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Little William Tyrrell disappeared from his Nana's home on the NSW Mid-North coast at about 10:30am on Friday the 12th September 2014. He was 3-years-old at the time and wearing a Spider-Man costume.
The police believe William could still be alive! He could be anywhere!
William's family and friends are heartbroken not knowing what has happened to their little boy so we're reaching out to everyone asking them to help find William and bring him home.
Somebody may have seen something or might know something about William's disappearance. Even the smallest piece of information that someone may think is unimportant may be the critical missing piece in the puzzle that can help Police find William and bring him home.
The Where's William? website provides detailed information about William including original photographs and videos that have been release by Police hoping this information will prompt a memory for someone who might have seen or heard something on the day William disappeared and at any time since. Any information is good information, so if you know anything at all that might relate to William's disappearance please don't keep it a secret.
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You can wear your ribbon, t-shirt or cap during Where's William? Week 12-18 September, at a Where's William event such as a 'Tea 4 William Tyrrell', 'Where's William? Cake Stall' or during a registered 'Walk 4 William'. All proceeds enable the Where's William? Campaign to spread the word to help bring William home to his family.


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Secret Emulation Menu Revealed On New PlayStation Classic
PlayStation Classic Console hacked and secret emulator menu accessed on day one of release to the public leaves gamers quite happy.
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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Sacramento Kings - 1/15/14
Sacramento Kings (13-22) at Minnesota Timberwolves (18-19)
NBA Basketball: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 8:00 pm (Target Center)
The Line: Minnesota Timberwolves -10 -- Over/Under: 215 See the Latest Odds
The Sacramento Kings and the Minnesota Timberwolves battle it out at the Target Center tonight.
With three straight wins, the Kings would have been pretty confident heading into Indiana last night but received a real wake-up call as they got thumped by 116-92. DeMarcus Cousins had a massive night of 31 points and 13 rebounds, while Rudy Gay added 12, but no one else even finished in double digits in scoring as the Kings struggled against the league's best defensive team. The margin of loss comes as somewhat of a surprise as the Kings looked good in their last three wins, especially in the 124-80 win over the Cavs on Monday, but that just goes to show how inconsistent the young Kings can be.
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Meanwhile, the Timberwolves are coming off a big loss of their own after getting trounced by the Spurs by 104-86 on Monday. Nikola Pekovic continued his hot streak with 22 points on 10 of 15 shooting, but Kevin Love disappointed with just 14 points on three of 14 shooting while Kevin Martin shot two of 12 for his seven points. As a team, the Wolves shot a measly 35 percent from the field so I'm actually surprised they didn't lose by 30 or more. With the loss, Minnesota drop to 18-19 overall and 7-12 on the road.
In ATS trends, the Kings are 4-1 ATS in their last five games following a loss and 6-15-1 ATS in their last 22 games against a team with a losing record, while the Wolves are 4-0 ATS in their last four games against a team with a losing record and 24-7-1 ATS in their last 32 games following a loss.
The Kings have got to be one of the most frustrating teams to bet on or against and the Wolves aren't far behind so this one is tricky. I'm tempted to just sit on the fence and offer a play on the score going over or under, but I actually have a feeling the Kings will rebound from last night and keep this game close, or at least within single digits...


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Well, my Surface Tablet arrived one day early. It was due on Melbourne Cup Day, a public holiday here in Australia and it was delivered the day before. The packaging was first class. My neighbor an Apple fan suggested Microsoft was emulating Apple in this regard.
I unpacked it and sure enough the Touch Cover attached with a resounding click to the tablet.
Opening the fold-out stand was simple and in no time it was ready to go.
Setting Up Surface
The Surface's battery was obviously charged so I was able to power it up immediately. I tailored the Surface to my requirements and then it was all go.
The Touch Screen was easier to use than I imagined, much better than the touch screen on my older ASUS All-in-one.
Power Connection
Paul Thurrott, in a recent blog, makes a big issue about the magnetic power connection to the Surface. I found it no such trouble. Charging took no time.
Onuora worries about the storage capacity of the 32 GB Surface tablet. Using the updated Task Manager I checked to see the amount of storage the RT operating system and Office 2013 use on the hard drive.
At present this is not a big issue for me as I use SkyDrive to store files and know that I can plug in an USB Stick to access Music files and so on. If I'm desperate I'll probably uninstall any unwanted Apps.
Later, I'll purchase a Micro SD 64GB and add it to the Surface.
Finding an App quickly With all the hundreds of Apps available it takes time to scroll through the different categories. If you have a type of App in mind you can use Search to see if one is available.
- Open the Store Apps.
- Access the Search Charm.
- Type in the type of App you want.
- Select the App.
Of course, the Apple iPad crowd laugh at the scarcity of Microsoft Apps but Microsoft will surely catch up. Personally I'm quite happy with the ones already available.
The Touch Cover
The Touch cover works fine with each keystroke audible. It was easy to use BUT my biggest beef about it is the lack of clear separation between certain keys. The Space Bar and the Touch Pad and its left and right buttons have no clear definition. The other keys are clearly identified.
Maybe the fault is mine as I chose the black touch cover rather than one of the coloured versions. In a brightly lit interior no problem, but in a darkened environment it's hard to distinguish them.
So what can I do to make these keys easier to see? I'm considering drawing a white line in the separations.
Charms Keys and the Touch Cover
One of the best features of the Touch cover is the four keys – Search, Share, Device and Settings. Using them beats the touch screen hollow!
The USB Port
The USB port is so useful. I have a USB Hub with several USB sockets. I plugged it in to the Surface and added a USB mouse, a USB stick and a USB Hard Drive. All worked faultlessly.
Need Some Help
In my earlier blogs on Windows 8 I sang the praises of Microsoft Support. Once more I commend this website to those who are struggling. You can visit their website using the following address: http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-AU/support/get-started/walkthrough/welcome-to-surface
As there are no books about Surface, to my knowledge, and you get minimal documentation with it from Microsoft, here you will get solid information about its many features. You will be presented with this screen.
Selecting No takes you through a step-by-step guide to set up your new Microsoft Surface. If you've already achieved a successful setup select Yes. You will a complete rundown on all of Surface's features.
To sum up!
I have no regrets about buying the Surface Tablet. It is a useful addition to my stable of computers – notepad, desktop and All-in-0ne touch screen computer. The Surface gives me better access my eBook collection and the games I like to play.
Its few shortcomings are compensated by me have alternative computers to use.
My Apple inclined neighbor, who was keen to see and touch it, suggested the Surface is neither a laptop nor a tablet. He called it a Hybrid.
When you think about it, perhaps this is an apt description as the Tablet has a foot in both camps.
All things considered, I am happy with my Surface. As time goes by I expect to take it to its full potential.


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This year IGN is going to be all over PAX. Where can you see us this year? Check out all of our big events below:
IGN's PAX Party and Indie Showcase
"Join IGN at Rock Bottom Brewery in downtown Seattle on Saturday the 31st for a night of drinks, food, games and Greg Miller scaring small children! We've partnered up with Midnight City, a brand new indie publishing company from former IGN Editor In Chief Casey Lynch and we'll be showing off tons of games they'll be publishing. IGN's own Greg Miller, Daemon Hatfield, Mitch Dyer, Jose Otero, Sean Finnegan, Tim Geddes and Sean Allen will be hanging out all night, drinking, gaming, and partying with the IGN community. (When you see Mitch, make sure to talk to him about the finer points of Boy Meets World, he loves it!)"
Where: Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery, 1333 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101 When: Saturday 8/31 7PM - 11PM Pacific Time.
The event is first come first serve, get there early to reserve yourself a spot. The event is also all ages, so bring the whole family down!
IGN Game Scoop! Presents 5 Wild Next-Gen Predictions
"Join Daemon, Greg, Mitch, Jose and a few special friends as they sit down, record a podcast, and discuss what the next generation of games means to you. They'll also probably ramble about nonsense and shout a lot… OK, that last part will mostly be Greg."
Where: Serpent Theatre When: Monday 9/2 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Sean Allen is IGN's Community Manager and Social Media Robocop. He is currently trying to decide if Miley Cyrus would be a Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. Be sure to follow him Sean on Twitter to help him decide.


