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Future Oklahoma City Bomber Said to Meet with Ramzi Yousef in Philippines
Terry Nichols makes a number of trips to the Phillippines, apparently to meet with al-Qaeda bomber Ramzi Yousef and other radical Islamists. Nichols will later help plan and execute the Oklahoma City bombing
Nichols's wife is a mail-order bride from Cebu City; Nichols spends an extensive amount of time on the island of Mindanao, where many Islamist terror cells operate. This information comes from a Philippine undercover operative, Edwin Angeles, and one of his wives. Angeles is the second in command in the militant group Abu Sayyaf from 1991 to 1995 while secretly working for Philippine intelligence at the same time
After the Oklahoma City bombing, Angeles will claim in a videotaped interrogation that in late 1992 and early 1993 Nichols meets with Yousef and a second would-be American terrorist, John Lepney. In 1994, Nichols meets with Yousef, Lepney, and others. For about a week, Angeles, Yousef, Nichols, and Lepney are joined by Abdurajak Janjalani, the leader of Abu Sayyaf; two members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF); Abdul Hakim Murad and Wali Khan Amin Shah, both of whom are working with Yousef on the Bojinka plot ; and a half-brother of Yousef known only by the alias Ahmad Hassim (this is a probable reference to Yousef's brother Abd al-Karim Yousef, who is living in the Philippines at this time).
Elmina Abdul, Angeles's third wife, will add additional details about these 1994 meetings in a taped 2002 hospital confession to a Philippines reporter days before her death. She only remembers Nichols as "Terry" or "The Farmer," and doesn't remember the name of the other American.
She says: "They talked about bombings. They mentioned bombing government buildings in San Francisco, St. Louis, and in Oklahoma. The Americans wanted instructions on how to make and to explode bombs. [Angeles] told me that Janjalani was very interested in paying them much money to explode the buildings. The money was coming from Yousef and the other Arab."
("The other Arab" may be a reference to the Arab Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law, because Janjalani's younger brother later claims Abu Sayyaf was funded in its early years by Yousef and Khalifa.) [CNN, 1/31/2007]
Abdul claims Nichols and Lepney are sent to an unnamed place for more instructions on bomb-making to destroy a building in the US. She also says that Angeles and others in Abu Sayyaf believe Yousef works for the Iraqi government. [INSIGHT, 6/22/2002]
The Manila Times later reports that "Lepney did indeed reside and do business in Davao City [in the Southern Philippines] during 1990 to 1996." One bar owner recalls that when Lepney got drunk he liked to brag about his adventures with local rebel groups. [MANILA TIMES, 4/26/2002]
In 2003, Nicole Nichols (no relation to Terry Nichols), the director of the watchdog organization Citizens against Hate, will explain why an American white supremacist would make common cause with Islamist terrorists. Two unifying factors exist, she writes: an overarching hatred of Jews and Israel, and a similarly deep-seated hatred of the US government. [NICOLE NICHOLS, 2003]
After Nichols takes part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, Wali Khan Amin Shah will attempt to take the credit for plotting the bombing for himself and Yousef, a claim federal authorities will not accept.
April 19, 1995:
Bojinka Plotter Takes Credit for Oklahoma City Bombing;
Claim Later Discredited
Abdul Hakim Murad is in a US prison awaiting trial for his alleged role in the Bojinka plot.
Told about the Oklahoma City bombing that took place earlier in the day, he immediately takes credit for the bombing on behalf of his associate Ramzi Yousef. However, Yousef, also in US custody at the time, makes no such claim.
An FBI report detailing Murad's claim will be submitted to FBI headquarters the next day. [LANCE, 2006, PP. 163-164]
A Philippine undercover operative will later claim that Terry Nichols, who will be convicted for a major role in the Oklahoma City bombing, met with Murad, Yousef, and others in the Philippines in 1994, and discussed blowing up a building in Oklahoma and several other locations.
Counterterrorism "tsar" Richard Clarke will later comment: "Could [Yousef] have been introduced to [Nichols]? We do not know, despite some FBI investigation. We do know that Nichols's bombs did not work before his Philippine stay and were deadly when he returned."
Mike Johnston, a lawyer representing the Oklahoma City bombing victims' families, will later comment: "Why should Murad be believed? For one thing, Murad made his 'confession' voluntarily and spontaneously. Most important, Murad tied Ramzi Yousef to the Oklahoma City bombing long before Terry Nichols was publicly identified as a suspect."
Also on this day, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, an associate of Yousef and Murad who is being held in the US, is moved from a low security prison to a maximum security prison.
But despite these potential links to Muslim militants, only five days after the Oklahoma City bombing the New York Times will report, "Federal officials said today that there was no evidence linking people of the Muslim faith or of Arab descent to the bombing here."
Murad's claim apparently will not be reported in any newspaper until two years later [ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 6/17/1995] , when lawyers for Nichols's bombing partner, Timothy McVeigh, tell reporters that their defense strategy will be to claim that the bombing was the work of "foreign terrorists" led by "a Middle Eastern bombing engineer."
The lawyers will claim that the bombing was "contracted out" through an Iraqi intelligence base in the Philippines, and it is "possible that those who carried out the bombing were unaware of the true sponsor."
The lawyers also say it is possible, though less likely, that the bombing was carried out by right-wing white supremacists, perhaps from the Elohim City compound.
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PEPPERELL — Following the departure of Bethany Loveless from her position at the Pepperell Senior Center, Susan McCarthy has taken on the role of activity coordinator.
McCarthy was appointed by the Board of Selectmen on Nov. 7; still, although she has just begun in the new position, McCarthy has long been a recognized face by the seniors who frequent the Senior Center. She has been volunteering her time at the senior center for a year, often spending 10 to 15 hours a week helping set up for the activities and assisting in the Alzheimer's disease support groups.
"I always wanted to do this and now I have the chance to do it," said McCarthy.
Prior to her position at the Senior Center, McCarthy had a 22-year career as a dental assistant. She recalls that even in her career in dentistry, she always enjoyed working with adult and senior patients.
"I love working with seniors," said McCarthy. "It's a passion. It's something that's been inside me my entire life. As a child, I was always closer with my grandparents. Every position I've been in, I've always just been drawn to seniors."
McCarthy attributes her transition from her dental career to her work at the Senior Center to her husband Mark, who encouraged her to pursue something she felt passionately about.
"He just said, 'Susan, it's time to stop and do something you love.' Then I called here and asked if I could volunteer," said McCarthy. "He's a big part of why I had the chance to do what I love to do."
