN (a property REIT).
Actually, the last 4 lines were added after the initial batch. The blank one is (was) Kendal, a Cincinnati company a relative had stock in that I was watching for them. Not a real pick. The P&G stock was along those same lines, a family stock, not a real pick. The last two were a re-visitation of my effort to pick a single stock. This time I was just looking for a cheap one that was probably way off it's high. I had no clear signals guiding me, in fact the only thing I remember was ignoring the fact that Books-a million was doubling down on paper book stores instead of internet based ideas. They had the cash to do it. It's not working I guess. That was probably 18 months ago.
Anyway, the take away is really that anybody could have made a lot of great picks in 2009, sure, but there were a lot of solid companies that were undervalued and if you could find them now, just one really, that could simplify things.
One other thing I've tracked is Fedex/UPS stocks, which this time of year (come to think of it) are usually down a bit in price before they rise in the fall and winter for Christmas. Looks like that trend is flat right now or still coming, nevertheless those stocks are too expensive for me.
Viacom, Time Warner, Comcast AND CBS?
You should be getting free cable SOMEWHERE.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
"...You just have a wider lens than one game."
--Former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky, on why he didn't fly Josh Hamilton to Colorado for one game.
"...its money well-spent. Don't screw around with your freedom."
--Roy Tucker, on why you need to lawyer up when you find yourself swimming with sharks.
Example if buying 1000 shares of Fifth Third (FITB) at 13.82, an annual dividend of $320 would be earned. 1000 Call options for Jan 17,2014 could be sold for $830 at $17 / share (capping the profits at $17 over the next year+) then with the proceeds put options could be bought at $10/share for $980. This would mean that the most you could gain is $3.20 / share and the most you could lose is $3.82 / share or less than 30% over the next year. If you aren't worried about the stock tanking selling options can be a way to generate income on the stock as well.
The second thing you need to understand, is what are you hoping to get from the charts. Are you looking to find a tech stock that is primed for a run? A long time dividend payer at a low? The charts you may use to track entries/exits for those kinds of opportunities are very different.
Once you understand what you are looking for, look for the indicators you think will give you this info. I like to look at stocks that pay a dividend and are beat down. I am looking for a turnaround so I can buy in early.
Here is a good place to start understanding some basic charting/indicators. I would suggest starting with SMA and plot (3,13,50 for shorter term, and 20,40,200 for longer term) and check out some stocks you follow to see what it may/may not have told you.
I like to browse through these and see how other people implement them.
The last thing to be aware of is time. Some people chart in minutes, others in days, others in weeks, months, years, or decades. If you use other peoples charts to make decisions, you will often be very wrong. If you use a chart and don't do due dilligence, you will very often be wrong.
I use them purely to decide when to buy sell, not what to buy sell.
/That's my opinion, and probably exactly worth what I am charging for it.
Thanks for the link Gonelong. I'll definantly check it out.
Anyone use the screens at AAII? I use to play around with them some and have been thinking lately about resubscribing.
I've always made the most money by using common sense to trade. I've always lost the most money by applying the same technique.
"...You just have a wider lens than one game."
--Former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky, on why he didn't fly Josh Hamilton to Colorado for one game.
"...its money well-spent. Don't screw around with your freedom."
--Roy Tucker, on why you need to lawyer up when you find yourself swimming with sharks.
Anyone with stories about peer lending? I found this company. The returns look pretty good.
That's interesting. I'll read up on it.
Edit: Guess I'll stop reading. Florida and Ohio residents aren't eligible
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Man shot outside Harrisburg club
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The shooting happened around 3:30 p.m. outside Club 1400, which is along the 1400 block of North Third Street. Police said two people were firing guns. It's not clear if the victim was also one of the shooters.
The victim was struck in the shoulder and is in critical conditions at the Harrisburg Hospital.
Investigators gathered evidence and surveillance video from two cameras outside the club.
Residents said violence is a problem in the area where the shooting happened.
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Is it because of the structural efficiencies? Is it an aesthetic consideration, given the arches and curves?
All I know, for sure, is that a Guy's feet can be the key to his entire being! If a Guy is willing to let you play with his feet, he's opening his complete Self to You!
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by Luke
Thoughts on Ruby?
I just looked it up -- I've never used it. Like Parrot, it looks like a mixture of Python and Perl to me. That was fun as an April Fool's joke, but doesn't tickle my language sensibilities the right way.
That said, I'm sure it's cool. I hear it's very popular in Japan. I'm not worried.
Data Structures Library
by GrEp
I love python for making quick hacks, but the one thing that I haven't seen is a comprehensive data structures library. Is their one in development that you would like to comment about or point us to?
