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Title: Serious About The Craft
By: Bad Faery
Disclaimer: All Galaxy Quest characters are owned by Dreamworks Pictures. I'm doing this for love, not money.
"So you're finally back."
Jason jumped as Alexander's voice wafted out of the darkness. He'd thought the other man was already asleep, had tried to be quiet when he came in for fear of disturbing him. He glanced around the living room, finally seeing the vague outline of his lover sitting in one of the armchairs. "Alexander? What are you doing sitting here in the dark?"
"Waiting for you. Do you have any idea what time it is?"
Jason squinted at his watch. "Um... It's a little after one, I think. Shouldn't we go to bed? We've got an early call tomorrow."
"Oh yes. Commander Taggert and Lieutenant Madison are finally going to reveal their true feelings for each other. We wouldn't want to be late for that, now would we?"
Jason flinched at the cold edge in Alex's voice. "Alexander? What-"
He never got a chance to finish. "Tell me Jason, have you two been working hard? I never knew you as a method actor, is this the one place where you decided to make an exception?"
"Alex I-"
By this time the other man was on his feet in front of Jason. It was still too dark to make out his expression but he had the feeling that it would match the icy calm in his voice. "Is she as good a fuck as she was in the old days? I remember how much you two enjoyed each other."
"I wasn't-"
Alex ignored his interjection. He continued on accusingly. "How long has it been going on Jason? I thought that kiss at the convention was just for the fans, was I wrong? You promised me that it was just for show, that you'd wanted it to be me. You said that if I promised to give us another shot, you'd never touch her again. It didn't last long did it? You never could decide which one of us you really wanted."
"Get out Jason. Go back to her bed. We're not doing this anymore."
"Alex, if you'd just listen-"
"To what? I've heard enough lies from you to last me a lifetime. Don't come back Jason. I don't want to see you outside the show again."
"Alexander..." Jason reached out, only to have his hand knocked away.
"Go away Jason. Just go away."
Gwen looked curiously at Jason when he walked onto the set the next morning. Even their skilled makeup artists hadn't fully banished the shadows from his eyes. It would never show up on tape but to a casual observer Jason looked like hell. "Jason, what on earth... Did you and Alex have another fight? Did he find out about-?"
He waved a hand dismissively. "Bad night. I don't want to talk about it, Gwen."
"You look like shit." She replied bluntly.
He winced. "Thank you ever so much. I needed to hear that."
Gwen's features softened as she took in Jason's haggard appearance. Impulsively she hugged him, holding on tightly and whispering in his ear, "If you need to talk..."
He sighed softly and nodded, his head bumping against her shoulder. Figuring that was the best she was going to get, Gwen kissed his hair lightly before releasing him. Jason walked away without another word, leaving her staring after him. She shook her head slightly before spotting Alex hovering by the command deck set. He was watching her intently and didn't respond to her wave of greeting. As she approached him to quiz him about the previous night's activities, he turned on heel and left the set. Gwen froze in place. "Shit. Here we go again..."
The day's shooting was a strained affair with none of the joking and roughhousing that was usually so prevalent on the set. Jason came alive only when the camera was rolling, the instant the director called 'Cut' he once again became a wordless automaton. Alex settled for staying as far away from the other actors as he could get, retreating to his chosen corner as often as possible. Fred and Gwen stared at the two uneasily, wondering at the cause of this latest down spiral in their always-stormy relationship. Even Guy snapped out of his fanboy-turned-actor glee enough to notice that something was wrong and managed to keep his mouth shut for once.
During setup for the final shot of the day, Jason approached Alex cautiously. "Alex? Can we talk about this please?"
"I don't think there's anything left to say." The other man shot back.
"No, but there is. If you'd just let me explain..."
"Explain what, Jason? That you'd been faithful to me for six whole months and couldn't take it anymore? That is pretty good for you, I'm surprised you lasted this long."
Jason sighed in exasperation. "Alex, for the last time, I wasn't-"
"You came in after midnight every night for over a week." At Jason's surprised look, Alex continued triumphantly. "You didn't think I noticed did you? You thought you were being so discrete. Well I'm sick of letting you make a fool of me. It's time for a change Jason. We've got a whole new series here. I think it's time I got a new life to go with it."
"Alex, please..."
Alex waved an imperious hand. "Things can't go on like this Jason. I think two decades of misery is enough for any couple. I'll make your decision for you. Go back to Gwen."
Jason's face hardened. "Maybe you're right. Two decades is a damn long time. Have it your way Alex. Consider it over." He walked away without another word.
Alex stared after him for a moment. (He never did that before) Jason hadn't begged nearly as much as usual before giving up. And he'd never agreed with Alex's decision to call it off before. But the breakup was still fresh. He'd give Jason a while longer to suffer before agreeing to listen to his excuses. They'd be back together before the summer hiatus. And maybe if he held out long enough he'd scare Jason into giving up Gwen once and for all.
Alex spent the next six days pretending that Jason didn't exist until mercifully getting a day off. If he'd had to endure one more day of watching Jason and Gwen feign innocence he'd go out of his bloody mind. He wandered into the living room, carefully not looking at the armchair Jason had claimed as his own. (I don't miss him. He is a cheating, lying bastard and I do not miss him)
Was he with her now? If he closed his eyes he could see them together, could see Jason fumbling with the clasps of her uniform, caressing her breasts, leaning in to whisper in her ear. 'I love you Gwen, I always have. I'm sorry about Alex, it was a mistake, it didn't mean anything. Every time I was with him I wished it was you...'
With a moan of despair Alex scrubbed his fingers through his hair, trying to erase the vision from his mind. Maybe work wasn't so bad after all. At least when he was working he didn't have time to think...
Desperately he picked up the newspaper he'd dropped on the couch earlier. He flipped to the Arts sections, looking for something, anything to take his mind off his life. Most of it was pretty standard, details of an upcoming choral concert, a review of the latest Mamet production, an article about a showcase of acting students. (Might as well see what the competition's going to be)
He skimmed the article with vague interest until a sentence three-quarters of the way in caught his attention. "One of the evening's standout performances was Jason Nesmith, best known as Commander Taggert on the television program 'Galaxy Quest', in a scene from Harold Pinter's 'The Lover'. Nesmith proves that his acting range far eclipses his science fiction roles by showing a depth of emotion previously unsuspected. He perfectly captures the despair and desperation of a man whose marriage is falling apart around him while never overshadowing Pinter's artfully spare dialogue. One hopes that Nesmith chooses to take on more stage roles in the future."
Alex dropped the paper from shaking hands before bolting for the bathroom, convinced that he was going to vomit. (Oh God... He was- and I- Fuck. Oh fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!)
Once the dry heaves subsided, coherent thought slowly returned. He brushed his teeth quickly and started the search for his car keys. He had to see Jason.
Alex wasn't quite sure what to do as he approached Jason's trailer. Should he knock? Or just go in? He had no idea what kind of welcome he'd receive either. Jason was certain to be upset, but he'd understand, wouldn't he? After all it *had* looked bad. He must realize that.