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Cancers are primarily an environmental disease with 90–95% of cases attributed to environmental factors and 5–10% due to genetics. Environmental, as used by cancer researchers, means any cause that is not inherited genetically, not merely pollution. Common environmental factors that contribute to cancer death include tobacco (25–30%), diet and obesity (30–35%), infections (15–20%), radiation (both ionizing and non-ionizing, up to 10%), stress, lack of physical activity, and environmental pollutants.
It is nearly impossible to prove what caused a cancer in any individual, because most cancers have multiple possible causes. For example, if a person who uses tobacco heavily develops lung cancer, then it was probably caused by the tobacco use, but since everyone has a small chance of developing lung cancer as a result of air pollution or radiation, then there is a small chance that the cancer developed because of air pollution or radiation.
Further information: Alcohol and cancer and Smoking and cancer
The incidence of lung cancer is highly correlated with smoking.
Cancer pathogenesis is traceable back to DNA mutations that impact cell growth and metastasis. Substances that cause DNA mutations are known as mutagens, and mutagens that cause cancers are known as carcinogens. Particular substances have been linked to specific types of cancer. Tobacco smoking is associated with many forms of cancer, and causes 90% of lung cancer.
Many mutagens are also carcinogens, but some carcinogens are not mutagens. Alcohol is an example of a chemical carcinogen that is not a mutagen. In Western Europe 10% of cancers in males and 3% of cancers in females are attributed to alcohol.
Decades of research has demonstrated the link between tobacco use and cancer in the lung, larynx, head, neck, stomach, bladder, kidney, esophagus and pancreas. Tobacco smoke contains over fifty known carcinogens, including nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Tobacco is responsible for about one in three of all cancer deaths in the developed world, and about one in five worldwide. Lung cancer death rates in the United States have mirrored smoking patterns, with increases in smoking followed by dramatic increases in lung cancer death rates and, more recently, decreases in smoking rates since the 1950s followed by decreases in lung cancer death rates in men since 1990. However, the numbers of smokers worldwide is still rising, leading to what some organizations have described as the tobacco epidemic.
Cancer related to one's occupation is believed to represent between 2–20% of all cases. Every year, at least 200,000 people die worldwide from cancer related to their workplace. Most cancer deaths caused by occupational risk factors occur in the developed world. It is estimated that approximately 20,000 cancer deaths and 40,000 new cases of cancer each year in the U.S. are attributable to occupation. Millions of workers run the risk of developing cancers such as lung cancer and mesothelioma from inhaling asbestos fibers and tobacco smoke, or leukemia from exposure to benzene at their workplaces.
Diet and exercise
Diet, physical inactivity, and obesity are related to approximately 30–35% of cancer deaths.[2][20] In the United States excess body weight is associated with the development of many types of cancer and is a factor in 14–20% of all cancer deaths. Physical inactivity is believed to contribute to cancer risk not only through its effect on body weight but also through negative effects on immune system and endocrine system.
Diets that are low in vegetables, fruits and whole grains, and high in processed or red meats are linked with a number of cancers. A high salt diet is linked to gastric cancer, aflatoxin B1, a frequent food contaminate, with liver cancer, and Betel nut chewing with oral cancer. This may partly explain differences in cancer incidence in different countries for example gastric cancer is more common in Japan with its high salt diet and colon cancer is more common in the United States. Immigrants develop the risk of their new country, often within one generation, suggesting a substantial link between diet and cancer.
Worldwide approximately 18% of cancer deaths are related to infectious diseases. This proportion varies in different regions of the world from a high of 25% in Africa to less than 10% in the developed world. Viruses are the usual infectious agents that cause cancer but bacteria and parasites may also have an effect.
A virus that can cause cancer is called an oncovirus. These include human papillomavirus (cervical carcinoma), Epstein-Barr virus (B-cell lymphoproliferative disease and nasopharyngeal carcinoma), Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (Kaposi's Sarcoma and primary effusion lymphomas), hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses (hepatocellular carcinoma), and Human T-cell leukemia virus-1 (T-cell leukemias). Bacterial infection may also increase the risk of cancer, as seen in Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric carcinoma. Parasitic infections strongly associated with cancer include Schistosoma haematobium (squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder) and the liver flukes, Opisthorchis viverrini and Clonorchis sinensis (cholangiocarcinoma).
Up to 10% of invasive cancers are related to radiation exposure, including both ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation. Additionally, the vast majority of non-invasive cancers are non-melanoma skin cancers caused by non-ionizing ultraviolet radiation.
Sources of ionizing radiation include medical imaging, and radon gas. Radiation can cause cancer in most parts of the body, in all animals, and at any age, although radiation-induced solid tumors usually take 10–15 years, and can take up to 40 years, to become clinically manifest, and radiation-induced leukemias typically require 2–10 years to appear. Some people, such as those with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome or retinoblastoma, are more susceptible than average to developing cancer from radiation exposure. Children and adolescents are twice as likely to develop radiation-induced leukemia as adults; radiation exposure before birth has ten times the effect. Ionizing radiation is not a particularly strong mutagen. Residential exposure to radon gas, for example, has similar cancer risks as passive smoking. Low-dose exposures, such as living near a nuclear power plant, are generally believed to have no or very little effect on cancer development. Radiation is a more potent source of cancer when it is combined with other cancer-causing agents, such as radon gas exposure plus smoking tobacco.
Unlike chemical or physical triggers for cancer, ionizing radiation hits molecules within cells randomly. If it happens to strike a chromosome, it can break the chromosome, result in an abnormal number of chromosomes, inactivate one or more genes in the part of the chromosome that it hit, delete parts of the DNA sequence, cause chromosome translocations, or cause other types of chromosome abnormalities. Major damage normally results in the cell dying, but smaller damage may leave a stable, partly functional cell that may be capable of proliferating and developing into cancer, especially if tumor suppressor genes were damaged by the radiation. Three independent stages appear to be involved in the creation of cancer with ionizing radiation: morphological changes to the cell, acquiring cellular immortality (losing normal, life-limiting cell regulatory processes), and adaptations that favor formation of a tumor. Even if the radiation particle does not strike the DNA directly, it triggers responses from cells that indirectly increase the likelihood of mutations.
Medical use of ionizing radiation is a growing source of radiation-induced cancers. Ionizing radiation may be used to treat other cancers, but this may, in some cases, induce a second form of cancer. It is also used in some kinds of medical imaging. One report estimates that approximately 29,000 future cancers could be related to the approximately 70 million CT scans performed in the US in 2007. It is estimated that 0.4% of cancers in 2007 in the United States are due to CTs performed in the past and that this may increase to as high as 1.5–2% with rates of CT usage during this same time period.
Prolonged exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun can lead to melanoma and other skin malignancies. Clear evidence establishes ultraviolet radiation, especially the non-ionizing medium wave UVB, as the cause of most non-melanoma skin cancers, which are the most common forms of cancer in the world.
Non-ionizing radio frequency radiation from mobile phones, electric power transmission, and other similar sources have been described as a possible carcinogen by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Main article: Cancer syndrome
The vast majority of cancers are non-hereditary ("sporadic cancers"). Hereditary cancers are primarily caused by an inherited genetic defect. Less than 0.3% of the population are carriers of a genetic mutation which has a large effect on cancer risk and these cause less than 3–10% of all cancer. Some of these syndromes include: certain inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 with a more than 75% risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer, and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC or Lynch syndrome) which is present in about 3% of people with colorectal cancer, among others.
Physical agents
Some substances cause cancer primarily through their physical, rather than chemical, effects on cells.
A prominent example of this is prolonged exposure to asbestos, naturally occurring mineral fibers which are a major cause of mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer. Other substances in this category, including both naturally occurring and synthetic asbestos-like fibers such as wollastonite, attapulgite, glass wool, and rock wool, are believed to have similar effects.
Nonfibrous particulate materials that cause cancer include powdered metallic cobalt and nickel, and crystalline silica (quartz, cristobalite, and tridymite).
Usually, physical carcinogens must get inside the body (such as through inhaling tiny pieces) and require years of exposure to develop cancer.
Physical trauma resulting in cancer is relatively rare. Claims that breaking bone resulted in bone cancer, for example, have never been proven. Similarly, physical trauma is not accepted as a cause for cervical cancer, breast cancer, or brain cancer.
One accepted source is frequent, long-term application of hot objects to the body. It is possible that repeated burns on the same part of the body, such as those produced by kanger and kairo heaters (charcoal hand warmers), may produce skin cancer, especially if carcinogenic chemicals are also present. Frequently drinking scalding hot tea may produce esophageal cancer.
Generally, it is believed that the cancer arises, or a pre-existing cancer is encouraged, during the process of repairing the trauma, rather than the cancer being caused directly by the trauma. However, repeated injuries to the same tissues might promote excessive cell proliferation, which could then increase the odds of a cancerous mutation. There is no evidence that inflammation itself causes cancer.
Some hormones play a role in the development of cancer by promoting cell proliferation. Hormones are important agents in sex-related cancers such as cancer of the breast, endometrium, prostate, ovary, and testis, and also of thyroid cancer and bone cancer.
An individual's hormone levels are mostly determined genetically, so this may at least partly explains the presence of some cancers that run in families that do not seem to have any cancer-causing genes. For example, the daughters of women who have breast cancer have significantly higher levels of estrogen and progesterone than the daughters of women without breast cancer. These higher hormone levels may explain why these women have higher risk of breast cancer, even in the absence of a breast-cancer gene. Similarly, men of African ancestry have significantly higher levels of testosterone than men of European ancestry, and have a correspondingly much higher level of prostate cancer. Men of Asian ancestry, with the lowest levels of testosterone-activating androstanediol glucuronide, have the lowest levels of prostate cancer.
However, non-genetic factors are also relevant: obese people have higher levels of some hormones associated with cancer and a higher rate of those cancers. Women who take hormone replacement therapy have a higher risk of developing cancers associated with those hormones. On the other hand, people who exercise far more than average have lower levels of these hormones, and lower risk of cancer. Osteosarcoma may be promoted by growth hormones. Some treatments and prevention approaches leverage this cause by artificially reducing hormone levels, and thus discouraging hormone-sensitive cancers.
Excepting the rare transmissions that occur with pregnancies and only a marginal few organ donors, cancer is generally not a transmissible disease. The main reason for this is tissue graft rejection caused by MHC incompatibility. In humans and other vertebrates, the immune system uses MHC antigens to differentiate between "self" and "non-self" cells because these antigens are different from person to person. When non-self antigens are encountered, the immune system reacts against the appropriate cell. Such reactions may protect against tumour cell engraftment by eliminating implanted cells. In the United States, approximately 3,500 pregnant women have a malignancy annually, and transplacental transmission of acute leukaemia, lymphoma, melanoma and carcinoma from mother to fetus has been observed. The development of donor-derived tumors from organ transplants is exceedingly rare. The main cause of organ transplant associated tumors seems to be malignant melanoma, that was undetected at the time of organ harvest. Cancer from one organism will usually grow in another organism of that species, as long as they share the same histocompatibility genes, proven using mice; however this would never happen in a real-world setting except as described above.
In non-humans, a few types of transmissible cancer have been described, wherein the cancer spreads between animals by transmission of the tumor cells themselves. This phenomenon is seen in dogs with Sticker's sarcoma, also known as canine transmissible venereal tumor, as well as devil facial tumour disease in Tasmanian devils.
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From Jennifer: One of the things I love most about what I do is the opportunity to work with great companies, and help them dive into social media marketing successfully. Along the way I've met some pretty incredible people, including today's guest poster, Jenny Dammann. Jenny was tapped to head up some of Creative Memories' social media efforts, and has done a stellar job as their social media coordinator. I love today's post that she shares about how social media has created an even bigger audience for the amazing content that they share. It's all about listening! It's a good lesson for any company trying to engage their target market in a meaningful way through social media. Enjoy. 🙂
How to use Social Media: Listen. React. Repeat.
by Jenny Dammann, Creative Memories
I love to scrapbook. And I have for a very long time. I also consider myself a social butterfly, so for me to be able to lead the charge into social media at Creative Memories has been an AWESOME experience – one that's been an eye-opener for sure.
When I started working at CM as a web specialist, my first task was to set up an online gallery of ideas to inspire folks to create sweet projects, which would in turn make people love and need to have our product. Makes sense – you do the former, the latter will naturally happen. So… the CM Project Center concept was born. Given that I'd always paid attention to the latest fads in scrapbooking, I assumed I had a slam dunk deal here in building the Project Center. I could apply all that I already knew and believed to be right in the scrapbooking world and that if I built it, they would come.
I built it, and they started to come. But the numbers weren't stunning. I was sure that our customers and consultants would soon discover the rockin' project ideas we'd pulled together for them and they'd be along soon enough. Afterall, I was doing all the things that the rest of the scrapbooking world was doing.
Turned out that a whole lot of our customers and consultants were really looking for more from the ideas we were providing. I realized this as I painstakingly read through and replied (one at a time) to each of the hundreds of feedback and suggestion emails that poured in. There surely had to be a better way.
One day last summer I was approached about heading up a pretty ambitious social media program here at CM. Yeah, I was all over it. I mean who really wouldn't want to be able to describe their job as "playing on Facebook all day?"
We established an official Fan Page on Facebook, and thanks to "The Fonginator", we went about it the right way – posting awesome content, reading posts, participating in discussions and responding to our fans. Almost immediately we started seeing growth in traffic to the Project Center. We saw higher percentages in the "New Visits" and "Time Spent on Site" categories, and overall more traffic coming to the Project Center in general. Our Facebook Fan Page content organically drives visitors to want to see and learn more about our projects and products.
I'm delighted to say that we're averaging around 700 new Facebook fans per week these days. Below is a snapshot of the trend in traffic we experienced in the months right after our social media efforts began – the pink dot indicates the point at which we really began engaging on Facebook.
So as you can see, we've learned to interact with our fans in a very impactful way. And now that we're really paying attention, they're starting to pay attention in return. It's a sweet little relationship built on a simple formula really: Listen. React. Repeat.
They said it couldn't be done. They said Creative Memories was mad to try. But behold, a crazed experimentation has produced a hybrid of techie, creative and cool. And they call her Jenny Dammann. Jenny is the Social Media Coordinator for Creative Memories, a company that pioneered the scrapbooking industry. Jenny began working with Creative Memories in 2007 as a web marketing specialist before shifting her focus to social media efforts in the fall of 2009. She is now the voice behind Creative Memories' online social media presences.