One of Python's qualities is that you don't need a large data structures library. Rather than providing the equivalent of a 256-part wrench set, with a data type highly tuned for each different use, Python has a few super-tools that can be used efficiently almost everywhere, and without much training in tool selection. Sure, for the trained professional it may be a pain not to have singly- and doubly-linked lists, binary trees, and so on, but for most folks, dicts and lists just about cover it, and even inexperienced programmers rarely make the wrong choice between those two.
Since this is of course a simplification, I expect that we will gradually migrate towards a richer set of data types. For example, there's a proposal for a set type (initially to be added as a module, later as a built-in type) floating. See http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/python-sets and http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0218.html.
[j | c]Python
by seanw
How do you see the relationship between jPython (the java implementation) and standard cPython (the original C language version) evolving? And do you see the advantages of either one (i.e. portability vs. speed) becoming especially pronounced in light of the recent trend toward distributed software (ala the MS .NET initiative)?
Note that the new name is Jython, by the way. Check out www.jython.org -- they're already working on a 2.1 compatible release.
We used to work really close -- originally, when JPytnon was developed at CNRI by Jim Hugunin, Jim & I would have long discussions about how to implement the correct language semantics in Java. When Barry Warsaw took over, it was pretty much the same. Now that it's Finn Bock and Samuele Pedroni in Europe, we don't have the convenience of a shared whiteboard any more, but they are on the Python developers mailing list and we both aim to make it possible for Jython to be as close to Python in language semantics as possible. For example, one of my reasons against adding Scheme-style continuations to the language (this has seriously been proposed by the Stackless folks) is that it can't be implemented in a JVM. I find the existence of Jython very useful because it reminds me to think in terms of more abstract language semantics, not just implementation details.
IMO the portability of C Python is better than that of Jython, by the way. True, you have to compile C Python for each architecture, but there are fewer platforms without a C compiler than platforms without a decent JVM.
Jython is mostly useful for people who have already chosen the Java platform (or who have no choice because of company policy or simply what the competition does). In that world, it is the scripting and extension language of choice.
does Python need a CPAN?
by po_boy
One of the reasons I still write some things in PERL is because I know that I can find and install about a zillion modules quickly and easily through the CPAN repository and CPAN module. I'm pretty sure that if Python had something similar, like the Vaults of Parnassus but more evolved that I would abandon PERL almost entirely.
Do you see things in a similar way? If so, why has Python not evolved something similar or better, and what can I do to help it along in this realm?
It's coming! Check out the action in the catalog-sig http://python.org/sigs/catalog-sig/. You can help by joining.
One reason why it hasn't happened already is that first we needed to have a good package installation story. With the widespread adoption of distutils, this is taken care of, and I foresee a bright future for the catalog activities.
Favourite Python sketch?
by abischof
Considering that you named the language after the comedy troupe, what's your favourite Monty Python sketch? Personally, my favourite is the lecture on sheep aircraft, but I suppose that's a discussion for another time ;).
I'm a bit tired of them actually. I guess I've been overexposed. :-)
Conflict with GPL
by MAXOMENOS
The Free Software foundation mentions the license that comes with Python versions 1.6b1 and later as being incompatible with the GPL. In particular they have this to say about it:
So, my question is a two parter:This is a free software license but is incompatible with the GNU GPL. The primary incompatibility is that this Python license is governed by the laws of the "State" of Virginia in the USA, and the GPL does not permit this.
1.What was your motivation for saying that Python's license is governed by the laws of Virginia?
2.Is it possible that a future Python license could be GPL-compatible again?
Let me answer the second part first. I asked the FSF to make a clear statement about the GPL compatibility of the Python 2.1, and their lawyer gave me a very longwinded hairsplitting answer that said neither yes nor no. You can read for yourself at http://www.python.org/2.1/fsf.html. I find this is very disappointing; I had thought that with the 1.6.1 release we had most of this behind us, but apparently they change their position at each step in the negotiations.
I don't personally care any more whether Python will ever be GPL-compatible -- I'm just trying to do the FSF a favor because they like to use Python. With all the grief they're giving me, I wonder why I should be bothered any more.
As for the second part: most of you should probably skip right to the next question -- this answer is full of legal technicalities. I've spent waaaaaaaaay to much time talking and listening to lawyers in the past year! :-(
Anyway. The Python 1.6 license was written by CNRI, my employer until May 2000, where I did a lot of work on Python. (Before that, of course, I worked at CWI in Amsterdam, whom I have to thank for making my early work on Python possible.) CNRI own the rights to Python versions 1.3 through 1.6, so they have every right to pick the license.
