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Stubbled across a 93 dodge 3500 one tin dually 4x4 cube truck today with a twelve foot aluminum box 8' talk with another 2' above cab skylight. ect oversized 350 liter tank and 315000km on a twlve valve cummins comes with extra transmission which is definetly the weekest link on those old dodges anyways ptuce is negotiable and is almost exactly what iv wanted for sometime now. anyways use to be a duct cleaning truck and has a pto for the old vacuam syatem just wondering if any of you guys have a pti and what you use them for i imagine you could use it for a jetter but since i have no experience with eithe i thought id ask my wise fellow tradesman what use it may serve for plumbing thanks sean
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In out area of the country most PTO on trucks are used for running hydraulic pumps for hoists or winches or similar, (usually just a bolt on to the transmission a control line to kick it in and out of gear), (many have gone to the under hood mounted pump that woks off a AC clutch, lower cost and easer to move to different trucks then trading),
I am sure one could set it so it would run a Jettier pump if one so desired, I I would think one would need a step up gear box to make it work the way one wanted, (on the old truck the PTO is very slow RPM, (that may be changeable depending on the PTO box), on my sons one ton, he runs a Hydraulic pump not sure of it RPM, many are a self contained pump in side of a reservoir box, but I think are mostly low RPM (at lest compared to a 3600 rpm gas engine),
(I think it would be an expensive way of running the pump), and would need some type of by pass to keep the pump water cooler when there may be times of inactivity that one on a PTO system may be let the engine run were with the smaller jettier one would shut it down. unless one would set some type of electric clutch as well so one could remotely turn on and off the pump,
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the pto can run a jetter pump with a hydraulic jetter motor pretty easily. problem is you need the hydraulic pressure pump and reservoir along with the hydraulic jetter pump motor. gets real expensive and real commercial. you would need to be a full time jetter to see the payback.
also with a truck of that age and mileage, do you really want to dump that much money in setting it up in the first place. there's a reason why they're selling the van.
rick.phoebe it is
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There is absolutely no reason why you couldn't direct drive a jetter pump. All you would need to do is mount the pump in a box on the frame or somewhere and find a cheap, low horsepower right angle gearbox. Any gear and bearing shop could rig up a shaft with the right splines for pretty cheap, and you could get the gearbox at Grainger or McMaster Carr. Just make sure you know the rpms, get a gearbox that has the right reduction, and then figure out what rpm you need to set your engine idle at to achieve your jetter specs.
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Cummins with 350k? I dunno, I just bought a 05 Cummins with 27k. I love it, straight 6 with tons more power than my V8 Power Stroke Diesels.
Cummins are some of the best engines made, and that 12 valve is where its at. Super simple, bet if you pop the hood you can see clearly to the ground on both sides of that block. I can on my 05 and its got a bit more to it.
Talked to the guy that runs Pacific Bio-Diesel the other day, we were talking about warranty and biodiesel. He said he's got two cummins generators with probably 5000 hours on both. Never had any problems with em. Just FYI Cummins and other mfgs wont warranty B100 because they can't control some hick making crappy B100 in his back yard.
Like you said its the trannies that go. Those Mopar trannies are weird... That engine will be fine, its everything else I'd worry about.
If I'm not mistaken with the Dodges its the tranny and drive train and suspension that are the weakest link.
That and the Dodge likes to catch rust faster than most.Ray
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If that 93 has been meticulously kept clean and is virtually rust free, it will last quite a long time. The "first gen" rams (70's-93) were fairly beefy trucks but rusted pretty bad. But if kept clean they seemed to last. My big concern is the frame, grab a screw driver and start poking around, if its solid your fine, if you find a soft spot, run fast. On the transmission, I want to say guys have upgraded to second gen "94-02" transmissions to get the extra gear Overdrive. The 94-97 transmissions are hydraulic lockup units, and are a little easier to swap than the 98-02 electronic units. If you ever need a trans for it, I would only use a Goerand transmission, the guy is an absolute genious with these transmissions. Lastly, you could swap in a 5 or 6 speed manual pretty easy if you didn't want to worry about the transmission. The NV4500/5600 are two very strong transmissions.
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thanks guys i would have to agree with beeing crazy for buying a 20 year old truck if it was any other truck my buddy whos a licenced mechanic is coming to look tommorow frame is mint body "could use some paint" but no rust no sign of body work the only rust is the custom back bumper which looks like it came off an older cube truck anyways its from vancouver or langley just came out of bhd diesel a fairly reputable diesel shop. the motor looks cleaner then my 03 actually the hole truck besides paint and interior is cleaner then my 2003 2500. 4x4 dodge cummins dually with a cube box its pretty deluxe my mechanic has a 92 4x2 cummins with 658000 km second transmission Standard thou. but hsnt done anything major to motor. he toldme the motor and extra tranny is worth almost what im paying for the hole truck. il post some picks in a week or two when i get it home and painted. thanks seanny
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Originally posted by seanny deep View Postthanks guys i would have to agree with beeing crazy for buying a 20 year old truck if it was any other truck my buddy whos a licenced mechanic is coming to look tommorow frame is mint body "could use some paint" but no rust no sign of body work the only rust is the custom back bumper which looks like it came off an older cube truck anyways its from vancouver or langley just came out of bhd diesel a fairly reputable diesel shop. the motor looks cleaner then my 03 actually the hole truck besides paint and interior is cleaner then my 2003 2500. 4x4 dodge cummins dually with a cube box its pretty deluxe my mechanic has a 92 4x2 cummins with 658000 km second transmission Standard thou. but hsnt done anything major to motor. he toldme the motor and extra tranny is worth almost what im paying for the hole truck. il post some picks in a week or two when i get it home and painted. thanks seanny
Here is what cracks me up. Just because so many people have their own trusted mechanic look at the vehicle, before they buy it. The only thing the mechanic can look for, is the obvious, or maybe a funny noise, but hell, everything is 20yrs old. Is the trans gonna slip, or fail , or is the engine gonna blow any time soon? No way can they tell ya. How bout wheel bearings? Is the front end tie rods tight or loose? Is any of this gonna change your mind? It reminds me of how people ask me all the time, how long do you think this water heater, or sump pump will last. Unless the obvious is staring you in the face, then you better get out a crystal ball, to figure out the life left. Example, I replaced 2 water heaters last week, 1 was 20 yrs old, the other 5yrs old. Could an inspection of each heater, revealed this before. Just saying.
Not bashing you, but I have a 2003 that I have had break down on me several times recently, & everytime, is worst possible. Then I gotta pay tow bill, cancel jobs, get back logged on my work, & stressed out, not to mention, the high cost of repair bills. The truck is starting to rust, aluminum box has several places that is oxidizing, right through, engine is slowly but surely, drinking more oil, & I could go on. And I only got about 90,000 miles on it. So I couldn't imagine in my wildest dreams, buying a vehicle, over twice as old, as the one I got.Last edited by Don the plumber; 06-16-2012, 08:03 AM.