Although it's only been a week, McCarthy has already begun developing ideas to incorporate into the activities programs at the Senior Center. First and foremost, she took the reins of a project idea that Loveless had come up with but hadn't had the chance to enact before she left: the tree of remembrance. Taking a sapling-sized tree limb and erecting it in the main hall of the building, McCarthy has been encouraging seniors to create leaf-like ornaments to adorn the branches, with each ornament representing a person or fond memory from their lives, with photographs and words of affection posted on each.
"Anybody that wants to remember someone that has passed away — a husband, friend, family member — can make one to hang up," said McCarthy.
Some are more sentimental than others, but each has a strong representation to the creator.
"Another guy loved coffee and wanted to make a coffee mug," she said.
McCarthy, who has also been singing with her church for 11 years, also hopes to bring more music into the center, from musical programs to incorporating background music into the arts and fitness classes.
"Music has a way of bringing out things in people," she said. "It can change somebody's mood. It changes how you look at things, even art class even. It bring out things that aren't always there when you're just sitting."
Director Marcia Zaniboni said she looked forward to the new and unique perspective that McCarthy would be bring to the position. She plans to utilize McCarthy's background and interest in music and art to add to the activities programs.
"Whenever I hire a new employee, I don't try to duplicate the previous person. I look at their strengths and try to work with those strengths," she said.
Zaniboni describes McCarthy as upbeat and compassionate and said she has a natural ability to relate to the seniors.
"I really do think that she's going to be able to bring to me ideas she's getting from the seniors of what they want. I think she has that ability to process what she's hearing and translate it," she said.
On the subject of change, Zaniboni added that although it could sometimes be difficult for some people to adjust to, it was an integral part of the territory working at the senior center.
"We're constantly changing here based on the needs of the people coming in," said Zaniboni. "I've been working with seniors for 30-something years and what I do today is not what I was doing 30 years ago. I'm always open to change and what the needs are."

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Of course this comes with a price (as the LAC is now charging for the use of it's facility), but at a cost the BIFHSGO is willing to live with, so let's hope that Public Works and Government Services Canada (the government department that looks after the LAC) keeps the costs at a reasonable rate in the future.
There are three articles in this issue – "Mamie Weir, a Scot" by Carolyn Emblem; "Life in Saskatoon, 1914" by Andrew Frowd; and 'Tracking Great-Uncle Stan' by Brooke Broadbent.
But the article that interested me the most (since my husband was born in Quebec City) was the trip in July that took genealogists from Ottawa to Quebec City and Grosse Ile on a research trip.
The article written by Irene Kellow Ip, is a most descriptive article telling of their time in Quebec City where they visited Artillery Park, Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, and Dufferin Terrace. And on to Grosse-Île where they visited the Hospital Sector, the Irish Cemetery, and the Hotel Sector on the quarantine island.
If you wish to check the database of Immigrants at Grosse-Île www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/grosse-ile-immigration/index-e.html, or Quebec City Passenger Lists Index 1865-1900 at www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/passengers-quebec-1865-1900/index-e.html
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It is no secret that I am a coffee addict. I may deny it from time to time. I mean…
I can stop whenever I want. I just don't want to!!!
Actually most of my adventures have been fueled by coffee. So I gathered a list of the 5 Best Coffee lover Gifts. These are not only super cute but inexpensive coffee gifts as well.
We are all on the cuff of that insane time of the year when we start spending more money than we should on gifts for those we love (or kind of like…or are obligated to buy for). If you are like me, you prefer to shop sales, clearances and deeply discounted. After all, I need to save my money so I can keep the adventures alive!
Some people shop early or at least have good intentions to. Others wait until Christmas Eve to randomly buy up what's left over. No matter which shopper you are, here are my picks for the absolute cutest and affordable coffee gifts! The coffee lover in your life will thank you sweetly.
Coffee gifts are universal. They are not gender, race, or personality specific. Let's face it, you can give a coffee gift to just about anyone!! And…coffee gifts are also universal enough that they can be given for any event or special occasion. You have a birthday coming up? Great…here's a coffee gift! Oops…forgot about mother or father's day? Coffee Gift to the rescue. Office holiday party? Coffee gifts are here to save the day! Did someone bring an unexpected guest to the family get-together? Bingo – Coffee Gift!
Browse the list below and let me know what you think!
It doesn't matter who you are, this mug is solid! It's cute, unique, resourceful and useful. Don't you hate getting a gift from someone that just sits on a shelf and collects dust, doesn't fit, or goes with nothing you own? This coffee gift solves all those issues.
My World Without Coffee Upside Down Coffee Mug – $9.99
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For the Coffee Snob in your life, this metal sign is a great coffee gift. It is versatile matching up with almost every décor and super easy to hang (even for the DIY-challenged.
Coffee Have Another Cup Diner Metal Sign – $12.29
from: Retro Planet
#3 PICK – I so love this one!
If you are looking for a unique gift that probably won't be a duplicate, this one is for you! This is the perfect office gift.
I'll Start Working When My Coffee Does Coffee Sleeve – $7.95
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#4 PICK (For the super frugal)
This handy little stirring frother is perfect for the latte or cappuccino lover of your life. It is easy on the wallet at only $1.99 and it is considerate for the coffee lover in your life. These retail in stores for around 10 bucks, so if you are required to meet a minimum for an office party – no one needs to know how much you really spent!!
Handheld Electric Milk Frother Automatic Coffee Espresso Frother – $1.99
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#5 PICK – Just because
The Thirst is Real Coffee Sleeve – $7.95
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Wakefield One,
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*The information below is correct at 10am on Wednesday 18th March.*
We're sorry to announce that Wakefield Museum is currently closed, and all events are cancelled. We have the latest information on council services that are affected by COVID-19 on the council webpage: http://bit.ly/CoronaWFD
Step into a world of mystery at Wakefield Museum to discover stories of people and their lives, some over a thousand years in the making, others are only just beginning.
Explore the extraordinary world of Charles Waterton, creator of the world's first nature reserve. Are you brave enough to stand on top of the caiman?
Imagine life as a nineteenth century prisoner in Wakefield Jail, discover the area's rugby heritage, hear the strange crackle that forced rhubarb makes when growing, learn the hardships of war throughout the ages and relive the stories of people who have worked, lived and played in the city.
Little visitors can dress up in vintage outfits, play with the Rhubarb Express train and cook up a storm in the 1950's kitchen. Pick up a Digitrail for an alternative way of experiencing the museum.
Wakefield Museum is located on the lower level of Wakefield One. The Free City Bus stops just outside and Westgate Railway Station is only a two minute walk away.
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Wednesday & Thursday: 9.00am – 7.00pm
Friday: 9.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday: 9.00am – 4.00pm
Sunday: Closed
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By Road:
Follow signs for Wakefield City Centre. Located behind Wakefield's County Hall.
