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Hi shop. Their sleeve and package prices seem a little bit lower than the place in Rochester. -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Diane Kruger is one of my favorite celebrities, I love her dressing style and makeup! Here are some of my favorite looks she has been spotted in at Cannes this year. L’oreal Paris Ambassadors at Cannes 2012 Red Carpet : Diane Kruger For any makeup queries or PR requests, drop me a mail at ankita@corallista.com Add blog to our blog directory. Google+ © All Rights Reserved. Corallista Makeup Blog | Powered by : WordPress Designed by : WebDesignLessons.com

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IST Project Fact Sheet Paradigm Unifying System Specification Environments for proven Electronic design (PUSSEE) Funded under 5th FWP (Fifth Framework Programme) Action Line: 2000-4.7.2 Subsystems Project URL:/SLIF standard). The link of B with C, VHDL and System C, an IP encryptor for secure data transmission through internet and a network management module for automobiles. Work description: To satisfy a need for products of high reliability with short time-to-market, PUSSEE introduces two key aspects, reusability and formal proof of system properties. Reusability, although popular in the software world, is not yet usual in the domain of embedded systems because few design methods can integrate reusable sub-systems. The PUSSEE approach allows the reuse of existing components at various levels of the design. UML system specifications provide reusable system models through concepts like inheritance. Then virtual components, as defined in VSI Alliance, address reusability during later development stages. The second important innovation introduced by PUSSEE, is the use of the B language for proving the properties of embedded system on chips (SoC). The formality of B complements the lack of formal semantics, which is the major drawback of UML. The two languages, jointly used to develop complex systems formally proven from the earliest design stage, allow to discover mistakes, inconsistencies or inefficiencies early enough to be fixed at minimum cost. Moreover, the reusability of B abstract machines at any level of refinement, with preservation of the integrity of the proven system specification, introduces a breakthrough in the reusability practice and paves the way to interface based design "a la" VSIA/SLIF. A set of tools enabling a seamless use of the two languages will support the approach. PUSSEE goals can be summarized as follows: - Interface base design allowing sub-systems composition; - Definition of a synergy between UML and B - Tool support throughout all stages of the system specifications refinement; - Elaboration of reusable components for both system specification (reusable UML and B models) and system development (reusable virtual components). The selected applications from the automotive and telecommunication domains will materialize the expectations of the participating system companies whose role is: - Transferring the know-how and current trends from two highly demanding design domains; - Learning the use of formal languages required for proven and reliable system development; - Contributing to integrate in the PUSSEE methodology their actual needs very accurately; - Assessing the applicability of this methodology through real industry cases. The PUSSEE research activities will be guided and constrained by their actual needs. Milestones: - A tool linking Rational Rose to Atelier-B by providing translations between UML diagrams and B; - A prototype tool that translates B to system-C and VHDL; - A study of how the B method can be complemented to better support specification, refinement and code generation of systems with real-time properties; - A method with tool support for interface based design (VSIA/SLIF) and integration of legacy components; - User guidelines and methodology assessment reports from industrial use cases. Results will be commercialised and disseminated through conferences, courses and web pages. - Record Control Number: 61051 - Update Date: 2012-04-27 15:02:20.0 CORDIS RTD-PROJECTS / © European Communities.

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Managing people can be your key to long-term growth. I was traveling down the highway last month with my partner, Terry Jones, when he mentioned, "The greatest hindrance to growing my operation is getting and keeping good hired help." That's common and I hear it often. We were returning from a northeastern Missouri road trip and stopped and talked to a lender I hadn't seen for awhile. I asked him what's the greatest challenge his producers face and he said, "people-management issues." I've always had an interest in this area since I managed a large staff when I was with Farm Credit Services. We now help our clients in this area. Having the right people in the right place at the right time with the right set of skills - and doing the right things - makes your job easy and fun. How do you do that? The first thing I ask clients is, "Do your employees have answers to five basic questions?" I call it the management wheel (right). The first question is at the center: "Why are we here?" That's what the management gurus call a mission. If your mission is to be the best soybean producer in the state, then your employees need to know it. That allows them to work for a bigger cause than just a job. Coincidentally, this is also the first step in developing a business plan. Many state soybean associations have training programs on developing a business plan. The next question is, "Where are we going?" Most employees don't know the goals of the farming operation. The goals can be simple, but need to be specific and written. I saw one on a blackboard in a machine shed that said, "To beat last year's yield we need better stands and less weed pressure. And we're going to have harvest done by Oct 23." Everybody knew what was expected. And do you know what? It happened. Remember the power of having written goals that I wrote about in the February issue a year ago? The next question, "How am I doing?" is generally the biggest area where we all fall down. Most people don't know how they're doing until something goes wrong - and you know what happens then. It's no different with big corporations. The way to solve this is to post your progress. One of our clients has written scouting reports of every field so everybody knows the status. People want to do a good job and will if they know the rules of the game and how the score is kept. "What's in it for me?" is a natural question everyone has. Plus, paying bonuses is easier when everyone knows the rules and the score, and if the game gets won. Last but not least is, "What happens when I need help?" If you answer the first four, your employees feel comfortable in coming to you with problems when there are yellow flags and before they become red flags. Another neat thing happens when everyone has answers to these questions - they start thinking like an owner. One final point. These management tools work with family members and other owners, too. That's where I would start. The key to long-term sustainable growth for farming operations will be human capital, not financial or physical capital. Henry Ford understood this a century ago and it still applies.

http://cornandsoybeandigest.com/managing-hired-help-challenge-or-opportunity

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Even though specialty grains offer a price premium, those premiums are usually not enough for smaller producers — 500-600 acres or fewer — to make farming a full-time job. But organic grains, a form of specialty crop, might do the trick, says Purdue University ag economist Corinne Alexander. “Experts are forecasting growth rates for organic products at 10-20% annually over the medium term,” Alexander points out. “One of the fastest growing markets is feed grains for organic dairies, meat and poultry producers.” Alexander says Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania accounted for 40% of the organic milk production in recent years and substantial flocks of organic layer hens, broilers and turkeys. There also are organic layer hens in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. Organic grain growers in those states and nearby states have market potential, Alexander says. Check with your state Extension Service or state Department of Agriculture for information on organic grain buyers or organic grower groups in your area.

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Shhhhh.... don't tell Stanley that I bought the rabbits some treats! Pumpkin Chews! Especially for small pets like rabbits. Stanley is a bit of a 'spoil sport' when it comes to feeding wild animals like rabbits and gophers... Oopsie doopsie! Ummm... What? Huh? Hmmm... Love you Stanley... :) 31 comments: Oops, busted!!! Hope the rabbits enjoy their treats :-) your handsome hubby has a wonderful smile. Just remember Men are from Mars and we are from Venus. i bet on Venus the women feed pumpkin chews to rabbits. LOL Haha .Just say you want to loose some weight ,so they are yours xxx Elisabeth Lucky rabbit!!! I just showed my husband your beautiful blog. The bunnies are so cute and we love the photos of the yellow birds. Hehehe, the rabbits will have a banquet in your garden. I'm glad to know you bought them the treats. :) I hope Stanley will join them in doing the bunny hop! Caught! Oh well, I bet he helps you feed those little cuties! ha ha! Whoops! Maybe he can taste test them...If they're good, he can eat them all himself. LOL. Hahaha! Stanley doesn't look too cross though... I think he secretly loves the bunnies just as much as you! Kay :) Owwww you are such a sweet woman......do you see your husband ???....i am not...i only see a rabbit !!!....xxx...hahahahhaha!! Hi Catherine I love the colors of your pumkin chews,sweet post again!!! hugs......x I have a feeling that Stanley is not the least bit surprised that you are feeding those cute bunnies! :) I say give Stanley a beer and tell him they are snacks for those long golf games. :) Have a great rest of the week. Bunny hugs, Tammy So busted!!! lol Have a great day and thanks for the comment. :) Uh oh, you are so busted. That doesn't look like an angry face on Stanley though I have to agree with other comments...he doesn't look too upset. Plus as long as the bunnies eat the chews they won't be noshing on your garden, right? Makes total sense to me, teehee! BUSTED!! Well...uh...you can tell him that they are for the neighborhood hamsters---they are on the bag, right? ;) Aw, Stanley doesn't look too mad! OOPS.... At least, Stanley doesn't look too upset!!!!!! ha I feed the birds and we do everything in our power NOT to feed the squirrels and chipmunks (who also love the bird food). Hugs, Betsy Love the kitty statuary! so fun! LOL! Your post is too cute...as always! Love what Sandra had to say! Those pumpkin chews look good enough to eat. Do the bunnies share?? XO Complimenti, è una bellissima idea! felice giornata...ciao Well I feed the birds so there is surely nothing wrong with the rabbits too... (as long as I've given up vegetable gardening)..... Tell him it's health food snacks:) Dearest Catherine, That was a very fun and colorful post! Love your house pet and your outdoor pets... Enjoy your weekend. Love, Mariette So cool that Stanley caught you and is still being so cute about it!! haha I have a sneaking suspicion it's all an act with him. lol Too funny..

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UPDATE 8:40 PM, with more names from family members: Spencer C. Duncan, 21, of Kansas, said the AP, via the Kansas City Star. Matt Mills, 36, petty officer first class, a central Texas native, according to TV station KVUE. Tommy Ratzlaff, 35, of Green Forest, Ark., according to KY3, a Springfield, Mo. TV station. Jason Workman, 32, petty officer first class, of Blanding, Utah, according to the Deseret News. the Wall Street Journal offers an account of the fighting that led to the tragedy and what the ramifications might be. Though the military has yet to release an official list of the dead, more victims are being identified by loved ones: John Brown, a tech sergeant and native of Siloam Springs, Ark., according to Virginia TV station WTKR. Chris Campbell, a Jacksonville, NC native, according to the Jacksonville Daily News. Patrick Hamburger, of the Nebraska Air National Guard, according to the Omaha World-Herald. Kevin Houston, 36, of Chesapeake, Va., from the Boston Globe and the Daily Press. Michael Strange, a petty officer from Mayfair, PA, according to Philadelphia TV station WPVI. Kraig Vickers, 36, of the Navy Bomb Disposal Team, said the Maui News. Others who previously are: Aaron Carson Vaughn from Tennessee, Jon Tumilson of Rockford, Iowa, Chief Petty Officer Robert James Reeves, 32, and Lt. Commander Jonas Kelsall. The International Security Assistance Force Joint Command also issued a statement on the losses. More news on what happened: The mission, which the AP, via the Washington Post, is calling an aid operation for Army Rangers under attack. Area where the troops died is known as a Taliban stronghold, reports the Miami Herald.

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Corsicana —. The Navarro County Retired Teachers Association will meet at 9:45 a.m. at Northwest Apartments Community Center, 1360 Northwest Ave. The program will be Christmas music presented by a quartet composed of Bernie Thompson, Larry Talbert, Peggy Smith and Lucy Waterman. All former school employees are invited to attend.. Dec. 15. A Frost High School Variety show, complete with bell choir, magic act and dancing and singing, will take place at 7 p.m. at the Frost Auditorium. The cost is $10 for adults, and $5 for anyone younger than 18 years. Following the show will be refreshments provided by the Collin Street Bakery. The money raised from the event will go towards a school trip to New York City next summer. Dec. 17...” Latest News Local Beat Corsicana — -

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On today’s arena vote Posted: September 24th, 2012 under Councilmember Bagshaw. Tags: Budget and Economic Development, Environment, Seattle Center, Sports Arena I am pleased that after months of discussion, we are seriously considering a new arena for our SuperSonics and potentially an NHL team. I have moved from “Really? Spend public money on yet another sports arena?” to a qualified, “Yes.” The proposed plan can work for the people and entities that concern me deeply: the City itself, our taxpayers, our workers, our neighborhoods, the Port, our Seattle Center, and yes, our sports fans. I thought I would describe the trail I have walked because it has been a rocky one for me. I have read every article I could get my hands on – pro and con – and listened to hundreds of people who will be affected by the arena decision. Emotions have been running high, and my inbox has been overflowing with very strongly worded opinions on various sides of Chris Hansen’s proposal. After months of debate with interested parties and my Council colleagues, I have concluded that the arena deal CAN be a success, and that it will succeed if we work collaboratively to minimize potential collateral damage and maximize the benefits to the public. Here is how I initially framed the needs of a public-private deal, and how I am looking at it now: Financial Benefits My fundamental bottom line has been that the financial benefits of the deal to the City, the taxpayers and to the region must be documentable and compelling. The financial benefits of the new deal have been discussed at length and have been significantly improved since the deal was first shared with the Council. As now drafted, the City and County will be reimbursed for reasonable development costs; for the thirty years of the lease term, ArenaCo will lease the ground from the City; ArenaCo is responsible for owning, installing and maintaining all the amenities of a new arena; the City will be repaid the amount it issues in tax-exempt bonds through the arena’s tax revenues which include incremental property tax, sales tax, admission tax attributable to the new arena and more. The revenues are backed by reserve accounts, capital accounts, Chris Hansen (and his successor) person guarantee, and a first priority payment position for the City and County. And, at the end of the 30 years, the City can require ArenaCo to buy the arena so the City will not be stuck with an aging and costly facility. Some people have asked me, “Why not issue bonds and invest the money instead in things we need like our roads and schools?” The answer is simple. We don’t have a new dedicated revenue stream to pay back hypothetical capital investments and our taxpayers would be responsible for paying additional property taxes. The arena is different. We WILL have a new dedicated source of money that will be repaid by users of the arena. This makes a difference to how I look at it. I appreciate that Chris Hansen and his partners have negotiated in good faith with the City and County Councils and now agree to put enough money into escrow accounts that the public investment will be protected and repaid, and repayment will be guaranteed by the private investors. That’s progress. Impacts to Port, Freight, Maritime and Aviation Industries I started from the position that the maritime and aviation industries, and accompanying family-wage jobs, must not be negatively impacted by the addition of a professional sports arena in the industrial area. This remains of critical importance to me. I have taken the concerns of the Port, Freight, Maritime, and Aviation industries very seriously. I have met with leaders from each of these industries and businesses. The fact that leaders from each of these industries have stepped forward and are now working with the City and County and Port of Seattle to collectively to address freight corridor needs is a positive development. Billions of dollars of exports and imports and thousands of family wage jobs depend on this corridor. Although the freight corridor improvements have renewed interest because of the Arena discussions, we can capitalize on this opportunity, work with our allies and reach out to the Port of Tacoma, to our trading partners around the state, to our state legislators for support. We must promote ourselves as a competitive region, and stop being competitors between one another. Impacts to the Neighborhoods The people who live and work in the immediate area of the proposed new arena must receive a tangible benefit. Pedestrians, business owners, residents, transit riders, drivers, bicycle riders must be assured of better connections and separated ped/bike network as a result of the proposed new arena. We can build on the good ideas already generated by the neighborhood business and neighborhood coalitions to grow the healthy businesses, invite new businesses to the neighborhoods, and make the neighborhoods places where people want to be on game days and when games are not happening. Wherever the Arena is ultimately sited, I want to bring leaders from affected neighborhoods to the table soon so they can help articulate their concerns and the City and ArenaCo can bring tools to solve the problems raised. Traffic Congestion Traffic congestion in the immediate and adjoining neighborhoods, including West Seattle, downtown and SODO-south must be carefully considered and addressed. Freight mobility to I-5 and I-90 must be enhanced. This is one of the primary issues and discussions are already underway. Enough said for now. Key Arena and Seattle Center The decision to build a new stadium must take into consideration the impacts on Seattle Center and Key Arena and repurpose Key Arena as the anchor of Seattle Center. This is the big one for me. As Tim Burgess recently said, “Seattle Center is part civic square, part arts and sports venue, part school, park and open space. It’s a safe place where people gather …and the world to play, reflect, learn, watch and cheer. It’s a prize of immense value.” Amen. Although a modest amount of funding has been included in the arena deal to reexamine the possibilities and vision for Key Arena and the Center as a whole, it’s not enough. Sure, we have required that an Environmental Impact Statement study the Seattle Center as a new arena site; however, if another site is chosen, we must decide how Seattle Center will thrive and the Key Arena can complement—not compete—with the new arena. Some have recently said that the Key is dead. I think that is dead wrong. We have been handed an opportunity to build on the good work that so many have done before us, including those who drafted the Seattle Center Master Plan in 2008 and the current Seattle Center Advisory Committee (SCAC). The SCAC is the first to admit that the Key Arena cannot sustain itself “as is” if a new arena is built. They advocated for an in-depth study back in July, and we are going to do just that. It’s too soon to talk specifics, but I’m committed to ensuring that the people most directly affected by changes to Key Arena – including nearby residents and businesses, employees, Seattle Public Schools and non-profit tenants at and near the Center – have a voice in what happens next. We can bring a high-octane stakeholder group together, just as we have for the Waterfront. It’s worked. Without limiting ideas in any way for the future of Key Arena and Seattle Center as a whole, I have been delighted to see people proposing their own innovative suggestions such as a revitalized “Title IX” arena that would become premier event space for women’s collegiate and high school sports including basketball, volleyball, and tennis. Or as one local Olympic swimmer suggested, how about turning Key Arena into a much needed Aquatic Center for the city? He explained, “One of the most expensive aspects of building a first class facility is the expense to span a large pool. With Key Arena, only the pool facility would be needed, the building, locker rooms, seating, etc, already exists! A prefab Myrtha Pool could be put into Key Arena for minimal cost. A 50-m competition and training facility would be accommodated and additional facilities and equipment such as water slides could easily be added in the building.” We will take this opportunity to investigate what can be done. We must fund a study and devote serious capital funding to embrace Seattle Center as never before. The City deserves it; the Center deserves it. The Council should identify the best location for a new arena From the beginning, I stated that the city should encourage investment in locations where the investment would promote our regional land use objectives. In partnership with prospective investors, we must determine where the best location will be for a proposed new stadium. This will require a thorough State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) analysis which we have required in our Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). As approved, we acknowledge that Chris Hansen has his eyes on a particular site. Although SODO is Mr. Hansen’s preference, the City is committed to a process that requires an unbiased and thorough EIS to be conducted and other sites to be reviewed. This is not only a legal requirement, but a responsible approach as well. For example, representatives from the Rainier Valley Community Development Fund wrote about the possibility of exploring the site of the old Sicks’ Stadium, located on Rainier and South McLellan (currently a Lowe’s is sited there), as an alternative and positive site. In their editorial, former Councilmember Richard McIver and David Essig, Director of Community Development described what a benefit a new arena would be to that area of our city. It’s near light rail, it’s near freeway on and off ramps, it would have the support of labor and presumably the Port, and it would help with economic infill where we really need it. The point is that we should keep our eyes and minds wide open and do an environmental review considering alternative sites that is truly meaningful. So there’s the summary. We’ve come a long way in a few months, and the journey is just starting.

http://council.seattle.gov/2012/09/24/on-todays-arena-vote/

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Green Your Video | Mini-Course 2006 Green Your Video | Mini-Course 2006 GREEN YOUR VIDEO - by Brad Lakritz Here’s your chance to have fun, make a difference in the world, and learn all at the same time. We will partner with the people at Next Generation, the North Bay’s leading progressive youth activist organization, to create a documentary as part of their “Green Your School” initiative. Students will document the exciting projects other students are initiating to make their schools more sustainable, including solar power, organic food, fair trade clothing, eco-friendly transportation and green building projects. The film will be used nationwide to encourage other groups to “green their school.” Our week will start with a brief look at documentary techniques and learning about how to tell a story and conduct an interview. We will quickly move into production mode by visiting other schools in our area to document their green school efforts. We will go into post production in MA’s Multimedia lab by Tuesday. Working in teams we will use Apple’s Final Cut Pro and other image, sound, and video editing applications to create the final video documentary. By Friday we will publish our own DVD and screen it for the community at the end of the day. There are other media related opportunities during the week (time permitting) including web site production. Students can receive a semester project service learning credit for this Mini-Course and anyone interested in doing a year long Service Learning project with Next Generation should contact Heather Hamilton. Note: This is an on campus Minicourse however we will make trips on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to visit and film at a few different school sites. PROJECT RESOURCES: Did You Know? Environmentalists Protest Apple iWaste - Associated Press Article Going Green - Article on an Environmentally Friendly Chicago Public School Generation Yes - Article on Next Generation by The Pacific Sun Generation - Green Schools Video Project Ideas Severn Suzuki - Schools For a Sustainable Future ONLINE RESOURCES people to contact, information to explore . . . Alliance to Save Energy - Green Schools Program California Energy Commission Consumer Energy Center California Energy Commission Consumer Education in Renewable Energy Resrouces California Public Utilities Commission Solar Incentive Program Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy Generation Green - Environmental Education by Lynda Deschambault GreenerBuildings.com - Resource Center for Environmentally Responsible Building Green School Project - Recycle Empty Printer, Fax, and Copier Cartridges Green Schools Initiative - National Renewable Energy Laboratory Solar Photovoltaics picture library. Next Generation - Empowering young people to work for peace and the environment New Jersey Town Looks to Build Energy-Efficient Housing (NPR - Morning Edition) Northeast Sustainable Energy Association - Green Schools Resource List SEEDS Foundation - Promotes Green Schools education. StopWaste.Org Bay-Friendly Landscaping and Gardening US Department of Energy's Million Solar Roofs Program US Green Building Council Resources

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Pre Sick Day: I think I might be getting sick. Yes. Definitely. No. Maybe not. Allergies? Just tired? No, I'm getting sick. X was sick last week and I probably picked it up there. Pre-Sick Night: Ugh, I'm definitely getting sick. Stupid sore throat. So scratchy and hard to swallow. It burns! It burns! Day one: Oh, hey. It's not that bad really.My sore throat feels a little better. I can beat this thing no problem! Bring on the OJ and soup! I'm winning, I'm winning! Night one: Oh. my. god. My brain is clogged with phlegm and it's running out my nose unstoppably. I've used up all the toilet paper in the downstairs bathroom because we have no tissues. I'm sleeping with a bandanna under my nostrils to keep my pillow dry. Just let that snot flow, baby. Ugh, I feel like crap. Day Two: Oh, my god. I'm going to die. I can't breathe. Every time I swallow my ears make a crazy glugging sound and then I can't hear right for a few minutes. I can't taste anything. Every fiber in my body aches. I can hardly keep my eyes open. When I blink I hear my eyeballs creaking. I'll never be healthy again. Waaaahhh! Night two: I will never again be able to sleep. If I breathe through my mouth, my lips, tongue and throat become the Mojave and I wake up unable to produce saliva or swallow. But if I try to breathe through my nose, I die of suffocation. I'll just make a little tent around my head out of my blankets and breathe through my mouth under here like a little virus-breath-filled steam tent. Still no sleep. Day three: Hey, I can breathe a little bit! I haven't had to wipe snot for the past 30 minutes! Cool! Wow...look at my nose. Red, raw, flaking skin. Disgusting. Hawrk, hack, cough, Have I been smoking for 40 years? That is one hell of a barking cough. I go to the store for some cough drops and people look at me like I've got TB. What are you lookin' at, you stupid healthy people. Get outta my way or you're next. Night three: Can't sleep. Can't lay flat without coughing fit waking me every time I start to drift off. If I cough one more time like that I'll either vomit, hack up a laryngeal fold or cry. Maybe all three. But wow...I think this might be a good abdominal work out program. I will spend the night in the recliner chair watching Youtube videos, drinking tea and feeling sorry for myself. Day four: F-U cold! Fine, you're winning. Whatever. I am going to the store and I'm buying DRUGS, dammit! Did you hear me, coronavirus! I'm gonna bring the 'Quil hate to rain down of your MF-ing head, beatch! You're not keeping me down anymore! I've got things to do, people to see, important life to live! Ah...Dayquil. The friendly kid sister to the Nyquil nighttime bully. Relief. Why didn't I take drugs sooner? Night Four: Well, hello there, anise flavored, syrupy green, elixir for the sick...where have you been all my life. Ah...the taste of sleep and crazy effed up dreams. Thank you, Nyquil. I love you. See you again tomorrow night? And so ends the story of the first four days of a coronavirus' trajectory. of note: I am not currently sick nor do I hope to become sick with anything common or uncommon. Thanks for sparing me from your potential germs, M.