CNRI's lawyers designed the license with two goals in mind:(1) maximal protection of CNRI, (2) open source. (If (2) hadn't been a prerequisite for my employment at CNRI, they would have preferred not to release Python at all. :-)
Almost every feature of the license works towards protecting CNRI against possible lawsuits from disappointed Python users (as if there would be any :-), and the state of Virginia clause is no exception. CNRI's lawyers believe that sections 4 and 5 of the license (the all caps warnings disclaiming all warranties) only provide adequate protection against lawsuits when a specific state is mentioned whose laws and courts honor general disclaimers. There are some states where consumer protection laws make general disclaimers illegal, so without the state of Virginia clause, they fear that CNRI could still be sued in such a state. (Being a consumer myself, I'm generally in favor of such consumer protection laws, but for open source software that is downloadable for free, I agree with CNRI that without a general disclaimer the author of the software is at risk. I'm happy that Maryland, for example, is considering to pass a law that makes a special exception for open source software here.)
Python 1.6.1, the second "contractual obligation release" (1.6 was the first), was released especially to change CNRI's license in a way that resolved all but one of the GPL incompatibilities in the 1.6 license. I'm not going to explain what those incompatibilities were, or how they were resolved. Just look for yourself by following the "accept license" link at http://www.python.org/1.6.1/. The relevant changes are all in section 7 of the license, which now contains several excruciating sentences crafted to disable certain other clauses of the license under certain conditions involving the GPL. Read it and weep.
The remaining incompatibility, according to the FSF, is the "click-to-accept" feature of the license. This is another feature to protect CNRI -- their lawyers believe that this is necessary to make the license a binding agreement between the user and CNRI. The FSF is dead against this, and their current position is that because the GPL does not require such an "acceptance ceremony" (their words), any license that does is incompatible with the GPL. It's like the old story of the irresistible force meeting the immovable object: CNRI's lawyers have carefully read the GPL and claim that CNRI's license is fully compatible with the GPL, so you can take your pick as to which lawyer you believe.
Anyway, I removed the acceptance ceremony from the 2.1 license, in the hope that this would satisfy the FSF. Unfortunately, the FSF's response to the 2.1 license (see above) seems to suggest that they have changed their position once again, and are now requesting other changes in the license. I'm very, very tired of this, so on to the next question!
Structured Design.
by Xerithane
First off, as a disclaimer I have never actually written anything in Python. But, I have read up on virtually all the introduction articles and tutorials so I have a grasp on syntax and structure.
I have been doing C development for 9 years now, and I know a plethora of other languages including shell scripting, perl, PHP (for scripts). Now, each language uses 'normal' grouping for control structures (if, for, etc).
What was the logic behind creating a whitespace-based syntax rule? And why do you feel it is good, please refrain from the readability answer because that is all I get from those people I know who know Python.
I find, because of my background, it is much easier to read code that uses braces ({}) than whitespace because my mind automatically looks for them. After maintaining legacy code that extends a life span of 20 years from it's first line of code, I have some concerns about the longevity of any Python code. So, my second question is, how well do you see Python holding up for 20 years and why do you think it will hold up that long?
What's wrong with the legibility answer? I think that's an *excellent* reason! Don't care if your code is legible?
Don't you hate code that's not properly indented? Making it part of the syntax guarantees that all code is properly indented!
When you use braces, there are several different styles of brace placement (e.g. whether the open brace sits on the same line as the "if" or on the next, and if on the next, whether it is indented or not; ditto for the close brace). If you're used to code written in one style, it can be difficult to read code written in another. Most people, when skimming code, look for the indentation anyway. This leads to sometimes easily overlooked bugs like this one:
if (x 10) x = 10; y = 0;Still not convinced? In 1974, Don Knuth predicted that indentation would eventually become a viable means of structuring code, once program units were small enough. (Full quotation: http://www.amk.ca/quotations/python-quotes/page-1.html)
Still not convinced? You admit that you haven't tried it yet. Almost everybody who tries it gets used to it very quickly and end up loving the indentation feature, even those who hated it at first. There's still hope for you!
So, no, I'm not worried about Python holding out 20 more years.
What is *your* idea of Python and its future?
by Scarblac
There are a lot of "golden Python rules" or whatever you would call them, like "explicit is better than implicit", "there should be only one way to do it", that sort of thing. As far as I know, those are from old posts to the mailing list, often by Tim Peters, and they've become The Law afterwards. In the great tradition of Usenet advocacy, people who suggest things that go against these rules are criticized. But looking at Python, I see a lot more pragmatism, not rigid rules. What do you think of those "golden rules" as they're written down?
What's your idea of the future of Python? Since the PEP process, a lot of new feature ideas have been put forward, and a lot of people feel uncomfortable with quick change to a good language (Python 2.1 is again excellent though, congrats). Do you think or hope Python will be finished one day? If not, isn't the alternative an endless string of added features? "Python 3000" was an idea of a sort of ideal Python that would be worked on, but as I understand Python will now evolve more gradually.
