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Call them sleepers. Call them flyers. Call them what you will. The final rounds of a fantasy draft are where legends are born. Strike gold there and you'll have a story to tell your grandkids. Well, perhaps not, but landing a productive player with one of your final draft picks will give you instant street cred among other league owners. More importantly, it'll give your team a leg up on the competition.
I'm a bit of a late-round fantasy junkie. I spend far too many hours surfing the web and browsing blogs with the hopes of finding that special, sneaky player who will take the NFL by storm. Prospecting for these late-round gems is more of an art than a science. Analyzing stats and crunching numbers doesn't help much. It's all about identifying opportunities for players to get in the game and make an impact.
Depending on the size of your league, your last draft pick probably falls somewhere between the 140th and 180th picks overall. For purposes of this article, I've identified players who meet three criteria:
Jabar Gaffney, WR, Patriots
Gaffney closed out the 2007 regular season with touchdowns in four of the Patriots final five games. This was with Donte' Stallworth still on the team. Stallworth is now catching passes for Cleveland, so Gaffney is positioned to become an even more integral part of the New England attack. Grab him late and look for consistent production. If Randy Moss' hamstrings tighten up on him (as they've been known to do), Gaffney could quickly become a Top 20 WR.
Leon Washington, RB, Jets
Brett Favre completed over 85 passes to Green Bay running backs in 2007. In contrast, New York Jets running backs caught just 64 passes last year. Favre is the master of dump offs, swing passes and screens. Look for Leon Washington to make an immediate impact in PPR leagues as he becomes Favre's favorite security blanket. If Thomas Jones continues to show his age, Washington could see his rushing attempts go through the roof, as well.
Robert Meachem, WR, Saints
Meachem flopped as a rookie but showed up for the Saints 2008 training camp focused, hungry and most importantly healthy. Now he's the frontrunner to start opposite Marques Colston. Meachem hauled in four receptions for 129 yards in the preseason opener and cast aside any doubts about his health. Look for the former first round pick, to get a stranglehold on the starting position over the enigmatic Devery Henderson and the aging David Patten by the time preseason wraps up. The Saints are poised to regain the form they showcased in 2006 when they were one of the NFL's highest-scoring offenses. Meachem could be an important part of the Saints scoring juggernaut and has the potential to end the season with around 850 yards and 6-7 TDs, which would make him starter material.
Chris Perry, RB, Bengals
Rudi Johnson continues to nurse a hamstring injury. Maybe the team is taking a cautious approach with their workhorse RB. Maybe there's more to the injury than they're letting on. Whatever the case, backup Chris Perry is having an outstanding training camp and preseason. At the very least, it looks like Perry will split the carries with Johnson. If Johnson can't stay on the field, Perry appears fully capable of becoming the primary ball carrier. Draft him as a handcuff to Johnson or take him as a prospect with plenty of upside.
LaMont Jordan, RB, Patriots
An ADP of 190 . . . are you kidding me? Are people really not aware that Bill Belichick has the Midas touch when it comes to veteran players? Guys like Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Corey Dillon and Sammy Morris were once castoffs who Belichick turned to fantasy gold. The mere possibility that Belichick could do the same for Jordan makes him worth your final draft pick—if not a mid-round pick. I consider him to be one of the most undervalued fantasy players entering the 2008 season. When was the last time Belichick signed a veteran free agent and didn't give him a role? If Jordan ends up making the team (and at this point it's a good bet he will), I'm projecting around 700 yards rushing with double-digit TDs as Jordan closes out games in the fourth quarter and snipes goal-line carries.
DeSean Jackson, WR, Eagles
Two years ago Donte' Stallworth thrived with a healthy Donovan McNabb under center. Stallworth averaged 19.1 yards per reception and scored five touchdowns in his only season with Philly—a season in which he only played 11 games. Rookie DeSean Jackson possesses many of the same traits as Stallworth, including blinding speed. Look for Jackson to fill the deep-threat role the Eagles so desperately need. Considering Andy Reid's pass-heavy offense, 800 yards and seven TDs seems like an achievable goal for the rookie.
Eddie Royal, WR, Broncos
The Broncos grabbed Eddie Royal in the second round of this year's draft. They probably would've been satisfied to get a contribution from him in the return game, but he appears to have beaten out Darrell Jackson for the starting job opposite Brandon Marshall. With Marshall facing a suspension to start the season, suddenly Royal could be the team's top WR out of the gates. He's drawn rave reviews this preseason from the coaching staff, teammates, and even opponents. After facing him in the preseason, Cowboys safety Roy Williams described Royal as shifty and predicted he'd do great things in Denver. Among the crop of 2008 rookie WRs, Royal seems to have the most "stud" potential.
Steve Slaton, RB, Texans
Alex Gibbs is in the house. Gibbs masterminded the hugely productive zone-blocking scheme in Denver and Atlanta, which led to big-time stats from Terrell Davis, Olandis Gary, Mike Anderson and Warrick Dunn among others. Wherever Gibbs goes, RB productivity is sure to follow. Which takes us to Houston and one of the most intriguing backfield situations for fantasy owners. The Texans brought Gibbs in and he quickly re-tooled the offensive line and had a voice in the selection of Steve Slaton in this year's draft. At 5'9" and 201 lbs., Slaton is a tad on the small side, but so was Dunn. Look for him to emerge as the cream of the RB crop in Houston by Week 4. If he bulks up during the 2009 offseason, he could become keeper material. Note: Rumors that Ahman Green could be cut have heightened the awareness of Slaton so his ADP continues to climb.
Courtney Taylor, WR, Seahawks
The Seahawks receiving corps is battered. Starters Deion Branch and Bobby Engram will both be on the sidelines when the season opens. Given what we know about Mike Holmgren's tendency to throw the football, there's a tremendous opportunity for a sleeper to emerge at WR. The fantasy world has been anticipating a breakout season for Nate Burleson for three years. Don't reach for him early. Burleson won't fare well against opponents' top defenders—never has, never will. Instead try to catch lightning in a bottle by nabbing one of Seattle's unsung young WRs. Courtney Taylor, a second year wideout who will assume Engram's position through the Week 4 bye, is one of my favorite late-round flyers. At this point, he appears to be completely off the fantasy radar.
Dennis Northcutt, WR, Jaguars
Hey, you in the points-per-reception league. Don't sleep on Northcutt. The Jags didn't expect him to be their go-to receiver this year, but the reality is Northcutt may be the best they have by default. Jerry Porter was the team's key offseason acquisition but he had hamstring surgery and will miss all of preseason. Let someone else in your league take the gamble on Porter's bum hammy. The fact that he's on a new team and hasn't practiced with them yet doesn't bode well. Reggie Williams led the team with 10 TDs last year but injured his knee during training camp. The rest of the WR unit is filled with busts like Matt Jones and Troy Williamson. Northcutt is the stabilizer and will lead the team in WR receptions. Write it down.
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Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) faces a serious financial constraint as only nine out of the 53 AU member states have fully paid their assessed contribution for the year 2011, PANA has learnt from AU sources, ahead of this week's summit of the continental body.
To compound the commission's problems, only three out of the 28 expected contributions from AU partners have been paid, amounting to US$20.6 million out of the US$124 million that was pledged.
The low payment rate has been attributed to the delay in signing the 'Pooled Partners Agreement', which was only signed in June instead of the first quarter of the year.
Also, Equatorial Guinea, the only member state to have pledged a voluntary contribution to the commission's programme, has yet to honour its pledge of US$370,000.
Midway into 2011, only Algeria, Angola, Eritrea, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Rwanda have fully paid their contributions, including current year assessment; 26 are in arrears; 16 have no arrears but have yet to pay for the current year while two have cleared their arrears and paid part of current year assessment.
The total contributions from member states so far amount to US$43.8 million, which is 35.7% of the total assessed contribution.
The low payment of the assessed contributions has worried the AU's sub-committee on contribution, which has recommended that member states be made to pay their assessed contributions at the beginning of the year to alleviate the financial constraints being faced by the
The committee also urged the commission to continue to remind member states that have yet to pay that they risk falling under sanctions.
So far, only two member states, Central African Republic and Guinea Bissau, are under sanctions because they have not cleared their arrears.