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2005 will be a pivotal year for Democrats in Virginia. Not only must we make sure Virginia has a Democratic governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, but all 100 seats in the Virginia House are up for grabs. Democracy for Virginia believes that grassroots activists can make a significant positive impact in these races.
In order to organize Democracy for Virginia so we will be most effective this year and beyond, DFV leaders have worked with leaders from DC for Democracy and Democracy for Maryland at the behest of Democracy for America to organize a Regional Caucus this Saturday. Please come!
Saturday, February 26
George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs
1957E Street, NW, Suite 611 (Near Foggy Bottom Metro)
10:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Interested Virginians should attend this caucus to:
- Participate in planning and structuring of Democracy for Virginia
- Learn hands-on details of what works and doesn't work in building membership in grassroots organizations, funding them, field operations and what legal structures are possible;
- Create a loose caucus of Virginia, Maryland, and Distinct grassroots organizations that will coordinate their efforts and help channel additional resources into local races.
More information including working agenda and directions available below the jump. We hope you will attend!
Leaders from ACT, Blue State Digital, Democracy for America, and Latinos for America will be on hand to provide advice and guidance.
Virginia participants will spend part of the day meeting separately to discuss state-wide Virginia mission, activities, and organizational issues.
This meeting will be critical to improving the efficiency and focus of all of us working for progressive government in the area. Please come and be part of shaping the future for the Virginia-Maryland-District region. RSVP right now at:
Working Agenda
10:00 Welcome
Charles Allen - DC for Democracy
Maura Keaney - Democracy for Virginia
Gina Angiola - Democracy for Maryland
Objectives of Caucus: Charles Allen
Create more effective state organizations
Share organizing information
Create informal regional caucus
Establish preliminary objectives for state organizations and Caucus
10:10: DFA After February 12 and the Promise of Grassroots Organizations: Jim Dean, DFA
10:25: Working with DFA: Chris Warshaw, DFA
10:40 Breakout Resource Sessions
Legal structures for grassroots organizations: Paul Murphy, Harmon, Curran
Building membership: Ralph Miller, Latinos for America representative
Fundraising: Joe Rospars, Blue State Digital
Field operations: Steve Rosenthal, ACT (invited)
11:40 DC, MD, and VA State Break-Out Groups
Virginia Committee Discussions (MD and DC meet separately)
Candidate recruitment & support
Membership Development
12:40 Working Lunch - Continue Virginia Breakout Sessions
Legislative and Issue Advocacy
1:30 Virginia Committee Reports
2:15 Full Virginia Group Discussion
Democracy for Virginia Structure
Legal options
Steering Committee
Democracy for Virginia Communications
Email (announcement lists, discussion lists, committees, regional lists)
Online Communication (Web site, blog, tools, etc.)
Next Steps: Committee assignments, Volunteer assignments, Next State Meeting
3:30 State Groups Report to Full Caucus
4:00 Decisions on DC/MD/VA Caucus: Objectives, Structure, Next Steps
4:30 Meeting Ends
By Metro:
Get off at the Foggy Bottom stop on the Blue or Orange lines. Walk three blocks south on 23rd Street to Virginia Avenue. Walk two blocks southeast on Virginia Avenue to E Street. Walk two and a half blocks east on E Street to the academic entrance to 1957 E Street.
By car:
From VA:
Take Memorial Bridge (Rte 1) across Potomac, follow left around the Lincoln Memorial. Turn left onto 23rd Street. Turn right onto Constitution Avenue. Turn left onto 18th Street. Pass eastbound one-way E Street and turn left onto one-way westbound E Street to 1957. Parking on street.
From Western MD:
Get onto Canal Road, turn right onto Whitehurst Freeway. Follow signs onto K Street. After the overpass get into far right access lane. Turn right onto 19th Street. Turn right onto one-way westbound E Street to 1957. Parking on street.
From Eastern Maryland:
Get onto Constitution Avenue. Turn onto 18th Street. Pass eastbound one-way E Street and turn left onto one-way westbound E Street to 1957. Parking on street.