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Im also driving an 03 right now and agree new vehicles are designed to brake down. the old truck has no computer no electric windows or aotumatic 4 wheel drive ect ect. its got kingpins four leaf springs mmanual hubs a simple motor that will keep going and going parts are cheap and i acatually can pop the hood and use a standard socket set to replace what i can see without removing twenty plastic shrouds no diagnostic tools required is it a nice ride no not really but it does gwt 18mpg and is 4 wheel drive will it cost money of course payments or parts sometimes both i like having a frame instead of unibody. is it for everyone no of course not i have to drive for 7 hours beforw i could even jope to get atuck in grid lock traffic im out on dirt roads and smLl towbs it will serve its purpose fine 300000km is 185000 miles its not all that much for a 12 valve cummins. but thanks for the concerns seanny.


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A variety of spices are displayed at a shop at the spices souq in Deira, Dubai. Although US and European sanctions do not specifically target sales of most non-oil goods, Iranian exporters have found it hard to arrange shipping and insurance for their cargoes, and have faced tighter customs checks in some countries. The impact of the sanctions can be seen in Dubai, once a major centre for financing Iran's non-oil exports.
Western financial sanctions hit non-oil trade hard; payment, insurance, shipping problems; imports more expensive; but businessmen keeping export channels open; weak rial boosting exports of some agricultural goods; government identifies products to obtain in barter
At an international food industry fair in Dubai last week, prospective buyers, many from Africa and south Asia, flocked around 45 Iranian stands selling products such as dried fruit, pistachio nuts and saffron.
The Iranian exporters running the stands face challenges unknown to their competitors from other countries. For the past year, Iran has been mostly shut out of the international banking system by Western sanctions imposed over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme.
That has made it difficult for Iranian food merchants to receive payments for their goods, forcing them in many cases to use expensive middlemen or inefficient barter arrangements.
By weakening the Iranian rial, the sanctions have made it more expensive and difficult for the firms to import the machinery and raw materials they need to keep producing. Although US and European sanctions do not specifically target sales of most non-oil goods, Iranian exporters have found it hard to arrange shipping and insurance for their cargoes, and have faced tighter customs checks in some countries.
But they are struggling on, limiting the damage which the sanctions are causing to their businesses and to Iran's wider economy, and keeping open trade channels that could one day, when the sanctions are eventually lifted, boom once again.
"Most of the Iranian companies have an office outside Iran and they're doing their business through those. They're not transferring any money to Iran from outside," said Behrooz Rezazadeh, head of private Iranian trade promotion consultancy PSDC Group. "They're helping to import raw materials into the country while exporting the best quality Iranian products."
Iran's merchandise exports totalled $131.5bn and its imports $62.1bn in 2011, the year before the sanctions began making themselves felt in a big way, according to the World Trade Organization.
Over three-quarters of the exports were oil and gas, which may now have dropped by more than half, the International Energy Agency has estimated. Reliable data for Iran's total non-oil exports in recent months is not available, but they too are believed to have suffered.
"You can't get the packaging materials," said an Iranian processed food products exporter who moved his business to Dubai over a year ago, but returns to Iran regularly. He declined to be named because of the sensitivities of his remarks.
"You go to the free zones in Iran and most of the factories are closed," he said of the areas set up by the Iranian government to encourage manufacturing for export.
The impact of the sanctions can be seen in Dubai, once a major centre for financing Iran's non-oil exports.
As recently as two years ago the Dubai operations of Bank Melli, a major Iranian bank, handled 300 to 400 letters of credit per month, often for large-scale deals, said a source familiar with the operations.
Now Bank Melli issues just two or three letters of credit a month and often for nominal amounts; it has shed about half of its staff and its offices above Dubai's busy Creek waterway are almost dormant, the source said. Repeated telephone calls to the bank's offices seeking comment were not answered.
"We have problems sending money, we have problems shipping. They don't accept an Iranian loading sheet," said Amin, an Iranian trader in dried fruit and nuts who attended last week's industry fair.
But the presence of the sizeable Iranian contingent at the fair - there were more Iranian stands than at last year's fair, and no room available for a further 32 firms which applied for one - showed that a considerable amount of trade is continuing.
Amirhossein Zargarzadeh, another agricultural businessman from Iran, said he exported 10,000-12,000 tonnes of dates a year and that demand outstripped his ability to supply customers because of difficulties expanding his processing facilities.
He used to supply customers in the US but because of the sanctions now limits his business to the Middle East, collecting payment for what he can sell in Iranian rials through Bahrain and Dubai.
Barter deals have become common; Iranian exporters exchange their products for other goods which they send back to Iran and sell there. In some cases, the exporters obtain goods which the Iranian government has identified as most needed in the sanctions-hit economy, such as basic foods and medicine.
"The ministry of commerce lets you know what kinds of products are needed now," Rezazadeh said. "They're importing raw materials for other factories. It means the barter relationship is now happening."
The collapse of the Iranian rial, which hit record lows of about 37,500 against the US dollar last October compared to 10,500 in December 2011, has boosted demand for Iranian products in some cases by allowing exporters to quote more competitive prices and still make big profits.
An Iranian saffron exporter in Dubai said that since the main expense in making agricultural products was labour, which was paid in rials, costs for those products were now very low. Her business flies the feather-light spice to China and transfers the money it is paid back to Iran through exchange houses in Hong Kong.
Iran's pistachio exports between last March 21 and December 20 doubled from a year earlier to $587mn, while exports of saffron jumped 87% to $213mn, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted Iran's deputy agriculture minister Jahangir Pourhemmat as saying in January.
Pistachio exports have become so large that last month the Iranian government briefly banned them to ensure enough supply for the domestic market, before quickly lifting the ban after producers protested, local media reported.
Some other labour-intensive exports appear to be holding up reasonably well.
Iran exported $238mn worth of carpets in the seven months through mid-October last year, Mehr news agency quoted an official of the national carpet industry association as saying; that rate was down about a quarter from the previous year.
Because of a shortage of imported parts, the sanctions have dealt a heavy blow to Iran's auto industry, which once built 1.6mn vehicles annually; local media reported that output has roughly halved in the past year.
But aided by the weak rial, exports of low-end cars have continued. Iran exported 44,682 cars valued at about $257mn in the nine months through mid-December, with the vast majority going across the border to Iraq, according to the Iranian Students' News Agency.
Iranian exporters appear determined to keep going, even if it means relying on barter to survive.
"I send pistachios to India and I buy sesame seeds. I give you this and you give me that," Amin said. "It's like 1,000 years ago."
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Inside the Mast Brothers' Chocolate Brew Bar, Now Open in Williamsburg
The exterior of the Mast Brothers' Brew Bar at 105A North 3rd Street in Williamsburg.
