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I don't think my "coming out" to him changed our sexual dynamic. All it did was feed my appetite for sex. Which I actually think he has enjoyed, since he likes having sex, but just doesn't seem to know how to seduce me. Yet when I've said so in so many words, he's horrified to think my horniness was brought on by someone else.
Anotherconfused- good for you staying the course and pacing yourself. It could take forever or never happen that you get to have sex with these men, but you have integrity and I like that. It makes me grip harder on to my own.... I commend you for staying with this struggle and having grace.
Lets hope that in time and with more understanding that he sees you can be trusted and be a partner he can be proud of. You are not wrong in your thinking and in who you are, but it is a really difficult mix the one you have with your husband. Picking something and trying it out is really all one can do I think...
The DADT thing is tricky. I am crap at it. I can't keep secrets to save my life, so I keep my distance from my Leo and benefit from his company and conversation. I know it seem ludicrous to some, but its working for now. I try not to think beyond that.
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What I meant was more than the slippery slope glide path. There is the potential for compounding effect. Trying to apply logic and reason to a partners emotional responses is very difficult if not impossible.
So the 9yr old has already picked up on something. Has your husband hear those remarks?
With him being Indian just tell him he's being romantically outsourced...happens all the time here. Now he'll know how American tech hotline works feel. Just spend 3 hrs on the phone with guy India for Dell.
He's all done talking about it from what I can see, and when he doesn't talk about it, I'm not sure if everything's all right, or it's only fine when he's not confronted with it by having to discuss, share feelings, and so on. I had all this drama going on in my mind last time we got sexy together, and he comes out with "It's so nice to have these moments when everything is perfect." Maybe he really is fine.
My 9 yr old definitely realizes I love other men besides her dad. She has no awareness yet of sex (she doesn't watch a lot of movies...), so as far as she sees the world, I married Daddy, and I love Grandma, my daughters, my best friend since preschool, and other special male and female friends who are part of our lives. She has never seemed uneasy about it, and I think her comment actually came from a place of loving this man too. It's nice because he has built relationships with all of my family, my husband included, so my daughters have no reason to feel threatened or confused. He and his family are like extended family.
I was thinking about the drawback to waiting until my kids are grown. This man is so much older than me -he'll be 80 by then! Maybe not quite so sexy. I'd rather enjoy him now. This is tough.
Hi Anotherconfused,
You and I have a similar marriage, it seems, although I'm married to a woman. I've never cheated on her, but she is uninterested in sex and recently told me that I can be with other women too. I'm also insisting on talking with her about it, and she's probably most comfortable if everything is kept very quiet.
I totally get how hard it is on the ego to always be the one initiating, even if your partner does have sex, it's hard to know they probably don't really want to and are doing it to be a good spouse. Being turned down sucks too. There's still a lot of grief in me over the loss of the sexual part of this relationship, which used to be great.
I get the pressure to cheat, and I definitely have thought about it a time or two, but didn't want to do that to her and to me.
What 'glue' do the two of you still have with one another, now that the sex is gone? Do you still want to be with him? For now, my wife and I are very loving with one another, just not sexual, and that's worth keeping. Your mileage may vary. In terms of being truthful, I think it's always best. However, the degree of detail your husband wants about your other partners might be very low, beyond knowing they exist, which seems okay to me as long as everyone is clear about that and you know from him what exactly he does and does not want to know.
Personally, I'd want someone close to me to know when I was on a date or sleeping at another persons' house, for security reasons if not anything else.
I wonder if sex therapy might be helpful, to help the two of you communicate what you need to feel sexy, desired and in the mood across whatever cultural differences you have.
I feel for you, Rootlet. It sounds like your situation is more dire than mine. My husband at least enjoys sex -I never get the impression that he is going through the motions for my sake. I guess an analogy might be a chocolate truffle. He'll happily eat one if offered, but is not spending any time longing for truffles, missing truffles, making time to go buy truffles, or eagerly awaiting the next time he gets to enjoy one. For me, sex is a lot more central to my life, and so is romance.
We still have plenty holding us together, not the least being our shared love for our two daughters. There's still no one else in the world I'd rather be married to. We share some interests, although we spend less time on them together than we used to. (I've been unhealthy for 6 months, which is really a contributing factor to our overall marital frustration.) I wouldn't throw in the towel over this.
Sex therapy would horrify him. Marriage counseling has been a hard sell, and he has finally agreed, although we haven't started. I do tell him what I like/want/need, but he claims he just can't flirt and never has. He has become expert at touching me in all the ways that I like once we are into it, but it's the in between, when daily life just sucks the intimacy right out of him, and I don't feel like we're close. He's willing to work on it. It's just that it's been a problem for 9 of our 12 yrs of marriage, and I've been bringing it up off and on for at least the past 7. It doesn't feel like we get anywhere.
It's sad, because I get the sense the healthy polyamorous relationships I read about don't involve bringing in another partner to make up for shortcomings with the first partner. I already feel like I "use" these men to put me in the mood for sex at home, which isn't fair to them, especially since neither of them have women to have sex with in their lives right now. On the other hand, if your spouse doesn't like camping/knitting/tennis, it makes sense to find other people to do those things with. My man doesn't like flirting.
There is clearly no simple answer.
I don't have any interest in knowing when and where my wife has sex with anybody else she gets involved with. Were she to try to force discussions on me to inform me of that, I'd move out soon enough and wouldn't discuss anything with her until she stopped trying to force discussions on me that I categorically refuse to have. She can respect my choice in the matter or I will leave.
My question to you is why you lack enough respect for your husband to leave him be about the matter? He doesn't want to know, so stop trying to force it on him.
When speaking of various forms of non-monogamy...it ain't poly if you're just fucking around.
While polyamory, open relationships, and swinging are all distinctly different approaches to non-monogamy, they are not mutually exlusive. Folks can, and some do, engage in more than one of them at a time--and it's all good.
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Minor League baseball is known as a quaint and affordable right of passage in America. In most communities it is a fun way to pass a few hours and get a good feel for the game, especially with little kids. Minor league hockey has often sought to be the winter alternative, and in some markets it has succeeded, but the lack of sunshine, and in many cases state of the art facilities, has really made the minors in hockey still more about player development and hard hits than a rite of passage for families. At the lowest rung of minor league hockey in the Northeast is the Federal League. Now going into its second year, the league (named after the minor league in the legendary movie "Slapshot," but without the Charlestown Chiefs of the late Paul Newman) plays to small crowds in a handful of outposts in and around Connecticut and upstate New York, as well as in Brooklyn, where the Aviators try and fill the beautiful but small and isolated Aviator Arena near the Brooklyn/Queens border with just over 1,000 fans. It is an only stop for some and a last stop for others trying to hold on to a dream of professional hockey.
One franchise that has tried to take the minor league baseball approach and has succeeded to some extent, is the Danbury (Ct.) Whalers. The Whalers, tucked away in a corner of the state hard by the New York border, have filled their arena on many nights with quality entertainment and OK hockey, and work as hard as any team to engage the community and the local businesses. They pulled their name from the Whalers of NHL/WHA fame a year before former NHL owner Howard Baldwin bought the Hartford minor league team, renamed the Wolfpack the Connecticut Whale, and began his quest again to bring NHL hockey back to The Nutmeg State. That confusion in the marketplace hasn't slowed the Whalers in their Federal league quest for success. This past week the Whalers took advantage of timing and the Bruins run to the NHL Finals with a unique announcement and publicity play. The team was looking for a new coach, and in their organization resided Phil Esposito. Not the Hall of Famer and former Bruin and Ranger, but a younger man with all the right acumen to coach and help grow the team. So on the night of Game Five of the NHL Finals, the Whalers named Phil Esposito their head coach. The karma didn't pay off for the B's, who lost game five to Vancouver 1-0, but it did generate some buzz with the timing for the Whalers, and obviously opens the door for some unique recognition and promotion for the team next year. Had they waited or done the announcement earlier, the media would have missed the story. However by landing on a Finals night, the Whalers scored some fun promo time and helped draw casual interest, which is what the minors is all about.