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Udhagamandalam: MDMK General secretary
today charged the DMK government with foisting false cases
against their political opponents, as witnessed in the case of
Kodanadu estate, a retreat of AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa.
Though an inspection team were yesterday told by AIADMK
activists and estate workers that a building under
construction in the estate was as per panchayat approved plan,
it was `ridiculous` that panchayat president Ponthose had
accompanied the team, Vaiko told reporters here.
The police, instead of registering cases against AIADMK and
estate workers, would do well to book cases team and Ponthose
for trying to `trespass` into the estate premises, he said.
Police had yesterday registered cases against two former
AIADMK ministers, 500 party activists and estate workers of
Kodanadu on charges of preventing entry to government
officials to inspect alleged illegal construction of a tea
factory and a helipad.
Asked about DMKs recent state-wide demonstrations against
Jayalalithaa for seeking `frequent adjournments` in the wealth
case, he said similar protests should be held against the DMK
government for seeking 33 adjournments in Mullaperiyar dam
related cases, "which has gone against interests of the state".
On alliance for the coming assembly polls, Vaiko said his
party would continue in the AIADMK alliance.


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Blood drive is successful
The IMS National Honor Society hosted another successful blood drive yesterday. NHS students showed up to school bright and early to set up and get the blood drive started by 7 am. The Chapter would like to thank all those who came out to donate blood – especially the amazing nine first-time donors! Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center was able to collect 47 units, which far surpassed their goal of 36. Those 47 units have the ability to improve the lives of up to 188 patients and their families both in Washington County and the surrounding region. It's wonderful that IMS can be a part of a community that cares! Thank you!!


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Scaramouche is an interesting story set in France in the period of the French Revolution. I am finding it a little difficult to follow the English translated from the French so I am reading the story slowly. First sentence in the book tells us the protagonist Andre-Louis, a lawyer from the village of Gavrillac, was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.
Early in the story, his friend Philippe de Vilmorir, a divinity student, has gotten himself killed in a duel with the Marquis de la Tour Azyr. The background to his death is very simple. A vassal of Lord Gavrillac was stealing pheasants from the property of the Marquis and the gamekeeper on the property killed him. Philippe, with his sense of justice, wanted reparation for the vassal's widow. Philippe's meeting with Lord Gavrillac did not go well. Lord Gavrillac, Godfather to Andre-Louis, wants his niece Aline to marry the Marquis and certainly did not think that the family of a thieving vassal deserved reparation. Philippe was more hopeful about his meeting scheduled with the Marquis himself. To Andre-Louis' shock, Philippe ended up being killed in an unfair duel with the Marquis. The Marquis admitted that he was bothered by the oratorical skills of Phillipe. Suddenly, Philippe's fight for justice becomes a fight against the wealthy nobility. That in turn becomes Andre-Louis' fight and his weapon is his oratory skills.
I am on page 96 and Scaramouche, described as a villainous-looking fellow, has appeared in the story. It took me a while but to figure out that Scaramouche and his company of 12 which included Climene, Leandre, Harlequin, and Rhodomont were actors.


text: Or is it just my phone? I finally found my data card so was able to upgrade to 2.1 last night. Then I was uptil nearly 3 customizing PandaHome, only to have to uninstall this morning due to contant freezing and crashing. Is it just my phone? I was worried I messed up the upgrade, but everything is smooth now, but I really want custom icons. Anyone mind recommending home replacement apps???


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Dingman Jumpstart – Day 3
August 26th, 2009 by admin under Uncategorized. No Comments.
By Neha Gupta
I still have to finish some stuff for my summer job and have to visit the office time and again which keeps me on my toes. Today's agenda was "Assessment" of idea and Mr.Brian Taff, VP, Name Media, gave us tips about how to assess our ideas.
Among Mr.Taff's pearls of wisdoms, I liked his anecdote the best about how he sold his espresso machines to the restaurants. There was a lot to learn from it. When he wanted to sell espresso machines to the restaurants, there was not a market looking for product but there was a product looking for market.
Below are some of the ways in which he sold his machines:
- He tried to convince the restaurant owners that there was a huge profit margin after in selling the espresso's to the customers. Each espresso costs about 65 cents but is sold for 3.95$ which was a huge margin.
- He also told he restaurateurs that costumers were looking for a different type of dessert and espresso can be the answer.
- Each $ 3.95 would increase the check size and thus can lead to an increase in the tip for the waiters.
- Customers would spend more time at the restaurant while sipping coffee and hence may order more.
The greatest part of the Jumpstart program is its discussions where everyone participates. The senior executives, the VCs, the professors all come down to the level of students when they talk. I m also pretty impressed with my class, I don't know whose ideas will flourish and become real business but I wish luck to all of them.