By Public Transport:
Nearest train station: Wakefield Westgate Railway Station
Nearest bus station: Wakefield Bus Station
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- Accepts groups
- Children welcome
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Economic and Strategy Viewpoint
February 2016
Economic and Strategy Viewpoint
February 2016
Global update: Time to hit the panic button? (page 2)
Falling oil prices and a further devaluation of the Chinese yuan (CNY) have contributed to a poor start for risk assets.
There are now fears that the US will drop into recession. Despite being relatively cautious on global growth, we believe these concerns are overdone, although we recognise that the biggest "known unknown" is whether the CNY will devalue significantly further.
The move in the CNY and the decision by the Bank of Japan to cut rates into negative territory in January highlights the tail risk of a currency war in 2016.
UK: Sterling slides as political risk comes into focus (page 7)
The British pound has been the worst performing G10 currency since the start of November.
In fact, the depreciation against the US dollar over the past two months was the worst since the global financial crisis in 2008. The direction of travel for sterling is not a surprise given the UK's macro imbalances, but the scale of the drop has been larger than expected.
The fall in interest rate expectations appear to justify the fall in sterling. These are likely to be driven by falling oil prices, and the likely impact on UK inflation.
However, Brexit risk appears to be rising in prominence just as opinion polls tighten. While there may be traces of Brexit-related selling of sterling, we think there is scope for further depreciation if risks were to rise.
Emerging markets: China concerns (page 12)
Volatile markets in China have prompted an outsize global response. Equity gyrations on the mainland have little to no economic bearing.
Currency weakness is a bigger threat to the world, but a big devaluation still seems distant.
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10 January 2017 - Classic Ragù alla Bolognese from Ada Boni
Dan calls it "faux-lognese," that sea of tomato sauce with ground beef swimming in it. Real bolognese, Dan argues, is a ragù, or stew, of finely chopped aromatics and meats simmered with just a kiss of tomato paste, wine, and cream. And he knows because Ada Boni, the Mamma of Italian Cookbooks, said so.
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Closed: Too late for the grill
December 4, 2015 Both inshore and offshore anglers take note that gag grouper season is closed for recreational harvest in most Gulf of Mexico state waters today. All Gulf federal waters closed Thursday. more »»
No-see-ums, low tides can ruin outings
November 25, 2015 What's worse than a mouthful, earful, hair full, nose and eye full, even underwear full of Matlacha November no-see-ums? Nothing! If you've been on the water this past week on a calm day and near... more »»
Cooling temps ignite big trout
November 20, 2015 This week's cold fronts could be made to order for trout anglers not doing so well in our fall season warmer waters. Cooling temps will turn on more trout and especially big gator loners. more »»
Fly trip is hijacked by mullet
November 13, 2015 I recently hosted a group of English anglers on their annual Florida trip. more »»
Redfish, gags right for a fight
November 6, 2015 As you watch line disappear from your reel, which is attached to your deeply bent rod, you wonder just how darn big this redfish is. more »»
Boats at peril from crab traps
October 30, 2015 Know what happens when your 200 hp Yamaha with its prop spinning at 3,000 rpm hits a crab trap rope? At night? Looking over the transom with the motor tilted up using your cell phone "flashlight"... more »»
Fish freely feeding, so get going
October 23, 2015 What a treat! Hot fishing and cooler weather. Inshore anglers are enjoying a hot snook and redfish bite on lures, flies and bait. more »»
Results can be better than planned
October 16, 2015 Sometimes the best laid plans don't work out, but often the unexpected results are better than what you originally hoped for. more »»
Redfish hit variety of lures, baits
October 9, 2015 Everyone seems to have caught redfish fever and clients have been catching them on a variety of lures, baits and technique. more »»
Big snook, reds strike offshore
October 2, 2015 Offshore anglers are catching some of the area's biggest redfish and snook along with grouper, snapper, amberjack, sharks, Spanish mackerel and cobi. more »»
Throw reds something different
September 25, 2015 This year throw those flats redfish something different. Borrow from the Bassmasters and go old school. more »»
200-pounder satisfies a lost wager
September 11, 2015 On a lost bet I had to tangle with a Goliath grouper this week. After catching one years ago I had my lifetime fill, but I was determined to uphold my part of the bargai. more »»
Unlocked? Easy pickin' for thieves
September 4, 2015 Another friend just lost a stainless prop and a near-new and expensive sonar unit to thieves in the night. The boat sits on his lift in a nice neighborhood. more »»
Don't take chances with SWF storms
August 28, 2015 Great offshore reports of grouper, cobia, Spanish macs, and snapper from nearshore to deep offshore numbers as high temps cause many fish to drop deeper in the water column. more »»
Wide variety of fishing opportunities
August 21, 2015 To some, a delicate 4-weight fly rod in hand and a beautiful 8-inch brook trout on their hook is as good as it gets. more »»
Tarpon, snapper still top targets
August 14, 2015 Fresh water rains often take fish off their and your favorite spots. Move around and look for clean and clearer waters. more »»
Rain event was good for fishing
August 7, 2015 No wonder folks go off the deep end in the far north with constant darkness, in our case, rain caused. We need some sun and it looks like we may get it this weekend. more »»
Rain-swollen spillways a hot target
July 31, 2015 While driving north on Burnt Store Road this past Wednesday at exactly 5:16 p.m., I witnessed my first, four handed, one rod, one snook catch. more »»
Beating the heat without it snowing
July 24, 2015 Man, I wish it would snow! This past week while poling my skiff with two anglers on deck — along with ice, gear, motor, and gas — I prayed that I wouldn't pass out from the heat and do a shoulder... more »»
Gear up for hot weather fishing fun
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43% of Western European consumers use a mobile phone to check prices while shopping in store.
A connected channel strategy takes this consumer behavior into account and ensures that all channels are optimized. Customers choose, or are directed to, the most effective channel for their needs. They also experience consistent service across channels. This can be difficult because there are many different consumer pathways across channels, and often IT processes haven't been set up to manage that. But it's worth the effort, with results such as improved customer retention, increased sales, and reduced costs.
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Mexican bean salad
Not one to leave your tummy rumbling, this filling salad really hits the spot and has a spicy kick
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Lower the eggs into boiling water and boil for 6½ mins, then put into a bowl of cold water to cool. Slice the avocados and place in a large bowl with the beans, onion, coriander and tomatoes. Measure 3 tbsp of the dressing into a small bowl, then mix in the chilli and cumin. Once the eggs have cooled but are still warm, peel off the shells and cut into quarters. Toss the salad with the dressing and nestle in the eggs. Serve straight away – delicious with toasted tortillas.