All photos by Adam Robb
The drinkable chocolates at Brew Bar (105A North 3rd Street, Brooklyn), the Mast Brothers' new not-coffee shop now open a few doors down from the siblings' Williamsburg factory, are the antithesis of Serendipity's glop, Max Brenner's price-gouging, even City Bakery's supremely sippable, seasonal abyss. The Mast Brothers version is not a hot chocolate that evokes nostalgia for thin Swiss Miss, hulking marshmallows, and the peppermint aroma of dissolving candy canes permeating your parents' living room. Brew Bar is a French parfumerie outfitted like a Quaker church, where experienced baristas hand-grind a panoply of single origin cocoa beans, all brewed to a fragrant berry and buttery climax as addictive, accessible, and questionably healthful as any hot morning cuppa or fruity iced tea.
Executive manager Derek Herbster hand-grinds cocoa beans to order. |
"Once you taste it, you can forget any preconceived notions of what drinking a chocolate beverage is," Rick Mast explains. "Leave it at the door."
Through that door at 105A North 3rd Street is a room Mast describes as a palate cleanser. White brick and tile walls span the space, and the only chocolate touches are inset bookcases housing decoratively wrapped bars, and a plate of freshly baked Brooklyn Blend cookies under glass on the counter. The only furniture is a George Nelson platform bench perched beneath the storefront window.
Opposite that, behind the counter, executive manager Derek Herbster executes his hot water and cocoa bean infusion with precision. The Stumptown veteran's applied the techniques for coffee-brewing to chocolate's natural source material, crafting a singular beverage that dates back thousands of years, and has taken more than a year to recreate.
Rick Mast, before the menu inside his new Williamsburg Brew Bar. |
While ordering a cup here can be as simple as "taking it red" (a phrase that refers to the iced tea-hue of the sunny brew), you'll also find all the iced coffee accompaniments you'd expect, including Battenkill Valley milk and a house-made cocoa nib-infused simple syrup. However the cold-brewed chocolate's already naturally creamy, and dispossessed of any of the bitterness found in coffee.
Cocoa beans in the grinder behind the counter at the Mast Brothers' Brew Bar. |
"Since it's literally brewed chocolate, because it's the first brew bar just dedicated to chocolate ever, we're just trying to educate people as much as we can," Mast says.
But those looking beyond a morning blend of caffeine, cocoa butter's healthful fats, and the natural energy boost of theobromine will find an array of scents and tastes in every varietal as complex as any coffee bean. Sip a cup of the Dominican Republic origin and, Mast explains, it reveals earthy Tobacco and chocolate notes, while the Peruvian beans are bolder with hints of cinnamon, molasses, and fruits. A bean from Papua, New Guinea is both fruity and smoky.
"It's basically like a fruit drink," Mast says. "We try to connect to the agricultural element, which is a cocoa bean, the fermented seed of a fruit. If you don't taste it you're distancing yourself from what the farmer is doing."
Derek Herbster prepares a hot brewed cup of Papua New Guinea chocolate. |
Served hot, the poured-over grounds filter into something more closely resembling espresso, with a crema of frothed cocoa butter bubbling at the top. The fruit notes dissipate and the aroma of melting chocolate pushes forward. The first taste evokes more curiosity than nostalgia, but that's only a matter of time.
Brooklyn Blend chocolate chip cookies are available at the counter, and a full range of bars lines the wall. |
"It's hard to believe this isn't a part of life already," Mast says.
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Wery first of all..... i watched it like one or two episodes per day so i realy enjoyed it... i know in that week i managed to piss everybody off saying that this was an exelent anime ^^ Gomen.....
Anyway... the main point why i enjoyed Aoi hana was becouse it was the long wanted Romance anime without any ecchi or comedy or stuff like that..... The week that i watched it was wery stresfull for me a lot of studies (friging two schools) and i even had work (HUNTING) so this anime relieved the whole stress of my back whitch makes it the perfect for the ppl that have wery little time and a lot on nerves.
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I disliked all the dissing reviews after I saw it.
Eh. One day I will have to write my review on it. I think your overall score was spot on.
yeah it was perfect (kinda) the other rewies are harsh so this is the only one that can be read without thinking of this anime as booring or a STEW... (no ofence)BTW.... thanks.... those damn languages are draining me....
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Evil aliens, agent clones and monstrous bosses; just another day in the life of the MIBs. This sequel to the 1998 platform game, based on the 1997 film and subsequent cartoon series, pits the player, as either veteran agent K or his rookie partner J, against a horde of alien monsters threatening New York City and, by extension, the Earth.The player's mission will take him or her through eight different levels, ranging from a hijacked aircraft, the forest, a laboratory, MIB headquarters, an MIB safehouse, a rocket silo, Manhattan and even the Statue of Liberty. In each level, the player has to collect four pairs of MIB sunglasses before moving on.
The arsenal of weaponry ranges from your standard-issue J2 blaster, rocket launchers and grenade launchers to freeze rays, homing missiles and the almighty Noisy Cricket. There are various items as well, including chemical protection suits, snowshoes, invisibility suits, and smart cards to gain access to new areas. Health packs and 1-ups are also scattered around.
With this much at your disposal, the scum of the universe doesn't stand a chance.
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I'm not sure if this makes sense, but coming into the D8 entity API as a user this was very confusing.
I was converting Spark to Drupal 8, and got this error:
An AJAX HTTP error occurred. HTTP Result Code: 200 Debugging information follows. Path: http://localhost/spark-git/8xx/core/install.php?langcode=en&profile=spar... StatusText: OK ResponseText: Recoverable fatal error: Argument 1 passed to taxonomy_vocabulary_save() must be an instance of Drupal\taxonomy\Vocabulary, instance of stdClass given, called in /Users/abyron/Sites/spark-git/8xx/profiles/spark/spark.install on line 269 and defined in taxonomy_vocabulary_save() (line 442 of /Users/abyron/Sites/spark-git/8xx/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module).
"Ah-ha!" I thought to myself, sipping some newly acquired Cherry Coke from a recent trip to Bellingham. "This is because of that new fancy-pants OO Entity API. Well then! Let's dig in."
Here's what my old code was in Drupal 7:
$vocabulary = (object) array(
'name' => st('Tags'),
'description' => $description,
'machine_name' => 'tags',
'help' => $help,
Here's what I expected the new code to be in Drupal 8:
use Drupal\taxonomy\Vocabulary;
$vocabulary = new Vocabulary();
$vocabulary->name = st('Tags');
$vocabulary->description = $description;
$vocabulary->machine_name = 'tags';
$vocabulary->help = $help;
Here's what the code actually is in standard.install:
$vocabulary = entity_create('taxonomy_vocabulary', array(
'name' => st('Tags'),
'description' => $description,
'machine_name' => 'tags',
'langcode' => language_default()->langcode,
'help' => $help,
...Wat? :(
Also, I have no idea why we are duplicating tags and issue components, but doing the same here since that seems to be what other people do.
