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Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Judgement Day: When betrayed wives attack betrayed wives
But just glance at the covers of tabloid magazines or newspapers for a quick education in how our culture views infidelity. "Cheater!" they scream. Or "It's over!" Or the straightforward "Betrayed!"
The betrayed wives are divided into two categories. Those women who dump the cheater? Brave. Strong. Those who forgive? Delusional. Wimpy.
What's particularly surprising, however, is that much of this scorn heaped on betrayed wives comes from...betrayed wives.
Forgiving a cheater and rebuilding a marriage seems a disappointment to our take-the-gloves-off culture. We want revenge. We want retribution. After all, the adage goes, "once a cheater..."
No matter that evidence doesn't back this cliché up. No matter that the majority (80% says a recent study) of marriages will experience infidelity. No matter that of those who divorce following infidelity, more than three-quarters later regretted it.
Our culture's judgement of infidelity – and those of us navigating it – is why so many of us choose silence even as we're experiencing the worst pain of our lives. It's why we hesitate to trust even our closest friends to support us.
It's why we find comfort in anonymous blogs where we can share our story without fear.
Betrayal creates deep wounds and triggers strong emotions. It's confusing to learn that the one person you trusted most has betrayed you. My immediate reaction upon learning about my husband's infidelity was to wander my house, wringing my hands and asking, out loud to myself, "what am I going to do?"
And it's perhaps that question that's central to this issue of judgement. What was I going to do? Sure I'd always said that cheating was a deal-breaker. But that was when it was a hypothetical. Things are always clear when they're hypothetical.
But now I had to figure out what, among my various options, I was going to do. And of course, I – like all of you – was making that choice with absolutely no understanding of infidelity and without a crystal ball.
It's into that uncertainty about our future, our deep pain at the betrayal and our recognition that other people are impacted by our choice (something our husbands neglected to note) that others cast their judgement.
"Well, I could never do what you're doing," one friend told me, just weeks after my D-Day. Within that comment was her deeper point that, really, I was a bit of an idiot. She'd left own marriage a few years earlier because of her then-husband's infidelity and she had no room for any alternative but to leave. I was stung by her dismissal of my choice. I struck her off my confidantes list, which was already pretty short.
And yet, a few years later, after this friend had been in a happy long-term relationship with another man, she wistfully told me that she thinks she and her ex could have actually made it work. But...who knows? My friend is now happily remarried. She made her choice.
And that's my point: We each get to make our choice. It's an excruciating one. Some of us will regret our choice to stay at which point we're allowed to change our minds. Some will regret our choice to leave at which point we're generally stuck with the consequences. Life isn't an exact science.
What we can do, however, is support each other in whatever choice we make. We can encourage each other to get as much information as we can and then make the best choice you can under the circumstances at the time. And we can then acknowledge that your choice doesn't make mine any less valid.
To those of us who've experienced that judgement, especially from other betrayed wives? Recognize that another's inability to tolerate your different choice speaks to her deep fear that she's making a mistake. We are frightened by those whose actions call into mind that there is another possibility. Seeing the world in black and white makes moralistic judgement so much easier...but it makes the world much less beautiful.
See her judgement as evidence of her own deep pain. And offer her compassion.
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- AnonymousFebruary 12, 2014 at 11:11 AM
I agree completely and your point about her judgement being about her insecurity so trueReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 12, 2014 at 3:21 PM
I relate to this post, but mostly for the the fact that sharing my husband's infidelity with the few friends I felt safe doing so with wasn't necessarily such great idea. It opened us up to judgements about him (bastard cheater) and about me and my decision to stay in the marriage and make it work (are you crazy?!?).ReplyDelete
Of the three friends I shared with, only two were supportive, and even those two seem to have distanced themselves from me to a certain extent. My most supportive friend was working on repairing her marriage after infidelity as well. As you can imagine, she was my safe harbor and I could tell her anything without judgement. Friend number two was supportive to a point…I realized early on that the subject of the affair made her uncomfortable so it isn't something I even bring up with her any more. She is still my friend, and is basically friendly with my very remorseful husband, but I definitely sense a more reserved tone, which is fine. I also sense that these two women are giving us the space and privacy to be a couple again. While he was involved with the OW we tended to be much more social with other couples, most likely because we weren't paying proper attention to each other. We traveled with our couple-friends and got together to socialize with other couples most weekends. But post DDay, we are spending more time alone together, enjoying each other and rebuilding the friendship and intimacy that we had let languish after more than 35 years of marriage.
Friend number 3 was someone with whom I considered myself to be very close. I was her support during a painful and messy divorce, even going to family court with her a few times. But our friendship is basically dead now. She told me that she didn't think she could ever look at my husband the same way again (she used to think he was the greatest thing since sliced bread!) She said that respected my decision to work on my marriage, but she was "uncomfortable" in his presence so she wouldn't be coming over any more. I think infidelity makes people uncomfortable, as it should. But it occurred to me that as her friend, I had to listen to every detail of her divorce, her newfound sex life after her divorce, even her bragging about the size of her new boyfriend's penis!! Talk about TMI !!!! And two people working on their 35 year marriage makes her uncomfortable?…so be it.
I think women, whether they are betrayed wives or not, come with a preconceived idea of what a post-affair relationship is supposed to look like. Kick the bum to the curb. But I am dealing with a husband who is deliriously happy to be free. Free of the lies and the guilt and the pressure of leading a duplicitous life. Free from the nagging and pleading of an OW who wanted more, more, more as he spiraled into the lowest place of self-loathing over who he had become while involved with her.
The gratitude that he displays to me on a daily, even hourly basis for letting him remain my husband is what has sustained me…he is beyond grateful that I didn't kick him out. I value the bumps and bends and humorous recollections of our long history, the comfortable cadence of our almost 40 years together, and of course our beautiful family. And the path that we started on together, all those years ago, is sweeter and more appreciated than ever these days.
As my counselor advised, think long and hard about who you share affair information with, especially if you are looking for love and support. Good advice, I think, very good advice.
Love and blessings to all that find themselves here... you have MY love and support.
I could have written every single word of your response!!Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 12, 2014 at 4:17 PM
I appreciate this article today!! I would like to add that my husband has said more times than I can count that he wishes he could turn back the clock. Take it back. He never thought he could be THAT GUY. I have learned that life is so NOT black and white...again elle thanks for this place...we never wanted to be here and yet it is a safe haven for us!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 12, 2014 at 4:25 PM
I personally think a lot of the pressure for throwing out a cheater comes from the current American culture of disposability. When I first got a cell phone it was from verizon wireless which advertised "new every 2". Nobody asked if the old is still ok do I really NEED a new every 2. Nowadays everything is disposable, & while some are improvements like diapers thank goodness, it seems too easy to say well this husband made a mistake so ill trade him in for a new one. & what if the new one cheats too, esp since recent studies show 60% of married men cheat. That means more likely than not the new one will cheat too. Then what-- get rid of him too?ReplyDelete
That's a really interesting take on this. It's so true. We're so quick to just say "out with the old..." There doesn't seem to be the same recognition that a longtime relationship brings certain gifts that a series of relationships never can.