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3. Toast the buckwheat and sunflower seeds on a dry pan for about 10 minutes, stirring every now and then.
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hile many readers may never have the chance to actually attend the annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas, it's safe to say that at the very least, they've heard of it. The "show" is so big that it encompasses over one million square feet of space--that's more footage than pretty much every truck show held each year combined. Add to that over 1,900 exhibitors (with well over 10,000 booths) and you have a solid week's worth of walking to cover all that floor space. For us, we had a day and a half to accomplish that feat this past November...it was no stroll in the park, but worth every minute, regardless of how brief.
Fortunately for us, a good majority of exhibitors on hand at SEMA were of the late-model/OE aftermarket nature, so having to see all the companies in the expanded wheel and tire building was not priority--unless we really wanted to see the latest jewel-encrusted 26-inchers or the vast array of exotic cars and SUVs with said rolling "stock." SEMA does a fantastic job of separating the sects of the aftermarket industry, namely the hot rod manufacturers/suppliers, making it easier for us to see the people we need to see without wearing the soles off our poor shoes.
2005 was another great year for the SEMA Show, and it wasn't a slouch for classic trucks and related accessories, either. To see what the hottest new products were, along with some of the hottest new trucks, just have a look-see at the following photos. For more information on the show or on any of SEMA's efforts concerning the aftermarket hobby, please visit www.sema.org.


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The Mayans used a short shaft of wood like a gun in battle, sending darts toward incoming attackers at amazing speeds. It may not have been powered by gunpowder, but it was still an effective killing tool.
While simple in design, the hul'che produced accurate and deadly results. Let's look at an ingenious early use of technology to improve hunting efficiency, other civilizations that developed similar devices, and modern uses of the hul'che.
Swift and Deadly
A very simple device, the hul'che is a wooden shaft with a bur at the end of that supports the end of a dart or arrow. The device resembles a forked branch, and it is quite possible that a stick plucked from the ground became the first hul'che.
The Mayans used hul'che to take advantage of additional leverage gained from an overhand motion to increase the amount of force placed on an arrow or dart. Relying on finger placement and the motion of a skilled thrower, the hul'che saw use in hunting and combat when the Mayans battled nearby polities. Due to the skill-based aspect, both Mayan men and women used the hul'che for hunting.
Modern recreations of the hul'che can fling darts over 250 meters at a velocity of over 150 meters per second, with distances of 150 meters more common for an average thrower.
One weapon, many names
A weapon similar to the hul'che shows up in several cultures. The Aztecs used an almost identical weapon, the atlatl, a device gaining in popularity among modern sport hunters. The Nahuatl term atlatl is now commonly used for the wooden device, regardless of origin.
French, Spanish and German variations are known, with extremely old specimens making use of reindeer antlers to create a bur connecting to a dart. Whether the atlatl/hul'che is the product of independent discovery on the part of several different groups of people separated by continents or an example of early information transmission between groups is unknown. Personally, I would lean to independent discovery due to the creation of similar, relatively simple devices. Australian Aborigines also used a weapon similar to the hul'che for hunting, the woomera, further supporting the possibility of independent discovery.
Modern Use
The atlatl/hul'che is gaining popularity among hobbyists who recreate ancient weapons in order to study their success, along with college kids looking for an unsual tournament sport. Several championships are held throughout North America, with some states motioning to allow use of the hul'che in traditional hunting.
In my homestate, a recently passed law allows for deer hunting with an atlatl/hul'che. I'm not sure I'll be hunting deer in the future (unless some unforeseen apocalypse arrives), but if I had to, I could create a hul'che pretty quickly from some branches and a knife. Making darts would be the difficult part - my hul'che would probably hurl shards of broken Star Wars blu-rays.
The top image is a set of recreated hul'ches from Pascal Chauvaux/Webarcherie. Additional images courtesy of Michael Fagan and Link/Webarcherie. Demonstration video from CaptKordite/YouTube. Sources linked within the article.


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It's no coincidence that several recent Net Art News articles have mentioned New Zealand; a surge of digital activity in these distant islands has caused a ripple in the net, and it's been noticed. The Aotearoa Digital Arts list has been going strong for two years, ex-pat digital artists are making visits home and the second Version Festival is about to begin in Auckland, 4-9 December. Version offers electro-centric performance, installations, presentations and discussion with national and international artists. Adam Hyde, returning from Latvia to take up a residency at Waikato University, will be giving a seminar about net.labels and models for content distribution. Later in the festival he performs as radioqualia, with Honor Hager, streaming live from the UK: sounds of the solar system arriving via radio telescopes are 'played' in real time by the pair. Other works include a typewriter that plays music, a collection of gadgets that create orchestral sounds and Seam, a live VJ event with nine video artists, three audio producers and a computer to facilitate audience interaction. Version is organised by a non-profit collective, dedicated to promoting digital media artists and events in New Zealand. - Helen Varley Jamieson.
Tis The Season
This holiday season choose the gift that keeps on giving throughout 2005, to your loved ones as well as to Rhizome. For the entire month of December, when you sign up for any Broadspire Linux hosting plan--from the $65 per annum starter plan to the works--you will receive a free domain name to call home. If you already have a domain, BroadSpire will extend it for one year. Not only is this the perfect way to say happy holidays to those who may appreciate new web space, but also the perfect toast to Rhizome; collaborating with BroadSpire to sell hosting is an initiative that helps keep us afloat. So tell your friends, or keep quiet and gift wrap, and enjoy the free domain. - Rhizome.org
Viruses and Worms and Trojan Horses, Oh My!
