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CHANEL Quadra Eye Shadow - 18 Kaska Beige
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on 1/24/2013 11:32:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Oily, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I recently got this in a swap, and being only my 2nd Chanel quad was excited to try it. I was disappointed at first because there was hardly any pigment on any of the shadows. What I did was take off the first layer of each color, with a tissue, and the pigmentation has returned. I'm a purple and brown wearer (I have hazel eyes, NC20) so I knew this would work on me. I wasn't disappointed. Because there are 2 dark shades, this could be used in many ways, more versatile than Spices, my 1st quad, which I also love. I agree though that I wish the lightest shade was lighter, with more sheen, as a more proper highlighter, hence the 4 rating. I have yet to try it in other ways, but love it so far.
on 1/12/2013 10:04:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Olive, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
This is the only Chanel quad I own, and probably the only I will purchase, Working at a makeup counter I get to play around with a lot of makeup, and to be honest this one is by far the best combination I've seen Chanel make, for my taste that is. I think the colors look amazing on all eyecolors, but espessially brown and green, because of the warm goldeny shade, and the slight plummy brown. really brings the hazel out in brown eyes. I am not a collecter like some chanel fans, even though I could easily be, given my place of work, I like simple elegant makeup without too much clutter, and this is a quad I could easily chuck in my bag for a weekend or a holiday and be perfectly satisfied. I think the shades a classy natural and timeless. The only negative thing I have to say is that they arrent the most pigmented eyeshadows in the world, you do kind of have to rub your brush a bit, but this doesnt bother me that much. Love them.
on 8/29/2012 1:30:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Olive, Cool
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
So expensive, so boring. I love it! LOL I've been wanting a Chanel quad for a while and I decided on kaska beige bc the colors looked so safe. When trying a new brand, especially such an expensive one, I prefer to try something safe, colors that I know I'm likely to use bc of the profession I'm in. I expected that my favorite color would be the medium golden-looking one, but it isn't. It's not really golden at all on my eye, just looks like my skin. The ones I love are the lightest and darkest shades- the lightest reminds me of my fave highlight (MAC's brule) and the dark shade is the perfect outer-v daytime definer (not too dark, not too cool toned for my complexion). Quality wise, these shadows are very smooth and buttery. They do tend to powder a bit, but unlike cheaply soft shadows that powder up, these dont go on blotchy or spotty - they blend like a dream! Overall, I am really happy w this product - it's my go-to professional day palette.
on 7/25/2011 4:20:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
love chanel quads, once you buy one you keep buying more. this is a very versatile quad and can be used strategically for most day but also night as you can apply product wet for a darker look. Usually hate plastic application but the ones that come with it are quite useful, especially for applying the darker shade as a liner and for shading. Wish I could buy all the quads.. droooooool.
on 7/14/2011 9:51:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
This is one of my most beautiful e/s quads I own. The colors by themselves are nothing spectacular, but something amazing happens when you apply them together. It gives you such a natural look, but defined and smokey at the same time. I use the gold color on the lid with a golden base (MAC cash flow PP), then use the taupey-purple color in the crease (which blends out beautifully!!). The darkest purple color is used wet as a liner for both upper and lower lashes. The creamy color is used as a highlight and inner tearduct brightener.
Staying power is good, don't see much if any creasing after a day's wear, but again, use a good primer for more pigmentation.
The only down side is that the shadows are a bit powdery, but nothing too horrible that I can't live with! Overall - wonderful daily-use palette.
on 7/9/2011 3:54:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Blue
i got this being as my ud naked shadows where a pain to fit in my on the go makeup bag. i saw the chanel shadows and thought they where great for every day natural eyes.............the 2 lighter colours are not as pigmented as the darker colours and i had the shock of my life when i found my nyx shadows had better colour pay off. it just goes to show you don't always get what you pay for
on 5/24/2011 8:14:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Oily, Tan, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
Chanel Kaska Beige eye shadow quad ($57 USD) contains a deep neutral shades of brownish and purplish. This is one of the best quad from Chanel. The staying power is amazing with or without an eyeshadow primer! The shadows affect is so pretty as well, it has a micro shimmer once applied to an eyelid that is not glittery but subtle for any age groups. People tend to notice my eyes more whenever I wear Kaska Beige and this makes me happy. You can do many looks with this quad from an everyday light brown to an evening smoky brownish/purplish. The compact comes in a dark blue velvet poach and 2 sponge tip brushes. If you plan to get a Chanel quad, get this one, you will love it. I would recommend Kaska Beige for everyone with all skin tones and undertones because it will look very beautiful on everyone.
on 5/16/2011 1:22:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I bought this on a splurge buy when I was wanting to replace my god-awful glitter-infused L'Oreal Lavender Smokes Palette. I loved the colors in the L'Oreal palette, so I went to the Chanel counter asking if they had something similar. The MUA recommended the Kaska Beige Quad, and I haven't looked back. The vanilla color is seriously the best one I have ever come across. I know it's strange to rant about vanilla colors, but it's just that amazing! I also love alternating between the glimmer purple and glimmer brown for work on my outer courner. They're the perfect amount of glimmer, and not so obnoxious as the L'Oreal palette. The matte brown is wonderful for my crease when I wear my glasses, creating a beautiful natural look. This is an HG palette for me. At first I was worried, since I'd heard it was only a limited edition palette, but so far, Chanel still carries it. I hope they never get rid of it! <3
on 5/13/2011 6:36:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Other
Sorry, but this quad is soooo boring. I thought it would bring out the blue in my grey eyes. No way! It just sat there (in all kind of combinations) - boring brown-ish rather flat shadows. All colors crease on me as well. I am not really into Chanel eyeshadows as they have little to 0 staying power on me despite eyeshadow base+powder on top (European baked versions, I haven't tried any other versions).
I still use this quad every now and then but it's just not worth the money you pay for it (in my opinion). It's still good for creating a natural nude daily look (you can upgrade it to "I am ready to party* look with the darker purple shadow). I also think the SA who advised this quad to me was way wrong! I am fair with pink undertones, and this quad is rather "warm". She shouldn't have advised it to me in the first place! Update: one lippie up. I should have tried it with UD sin as base color long ago. It gives this quad a whole new dimension.
on 5/9/2011 11:47:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Dark, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Kinky, Medium
Eyes: Blue
The Kaska Beige quad is stunning! It is very natural on my mac Nw45 comlextion yet it shows. I put the lightest color to highlight, the sparkly brown color on the inner portion of my eye halfway, then the plum color from the middle out, following up with the matte brown in the crease and blend from there...it is the perfect natural look!! the quality is amazing! smooth, and blends with ease!
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LONDON — Prince Harry has spent the night in a giant freezer to simulate the conditions he will face when he treks to the South Pole this winter.
The 29-year-old royal, who will race with a team of injured British servicemen and women against groups from the United States and the Commonwealth, spent around 20 hours in a cold chamber where he was subjected to temperatures of -35 F and wind speeds of 45 miles per hour.
Alongside four teammates — all amputees who lost limbs after sustaining injuries in Afghanistan — Harry tested the clothing he will wear on the 200-mile (320-kilometer) expedition and learned how to avoid frostbite.
When asked Tuesday what the worst part of his overnight experience was, Harry joked: "Going in."

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The Minnesota Valley Surgery Center in Burnsville, one of 17 metro-area clinics operated by Twin Cities Orthopedics, recently changed hands.
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital of Chicago paid $37.8 million for the building at 1000 W. 140th St. The property was built in 2006 and recently was expanded.
The purchase price represents a considerable premium over the building's most recent assessed value of about $8.6 million, according to Dakota County property records.