The door to Jason's trailer was open and if Alex craned his neck he could just see Jason sitting with his back to the door, apparently picking at his lunch. His hand hovered indecisively near the door frame for a moment before he opted to simply walk in, careful to make enough noise to announce his presence.
Jason didn't look up.
Alex moved to stand in front of his lover, studying him for a moment. The fine lines around his eyes were etched more deeply than they had been a week ago, a sure sign that he wasn't getting enough sleep. Otherwise he looked the same, the epitome of the dashingly handsome commander of the NSEA Protector. "Jason..."
Jason's eyes flickered to meet his briefly before once again focusing on his meal. "Alex."
All Alex's carefully rehearsed speeches flew from his mind at the dead tone of his lover's voice. He settled for the direct route, hoping to wake Jason out of his apathetic state. He dropped the paper in front of the other man, gesturing to the article that had shattered his perceptions. "That's where you were that night, wasn't it?"
Jason glanced at the paper and shrugged. "Yeah."
His suspicions confirmed, Alex closed his eyes in relief. "I don't- Why didn't you *tell* me?"
Still not looking up Jason answered him flatly, "I tried to, you weren't exactly in the mood to listen."
"Jason, I'm sorry." He wasn't sure what else to say. "I'm so sorry."
"Of course you are." Jason smiled bitterly. "Yesterday that might have been enough. But not now. Not when you have to read in the paper that you can trust me. If you hadn't seen that article you never would have believed me. Oh you would have taken me back eventually, but always played the martyr about it."
Alex tried to defend his actions. "But you must realize how it looked. I... I thought..."
"You thought I was screwing Gwen." Now Jason was staring at him curiously. "Why is that?"
A little surer of his footing, Alex tried again. "Jason the hours you were keeping, you were out late every night. What was I supposed to think?"
"You were supposed to think I was out late. Or you were supposed to ask me about it. Not just jump to the most damning conclusion you could find."
"And have to sit there and listen to you confirm it? I know how you and Gwen felt about each other. It didn't take much imagination to figure out what you were doing!"
Jason got to his feet, the apathetic facade a thing of the past. "That *wasn't* what I was doing! Dammit! Why are you so obsessed with the idea of me and Gwen? I slept with her once during the first season. It was just a fling and even if it wasn't, it was *months* before you and I got together! Am I going to have to pay for that one night stand for the rest of my life?"
"Gwen and I are friends." Jason cut him off. "I love her. I am *in love* with you. And I'm sick of always being the bad guy here. Yes, I made some mistakes with you. Yes, I'm arrogant and neglectful and I don't talk to you as much as I should. I'm not perfect. But you aren't either. It wasn't all my fault the first time this relationship fell apart and this time isn't all my fault either. Come back when you can take some responsibility for yourself."
Shocked at Jason's outburst, it took Alex a moment to find his voice. "If you would have just told me what you were doing-"
"You wanna know why I didn't, Alex? You really want to know?"
"Of course."
Jason sat back down and rubbed his temples with a tired sigh. "Because I didn't want you to see me fail. You're always making those little comments. You know the ones. I'm a hack, I'm an amateur, I'm not serious about the craft. I know I'm not a great actor Alex. That's your job. You've got the classical training, you've played Shakespeare. All I've ever had is the show. I thought that maybe if we were on more equal footing we might get along better. I wanted you to be able to respect the man you were sleeping with."
"Of course I res-"
"You *don't* Alex. You've always made it clear that I'm beneath you. That's why it kills you that I'm the star. Because you're the one with the talent, you're the one who deserves the spotlight and you don't get it."
Stunned, Alex shook his head slowly. "That's not it Jason. You don't understand, I... I-"
"Alex, stop." Jason looked at him steadily. "Just stop. This... We don't work. We get along for two months and then we fight and don't talk for two weeks. Then we do it all over again. We're destroying each other."
Quietly panicking, Alex asked, "What are you trying to say?"
Jason closed his eyes and confirmed his worst fears. "It's over Alexander. Really over. I can't do this anymore and I don't think you can either."
"I love you."
"I know you do. I love you too. But we're not right for each other. If we were, this wouldn't keep happening."
Alex tried again desperately, "Jason let's try again. Just one more time. We can make it work. It'll be different this time..."
Jason found the strength to smile. "Just like all the other 'just one more times'? I'll tell you the same thing you always told me. It won't be any different because we're still the same people. We both know it. Let's just let it go."
Alex dropped to his knees beside his lover. "Jason please-"
His words were halted as Jason placed a gentle hand over his mouth. "Don't Alex. You'll hate yourself for it." He replaced his hand with his lips for a tender farewell kiss. He stayed close for a moment, their breath mingling, before pulling away. "I have to get back to the set."
Alex remained motionless for a moment, before rising slowly. "All right." He nodded slightly. "I'll... um... see you later."
Jason didn't watch him leave.
Once again, Alex found himself wandering aimlessly through his home. This time there was no righteous anger to give him focus, only a vague emptiness that left him feeling more lost than ever before. His relationship with Jason had been the only constant in his life for over twenty years. Jobs came and went, his career floundered, but Jason was always there in the background.
Alex had assumed he always would be.
The emotions might not have always been good ones but they were always *there*. The love and rage that had burned in him had been the focal point of his existence for more than two decades. No matter what he was doing, nothing was more important to him than loving Jason, or hating him as the case might be. Their cycle of breaking and making up, which had started during the premiere season of "Galaxy Quest" had finally burned itself out.
(I didn't want it to be *over*. I just wanted to make him suffer a little. I would have taken him back. All he had to do was ask...)
But Jason didn't ask. Instead he'd taken the initiative for once and put an end to what he saw as an impossible situation.
(Oh and he suffered *so much*. I was the one left alone while he had Gwen and God knows who else...)
'I slept with her *once* during the first season!'
It wasn't possible. All those touches... All those lingering looks...
'It was just a fling...'
Could he really have been so wrong?
'Am I going to have to pay for that one night stand for the rest of my life?'
What if... What if Jason hadn't been lying all those years ago when he denied cheating on him with Gwen. Alex had been so sure. After all, she was beautiful and charming, exactly the right match for the charismatic Jason.
Everything that Alexander wasn't.
He hadn't believed Jason's protestations of innocence but he'd taken him back. Always believing that sooner or later he'd go back to her. After a while, Jason stopped denying the charges and wasn't that more proof? He couldn't even be bothered to lie anymore...
(Or maybe he just got sick of not being believed...)
The looks... The touches...
(Jason's a tactile person. He's like that with everybody. He was like that with you once, until you told him to stop in case someone figured out you were lovers...)
There was an easy way to find out. He could call Gwen, she'd prevaricate as long as she could but he'd wear her down in the end. She'd tell him what he wanted to know.
He managed to dial the first three digits of her telephone number when another snippet of Jason's diatribe flickered through his head.
