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UPDATE: 641 Votes Remain In Santa Clarita City Council Race
The story is far from over in the battle for the last of three open City Council seats.
By Carol Rock and Jon Dell
Election Day may be over, but that doesn't mean everything is resolved. Two of the three open Santa Clarita City Council seats were won by incumbents Laurene Weste and Marsha McLean. The last seat, however, is still too close to call, as only 69 votes separate incumbent Frank Ferry and challenger David Gauny.
At the close of vote tabulation Tuesday night, the City guessed that roughly 250-300 ballots had yet to be counted. However late Wednesday afternoon the City confirmed that 641 ballots remain uncounted and unverified at this time. The uncounted ballots include all provisional ballots, as well as vote by mail (absentee) ballots that were dropped off at polling locations or City Hall Tuesday.
David Gauny's chances of coming from behind to snatch the final seat improve the higher that uncounted number is.
At 5:30 p.m. Wednesday the city of Santa Clarita released the official timeline for what happens next, along with an explanation of election processes.
That statement is printed in bold below:
The City is in possession of 641 ballots that have yet to be counted. Of these 641, the breakout is as follows:
* 404 vote by mail ballots dropped off at the precincts yesterday
* 5 vote by mail ballots hand delivered to the City Clerk yesterday, before the close of the election but too late to be included in last night's count
* 215 provisional ballots cast at the precincts yesterday; and
* 17 vote by mail ballots returned by mail prior to the close of the precincts where the City Clerk can not authenticate signatures.
Vote by mail ballots (previously known as absentee ballots) are ballots that are mailed to voters who have requested these types of ballots. Voters then complete the ballot and either mail their ballot in or hand it in to a precinct on Election Day. Provisional ballots are those cast at precincts by voters who state that they are registered to vote, but whose name does not appear on the roster at the precinct, or who otherwise cannot vote in the ordinary manner - such as voters who previously requested a vote by mail ballot but have not mailed the ballot or brought it to the polls or voters who go to the incorrect precinct.
City Clerk staff has prepared and ran the 409 vote by mail ballots through our signature verification machine to authenticate the voter's signature and ensure we do not have any duplicate ballots. Any ballot containing a signature the Clerk's office cannot verify on-site will be copied and added to the batch of signatures the office will be sending to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder at its office in Norwalk by the end of business today. Once signatures for these ballots have been verified, the City Clerk will sort the ballots by precinct, box the ballots and secure the ballots. The City Clerk's office will not physically open any ballot envelopes until they are all ready to be opened.
Next, City Clerk staff will begin verifying provisional ballots cast at the precinct. As part of this process, City Clerk staff makes copies of all the envelopes with signatures and sends the copies to the County Registrar-Recorder at its office in Norwalk.
Before validating each provisional ballot, moreover, City Clerk staff must cross reference our election database to ensure that the voter did not also return a mailed ballot. City Clerk staff must also review the precinct logs to make sure the voter did not cast a ballot at their assigned precinct and then cast a second provisional ballot at a second precinct location.
Once all ballots have been verified, the next step will be to have the Ballot Board open the ballots, inspect the ballots for damage and sort them by precinct for machine count. This process, as with previous meetings of the Ballot Board, will be open to the public for viewing. After that process is complete, City Clerk staff will conduct a full-machine count of all remaining ballots at one-time, in the City Council Chambers in the same fashion as on Election Night.
We likely won't know the real outcome of the race until Monday, April 19. Provisional ballots have to be qualified, and those that cannot be verified by the City will have to be sent to Los Angeles County.
To see the full election results for all 11 candidates, click here.
With all the activity at City Hall Tuesday night, the candidates chose to stay away and watch returns on computer and television screens with friends and family. We stopped in to visit with some of the front-runners.
Mayor Laurene Weste, who will begin her fourth consecutive term on April 27, held a low-key gathering in an old house on Magic Mountain Parkway. The tiny front room was crowded with supporters and spilled out into the parking lot, where Weste was greeting new arrivals.
"I love Santa Clarita," she said. "We are one of the best (cities) in the nation in so many ways, the best for families, geographically gorgeous, some of the most wonderful people on the planet as far as I'm concerned live here and you know, we care about each other here. I feel great. My proudest moment is being able to serve my community."
In Old Newhall, the Egg Plantation was the spot for supporters of TimBen Boydston and Henry Schultz. As he sat at a high-top table where a computer showed an ongoing tally of the ballots, he held out optimistically.
"I feel good, we ran a good clean campaign, we did not go negative," he said. "We talked about the issues. I have about 60-70 volunteers that have worked incredible hours because they believe in the democratic process.
"The results are what they are, the people have spoken and I'm good with that," Boydston concluded.
Top vote-getter Marsha McLean celebrated with fellow incumbent Frank Ferry at the home of Councilwoman Laurie Ender. She seemed a bit overwhelmed, but pleasantly surprised.
"I am very happy, and happy the campaign is over," she said, smiling broadly. "I wasn't sure with this election how it was going to be. I worked very hard and I'm glad I did and I'm very happy with the results."
Asked if she has any plans for the next four years, McLean touched on one of her favorite subjects.
"I think we have a lot of work to do; with the economy the way it is, we have to make sure we stay strong economically. We are going to be planning the future for the next 25 years, it's a big responsibility and we need to make sure we do it right. I'm very interested in transportation issues and really want to bring a high speed transportation system up this way and make sure we get our fair share of the dollars. Most of all, I'm happy that I'll be able to return to the City Council to continue the work that I've done."
With the third open slot tentatively in his grasp, Frank Ferry watched anxiously as the last of the returns came in.
"Honestly, I feel the same way I did six months ago. I knew this was going to be a tough race. I've been a very strong advocate for the hospital, I've been an outspoken advocate for keeping public roads open, such as Benz and Linda Vista. I've been an outspoken advocate for private property rights, so it's not like I didn't know that over the course of 12 years I've taken very clear outspoken positions on issues, and that includes me taking a job outside the Hart District.