The exemption from sanctions granted DR Congo will be extended for as long as it honours its payment commitments, the committee said.
It also urged the commission to explore ways and means of improving collection from partners.
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"I hope he's right," Pletcher said.
"Both riders are on board. They both feel like we're going to win," Pletcher said. "We've been really, really pleased with the way he's trained since the Derby. There's not a lot to it. We're just trying to keep him happy and take him over. Everything that he's showing us is very, very good, very positive."
Pletcher said the colt has held his weight well since the Derby.
"That's always a concern out of a big race like that," Pletcher said. "His appetite has been good. He's not a heavy colt, by any means. If you're looking at him and Aikenite, they are at very, very different ends of the spectrum in terms of the condition they carry. I don't think he's lost much from the Derby."
Pletcher said he normally would not run a horse back two weeks after his last start, but if your Derby winner is OK you have to take a shot in the Preakness.
"The way he's bounced out of this race, I couldn't tell you that if he had finished second or third in the Derby that we wouldn't have been back," he said. "He's really come up to it so well, that we'd have had to take a hard look at it, even had he not won the Derby."
Pletcher said Borel will be able to ride the race the way it unfolds. However, he said jockey Javier Castellano will take Aikenite back off the pace and make one run later in the race. That style was effective in a second-place finish in the Derby Trial on April 24, but Pletcher said an expected slower pace scenario in the Preakness might make that difficult.
"In the Derby Trial it worked out well, because there was a lot of pace," Pletcher said. "It concerns me a little bit in this race that if they go real slow it's going to compromise his style a little bit. Basically, all of his better races have been when he's taken back and that's what we're going to do this time."
Q & A with Calvin Borel
What did you learn from your previous Preakness rides?
"I rode Street Sense, got beat a head on him. You know what? I went back and watched the rerun time after time after time. I don't know how Curlin came back and beat me, but he did. Like Carl (Nafzger, trainer of Street Sense) told me when I got back, I couldn't have done anything different.
"Then I rode the filly (Rachel Alexandra). I thought she was the best horse in the world, which she was and she still is. She did what I wanted her to do. I had to take off the Derby horse to ride her, but it was the thing I had to do. I'm happy that (Mine That Bird's) owners and the trainer understood, because Jerry (agent Jerry Hissam) told them up front that we'd ride the filly. I thought she was the greatest horse in the country, or the world, that I had ever been on. It just so happened that I had to take off Mine That Bird. But we got the job done and I was fortunate enough to ride Mine That Bird back.
"Tomorrow we're coming in with a fresh horse and I love his chances."
Did you learn it helps to be on the best horse in the Preakness?
"Exactly; you have to be on the best horse at that time."
Did you learn anything about this track itself?
"This track? No. I wouldn't ride it like I ride Churchill, to stay on the fence. I think it's a little heavier here on the fence from my racing and working Street Sense on it. I think the fence is a little deeper than Churchill. I'm not going to ride him like I did the last time, on the fence, I don't believe.
"It's going to be a totally opposite race, I think. It won't have the speed in it, like it did in the Derby. If somebody wants to go, I think I can let him go and lay right off of him. If they don't, we'll take it to them.
"Like I've said, I think this colt is starting to peak at the right time and it's a big, big plus. He worked so good Monday morning, you wouldn't imagine."
Can you compare your feelings from this last year to this year?
"I'm always confident in my horse. I maybe say things that I shouldn't – that I'm going to win it. I don't know if people understand, but if you're going to ride, why don't you want to win it? C'mon. That's me. I'm coming here to win the race. I want to win it.
"I'd love to win the Triple Crown, but if it happens, it happens; if it doesn't, it doesn't. But the colt is coming into the race super-good. I know a lot of things can happen, but I think he'll run a super race."
CARACORTADO – Trainer Michael Machowsky hasn't budged in his faith in jockey Paul Atkinson, despite inquiries from agents of other jockeys who would love the opportunity to ride Caracortado in the Preakness. Atkinson, a low-profile journeyman rider on the Southern California circuit, will ride in his first Preakness and Triple Crown race of his life, while a lot of people are wondering why Machowsky wouldn't pick up a more prominent jockey with more glitzy credentials for the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.
"If we made a change and if we got lucky enough to win the race – Paul is such a great guy – I wouldn't be able to enjoy it that much," said the Southern California-based trainer Friday morning while stressing the importance of loyalty. "That's the way you try to live your life."
Atkinson has been aboard the California-bred gelding in all seven of his starts, including victories in the first five starts of a career that was launched in a $40,000 maiden claiming race at Fairplex Park.
"I thought he'd be really tough in that race,' Machowsky said. "I wasn't too worried about losing him because people don't claim horses much at Fairplex, especially in maiden claimers."
Prior to his second start, Machowsky truly realized his gelding's potential during a six-furlong workout with highly regarded stablemate Nextdoorneighbor.
"They worked in 1:12-and-change, and I said to myself, 'Oh, this is going to be a nice horse,''' Machowsky said.
DUBLIN/NORTHERN GIANT – Trainer D. Wayne Lukas was unhappy Wednesday evening when Dublin drew the outside post in the field of 12 for the 135th Preakness. He was OK with Northern Giant's No. 4 post. As the week has gone on, though, Lukas has said he is less concerned about where Dublin will start the race, but he said the post does pose a problem.
"It's not the hole so much, because there is a good run to the turn, but the turn is sharp," Lukas said. "Whether it's banked or not banked, whatever it is, they fan (out). We have got to make a decision to get somewhat down (around the first turn) and that may not be too hard."
Lukas said that he is considering changing the bit to give jockey Garrett Gomez more control of the colt
"If we were drawing them and picking them, that wouldn't be where I'd pick. I'd have taken a 4 or 5," he said. "I'd like to switch the horses. In fact, the other horse has got pretty good tactical speed."
After more than 40 years in the business, the Hall of Fame trainer knows that complaining about post positions won't change anything.
"I don't get too caught up in that anymore," he said. "I'm more concerned about who is next to me. I don't want some guy coming from the boonies somewhere on my outside looking over and thinking, 'I'm going to the rail.' Who is next to you is about as important as where you're at."
Northern Giant is the less-heralded of the two colts, but Lukas said he would not be totally surprised if the Westrock Stables runner won the Preakness.
"He's fresh. He's got great efficiency of motion," Lukas said. "He's a much better horse than people think."
Northern Giant was third in the Risen Star at Fair Grounds and second in the Lane's End at Turfway Park, but was last of nine in the Arkansas Derby.
"The last race he had a mucous pharyngitis, which we corrected," Lukas said. "He's had five or six weeks since the Arkansas Derby. He's a nice little horse. He was unlucky to lose the Lane's End. He was unlucky to lose the Risen Star. If he had won those two, you'd be writing about him."
Northern Giant wasn't very competitive in his three starts as a 2-year-old, but showed some promise during the winter at Oaklawn Park. He broke his maiden under jockey Calvin Borel on February 10 – the sixth start of his career – and jumped right into stakes company. Lukas said he belongs in the Preakness.
"I've been here enough times that I think I know that we're not totally overmatching one," Lukas said. "That remains to be seen, but you just have to have confidence in where you're at with them and what his talent is."
Lukas said that Northern Giant is the opposite of Dublin, who emerged as a prospect last year.
FIRST DUDE/PADDY O'PRADO – Before sending First Dude and Paddy O'Prado to the track for their morning gallops Friday morning, trainer Dale Romans shared an observation he made while starting to handicap the 135th Preakness Stakes.
"I think there is more speed than people are saying. I think there are four or five that could contest the lead, including both of mine," Romans said. "There are going to be decisions for the jockeys to make when they leave there.
"It's going to be a strange race; it's going to be a jockeys' race, and they're going to have to make decisions."
"It looks like there are some natural speed horses that in the last few races people tried to relax and come off of it. So it will be interesting to see if they go back to their old tactics, thinking there's not any speed, or they all take back and there isn't any speed."
While acknowledging the possibility that one of the horses with natural speed could grab an easy lead Saturday, Romans didn't seem overly concerned that any horse will be able to steal the race.