The seller was an affiliate of Twin Cities Orthopedics, which will continue to lease the building, according to documents filed with the county.
New homes for Lakeville
The site of a large housing development in Lakeville that stalled during the recession has a new owner.
K. Hovnanian Homes recently purchased the 49-acre property, which at one time was owned by Country Joe Homes but went back to the lender during the housing market downturn.
A purchase price was not disclosed for the property, at 179th Street near Flagstaff Avenue. It had been marketed at about $1.3 million by the local office of CB Richard Ellis.
The new development is called Autumn Meadows and will consist of 88 single-family homes, with prices starting in the low $300,000s. The development is in the Farmington School District, according to the builder's website.
Meanwhile, Lennar Corp. has begun to market homes at another Lakeville development, Summerlyn, near Dodd Boulevard and W. 194th Street.
The builder has purchased 139 lots in the subdivision, with plans for a first phase with 36 homes priced from the mid-$400,000s to the low $500,000s. The development is in the Lakeville School District.
Rosemount bistro opens
Hong Kong Bistro, a family-owned fast casual restaurant, recently opened at 15065 Canada Av. W. in Rosemount. The building formerly housed a Pizza Hut outlet.
The new restaurant's staff has more than 10 years of cooking experience. Many of the menu items are based on dishes from the owners' home in southern China, not far from Hong Kong.
Eagan building sold
JTS Holdings I LLC of Vadnais Heights recently acquired the 10,000-square-foot retail building at 3090 Courthouse Lane in Eagan from a private investor for $1.42 million, according to the CoStar Group. Tenants at the 12-year-old strip center include Jewelry Exchange and Dickey's Barbeque Pit.
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Mother's trial in her child's drowning death begins Feb. 4By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
December 25. 2012 9:54PM
MERRIMACK - A local mother who has been arrested three times since being charged with negligent homicide in the bathtub drowning of her baby boy will face trial in February.
According to court documents, jury selection for Melissa Gutierrez's trial is scheduled for Feb. 4 at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Nashua, as the deadline for any potential negotiated dispositions has passed.
Gutierrez, 26, is facing charges of negligent homicide, manslaughter, two counts of reckless conduct and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child for the Aug. 25, 2011 incident at her home at 46 Wilson Hill Rd.
Police allege that she left her two children, an 8-month-old baby and a 2-year-old boy, unattended in the bathtub for an extended period of time with the water running. The baby, Christian Ntapalis, drowned as a result of her negligence, allege police.
Court records indicate that the mother may have fallen asleep on the couch while water overflowed the bathtub where her two children played, eventually flooding the bathroom.
Gutierrez initially told authorities that she "may have dozed off," but didn't think she did because not much time had passed, even though none of the clocks in the house were working, says a motion filed by David Tencza, Assistant Hillsborough County Attorney.
An attorney for Gutierrez, Anthony Sculimbrene, has filed a motion to suppress those statements made to police, alleging they were obtained while she was hysterical over the death of her son. A court hearing on the matter was previously scheduled for Dec. 3 at Hillsborough County Superior Court, but has since been postponed until Jan. 14, 2013, court records indicate.
"The police took advantage of Ms. Gutierrez's understandably emotional state to get information from her. Under these circumstances, Ms. Gutierrez was so racked with agony and distress (as any parent would be) that she was of a mind incapable of a conscious choice," claims Sculimbrene in his motion.
The state has filed an objection to the defendant's motion to suppress illegally obtained statements, arguing Gutierrez was not subjected to a custodial interrogation at the time she made the incriminating statements to police.
"The record fails to show that detectives were engaged in any overreaching, deceptive or coercive actions," says the document filed by Tencza.
Gutierrez was originally free on bail, following her initial arrest, but was later placed on house arrest after allegedly stealing jeans from a store in Salem, and was also found to be in possession of a controlled drug. Since then, her bail has been revoked after she was subsequently arrested two more times; once on Sept. 14 for allegedly taking unpaid merchandise from a Rite Aid in Manchester, and again on Sept. 28 for allegedly operating a vehicle after suspension in Manchester.
While Gutierrez could not tell authorities how long her sons were unattended in the tub, during initial interviews, she eventually told police they were left alone for about seven to 15 minutes, and an additional three to five minutes while she searched for a towel in the basement, court documents indicate. Gutierrez later changed her story, insisting that she had not fallen asleep on the couch, but was instead cleaning the living room, according to court records.
Gutierrez, along with emergency personnel, attempted to resuscitate Christian but were unsuccessful. Her oldest son, James Blackington III, now 3, was placed in state custody, following the incident, as his father is deceased.
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Jason Newsted Would Consider Reunion With Metallica Under 'Brofessional' Circumstances
Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted may be busy with his new eponymous music project, but the famed bassist has revealed that he'd consider a reunion with metal's biggest band under the right circumstances. For Newsted, the most important factor in a reunion with Metallica is, of course, for the entire deal to be handled in a "brofessional" manner.
Newsted's new metal band is called Newsted, and Newsted's new metal EP is called 'Metal,' so there's literally zero room for confusion. Newsted's 'Metal' will be available on Jan. 8, but if current Metallica bassist Rob Trujillo was to mysteriously break his leg before the band was about to embark on a world tour or quit the group to rejoin Ozzy Osbourne's solo band, Jason Newsted would consider filling in that vacancy.
"If they were cool and they were bros. Actually, here's the word, if they were brofessional about it," Newsted tells MetalShrineBlog. "And if they came as my brothers and they were professional with the meeting and they called the meeting and they're sitting there and looking me in the eye and the managers aren't around and we're doing this as we used to do every f—ing thing, with just us and then the managers did what we told them to do… if it was like that again and the money was crazy, then I would consider it. I would consider it, but it would be only for that thing and it would to be absolutely delegated and it would have to be these 30 shows in these 45 days for this squillion dollars, then I would say most likely I would come and crush every f—er in my sight. But it has to be that."
Newsted continues, "I love those guys and I always will and I will defend them to the end of time. I don't dig it when people talk s–t about them and I don't dig it when they put them down about certain music they didn't like that they did or whatever. F— those people! As soon as the people can put out a better album than Metallica, you let me know and I'll listen to it, but until that time, just back off! I don't come and tell you how s–tty you're doing your accountant job or whatever, you know what I mean. I don't like that part, but I'll always have respect for those guys because they gave me my chance, ok. They gave me my chance and I'll never ever forget that."
"Now, we've had our differences over time but that s–t is under the bridge a long time ago," Newsted explains. "The s–t that has transpired in the last 10 years of the rumors stuff and 'Oh, Jason got treated so bad. Poor f—ing Jason.' and everything, it's such s–t! It's so wrong and it's not the truth and it really bothers me. I understand that it gets sensationalized and blah, blah, blah. What I try to say man is trainloads, trainloads of joy, accomplishments and wonderful experiences and one little, tiny f—ing symbol full of s–t. It was joyous and victorious and accomplishing things and setting the f—ing standard, you know what I mean?"
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Think you're safer with a gun around bears, as many Alaskans do? Maybe you'd better think again.
The news out of Montana on Friday was that 39-year-old Steve Stevenson of Winnemucca, Nev., was not killed by the grizzly bear that attacked him near the Montana-Idaho border on Sept. 16. He died, authorities say, from a single gunshot to the chest.
An autopsy discovered the bullet, fired by a hunting companion who was trying to save Stevenson from the bear.
How well do your friends shoot? Better yet, how well do your friends shoot in stressful, combat-type situations?
Stevenson's hunting companion was a 20-year-old friend from Winnemucca. I don't know that I've met many 20-year-olds to whom I'd trust my life in a situation like this, and I say that -- let it be clear -- as someone who was attacked by a grizzly bear, clawed in the face and bitten in the leg, and who in the end shot the bear off his leg. I might be a whole lot uglier than I am now if not for a gun.