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Note: Water Vikings and Shadow Troops were switched due to a neglect of the Water Vikings’ Saturday Event. As what very well may be the climax of armies approaches during the conflict of the White Alliance and Black Alliance, let’s take a look at how the greatest armies of Club Penguin are stacking up. Top Ten Armies <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 1. Special Weapons and Tactics [+3] [89.88] 2T. Dark Warriors [+1] [84.88] 2T. Army Republic [-1] [84.88] 4. Ice Warriors [+4] [79.75] 5. Army of CP [-4] [74.88] 6. Nachos [-1] [68.88] 7. Pirates [-1] [64.75] 8. Golden Troops [-1] [63.88] 9T. Pretzels [NEW!] [54.75] 9T. Water Vikings [+0] [54.75] <><><><><><><><><><><><> Close to the Top Ten: 11. Shadow Troops [+1] 12. Chaos Army [+1] 13. Night Warriors [-3] 14. N/A 15. N/A 1. Special Weapons and Tactics: The SWAT take first in the Top Ten with a great showing this week. They began the week with the Defense of Migrator, where they averaged 20-25. They also won the Battle of Alaska only two days later. The next, they also defeated the ACP on the server of Snow Fort, with sizes of 15-20. They also won the Battle of Snow Globe on Friday. As the war with the ACP continued on, SWAT made a post saying they would ‘assassinate Snaily, ACP 3ic, on January 18th.’ The are one of many armies in the BA to have been targeting Snaily recently. That same day, the had yet another victory on the server of Snow Fort. However, the army’s event of the week only yesterday, averaging 30 during the Invasion of Breeze. SWAT has joined the Black Alliance as the WA/BA conflict begins to develop. 2T. Dark Warriors: The Dark Warriors gain a spot this week, one of the central armies of the WA/BA conflict. Their first event of the week took place on Thursday, a raid of the Golden Troops, where they averaged 20. They also claimed victory the next day on the server of Flurry, and on the server of Cozy the following day. The war with GT continued, as much of a flame war as an actual war, as the Dark Warriors claimed victory on the server of Marshmellow, and Belly Slide. The Dark Warriors would go on to claim victory on the servers of Ascent and Yeti. Now, as the week comes to an end, the Dark Warriors have pulled out of the Black Alliance, causing a big blow to the faction. 2T. Army Republic: The Army Republic falls one place this week, coming in at 2nd. The week began as AR defeated the Golden Troops, with a maximum size of 27. On Friday, the army had a U-Lead session with sizes of 25-30. Two days later, as the White Alliance formed, the AR posted the results of their first event. However, they cited that it was in no way a Declaration of War — that this was meant to scare the BA. Capncook, AR Leader, was quoted in saying that the AR is ‘at the forefront of the White Alliance.’ 4. Ice Warriors: The Ice Warriors placed 4th this week. They got right to work as the week began, with a training session last Sunday, with sizes of 20-25. Two days later, they had another training session, maxing a mere 8. The next two days the Ice Warriors would have two other less than adequate training session, with sizes between 5 and 10. However, yesterday the Ice Warriors had very nice sizes of 20-25 during a practice battle with the Army Republic. Jack, Ice Warriors 2ic, is playing a large part in the White Alliance, but it is yet to be cited whether or not Albert147, IW Leader, will pull the army in. Aquabluejet also reported to remain in the race for the leadership. 5. Army of CP: The ACP started off extremely strong as the week began, but their performance in the middle and end of the week lands them fifth this week. They had truly amazing sizes of 35-40 on the servers of Klondike and Breeze as the week began, and sizes of 20-25 during the Battle of Migrator, despite some chat problems. The next day, the battle with the Pirates on Klondike ended with a draw, the ACP getting sizes of 13. They also claimed victory on Breeze against the Pirates that same day. Also, that day, they lost on the servers of Alaska and Berg. The next day, ACP claimed victory on Chinook with sizes of around 15. On Thursday, the army claimed victory on Summit, Christmas, and Snow Globe later in the day, however the Council claimed differently in certain instances. ACP also claimed victory on Fiesta and Avalance on Friday. Yesterday, the ACP claimed victory against a force comprised of ST, SWAT, and Pirates on the server of Snow Fort. That same day, they claimed victory on Breeze as Snaily, ACP 3ic, requested that Funks promote one of the American owners to Co-Leader in a controversial post. The ACP is reported to be a part of the White Alliance, and Antant98 is reported to have left the army and joined AR for a mod rank. 6. Nachos: The Nachos have fallen one spot down to 6th this week. Having a relatively slow week, they scheduled a practice battle against the UMA in the beginning in the week. However, the results post was never posted. Nor was the results post for a training session that was scheduled a day later for the 16th. Puckley, Nachos leader, called for a change in the army, making a post on how the Nachos can improve from where they are at. This included reinforcing chat activeness. The highlight of their week was the Nachos practice battle against GT, in where they maxed around 25. They hope to continue to put forth more effort top stop their fall. 7. Pirates: This week the Pirates have fallen to the 7th spot. Despite their drop, they had a tremendously active week. Ranging from the rise of their American division (who have proved to help their position in the war immensely), to the invasion of their enemy, the ACP. They successfully invaded Mammoth, one of ACP’s most precious servers. One of Pirates’ figureheads, Max, tried to take matters into his own hands in the war against ACP. Disregarding Water’s own actions; it is not know what he exactly did, but there might be some fighting between the owner positions. Though, despite the Pirates having a good week in their war, they continue to show they won’t change their rude actions. This includes showing real life pictures of an ACP owner Foldez which went unaccounted for. Will the Pirates action be justified? 8. Golden Troops: The GT army of CP has fallen this week by one spot. They started the week off with spectacular training sessions. Following these magnificent events, they declared war on DW; whom are one of the big top dogs of armies these days. The war was going fairly good for the GT. Showing they can hold off their own against a bigger army. Once the war ended, they were deciding if to join the WA. They are still deciding as time their site shows. 9T. Pretzels: Pretzels rose up to the ninth spot this week. They started and ended a war against the Chaos all in one week. Beginning their week off, they invaded Glacier. Adding it back as their capital to the nation. With great sizes, the Chaos were not match for them. The war was only 4 battles long until it was decided that peace would be made between the two. Already they are planning for a rebuild from the war by training. 9T. Water Vikings: The Water Vikings barely are able to retain 9th this week after a relatively slow week. Their first event was the Invasion of Cozy, where they met some unexpected opposition from the Golden Troops. They were able to average about 13. After some events without results posts, they had a practice battle with the Night Warriors and won, with good sizes of 15+. They have yet to schedule any events this week. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Word of the Week ‘Alliance’ Yes, the first ever word of the week is ‘Alliance’. From the White Alliance to the Black Alliance, the end of this week has certainly been extremely interesting. And, while we are on the subject of this war, I can’t help but voice my opinion on it. I’m not on either side in the war as I am in CPAC only, but this is my overall opinion: This war is going to change nothing. You have divided warfare into two main factions with no room for those who do not want to get involved. Neither of you are going to admit defeat – at the end of the day, I see three main options. If this war continues, we either see the death of the armies in the White Alliance (AR, ACP, Nachos) or the death of the armies in the Black Alliance (SWAT, ST, Pirates). Either way, a large chunk of armies is lost. What do you gain from killing ACP? I have my issues with ACP as much as the next guy, but ACP is no longer the number one army. You are targeting it because of a misguided moral that has become accepted over the past, say, four years, because it made sense during those four years. In any case, this war is not going to fix anything in armies — unless you consider the end fixing something. But being the king of a destroyed city has no more glory to it than it ever has. For CPAC, I’m Bluesockwa1. ๖̶̶̶ۣۜвℓυєѕσ¢кωa1 CPA Central CEO mchappyღ CPA Central Vice President Filed under: Top 10 Armies First YOU DID MY SIGNATURE WRONG WHERE IS THE DEGREE SIGN HUH nice top 10 Good job SWAT! NOT THE FIRST TIME SWAT HAS BEEN FIRST CHANGE IT Pretzels are back! WITHOUT PAIN! YEAH! 1. Jack lied about Aqua dropping out in the IW race. 2. GT doesn’t deserve Top 10 (I’m GT Leader, so that’s saying something) Nice Top Ten, Good to see somebody else besides the Dark Warriors in First. Wut, judging on the given picture WV did way better than ST, this has to be like the third time WV have been wrongly placed. Who the hell said I was dropping out of the Ice Warriors leader elections? Jesus christ, I say Jack would make a good leader and everyone immediatly thinks im dropping out. [...] week of events and after we beat Chaos in a War 3-1, we have recived the number 9th spot on CPAC! Good job to all of you for helping us get this spot on CPAC! But remember we ae tied for 9th, we [...] Please edit ST’s picture, use instead. White and Black alliance? We aren’t the white alliance are we, where did that come from? Don’t try and make this racist! xD *facedesk* Seems a lot like Jack made WA for publicity since we didn’t need it in the first place And by making up the lie that I was dropping out of leader elections for IW. Whoot nice job PCP Alliance – word used typically (not always) by armies who can’t fight their own fight. Bluesuckwa I’m requesting entry to post on CPAC for a last time. As A former staff, I would like to post once more swat forever~a swat 2ic was here named dom *domsamillion Ugh. You switch ST because of neglection, but you NEGLECT the picture I comment of ST clearly bigger then WV with more tactical success. You NEGLECT to realize that picture was from Friday, January 11th. We saw the picture, but looked for confirmation. The picture was not valid. Good day to you sir. o0o0 Dark Warriors Forever We burn the Light! I can’t see CP army warfare dying without ACP. I love how Tacos thought that they could kick SWAT’s asses when SWAT got 1st and Tacos are dead as fuck. I haven’t seen Tacos in the Top 10 since they have came back, or even the Top 15.

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- dbarz Jan 31, 2013 at 12:14 pm wow.... I wish I was in that line!!! jinxednuance Jan 31, 2013 at 12:31 pm me too :( bbfanboi Jan 31, 2013 at 4:30 pm Kudos to Thorsten and the gang for making BlackBerry cool again! This is exciting!!!! imcurved Feb 1, 2013 at 2:43 am me three :( TMO_9000_32GB_PB AlKuqo Jan 31, 2013 at 12:41 pm Does anyone know if we can buy the phone directly from RIMM....ooopps I mean BlackBerry? Like maybe from their website? Apple allows you too... I am wondering if we can instead of waiting until March if we are willing to pay full price for it. jcpallitto Jan 31, 2013 at 1:58 pm Why dont you go to and see instead of commenting on every single post on crackberry asking the same thing? Bobert_123 Jan 31, 2013 at 6:20 pm U MAD BRO? Jimcmf Jan 31, 2013 at 8:43 pm If you need one now, go to EBay. People are paying thousands for these phones. iwasspartacus Jan 31, 2013 at 10:42 pm Well, you've heard of cross border shopping right? Just get it delivered to your American address or ask who is visiting Canada soon (I work on a project where half the consultants fly home to the U.S. every Thursday afternoon ... I'm in Calgary - going to play with a Z10 next week at BestBuy... Yay!!!!). FTW Bb10 Bob G Jan 31, 2013 at 1:00 pm I wonder how many of those in line are imposters (from the USA) ;) edyb Jan 31, 2013 at 3:22. edyb Feb 2, 2013 at 7:33. Jake Storm Jan 31, 2013 at 2:30 pm Nice to see. I'm glad it's launching in the UK first. It's a nice reward to the loyal fan base there (much more loyal than the U.S.) iwasspartacus Jan 31, 2013 at 10:47 pm B.I.N.G.O. It's why the U.S. is one of last to receive phones, it's going to be an uphill battle - nothing like a month of traction GLOBALLY to generate some buzz and build anticipation for our Yankee friends. framos242 Jan 31, 2013 at 12:17 pm I'm so jealous of the UK addicts... koolrosh Jan 31, 2013 at 12:17 pm Do they have enough phones for all those people? DCMMID Jan 31, 2013 at 12:17 pm The momentum from this early availability would have been a good going into a US release ... if ... the US release was in 2 weeks. DCMMID Jan 31, 2013 at 12:18 pm Whats up with all the fur ... ? 312 Jan 31, 2013 at 12:24 pm It's winter... sjwright Jan 31, 2013 at 12:31 pm Touche! MC_A_DOT Feb 1, 2013 at 3:56 am +10 it's freezing over here Playbook007 Jan 31, 2013 at 2:31 pm Yes...they like their fur. Nice! bb624 Jan 31, 2013 at 12:20 pm wish we had lines here in the US now....who knows what 2 months will bring. jelp2 Jan 31, 2013 at 1:06 pm It will bring tumble weeds and cob webs. :( stevejb Jan 31, 2013 at 1:11 pm I'd say due the reported lack of interest in BB anymore in the US, there wouldn't be lines. Which is probably why UK get the release first and NA have to wait. W Hoa Jan 31, 2013 at 2:15 pm Not all of NA has to wait. Just the US part. And to be technically correct the Mexico part too. Playbook007 Jan 31, 2013 at 2:34 pm When your media had a ball over trashing RIM all these years, and then not first on the list we have sour grapes? neteng1000 Jan 31, 2013 at 12:21 pm I would love to hear the reports of the phone being sold out on day 1 :) Playbook007 Jan 31, 2013 at 2:35 pm more than the numbers, I want to get real consumer feed back...not biased crap like on engadget. Jimcmf Jan 31, 2013 at 8:45 pm I wonder if every store had a line up like that? You can get it from ebay for about $1,500.00 LeeChung94 Jan 31, 2013 at 12:22 pm wow I want to be here now ..... Innerchild Jan 31, 2013 at 12:23 pm Love seeing that enthusiasm. Hopefully by March there will be lots of interest and demand for the Z10 here in the U.S. W Hoa Jan 31, 2013 at 2:16 pm And less fur. Playbook007 Jan 31, 2013 at 2:36 pm Really....whats wrong with fur? bitek Jan 31, 2013 at 12:24 pm Apple should be worried now. grnrprl Jan 31, 2013 at 12:25 pm Where was it and what for? I went today to one of Carphones to have a look at Z10. First of all there was no queue. They had two dummy Z10: black and white. They looked like a plastic toys! Is it true the back of original Z10 is plastic and looks almost like the one of LG L3 for £49.00? MikeGS Jan 31, 2013 at 12:28 pm The Dummy units are not a patch on the actual units. Handled a couple today for 10 minutes and they feel great in the hand. Although they use plastic in the build they feel sturdy. Compared to the GS3, one in each hand, there is no comparison. The soft touch back is sublime, I wanted to rub my face on it! grnrprl Jan 31, 2013 at 1:20 pm I'm sad because I was expecting something like PlayBook's rubber. I like it very much. Abrante Jan 31, 2013 at 12:29 pm "They looked like a plastic toys", what were you expecting the screen to turn on and off? You know there's a reason why they are called dummy phones right? Playbook007 Jan 31, 2013 at 2:38 pm No he doesn't because he is a dummy! Abrante Jan 31, 2013 at 12:30 pm -Double entry- grnrprl Jan 31, 2013 at 12:44 pm Please, read my question - it relates to the battery cover of the Z10. I love the one from 9780 or even 9860. Abrante Jan 31, 2013 at 12:48 pm I see. I did like the 9780 door too. But, lets face it, most people put "phone condoms" most of the time. so the feel might not mean much to the average user. Playbook007 Jan 31, 2013 at 2:39 pm yes if you have an iphone.....i want a phone that is tough and no dummy cover....they are completely stupid. MikeGS Jan 31, 2013 at 12:25 pm Picked up three Z10's today from Phones4U. Not for me though :-( Vodafone wouldn't sell them without a NEW contract. Ridiculous. Jimcmf Jan 31, 2013 at 8:46 pm Mike - How much did you pay? Did you wait in line at all? cgk Jan 31, 2013 at 12:35 pm What this article 'forgets' to mention is that the store in question had an appearance from Pixi Lotte (Popular singer in the UK) and they were giving playbooks out to the first 250 purchases - even Phone4u where the picture comes from titled it "Queuing to see Pixie at the launch of the @UK_BlackBerry in white on Oxford St London" So anyone got any pictures of queues where there are no celebrity appearances? Anyone got one of those and we have something to talk about.... EDIT: The article has been edited to include the Pixi Lotte appearance - so no I didn't miss it when I read it. revtech Jan 31, 2013 at 12:43 pm Thanks for the wet blanket . . Because we know that certainly no one else would stoop so low as to try marketing a product using local celebrities QC_Al Jan 31, 2013 at 2:15 pm Hi, huge BB fan and supporter here. However I do somewhat agree. I want to see what's going on at the stores without celebrity appearances and freebies being handed out. Just sayin'. I WILL be getting mine next week in Canada though eh! randall2580 Jan 31, 2013 at 2:40 pm The implication of this picture, without a mention of the give away or the celebrity, is that this is representative of all the UK stores selling BB10 today. The question is, is that a fair representation? There are enough CrackBerrians who are in the UK to tell us their anecdotal evidence at the local stores around the Country. I have bought most every major BB release on launch day here in the States (I got the 9810 instead of the 9900) and I have never had to wait on a line except the normal cue at the local AT&T Corp store so if I had to wait on a line like this - you bet I would report it here. Just Me Feb 1, 2013 at 2:02 pm I'm a big BB fan but there is not a chance I would ever wait in line to pay for a new phone. I would just come back the next day. I'll leave the lining up for the people who enjoy that kind of thing. In the meantime I'll be Skiing. HasKam Jan 31, 2013 at 12:30 pm Got mine yesterday at the launch, and i really love it. took me a while to get used to navigating around, but its almost second nature now. you guys wont be disappointed when you get your hands on it. Only complaint is the apps, which are not that great. but as we have heard, some big names are coming very soon. Oh and the micro sim is a pain. took forever to get my numbers on it. Playbook007 Jan 31, 2013 at 2:41 pm Don't care about Apps.....how is the browser performing? How is the stability? uzmarvel Jan 31, 2013 at 6:24 pm Browser is the best in its class. See youtube comparisons, they're not even final hardware Jimcmf Jan 31, 2013 at 8:49 pm Is it easy to swipe ....or do you have to do it twice? Jimcmf Jan 31, 2013 at 8:50 pm Is it easy to swipe ....or do you have to do it twice? Rob Robertson Jan 31, 2013 at 12:31 pm Never thought I'd see the day.... BlackBerries are typically available at too many locations for this to happen. justcurious#WN Jan 31, 2013 at 12:35 pm So do BlackBerry fans get to be called "sheep" now? luc aubuchon Jan 31, 2013 at 12:40 pm I guess so haha On a serious note, it is a shame that a Canadian Company distribute their phone in a different country on the opening day. bbfanboi Jan 31, 2013 at 4:31 pm Unfortunately, the carriers rule. They own the networks. revtech Jan 31, 2013 at 12:45 pm Guess that would be Black Sheep then ;) aloofkid Jan 31, 2013 at 1:47 pm Nah I prefer to be called as a black horse. koool1 Jan 31, 2013 at 12:39 pm I so wish I had one today. The wait continues... luc aubuchon Jan 31, 2013 at 12:41 pm Anyone knows when the update will come for the Playbook ? This is what I'm waiting for right now. Playbook007 Jan 31, 2013 at 2:43 pm Agree....If we had BB10 on our playbook and bridged our old Bold 9000 as I am doing now, wouldn't need a BB10 phone....seriously that is why I think they will delay the BB10 software for the playbook. Fucking Asshole Jan 31, 2013 at 12:49 pm Why do people buy products when they first come out? If I was going to buy this phone I would wait at least 6 months or at least until the first update. No way would I buy this the day after launch. Besides, anyone who stands in long lines like in the photo to buy a phone clearly has nothing else to do. Playbook007 Jan 31, 2013 at 2:44 pm If you live in the States you will get your way.....just kidding....lol redk Jan 31, 2013 at 12:50 pm Let me see the samsung folks come by and do one of their little samsung beam connections ;) Jonesy1966 Jan 31, 2013 at 12:59 pm Um, who's Pixi Lotte? AtomicFrost Jan 31, 2013 at 1:13 pm Sounds like she is some pop singer in the UK. However, it looks like her last name is spelled without the e? I hope that the Z10 sells well in Europe. A third solid competing OS in the smartphone market will help push more innovation in the marketplace. :) cbdwolff7 Jan 31, 2013 at 1:16 pm Big Mistake not having it available in US!! Stock down, 2 of my friends heading to other devices. Can"t seem to WAIT any longer. They are starting to use it as RIMM's (Blackberry) middle name. WAIT WAIT WAIT!! It is very frustrating. Playbook007 Jan 31, 2013 at 2:54 pm Stock is down due to profit taking.....i will watch for the bottom, buy back in and make more easy money.....as for your 2 friends, their short sightedness will come back to haunt them......they will have to wait even longer for their new contracts to expire so they can get the phone everyone is going to want....PS....don't let them drool all over yours.....lol. jimmychen17 Jan 31, 2013 at 1:19 pm Can anyone confirm if the Z10 supports ActiveSync? i.e., I can get Outlook emails just like my old iPhone but without the enterprise plan - I don't seem to find any 'official' info on BlackBerry's web site - and have to dig through forums ..... br14 Jan 31, 2013 at 1:56 pm Believe I read a review saying ActiveSync is supported (might even be the default for non-corporate). pmccartney Jan 31, 2013 at 4:09 pm Yes absolutely 100%. Activesync and or BES10 tw_ Jan 31, 2013 at 7:08 pm Yes, the Z10 supports ActiveSync. No enterprise plan needed. I can confirm that. AdamCockley Jan 31, 2013 at 1:22 pm I'm located in the UK and I have excited that Z10s was realising today but looked online and they are only selling the black ones, the white is coming out on the 18th Feb!! So gutted. Feel sorrow to the folks in The US. Like to note that there's a good deal with o2 unlimited Mins&Texts 1GB data for £26pm £99 upfront cost! beemaabeemababy Jan 31, 2013 at 1:33 pm Phones4u have exclusivity on the white Z10 for now. That's why you can't get it anywhere else. And that's why I called them at 9am this morning (when their upgrades lines opened) to have my new white BlackBerry delivered. I would have done the trek to London for the chance to get another 64gb PlayBook, but I have work! jocu Jan 31, 2013 at 3:33 pm Just checked the O2.co.uk website as this deal seemed too good to be true! The upfront cost is listed as £199, not £99 - perhaps it was a mis-print that was later corrected! beemaabeemababy Jan 31, 2013 at 5:12 pm I managed to get the phone for free on an upgrade. Unlimited minutes and texts, 1GB data, 2gb wifi hotspot access on a 24 month contract. All for £37/month. Not much data, I know. But I'm always in a wifi area these days. djrupey Jan 31, 2013 at 1:36 pm My BlackBerry experience is just over four years, Storm only, and two Playbooks. The PlayBooks are fantastic and gave me confidence that BB10 would be a great OS, although I had no illusions about it being perfect from day one. So here in the UK I ordered from Vodafone at 9.30am this morning online. There was some confusion about my details even though I have been a Vodafone customer for 25 years! Anyway, my order had to be cancelled and then re-entered at about 3pm, by which time they had apparently sold out. I began to despair. But at last I was put through to someone who I assume was a manager and he could not have been more helpful. He said that they would hopefully be showing stock again in 30 mins, and assured me that if that was the case I'd have my Z10 tomorrow (Friday 1st Feb). If not, it would be Monday. Needless to say I am beside myself with excitement. It has been a long two-year wait since my Storm 1 contract expired, so I went on a SIM-only contract while I waited patiently for BB10. I did not want to get tied into an OS 7 phone as it would have delayed my experience of what I came to see as a major, quantum leap forward for PlackBerry phones. Besides, my Storm had finally come good and was giving reliable service. I decided that I did not want to start all over again with a different ecosystem even though iPhone and Samsung seemed all the rage. So, all being well, tomorrow I will be a BB Z10 person at last. It's been a long, long wait. Whether it is tomorrow or Monday, I will start a diary thread about my Z10 experience so that those yet to receive theirs will have some idea of what to expect, from the perspective of an ordinary non-techie user. beemaabeemababy Jan 31, 2013 at 1:37 pm During my 9am call to phones4u this morning, the lady told me that she had 30 callers in the queue by about 9:15. By 9:30 when my upgrade was finalised, she told me that there were now 50 people in the queue! Seems like a strong demand first thing in the morning! drummer_god Jan 31, 2013 at 1:41 pm nice. Playbook007 Jan 31, 2013 at 2:56 pm God's speed my friend! ksean007 Jan 31, 2013 at 4:06 pm Just like me i should be receiving my Z10 tomorrow I received a text saying it was dispatched today, and like yourself I'll keep a working diary of how things are..I've had both storms and the 9800 so this is a major step up for all of us good luck by the way. TommiTommi Jan 31, 2013 at 2:08 pm Went in to a Phones4U in London this morning at about 11:30. I asked about BB10 and the chap gave me a demo unit to try. I think it is great - genuinely different interface, brilliant keypad (the best virtual one I have ever used) and competitive pricing. My contract is up in June for my 9105, I will be getting either the Z10 or Q10 in its place! (BTW there was no queue or crowd there- but that might have been earlier!) TommiTommi Jan 31, 2013 at 2:14 pm Pixie Lott is a pretty decent singer and well known here in the UK. One of her best songs 'All About Tonight' is great - in the video she uses a phone - but not a Blackberry! Playbook007 Jan 31, 2013 at 2:59 pm I am glad that the UK received their phones today.....nice to see some chaps who can actually type the english language......way to go mates! ksean007 Jan 31, 2013 at 4:00 pm Hi everyone I'm really sorry to hear of the USA delays, I used to live in NY for around 24 years and became a fan of blackberry quite a few years ago and now that I'm back in the UK and have been. With O2. For ages I was quite surprised at how they kept the release date hush hush..today I received a text to say the BB Z10 was available so I logged on to my account and within 5 minutes they sent a message saying it was dispatched and i should be receiving it tomorrow...my plan is on contract for 24 months and the phone is free @ £36 a month I will keep everyone in the loop. With my verdict but it looks damn good so far..here's hoping they speed things up so you can experience the new BlackBerry. twidget2iwo Jan 31, 2013 at 4:18 pm Luckily I didn't have to wait in line at all in Harrogate. Both Phones4U and Vodafone had a few in stock, and no one was queuing to get one. I LOVE MY 10!!! DuexNoir Jan 31, 2013 at 4:41 pm Awesome fansmanship BB UK!! I can't wait to be able to join you guys next week on the 5th with my own Z10! ~I am BlackBerry by choice~ BernFlo Jan 31, 2013 at 5:56 pm I am very happy for all of you who are now proud owners of BB10's and for all of you in Canada who will have one soon. For all of us in the US, stay strong, our day will come. world traveler and former ceo Jan 31, 2013 at 7:05 pm awsome! ... Canadians will be getting theirs Monday or Tuesday!!! .... bb10! Jackson15 Jan 31, 2013 at 7:13 pm Hi everyone. Bought mine on EE today. £28.50/month over 24 months for 1000 texts and minutes and 1 gb of data. Then 50 for the phone. It is being delivered tomorrow! When I called in I was told a lot of people were ordering it. I then played around with the phone at the EE shop. The sales rep was very excited and I have to say that the phone felt and looked great.. Compared it in the hand with iPhone and Samsung. Looking forward to it! slagman5 Jan 31, 2013 at 8:11 pm Gives me some hope. I always wonder why people would line up for a stupid phone like the iPhone, but seeing that people are excited for a phone that's actually innovative makes more sense to me... Jimcmf Jan 31, 2013 at 8:55 pm We need more line ups !!!! Everyone .... PLEASE go get one. We can BBM together. bovcrx Jan 31, 2013 at 11:10 pm Any Brits wanna trade for a note 2? ofutur Feb 1, 2013 at 5:37 am OMG, look at all the chavs and hipsters leaving iOS :D oufc_gav Feb 1, 2013 at 8:59 am OK, so that one shop had people outside because Pixie Lott was inside. Didn't happen in my city,in the morning I walk past 7 mobile phone shops on the way to work (at about 9am when they open). No-one was paying the slightest interest. i went into Phones4U on the way home, and had a look at a unit, spoke to a sales guy and asked about interest, and he said I was the first that had gone to the display all day (this was at 5.15pm). gordonthebull Feb 1, 2013 at 11:36 am what city are you in and are the stores in the quieter side of town? GoustiFruit Feb 1, 2013 at 9:53 am But why are they all wearing white ??? White is the fashion in UK ? Rootbrian Feb 4, 2013 at 5:58 am I can't wait to get the q10 from windmobile, I'll be in line for that thing!!!!!