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Increasing NPD Productivity – Integration (5 of 5)
The previous posts have focussed in turn on the three key factors influencing NPD productivity (People, Project and Portfolio). However substantial improvements to the overall performance of NPD activities can be achieved by examining the interface between all the associated elements of the three factors – for example.
- Resource availability influencing project prioritisation
- Engineer motivation being increased by communicating the reasoning behind portfolio management decisions
- Having a real time exchange of resource planning and project planning throughout the life of the project to adapt to changes in project schedule or priorities
- Effective communication of the results of project reviews to ensure engineers are not 'left in the dark'
- Identifying the dependence of sales forecasts on launch date to ensure project planning and control are meeting business needs
- Feeding back project review results to drive portfolio management activities and adjusting priorities of all projects accordingly
The list is almost endless and the key is a dynamic exchange of information. How can that be achieved?
I've raised the subject of Enterprise Wikis before and there is an increase in the number of real time collaborative tools (like SamePage, BaseCamp and MS SharePoint). Some even suggest that a complex extension of highly integrated ERP or PLM tools are the answer. I feel that understanding the need for such exchange of information is as important as the choice of tool.


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I always enjoy a review that pulls up an old game I missed but might not want to play. This is a fun one that brings up a lot of cool reasons why Jetpack's worth it technically and emotionally, and it encouraged me to go poking through a few of your other reviews after reading it.
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Thanks for the feedback. I've a bit of a soft spot for platformers like Jetpack, and I'm glad I could accurately convey that feeling through this piece.
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Dillon To Drive Phoenix Racing's No. 51 At Vegas
Austin Dillon will drive the No. 51 Phoenix Racing Chevy in the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Tag Heuer will sponsor Dillon.
Phoenix Racing owner James Finch said:
Tag Heuer wanted to sponsor a race, and they've got some interaction with (Richard) Childress and them. They wanted to put Dillon in my car, and I said that's fine with me.
Regan Smith finished seventh in the season-opening Daytona 500 for Phoenix Racing, and AJ Allmendinger followed that up with an 11th-place finish in the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
Finch attributed the team's solid runs to the fact that the playing field is level with the new Generation 6 car. He said:
To everybody it's all brand new, but the big teams with all the money and technology will start taking over here before long. The car has more downforce to it, and they took some lead out of it. It's lighter, and there's more downforce. That makes it a really nice race car. I've got my third driver in a third race, and if we have a really good run there that will really speak volumes [about the team].
Finch's goal for Dillon is to finish the race in the top 15, and finish the race.
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Why focus on graded work? The Joint Promotion Committee and the Career Progression Committee look at multiple sources of evidence of teaching effectiveness, including direct measures of student learning. These are activities in which students demonstrate what they know, what they can do, how they have progressed toward course goals, and how they have been changed by instruction, a course, a program, etc. See Joint Promotion Committee Teaching Effectiveness Measures for the complete list of evidence categories. Quizzes, class exercises, homework, projects, papers, etc are all direct measures of student learning that could be used to document teaching effectiveness.
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SAN ANTONIO — The UTSA football program lost a friend recently with the passing of a young cancer patient by the name of Andres 'Andy' Pardo.
Jessica Rosales, a spokeswoman for the family, said that a visitation and viewing for Pardo will be held from 1-9 p.m. on Thursday, June 26 at Castillo Mission Funeral Home, 520 N. General McMullen.
Known on his Facebook page as "The Magnificent Andy Boy," Pardo died Friday morning at his home, surrounded by family and friends.
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Pardo's fight against osteosarcoma and lung cancer came to light in recent months when Rosales orchestrated a series of outings for him in the community.
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Brands and retailers are challenged to deploy supply chain strategies that truly connect today's loosely coupled supply networks and enable the visibility and agility necessary to meet growing demands.
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TradeCard, Inc., the supply chain collaboration and global trade platform used by more than 10,000 retailers, brands, manufacturers and service providers, will leverage its major presence at the Apparel Executive Forum this week to share best practices and strategies for end-to-end supply chain visibility. TradeCard Founder, Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer Kurt Cavano will participate in a supply chain workshop on globalizing the supply chain, where he will introduce TradeCard customer Luis Paez, CIO of Perry Ellis International.
Click here to view a case study on Perry Ellis's use of TradeCard to connect to suppliers and financial institutions on a cloud-based platform. http://www.tradecard.com/languages/EN/documents/perryellis_sourcinglogistics_april2011.pdf
The Apparel Executive Forum takes place October 1-3 at the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans.
"Brands and retailers are challenged to deploy supply chain strategies that truly connect today's loosely coupled supply networks and enable the visibility and agility necessary to meet growing demands," said Cavano. "Aggressive programs for fast fashion, omni-channel retail, RFID, DC bypass and mark-for-store goods can be key drivers of business growth. But if the right supply chain solutions and strategies aren't in place, these programs can result in immense pressure on the supply chain, leading to missed sales and markdowns. Connectivity and automation are essential capabilities for the successful deployment of these mission critical programs. It's important to get it right."
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Average MPS Teacher Compensation Tops $100k/year [Milwaukee, Wisconsin] MacIver News Service – For the first time in history, the average annual compensation for a teacher in the Milwaukee Public School system will exceed $100,000. That staggering figure was revealed last night at a meeting of the MPS School Board. The average salary for an MPS teacher is $56,500. When fringe benefits are factored in, the annual compensation will be $100,005 in 2011. MacIver's Bill Osmulski has more in this video report.
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"For 10 years, William Schmidt, a statistics professor at Michigan State University, has looked at how U.S. students stack up against students in other countries in math and science. .... by 12th-grade, we're at the bottom of the heap, outperforming only two countries, Cyprus and South Africa." www.enterstageright.com...
...Federal employees earn higher average salaries than private-sector workers....
Overall, federal workers earned an average salary of $67,691.... The average pay for the same mix of jobs in the private sector was $60,046 in 2008, the most recent data available....
These salary figures do not include the value of health, pension and other benefits, which averaged $40,785 per federal employee in 2008 vs. $9,882 per private worker, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. www.usatoday.com...
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Well, my mom is a second grade teacher and I think that all teachers deserve this pay. Teaching is a very tough and time consuming job and unless you've done it, or know someone who has done it, you never really know how much work goes into it. My mother is constantly working on lesson plans, grading papers, writing reports, coping with the stress factor that comes with the job.
I also believe that teaching is one of the most crucial jobs out there. Come on, what would you do without teachers? They deserve that salary.
By the way, teaching is a "highly skilled job".edit on 20-2-2011 by PlanterZ because: (no reason given)
I really want to hear your thoughts about what we can do to improve the system.
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Dewey's philosophy had evolved from Hegelian idealism to socialist materialism, and the purpose of the school was to show how education could be changed to produce little socialists and collectivists instead of little capitalists and individualists. It was expected that these little socialists, when they became voting adults, would dutifully change the American economic system into a socialist one.
In order to do so he analyzed the traditional curriculum that sustained the capitalist, individualistic system and found what he believed was the sustaining linchpin -- that is, the key element that held the entire system together: high literacy. To Dewey, the greatest obstacle to socialism was the private mind that seeks knowledge in order to exercise its own private judgment and intellectual authority. High literacy gave the individual the means to seek knowledge independently. It gave individuals the means to stand on their own two feet and think for themselves. This was detrimental to the "social spirit" needed to bring about a collectivist society. Dewey wrote in Democracy and Education, published in 1916:
When knowledge is regarded as originating and developing within an individual, the ties which bind the mental life of one to that of his fellows are ignored and denied.