I might even be dead.
I am not embarrassed to say I like guns, either. Earlier this summer, I went to check on the remains of a full-grown moose that grizzly bears had killed up the valley from my Anchorage home. The bears were camped out in the middle of a trail and I packed a short-barreled shotgun with an extended magazine stuffed with slugs.
It is a weapon well designed for killing bears.
I have no doubts about the dangers bears can pose, or what it takes to kill one that's all pumped up on adrenaline. Neither do I have much doubt about my shooting skills. I grew up with firearms. I shot them regularly and still do, especially the shotgun, especially this time of year.
While tromping through the marsh the other day, I got to contemplating just what a great fall it has been. I've hit about 90 percent of all the waterfowl I've shot at, and most of the missed shots were difficult shots, sometimes very difficult shots at range.
Am I confident I could shoot a bear off a friend if I had to do so without hitting him or her? Yes. Am I confident all of my friends are capable of this? No. A couple, yes. Most of them, no.
Shooting is like any other skill. You've got to do a lot of it to get good at it, and it's best if you start young because if you start late you need to practice even more. Most of the people I know either didn't start young or didn't, and don't, practice enough.
They never quite got to that point where they act as if the gun was an extension of their body, and if you're going to be using a firearm in stressful situations -- any stressful situations -- this is the skill level you want and need. You ought to be as comfortable with your weapon as a four-star chef is with a frying pan.
If this is not the case, you might want to leave the gun at home. If this is not the case for your friends, you might want to tell them to leave the gun home, or bring some pepper spray in case they need to try to get a bear off you.
Pepper spray has a good track record for driving off bears. No one has, as yet, been killed using it. And it's unlikely you could kill someone else by using it.
Guns are wonderful tools, but only in the hands of people well-schooled in their use. In the hands of the unschooled, they are as dangerous as a chainsaw run by a fool. They can kill or maim the user or those around the user. The death of Stevenson ought to make everyone Alaskan stop and think seriously.
Guns aren't foolproof protection. Another Alaskan, 65-year-old Donald "Skip" Sanford of Anchorage, was mauled by a bear just this week. He had a gun. It didn't help.
There are a couple things worth noting about the attack: Though Sanford managed to shoot the bear, it still mauled him. He survived only because the bear later cut off the attack.
Most bears do. Scientist Tom Smith documented 515 bear attacks in Alaska involving brown/grizzly, black and polar bears between 1900 and 2004. Ninety-five percent of the people involved survived.
Smith, like other wildlife biologists, has noted the danger of using firearms in defense of others attacked by bears. He has also studied the effectiveness of bear spray. (The study is attached at the bottom of this story.)
Or you can indulge a lengthy analysis of bears, guns and spray written by Rick Sinnott, retired Anchorage-area wildlife biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, who entered the discussion after a group of students from the National Outdoor Leadership School were attacked by a bear in Alaska this summer.
Two of the students were seriously mauled. Many Alaskans thought afterward that the kids might have been better off with a gun. They might have been, or they might have been dead, like Steve Stevenson, instead of seriously injured.
Alaska Dispatch encourages a diversity of opinion and community perspectives. The opinions expressed herein are those of the contributor and are not necessarily endorsed or condoned by Alaska Dispatch. Contact Craig Medred at craig(at)alaskadispatch.com


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Currently the fastest supercomputer in Europe, the Jugene can process one trillion operations per second, has 294,912 cores that comprise 32-bit PowerPC 450 processors at 850 MHz, has 144 terabytes of RAM, has a bandwidth of 5.1 gigabyte/second with a mere 160 nanosecond latency, and is one heck of a machine mounted on 72 racks. I wouldn't mind having one of these in my basement regardless of the power bill. For pictures and more information, read the linked article.


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(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) on Thursday will launch a line of products from small, women-owned businesses on its website, its latest push to position itself as a leader in women's economic empowerment.
More than 200 items, from jewelry and iPad cases to coffee beans and apparel, will be sold on the "Empowering Women Together" section of Walmart.com, the world's largest retailer said on Thursday, a day before International Women's Day.
The products currently come from nine countries including Cambodia, Haiti and the United States and include a $9.88 Women's Bean Project soup mix and cornbread mix gift set and a $20 dress from the Rwandan women's company Gahaya Links.
Wal-Mart continues to work on transforming its image from a corporation that critics say underpays workers and does harm with its large stores into an outspoken corporate citizen that hires more veterans, reduces its impact on the environment and works with local suppliers.
The women's items will be part of the "Store for Good," a project Walmart.com is working on for products that do good for others, for consumers or for the environment. Future goods may include eco-friendly items and healthier food, it said.
Walmart.com will highlight the new section of its site on its main page. For now, the goods will only be sold online, not in Walmart stores.
In September 2011, three months after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out women's massive class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, the retailer laid out broad plans for women's economic empowerment.
Wal-Mart's goals include spending $20 billion over five years through 2016 with women's businesses that provide goods for the company's U.S. business, up from about $2.5 billion a year previously. It also aims to double sourcing from international suppliers run by women.
Wal-Mart's partners in the Empowering Women Together project include Full Circle Exchange and Global Goods Partners, non-profit organizations that sell products made by women.
(Reporting by Jessica Wohl in Chicago; Editing by Alden Bentley)


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ItsaClimb posted 8/12/2013 01:42 AM
I am having a very tough time. I feel like I am in an impossible situation.
Background: fWH works in a city about 1.5hrs drive from where we live. So he does a LOT of travelling every single weekday. Initially we kept living where we do for a number of reasons, but mainly because of my daughters' schools and my mothers "ill health" (anorexia and alcoholism). A couple of years ago my eldest daughter married and moved to the city where my husband works. My mother died in 2008. At the end of this year my younger daughter will finish school and begin college in the city where my husband works. The work I do can be done anywhere. Soooo a couple of years ago we decided that as soon as younger daughter finishes school we will move to the city where fWH works - it makes SO much sense: he will no longer have to travel in excess of 3 hours per day, he will be able to work from home a lot more, we will be near our eldest daughter and (importantly) younger daughter will be able to live at home, saving us the enormous cost of accomodation for her, and meaning I get to have a few more years with her before she leaves home (which makes both her and I very happy indeed, we are exceptionally close).
THEN D-Day happened. The A was conducted in the city where fWH works. OW lives 10 minutes drive from my eldest daughter's house (the A was conducted via sleep-overs at OW's house). SO many of the places in that city are now HUGE,HUGE triggers for me (e.g. the shopping mall nearest eldest daughters house is where they went on coffee dates and had the tattoo done, the only other major shopping mall in that city is a couple of minutes from where OW and fWH continue to work) it's endless... honestly... I can't go ANYWHERE in that city without having debilitating panic attacks. Even thinking about it my heart begins to pound. Visiting my daughter has become a trial for me - I take tranquilisers, psyche myself up for days beforehand and once I get there I don't leave her house, don't go shopping etc, until it's time to go home.
In addition to the triggering, I have never met OW and have this ridiculous, terrifying, fear of bumping into her somewhere.
So let's just say I really hate that city. And soon after D-Day the decision was made to NOT move there. Eldest daughter was devastated and has begged and pleaded with us to reconsider, younger daughter was devastated and has also put some pressure on me to reconsider.
I have TRIED to reclaim that city. I have TRIED so hard. I have read tips, I have tried various things. If anything it has just gotten worse and worse as time goes by. I do breathing exercises, I medicate, I try visualising, I try positive affirmations.. you name it, I have done it. It's not happening for me.