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2014 at 12:56 AM
Dear BetterEveryDay and Elle,ReplyDelete
I sometimes think that our friends have a certain amount of fear when we reveal infidelity and our decision to stay and work on things. We have mutual friends who have had affairs and one of them said to me that she was disgusted this woman had stayed, she felt it was giving her husband Carte Blanche to have an affair seeing this other couple repair! I said what on earth makes you think you're husband will now go and have an affair because of this? She replied, well, our friend has welcomed her husband back as if nothing has happened. I did try and explain that we know nothing of the sleepless nights, arguments, tears and heartbreak they have gone through to still be together. But, it was her worry/fear that wouldn't allow some compassion or understanding.
My mother gave me the best advice, don't run, don't tell anyone yet just stay safe and try and work through things. Its going to be a hard ride, but its between you and him. ( all contact with o/w was cut) If a year down the line you feel that you cannot stay with him, make your decision then, but not now. You have too much to give up on.
I too said it would be a deal breaker for me. My husband has not had an easy time staying, I have made his life hell on occasions, but I also made it easy for him to leave, no worry about seeing the kids, I wouldn't mention the affair as the break up, financially we would be fine, I would be cordial. He chose to stay .
Thank you BetterEveryDay for your love and support and all the others. We haven't given up, we've moved through some difficult times and it would have been easy to walk away, but I'm made of tougher stuff. To all the other women who say " I wouldn't put up with that" then don't, but you could just be missing out on something.Replies
Your friend's fear that her husband would have carte blanche speaks to my own conviction that we need to really see the fallout of affairs. Our culture doesn't want to look too hard at the emotional cost of affairs. They're still considered titillating. Sexy. The truth is much different. The stress. The anxiety. The incredible pain it puts a family through. The remorse so many men feel once they realize what they've done...and often lost as a consequence.Delete
Your mother sounds like a wise soul. Mine gave almost the same advice. And it was exactly what I needed to hear. To have permission to take time to make the best choice for me.
I've not been judged by friends, luckily. Most of them were very supportive of us working hard to try and make it work. Only a couple were angry with my husband. Most of them were very forgiving and loving.ReplyDelete
I had a little bit of drama today with getting my middle one to school. I went home crying. That's when I know that I'm emotionally very fragile. And I was stupid enough to look the OW up on Facebook. She doesn't really upset me anymore, but she's still on my mind every day. There are days where I'm so tired of this whole process (we've also been through a couple of other life changing events in the last two years (moved country twice to name one) that I just sit on the sofa and hardly do anything (except for exercising).
And sometimes I just don't know where to go. I can imagine some people are really fed up with me talking about the affair and my sadness. Just writing this helps.....
Mara xReplies
I'm glad your friends have been supportive. Please be as gentle with yourself. I had plenty of days when I would wind up in tears because of some tiny incident that at the time seemed further evidence that I wasn't valued in this world.
You've had a lot to deal with in a short span of time. But I do urge you to find something to get you off your couch. I'm a big advocate of volunteering. It has offered me many of my most gratifying experiences (I currently volunteer at a soup kitchen and the gratitude I'm offered by these cold hungry people warms my own soul; but I've also volunteered at my kids' school, with environmental groups and other charities that pique my interest). What about a book club? A mom's group? A part-time job? Give yourself this time to figure out what makes you lose yourself -- hiking? A craft? And then set about making it happen, even for a half-hour a day. Getting outside of your own pain will do wonders.
Or Mara...given that you said that writing this helps: Why not start your own blog??Delete
I've got a family blog :-). I'm not sure if I want to have a blog like you have. I think there are some great blogs out there like yours. I like to comment from time to time. That seems enough at the moment....Delete
It's the days where I feel crap (fewer days like this luckily!!) where I don't seem to be able to (literally) move and I panic. I am working freelance and I'm in the process of setting up an other business. Some days are really busy, some days are not. Finding the balance (again) is an ongoing process for me at the moment. I find it hard to have the right balance.
My counsellor told me that I have to remind myself that I'm still recovering. I wish I was completely healed and ok, but I'm not. I just wish I could give things 100 or 110% like I used to do, but I can't. Really frustrating and hard to accept ;-(.
Mara x
Hi Mara,Delete
I think you're doing better than perhaps you think you are. This takes far longer than any of us could have imagined. I remember reading "3 - 5 years" to heal around my first D-Day and that seemed like an eternity. I couldn't imagine feeling so awful for so long. But we don't feel "so awful". It begins to ebb and flow. We have fewer awful days and more better days. And then, for me around 5 years, I finally realized that chapter was well and truly over.
As for balance? Something made up to sell women's magazines. Settle for balance over years, rather than hours or days.
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2014 at 6:04 AM
Thank you so much Elle- and to the other responses. This is for a lack of better words one of the most earth shattering experiences I have ever dealt with. I hate that I do waste time thinking about the OW- I hate that I no longer feel grounded in my own home-I hate that I do not trust my husband. I HATE ALL OF THIS! Just the other night I told my husband because I discovered a different user name on his email led me on a downward tailspin of crazy- re reading old emails from the OW to me about all of my wrongs and how I hurt her. I told him he caused this. I told him I didn't think we could make it but he asked me to not make any rash decisions - (it has been 1 1/2 years since this all began) but sometimes I think emotionally, mentally I can't stay- or why did I fight so hard to save this? For our kids? for our lengthy time married? For the good memories? I love my friends so much and they have been there for me and even retaliated in my defense to the OW(she tends to harass me from time to time-she keeps creating new email addresses and I do not have the time or energy to try and keep up to continue to block her- and she gets me at work sometimes too). I hate that at my age I feel more insecure about me and who I am. That 17, 21 year old me is screaming at this middle aged mother of "how could you stay?!?!" Thank you for this site Elle.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hey middle-aged mother,Delete
We've all been there. Is this a bad day or is this the way you feel most days? One-and-a-half years is still surprisingly raw...so I ask: Is it getting better? Or worse? If it's getting better, then trust that it will continue to get better. Are you and your husband rebuilding a marriage? Do you see evidence that he's a better husband? A better father? If it's getting worse, do you know why? There's no doubt that the OW's consistent interruptions are keeping you somewhat off-balanced. I'd be inclined to look into a restraining order. Has she been told, in no uncertain terms, that there is to be No Contact? Have you threatened legal action if she doesn't comply? You don't deserve this from her.
Take control of the things you can and do your best to let go of what you can't. You'll never really know if you can trust your husband. Truth is, we never really know if we can ever trust another person. But you can ask yourself, honestly, whether you think he's continuing to cheat or if that's fear talking.
It's nothing like the movies, is it! Not that I can even watch them now, anything hits on the subject or has a women in that looks like his OW!ReplyDelete
I don't think I can go on knowing I've got years in front of me. Years of painful feelings, this roller coaster ride.
I'm half the person that I was. Can't function let alone go out and find a job. I know I should and I know it would make me feel better. Have problems doing normal tasks. Let alone go and sell myself to new people! Sell my life to them!
We had another row last night. My husband says that I should not read 'this stuff' that its 'frying my mind' I need to move on, forget and stop asking questions. Draw a line under it. Think he means act like it didn't never happen? is that possible.
Hes angry with me at the moment cos he has been trying really hard and I keep throwing it back. Through my anger and questions. He does not want to speak about it anymore.
I have no one to talk to. 2 couples that I told are fine we go out as couples and its good. Never gets spoken about.