You're referring to the "Zen of Python", by Tim Peters: http://www.python.org/doc/Humor.html#zen
It's no coincidence that these rules are posted on the Python Humor page!
Those rules are useful when they work, but several of the rules warn against zealous application (e.g. "practicality beats purity" and and "now is better than never").
While we put "There's only one way to do it" on a T-shirt, mostly to poke fun at Larry Wall's TMTOWTDI, the actual Python Zen rule reads: "There should be one-- and preferably only one -- obvious way to do it." That has several nuances!
Regarding the future, I doubt that any piece of software ever stops evolving until it dies. It's like your brain: you never stop learning. Good software has the ability to evolve built in from the start, and evolves in a way that keeps the complexity manageable.
Python started out pretty well equipped for evolution: it was extensible at two levels (C extension modules and Python modules) that didn't require changing the language itself. We've occasionally added features to support evolution better, e.g. package namespaces make it possible to have a much large number of modules in the library, and distutils makes it easier to add third party packages.
I hear the complaints from the community about the rate of change in Python, and I'm going to be careful not to change the language too fast. The next batch of changes may well be aimed at *reducing* complexity. For example, there are PEPs proposing a simplification of Python's numeric system (like eradicating the distinction between 32/64-bit ints and bignums), and I've started to think seriously about removing the distinction between types and classes -- another simplification of the language's semantics.
Strangest use of Python
by Salamander
What use of Python have you found that surprised you the most, that gave you the strongest "I can't believe they did that" reaction?
I find few things strange.
For the most obfuscated code I've ever come across, see the Mandelbrot set as a lambda, http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html#4.15.
Digital Creations has written a high-performance fully transactional replicated object database in Python. That's definitely *way* beyond what I thought Python would be good for when I started.
Some people at national physics labs like LANL and LLNL have a version of Python running on parallel supercomputers with many hundreds of processors. That's pretty awesome.
But my *favorite* use of Python is at a teaching language, to teach the principles of programming, without fuss. Think about it -- it's the next generation!
--Guido van Rossum (home page: www.python.org/~guido)


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Organisers have vowed to produce the biggest, "most exuberant" river pageant ever seen on the Thames
Celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee reach their climax on June 3 when a flotilla of 1,000 boats sails up the River Thames in a spectacle that presents formidable security challenges.
Venetian gondolas and a Chinese dragon boat will join kayaks, motorboats and a 19th century French trading ship for the first pageant on this scale on London's river since 1662.
Organisers have vowed to produce the biggest, "most exuberant" river pageant ever seen on the Thames -- but they admit the logistics of the £10.5 million ($16.5 million, 13.1 million euro) event will be "extraordinarily complex".
With the queen's ceremonial barge carrying the royal family and more than a million spectators expected to line riverbanks and bridges, the procession will double up as a security rehearsal for the London Olympics that open on July 27.
Heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, as well as Prince William, his wife Catherine and his brother Prince Harry, are joining the queen and her husband Prince Philip on the sumptuous red and gold royal barge.
Music ranging from the national anthem and chiming bells, to Bollywood tunes and the famous James Bond theme will blare from boats as the 11-kilometre (seven-mile) long flotilla makes its three-hour journey.
The Thames flood barrier will be closed to ensure calm waters and traffic will be barred from seven of London's bridges.
From a failure of the flood barrier, to the royal barge's motor stalling or a monumental aquatic pile-up, there are a dizzying number of things that could go wrong.
Organisers have not been able to hold a full dress rehearsal but insist there is only a minimal risk of a crash between the boats, which include several that are more than a hundred years old.
"We want to keep the vessels close enough together to present a spectacle but far enough to avoid the danger of collision," David Phillips, chief harbourmaster at the Port of London Authority, told a London press conference.
"Collision would be the wrong word," added the pageant's director Adrian Evans. "'Kissing vessels' would be more appropriate," he said with a smile.
With the royal family on the river and London swamped by crowds as big as those that turned out for William and Catherine's wedding last year, security will be tight.
Two months ahead of the Olympics, London authorities are under pressure to deliver a smooth event, which apart from the policing has been funded by private donations as the taxpayer struggles under austerity measures.
Some 190 boats will sail alongside the pageant to handle security and respond to any emergencies, while around 5,500 police and 7,000 volunteers will be on standby.
London's Metropolitan Police have planned underwater searches and sniffer dogs will be on the scene, but the force has promised an "unobtrusive" security presence to keep the atmosphere festive.
And if a protester throws themselves into the water, as happened during the University Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge in April, police say they are "confident" they can manage the incident.
But there is one factor the organisers are powerless to control. Even if proceedings on the river go off without a hitch, the weather could play spoilsport.