Anyway (there is a point to this!) last week we discovered that eldest daughter and son-in-law are expecting my first grandchild. We have all been beyond excited. This week-end they came to spend the weekend with us and DD had a heart-to-heart and BEGGED me to please re-consider moving as she will have to go back to work after baby is born and would love it if I could look after baby. This has been a life-long dream of mine. I have literally fantasised about this happening since my own children were tots. I would love nothing more!
Then, last night younger daughter had a bit of an emotional melt-down and came crying to our room after bed-time... she is under SO much pressure to perform well in her final exams (November - crazy education system EVERYTHING rests on these final exams), she is a very high achiever, Type-A personality (*I have strong genes!) and is really working her heart out, the course she wants to do is EXTREMELY hard to get into, PLUS she has had the additional stress of a very strained family life the last 12 months and she is one super-sensitive girl*. Anyway, she was begging and pleading with us to move to the city so she can continue to live at home, as her sister did until she was 21 and left home to get married. She was getting very emotional.
I feel like I am in an impossible situation. My whole being wants to be closer to my kids, to have the privilege of looking after my little grand-child next year, to be there for my younger daughter, so that she can focus on her studies. I really, really badly want this for ME, but I also don't want to let my daughters down, they mean more to me than anything else and I don't want "my problems to become their problems". But how on earth can I move to that place that I hate more than any other place on the planet since D-Day? How can I move to A-central, to OW's home town and territory? The thought of it leaves me sick and shaking. I literally lay away the WHOLE night last night, freaking out!
The worst of it is that I HATE fWH for putting me in this situation. Really. I do. It is SO unjust. His A is like a flipping octopus with tentacles that reach into every facet of my life.
I am SO, SO over this!
RightTrack posted 8/12/2013 02:04 AM
Is there another city, maybe only 30 min away? Close enough for an easy commute but far away enough not to run into her at the grocery store?
Knowing posted 8/12/2013 07:13 AM
Wow, you are in a difficult situation. Why is all the pressure on you? They should be speaking to your WH, so he can figure out what he's going to do to make this situation possible for you!
brokensmile322 posted 8/12/2013 07:38 AM
We relocated quite a bit. Could it be possible to move to a suburb of the city?
We've done this quite a bit and the truth is, even another suburb has a different vibe than the city per se.
I so get how you feel, but I don't think I would let this fOW rob me of time with my grand baby, and time with my 2nd daughter while she is in college.
It is a shit sandwich, I know, and no one should have to deal with it. Could you maybe visit with you WH and look at some outlying areas and see what you think?
sailorgirl posted 8/12/2013 08:15 AM
I can't go ANYWHERE in that city without having debilitating panic attacks. Even thinking about it my heart begins to pound. Visiting my daughter has become a trial for me - I take tranquilisers, psyche myself up for days beforehand and once I get there I don't leave her house, don't go shopping etc, until it's time to go home.
In addition to the triggering, I have never met OW and have this ridiculous, terrifying, fear of bumping into her somewhere.
Very gently, ItsaClimb, this sounds like a reaction that comes from something more than the A. If your husband is genuinely remorseful, kind and supportive . . . If he did the work to change whatever allowed him to have the affair, and you trust that it's not going to happen again . . . If you truly know that the affair was not about the marriage or about you but about his brokenness . . . Then my non-professional, very possibly wrong thought is that you should be able to move and be with your daughters unless something else is going on.
Does your husband still get angry and arrogant if the A comes up? If so, that dynamic must change. Maybe you could consider an MC that understands infidelity.
Are you in IC? I think that could really help you get to the bottom of the panic.
Could there be FOO issues that would cause fear of abandonment? It must have been damaging to have a mother with anorexia and alcoholism. The quotes you put around "ill" make me think that there was some secrecy/denial/minimization going on with that. (My fWH is an adult child of alcoholics and had low-self-worth, anxiety, fear of abandonment etc.)
Did you have anxiety attacks before the A? It seems like it would be healthy for you to explore all these things with a really good counselor.
Your suffering is coming through in your post and my heart goes out to you and your whole family! Your future grandchild should not miss out on the caregiving of his grandmother, and it sounds like your younger daughter would love being able to live at home. But I'm thinking you can't make that happen on your own. You need major support from your husband and professional input from IC for your own emotional health.
sisoon posted 8/12/2013 08:58 AM
Everything you say about your feelings makes perfect sense on every level except one: you've solved so many other problems, so why does this one seem impossible to solve?
Is it possible that getting yourself into the sitch will allow you to find your way of getting through the triggers?
I know it may sound ridiculous, but positive self-talk really works. My bet is that the more you tell yourself you can thrive in the new city, the quicker you'll knock off the triggers.
My GS lives 700 miles away. We Skype frequently, but we see him only 3-4 times a year. That's WONDERFUL, but being able to play with him every week, would be downright heavenly. Triggers can be awful - but the reward you'll get for stopping your triggers is far beyond what most of us get. Go for it. Face your triggers. I'm not saying it will be easy, but you'll beat 'em - and playing with your grandchild will probably help you a lot.
Don't pass this opportunity up. Playing with a grandchild is just out of this world.
ItsaClimb posted 8/13/2013 08:55 AM
Thanks so much for the responses. Unfortunately it's a case of move to this particular city or stay put... there aren't really any nearby options.
Sailorgirl: I have major abandonment issues. Lots of ugly ugly FOO stuff that I have only now (since D-Day) fully confronted. And that definitely comes into play.
Sisoon: What you said gave me a huge wake-up call. My mother always had eating disorder and alcohol issues, but they were kept pretty much under some sort of control until my brother was killed and then it was like she just gave up trying, she almost consciously killed herself slowly. I was SO mad at her, I would say to her again and again: "You are SO lucky, in a country where 1000s of grandparents have their grandchildren living overseas (emigration is rife here) you have your grandchildren living just down the road and you couldn't care less.. you are killing yourself when you could be enjoying them!" Until I read what you wrote I never realised that I am doing pretty much the same thing here. I am letting my personal pain and insecurities come between me and those I love. Wow! Thank you for opening my eyes to that.
musiclovingmom posted 8/13/2013 09:09 AM
The thing that hit me about this is that you've never met the OW. Do you know what she looks like? Two of my H's OW live in our town. It's not super small, but it's not huge either (about 50,000 in the tri-city area). Both of the OW went to school with us. I know them well. I am extremely paranoid about running into them, but when I see them, I know who they are and can make a choice to leave. If I didn't know what they looked like, I can imagine what a wreck I'd be. EVERY SINGLE WOMAN I saw would be her. Idk if that is applicable to you, but maybe seeing her in real life would actually help.
We've talked about leaving. Moving closer to my mother. Truth is, besides wanting to avoid the horrible custody battle over my daughter, my kids have more family here. They have friends here. We are settled here. Sure it would be a relief to be away from the OW, but not at that expense to my kids (or me).
ItsaClimb posted 8/13/2013 10:15 AM
mlm, I know what she looks like from stalking her facebook profile So I think I would recognise her in a crowd...
Since writing this post and reading the responses I have tried hard to work out WHY I am so paranoid about seeing her, why I get so triggered when I go to that city. I think it's because she makes me feel like a country bumpkin (I get that she doesn't make me feel anything, it's me that makes me feel that way.. but you KWIM) I am a (very)small-town girl, she is a city-slicker. Although I was strong academically at school, I dropped out of college because all I wanted was to get married and have a family ASAP - OW and WH are big into the corporate thing and I on the other hand work for my father as a bookkeeper mornings-only. She knows and understands city life, I am too scared to drive in the city.... She is younger than me, vivacious, bubbly and pretty - I'm shy, introverted and trust me, I no longer look like the photo I posted in the new pic thread in Fun and Games....that was taken in Dec, pre-hairloss, I have aged about 100 years since then! There is a bunch of stuff like this. She intimidates me and I have this "thing" that she will look at me and think "OMG I totally see why he wanted to leave her for me.. .just look at her!" While my head knows I am the better person, she is a broken person, she is screwed up in all sorts of ways, or she wouldn't have chosen to be an OW... my heart has a hard time accepting that though...I feel inferior, ridiculous, small, stupid, vulnerable.