Another friend that I thought would be there for me and had been through her husbands affair six years ago, is no longer friends with me. She didn't want to talk about it after the first couple of weeks. And then when I had a wobbly and had a 'mad woman' moment in a restaurant she wrote me a letter! which is sitting in the drawer unopened. After being friends for over 30 years (or maybe not really) you would expect a phone call the next day. 'what was that all about' 'you have to control your anger' etc etc but no a letter, getting things of her chest
She also went and told people who I did not want to know.
They have stayed together and seem like they have a more loving relationship. Which is my concern. Did my husband think it was going to be an easy ride. That their marriage survived. Her husband was in the group of men that was away when my husband meet the OW. My husband lied when I found out and said he meet her in a petrol station. (I found out though from OW husband) Makes you wonder what they where up to every year.
Also makes you wonder if that is the reason people stay away, feel uncomfortable. It can all so easily happen to them!Replies
Have you considered that your clinically depressed? While I think much of what you're going through is "normal", I nonetheless think it sounds as if you're stuck. And isolated. And angry. All normal but having that level of stress in your life over the longer term can trigger clinical depression and anxiety. Have you talked to your doctor? I hate hearing how down you are. And when your sadness/anger gets in the way of things you could be doing to move you forward, then I think it's time to ask the medical profession to help.
- AnonymousFebruary 14, 2014 at 9:23 AM
Although my first reaction when my husband FINALLY admitted his guilt, was to scream it from the highest rooftop, telling everyone what a rat bastard he is, and how much he has hurt me, along with letting everyone that knows the OW that she is not the Saint she makes out to be, (she works for the Red Cross, what an angel) I believed it would bring me some peace and vengeance.ReplyDelete
When I realized that my first reaction was not to throw him to the curb, I knew I had to be very circumspect who I confided in for various reasons. Everyone will have an opinion, and they will tell you what that is if you want to hear it or not, but once that initial period of condolence is over, they would not only be judging his actions but mine also. Did I want to go through this process of getting stronger and figuring out what I wanted always worrying about what other people would think? NO, I realized that I was too fragile and could not take criticism on top of my self-loathing, poor self-esteem etc.
My first confidant was a work friend, who has been through all my stories in the past of the OW trying to tell me, anonymous phone calls everything, until the OW had had enough I guess and just emailed me the details. This was many years after their affair was over but my weak husband stayed "friends" with her as she always hinted that I should know. Wow she is a real piece of work and he was spineless. She is the least judgmental person I know, and has always been there for me, listening to my craziness in the early days.
The 2nd friend was my best friend from high school, who has lead had a colorful love life to say the least, whilst never being the OW herself, she recently found out that her husband was having an affair at the same time she was, yikes, but that was a wakeup call for her and made her realize she did want to stay married, and has been working it out, and as such a true support, although we now live 3500 miles apart.
My 3rd friend and her husband are close friends of both myself and my husband, couples friends I guess, I thought long and hard over telling her, but she has always been there for me and knew something was wrong the first time I saw her post DD. All she said was "whatever you decide to do I will support you" and she has since then, without judgment of either myself or hubby.
So whilst we are still fairly new into this painful process, 8 months today, I now know after counseling that I am strong enough to make my own decisions and try and stay focused on the road ahead, and not that slippery slope behind me, with the help of my friends and the much needed help of this blog, to keep me from going to crazy town again, or at least not staying there long, thanks for that Elle, and to all the contributors here , ladies stay strong, stay focused and make a decision you can live with whatever that may be,
- AnonymousFebruary 14, 2014 at 9:30 AM
After carrying the burden of his cheating for 3 1/2 months by myself (other than this blog) I got to a very low point this Sunday and called a friend. She lives in another state so was basically a safe person as she doesn't interact with us often. That was ok, except, I immediately felt her disgust for my husband and I know she doesn't understand why I am not out of here.ReplyDelete
The big mistake I made then and I am blaming the fact that Sunday I was into the wine a little heavy, was calling one of my children, my oldest daughter. BIG MISTAKE! She has told me to throw him out, he is a SA (?to me), I cannot stay, etc.
She is now also trying to control my life, how/when we should do counseling, etc.
It has now created a huge rift between me and her, she doesn't want to see my husband or let the grandchildren around him. GREAT...in addition to everything else now I have problems with an adult child. I am sicker. I wish I had remained silent.
- AnonymousFebruary 14, 2014 at 4:07 PM
J. I too made the mistake of insisting my husband call our 2 grown children to let them know what he had done. He had always been the perfect dad…coaching, camping and always loving and communicative. They were as shocked as I had been, and both of them told him off and said they didn't want any contact with him until they were ready. In turn, they had not much contact with me either, calling or texting my cell occasionally, but both refused to call the home phone in case he were to pick up. He felt lower than low, and I suffered the loss of us as a family. Insult to injury.Delete
I let them cool their heels for a good 6 months, but as Christmas approached I felt the need to try to get some sort of resolution. It was bad enough that I had been betrayed by my husband, but to lose our family life too? That was more than I could bear. So with the help of my IC, I reached out to them and asked them to remember the dad that raised them, the one who had loved them through thick and thin. He wrote them both sincere letters of apology and begged their forgiveness. And I also explained to them that I was not giving up on my 35 year marriage just because some gold-digging business associate of his decided that he would make a better husband than the one she already had!!!
Give your daughter a little time. If your husband is truly sorry, and if you two are earnestly working on your marriage and plan to stay together, you may just have to wait it out. And I would also encourage your husband to fall on his sword and write a heartfelt apology to her. We are approaching 3 years since DDay and thank God we are a family again. They have forgiven their dad, but I know that it will always affect the way they look at him. Another sad and inevitable bit of fallout from the selfish act of his affair.
Much love to you…
- AnonymousFebruary 15, 2014 at 8:54 AM
I am sorry for your pain. This is why we suffer alone and in silence. As far as your daughter goes maybe you can tell her the stats..marriages DO survive this! Its really rather character building!!! And your marriage can be stronger and be happier than the 'status quo '....this blog is proof!! I read a book last year during Lent called RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON. It really helped me with the whole forgiveness thing. It really made me think about ALL the characters in that gospel...and the movie PHILOMENA is all about forgiveness...beautiful message and a true story. I wish you peace...
- AnonymousJune 9, 2015 at 10:31 AM
A lot of times my husband says he feels bad that almost no one knows apart from a few trusted friends. He says he feels like he deserves to be publically disgraced for what he did. I told him that's not productive when we're trying to save our marriage. And not only that--he's not the only one who will end up disgraced. The idea that only doormats stay with a wayward spouse is so ingrained in our culture. I couldn't stand to be pitied as a pathetic fool who stayed with her cheating husband.ReplyDelete
Thank you for your blog. It's a lifeline for me. It shows me that not only am I not alone, I am not a pathetic loser for trying to save my marriage. And that others have done it successfully.
I have faith that the stereotype of the doormat of a wife is changing. I think that as more people speak openly about infidelity -- and the incredible damage it wreaks -- we'll have an increased understanding of the courage and integrity it takes to give someone a second chance.