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Thursday February 13, 2014
10:00 AM Canceled due to bad weather, it will be rescheduled for Thursday February 20th at 10 AM. We will discuss two titles: Me Before You by JoJo Moyes and Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan.
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Edward left. Renne took Bella back to Jacksonville. Edward and the Cullens come back to Forks, but Bella is already gone. Now, sixteen years later Bella is 34 years old and has two twin children. Bella and her children come back to Forks to take care of Charlie. What will happen when the Cullen's meet her and her family? Can Bella and Edward still love each other? How will her kids react?
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Jeremy and I stared at out new house. Great, just peachy. Two bedrooms, two and a half bath house. I couldn't believe mom would do this! Why would she do this? Papa wasn't living here anymore, why would we keep the house? I did not understand my mother anymore…not after dad died. Ugh.
"Al come on, could you maybe help me?" Jeremy, my twin brother, was lugging our baseball stuff into the house.
Truth be told, I didn't want to help. I'm a nice person, but bringing our treasure (baseball stuff) into a new house meant we would never go home. We would stay in Forks, the Minuscule Town of America.
"Jeremy I hate it here. How could you put our treasure into the house like this? I thought you wanted to stay in Jacksonville!"
"I did want to stay in Jacksonville, Al, I did. But we have to move on with our lives. Forks is our home now, whether we like it or not. And I don't want to deal with mom right now." He went into the house taking the only connection to home we had with him.
"Alice Ann McCleary, help your brother please." Mom was yelling to me from the top window of the house.
"FINE! But I am not, will not, and cannot enjoy this stupid little town!" I grabbed my bat, glove, and special red ball dad gave me out of the van. That's when I saw him.
He looked around my age, sixteen or older, had wavy bronze hair, built, and his eyes were…gold. To say the least he was good looking. Then it happened…he came over to me and stared.
"My name is Edward Cullen," he said eyeing me.
"Oh, hi. I'm Alice McCleary….uh, call me Al."
"Al," he seemed to mull over the name, "do you live here?"
"No. Yes. Sort of. Almost…" now I was babbling, "We're just settling in. My papa is in La Push…he's had strokes and heart attacks, so we moved up here. My mom is living here for the time being…it's her old house."
"Your grandfather, is he Charlie Swan?"
"Yeah, you knew him?"
"Yes, he's good friends with my family."
"Oh." I had no idea what to say, "Would you like to come in? We're just loading everything into the house but…" I was at a loss for words.
"Oh," he seemed surprised; "I really shouldn't but I can help you carry some things in." he smiled crookedly.
"Oh, yeah, okay, go right ah, ahead." He grabbed some boxes and carried them into the house. He was nice, attractive and nice. But something was off about him…something just wasn't right.
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My days for sixteen years have been filled with agony and darkness. My family has seen it, I have seen it, and everyone knows it. My angel is gone. All because my cursed vampire thirst! If only I set more boundaries, made more rules, she may still be here with me. At least Bella was happy, I hope. I only ever wanted to keep her safe, now she's gone. How I wish she were with me.
I went for a walk down by Charlie's house. He's been ill for months now. No one seems to care for the poor old man. Maybe checking in on him wouldn't be a bad idea.
But it was.
That's when I saw her. Bella. It had to be her…
She looked just like her. Her long brunette hair landed at her waist, her big brown eyes scanned her surroundings. Odd though, that there was something different…confidence, this girl had just tad more confidence than Bella ever had, but I could tell not much more. But it couldn't be her. It's been sixteen years. But it is her. I have to talk to her; I have to know who she is.
I walked closer to be able to hear her thoughts.Stupid house. Stupid Jeremy. Stupid Forks. Stupid mom! I hate this place, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!
That was definitely not Bella. She grabbed baseball equipment from the car and turned in my direction.
Who's that? Hmmm, he looks kinda cute, but whatever. Boys. Why is he staring at me?
No. She saw me. No no no no no. I have to talk to her. I just had to. I walked over to her and tried to sound nice.
"My name is Edward Cullen," I said.
Oh, he saw me. Seems normal, seems pleasant, seems nice. Wait…talk to him you moron!
"Oh, hi. I'm Alice McCleary….uh, call me Al."
"Al," I paused to think, "Do you live here?"
"No. Yes. Sort of. Almost…" She was very much like Bella, "We're just settling in. My papa is in La Push…he's had strokes and heart attacks, so we moved up here. My mom is living here for the time being…it's her old house."
Her papa? Charlie? Her mother's old house? Could it really be? It had to be! That means…Bella.
"Your grandfather, is he Charlie Swan?" I asked with urgency. The girl seemed to be caught off guard by my question.
"Yeah, you knew him?" All to well.