"I think there's only one in the last 25 years that's gone wire-to-wire here, even though they say it's a speed-favoring racetrack," said Romans, referring to Louis Quartorze's 1996 front-running score. "But I don't think you want to be last at the head of the lane with this group."
Kent Desormeaux has the return mount aboard Paddy O'Prado, who finished third in the Kentucky Derby. Ramon Dominguez will ride First Dude, who finished third in the Blue Grass Stakes, a length behind runner-up Paddy O'Prado.
JACKSON BEND – Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito took his well-traveled colt to the gate for schooling Friday morning after some light exercise and is hoping to become a two-time winner of the Middle Jewel of Racing's Triple Crown. Jackson Bend, who figures to be a pace factor in the field of 12, drew post 6 for the Preakness, right next to one of the field's unluckiest contenders, Lookin At Lucky. The Bob Baffert-trained colt drew post 1 for the Kentucky Derby and had a horrific trip.
"I told Baffert 'I took (Jackson Bend) to the gate because you're next to me and I want to get out of there. You've been so unlucky lately you're liable to come over on me'"
Jackson Bend had a few trip issues of his own in Louisville while finishing 12th, but Zito won the 1996 Preakness after his Louis Quatorze had also ran a sub-par race in Kentucky Derby. Zito respects this field, but also feels good about his own chances to rebound.
"They're very good horses," Zito said. "Lookin At Lucky was a champion (2-year-old) and Super Saver obviously now is a Derby winner. If you look at these two right there, it's pretty good. I'm sure there are a lot of other good horses in there that are pretty good, too."
Jackson Bend worked an electrifying four furlongs in 46.60 at Churchill Downs on Monday, and Zito has since been trying to throttle him down to save some of that for the Preakness.
"We've just been kind of galloping him easy here, giving him some easy days," Zito said. "I told Mike (Smith), 'Get a good spot, get a good position and see what happens.' We'll get placed forwardly, and Jackson always tries. That's all we can ask for. We're happy to be here."
LOOKIN AT LUCKY – Trainer Bob Baffert said Friday that he isn't likely to give instructions to jockey Martin Garcia until it is time to saddle his colt for the Preakness. In an attempt to change his luck with the colt, Baffert named Garcia, 25, to replace veteran Garrett Gomez after the son of Smart Strike had troubled trips in the Rebel Stakes, Santa Anita Derby and the Kentucky Derby. This will be Garcia's first Preakness mount.
"I haven't even discussed it with him yet," Baffert said. "He'll be here tonight, but we won't really talk about it. There's not a lot to say. He knows how my horses run. We've talked about every time (Lookin At Lucky) has ever run and about how he would have rode him."
Baffert said he doesn't have to coach older jockeys very much before big races, but will discuss strategy with Garcia. The two have won seven stakes together this year, including a pair of Grade 1 victories.
"I probably will tell him a little bit more and he sort of follows more what I tell him," Baffert said. "If I guess right; I've just got to figure it out. I can't make that call (Friday). I need to be watching the races. I need to be watching everything. I really don't make that call until I see him in the paddock. I'll tell him, 'you know what?' I might make an adjustment.
"But he knows my horses. If he had never been on the horse, it would be a different situation and I'd have to tell him. But he knows the horse really well. He actually knows the horse better than Garrett because he's been on him; he's worked him a lot. He knows the horse and what he's capable of and what he's likes and what he doesn't like.
"He's young, but I don't want to get him too stirred up. They're all nervous, even the older guys. He rides one earlier in the card (Quiet Invader in the Chick Lang) for me, so he'll get a feel for the track."
Lookin At Lucky galloped after the renovation break Friday morning. Baffert said the colt is doing well.
PLEASANT PRINCE – The son of Indy King, owned by Ken and Sarah Ramsey, was out on the track at 8:45 a.m., shortly after the renovation break Friday morning, for a spirited gallop once around the track. Pleasant Prince was scheduled to be schooled in the paddock after the fourth race.
Trainer Wesley Ward arrived at the barn Friday morning from Churchill Downs and said "he trained awesome this morning." Pleasant Prince will be Ward's first Preakness starter and the second for the Ramseys, who campaigned Ten Cents A Shine, the ninth-place finisher in 2003..
Pleasant Prince has won only once in nine career starts, but he's run a close second twice to Kentucky Derby runner-up Ice Box and faced pre-Derby favorite Eskendereya a couple times en route to this race. He was fourth in the Fountain of Youth to Eskendereya.
"He's been doing really well," said Ken Ramsey, a native Kentuckian who spent Friday night touring Baltimore's Inner Harbor. "We were out a little late, so we decided to sleep in a little late today and didn't get to the barn. But Wesley tells me he looked really good, just like he did before the Florida Derby (second by a nose to Ice Box).
Julien Leparoux has the mount on Pleasant Prince, an unusually low $30,000 purchase by the Ramseys, who breed a vast majority of their runners. This colt is a Florida-bred from Frank Stronach's Adena Springs farm.
SCHOOLYARD DREAMS – The son of Stephen Got Even arrived at Pimlico Friday morning at 7:30 following an uneventful van ride from Monmouth Park in New Jersey. Schoolyard Dreams was accompanied by stablemate C C's Pal, an entrant in Friday's Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan and Ponzi Scheme, who is slated to run in Saturday's James Murphy Stakes.
"If I didn't have the filly in today, I probably wouldn't have come until tomorrow," said trainer Derek Ryan, who let Schoolyard Dreams settle slowly into his stall without any serious exercise planned for the day. "We'll give him a bath and that's it. It was a good trip and we beat the traffic. Everything's good."
Ryan is hoping to beat the traffic on Saturday for his first Triple Crown victory after finishing a close third with Musket Man last year in this race. The native of Ireland said he likes to give his horses a solid foundation over the Tampa Bay track before shipping them north. Schoolyard Dreams was second there in both the Sam Davis and Tampa Bay Derby.
"The surface is unbelievable," he said. "Safe, but it's not heavy and it doesn't beat up horses. You'll see a lot of my fastest works down there. They come out of there nice and fit."
Schoolyard Dreams needed to win the Tampa Bay Derby to get into the Kentucky Derby, but suffered a disheartening defeat by a nose to Odysseus in a memorable finish in which he beat eventual Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver by a half-length.
He then was forced to take on Eskendereya in the Wood for one more try to make the Derby field. A rail ride by Ramon Dominguez proved an unfortunate strategy and he finished fourth and failed to secure the required earnings.
"Ramon said he should have been second," Ryan said. "Of course, we all know who the winner was."
The son of Stephen Got Even, like Lookin At Lucky and Caracortado, is a May foal and actually turned 3 in real time only this past week.
"I'm trying to get him a birthday present," Ryan said of the Preakness. "Or maybe he can give me one."
YAWANNA TWIST – The New York-bred son of Yonaguska jogged once around the track under Maulia Garcia and appeared to handle the surface well.
"He's happy here and he seems to like the track," said Jose Collazo, who has been supervising the program the past two days in the absence of trainer Richard Dutrow. Collazo said he expected Dutrow to arrive later Friday and be on hand to saddle Yawanna Twist on Preakness Day.
"He's run pretty good in all his races," said Collazo. "I think he's gonna run a good race."
Edgar Prado, who was the leading rider in Maryland for years before moving to New York, will be seeking his first Preakness victory, hoping his 13th mount in the Middle Jewel will be the lucky one. Prado's best chance was aboard favorite Barbaro, who suffered what would ultimately become a fatal injury in 2006.
Yawanna Twist figures to be one of the more appealing long shots in the field with two wins and two seconds in four starts. He's also coming off a longer rest than many in the field, having last raced on April 3 in the Illinois Derby when second to Kentucky Derby also-ran American Lion.
Dutrow won this race in 2008 with Big Brown, his only other Preakness starter.


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The Lexus GS blends responsive feel with long-distance comfort; neither edgy like a sports car nor insulated as a big luxury sedan.
All Lexus GS models are rear-wheel drive, and the GS 350 is available with all-wheel drive.
Enthusiasts will embrace the GS 350 F Sport model, which prioritizes driving dynamics. If you consider the drive half the fun of getting there the GS is your kind of car. If you consider getting back the other half, better the IS F. And if you prefer not to think about the driving at all, the Lexus ES may be a more appropriate choice.