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This is a homer sentiment because I am from the 416, and Drake has not been shy about spreading the Toronto love, and all of us from Toronto were fist pumping for our boy who ran the stage last night at the Grammys, delivering the final performance with Lil Wayne and Eminem, introduced by the bad basterd himself Quentin Tarantino. Drizzy will get his own post later. But it felt like the best way to begin. Even though at the beginning there was Gaga. And Elton John. Piano to piano, living up to the promise of the memorable Grammy musical mashup. THIS. Yes. That deserves its own post too.
But we were kinda bored in the middle. And very disappointed with Taylor Swift. You know I love her. I want to keep loving her. But on a night when she took home album of the year over Lady Gaga and B and the others, you would have expected her to bring it better live. Oh no. She really didn't.
Still... Beyonce took home 6. And set a record for most female wins in one night. Beysus had no reason to be sulky.
As for that 3D performance and the tribute to MJ, to me it was a disservice. Because automatically, for the 90% + watching without 3D glasses, the result is a lack of engagement. How is this honouring his legacy?
Here's the best part of that performance. And it had nothing to do with Michael Jackson.
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I am struggling with whether or not to write about his children. On the one hand, they presented themselves in the most public of places, they were put in the spotlight, they were encouraged to be there. And they were lovely and endearing and awkward and fumbly and totally unrehearsed which kinda says to me that somehow they're being raised normally and not Cyrus-ly, as normal as possible in their case, so should we be talking about them at all? It feels right to leave it at that. And to add that Paris's suit was my favourite of the night.
As for everyone else's...
Here's the thing about the Grammys and the VMAs: you don't judge it like you would the Globes or the Oscars or the "movie star" events. It's a totally different game. I don't want to see Rihanna in an exquisite Nina Ricci gown. When Lady Gaga shows up as a Nuit Blanche art installation, you know it's an entirely different code, right?
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TMZ was on scene when Bucky boy blasted his own brand of hot air and spastic dancing for what looks like an audience of dozens of adoring old folks in Anderson, South Carolina. Bucky "performed" before the hot dog eating contest, and just after the wing eating contest. At least he was out in front of other bands like ... Morris Day and the Time! Oh-wee-oh-wee-oh!
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Edible Mushrooms of Alberta
> Fairy Ring Mushroom
Fairy Ring Mushroom
Marasmius oreades
cap up to 6cm wide, convex, smooth, tan to light brown.
older specimens have flying-saucer shaped caps, often slightly darker on the central hump.
flesh is thin, white.
gills are broadly attached to the stem, tan, well-spaced, veined.
stem is solid, NOT hollow, and characteristically tough - able to wrap around your finger without breaking. Smooth, dry, tan, darker brown/red and hairy at the base, lacking a partial veil.
grows in grassy areas, meadows and fields, forming partial or complete rings.
appears in spring, sumer or fall.
taste is mild and pleasant; cook before eating.
warning: avoid specimens growing near highways, which may contain toxic car exhaust compounds.
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The Fairy ring mushroom is my personal favorite. They seems to be everywhere, they're tasy, easy to identify, and with some patience you can really gather quite a lot of these insignificant-looking fellows. As a city-dweller, you'll likely find this mushroom after rainy periods every time you walk around outside and look for it, it's very common on lawns where it grows in rings and often discolors the grass around the perimeter. When you find a fairy-ring, don't assume it's the edible variety until you check the stem and gills, because there are superficial look-alikes. The stem should be solid and remarkably strong. You'll have no trouble pulling up the entire mushroom (and maybe its neighbour) just by squeezing the stem and pulling. Next, make sure the gills are not crowded, but are well spaced and feel a little rubbery. When you smell the mushroom, you'll smell nothing, or maybe a faint non-mushroomy odor like sawdust.
I recommend going into the field with scissors for collecting these mushrooms. Snip the cap off the stem and then cut the cap right in half and check for worm holes in the hump of the cap. You'll discard about 50% of the mushrooms until you learn to spot the healthier ones. After you wash the mushrooms, I recommend either cooking with them fairly soon or preserving them. Anything you don't cook you should either freeze or thoroughly dry out. These mushrooms preserve well and taste just fine, they are one of the best kept secrets of city foraging.
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I'm not always the best at making handmade gifts for the kids on holidays. But this year I managed to make up some pillows for each of the kids using paper piecing patterns from Sonja of Artisania Patterns.
A horse (of course) for Claire:
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This pregnancy is moving along nicely. I'm 17 weeks along now and feeling great. This belly is already something else.
I've never really been a person who loves Valentine's Day. And I still really don't-- but I do love my family and know I am so lucky to have them. I hope you have a wonderful day with the ones you love too!
Lest you think I'm a meanie wife and forgot all about Rob-- he's anti-pillow, but will be well taken care of with some good beer and red duct tape. He appreciates more useful gifts!


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text: Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. Though his troop strength had been weakened, Burgoyne again attacked the Americans at Bemis Heights on October 7th, but this time was defeated and forced to retreat. He surrendered ten days later, and the American victory convinced the French government to formally recognize the colonist's cause and enter the war as their ally.


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Jeff Hardy has heard the rumours.
He has no passion for wrestling ... he's in trouble with WWE bigwigs ... the list of woes goes on.
It's frustrating for the high-flying 25-year-old, a WWE star who's had enough obstacles in his life to worry about a string of rumours.
"It's crazy. It really aggravates me," he said. "I've seen things like I have chronic fatigue syndrome and I have an eating disorder.
"That's the power of the Internet for you. I can't really do anything about it. That really sucks."
It's not only criticism of himself that bothers him, it's general observations.
"I hate it when people criticize matches," he said. "Someone will say, 'oh yeah, he didn't sell that move enough.'
"They have no idea what it's like to be in the ring. It's pure ignorance. And to label this fake is wrong. Call it pre-determined or choreographed, but not fake."
Rising up through the ranks was a school of hard knocks for Jeff and his older brother Matt, whose mother died of cancer in 1986. Their father, Gilbert, was a tobacco farmer and part-time mailman, so the boys had to get domesticated in a hurry.
"I was nine and Matt was 12 (when their mother died), so that became a very big influence for us," said Jeff. "It might have been meant to be. When we're in the ring, we know her spirit is with us."
Matt and Jeff have put together a book, Exist 2 Inspire, which has just hit the bookshelves.
Much of Jeff's aerial techniques were learned on a backyard trampoline.
"What I'm doing in the ring is way different," said Jeff. "I use the person's body to roll off. It puts a real beating on your spine. But that's just me. I can already feel it. It scares me what I'm going to feel like when I'm 30 or 35."
In his spare time, he kicks back and spins a dirtbike around a track in his front yard.
Then there's his love for music, with Pearl Jam and Our Lady Peace among his influences.
He fronts a band Peroxwhy?gen, a versatile alternative band. He met his bandmates through WWE rostermate Shannon Moore.
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- So far, next Sunday's Backlash card looks like The Rock vs. Goldberg; Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena; Booker T, Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H, Ric Flair and Chris Jericho; Team Angle vs. Los Guerreros; Trish Stratus vs. Jazz; Sean O'Haire vs. Rikishi; and Rey Mysterio vs. Big Show.
- Jonathan Coachman replaced Jim Ross on RAW. Expect to see Ross, perhaps with Stone Cold Steve Austin in tow, appear as early as Backlash.
- The "fan" who was attacked by Test on RAW was reportedly indie worker Preston Quinn.