The use of the term 'virus' to classify those bits of computer code that have wreaked havoc for network administrators makes some sense when the similarities between them and their biological counterparts are considered. Both carry the minimum amount of 'information' to reproduce in the right setting, and although they can function as indifferent parasites, leaving no noticeable trace of their existence, few can be considered benevolent--while many are downright lethal--for their hosts. Probably because of our less-than-amicable relationship with biological viruses there haven't been many efforts to preserve their biodiversity, with the exception of various bioweapons and disease control programs, of course. Well, Argentina-based artist Gustavo Romano has created such a preserve for the computer species of virus. 'CyberZoo,' Romano's web-based project, serves as an in-progress collection of the 'wildest expressions of artificial life' available on the internet. In essence, 'CyberZoo' positions itself as an effort of art conservation, accessing and cataloguing the attempts of culture to survive the death of its creators. - Ryan Griffis
Intimate Cinema
'Interested in responding to the setting in which people typically view the web, Torfs wanted to offer a kind of intimate cinema.' This is from the introductory text by Sara Tucker for Approximations/Contradictions by Belgian artist Ana Torfs: the new DIA online project launched December 2. Tucker's text is key to accessing this online 'video installation'. 'Approximations/Contradictions' includes 3 different video-based perspectives on 21 singers singing 21 songs from Hollywood Songbook, a collection of songs for piano and one voice by the German-Austrian composer Hanns Eisler, written in 1942-43. The use of video is technically superb for an online environment but the work brings up questions as to why the medium of the internet was chosen. While it offers the viewer more time to process the work, this gain is balanced by a loss in engagement due to scale. But linear references, such as the lines from the songs shown and 'cast credit' lines as points of interaction, become 'underlined' due to being in a non-linear environment. - Laurie Halsey Brown
Old New Media
Continuing through January 16, bitforms gallery in Chelsea presents a small survey of early computer-based work entitled, 'Scratch Code.' Ranging from Ben Laposky's seminal oscilloscope imagery to Peter Vogel's interactive sound sculptures, the show explores this genre of art in its mirror stage. The sounds and forms also reflect the space between this former period of computer graphics and the present. Like in Tony Pritchett's Flexipede, a looped animated piece in which an endearing centipede-like character is continuously disbanded and reconstructed, the awkward movement of the animation evokes a whole series connections to early video game systems and graphic programs like Basic and Logo. Increasingly, a contemporary generation of artists, web-designers and animators draws from this aesthetic of early computer animation, games and sound. For those that grew up playing with the electronic games and learning the programming languages of the 1970s and 80s, the significance of this history is intrinsically related to this particularly strange literacy and the set of references created by these types of designs and formats. - David Senior
A Meeting of the Mods
Over the last few months the Toronto collective Prize Budget for Boys has attracted attention online and off for their project Pac-Mondrian, which transplants the game of Pac-Man into the similarly blippy grid of 1943 hit painting Broadway Boogie Woogie. In their update, Pac-Man's chomping is underscored by the kind of jazzy tune that inspired Mondrian, and each pod consumed triggers a syncopated hi-hat or other percussive flare. Players can put themselves inside the art online, as well as in person through the life-sized arcade cabinet that is currently on the Let's Play Art World Tour. With the conclusion of a recent stop at Toronto's Art Metropole, the artists have kicked off the sale of Pac-Mondrian merch, which appropriately aims to clone and cash in on their creation with such collectors items as authenticated proofs, postcards, and the forthcoming Pac-Mondrian Vacuum Cleaner. - Kevin McGarry
JODI strikes again!
Till February 19 at Spacex in Exeter, UK: the exhibition 'Computing 101B' includes two installation works by JODI; 'My%Desktop,' 2002 and 'Max Payne Cheats Only Gallery,' 2004. Shown together these projects heighten the tension their work provokes as well as illuminate its psychological and sociological aspects. 'My%Desktop' (inaugurated at Eyebeam, New York) places the viewer in the position subservient to the computer; 4 screens loom overhead, versus our usual reversed position of 'control.' The desktops are visually and aurally 'out of control,' which emphasizes an unconscious anxiety of being powerlessness in the face of technology. 'Max Payne Cheats Only Gallery' (commissioned by FACT, Liverpool) reflects the viewer more specifically; the Max Payne character (from the computer game) is not controlled by the gamer and seems to be destined to spend eternity lost in a world created by the computer. 'Computing 101B' notes JODI's shift in focus in 2003 to making work for gallery exhibitions, a shift which now adds a physical dimension to the experience of their work. - laurie halsey brown
A Vision of Pollution
Creative water quality visualisation is behind 'Floating Point,' a project undertaken by multimedia artist Tiffany Holmes during a residency at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology's Computational/Collaborational Laboratory (CoLab). Holmes used data gathered by water scientists in shockwave animations to illustrate the effects of water pollution. Factors such as temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and flow are altered by moving sliders, and the changes are reflected in images--human faces, photographs of water and geometric shapes. The resulting animations are simple yet powerful, and are accompanied by explanatory texts that blend scientific and environmental facts with artistic motivation. Says Holmes, 'When developing 'Floating Point,' I started with a small, pixel sized square. Water is the basic unit of life, the pixel is the basic unit of the screen environment. Data gathered over time can create complexity out of very simple things.' Her objective is to render pollution data accessible through art and performance, thereby encouraging more responsible and sustainable attitudes towards the precious resource that is water. - Helen Varley Jamieson
Web of Truth
Begun as a private experiment, New York-based artist Stewart Smith's Confess project soon took on a life of its own by virtue of its own logic: users sign up with anonymous accounts, and are given the opportunity to bare their souls into an internet confessional. In return, they are allowed to view the anonymous confessions of other users. Users can comment (again, anonymously) on what they view, and see the comments of others on their own secrets. The only control that the process has is a rating system; the 'better' one's confessions are rated, 'better' are the confessions one will see, setting up an addictive emotional economy. Sherman has kept the presentation deliberately minimal, giving the site a personality that is both earnest and vaguely unnerving, reflecting the ambiguous feelings provoked by impersonal honesty. The effect of sitting down in front of the screen and being asked to communicate without consequences is strangely powerful, and the results stir interesting thoughts about the fate of sincerity on the web. - Ben Davis
Casting a Larger Net
Mining and re-presenting metadata is no new subject for art. Contemporary artists like Fred Wilson and Andrea Fraser have inserted artistic interventions into the didactic apparatus of galleries and museums since the 1980s. But, with developments in technology designed to match mobile users and location-specific data, the ability to reframe larger spaces for larger audiences becomes possible. 'Art Mobs,' a new project named after Howard Rheingold's 'Smart Mobs,' uses the capabilities of portable, decentralized broadcasting devices to create peer-to-peer gallery tours. Developed by Marymount Manhattan College professor Dr. David Gilbert and students from his Organizational Communication Course, 'Art Mobs' launched on December 8, 2004. In collaboration with the Yellow Arrow project, Gilbert and company 'tagged' artworks in Manhattan with audio interviews and written commentary available via a podcast and collected text messages. Given the increasingly intimate relationship between consumer technology and cultural production, I wonder what kind of tour Ms. Fraser would put on my iPod. - Ryan Griffis


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LU men's hockey ranks No. 3 in ACHA
The Liberty University men's hockey team moved to the No. 3 spot in the latest Division 1 American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) rankings. Liberty is tied at No. 3 with Ohio.
Undefeated Liberty (10-0-0) moved up four spots from the last ranking. Defending National Champions Lindenwood University (10-0-0) received 43 of 44 first-place votes to top the polls, while Liberty received the other first-place vote. Holding steady in the No. 2 spot is Illinois.
The 2010 ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championships will be hosted by Robert Morris University Illinois and will take place March 6-10, 2010 at The Edge in Bensenville, Ill. Sixteen teams will qualify for the tournament.