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Happy Early Valentine's Day! This is my free Owl Printable for 2012. A bit updated from last year. Printed. Updated colors. Fixed the wording. Made more room for a child's large signature or a signature label. Tweaked the size, text spacing and a couple other things. Download image by: drag and drop to desktop OR right-click and save as... Want last year's? Here are a few more for this year. Did you like it? Please, so so cute!!! I love owls! Newest follower :) love the owls! and I would love to know how you were able to line up all your "linked to" buttons :) Very cute owl vdays!! I as well would love to know how you lined up your link buttons as well! Looks nice! These are SO cute! I just found you via A Turtle's Life for Me {don't you LOVE Natalie- she's so sweet!} and I'm your newest follower. I'd love for you to stop by my blog and follow me back if you'd like. xo, Laurie @ Gallamore West :)

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THE INSIDER 4:30 am, October 22, 2012 COMPANY: The Garland Co., Cleveland Garland, a maker of roofing and building maintenance products for the commercial, industrial and institutional markets, describes Quick-Slope as “an easy-to-apply material that redirects or disperses harmful standing water on low-slope modified bitumen roofing.” The Quick-Slope material “is designed to reduce and redirect water toward existing scuppers or drains,” according to Garland. “It can also be used to provide increased localized slope.” The company says Quick-Slope “is a cost-effective alternative to adding drains or crickets, and provides a tenacious bond to new or existing smooth or mineral roof systems.” It also can be added to pond areas “to help water travel in multiple directions, thereby speeding up evaporation.” Once a surface is cleaned and prepared, Garland says, “the product can be troweled out in minutes, without removal of existing roofing material.” Garland product manager Rick Catley says Quick-Slope “is low-odor and non-volatile, so it can be applied without any disruption to the workplace, and with minimal waste.”.

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Hey, Bostonites! I'll see you tonight at the Harvard Bookstore (1256 Mass Ave) at 7PM for the US launch of my new novel, Makers! (New Yorkers, and Philadelphians -- see you later this week!) US/Canada tour Can't make the reading due to nonprofit board meeting. :( Any chance you'll be getting drinks post-reading somewhere in Harvard Square? Alas no -- 5AM train tomorrow morning! Sorry I missed you! I left my copy of MAKERS with the bookstore staff for you to sign, because my daughter (2.5 years) was simply not able to wait peacefully until 7pm (otherwise known as the "why am I not eating dinner RIGHT NOW?" hour). Hope the reading went well, and I am terribly sorry that I didn't get to talk with).

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I love cream puffs and I haven’t had very many since my weight loss journey. So I decided to create low fat cream puff we can all enjoy. These are really easy to make and only require 2 ingredients. Ingredients: - 1 can of low fat Pillsbury Crescent Roll dough - 1 can or tub of low/non fat cool whip Directions: - Pre heat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit. - Remove dough from package and roll in to a large ball. - Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface about 1 centimeter thick. - Grab a small to medium cookie cutter any shape and cut out cookies. I used a small 1 inch wide heart shape cookie cutter as it’s all I had on hand. - Place cut dough on a cookie sheet. - Cook at 375 degrees fahrenheit for about 10-15 mins or until the tops are lightly brown. - Remove from oven and cool on a cooling rack. - Once cooled cut the cookies down the center, fill with cool whip and enjoy.