What we could possibly do is to add a
public static function Entity::createFrom($entity_type, $values);
The entity type would still have to be specified though.
I actually did a survey on this topic very recently: https://sun.webform.com/form/2651
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The results suggest that there's a large majority who doesn't use the capability of overriding entity types/classes, but that there's also a non-zero, significant share of developers who needed to do that for their projects, which pretty much means that we cannot get rid of the additional entity type abstraction.
Also, we can do cool stuff like:
// Assign a new UUID if there is none yet.
if ($this->uuidKey && !isset($entity->{$this->uuidKey})) {
$uuid = new Uuid();
$entity->{$this->uuidKey} = $uuid->generate();
Two remarks:
- Most IDE's aren't able to detect the type of the object, so no code completion.
- All overridden functions can't use the real class for the parameter, but have to use EntityInterface
Are comments like /* @var $breakpoint Breakpoint */
allowed, this at least solves problem 1.
Are comments like /* @var $breakpoint Breakpoint */ allowed, this at least solves problem 1.
Do you mean in-line, i.e. right before $breakpoint is being defined? We don't use the multiline "/** */" syntax in-line, but // \Drupal\breakpoint\Breakpoint $breakpoint
would be allowed. I don't know if IDEs support that, though.
All overridden functions can't use the real class for the parameter, but have to use EntityInterface
Ideally, each entity type would define a corresponding interface, so sub-classes would type-hint BreakpointInterface extends EntityInterface
. That is not currently being done for any entity, so to allow overridability, we need to type-hint EntityInterface.
Netbeans 7:/* @var $breakpoint \Drupal\breakpoint\Breakpoint */
/** @var $breakpoint \Drupal\breakpoint\Breakpoint */
doesn't work// @var $breakpoint \Drupal\breakpoint\Breakpoint
doesn't work
So it only works using "/* */".
Well, I personally wouldn't mind an exception to our coding standards in case it helps some people. We should test a couple more IDEs maybe.
I think better to use actual class names, but we still have a lot of wrappers and EntityNG which inherits from Entity
Using direct entity-class-name will help IDE and prevent from troubles with namespace and use like we have in #1805776: Fatal error: Class 'Drupal\Core\Template\ArrayIterator' not found in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/Attribute.php
Also I'd like to point to #1796760: Change order of parameters in Entity constructors
Currently core has near 90 text occurrences of entity_create() so it's trivial patch
We support swapping out the class, so $v = new Vocbulary();
won't cut it.
The survey of #2 is interesting, though it does not really apply as the entity class in D7 is not used by many modules. But in D8, some stuff like entity uri and label can only be controlled and swapped out via the class, so it will be more important.
We could look into doing away with the need for that though, and support going with fixed class to improve DX. Still, we'd probably loose quite some points of being able to "hack" into the system with a module if the entity classes are fixed.
@webchick $v->other stuff
could be a problem when properties are protected|private so better use $v->set('property', $value)
probably with EntityNG this magic should be removed...
@fago please comment on recommended/compatible setters!
Generally, I could see it working as following:
$term = entity_create('taxonomy_term', 'vocab-name');
$term->name->value= 'Tags';
$term->description->value = $description;
Thus, we could just use the bundle property value as second argument, if a bundle is used. We'll need the value for the bundle before any bundle specific fields can be set, so best we already enforce having a bundle value upon creation.
$v = new Entity('vocabulary');
won't work for the same reasons: no possibility to customize the used class, but moverover it would disallow custom per entity-type classes like Vocabulary
Status: | Active | » Closed (works as designed) |
I think we can safely close this, we need an API to create them, #2096899: Add $EntityType::create() to simplify creating new entities will help with the DX.


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So these are some pictures of food I made over a year ago. Sorry I'm lazy... and enjoy!
This is pomegranate rice pudding. I got the recipe off of some European blog. It was good. It was essentially risotto made with milk instead of stock and sugar instead of cheese. I added some sprinkles because the pomegranate didn't add as much color as I would have liked.
This is pan fried salmon sticks over mustard greens with chitlin (the leftovers of rendering fat). There carrots are really there just to round out the meal. I've got to get my veggies. The name pretty much sums it up. I remember this being pretty tasty. P.S. I'm not 100% sure those are mustard greens
This is mustard greens and tomatoes over salmon poached in gingery coconut milk over cucumbers. The cucumbers were there to, again, round out my meal. The tomatoes and mustard greens were cooked in the coconut milk as well, so I'm betting that coconut milk was fully of nutrients. This was tasty as well if I recall. I definitely recommend at least attempting to poach fish. It isn't too difficult.
This is a orange, parsley, jicama, radish salad. This, I did not enjoy. I just don't like raw radishes. (cooked radishes are another story) The dressing is made with the orange juice resulting from supreming the oranges and some other standardy stuff. I really enjoyed the supremed oranges though. On occasion, I still supreme citrus fruit for my self. Did it with a lemon once... not too bad. Better than raw radishes.
These are pickled cucumbers... er ... pickles. Anyways, I thought they were cool because they looked like watermelons, the rind and everything. I got this result by doing a light pickle in a liquid I had just pickled beets in, also delicious. I really enjoyed pickled vegetables.
Those were all in chronological order. I hope I'll never have to do a post like this again because it will have meant that I wasn't keeping up, but I suppose it's better than nothing.
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Battle is brewing between the Serious Fraud Office and City banks and companies as David Green QC, the new SFO director, starts to make his mark. In the seven months since he was appointed, Green has issued threatening noises to the City and companies about hospitality, rowed back on earlier statements about deals companies can do to stave off prosecutions, warned banks that a big Libor case is looming and taken on Barclays over the fees it paid to Middle Eastern advisers.
Mr Green, a relatively shadowy figure in the law enforcement community, says "war, war" rather than "jaw, jaw" is his style as he hardens up the image of an organisation which many observers had started to say was looking soft and weak at the knees.
"I would like the SFO to have a hard-edged, tough reputation. It should be something which is feared. You don't want to be investigated by the SFO. The banks know that they are under the microscope. People are beginning to realise through gritted teeth that banks do misbehave. We do need the banks but we need straight banks and honest bankers. That is the kind of thing that will emerge from all this." Colleagues who have seen this commercial barrister across the courtroom describe him as a "prosecutor's prosecutor". Another said, "he relishes a fight."
He sent out an uncompromising message out last month when the guidance notes to the UK Bribery Act were thrown out. This put the sensitive hospitality issue back on the corporate agenda. Mr Green says: "I am sceptical of guidance notes. I suspect the motives of those that want absolutely precise guidance, because I suspect they want to wait round the corner and hit you over the head with it, and say, you are acting contrary to your guidance. The criminal law covers an endless multitude of possibilities and possible sets of facts. It is very hard to be specific. On corporate hospitality, it rather depends on the motive and the context and the timing and the value. You can't just say, Wimbledon tickets are OK. They'll say that you said, 'Wimbledon tickets are all right.'"