Liberty hosts Towson University Oct. 23 and 24. For a complete schedule and ticket information, go to www.liberty.edu/hockey.


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2016 Stanley Cup Final
It's no secret that I love hockey. It should also be known that I am a lifelong fan and, since 2009, a season ticket subscriber of the New York Rangers. Although this season was a disappointment and a huge step backward for the Rangers, that doesn't mean that I'm just going to stop watching the rest of the playoffs, especially when I'm staring down MONTHS of nothing but baseball and soccer. Woof.
Whenever the Rangers are eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, which for a team with indisputably the worst history of any Original Six franchise happens rather often, I always like to see teams that have never won before win it all. In a league that likes to tout its parity, why not spread the wealth around when it comes to the actual capturing of sports' most recognizable trophy? That's why I'll be cheering for the dynamic, exciting San Jose Sharks to win the Stanley Cup this year.
When you combine the fact that the Sharks are playing fantastic, relentless hockey and feature likable players who have earned the legacy of champions (think Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski, Patrick Marleau, and others) with the fact that they're matched up against a team I despise and also the team that easily shit-canned the underachieving Rangers in the first round, the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It's strange; I love the city of Pittsburgh, but I can't stand the Penguins or their entitled fans and whiny big name stars. This is a team that got everything it ever won by tanking, by being embarrassingly uncompetitive in a strategic fashion in order to draft a generational talent (or two). I just can't respect a team that builds its talent base in that fashion.
I'm confident that the Sharks will impose their physical dominance on the Penguins, shut down their top offensive players, and make this a short Final… perhaps even skating the Stanley Cup around on Pittsburgh ice.
One can hope.


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Note: HSLDA has reached out to all of the major presidential campaigns for interviews. We will post and analyze the interviews as they occur. HSLDA has not endorsed any 2016 presidential candidate.
In the next interview in our series of conversations with presidential candidates, HSLDA Chairman Mike Farris spoke with Texas Senator Ted Cruz, to discuss homeschooling and current homeschool-related legislative issues.
HSLDA's interview with Sen. Cruz covered some of the most important issues related to homeschooling including Common Core, parental rights, S. 306 ( Coverdell Educational Savings Accounts), the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the federal government's role in education.
Sen. Cruz believes the federal government shouldn't have any role in education.
"I don't think the federal government should have any role in education. I am a constitutionalist, and I have spent my entire adult life fighting to defend the Constitution and fighting to defend the Bill of Rights. Under the Tenth Amendment, the powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states and to the people."
"Education is too important, I believe, for it to be governed by unelected bureaucrats in Washington. It needs to be at the state level, or even better at the local level, where parents have direct control over the education of our kids."
Ending Common Core will be a top priority for Sen. Cruz.
"…If I'm elected president, on the very first day in office, I intend to instruct the federal Department of Education that Common Core ends that day. Now, the reason that that can be accomplished is because Barack Obama has abused executive power in forcing Common Core on the states. And particularly the Department of Education has used the Race to the Top fund to effectively blackmail or bribe the states to adopt the Common Core standards. That will end on the opening day of January of next year if I am elected."
306, which Sen. Cruz co-sponsors, helps eliminate discrimination against homeschoolers. (HSLDA supports S. 306)
"The legislation is legislation that Senator Mike Lee has introduced, who is a passionate supporter of homeschooling, as am I. And it's legislation that simply eliminates the discrimination against homeschoolers currently in [Coverdell] education savings accounts, so that if individuals choose to save their own money for educational purposes, they are allowed to spend their own money on homeschooling. And there's no reason that federal law should discriminate against homeschoolers and treat them as second-class citizens. And as you know, the Home School Legal Defense Association has actively supported that legislation for a number of years, has spoken out in favor of eliminating discrimination against homeschoolers. And nothing in that legislation would open the door to even the teeniest bit of government regulation—and if it would, I would oppose it. I do not think the government has any business regulating homeschoolers, restricting their fundamental parental liberty. And allowing people to spend their own money who educate their kids is entirely consistent with that."
Sen. Cruz believes United Nations treaties should not be used to undermine U.S. law.
"I am passionately opposed to anything that would undermine American sovereignty. And one of the patterns that we have seen more and more from the Left is efforts to go to international treaty, to go to international law, and to try to use them to undermine the constitutional rights of Americans, to undermine our Bill of Rights."
"One of the very first things that I did as a newly elected senator is: [I] argued vociferously to my colleagues in the Senate that they should not confirm [the UN CRPD], they should not ratify this treaty, because it could have the effect of undermining the rights of parents, undermining the rights of homeschoolers, and putting international law and international obligations in a superior position to the rights of Americans. And I'm glad to say that the arguments I raised passionately with my colleagues prevailed, and the Senate declined to ratify that treaty. And I oppose any treaty that undermines American sovereignty or in any way jeopardizes the constitutional rights of Americans."
It is important to note that HSLDA is not endorsing any candidate in the 2016 presidential primary, but we have been releasing regular blog posts about where the candidates stand on noteworthy homeschool-related issues.
In our series of conversations with presidential candidates, HSLDA has also had the opportunity to talk about homeschooling with Florida Senator Marco Rubio. You can find that conversation here.
HSLDA has invited all serious candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties to join us for an interview about homeschooling and education policy on Homeschool Heartbeat. So stay tuned—we hope to hear from more of these candidates soon!
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Observerama: El Jefe has left the building
No doubt the first reaction of many Observer readers upon hearing that Jeffrey Peyton is no longer publisher is to wonder, what's going to happen to Emma?
That's because Peyton's "Priorities" column often detailed his experiences as a parent. He had once publicly promised Emma the keys to the newspaper kingdom, and even two weeks ago, Peyton, "a.k.a. Daddy," was wringing his hands after four-year-old Emma fell on the daycare playground and ended up with a pink cast on her wrist.
The somber black-and-white cover of the Observer's November 13 issue Peyton's last as publisher– seemed to foreshadow some dire change afoot at the usually red-white-and-blue weekly.
And yet there was no mention of the fact that Friday, November 15, would be Peyton's last day, and the paper would soon come under new management.
Peyton took over Charlottesville's oldest weekly in 2000 as president and CEO of Main Street Media. The paper is backed by Colorado energy tycoon Don Hodel, who served as Secretary of the Interior and of Energy during Ronald Reagan's presidency.
The Christian Coalition provided common ground for the two: Hodel was its former president, Peyton its communications director.
Hodel will continue funding Main Street Media, according to reliable sources, with new management and a new board of directors, whose names were not included in a press release. Hodel did not respond to a request for an interview.