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? 237 comments:«Oldest ‹Older 1 – 200 of 237 Newer› Newest» Hey Kris. Thanks for the inviting welcome. I too, do not have cancer and I admit, I do feel weird posting sometimes. I'll definitely post more often. Thanks for the last post about death. I've had some weird moments lately regarding death, and you guys have put me at ease. What awesome ideas! I love them all! How do you do it? Kris, you keep me coming back (nearly everyday) to read the blog because I know you are writing from a pure, sincere, beautiful place. I have so much respect for someone who can do it all as you do everyday with so much beauty, grace, giggles, and compassion. Bravo for finding that place to live where your heart can sing and we can can all benefit from your sweet, sweet music! Thank you! Lots of lovin, -Miss Kate This town sounds awesome and such a lovely welcome! This book has been on my wishlist and it seems like the perfect time, and reason, to pick it up! I am so glad you posted this... I only comment occasionally because I feel like an outsider sometimes and I did have canSer. I think we can all feel isolated even in a room full of people just like ourselves. Building a community is a way to breakdown those barriers that keep us apart. I am actually sitting on pins and needles right now waiting for follow-up test results and I am trying to distract myself. I am here and waving hello to everyone. I love the way this community is shaping up. Kris, you have the best ideas... I love the whats on your list of inclusive discussions. Even those of us who have and cancer need to do other things and to have other interests to be whole. I am so on board... especially yes to the book club... and double yes to Micheal Pollen's new book. Mostly because it is in my purse right now and I have only read a page or two. Hi. I admit I have been visiting this site for a couple of months and have never posted before. I do not have cancer but my husband does, he has pancreatic cancer and had surgery in June and is now undergoing chemo. A couple of weeks ago he was hospitalized and needed another surgery, so the road has been extremely rough for him, but he is brave and strong and is doing well. Kris, we watched your movie on TLC in October, and my husband even bought your book at Whole Foods. We have been incorporating many changes into our lives due to your inspiration. I come to this blog every morning, I feel like I know all of you and you give us such hope and inspiration. And Callie, I am so happy for you & Duncan, I've been thinking of you all week. Hi everyone...as always, I love Kris's ideas -- especially the pix she chooses for her posts. Where DOES she get those? Inspires me to take my camera everywhere I go (since I live in Santa Fe, you know I can get some pretty weird stuff!). Great idea re In Defense of Food. And since there seems to be a thumbs up on the Ipod discussion, here's my list. You can get everything on Itunes if you want, except, I think, Jana Stanfield. She's a fantastic indie and specializes in uplifting songs. Her website is. Her song Next Right Step is a rip-snorter. Okay, here's my list (it's a long one, I just couldn't help myself!: In My Heaven, Mary Chapin Carpenter Roam, b-52s Shining Star, Earth Wind and Fire Shield of Faith, Alison Krauss/Union Station Every December Sky, Beth Nielsen Chapman Godspeed, Beth Nielsen Chapman Sand and Water, Beth Nielsen Chapman Hymns, Beth Nielsen Chapman Deeper Still, Beth Nielsen Chapman I Know You By Heart, Eva Cassidy Good to Go, Denver and the Mile-High Orchestra Sweet Will of God, Amy Grant Curious Thing, Amy Grant Take it to Jesus, Cheryl “Pepsi” Riley Right as Rain, The Band One by One, Doobie Bros Next Right Step, Jana Stanfield Late for Your Life, Mary Chapin Carpenter We Shall Be Happy, Ry Cooder The Mary Ellen Carter, Stan Rogers I Wanna Do It All, Terri Clark Acadian Two Step, Beausoleil Sin Wagon, Dixie Chicks Breakout, Swing Out Sister Take it as it Comes, Steve Winwood Power of Love, Huey Lewis Come Go With Me, The Beach Boys Overjoyed, Stevie Wonder Whenever You’re Ready, James Taylor Mas Alla, Gloria Estefan There’s a Rugged Road, Shawn Colvin GoodMorning Kris! Mmmmm!Such a warm and yummy invite that only you can extend.My lack of posting has been to busy with the usual appts and trying to finish up treatment.In addition to chemo & radiation,I recieve Herceptin for a year.I'm on the homestretch.NINE count them,NINE more treatments!I'm starting to soar I feel the wind in my face! It's time for me to start taking care of me.The doc's did their job,it's now my turn. Soooo,what can I do for my poor lil body after surgeries,chemo&rads?How do I begin to repair that damage?I look forward to making changes in life,but humbly ask for guidance in my transition.I will wobble and stagger down the path..but down the path I will go. I look forward toyour next book,and the book club and all of it!I'm so excited.Life is good,isn't it? Muahh!Kisses to everyone! Love,Peace and good vibes to all, Linda Kris, what the heck are we going to do with our Flavnoids person? There are what, 20 repeats here? oh well, trying to stay calm. love all the ideas. i'll read whatever. re the flavenoids guy...looks like our town got its first billboard. Or exhibitionist. Was wondering what would happened to me if my surgery=test was negative next week. Would I have to give this sweat community of bloggers? Hope for the worst so I could stay? Wow, God bless Kris. Now I can rest...that I too am welcome. It is a universe filled with people searching. Now I can stop and just groove with Freddie Fender...When the next tear drop falls and join in knowing you guys will be there before the next one falls. Kris, my dear young girl you must have your head on the heart of the most powerful universal being. Keep listening. As for the book I am open to anything new, and healthy. I love learning. It helps an aging brain stay young. Love the picture...always wanted to be a hippee. But Mom and Dad said no. Bummer. I still have a chance to be a hippee in my spirit. I never heard of this author. Is he good? Mary a.k.a. mhc I know gang, I am so sorry, flavanoids is like a hemmoroid. I don't think I can block him/it till I move the blog to my site. I've been digging around Blogger and the only option I can come up with so far is to make it so I have to approve every comment. Too much for me or to make members. Maybe we should do that. Flavs is a maniac with issues in the tissues. Glad you all love the new ideas!!!! xo Ok. I will come out of hiding and post. :) I do feel like an outsider sometimes because I do not have canSer as well...but canser is all around me. I admire all of you and you all have taught me so much. been juicing and been trying to get on the right track. nothing is keeping focused though. The thing is...I don't want the only way to keep my butt in gear or to have motivation is to actually GET canser! i want to do this for myself. my heatlh. to be gone with my yo-yoing once and for all, to stay healthy. anyway, thanks for your post today kris! can't wait for the many more! Hey Kris, Fantasic!!! All of the ideas.. Wow.. Love the book selection. And thanks for all the new townies and town sites to come. Your city of pearls my love. I love these Ipod selections. I know less I mean less than nothing about music but love it. I have books on my ipod.. from the week of hell... Eat Love Pray. I cannot wait to put on songs.. Thanks for all your loving kindness. Everything hit last night and Duncan and I spent the night laughing and crying and unwinding.. He does owe me some dancing.. but we were to tired to even move a toe. hahah.. I am now turning my prayers to Becky for tomorrow. Things will go over well!!! Know we love you and are there with you inside every breath. OH and for the flavinoid folks because Kris is going to get crazy on them. Lets all just ignore them and let them be deleted.. they are rude and could go broke at this rate. I am running off the saga of the week for a big blog oh the power of all of your thoughts and prayers on basicmissions.com it will be posted around 6 tonight. Not using anyones comments but mine just pulling my words.. come by and visit. Sandra J. that tribute to your dad is so lovely. Beautiful he is smiling and proud of you. I bet you can feel that already .. And that Monica we need her to be a regular. You cannot keep those blogs a secret but leave it to a sister to out you right. Alright. I am off. Work is calling and I am fiddling around wanting to take Saatchi to the beach for a break but I have a family in Cinncianti who has lost thier heat and they have a son with Acute lymphatic Leukemia and the bills are overwhelming them. It is criminal to be able to turn someones heat off when it is -10 degrees outside ... no matter what. Well say a prayer for them. Love you all. Check in later.. Gooney honey you dont have to make me anything .. just send me a smile and know I love you. I am not turning away you gift just feel so humbled by the sheer thought of it I have no way to repsond. My favorite color is green it is my God color... but I love all colors..specailly the bright ones orange, pink, yellow, red, the ones that vibrate with joy. I love you by the way. You teach me something each day. mch- you are on my heart today. Special prayers for you. And Kristy I am wanting to fly a banner with we're having a baby on it!!!!!!!!!!!!! first ever csc baby... but it will be one enlightened and well fed, happy healthy little buddha. Hugs everyone. Callie Going primitive I did a quick read on the excerpt of Pollan's book. Excellent. I want to go there... I have become very primitive lately in my art. Using fingers and palms instead of brushes seems to fit the deep moods I am in. I have even taken to twigs and leaves. My food going primitive is just one step further. It just seems to fit my style of life right now. The most primitive food I can think of...raw...before fire. Nuts, seeds, etc. Hi Kris! I agree w/ you 100%...I have been loving this community for months, but haven't posted in a long time. Here's some love... I think reading Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food together is a great idea! I just bought the book last week & have only read the introduction so far. It is awesome! I also had to run out & buy Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth: Awakening Your Life's Purpose after seeing it is Oprah's new book club selection! I have to stop buying books lately & do more reading of them. I am also very interested in healthcare in our country (and around the world.) I have been living w/ canser for 3 1/2 yrs & although I have excellent health insurance I do fear losin git or being denied care. And it hurts & makes me so angry to think of the millions of Americans who have no coverage! If you could inform us and possibly lead us in propelling our country toward free healthcare for all that would be amazing! This blog is so incredible...I thank you for it, and I promise to add my voice more often. love & miracles to all! Kris...what a perfect post, once again. How exactly do you know exactly what is needed? Such a talent. Bravo ;) Thanks all for your well wishes, congratulations and hip hip hoorays! It has been SUCH a long road to get here, and I am cautiously excited. I have another beta test tomorrow, so please pray that my numbers double. We need AT LEAST a level of 438... come on... big money... no whammies ! :) I am SO happy to see all of the new members of the community speak out and introduce themselves. I know of the nervousness of which you speak. I too was there... why would I post about infertility or wanting to become pregnant on THIS blog?? I have found (and I am sure you have too) that this blog isn't for people with canSer or without, with an illness or without, with great knowledge or without... it is for all of us who want to live a better, healthier and more fulfilling life. Those kind of people have no boundaries... and thank goodness for that... cause look at this community... ROCK! Namaste... Kristy xo Hey team, guess what I was looking forward to something to do after surgery. Turns out Pollan will be speaking in my state. Usually everything is on the other side of the country. Finally. UC Sanford, looks like a good one. Through his eat well site I found 4 farms in my area beside the health food store. Yippee!!!! Hey there cowgirls :) I am also one of those silent readers that never posts. A day or two after I found out a close family member of mine had cancer, I stumbled upon your documentary Kris. What an emotional journey you've made... I felt very emotional watching it. It has been such a help to read your thoughts and those of some other posters to try to better understand how my aunt must feel... since she so rarely says anything about how she is feeling about it all. Aside from that, I love seeing courage in the face of adversity. You are all such inspirations! Thanks for the welcome :) Geez i missed 2 posts! lol! I got some reading to do...Kris, I love all these ideas! books, pimp your ipod music lol! all the ideas-fun! Great mission statement! Also your picture for this post makes me wanna break out my birks! lol but I gave them away years ago after high school, my flipflops took over lol. ahhh I kinda wanna go out and buy a new pair of birks now! you bring out the hippie in me LOL So are all these new ideas gonna be on the new forum then? about when is it gonna be up? Looking forward to it :) Your book pick looks like a cool book-cheap on amazon too :) ...(i <3 amazon lol) rs-Manifesto/dp/1594201455/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product Wow cool! Hi all you new people who are posting already! sweet! :) Hi Kris! I have posted here once or twice and now I feel better about it!! I don't have cancer, but I have Crohn's disease and I eat a vegan diet to help with it. In fact I haven't had a flare up in over a year!!! 2 years ago I was in a hospital getting blood transfusions!! I feel great now (although I do take a lot of meds).. and I hope to post more on your blog now that I feel more welcomed!! Lauren N. AP Monkey! Girrrrl. I was justing thinking about you. Where is she? Glad you are back. Yup. These ideas will be on the forum, but for now we'll start on the blog. My hope is that the forum will be up by my cancerversary (valentines day). If not, then by the end of Feb. Fingers crossed. We had to find someone else to do it and now we're very excited about the web team we are putting together. xo! K I have to admit, uber excited about the forum, and the book club/iPod (I'm a total musicobsesser, which I guess comes in handy given my profession) discussions/and pretty much everything listed. And yes, the flavnoids poster can be quite a hassle but let's face it, most people posting on here are well aware of good ways and positive ways to just breeze through and past the ugly stuff and focus on the beautiful ones right? RIGHT! The picture makes me want to tug my Fryes up a little higher and dance around outside, but I have a feeling some professors would disapprove. Welcome to everybody new and old! I missed the last few posts but I'm catching up now, I missed all you gorgeous peoples! Following Kris’ lead about being a community, I would like to introduce myself and invite you all over for chats on the patio. I wrote a brief comment here a few days ago, but want to .. I have been smacking late stage lung canSer around for over 3 years now. It just did not know who it was messing with! I just finished my 45th chemo treatment. (Chemo treatment, # 39 on Alimta.) I work full time and live alone. That is the problem for me-I am a nervous nibbler and a bit tuckered when I get home, so have not made some of the changes I would like to make—like juicing and getting out for walks. I have so hated how it has changed my looks…until I began reading this blog. I was heartened to read that I was not alone. I was heartened to realize that it is not who I am… Thank you all for that. I also thank you, my new community, for making me feel less alone in this. I have not felt comfortable participating in support groups and there is not center in my town that offers complimentary care, support… So, here is what I would like to do. I would like to create a day of healing. Bring together folks to offer yoga, journaling, nutrition, and the like. I would like to ask you all for suggestions on creating this day for kick ass cowgirls and cowboys (so appropriate, since I live in Wyoming!). Thank you all. Callie and Duncan-Wahoo! You don't know how many days your words have guided me. Hugs, Chris in Wyoming Count me in! I'm quiet at times but still reading...I also write on my blog (daily) and was inspired by this post for my post today, so thanks! Rach Kris, Thanks for the invite. You and your blog community hae been a great source of inspiration. I was diagnosed with lung CA in 2005 Thanks to a fabulous holistic nutritionist, I have been eating raw, vegan diet for two years. It has been an awesome journey and it only keeps getting better and better. I have made two trips to The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center, once for Whole Person Healing, and once for Zero Point. Both amazing visits. Kris, I loved your book and documentary. One phrase from your book that really hits home with me, is..."but it also takes a colossal leap of faith and a williness to break from the herd..." So true! Thanks for all you do. love, denise Okay, okay, I feel officially welcomed. Thank you for that, Kris. I just finished In Defense of Food. I definitely think we should all read it and discuss it. For me, a lot of it was preaching to the choir, but the research he cites, and the history of the nutrient-based diet, was fascinating to me. All this diet stuff gets so confusing, and he helped me to see why. (Marketing and money, duhhh.) As for flavs, I agree with Callie. Just quietly delete them. I had no idea flavs had even posted this morning til I read something about it in someone else's post. HI Kris!! Thanks for thinking of me!!!! :) big huge smiles on my face right now! Well I'm all caught up on the posts and comments- i commented too..I've missed the blog! glad to be back! I've just been cleaning my house, and getting all that stuff done that seems to haunt me around the house "you need to get that done, this done.." etc. all that weird, annoying stuff I keep putting off- that just keeps nagging & irriating me...I'm the queen of procrastination- so slowly and surely all is getting either finished,cleaned,fixed,or thrown out. lol! I'm so excited to see what your new web team is putting together! Anyway-Love you girl!!! Hi, I hope you don't receive a note from me twice. I wanted to say Hello to all and Thank you to Kris. This is a great place to visit. I appreciate all your hard work and your generous sharing. Do we need to do anything to join the back porch chat? I love your idea and think it will be great. Can I ask a question for those of you who have finished treatment? I finished 12/07 and now I am struggling with a severe depression. Almost daily all I do is hide with my head under the covers, I am not coping and find no inspiration to motivate to DO for myself and try to get out of my funk. Any suggestions or comments? thanks alot, violet! Hi Kris! Thanks for the kind and open invite to this great community! I figured today should be the day I finally post after such a warm welcome! I also don't have cancer but have been there done that 6 years ago. At 31 I was dx'd with breast cancer, had a mastectomy, reconstruction, and 6 months of chemo. Never really gave a thought to what I was eating, or how I was thinking! After treatment was over I really began to look at all those things so I could get my health back and maintain it. I started juicing, and really looking at what I was putting into my body on a daily basis realizing that my diet and lifestyle (as well as the peeps in it) was toxic! I read your book, and you are an incredible inspiration to me on a daily basis! I met you back in the fall at the open center in nyc for a book signing and it was a day I will not soon forget! I am learning so much here to add to my daily lifestyle to make it better and keep the big "C" stay far far away. I recently had a scare with something that showed up on an MRI scan of my good boob and 2 weeks ago I had a followup to see what the little benign bugger was doing and it was GONE!! Which of course I attribute to all the juicing, meditation, and better food I am putting into my body. It is really the first time I had concrete proof that is is all working! Which of course my docs have no interest in and don't believe. You have such a wonderful community here and you all inspire me every time I stop by. Thanks Kris for todays blog, it gave me the little nudge I needed to step forward into this beautiful circle of the CSC community! Lots of love and hugs, Cathy Thank you Kris!!! Michelle I'll be another one to come out of the closet, as it were, and admit to reading the blog almost daily but never posting myself. Thanks, Kris, for the welcome. I realized last night when I got home and was talking excitedly at dinner about Callie's news and my partner finally went, "Wait, who are these people you're talking about?" that I'd better sidle up to the table and introduce myself. So, hello to all, and thanks for the warm welcome to the back porch. I've been following along, juicing since October, and finally transitioning to vegetarian and probably vegan slowly but surely. Have to share that I feel even more committed after having a flex sig scope done this week to check out my colon. I was having some gastro distress and even though I'm 31, I don't have access to family history so the doctor erred on the side of caution and did the scope. Since it's done without sedation, I had the chance to watch the whole thing on screen and have to say that it was sort of magical and made me fall completely in love with my colon. It was so intricate and beautiful and vibrant and I was completely amazed at what goes on in there, how much work it does and how much it deserves my ongoing TLC. Seriously, the experience made me only want to put things into my body that my colon will love and adore, and so I feel ever committed to a deeper learning about this lifestyle. I also love me a book club, so count me in! I'll look forward to reading the first book. Callie, congrats congrats! I've never been more nervous or excited for a complete stranger and I'm in awe of the idea of Basic Missions. Look forward to following along to see how it all grows and develops. Be well, everyone! *heather* Oh My! I can not believe how many of you have been hiding out. Not that I don't understand. I was worried about posting too, but true to my nature (speaking before thinking....I hate that about me!) I just jumped in. I did finally confess to my worry of posting and Callie set my mind at ease. This blog is a godsend and I'm so happy we have so many new peeps today! WELCOME!!!!! Callie - I do not want anything in return, you have already given me something that is not material, and means more to me than a million dollars. I just want to do something for you in return. Kris too. But just so you don't think I'm full of it, it will be a few months, because what I want to give you is going to take me some time to make. So please just let me do this. I love green too! Jennifer I adore the idea of a community altar. So much comfort (and power) can be found in having a village praying for you/ a loved one. So glad to see our little village has some many friendly faces and hearts moving in! This is the place to live if you want to ooze sunshine. Welcome everyone! Kris, i didn't mean to moan about our flavnoid person. I liked your post a while ago when you let them have it and told them to have a nice life. I suppose that is what we should do. Who knows what lurks behind the post? Maybe they're acutally reading this and getting inspired! Nice to think so. I am glad we have so many new voices. Thanks, Callie for your prayers. I think you have a direct line, girl, and I already feel God cheering me on. No matter the outcome, it's about living. Love! Kris You must tell Oprah & Dr.Oz the news!You know they'd love to hear this!Especially Dr. Oz and what better voice to be heard in the medical community than his. Love,Peace & Great Vibes to all! Linda Muahh! I'm always a lurker and never a poster! But you inspired me to post something - LOVE THIS SITE! I don't have cancer but I do live an eco-vegan lifestyle and love coming here for inspiration! Hi all vintage and newbie posters! What a wonderful thing to read about all the different curve balls life has thrown us all and how we are fielding them.. what a team we all are! I am always telling people to come hear to join our community.. canser is certainly not a prerequisite for this course in miracles and love. Cherish this moment as it is truely all you have..the past is gone and the future has not happened.. yet what you do this instant can make that future glow.. love to you all deb Thanks to all of you townfolk for the warm welcome! I think many of us "watchers" were inspired to write in for the first time to chime in our congrats to Callie and Kristy on their wonderful news. Your post, as usual Kris, comes at just the right time. It's so kind of all of you to welcome us with open hearts - I've even invited some friends to the back porch as well : ) Who couldn't use the wisdom, grace and love found on these pages in their lives??? I may not have the canser part (see- I even learned how to spell it right!) - but I've got the crazy and sexy DOWN !!!! Love and peace to all- Monica I've been following you for quite some time, but have never posted. I never considered myself a lurker because I am surrounded by family canSer (breast, lung, colon, brain leukemia, prostate), but I did feel guilty nevertheless. Your post of today remininded me that although my body doesn't have canSer, my LIFE is filled with it. And being human and all, I've got lots of challenges and can use all the inspiration your blog is so sweetly dripping with. So I would like to join the ranks of supporters you've created here to share and contribute to the collective love and peace fest!! I have been so overcome with amazement at the strength by some of you that I couldn't be prouder or happier for your recent updates if you were my own sister/mother/best friend. So maybe some of my "behind the scenes" health and peace vibes found you all despite no actual posts? To Kris and the Community at large, Be Well, Gabrielle Kris, Amazing truly...have been reading the blog always and have your Oprah on Tivo...watch it every now and then and today was one of them! Hugs to you all... Sadie Hello Kris and new neighbors. Have been peeking over the fence for a couple of months now, but I decided this was the day to join in. I do not have cancer but had to make lifestyle changes a few years back.(autoimmune disorders were lurking) Vegeterian now and juicing daily. Making the transition to raw and getting lots of inspiration from everyone here. Looking forward to picking up Michael Pollen's new book and sharing. Joy Kris - I was just chopping some veggies for a soup I'm making, and I thought maybe it would be a good idea to add a recipe swap to the forum? I'm having a hard time coming up with different ways to fix veggies and I would love to hear some good recipes. Just a thought. Jennifer Going for genetic counseling on Monday the third, checking for BACA1 and BACA2. If this test is positive then prophylactic bilateral mastectomies. Save the Tata wearers. I am doing this to help my kids since they may need early detection. About insurance...a possitive BRCA1 or 2 may eventually affect thier coverage and mine. Isn't that awful. I was hoping to get done the way people do aids testing...in secret with #'s not names. I need to think about this one alittle. I was just looking over "In the defense of food"...I'm so excited! I feel like it will nourish my understanding of real food and help me continue to internalize why its vital to eat it and live off of it. "In Defense of Food" is an excellent choice. He has another book he wrote that also would be a good choice "Omnivore's Dilemma." In my little town I dream of solar panels on every house and electric cars or bikes (in my ideal town, no vehicle needed--walk/bike everywhere), organic living with locally grown food, composting, ecofriendly/vegan products products only. We need to care for the planet and its beautiful creatures the way we care for ourselves. I can't wait for plastic bags to be a thing of th past. And water bottles are about the worst thing--so so many in landfills like the planet is a giant garbage can. I hope all here are inspired to use reuseable bags for the grocery store & dump the bottled water--buy a reusable bottle and a water filter for your sink. That's just one more part of healthy living. Peace, love, veggies, and a green planet for all... Live simply so others can simply live........ Just came across your blog recently and still reading back posts and I've already fallen in love with the community you have here. This post inspired me to come out of "lurkville" as I like to call it and send you a big HUG and a jolly CHEERS! Glad to be here and ships ahoy! I'm definitely along for the ride and looking forward to all the things you've got coming up. I've been hearing so much about that book and as others have mentioned, seems to be a perfect time to pick it up! I forgot to mention a pet in every household---may we treat them as beloved family members as they so deserve & bask in the unconditional love they provide. If you are interested, the local animal shelters have too many that need a good home :) Are you sick of me yet? Thanks, Kris for the open invite. I have been reading for a while and thought I would finally post. I have never blogged/posted before. Love this site. Just bought your book. I think what I love the most is it makes me laugh. While going though chemo I tried to have a sense of humor about everything, and it really helped even on rough days. I have a PET scan next week and if all goes well (and I think it will, I feel great) I will be 5 years cancer free, dare I say "cured"? Going though treatment I was never comfortable about support groups, but after chemo, I moved out of state, away from my family and the only life I had ever known. So I never really connected with people my age who have had similar experiences, fears etc., It is nice to have this site and all you wonderful people. needless to say my nothing in my BC life is the same as my AC life. And I could not be more happy. I got maried 3 months ago, Trying to start a family. And living as happy as I know how. Thanks for all the insipation and I'm sure you will all be hearing more from me more often. ===================================== Miss Flavonoids: Treat Kris with More R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (she's earned it !) ===================================== Miss Flavonoids: Treat Kris with More R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (she's earned it !) ===================================== Sorry Kris, I couldn't resist ! Just adding some levity :-) Clint If your looking for a cancer killing cowboy kris... I maybe for hire! : ) I posted once or twice. I have no canSer - just autoimmune stuff! I originally posted under "Becky" without realizing that there was already one here!! OOPs - I'll use Becky B - Colorado from now on to distinguish myself! Thanks everyone for the positive feedback to my "lack of support from family" dilema. And guess what??? I bought my first juicer and I'm ready to rock! AND....I'm going in for Colon hydrotherapy Friday am!!! Can't wait to start cleaning out this polluted vessel and filling 'er up with the good stuff!! I love you all and will pray for our little community!! Kris, one minute I'm compelled to come out of the shadows as a "reader, not a poster" due to your insightful commentary on your vision of what death might be like....now I feel compelled to thank you for giving me the phrase "Flavs is a maniac with issues in the tissues"......why do I consistently read a canSer blog when I’m in generally good health?.....whether you realize it or not.....this blog is already about more then CanSer. I would welcome any of the activities/contributions you mentioned. I've mentioned before that while I'm not ill, my life has been touched by CanSer...I lost my boss to lung cancer last January. He was close to retirement, and I'm 36....but we still had a lot of fun going to lunch together and talking about work, life, women....my lack of women....you get the point. When he became ill....well, this was a man who had “been there, done that”....and he was a tough old guy. An old news director from NYC….you can picture him a little I’m sure. Discussions about his lung cancer were generally off limits....but his wisdom, combined with his current perspective made for some very interesting conversation.....needless to say, I miss those lunches. So for a long drawn out response...I would love to hear this groups views on politics, family, current state of affairs....anything....you all have a unique perspective that is a wonderful gift to share. Michael Great blog! I drop in now and again. My incredible wife & I are holistically healing my body of rectal cancer. An enormous process and an extraordinary journey. I regularly blog my experience as well as my passion for life and the gifts this cancer provides at: Stop by when you get a chance. Thanks for your contribution to us all! Bert Scholl How beautiful to see so many new people throwing open their "closet" doors to step into the room!!! It has become an amazing place to come to each day, meet new friends and learn so much. I so look forward to jumping on and jumping in to listen, chat, love, support and share life. Kris, tomorrow is my one-year canserversary (I love the phrase, hope you don't mind if I borrow it!). My kids are dancing with me now (its the only time I'll let my 9 year old son say, Mom - shake your ass!) So, I'm totally up for the ipod sharing, love the book club idea, and the electric altar...so awesome...Dr. Bav is up there now, she must feel the love! Clint, so ready for more of your wisdom and wit and hot guest blog spot - bring it all on! xo Sherry Kris -- you're wonderful! I bet you never hear that ;) I will have to admit that sometimes I delete my posts cuz I'm afraid I said something silly. I love this town sooo much! So glad to be a part of it. I will keep posting even if I'm sometimes silly. Well, I'm another long time reader who has never posted. Like some of the others, I don't have canser, although my mom did. I just had open heart surgery myself, at age 23, and I've found all of the posts and comments very inspiring as I've been going through recovery. The book club, forum, song lists, recipes, etc. all sound great to me! Thank you for sharing your stories and for setting up such a welcoming community! Oops, can I add a P.S.?? I have medical forum question, a poll I need to take to get some serious knowledgable answers to because I'm on the heebie-jeebie, superstition fence here. So Kris, if you'd rather I wait til your forum is up I will, but need some info before mid-March. Please give me a thumbs up or down....thanks Hey Sherry: Congratulations on your 1 year anniversary. Am glad you can "shake your ass" with your kiddies !! :-) nice to hear from you, Clint hey I just found a adult class in town in March for 25.00 to learn raw food . I hope you all could find one, as a newbie to raw this sounds good. What a wonderful welcome! I have been reading for a long time but never posted as I felt I didn't fit the Cancer criteria. I love all the ideas you have and would love to be part of your community. I just started taking Mildfullness classes and striving to live for the moment and really live for NOW and not worry about tomorrow. I dig you mission and consider myself moved into your town as the newest residence. Hi Everybody, I admit it too....Guilty as charged. I have been visiting this blog since I saw your show on TLC then I got the book (by the way, how do you do it all Kris, Show was awesome and book really touched my heart with fine humor and even the blogs are super cool) well, I really admire your attitude, talent, courage, Positive energy, humor and best of all the magnet personality. your positivity is really contagious and spreading the world Fortunately, I am not aware of having canSer. My older child has very severe multiple food allergies which has changed my life. I really appreciate you all and the knowledge that all of you have and must admit that I learn so much from you all. Thank you again very much Kris for sharing your knowledge and positivity with us every day. Good Luck to all of you. Iffat No, Granola...not sick of you. I think many of us have this dream. We all just need to move to the same place and DO all this stuff. Granola - I started recycling about a month ago. It was my new years resollution. My recycling bins are busting at the seems right now, I need to take them to the recycling station. I can't believe how much stuff I have that can be recycled, and feel really really good that I didn't send it to the land fill. Oprah did a Going Green show and that is what got me started. Thank god for Oprah! I love the animal shelters too. My last kitty "Jack" who I just lost, came from our local shelter and he was such a great cat. I will probably get another when I'm ready, from the shelter. I just hate going there and leaving without taking them all with me. Especially the dogs. They just seem so scarred and sad. Jennifer Pre-surgery week insomnia. Kris, I was wondering if you have ever thought of a healing package? I don't want to give you more work but a thought. I don't read much when I am really ill and I can't even go on the computer. I shot my TV, except for DVDs'. So I thought it would be nice for a book on CD read by your loving posse, they could read their own parts or a pro could depending on schudules and stuff. It would have healing music, and deep relaxation section all done by the best. Just a thought at 4:30am. mary aka mhc It is so hard to get your mind to turn off when you are worried about something. Especially something like surgery. I'm sure everything will go well and I'm sending you peacefull healing vibes. I've been struggling with insomnea myself. Not sleeping has a chain reaction on your health and mental state, and you need to be really strong for your surgery, so do whatever you need to do. Baths, Chamomile tea, soothing music. I think taking a supplement called melatonin helps you sleep too, but you should research that. We are here for you. Jennifer Hi Kris, thank you from one of your new Philips fans. I am no hippie (but could be). You helped me connect with some feelings that will help me deal with an adult daughter in distress. With love, some would call me "big daddy". You can too. Jennifer and mary aka mhc - Prior to a major surgery, my sweet baby sister sent me a wonderful CD - "Preparing for Surgery: Guided Imagery Exercises for Relaxation and Accelerated Healing". It's available on amazon.com. I had never done any kind of meditation and I found it extremely helpful. I even used it some nights post-surgery, when I was in pain and couldn't sleep. Just a suggestion for you : ) Hope it helps - as well as so many lifting you in prayer at our electronic altar. xoxo Mo Hello Loves, Kris Don't worry about the flavoids folks if we love the enough they will get guilty and go away. Wow so much is going on today. We have two Becky's so.... Becky with scans today... You are on my every fifteen minute major prayer list and my breath prayer list. Peace be in you with you and around you. Duncan explains God as being enveloped in a warm bath of love and just floating there. That is this blog and we are holding you tight so you will not fall. Becky B. and all the newbies.. welcome and please stay.. this is great. It is such a powerful thing to form a community and make positive changes in your lives well before you stump a toe much less get canser or any disease. I am becoming more convinced than ever that these foods and this method is the cure for all disease stored in the sanskrit writings we have been looking for forever.. the Askian tablets from Alexander the greats hiding places. All religious scholars have heard of them but not all beleive. I do.. Duncan has ALS- Lou Gehrigs disease from a virus he caught as a special ops in the military. Well he had his check up this month and that little auto-immune bugger is failing. He dropped 500 points in his trygl., has a chol. of 130 and for a man who was completely wheelchair bound, and had HAD diabetes.. He can now walk almost a mile. Has no diabetes and had very few seizures as a matter of fact he hasn't had one this month. That is down from 6 a day.. Dr. Bav clued me in to lots of nutrition books and we flew with this program. Precious heart that she is. By the way Bav if your reading the cancer dead paperwork has converted my brother in law.. hahaha We did it God did it... just a little time.. the proof is in the vegan pudding. haha.. Gooney.. you honor me.. I accept and cannot wait to see your face at the retreat in april 2009. Save up everyone.. I have paid for the building. Beds for forty bathroooms handicap accessible and the beach.. private bayhouse.. all you have to do is drive into Mobile and we will pool grocery money. I cannot wait.. this is for everyone.. bring the kids dont.. whatever.. just come. Cathy we are having miracles by the day doll you are the third. WHOWOOOOOHOOO! Clint- we are all in love with you secretly you know that. Congrads and celebrate.. Duncan and I are dancing the happy dance for you. Hurrah! Capi's wife You are doing great and an inspiration. Keep on posting woman. Mary I have Eat, Love Pray on my ipod it is so calming. I know surgery is scary, you will feel so much better after it is done. You are on my 15 minute list bigtime...too. I think the healing pack is a beautiful idea. We should make one up and have a rotation on sending it around. So if I have a book, cd and relaxing items... I send them to say Mary for her surgery, next person on surgery list gets sent it then the next.. then all the love and notes and energy gets there along with the book, cd, and whatever you wanted to add. Then again if Kris wants to sell one.. that would be great too. Well guys.. I have a prayer request I have a family with a child that has acute lymphatic leukemia and is sick,,,, the Mom is frantic because she is about to loss everything we have gotten the heat turned back on but for only 25 days and they need to go home.. and wont.. so pray for them.. They cannot foot this huge bill and keep their son and daughter in heat or food and they are insured. It is just a mess.. We will work it out but adding a dash of prayers and a pinch of love wont hurt. Kris.. I love the book.. and cannot wait for the discussion. Off to work. I needed a break.. Sorry this is so long. Love you all... prayers are also with Tae always.. and poopslinger stay around more.. your name makes me smile and your words touch my heart. Peace, Love and Veggies.. Duncan is joining our little group... that will be so nice.. he feels like he knows everyone and has kept up everyday.. and guess what.. He can spell.. Becky check in asap and let us know how you are from the scans and martha... how are you today? I am praying for you.. don't all will be fine. Hugs. Callie I haven't posted in ages. 2008 has been a rough year for me. That being said - I'm certain not as awful as it has been for others or could be. But I've come to realize that it's ok to admit that you're going through hard stuff, even though someone else may be going through something you see as "harder". It's still happening to you and it's still something you have to deal with. Anyway - My partner and I broke up JUST before New Years, I hurt my back on New Years day - which meant I couldn't work out and I'm still slowly working back into being active. I love running so that's been hard. And of course dealing with the break up. We lived together all January until he found a place he could move into (today). Other little things that just seem to add up when you're aleady dealing with something hard. Let's just say I lived off ice cream and cookies for a bit there. Hopefully I'll get back on track with the healthy here. I know it'll make me feel better but I really just didn't care. So with all this I just haven't been around online. I'm not certain how I'll handle Feb as I think that's when things will really hit home as I'll be living by myself. Anyway, thanks for the reminder that we're all just a great community here no matter what our health or state in life. PS: I got the PH Miracle book for xmas (ironically from my now ex-bf.) and am starting to read that and am hoping to follow up with some detoxing once I get back to a routine and am a bit more 'myself'. Aw welcome to everyone! Especially you newbies who don't have canser and for one reason or another, felt they didn't fit in. EVERYONE fits in here, that's what makes this group so awesome. Goony- I totally agree with the recycling sentiment. Once people educate themselves and really realize just HOW MUCH of every single thing you buy, purchase, use, touch, whatever, can be recycled, you'll find your recycling bin basically overflowing every week (mine does, it's almost got a life of it's own, honest, I named him George). I highly recommend every one take the time to educate themselves and learn about what can be recycled, why it can be recycled, and where you can take it in your area. Oh! And bring your own grocery bags! Lots of grocery stores, most actually, now offer you a discount if you bring your own bags and not to mention it helps eliminate TONS of waste. It's a win win. Hello to Kris and all the other folks in this wonderful GOD sent community. I tell you I had to stop crying before I try typing and posting again. I am just getting the hang of get’n around using things on this blog, seems I erase everything at least once during trying to post. I’m getting it tho……..just slow. Kris I am so proud of you, you have seen your path clearly and you are following your journey of love. I feel that love all of us feel that love. LOVE is something that makes the world go round, it is love from the heart in sharing and caring like you and all of us here, sharing and caring what a little thing to have such a BIG effect. I love all of your ideas! I will check Michael Pollan's latest book out. I am really aware of our food problems, and that it is a MAJOR problem and needs to be dealt with. It is so very important to get involved in buying local grown food, support local and you will be supporting your good health. BUY ORGANIC! I would like to share a little of what I have been dealing with as far as having insurance or the lack of. I live in the state of Oregon and for the first time in several years the state is opening up a lottery for 10,000 people in the state to get a basic health care plan. For one month they will except applications, then pick the lucky ones from a drawing……… I hope I’m one of the lucky ones, my nurse practitioner then tells me he could do more to help me if I can get it. BOY I can not tell you how that made me feel, knowing if I had money or insurance I could get help, this health care only available to folks with lots of money or good insurance something has to be done. A lot of folks in this country are suffering because of this. Your book and documentary have made me feel like ok I can do this or give it a dang good run for what energy I have left, I still have fight, I’ve been spunky, I got gumshion, I can do this ! Now I have this WONDERFUL COMMUNITY! I hope I will have something to share. I’m good at sharing my heart. Having all of you to share with is helping immensely. Plus I’m having to use the dictionary and reading more than I ever have, and I’m typing with 91/2 fingers…………..not so bad. My LOVE and thanks to ALL. Laura Kris, Thanks for the welcome. I have read your book, seen your movie and I try to read your blog almost everyday. I personally do not have cancer, but am surrounded by it. My husband had kidney cancer 2 years ago, my mother had breast cancer a year ago, best friend had skin cancer, co-works, other family members. I so enjoy how upbeat and uplifting you are. I have learned so much from reading your book and watching your movie. You are inspiring, as well as all the other women (and men) who are apart of the Canser community. Thank you, each and everyone of you are a blessing. Hello Kris & Others- Great blog! This is only the second one I've read, so I'm not even a lurker yet, but I did LOVE the TLC movie and saw you on Oprah too. So inspiring. I have bookmarked this back porch. I'll need to go back and figure out why you spell it CanSer. I've battled 3 different types of CSC myself. First dx was 13 years ago at age 22. It is a part of me but does not define me. I am always looking for ways to prevent #4 and continuously improve my lifestyle through nutrition, exercise, meditation. Sounds like this town just may help with all that and more! Sorry about all the deleted comments. Too sleepy. thanks everyone for the borrowed courage. My firewall can go down now and be call....Mary flavonoid dude go advertise some where else, you have made a pest of your self and you dont even talk you just take space with your adds, please stop or at least come out with some words so you fit in. advertising is not sharing and that is what this is all about. your like a high pressure salesman, in other words fast eddy and his suitcase company, speak up or leave gracefully. Thanks very much for the info on flavonoids! Hello Again! I want to go raw but I don't know where to start!! I am a vegan right now and I want to make my diet 60-70 percent raw. Any ideas on where I should start? I have a juicer and a blender.. I make a smoothie for breakfast every morning of frozen fruit, ginger, a banana and hemp or almond milk. I am not sure if those milks are considered raw? And I don't know what I should eat the rest of the day. Can someone help me!! :) Thanks so much!! I love this community! P.S. Today is my 24th birthday (hence the urge for change!) Thanks again! Lauren N. Are you guys getting spam mail now? Lauren N- I highly recommend the following books for newbies (besides Kris' gorgeousnesss!) The Raw Food Detox Diet (this book has specific stages and levels, and is one of the best books I've come across) The Raw Gourmet (fantastic, fantastic, fantastic) Welcome to the world! If you have any questions or need any help don't hesitate to ask! Thank You Dee, I have a book by David Klein.. I have crohns disease and his book says a vegan raw diet is best for that, so I am going to re-read that as well. I will check those other books out too. Thank you so much!! Lauren N Hi all: Re Mary's question about spam. I haven't gotten any yet. And you can probably put flavonoids on your list of blocked words on your spam filter. It won't help our town, but it will at least keep your personal mailbox litter free. I wonder if this person is using some kind of web crawler that just automatically finds blog communities talking about cancer. So he/she may not even know about this community and the effect he/she is having. (Except, now that I think of it, "this blog does not allow anonymous comments." So somewhere along the line, a human being in the Netherlands has to be paying attention to this. If only to type in the gobbledy-gook in the word verification box below.) Anyway, on to bigger/better subjects! Looking forward to reading Michael Pollan! Jamie: We have missed you...I know you will get back on the csc bus as soon as you are feeling in the groove. Falling off the horse is ok... just got to get back on! Bav: Thinking of you, keeping you in my prayers. Post and let us know what we can do to help. Deb debbiedoesraw.blogspot.com Love your ideas, where do you find all of them??? Goony, Thanks for chiming in about recycling and animal shelters. I am so sorry for the loss of your beloved Jack! I understand how greatly devasting that is. My pets are family. In continuation of our discussion, I think a healthy planet leads to healthy inhabitants. We need a healthy planet to grow healthy food, so we can eat organic/raw and not worry that our "raw organic" food is grown in soil polluted by runoff from a landfill or junkyard. I love this community. I think everyone here is open to making this planet healthier in our own pursuits of personal health. Compassion for others also is key. We are blessed to be living in this country. As I type, the atrocities in Darfur continue. This is purely unacceptable. It is overwhelming to think of the troubles in this world caused by humans. We can help. Even if every person does just one thing to make this world a better place, it will add up. Recycling, green living, donate time, money, or items to a chosen charity. Reach out to someone. Educate people. Kris & fellow bloggers--Thank you all for a creating a forum for such discussions! Just read today's news--2 mentally retarded women used to strap remote control bombs to, detonated in Baghdad pet bazaars--73 people killed. Unimaginable. It has to stop. Ilike the idea of passing a healing package around. Sounds like positive vibes. On a quick note: My daugther explained to me about hacking. White hat: Police or FBI theyprevent hackers from hacking into personal information. Grey Hat: someone who hacks for fun and pranks. Practical jokers. Black Hat: are people who try to shut down web site or blogs through hacking. I will put that word in my spam folder now. This will be the last time I mention it, because of the high the guy is getting over this site. Poooor sad person. Callie: You are too cute.... I love that with Life's big load that you carry, you are SO strong still to reach out to other people. It gives me a warm fuzzy on Steroids that your dancing again ! Clint I need a major immunity boost! I think I'm sick cuz I slacked off a bit on my raw diet, but I'm not sure. I've started working with kids again, which always end up getting me sick. It's pretty frustrating because my future plans will have me working with children in hospitals. I am always going to be working with kids, so I don't want to keep getting sick. Back when I was 19 I worked full-time at a daycare for a year and was sick every other week. seriously. I know that's supposed to happen, but I thought I would've built up an immunity toward the end of the year. Nope! And I'm always washing my hands. What do I do? Today I drank lots of juice, and ate salad to give my body a break. I'm hoping that along with affirmations of "I will be over this tomorrow" will help. But does anybody have any other suggestions? Now on a side note, this is an example of the kind of post I would delete because it's a little whiny :) Kris-- Thank you for all that you do for our sweet community. Me, I'm living la vida loca with all my canc and non-canc friends...one breath, one moment at a time. om, om, om Lauren, Ester-C. That works for me. I think you will like it. Some people like "airborne"--it is like an alka seltzer tablet. But it is herbs and can interfere if you are taking a prescription med. Let us know if you try it. Lauren~ this works amazingly for me- hope it will do the same for you- (if you are on a blood thinner-or have a condition that warrants risks of thinner blood then don't do this because oregano oil and garlic oil are natural blood thinners..(and actually most herbs are blood thinners, some can be taken, some cannot, alot of which can be taken with caution even if you got thin blood issues-talk to your doctor etc.)also disclaimer lol I'm not a doctor, this is just what I do for me and it works great. I take Ester C 1pill 3x a day(its a form of vitamin c that's way easier for your body to digest), the huge thing is- Oil of Oregano! its a natural antibiotic that kicks major butt! with out the gross side effects of an 'prescribed antiboitics' lol. I get mine from gnc- in a tincture and I take 10 drops in morning and 2-10 drops at night depending on how I feel. (you can try just a few drops of oil at first of the oregano just to make sure your body is ok with it, because 10 drops is a lot at first-my body is used to it etc.)then I take 4 garlic oil pills (another kick butt natural antibiotic) 2 in the morning, 2 at night...take the garlic with the oregano oil..the oregano oil helps combat the the garlic odor breath lol! oregano works like a parsley in that it gets rid of odor -it really works-but don't take the garlic 'powder'pills or the garlic odorless pill, they are useless- it needs to be the actually oil of garlic for full effect..anyway, then i don't drink any coffee, but drink alot of antioxidant tea,lemon tea,echineacha tea,and i don't exercise while I'm fighting a cold/sick...conserve your energy and let your body heal...anyway i kill off a cold almost immediately doing this routine. Also as a side note oregano oil as an awesome natural anit-inflammatory and works great for pain. even arthritis etc. (my cousin has a bad knee and she takes 5 drops of oregano oil a day and it keeps all the pain away lol ...before the oregano oil she used to take IB brophen everyday, then switch to naproxen , and just go back and for for years..now she takes nothing except for the oregano oil.) Lauren~ oh! and don't forget to be taking your whole food multi vitamins everyday. Lauren~ oh yeah maybe you can also take some Flavonoids! NOT! lol granola~ my friend did you get my comment on the other (final party)post yesterday? thanks for thinking of me! :) I cant believe that crazy sad story about those women! that's just horrific! I love how you are all about animal rescue! :) all my crazy lovely pets are rescues over the years :) 6 starving stray rescue cats, a rescue Labrador from a kill shelter, and an unwanted sweet lovebird lol...I got me a zoo here- but I love and adore them all! Hey gang...I think we should probably stop using the "F" word, just in case this is on some automated system that's looking for likely forums. The more the word is used, the more likely the automated system might feel (if systems can feel)that CSC Town is a good place to set up shop. lol your right! I think I egged it on that time oops LOL, sorry kris! I am very calm, sitting by my community...then a phone call. Come in Monday for one more invasive test before surgery. I said "No" it is my body, and I am tired of the invasiveness of testing. All day I have had an vision on my mind. All of us sitting on a huge wrap around, white porch, cream yellow house. Chatting over lemonade and granola bars. Mixing and making sure everyone feel welcomed. Fresh fruit slice laying on platters. A fresh veggie bar taking customized orders according to illness or health needs. Canser free children flying balloons. Waiting to hear about Becky's scan . . . Feeling lousy myself today. Have had stomach issues all week (related to Aunt Flo--for some reason, sometimes I bloat all up and my belly hurts for several days, like it's full of gas) and although yesterday was pretty good, I didn't eat a lot and last night had a glass of wine. Woke up with a headache and a hungover stomach. Going to go high raw the rest of the weekend, lots of juicing, no sugar or alcohol, and see if I can get back on track. Been into the sugar a bit this week, too, and that doesn't help. In fact, I'm ready to rethink this "fruit til noon" thing I've been doing a la Natalia Rose. Because I don't have canSer, I didn't see a big reason not to do it, but I dunno that it makes me feel that good. But a green juice at 7:30 isn't enough to get me through the morning without getting lightheaded and woozy by 9:30. Anyone got any great ideas for raw breakfast that's not fruit and not another juice? Mary, we crossed in cyberspace. Of course you said no to the new invasive test! Isn't surgery enough?! I love your image of the house with the porch. I also see tall green limeades, straight from the juicer . . . Thank you SO much apmonkey!! You're too funny. Maybe I will try the "f" word. Ya know, we now have a new obscene "f" word. Cool right? I'm gonna use it instead of the other obscene "f" word whenever I'm frustrated. Hey there, I was sitting in a MRI scanner on a couple of occasions in the past couple weeks and it gave me lots of time to think of all the wonderful people on this blog. I love the energy. I don't have cancer myself though my neuro brought it up 3 times during my last meeting (and that I should still consylt with a GP because it all isn't his specialty)...insane I think....but he just wants me to take care of myself and be aware of what's going on in this wild and wonderful body of mine ("as there are so many so many slow growing things out there we have to be vigilant") so with that I join the group. Lauren....The oregano oil is great. I also use it to stop colds in their tracks. A couple of drops under the tongue every few hours. I usually do this for two days. Pump up the probiotics and drink plenty of yummy green tea. Be well, Joy Hello everyone. Basic Me, thank you, you put a smile on my face today. I finally found a community I want to be a part of. I look forward to posting, reading and getting to know all of you. found out today my bosses wife has canser, so the first thing I did after work was buy her a copy of Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips. I hope she enjoys it as much as I have. I wil be thinking of all of you, stay positive!!! Holla to Poopslinger! Love reading your posts! Way cool re: rescued animals. You are awesome! Also, never heard of the oil of oregano--I am definately going to try it! And yes, I did read your post on the last blog :) Lauren--love your pic-cat sleeping on coat hangers. Laura--No health ins? BIG problem in this country! Can't imagine you have to win the lottery--even then, no guarantee of coverage! That reminds me, did anyone find this buried story (check cbs.com, business) Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company - $40.6 billion HMMMM....... Kris, thanks for including everyone on your blog. I was so moved by your documentary and all the research you have done. I do not have cancer and I don't want to wait until I have it to get myself in optimal health. Thanks for giving us the tools to do that. I've been passionate about nutrition for years because of some health problems, but you're my kick in the butt to take it to the next level! I never thought to do wheatgrass shots or green shakes, now I love them...thanks! I'm even going to go to the Institute for Integrative Nutrition to spread the love and help others. I hope we can join forces to make a difference in the lives of many (of course, you've already done that!). Thanks so much for your inspiration! See you in Charleston! Good luck to everyone out there recovering...you are amazing! Anne, I love Natalia Rose's book too and have been trying to keep up with the level three menu but, like you, I get lightheaded in the morning if I only green juice, then fruit, so I've ventured out to this Ani's Raw food kitchen which I've found some good recipes in. You can actually watch the video on youtube and she guides you through the process. It was quite tasty. Here's the link: Good luck! Thanks, hard to stand up to people in white when you feel vulnerable. Good I am wearing my "she is trouble" pjs to the hospital. I know about the fruit in the morning. I have been cheating and using brown rice to help me. I have to keep my strength up for surgery. don't want to do to much to soon. As for pet rescue: Save a 10# dog. Anne, Oops!, I forgot to mention what the breakfast was on the youtube video link that I posted: it's a nut based "scramble" (almonds, sunflower seeds and more) that looks kind of like eggs in the end, served over baby spinach. I ate it for breakfast and it kept me very full. Sarah. Forgot: I too felt the cyperspace connection. It was spiritual. On the white coats part, I must say that...Hey since we are in the neighborhood....and we could take that ??? growth out too. Just Tooooo Much!!! I have something to keep me busy. Two of my friends: one her dad needing prayer alhymerzes. The other, after one year marriage on the rocks. I guess I don't have time to go quietly insane. One of my babies sisters who battle a aggressive form of breast canser set up a spa day for me before surgery. God bless the girl. Hi All, I truly appreciate each and every one of you and I would like you to know that. I admire this community and definitely want to be part of it- i may not believe colonics have enough evidence to back it's benefit up but I am trying to keep an open mind and would not discourage someone in my practice from doing it,if there is no potential harm. your words and your support on this blog give me great comfort. your desire for a strong healthy happy life can be contagious-esp when one is exhausted and forgets all about that.Your genuine support for each other reminds me of the good in this world and your honesty is refreshing. I have lost a friend to cancer because of someone like the flavaperson, who sells false hopes.often i wonder if i listened then to her hopes of what macrobiotic can do and suggest ot her it is a great idea if she would combine it with chemo.instead i told her i did not believe there is any evidence this alone would work .I deeply regret not having an open mind then and tuning in to her holistic quest.Maybe if i have listened to her she would have listened to me in return and have gave her self a chance of recovery with another round of chemo after recurrence of her ovarian tumor.Instead she risked her life with a herbalist that claimed he had the cure! I am bitter ,sad and angry when i think of her. your community helps my healing process.I admire and respect your intelligent approach in the combination of modern and alternative med and not choosing one over the other.I am now a strong believer in the importance of promoting the integrative approach in my region,esp when silly voices similar to the flavo person are unopposed.The logical combination of two schools is the answer and you do not underestimate the person own power in the recovery process.(vs beleiveing it is all the meds/procedure.etc) To me sexy crazy cancer the documentary , the book and the community.Is about all what Kris mentioned in this post . in all honesty I thank Kris for giving us a wake up call! to remind us through her story to push the pause button and re-evaluate what truly matters.It is also a chance to heal open wounds and not ignore them. have a great weekend everyone Reem sorry about grammer/spelling errors in my post macrobiotic =macrobiotic diet YAY!!! I'd love for that to be the first book ... it just so happens I bought that at B&N just the other week. Sounds very interesting. My life has taken some remarkable turns since becoming a part of this community. I have learned a great deal about life, health, strength and the power of love. This community is such a beautiful and bountiful source of energy that is available for anyone and everyone to tap into --- hop on the bandwagon! YEEHAW! ;) Because so many people think I am ridiculous to eat a vegan and/or raw diet it would be great if Crazy Sexy Cancer helped us find each other by location...so if we choose to we could meet away from the computer. We could also form Crazy Sexy Cancer Lifestyle Groups. I live in New York's Hudson Valley. Thank you so much for the invitation, Kris. I've always visited your blog for inspiration, and your special brand of humour. Now I'll feel free to post. It's always fun to be new in town and to meet a community of diverse people. Yours is so very welcoming and enriching. light, love, peace + joy, Di Good morning family, Since is is a favorite topic on this blog and I need to be "moved", I'm going to ask for your experiences and ideas. Poo. I haven't in days and I have been stuffing as much fiber into me that I'm starting to feel like a cornucopia. Still, nothing. Combining foods properly (most of the time...dinner in my down fall), juicing every day, drinking tons of water. What gives? Hey Kris, I am a subscriber to Natural Health magazine and every month they send me an email asking me to vote on which cover I like better. Today they sent me the one you are on!! I had to choose between the one you are on and another cover with a model on it.. of course, I chose your cover!! Yay! Can't wait to get this issue!!! Tae...go buy a fleet enema, fill it with pure water or add some wheat grass...after a few tries at it you will feel lighter and not so stopped up. Sorry, it works! deb Tae - Do you take a probiotic? I take one everynight before bed and it keeps things moving along. Jennifer Reem - You can't take responsibility for your friends passing. That is just not fair to you or her. You were being a good friend to her and giving her the best advice that you had. Maybe another approach would have worked, maybe it wouldn't. She would not want you to be feeling guilty. I am watching my father-in-law pass from cancer right now, and I hope I can follow my own advice. Not because I'm trying to talk him out of this way of fighting cancer, but because I can't talk him into it. He just won't eat vegetables. I'm trying to make peace with the fact that it is his life and he needs to do what he feels is right for him. The best we can do is be supportive and wrap them in a blanket of love. Jennifer Good Morning all! So good to be back and no longer a lurker! It is nice to have a warm community to come to share, learn from, and inspire. Callie, thanks for shout out! And I must say that I have never been so excited for someone I didn't know! Although I feel like I have come to know you through reading this blog. I am so very happy for your good news!! You must feel amazing girl! You rock! And what an inspiration you are! My dad was diagnosed in April with pancreatic cancer. He had a successful surgery, although he opted not to do the chemo they recommended for him. The doc said 8-12 months without doing the chemo. But who knows. Unfortunately he is not into this kind of stuff. Our relationship is not a close one but I still try to tell him about all the great things that I am doing for my health. It is so frustrating and sad for me to know that he doesn't seem to want to do anything to get well. I know all of this would help....I so believe it. But I guess you can't make someone else see it. I guess it is that part of me that just wants to save him. I know that I can't but the little girl inside me still wants to try.... Thanks Kris for such a wonderful inspiring place you have created! Hugs to all, Cathy :) Reem..I am so sorry. What an awful feeling when we think we have let someone down. Then they are gone...how can we do our the patch up work with the dead? I too have had a close mind. I am being tested for ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer has a small survival rate. 20% even after all the chemo and surgery. No guarantees. So diet, exercise ect will give me an extra edge. Do you know I can't find one ovarian support group in town. Their just mostly breast. Most ovarians don't survive even with the best tx. Because it goes to you colon next and so on.It was a blessing to see in CSC to ovarian canser beaters. I saw what chemo has done to other family members. Not pretty. Canser tx can leave you with PTSD. A second and third round would be hard to do. Emotionally, physically or spiritually. Also, sometimes white coats give no hope, So what is a person with canser to do to feel a little power: diet exercise, vitamins, boosting the immune system is all we may have. It gives us hope, control and sense of powerful;over a somewhat powerless foe. I truly hurt for you. Hope you can find a way to make peace with yourself. Your friend I know is in a better place. Like my cousin Stevie who died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after he refused a second dose of chemo. I tried to save him. Puny me. try to save him. He had made his decision and had peace with it. I supported him, I supported him in something I knew was wrong.. Good Morning Everyone. Can you believe it is Saturday. What a week. M.h.c.- if you need to call someone at 3 am and need a voice call... honey.. I hate the hospital as you all know. Anyone here is a line. I am here and will certainly listen..251-648-6510. You may have to leave one message and I will call back asap. I truely believe that you did the right thing. Here is the way I think about it. If we do not say no to the medical establishment sometimes we feel so powerless. My oncologist knows I need time to think over what will be done to me. He threw a lung and lymph node biopsy in on me and we went 9 rounds. You can always go back for that or have it later if needed. Take your time it is your body. How are you? I hope all is better today and you can hear the birds singing and the sunshining. Almost over darlin' I am holding your hand thru cyberspace. Becky-I am holding my breath waiting on your to check it. I know all went well. But I am still praying and sending you all the ggod vibes I cam thing of. OH Anyone who needs an ear just call. Sherry... shake it baby shake it!!! Congrads my gorgeous friend. WHOOO hoooo.. what a land mark. Jamie february is going to be your month darling. You home will be your own private canyon ranch spa. Perfect foods prepared for you on your on fav. dishes crack out the china and crytal. Long baths with new books and spa pedis and mani on demand. You get control of the click and can sleep in the middle of the bed. Dont worry about the cookies and the choc. all of us need a holiday and you had one.. just get on the good food horse and your feelings will sore. Make them die over the bod... summer is coming and feeling good and being in the sunshine will make life seem like it is perfect. I am sorry you have gone thru all of this. Sometimes God just clears our paths becaue he has something sooo much better in mind for us.. eve though we cant see it.. Just wait miracles are coming. And be ready and lovely from loving your self for a while. Laura... I am going to give you a beatin' no... call me asap.. this is what I do honey.. get meds and treatment for folks who dont have insurance and help them get on some insurance. And we might be able to lobby a bit and get you on that plan. GO TO basicmissions.com and write me and call that number. Now dont worry if you dont want to.. that is cool too. But seriously I may be able to help. It is worth a try. If nothing else we can get the meds paid for for a year and that can give you some relief and some good care. lauren you are ahead of the game. Look in the back of Kris' book and there is a list of healing food books . Go to Debbie does raw who posts here web page.. she is amazing..on the foodie stuff Anne- eat.. honey..you will die on wone green smoothie in the a.m. find something on the diet. Saute greens and warm tofu or miso soup is so good in the morning although watch the soy. Reem- I know the fear that goes with the colonics.. But honey if I may be a nut. But Kris said I will would feel better so I did it and am doing it. Enemas and all and by gingo it works.. Gets those toxic particles out of your body. Take it slow. Start with the enemas. Oh and on the subject of getting things out of us.. aloe is amazing.. Duncan takes a lot of meds for pain and that causes things to pile up.. so this has helped him so much. One Tablespoon of aloevera each morning and voila.. working like clockwork.. we both are. Now that the diet is in full swing the problem goes away unless under stress.. Tae honey you are under stress.. add some aloe and relax .. walking helps to.mobility = motility. shake is baby. I hope all is well with you. OK.. ladies.. spread the word about basicmissions.com being able to help on the health care end.. and medicaid and disablity and extra food stamps if you need them to help with the high cost of eating green and 80/20 it can be expensive while sick. I am not saying I can help everyone but I do this all day so if you guys need me you go to the front of the list your my family. Clint.. hugs.. I am dancing today on my new leg and singing all day at the top of my lungs I kissed the dragon!!! I cannot wait to read your post. Duncan sends his love. It will be a hard day for him today. The mail didn't bring his prescriptions and his morphine should have arrived. Life.. so we may be biting the bullet today. But with all the blessings we have had.. he is happy.. and he is superman.. he would never ask for prayers but hey.. you know me.. OH and Kris' you can add askimet to your site. I think it is a download.. you can open it to approve all bloggers except some with the parameters your put up.. just words or phrases.. It works great. Duncan wanted you to know that and you don't have to approve each message. Ask your web people about that.. if you want. OK.. Love you all. Sorry this is long. I have been missing you guys ... Jennifer my love.. you are inspirational... gooney is one of my favorite wordss... it means precious. Peace love and veggies. Callie Welcome all new lurkers! WOW, WOW, WOW. Come out come out where ever you are. This is great! Couple O' things before the next post (which by the way will be by my Crazy Sexy hubby - yup, he too is a lurker who really wants to chat now. Granola - you bring up very import issues so I must officially elect you to the town counsil. True empowerment is a result of fierce activism. Couch potatos don't make leaders. So funny you mentioned the exxon earnings. I have been physically ill this week especially when I read an article in my local paper about people being forced to give up, abandon, or euthanize their pets because they can no longer pay for the feed due to the high price of oil and gasoline. But hey, Go Exxon! When we start to take better care of ourselves we shift our consciousness, we push away the fog and notice our precious green earth turning brown. If we mess that up then where will we get the nutritious veggies so needed for our alkalinity? The distorted and vicious power we have over the weakest members of our global community (especially our animal pals) creates a devasting pollution that is both spirit and physical. "Give it to me now, use it once and throw it out, I'm rich and I'm all about me so screw you." Hmmm, very immature don't ya think? This is such an important time in our countries history. Who will we elect? 100 more years of occupation and suffering in Iraq or a new regime with hopefully some new ideas and a few apologies? And how about some frickin' healthcare! I'm sick of lining the pockets of the drug companies, how about you? How did we come to live in a country where doctors are forced to ask the permission of corporations? Hmmm. PS. Republicans and Democrats are BOTH welcome in our town. This isn't about further isolation, it's about an honest conversation so that we can all make choices from an informed place. Cancer is an inner global warming, our flowing rivers turn stagnant and our terrain wilts - depleted and barren. As we clean up so must we clean up the world around us. Recycle, reuse and conserve. It feels so good to make a difference. go granola! Keep the chat going love. On another note, we all walk our own paths, we can preach and praise all we want but we can't pull the flower to force it to grow. we can't absorb the burden of changing a man/woman. Bottom line: The only time we can truly change a person is when they are in diapers! Change is a personal revelation/revolution. The light bulb switch is located on the inside of the individual challenged to wake up. Let go of the guilt and the frustration. When I was a macrobiotic nobody could tell me that I wouldn't be cured from rice. NOBODY! I had to find out on my own, to carve my own path. Some folks will never believe in the power the body has to heal itself. Bless them. Some folks truly believe that western medicine is the devil. Bless them. Our truth in this town is that we must remain open to both as we educate ourselves and take responibilty for what we can. To answer a few other questions: Yes, we will have a location on either the forum or the new site where you can list your location and create an actual meet up support group! Recipes too. Tae: In a pinch you can also try Solaray's Cal/Mag Citrate 1:1 ratio. I take 6 before bed when needed and yes, a probiotic too. I think you are just stressed and holding for obvious reasons. To everyone waiting for test results this week: Breathe.....right now, breathe......The town will rally around you. No matter what you hear, you have a home and a place here. Ok, off to the dump to recycle, then Brian and I are going to the bookstore to get started on the book club selection. Maybe the gym too. yuck. More soon.... I was feeling lousy since the two day detox. So because it is before next weeks events. I am going slower. I was having the worst headaches and sugar cravings. Lot of fruit here to help that. Pre-diabetic...so I do you balance sugar and the lightness in the brain. Udo Oil? Melons for not pooing. Dearest Mary ,thank you for you words and as a white coat I would like to share something with you,SCIENCE IS NOT COMPLETE AND STUDIES ARE NOT PERFECT. What you were told about if you take 100 women with ovarian ca and follow them post chemo for 5 years, around 25 will be disease free after 5 yrs is true.However remember this is a mixed bag it is the 80 yr old woman with 20 yr old assumed to be the same.the aggressive tumor with the less aggressive.The main problem is not the aggressiveness of the tumor but th late diagnosis.PLEASE DO Not LET any number affect your spirits.when the test results are back you will know where you stand and will deal with it then-we are here for you .. to share the joy of knowing the results are negative and to support you if they are not. you are not alone. Regarding chemo I think the perception of some people of it is worse than actually going through it.when I worked in the oncology floor and rotations some people had the biggest optimism and greatest strength-one of my friend's reasons to turn away from chemo is her fear from hair loss as it happened the first time around. I see women defy CanSer by refusing to be affected by that .. not only they wear the nicest scarves and hats one even went on to designing her own lounge collection ( where PJ and matching head pieces - oh and did i tell you she lived way beyond the months we white coats expected- she is one hell of a woman ,still alive after 6 yrs :) from meeting her, she meeds maintanance chemo every 3 weeks..)In other words you are thinking of the dark side of chemo, but even my friend was canSer free after chemo for some time and she would have gone to remission again if she gave herself that chance.Chemo can silence a cancer and all the tools you mention diet,healthy lifestyle ..etc can help someone through the process and better prepare them for the journey. MARY ,I HAVE ONE REQUEST please listen to a number quoted as a percentage of cure or whatever and remember no one person is a number the number is just a POSSIBILITY.the more i work the more i believe it. Regarding support groups , there are a few online and one on facebook.I reached out to them when my friend made her mind and one of the ladies was nice enough to e-mail my friend and share her story which was similar.She also mentioned her mother who also had the tumor failed natural remedies alone and was combining the two treatments. I googled ovarian cancer and had many groups. all i joined at that time but cannot remember which exact one Holy was from. Thank you gain for your support and you know i mean it when I say we are really here for you if you ever need us. Jennifer..thank you for your words ..the blanket of love is where is hurts . bcs we had a huge fight when she made her choice .. i told her she had no right to be suicidal and the argument went own .. we did not talk for a yr before her death after 20 yrs of friendship.this is one of the things i am trying to come to peace with. all the best veryone Love Reem Forgetful me. On the subject of poo. This is quite inate...when a person is losing a lot...they hold onto a lot. It happened to me and hubby when we were with abuela. reem, thank you for the reassurance. I feel better now. Cathy, My husband also has pancreatic cancer & had succesful surgery, but he is doing the chemo. None of his doctors ever talked about time with us, thank God. I feel that with his treatments and by following a healthy lifestyle & diet he will be fine. All we can do is give it our all. I'm sorry your father doesn't want to do anything right now, but pancreatic cancer doesn't have a good outcome, maybe he just wants to enjoy the rest of his life without the side effects of the chemo. Maybe he will change his mind, but that is something only he can decide. Hi All, Wow, what a group! I, too, have been disgusted by Exxon. Until we all do our part, these huge oil companies are going to suck up way too much money. When I walk here, I usually go through a park that has lots of games going on on the weekends. I counted in one row, 15 out of the 16 cars are huge SUV's. Also, lots of Hummers down here. I'm not saying if you own an SUV you're an awful person, but in Scottsdale AZ you really don't need one! I've driven a Prius for 5 years & people always ask me, does it have enough "pick up". If I was racing in the Indy 500, I'd have to say no. The car is great. The newer ones get better mileage, mine gets about 46 miles per gallon, I guess the new ones can get up to 60! Before this car I had a VW Beetle, so I guess I am a hippie! (LOts of people will comment on my striped pants I wear, I can't help it, I'm addicted to stripes!) Not exactly professional wear for a pharmacist, but I wear the toned down ones when I'm working. Callie, can you have Duncan's Dr. or an Urgent Care clinic write him a couple day Rx to get him through? Kris, going to check out Pollan's book today on my long walk can cut past the book store. Good ideas you have for future topics. My best to all. Sue To Mary and all others who need a ray of hope and a liter of support STAT! For support go to Daily Strength.. it is an online community... you will also get tons of support from give it to me raw.com another online community.. I have a group I lead called cancer survivors..come join us! Lots of hope there.. On the subject of HOPE.. the best four letter word next to LOVE:) I am listening to a book on tape that is AMAZING and it is written by a hemo/onc dr...read it, listen to it.. just get it... It should be on your hit list right after Kris' CSC.. you need it in your arsenal people. It is called 'THE ANATOMY OF HOPE'.. and it is freakin amazing to hear all the case histories, including oncs that came down with the very same diseases they treat...their responses will suprise and enlighten you. The author is Jerome Groopman.. I am sure the library has it. Hope is so important, it is all we have, it is what Kris gives us, Callie, Tae, Goony, Bav, Jennifer, Lauren, Cllint, Micheal, they all give it to us.. we need it like we need oxygen. Hold onto the hope, never let it go.. it will be your miracle drug. love you all debbie debbiedoesraw.blogspot.com Come Vist Me! Tae- There's been SO many good suggestions for you, and while you say you've been drinking loads of water, anytime I'm 'backed up' I try to drink more than 1 gallon a day. Yes, it sounds like a lot, but it does your body good!! Besides that, I agree with everything everyone else said, Aloe Vera Juice and Probiotics are a God send but so are yoga, walking, Tai Chi and swimming. The more you stress about the 'no flow' zone, the more likely it is the 'no flow' zone will be out of business for quite awhile. As difficult as it may be, flood yourself with liquids, and give yourself a break! It's like anything else, the more you focus and harp/worry about it, the more likely it won't happen just because of the stress etc. A watched pot never boils you know? A watched colon never poops! It just has stage fright! Reem, Guilt is never a rational thing; it distorts all the faculties of the human mind, it perverts them, it leaves a person no longer in the full use of his reason, it puts him into confusion. by: Edmond Burke You were in a very emotional state of mind and made some decisions that you would never have done so otherwise. You were terrified of losing your friend. Now you punnish yourself because you think you need to suffer. The truth is that you made those decisions out of love and your friend knows this. She wouldn't want you to carry around so much pain and guilt because it will make you sick. Guilt is toxic. I don't want to make this about me, but trust that I know exactly what you are gonig through. I punished myself for a long time, and did end up getting sick. Your friend loves you and wants you to live a long, happy, healthy life. I'm sending you healing vibes today. Jennifer MHC - First I'd like to remind you that the studies done on the women with ovarian cancer were probably not done on CSC women who are healing their boddies with nutrition! So forget any numbers they have given you. You are not a part of that. Keep fighting with greens girl! Secondly, I have to tell you I love your big wrap around porch and pale yellow house. It happens to be on my bucket list. I daydream of a house like that all the time. I can taste the lemonade.......mmmm! Calming, healing vibes coming your way! Jennifer Hey Kris, I see what you are saying and agree with it.however from that experience and the sense of failure.. comes the drive to build the Arabic health information network.to help people make educated choices.like her herbalists , the voices that sell dreams need to have a loud counter voice to say"this what we know ,and you have that option of using the best of BOTH worlds" The web site i showed you is just one of the tools we will use,current URL is a demo ( talked some colleagues into it) .I am now trying securing the funds for it as it will be a sponsored project.when it comes to medical and health conditions it is very important ,i believe, for people to have resources in their own language.I will definitely keep you posted and everyone else here. you because I want your voice to be heard in another part of the world .it can make a difference. why share this with everyone else here, this is the happier ending I want to my story/smile .and It will happen,Godwilling.my intended launch date is late 08. for the health educators here,I found out from the pharmacists what they use when we consult them regarding drug/herbal interaction i find the monographs complete . other people here may find it beneficial, however it is only safe to use something after you talked to someone who understands your overall condition. hell i am beginning to sound like i am at work! .. sorry guys going for some green tea and veggie shopping Jennifer I appreciate every word you said and will keep it in mind, i agree with you ..i am trying t change the negative feelings to a positive energy..trying and will succeed but it is not easy as u know.Thank you ! have a great day everyone Callie - SHUT UP!!! Are you serious?! I had no idea that is what gooney meant. I just love the movie (goonies). My license plate even says goony (someone already took goonie). My favorite line is Goonies never say die! I love the whole message of that movie. Now I can smile more knowing it means precious!!! Jennifer Jennifer! That movie is MADE.OF.AWESOME. While I agree with what you said, I love that it means something sweeter (goony) I have to admit I too was thinking 'BUT DOWN HERE IS OUR TIME! OUR TIME!' and then going off on that big speech in my head. I know all of it by heart, I must have seen that movie at least 45 times. I was obsessed when I was little. Dee ! Yes, Yes, our time! LOL!! I was 12 when I first saw it. It was during the summer and I was spending a month with my grandparents. I watched that movie probably every day that month! Then about a year ago I bought it on DVD and now my children are hooked too. Jennifer Kris - Amen sister! I watched Oprah's show on recycling and going green and it made me a believer. There was a woman on the show that reminded me that just because the garbage men take our garbage way, doesn't mean it really goes away, it just goes someplace else. I went out the next day and bought 4 bins to put paper/plastic/metal/glass into. Please to go to find a recycling center in your area. It is right at the top of the page, just enter your zip code. It is simple! I found bins at sears.com for $9.00 a piece that stack, and have a flap that opens up on the top. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Jennifer Hi all: Did you notice the post from our friend in the Netherlands asking who is removing his/her posts? The gall amazes me so much I have to grin at it. If this person was so eager to be a member of the town, he/she would have picked up on the string that maybe a billboard might not be the best way to say, "Howdy neighbor." Now that we're on to movies, I see from Mary's own blog that she's a big fan of You Can't Take It With You. I LOVE that movie! The first time I ever went into a theater in a bad mood and came out in a great mood was when I saw that movie at an art house showing classic Jimmy Stewart films. I'd also like to recommend Joe Versus the Volcano (don't run me out of town! the popular opinion is that it's a terrible movie but it's brilliant! And it's all about fear and embracing life) and Defending Your Life Re Pets: There's a fantastic story in today's NY Times about a no-kill sanctuary in Kanab, UT, which is taking care of Michael Vick's pit bulls. (Talk about "immature," heh Kris? Imagine someone explaining his brutality as immaturity, which is what Vick did) Anyway, the reason why I bring this story up right now is that the dedication of the people who work at that sanctuary is profound. And, what I do for a living is write about people who love their work. Work, like exercise and nutrition, feeds the soul. And people who are in the wrong jobs are putting themselves at risk for soul cancer. But people who are in the jobs who are right for them can really change the world!! This is my special cause in life: Restoring hope and bringing work wisdom to people so that their health in this aspect of their lives is robust. If you know of anyone who deeply loves their work, will you let me know about them? And if you want a pdf of my first book, Find Your Calling, Love Your Life, let me know and I'll send it to you. Hoping this didn't sound like a commercial, it's just my passion and I wanted to share it. Especially since we're talking animal rights and politics. The joy of work is also an essential topic to health living! I just love you guys and am totally hooked on Our Town. Speaking of pets, my oldest friend sent me this link. Evidently it's one of those sites where the more you click, the more money is donated to animal welfare organizations. This one seems to be legit (I tend to be pretty cynical about those "click to give" type sites) WOW this is getting better and better. Hello to ALL and thank you!! Jenny, I am in So. Oregon a bit far from you but maybe there are others out this way that want to hook up. Tae good luck! And it sounds like things should get moving soon with all the great info you are getting. After my surgery the drugs put me in the same place your in. After a month I had to do colonics. I was great…..and the relief. The thing I have to remember is to chew chew and then chew some more. Before cancer I would put the food in my mouth pop a few holes in it and swallow, chewing my food well helps me. Boy isn’t it funny how the smallest things in life can have such a BIG impact, chewing, deep breathing, and laughing. I love it! MHC I am right there with you, I have been looking for lung cancer survivors, seems there are not many around. I did not want the chemo either. My hospital experience was a nightmare, GOD was with me this one day when I asked what the nurse was giving me in my drugged stupor, she said its something the Dr ordered I asked what and then told her I never heard of the stuff and I didn’t want the shots, she insisted and I told my son don’t let her give that to me, thank GOD my son stood up and told her to leave and get the Dr right now. It was the wrong meds and would have been lethal. I have PTSD also. I know how you feel when you say having some power over this, eating the right food, exercising, going within and being still doing these things is giving me some power in choices I can make. Callie thanks so much for reaching out, and everybody else too. I put your number in my phone and would love to call and chat, I am afraid I wouldn’t be able to stop crying right now but there will be a time, I will try basicmissions.com and send you a letter also. Thanks again to all and my very best to all. Laura treat cancer~ Seriously, you are hilarious and annoying all at the same time. Who are you?? Why do you think you can treat cancer with your product? I have been to your site several times and all you are selling is nothing more than what a few fruits and vegetables can do...whats so special about your vitamin c? whats so special about your flavonoids? and I'm honestly asking you theses questions, not to be sarcastic... if I can get the same amount of flavonoids by eating some oranges and blueberries right now- why bother buying your product? who have you cured from cancer? Martha- I COMPLETELY agree. That's why I not only work (and am horribly in love with what I do) but I also volunteer. My volunteer work, is what makes me feel like...me. That's the only way to describe it. The work I've done in South Africa, Haiti, Egypt, Pakistan, Korea and especially here in the States, is the most meaningful thing in the world. Of course the world travels are on hold thanks to the wonderful c but it's still very much in the plan to get back ASAP! For now however, volunteering includes lots of ASPCA, RAINN and mentoring, as well as helping in food kitchens as much as grad school (WOO HARVARD YAY) and work allows. Sure I may be 'overdoing' it or 'pushing' myself, but I love what I do and I'd never give it up for ANYTHING in the world, let alone something like canSer. Mmm mm, no way honey. And LOL @ Joe Vs. The Volcano!! Listen well... I'm not selling any product. Flavonoids (quercetin) are very cheap and they are sold in vitamin stores. This mix is in theory a 100% cure for cancer. I can't make any guarantees ofcourse. Yes you can eat flavonoids by eating fruits, but you would need to eat about 500 apples to obtain the amount of flavonoids that is from supplements. This is like a new treatment protocol. Hopefully it will wipe out all cancer cells. No You Listen "treat cancer".. If you are a real person with a real cure WHY do you spam this site like an a**hole???? We are an open minded holistic type community but your tactics have made your site a sure failure with us. Wish you would "come out of the fl. closet" and be a real person who we might learn from. There.. I feel better. Well done Debbie!!! I've been tempted to write this guy an email off-blog but then I thought, "who am I to speak for the whole group?" even though I'm pretty sure I'd be spot on, as they say. So snaps to the Debster! The only person not invited here is back? I'm telling Clint,lol Peace, Linda Hey martha Thanks for the snaps! fyi to you all: you cannot contact 'treat".. the email address does not work. Hence the frustration level of us all at not being able to directly tell him what is what.. and yes, it is a him. Come out come out wherever you are "treat".. we welcome a real person, if you can stand to be real. deb Kris: Here's a topic I'd love to see you explore...Debbie's reaction to TC brings it to mind -- The Fighting Spirit. First of all TC's advice to "listen well" made me want to hurl (can we say "arrogant?" I knew you could) and Debbie's response, "no you listen" made me want to hurrah! A moment in your film that really struck me was when you expressed your rage, and I'm wondering what the impact is on us all when we feel like we have to endure beautifully (like Darryl Hannah repeatedly said in Steel Magnolias: "Freeze beautifully") like doing anything *beautifully* shows that we're in command of the situation -- sailing through any situation like Queen Elizabeth -- what *is* in her purse anyway? Reading "listen well" pushes the same button that gets pushed when I hear "what you need to understand is"...that just sends me into orbit . And it brings out the warrior princess in me. None of us can endure beautifully like Ali MacGraw did in Love Story. Especially when we're being talked down to. Or told to be good children and just take our meds because Drs orders only to discover a close-call mix-up, like what happened to Laura. While nothing makes me feel less attractive than a full-fledged "mad-on," I then think who says we have to be attractive all the time? I say, let your rage flag fly. Hi Kris, Thanks for the warm welcome and encouragement to share. I would like to pursue an educational program in alternative healing/nutrition/detox methods discussed here, in your documentary, and in your book. I find myself struggling to explain the new choices I have made, to become a healthier and happy person, while talking to friends and family. I would also like to pursue these topics in my writing with a deeper understanding of their inner workings. Any suggestions? Thank you:) I heard my name leenda, and I came..... DO NOT Make me open up a Can of SPROUTS on you !! . . . or it'll be Wheatgrass Shots at 20 paces ;-) Hello everyone! Miss you guys. I've been busy so I haven't been able to keep up with the conversations going on. Just wanted to let you all know I'm thinking of you. Hope everyone has fun on superbowl sunday and super tuesday!! Speaking of lurkers, I've been wondering what happened to Librarymom?? Are you lurking? Hope you're well! Martha and Debbie: You go girls! let those rage flags fly. Rage to my = passion and it is better to let it out then to stuff and force it to marinate into disease. You think the moments I showed in the film were real? OH NO! The moments on the cutting room floor were the ones that include flying plates and tear tornados! And let me tell you, I did not look very "pretty" - i looked HOT to trott! LOL! Real women, with real feelings and real emotions and reactions rule! Now Steven Chang AKA Flavs. Dear, we really appreciate your efforts to help us with all your research. How about you be respectful and kind and let this community simmer down a bit. Hon, you have a good heart and you mean well but your tactics are backfiring. Post as yourself, hang out, cut the flavs push and then we'll all welcome you. Gang, lets get back on track and move forward with grace, think Jackie O. I check the blog 2-4 times daily (if I'm not on the road) I'll just keep deleting if this problem continues. So ignore and just scroll down for now. Soon we'll have a secure place with membership. I wish I could move faster! Sundari - love, the kind of education found in this blog comes from self education. I got my holistic health educator certification at the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach. I have also studied at The Tree of Life. I think they have a masters program. Most if not all of what you need you can and will find on your own. Traditional schools often push traditional out dated information on nutrition and wellness. hang with us, you'll learn aan awful lot. xox K Oh good Kris and Clint to the rescue!!! Poor guy,he'll never win,plus so much to learn here.Hope he takes advantage of that. Peace, Linda He said 20 shots of wheatgrass,that cracks me up. Hi all, I've never blogged before but this site is so wonderful. I'm a two year survivor of breast cancer and am so glad to find you. Thanks for all the great support and information Kris. I loved your book. Kris, sounds like you are very busy. On the road alot. Take good care of your immune system. Take your techno breaks also. As for the rest...just let it go. I raged the other night. I was just tired. A lot of stress. I keep asking myself what can I learn from this experience. What can I teach from this experience. Sorry Clint I slaughtered your funny,was laughing too hard.My bad. Peace, Linda Thank you for the invitation to the porch! I stumbled across your site just a couple of weeks ago and have been sharing it with my many loved ones who have been affected by cancer. I don't have cancer but in the past year it seems that my whole life has been altered by it. Both my husband's parents have been diagnosed with cancer in the past year. They are both in their late 50s. And my dear friend and business partner was diagnosed with lung cancer in April and just passed away on December 11th at age 39. Kris, your comment about the power of the mind and why one person makes it and another doesn't really hit home for us. Of all three of my loved ones diagnosed last year, my mother-in-law's prognosis was the gravest. She has pancreatic cancer. We just celebrated her one year cancerversary (thanks for the term Kris!). Her cancer has not grown or spread. Out of the three, she has been the only one doing a lot of integrative healing - naturopathic treatments, she's completely overhauled her diet and has been doing intense spiritual and emotional work, primarily N.E.T. - neuro emotional technique. She held off on chemo because her oncologist said it would give her a mere few extra weeks as her cancer was inoperable. Her response was "whoopdeefuckingdo!". She set out on her own journey of healing and has an incredible, invincible attitude. After many months of intense naturopathic treatment, it became clear the cancer wasn't spreading as predicted so she started chemo in the summer. We are so grateful that the cancer seems to be in check and hope that it continues. I just wanted to share that hope with anyone out there with a seemingly hopeless prognosis. I know my family and I thrive on stories of hope and encouragement. I send you all love and prayers. xxxxxrebeccaxxxxxx Hey Gang, No notes this evening. Just wanted to chime in on a few things. I think as humans we all have a call. I also beleive that Through our experiences all of us dicern our calls in life. I love my life. I love my job. I have had so many. But this is my passion. Now what really pisses me off is that daily... many many times daily I am contacted by men and women who are dog sick and cannt find medical care, food or meds. There are children out there going to bed without heat because their parents had to buy medicene. And milk.. Although we all know that milk is bad.. and causes all kinds of mucus and yuk.. most american families with children buy milk daily. Now just think if milk here is 5.69 a gallon then men and women are working one hour minus taxes for less than a gallon of milk. We are in a war that sends our vets home with inadequate care and they show up on my mission steps just needing a hand up.. tools to work with or a way to get thier meds.. because the va is so backlogged. Unless you were special ops or an officer .. tangent.. the mail ran late and why the universe is blessing us so much I have no idea but Duncans meds came and voila the worries are over. He is feeling much better and having his granola snack before we have our salad.. He has done some shopping therapy today and has enjoyed himself immensly. I confess my husband is a shop aholic. haha Anyway.. I am so grateful and so please. Yes his dr. would have written a short term med.. he just didn't want to bother them.. Thanks for the prayers Anyway..I am lost now. I got my limited brain off the subject. Like all of you I am so into recycling. I am so tired of plastic bottles.. come on.. those are my pet peeve.. how many can you use in day.. It is redundant. And exxon dont even go their. haha Clint.. I would love to see the kickass sprouts. Well I have to head off just wanted to chime in. I am programing a computer for a gift from the mission to a young client. I am looking forward to the new book. I bought it today but haven't started it yet. We need to begin to build a few homegrown co-ops.. find organic produce and purchase in bulk.. if you have friends on this think about it. My friend and I are saving tons by purchasing thru the farmers market or the growers. It took me awhile to find the right people but if you have a group in your area. Think about it most farmers markets have organics and will let anyone buy they just have to get the case ... so save the packaging and split the cases up between several friends.. Much cheaper and saves on gas and the hunting and fetching fresh things al week. Just a thought. Well. I am off to spend some quality time with dear old duncan and he sends his love and blessings. Callie ps sue got your notes thanks for visitng the site. it is getting a major over haul this week. Neat stuff coming. You touched my heart so much and thanks for the congrads.. love you all. I am glad Duncan recieved his meds. I get migraines and have to keep norco in the house. When I am out, I am out. Checking out you profiles= alot of nice people in this small world. More milatant shopping today...chocolate robe to go with my leopard slippers and lime green pjs. I am really going outside my color spectrum. And it feels great. MY hubby bought me a AMD notebook to take to hospital. Now just to sneak it in. As for bulk Pollans site has local coops and farms. Well hello my crazy sexy friends! It is nice to be back. I recently made a trip back to the Farber in Boston and officially graduated from having to back there every 3 months to every SIX! I don't have to go back until July! Woo-Hoo! Tomorrow morning I am off on a litte get-away with my husband to San Fran.....should be a blast. I am really looking forward to it! One of my biggest pet-peeves is the ones who seem to know-it-all and have the end all cure. If there was an end-all cure-all none-of-us, with or without cancer, would be here, trusting and embracing this so special community. I had people tell me if I did certain things that I would be cured of cancer and spared chemo etc. I was not going to gamble on my life that way. I have way to much to live for. Sure, I will listen to research and listen to claims with evidence, and be very open to innovative nutrition and alternative healing, but to claim that one product can cure cancer is just plain and simply ignorant and disrespectful to ALL of us here. I really love this blog and it does keep me focused and grounded in so many ways. Hang tough group! Thanks for your continued open and loving thoughts. Kris has started something extremely powerful and I am very proud to be part of it. Lets not let ignorance ruin that for us. Kris, one of my best friends, Jill, makes jewelry, specifically spirit-locks. She told me that someone met your parents at a wedding and gave them one to give to you. Did you receive it? Jill really wants you to have one. She made me one when I was diagnosed and I really don't take it off. It may sound silly but it was made with such love and I know it keeps my healthy spirits in and wipes out the bad. The spirit locks are from Thailand and the story behind it is that when one gets sick there spirit has gone a-stray. The spirit lock keeps the good spirits in and rids the bad. Before cancer I wouldn't have believed it, but now I feel naked without it and can really feel the power behind it. My sisters wear the same one as me and it keeps us all bonded. Holding on to something like that is so powerful. I hope you received it and I hope it can bring you as much strength and good spirits as it does me. XOXO Laura Hello amazing people! I haven't posted in a while... Hope you're all doing good. I am still cancer-free (YAY!!!!!) I am living like I mean it, as Kris says, moving a lot, rediscovering the amazing machine that is the human body. Give it love and veggies and it'll be happy! Sending you lots of love from snowy Montreal. Sophie Oh, I forgot, I registered to the Weekend to End Breast Cancer, walking 60K in 2 days this summer. I have to raise $2000, I'm aiming for way more! I am bribing friends into walking with me, promising them a pink FUCK CANCER tank top if they join...! Anyone else walking for the cause? Sophie... again! Here is a company out of eastern oregon, they deliver way out in to iowa, minnesota, n&s dakota, nebraska,montana, wyoming and all of the west n&s. I have bey doing business with these good folks for decades, they have a great choice of organics and tons of it. check out there web site and policies. they deliver once a month and they are very honorable folks.this place is great for neighborhood coops, they deliver right to your door if you are on there route, 400.00 min. order. i have a group of folks that buy as a group, pick up at a drop off point. take a look! my best to you all Laura2 Hi, We just came back from an appointment from a Microbiotic Counseller and read your post Kris. Guys please tell me can Brown rice really be the cure of all inflammation (in our case Allergies). it would be great to hear, what you think about Microbiotic especailly Kris if you could please tell me. Thank you guys Tomorrow I am going for shopping for the microbiotic way of life. would be waiting for your responses. Thanks you all Iffat Not to worry leenda ! (I knew what you meant ;-) Our Crazy Sexy Cowgirl handled the situation with pure class. Clint Callie: Love your posts, your a blessing sweetie.... you have a heart as BIG as Texas ! . . . and you don't wanna see the 20 paces thing, it can get messy. Hope 'Flavor Flavs' got the message. :-) Clint Good night all. My md gave me ativan and some ambien cr...sleep, sweet sleep to all. Drinking lots of fluids to flush them out (the meds). With CHF I have to stick to a 1 liter of fresh, agua purificada.Much love to everyones hearts. Mary. Igrade - Hi honey and welcome. First of all, are you cutting all the gluten out of your diet? How about dairy? Are you juicing green drinks? Are you cleansing your colon? Perhaps a good probiotic and some aloe will help you. Like anything new, it takes time to adjust to the GF diet. It is natural to mourn old food habits for a short time. Stay focused on all the foods you can eat. Yes, attitude is everything. Remember food is fuel, we need to change our attachment to it, find new joy in activities, spirituality, movies, walks, fun, joy, friends, books etc. Sometimes I feel like I need AA for chow! It's hard but it can be done, all you need to do is to change your mind. Stop yourself in your negative thought tracks and reprogram a smile. Remember, your mind is a radio station. What is your DJ playing love? Go grab a spiritual book and dive into it when you feel weak. Iffat - Healing is never one size fits all. Every person has a special path. That said, for me, macrobiotics did not work. It was a great place to start because it got me off the standard american diet. But long term (and I did it strictly for 2 solid years) it left me depleted. Raw foods is far superior for all the reasons we talk about on this blog. When you cook food above 118 degrees you kill the enzymes and deplete the vitamins and minerals. Macrobiotics doesn't advise anything raw, no supplements, no water, it is a grain based diet that can be very acidic. I can't agree with this approach. But that is my personal opinion. Others find it very helpful. You must decide on your own. Alraight, I won't write that much about flavonoids anymore. Only sometimes but you won't notice it that much. Reem I read your profile. Are you really going back war? I am so proud of you. Willing to go as a physcian. Though I do feel sorry for you too. But I know you will help out a lot of people. I will be praying for you. A best friend always lays down his life for another friend. You are laying down your life for strangers...I respect that. Callie=tried to leave you a email through your profile. I failed. I am to shy to call. A question for the community. I am taking a big risk here. I having a hard time being romantic with hubby. I am to into myself I think. Did anyone else feel this way when they were waiting for DX. Iffat, As Kris stated everyone has to find out what's best for them. I've heard macrobiotic for Celiac, however I think most important is anti-inflammatory, so decrease or eliminate all animal products is most important. How about combining macrobiotic with raw if you're not comfortable going all out with one or the other. It's hard to go 100% raw. If you'd like, you could try raw until dinner & then macrobiotic in the evening. Just a thought. Keep reading, experimenting & listen to your body. Kris knows her stuff. As she said, it may be different for you as you have a different condition you're dealing with. This is a great place to start! Sue Thanks Kris for your encouragement. Yes, I have eliminated all gluten and dairy and am juicing. My doc's say this is a long, slow process. Right now I will focus on being more positive. Be well. Iffat I wanted to suggest taking 'Turmeric' (yes, the spice) for the anti-inflammatory issue. This root is an amazing fighter against anything that's inflamed. I am surprised it's not spoken about more. I take 2 capsules of it 2x's a day, it's harmless, and doesn't bother digestion. Also, MSM (the sulphur mineral) would help you condition tons. I am in agreement with Kris . . . . Macrobiotics, is a good place to start...but... I did notice early on that there were a lot of pale, anemic people walking around the community, and they were assuming that they were all fine and well, when in fact, they needed vitamin and mineral supplementation. I was told by a counselor early on, to take supplements (and I did) and decided not to become one of the "macro-neurotic" crowd, and eat plates of brown rice everyday. Listen to you body, it is ALWAYS right....and is speaking to you....one just needs to listen. hope this helps, Clint Clint, you kill me. Flavor Flave?! You are even down with the pop culture references! And your RespectKris messages are still making me laugh. Callie is right, we all have a secret crush. Our boy is smart, funny, health-conscious...and ladies wait 'til you see a picture of him all growed up...handsome as George Clooney, our Clint! Dude, are you single? 'Cause my best friend is awfully cool...I'm kidding. Mostly. You are in Texas and she is in NYC. Otherwise, I might be trying to play Yenta. I'm SO happy to meet all of the new posters! Special shout out to DUNCAN!! How wonderful to hear from you! (You're welcome about the coconut oil.) ;) And welcome to my sweet sister Monica, who is hilariously shy about posting (not shy at all in real life). She was so worried about me when our dad died and wanted so badly to help. We were at her home in Michigan and she had friends and church peeps constantly stopping by, bringing food and comfort. Since I haven't lived there for years, it appeared that I was alone in my grief. But I told her how much support I was receving from this amazing blog community. So, she eventually checked it out and got hooked herself! Monica was on Oprah, too, by the way, the same show that I was on. I am so grateful for this group of cyber friends. It really is amazing how much you can come to care about people you've never met in person. When I read Callie's news, I spontaneously said to my husband "my friend Callie is cancer free!" He said "have I met her?" "No," I said, "but neither have I!" lgrade, try using the words "I am in the process of___" as you are learning to change your thoughts to more positive ones. "I am in the process of healing my body, mind, and spirit." "I am in the process of turning my negative thoughts into positive ones." Praying for you, Beth/Bav. Check in, please. Holisticgal Jen, are you ever coming back? And Lori the librarymom, where'd ya go? Love to all y'all, esp my sistress! Sandra Hey Mary I found that after dx my love life was hard for me...there is a part of us I think that goes inside and hides a bit..I tried "fake it till you make it"...my hubby has been paitent. Try not to shut yourself off from him..maybe talk about it and change the way you function in that area ie: maybe you need a foot massage first or just a cuddle some nights or an open ear to listen to your struggles. He needs you too...maybe listen to how he feels about all this stuff..sometimes I think men deal with hard feelings through sex-trying to feel better. Clint? is that true? Love is magic...but it takes a bit of negotiation sometimes. hope that helps a tiny bit and remember Mary you are a warrior queen and you need your soldiers with you in this fight! deb PS clint I started on MSM crystals.. tumeric is next..I am supplement shy I think:) Deb Yes, there definitely was a suspension in the love life area for me, as there was a lot of healing going on in different levels of myself (Mind, Body, Spirit) For me, my body basically went thru an emotional 'Colonic on Steroids' (if you will) and the bigger picture was that it wasn't a time for pleasuring ones self, but rather a time for healing, and letting out the old (emotions, toxins, etc...) much like when you see those little strip malls getting renovated, and you see the brown paper on all the windows, not being able to see inside. Basically saying, "Closed for Business... be back soon" I was on Predisone for 3 years, and my kidney's and Adrenals were kaput . . . and the thought of kissing a girl on the lips at that time turned me off so much, I thought I was losing my mind. I won't go into too much detail here, but let's just say that it was a few years of Celibacy for I started noticing the curves on a woman There is MUCH change going on inside me. I think a lot of communication has to come from you to your partner . . . focusing on "feelings" for a while, as opposed to physical pleasure. It's a time that the relationship has a chance jump to the next level, taking a break from sex, and looking at what's in the Heart of each of you. Then, when the time comes that you are Well, and ready to be present, and make Love again... LOOK OUT !!! Rest up ! ;-) Clint CLINT! Prednisone is a miracle drug and the devil incarnate at the exact same time, I swear it. And I completely agree with what you said. Communication is key, it really is. And not just talking at one another but talking WITH one another. You both need to be respectful of one anothers wishes, wants, whatever. You need to have an 'open forum' so you two can really hash stuff out but be sure to have some kind of 'safe word' (yes, this is in Kris' amazing book) to which you are just getting to too hurtful of a place. It works, I swear it! Everybody has their own battles, survivors battles aren't the only ones that matter. And I'm not saying any of you walk around thinking it, but it's a very humbling experience to remember that your pain is your own, and the person next to you on the train has something just as trying as you, and the next five people down the way as well. Wow I don't think that made sense! Hi Everybody! I had an appt with my oncologist this week and he is such a cool guy, was asking about my wheatgrass and raw food stuff so I brought my juice bar friend with samples. I don't know where it'll go from here, but I was amazed at his open attitude. My juice bar friend also is making some calls to see if she can get fresh juice offered at the snack bar. That would be SOOOOOO nice for patients and family stuck at the hospital. We also took wheat grass juice samples to the chemo room (my very last treatment!!!) and the nurses were VERY interested. I was extremely happy with the outcome of sharing...made me a little braver to share some more. I back off when I get that "are you crazy?" look, but some of them want to know more, so it's worth the risk. I have x-rays and bone scans next Friday, the 8th, but I'm 99.9% sure they'll be clear. Still, if anybody wants to have a good thought for me that day...thanks. Glenda iffat - I just want to back-up Clint's suggestion of MSM. The disease that I have causes major inflamation, and I started taking MSM back in September. It literally changed my life. Please do try it. There are no side effects or drug interactions. Jennifer Clint thanks, others thanks and keep sharing on this one it is helping me. I guess I just want to hug. I just finished my second dose of pred. I feel dead inside. Now I know why. I never thought it may have been drugs. Also...my body is changing alot because of the tumor. I am going through losing "my female parts", it is affecting me more than I thought. Plus all the other drugs to keep things in kilter. SJ! Where is this pic of Clint all "growed up"?? Gotta see! Luv me some George Clooney. Sorry Clint, not trying to embarass you. Speaking of having friends here, anybody on Myspace? Add me if U want :) I'm also on facebook. Cheers! I'm about to go to a superbowl party! What will I eat?? I'm eating an avocado salad before I go. Yum! Hi Mary, I can't offer you any advice, but you came to the right community. I'm so glad you have people here to help you out with this. Good luck with everything! I'll be rooting for you. Clint: Now I see why everyone has such a crush on you. Your open-heartedness is so endearing. Plus that bow tie, well, who can resist that? This is apropos of nothing really, but Clint's repeated references to a multi-dimensional healing is prompting me to wonder: how many of us are adults who grew up in emotionally or physically abusive families of origin? I, for one, was -- mother an alcoholic, father a covert case officer for the CIA (ever see The Good Shepherd? totally accurate as an emotional story) -- and even though I don't have canSer, I think there's a shared journey here of finding a new place in the world after an emergence from (or during the process of emerging from) fear and there's a shared sense of a rebirth of a new identity that comes from putting a stake in the ground and saying, "No, I'm going to do it this way. Thanks for the suggestion though." So. Anyone have a rocky start in life? And if so, do you think it relates in some way to what you're going through now? Hi Kris, I am a hippy lurker. I saw you on Oprah, bought several copies of your book and gave them to friends who are fighting cancer. Your humor has saved me from the blues so many times. I brought a copy to my infusion center to show the nurses and some of the patients. I am a two time cancer survivor. I had brain surgery in 2001 to remove an oligodendroglioma tumor and just celebrated my 7th year anniversary. I asked my neuro-oncologist at the time if there was a cure. He replied, "Only if I die from something else." However, I am now fighting rectal cancer. I had surgery with a permanent colostomy in Sept. 2007, and have just finished my 5th chemo treatment of Folfox. I want to change the enviornment in my body so that cancer can no longer survive. It's my temple and I'm going to embrace it and decorate it (one of my goals is to get a tatoo when chemo is over in May.) Your book has helped me greatly to start on a kick ass natural healing path. I'm a microbiologist by trade, so all of this ought to come naturally to me; however, with the chemo, I don't want to drink or eat anything. I have to override this thought and work at making healing shakes with whey protein, etc. My biggest problem is my motivation and TASTE right now. I don't own a juicer yet. Any suggestions on one to get that is easy to clean? I have next to no energy right now. What I really want is someone to come into my home and prepare meals for me, lead me in meditation, yoga, take me out for walks, etc. I know that that someone needs to be me. Just not there yet. I feel like a little girl. Another book that I have found extremely helpful is, "How to Prevent and Treat Cancer with Natural Medicine", Dr. Michael Murray, et.al. He is with the "Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center". Blessings to you for your search and perseverance. You have been an inspiration to me and to so many others. Love enough to conquer fear, Susan Hi, Kris-thanks for the vote! I just am very concerned about this planet, and I know that the people of this forum are just the ones to help in this plight. As I walked out of the public library this morning, there on the sidewalk, a styrofoam container with leftover food just tossed aside. It is sad. I toss it up to ignorance and a self-centered view of life. So my advice to all is to educate all who will listen re: your healthy lifestyle and the importance of a healthy planet & treating others with respect & compassion. I get the same odd looks from coworkers when I spout off, but I just make a joke at the end and say "stay tuned for the next installment of the world according to me." But actually, you'd be surprised, as you are being outwardly dismissed, you will touch a chord in some people. I recently took a collection for a local charity at my work & the response was wonderful. As far as Exxon Mobil--the way to beat them is to support alternative energy sources. Solar and wind power. Biodiesel. Change your lightbulbs, unplug your microwave, and carpool/take public transportation. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Yes--it matters. It might be "inconvenient" but it is worth it! BTW, soon an electric/plug in car should be available--imagine--if powered by solar energy no more gas pump! No more reason to fight over oil! OR drill in Alaska! Martha--Yes, go to the animalrescuesite.com and there are six very worthy charities--breast cancer, healthcare, literacy, rainforest, hunger, and animal rescue--just click once per day and these charities receive money from their sponsors. A very easy way to help make a difference! Thanks for this forum! Peace, love, and veggies, & a green planet for all! Just wanted to say that I am a huge supporter of the book club! It would be wonderful to share the reading of Michael Pollen's book with this community. I'm sure it would spark some great conversations. I am struggling to understand which produce is best to consume and which organic companies to trust. I used to think that Whole Foods only supplied organic produce, but I am wiser now. There is so much to learn and this blog is a huge help. xoxo-Sundari A quick note, then I will take the time and read what I have been missing this weekend! Scan results: liver tumors are stable and there is no spread anywhere else. There are two possible new spots on my liver, but my doc is feeling that they are not tumors and could have always been there. The scans may never have really showed them before. We are going to hang on to that for now. staying on avastin and switching to Cytoxan. then scan in 3 months. Anyway, I was too tired and drained to visit my cancer cohorts, but here I am. Can't wait to hear the new stuff! Take care everyone. Speaking of Ophrah..this has been my vision all day. A followup show where we allget to meet on one her back porches. Wouldn't that be killer. I am seeing the vision now come to life. I, too, am a turmeric & MSM user. Clint, Have you always used the capsule form? I've been buying it in bulk & adding it to food. I'm not certain what the best dose is, but I'd get more if I went to capsule form, wouldn't I? I know Dr. Andrew Weil has touted turmeric for a number of years, as well as ginger, feverfew & black currant oil. There definitely are more choices out there besides Prednisone & NSAIDS, however, I realize sometimes those are necessary for certain conditions but have can have some horrible side effects. Grendle, your doc sounds cool. Good luck with the scan/xray results. Going to watch the Superbowl. It's crazy down here with the FDR golf & Superbowl going on. The brown cloud that hangs over Phoenix is really bad this week. Yuck! Sue Hello Kris and cyber family, please excuse me for jumping right in like long lost family, but right now that is right I need a family in the worst way and you are it. I would like to share this web site, it is this is a place that can tell you the ups and down of organic. Hope it can help in the confusion about organics of who to trust and who not to trust. my best to all, laura2