- Line of the week goes to Jerry "The King" Lawler, talking about Victoria and Steven Richards. Said Lawler: "They're pretty weird. She's pretty and he's weird."
- The word is Nash will face Triple H in a title match soon. WWE would like to have Goldberg face Triple H, but SLAM! Wrestling suggests Lex Luger may enter the picture and face Goldberg.
- Former WWE wrestler and Japanese legend The Great Sasuke has been elected to an assembly seat in Japan. Sasuke has vowed to not remove his wrestling mask while serving his new politicial position. "I won support from voters with this face, and to take it off would be breaking promises," Sasuke said.
- Triple H's popularity seems to be losing a little steam. In a SLAM! Wrestling poll, 67% of near 2,000 people said they were sick of him.
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text: Latest Video News Sneaky, "Crooked" Hillary posts her response to enabling sexual assault minutes before Trump's SOTU (Video) Hillary has a #MeToo failure. Published 1 year ago on February 1, 2018 By Alex Christoforou 693 Views Share Tweet Hillary's botched #MeToo apology posted on her Facebook page minutes before the SOTU address was a sneaky way to slip in an explanation for her years of enabling sexual predators. As all eyes were on President Trump's State of the Union address, when "Crooked" Clinton tried to explain why she did not fire a former campaign adviser over sexual harassment allegations against a female staffer. Her explanation was a massive fail. Tucker Carlson breaks down Hillary's sneaky, quasi-apology… Remember when Hillary Clinton referred to women who accused her husband, Bill Clinton of rape, "bimbo eruptions". Here is an excerpt from Hillary's official Facebook page.. The most important work of my life has been to support and empower women. I've tried to do so here at home, around the world, and in the organizations I've run. I started in my twenties, and four decades later I'm nowhere near being done. I'm proud that it's the work I'm most associated with, and it remains what I'm most dedicated to. So I very much understand the question I'm being asked as to why I let an employee on my 2008 campaign keep his job despite his inappropriate workplace behavior. The short answer is this: If I had it to do again, I wouldn't. Before giving some of the reasons why I made a different choice back then and why looking back I wish I'd done it differently, here's what happened and what my thinking was at the time. In 2007, a woman working on my campaign came forward with a complaint about her supervisor behaving inappropriately toward her. She and her complaint were taken seriously. Senior campaign staff and legal counsel spoke to both her and the offender. They determined that he had in fact engaged in inappropriate behavior. My then-campaign manager presented me with her findings. She recommended that he be fired. I asked for steps that could be taken short of termination. In the end, I decided to demote him, docking his pay; separate him from the woman; assign her to work directly for my then-deputy-campaign manager; put in place technical barriers to his emailing her; and require that he seek counseling. He would also be warned that any subsequent harassment of any kind toward anyone would result in immediate termination. I did this because I didn't think firing him was the best solution to the problem. He needed to be punished, change his behavior, and understand why his actions were wrong. The young woman needed to be able to thrive and feel safe. I thought both could happen without him losing his job. I believed the punishment was severe and the message to him unambiguous. According to The Gateway Pundit, Hillary sent out a tweet linking to her statement and took a swipe at President Trump! "I wrote a Facebook post about a decision I made 10 years ago, what's changed, & on an issue you didn't hear a single word about tonight. Take a look." I wrote a Facebook post about a decision I made 10 years ago, what's changed, & on an issue you didn't hear a single word about tonight. Take a look. https://t.co/itPfGtIMOM — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 31, 2018 Crooked Hillary got trashed AGAIN! You're saying that you believe as a woman you have a responsibility to look out for making women feel safe. Tell that to Paula Jones & Juanita Broadderick. You are one demonic woman. — Joey Mann (@JTMann05) January 31, 2018 What did she do for the women abused by her husband, William Jefferson Blyth Clinton, except demonize them? — Robert Kovács (@rwkesk) January 31, 2018 Go back in the woods. — Alex 🇺🇸 (@SoCal4Trump) January 31, 2018 10 years ago you were 60 years old! You didn't know the staffer should've been fired immediately for sexual harassment and yet you thought you were ready to be President & take on Russia, Iran and North Korea. 👀 — Laura (@211Pine) January 31, 2018 Why do you insist on crow barring yourself into Washington? Your Glory Days are Over! Go take up a hobby. Go do something Substantial & Worthy for a Legitimate Charity! pic.twitter.com/1AwqBwGvwp — Anne Scinta (@ScintaAnne) January 31, 2018 You cover for sexual predators. It's just what you do. Everyone knows it. Stop pretending — CraigDangerous (@craigdangerous) January 31, 2018 Because you got caught and now trying to justify it — Lynda M Rollins (@RollinsLynda) January 31, 2018 Another non-apology from the Queen rape enabler, Crooked Hillary. https://t.co/m0u99LrDMX — Cristina Laila (@cristinalaila1) January 31, 2018 Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! 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Published 15 hours ago on February 16, 2019 By Alex Christoforou RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran's Alex Christoforou take a quick look at neocon foreign policy blunders in Venezuela, and Iran. Neocon war criminal Elliott Abrams was humiliated and demolished by Rep. Ilhan Omar over his history of illegal Latin American regime change operations. In Poland Vice President Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo were rebuked, as their Iran warmongering conference feel flat to a European audience. Remember to Please Subscribe to The Duran's YouTube Channel. Follow The Duran Audio Podcast on Soundcloud. Via Zerohedge… Rep. Ilhan Omar clashed with newly minted Venezuela Envoy Elliott Abrams during a Wednesday hearing in front of the House Foreign Relations Committee discussing the role of the US military in Central America. "Mr. Abrams, in 1991 you pleaded guilty to two counts of withholding information from Congress regarding your involvement in the Iran-Contra affair, for which you were later pardoned by president George H.W. Bush," began Omar. "I fail to understand why members of this committee or the American people should find any testimony that you give today to be truthful." "If I could respond to that…" interjected Abrams. "It was not a question," shot back Omar. After a brief exchange in which Abrams protested "It was not right!" Omar cut Abrams off, saying "Thank you for your participation." .@IlhanMN on Elliott Abrams' role in Iran-Contra: "I fail to understand why members of this committee or the American people should find any testimony that you give today to be truthful." (Abrams gets mad) Omar: "That was not a question. Thank you for your participation." pic.twitter.com/QBagSpOQXs — Frank Dale (@fwdale) February 13, 2019 Omar: "On February 8, 1982, you testified before the Senate foreign relations committee about US policy in El Salvador. In that hearing you dismissed as communist propaganda, a report about the massacre of El Mozote in which more than 800 civilians – including children as young as two-years old – were brutally murdered by US-trained troops. During that massacre, some of those troops bragged about raping 12-year-old girls before they killed them. You later said that the US policy in El Salvador was a "fabulous achievement." "Yes or no – do you still think so?" asked Omar. Abrams replied: "From, the day that Duarte was elected in a free election, to this day, El Salvador has been a democracy. That's a fabulous achievement." Omar shot back: "Yes or no, do you think that massacre was a fabulous achievement that happened under our watch?" Abrams protested: "That is a ridiculous question— to which Omar shot back, "Yes or no," cutting him off. "No!" exclaimed Abrams, who added "I am not going to respond to that kind of personal attack – which is not a question." Omar pushed back: "Yes or no, would you support an armed faction within Venezuela that engages in war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, if you believe they were serving US interests as you did in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua?" "I am not going to respond to that question, I'm sorry. I don't think this entire line of questioning is meant to be real questions, and so I will not reply." said Abrams. Watch: As Joseph Duggan of American Greatness noted two weeks ago; Abrams is the pre-eminent prophet and practitioner of hyper-interventionist approaches to destabilize or overthrow governments – of foes and friends alike – that do not pass his