On November 16, Peyton sent friends and colleagues an email that found its way over The Hook's transom.
The "farewell address," as Peyton titled it, announces that he has indeed left the paper to pursue the proverbial "other publishing ventures." Peyton notes how "blessed" he has been to work with a fine team of journalists, and how Charlottesville and the Shenandoah Valley have been "the beneficiaries of their fine work."
He also mentions that the Observer won over a dozen awards this year from the Virginia Press Association, making it "one of the most honored weekly newspapers in Virginia."
It was so revered that in early 2001 another weekly began running a short-lived column called "Peyton's Place" that explored the publisher's place in the universe– simply by quoting his column.
"'Emma's Daddy' is just one name I go by," Peyton once told readers. "I am also the president of a media company, publisher of two newspapers, and employer of 12 dedicated team members (with more coming soon!). All of these folks know me as president, publisher, boss, el jefé, even. From most other perspectives, I am a publisher or CEO who is also known as daddy."
During Peyton's tenure, the Observer expanded with a Shenandoah Valley edition, added additional sections and color. Yet it never seemed to grow in the critical area of advertising, other than to corner the market on senior assisted-living facility and funeral home marketing campaigns, despite Peyton's front-page vow to lift local businesses out of recession with a rollback in advertising rates.
Founded in 1978, the paper, formerly a feisty hard news piece, took a sharp turn to the right, as Peyton championed family values and the traditional way of life. With his wife, Elaina, working as general manager, the paper truly was an old-fashioned mom-and-pop effort.
Peyton declined to speak to The Hook, and in an email, says he's not ready to discuss his new venture. He does confirm another Peyton enterprise: Elaina launched a shopper-style weekly in Powhatan County in October called the Community Clipper, and a proud Peyton writes, "Her first issue out of the gate turned a profit!"
Rumors about the fate of the Observer have been swirling for weeks– first that it was for sale, and then that its last issue was imminent.
The paper will be under the general management of longtime employee Kimberly Robbins. She's "really excited," according to a press release, which also announces "there will be no other comment" on the management switcheroo.
Some loyal readers are saddened. Subscriber Fred Kahler, who once wrote a letter to another weekly defending the Observer, says he liked the paper because Peyton's political philosophy was "attuned to mine conservative."
Observer founder Kay Peaslee, however, isn't shedding any tears.
"I'm overjoyed," says Peaslee. "The paper was very one-sided, very far to the right."
Peaslee offers one wish for the future of the weekly she started nearly 25 years ago: "Let's hope it's better than it was under Jeff Peyton."


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Remarks at the Dedication of the Medical College, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
Chancellor Graham, my first duty is to report to you that the cornerstone is well and truly laid.
I have a great satisfaction. I have laid many cornerstones and, so far as I know, none of the buildings has tumbled down yet.
I am renewing an old association in coming back to Syracuse and Syracuse University. And, incidentally, I am very proud of being an honorary alumnus of the University.
I had many associations with the University long before I became Governor. As a grower of trees, I was very familiar with and received the cooperation of the State College of Forestry.
I have been to the Medical Center before, at the time of the opening—I think—of the Psychopathic Hospital. I am tremendously interested in the splendid work that is being carried on at this great Medical Center, not only here but outside of the limits of the University and the institutions which form it. Also, I am somewhat familiar with the other problems of the City of Syracuse, such as how to make the State Fair pay, and how to get rid of the tracks in the middle of the city. At last that dream has come true and when I came in a few minutes ago to the new station, I said to myself, "I shall never be bothered by Mayor Marvin again."
All of these projects—those which have been carried out solely by private enterprise and those which have been carried out by city enterprise, those 'that have been carried out by State or Federal enterprise and those, incidentally, that have been carried out through a combination of all of these forces—they have done much, especially in these last few years, to solve some of our nationwide problems.
I am very glad that the Secretary of the Interior has spoken to you about the objective of the work that we have helped to do, about the number of men and women who have been given work through the erection of these buildings, about the tremendous stimulus to education which has been made possible through keeping up, patching and erecting much-needed buildings-school buildings and medical buildings—throughout all of the more than 3,000 counties of the United States.
We think of the hundreds of men who have worked and who are working on these buildings here. Think also of the hundreds of men who have worked and are working in other places, creating the materials, getting them out of the mines and quarries and the factories in order to make buildings of this type possible.
And then there is another phase I believe we should remember. You and I know that in these days of stress, many of the municipalities and many of the institutions of learning throughout the country have found it difficult to make both ends meet. In that crisis, in order to keep up the work of municipalities and of private institutions, the Federal Government has been able to give the kind of assistance which has prevented the imposition of taxes which, in many cases, otherwise would have become unnecessarily high. The State has also helped during all of these years. Without Federal and State help we can well assume that the home owner and the small business man would have been far more thoroughly swamped with local taxes than he actually has been.
I am particularly happy to take part in the dedication of this medical building. As I remember it, this Medical College is a direct descendant of old Genesee College, or, as we used to call it in the olden days, Genesee. And I remember, too, that it was Genesee College which gave the first doctor's degree in America to a woman, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. May that fine tradition be preserved in the days to come!
The country needs a large number of well-trained doctors and nurses, and, in the field of education, we need a large number of well-trained teachers. We have not reached the limit.
We all know the reasons that are usually given for the need of turning out trained persons—persons trained in social sciences. But there is another reason that is worth suggesting. During a period like this in which machinery reduces the use of human labor in the production of things, society needs to extend the use of human labor both mentally and physically. The kind of labor that doctors and teachers furnish is a splendid example. The country needs to extend that kind of labor in providing better care and better education for all of our people in every community, because we have been so late in taking up the slack that other forms of modern invention have created for us. There is a big field there. Medical care in the United States is not adequate. There are thousands of communities throughout the length and breadth of the land which need more doctors, more nurses, better doctors and better nurses, in the same way that there are thousands of communities throughout the land that need better trained and better equipped teachers.
That is why I say that these medical centers, of which Syracuse Medical College is furnishing such a fine example, need the interest and the support of every citizen.
I am very certain that the University and the citizens of the City of Syracuse and the citizens of the State of New York are proud of the work that is being carried on here.
I congratulate you not only on what you have done in the past, but, with the added assurance of the facilities which this building will provide, I congratulate you on the usefulness to humanity that you will afford to future generations of America.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Remarks at the Dedication of the Medical College, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/209134


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Habitual Adultery - Is There Any Hope?