But the prosecution of those that manipulated the Libor rate really sets Mr Green's pulse throbbing. Having extracted a £3.5m boost to the SFO's annual budget from the Government to finance the inquiry, he is raring to go. "It is unbelievably complicated. A criminal investigation is to an altogether different depth and thoroughness than that of the Financial Services Authority, which has been regulatory. We have to take it much further than the FSA and spread it to other banks. There is an international dimension to the criminality."
The investigation is targeting UK incorporated banks and Mr Green is piling all his resources into it. "We are dealing with British bankers although others were involved. These things should be dealt with in London if they possibly can." He says he is in a race with American investigators from the Securities and Exchange Commission to get charges out first. "Some people may get to the finishing post in terms of charges against corporations and individuals. So be it. There isn't much I can do about it. I am not going to break our necks and bring some sort of crap prosecution just for the sake of it. It isn't going to work… There is a competition for jurisdiction. There have been some frank and fair discussions with the SEC in the US."
In fact, the SFO had first right of refusal to investigate the Libor case two years ago, but the then SFO director Richard Alderman turned it down, handing it over to the FSA. Mr Green is privately boiling at the decision. 'With hindsight it would have been better [if the SFO had made the initial investigation]. I couldn't say if I was in Richard's shoes, I would have made a different decision."
No holes will be barred in mounting the investigation, including covert sources of intelligence. Sleuths in suits will enable the SFO to get ahead of banks that seek to cover up or mislead an SFO investigation. "I am really going to ramp up our intelligence ability. There is a vast amount of information available in open-source material. It is all over the place. It needs to be collated and worked up, and then blended with more sophisticated intelligence. This will then be blended with more exotic intelligence which we can get from an outside source like the City of London Police, right the way up to using covert human intelligence sources if appropriate and any more exotic intelligence.'"
Banks and accountants are being seconded to the investigation, although they can expect to work for their money. Mr Green cannot resist a dig at the bankers: "I don't want a load of expensive banking experts sitting around on the staff full time, buffing their nails and puffing their Montecristos. I don't want that." The investigation team is being supplemented by staff from the FSA, with whom the SFO is working closely, says Mr Green.
The outcome of the Libor inquiry will be announced in short order. Mr Green is wary of a repeat of SFO long-drawn-out cases, like Blue Arrow, BAE and the Maxwell brothers, where millions were spent on investigating and prosecuting cases which either failed to come to court or resulted in acquittals.
"This is not going to drag on for years. This is not going to be a four-year investigation, two-year break and three-year trial. I want results as quickly as possible. We have to be surgical about it. The SFO has had the reputation for wanting to put some enormous complicated canvas showing everything the defendants are alleged to have done before the jury. We can't do that. We have to make this really focused on particular types of misconduct. I want some result on at least part of the investigation within six months of starting the investigation. So we are talking about early 2013 for a decision."
If Libor does not work out, Mr Green warns that future cases taken on by the SFO (whose remit covers cases where sums of no less than £2m are involved) will be no less high profile or sensitive. "I see the SFO tackling the high end. It tackles the most difficult cases and that is a high-risk environment but that is what we are supposed to do. The answer is to do it well with the right people and the right financing. The answer is not to dumb down and do the easier cases, which of course you can get to court quicker. We will not run away from cases because they are difficult or expensive or take a long time to investigate or involve big numbers." He wants cases that "make an impact" without draining the public sector institution's coffers dry.
This is a problem for the SFO, which has seen its budget cut. It has fallen 26 per cent since the 2008-9 fiscal year to £39.5m in 2010-11 and is due to drop another 25 per cent to £30.5m by 2014-15. "I am not happy about the funding model. If a succession of large-scale inquiries comes along at once, you get stretched so thin, it is not tenable."
He is aiming to tap the funds confiscated from criminals. "It is a good source of income, and as a matter of principle I see nothing wrong with prosecutors being in part funded by money taken from criminals. I am all for that." The SFO receives 36 per cent of the confiscated funds under the asset recovery incentivisation scheme, but the Home Office receives 50 per cent. Mr Green sees scope for raising the SFO's percentage.
If the new bruiser at Elm Street gets his way, banks and companies who decide to resist the SFO will find the alternative to co-operation very uncomfortable and expensive.
Humble pie for starters with the Tchenguiz fiasco
David Green's blooding at the Serious Fraud Office was not easy. He joined in April 2012, from HM Revenue and Customs where he was head of prosecutions, just in time to close down the case against the Tchenguiz brothers amid shame-faced embarrassment.
The investigation into the property tycoons accused of fraud on an Icelandic bank was stopped and Robert Tchenguiz is threatening to sue the SFO for massive damages, having already claimed former SFO director Richard Alderman was on "a crusade" to pursue him.
Mr Green can not eat enough humble pie: "The big lesson from Tchenguiz is so obvious it screams at you. It is that the SFO made a mistake, in fact several mistakes, in the information, the formal document which was put before a judge to get a warrant. There were factual errors in it. That should never have happened. Why did it happen? Because there was insufficient quality control."
He recoils at the widely reported claim that the SFO suggested Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz should make a donation to charity as part of a settlement of their case. "I am not confirming or denying. But if true, that seems to me extraordinary for a prosecutor to be doing that. It is said to be true. I wasn't there. You'd have to ask Richard Alderman."
One outcome of the fiasco was curbing dawn raids. "We are not doing any dawn raids in the Libor case and that is the biggest investigation we have done for ages. You don't need a dawn raid unless you want great amounts of publicity and in my experience pride comes before a fall.
"Having photographers outside the Tchenguiz house in Mayfair [for the raid] was ridiculous. It is not the way I want to do business at all. You don't need dawn raids half the time."
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This report in from Sangeeta:
I went to JJ hospital for my second meeting on the Sachin Singh case.
Dr Jadhav saw Sachin and was very very helpful. He assigned another doctor to go with me to the Surgeon who had operated on Sachin. I also saw Sachin in shorts for the first time and so I now know the kid had bullet wounds on left leg. Tissue was taken from the stomach to heal the wounds.
On the left hand - four fingers have movement and one finger has lost movement - that cant be repaired anywhere.
The lump they said can be reduced 30% but as Sachin stays in a slum they will want the child to stay in the hospital for 15 days to avoid post operation infection. I think Summer holidays is a better time for the kid. They prescribed tests and xrays. The doctor assigned by Dr Jadhav took us around and helped with the paperwork and tests . The kid has two more tests to do which I will do outside in private hospital because that's faster for me and the family. I will get the reports collected from JJ.
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Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Finance Commissioner Ben Griffin and Senior Accountant Deborah K. Johnson were among the more than 90 municipal finance officers to be awarded the Certified Municipal Finance Officers (CMFO) certificate on January 27th in Nashville, TN.