This A thing has pulled a number on me alright!
ladies_first posted 8/13/2013 10:50 AM
Until I read what you wrote I never realised that I am doing pretty much the same thing here. I am letting my personal pain and insecurities come between me and those I love.
Okey-dokey, sounds like you've got 6-8 months to get your PTSD and self-esteem issues conquered.
How about a combination of EMDR therapy and IC? I think if you start to feel more in contol ...
When you first hold that swaddled grandchild for the first time, your heart is going to swell with love.
Love that will overshadow whatever residual feelings for OW linger after a solid half-year of treatment.
Live your life. Love. Laugh. And listen to that grandchild laugh, smile, say its first words and take its first steps.
And let me tell you, if you're half as busy playing grandma as my mother is ... then you won't have a lot of extra time to fret about the past.
HopeImOverIt posted 8/13/2013 11:29 AM
Have you tried medication? Cymbalta gave me almost miraculous relief from anxiety. Many drugs marketed for anti-depression also work on anxiety.
Before medication I would feel surges of adrenaline course through my brain at triggers. After medication I still felt like me, but without the extreme surges of anxiety.
Dallas2 posted 8/14/2013 09:44 AM
I agree this stuff sucks. Your FWH should ne helping you. I knoow what he should do and what he does is not the same thing.
I guess I am lucky in a way. We moved and had been gone for years from where the A happened. I never worry about running into her.
Do what is best for you!!!! Do not let the others pressure you into something you are not ready for.
OTH my GS was my savior. He entered our lives way before we thought we should have a grandchild. Whole other story. However, he was and is the light in my life. When he was very little he spent most of his time here. Even now (he's almost 8) he spends as much time as he can with us. For his sake alone I stayed. We were his only security in his crazy life.
I wish I could explain the joy he brings to me. I am not staying now because of him. I feel his prescene helped me deal wit h a lot of crap.
If you haven't gone to IC, you really should. Mine helped me but has moved and its time for another one. I'm on the downside of this ride again.
If should should bump into her and there is a good chance. Count to 10 before your react. Me I would still love to slap the sh*t out of OW so I hope I never run into her.
Everone says to claim things as your own. I think FWH must help you build a new life.
sisoon posted 8/14/2013 12:49 PM
This is a 'trust me' post. I've tried to bring something like evidence to it, but no dice.
I used to have a fairly significant abandonment issue, with less reason than you did. I was able to work it out in IC, and the payoff has been terrific. I encourage you to consider IC.
Of course, resolving the issue blinded me to actually being abandoned by my W during her A....
heartache101 posted 8/14/2013 13:04 PM
I get the panic attacks and all when I would go back to the city.
Now I am like I hope I run into them. I am a stronger person now. I know they are the dirt under my feet
Look at who you are! You have an amazing family. Some of those city slickers would love to be you doll!! Love YOU!! Go to counseling EMDR therapy was a godsend for me! A good therapist.
And a good marriage counselor. Sorry but hubby needs to work on him. Or you can buy a studio type apartment and strike it out on your own?? Give that a thought if he doesn't do the work you need to feel safe! You can do anything!! You all country girlie..
bionicgal posted 8/14/2013 13:21 PM
You need to live YOUR life, not theirs, and certainly not some skanky, devoid of morals OW's. You need to go be near that grandbaby! You CAN do this, you know.
bionicgal posted 8/14/2013 13:21 PM
You need to live YOUR life, not theirs, and certainly not some skanky, devoid of morals OW's. You need to go be near that grandbaby! You CAN do this, you know.
ItsaClimb posted 8/15/2013 01:29 AM
Thank you SO much you wonderful SI people. I'm feeling better about things. Have stewed on this for the last few days (I had a particularly nasty "rock-bottom day" yesterday) and I am now feeling a lot stronger in myself.
I am definitely going to look into IC. We have seen all 3 local people while trying to find a MC - not much help here at all: there was the one who told us that WH had to forgive me for not meeting his needs and forcing him to look outside the marriage to get those needs met The next one was fWH's IC for a couple of months and she peed me off when she told him he was being too hard on himself in his search for the "whys", that he needed to forgive himself and move on from the A and that he didn't need IC at all so not to come back "unless something happens", and then the final one was too "freaky weird, airy fairy" for me, she would ask a question and then would just stare at me, expectantly, with this slightly scary HUGE smile and wide open, unblinking eyes....creeped me out. When I told fWH we would not be going back to her the look of relief on his face was quite comical.
Anyway, I am going to look further afield and hopefully find someone I feel comfortable with. I have figured out that I DO need IC.
silverhopes posted 8/15/2013 02:11 AM
You might have already answered this, and I'm sorry if I'm asking you to repeat stuff:
Has your WH been trying to look for another job away from the OW? Does it bother you that they still work together? How NC are they at work?
I'm sorry. Your situation sounds so very painful. How is your H helping you through this right now? He brought this on you, so how is he helping you heal?
ItsaClimb posted 8/15/2013 06:20 AM
silverhopes: The chances of him finding another job are really slim, although he is keeping his eyes open. Unfortunately in our country and in the current economic climate, white males of his age are last on the list when it comes to job-hunting. Quite honestly I am not all that bothered about him working with OW anymore. Of course I'd love it if he didn't have to work with her, but realistically I know that's not possible. The A has been over for a very, very long time and they have nothing to do with each other nowdays, although they may see each other once or twice a week in the office. He can't stand the sight of her now and she does not acknowledge him at all. She has claimed to a mutual colleague (who is a friend of the marriage) that my H "ruined her life" by telling a couple of colleagues about the A (at my insistence) and since then she does not even greet him So I really have no worries there. Thankfully.
As to how my fWH is helping me through this. It's so complicated. He is very willing to do whatever he can to help me. He is putting no pressure on me to move, he says it's entirely my decision. He asks again and again what he can do to make this easier. The problem is really what can he do? In a way, that is why I feel so horribly resentful about this... he created this monumental mess and now there is not a whole lot that he can do to fix it! I think all of us BS are in the situation where ultimately we are the ones who have to suffer the most painful consequences of the WS's actions... it just pisses me off quite frankly.
I have been feeling really rattled about all of this, it's been the hugest trigger ever. I think the reality of exactly how far-reaching the A has been hit home in a big way. I had a hideous day yesterday - did the full-on ugly cry, complete with snot smeared all over my face (TMI!) and I got a lot of the negative emotion out of my system. I think I was literally grieving the peaceful, calm, happy existence I would have had without all of this in it.
I'm feeling much better about it all today. I'm ready to accept (for now at least, I'll probably be bawling my eyes out again tomorrow ) that THIS is my reality and I have to make the best of it. I can throw my hands in the air and give up (which is pretty much what my mother did when life fed her a shit-sandwich!) or I can put my Big-girl Panties on and face my demons and get to enjoy my daughters and little Peanut (when he/she arrives)
The last couple of days have really brought home to me that I am going to HAVE to find an IC if I want to properly heal from all of this - probably long, long overdue.