- 2013 22 Mar
Dear Dr. David:
I have been married for two years. Prior to being married we were high school sweethearts and had been dating for two years. I recently found out that he has been cheating on me the entire time with several different women. He says that he wants to change and sounds sincere, but he has also said this many times before. I want to believe him and stay with him, but I just don't know what I am supposed to do. He continues to hang out with friends that lead him into trouble. The Bible says to forgive someone seventy times seven, but it also says that infidelity is a reason for divorce. I do not know which path is the right one to go down. Please help. ~ Confused and Hurt
Dear Confused and Hurt,
I am saddened by your letter. Your situation brings up some important issues here that beg us to take a step back for a moment and revisit God's design for Christian marriage. Marriage is not merely a legal contract, but a covenant made between two persons; it is a public and permanent proclamation that says you belong fully to one another and only one another. This covenant is meant to be a living representation of Christ's love for the Church (Eph. 5: 21-33). In order to give oneself fully and sacrificially, in imitation of Christ, there must be a commitment to fidelity. Your husband cannot fully give himself to you if he is involved with others. It is even more disturbing that you say he has been cheating on you the entire time - this implies he walked down the aisle with no intention of honoring the fidelity he pledged that day, of entering into a true covenantal relationship. But now that you know the full truth about your husband's affairs, you stand at a crossroads where you have choices. Let's examine them.
I sense that you feel helpless. In fact, you're not helpless and there are many courses of action, not just one. Let's examine the problem from a few different angles.
Your letter gives no indication as to the root causes of his infidelity. Have you two had serious, heart-to-heart conversations about why he is cheating on you? He offers easy answers, "sounds sincere," but then does it again. Obviously the "cancer" within him has not been extricated. Both of you have failed to grapple with the severity of the problem.
Have you sought any kind of help for this serious problem? Things will not change by themselves. There are reasons why men, or women, cheat on their mates. None of them are excusable. I think of unfaithfulness as seeking illegitimate expression for legitimate needs. Have you two looked deeply into your relationship to determine relationship problems, as well as individual issues you've brought into the marriage? Have you sought in-depth counseling not only to heal from the unfaithfulness, but to strengthen weaknesses in the relationship, or personality, that gave rise to the problems? If not, you're enabling this dysfunction to continue.
Too often couples seek quick, superficial remedies to deep problems. Having put a Band-Aid on the problem, they seem surprised to find the problems surfacing again. While it takes significant time, money and energy to really heal and solve problems, deep answers are much more rewarding than quick solutions.
You and your husband must seek invasive, emotional and spiritual surgery. You must examine the relational and character issues that give rise to repeated infidelity. If you accept quick, easy answers, you will undoubtedly be disappointed when he cheats on you again.
Some of my most difficult work is working with couples in Marriage Intensives where I challenge them to look below the surface and face painful issues. We explore unexpressed resentment that leads to sexual acting out. We examine poor boundaries, where they choose to associate with others with poor boundaries, leading to the opportunity for unfaithfulness. These couples often naively see these friendships as safe, when they are not. A little resentment, combined with poor boundaries, added to opportunity, leads to disaster. Couples must shore up these weak areas in their marriage if they want to prevent trouble in the future.
You note that the scriptures challenge us to forgive again and again. The implication, however, is to forgive those who honestly seek reconciliation—your husband seems to want to get into your good graces without making any changes that would protect you both from harm in the future. While forgiveness is important, you are forgetting many other scriptures that admonish us to be wise in our associations with others as well as the use of healthy boundaries.
Proverbs 13: 20 says, "He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm." You give no indication that your husband has set boundaries between he and those that lead him into harm.
In regards to healthy boundaries, you seem to be enabling your husband to maintain his destructive lifestyle. The Apostle Paul speaks clearly about such matters in Galatians 6:7. "A man reaps what he sows." By "forgiving him" again and again, without true character change, you are not allowing him to experience the consequences of his actions. You are enabling him to bring destruction into the sanctity of your marriage.
I suggest it is time to take sharp, clear actions. It is time to let him know you love him, but cannot allow unfaithfulness to taint the sanctity of your marriage. I suggest you draw a clear line—he must seek counseling to understand his character issues that lead to unfaithfulness; he must dissociate from those that lead him into harmful actions; he must work diligently with you to create safety and trust in your marriage. If he refuses to do these things, you and your marriage remain in danger, and you cannot be a party to that.
In all of these critical decisions, seek the wisdom of the Lord—He promises to give us wisdom liberally. "If you look for it (wisdom) as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." (Proverbs 2: 4)
Dear Dr. David,
I have read some of your articles on Crosswalk.com but they usually address from a woman's position. What about the man whose wife cheated on him? My wife and I were married for sixteen years and the divorce was finalized this past March. I did not want this divorce and fought against it nor do I really believe in them. When my wife and I started to date she knew that I wanted to be in the ministry as did anyone who knows me. I started Bible studies, lead prayer groups, preached, and so on, have been active in the church. During our marriage she slept around, drank, and did drugs. I knew of three of these affairs but felt that if each of us followed God's Word and leading plus went to get Christian marriage counseling then the marriage would become stronger. Please help me understand what happened in our marriage. ~ Discouraged
Dear Discouraged,
Please see my comments in my response to the previous writer, as they apply to your situation.
In short, many marriages are in trouble for lack of some basic, healthy boundaries. Unfaithfulness occurs for various reasons, most predictable and preventable. When we examine a marriage in trouble we often find issues such as unhealthy communication styles, poor conflict management skills, a lack of healthy boundaries, a lack of sacrificial giving, and failing to take danger signs seriously. I am often saddened at the many marriages which falter, but where the couple has failed to heed the warning signs by getting in-depth counsel. Most couples are like the frog in the boiling pot—they feel the water getting hotter, but hope things will magically turn around. They won't, and don't. Cosmetic changes do nothing for us. God demands a heart change—a Godly sorrow that leads to repentance.
My hope for you is that you will critically review your marriage, explore your part in the dissolution, and make necessary changes. Vow that you will learn from the experience; that you will always seek God's heart in every matter; that you will love sacrificially, but wisely set boundaries. Insist that any future mate shares these same values. God bless.
Do you need sound, Biblically-based advice on an issue in your marriage or family? Dr. David will address two questions from Crosswalk readers in each weekly column. Submit your question to him at firstname.lastname@example.com
David Hawkins, Pd.D., has worked with couples and families to improve the quality of their lives by resolving personal issues for the last 30 years. He is the author of over 18 books, including Love Lost: Living Beyond a Broken Marriage, Saying It So He'll Listen, and When Pleasing Others Is Hurting You. His newest books are titled The Relationship Doctor's Prescription for Healing a Hurting Relationship and The Relationship Doctor's Prescription for Living Beyond Guilt. Dr. Hawkins grew up in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and lives with his wife on the South Puget Sound where he enjoys sailing, biking, and skiing. He has active practices in two Washington cities.


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