democracy-is-the-end-all-and-be-all litmus test. His closest friends and associates, from whom his political positions are indistinguishable, include some of President Trump's most rabid enemies, false-flag "conservatives" Bill Kristol and Max Boot. Abrams, who had served in the Reagan State Department, faced multiple felony charges for lying to Congress and defying U.S. law in his role as a mastermind of the Iran-Contra debacle.Abrams' dishonesty almost destroyed Ronald Reagan's presidency and put Reagan in jeopardy of impeachment. Abrams was allowed to plead guilty to two reduced charges and later was pardoned by George H.W. Bush, who feared impeachment because of his own role in Iran-Contra. After having expressed antagonism towards nation-building during the 2000 campaign, newly elected President George W. Bush appointed Abrams as deputy national security adviser, where Abrams' role was essentially nation builder-in-chief. Abrams was even more consequential as nation-wrecker. He was one of the principal architects of the invasion of Iraq. He is an inveterate advocate of "regime change" against countries whose policies he doesn't like. He has a track record in attempting to overthrow foreign governments both by covert action and outright military invasion. –American Greatness Wednesday's heated exchange followed a controversial week for Rep. Omar, who came under bipartisan fire for her criticism of Israeli money in US politics, which was widely interpreted as anti-Semitic. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest More evidence of Clinton election meddling, as calls for investigation grow louder (Video) The Duran Quick Take: Episode 85. Published 23 hours ago on February 16, 2019 By Alex Christoforou The Duran's Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the real case for Russia collusion before and during the 2016 US Presidential election, not against Donald Trump, but the Clinton's and the Democrat Party. Remember to Please Subscribe to The Duran's YouTube Channel. Follow The Duran Audio Podcast on Soundcloud. Authored by John Solomon, via The Hill… With Republicans on both House and Senate investigative committees having found no evidence of Donald Trump being guilty of Democrat-inspired allegations of Russian collusion, it is worth revisiting one anecdote that escaped significant attention during the hysteria but continues to have U.S. security implications. As secretary of State, Hillary Clinton worked with Russian leaders, including Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and then-President Dmitri Medvedev, to create U.S. technology partnerships with Moscow's version of Silicon Valley, a sprawling high-tech campus known as Skolkovo. Clinton's handprint was everywhere on the 2009-2010 project, the tip of a diplomatic spear to reboot U.S.-Russian relations after years of hostility prompted by Vladimir Putin's military action against the former Soviet republic and now U.S. ally Georgia. A donor to the Clinton Foundation, Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, led the Russian side of the effort, and several American donors to the Clinton charity got involved. Clinton's State Department facilitated U.S. companies working with the Russian project, and she personally invited Medvedev to visit Silicon Valley. The collaboration occurred at the exact same time Bill Clinton made his now infamous trip to Russia to pick up a jaw-dropping $500,000 check for a single speech. The former president's trip secretly raised eyebrows inside his wife's State Department, internal emails show. That's because he asked permission to meet Vekselberg, the head of Skolkovo, and Arkady Dvorkovich, a senior official of Rosatom, the Russian nuclear giant seeking State's permission to buy Uranium One, a Canadian company with massive U.S. uranium reserves. Years later, intelligence documents show, both the Skolkovo and Uranium One projects raised serious security concerns. In 2013, the U.S. military's leading intelligence think tank in Europe sounded alarm that the Skolkovo project might be a front for economic and military espionage. "Skolkovo is an ambitious enterprise, aiming to promote technology transfer generally, by inbound direct investment, and occasionally, through selected acquisitions. As such, Skolkovo is arguably an overt alternative to clandestine industrial espionage — with the additional distinction that it can achieve such a transfer on a much larger scale and more efficiently," EUCOM's intelligence bulletin wrote in 2013. "Implicit in Russia's development of Skolkovo is a critical question — a question that Russia may be asking itself — why bother spying on foreign companies and government laboratories if they will voluntarily hand over all the expertise Russia seeks?" A year later, the FBI went further and sent letters warning several U.S. technology companies that had become entangled with Skolkovo that they risked possible espionage. And an agent in the bureau's Boston office wrote an extraordinary op-ed to publicize the alarm. Skolkovo "may be a means for the Russian government to access our nation's sensitive or classified research development facilities and dual-use technologies with military and commercial application," Assistant Special Agent in Charge Lucia Ziobro wrote in the Boston Business Journal. The FBI had equal concern about Rosatom's acquisition of Uranium One. An informer named William Douglas Campbell had gotten inside the Russian nuclear giant in 2009 and gathered evidence that Rosatom's agents in the United States were engaged in a racketeering scheme involving kickbacks, extortion and bribery. Campbell also obtained written evidence that Putin wanted to buy Uranium One as part of a strategy to obtain monopolistic domination of the global uranium markets, including leverage over the U.S. Campbell also warned that a major in-kind donor to the Clinton Global Initiative was simultaneously working for Rosatom while the decision for U.S. approval was pending before Hillary Clinton's department. Ultimately, her department and the Obama administration approved the transaction. The evidence shows the Clintons financially benefited from Russia — personally and inside their charity — at the same time they were involved in U.S. government actions that rewarded Moscow and increased U.S. security risks. The intersections between the Clintons, the Democrats and Russia carried into 2016, when a major political opposition research project designed to portray GOP rival Donald Trump as compromised by Moscow was launched by Clinton's presidential campaign and brought to the FBI. Glenn Simpson's Fusion GPS research firm was secretly hired by the Clinton campaign and Democratic Party through their law firm, Perkins Coie. Simpson then hired retired British intelligence operative Christopher Steele — whom the FBI learned was "desperate" to defeat Trump — to write an unverified dossier suggesting that Trump's campaign was colluding with Russia to hijack the election. Simpson, Steele and Perkins Coie all walked Trump-Russia related allegations into the FBI the summer before the election, prompting agents who openly disliked Trump to launch a counterintelligence probe of the GOP nominee shortly before Election Day. Simpson and Steele also went to the news media to air the allegations in what senior Justice Department official Bruce Ohr would later write was a "Hail Mary" effort to influence the election. Congressional investigators have painstakingly pieced together evidence that shows the Clinton research project had extensive contact with Russians. Ohr's notes show that Steele's main source of uncorroborated allegationsagainst Trump came from an ex-Russian intelligence officer. "Much of the collection about the Trump campaign ties to Russia comes from a former Russian intelligence officer (? not entirely clear) who lives in the U.S.," Ohr scribbled. Steele's dossier also relied on information from a Belarus-born Russian businessman, according to numerous reports and a book on the Russia scandal. Steele and Simpson had Russian-tied business connections, too, while they formulated the dossier. Steele worked for the lawyers for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and tried to leverage those connections to help the FBI get evidence from the Russian aluminum magnate against Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. The effort resulted in FBI agents visiting Deripaska in fall 2016. Deripaska told the agents that no collusion existed. Likewise, Simpson worked in 2016 for the Russian company Prevezon — which was trying to escape U.S. government penalties — and one of its Russian lawyers, Natalia Veselnitskaya. In sworn testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Simpson admitted he dined with Veselnitskaya both the night before and the night after her infamous meeting with Donald Trump Jr. at Trump Tower in June 2016. Simpson insists the two dinners sandwiching one of the seminal events in the Trump collusion narrative had nothing to do with the Trump Tower meeting, a claim many Republicans distrust. Whatever the case, there's little doubt the main instigators of the Clinton-inspired