"I knew when I went down to Alemany and brought down some coaches that were loved at one school, and some athletes that came and chose my school. It's one of those things that you peck away and peck away over 12 years so I knew it was going to be a tough race. Like I said before, I love the city, I feel like I've given 12 years of great public service and I knew going in that people would say either 'you've done a great job, keep it up' or I'd do the same type of things just not with the councilman title. It doesn't change who I am, doing stuff for youth and for kids.
If he does end up the third-highest vote-getter, Ferry said that he's got a couple of issues he hopes to pursue.
"On Whittaker Bermite, I want to see a clear and concise plan on how that's going to become a viable property to be developed economically and get the roads in. I also want to see us take more of a leadership position for senior citizens in our valley; I know it's a county issue, but our community has been so generous to open space, to kids, to schools. We've got to do something different than other communities have done and say our youth and seniors are equal as important to each other."
Reflecting on his first race for Council, Ferry drew some similarities to Tuesday's race.
"In my first election I ran against Jill Klajic and Jan Heidt, who were incumbents," he said. "I worked so hard, I put in 20 hour days for six months and no one knew who I was. At the beginning of the night I was winning, by the end of the night I lost by 60 votes. Here you have a similar situation, where I'm up by 70 votes.
"The difference is now I'm the principal of a high school with a $14 million budget, I have 1,600 kids and parents and 150 staff members and employees. You just can't come and go like you did. I have two sons who live with me full time and they take my time. I never miss an event of theirs. Even though it was election night, I went to a volleyball game at Golden Valley and drove down to Crespi High School for another game and got back up here by 8:30. My sons will always be a priority. Your life changes and my life if in a different position than it was when I ran 14 years ago."
Across town, challenger David Gauny was reeling from his late-night surge in the vote tabulation.
A somewhat stunned David Gauny told KHTS that he had already thanked his supporters when the surge changed everything.
"When we were 800 votes behind I talked to the crowd and said 'hey, thanks for all the work, we've done a great job, we've run a great campaign and I feel proud of everybody,"' he said. "And then all of a sudden things started turning, and obviously the momentum is still here and there's a group of people looking at it and thinking 'how did this happen' and we're excited. I feel great."
To see the full election results for all 11 candidates, click here.


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Tame temper tantrums in just seven weeks
Week 4 Project
Choose one "do" tactic to work on at a time—resist trying to remember and apply all of them. Successfully using a single approach several times will help you make those actions feel more natural and routine; once you feel entirely comfortable knowing how and when to distract your toddler, for example, or put his anger into words, then try to add another tactic to your repertoire. Likely, you've got plenty of opportunities to give each one a shot!
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If you can't think of a single one of these Do's once your child's temper flares, just sit on the floor with him. You may be amazed at how much quicker the tantrum will pass when he can sense your support for his feelings.
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- The Do's of Taming Tantrums: Part 4 of 7
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SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference released the schedule for the 2013-14 women's basketball conference campaign. Gonzaga University, looking to grab its unprecedented 10th-straight WCC regular-season title, begins action, Dec. 28.
"I think this could be the best and deepest the league has been since I have been at Gonzaga," stated Gonzaga head coach Kelly Graves of the now 10-team WCC. "There is not going to be an easy game."
The Zags begin the 2013-14 conference season playing seven of their first nine games on the road, including opening at Saint Mary's College, who tied for third in league a season ago.
"It is not ideal to start with seven of nine conference games on the road," Graves said. "However, you have to play everybody twice and it works itself out in the end."
After their opening game at Saint Mary's – set for Saturday, Dec. 28 - the Bulldogs will face new WCC member the University of the Pacific on Monday, Dec. 30. Pacific ended the 2012-13 season with a 27-8 overall mark, won the Big West Conference regular-season title with a 14-4 record, and made an appearance in the fourth round of the WNIT.
Gonzaga continues play on the road Friday, Jan. 3 with a contest at the University of Portland before returning to the McCarthey Athletic Center for its home-opener against BYU, Thursday, Jan. 9. The Bulldogs close out their quick homestand with the University of San Diego, Saturday, Jan. 11. The Cougars finished tied for third in the WCC in 2012-13, while the Toreros placed second and fell to GU in the WCC Tournament Championship contest.
A four-game roadtrip follows with games at the University of San Francisco (Fri., Jan. 17), Santa Clara University (Sun., Jan. 19), Loyola Marymount University (Thurs., Jan. 23), and Pepperdine University (Sat., Jan. 25).
The Zags then close out the conference season with seven of nine games at the McCarthey Athletic Center.
Beginning the stretch are four-straight home contests; Santa Clara (Thurs., Jan. 30), San Francisco (Sat., Feb. 1), Pepperdine (Thurs., Feb. 6) and Loyola Marymount (Sat., Feb. 8).
Games at San Diego (Thurs., Feb. 13) and at BYU (Sat., Feb. 15) end the road contests for Gonzaga.
The final 3-game home stretch includes Portland on Saturday, Feb. 22; Saint Mary's on Thursday, Feb. 27 and Senior Day against Pacific, Saturday, March 1.
Gonzaga ended the 2012-13 season with a 27-6 overall record and a 13-1 league mark. The Bulldogs return 12 letterwinners, including four starters, from the squad that made a fifth-straight appearance into the NCAA Tournament, along with welcoming one redshirt and one newcomer.


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Citing concerns that many of Louisville's trees are dying and diseased, Mayor Greg Fischer today formed a Tree Advisory Board to develop policies to better care for existing trees and plant new ones.
"The simple act of planting a tree – and properly caring for it – has multiple benefits," Fischer said, standing on the grounds of Metro Hall, where he and others planted a tree to mark today's announcement. "They are beautiful and they cleanse the air, provide shelter and shade and reduce the urban heat-island effect."
The Tree Board will be a 12-member committee appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Metro Council. Fischer announced today that Katy Schneider, a former deputy mayor, will advise the Mayor on establishing the board.
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Australia is almost two separate nations when it comes to food. In the cities – especially Melbourne and Sydney – there's a range of cosmopolitan and inexpensive restaurants and cafés featuring almost every imaginable cuisine. Here, there's an exceptionally high ratio of eating places to people, and they survive because people eat out so much – three times a week is not unusual. Remote country areas are the antithesis of this: often the only options other than meat pies and microwaveable fast food is the straightforward counter food served at the local hotel, or a slightly more upmarket bistro or basic Chinese restaurant.