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Nandamuri Balakrishna has achieved great success in the film industry. His political career and the responsibilities of the Basava Tararakam Cancer Hospital deserve mention. By doing all this simultaneously, Balayya never disappointed fans of Nandamuri. As the son of the legendary NTR, he continued the inheritance of his father. Balayya announced some time that he was going to do a biopic of his father, but there is no more update on this project.
As Balayya could not get the appropriate content from the script, the project is delayed. Balayya said he kept him out of the way because he aligned two projects. It is known that sensational director Ramgopal Varma announced last month that he will transform NTR biopic. He also published a song on NTR. Some speculation was making rounds in the media that Balayya could join Varma for NTR biopic. But fans of Balayya and his sympathizers said that he warned against working with Ramgopal Varma.
They reportedly told Balayya that Varma is in a very bad phase of his career and his films do not work well at the box office. In addition, the expectations of the public will be very high if Balayya resumes the biography NTR. That is why Balayya said he left the project aside for now.


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Brandon Young is an actor and emcee from Philadelphia now living in Los Angeles. He is a classically trained actor with a degree in Theatre Arts from Howard University. He has worked in theatre, television and film and is most known for his role as "Fletcher" on HBO's critically acclaimed series The Wire. Other roles include featured guest stars in episodic dramas on NBC, FOX and ABC. As a rapper he goes by YOUNG B EMCEE and brings a traditional East Coast Hip-Hop style to his sound. His music comes with a uplifting message and doesn't leave out the lyrical dexterity most emcees today do without.
He has been making music since a teenager, forming different groups and bands with likeminded musicians. His debut solo project theEP (2011) is done in boom bap fashion, produced entirely by M31RK. It features the collaboration "Done fi Dem" with emcee/spoken word poet Messiah. His follow up release What Jennifer Taught Me (2013) took on a different tone. It presents an unlikely love story with music by several producers on a 15-minute supertrack. A short film for this EP features three songs off the project and was shot in NYC by Tim Gregory. His latest project Born Blessed is a 7-track mini album featuring the single "Speech is free." produced by HaZ SOLO. A video for the single debuted recently featuring the work of several Los Angeles based muralists and street artists. Also featured the project is his castmate Andre Royo aka "Bubbles" from HBO's The Wire on the song "Baltimore"; an ode to the beloved city which played host to the hit TV show and has undergone racial upheaval in recent years. Born Blessed was released via his site www.YOUNGEMCEE.com and has gotten spotlighted on Complex's pop culture blog and California radio station KPFK.
B Young is currently at work on a new EP/short film project entitiled Weekend on a Wednesday. His upcoming acting projects include the Hip-Hop inspired feature film RPM (www.rpmthemovie.com). A short prequel to the feature entitled Keep Pushing directed by Tim Gregory includes Harry Lennix and Pharoahe Monche in its cast and hit the Internet earlier this year on the sites Okayplayer and HipHopDx.