Comptroller of the Treasury Justin Wilson, left, and UT Vice President of Public Service Mary Jinks, present a Certified Municipal Finance Officers certificate to City of Clarksville Finance Commissioner Ben Griffin.
The CMFO certification was awarded to each individual by Justin P. Wilson, Comptroller of the Treasury.
Speakers at the ceremony included Wilson; Director of Municipal Audit Dennis Dycus; UT Vice President of Public Service Dr. Mary Jinks and UT Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS) Finance and Accounting Consultant Dick Phebus.
The CMFO program was developed after the state legislature passed a law that required certain municipal finance officers to be certified. MTAS worked with assistance from and review by the State of Tennessee Comptroller's Office to develop the program objectives and content. This certification program is at the forefront of programs nationwide that focuses on the role of the municipal finance officer.
Comptroller of the Treasury Justin Wilson, left, and UT Vice President of Public Service Mary Jinks, present a Certified Municipal Finance Officers certificate to City of Clarksville Senior Accountant Deborah K. Johnson.
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The Blooming bath is made from incredibly soft, cuddly materials and the petals hug the sink to create a safe, fun and convenient bath time experience. The material cradles and cushion your baby unlike any other bath tub.
Blooming Bath Review
When Amelia was a newborn we had one of the traditional plastic baby baths and when she grew out of it we moved her into the Summer Infant Baby Seat which she used right up until she no longer would sit on it (around 6-7 months). We loved it! Bath time was so much easier, however it would have been great to bath her in the sink every now and again and so much easier if we were at Nana's house. This is where the Blooming Bath comes in.
This amazing invention was created by 4 dads who wanted to make bath time easier! The blooming bath is an alternative bath tub for babies. It's is a soft, safe and comfortable insert that turns any sink into a stress-free bath time environment - for you and baby! Also help ease back pain after giving birth instead of bending down over the bath tub.
Now that Amelia is much older it's not really much use in the sink, which is why we use it in the bath instead! She loves sitting on it and it's so comfy! I wish we had this when she was younger and I could have put her in the sick for bath time, she won't fit in the sink now but the sink over at Nana's is huge so it fits easily in there and we can wash her quickly with her being comfortable and safe. It such a hassle trying to bath a baby in the sink with one handy whilst holding a young baby with wet hands! I can see this being a fantastic help for any parent bathing their baby on their own. Once your baby has grown out of the sink you can still use it in the bath for more support and more space.
The Blooming bath is made from incredibly soft, cuddly materials and the petals hug the sink to create a safe, fun and convenient bath time experience. The material cradles and cushion your baby unlike any other bath tub.
To use the Blooming Bath all you need to do is simply push it into your sink and it will create a cushioned cradle to wash your baby in. When you are finished gently squeeze out the excess water and throw it in in the dryer or you can just hang it up with the tag on the back and let it dry over night. I found that it dried extremely fast to my surprise!
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We have enjoyed using the Blooming Bath and I look forward to using it with baby No2 too! Amelia loves lying on it, even though we didn't have it when she was much younger I can see that it would have been extremely beneficial. I wish they did them in adult sizes!
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Love this! And awesome review hunny :)
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Here we are, Rider and RBR continuing our journey. We had one good day, now things aren't so good today. Not a big meltdown, but definitely struggling. We could use your help again. The question I would like to get your input on is about how to think poly about activities. When this all started, RBR wanted someone to do things with that I couldn't do, or wasn't interested in. And she wanted me to have someone to do things with that she wasn't interested in. That all made sense, it gave her an outlet to still do those things that she needed and filled in holes in her life. Check, no problem. Today we have come to a situation where an activity has come up that is a "once a year" type thing, and her boyfriend asked her to go do it with him. The event will occur on Saturday night, which is a testing of our freshly minted agreements of yesterday, so she was very careful in telling me about it, specifically said that she was trying to not put me in the bad place of having her ask me if she could do it. It was clear to me that she was asking though, why would she tell me about it if she didn't want to go and didn't want my blessing for it. (In our agreements for slowing things down with them, we agreed that the weekends would be our time for the time being unless we agreed otherwise, so there was/is a door open to where it was probably ok for her to want to do this. It's really soon, but not a breaking of the agreement.) My initial response was to try to think with my poly brain and be ok with it, and I told her that, but also told her that I didn't want to make the decision immediately. She was ok with that. Having thought about it a bit, it's not a meltdown thing, but it definitely doesn't feel good. This activity is something I would have loved to do with her. When she told me about it, she had clearly convinced herself that this was something I wouldn't want to do, that seemed to give her the feeling that I wouldn't care about the activity. My only problem might be her asking for time that is designated as our time to do something with her boyfriend. The problem is that she was wrong. I wasn't up with current events, didn't know it was going on, and her boyfriend got there first. So what is the correct way to be looking at this from a poly perspective? It seems logical that people arranged in a V like we are will have activity overlap. How does the hinge decide who to do what with? And how does the losing side of the V not feel bad about that? The immediate situation is that I think she's going to go with him to the activity. I didn't ask her not to go with her boyfriend, but I did ask her to understand that I feel that she has marginalized me, placed me in a little box, and she really doesn't have a correct image of me in her mind. (which is an amazing discovery after 20 years of marriage!!!) Because I wanted to go to this activity as well, I suggested to her maybe I would go too, separately and not attempt to hang out with her and that other crowd. Her response was very negative, feeling like I was being punitive, feeling like I was crashing her party. So this also feels bad, now she and her boyfriend get to do the activity, I don't, and that feels punitive coming from her. I have transitioned from being told I'm her primary and she loves me, to someone that it would be awkward and intrusive to even run into at an event. That definitely does not feel good. Going poly has really brought out some weaknesses that we had in our marriage that I didn't know about. Her idea of who I am is very incorrect. As for the transition into poly, this side of the V strongly feels like I have to lose something for her boyfriend to gain something. I have read over and over on this forum that she won't love me less as she starts to love another. I hear that and want to feel that, but I don't. So far, her developing loving feelings for another rips and tears her away from me, and it makes me the bad guy because its not easy for me like it is for her. As she chooses to do more and more with her boyfriend, I don't understand how that will have any other effect than her and I having less and less in common, to the point that we'll wake up one day and wonder why we're living in the same house and staying married. I have discovered that most of my problem so far with trying to be poly is not the sharing of her itself, but rather the changes in the way she treats me. It feels very much not an adding of affection so much as a shift of affection. His gain is my loss. And what makes this all worse is that the more trouble I have with all this, the less she wants to be around me. I want her to continue to be honest with me about her feelings, and she told me about this this morning when we were talking. So it's a self defeating activity at this point. I'm hoping someone out there has some pearls of wisdom that can help me learn how to do this without feeling bad all the time....
IDRider47 married, heterosexual male currently in an a newly opened relationship; married to RunBabyRun |
The way I see it, she needs to honor your agreements first and foremost and allow you to transition at the pace you need. Just because there's a loophole doesn't mean it's very nice to take advantage of it.