When the social quaility of individualized mental operations is denied, it becomes a problem to find connections which will unite an individual with his fellows. Moral individualism is set up by the conscious separation of different centers of life. It has its roots in the notion that the consciousness of each person is wholly private, a self-inclosed continent. intrinsically independent of the ideas, wishes, purposes of everybody else.
In probability theory and statistics, a median is described as the numeric value separating the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one. If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values.[1][2]
An average is a single value that is meant to typify a list of values. If all the numbers in the list are the same, then this number should be used. If the numbers are not the same, the average is calculated by combining the values from the set in a specific way and computing a single number as being the average of the set. The most common method is the arithmetic mean but there are many other types of central tendency, such as median (which is used most often when the distribution of the values is skewed with some small numbers of very high values, as seen with house prices or incomes)
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Did you upgrade from Juno Email 5.XX to 8.8.1 and restore All the old 5.XX files to 8.8.1 and How?
Did you upgrade from Juno Email 5.XX to 8.8.1 and restore All the old 5.XX files to 8.8.1 and How?
Since the forced 5.XX to 8.8.1 Juno Email upgrade has anyone successfully recovered and loaded an XP System to another computers XP system? Such as, I like to keep a back up computer with the same files and folders. Im trying not to give up on this data saved since about 1990 but the winter challenge has me wondering if anyone has been successful in making this transition (saving all the old Data).
1. This was simple with 5X by loading 5X to the 2nd Comp. restore with a backup from the 1st comp..
2. This is not working or not allowed with 8.8.1 Internet Ver (files created in another Ver. is the error message).
3. Going to Juno 8X before the 8.8.1 was part of the original loading explained by Juno, is it still needed?
4. Juno Techs are telling me that 5X files and still on my computer, compatible in their folders vs the one now.
5. Im told I will have to search and find : Please note that the user folders "user00" and addrbook.nv files has the emails and address book contacts.
6. Were you able to get these files back to the order that you had them in (since about 1990 in my case)?
Finally the Juno tech suggested the following after my repeated tries.
"Please note that the user folders and addrbook.nv files has the
>> emails and address book contacts. You need to copy these files from
>> old computer to new computer. This is an alternate step to transfer
>> the data. For copying the data to CD or flash drive, you may need to
>> contact family members, friends or a local system technician. We
>> have a limited support and we are unable to assist on this regard".
Thanks In Advance For Any Help!
AFAIK I am still using JUNO 4.0 in WIN2000 on a H-P Vectra p3.
Right now the JUNO gnomes are forcing a download on me.
It is 72% loaded so far and I do not know what "improvements"
they have in mind. JUNO 4.0 is on a CD and does not require
"joint activation." Maybe they will take away my OLR (offline reader)
status. They did move my message archive to a mainframe cache.
What was once $5 per year is now $12 per month, even though I
do not use the web tab.
I am surprised that we all were not forced to the New 8.8.1 over 6-8 mo ago. My concern is to continue with Juno since I have data from about 1990. I have backups at least every 6 mo but what will they be compatible with?
The forced upgrade dumped over 1, 000 files that I hope were repetitive files. The approx 3,000 saved files were dumped into one recovered folder, vs 8-10 they were sorted into.
The Bottom Line is I put too much trust into this Software relater to Family History and Records vs Word or Etc.. A little comfort is that most Pics I sent were saved and edited in My Pics Folder before attaching them in Juno. Plus, a collection of old hard drives before the force upgrade (that will open on the drives vs going on line and allow them to upgrade).
Too Many Eggs In One Basket!
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Franchise news
Maaco President to honor Littleton franchisee
According to a report published on the website, bodyshopbusiness.com, record-breaking Littleton, Colo., Maaco operator Brian Greenley is to be honored by the franchise chain's president as the first center to achieve $4 million in sales.
In an interview, Maaco President David Lapps, said. "Brian has established by far the most successful Maaco franchise in history. His is truly a small business success story. In 1998, early in his Maaco career, Brian purchased a plot of land and constructed a state of the art facility. He quickly became one of just a handful of centers to achieve $2 million in sales. Then seven years ago, he was the first out of 450 and still the only one to reach $3 million. Incredibly, his sales have continued to increase every year, and in the just ended 52-week Maaco year he topped $4.1 million."
MAACO is one of the country's leading body shop businesses with just under 500 body shop locations across the continent. It provides auto paint and auto body repair services for over 12,000 vehicles a week. (kbp)
MAACO auto painting & bodyworks (USA)
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Source: Variety | Posted By: Dan Geer
Now this is some seriously interesting casting news! Today, Variety is reporting that Russell Crowe will be playing Jor-El, Superman's biological father from Krypton in Zack Snyder's upcoming film, Man of Steel! Read on for more!
It has been said that producer Christopher Nolan was searching for an A-List thespian for the role, which is exactly what was done in the original Richard Donner Superman film from 1978 when Godfather star Marlon Brando was famously cast in the role. Even though actors like Viggo Mortensen and Sean Penn (really?) wanted the part for Man of Steel, it was Crowe who ended up winning it in the end.
Russell Crowe joins Henry Cavill (as Superman/Clark Kent), Amy Adams (as Lois Lane) Kevin Costner and Diane Lane (as Superman's Earth parents), and Michael Shannon (as General Zod). Written by David S. Goyer, produced by Christopher Nolan, and directed by Zack Snyder – Man of Steel is set for theatrical release in December 2012. Head on over to Variety for the full article!


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Sat '15
Letter to Ezri: 9 months old
Dear Ezri,
Wow. It's hard to believe you've been on the outside for just as long as you were on the inside. These last 9 months have flown by so fast!!
You are such a big girl now I can't believe it's already time to say those words. You learned how to pull yourself to a standing position this month. You started pulling yourself up on my knee and then you progressed to the furniture. We've had to get rid of our coffee table because it was a very tempting item for you to hit your head on. You are on your feet more often than on your back. It's nuts. You even walk a little bit while holding onto the side of the couch.
You went camping for the first time this month. Your daddy and I weren't sure how you'd handle it, especially at night. However you proved us delighted when you slept well for 4/5 nights! It was the last night that you were up every 2 hours, so it's a good thing we were going home that day. I don't know if we would have stayed all 5 nights had you had a bad night to start off with. You hung out in your playpen jail during the day with lots of toys. We brought your jolly jumper and you enjoyed bouncing a lot. Grandma and grandpa even let you crawl around in their trailer because they knew how much you liked to explore. You got to bathe in their sink every night! You were SO excited about that and splashed SO much!! Grandma and I brought you down to the lake one day. You thought the water was a bit too cold. There wasn't a lot of sand to play with so we didn't spend any time at the beach.
You tried puffs for the first time and now you are a puff monster. You are getting really good at getting them directly in your mouth now. It makes me happy that you like them because they are one more step to solid food! You still LOVE your purées and baby cereals. I am getting a teeny bit more adventurous in what I'm giving you. You had a cracker and cream cheese and didn't gag, so that's a start. You even had a little bit of pancake. We might start giving you chunkier pieces of food soon. You are finally starting to show some signs of interest in foods other than purées. Ice cream will always be your favourite though.
Sleep is the same as ever. Average longest stretch is 3-4 hours at a time, but sometimes longer. I'm up with you 2-5 times a night. We might have to try harder at sleep training sometime soon because mama is getting tired little one. It's hard at night because you don't want anyone but me. If your daddy tries to soothe you, you just get more upset. It's time to start sleeping like a big girl!