I have set the ball in motion re: the move. We will be looking at a couple of houses in the city on the week-end. fWH is going to have a chat with my daughters this weekend as well, and explain to them how VERY difficult the move is going to be for me - he wants them to understand and be aware that I will probably have some ups and downs along the way. Holding thumbs things fall into place for us!
Thanks again for all the support, could not get through all of this stuff without SI. It's amazing to me how often there will be insights in the responses that I would never have cottoned onto on my own.
bitterbetrayal posted 8/15/2013 10:34 AM
Hello ItsaClimb,
I am sending you a huge hug..you are a brave women and clearly have amazing love for your children. I can completely understand how desperately painful this must all be.I felt very tearful reading about your pain. I hope all goes well for you.
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Twenty-six-year-old Keith Luke of Brockton displayed no emotion as he listened to the guilty verdicts for the fatal shootings of 20-year-old Selma Goncalves and 79-year-old Arlindo Goncalves. The two were of Cape Verdean descent. They were not related. Luke was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
He also was convicted of numerous other crimes, including aggravated rape.
The defense argued Luke was mentally ill and not criminally responsible for his actions. But prosecutor Frank Middleton said Luke did not have a mental defect and was motivated by a desire to kill and rape. Police said Luke told investigators he wanted to kill "non-whites."


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The unexpected collapse of a major farm bill in the House casts new doubt on Congress' ability to pass an overhaul of immigration law that leaders of both parties say they want—as well as on agreements on spending bills and sensitive fiscal issues.
In a split-screen legislative picture, the Senate has managed to achieve a modicum of bipartisan comity. It passed a major farm bill this month, and Senate leaders on Friday set a crucial test vote for Monday on a border-security plan that could bring support for the immigration...


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Think of the NCAA like the Hoover Dam. It's big, it's impassive, and it has spent decades holding something back: Money, more and more of it each year.
Now the facade is starting to crack. The edifice is starting to crumble. There's no stopping it. The flood is coming. And that's a good thing.
Thursday's vote to allow the five power conferences the autonomy to make their own rules is yet another chip away at the feudal system of college athletics. A little more money is going to slip through the hands of administrators and bowl execs and down to the athletes who actually generate the income, now that the big-bucks conferences will have the power to dole it out as they see fit.
Just like the O'Bannon lawsuit, which looks likely to clear the way for athletes to collect when their likenesses are used to make money for other people, maybe even directly from television contracts, it's another chink in the NCAA's phony amateur armor.
Just like Indiana's bill of rights for athletes, which guarantees scholarships and expanded health care, or North Carolina's Complete Carolina, which allocates additional resources to helping former athletes complete their degrees, it's another acknowledgment that the needs of athletes have long gone underserved.
Just like the push by Northwestern football players to unionize, it's another attempt to find a new model for the relationship between school and athlete.
This so-called autonomy keeps the power conferences within the umbrella of the NCAA, but it's merely the first very, very small change to the governing structure. The NCAA as we know it is dying. What takes its place, even if it retains the name, remains uncertain, but autonomy is the first step into whatever new direction we're headed.
It's only the first step, though. There's still a long, long way to go. Back when there weren't billions of dollars in the system, a free education was fair compensation for players' on-field and on-court labor. Now, with television money flowing from the spigot, the stakes have been raised. Players deserve their cut. How to get it to them is an open debate, and one not to be settled soon, but the terms have been set.
College athletes also deserve a guarantee of lifetime medical coverage for concussions and other chronic injuries suffered in their school days. That has to happen as well. It will. Autonomy helps clear the path.
This isn't going to cure all the ills in college sports. Despite worrying questions about Mary Willingham's credibility, none of them changes the point she has been trying to make all along, which is that unqualified students were being shoved through the university without being educated, exploited entirely for their athletic ability.
Autonomy won't fix that. Autonomy itself won't fix anything. It's merely an opportunity, an opening for change.
So far, it's just a word. What it actually means, what impact it actually has, is up to the commissioners of the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12, and the presidents of the schools in those conferences. All it does is give them the freedom to set their own rules. It remains up to them to use this power to effect change, although they have never been under more pressure to act.
What the power conferences do, the other Division I schools will surely follow to the extent of their financial resources, and the same is true on a lesser scale of Division II and Division III schools.
The great monolith of the NCAA has held back change for too long. The dam is breaking. Not today, not tomorrow, but the cracking and crumbling has begun.


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Fireworks - Palm Springs, Palm Desert & Indio
Palm Desert Celebrates Independence Day
The City of Palm Desert salutes Americas birthday with a free Independence Day celebration featuring fireworks, and fun at Civic Center Park (Fred Waring Dr. & San Pablo Ave.) The festivities begin on a patriotic note at 7:15 p.m. with the National Anthem followed at 7:30 p.m. by the Side Street Strutters, who will delight listeners with their uniquely fun brand of Dixieland jazz as the sun sets behind the majestic San Jacinto Mountains. The nighttime sky will light up again at 9 p.m. with a spectacular 20-minute-long fireworks display accompanied by synchronized patriotic and American contemporary music on The Mix 100.5 radio station. Attendees are encouraged to bring picnic dinners, blankets, and chairs to enjoy the show. Drinks and snacks will also be available for purchase. Alcoholic beverages, smoking, and portable barbeques are prohibited. Private fireworks are illegal in Civic Center Park and throughout the City of Palm Desert. Flashlights are recommended for safety exiting the park. For convenient parking, free air-conditioned shuttle service begins at 6 p.m. and runs throughout the evening from the Gardens on El Paseo (San Pablo side, lower level) to the festivities. For more information, please call 760-346-0611, ext. 412.
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4th of July Fireworks in Indio?
What about fireworks in Indio?
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All American Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular in Palm Springs, CA
Yes, it is true fireworks in Palm Springs were cancelled - however - the "All American Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular" is back on schedule and made possible through privately raised funds from generous supporters!
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All American Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular!
It's official! The City of Palm Springs in conjunction with POWER Baseball will this year once again celebrate another "All American Fourth of July" fireworks specatular - made possible through privately raised funds from generous supporters! The festivities will kick off at 6:05pm when the Palm Springs POWER will take on the Novato Knicks at Palm Springs Stadium, 1901 E. Baristo Road. City Councilmember Chris Mills will throw the first pitch and mascot Rocky the Ram will be on hand to take photos with the kids. The firework show, simulcast by KDES radio, will begin at 9:15pm. Gates will open at 5pm and games tickets are $7 for adults and $6 for children and seniors. Free admission for the fireworks begins at 8pm. More info, please call the Palm Springs Parks and Recreation at 760.323.8272.