She should give it time, and her BF should be made aware, if he isn't already, that weekends are your time. If he is aware, why did he ask for that, then? I say: Get rid of that loophole. You can allow for flexibility later down the road. For now, let the weekends be your time to spend with her. Give it a few months before allowing for exceptions. You're on shaky legs, and poly needs a strong foundation to work. And as far as still discovering things about each other after so many years together -- halleluiah! Relationships where this doesn't happen are stagnant, boring, and predictable. It's always a good thing when we can look at someone we've loved and known a long time and see them anew, because that means we are present, living in the here and now, and seeing past old beliefs. As for this weekend, I would tell her that the weekend is your time, that you want to take her to this thing, or do something else, and that's it. She needs to blink a few times and pinch herself to shake away some of that fog of NRE she's in.
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Lots of relationships grow "stagnant, boring and predictable" because there is avoidance of something that needs to be faced, and the partners have an unconscious or semi-conscious agreement / contract which reads "Whatever happens, don't rock this boat". Avoidance is a void dance, a dancing around a void, a chasm, an open space.... I say, jump into the open spaces when and where you can, and do so with loving-kindness toward self and other. It is a good practice to deliberately, but gently practice rocking the boat and ending the void dance ... by looking into the open space, holding whatever fear or desire or pain deliberately in this open space of loving-kindness toward self and other. This livens things up, especially when both partners practice at it together! If one is a couch potato..., good luck! But even couch potatoes will notice liveliness when it is in the room, so anything may be possible. One should simply never assume that they fully know their partner. That's really kind of a crappy thing to do to them. And one's self. We should properly see our partners as overwhelmingly unknown to ourselves. They are! Even we ourselves are overwhelmingly unknown to ourselves, and we have to live with ourselves on the "inside" every day, for years and years and years. Give up the delusional fantasy that you know yourself or your partner. You do not. That's what makes life interesting -- we don't know it. We don't know the world. We don't know ourselves, each other.... That's why it's so damn fascinating and lively! And that's also why it can be so damn scary. Take your maps and ... see them as they are, maps -- not territory. I was about to say ... burn them. But maps are useful if we don't fall for the black magic of thinking they are the territory. Face your fears. If you want a lively life, find your fears and one by one, starting with the easier ones, face them with loving-kindness toward yourself. That will wake your whole heart and mind up. Why not use that wind as a sail, that fire to cook with, that water to calm things in, etc.... NRE is fabulous energy to watch mindfully and with loving-kindness toward self and other. What an opportunity for practice!
"Love is always a matter of learning how to live in an unknown land." "Love is always about learning the Nature of things." -- Martín Prechtel River's Blog |
Hi All
As always, excellent comments. You give us much to think about, which was part of what we were looking for. The other part was practical examples of how others decide what to do with whom. It seems that with a V like we have, with RBR as the hinge and E and Rider as the two sides, there is going to be overlap in activities (RBR doing something with one side of the V that the other side would have wanted to do with her instead.) A particular problem with annual events! How does the hinge decided what to do with whom and when? It seems like a stressful spot to consantly ask her to chose between us.... We're looking for practical examples of how others have solved these issues to help us better understand what would be good for us.... Thanks in advance!
IDRider47 married, heterosexual male currently in an a newly opened relationship; married to RunBabyRun |
You'll have to divide the time and accept that the arms of the vee won't get as much as they might be expecting. It works, but extended coinsideration is necessary. Meaning metamours have to be considerate to metamours and the hinge needs consideration also as they need their own time. On holidays it helps to be together as a tribe.
I talk a lot about how my life as a hinge livng with two men and having two other partners works. It might help to read my blog as of late. Its all practice really.
One thing to consider when looking at overlapping activities is to step back and really ask yourselves what's keeping you from all enjoying the activity. You might find that some of the things you see as a two-person event could be a three-person event for people bold enough to try it. (In your example, you talk about a race, but I don't quite follow why it has to be only two of you.)
Or you and E could just ditch RBR and go the race together. (Just kidding. ) |
Well, I don't know about 'wisdom', but you ask some fair questions. But some of them I do admit to wondering if you're being 100% honest with yourself ? Addressing that first.......... You mention this activity that you discover you have an interest in that has created a conflict. And you mention your 20+ year relationship. And that (maybe?) she had no idea you would have any interest in this ? Does something sound a bit odd about that ? Do you REALLY have any interest ? Enough that you would have had any real excitement about participating if the new BF wasn't in the picture ? Be honest here................... But...................moving on............... Let's pretend you ARE honest and would like to participate. You ask a variety of legit questions about zero sum relationship mathematics, conflicts of time etc. You also have to acknowledge that NRE is playing a factor in this and that long term things will change. Do some homework on that one ! It's a biggie. Your situation is a great example of why so many of us try to recommend that everyone be at LEAST friends ! Because there may be a certain amount of overlapping interest and it's simply a shame to have the hinge person being forced to flip coins all the time (which by the way is a good tool to use on occasion). How would she feel (minus the NRE) if you all did attend together ? What better an opportunity for you two guys to get to know each other a little better ? Maybe start a bond centered around her - and HER happiness ? Trust me, the better you know the BF the better YOU will feel about the whole situation. Is is going to be a tiny bit uncomfortable the first couple times ? Probably. But we aren't always allowed to exist in our comfort zone all the time if we want any forward movement. You mention this change bringing out 'weaknesses' in your marriage. Discovering things (assumptions) you didn't know about each other. Why do you feel that is a 'weakness' ? Many others might well look at that as one of the biggest strengths ! The more you REALLY know each other the (potentially) closer you may become. History has shown this to happen Don't assume a negative position until it really is negative. But leaving on the time conflict note.............. Yes - the more we involve ourselves in ANY activity, the more we have to balance those 24 hours. And although that may seem a theoretical conflict, in reality is usually isn't something that doesn't work out better than we thought. I might suggest you don't let your mind run away with all the 'possibles'. It's possible to be struck by lightening or hit by a train. But in reality, it seldom happens. Deep breaths...........deep breaths......... GS |
Hello nycindie and GS
Thanks for the posts. You guys are alway so helpful. nycindie - I think I am in agreement that we need to slow down a bit more and get rid of the exception clause for now. I think we just need time, and I hope RBR will agree. What started as a small conversation this morning has blossomed into a full blown problem for me and RBR. I asked her about renegotiating the agreement and she was initially resistant. I will have to talk with her more to see what we need to do. GS - you ask some really good questions and give me really good perspectives. I actually asked myself the same question, whether I would be interested in this event if the bf were not in the picture. I can honestly say 100% that I would have wanted to go had I known it was going on. I've been a bit vague about the event, it's a cycle race that happens in downtown Boise each year. When RBR and I were in a car club here in Boise, one year we did a parade lap of the race course with about 150 cars while on our way to a club party that evening. When we did that, I wanted to pull out of the parade line and stop to watch the race then! I'm just not connected to the race directly or indirectly and didn't know it was occurring this weekend. I'm all about just about anything racing, RBR would confirm this. I agree with you it would be good if we all could attend, but I think that too is trying to do too much too fast. I can't imagine RBR feeling good about that at this time. She wants her life with RBR to be very much separate from me. She's ok with me meeting RBR, and I think she is up for some intertwining in the future, but I can't see that as a "now" thing. And I'm going to just take your thoughts about this not being weakness in our marriage in and try to hold onto it. I agree with what you said, even though it feels like weakness. And I completely agree, I don't want the hinge (RBR) to constantly have pressure like this, trying to decide who to do what with. This is what I don't understand. How do poly people do this successfully???