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Yesterday I made this fun Elephant Bento for Eliana. I decided to go with a circus elephant :) I did her lunch in an EasyLunchBox so that we could easily transport it and eat lunch with Bee-Baga (Great-Grandpa) :) The elephant is an open faced ham and cheese sandwich, cheese placed on the top. Details were drawn on with an edible food marker. I added a candy eye, fruit leather and a hat food pick to add extra details on the elephant. The elephant is practicing an act on his pretzel rod balance beam. And what circus elephant would be complete without balancing a ball? The "ball" is a teeny tiny round silicone cup filled with yogurt covered raisins. In the upper left I put flower cucumbers and a few blueberries, with an elephant pick. In the lower left she has cut up strawberries with another elephant pick. I don't know about you but one of the first thing I think about when I think about circus elephants is peanuts. I did not include peanuts in her lunch, even though it would have gone nicely with the theme. And actually, if you've been following my blog you will notice that I've never done a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I may have used peanut butter to "glue" the acorn together in the hungry squirrel lunch, but Eliana didn't eat it. Why you ask? (or maybe you don't, and if you don't then here is the gist of the next paragraph: there is a high probability that Eliana is allergic to peanuts!) Ever since Eliana was little she never liked peanut butter. When she was two she ate a peanut butter jelly sandwich and broke out in hives all over her body (She had had PB before and never reacted, just never liked it). Because Eliana has the most incredible memory, and I'm not just saying that, from that point on she refused to eat peanut butter because of that reaction. She is four now, and the past two years have gone by and Eliana will not eat anything with PB. I always thought she was allergic to peanuts, but we kind of were on the fence about it. Since she didn't like peanuts and almost never had them it didn't seem to be a problem... and we figured she would outgrow it, but still we tended to avoid peanuts. However last week when we were eating trail mix I asked her to finish what was left in her bowl... so she licked a peanut. Her lip swelled up immediately. That did it for me.. She had never had any swelling before, so this was serious. We brought her to do blood test yesterday and we will be setting up the skin test soon. We will know for sure soon what her allergies are, but I'm pretty sure it is the peanuts. We'd rather be safe and figure out if she has any other allergies, which is why we are going through all the testing. All this to say: We didn't include peanuts in this lunch, and probably you won't be seeing any peanut butter sandwiches anytime soon! :) I am SO thankful all that happened was a swollen lip. I watched her like a hawk and kept asking her every two seconds how she was feeling, while having my phone ready. And that reaction was only from one lick! It can be nerve-wracking to think your child has an allergy. You might even wish she or he doesn't have one and might miss out on life because of it (I can be dramatic sometimes). Well thankfully today there are SO many amazing products out there, and a much better awareness about allergies in general. Although right now Eliana refuses to eat any nut butter right now, probably because they "look like peanut butter", I know there are options out there should she ever want :) I'm very thankful, and relieved, we are getting to the bottom of this allergy soon and will be prepared if she ever were to have a reaction. I'm also super thankful this is so much easier to deal with because Eliana doesn't like PB anyways! My little girl knew all along it seems :) **update** We got the results back and Eliana is allergic to peanuts, cashews and pistachios. This came as a surprise to us as she had never even had a cashew or a pistachio so I wasn't even thinking there were other nut allergies! I am very thankful we got her tested and are now prepared in case of any emergency. We are clearly staying away from nuts at this point. It won't be too big of an adjustment for Eliana in general because she never liked nuts ever (she really did seem to know her allergy all along!) The adjustment will be double checking everything for cross contamination issues for nuts we weren't thinking about before. Now that we think about it David and I were wondering if that is why she so often said her "tummy hurt" after eating. We never gave it much thought since she would be fine a few minutes later. It could have been a cross contamination issue? We can't be sure, but we'll be paying closer attention to that. So we are are a "new adventure" as my girl Sarah from Bentoriffc suggested I put it! We are going to be trying out new foods and alternatives for Eliana and for ourselves (once we finish what we have in our household we will no longer buy PB or trail mixes that are unsafe, just to be safe side. Eliana does like almonds, on a rare occasion, and does like Nutella and has never had a reaction to either. So we will keep those, however it will be easier to remind others to avoid PB and all nuts to avoid confusion.) So I'll be sharing some of our adventures of trying new products with you all, with some guidance from other PF and NF bloggers (specifically from my new BFF: Keeley McGuire) ;) I link up. Check it out! That elephant is adorable! Thanks Keitha!! :) Your elephant turned out great. What a fun lunch. I just pinned it. Thank you Beth!!! I love your creations and I am honored that you pinned mine!! :) so glad you got answers Michelle ~ i think our kids really DO know because it does effect them internally,not just externally. Smart cookie you have there ;) Thanks Keeley! I'm SO thankful we never had to deal with any huge scares. And it does make sense that kids know that they are allergic. I'm glad she is a smart cookie :) This is such an amazing lunch! That elephant is fantastic! Thanks Mamabelly! :) I am glad you got the allergy figured out. Great pick for your favorite Bento of the Week! Diana Diana Rambles Bento Blog Network Link Rink Thanks Diana! :) Your elephant is adorable!! My Super Tot is severely allergic to peanuts and pistachios, too. We've been completely nut free for 2 1/2 years now, and it does get easier. E-mail me if you ever want to chat about it - bentosonthebayou @ gmail (dot) com. Thanks Rebecca! I just saw your email!! I will respond soon :) Wow pistachios too? That is unusual. I thought that was the new nut to replace all the others in cooking, maybe because of allergies(?) or because walnuts and pecans are just gross. That is a bummer. I have to avoid peanuts because of migraines which I guess is an allergy but just not as life threatening. Some days it can be a bummer when there is something really yummy made with peanuts. I agree -- there are times where it is a bummer, more for me tho than her. She never liked nuts or peanut butter but sometimes *I* want something with peanut butter in it. However we have found the perfect substitution that keeps us all happy! Wowbutter and soynutbutter are both made from soybeans and seriously are the best substitute ever that everyone in the family loves! I've used them in baking as well :)