Traditionally, Australian food has its roots in the English meat-and-two-veg vein. Two things have rescued the country from culinary destitution: immigration and the range of superb, locally produced fresh ingredients. In addition to introducing their own cuisine, immigrants have had a profound effect on mainstream Australian food. "Modern Australian" cuisine (or mod Oz) is an exciting blend of tastes and influences from around the world – particularly Asia and the Mediterranean – and many not specifically "ethnic" restaurants will have a menu that includes good curries, dolmades and fettuccine alongside steak and prawns. This healthy, eclectic – and above all, fresh – cuisine has a lot in common with Californian cooking styles, and both go under the banner of "East meets West" or fusion cuisine.
Meat is plentiful, cheap and excellent: steak forms the mainstay of the pub-counter meal and of the ubiquitous barbie, as Australian an institution as you could hope to find: free or coin-operated barbecues are in car parks, campsites and beauty spots all over the country. As well as the usual beef, chicken, lamb and pork, wallaby, emu, buffalo and camel may be served, especially in more upmarket restaurants, but the most common "unusual" meats are kangaroo (or wallaby) – a rich, tender and virtually fat-free meat – and crocodile, which tastes like a mix of chicken and pork and is at its best when grilled. On the coast, there's tremendous seafood – prawns and oysters, mud crabs, Moreton Bay bugs (small crustaceans) and yabbies (sea- and freshwater crayfish), lobsters – and a wide variety of fresh- and seawater fish. Barramundi has a reputation as one of the finest, but is easily beaten by sweetlips or coral trout.
Fruit is good, too, from Tasmanian cherries and pears to tropical bananas, pawpaw (papaya), mangoes, avocados, citrus fruits, custard apples, lychees, pineapples, passion fruit, star fruit and coconuts – few of them native, but delicious nonetheless. Vegetables are also fresh, cheap and good, and include everything from pumpkin, European cauliflowers and potatoes to Chinese bok choy and Indian bitter gourds. Note that aubergine is known as eggplant, courgettes as zucchini and red or green peppers as capsicums.
Vegetarians are better served than you'd expect of meat-centred Australia, in the cities at least, where veggie cafés have cultivated a wholesome, trendy image that suits Australians' health-conscious nature. In the country, things are more tricky, but most restaurants will have one vegetarian option at least.
Finally, a word on eskies – insulated food containers varying from handy "six-pack" sizes to sixty-litre trunks able to swallow a weekend's worth of food or beer. Either way, no barbie or camping trip is complete without a couple.
Ethnic food
Since World War II, wave after wave of immigrants have brought a huge variety of ethnic cuisines to Australia: first North European, then Mediterranean and most recently Asian.
An array of Asian cuisines – especially Chinese, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Thai, Japanese and Indian – can be found throughout Australia. European cuisines have also made their mark, with Italian food an enormous influence, and Greek, Turkish and Lebanese also popular.
Eating out
Restaurants are no longer such fabulous value compared with Britain and North America. Prices are now roughly comparable, although the availability of BYO can reduce the cost of eating out: a good two-course meal in a BYO restaurant can be had for Aus$35 or less, though a main course at a moderate restaurant is around Aus$18–26.
Cafés are one of the great joys of modern Australian life. First imported by southern European immigrants and particularly strong in the cities, café culture is excellent, with most places acting as places to hang out with the papers as well as venues for generally healthy food throughout the day – a good bet for a modern bistro-style meal.
The hotel (ie pub) counter meal is another Aussie mainstay, and in places may be all that's available: if it is, make sure you get there in time – meals in pubs are generally served from noon to 2.30pm and from 6pm to 9pm, and sometimes not at all on Sunday evening. The food is often simple but substantial; typically around Aus$16 or less for steak, salad and chips. In more upmarket areas and cities you'll find more gastropub fare, with dishes such as pan-fried fish and mash, porterhouse steak, and lamb and rosemary sausages featuring alongside club sandwiches and home-made burgers.
In cities and bigger resorts, you'll find excellent fast food in food courts, often in the basements of office buildings or in shopping malls, where dozens of small stalls compete to offer Thai, Chinese, Japanese or Italian food as well as burgers, steaks and sandwiches. On the road, you may be limited to what's available at the roadhouse, usually the lowest common denominator of reheated meat pies and microwaved ready-meals.
Australians have a reputation for enjoying a drink, and hotels (also sometimes called pubs, taverns, inns and bars) are where the drinking mostly takes place. Traditionally, public bars are male enclaves, the place where mates meet after work on their way home, with the emphasis more on the beer and banter than the surroundings. Nowadays, many city hotels are comfortable, relaxed bars for all, but a lot of Outback pubs remain pretty Spartan and daunting for strangers of either sex, though you'll find the barriers come down if you're prepared to join in the conversation.
Friday and Saturday are the party nights, when there's likely to be a band and – in the case of some Outback establishments – everybody for 100km around jammed into the building. Opening hours vary from state to state; they're usually 11am to 11pm, but are often much later, with early closing on Sunday. Some places are also "early openers", with hours from 6am to 6pm.
Off-licences or liquor stores are known as bottle shops. These are usually in a separate section attached to a pub or supermarket – in some states, you can't buy alcohol from supermarkets or grocery stores. There are also drive-in bottle shops, sometimes attached to pubs, where you can load bulk purchases directly into the boot of your car. If you plan to visit Aboriginal communities in the Outback, bear in mind that some are "dry". Respect their regulations and don't take any alcohol with you, even if members of the communities ask you for "grog".
As any Aussie will tell you, the only way to drink beer in a hot country is ice-cold (the English can expect to be constantly berated for other preferences) and fast, from a small container so it doesn't heat up before you can down the contents. Tubular foam or polystyrene coolers are often supplied for tinnies (cans) or stubbies (short-necked bottles) to make sure they stay icy. Glasses are always on the small side, and are given confusingly different names state by state. The standard ten-ounce (half-pint) serving is known as a pot in Victoria and Queensland, and a middie in New South Wales and Western Australia, where the situation is further complicated by the presence of fifteen-ounce schooners. A carton or slab is a box of 24–30 tinnies or stubbies, bought in bulk from a bottle shop and always cheaper when not chilled (a "Darwin stubby", with typically Territorian eccentricity, is two litres of beer in an oversized bottle).