Traditional luxuries of fine materials, quiet refinement and power accessories are complemented by the latest in electronics, communications and an operating screen larger than some laptops. Worth noting are the luxury package's front seats that compete with the best in class. and that rear seat space has grown considerably while the exterior has not.
Lexus names the Audi A6, BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class as the primary GS competitors; both the 5 and E have rear- and all-wheel drive versions while Audi's A6 3-liter is all-wheel drive only. We think the Infiniti M that offers V6, V8, hybrid and rear or all-wheel drive the most logical competitor, and would add the Cadillac CTS, Hyundai Genesis, Jaguar XF and Volvo S60 to the shopping list.
The 2013 Lexus GS line has many iterations, some identified as models, others as packages. Every GS 350 comes with a 3.5-liter 306-hp V6 and 6-speed automatic transmission in both rear and all-wheel drive. The GS 450h comes with hybrid gas-electric power.
GS 350 ($46,900) comes with leather upholstery, dual-zone climate control, wood trim, bi-Xenon headlamps, power windows/locks/heated electrochromic mirrors with reverse-tilt, moonroof, heated 10-way power front seats, three-person driver memory, power tilt/telescoping steering column, 8-inch color control screen, Optitron instrumentation, Bluetooth phone and streaming audio, cruise control, keyless entry and pushbutton start, AM/FM/DVD/WMA/MP3 HD radio 12-speaker surround sound with aux/USB inputs, Gracenote, and voice recognition, LED ambient lighting, locking trunk pass-through, paddle shifters, drive mode select, and automatic electronic parking brake. GS 350 AWD ($49,950) adds all-wheel drive.
Options include HDD navigation ($1,735) with 12.3-inch screen; traffic, weather, sports, stocks (with 90-day subscription); blind-spot monitor; head-up display; heated rear seats; intuitive park assist; lane keeping assist/lane departure warning; 17-speaker 835-watt Mark Levinson sound system; night vision; adaptive cruise control with collision mitigation and driver eye monitor; Cold Weather Package with heated steering wheel, headlamps washers, wiper deicers, water repellant front door windows; Premium Package with heated/ventilated front seats, power rear sunshade, rain-sensing wipers. Optional 18-inch wheels are available with all-season or summer performance tires.
The Luxury Package ($5,750) upgrades with semi-aniline leather upholstery, espresso woodwork, wood/leather steering wheel, 18-way power front seats, three-person passenger memory, rear audio/climate controls, rear side sun shades (manual), adaptive headlights, adaptive variable suspension, 18-inch wheels.
F Sport ($5,690) upgrades with 16-way power sport seats in perforated leather, 19-inch staggered width-wheels and summer performance tires (rear-drive only, all-wheel drive gets same-width wheels and all-season tires), unique suspension tuning with adaptive damping, larger front brakes, rear spoiler, aluminum cabin trim, black headliner, unique front and rear body panels and mesh grilles, and variable gear ratio steering (rear-drive only). A dynamic handling package with rear steering is optional.
The GS 450h model uses a 286-hp version of the 3.5-liter V6 coupled to a dual electric motor and transmission unit for a total system output of 338 horsepower. The GS 450h is rear-wheel drive only. GS 450h standard features mirror those of the GS 350 except the hybrid comes standard with the Premium Package. Hybrid options (including the Luxury Package) match GS 350 options except there are no F Sport or Dynamic Handling packages available.
Safety features that come on all models include front, front side, front knee, side curtain and rear seat aide airbags (with occupant sensors so children can ride safely in back), pre-tensioning seatbelts in all outboard positions, rearview camera, daytime running lights, electronic stability control, security system and Lexus Safety Connect with automatic collision notification, stolen vehicle location, emergency assist button and a year of enhanced roadside assistance. Optional safety systems include blind spot warning, night vision, lane keeping assist and departure warning, heads-up display, and adaptive cruise control with collision mitigation and driver eye monitor. All-wheel drive can enhance safety in slippery conditions.
A heavily chiseled front end is the dominant styling characteristic of the 2013 Lexus GS, and one you wouldn't miss even without the large L badge centered on it. A waist-pinched upper grille opening and widening downward lower aperture look like a snow-blower or vacuum cleaner intent on sucking up anything in its path; any relation to Lexus's exotic LFA is intentional. Arrowhead LED daytime running lights accentuate the grille pinch and fog lamps are low and well outboard where they should be. Lexus GS comes with bi-xenon headlamps but full-LED front lighting is optional on the GS 450h hybrid.
The F Sport version loses the fog lamps and gets an even more aggressively scooped and sculpted nose, like it's intended to catch as much cooling air as possible below the bumper and send everything else over the hood and roof like a race car. With flared nostrils and pouting demeanor the F Sport looks like an angry animal you'd best run away from.
At the rear, the Lexus GS is not as distinctive, the taillights looking more Lexus LS or ES than the rounded themes that have graced earlier GS iterations. The taillights have side strakes molded into the plastic to keep airflow attached around the back (and echoed underneath the car for minimum aero drag), an idea first employed in 1976-model Mercedes sedans and coupes. While we didn't get to drive in the rain, dust build-up suggests they're effective at keeping the lights clean.
Deep side panels behind the rear doors arch upward to the rear bumper, again seen more as a muscular LS. The F Sport's rear spoiler sets it off, but not as much as the wider rear wheels and tires that better fill the fenders. A faux diffuser panel is framed by stylish exhaust openings, but hybrid models get a full-width rear skirt, blue L badge, and under-car tailpipe exits.
Apart from the nose, the GS side view most closely resembles the LS, especially around the rear pillars. It's a more formal look that lacks the higher haunches that gave earlier GS models their sporting definition. It's a smooth side with only a fine lower skirt and occasional badges to punctuate it.
Alloy wheels of 17-inch diameter are standard and 18-inch 10-spoke wheels optional. Luxury package cars, be they GS 450h or GS 350, are distinguished by finer-spoked, almost lace-like 18-inch wheels, and F Sport models ride exclusively on 19-inch wheels. All-wheel drive F Sports do not have the fatter rear wheels.
The Lexus GS has a fractionally shorter wheelbase and is one to four inches shorter overall when compared with the Audi A6, BMW 5 Series, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Infiniti M, Hyundai Genesis, Cadillac CTS and Jaguar XF. Only the Volvo S60 is notably smaller in this class.
Curb weight for the GS350 is listed as 3,795 pounds. Luxury, AWD, and hybrid versions will weigh more than that.
The Lexus GS cabin is inviting, relaxingly stylish and has a decidedly premium feel. The theme is horizontal with plenty of separation, but not low and wide like a sports car. It's a place where driving and being connected go hand-in-hand, but hopefully not simultaneously.
Leather is the default upholstery, and that's real wood on the dash, doors, console, perhaps the steering wheel too. Door panel inserts, the instrument panel top, shift boot and the console sides are all contrast-stitched and padded faux leather for a welcoming feel, with hard plastic surfaces only where your shoes might scuff them (the door sill plates are aluminum). The only places this didn't feel like an expensive car are the lower console sides and mid-height door pillars where many makers run the soft-touch surface to the carpeting, and the uninspiring dash clock.
Matte finish wood looks just as good as the shiny and works much better in a car where sun bounces off glossy surfaces. Various models have lighter walnut or darker espresso woodwork, the luxury package adds a wood and leather steering wheel, the hybrid uses bamboo wood and the F Sport replaces wood with textured aluminum. Piano-black is used for trim on consoles, armrests and window switch plates, the latter frequently losing its luster to fingerprints.
The standard seats are very comfortable and supportive, our only negative comment that the headrests seem firm. We would not find these seats lacking anything, and with the power adjustable steering column and three-person memory system any driver in the family gets the right seating position.
However, you may be spoiled by the Luxury Package seats that offer many more adjustments, finer leather (semi-aniline a reference to the dye and finish process), and relatively sumptuous headrests.
F Sport adds sport seats also with plenty of adjustments and suitable for that car's intended mission.