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fam·i·ly a. A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children. b. Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place. So that's the dictionary's definition of family....but what it means to me is so much more. Family are the people that you can always go back to, the people that love you so much that there's not a thing in the world you can do that would change that. Family, you can count on to support you, hold you up when you feel like you can't do it for yourself. It's where your roots are.... We started our family art project with packing paper from the Dollar Tree and stamped our hands with brown acrylic paint Little Liam had to watch from the sidelines (momma's arms) after his tiny hand was stamped My sweet hubby really got into this project....he's getting used to this kind of thing now :) And when we were all finished....we stood back a realized we have quite a forest now.... Lots of roots....and that made us happier than we ever knew it would! linked to: Shabby Shares Link Party at Rustic Crafts love this!! This is the sweetest! You have a beautiful little family. I adore this project! oh my gosh, I LOVE THIS!! What a great idea to have Family Art Projects! I hope its okay to share this on twitter and fb....my friends are gonna LOVE this idea! That is a really sweet project :) Wishing this 'forest' a very happy life. This is such a great idea! Cute forest, cute family (: This is so pretty and a great idea! I'm sharing on my FB page. Ohhh how cute! And how special!!! I just love everything about this project! I love that Liam got to be part of the fun! That little guy is going to have so much fun as he grows up!!! But for right now how cool that he gets to hang out with momma while his family makes amazing projects! :o) Jaime This is sooooooo adorable! What a great family keepsake that you'll treasure for years to come!! Such a cute photo, I love how personal this is. Carmella! This is so darling!!!! This is GENIUS!!!! I am pinning it! Thank you so much for sharing! I love this idea! It is so sweet. Thanks for linking this to my party! Renee Absolutely LOVE this idea!! After my little girl is born in Jan. I'm so going to try this! Although my trees will have to be pretty close together since we are expecting our 5th! lol I'm your latest follower & would love for you to come by mine & visit & maybe follow back sometime! Very cute idea! I don't know if I could get Hubby to join in the painting, but maybe if I beg... I'd also want to do my cat's paw! LOL! What a cute, creative idea! So unique and meaningful :) Thank you, this is a "doable" idea for me and my family. I wonder if I have time this week. Last week we had a coloring contest so maybe the ball is beginning to roll. Precious! I'm including this in a Friday Favorites post that I'm running through November. LOVE it! Feel free to stop by my blog and get an "I've Been Featured" Button : ) Thanks for sharing such a great project! Jaimee @ craft-interrupted.blogspot.com Thank you for taking the time to share this with us. I will be doing this with my family this week. Thank you for the inspiration! I saw this featured over at Craft-Interrupted and I LOVE IT! Such a fantastic idea! :)! I absolutely love this idea and I want to make my own. My only questions is, is the paper acid free? I'm concerned about it fading of becoming discolored over the years. I loved this back months ago when I saw it. So cute and happy and fun! I wanted to share my version of it, inspired by you. Thanks so much, I smile everytime I see it. LOVE!!!!!