Traditionally Australian beers are lager- or pilsner-style, and even the big mass-produced ones are pretty good – at least once you've worked up a thirst. They're considerably stronger than their US equivalents, equivalent to the average British lager at just under five percent alcohol. Each state has its own label and there are fierce local loyalties, even though most are sold nationwide: Fourex (XXXX) and Powers in Queensland; Swan in Western Australia; Coopers in South Australia; VB in Victoria; Tooheys in New South Wales; and Boag's in Tasmania. Almost all of these companies produce more than one beer – usually a light low-alcohol version and a premium "gold" or bitter brew. There are also a number of smaller breweries and specialist beermakers: Tasmania's Cascade, WA's Redback or Matilda Bay, Queensland's Cairns' Draught and Eumundi. Incidentally, Fosters is treated as a joke in Australia, fit only for export.
In recent years, Australians have discovered there's more to slake a thirst than icy lager. A number of smaller breweries now produce hoppy ales with less fizz and arguably more taste. Beers of Coopers Brewery are widely available on draught, but most ales are bottle-only; James Squires brewery, Australia's oldest after it was founded by a convict in 1794, produces several. Similarly, larger bottle shops stock imported beers, but outside cities (where Irish pubs serve surprisingly good Guinness) it's rare that you'll find anything foreign on tap.
Wines and spirits
Australian wines have long been appreciated at home, and it's not hard to see why; even an inexpensive bottle (around Aus$12) will be better than just drinkable, while pricier varieties compare favourably with fine French wines – though some critics complain that Australian reds have become a bit too "woody" in recent years. The likes of Yalumba, Lindemans and Wolf Blass are widely available in Europe and will give satisfaction, but be adventurous: you're unlikely to be disappointed. Even the "chateau cardboard" four-litre bladders or wine casks that prevail at parties and barbecues are perfectly palatable. Whatever the colour, a mid-range bottle of wine will set you back about Aus$16.
The biggest wine-producing regions are the Hunter Valley in New South Wales and the Barossa Valley in South Australia, but you'll find smaller commercial vineyards from Kingaroy in Queensland to Margaret River in southwest Western Australia. If you buy at these places, you'll be able to sample in advance. Most bottle shops have a good range of reasonably priced options from around the country.
The Australian wine industry also makes port and brandy as a sideline, though these are not up to international standards. Two excellent dark rums from Queensland's sugar belt are well worth tasting, however: the sweet, smoky Bundaberg and the more conventionally flavoured Beenleigh. They're of average strength, normally 33 percent alcohol, but beware of "overproof" variations, which will floor you if you try to drink them like ordinary spirits.
Australia can thank its Italian immigrants for elevating coffee to a pastime rather than just a hot drink. Nowadays, every suburban café has an espresso machine, and it's not just used to make cappuccino. Other styles of coffee have adopted uniquely Australian names: a "flat white" is a smooth white coffee made with espresso and lightly foamed milk, a "long black" is a regular cup of black coffee, and a "short black" is an espresso – transformed by a splash of milk into a macchiato. ("Espresso" is also a brand of instant coffee, so ask for a short black if you're after the genuine article.)Read More
Before the first European colonists settled on the continent, Aborigines followed a nomadic lifestyle within extensive tribal boundaries, following seasonal game and plants and promoting both by annually burning off grassland.
Along the coast, indigenous people speared turtles and dugong from outrigger canoes, and even cooperated with dolphins to herd fish into shallows. On land, animals caught were possums, snakes, goannas, emus and kangaroos, while more meagre pickings were provided by honey and green ants, water-holding frogs, moths and various grubs – the witchetty (or witjuti) being the best known. Plants were used extensively and formed the bulk of the diet. This food became known as bushtucker.
Until 1993, it was illegal to sell or serve kangaroo or emu anywhere outside of South Australia, but following legislation that allowed their consumption in other states, emu, kangaroo and even crocodile are now readily available on restaurant menus.
There are also several bushtucker tours and safaris available (particularly in the Northern Territory), which give an introduction to living off the land.
In a restaurant, BYO, or Bring Your Own, means diners may bring their own wine to enjoy with their meal. Some establishments add "wine only" after BYO, but the understanding is generally that you may not bring spirits or beer. A small corkage fee – around Aus$5–10 – is usually charged, either per bottle or per head. Some licensed restaurants also allow BYO wine, but throw in a steep corkage fee to the price of your bottle – you might as well stick to their wine list.
Infamous Australian foods
Infamous Australian foods
Chiko Roll
Imagine a wrapper of stodgy breadcrumbed dough filled with a mess of beef, veg, thickeners and flavourings, then deep-fried. Inspired by the spring roll, they say, but you could only get away with it in Australia.
Sounding positively wholesome in this company is this swagman's staple – soda bread baked in a pot buried in the ashes of a fire. It's not hard to make after a few attempts – the secret is in the heat of the coals and a splash of beer.
A chocolate-coated sponge cube rolled in shredded coconut.
("pav"). A dessert concoction of meringue with layers of cream and fruit; named after the eminent Russian ballerina. Made properly with fresh fruit and minimum quantities of cream and sugar, it's not bad at all.
Pie floater
The apotheosis of the meat pie; a "pie floater" is an inverted meat pie swamped in mashed green peas and tomato sauce; found especially in South Australia. Floaters can be surprisingly good, or horrible enough to put you off both pies and peas for life.
Regarded by the English as an inferior form of Marmite and by almost every other nationality with total disgust, Vegemite is an Australian institution – a strong, dark, yeast spread.
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(witjuti). About the size of your little finger, witchetty grubs are dug from the roots of mulga trees and are a famous bushtucker delicacy. Eating the plump, fawn-coloured caterpillars live (as is traditional) takes some nerve, so give them a brief roast in embers. Either way, they're oddly reminiscent of peanut butter.


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Saginaw County Undersheriff Robert Karl informed WNEM about the re-launch of the Dead Carcass Patrol, a program designed to tackle the road kill problem in Saginaw County.