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Board Name: Scotland Genealogy
James Lawrence-Archer
Natick, MA USA
Apr 12, 2001
Hi There,
I am researching a number of families with several of
them coming from Scotland, namely the Archer
(originating from Warwickshire and the Caribean), Edgar
(in Scotland for several generations) and Gem
(originating from Aston and Birminghamin England)
families on my father's side and the Wigham family on
my mother's side.
If anyone can help, I would be very gratefull. If
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Feature #13821
Allow fibers to be resumed across threads
Given a Fiber created in ThreadA, Ruby 2.4.1 (and earlier releases) raise a FiberError if the fiber is resumed in ThreadB or any other thread other than the one that created the original Fiber.
Sample code attached to demonstrate problem.
If Fibers are truly encapsulating all of the data for the continuation, we should be allowed to move them between Threads and resume their operation.
One use-case is to support the async-await asynchronous programming model. In that model, a method marked async runs synchronously until the #await method is encountered. At that point the method is suspended and control is returned to the caller. When the #await method completes (asynchronously) then it may resume the suspended method and continue. The only way to capture this program state, suspend and resume, is via a Fiber.
class Wait include AsyncAwait def dofirst async do puts 'Synchronously print dofirst.' result = await { dosecond } puts 'dosecond is complete' result end end def dosecond async do puts 'Synchronously print dosecond from async task.' slept = await { sleep 3 } puts 'Sleep complete' slept end end def run task = dofirst puts 'Received task' p AsyncAwait::Task.await(task) end end Wait.new.run
# Expected output: # Synchronous print dofirst. # Received task # Synchronously print dosecond from async task. # Sleep complete # dosecond is complete # 3
Right now the best way to accomplish suspension of the #dofirst and #dosecond commands and allow them to run asynchronously is by passing those blocks to another thread (other than the callers thread) so they can be encapsulated in a new Fiber and then yielded. When it's time to resume after #await completes, that other thread must lookup the fiber and resume it. This is lots of extra code and logic to make sure that fibers are only resumed on the threads that created them. Allowing Fibers to migrate between threads would eliminate this problem.
#1 [ruby-core:82659] Updated by kernigh (George Koehler) over 1 year ago
Fibers still can't move across threads in
ruby 2.5.0dev (2017-09-04 trunk 59742) [x86_64-openbsd6.1]
Because of this, I can't take an Enumerator across threads:
count = 1.step
puts count.next #=> 1
puts count.next #=> 2
Thread.new {
puts count.next #=> FiberError
If Ruby would allow fibers to cross threads, then it might be possible with only some platforms. I find that Ruby (in cont.c) has three different ways for fibers.
- It uses CreateFiber/SwitchToFiber in Microsoft Windows.
- It uses makecontext/swapcontext in some POSIX systems (but not NetBSD, Solaris, Hurd).
- It uses continuations in all other platforms.
Each fiber needs its own stack for C code. With continuations, each fiber continues on the stack of its thread. When Ruby switches fibers, it copies their stacks to and from the thread stack. C code can make pointers to the stack, so the address of the stack can never change. With continuations, if Ruby resumes a fiber on a different thread, then it would copy the fiber stack to a different thread stack, the address would change, and C code would crash. Therefore, fibers can't cross threads in platforms using continuations.
I don't know whether fibers can cross threads in platforms using CreateFiber or makecontext. I also don't know whether Ruby can garbage-collect a thread that created fibers that crossed to other threads.
#2 [ruby-core:82758] Updated by Eregon (Benoit Daloze) over 1 year ago
I think this is first of all a problem for semantics.
If we allow fibers to be resumed on another Thread, we allow multiple fibers originally from the same thread to execute concurrently
(so they no longer see the effects of each other perfectly but are exposed to race conditions like threads).
It also means before and after Fiber.yield, the value of Thread.current can change if the Fiber is resumed on another Thread.
This in turns breaks Fiber-locals with the current Thread.current[key] API.
It's also problematic for locks and other resources which are per-thread (some of them native so they cannot be tricked to use the initial Thread of the Fiber):
Fiber.new { shared = Object.new; lock.synchronize { shared.a += 1; Fiber.yield; shared.b -= 1 } }
The unlock operation will fail because it's on a different thread than the lock operation if the fiber is resumed on another thread.
#3 [ruby-core:82761] Updated by cremes (Chuck Remes) over 1 year ago
I understand how this request could allow for race conditions between Fibers. Right now we are relying on the fact that they can only run on a single thread to enforce this particular semantic. I also agree that this is useful in certain situations.
But it is still quite useful to allow for Fibers to migrate between threads. Perhaps we could allow for both possibilities with a minor change to the Fiber API.
class Fiber def initialize(migrate: false) ... end def [](index) ... end def []=(index, value) ... end end
By default we would retain the existing behavior where the Fiber is "locked" to its originating Thread. But if you call
Fiber.new(migrate: true) then the Fiber is free to float among multiple threads. When doing so, the programmer is explicitly agreeing to no longer rely upon the original semantics. If they yield a fiber inside of a synchronized section then they understand it will likely break if resumed on another thread. Likewise, they do not rely upon Thread#[] and related methods to set/get fiber locals.
That Thread API for fiber locals is broken anyway... the #[] and #[]= methods on Thread should set/get thread locals as they did originally. There should be Fiber#[] and Fiber#[]= methods on the Fiber class. Conflating the two separate concepts all into the Thread class is no good. With Ruby 3 on the way this is the perfect time to fix problems like that. I'll open a separate ticket to suggest that as an improvement to the Thread and Fiber classes.
#4 [ruby-core:82763] Updated by cremes (Chuck Remes) over 1 year ago
Added ticket 13893 (https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13893) to track a feature request to cleanup fiber-local and thread-local handling in the Fiber and Thread classes.
#5 [ruby-core:82765] Updated by Eregon (Benoit Daloze) over 1 year ago
cremes (Chuck Remes) wrote:
By default we would retain the existing behavior where the Fiber is "locked" to its originating Thread. But if you call
Fiber.new(migrate: true)then the Fiber is free to float among multiple threads. When doing so, the programmer is explicitly agreeing to no longer rely upon the original semantics. If they yield a fiber inside of a synchronized section then they understand it will likely break if resumed on another thread. Likewise, they do not rely upon Thread#[] and related methods to set/get fiber locals.
This would give up on using these fibers with any library using Mutex, Thread.current and similar Thread primitives if any of these is used across a Fiber.yield.
It's a considerable cost for reusing code.
Could you share the code you have for the implementation of AsyncAwait?
#6 [ruby-core:82814] Updated by cremes (Chuck Remes) about 1 year ago
Yes, the Fiber.new(migrate: true) would mean the programmer is taking responsibility for NOT wrapping that Fiber up in mutexes or relying on the default behavior. I think this is reasonable.
As for the async/await code I've written, it hasn't been published yet. I can shoot you a tarball if you want to look at it but it's still alpha quality (no tests). I'll ping you on the TruffleRuby project to get your email.
#7 [ruby-core:82818] Updated by cremes (Chuck Remes) about 1 year ago
I took a look at the C++ Boost library boost::fiber documentation. It allows fibers to be detached/attached between threads. Perhaps an explicit API like this is a better approach? See here: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_62_0/libs/fiber/doc/html/fiber/migration.html
This puts the responsibility onto the programmer to Fiber#detach from its current thread and Fiber#attach(thread) to a new thread. The limitation is that a Fiber cannot be moved if it is blocked or if it is currently running.
By making the detach/attach explicit, then the programmer is assuming 100% responsibility to make sure the fiber hasn't yielded while holding locks or other operations that assume the Fiber is locked to a thread.
#8 [ruby-core:82994] Updated by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) about 1 year ago
- Assignee set to ko1 (Koichi Sasada)
- Status changed from Open to Assigned
In the today's developer meeting Ko1 said that migrating fibers across threads is currently not possible. I think he would like to explain why, so let me assign this issue to him.
#9 [ruby-core:85722] Updated by ko1 (Koichi Sasada) 10 months ago
Sorry for long absent.
The point is the gap between native-thread and Ruby's thread/fibers.
Ruby can use C-extensions and some C-extensions depends on external libraries.
A few external libraries can depend on (native) thread local storage and we can't observe it.
There may be other possible issues on it because of this semantics gap.
We choose a conservative solution.
If we can control everything, we can make Fibers across multiple threads (like gorotine, Win32's Fiber and so on).
#10 [ruby-core:87437] Updated by bascule (Tony Arcieri) 6 months ago
Eregon (Benoit Daloze) wrote:
It's also problematic for locks and other resources which are per-thread (some of them native so they cannot be tricked to use the initial Thread of the Fiber):Fiber.new { shared = Object.new; lock.synchronize { shared.a += 1; Fiber.yield; shared.b -= 1 } }
The unlock operation will fail because it's on a different thread than the lock operation if the fiber is resumed on another thread.
There's a simple solution to this: track if a given fiber is holding mutexes (e.g. keep a count of them) and if it is, make Fiber#resume raise an exception if it is resumed in a different thread from the one where it was originally yielded.
That way you eliminate the nasty edge case, but still allow fibers which aren't holding mutexes (or whatever other synchronization primitives you're worried about) to be resumed in a different thread.
The same solution could work for thread-local storage: disallow fiber cross-thread fiber resumption if thread local storage is in use.


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Translated Extract from Vereeniging -- Die Onvoltooide Vrede [Umuzi]
An appearance before the TRC was not a joke. Ghosts rising from the security rooms of the old government or possible surprises from the TRC files contributed to this ordeal. Proud soldiers and police officers on their knees before the TRC, pleading for amnesty, was not a pretty sight. Their actions I cannot defend; yet, I also cannot not condemn them -- we were after all on the same side of the conflict.
Jan Wagener, a well-known attorney who had appeared in many legal battles on behalf of the security forces and members of the security forces seeking amnesty, tells the story of the parents of one of the victims who requested a meeting with the applicants for amnesty. Their son had been shot in the head in cold blood when he did not want to co-operate with those who were now seeking amnesty.
Wagener arranged this meeting and the parents just had one question: "When you put to death our son, how did he react?" They answered: "He was a terrorist, but he was also a brave man. He looked us in the eye when we shot him." The parents were satisfied. They were proud of their son. He gave his life for the struggle of freedom and had died like a man. They thanked the applicants and walked away.
There are proud people, heroes, cowards, traitors, joiners and murderers and rapists on both sides of any conflict. Nobody arrives at the negotiating table pristine. In August 1996 I appeared with FW De Klerk before the TRC when he tabled the NP's submission. I was not expected to say anything. My appearance later was one of the most difficult of my public life.
From NP circles Pik Botha, Adriaan Vlok, Roelf Meyer and I were invited to share our experiences and explain how the State Security Council functioned. We appeared in October 1997. Piet Meiring, the TRC Commissioner, writes in his book, Kroniek van die Waarheidskommissie, that the TRC wanted us to explain how the SSC functioned and also to accept responsibility for the gross human rights violations committed in the name of the government. Each of us testified individually.
I was concerned, not about anything I did, but about the things I knew nothing about, but should possibly have known about.
This was an intellectual and emotional challenge; an exercise that I would not have liked to miss for anything. It was my historic duty to be there and to explain what had informed our decisions. It was also nerve-wracking: one moment you had power and the next moment you have to explain in public what you did with that power. When you had power, there were people around you -- generals, senior cabinet colleagues, lawyers and -- very importantly -- government resources.
When the moment arrived to give account, I was alone -- there was nobody to help with the preparation of my submission. I was on my own. I fretted: what will my children think; what is Erika's and Willem's experience of all of this? Will my conduct be of such a nature that they will be humiliated? Will the circumstances force them to ask: Is this my father? Is that what had kept him busy when he was absent from home? How is it possible that he didn't know?
The images from the movies of World War Two, where children were so disillusioned with their father's secret government activities, haunted me. What did you know? What did you not know? What should you have known? What will the TRC throw at you?
I was concerned, not about anything I did, but about the things I knew nothing about, but should possibly have known about. When I drove to Johannesburg on 15 October 1997 to participate in this public hearing, I was nervous but I also was very angry. Where were all the other caucus members? Probably still in bed and saying to themselves: "Well I was not involved. I had nothing to do with this."
I was infuriated with the great PW Botha. His disgruntled non-appearance before the TRC was a missed opportunity. With his former colleagues, government resources and a wealth of information at his disposal, he could have hijacked this process strategically, explaining what had informed us. He was the most suitable person to give the context of the conflict.
Botha could have used the platform and turned the tables. What seemed like an embarrassment could have been transformed into an opportunity for the sake of those members of the security forces who had applied for amnesty. Without someone of his stature explaining the political context, they now had to do it for themselves.
Apartheid -- of that I now more convinced than ever before -- was a terrible mistake that blighted our land.
When Alex Boraine, the deputy chair of the TRC, called on me to take the oath, I declined -- contrary to what everybody from the National Party had done. I preferred to affirm that I would speak the truth. I didn't want to take the oath, because how was I to know that what I was about to say "was the truth and nothing but the truth." I could only offer them the truth as I knew it.
Before I started my submission -- we all had to hand in written submissions before we gave oral evidence -- I asked that my written submission be amended: "That whenever I used the 'we' it should be changed to 'I'. I did this because I wasn't sure everyone was going to agree with me.
Among other things, I said the following: "I can think of no reason why Afrikaans-speaking South Africans and their children or any other Afrikaner should carry the apartheid label till the end of time." And: "Apartheid -- of that I now more convinced than ever before -- was a terrible mistake that blighted our land. South Africans didn't listen to each other's laughing and crying. I am sorry that I had been so hard of hearing."
I also said: "Although direct orders to kill political opponents were never issued, speeches were made by members of the NP that created a climate for serious transgressions. I had suspicions about things that happened, and that had caused discomfort in official circles. Because I didn't have the facts to substantiate my suspicions, I must confess, I only whispered in the corridors."
To me, my appearance seemed like a very lame affair. I felt it was neither here nor there. When I arrived home, General Magnus Malan called: "I am proud of you, but I now want to give you some advice: lie low because there is still a Big Crocodile (PW Botha) lurking. Be on your guard."
I didn't know what this was all about but realised that I had touched a raw nerve. I declined all further opportunities to speak to the media and said that my statement spoke for itself.