allegations against Trump got information from Russians and were consorting with them during the political opposition project. This past week, we learned from Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) that his committee came to the same conclusion as the House: There is no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. But now there is growing evidence — of Democratic connections to Russia. It's enough that former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) believes a probe should be opened. There is "obvious collusion the Democrats had through Glenn Simpson and through Fusion GPS, that they were talking directly to Russia," Nunes told Hill.TV's "Rising" in an interview to be aired Monday. Collusion can be criminal if it involves conspiracy to break federal laws, or it can involve perfectly legal, unwitting actions that still jeopardize America's security against a "frenemy" like Russia. There is clear evidence now that shows Hillary Clinton's family and charity profited from Moscow and simultaneously facilitated official government actions benefiting Russia that have raised security concerns. And there's irrefutable evidence that her opposition research effort on Trump — one that inspired an FBI probe — was carried out by people who got information from Russia and were consorting with Russians. It would seem those questions deserve at least some of the scrutiny afforded the Trump-Russia collusion inquiry that is now two-plus years old. NOTE: This story has been updated from the original to correct that Uranium One is a Canadian company and to clarify that House and Senate investigating committees have cleared the president. John Solomon is an award-winning investigative journalist whose work over the years has exposed U.S. and FBI intelligence failures before the Sept. 11 attacks, federal scientists' misuse of foster children and veterans in drug experiments, and numerous cases of political corruption. He is The Hill's executive vice president for video Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Douma chemical weapons hoax exposed by BBC producer Very frightening for us all is the coordination of propaganda between the States of US, Britain, France and Israel. Published 23 hours ago on February 16, 2019 By Richard Galustian It is beyond doubt that the White Helmets 'staged' the false flag operation at the Douma hospital that caused President Trump to attack Syria last April. Days after the attack the much to be admired, yet still maligned by many, investigative reporter, Robert Fisk was on the ground in Douma and interviewed countless people, videoed the scene, made it public in the newspapers and by TV the fact of the fake sarin attack. What happened next were attempts to rubbish Fisk's story; a almost frightening Orwellian propaganda machine kicked in….and went into overdrive. That is to say a combination of 'corrupt' reporters; some just naive or dumb, many of whom had never been to Douma or even Syria, plus the full weight of the US, British and French Governments and finally, not forgetting, one of the greatest fraudsters of this century an absolute nobody, that calls himself Eliot Higgins and his 'Bellycat Organisation', all weighed in to accuse Fisk of lying. Clearly not in order of importance but suffice to say Elliot Higgins, is now obviously 'used' as a convenient tool for Russia bashing by certain Western powers, but is a total fraud. Rather than write too much about this person, judge by reading an exposé that couldn't be more revealing, uncovering his lie in the Daily Telegraph (link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10730163/The-blogger-who-tracks-Syrian-rockets-from-his-sofa.html). Not much more need be said about this con-man turned 'G-Man'. However later in this piece, I will quote some of the Douma ridiculing propaganda of Higgins/Bellingcat, as it is too crass not to be reminded of the way our governments operate. So based on a complete lie, President Trump ordered an attack on an Assad controlled area in Syria using several bombs including 66 Tomahawk cruise missiles and 19 JASSM-ER (fired from USAF fighters, air to surface standoff missiles). The price for all was around $200million. Much needed money wasted that belongs to the people of US in these austere times. That by the way does not include the cost of the coordinated attack by the British and French of a total (together) of 17 stormshadow missiles dropped from fighters. Its worth mentioning that in a pathetic display of oneupmanship directed at the British, the French made a last minute decision to add a meagre three more missile types to their attack; 'Missiles de Croisière Navals'. As said earlier it is important to remember the Orwellian 'anti-truth' propaganda and instead of commenting on it, I'll just quote what Higgins/Bellingcat said at the time. "The OPCW-FFM report on the February 4 2018 chemical attack in Saraqib, Idlib, reveals not only information about the Saraqib attack, but also the broader use of chemical weapons in Syria by Assad, and additional evidence to support the theory that Assad's Syrian government forces were behind the April 7 2018 chemical attack in Douma, Damascus. Consistent with Bellingcat's earlier investigation into the Saraqib chemical attack, the OPCW-FFM report establishes it was the same case in Douma." Nonsense. This scandal of this and other fake White Helmets videos is developing as more details emerge daily, so expect more facts matched with more disinformation and lies from the US and UK. What we have is first a copy of a twitter exchange which is self explanatory: So as to be absolutely clear, on February 13th, BBC Syria's Producer said he could "without a doubt" prove that the Douma hospital scene was false, a White Helmets (WH) fake event. He said "the Douma Hospital scene was staged. No fatalities occurred in the hospital. All the WH, activists and people I spoke to are either in Idlib or Euphrates Shield areas. Only one person was in Damascus." The evidence is seen above in the tweet at 05:33 – 13 February 2019, the BBC Producer wrote on his personal, verified Twitter account, which has since been made private or perhaps blocked by persons or governments unknown, anyway someone who controls Twitter. So some sort of what clearly must have been a false flag attack did happen at Douma but it was like a film scene, staged, using as left over evidence, cylinders filled with say oxygen even chlorine, anything but poison gas and certainly not Sarin gas. The cylinders were left in tact, undamaged as if laid there on the site rather than dropped from thousands of feet from the sky – and who can prove Assad's airforce dropped them? – and how come they remained undamaged when hitting the ground? – ridiculous; how stupid do our governments think we, the people, are. "Everything around the attack was manufactured for maximum effect." Adding "I can tell you that Jaysh al-Islam ruled Douma with an iron fist. They co-opted activists, doctors and humanitarians with fear and intimidation." In fact, one of the 4 people filming the scene was Dr. Abu Bakr Hanan, whom the BBC Producer described as a "brute and shifty" doctor affiliated with Jaysh Al-Islam. The Producer further stating that the narrative should be that "there weren't enough doctors". That said, there was one even (seen and filmed) filming and not taking part in the rescue efforts." A joke! Why, we must all ask, has no major newspaper or TV any large media outlet in US, UK or France headlined or even mentioned these new facts, that Douma was a lie, that it was staged? On 9 February, James Harkin, published in 'The Intercept' an article where Harkin speaks about Jaysh al-Islam's rule in Douma, among others. His article ends with "What government pummels its citizens with bombs and chlorine to get them to pressure rebels to leave their city? At the same time, Jaish Al-Islam was sending volleys of improvised rockets into Damascus and snatching activists and members of religious minorities for ransom or to be disappeared. It's between these two violent truths that the real story of the Syrian conflict begins to emerge not in a bewildering collage of images sent from a war zone, designed to terrify and outrage." To conclude, the BBC Producer was so disgusted at pro-rebel activists and rebels' conduct and the seeming complicity of Western officials, he decide to speak out. As far as the Russian government is concerned, they now are counter accusing the British government of ordering the White Helmets to fake a chemical attack to help persuade President Trump to unleash cruise missiles. The Russian response was to an allegation by the British government that the "demonisation" of the (thoroughly already discredited) White Helmets comes from the Russian government itself. Which version do you believe? 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David Hasselhoff Is 'Thirsty for Love,' Iced Coffee + Cheese in His New Viral Commercial [VIDEO]
David Hasselhoff is in a viral video, but this time no booze or cheeseburgers are involved. Instead, the former 'Baywatch' star is shilling iced coffee -- and in this case, the humor is deliberate.