Saginaw County Sheriff Bill Federspiel started the program back in 2010, using jail inmates to get rid of the dead animals.
A lack of funding brought Carcass Patrol to an end in 2012. For months it had been a dead issue. But now Karl says there's money in the budget to bring the program back to life. That means cleaner roads for everyone.
"We want to clean up Saginaw County. Not just with crime but we want to actually clean up Saginaw County. We pick up everything from little dead mice to deer to skunks. Whatever is out there we pick them up and we take care of them," Karl said.
People we talked to in St. Charles say they're glad to hear about the return of the animal removal program.
"I think it's a good idea. I don't like the smell and I'm sure that a lot of people who live in the area don't like that smell either and it's messy," Margie Ustisatn said.
"I'm an avid cyclist as well and occasionally going down some of those long stretches of road, if there is a road kill issue you have to deal with it for quite awhile," Corey Derop said.
"There's a lot of road kill deer and other animals around and it would be a good idea to get them picked up," Pat Rusz said.
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what kinds of food are you supposed to eat during Ramadan when breaking your fast? I know the date is one..
Eat something healthy dont eat something has height in fat which slow you down when you prayer, drink a plenty on water but not at once. You can also eat theses food too: Dates, pistachios, other nuts, and dried fruits Fresh seasonal fruits Fresh seasonal vegetables Chabbakia - a dessert made of fried dough flavored with orange blossom water and coated with sesame seeds and honey. (Morocco) Paomo - a bread and mutton soup (China) Ramazan Kebabi - a dish made with lamb, onions, yogurt, and pita bread. (Turkey) Sherbet - the world's first soft drink, developed in the Ottoman Empire. Sherbets are made from fruit juices, extracts of flowers, or herbs, and combined with water and sugar. (Turkey) Chapatis - unleavened flatbread that is rolled up with vegetables and meats. (India and Pakistan) Lavash - a soft, thin crackerbread. (Armenia, Azerbaijan) Fattoush - a salad made of vegetables and pita bread. (Lebanon and Arab countries) Tabbouleh - a salad made with fresh tomatoes, parsley, garlic, and bulgur wheat. (Middle East) Khyar Bi Laban - cucumber and yogurt salad (Middle East) Chorba - lamb stew with tomatoes and chickpeas (Morocco) Fasulia - stew with green beans and meat (North Africa and the Middle East) Bamia - a stew made with meat and okra (North Africa and the Middle East) Mujadarra - a dish made with rice and lentils (Middle East) Konafah - a pastry made with phyllo dough and cheese (Middle East) Qatayef - a type of Arabic pancake filled with sweet cheese and nuts (Saudi Arabia, Palestine) Ful medammes - fava beans cooked with garlic and spread on bread (North Africa) Kolak - a fruit dessert made with palm sugar, coconut milk, and pandanus leaf. Fruits such as jackfruit or banana are added, or mung beans. (Indonesia) Haleem - a porridge made of meat, wheat, and lentils. (India) Paneer cheese (Persia and India) Jalebi - deep-fried dough batter soaked in syrup. (Pakistan) Shabi kebab - fried patties of ground meat and chickpeas. (India and Pakistan)
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As-salamu 'alaikum. I think dates and milk should be avoided because they are high in carbohydrate and can cause gas which breaks wudu. Drink a lot of water, eat food and fruits that are low in carbohydrate, such as papayas. Use oil and spices in your food as less as possible. Tarabih is a long prayer and we need to keep wudu to pray it with concentration.
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but everyone eats dates and even prophet Muhammad saw ate dates with milk
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NEW YORK, NY, USA - It seems like only yesterday, but this year's US Open quarterfinals mark the 20th anniversary of the retirement of one of the sport's towering figures: Chris Evert. On the Louis Armstrong Stadium, the setting of so many great moments in a career that spanned two decades, the 34-year-old American found the net with a forehand return of serve. With that her Fed Cup teammate Zina Garrison advanced to the semis, 76(1) 62.
The gloomy weather suited the occasion, for as 'Chris America' gave a final wave to the adoring New York fans there was barely a dry eye in the house. Even the vanquisher was swept up in the emotion. "I was the one crying at the net because Chris was such a great champion," Garrison recalled. "Chris was consoling me."
While it was no fairytale ending there was no shame in the loss, just the fourth pre-semifinal Grand Slam departure of a stellar - and phenomenally consistent - career punctuated by statistics that may never be bettered.
Evert first captivated the nation in 1971 when she reached the US Open semifinals as a 16-year-old debutante - dubbed 'Cinderella in Sneakers', it took top-ranked Billie Jean King to stop her - and from that point on she only ever failed to reach at least the final four of a major four times in 56 outings. A third round loss to Kathy Jordan at Wimbledon in 1983 finally snapped what remains the Open Era record for most consecutive Grand Slam semis or better - 34, extending from the 1971 US Open through to Roland Garros in 1983.
Along the way there were 18 Grand Slam singles titles, appropriately tied with her great rival Martina Navratilova, and fourth on the all-time list behind Margaret Court (24), Steffi Graf (22) and Helen Wills Moody (19). Seven of Evert's Slams were won at Roland Garros on her beloved clay; six came at the US Open; she won three times at Wimbledon (where she was runner-up no less than seven times) and twice at the Australian Open.
Indeed, Evert lifted at least one Grand Slam trophy a season for 13 years between 1973 and 1986.
She Made it Here, She Made it There, She Made it Everywhere...
Her 154 Tour singles titles second only to Navratilova's 167, Evert still owns the best win-loss percentage in pro tennis history (.900) and boasts the record of any player for a single surface - a 125-match win streak on clay that stretched from August 1973 until May 1979, when Tracy Austin defeated her in a third set tie-break in the semis at Rome.
She won 101 matches at the US Open, still more than any other player, male or female, for just 12 losses. She reached the semis on 17 of 19 visits to New York, first at Forest Hills and then at Flushing Meadows.
Injury kept Evert out of the first two Slams of the season on her final year on the Tour, but she was back at Wimbledon, where she drew on her trademark mental strength - and a dazzling backhand pass down the line - to avert disaster against Italy's Laura Golarsa in the quarters, before succumbing to Graf.