Rear seats get the lion's share of bigger-cabin benefits, especially from the shoulders up. Your tall correspondent found headroom sufficient (one benefit of the more formal roofline) and the seat quite comfortable. The limit point will be toe room, which is at a premium and between a pair of relatively large seat track bases. The center position is kid-seat only because of the center tunnel and smaller headrest; the center armrest is well padded and has optional audio and climate controls. All but the hybrid have a locking pass-through for long items.
A nicely contoured and compact steering wheel gives good sightlines to instruments clearly-lit and legible with a TFT screen between them for information; some of that is blocked by the optional driver eye monitor pod. The head-up display is not as high on the windshield as some but the opening in the dashboard top is far cleaner than most. Some controls like those for the head-up display and automatic parking brake are hidden behind the wheel spokes but we're happy the left-knee drop-down pod of switches of the old model is gone.
Dual-temperature climate control is dash center and easy to manipulate; only the finest adjustments require going into the main controller menu. Whether fitted with rear seat climate control or not, there are two vents in the back of the center console where some competitors also have vents in the door pillars.
Basic audio functions, including a rotary tuning knob, are just above the climate controls. More detailed adjustments run through the screen; as with climate and many other functions, voice commands can be used. The standard 12-speaker audio system is nothing to sneeze at, while the optional 17-speaker Mark Levinson system should sate anyone.
Because the drive mode selector is aft of the shifter the mouse-like device that controls most functions is on the passenger side of the console. Virtually every command execution is accompanied by an electronic tone that will remind boomers or Gen X of the arcade game Pong and make younger users think they just dropped their key down the sewer grate. The controller is an easy reach for the driver, and passenger, but also easy for the passenger to bump anytime they use the cupholder right in front of it.
A full-color 8-inch screen is standard but most cars will come with a 12.3-inch screen with more viewing area than an iPad. It can be split multiple ways for navigation, directions, climate, and any number of web-based resources through the Enform system. This system will port your handheld apps to the car via Bluetooth, has informal speech recognition, includes Bing, Yelp, Facebook, Pandora, Open Table and other social media, and works with Android, Blackberry and iPhone systems. Because using it distracts a driver some of these functions are limited with the car in motion; unfortunately the sensors that determine someone is in the passenger seat can't tell the electronics that a passenger could be doing all the work.
The center armrest slides fore and aft, concealing park sensor and rear shade switches and a shallow storage area. To open it slides rearward and then pivots, impaling the knees of anyone stuck in the center of the rear seat. No rear seat entertainment option was mentioned.
Outward visibility was excellent. Beautifully slender windshield pillars prove you can meet crash standards without making vision-blocking buttresses, the blind spot is minimal and a broad-coverage monitor/warning is available, a rear camera is standard and the bi-Xenon lamps are turn-following with the luxury package.
Cargo room is listed as 14.3 cubic feet for the GS 350. The competitive range runs from about 13.9 to 17.7 cubic feet, so the GS is on the tighter end of the scale. There is a small pass-through for long items but no folding-seat option. A temporary-use spare is under the floor in a well that appears big enough to hold the flat. The hybrid model loses about one cubic foot of trunk space at the forward edge, and the pass-through, putting it behind most of the competition in terms of cargo space.
Driving Impression
The 2013 Lexus GS drives much like you'd expect a sports sedan to with a pair of minor exceptions: It's not offered with manual, dual-clutch or 8-speed transmissions like some of the competition, and it's not offered with a V8 engine. It is solid, stable, smooth and has good acoustics.
Three-hundred horsepower is more than adequate for a sports sedan and U.S. speed limits, and a GS 350 delivers 60 mph in less than six seconds, all with the smooth nature the Lexus badge implies. It is always audible with a more pleasant engine note, now louder at full throttle to the point that much time at that level might get tiring.
The 6-speed automatic has been revised for 2013 for quicker shifting. Paddles on the steering wheel allow manual changes though electronics have the last word. Shifts are seamless and well-timed and there's nothing inherently wrong with the transmission, only some others are more advanced and provide better fuel economy, performance or both.
Fuel economy for the GS 350 is EPA-rated at 19/28 mpg City/Highway with rear-wheel drive; 0-60 mph acceleration performance is about 5.7 seconds. The GS 350 AWD is rated 19/26 mpg and takes about 6.0 seconds to go zero to 60. You can vary response to your right foot and transmission characteristics using the round Eco/Normal/Sport knob behind the shifter but it won't go faster in Sport or improve on 19/28 mpg in Eco.
Consider a few competitors. Audi's A6 with supercharged 3-liter V6 ($50,000 base) has just 4 horsepower on the GS but 48 lb-ft of torque at much lower revs and an 8-speed automatic. With standard all-wheel drive the A6 is notably quicker than the GS rear-drive and has the same EPA ratings, improving on the GS 350 AWD both on performance and fuel economy. BMW's turbocharged 3-liter six-cylinder 535 all-wheel drive ($54,000) has a similar torque and gearing advantage, is equally quick, and EPA says 21/30 mpg. Mercedes doesn't offer an all-wheel drive V6 E-Class, but the rear-drive E350 ($50,000, 302 hp and 7-speed automatic) is almost as quick as a GS and EPA 20/30 mpg.
The best GS acceleration and economy figures apply to the GS 450h. Thanks primarily to new electronic controls, the hybrid is a tenth quicker than the 350 and fuel economy is up from 22/25 on the old version to 29/34 mpg on this one. It has plenty of urge, good response, the usual assortment of muted whirring and whining noises and averaged 31.4 mpg in mixed driving. The hybrid puts Lexus in a crossroads: On one hand they can safely state their cleanest, most efficient GS is the quickest; on the other they have a GS Sport version that doesn't accelerate as well as their green car.
Apart from the F Sport, all the GS models we drove had 18-inch tires, and they all rode well with a buttoned down feel that left us wanting for naught. The Lexus GS has a tight, solid, of-a-piece feel and it remains that way regardless of road surface or nuisances like speed bumps and potholes.
Many GS models have AVS adjustable dampers that stiffen the shocks for better control on winding, undulating roads or at speed. These have the desired effect of firmer ride, flatter cornering and another degree of stability but there is no separate switch anymore. The firm damping is available only in Sport (or Sport+) meaning you also get higher engine revs and shift points, and heavier steering effort that go with it. Since that doesn't add more steering feel and we need far less than 300 hp for many fun roads, we miss having the switch.
All-wheel drive adds a slight bit of steering effort but otherwise remains in the background until weather turns and it can put down more acceleration than the rear-drive versions. The system runs a 50/50 split front/rear normally and varies automatically to 30/70 front/rear as needed. Unlike some all-wheel drive it does not feel rough at full steering lock as making a U-turn or exiting a tight driveway. And the all-wheel drive makes that U-turn in less than 35-feet, just like the rear-drive, an impressive showing.
We liked the steering on F Sport rear-drive cars a bit more than BMW's system, but the standard GS steering is already good. You can also add four-wheel steering which makes high-speed response more immediate, ultimate cornering performance better, emergency maneuver stability slightly better and arguably faster around a racetrack. It also adds cost, complexity, weight and to our hands and backsides doesn't make the drive significantly more rewarding.
Lexus matched up GS 350 F Sports against a pair of competitors at a track for us to compare. The Mercedes E350 with sport package, staggered tires (like F Sport), in typical Mercedes conservative style went straight ahead if you pushed too hard (understeer), and it was not as sporty as the GS but the input efforts were all much lighter. BMW's 5 Series, despite not having a sport package and the most mundane tires, was easier to rotate and control once there, the most willing dance party of the trio in spite of the BMW's heftier weight. We drove an A6 almost back-to-back with the GS, and we'd wager the Audi A6 would catch up on the straights and is a better handler in the wet than an F Sport all-wheel drive. The GS had the least body roll, good steering feel and held its line best, what many people want their sports sedan to do.
Brakes worked as expected, and hot lapping made the F Sport smell but not smoke or fade unduly. The hybrid model's brakes are a little touchy at initial application and release near stop, but that's something you can adjust to. The gas-engine shut-off and restart were muted, not invisible to an attentive driver and unnoticed by passengers.