Screaming and exploring your voice is definitely still one of your favourite things to do and I just think it's so cute. You also still love blowing raspberries. Lately you've begun making more sounds that actually sound like syllables. Ah, dah, du are all things you can get out, though I'd love to hear some ma ma sounds soon please.
You are a crawling monster but what is very cool is that you come when you're called. Although we don't quite think you know your name yet, you know the sound of our voices. You crawl right over to us and put your hands on our legs and stand up waiting to be picked up. You also crawl to the bath every night when you hear the water running. Smart baby.
You are almost 14lbs now and just sizing out of your 3-6 month clothing. It's just getting to be a little too short for you now. It's too bad because the 6 month clothing is still a bit big, but we know you will grow into them! You still fit into your swing, although your Daddy and I might be putting it away soon. You like to sit up in it instead of lay down and you even fell asleep sitting up and folded over on your legs. It was definitely a sight to see but I bet it wasn't comfy. The jolly jumper will stay out for awhile yet as you still love jumping!!
As ever, I am looking forward to seeing what new and exciting things you have planned for us in the upcoming month!!
Love you forever
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Vox 07-23-11
attacking Michele Bachmann and her husband on the Bill Maher show, making fun of her husband and describing horrible things they would like to do to her. This is the liberals, folks. Do we have a cartoonist at the paper who would like to do cartoons like that? This is what America has come to today; it's the 'you either agree with me or I will destroy you' mentality."
"Republicans raise narrow minded views about Barbara Kelly. They can't dispute her facts so they demean the person. How intellectually challenged. A manipulated conservative, who knows everything, stated he could write a better column, advocating the liberal point of view. If that caller understood the liberals' position, he would be a liberal, realizing that conservatives are prey to the elite and their greed."
"Setting an example is not the main means
of influencing another; it is the only means."
"I laugh at the people who say we are at 9.2 percent unemployment. We're well over that; we're into 13 to 14 percent. The problem with the government is they only report the people being paid unemployment insurance. Once you lose that unemployment pay you are no longer counted. Whether you have a job or not; they don't care. If the government is not paying them any longer, they don't exist."
"Why won't Bluffton Today print any Vox
calls criticizing Pulte and their management company for the disaster that used to be Sun City's indoor pool? These people have fumbled the ball. I have called twice and I know other people have done the same, but none are printed. Has Pulte paid off Bluffton Today so they don't get the bad publicity that they truly deserve?"
"There are three builders in Hampton Hall who preserve as many trees as possible when clearing lots for new homes. They obviously care a lot about the environment and our community. These builders are Tom Peeples, H2 and Milt Drewer..."


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Supersonic train Russia could use
Russia is ready to implement such innovative projects like bullet train Hyperloop, says the Ministry of transport. And Russian Railways had several months studying this project, devised by an eccentric American billionaire. Than Russian officials and businessmen carried away but this is still a futuristic idea and worth it to invest money?
Russia today, as no other country is ready to implement such a project like Hyperloop (hyperloop, or hyperpathia), said transport Minister Maxim Sokolov.
"If you let these trains to Nizhny Novgorod, this city has become a suburb of Moscow"
"As for the Hyperloop project, similar work is being done for a long time. If we assume some steps in this regard? In principle, Yes, and in our transport strategy till 2030 reflects the use of new developments in the field of transport, including new means of transport", – said the Minister.
"Similar work is underway for a long time, and not just in America. Of course, the project Elon musk is structured correctly to attract investors, including Russian, he has got some momentum recently," said Sokolov.
According to him, in the transport strategy until 2030 is aimed at creating corridors for development of high-speed communication, including with the use of new developments. For example, this train the message Moscow – St.-Petersburg. "There is a separate bar that will be reserved, and if there are investors and technology will be developed, including for passenger transport, not just trucks (that technology may be applicable)," – said Sokolov. "The same corridor laid in the direction of Sochi, in the ports of the Azov-black sea basin. This HSR project Moscow – Kazan, the corridor extends further to Beijing," – said Sokolov.
"Because all the projects are reflected in the scheme of transport planning, we are ready to offer them for this kind of project, it is important that the project has received recognition and has passed all necessary certification," he said.
Hyperloop is a superfast vacuum train. The idea is that in the pipes above the ground are moved in the vacuum ultra-fast capsule (train), capable of speeds up to 1,220 km per hour. To carry these capsules are at first still loads, and then, perhaps, and people.
Most interesting is that not only the Minister of transport considers this project a success for Russia. They have seriously interested in "Russian Railways". Recently it became known that experts of the Russian Railways a few months ago joined the working group, with the company developing Hyperloop One to study this technology. Literally 12 may, the U.S. successfully tested an engine designed for future vacuum trains. In Russia, this project already has fans with money. The project implements venture Fund Caspian VC Partners, established by Russian businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov (Summa).
In the Railways said that today, it is not about the project and about the concept, which now seems fantastic, but after a few years can become a reality. Prior to the implementation of a real project is still very far away. While it is not even known how much money may be involved.
The idea was invented by the billionaire Elon Musk, whose projects such as Tesla Motors (creation of electric vehicles) and SpaceX (the first private manufacturer of space rockets). Perhaps the most successful project Mask can be called the creation of PayPal. To make the electric car he managed, but inexpensive and mass – yet. With mass sending tourists into space case is also far from realization. Although designed reusable launch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9, as well as the reusable spacecraft Dragon. While Musk promises after nine years (2020-2025) to carry out a flight to Mars.
Hyperloop One – it is a concept, not a real project. The capsules disperse up to 1200 km per hour is also just a theory. When testing the power plant it was about twice lower speed is 560 km/h, in the pipe and almost no air, but it's still not a vacuum. "Its principle of operation is similar to the game air hockey: for every 5% the race pipe is magnetic razgonova station that is pushing it like a hand. Acceleration is not carried out along the entire length of the pipe that allows you to make operating costs low. The container moves by sliding on the air cushion without rails", – told RIA"news" managing Director of Caspian VC Partners William shore.
At the end of the year they promise to conduct full scale testing of pipe at the site in Nevada with a length of 3.2 km and the pipe is with a diameter of 3.3 meters, that is sufficient for the transport of people. According to the developers, capex per kilometer can range from 5 to 20 million dollars, depending on materials used and complexity of the route.
However, at first it is still on the carriage of goods and for a very short distance. So, the stories of the shore, the possibility to apply this technology in the port of Los Angeles for delivery and develop a rapid discharge of the load from the pipe as a whole.
And just when the technology will be successfully implemented at short distances, we can talk about long routes. "In this case, the technology will change the whole process of cargo delivery. For example, we would not need to be stored in the fridge somewhere near the manufacturing in China, then to marine vessels or trains to send them by batches to the market. Made a refrigerator – and it can theoretically be delivered to the customer tomorrow," says shore.
"This is a way to deliver goods from China to Europe in just 10 hours"
Further – more, this way you can deliver goods from China to Europe in just 10 hours. "Today, to ship a container from China to Hamburg by sea takes about seven weeks and costs about $ 700, and given the ports work – $ 1200. Railway shipping from China to Hamburg via Russia at high speed takes about two to three weeks, but is significantly more expensive," says shore. How much will it cost shipping for Hyperloop, he can't say yet.
And, apparently, only in the third stage we can talk about transportation of people in capsules. According to Shor, in Russia there are places where it would be possible to try the transportation of people to start at a distance of 100-150 km. for Example, if to allow such trains to Nizhny Novgorod, this city has become a suburb of Moscow, according to the investor.
It is not surprising that the Railways and the transport Ministry expressed interest in such a project. So the optimal solution of the main infrastructure issues for such a large country as Russia, and even from the point of view of its location between Asia and Europe, are able to dramatically accelerate its economic growth. The Russian company "the Sum" is also not by chance expressed interest in the Hyperloop. For her transport business is a major, and she hopes to use the technology in the Russian regions.