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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Family celebrations and professions
Then, I attended to a family celebration with my FOO. I was quite reluctant to participate at all, but it was supposed to be about me, and I arranged it with DB before, that we would only stay for a short time and then leave.
It was the usual narc get-together. I got presents that I would have never wanted for myself and that did not make me happy at all. NM even told me that she knew what I would have liked to get as a present, but she was not getting it for me, because she 'could not compete with DB in buying those kinds of presents for me anyway'.
The whole event was about NM talking (meaning spitting venom) about a certain subject that she knows nothing about and that she loathes (and that happens to be DB's profession and hobby as well). She kept flooding DB with 'information' and 'knowledge', while saying that well, she knew nothing about the subject, but anyway, she knew 'how these things worked' and that 'it is nothing else but conspiracy and money laundry'. She kept attacking DB and twisting every sentence he said, she kept confronting him with sentences like 'you said A about a subject before and now you say B about a completely different subject, so you have contradicted yourself' - waiting for DB to take the bait.
I'm extremely proud of DB, because he was all the while confident about his expertise and his knowledge, he did not get into meaningless fights with NM, and kept his emotional distance.
After this, he asked me 'what the hell was this all about?' and 'where did she even want to get with all this?', and we did not seem to find any answer. And then we realized: EF brought up the subject in the first place (I don't know his opinion on this field because it was one of the 'forbidden' topics that was never allowed to be talked about in the family, since NM loathed it). He showed interest in it, and it seemed that he was happy that he could finally talk to someone (DB) about it, especially because DB knew so much about it. They had a really great time talking to each other, for a few sentences - and this was when NM interrupted and stole the show for herself.
When we left, NM told us that she hoped that for the next event (EF's birthday is coming soon) we would not 'run away so fast', and that we could have a 'real family event' with spending lot of time together, eating lot of food, etc. (I told them that they should not prepare food for me because we had plans for having dinner at a restaurant afterwards). I was so enraged by this time that I couldn't even answer properly, but I felt like exploding. I walked out of the door, when she ran after me, jumped on me and force-kissed me, while cursing me because I left without kissing her. The whole thing was so disgusting.
So, while still being half-blind from rage, I told DB that I would not attend EF's birthday at all, because I'm not going through this shit again. He was trying to comfort me and telling me that NM did not harm him at all and that he did not take her attacks on his career choice and hobby personally, but I am still enraged. How dare she!
And now, I'm scared out of my mind, because somehow I would have to tell EF that I will not be visiting them on his birthday, nor his celebration of his professional successes that he was looking forward a lot (which would also be an evening with NM and him and nobody else). I know I could offer giving him his presents somewhere else in private (and he would refuse and be extremely offended). It has always been the most important thing in my FOO to attend family events and to act like as if we had any connection to each other whatsoever. Missing any of these is taboo, and postponing it by even one single day (even if it is my birthday) is close to blasphemy.
I feel nothing but disgust. I want to celebrate EF, but I don't want NM anywhere near me. And he does not want to be celebrated without her. I feel stuck.
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Send EF a card and have his gift delivered.ReplyDelete
In recent years, I've skipped the obligatory birthday visits for NF, even though at his advanced age, any one of them could be his last. Guilt made me go for NM's 90th birthday last year. My daughter cried all the way home and I fumed all the way home. We were both upset for several days afterward.
Normal families look forward to these celebrations as a happy excuse to get together and enjoy each others company. I've actually experienced this scenario with my cousins and my late husband's extended family.
People like your parents (and mine) reap what they sow. They can whine about their daughters not showing up for birthdays and other occasions but need only to look in the mirror to see who is responsible for this outcome.
I'm so sorry that it's come to this. They are a package deal - you cannot have one without the other. Your parents have created and enforced this outcome for your entire life.ReplyDelete
You call your father EF - he is an enabler of the horrific abuse your mother hits you with. He colludes to make it happen to you. HE IS IN ON IT. There is no respite - there is no 'good guy'.
He insists that your mother be present at all times, because HE WANTS IT THAT WAY. It absolutely sucks that they both want you to suffer. They both want you and DB to suffer and be miserable and uncomfortable.
There is only one answer. But only you can decide when enough is enough. This is what I mean when I say that no child ever, EVER, goes NC on a whim. It is a horrible, horrifying, paralyzing decision. It's truly awful, and both your mother and your father are forcing your hand. He is as guilty as she is, perhaps (arguably) more so.
Agree with both of the above. EF CHOOSES to enable her in her ongoing abuse of you. NC is the result of YEARS of trying to have some sort of mutually respectful, adult relationship with the Package Deal. Although NM may be the more overt of the two, he still is culpable for refusing to protect you and worse YET, for insisting you make his life with her easier by having a relationship with your abuser. In effect he's requiring you collude with him towards your abuser for HIS gain. Yeesch!ReplyDelete
Mulderfan offered a very reasonable option if you wish to acknowledge the occasion. As far as your presence at the occasion? After years of feeling as you described post interaction with my NM, what finally dawned on me was this: If my presence isn't helping (and it wasn't, either for Psychob or me) my absence won't hurt.
Further, if you do attend? It seems to me you're providing positive reinforcement to your NM and Daddy-Dearest: NOT the message you wish to send at all. I'm also delighted to see DB has now experienced the Crazy and understands exactly why you've chosen to limit your interactions with your FOO. People who come from normal FOOs often see far more clearly and quickly than we do.
Scatha, I really, really get how difficult this is and so do the rest of us. Please remember you have a bunch of supporters here as well as in your T and BF. You're not alone by any means!
For years I saw my mother as another one of NF's victims, then I accepted that she was his enabler. It took me even more years to realize she a full-fledged silent partner.ReplyDelete
Rev. Renee points out that the silent partners are even more to blame than the abusers. They SEE the abuse, they KNOW it's wrong and yet they continue to provide tacit support for the abuser.
Our parents count on years of conditioning and societal expectations to keep us coming back for more of their abuse. Time to break the cycle.Replies
MF: "Our parents count on years of conditioning and societal expectations to keep us coming back for more of their abuse. Time to break the cycle." YES YES YES SCREAMING YES!!Delete
That is the point of my 'take off that shirt' post, and also the meat of the nut of my comment at Jonsi's blog about how I kept on being a "VICTIM" long after I had actually left the abuse situation. It is YEARS of conditioning, years of mind-control tactics. The societal crap of expecting children to honor their abusive parents is a whole 'nother thing.
I love this 'neighborhood'. Scatha, TW is right (isn't she ALWAYS? sheesh) you are not alone. We're here. We hear. We know and we see.
Easy test. Before every visit ask yourself, "Why am I doing this?" If it's because you feel Fear, Obligation and/or Guilt (FOG) don't go!ReplyDelete
I'd also suggest if you do feel guilt, yet you know in your heart you've done nothing wrong, it's a sure sign that you've been manipulated.
You are only responsible for your own happiness, not that of your parents. Besides, you didn't break them and even if it were your responsibility, you can't fix them.
Scatha, I'm sorry you are struggling with this. It can be so hard. I recently told my NM that I won't be travelling to see her for her 60th birthday (which is FOUR months from now, and she was already trying to pin me down). Fortunately for me, I had a "legitimate excuse" but I still trembled for days, worried about what to say. She took it in stride, but I imagine I have some payback coming to me. So, I can relate to how hard this is. I wish I had more comforting words to say than you are not alone.ReplyDelete
I do think her treatment of you and your DB was disgusting and horrible. And I'm sorry that it is so difficult. I, too, have heard tale of families who enjoy spending time together, but I don't know a lot of them.
I also like MF's "test", above. I think it will be so useful to help sort out the manipulation from reality.
Good luck!
Thank you for all your comments! It strengthens my belief in myself and that I'm not insane when I think the same.ReplyDelete
mulderfan: Thanks for the FOG test, it is a great help! I've realized that those three are my only reasons for visiting.
And yes. EF chooses her over me, and his ass over mine. I'm sad, but I have to face the truth.