The Lexus GS line offers precisely what you'd expect from a Lexus sports sedan: a welcoming environment, hallmark quietude, and extensive features in a less-conservative wrapper with more aggressive tuning. Model variety lets you key in to your priorities, while any of them will provide the requisite levels of comfort and performance.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent G.S. Whale filed this report after his test drive of the Lexus GS models in Southern California.
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Lexus GS 350 ($46,900), GS 350 AWD ($49,950); GS 450h.
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Lexus GS 350 Luxury ($52,650).The Lexus GS 350 sport sedan combines luxury with performance in a bold and elegant design. Redesigned for 2013 the GS 350 combines distinctive style with the latest in technology for a truly modern luxury car. The GS 350 includes a new, direct-injected 3.5-liter V6 engine, with 306 horsepower and 277 lb-ft of torque for better fuel economy and improved performance. Equipped with a six-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters, it's available with either rear-wheel or all-wheel drive. The GS 350 seats up to five passengers, and the front seats feature 10-way power, memory and heated leather upholstery. Standard features include automatic climate control, power moonroof, keyless entry with push-button start, Bluetooth wireless connectivity and streaming audio, genuine wood trim and an AM/FM/CD/DVD audio system with iPod/USB connectivity. Standard safety features include front, knee, side impact, and side curtain airbags, active front headrests, four-wheel-disc anti-lock brakes, an electronic stability system and traction control. Options include a Mark Levinson sound system, a navigation system with a new 12.3-inch multimedia display, parking assist, adaptive variable suspension, adaptive front lighting system, and a pre-collision system with dynamic radar cruise control. The Lexus GS 350 is all-new for 2013.
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State's jobless rate would be 10 percent if those who stopped looking were included, report says
A University of Connecticut report released today suggests that declining unemployment rates in the state are largely an illusion.
Titled "Where are the Jobs? Connecticut Struggles to Regain Its Economic Health," the quarterly Connecticut Center of Economic Analysis publication suggests that the state's reported unemployment rate of 7.5 percent in the third quarter would have been 10.7 percent had statisticians counted people who have given up on looking for work.
"The improving unemployment rate is in large measure an artifact of declining participation in the workforce," said the report authored by senior research fellow Peter E. Gunther and others.
The report put a damper on monthly numbers released last week that showed Connecticut gained 4,000 jobs in November and that the unemployment rate had ticked down three-tenths of a point to 7.6 percent. The monthly labor report also revealed that slightly more than half of the more than 120,000 jobs lost in Connecticut during the Great Recession had been recovered.
The UConn counterpoint to the labor report noted that "profound structural weaknesses in the state's economy" have led to nearly 65,000 working-age adults giving up on finding a job over the past three years.
"Connecticut has not created and sustained net new jobs in 25 years; current employment remains below the level of 1989," the report said. "The state's economic malaise (has) driven many adults out of the workforce."
The state's gross domestic product, in decline for the past two years, has contributed to the lack of state jobs, and unless more growth is seen few discouraged workers will be likely to re-enter the workforce, the report said.
"Employment opportunities in Connecticut are being filled by part-time incumbents converting to full-time employment," the report said. "Only very recently have significant numbers of discouraged workers begun to return to the labor force."
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The report said productivity gains in the 2 percent range mean the state often sees little to no job growth unless the economy grows at a faster clip.
"Connecticut's strength in manufacturing, which typically delivers the highest productivity growth, compounds the challenge of job creation," the report said.
The report said initiatives aimed at encouraging and retaining Connecticut businesses provide "critical working capital" to encourage new or expanded industries. But it noted that projections indicating the state budget may be thrown out of balance within two years reveals the extent of Connecticut's economic problems.
Prescriptions that the UConn economists suggested to improve economic conditions in the state included "unleashing the large trove of tax credits companies have earned but not expended to support private-sector capital projects." Another idea is to accelerate the pace of major capital projects already approved by the state legislature.
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I called my regular doctor in Manhattan. The phone number was disconnected. I haven't seen him for at least a year, I rarely need to go to the doctor, except for the occasional upper respiratory infection. I look up his name on the internet and he is part of a medical group. So I decide to call another internal medicine doctor in the group. For the next 45 minutes I call one doctor after another each saying the doctor is either out of the office or not taking new patients until late April. No one cares to my plight. I ask the other receptionists about my old doctor and they tell me that apparently he retired. No one told me. Never got an email from my old doctor saying he was retiring. One receptionist had his cell number and I called it leaving him a voice mail asking "Where do I go now...?"
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submissive wife". Bayo and I go way back, so I decided not to give him the tongue lashing he deserved. I just smiled and said "may God provide you with a door mat!" and continued sipping on my drink.
But my anger was further fuelled by this month's issue of Essence Magazine. In an article posted by the magazines relationship columnist, the writer seemed to suggest that independent women are preventing men from being men in relationships. I wanted to scream! Why can't men make up their minds, if you are a real man, then show your woman what you are made off instead of throwing hissy fits trying to shove your man hood down her throat. (Okay rant over!)
After I had calmed down, I started thinking, is it really possible to be independent and submissive at the same time? Is there some invisible shade of grey between submissiveness and independence that we women most cross in order to become the perfect woman? The truth is I don't know the answers to these questions. What I do know is that the world is sending us conflicting messages. It's like we are expected to be business moguls, tearing down the barriers of the business world. Then like Cinderella, when the clock strikes five, our 400 pounds stilettos are meant to turn into aprons and our briefcases into cooking spoons! How are we supposed to balance these seemingly polar personalities? How is it that after I have had the same job shift as my husband I am meant to come home to the cooking and cleaning and he comes home to the sofa and latest Manchester United scores?
This article seems to have raised more questions than answers. And if I am honest with you, I really do believe that a woman is meant to be submissive and should also be allowed to make her mark in the business world, if she so desires. But I also firmly believe that it takes 2 to tango. And every perfect dance requires a leading man, providing a steady hand at the small of the woman's back and a steady footing for her to follow. What do you think?


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Advice: Don't take it personally if friends 'disappear on you'
While I'm away, readers give the advice.
On envying your friends' success:
(1) Get rid of your TV -- for mountains of reasons that become obvious when you think about it.
(2) Cultivate a few friends who value giving, and who believe living lightly on the earth is a better goal than acquiring. There are a lot of us.
(3) Focus on what you can do to make the world a better place. Even a tiny improvement helps.
I made the transition 30 years ago and still wake up with a smile every morning.
On having friends disappear on you:
Please, folks who are feeling miffed about plans being canceled, emails going unanswered or friends acting funny, please consider they may have something going on in their lives bigger than you, and it's OK, the friendship is still there.
This smacked me upside the head recently. A friend was acting moody, and I later learned his wife had a miscarriage. Another friend FINALLY showed up for a night with the gang, and he emailed later to thank us since he's been dealing with his ailing father, which we had no idea about. And now I'm pregnant! I'm having to lie like a dog about not drinking and I'm canceling plans that called for late nights (I'm soooo tired). It's too early to tell them, and it's none of their business.
But I know we'll all celebrate when the time is right. Same goes for my other friends. Their struggles are not my business until they're ready to talk about them, and it doesn't mean they value my friendship any less.
-- Unmiffed
On being badgered:
I had many conversations with my mother along the lines of, "If you don't (whatever), you'll end up old and alone" ... until I realized I could never please her, ever.
So at the next opportunity, I chirped, "Well, you never know, maybe I'll die young!" Or, "Maybe there will be a nuclear war and I won't have to worry about Social Security running out!" Our conversations were never quite the same again.
Truly, if you want things to change, then do something different.
On making a big change in the way you eat or drink:
A couple of years ago, we stopped drinking because we were on a trajectory that looked like it could end badly. A year ago, we adopted a healthier diet. The reaction from others:
(1) They seem nervous around us when they drink. Sincerely saying, "Don't worry about us" is ineffective.
(2) The endless comments about food intake and diet are tedious.
(3) Social invitations diminished. Dramatically.
Consequently, we find that friends now go one direction while we go another.
On not becoming a mother-in-law statistic:
My first rule of mother-in-lawing is: Do not meddle. Even when a child-in-law seems to be asking my advice, I always inquire as to whether they are looking for advice, or just need me to listen. So far so good. They talk to me about their lives and relationship while I listen and keep my big mouth shut (not always easy).