The developers are looking for investors for the development of their ideas. And Russia for that role fits perfectly. So they first appealed to the Railways for support. In the same Europe, for example, the problem of transportation is actually not worth it and so all is covered by high speed blades. Even China over the last 10-15 years has just managed to transform their road infrastructure, including rail.
However, whether it is worth the Railways and Russia interested in this project, isn't it a waste of time and resources? Isn't it better the "Russian Railways" to focus on solving current problems and objectives for the nearest future? When the prevalence in Russia of a simple high-speed trains of the type "Sapsan" in the whole country is virtually zero, about any vacuum pods can be discussed? Or such projects of the future and should do so at this time, to be first, not last, as, for example, in the history of the construction of high-speed transit?
"To deal with Russian Hyperloop is, after all, is a great way to attract investments to the country, perhaps in the form of a joint project, the first Vice-President of the Russian Union of engineers Ivan Andrievsky. – Our country is an excellent testing ground for unproven technologies in virtue of the difficult state of the transport system as a whole. It's attracting money, scientists, the creation of new jobs, the development of the logistics industry. Cannot give up technology, especially when the market has not yet formed. While there is only a partial prototypes for the project Elon musk, and that's all." In his opinion, Russia could work together with China to participate in the competition for the right to market share: Russia has the research potential, and China – financial and operational opportunities.
"Technology similar to the Hyperloop, have more chances of implementation in countries with a large territory, as the Russian Federation, and unfavorable climatic conditions. The magnetic levitation train, moving in a closed tube with the rarefied atmosphere, we will last much longer than conventional HSR or W/d structure," – said Andrievsky.
But engineers and designers will have to solve a large number of tasks. This technical vacuum to reduce friction in the tunnel and to provide great speed with less effort. Another problem is how to protect the object against penetration of small rodents and insects, which can easily disrupt any system, the expert said. "The accident on the transportation system, where the constant speed of the train is about 500 km per hour, and the final excess of 1,200 miles per hour, is really a serious problem," – said Andrievsky.
On the other hand, in Russia today, and so has limited resources to spend either on the project with the result still unclear and unclear costs. While this is a risky idea, which may not be realized due to technical, economic or other barriers.
"History of Russia in the last hundred years is the attempt to surprise everyone, to get ahead and become the best. But, unfortunately, we see that such approaches do not work, with rare exceptions. Given the current situation, it seems to me that the best way to invest in real problems, to solve the problems of today. And wait until you reach a particular decision when they are tested, and then decide," – said General Director of CJSC "Magistral" (a developer of systems for rail transport) Gennady Ratin.
After all, Russia already has a huge number of projects announced in the railway industry, which require billions of dollars of investment. It and development of high-speed lines and the modernization of Transsib and BAM.Related posts:


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|Investing in the Health Care Workforce
'Strengthening 21st Century Global Health Systems: Investing Strategically in the Health Care Workforce', Global Summit, New York City, USA - 13 October 2011.
This is a short video of the Summit convened by the New York University College of Nursing Global in partnership with the Global Health Workforce Alliance. 90 Foundation Presidents, Board Members, Leaders of Public and Private Organizations from across the world gathered in New York on 13 October 2011 to find solutions to the lack of investment and action by funders, foundations and institutions to address the severe shortage of health workers in developing countries.
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Djokovic and Serena Williams named ITF W
Djokovic, who ended a second successive year on top of the ATP rankings, successfully defended his Australian Open title, reached the final at the French Open and U.S. Open and claimed five other titles including the season-ending Tour Finals.
Britain's Murray was a strong contender for the honour after beating Djokovic at the U.S. Open to win his first major title after four losses in finals and claiming Olympic gold at Wimbledon, just weeks after reaching the grand slam final there in which he lost to an inspired Roger Federer.
"I am proud to have been named ITF World Champion for the second successive year," Djokovic, who dominated 2011 with three of the four grand slam titles, said in a statement on Tuesday.
"It was very difficult to follow up such a successful season in 2011, but it was extremely satisfying to win another grand slam title, reach two other major finals and finish the year at number one."
The 31-year-old Williams was unstoppable in the second half of 2012, winning Wimbledon, singles and doubles gold at the Olympics and the U.S. Open.
"It means a lot to be named ITF World Champion for the third time. It has been such an amazing experience this year to win the Olympics and two Grand Slam tournaments, and I look forward to having an awesome 2013," said the 15-times major winner.
Americans Bob and Mike Bryan were named men's doubles World Champions for the ninth time in 10 years after winning Olympic gold for the first time, while Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy, winners of the French Open and U.S. Open, became women's doubles World Champions for the first time.
Dutchwoman Esther Vergeer was named women's wheelchair World Champion for the 13th successive year after winning a fourth Paralympic gold. France's Stephane Houdet won the men's award.


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The Cross Stitch Project's mission is to use new media technology to connect teenage girls from Calcutta slum communities with peers in Atlanta to share creative and design talents, learn global enterprise and cross-cultural communication skills through fusion fashion projects.
The proceeds of this collaborative effort will support secondary education and vocational training for impoverished children in India, while giving them a voice and peers to hear that voice. For more information, please contact Elizabeth Strickler – email@example.com.
indieATL is initiative of the Digital Arts Entertainment Lab at Georgia State University.
Our mission is to promote independent artists and the music community, especially in Atlanta. We strive to make downtown an artistic and cultural destination. indieATL is a training ground for media-makers, learning production through real world experience. Students learn a variety of skills outside of the traditional classroom, including multiple camera shooting and editing, multi-track audio recording and mixing, encoding for the web. Currently, indieATL is featured on Comcast | Xfinity on Demand (check your local listings).
The Window Project is a curated new media installation space facing the southern end of Woodruff Park from the windows of the Digital Arts Entertainment Laboratory (DAEL). The infrastructure consists of six high definition projectors synchronized to create a rear-projection screen that stands over six feet high and spans over 80 feet in width and can be seen from any vantage point in Atlanta's central park and from the main pedestrian path of students of Georgia State University.
We invite the participation of local, national and international emerging and established moving image artists to submit current work reconfigured for six projectors around a curved surface or new work specifically created to take advantage of the multi-projector format. For more information about the submission process for your media work in this space, please contact Elizabeth Strickler – email@example.com.
In Media Res is dedicated to experimenting with collaborative, multi-modal forms of online scholarship. Our goal is to promote an online dialogue amongst scholars and the public about contemporary approaches to studying media. In Media Res provides a forum for more immediate critical engagement with media at a pace closer to how we experience mediated texts. Each weekday, a different scholar curates a 30-second to 3-minute video clip/visual image slideshow accompanied by a 300-350-word impressionistic response. We use the title "curator" because, like a curator in a museum, you are repurposing a media object that already exists and providing context through your commentary, which frames the object in a particular way. The clip/comment combination are intended both to introduce the curator's work to the larger community of scholars (as well as non-academics who frequent the site) and, hopefully, encourage feedback/discussion from that community. If you are interested in being a video curator, please contact us at: email@example.com
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Jagan Mohan reddy after his discharge from Vijayawada hospital came to Gannavaram and headed to Hyderabad, The opposition leader the other day early morning was forcibly shifted to government hospital by Guntur police after his days of fast. Doctors gave him fluids and YCP cheif was discharged from hospital after when his health condition improved.
Meanwhile the situation was tensed in Vijayawda after Jagan was discharged and YSRCP leader conducted a rally against TDP government reasonably. Now Jagan mohan reddy is in deep discussion to sort out how to make the invitation for Amaravathi attend. Senior leaders are asking Jagan to attend Amaravathi as TDP will take the chance if he doesn't just attend to defame him as the big time anti person for Amaravathi construction.