"Yes, he's good friends with my family."
"Oh." Be polite. Say something! Say what? Oh, Lord! "Would you like to come in? We're just loading everything into the house but…" Keep talking you idiot!
"Oh," I have to accept, I have to see if Bella's truly here. "I really shouldn't but I can help you carry some things in." I smiled at her.
"Oh, yeah, okay, go right ah, ahead." I picked up some boxes and followed her into the house. I could finally see her. My love, Bella.
The house hadn't changed one bit. Everything, with the exception of new furniture, was where it used to be. I walked into the kitchen to see a young boy putting food in the refrigerator.
"Hey, Jer," said Alice, "we've got company. This is Edward Cullen. Edward this is my brother Jeremy. Jer, he said his family new papa."
"Really," he still had jars of food in his arms. "That's cool." He looked at me and I looked at him. He, too, looked like Bella. And like his sister and mother, there was the slight lack of confidence that tied them all together.
"So are your parents here?" I asked, trying to sound casual.
"Actually, it's just our mom and us," said Jeremy, "our dad died three years ago."
"Oh, I'm sorry for your loss." That means Bella isn't married.
"It's cool; we just deal with it normally." That's when it happened. She came down the stairs, hair in a bun, looking more beautiful than ever. Bella, my Bella. I turned to face her and saw the shock on her face.
"Mom," said Alice, "this is Edward Cullen."
"Hello ma'am. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Edward…" she squeaked.
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Seconds before Miranda Lambert traipsed on stage Saturday night, the two large video screens displayed rapid-fire photos of famous movie women and their guns. (Does that sound like a "Jeopardy" category?)
The message was clear for her Locked and Reloaded tour at the Cruzan Amphitheatre: Lambert was coming out firing. And with such songs as "Kerosene" and "Gunpowder and Lead," the small-town Texas girl made it clear: Don't piss her off. As one writer once remarked, "Her love songs usually end with someone getting shot, burned, or buried."
For those who didn't know, Lambert reminded fans that she learned to fire a shotgun at an early age. Her father was a police officer and Miranda was hunting deer before she was out of high school. So when she sings "You ain't seen me crazy yet," she has plenty of street cred.
But the 30-year-old can make a crowd tear up, too, as she did with "The House that Built Me" and "Over You," in which she herself got weepy over as the song closed (a fan had handed her a photo of the song's deceased subject). And you can admire her as a ballsy woman, but you still need to note that she's not afraid to use a pink microphone or guitar.
She zipped through her first five tunes so quickly that sometimes it was difficult to understand what she was saying – and with such intricately written songs that's almost ruinous. There's a line between bringing the energy and flying breakneck through a song, and if I had my way, I'd have erred a little more on the side of clarity.
After that came a nice country version of The Beatles' "Get Back," Lambert's popular "Mama's Broken Heart" and "Famous in a Small Town," which notes that everybody dies famous in a small town.
"Don't let anyone discourage you from your dreams," she said, but not at all in the way Taylor Swift would. "I'm up here doing what I love, even though I have one leg shorter than the other."
She included her recent single, "All Kinds of Kinds," the video of which portrays a variety of people holding up signs that identify themselves. Lambert held up a sign saying "Dog Rescuer Kind," a reference to her foundation, Mutt Nation. She also related that she visited a Wellington-based Big Dog Ranch Rescue Saturday and couldn't help herself. (A 6-year-old girl, Riley Weinberger, had created a video about the rescued animals she cares for as a volunteer there and had invited Lambert to come tour.)
The result?
"We got a new dog," Lambert said. "Blake's not happy, so please pray for me and the dog."
More casual music fans have gotten to know Lambert as the wife of "The Voice" judge Blake Shelton, but that's selling her way short. Note that Lambert had already begun her string of six straight Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year awards back in 2007. She didn't marry Shelton until 2011.
But you can see that they share the same sense of humor, as evidence by Lambert's white tank-top, which read: "Never cry over spilled milk, it could have been whiskey," accompanied by a tight mini-skirt and almost knee-high gold boots.
White tank tops are also a theme for Dierks Bentley, who performed just before Lambert but is billed as a co-headliner. His 14-song set – including his action narrative "What Was I Thinkin'" about girl in a white tank top -- almost wore the crowd out before Lambert even set foot on stage.
Bentley, with his backward ballcap, untucked flannel shirt and torn jeans, is all country, and such songs as "Feel That Fire" and "Sideways" show him off well. And he's come a long way since I saw him for free under the tent at a pregame Dolphins concert back in the Dave Wannstedt era. How the guy is not headlining shows himself is kind of a mystery to me. Maybe it's just a matter of that one career-making smash to push him over the top.