'Not when you have to read in the paper that you can trust me... It won't be any different because we're still the same people...'
The receiver dropped from suddenly bloodless fingers as Jason's words finally hit home. He'd blamed Jason for everything, every problem, every obstacle. He'd considered himself the victim, the noble martyr, taking him back after countless wrongs. He'd never considered the effect his own actions had on Jason. The nearly constant accusations of unfaithfulness, the utter refusal to believe anything that didn't fit into the picture his mind had created. He'd been so certain that Jason really wanted Gwen that it hadn't occurred to him that Jason's explanations might actually be the truth. That the affairs could be no more than illusions produced by his own insecurities. That his... (Say it Alex) ...jealousy could have led to paranoia, seeing betrayal where none existed.
For the first time, Alex forced himself to cast off his long-suffering saint persona and take a good look at his own contributions to the relationship.
He didn't like what he saw.
He saw himself latching onto the flimsiest of evidence as proof positive that Jason was cheating on him. Turning a deaf ear to Jason's explanations. Explanations that, when viewed dispassionately, were perfectly plausible. Throwing Jason out of the house or leaving himself in a huff. Never agreeing to sit down and talk something out, preferring the dramatic scene to calm discussion.
It was as though blinders had been ripped off. No Jason's behavior wasn't perfect. He was too flirty with outsiders, too self-absorbed to notice the impact his actions had on his partner. He could be a total moron about other people's emotions. He was egocentric. He could be infuriatingly monosyllabic when the mood took him or annoyingly gregarious at the other extreme. He snored.
Alex was no prize himself.
He was snarky and acerbic. He bottled up everything until he couldn't contain it anymore and then exploded over something trivial. He hid his emotions behind layers of sarcasm and bitterness. He was prone to violent mood swings and pathological jealousy. He was scared to death of losing Jason.
So terrified that Jason would leave him that he always attacked first, seeing Jason's attempts at reparation as proof that he was loved. Holding Jason at arm's length in an attempt not to lose himself totally. The cracks about his acting ability just another way of pointing out faults, reminding himself not to fall any more deeply than he already had. It was a way of holding himself aloof so Jason's eventual departure from his life wouldn't destroy him.
(You know, for somebody who was determined to leave you, Jason spent a hell of a lot of time begging to be taken back)
The way Alex figured it, Jason had ended up begging for forgiveness an average of twice a year.
For twenty years.
Even Alex had to admit that that was quite a lot of effort for a relationship he was supposedly not committed to. In fact it looked downright... devoted. It appeared that he'd placed much more value on the relationship than Alex himself who, from his point of view, always seemed all too ready to throw it away.
'Come back when you can take some responsibility for yourself.'
For the first time in the history of their relationship, Alex was prepared to do just that.
Now the only problem was convincing Jason to listen to him.
Finding the right moment to approach Jason seemed to be an impossibility. In the midst of the chaos surrounding the filming of the first season's finale. Alex barely had a moment to himself. When he did, he found that Jason was always deep in discussion with the director or the producer or both at once. He looked infinitely more harried than Alex had ever seen him. For once, being the star didn't seem like such an enviable position.
Relations between them had improved on the set. Jason seemed to believe that their strained relationship was leading to poor morale among the rest of the troops. He went out of his way to be as pleasant and polite as humanly possible.
It was infuriating.
(It's like talking to a robot programmed for etiquette. All simple, bland good nature, no spark of life. If I didn't know better I'd think one of those personality-sucking aliens from the first show got him. Just came up, stuck its tongue in his ear and poof- no more Jason. Of course then Jason would be in the alien and be all slimy and that would be kind of disgusting if I ever wanted to have sex with him again...)
Briefly Alex reflected that his chosen profession led to some very odd flights of fancy. A vacation would be welcome in that respect. Unfortunately, if he didn't patch things up with Jason before that time, he'd have no excuse to see him again for months. Conventions were many things, what they weren't was conducive to private conversation.
Which meant he needed to fix this *now* or by the time he got a chance again Jason might have moved on. He skimmed the new script pages that Fred handed to him, more for a distraction than out of any real interest. One thing hadn't changed on the new show, the writers still weren't producing anything in the way of insightful, intelligent dialogue. Alex read a little further and froze.
Or maybe, he considered as a slow smile spread across his face, they were.
It was fast proving a month for marvels.
"Perfect." The director intoned from behind the monitor. "Now do it again."
Jason rolled his eyes in joking exasperation. "We've done it twelve times already. I think it's as good as it's going to get."
"Lucky thirteen Jason. Now quit whining and do it again."
Jason grinned and retook his mark, mentally preparing himself to do the scene again. He didn't really mind all the takes, despite his complaints. He wanted to give the fans the best show they could get, this was just another part of it. Plus he got to interact with Alexander one on one for awhile before the summer hiatus. He was going to miss this in the coming months.
Alex was taking the breakup better than Jason had anticipated. After his initial panic attack, he seemed to accept that it really was for the best. He still wasn't happy about it but he was dealing. Jason smiled sadly at the thought. He wasn't happy about it either but it was up to him to be the strong one when it came to this. Ending it was the right thing to do. For Alexander. For himself. And for everybody who had to come into contact with them. Driving each other crazy was one thing but he didn't want it to spill over onto the others.
New show. New life.
God he missed his old one.
But... It wasn't healthy, how they'd been before. People weren't supposed to fight that much. Jason wasn't sure but he thought that in love the good times were supposed to outnumber the bad ones.
'Two decades of misery is enough for any couple.'
He'd never really looked at it like that before. He'd never stepped back and looked at their whole relationship, choosing instead to concentrate on the present situation. The big picture was a scary one. He saw a history of bitterness, anger and frustration that didn't belong in any love affair. Oh sure, he knew that couples weren't supposed to love each other all the time but he didn't think they were supposed to hate each other quite as much as Alexander hated him.
If Alex had just tried to trust him a little, things would have been different. He'd tried to make it work, he really had, but it was wearing to always be on the defense. His fans thought the best of him, Alex thought the worse. Could anybody really blame him for finding the fans' adoration more and more attractive as time went on? Of course the more he'd humored them, the angrier Alex had gotten and...
Hell, his head hurt just thinking about it.
No, this was for the best. He just wished it didn't hurt quite so much.
"All right, here we go."
The director's voice pulled him out of his reverie. Jason took a deep breath and placed himself fully in the Taggert persona.
"According to all our laws, your actions should be punished by a court-martial."
Dr. Lazarus nodded slightly, accepting the condemnation. "I am aware of this."
Commander Taggart's steely persona broke as he pleaded with his friend. "Just give me a reason, anything, I can't help you if you won't let me."
Lazarus looked at him calmly. "I have my reasons Commander, but none that I am free to share with you."
Taggert sighed in resignation. "Then you leave me no choice."
"Commander, please." Lazarus held up a hand. "I ask you only for this. The most precious gift of all- trust. It is something you have never hesitated to bestow on me in the past, no matter how unworthy I was of it."