Third on the list of total weeks at No.1 (260) and having finished the season as No.1 five times, Evert walked away from the game if not at her peak, then still very much a member of the elite. As late as 1985, after her stunning win at Roland Garros, she briefly stole the top ranking from Navratilova - and remains the oldest player to ever have held the top spot (at 31 years, 10 months, 7days).
Between 1972 and 1989 she was never ranked lower than No.4 in the world.
Not for her would there be a protracted, sad-to-watch decline; the losses to lesser lights mounted towards the end, sure, but in the 1980s Evert actually remade herself into a more complete player, spurred by the off-court training and on-court attack of Navratilova. Their rivalry would end at 43-37 in Navratilova's favor, including an implausible 60 meetings in finals.
Fittingly, the two stars joined forces to win the Fed Cup for the United States a month or so after Evert's US Open exit, with Evert's final win coming over future Wimbledon champion Conchita Martínez of Spain.
But perhaps the match best worth remembering came the round before that loss to Garrison, when Evert produced a vintage display of pinpoint accuracy to rout a young 12th-seeded Monica Seles, 60 62. It was a match few expected the veteran to win, and a powerful performance that seemed to say: "I would have been great in any era."
Of course, Evert's legacy is not just about victories and statistics. Through it all, she was a key protagonist in the politics of the sport, serving a record nine terms as president of the WTA Players Association. Her mix of athletic achievement, wit, poise and traditional feminine deportment brought glamour to the baseline and provided the sport with a mainstream, crossover star at a crucial time. Most importantly, though, her example - with that peerless double-handed backhand and steely determination to make the most of herself - encouraged countless young girls to take up the game.
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We have discussed the major downside to prescribed medication in the next post (see "how to cure thrush - drug free"). Natural remedies also have negatives. There a very few all natural treatments for thrush that are either safe or effective. For example, olive leaf extract (which is often recommended) is actually very toxic for the liver.
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The Landscape Partnerships programme is for schemes led by partnerships of local, regional and national interests which aim to conserve areas of distinctive landscape character throughout the UK. You can apply for a grant from £100,000 to £3million.
You can read more about Landscape Partnerships in the application guidance. Your application will have a better chance of success if you read this thoroughly before you apply.
Please note that we have updated our application guidance. This includes new information about staff costs in Section 7: Project costs and applies to all first-round applications submitted from 6 December 2013 onwards.
Landscape Partnership schemes need to contribute towards all of the nine outcomes listed below.
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Justin Timberlake is the latest star to join the lineup for this year's Grammy Awards, which will air on February 10 on CBS. This will be the first time in four years that JT has performed at the Grammys, and it'll mark the entertainer's first TV performance since he announced the release of his new album, The 20/20 Experience.
The last time that Justin, a six-time Grammy winner, appeared on the telecast was a memorable one. He was the one Grammy producers called on to fill the time on the show back in 2009 when Chris Brown and Rihanna both pulled out of their appearances at the last minute after Chris assaulted Rihanna. Justin duetted with legendary soul singer Al Green , making up the time and saving the broadcast.
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Facebook page, Chemtrail Geoengineering Lawsuit, has become a sort of meeting ground for activists to provide direct evidence. This group is for those interested in filing a lawsuit for Geoengineering and Chemtrails that have evidence of Chemtrail toxins such as Barium, Aluminum, Strontium and other toxins in their blood or hair, urine, soil, rain water, we plan file a complaint in all 11 US Federal Courts and Courts abroad. We now have over 1000 potential Plaintiffs and we are growing. Thanks to all that have joined. This is global and similar actions may be brought in other countries. Since the group was started, we have since done more testing, rain water was tested and was high in Aluminum and Barium and Strontium. There is an ongoing effort to discredit and placate THE PUBLIC by certain people regarding this issue. Most doctors do not test for heavy metal toxicity on patients. If they don't, I suggest a new doctor.
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Forget store-bought stationery and turn to your kitchen for a little edible inspiration. The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen dreamed up these fun, DIY place cards using common kitchen ingredients (plus simple name tags on card stock).
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Serve our Sweet and Spicy Pecans in paper cones stamped with your guests' names pre-feast. We rolled and secured squares of printer paper with tape to make these cones, but there are plenty of fancier tutorials online (I like the instructions on Home Made Simple). For easy eating, prop up cones in mason jars decorated with twine and/or ribbon.


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SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Siouxland Libraries is one of 840 libraries and state humanities councils across the country selected to receive the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA). The program aims to familiarize public audiences in the United States with the people, places, history, faith, and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world. The books and DVDs included in the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf are now available for checkout from Siouxland Libraries, and cover themes such as literature, art, history, faith, and American perspectives.
As part of Muslim Journeys, the library, in partnership with the Sioux Falls Multi-Cultural Center, will offer three free public programs to further explore the themes presented in the materials. On Wednesday, October 23, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., kids and parents will have a chance to learn about Islam through an after-school program at the Multi-Cultural Center featuring storytelling and hands-on activities.
On Wednesday, October 30, the Multi-Cultural Center will host The Mosque Experience, a guided and interactive tour through the etiquette and practices of Islamic faith, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The Main Library will present a showing of the documentary Islam: Empire of Faith on Wednesday, November 6, at 6:30 p.m., with a discussion led by Islamic community leaders following the film.
The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association. Major support for the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.
For more information on this program series, or to access materials included in the bookshelf, call 367-8720 or visit www.siouxlandlib.org.


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Well, the federal budget request is out now, and agencies are starting to get a glimpse of how much they'll have to trim if the request passes as is.
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This little crib sheet is nice, but could be made just a bit bigger for the 5 inch mattress that I purchased for the mini-crib. I would have liked it to come over the ends a bit more, but overall this is a good purchase for the price.
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At Hoyt, it's always been our passion to seek ways to improve on the status quo. Whether that is in design, materials, aesthetics, feel, or other important areas, we're always looking for ways to make things better. Given that philosophy, it's a testimony to the quality and genius of our original, patented Hoyt Dovetail System (HDS) that it has been around for 25 years now.