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Better late than never... Nov 3rd 2011 Horror-Punks.com is proud to announce that we have just won the HorrorFind.com Freaking Scary Site Platinum Award for this very website. HorrorFind.com spends countless hours reviewings tons of Horror sites and many of them don't make…Continue Added by Mark Dickinson on February 3, 2012 at 5:30pm — No Comments Root-level custom URLs make it easy to share memorable links with people. Here are some ways I've found to use this powerful new capability. Organizing blog posts by topic: /topics Organizing information by region: /texas Offering help and contact information: /contact…Continue Added by John on August 23, 2011 at 10:00pm — 5 Comments Hi everyone! I have a support group for a rare medical syndrome. Well I posted an event today... for a "Not a Secret, Santa Gift Exchange" I wanted to share my idea! Basically everyone emails me a set of information (I have it all explained on my site) , everyone who enters the exchange will be put into a hat Then I will reveal the matches via video Nov 1st. I posted deadlines to ship their packages to each other The rule also is they…Continue Added by Shannon Klipstein on August 22, 2011 at 7:30pm — 4 Comments THE DREAM OF SPIRITUAL MEDIA IS BECOMING A REALITY This Chart Shows Visitors Per Month for the Past 24 Months, as of July 8, 2011: …Continue Added by Eric Allen Bell on July 16, 2011 at 2:02pm — 1 Comment Added by Chris on July 10, 2011 at 3:30pm — 29 Comments One! …Continue Added by Alex Olejnik on July 1, 2011 at 3:56am — 15 Comments I…Continue Added by Jason on June 21, 2011 at 10:00am — 4 Comments I…Continue Added by Therese Leger on June 19, 2011 at 12:34am — 3 Comments Added by Vincent Granville on May 28, 2011 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments I! …Continue Added by Shelli Russell on May 23, 2011 at 7:49pm — 20 Comments…Continue Added by Tom Callos on May 20, 2011 at 6:37pm — 1 Comment Post from my website: LTCW What do you do when Google stops your ads? If you have ever been on YouTube which if you're into websites then you have, you may have been checking out making money with Google Adsense or you want to be a YoutTube partner. You more…Continue Added by Mark Flockhart on May 17, 2011 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments Hey…Continue Added by Idáliz Escalante on May 13, 2011 at 6:51pm — 15 Comments Motivation!…Continue Added by Mark Flockhart on May 12, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments What… Added by Mark Flockhart on May 4, 2011 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments It's a well known fact that you have approxametly 4 seconds to make someone like your website or they're gone. I just wanted to let you in on a little secret. People get overwhelmed with the toys you allow them to play with. What happens to kids when they're given 30 toys for Christmas? They get tired angry and end up in their room without dinner (smirk). Too many toys to play with and the value starts to dissapear the more they open another present just like the first.…Continue Added by Mark Flockhart on May 3, 2011 at 5:30pm — 6 Comments I Added by Vincent Granville on April 18, 2011 at 1:30pm — 8 Comments…Continue Added by Jen on April 16, 2011 at 11:19pm — 8 Comments

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by Phillip Day ‘When I was a boy, the Dead Sea was only sick.’ – George Burns When productivity ends, so can our will to go on. A gold watch and a pat on the back can be interpreted as the golden boot: ‘All right, thank you very much. Make way for the young now.’ You’re nothing but a ‘human resource’, off to the post office and then to the scrap-heap, drawing your pension once a week and scratching down lottery numbers while children squirt you with water pistols. Lack of goals and a drop in productivity can spell disaster for the recently retired. The sudden change in pace and lack of mental stimulation seem refreshing at first but can lead to boredom, feelings of worthlessness, chronic depression and Jerry Springer. To compensate, many elderly adopt the habit of living in the past, which tells me they have nothing to look forward to. Far better to stay focused in the here-and-now, remaining active and mentally engaged, not slothful. Find a job you like or start a business. Set mental tasks. Plan goals. Stay social and relevant. Travel. Make your fondest memories the years in which you have the greatest investment. What do you wish to accomplish by bed-time tonight? (The scale of achieving does not matter!) - Retirement? I’m utterly against it - Continue producing, you’ll have more fun - The insurance companies have embezzled your pension fund anyway - Never retire FROM something, always retire TO something - Now is the time to use your skills to start a new project - If you are lazy and not working at eighty, GET A JOB - The extra income will be useful - In most long-lived cultures, retirement is unknown. Everyone produces, some still fathering sprogs at ninety - Employ the elderly. Seventy-year-olds know a lot of stuff - Dream – Plan – Deliver, and I don’t mean pizza - According to the longevity experts, at 65 you are approximately 55% of the way through your lifespan potential! - Sitting at home does nothing but provoke feelings of worthlessness (big nocebo), owned up to even by lottery winners, who often face depression or return to work to avoid going loopy - Why not work for yourself? - Create! Produce! Serve! - Show someone you’re still alive - Blink! FURTHER RESOURCES The Little Book of Attitude by Phillip Day

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Turn AwayTalk0 this wiki One of them consisted of my mother coming in to my room to kiss me goodnight and tuck me in, then she would leave and everything would be dark for some time. Then, a monster would come into the room, leaving the door ajar. The floor between my door and my bed would expand to a great length and the monster would be right above my face, with bloody teeth. It was extremely lanky and skinny, with long legs and long arms, but a normal sized body and a slightly big head. Come to think of it, this monster resembled a shinigami (or death god, for those who don’t know) a little bit. At that point, I would wake up and run into my parents’ room, crying about how I had a nightmare and whatnot. There was another dream I always had that I can't remember too vividly, except for one part, where I was with the Cat In The Hat surfing down a tunnel of goo as he was biting gummy bears' limbs off. Usually, that wouldn't be too scary, but blood came out when he chewed on them and he looked much like a sad clown. The nightmares I have always remembered though, and tried to stay away from so badly, are the ones about the shadow man. When I went to sleep as a child, I would get in the fetal position and face my nearest wall before I drifted to sleep. When I found myself in the dream world, I would be in that same exact position. I would look around for a while, and there was a sort of haze around my vision. Everything in the distance would be blurry. I would look back at my wall to try and make it back to sleep, and then a shadowy figure that somewhat resembled the Monopoly game mascot (he looked as though he was wearing a suit and tie, and was cartoony in proportion and size) would slowly morph his way through the wall. He would point at me and yell words that seemed like they were in a different language. I couldn't wake up; my vision was locked on the evil shadow in front of me. Eventually, I would wake from my slumber and tell my parents about my nightmare. After a few times of having this nightmare, my parents began to get worried. I was having this dream frequently now, and I was acting differently. I always checked the walls around me to make sure that the shadow man wasn't there. I was having the nightmare nearly every night, and sometimes I couldn't fall back to sleep out of fear that the shadow man would get me. In fact, that's what I told my parents as they were holding me, "I don't want the shadow man to get me, mommy... The shadow man is coming for me." I stopped having the dreams for a few weeks, and I started to return to my normal self again. I no longer checked the walls for the shadow man, and I wouldn't have nightmares anymore. I felt more alive than I ever had been in my life; like a huge burden had been lifted from my shoulders. There was one night, however, that I will remember for the rest of my life. This was the most vivid dream I've ever had, and it has stuck in my brain for ages. I fell asleep as usual, with a huge reassurance that the shadow man was no longer haunting my sleeping self. I woke up in the middle of the night, and I was very thirsty. I could control my body, so I figured it was real life. I rolled out of bed and looked at my wall, confident with myself that I no longer dreamed of the shadow man. To my surprise, he popped out of the wall again, yelling strange words to me. I recognized some of them, even though they were distorted and completely out of context from each other. A few of the words he shouted were “Apple, Candy, Trust, Silent, Axe, Fruit, and Tree”. They made no sense, but it scared me still. I ran to my parents’ bedroom, but they were not there. In place of them were two shadow men, lying in their place. I started panicking, and I ran out into the living room. My parents were there, completely calm as my house changed colours and slightly twisted. I quickly told them about the shadow men everywhere, but they seemed like they could care less about them. One popped up on the wall right below the ceiling, and I pointed to him and yelled "There he is dad, there he is!" My dad simply looked up and said he saw nothing. I was begging my parents to help me, but they wouldn't do anything and continued watching a blank TV screen. I was still convinced this was real, and I tried opening the doors out of my house to get out. They were all locked, and I could do nothing to escape the living room. I ran over to the couch and curled up, scared so bad I was sweating and I could hardly breathe. I kept yelling "Go away, GO AWAY!" but nothing could stop the shadow man from yelling at me. He was on the inside of my eyelids as I closed them; I could see him here, there, everywhere. Everything went silent, and I heard just softly spoken words: "Turn Away." I blacked out. When I woke up the next morning, I was no longer in my bed, but I was on the couch, right where I was when I huddled up in the nightmare before. I told my parents about everything, but they had no knowledge of anything that happened. They said that they had not watched any TV last night, and they had gone straight to bed and they never even heard a peep from me. This chilled me down to the bone. Everything was so vivid; it had to have been real. But the only thing that had changed was that I had woken up on the couch instead of in my bed. Everything was normal. That night, I was so afraid to fall asleep that I couldn't. I just played with my toys until the morning came. The next night, I got busted for playing with my toys and my parents took them all away from me. I curled up and faced the wall to sleep as usual, and closed my eyes. After a few seconds, I remembered the words I heard from two nights before, telling me to turn away. I heeded this advice as best as I could, and faced away from the wall as I fell asleep. I haven't had another encounter with the shadow man since then, and I still never face the wall nearest to me when I sleep. You would think after all these years, I would grow up and just move on, but no. I am still scared of that shadow man. I can't put a finger on what exactly scares me about him, but there is something there that scares me to this day that urges me to turn away.