(Hey, that's not the line)
"Old friend you have never proven my faith in you was misplaced." Jason improvised, hoping to get the scene back on track. (Why isn't Dan calling 'cut'?)
"I am unworthy of your trust because I was never willing to return it."
(What the hell is he doing?)
"Old friend-" He tried again, only to be cut off.
"We have been so much more to each other than friends. I have given you my heart but held my soul in reserve. Now I would gift you with all that I am." Alex dropped gracefully to his knees. "I confess that I have been unworthy to be even your friend. I have rejected your kindness and thrown your generosity back into your face. I have been suspicious and insecure. I have attacked you for fear of losing you. I apologize for my past behavior and beg that you permit me to prove my faith in you. You have never hurt me Commander, instead I have hurt myself in your name."
(My God. Oh my God. I think he means it.)
Alex continued, "I cannot promise you perfection, but I can promise to try and put my faith in you, instead of in my own jealous suspicions. You know that you have my love. Now I wish to give you my trust."
Jason gaped for a moment before remembering that the camera was still rolling. He held a hand out to Alex, still kneeling before him. As he pulled the other man to his feet, he spoke, "I have never asked you for perfection, old friend. Your trust is the only thing I have ever wanted. With that gift we truly are invincible."
Alex leaned forward until only inches separated their lips. "You accept my gift, then?"
Jason grinned happily, "Oh I accept."
With those words Alex smiled, giving up the last pretense that it had been Dr. Lazarus speaking instead of Alexander Dane. He leaned forward, meeting Jason's lips in a kiss that went a long way towards banishing the shadows of their past. (No we're not perfect) he thought (But we're *us*)
For the moment, that was all that mattered.


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I'm going through a divorce and she knows it. We talk constantly about anything and everything. The topic of sex comes of a lot, but mostly we talk about life, past relationships, the plans for the future etc..
Sometimes out of the blue she'll go off on how bad she wants to make out or cuddle, or do it with someone. She's gone into detail about when she gets horny what she does to solve the problem solo.
Shes going out with this guy but she refuses to commit to him. Only says he's a fling. Absolutely will not call him her boyfriend.
Shes broken up with him several times and comes to me for advice. I play the friend and give her the best advice I can, often advice that is not in my best interest.
She talks about being messed up emotionally a lot. I play the friend here too. I let her know everything is going to be ok. I comfort her. I let her know I care for her and her feelings, that I don't want her to hurt or feel bad about herself.
Shes drunk dialed and drunk texted me several times. The texts got really interesting, she kept asking if I thought she was cute and wanted to make out with her. I said yes (playfully) to both. The next morning she apologized for the texts.
At work we chat and hang out all day. She'll come sit at my desk and tell stories or jokes.
Shes called me out for having a crush on her.
hmm... What else? She's wants to hang out outside of work but she's said that its probably not the best idea at the moment because of the divorce.
I don't know what to do man. She's complicating my life. I can't stop thinking about her. She's the most amazing person I have ever met in my life. Every day I am wowed by her. Not by her looks or anything but by her as a person, her personality, her goals, her accomplishments. I am completely enamored by her. She makes me want to be a better person. She inspires me.
Am I a friend? Am I a potential date after the divorce is final? Am I being used? What is she up too? I want to be in her life, even if its just friends.
What is she doing to me?
I'm going through a divorce and she knows it. We talk constantly about anything and everything. The topic of sex comes of a lot, but mostly we talk about life, past relationships, the plans for the future etc..
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She's got you friendzone'd. I'd say just move on, you're never going to get anywhere with this woman.11|00|0
When I talk to my guy friends they all say "friend zoned". When I talk to my femal friends they all say she's into me.
No offense to them, but girls give terrible advice when it comes to dating and attracting women. They usually focus more on trying to make you feel good and boost your confidence, then in actually telling you the honest truth. Dating for girls is very very very much different than it is for guys. Consequently they usually don't give good advice that guys can actually use because they usually only see dating from their own perspective.
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Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ dynamic global vegetation model
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The Lund–Potsdam–Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (LPJ) combines process-based, large-scale representations of terrestrial vegetation dynamics and land-atmosphere carbon and water exchanges in a modular framework. Features include feedback through canopy conductance between photosynthesis and transpiration and interactive coupling between these 'fast' processes and other ecosystem processes including resource competition, tissue turnover, population dynamics, soil organic matter and litter dynamics and fire disturbance. Ten plants functional types (PFTs) are differentiated by physiological, morphological, phenological, bioclimatic and fire-response attributes. Resource competition and differential responses to fire between PFTs influence their relative fractional cover from year to year. Photosynthesis, evapotranspiration and soil water dynamics are modelled on a daily time step, while vegetation structure and PFT population densities are updated annually.
Simulations have been made over the industrial period both for specific sites where field measurements were available for model evaluation, and globally on a 0.5°° × 0.5°° grid. Modelled vegetation patterns are consistent with observations, including remotely sensed vegetation structure and phenology. Seasonal cycles of net ecosystem exchange and soil moisture compare well with local measurements. Global carbon exchange fields used as input to an atmospheric tracer transport model (TM2) provided a good fit to observed seasonal cycles of CO2 concentration at all latitudes. Simulated inter-annual variability of the global terrestrial carbon balance is in phase with and comparable in amplitude to observed variability in the growth rate of atmospheric CO2. Global terrestrial carbon and water cycle parameters (pool sizes and fluxes) lie within their accepted ranges. The model is being used to study past, present and future terrestrial ecosystem dynamics, biochemical and biophysical interactions between ecosystems and the atmosphere, and as a component of coupled Earth system models.


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EVERY FISHERMAN'S DREAM- EXCLUSIVE HIGH-END FISHING SUPPLY STORE FOR SALE! This retail business is located in one of America's favorite cities to live in and visit. It is located in a strip mall with major anchor stores, right off of a major interstate with literally tens of thousands of vehicles passing by it, daily. This business has been established for over 26 years with an extremely loyal customer base and no competition within 15 miles. This business is not only located between two large lakes, but just down the street, off the banks of one of them. The customers have nothing to say but good things regarding this business. They say, "Its a great store, I love it!No other fishing store I'd rather go to!" a Another said, "This is a great place to pick up whatever you need for a day of fishing! All live bait is always fresh and lively. They also have tackle, soda, beer and ice. The people there are also up to date on water temp and levels." The last review quoted mentioned, "Good, local mom & pops bait shop for all your fishing needs. They have shiners and other live bait." They are so friendly that they will train and introduce new owner to customers for a period of 30 days after the sale. This is an excellent lifestyle business for the professional looking to get out of the rat race and earn a great living in a great place to live. The owner's income exceeds $124,000.00 per year with a 50% net income to gross revenue, and a sales multiple of a little over 1x, which is unheard of these days. This very profitable business is in one of the nicest places to live, is fun to work, and is a totally turn-key operation with trustworthy employees and solid vendor agreements. Call today at 1-877-735-5524.