One could argue that Bentley's new single, "Hold On," could be that song. Written with references to his father, who died last year, the song is his personal, Bentley says. He prefaced it by relating that he still drives the 1994 Chevy truck with 200,000 miles on it.
"I feel like I'm that same guy, still," he said.
Like Lambert, Bentley isn't afraid to give you a direct view into his innards, pour out whatever's in there and let you see that they have the same sadness, insecurities and small victories in life that the people they're singing to do. It's that kind of honesty that creates their permanent and loyal fans.
Sunday morning update: Lambert closed Saturday night's show with "Oklahoma Sky," a departure from much of her tour, incuding Friday night in Tampa, when she brought Bentley on stage to help sing Roger Miller's "King of the Road." Yes, I'm kind of bummed she didn't do that here.


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They lurk in every budget—monthly bills and fees for services and memberships and accounts you no longer use.
Whatever it is, celebrate Cut It Out Day… and C.I.O. that dead weight now. (You're in good company: The whole DailyWorth team has confessed that all kinds of crazy crap is crowding their budgets. Not anymore.)
Where to hunt:
- On your bank and credit card statements
- Among the uncategorized expenses in your Mint.com or online budget register.
What they look like:
- A defunct email account
- Hosting for a now-dead url
- Overpriced (and useless) credit monitoring
- Memberships you've dropped
- Services you can (and do) live without
- An item you've planned to return but haven't
- Anything that bills you in increments of $9.99
What to do:
Call customer service and say, "I've just got to cut it out."
Then multiply that monthly fee by 12 and congratulate yourself on putting that much more money in your budget.


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"Live from Southland Media Day" will be available from 4-5 p.m., CT, during the final hour of media day, which is being held at L'Auberge du Lac Resort and Casino in Lake Charles, La. The one-hour special will include interviews with the head coaches and student-athletes from all eight football-playing institutions in the Southland.
The program will be hosted by Chris Mycoskie, an assistant commissioner with the conference, and Lyn Rollins, a long-time play-by-play announcer for college athletics in the region, including on the Southland Conference Television Network.
"We are excited to provide this insightful production to our Southland Conference football fans who are anxiously awaiting the upcoming season," Southland commissioner Tom Burnett said. "Football Media Day annually brings more than 100 media members, coaches, student-athletes and athletic staff members together in one location, and we are very happy to expand that to countless others that can watch it live."
This is the first time that Southland Football Media Day will be available on a national level. The production is the first of the season for the Southland TV Network, which is entering its fifth year. The network's 11-game football schedule will be announced later this week.
"Live from Southland Media Day" is also the first live offering on the Southland Digital Network, which debuted July 2. Available at Southland.org, the network provides much-improved video quality for live events and on-demand features.
ESPN3 is ESPN's live multi-screen sports network, a destination that delivers thousands of global sports events annually and accessible online via WatchESPN.com, on smart phones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and through ESPN on Xbox Live to Gold members. It is currently available to 73 million homes at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. ESPN3 is also available at no cost to approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers connected to on-campus educational networks and on-base military networks.
The show will also be carried live by select Southland TV Network affiliates, including Suddenlink 14 locally in Lake Charles. The one-hour program will also be available tape-delayed on some network stations before the start of the season, including on Fox College Sports Central later that same day at 9:30 p.m., CT.
Here is a list of the league's student-athletes who will attend the 2012 Southland Football Media Day and take part in the one-hour special.
Central Arkansas
Dominique Croom, wide receiver
Seth Allison, linebacker
Kyle Gillam, center
James Washington, linebacker
McNeese State
Jonathan Landry, offensive tackle
Malcolm Bronson, free safety
Nicholls State
Marcus Washington, running back
Siegan Vergenal, defensive back
Northwestern State
Brad Henderson, quarterback
Derek Rose, linebacker
Sam Houston State
Kaleb Hopson, offensive lineman
Kenneth Jenkins, defensive back
Southeastern Louisiana
Sam Fairley, running back
Paul Roppolo, offensive lineman
Stephen F. Austin
Cordell Roberson, wide receiver
Ryan Epperson, linebacker


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Garbage Grows Economies
Shams-il Arefin Islam '06 came to the IC campus in fall 2002 and soon learned about its compost facility. Working with environmental clubs and service organizations such as Rotaract, he found out he would be able to study business in the context of environmental issues at IC. After graduating, he returned to his hometown of Dhaka, Bangladesh, to work with Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and the founder of Grameen Bank, which pioneered the concept of microloans.
"Instead of pursuing a master's degree, I was immersed in the world of microcredit, Dr. Yunus's system of giving loans to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans," Islam said. "His effort to create economic and social development from the ground up is a fantastic way for business to address a social problem."