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What Lies Beneath
By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home
We all know the toilet needs to be cleaned regularly. We know the floors need to be swept. And when we neglect these chores, the consequences are evident: Stuff sticks to your feet when you walk through rooms and your toilet bowl develops that special ring of mold under the rim.
But what about those less-obvious things in our homes that don't scream at us to be cleaned? The lint behind and inside the dryer. The remote control. According to Food Safety News, a study of 30 vacuum cleaners found that half of them contained coliform fecal bacteria and 13 percent had E. coli. Food Safety News also reports that 65 percent of common colds are picked up from bacteria transferred through household items — such as remotes, light switches, doorknobs and faucet handles.
Erica Daugherty, office manager for The Maids of Albany, says when clients call for cleaning services, the Maids send a team of four in to give the house an initial deep clean. And we mean deep: the walls, the box spring, the light switches and that dreaded remote control.
"It's pretty comprehensive," she says. "It's a 22-step 'Healthy Touch' process that pretty much gets it all. It's a very, very detailed clean. After that, we maintain it on a regular schedule."
Not everyone can afford a team of four super-cleaners to execute a 22-step process on their hidden dirt, but Daugherty gave us some tips for when and how to keep some of the little things in check. "If you spread it out over time, it'll make your job easier in the end," she assures us.
Brace yourselves.
Remote Control
According to WebMD, the typical remote control holds 70 bacteria per square-inch. And Daugherty says the remote can get even ickier in the colder months, when everyone's more likely to be sniffly and huddled indoors. She recommends cleaning it "every one to two months, or, at the bare minimum, do it seasonally."
The (awesome) blog How to Clean Stuff, howtocleanstuff.net, offers these instructions for remote-cleaning: Take the batteries out and get a screwdriver. Unscrew the back half from the front, and separate all the pieces. Store the screws and batteries somewhere safe (where they won't roll away into oblivion) and gently pop the circuit board apart from the buttons. Use a cleaner that's made for electronics, or a bit of rubbing alcohol, and gently wipe the circuit board off, making sure no remnants of the swab you're using are left behind. Use another swab or an old toothbrush and, using a one-part-dish soap, two-part-water solution, give the buttons a good scrubbing. When they've dried, put everything back together. (The quick version of this is to not disassemble the remote, but use alcohol and cotton swabs to clean the button pad, and use a toothpick to get rid of any gunk in the crevices.)
If you've recently been renovating your home, you may want to vacuum your walls to clear away sticky sawdust, dust and other particles. But for regular upkeep, wiping down the walls with a gentle degreaser will keep walls clean and fingerprint-free. Wipe them down every three or four months.
The lint catcher can get pretty dusty, but Daugherty also warns of lint buildup behind your dryer, around the hoses. "It's important to check that occasionally," she says. It can be a fire hazard. As for the lint catcher, a little soap and water should do the trick, about every six months or so.
Front door
This is probably a heavily-trafficked area of your home. People bang boots on front doors to shake off snow and mud, hands grab handles and windows get peered into. Take a look at your door and clean as needed, Daugherty suggests. "We'll do that monthly to seasonally, depending on the amount of traffic you have," she says.
Light switches and door knobs
Clean these every one to two months. Light switches, doorknobs and remotes share a problem: A lot of people touch them, so be extra mindful of the switches and knobs (and remote) when someone in the house is sick.
That pull-out dust bucket is literally a haven for dirt and dust. So dumping and rinsing it each time you finish vacuuming will not only keep everything cleaner but also, Daugherty says, extend the life of your vacuum. And wash the filter every six weeks or so.
Box spring
Every spring and fall, your box spring and mattress need a good vacuuming. Don't forget to flip or rotate your mattress, too, a twice-annual chore that's good for mattress upkeep.
Top of your fridge
Just because no one sees it doesn't mean you can ignore it. "That's an area that gets
missed very often," Daugherty says. When the Maids go in for the big cleaning, they take all the clutter down from the top of the refrigerator and give it a good scrubbing. She recommends "at least every few months" reorganizing fridge-top clutter and wiping everything down.
"Some houseplants can get pretty dusty," says Daugherty. "Wipe them down seasonally every three or four months."
Purses, wallets, phones, debit cards
We're on our phones all day. And when we're not on them we're plopping them down on desks, counters, tables and wherever. According to Keeping it Kleen, a commercial food-safety program, 16 percent of cell phones have poop on them.
"You can get a lot of germs from your phone," Daugherty says. "I would clean it once a week, if not more." Your debit and credit cards, too, are probably being handled by several people a week, so a good weekly wipe will cut back on germs. Purses and wallets are vulnerable to dirt and contaminants as well, so remember to give the outside of your bag regular wipe-downs. (Many bags, Daugherty points out, can also be laundered.)
Cleaning your phone and credit cards can be a delicate process. For both smartphones and credit cards, use a microfiber cloth and a half-vinegar, half-water mixture. Be sure to dampen the cloth — don't spray the phone with anything — to minimize risk of ruining the phone with liquid. For older phones, GeekSugar.com recommends buying special solutions such as iKlear (which costs around $20) or making your own cleaner using 40/60 water-to-alcohol mixture.


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* CompleteMonster: [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr. Douglas Grey]] and [[KillerCop Sheriff Ryan]] are two {{sadist}}ic {{serial killer}}s and [[SerialRapist rapists]] who have destroyed countless lives for their depraved gratification. When Doug killed his first victim [[TeensAreMonsters when he was 16]], Ryan eagerly participated. They used the basement of a nearby cabin to keep their female victims alive for weeks, raping them repeatedly and filming it before finally killing them. They also used Doug's position as the [[PsychoPsychologist warden of a mental asylum]] to rape the inmates there, knowing that nobody would believe them. Doug and Ryan seemed to get off not only on the rapes but the power it gave them over their victims, with both noting that it made them [[AGodAmI feel like gods]].
* CriticProof: The film made back over three times its budget, but currently holds only a 14% rating at Website/RottenTomatoes.


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A Ret Paladin Preview of 5.0.4
Fellow Ret Paladins, you've been summoned. Come patch day the majority of you will experience a new dawn, a new rise of the Ret Paladin. They will play different from what you are used to with many changes below. This is a recap of the changes that you will face on patch day and it will serve as a summary. I will not be including anything with level 86-90, this purely is about 85 and patch day expectancies. More in-depth posts about the following can be found across the web and you'll be certain to see guides on MMO-Champion in the dedicated section.
So what major things have changed:
- The Talent System has been completely re-hauled and each spec has received many appropriated spells and abilities (discussed below).
- All Paladins have had auras removed.
- Judgements of the Bold has been changed. This means that Judgement no longer returns mana, this will be fixed with a new passive: Sword of Light (explained in abilities section).
- You can now have up to 5 Holy Power, the Holy Power bar has also been changed to accommodate this change (Boundless Conviction).
- You can now only gain spell damage from 50% attack power and no other source.
- Ret Paladins can only use: Word of Glory, Flash of Light and Lay on Hands to heal themselves (or others). Holy has taken all other heals.
Some useful mechanic changes that you should take note of:
- Glancing blows can potentially happen approximately 24% of the time on auto-attacks. A glancing blow deals 75% damage and cannot crit (mobs 3+ levels higher).
- Abilities such as: Crusader Strike, Judgment and Templar's Verdict are all melee attacks, so they will use your Melee Crit and Hit %. (Auto-attacks also follow this rule) You will need expertise as they can be dodged or parried. Hammer of Wrath (Holy damage) and can be dodged, but not parried but Expertise and Hit affects it.