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We have this LHS that the heater/ac fan is on high at all times when the ign is on and the controls are off or the control are on. This car has automatic temperature control. We pulled a code 36 which indicates a communication problem from the control head. If...
|1997 Dodge Stratus 2.4L booster VIN: 1B3EJ46X3V
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this dodge r2500 w/5.9 diesel will not accelerate past 1500 rpms and has a code p1689, which is no communication between pcm and icm. i have no info on this code in my shopkey system (mitchell) and limited info in my modis. i checked for power and ground at in... Trouble codes: P1689 (no comm. between pcm and injector pump module)
|2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L Hesitation VIN: 1J4GW48S01
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|2002 Jeep Liberty Limited 3.7L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J8GL58K32
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|1995 Dodge Ram 3500 5.9L engine VIN: 1B6MC36C6S
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|1998 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.3L engine VIN: 2B4GP44R6W
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|1999 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L alternator VIN: 1B7KF2362X
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|1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L evap leaks water VIN: 1J4FX58S4V
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|2002 Jeep Liberty Renegade 3.7L blower motor VIN: 1J4GL38K32
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Guess what was on the front porch when I arrived home after picking up Ryan from school???? You guessed it! Coynes & Co Be True angel products…. totes, purses, bags and necklaces! I was like a child at Christmas. I couldn't open the box fast enough! The angel products turned out beautifully. Kudos to Coynes & Co for manufacturing such quality products. I am grateful to be working with them and hope to continue this line of angel products in the future. The necklaces pictured above along with the totes, purses and bags are available here on my website or visit your local gift shop and/or Christian gift store to see if they carry the line.
Here is a short introduction to Coynes & Company taken from their website. Visit their site to watch a video and learn more about their extensive line of products.
"Welcome to Coyne's & Company a leading giftware company for over 50 years. Each day we consider ourselves lucky because we have the pleasure to create products that bring joy into the lives of others. We take our jobs very seriously, because we know gifts that are given today become long lasting memories of friends and family in the years to come. As you browse our site, you will be introduced to our innovative product collections, each with a distinctive personality. We are sure you will find one or two that will delight someone you know."


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The Washington Monument, An Appropriate Symbol Now More Than Ever
by Big Dog on Aug 24, 2011 at 10:28 Political
The earthquake that struck the east coast yesterday caused a few cracks in the Washington Monument and it has been closed in order to determine how best to repair it before it can be reopened.
Contrary to early reports, the monument is not leaning, it is just cracked, or broken, and needs to be fixed.
This Monument is an appropriate symbol for our country at this time.
Just like the Monument, Washington is broken and needs to be fixed
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Hey, I've been using CM10 for as long as I've had my S3 (Which is about a few weeks) and I really enjoy the messenger's look and feel over the stock that came with the phone.
I'm gonna switch to Ultimatum to try out the KT747 ICS kernel because the battery life on the phone so far is kind of depressing, and in another thread I read that this combination would be good.
I'm running CM10 with Leankernel and the battery life didn't change even after installing the kernel, I'm going to school from 8:30 - 3:05 and by the time I get out the phone is around 30% and I don't even use it that much.
So I want to know if there's a way to make the stock messenger look like the jellybean one, or if I can just fix the battery life easily I'd just go with that.


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In reality, when you go over 250 volts, things are a lot more dangerous. Putting 480V in the hands of the average motorist is like giving flares and black powder to teenagers; someone's going to get dead and that's a certainty.
So could you have, say, four seperate power cables plugging into the Tesla?


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I'm worried about myself on the dating market. My boyfriend of 5 years broke it off the other day because of his parents divorce and "he doesn't think he can ever love or commit again". He was my high school sweetheart and we really loved each other but still. I'm 5'8, African American and I play a lot of sports. I love the walking dead, video games, and reading. I also have a personal relationship with God and intend to keep myself for marriage. What does that do for me in the dating market?
P.S. I have a hard time bc most guys of my own race who don't know me find me "odd" (say I act white? whatever that means) and other guys outside of my race don't approach me.
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You sound very dateable to me!
As far as guys not approaching you, as a guy I'll tell you that it gets our attention when a girl shows interest in us. Suddenly she comes off as interesting and attractive more so than the other girls. Unfortunately most girls are not willing to take any initiative at all to show they have an interest in a guy. Give it a try, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Out of curiosity, what does it mean for an African American girl to "act white"? Sounds pretty racist to me and I would think you wouldn't want to be with those kinds of guys anyway.00|00|0
well I listen to a lot of pop/indie kinda music and when i talk over the phone with people a lot are surprised when they find out I'm African American. My mother calls me her "hippie flower child" because I like mostly organic/healthy foods. Many black guys just find me "odd" or "different" from the stereotypical "loud, vulgar, speaking flat" black women that you see exaggerated on those reality shows. Also I wear my natural hair although its quite straight because my grandmother was Cherokee.
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East Lake Square is a 12-unit apartment complex that has been completely renovated, and is hosting an open-house May 13 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with food and refreshments in which all proceeds will be donated to OneRoof, a Birmingham-based charity.
To kick off their grand opening, East Lake Square will hold an open-apartment viewing Sunday, May 13 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Community members and apartment seekers can get a first-hand look at East Lake Square's thoughtful apartment features and convenient amenities. During the event, food and refreshments will be available and all proceeds raised will be donated to OneRoof, a charity that focuses on improving the lives of the homeless throughout central Alabama.
"We believe it's important to give back to a good cause and support the community," said Stefanie Kircher, East Lake Square's Property Manager. "We see this as an important extension of our personal values and plan to continue our focus on community and family values."
East Lake Square, which features 12 one-bedroom apartment homes, is just steps away from Birmingham museums, public parks, shopping centers, schools, and restaurants. Residents looking for outdoor activities will also find that Ruffner Mountain Nature Center provides easy access to hiking and running trails.
"The East Lake Square apartment homes are in a great location," said Stefanie Kircher. "We are excited about the newly renovated and updated apartment homes and think that they're perfectly located for easy access to shopping, dining, and other community venues."
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MAURY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Twelve inmates in Maury County received a priceless gift Friday — a graduation celebration.
They all passed high school equivalency tests and there was a special graduation ceremony held for them Friday at the jail.
Sheriff Bucky Rowland said the program is a great way to set inmates up for success when they're released.
"It's a big picture, a big tool box when these guys leave here. Maybe they can go out and have a brighter future. And you see especially on a milestone like high school equivalency it means something to these guys and going to give them an opportunity if they take advantage to have a brighter future," said Rowland.
Everyone at the Maury County Sheriff's Department teamed up with South Central Tennessee Workforce Alliance and Project Learn for the program.


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Ahhh yes. This recipe brings me back to my childhood.