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Although the Clinton Camp was quick to respond in this story by the AP
"It'll be, 'When was the last time? Did you ever give drugs to anyone? Did you sell them to anyone?'" Shaheen said. "There are so many openings for Republican dirty tricks. It's hard to overcome."
"Senator Clinton is out every day talking about the issues that matter to the American people. These comments were not authorized or condoned by the campaign in any way," spokeswoman Kathleen Strand said.Ofcourse the Obama camp thinks completely differently on the whole discussion:
"Hillary Clinton said attacking other Democrats is the fun part of this campaign, and now she's moved from Barack Obama's kindergarten years to his teenage years in an increasingly desperate effort to slow her slide in the polls. Senator Clinton's campaign is recycling old news that Barack Obama has been candid about in a book he wrote years ago, and he's talked about the lessons he's learned from these mistakes with young people all across the country. He plans on winning this campaign by focusing on the issues that actually matter to the American people."I think what you are seeing here in this whole case is the Clinton Camps worst nightmare. Clinton was comfortable in the early lead and it seemed that Obama's big message was not resonating with voters in the early states. Although Clintons lead remains strong in National Polls the recent slip ups in Iowa and New Hampshire are of big concern and the only challenge she can really provide is on experience. The voters seem to be choosing the voice of change and hope over the voice of experience and the Clinton campaign really have no way to fight back Obama.
Obama has written several books in which he has pretty much put out on the table all the poor decisions he has made in his life and how he has learned probably one of the smartest moves he made in his move to run for President, even the republicans seem to only have one attack on Obama for his lack of experience and that just doesn't seem to be enough for voters. These negative campaign tactics Shaheen is using is not a sign of how Hillary runs her campaign but really more an expression of the real feeling of concern that exists within the internal ranks of her campaign.
Slip ups seem to be happening across the board for the Clinton camp and as things seem to be getting heated up the exchange will be interesting in the upcoming democratic debate at 2pm EST on CNN in Iowa. Will they be cowards like our republican friends or make a true spectacle?
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Time really does fly when you're having fun, I guess. I find it hard to believe that this super amazing Las Vegas themed, double birthday party for one of my favorite clients was this time last year. Brothers, Bill and Mark, celebrate birthdays around the same time, and last year were milestone birthdays for both of them. We celebrated in style on the 8th floor at The Summit at Big Spring for Bill's 50th and Mark's 40th birthdays.
As the guests stepped off the elevators they were welcomed by a variety of passed hors d'oeuvres and some martinis while they waited for the guests of honor to arrive.
Once we got the guests of honor there, we opened the gaming tables provided by GoodFellas Gaming so the guests could get the full Vegas experience with Black Jack, Craps, Roulette and more.
And of course my favorite part of the entire evening was opening the dinner stations that I had planned with my client. The idea was that the room would be transformed into the Las Vegas strip and Metropolitan Disk Jockey Service did an amazing job bringing my vision to life. When I told him that I wanted the guests to feel like they were on the Vegas Strip, he suggested some lighting ideas that were so perfect and it turned out even better than I had imagined it to be!
Paris Station complete with cheeses, crepes, chocolate fondue and macarons. Oh my stars! 🙂
New York, New York Station with Mini Hot Dogs, Soft Pretzel Bites with Beer Cheese Sauce
Last, we ended the night with some delicious cakes from Old Vienna Bakery and guests went home with dice boxes full of candy and hand decorated cookies from Sweet Art Sweets.
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I know Bill and Mark had a very happy birthday last year, and I hope this year is just as awesome. Thank you for letting our crew celebrate with you!
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Gaming Tables: GoodFellas Gaming
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The news reports say that the women folk in Jakarta were up in arms against its Governor Fauzi Bowo for his remarks that rapes are taking place because women walk about in tight revealing clothes. Scores of women came out in procession in the city and protested against Governor's remarks. They said that instead of blaming their apparels he should have found out and punished the rapists. The Governor apologized later for his remarks seeing the angry mood of women.
This is not the first time a remark like that is made against women. Infact there is a belief among men that the dress of woman plays a part in creating a mood for the rapist. The women would say that it is not the dress but the mind of the person that is to be blamed. While there is some truth in both views a fact remains that the attack against women is increasing alarmingly not only in
but throughout the country. There were thousands of registered cases of molestation in this year itself and it is not simply a question of provocative dress. Jakarta
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The women there are traditionally supposed to stay back at home while men go out and work for the family. A woman seen outside her home during the night time is looked upon as a transgressor of tradition. The attack against women outside has therefore an element of revenge also for breaking the tradition.
The Police also do not take the complaints of women or the attack on them very seriously. The sexual attack is considered as a social misconduct and not as a serious criminal act and as such invites only mild punishment. Though there is a commission for the welfare of the women in
called 'National commission on violence against women' it has not succeeded in changing the attitude of men. Indonesia
The attitude of Indonesian society on womenfolk has to change first, before the attack on them can be expected to come down. The Government and social workers should campaign for it incessantly.
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