- This regards Exorcism: Spells do not have partial or full resists. All damaging spells do 200% damage when they Crit (this was 150% for spells). This realistically would be affecting your Exorcism only, Please note Exorcism uses the Spell Crit and Hit %. It cannot be dodged, parried, or blocked.
Talent System:
As you may be already aware, there will be 6 talents in total, earning a new talent every 15 levels. This re-cap will mention 5 of these talents (the 6th tier is un-locked at 90)
You may choose 1 of the following talents per tier, you can always change your mind by purchasing a regent to remove your choice:
Tier 1 (lvl 15) - Choice of Movement you want:
Your choice here will depend greatly on the requirements of the encounter as each has a different way of affecting your movement.
Tier 2 (lvl 30) – Your Control of your opponent/enemy:
This is a matter of personal preference in most cases.
Tier 3 (lvl 45) – Choice of Healing:
This may be an easy enough choice, but Sacred Shield would be arguably better in dungeon/raid environments. Whereas Selfless Healer I find to be better during solo content, but is great as a support heal. Eternal Flame probably is not worth it for a ret pala.
Tier 4 (lvl 60) – Choice of Utility:
It's hard to tell which will be more beneficial at the moment. Hand of Purity could be great reducing damage during an encounter, whereas Clemency could provide two essential Hands. Unbreakable Spirit might even reduce your Lay on Hands of other spells for great results.
Tier 5 (lvl 75) – Choice of Extra Damage:
There seems to be only a small difference between easy talent. Holy Avenger seems to be coming out at top though if you like knowing when to use a cd this is for you. If you prefer RNG go for Divine Purpose as you are used to it from Cata and Sanctified Wrath allows more pewpew during wings.
Several abilities will have changed icons. Along with gaining new abilities from the above talent tiers, Ret Paladins also experience the following changes:
New/Changed Spells:
Hammer of the Righteousness (New) - The Protection spec ability now also belongs to Ret and will be used for our aoe arsenal. Upon striking an enemy they receive Weakened Blows, which reduces their physical damage by 10%, lasts 30 seconds.
Emancipate (New) - This spell is learnt at level 54. It costs 15% base mana and is instant cast and costs a gcd. It removes 1 movement impairing effect.
Exorcism - Is now instant cast and has a 15 second cooldown and grants 1 charge of Holy Power.
Templar's Verdict - Now costs 3 Holy Power.
Divine Storm - This spell now costs 3 Holy Power and no longer heals you or others and no longer generates 1 Holy Power.
Judgement - Now has a 30 yard range without talents. Cooldown is lowered to 6 seconds. Your Judgement now cause Physical Vulnerability. The effect linked also gives 1 Holy Power every time to cast Judgement.
Seal of Justice - Re-designed. Melee attacks now reduce the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 seconds, basically a slow.
Seal of Command (New) - Learned at level 3. This Seal is replaced by Seal of Truth later on.
Inquisition - Now grants 10% additional crit for the duration. It also lasts 10 seconds per charge of Holy Power (down from 12). Inquisition can clip to provide additional seconds when refreshed (generally when refreshed with approx 2 seconds left).
Cleanse - has an 8 second cooldown but will not be incurred if you do not actually dispel anything, it will cost you your mana though.
Blessing of Kings - no longer provides 5% Stamina and extra magicial resistance.
Blessing of Might - now grants mastery instead of increased mana regen and attack power.
Devotion Aura (New) - is a defensive raid cooldown. Which overs 20% magic damage reduction, also immunity to silence and movement interrupt effects. It is a mix between Aura Mastery (Holy) and Divine Guardian (Prot).
Passives (New/Changed):
Sword of Light (New) - Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 10%. Spell power is now equal to 50% of your attack power, and you no longer benefit from other sources of spell power. Increases the healing done by Word of Glory and Flash of Light by 30%. Lastly with the change to Judgements of the Bold this passive will also grant 6% of your maximum mana every 2 sec.
Boundless Conviction (New) - Passive ability granted to all Paladins. It increases Holy Power capacity to 5 (from 3). Abilities that cost Holy Power can still only consume a maximum of 3 Holy Power.
Art of War (New) - This was a talent and slightly changed. It no longer increases Exorcism's damage but makes it instant cast. This passive is not normalized (Faster weapon speed = more auto-attacks).
Heart of the Crusader (New) - Basically Crusader Aura but now passive, granting 20% mount speed.
Supplication (New) – After killing an enemy which can grant experience or honour, for 8 seconds your next Flash of Light will be critical.
Sanctity of Battle (New) – Melee haste effects lower the cooldown of: Judgement, Crusader Strike, Hammer of the Righteousness, Exorcism and Hammer of Wrath. Sanctity of Battle also reduces the GCD of those abilities.
Judgements of the Bold (New) - This passive allows your Judgement to cause a physical vulnerability and give 1 Holy Power.
Removed Spells:
Consecration, Holy Wrath and Divine Plea are removed from Ret. Auras and Zealotry (Holy Avenger is like this spell) have been removed from the game.
Single Target:
Holy Power = HP
Inquisition with 3 HP > Templar's Verdict when capped at 5 HP > Exorcism > Hammer of Wrath > Crusader Strike > Judgement > Templar's Verdict with 3 HP (if you took Divine Purpose talent, this is also the time to use the effect).
Inquisition with 3 HP > Divine Storm when capped at 5 HP > Exorcism > Hammer of Wrath > Hammer of the Righteousness > Judgement > Divine Storm with 3 HP (if you took Divine Purpose talent, this is also the time to use the effect)
The difference between the two are:
Use Templar's Verdict on single target, use Divine Storm on 2+ targets.
Use Crusader Strike on single target, use Hammer of the Righteousness on 2+ targets.
Stats are still widely are being debated, so don't take the below as final:
It is expected that on patch day: Hit = Expertise > Mastery > Haste > Crit
However these changes slightly come MoP: Hit*= Expertise > Haste > Mastery > Crit
Please once again be aware this is still being highly debated and you may join the discussion in the Paladin forums.
Please note that many glyphs will be changing along with the addition of new glyphs and the removal of Prime Glyphs.
From Vanderhuge:
The safe bets are going to be Templar's Verdict, Double Jeopardy, Mass Exorcism, and Harsh Words. My suggestion would be to swap between ME for heavy AoE encounters (Yor, Hag, Spine, Mad) and Harsh Words for those situational ranged moments (Mor, Zon, War). Also note that you probably won't even need it for Morchok if Hand of Purity works for Black Blood of the Earth.
In regards to Seal of Truth glyph:
BiS profile has Seal of Truth at 2200 DPS and Censure at 4300 DPS, a total of 6500 DPS.. With a 30% boost on SoT and a 50% reduction on Censure, we get:
2200 x 1.3 = 2860
6500 x 0.5 = 3250
For a grand total of 6110, a loss of about 400 DPS. While this will certainly be fairly awesome for killing things quickly (example: leveling to 90), it's not a gain for sustained damage.
This concludes the summary of changes for the Ret Paladin for Patch 5.0.4.


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Full schedule of events on tap for PH Fourth of July Festival
Published 8:00 pm, Tuesday, June 29, 2004
"There's something for everybody," said festival committee member Elaine Reinke. "There's a variety of things in the flea market, and we're putting together a schedule for when the machinery demonstrations of the saw mill, corn sheller, corn shredder, working horse-drawn fire engine, and shingle mill will take place."
Doug Davis, member of the Port Hope Amvets Hall, said the festival's activities and events are all aimed at attracting families to come to Port Hope.
"It's something for the whole family - that's why I think it's a good thing," Davis said. "I know our family makes it a point to come up to Port Hope on the Fourth of July and our extended family also because of the parade, tractor pull and other things that have been handed down over the years and are a gathering for the family."