I spent so many holiday celebrations enjoying strawberry shortcake at my grandma's house. To be honest, it wasn't traditional strawberry shortcake. It used angel food cake instead of actual shortcake, store-bought Cool Whip, and the kind of syrupy strawberries that come in frozen tubs. Don't get me wrong; I loved it.
But I had no idea what I was missing! It wasn't until I was much, much older that my mom made homemade biscuits for dinner and used the leftovers for with fresh whipped cream that I finally experienced the full glory of strawberry shortcake.
After my successful attempt at Biscuits and Gravy Baked Oatmeal, I decided to adapt the biscuit recipe to make the perfect strawberry shortcake. Ummmm…DELICIOUS.
The stove top version is pleasant…but THIS is where it's at. I love the vanilla in the biscuits. To die for.
What you'll need:
- 1/4 cup milk of choice, or water
- 1/2 cup's worth of chopped, peeled zucchini
- 2/3 cup quick or rolled oats (I use Country Choice Organic)
- 1/4 heaping tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste (or extract)
- pinch of salt
- Strawberries (I used fresh, but you could roast and make them syrupy by letting them sit in sugar)
- Yogurt of choice (I used So Delicious greek-style coconut yogurt, plain flavor)
How to make it:
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and spray two or three slots on a muffin pan. Alternatively, you could just use a single-serving ramekin or make them on a baking sheet like drop biscuits.
- Add all ingredients for the baked oatmeal to a food processor and pulse until it forms a thick batter.
- Transfer to the muffin pans (or ramekin) and bake for about 20 minutes, OR drop spoonfuls on your baking sheet to form "drop biscuits" and bake for about 10-15 minutes.
- Allow to cool before removing from ramekin/muffin tin.
- Transfer to a bowl or plate and top with yogurt and strawberries. Enjoy <3
Just an FYI:
I use yellow squash so that I don't have to waste time peeling the zucchini (which is purely for aesthetic reasons).


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Enjoy the breadth of wonderful wildlife on the Quantock Hills. From bats to birds, funghi to fawns, the Quantocks has it all. Click on our News to find out what you can see and experience this month
All year round you can find the Exmoor pony herd at Cothelstone Hill. This herd of 10 ponies is looked after by the AONB Service, and helps us keep the hill beautiful by 'conservation grazing'. This means they eat or trample on vegetation less beneficial to wildlife, but leave the heather and plants we are trying to conserve. For great bird watching the sessile oak woods around Holford are a great place to take your binoculars. If lucky you'll see wood warblers, woodpeckers and in the summer months pied flycatchers and nightjars. Red deer also favour the woodland, but are tricky to spot as they are so well camouflaged. The heathland is home to the adder, britains only venomous repilte, but you would be extremely fortunate to spot this reclusive, secretive creature. If you do see one let us know! You should on the other hand spot buzzards circling in the thermals, and may also see red deer if you are lucky, particularly at dawn or dusk.
Some say the best way to see the wonderful wildlife around you is to see it on horseback. See red deer, buzzards soaring on the thermals, and hear the huge diversity of birdlife along the wooded trails.
Please keep to designated bridleways across the Quantock Hills to help us protect this sensitive area.
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Weird pagination bug
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When i navigation into a thread it'll usually work as expected.
Often when I try to navigate to the next page navigation will hang. Upon refreshing the page I tried to navigate away from will load. Navigation to the next page will now work. Upon navigation to the next page any voting action will result in 'invalid data' being displayed.
Reloading again sometimes works.
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@swayde I've also noticed it randomly hangs on page navigation on iOS with Firefox.
@swayde this simply means you don't have a perfect internet connection.
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@Arantor seriously? It seems to work fine on my android phones and the PC. Only Ios/Ipad has that problem. It happens every 2nd or 3Rd navigation on the Ipad. I've yet to see it on the other platforms.
@swayde I see this shit daily. Have done for months.
But that's because I go through shitty network areas with my iPad and buttumed they were related. There are definite traces of 'it's the websocket breaking down somewhere along the way'.


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This week we got to see the gang just hanging out like friends on 'New Girl' (Tue., 9PM ET on FOX) and it was a refreshing change. Finally, we get to see what the long-term potential of this series is, and it's pretty entertaining. When the guys are invited to yet another friend's wedding, they recruited Jess to be Nick's pretend girlfriend, to try and keep him from flirting and getting his heart re-broken by his ex. Unfortunately, Jess being Jess not only drove him into her arms -- and to those tears -- she screwed things up for Schmidt, who called her a "ruiner." //www.aoltv.com/2011/10/05/jess-scares-off-schmidts-potential-score-new-girl-video/
NEW GIRL "Wedding" Episode 3 airs Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 9pm on FOX. Episode Synopsis: The guys are invited to a wedding of a mutual friend. Nick, fearful he will run into his ex-girlfriend Caroline (guest star Mary Elizabeth Ellis), asks Jess to be his date. Meanwhile, Winston takes his role as an usher very seriously and gets competitive on the dance floor with a young guest. Schmidt not only catches the eye of a beautiful woman (guest star Katie Cassidy), but also his "frenemy" Gretchen (guest star Natasha Lyonne) whom he sleeps with at every wedding reception on the all-new "Wedding" episode of NEW GIRL airing Tuesday, Oct. 4 (9:01-9:31 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Read More.... //www.daemonstv.com/2011/10/04/new-girl-wedding-episode-3/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daemonstv+%28Daemon%27s+TV%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
NEW GIRL "Naked" Episode 3 airs Tuesday October 4 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Episode Synopsis: Jess accidentally walks in on Nick naked, sending his self-confidence to an all-time low – just after an attractive co-worker (guest star Lake Bell) agrees to go out on a date with him. Meanwhile, Winston becomes obsessed with learning pop-culture references online in the all-new "Naked" episode of NEW GIRL airing Tuesday, Oct. 4 (9:01-9:31 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Read More... //www.daemonstv.com/2011/09/26/new-girl-naked-episode-3-photos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daemonstv+%28Daemon%27s+TV%29&utm_content=Google+Reader


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Tips to Make a Successful Online event management
Online event management helps you to distributing and selling live event tickets and online tickets. An excellent online event management system will definitely do magic for your event by providing you positive feed-backs as well as results; it requires well planning and arrangements to make it successful.
A perfect event management is very necessary for all types of event to make them successful. Online event managing of an event is not an easy work. It's not just the number of people that makes a show.
Find Right Partners to promote your event - It's easy to say yes to every little mailing list and meet up group that asks to promote in exchange for free passes. Be sure to track sales through those groups. By having their support and branding on the website, you illustrate the authority of your event, and through their networks you reach a targeted group of buyers.
Create a Targeted VIP Guest list – Plan to let 15-20% of your attendees in as VIP guests. This list should be highly targeted. Those are the people other attendees want to meet, and as an act of thanks for the complimentary pass, they may let their network know they will be attending.