Innovation is at the very core of our company. Hoyt has generated more innovation in recurve archery than all other companies combined, including the world's first carbon limb skin laminates (1974), first carbon limb laminate elements (1975), first bow stabilizers (1964), first TFC's (1967), first V-bars (1975), first carbon-bias-stabilized recurve limbs (1976), the first syntactic foam core materials (1985), and countless other innovations.
And, now, the Formula System joins that long list of Hoyt innovations.
The Formula series is designed as an integrated system- a complete bow designed from the ground up for performance, balance, accuracy and quality.
When we set out to redefine competition recurve bows with the Formula System, we looked at all of the properties that led our patented Hoyt Dovetail System to become the most-copied design in recurve history, and asked ourselves, "how can we make this better?" The result of that question, combined with the most intensive R&D effort in the industry, yielded the all new Formula Series. Integrating the riser and limb for tighter tolerances and better-managed stresses, the new Paralever System on the Formula Series intercepts vibration and adjusts the limb flex pattern, yielding the smoothest and fastest Hoyt recurve ever.
Equipped with an even more precise version of the proven Hardlock alignment system, and an expanded fully Hoyt-compatible set of grip options, the Formula RX riser shatters the barriers of previous design to generate a platform for the swiftest, smoothest most accurate recurve limbs ever.
It's also one of the most durable and precise risers ever developed- with the same 1500 dry-fire survivability and millions of test shot cycles required of all Hoyt risers.
The unique mounting system on the Formula RX riser also allows for decreased overall mass and a smoother shot reaction.
Powering the Formula System is a choice of two all-new, premium limbs- designated F4 in syntactic foam, and F3 in laminated wood cores.
These smooth and incredibly swift new limbs feature a new tip geometry providing for substantially enhanced velocity- Hoyt's fastest limbs ever. They also feature radically strengthened materials ensuring the ability to withstand more than 500 full-on dry-fires, more than one million shot cycles with no performance change, and unmatched torsional and vertical stability.
Innovative, all-new x-carbon multi laminates and the new Hoyt Paralever system reshape the limb stress curve for unmatched smoothness before the shot, and helps manage vibration after the shot with more than 40% less limb stress in the critical riser interface area. The result is increased smoothness in the clicker zone and up to a measured 4 FPS velocity advantage over any available recurve limb today.
The sleek, redesigned limb tip increases strength and alignment accuracy and also adds to velocity through an adjustment in critical string leverage at full draw.
Mounting a damper (for example, a Doinker with a weight) using the patent-pending Limb Dampening Bushing on the portion of the limb within the Paralever system means there is no speed loss penalty from this vibration reduction method- yet it is far more efficient than either riser-mounted dampers, or performance-robbing "stick-on" type dampers. Shooters who prefer a sharper feel can simply omit the use of a damper. Either way, the Limb Bushing allows optional use of a top rod if desired.
The linear, dynamic shot reaction, low vibration and noise, and superb accuracy are just a few of the benifits of this integrated, total system.
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25" Riser: 2.62 lbs or 2 lbs 10 oz. or 1188 grams, 66-68-70"
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The Federal Government in Australia has allocated a second round funding of US$91 million to enable almost 1400 schools nationwide to purchase computers for students.
Speaking from Caboolture State High School in Queensland, the Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, said the second round funding would put more than 141,000 computers into the hands of Year nine to 12 students.
"Every secondary school in the country has had the ability to apply for assistance to bring them to a student to computer ratio of one-to-two for students," said Gillard.
"The government's digital education revolution will take the ratio to one-to-one and we will achieve that in 2011."
Gillard said that changes in round two funding included more than US$193,000 given to 26 schools to buy learning tools for students with disabilities. She added that the government had resolved the issue of laptop costs, including software licensing, maintenance and support staff training.
State Government estimates of these costs ranged from several hundred to thousands of dollars a computer.
It led to a determination by the Federal Government estimating the total cost per laptop to be up to US$1600 over four years, and a series of proposals to reduce upfront costs, including the use of open source USB sticks and cloud-based infrastructure.
"We have resolved those issues through an agreement to make available US$512 million to support on-costs. That money will be available to schools and school systems by the end of June this year, said Gillard.
She said the timetable for rollout for the new computers "is a matter for individual schools and school systems".
The government will invest about US$1.3 billion over six years as part of the programme.
i recevied my laptop today and it is great but has THE WORST!! internet access even at home is absolute BULL! the government should totally rethink there startergies. the internet portals dont let u into absolutely anything which is already effecting my school work sites that shouldnt be blocked are blocked PLEASE HELP US ALL AND CHANGE IT!!
yours sincerly ben ormsby
At our highschool the principle said that the year 9s are getting the laptops and from what iv'e heard ONLY year 9s are getting them, i am a senior student and wouldnt it make more sence giving them to the year 11-12s? but seriously, we need them alot more than the year 9s as we are constantly doing research for our HSC course. if you could please clarify this with the school, it would be much appreciated.
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i have a year nine student and we were informed that we would have to pay $1570.00 for her laptop next year that she was required to have. i thought that all high school kids were to get a free laptop. is this true or was it only a few schools that will get free laptops.
Well the head of IT at our school told me today we are getting our own laptops. About time a Queensland school gets laptops
the federal government has done the right thing in trying to get our kids into the future. the problem is with the schools & the principals. our school has the laptops ready to go but……. the cases that where ordered for this years laptops are to small and the principal has not bothered to do anything about it
i and another parent have been trying to come up with a hard case for our kids of ebay at our own cost.
when i was year 11, we were told that students could get a rebate on their laptops, and i went and spent my school holidays saving on one, but then when tax time came my account said i couldnt claim for one, the next thing that was said, is that the govenment would supply the computers for free, but in year 12 the school received several hundred laptops, but made them permant fixtures and gave us accounts to use them, its a total load of BS this computer stuff is, i think the only way us students will get to use technology is if we spend the money and buy our own laptop and our own 3G connection
I just recieved my laptop and i was just wondering if any of the other schools have informed the students of the rules such as no youtube or liver messenger because this is a complete waste of money then. :(
Hey..im here in Western Australia and we havent recived our laptops yet, but we are surpose to be getting them in the coming sermester. I wanna know is it worth it getting the laptops or are they just as fustrating as the orignal way?
when ever a techer gives you a link in class its blocked. mines even blocked google images!