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text: SHMOP(2) Linux Programmer's Manual SHMOP(2) NAME shmop - shared memory operations SYNOPSIS # include <sys/types.h> # include <sys/ipc.h> # include <sys/shm.h> char *shmat ( int shmid, char *shmaddr, int shmflg ) int shmdt ( char *shmaddr) DESCRIPTION The function shmat attaches the shared memory segment identified by shmid to the data segment of the calling process. The attaching address is specified by shmaddr with one of the following criteria: If shmaddr is 0, the system tries to find an unmapped region in the range 1 - 1.5G starting from the upper value and coming down from there. If shmaddr isn't 0 and SHM_RND is asserted in shm- flg, the attach occurs at address equal to the rounding down of shmaddr to a multiple of SHMLBA. Otherwise shmaddr must be a page aligned address at which the attach occurs. If SHM_RDONLY is asserted in shmflg, the segment is attached for reading and the process must have read access permissions to the segment. Otherwise the segment is attached for read and write and the process must have read and write access permissions to the segment. There is no notion of write-only shared memory segment. The brk value of the calling process is not altered by the attach. The segment will automatically detached at pro- cess exit. The same segment may be attached as a read and as a read-write one, and more than once, in the process's address space. On a successful shmat call the system updates the members of the structure shmid_ds associated to the shared memory segment as follows: shm_atime is set to the current time. shm_lpid is set to the process-ID of the calling process. shm_nattch is incremented by one. Note that the attach succeeds also if the shared memory segment is marked as to be deleted. The function shmdt detaches from the calling process's data segment the shared memory segment located at the address specified by shmaddr. The detaching shared memory segment must be one among the currently attached ones (to the process's address space) with shmaddr equal to the value returned by the its attaching shat call. On a successful shmdt call the system updates the members of the structure shmid_ds associated to the shared memory segment as follows: shm_dtime is set to the current time. shm_lpid is set to the process-ID of the calling process. shm_nattch is decremented by one. If it becomes 0 and the segment is marked for deletion, the segment is deleted. The occupied region in the user space of the calling pro- cess is unmapped. SYSTEM CALLS fork() After a fork() the child inherits the attached shared memory segments. exec() After an exec() all attached shared memory segments are detached (not destroyed). exit() Upon exit() all attached shared memory segments are detached (not destroyed). RETURN VALUE On a failure both functions return -1 with errno indicat- ing the error, otherwise shmat returns the address of the attached shared memory segment, and shmdt returns 0. ERRORS When shmat fails, at return errno will be set to one among the following values: EACCES The calling process has no access permissions for the requested attach type. EINVAL Invalid shmid value, unaligned (i.e., not page- aligned and SHM_RND was not specified) or invalid shmaddr value, or failing attach at brk. ENOMEM Could not allocate memory for the descriptor or for the page tables. The function shmdt can fails only if there is no shared memory segment attached at shmaddr, in such a case at return errno will be set to EINVAL. NOTES On executing a fork(2) system call, the child inherits all the attached shared memory segments. The shared memory segments attached to a process executing an execve(2) system call will not be attached to the resulting process. The following is a system parameter affecting a shmat sys- tem call: SHMLBA Segment low boundary address multiple. Must be page aligned. For the current implementation the SHMBLA value is PAGE_SIZE. The implementation has no intrinsic limit to the per pro- cess maximum number of shared memory segments (SHMSEG) CONFORMING TO SVr4, SVID. SVr4 documents an additional error condition EMFILE. SEE ALSO ipc(5), shmctl(2), shmget(2). Linux 0.99.13 November 28, 1993 1


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Good day, everyone!
On Saturday, the Significant Other went to a bachelor party.
We had this gem of a conversation on Friday night and I just had to share it with you.
Significant Other: "Don't forget tomorrow is Larry's bachelor party."
Me: "An Alzheimer's sufferer wouldn't forget given the amount of times you've mentioned it this past week."
Significant Other: "I'm just making sure that ten minutes before I walk out the door, I'm not met with the 'Why are you springing this on me last minute?' speech."
Me: "Maybe that happens because springing things last minute is your strategy for getting away with murder."
Significant Other: "Yeah, like I go out so much with the ball and chain you've attached to my ankle. I should warn Larry that being married is like wearing an electronic monitoring device."
Me: "I'll remember you said that the next time I have to cook. So what activities do you guys have planned before Larry gets fitted with his own device?"
Significant Other: "I don't know. Larry's brother is in charge of the festivities."
Me: "Are you practicing your escape and evade tactic again? Is this your way of keeping me in the dark about your plan to reenact the movie, The Hangover?"
Significant Other: "Now there's a thought. Hand me the phone. I'm calling Larry's brother to suggest it.
Me: "Yes, by all means. I'll alert the media that a bunch of middle age men are having a mid-life crisis simultaneously and that a monkey and a tiger may be involved."
Significant Other: Don't forget to mention that I bear a striking resemble to Bradley Cooper.
Me: "You mean, Bradley Pooper? You don't even resemble the guy who gets his tooth yanked out AFTER he's had his tooth yanked out."
Significant Other: "You'd better pray there aren't any exotic dancers at this bachelor party or they're gonna want to be all over this." (Makes circular gesture around his midsection)
Me: "You mean, with a can of Mace?"
Significant Other: "You wish. Lucky for you Larry's brother told me we're keeping it on the low down."
Me: "You mean, on the 'down low'?"
Significant Other: "Whatever. We're renting Mopeds and cruising the city."
Me: "Dear God. Now this I have to see! A bunch of middle-aged men driving around the roundabout on Mopeds. It's too bad I strive for a certain level of anonymity on my blog or I'd tape you fools and post the video. I'm sure that would guarantee me a few laughs."
Significant Other: "Like you aren't already scheming to post this conversation on your blog."
Me: "You know it. So are there going to be any strippers at the bachelor party?"
Significant Other: "I don't think so. Larry's not into that stuff."
Me: "Unless Larry's gay, I'm sure he's into it. You don't really expect me to believe you guys are just going to sit in a circle singing Kumbaya while you braid each other's hair, do you?"
Significant Other: "I don't think there's going to be any strippers. Now strips clubs, I can't guarantee."
Me: "As long as you're not tucking any of my hard earned money into some stripper's G-string.
Significant Other: "Don't you mean, MY hard earned money?"
Me: "Hey, what's yours is mine and what's mine is yours."
Significant Other: "Great. That makes me the proud joint owner of a box of old books and the three year old laptop you're sharing with the Son."
Me: "Don't forget the seven year old point-and-shoot."
Significant Other: "I bought that."
Me: "Same thing."
Significant Other: "Yeah, right."
Me: "So, who's the designated driver?"
Significant Other: "The taxi driver."
Me: "Am I to assume you fools won't be drinking and driving your Mopeds into oncoming traffic?"
Significant Other: "Nope. That's why the Mopeds are the first thing on our activities roster."
Me: "And are you stealing a monkey?"
Significant Other: "Of course not!"
Me: "Good. Cause there's no money to pay for an implant if someone pulls your tooth out for stealing a monkey."
Significant Other: "Is that what happened in the movie?"
Me: "I don't remember, but it might be what happens in your reenactment."
Significant Other: "I should phone Larry's brother to call dibs on Bradley Cooper's character."
Me: "Pooper. You're calling dibs on Bradley Pooper!"
Significant Other: "Bite me."
Me: "I think the monkey should have the honor."
Significant Other: "Don't get jealous when women are lining up for my autograph."
Me: "Don't forget to sign your name, Bradley Pooper. With a P."
Significant Other: "Hater."
Me: "Poser."
Significant Other: "Lets call this one a draw."
Me: "Only if you sign your pretend name with a P."
When was the last time your significant other went to a bachelor party?
Note: Names have been changed to protect the clueless. Clueless as in, they don't know I'm writing this.


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Tired and worn down, I gave in to the call.
There is no easy way to explain the winding road I took through eight years of journalism, eight newspapers and five states before I arrived in college campus ministry.
But I know that every interview with an athlete, grieving family member and pushy school superintendent helped prepare me for my job today as a campus minister for law and medical students at Northwestern University.
Back then, I lived a hectic life with constant deadlines. When I was not writing stories, I was on the phone conducting interviews, sometimes for more than an hour at a time, or responding to angry readers. Now, in my first year of ministry, my conversations center on exams and summer plans. I ask questions about companionship and faith. They are not probing questions asked in a way to elicit hidden information. They are questions that show I care.
A great journalist, John C. Quinn, known as "Chips," had this advice for reporters: "Care. Care. Care. Take it and show it." Quinn was an editor at The Poughkeepsie Journal in New York when he was killed in a car accident at the age of 34. As a reporter, I tried to heed his counsel. In a way, his words may have helped lead me to my chosen path.