At the Right Time Publicize Your Attendee List –you make your attendee list public, if and when you choose. Be careful to pick the right time to do this. Having a list of attendees will influence whether someone wants to sign-up. Be sure to get your speakers, sponsors, and VIPs registered before you make the list public.
Attend Relevant Events – By attending industry-related events, you show potential attendees that you stay up to date on what's going on, know the right places and people, and thus imply that you can bring the right crowd to your event as well.
Create a Safe and Proactive Environment – This will affect your future shows. Finally, we set a good example ourselves, being friendly, open, and interested in every attendee's story at the conference, and coming with business plans and sketches ourselves.
Even if your event is smaller than expected, if you get high-quality attendees and business actually gets done, it will be an event to remember. Promoting an event well is as important as to create and manage it properly. Proper event promotion of your event plays a key role in making it a success. As an event planner, your top priority is to ensure the success of your event by getting maximum attendees.
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Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
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Radio On the Internet.
Tostitos wanted radio ads. They had a talking bag spokesman. So we made the "spokesbag" a DJ.
And we took an annoying character and actually made him someone we could tolerate, and even laugh with! Yay.
Oh, and since I'm an art director, I definitely need to post-caveat that the fonts were not my choice. Sometimes brands make you work with fonts that are.....well....ugly.


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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling that the manslaughter case against former Austin Police Department detective Charles Kleinert remains dismissed.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard the case in September of last year and made a determination Thursday. In its ruling, the appeals court agreed with U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel's decision to dismiss the Travis County indictment because he was acting as a federal officer when he shot and killed 32-year-old Larry Jackson Jr. in 2013.
The State argued that the circumstances surrounding Jackson's presence at Benchmark Bank on the day of the shooting were "insufficiently developed" and that Kleinert didn't have probable cause of any federal felony to try to arrest Jackson. The court determined by viewing all the facts from that day, the evidence constituted enough probable cause because Kleinert saw Jackson try to enter the bank by lying about his identity so he could take money from someone else's account.
Numerous law enforcement officers testified during the hearing that Kleinert acted "consistently with training," continued in the ruling. Jackson was shot once in the head during the struggle with Kleinert.
This ruling does not, however, shield Kleinert from prosecution by federal authorities or civil liability under federal law if that were to happen. For now, it appears the State's case against Kleinert has come to an end, unless they appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Last year, Jackson's family said they were hoping for the ruling to be reversed.
Kleinert's attorney, Randy Leavitt, released the following statement: "We are pleased with the opinion and hopeful that the Kleinert family can soon get some closure on this tragic event. All 4 federal judges that have reviewed the evidence in this case have agreed that Trey was acting in his capacity as a federal officer and was carrying out his duties in a necessary and proper manner. This decision is now 4 years in the making and it is time for everyone to move forward."


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Citrus Lane August 2014 Review 5 Year Old Boy + $20.00 Coupon
Citrus Lane sends 4-5 products for children from newborn to age five at $29.00 a month. You can get discounts for buying longer subscription too. Normally $29.00 a month, new subscribers can get $20.00 off your first month, making it $9.00! Click HERE and use the code TAKE20OFF.
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When am I charged? 1st week of the month
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How do I cancel? Click HERE to go to the cancellation form.
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This box is for a 5 year old Boy
L wasn't happy that his box didn't arrive with T's but, that is how it goes. L was really excited to see what he got.
First Look
Citrus Lane always includes an information card with all the products in the box. There were also a couple of flyers about Care.com. They recently bought out Citrus Lane.
Green Toys Blue Tea Set: $12.00 There is a tea pot, two cups, and two saucers. We got the same set in T's box. I didn't think L would like this, but he has been playing with it all night. My boys tend to fight over the same toy, so it's nice to have two.
The full set, set up.
Robot Mix and Match $15.00 This is a set of cards that you can use to create robots. There are 24 cards in all and the cards are made of very thick cardboard.
Here is a better picture of the cards
L loved this and instantly made one giant robot.
Little Pim: $11.35: This is a code to get a free video from Little Pim. I wasn't' thrilled to get this in my 2 year old's box, but I like it better for L. He watched more tv that T (age 2), but I still limit screen time. I am not sure L will watch this, but I will try.
Kids Shoe Horn From Jasmine Seven $3.95: I think T will get better use out of this. I had putting shoes on my 2 year old, he is wide feet and wiggles. L doesn't have any trouble putting on his shoes, so I am not he will use this.
Final Thought: The total value of the box is $42.30, which is a bit less than T's box. This box still had a nice value and L loved his tea set and robot cards. I love Petit Collage items, because they nice enough to be displayed as art. If you want to try Citrus Lane new subscribers can get $20.00 off your first month, making it $9.00! Click HERE and use the code TAKE20OFF.
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War objector charged again after mistrial
Sat., Feb. 24, 2007
SEATTLE – The Army refiled charges Friday against a Fort Lewis-based lieutenant who refused to serve in Iraq, pursuing the case about two weeks after the lieutenant's first court-martial was declared a mistrial.
First Lt. Ehren Watada, 28, who refused to deploy with his unit last June because he believes the war is illegal, faces the same allegations he initially faced – missing movement and conduct unbecoming an officer – and could be sentenced to a dishonorable discharge and six years in prison if convicted. The Army has not set a date for a second court-martial.
Watada's first trial began early this month but ended abruptly when the judge, Lt. Col. John Head, said he did not believe the soldier fully understood a pretrial agreement he signed admitting elements of the charges. As part of that agreement, the Army had dropped two of the charges against him, lowering his potential sentence to four years.
Watada's attorney, Eric Seitz of Honolulu, blasted the military's decision to refile charges and said he would seek to have them dismissed as a violation of the Constitution's protection against double jeopardy. Seitz said the judge in the first court-martial had no grounds for declaring a mistrial.
"When it's not going well for you, you can't just call a mistrial and start over again," Seitz said. "No matter how much lip service they give to wanting to protect my client's rights, that just doesn't exist in the military courts."
"In the Army's view, double jeopardy was not attached in this case because the first trial had not reached a position of finality," Fort Lewis spokesman Joseph Piek said. "The government has the legal authority to bring the case anew."
Watada faces one charge of missing movement, and another of conduct unbecoming. The latter charge accuses him in four instances of making public statements criticizing the war or President Bush.


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With Mother's Day coming soon, I want to highlight some special moms who reach out to encourage those of us deep in the trenches.
Gina Conroy is an author and mom of four who has a heart for using her gift of writing to build up her peers. According to her website, Gina grew up in a New York Italian family where she says "there was never a lack of drama, love and interesting dialogue."
At the age of 15, she went to a Wayne Cochran retreat and gave her life to the Lord. She graduated with honor from Oral Roberts University with a degree in Communication Arts. Gina is founder of Writer…Interrupted and writes about her experiences trying to balance it all at Portrait of a Writer…Interrupted. She's the co-author of Anytime Prayers for Everyday Moms and has also contributed to Reach for Your Dreams Graduate.