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LAKELAND -- Miami Country Day felt it had the perfect combination this season to break the school's state championship drought.
But Thursday night, the Spartans couldn't put the whole package together and watched its girls' dream basketball season end with a 44-40 loss to Daytona Beach Father Lopez in the Class 3A state final at The Lakeland Center. The loss ended the school's hopes of winning what would have been its first state title in any sport.
The Spartans (28-2), who led by as many as five points in the fourth quarter, lost the lead for good with four minutes left despite forcing 21 turnovers in the game.
Junior guard Danielle Minott came up with the last one by making her fifth steal of the game on an inbounds pass with 11 seconds left.
Minott drove to the basket for the potential game-tying score, but her running shot bounced off the backboard and rim and was collected by Simone Brown. Minott then fouled out of the game and Brown proceeded to make two free throws to seal the outcome.
"I got the steal, but it just didn't fall," Minott said. "I rushed the shot a little bit. We started to get our way, but as the seconds ticked by, we all rushed shots. That last one, I could have held it a little longer and made something better happen and maybe send it to overtime."
Father Lopez (27-5), which won its first state championship since 2005, went 8 for 8 from the free-throw line in the final 2 minutes 12 seconds as it gradually took a four-point lead with 22.9 seconds left. Senior forward Onika Swaby made a pair of free throws to set up the decisive possession.
"The play couldn't have been set up any better," Miami Country Day coach Ochiel Swaby said. "We had the right defensive call and she made it and went for the layup. It didn't go in. That's life and basketball sometimes."
Minott, who played at state last season for Miramar Parkway Academy, didn't attribute the quick shot or the lack of clutch shooting by the team to simply playing in the state finals. Minott finished with 20 points and six rebounds.
Miami Country Day, however, shot 15 of 55 (27.3 percent) and went 2 for 14 from three-point range. The Spartans were held to their second-lowest score of the season.
"[Father Lopez] was being aggressive like we were," Onika Swaby said. "We had to stay disciplined, but we were pressing and we let them get behind us."
The Spartans led for most of the game but were never able to fully take control of a contest that was tied four times, including twice in the fourth quarter.
Minott stole a ball and converted a fastbreak just after Swaby hit a pair of free throws to give Country Day a 34-29 lead early in the fourth quarter. But Brown hit a three-pointer and moments later Ashley Folsom put back a missed shot to tie the game with 4:34 left.
Ochiel Swaby said he expected Folsom, who scored 18 points and had 10 rebounds, to be a factor. But Brown's 17 points and seven rebounds gave Father Lopez an extra component that hurt Miami Country Day on both ends of the court.
"We had a lot of missed assignments," Swaby said. "... As we went down the stretch, we just had no idea where we needed to be, and on offense we became stagnant and couldn't make shots."
Miami Country Day also had a chance to develop a cushion right before halftime. Breanna Blot broke a 16-all tie with a layup and drew a foul. After she missed her free throw, Minott rushed in and put back the miss. Blot came back and scored off a steal to give the Spartans a 22-16 lead. Folsom answered at the other end by drawing a foul and making both free throws.
"This was our first experience with this team, and it shouldn't be easy," said Swaby of his team which only graduates two seniors, Onika, his daughter, and Blot. "We're going to give it a go again next year and see what happens."
FL (27-5): Folsom 18, Brown 17, Panaggio 2, Cranshaw 7. MCD (28-2): Minott 20, B. Blot 7, Swaby 4, Mackenzie 4, Lewis 5. Half: MCD 22-18. Fouled out: Minott. Three-pointers: Brown 2, Cranshaw, Minott, Lewis. Rebounds: Folsom, Swaby 10. Assists: Cranshaw 5. Steals: Minott, Lewis 5.


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Chick Flicks Are Bad for Your Bond
Read this before your next movie night.
You may think snuggling up with the latest Cameron Diaz flick is the best way to spend a romantic evening, but not so fast -- new research says mushy movies are bad for your relationship.
How could "My Best Friend's Wedding" impact your bond? Well, according to relationship experts at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, romantic comedies give people unrealistic ideas about love and sex, and cause them to communicate poorly.
"Marriage counselors often see couples who believe that sex should always be perfect, and if someone is meant to be with you then they will know what you want without you needing to communicate it," says the university's Dr. Bjarne Holmes. "We now have some emerging evidence that suggests popular media plays a role in perpetuating these ideas in people's minds. The problem is that while most of us know that the idea of a perfect relationship is unrealistic, some of us are still more influenced by media portrayals than we realize."
So if you're secretly hoping your guy will declare his everlasting love a la John Cusak, take a mental "Cut!" and realize your bond is already perfect, warts and all.
Tell us -- do you subconsciously expect your marriage to mimic the movies?
My marriage is more like the relationship Jen and what's his name had in the beginning of The Breakup!!
Ditto Ashley! I think more movies should portray couples so realistically.
If chick flicks are bad for your relationship then so is porn. I'm cool with shutting off the chick flicks if guys could shut the porn off once in awhile and stop being such slaves to it and having expectations about wanting to try something "new" they saw 1000 times in some creepy porno movie. My man isn't standing on the Empire State Building declaring his love for me on the wings of doves and I don't have expectations that he should. Too many men have unrealistic expectations about sex though from porn.
i got a major light bulb over my head when my friend told me about this and totally was like wow i live my life like i want to live in a movie i write guys off as soon as i see them do something that i would not want my true love to do. wow what do i do now?!


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The Association of Young People with ME (AYME) is a UK charity that provides support for children and young people aged up to 26 who have ME/CFS. AYME is also here to help and support parents, carers and professionals in health, education and social care.
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Hello, I'm Anthony Keeton aka (Damion Rayne) and I've been into Space, Science, and Technology for many many years. I started playing Kerbal Space Program in version 0.9 and joined the forums as a Volunteer Moderator around version 0.10 a year ago. This last year I've made friends with the dev team and helped in many areas and tried my best to give to the community. I'm now on the team an loving every minute of it, it's an opportunity I just couldn't pass up. After five years in the military and multiple job changes over the last few years, I'm working for a company and a project or product that I believe in. KSP has grown so much over the last year, and I can't wait to see where we go next.
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