Working in ministry allows me to care about students in ways that would have seemed artificial as a newspaper reporter. My work is not recognized in another byline but in a student's spiritual life and in the choices he or she makes. Seeing my name in print did provide a charge of sorts, but the relationships I have forged in ministry have proved far more rewarding in the long run.
As a young adult, I can understand the pain that students experience. I know what it is like to leave your family to follow your passion, to live thousands of miles away from home. They wonder why I decided to settle in a city where I had no close friends or professional connections. I tell them I bring to my job the same stubbornness and sense of adventure that made me a decent reporter. I am determined to make it work.
I decided to leave journalism in 2007 because newspapers were struggling and I could not see a future in the profession. It was a very difficult decision. Night after night I cried while kneeling in front of my Santo Niño, a wooden statue of Jesus as a child, a popular image among Filipino Americans. That same image inspired me as a teenager when I first considered ministry. At the time, my parents persuaded me to find a better- paying job, though journalism was not the lucrative career they envisioned.
A life in ministry offers many rewards, though they cannot easily be measured. Helping a student find stillness on a busy afternoon, guiding a student in prayer as she ponders a life-changing decision—these are graced moments that I take part in almost every day.
Witnessing the transformation of students' lives makes me want to work harder on my own faith life. One young woman, whom I will call Samantha, told me about her desire to find a spouse whose cultural background and faith tradition matched hers. She was born in India and brought up in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Our conversations revolved around her Catholic identity and how it was important for her professionally and personally within the medical profession. Samantha asked me to pray for her the weekend she broke up with her boyfriend because the relationship was no longer moving in the direction she had hoped.
Journeying with students through ministry can be a rich experience as each story unfolds in its own time. To truly be an effective minister, I have to think beyond weekend retreats, social events and weeklong service trips. I have to dig deeper. One day, I may find myself researching St. Dominic's nine ways of prayer; on another, looking up stories about end-of-life care. I do my best to help students navigate stressful professions that routinely push their work-life boundaries and test their morals.
The shift to campus ministry has been a tough and sometimes lonely road for me. Along the way, I have drawn strength from the students I have met. Consider Rich (not his real name), who also began in daily journalism but now is pursuing a career in law. He is struggling to find community and a place to be centered. Through a series of monthly conversations, we worked together to place this desire in the context of his daily life. We talked about sports, current events and legal writing assignments but always returned to the subject of how Rich could best be himself.
Like Rich, I have struggled to find a professional community and a community of faith. This journey has led me away from the majestic California coastline to a city known for skyscrapers. The change has been difficult, but I have grown more comfortable with my solitude. I no longer push back but accept this unknown path that creates fleeting moments of beauty amid long stretches of loneliness.
Finding a healthy work-life balance has been easier in ministry than it was in journalism. Not everything has to be done by a 6 p.m. deadline. I live life at a more subdued pace. I try not to become overwhelmed. There is no 24-hour news cycle in campus ministry, though my tenure in journalism has helped me to guide students in their own moments of stress, when they burrow into their study caves to prepare for final exams.
Settling in to my new life was more challenging than I had imagined, but I now celebrate a wonderful freshman year in ministry. This journey continues to surprise me and leaves me wanting more.


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Lead Dog BBQ Wins Texas BBQ Sauce Contest
The 2014 Getting' Sauced! BBQ Sauce Festival panel of food writers, food bloggers, and barbecue sauce enthusiasts judged BBQ sauces from across the nation during their 5TH annual contest and crowned Lead Dog Savory BBQ Sauce as the Overall Winner. The entries were judged on their overall impression in five categories consisting of Tomato (mild), Tomato (spicy), Vinegar, Mustard and Miscellaneous. Lead Dog's Sweet, Savory and Spicy BBQ Sauces competed alongside commercially available sauces from across the nation. Lead Dog Sweet BBQ Sauce finished second in the Miscellaneous category with Lead Dog Savory BBQ Sauce finishing first in the Mustard Category. Lead Dog Savory BBQ Sauce went on to compete and win as the Overall winner against all of the other category winners. "I was speechless," said Dan Gilson, Owner of The Charcoal Supply Company and Manufacturer of Lead Dog BBQ Products, when notified of the results "We have always thought our products were good but it is great to know that other people think so, too!"
The Charcoal Supply Company which manufactures Lead Dog BBQ Products is located in North Pole, Alaska and products can be purchased at stores and shops throughout Alaska as well as online at www.leaddogbbq.com. They offer Lead Dog Trail Dust All Purpose Rub, Lead Dog Rugged Trail Dust All Purpose Rub, Lead Dog Savory BBQ Sauce, Lead Dog Spicy BBQ Sauce and Lead Dog Sweet BBQ Sauce.
Competition for the 2014 Getting' Sauced! BBQ Sauce Festival in Austin, Texas received entries from across the nation spanning from Alaska to Florida. Each Category of sauce is judged by 3 judges to determine category winners with all of the category winners being judged by a panel of 10 judges to determine the overall winner. According to Drew Thornley, one of the event coordinators, Getting' Sauced! BBQ Sauce Festival is the largest blind tasted BBQ sauce contest in Texas.
Gettin' Sauced! is a barbecue sauce contest and festival in Austin, Texas. Sauces from throughout the United States enter the contest which features two divisions. The People's Choice Division is judged on-site by the festival attendees and the categories in the Bottled Sauce Division are blind judged. Category winners go head-to-head to determine the overall winner. Getting' Sauced! takes place annually every fall. For more information visit www.gettinsauced.com
Our award winning Lead Dog Sauces and Rub are available for purchase online. Lead Dog BBQ Products are also available statewide at the following retail locations:
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Also look for us at trade shows and at the Tanana Valley Farmers Market!!
Smoking Chips available
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Custom Wood Chip Blends
We are now custom blending wood chips for smoking, grilling, and BBQ perfection!
Joe's All Purpose Catering and Competition Blend
This great blend of traditional smoke flavors was developed by Joe, the Pitmaster of Z's Smokeshack BBQ Catering and Competition BBQ Cooking Team. This blend of Red Oak, Apple, and Hickory wood chips works great with Pork, Beef, and Poultry for traditional style BBQ or anytime a robust smoke flavor is desired.
Prime Poultry Blend
This prime blend of Pecan, Apple and Cherry wood chips will add a mellow, slightly sweet, smoky flavor to Chicken and Turkey as well as providing great color. This blend will work well with any food that is complemented by a mild smoke flavor or anytime a mild smoke flavor is desired.
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This premium blend of Red Oak, Peach, and Hickory wood chips will turn any pork roast or ribs into succulent BBQ! This blend provides a robust yet mellow and slightly sweet smoke flavor to any foods cooked over it. Use anytime a full bodied smoke flavor is desired
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This hearty blend of Red Oak, Hickory, and Mesquite wood chips will provide a robust smoke flavor that beef deserves! Use this great blend to provide a hearty, robust smoke flavor for all your meats. Works well with game meats, too!
Superior Seafood Blend
This superior blend of Apple and traditional northwest Alder wood chips brings a subtle, slightly sweet smoke to all of your seafood dishes. This blend will add a smoky flavor to seafood without being overbearing. Use anytime a subtle smoke flavor is desired.
Southwest (with a little Cali) Blend
This blend of Mesquite, Red Oak, and Almond wood chips was inspired by the robust mesquite flavors of the southwest and the mellow Red Oak and Almond flavors of California. Use this blend to provide a signature southwest (with a little Cali) flavor to all of you smoked foods!
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This sweet stone fruit blend of Peach, Apricot and Plum wood chips produces a slightly sweet, slightly woodsy smoke that will work great with pork, poultry, and beef. You could even give it a try with veggies or seafood as well!
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