In 2010, Islam was invited to visit the Dhaka non-governmental organization Waste Concern, whose founders, Iftekhar Enayetullah, a civil engineer, and Maqsood Sinha, an architect/urban planner, had found a way to convert Dhaka's garbage into fertilizer. The organization's motto is Waste Is a Resource.
"It's important to remember that Bangladesh is a country of 160 million people living in an area about the size of New York State, which has a population of 19 million," Islam said. "Over 5,000 tons of waste a day finds its way to the dump sites in Dhaka alone, and many of those sites are open dumps."
In developed countries like the United States, a lot of waste comes from manufactured items that don't biodegrade. But in developing countries like Bangladesh, where two-thirds of the people earn their livelihoods from farming, 80 percent of garbage can be broken down into compost, which can be turned into organic fertilizer and sold back to farmers. Waste Concern pays regular wages to people who collect the waste. Formerly, those people eked out subsistence livings by scavenging through the dumps.
When Islam first visited the composting facility in Dhaka, he had a flashback to his time at IC, when the college had its own composting facility.
"Both composting facilities use an aerated static pile system," he says. "This system allows you to control the temperature and balance the nitrogen and carbon ratios by shoveling the piles at strategic times. Waste Concern's system is mechanized because it's much larger. When I first saw it, I knew I had to dedicate myself to what Waste Concern was trying to achieve."
As Waste Concern's project manager, Islam prepares reports on waste management and research initiatives for organizations such as UNICEF and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He also manages hospitality at Waste Concern's recycling training centers, where mayors from Bangladesh and other Asian countries are schooled in waste management practices.
Waste Concern has established composting facilities at 47 sites throughout Bangladesh and is undertaking sustainable solid waste management programs in Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, and the Philippines. In addition to receiving the United Nation's Poverty Eradication Award, Waste Concern's cofounders have been recognized by the Schwab Foundation for Social Enterprise and Ashoka Innovators for the Public. Still, says Islam, there's work to be done.
"We keep our compost prices close to the price of chemical fertilizers to remain competitive, but there are still many farmers who want to use readily available chemical fertilizers. Another issue is the sheer volume of waste being generated. And, as Bangladesh continues to grow and develop, exponential economic growth will negatively affect the environment. Waste collection, retrieval, and recycling have not effectively kept up with such rapid growth."
We'll have more hope, he says, if businesses pursue the triple bottom line [people, planet, profit], where profits aren't the only reason for being.
Read more stories from Wasteland here:
Read about Kat McCarthy '05 and Tompkins County Solid Waste Management
Read about Christopher Bodkin '11 and his business that recycles hospital surgical
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I love cream of mushroom soup from the can. Guess I'm just extra gross.
So wait ... can of soup, can of uncooked rice, can of milk?That sounds suspiciously easy ...
I hate stuffing and anything with baked-till-mushy veggies (green bean casserole, here's looking at you!). Also, I don't eat jello or meat, so there's that (though I did like ham or turkey when I was a kid; hated gravy, beef or gefilte fish -- yeah, my families celebrated a range of holidays). I go pretty nontraditional for the big holidays! My mom always made a cheesy potato casserole for holidays that I loathed to an amazing degree, but that was more of a family thing than a widespread tradition. I am on team canned cranberries (whole berries, not jellied), though I made my own for the first time recently and loved it. It's kind of hard to find fresh cranberries here most of the year. Sweet potatoes without marshmallows, please.
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December 02, 2008 12:00AM
Pittsburg State University will recognize World AIDS Week the first week of December with a slate of events to help commemorate those who have lost their lives to the disease and others who may be struggling with it.
The week's theme is "Lead - Empower - Deliver - Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise." In keeping with that theme, Gorillas In Your Midst and Student Prevention and Wellness at PSU will hold the following events:
AIDS Quilt Display and Information Table:
Sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, on loan from the Tulsa Area Names Project, which has memorial panels dedicated to the memory of loved ones who have died from AIDS, will be on display daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the glass point of Overman Student Center. Brochures, red ribbons and posters will be distributed.
Week of Dialogue:
Throughout the week, PSU professors and instructors have been asked to include discussion about HIV-AIDS in their classrooms using both general information and specific talking points provided by Student Prevention and Wellness.
AIDS Memorial Observance:
A memorial observance will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in front of the quilt display in Overman, to honor of all who have lost their lives to the disease.
Monetary donations will be accepted at the quilt display site or can be sent to Student Prevention and Wellness, 105 Overman. Donations will be forwarded to Doctors Without Borders, the Nobel Prize-winning medical relief organization, with the stipulation that the money be used for AIDS relief in developing countries.
All of the activities are sponsored by Gorillas In Your Midst and PSU Student Prevention and Wellness. For more information, contact J.T. Knoll at (620) 235-4062 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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