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Monday, January 11, 2010
"Oh Come All Ye Unfaithful!"
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who says affairs with married men are all bad? some of these posts sound so bitter and twisted, thats because you allowed yourself to get carried away and fall in love. Ive been seeing my MM for a year, his unavailability is just part of the parcel i signed up for. I dont want someone full time. This is by far the best relationship Ive ever been in, and if hes cheating on me, so what? I dont own him. I dont expect anything apart from being his priority when he comes around. I dont care about his life away from me, im too busy with my own life to worry about that, yes he tries with all the lies but i just stop him in his tracks, its purely sex with no strings and I couldnt be happier. This site makes it sound like you are victimised/traumatised. I feel sorry that you dont understand hes not interested in anything apart from a bit on the side, once you get that, i think that removes alot of hurt and bitterness. Why wait around christmas or any other day? go out and get a life! dont worry about what hes doing, I didnt, i knew he was having a good time with his family, and thats good, just as he is happy when Im happy. They say theres no future in this relationship, but there is not necessarily one with an available man either, no garauntee he will be faithful either. This affairs workin' for me. Dont care if it end tomorow, theres always someone else...
- January 13, 2010 at 9:54 PM
Dear Akanksha
Sounds like you are in control of the situation and your emotions, and everyone has to do what is right for them, and answer to themselves. If things turn sour you are welcome to come to an MA meeting. In the meantime, you might want to read my book, as at least if you don't want to get out of it, my book will help you stay sane and make you realize that he is using you and he is the one having it all.
As for there being no future with these types of relationships, that is absolutely right. You sound like you don't want one with anyone except yourself right now though, so if this is what you are accepting - the crumbs of someone's time - good luck to you. With an available man there is a chance of a future - but you sound very bitter and twisted about that, so maybe you have been hurt too many times and have resorted to settling for a married man rather than working on a relationship that could have a future. Sounds like you have some low self esteem issues going on too.
Nothing in life is guaranteed, you are right. However, in an affair it is guaranteed that it will be a dead-end relationship forever.
- January 14, 2010 at 3:32 AM
I read an article about this support group in the newspaper this morning at the breakfast table, and decided I'd check it out. Pink backgrounds and inflammatory comments aside, I was a bit surprised to have not found the one thing I'd come here looking for.
(there was also an article there about cheating women and which women are more likely to cheat, but I digress.)
Allow me to explain first that I am neither a 'mistress' nor an 'MM,' and I am not intent on making an argument for either side. In fact I come from a camp that is similar to some of the women commenting on this page. I am 23 years old, and I am the Other Man.
I have had a long series of relationships that were comprised almost exclusively of 'taken' women (though not entirely by choice). Of these relationships, one woman was married, two were engaged, and the remaining either had live-in boyfriends (a sort of 'challenge' for our midnight trysts) or men they cared for deeply.
Despite these facts, some of my previously engaged love interests have continued seeing me behind the backs of their significant others longer than any already-committed person should. As a result, I have watched true love dissolve and seen year-long engagements crumble -- and in some cases, while I was even in the same room.
I come from a family where divorce is common if not rampant; most couplings in my family tend not to last longer than a few years or a few children. Even my grandparents have separated at least once and have chosen to remarry or remained single. As you might assume, my opinion of marriage is by no means a pleasant one. Despite my skepticism of holy matrimony I'm not entirely naive; I at least recognize the importance of marriage, the attractive life of security and love it brings.
Who wouldn't want that?
In my opinion, all of that stuff just makes a person more inclined to do what they want. It doesn't make a lick of difference whether you're an MW or an MM: to resist the attraction of security in favour of something as selfish as an illicit romance is, to a degree, simply human. It may not be humane, but it is human.
I believe that these MW/involved women were solely responsible for their choice to be with me regardless of their significant others (as I wasn't always privy to that sort of information). I was foolish enough to love and trust them -- we all make mistakes -- but I know deep down that I shouldn't have. The very fact that it is forbidden is what makes this sort of fruit so damn desirable.
But while I do not regret my actions, I have been good at owning up to them. I've taken my fair share of comeuppance, paid for in the currency of blackened eyes and busted noses and, sometimes, the occasional fractured heart. I don't pine or complain, I don't waste time asking why. And I don't find it particularly difficult to move on.
I like to think that all this nonsense is behind me now. I realized that I had been an accomplice to heartbreak for far too long. Knowing all too well its familiar sting, I could no longer justify being a distributing agent of that kind of personal anguish.
Like some Mistresses, I confess to sharing a sense of bitterness that goes hand in hand with a heap of unanswered questions (some moments really do make it all seem real and not just an aberration of monogamy, don't they?).
But, take responsibility. Own up to it. If you find yourself pointing the finger at someone who was unfaithful and got involved with, don't be selfish and just assume you're the only one left hurt in the wake of someone else.
Think of the person they lie to every day. Think of that poor soul left to lie awake at night, wondering where he or she might be. Think about how you'd feel, never knowing, always cold.
- January 15, 2010 at 9:05 AM
Dear 23 year old "OM"
Sounds like we have a lot in common, and you write well too :-)
If you ever feel like dating single women let me know :-)
In the meantime, come share some views at a Mistresses Anonymous group one evening. Link is on my home page.
Thanks for writing. I don't hear from many OM - especially not 23 year old ones!!!
Hopefully you will find your Mrs Right one day, if you ever decide you want to settle down that is.
Sarah J.
- January 16, 2010 at 7:46 AM
We all feel that way in the beginning, give it 3 or 4 years, and I bet your attitude will change. Write us again in 2013. We will be here for you when the pain begins.
- January 16, 2010 at 2:32 PM
- KSAUK said...
i don't really know how to go about this but i want to join your group Sarah.
- January 18, 2010 at 3:19 AM
- KSAUK said...
hi sarah,
i don't know how t go about this but i'd like to join your group.
- January 18, 2010 at 3:28 AM
Hi Ksauk
Have you written to me before? Are you the 'Other Woman?'
Anyhow, here is the link, and group starts at approximately 5.30pm EST daily.
See you there.
Sarah J.
- January 18, 2010 at 4:00 AM
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post:
Dear Sarah,
DR Phil's show just aired on South Africa's SABC 2 Channel. I happened to be sick today and could not go to work. Hence; I watched the show. I am and still believe that I am an honest man, a gentleman, truth – is important to me, yet, I am very open minded to matters related to social. I think Dr Phil crucified you, however; I do believe that you asserted yourself in a manner that men like me' could comprehend your feelings, desires and hurt resulting in the very reason, these things are happening to you all. I have never ever cheated on any women in my entire life. I married a beautiful women I believe to this day was part of my journey. I still believe that infidelity is a choice, but being a full blown drug addict once (during my marriage), I understand your argument of men lying to such an extent that you DO NOT know whether we are lying or not.
I have been separated for almost 2 years now, never cheated though. I only went out to look for women (of which I found) many times to fill that void "after she left" that you all were talking about. My wife said she loved me, but she never showed it to me, she thought that her buying a car, or ensuring that weekends we get to go watch a movie was what I wanted. Hell NO! I wanted love; that is why I married her with the intensions that I will love her forever and grow old with her. I agree with you that the moment our wives in the 21st century do not act in accordance with what makes a man love a women based on her appearance, emotional intelligence, and the way she conducts herself socially will ultimately be the demise of any marriage.
I believed in marriage once before. I do not anymore as a result of what happened in my marriage. The point I am trying to make is that, I understand what you are going through, but also believe that you have choices in life. Take it from my side; I went through all this hurt with my wife leaving me knowing that I had a hand full of beautiful women wanting me DURING MY MARRIAGE but I choose in love to my wife and the sanctimony of marriage NOT TO PERSUE! It is a choice. I then after months of living in my marital home (hoping she would return) left the house. 2 years later, I now live at the coast, back in corporate, still single hoping for new love, but am happy. Think about your happiness. Infidelity is as much an addictions as drugs. It all makes us unhappy.