Reinke said the newest addition to Port Hope's Fourth of July Festival will be a petting zoo.
"We'll be having a petting zoo at 10 a.m. Saturday on the school grounds," she said. "We haven't had a petting zoo in quite some time, so this'll be something new for us."
Other family events include dairy farm tours from noon to 4:30 p.m. Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, as well as kids games on Saturday at the school grounds starting at 1:30 p.m.
"It's such a fun time here in Port Hope," said festival committee member Vicki Koglin. "It's nice for people who've grown up here to come back to the area."
Another event that Koglin mentioned is the weekend-long Outdoor Flea Market.
"It's a huge flea market with lots of displays/exhibits and you won't find that anywhere else," Koglin said. "But the huge thing is the amount of people who are here that weekend - the campgrounds are full and everybody has their family home."
Reinke said the flea market's gates will open at 8 a.m. Friday.
"It's large, we fill up a softball and a baseball field," she said. "Exhibitors can reserve a 20x20 spot for $15 and that's for the whole weekend, not just for one day."
Late entries for the flea market are welcome and for more information, or to reserve a booth, contact Reinke at (989) 428-4838.
Also on Friday, Reinke said, is the first game of the festival's weekend-long softball tournament which will take place at noon. The final game will be played some time before the parade on Sunday. For information about the tournament, call (989) 428-3583.
In addition to the dairy farm tours and softball tournament, Davis said Friday will have the entertainment of the Tenbusch Brothers at the Country/Polka Dance, hosted by the Port Hope Amvets Hall. The event will run from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.
"The Amvets are having the 4th of July dance to kick this weekend off," Davis said. "We're very excited about it - we've always had a good turnout."
Davis said the organization has always supported the Port Hope 4th of July Festival and is looking forward to the Friday night event. For more information about the Country/Polka Dance, call (989) 428-4520.
Saturday will be an action-packed day with activities starting at 7 a.m. at the school where a breakfast will be served. Saturday morning's breakfast is one of the many meals that Reinke said will be offered during the festival.
"We have plenty of good food so they don't have to go home and cook when they leave here," she said.
The breakfast at the school will run until 10 a.m. It also will take place at the school from 7-10 a.m. Sunday.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Reinke said a pictorial postal cancellation will once again take place at the school.
"We've been doing (the postal cancellation) for years now, and it's just part of our show," she said. "It will probably be a rural scene, like a barn or piece of farm equipment, and will be on display at the school."
Also on Saturday at the Grindstone-Port Hope Sportsmen's Club, the festival's horseshoe tournament will take place at 1 p.m. Mike Reinke, the tournament's coordinator, said there is a $5 entry fee and registration will be from 9 a.m.
to noon.
"Depending on how many places we have, we'll have two classes and there will be t-shirts given out to the winners of the two divisions," he said.
"There's no age limit, but parents should be at registration with their children."
Mike Reinke said the tournament has been around since 1986 and it's traditionally played during the Fourth of July Festival. For more information about the horseshoe tournament, call Mike Reinke at (989) 428-3502.
The tractor pull, another fun-for-the-whole-family event, is scheduled to take place at the same time that day on the school grounds. To register, or for more information, call Al McTaggart at (989) 428-4525.
Koglin said the festival's fireworks display, her favorite festival event, will take place at dusk on Saturday.
At 10:30 a.m. Sunday, The Calvarymen Singers will perform in the school gym, following the service that Reinke said the public is welcome to attend.
"It's a group of men that are very well tuned and they sing a variety of gospel songs," Reinke said. "They've been coming here for a long time." A car show also will be available to the public that day from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with food available all day long. For more information, contact Charles Miller at (989) 428-4293.
The big parade at 2 p.m. Sunday will bring the festival to an end and Elaine Reinke estimated the parade should last until about 3 p.m.
Though there is no admission price for the events off school grounds, Reinke said activities at the school will be $2 for people over 16.
"Everybody else gets in free," Reinke said. "That is just for the events at the school."
Koglin is expecting a large turnout and a satisfied crowd during the festival weekend.
"It's just grown to be a huge gathering," Koglin said. "It's a real social event.


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Aprill Brandon column: It's a curl thing
April 6, 2010 at 10:03 p.m.
Updated April 6, 2010 at 11:07 p.m.
Ladies and gentlemen, I think I have found my soul mate.
No, I don't mean my new husband, you goofballs. Pffft...yeah right.
Of course, don't get me wrong. I "love" my husband. He's great and junk. But what I'm talking about is a much deeper connection, a much more satisfying experience that can change everything you ever knew about yourself.
What I'm talking about is a once-in-a-lifetime, monumental, earth-shattering, practically divine relationship that most women never find and yet search for their entire lives.
What I'm talking about is that I have found...(ragged breath)...excuse me, I just get so emotional when I talk about this...I have found...my hair stylist.
Ahh! Right!? This is huge news, folks. While I realize that at least one of the two standard genders found on this planet probably have no idea why I'm so excited, the rest of you know exactly what a huge deal this is. Finding your hair stylist, not just a hair stylist, but "your" hair stylist, is right up there with winning the lottery, curing cancer or losing weight without even trying.
Her name is Stacy and, quite frankly, I love her. I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say she's the best thing to happen to my hair since sky-high '80s bangs went out of style. I truly believe it had to be nothing short of divine intervention that led me to her chair that fateful Friday afternoon. And by divine intervention, what I mean is that I called up the hair salon and said, "Who's free Friday?" And they said, "Stacy." And I said, "Cool."
For most women, going to get your hair cut is a nerve-racking experience, especially if you're doing it with a hair stylist you've never gone to before. That's how things like the Mini-Mullet Disaster of '03 happen. You go in wanting to look like Audrey Hepburn and come out looking like a reject backup dancer from Billy Ray Cyrus' world tour.
So there was no shortage of trepidation on my part. My past history with hair stylists is spotty at best. There was Melissa, my very first hair stylist, but she was on loan from my mother and as such I spent the majority of the years from 1988 to 1994 looking like Maria Jr. There was Sandra, who when I said, "just take a couple of inches off," heard, "whack off eight inches and give me a shag cut." And of course, there was Jen. She was a sweet kid. But, alas, we had to break up after the Brady Mom Haircut Incident of '99.
*Editor's note: Names of former hair stylists have been changed to prevent scissor-related injuries to the author.
But Stacy, oh, sweet, sweet Stacy. How I can I describe this razor-wielding goddess?
First of all, she offered me hooch. I was just sitting there flipping through a December '08 Cosmo while I waited for her to finish her last appointment, when, just like in the movies, the clouds parted, angels started singing and I heard, "Would you like some wine while you wait?"
The way to a man's heart may be through his stomach, but the way to a stressed-out journalist's heart is most definitely through the offer of free booze.
Secondly, she had that whole scalp-massage shampooing thingy down to an art. She did this one thing where she rubbed my temples with the palm of her hands and I am not kidding when I say it almost made me get down on one knee and propose to the woman, my new marital status be damned.
Then the cutting began and I watched myself transform in the mirror. She knew when I said I wanted, "you know, swoop-y bangs," exactly what I was talking about.
And as if all that wasn't enough to ensure my life-long loyalty, she used this product on my hair that I am convinced was made out of unicorns and rainbows because of how soft and silky and shiny it made my hair.
So to all you ladies out there, I just want you to know that if you haven't found your hair stylist yet, don't give up hope. He or she is out there somewhere. And when you find them, trust me, you'll know.
Chances are good they'll offer you free hooch.
Aprill Brandon is a reporter for the Advocate. Her bangs now swoop with the best of 'em.


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What's new in this version (1.5.1):
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