Hasselhoof hang glides, surfs and cruises around with a 99-cent chain and a huge cup of iced coffee from a certain Cumberland Farms. He also shows off his chest, his tan and his pipes, belting his heart out like only his German fans could possibly appreciate.


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RyanAmos necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 159 diseños de 62 diseñadores freelance.
DailyBooth is an established social networking site. It's a twitter-like quick message service, only the main form of communication is pictures. You can send pictures of anything you want, though most users tend to send images of themselves (via webcam), photo booth-style, and attach messages to them.
84% of our users are between the ages of 13 - 24. 64% of them are female. That said, we'd like the logo to appeal to as many people as possible.
We've decided to open up the contest to be more general. We're open to anything you can create. You can use the existing logo and modify it or create something completely from scratch.
We're going to increase the prize and looking for anything unique you can come up with.
You DON'T have to use the existing logo, but we're looking for something unique and something that really portrays the site's concept.
I've included the previous description below just for reference, but we'd like to see what you can come up with.
We already have a basic icon that we're not going to change (link below) but we want the logo to include "DailyBooth" in some way. Mainly for promotions and merchandise such a t-shirts, stickers etc. We'd like the text to be instantly recognizable but nothing too wild.
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Can You Drink Yeast Water?
This week, I have been reading Sandor Katz's wonderful book, The Art of Fermentation. For most part, the book is not about bread, but as bread is mostly about fermentation, the book is helping me a lot in understanding what happens in the dough and when growing yeasts.
Last night as I was reading the book again, I had a revelation: you can drink yeast water. And in fact, a lot of people are doing it already--they just have a different name for the drink!
Or what do you say? This recipe for fruit mead from The Art of Fermentation looks just like the one I used to start my yeast water (except that I used some black tea in it at first):
Mead is honey wine. It can be flavored in infinite variations, and many of the fruits and other botanical flavorings you can add to it also serve as sources of yeasts and yeast nutritients.
My typical proportion, measuring by volume, is 1 part honey to 4 parts water. For a lighter mead (or if I'm adding a large amount of sweet fruit), I'll dilute each part honey with 5 to 6 parts water.
Thoroughly dissolve honey in water by vigorous stirring or shaking. Be persistent if necessary. Leave the vessel capped, or cover it to keep flies away; any covering, from a cloth to a tight-fitting lid, is okay.
Stir or shake, vigorously and frequently, several times a day for a sustained couple of moments.
After a few days of frequent stirring, you will start finding the honey water with bubbles on the surface and an effervescent release when you stir. [...] Keep shaking and stirring a few more days and the bubbles will build into a formidable force.
...and so on. The instructions continue to explain how you can then further process the mead to get more alcohol and a more refined taste by aging the drink.
From all of this, I'm ready to equate yeast water = fresh mead.
Another revelation from this section of the book (to me) was that the purpose of the shaking is to get oxygen into the mix so that yeast cells can multiply.
S. cerevisiae and many other yeasts, much like the cells of our bodies, are capable of both anaerobic fermentation and oxidative respiration. In the oxidative mode, yeasts grow and reprodue much more efficiently but do not produce alcohol. Vigorous stirring stimulates yeast proliferation by providing aeration.
I still don't have all the answers, especially for the difference in bacteria between sourdough and yeast water, but this is getting interesting--and soon, I'm going to start a new batch of yeast water, this time with the idea of drinking most of it and baking only with the remains…
And then to my most recent bake, with sourdough and yeast water.
For a long time already, I have been baking most of the bread we eat at home, so when this summer we bought a toaster and my wife and kids started buying toast bread from the store, I knew I had to do something about this. Buying toast bread (of all things) was diluting all my credibility as a real bread home baker! ;)
I have been experimenting with different bread recipes for a while now, but wasn't satisfied until I finally found txfarmer's recipes [1] again. Although I had seen and admired them before, I had never gotten around to trying them before now. And I had never worked the dough for 40 minutes before either. Doing this, as suggested by the recipe, made all the difference!
The bread is soft, delicious and has a fine, sweet and a little sour taste that I enjoy.
My older son says he likes it but still prefers the storebought with no taste at all… So, maybe next I'll try to do this without any sourdough. Let's see!
I'm not going to rewrite the whole recipe here as you can get it from txfarmer's blog [1]. But I made a few changes, which may or may not be interesting. So, here we go.
The yeast water had been sitting in the fridge for about a week and gotten a lot of color from the fruit (peaches and grapes):
I used 100 grams of sourdough starter in one build (at 100 % hydration) and 200 grams of yeast water in two builds (100 % hydration) and reduced the amount of milk accordingly. Also, the original recipe used milk in the starter as well. I used water as yeast water comes with its own water…
Final dough:
- 100 g sourdough starter, refreshed about 8-10 hours before mixing the dough
- 200 g yeast water starter (built in two steps during the same 8-10 hours)
- 450 g bread flour
- 60 g sugar
- 50 g butter
- 120 g egg whites
- 6 g salt
- 160 g milk
I'm very happy with the results and will definitely be making some variation of this bread again. Next, with some darker grains, maybe a bit of rye or at least wholegrain wheat.


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Family's anguish over missing Caleigh
Family's anguish over missing Caleigh
Allison Hammond sat in her apartment in Gloucester with daughter Lizzie during the long wait for the word of her missing daughter Caleigh Harrison, who disappeared on Longbeach in Rockport on April 19.
Anthony Harrison and his sister-in-law Lisa Harrison talked in the family kitchen where he has been living since the tragedy.
Flyers Allison and Anthony have made for their missing daughter Caleigh.
Chris Hammond, Caleigh's maternal grandmother, stood at the exact location on Long Beach where her grandaughter went missing.
Antonette Harrison, Caleigh's paternal grandmother, tied ribbons of hope with her sister Nancy Clooney at the Harrison home.
A shrine has been set up in the Harrison home for missing Caleigh.
Anthony Harrison watched his daughter Lizzie blow bubbles at the Harrison home.
A picture Lizzie drew depicting the man she said she saw at the beach before her sister, Caleigh, went missing.
Nancy Clooney and Mary Axelsson, Anthony's aunt, cooked for the family.
A chalk message outside the Harrison home.
Allison works a double shift at Stones Pub & Eatery.
Anthony paced outside the Harrison home.
Allison checked on her daughter Lizzie.
Lizzie slept in her mother's arms at the Harrison home.
Every Thursday David Harrison goes to the beach, reads a prayer and releases balloons at the scene where his grandaughter Caleigh went missing.