MAKE that decision to find the right single man from day one, and slowly UNIVERSALLY you shall remove yourself from the old practices that you normally find yourself in; and live and a long life with a man that will adore you. After all, you are a beautiful women; what is stopping you in finding love the old fashioned way? THINK ABOUT THIS QUESTION. I had no desire to go back to my wife, because I knew I was unhappy with her. The relevance of my situation with yours is very much the same, if we look good for you, then we DESIRE you to look good for us, this keeps us wanting you more and more every single day. The importance however; for me- is that MEN will cheat if they feel unhappy in their marriage. Been there, wanted to do that! (and I have morals and principles), she however, just left. In a nutshell I understand what you are trying to say.
I am 32 years old, with a bright future at the coast lying ahead for me. Your show on Dr Phil, confirmed to me the man I really am, and that is gentle to the feelings of a women. We as men, just wish sometimes it could be the same vice versa. Go well.
- January 18, 2010 at 5:20 AM
Dear "Anonymous in South Africa,"
Although I'm not glad you were sick today, I am glad you caught the show. Thank you for writing such a lengthy comment. I appreciate your honesty and sharing your story/journey, especially from the male point of view.
You are totally right about infidelity being a choice. And, nobody can force a man to cheat on his wife, he has to want to - or hopefully NOT want to. So many men run to another woman when they have problems with the one that they married, which ultimately only makes MORE problems, and then drags another woman into it too!
I respect the fact that you chose not to cheat on your wife, and even though your marriage is over, at least you can say you tried your best. That's all any of us can do. Maybe things have a habit of turning out the way they should too, and as painful as it seems at the time. Many people do marry the wrong man/woman and for all the wrong reasons. We are all only human and do make mistakes and the wrong choices at times, but the key is to recognize that and to get out in a timely manner, aiming to cause as least upset and disruption to the kids as possible, if there are any involved.
As for Dr. Phil, nah don't worry about him. Takes more than a few harsh words to crucify me, especially from a man who had an affair himself and actually married his mistress all those years ago (i.e. now his wife, Robin) and the fact that he had me on the show 3 times in the last 4 months proves that I annoy him enough to get me back. One of the shows we did got him his highest ratings of all his shows last season, so I think we are good. Controversy gets ratings you know :-)
Oh, and the single man?? Yes, that would be nice. Doubt I will ever meet 'the one' though. And anyway, right now I am busy trying to help women (and some men) not make the same mistakes that I did. If a decent man comes along it would be nice, but my purpose is to help others right now.
Hope I get to hear from some of my South African sisters now that I know the show aired there today.
Take care, and good luck on your search for your soul mate.
Sarah J.
- January 18, 2010 at 5:32 AM
- KSAUK said...
Strangely enough i'm one of the ones who happened to watch you on DR Phil in South Africa this morning.It's strange because I work in the UK,within the Armed Forces and just happened to be home on leave visiting my parents, as South Africa is where I was born and raised.I don't normally watch day time TV but it was a miserable day and as I'm trying to relax I thought I'd flick through the channels.I stopped on Dr Phil as soon as I saw what was being discussed.
I was the OW.Twice.Once a few years ago to a man i didn't know was married and as soon as I did I ended it and more recently to a man who I work with that has been with his girlfriend for the last 7 years and with whom he lives.
When I met him I didn't know and we just clicked. He was the perfect man to me although older by 12 years.I didn't try it on with him.Never let him know how I felt,if anything when people within our work saw us working together,eventhough that's all we were doing,and made comments about us getting together I always denied there could be anything between us because of his girlfriend and because I believed I was batting way above my league with him.
Then he left our work as he was only there temporarily. although I constantly thought about him,I would have got over it but then came the phonecalls which were just on a friendly basis but it suddenly gave me false hope.We made plans to meet up weeks later and although at the time I just thought I was the luckiest girl ever,I was under no false pretence that this man was going to give up everything he had to be with me.I wouldn't have let him, especially knowing that he left the girlfriend before the one he's with now to be with her.I knew I'd just be the OW for as long as I put up with it.
we carried on the phonecalls and sms's but it got to the point where he'd have to get off the phone in case she caught him and I couldn't live like that.On the 31December just gone I was at work and got a missed call from him and when I got chance to phone him back I could tell it was starting to get awkward. I ended it for good,keeping a calm voice and tone,hoping I could start 2010 fresh and worry free.he agreed without argument after I explained why I couldn't continue the charade and hated what we were doing to his girlfriend. when I said goodbye and the phonecall had ended I broke down big time.it felt like I'd lost a piece of me. my heart was shattered and I knew then I must have loved him dearly because the thought of not being able to talk to him again crushed my world.
It hasn't effected my work or time with friends or anything,but I suffer if I'm alone. I can't believe I got so close to this man,especially since I was in a relationship and lived with someone for 2 and a half years, whom I loved so much I turned a blind eye to his constant unfaithfulness.I knew about every other girl he was seeing.I once even helped one of them,cooked her dinner and let her stay over at our place as she had no where else to go unbeknown to me that she was sleeping with him. It took a lot for me to finish that relationship and it left me with very low self esteem believing that no one could love me. I've gone out with other guys since but only for very short times and they've ended for different reasons.
I was getting better and am completely over the Ex now, but the latest situation has not made me feel much more confident in the love department.
I'm glad I saw Dr Phil this morning. that's the first time I've been able to speak to anyone about it for fear that people would shun me.
It's relieving to know there are other people in my situation, women or men.
I'm almost 25 years old and I just wish I could find a guy who can put up with my career and love me for who I am.
Thanks for reading this.
KSAUK x
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Armstrong Hired Lobbyist to Sway Criminal Probe
A lawyer for Lance Armstrong hired a lobbying firm in 2010 in an attempt to influence a federal criminal probe into the former cyclist. WSJ's Reed Albergotti has details on The News Hub. (Photo: Getty Images)
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... the the ... Shane cyclist Lance Armstrong hired a Washington lobbyist twenty ten in an attempt to help clear his mind will Street dolls Republican e joins us now ... to explain that the styles to readers in three or so ... it isn't just the kids got the story keeps on giving a stick to what they get that that that that ... analysis and ... hide why I'm I'm I the other stuff I can use the ... Philippines is still so innocent this story is basically it interesting on that in two thousand and two and Lance Armstrong was being investigated by criminal federal authorities ... he'd quietly hired through his attorney in lobbying firm and Barnes group ... to get the gains in its use the term on the onthe lobbying disclosure documents with ... government officials about their interests and ... athletes professional athletes use of performance enhancing drugs ... so you read between lines anemic it's basically ... this was part of their efforts to ... unify its criminal investigation and will miss most tablets and so the positive outlook on seven from the doctors and court ... they really was a lobbying effort to quiet muted but still the core Democrats in his right mind ... what is already on would try to interfere with a criminal investigation ... operates this saying look there's nothing improper going on here and of course you know hiring lobbyists is is completely legal it happens every day ... on Capitol Hill ... and Dom you know he he's right of course we don't know exactly what meetings took place when we know there were some meetings in Europe with a net with what was said ... how was received so ... we have to go up his is the lobbying firm itself saying you know that there really wasn't much to ask ... interesting so ... I mean is this yet more of an example of ... the plums from for with the toasted digging in on ... I never did this kind of that that this and then it all comes out of a debt that's why think it's an example of ... just how ... being in and topped his legal team was over the past few years means dealing with these issues ... and lots of high powered lawyers ... and really they polled of us not to think that this this really shows why it is interesting to discuss logistics um don't know what else is gonna come out when you know we have the whistleblower lawsuit filed by his former teammate ... in Washington where ... he's he's accusing him of defrauding the U S government the U S postal service was Armstrong sponsor ... and in the contracts ... in the region and they don't think was ... so here that's an interesting one to follow this awesome of the insurance company that he'd ... Armstrong's bonuses for his true France wins ... they want their money back ... and and there are few others and of course the of the American taxpayer with puzzles says that we have this week as ... well as the money that they need the money and that we


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I'm curious if anyone has attempted this !?
Crazy as it sounds , i've found a wrecked Ty, and its hardtop is damaged an so i'm considering if its worth my time and effort to salvage in efforts of price/labor.
Also i've searched around online for info for this , only to yeild little to no info. Even for 82-92 s10 blazers. Any provided links would also be helpful.
Thanks again for you time.