IDRider47 married, heterosexual male currently in an a newly opened relationship; married to RunBabyRun |
Hi there. I don't have much time to read what has been said so fa. Sorry if this is a repeat, but you ask how to do this poly style and something stuck out for me; that is that there is far too much assuming and expecting going on. She assumed this, you expected that... In my experience that just doesn't work in any relationships; no matter how long the people have known each other, poly or otherwise.
I would suggest getting about asking a lot of questions about what is going on for people; clarify, ask what they think, what their intention is, what you can do to help, how things might work better. At the same time give information about your feelings, what you think might be going on before checking to see if that is the case. By doing this there is no need to feel as if you are left out of the loop, that you haven't been heard or that your needs and theirs haven't been met. I would think that any feelings of being left out and change occuring to cause distance would end. I would think you would always feel included, considered and informed of everything. In this way, I would think you would have a sense of belonging rather than being on the out side of their life.
Rider, I actually read RBR's thread about your freak outs before replying here. Hi there.
Looking at that thread and this one together, yep, RBR might be best served by reconsidering her weekend plans with E. A month is pretty new. It would be new for a mono relationship. It's new for a poly relationship. And it's especially new for a just-out poly realtionship. We all struggle with reeling in the urge to go go go, but experience teaches us that sometimes baby shouldn't run. You might also consider blessing their outing. If they're really set on it, sometimes the best thing to do is let it go. Sucks but true. (RBR has already been collectively nagged for selfishness, and I think we'd all hope that she reconsiders.) As for the two of you and adjusting to poly life, love may not be diminish with a poly person, but there are finite hours in the day. It sounds like you, RBR, and E need to understand that and work on it. As the hinge, RBR is most responsible, but it is up to all three of you to balance. You personally might find that getting to know more about E and having some time together with the three of you will help dispell the boogeyman. The more human a metamor becomes, the less scary they are. I'd suggest to RBR that she keep that in mind as she works on regulating her pacing. As a final note: "How do poly people do this successfully???" Easy... we fuck it all up. And then we try again and while aiming for fucking only 95% of it up. And then we try again aiming for 90% fuck-up. Success is a goal, but it's never a destination. |
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Here are a few of their scientifically-backed tips for making healthier food choices. Many of these tips have been put in place in lunchrooms as part of their "Smarter Lunchrooms Initiative," but I think they can also be adapted for use at home, particularly if you are struggling with a child who has very particular food preferences.
1. Put the healthy food up front (and make the junk food harder to reach). People tend to take the easy route, so make the apples more available, and make them work harder for the cookies. People may also assume that the food on display is the best the restaurant/kitchen has to offer. In one study, Wansink and Just found that moving the chocolate milk to the back of the refrigerated display, and putting the regular milk up front increased the number of students who bought regular milk.
2. Make it fun to eat healthy. Simply putting fruit into an attractive bowl, instead of a big plastic bin, increases fruit sales. Healthy may often be synonymous with boring, but you can change that pattern if you start finding fun ways to eat healthy. For example, Wansink made it fun for his daughter to eat healthy by putting walnuts in a small bubblegum machine (watch video at the end of the post to see Audrey Wansink excited about her walnuts!).
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4. Make it a choice. Carrots or celery? A simple case of psychology; giving kids a choice between healthy options lets them feel like they had a say in what they ate. Feeling like we chose our food biases us towards wanting to like it. I also think its harder to say 'no', when the question isn't "do you want this?" but instead, "which of these do you want?"
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I posted these tips because (a) I think they're interesting, and (b) I need to learn to resist my officemate's cookies. But as much as these tips and tricks are being used to encourage healthy eating, cunning marketers may also employ similar tactics in the hopes of getting you to make the less healthy choice. Learning to recognize and avoid these marketing tactics may be just as important as putting them to use!
Do you have other tips you've heard about to encourage healthy eating? Do you know other marketing tricks that companies use to get you to choose their product?
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Wansink, B., van Ittersum, K., & Painter, J. (2005). How descriptive food names bias sensory perceptions in restaurants Food Quality and Preference, 16 (5), 393-400 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2004.06.005
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Greg Miller writes,As a long-time listener, I've always appreciated your emphasis on personal responsibility -- especially when it comes to the duty parents have to protect their children. I think it's a good idea for parents to know how many convicted sex offenders are in a neighborhood before they think about moving (or raising children) there. I am writing to alert you of a ridiculous change recently made to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Sex Offender Registry.
Greg is right.
After having successfully accessed the database in the past, I recently tried to do so again. I found my attempt frustrated by a new "validation" feature. Ostensibly added for "security purposes", it appears to be nothing more than a duplicative attempt to keep citizens from exercising their right to view the database. The new "feature" requires you to enter the next in a simple series of numbers or letters. I proceeded to do so, only to have a new sequence pop up each time.
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Whoever has made the decision to make the process of protecting our children and communities more onerous and difficult ought to lose their job.
There are plenty of sites with verification screens. Ticketmaster has one, for example. I can understand that, since someone could use robot software to go to their site and snatch up lots of tickets for some concert. Some blogs use them to prevent comment spam.
But where's the possible threat to the Sex Offender Registry site?
The first time I accessed it, the site asked me to fill in the blank for this sequence: T-S-?-Q. It took me about a minute to realize that the missing letter is R, which I entered and was allowed to proceed into the database.
True, it didn't take me 30 attempts, but that's not the point. The point is that this is supposed to be a public database to help us know which pervs and sickos might be living nearby.
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A Night at the Museum You Might Actually Enjoy
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Did Ben Stiller put you off museum overnights forever? A look at the Times' "Homes & Garden" section today might just change your mind: "The Revolving Hotel Room, an installation by Carsten Höller, a Belgian artist, will be on view during the day as part of an exhibition called 'theanyspacewhatever.' After hours, though, it'll be available as a hotel room. Sponsored by the Waldorf-Astoria Collection, the 'room,' above, is mounted on glass discs: one holds a double bed with nightstands built into the headboard; another, a table and two chairs; and a third, a wardrobe with a mini-bar and coffee maker." And they all SPIN AROUND. A sleepover costs $550 to $800, which seems totally worth it to us. [NYT]


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