Welcome, Gina! Why do you feel it's important for mothers to pray?
Believe it or not, praying is not an easy thing for me to do. I'm not talking about the quick prayers we moms mutter consistently under our breaths every day. I'm talking about the more concentrated and thoughtful prayers, specific to each child. I've always known it's important to do, but knowing and doing are two different things.
When I wrote Anytime Prayers for Everyday Moms, God met a need in my own life through my own prayers. The topics I was assigned to write about were exactly what I was going through. My prayers flowed naturally from me and ministered to me.
Mothers know their children better than anyone else except God. We know their weaknesses, struggles and strengths. We have a built-in "worry mechanism" that father's don't have. We worry, so we pray, and that's a good thing.
Prayer brings peace and takes care of things in the spiritual realm. Prayer can also change the course of our children's lives.
Recently I adapted a new rule into my parenting: "Pray before Punishment." Though I fail daily at my own rule and I'm still trying to break bad habits, it just makes perfect sense. You can't argue your child into doing right, but you can pray him into it.
Do you have any tips for those of us who need help learning how to pray more effectively?
I'm still learning how to do this. In fact, I recently purchased The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian so I can pray more effectively for my children. She offers meaty chapters on why you should pray with comprehensive prayers at the end.
I have that book on my bookshelf — and I love it!
These books are wonderful, but sometimes you need a quick prayer to get you through the moment. That's when I pick up Anytime Prayers for Everyday Moms and other books like it. I keep one in my bathroom near the kitchen where I homeschool. Then when I'm overwhelmed and need a quick prayer to get me through, I know where to find it. The well- thought-out categories in the table of contents make it easy to find the right prayer.
These prayer books are so helpful because the prayers are written out for you, so when you're at a loss for words, all you have to do is read them. God doesn't care if they're your words or not; if you're praying them, and they're from your heart He listens!
What types of prayers are included in your book?
All my prayers start out with a problem, and end in hope.
Some of the prayer I worked on are:
When I've Experienced Failure as a Mother
When I need Guidance in Regards to My Child
When I need Hope, Peace, Patience
When I'm too Ambitious Regarding my Child
When I've Become critical and Judgmental Towards My Child
What mother couldn't benefit from those?
There are over 100 prayers of praise, supplication, confession, and intercession to choose from. And every prayer has several scriptures to encourage moms.
One of my favorites starts off like this…
Dear Lord,
It happened again. I told myself it wouldn't, but it did. I feel like such a failure as if I'll never be the kind of mother my children deserve. Why can't I get it right? Why do my children have to suffer for my shortcomings?
Then it ends with a prayer of hope…
Lord, encourage my soul and help me overcome the doubts and self-criticism that have crept into my life. My failure as a parent is draining me of energy. Recharge me with Your divine strength….
What did you learn about prayer while writing your book?
I learned that prayer is easy when it comes from your heart or out of a specific need. Prayer doesn't have to be formal; just raw and real.
God wants us to pour out our heart to Him. That's all prayer is. I just need to remember that when condemnation starts to rise within me because I don't pray enough or the "right way."
Prayer is not just an act; it's a way of life.
Wow — that's so true, Gina. Are there any scriptures that stand out to you on showing us how to pray?
"Pray without ceasing." To me this means having a prayer relationship and not just a prayer time. Before I moved to the Bible Belt, I communed with God in prayer all day long.
Then I "learned" how to pray. That it was supposed to be done early in the morning and for so many minutes or hours. I failed miserably at this kind of prayer.
I'm just now getting back to the way I used to pray, and it's very freeing.
That's wonderful, Gina! Thank you so much for visiting here and for sharing with us about the power of a mother's prayers. I know I couldn't live without my active prayer life!
You can read more about Gina at her fabulous website, which is a springboard to many of the writing ventures she is involved in.


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The core group numbers five: Mary Lou Johnson, Cris Meyers, Margaret Wallace, Lynn Walters and Jayne Weiss. They are all in their 50s and 60s. Walters and Weiss are snowbirds; the others live full-time on Longboat Key. They all take fitness classes at the Longboat Key Club, and that's where they met. It is also where they decided to do things differently.
Meet the Out of the Box girlfriends, or OOTB friends. At the beginning of the year, they decided to spice up life and challenge themselves by picking and choosing out-of-the-box experiences on a regular basis.
"I love doing things that make one day different from the next," Johnson said. "You remember that day very vividly."
The criteria they established was pretty simple and not limited to fitness activities, though that is the focus here. It was simply doing things they had never done before, or had not done in a long, long time. And the activities had to be physically safe.
Their first excursion in January was a pacesetter. Ami French is the daughter of another Longboat lady, Midge Pescatello. French runs a yoga adventure camp, in nearby Parrish, in conjunction with Mark Lindsay, of Common Ground Adventures. The OOTB and a few additional friends booked a day of activities, including climbing a tree, walking across a horizontal telephone pole, climbing up a telephone pole, standing on top and free falling from it.
In keeping with Common Ground Adventures' philosophy of "Challenge by Choice," the women were encouraged to go beyond their comfort zones, but they were always are in control of when to say, "Enough!" They wore the required safety harnesses, which satisfied their safety criteria, but Johnson reports, "It was scary! And it certainly satisfied our requirement that it be something we didn't usually do. It got a 10 on that one."
Since then, the OOTB friends have done other things that are different for them, from taking a long horseback ride through the woods to giving blood to making an excursion to the Hard Rock Café. Their plans going forward include zip-lining outside of Orlando and yoga paddleboarding, another program offered by French, this one in conjunction with Bob McFarland, of Sarasota Paddleboard Co.
"My experience with the OOTB girls has been exhilarating, fulfilling and so much fun," says Weiss. "We are all so much stronger as a group, so together, we are able to conquer our fears and lean on each other so we can grow and explore life. During our adventures, we support each other, listen to each other and understand each other. It's a hoot, and I love every minute of it."
Molly Schechter is an ACE-certified personal trainer with a specialty in older adult fitness plus YogaFit Instructor Training, SCF Yoga Fundamentals and Power Pilates™ Mat Certifications. She teaches classes at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center and the Longboat Key Club. E-mail her at [email protected].
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Visit www.outdooradventuresinyoga.com and http://SunCityStables.com.


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FAMILY favourite It's a Wonderful Life is a festive TV treat repeated year after year for a very good reason - it has been voted Best Christmas Film of all time.
More than 10,000 film buffs voted for their festive favourite and the 1946 film was named most popular.
Second and third places were given to two very different and distinctly more modern films, 1980s classics: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Die Hard.
It's a Wonderful Life has also swept the board in the Best Christmas Kiss category.
More than one-third of all voters in the Amazon.co.uk survey selected the scene where James Stewart's character is reunited with his family as their all-time favourite.
Greg Hart, director for media products at Amazon.co.uk said, "Films always play a big part in the Christmas experience. Film-lovers feel strongly about their favourite Christmas movies."