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Ghaziabad: Virender Sehwag's dazzling knock of 107 went in vain as Uttar Pradesh inflicted a six-wicket defeat on Delhi in the Ranji Trophy Group B tie here on Monday. Chasing a target of 155 in 50 overs after Delhi were all out for 322 in their second innings, UP reached home in 39.2 overs with Mukul Dagar and skipper Suresh Raina setting the platform, scoring 37 runs apiece. After the dismissal of both batsmen, it was left to Arish Alam (15 not out) and Ali Murtaza (14 not out) to see the hosts through. The outright win fetched UP six points. Raina promoted himself to No. 4 after Mohammed Kaif couldn't come in to bat due to finger injury. He batted fluently with five hits to the fence during his 46-ball stay. Earlier, Delhi looked like they would force a draw till the time Sehwag was at the crease. The dasher, who came in to bat at No. 6 because of a sore finger, played some scintillating shots. Resuming at 21, Sehwag reached the three-figure mark in 146 balls with the help of 18 boundaries. Sehwag unleashed some truly breathtaking shots, smashing as many as seven boundaries in the morning itself to bring up his 50. Making matters worse for the home team, Raina dropped Sehwag at second slip with the latter batting on 70, off the bowling off Imtiaz Ahmed. Sehwag certainly knew that he was the only hope for Delhi. Unfortunately, his vigil couldn't help the visitors cross the danger mark. He was the ninth man out on 314, holing out to Praveen Kumar at mid-on in an attempt to launch Imtiaz over the top. BRIEF SCORES Delhi 235 and 322 (V. Sehwag 107, M. Manhas 65; B. Kumar 4/94, I. Ahmed 4/112). Uttar Pradesh 403 and 158/4 (S. Raina 37). Uttar Pradesh won by 6 wickets.

http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/sehwags-107-goes-vain-220521833--spt.html

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Friday April 22, 2005 Earth Day I took A1A to work the other day, from South Beach to Hollywood Boulevard, and counted the number of construction sites I passed on that one street: 44. There is a weird time-travel quality to this trip; the gleaming, glass trump-phalluses share space with quaint relics whose days are obviously numbered. In a year this stretch of road will be very different. Given that the clock on the wall says it’s Earth Day, there’s a few points to be made about what’s up with this. First, what’s being built isn’t going up on top of pristine beaches or protected estuaries, and what’s coming down is 40 – 60 year old one-and-two story mom and pop style motels, some of which are studies in kitsch and bad taste (but nevertheless interesting). This is a case of erection-swapping, as it were. There’s limited new environmental impact (“No cliffs, sands, or bluffs”). That said, it doesn’t automatically follow that lining up high-rises on the edge of the ocean is a terrific idea, either. There’s the aesthetics of it – lots of beautiful new buildings are still lots of buildings – as well as the impact of a trillion people and their waste, traffic, mere presence to contend with. Plus the canyonesque wind tunnel effect: On a moderately breezy day, a fart in Golden Isles could carry down AIA all the way to South Beach. Speaking of Trump. Critical Miami does not have a problem with times changing. We like new stuff! All we’re saying is that stuff is changing fast. Enjoy it before it’s gone.comments powered by Disqus After reading this article, it brought to mind a discussion I recently had with a builder. In Sunny Isles, for example, one of the ridiculously high story condominiums being built is 50 stories high. Many of the buildings are not only sinking and have to be re-built but totally block out the sun on the beach in the afternoon. People actually flock to Florida for the sunny weather and the beaches. Florida is greedily cutting its own throat and ruining the aesthetics of the beach areas.It is sad and unfortunate to observe the “new” Florida. What is even more irritating is that foreign factions are buying these properties at top prices only to raise the prices and immediately flip them for their own financial gains leaving 80% of the condos empty.It’s a huge dilemma that is never ending and a sad commentary on the trendy,obsessive exploitation that is taking place in South Florida today.

http://criticalmiami.com/2005/04/22/earth-day

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We have sometimes rented movies from Amazon Unbox because they download right to our Tivo. They give you 30 days to start watching the rental, which I think is just fine, but once you start you have to finish within 24 hours or your movie is deleted. This is problematic. Let’s say you start watching a rental at 7pm one evening. Life happens, your 16-month-old demands attention, and you only get halfway through. The next night you have to be absolutely sure you start working on finishing it a safe amount before 7pm. Because if you’re not finished by 7pm it’s going to be automatically deleted. That sucks. Why not make the rentals last 36 hours so that this kind of time crunch is elimininated? Is this really such a problem that the movie studios can’t relax just a little bit? All I want is to be able to comfortably watch a rental over 2 evenings because we find it hard to get through 2 hours in one shot. This has certainly put us off renting very many movies. And now there are rumors that iTunes rentals are going to have the same 24 hour limit. Come on! I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one who feels this way: The 27-Hour Day Campaign.

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By clue 2, neither Jim nor Art gets out of the van pool at 16th St., so either Carol or Linda does. If Carol gets out at 16th St., by clues 2 and 3, Jim would get out at Declaration Pl. Then Linda's commute would end at either Benford Blvd. or Melrose Ave.--no (4). So, Linda gets out of the van at 16th St. Since Carol doesn't get out first (3), by clue 2, Jim does, with Linda then getting out second. The only way for clue 3 to work is for Carol to get out fourth, with Art then getting out third at Declaration Pl. By clue 1, Jim's commute ends at Benford Blvd. and Carol's at Melrose Ave. The four van pool riders get out in order CRpuzzles.com. Copyright © 2000-2007 by Calvin J. Hamilton Privacy Statement.

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iPcTest Struct Reference This is a test property class. More... #include <propclass/test.h> Inheritance diagram for iPcTest: Detailed Description This is a test property class. This property class can send out the following messages to the behaviour (add prefix 'cel.parameter.' to get the ID for parameters): - cel.misc.test.print: a message has been printed (message) This property class supports the following actions (add prefix 'cel.action.' to get the ID of the action and add prefix 'cel.parameter.' to get the ID of the parameter): - Print: parameters 'message' (string). This property class supports the following properties (add prefix 'cel.property.' to get the ID of the property: - counter (long, read/write): how many times something has been printed. - max (long, read/write): maximum length of what was printed. Definition at line 43 of file test.h. Member Function Documentation Print a message. The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file: Generated for CEL: Crystal Entity Layer 1.4.1 by doxygen 1.7.1

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April 16, 2008Keeneland Race 5Maiden Special Weight4.5 furlongs2 Year Old FilliesPost Time: 3:10 PM; TVG Mostly Peace Mostly Peace (filly; Peace Rules - Ms. Mostly by Copelan) becomes our 2nd starter for our 1st-time sires and the first starter for Peace Rules. She sold for $80,000 as a yearling. Mostly Peace's dam earned $276,525 and won or placed in 8 stakes including a victory in the Pucker Up (gr. II). She also ran 9 times as a 2-year old registering two wins and 5 thirds. Ms. Mostly has produced 2 winners, including Fire Wood who earned $210,660. Although Fire Wood did not win as a 2-year old, he did start twice and recorded two 2nd place finishes. Three other first-year sires are represented in this race including Chapel Royal who won the Flash (gr. III) and the Sanford (gr. II) as a 2-year old. Chapel Royal is the sire of Iberian Gate (Chapel Royal - White Cliffs by Dover Ridge). Iberian Gate sold for $340,000 in February at the OBS 2-year olds in training sale. White Cliffs was a stakes winner who earned $245,542 including a victory in the Kattegat's Pride Stakes as a 2-year old. Overall, her 2-year old record was 6 starts, 4 wins, 1 second, and 1 third. And, she broke her maiden first time out going 4.5 furlongs. 4 out of 5 of her offspring who have made the races have won, 3 of these won in the 2-year old season (2 were victorious in their debuts). Lookbeforeyouleap (The Cliff's Edge - Be My Lover by Belong to Me) is from the first-crop of Toyota Blue Grass winner (gr. I) The Cliff's Edge. Be My Lover has produced 1 winner from 1 to race. This winner, Run Lover Run, ran 8 times as a 2-year old winning once, finishing 2nd twice, and third once. From the first-crop of grade III winner Omega Code is Cheyenne Code (Omega Code - Zeebler by Tomorrows Cat). Cheyenne Code is the first foal out of an unraced mare to make it to the races. Her dam is a half-sister to four winners. However, none won as a 2-year old. Among the entries not by first-year stallions of interest is Dorothy's Essense (Essence of Dubai - Leedle Dee by Distinctive Pro) who sold for $35,000 as a yearling. Her dam earned $157,224 including a victory in the East View Stakes as a 2-year old. Dorothy's Essense is her first foal. Also of note is Terrifany (Fusaichi Pegasus - Pesci by Stormy Atlantic) who is the first foal out of the grade I-placed mare, Pesci who earned $152,001. 2-Year Old Works Returning to the WorkTab (horses previously mentioned in this blog) Two Medaglia d'Oro fillies were on track at Goldmark on 4/12 both working 4 furlongs. Fiesta d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro - Ionian Bride by Icecapade) recorded a time of :50.40 while Double Espresso's (Medaglia d'Oro - Second Strike by Fast Play) time was :50.60. Also on 4/12 at Silverton Hill Farm, Ambraw (colt; Congaree - Fabulous Flight by Flying Continental) worked 4 furlongs in :51.85. At Calder on 4/15, Precious Beans (colt; Medaglia d'Oro - Precious Feather by Gone West) went 5 furlongs, recording a time of 1:05.00. Working 3 furlongs on 4/15 were Gabby's Golden Gal (filly; Medaglia d’Oro – Gabriellina Giof (GB) by Ashkalani (IRE)) who recorded a time of :34.40 at Hollywood Park and Tiger Rules (colt; Peace Rules - Danzig Tiger by Danzig Connection) whose time was :38.00 at Keeneland. Tiger Rules has been entered in a Maiden Special Weight race Friday at Keeneland. New to this blog Two Congaree colts make their workout debut on this blog both working 3 furlongs at El Primero Training Center on 4/15. Conga Rock (Congaree - Spectacular Lisa by Formal Gold) recorded a time of :39.60. Spectacular Lisa was a stakes winner who earned $209,600. She did not run as a 2-year old. Conga Rock is her first foal. Congo Creek (Congaree - Lost Expectations by Valid Expectations) worked in :39.80. Lost Expectations earned $80,294 in a career that included a third place in the Schuylerville Stakes (gr. II) as a 2-year old. She has had one offspring to race, a filly who finished 4th in her only start last year as a 2-year old. i so love Peace Rules.hes so tough,gritty.i cant wait to see if his kids are as tough.

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3.16 Procedures Returns #t if v is a procedure, #f otherwise. The apply Function in Guide: PLT Scheme introduces apply. Applies proc using the content of (list* v ... lst) as the (by-position) arguments. The #:<kw> kw-arg sequence is also supplied as keyword arguments to proc, where #:<kw> stands for any keyword. The given proc must accept as many arguments as the number of vs plus length of lst, it must accept the supplied keyword arguments, and it must not require any other keyword arguments; otherwise, the exn:fail:contract exception is raised. The given proc is called in tail position with respect to the apply call. Returns a procedure that composes the given functions, applying the last proc first and the first proc last. The composed functions can consume and produce any number of values, as long as each function produces as many values as the preceding function consumes. 3.16.1 Keywords and Arity The apply Function in Guide: PLT Scheme introduces keyword-apply. Like apply, but kw-lst and kw-val-lst supply by-keyword arguments in addition to the by-position arguments of the vs and lst, and in addition to the directly supplied keyword arguments in the #:<kw> kw-arg sequence, where #:<kw> stands for any keyword. The given kw-lst must be sorted using keyword<?. No keyword can appear twice in kw-lst or in both kw-list and as a #:<kw>, otherwise, the exn:fail:contract exception is raised. The given kw-val-lst must have the same length as kw-lst, otherwise, the exn:fail:contract exception is raised. The given proc must accept all of the keywords in kw-lst plus the #:<kw>s, it must not require any other keywords, and it must accept as many by-position arguments as supplied via the vs and lst; otherwise, the exn:fail:contract exception is raised. Returns information about the number of by-position arguments accepted by proc. See also procedure-arity?. A valid arity a is one of the following: An exact non-negative integer, which means that the procedure accepts a arguments, only. A arity-at-least instance, which means that the procedure accepts (arity-at-least-value a) or more arguments. A list containing integers and arity-at-least instances, which means that the procedure accepts any number of arguments that can match one of the elements of a.. If the prop:procedure property value is an integer, it designates a field within the structure that should contain a procedure. The integer must be between 0 (inclusive) and the number of non-automatic fields in the structure type (exclusive, not counting supertype fields). The designated field must also be specified as immutable, so that after an instance of the structure is created, its procedure cannot be changed. (Otherwise, the arity and name of the instance could change, and such mutations are generally not allowed for procedures.) When the instance is used as the procedure in an application expression, the value of the designated field in the instance is used to complete the procedure call. (This procedure can be another structure that acts as a procedure; the immutability of procedure fields disallows cycles in the procedure graph, so that the procedure call will eventually continue with a non-structure procedure.) That procedure receives all of the arguments from the application expression. The procedure’s name (see object-name), arity (see procedure-arity), and keyword protocol (see procedure-keywords) are also used for the name, arity, and keyword protocol of the structure. If the value in the designated field is not a procedure, then the instance behaves like (case-lambda) (i.e., a procedure which does not accept any number of arguments). See also procedure-extract-target. Providing an integer proc-spec argument to make-struct-type is the same as both supplying the value with the prop:procedure property and designating the field as immutable (so that a property binding or immutable designation is redundant and disallowed). When the prop:procedure value is a procedure, it should accept at least one argument count of the property-value procedure. If the property-value procedure cannot accept at least one argument, then the instance behaves like (case-lambda). Providing a procedure proc-spec argument to make-struct-type is the same as supplying the value with the prop:procedure property (so that a specific property binding is disallowed).. After the first application of the result of curry, each further application accumulates arguments until an acceptable number of arguments have been accumulated, at which point the original proc is called. A function call (curry proc v ...) is equivalent to ((curry proc) v ...). In other words, curry itself is curried. The curry function provides limited support for keyworded functions: only the curry call itself can receive keyworded arguments to be propagated eventually to proc. Like curry, except that the arguments are collected in the opposite direction: the first step collects the rightmost group of arguments, and following steps add arguments to the left of these.

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New Delhi, May 18 2010 New Delhi, May 18, 2010: It is a well known fact that India produces as well as imports thousands of tonnes of electronic waste every year. Almost all of this waste is recycled or scrapped by the unorganized sector, using the most rudimentary methods that pollute. What may not be so well known is that the government’s new draft e-waste rules, announced in April this year, refuse to recognize and help organize this key sector. Instead, the ministry of environment and forests has chosen to grant its first and only licence to import e-waste to a company called Attero Recycling. And undercover investigations done by researchers from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) have found Attero reselling e-waste, instead of recycling it. Down To Earth, a science and environment fortnightly that CSE helps publish, has come out with a complete expose of the e-waste industry, the illegal trade that thrives in this sector, the horrific working conditions, and the immense pollution that results from all of these. Regulations which may not achieve much The investigations by CSE spanned the main e-waste dismantling and recycling hub in India – from Seelampur in Delhi to Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh. More than 90 per cent of the e-waste generated in the country lands up in the unorganized market, reports CSE. The government, says the CSE report, assumes it will be able to regulate the informal sector through its proposed rules on e-waste, which allow only registered companies with updated and safe technologies to recycle e-waste. This leaves in the lurch an overwhelming majority of the existing e-waste recycling industry. India generated 330,000 tonnes of e-waste in 2007 – equal to 110 million laptops. About 10 per cent of the e-waste generated is recycled every year; the remaining is refurbished, and the unorganized sector is right behind almost all of it. Informal dealers refurbish and make money from e-waste. The organized e-waste recycling industry, of course, cries foul at these practices. Organized and formal recyclers have welcomed the new e-waste rules. Says Kushal P S Yadav, head of CSE’s toxins and solid waste unit, “However, CSE’s undercover forays into the business dealings of Attero Recycling have exposed the double-talk – a company favored by the government is not doing what it claims to specialize in.” According to CSE, the government’s new draft rules ignore the reality and are likely to be toothless. It is estimated that illegal import of e-waste in the country stands at about 50,000 tonnes annually. Loopholes in laws facilitate this. For instance, the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act of 1992 provides for donation of computers to educational and charitable institutions, hospitals, etc. The government’s new draft rules declare such imports for charity illegal – without giving any thought to the other ways through which e-waste is imported, such as under the pretext of metal scrap and second-hand electrical appliances. The proposed rules, for the first time in India, bring in the concept of extended producer responsibility, making manufacturers liable for safe disposal of electronic goods. However, they do not detail the business model for collection of e-waste from consumers. Neither do they offer any assistance to help the informal sector get organized. India is a global dump for hazardous waste and e-waste India wants global waste, and gets what it wants: the CSE analysis looks at the entire hazardous and e-waste import industry. It also reveals how developed countries are using free trade agreements (FTAs) to export their waste to the developing world. Japan and the EU, for instance, are currently negotiating with India and a deal is likely to be signed this year. The commerce ministry has not made public details of about 30 such deals that India is negotiating. According to CSE, the cause for concern is the part of the draft text of an FTA between the EU and India, which was leaked. This leaked text coins a new name for waste: it says “non-new goods shall be understood to include notably used and remanufactured goods” and that “non-new goods” would not have any restrictions such as import or export tariffs. Thus, import of waste could be treated just like import of fresh products. This could result in enormous increase in the import of wastes in India, which would severely hamper environmental safeguard measures. So what is the way out? Says Sunita Narain, director, CSE: “The choice India faces is this – either it becomes a dumping ground for the world’s waste, or regulates the recycling and the trade better so as to import only non-hazardous and recyclable waste.” For clarifications and details, please contact Souparno Banerjee (souparno@cseindia.org, 9910864339) or Kushal P S Yadav (kushal@cseindia.org, 9810867667).

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In my efforts to catch up with older CSI cases I ended up working on case 11... AGAIN! I have no idea how on earth I have forgotten the fact that, not only I already worked on it, but also got on the watch list! with that page... Crazy... I guess I subconsciously LOVED the case too much hehe... Well, this time I started off with a page that had some interesting lines on it, that inspired everything else. I used watercolors (wet on wet) to get the PAINT ON THE BACKGROUND and then pasted TORN paper from the coordinates onto some of the images. My journaling was scattering text all over the page. I ended up writing two different sentences, one in black and one in red, but the lines are all mixed up so you have to follow the color in order to read them right... I used a photo from 2004, when Alana, my eldest girl, graduated from kindergarten. I have updated my blog! yey!! and this time, specially for my CSI friends, I decided to write them bilingually so that you can read and actually understand it :) (it used to be all in Spanish). I also caught up with older posts that were UNDER CONSTRUCTION so feel free to have a look at it and comment on the post if you want to. I'm really new to blogging so I'll appreciate your comments, suggestions or whatever! This is my blog: and here a couple of closeups from this page: Views: 35 Comment Beautiful soft watercolours! And a fabulous layout, I am glad you did the same case file again! TFS! Wonderful water colour effects and the doodling! Great layout! Love the watercolor and all the different elements on the page!! Thank you Adrienne and Helena. I know... it must have been something in my subconscious that made me work on it again and again hehehe. It was so funny when I realized the fact that hey! these colors look familiar!? But the funniest thing was that I first thought I had uploaded the previous ORIGINAL case 11 page under a wrong case number! It took me a while to really discovered I worked on it twice and that both pages belonged to the same case... how silly is that! it was lots of fun :) Love the water colors and the whole construction of this page. And I love the fact that you made a second layout with this case file:))) Gorgeous paint and doodles across your pages. Love that you played it again-even though you didnt mean to! You need to be a member of CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration to add comments! Join CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration

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Opcode Instruction Clocks Description AE SCAS m8 7 Compare bytes AL-ES:[DI], update (E)DI AF SCAS m16 7 Compare words AX-ES:[DI], update (E)DI AF SCAS m32 7 Compare dwords EAX-ES:[DI], update (E)DI AE SCASB 7 Compare bytes AL-ES:[DI], update (E)DI AF SCASW 7 Compare words AX-ES:[DI], update (E)DI AF SCASD 7 Compare dwords EAX-ES:[DI], update (E)DI IF AddressSize = 16 THEN use DI for dest-index; ELSE (* AddressSize = 32 *) use EDI for dest-index; FI; IF byte type of instruction THEN AL - [dest-index]; (* Compare byte in AL and dest *) IF DF = 0 THEN IndDec := 1 ELSE IncDec := -1; FI; ELSE IF OperandSize = 16 THEN AX - [dest-index]; (* compare word in AL and dest *) IF DF = 0 THEN IncDec := 2 ELSE IncDec := -2; FI; ELSE (* OperandSize = 32 *) EAX - [dest-index];(* compare dword in EAX & dest *) IF DF = 0 THEN IncDec := 4 ELSE IncDec := -4; FI; FI; FI; dest-index := dest-index + IncDec If the address-size attribute for this instruction is 16 bits, DI is used as the destination register; otherwise, the address-size attribute is 32 bits and EDI is used. The address of the memory data being compared is determined solely by the contents of the destination register, not by the operand to SCAS. The operand validates ES segment addressability and determines the data type. Load the correct index value into DI or EDI before executing SCAS. After the comparison is made, the destination register is automatically updated. If the direction flag is 0 (CLD was executed), the destination register is incremented; if the direction flag is 1 (STD was executed), it is decremented. The increments or decrements are by 1 if bytes are compared, by 2 if words are compared, or by 4 if doublewords are compared. SCASB, SCASW, and SCASD are synonyms for the byte, word and doubleword SCAS instructions that don't require operands. They are simpler to code, but provide no type or segment checking. SCAS can be preceded by the REPE or REPNE prefix for a block search of CX or ECX bytes or words. Refer to the REP instruction for further details. up: Chapter 17 -- 80386 Instruction Set prev: SBB Integer Subtraction with Borrow next: SETcc Byte Set on Condition

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Eight inches of snow and the transport network collapses.. so we've been snowed in for a couple of days which has been quite fun! I made my Christmas cards yesterday. I folded sheets of cotton-fibre paper (that I bought a couple of years ago and never used) and cut out stocking shapes. Then I put fabric behind the openings and stitched around the edges with white thread to hold the sandwich of layers together. We've also put up our tree, and I made a skirt for the base which Honey thinks I made especially for her to lounge on. 9 comments: I love your cards. Isn't the snow crazy? We had about 5 inches yesterday morning and everythings still recovering from that! adorable. Look how cute Honey is! Love the cards! Totally adorable. loooove your cards! Just adorable ! Your cards are adorable and so is Honey! Being snowed in sounds fun. :) We've just had the lightest dusting of snow where I am - I can't wait until more of it starts to stick around! Of course, I'm sure I'll immediately start wishing for Spring, but it's exciting at first! Wow, your Christmas cards are beautiful! Hope you're enjoying the festive season:) wow! snow! Someday...I would just love to have a white christmas, and your cat is gorgeous :) Oh, your cat look so sweet.

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We enjoyed the quiet, the garden tub and the fireplace. Beautiful cozy cabin! Loved the cozy setting by the fireplace; Big comfortable master bedroom. Loved the view out the deck window of the woods. Very private--a perfect romantic getaway. Nice kitchen and other amenities! The cabin was peaceful and an overall great cabin!! =) We loved the coziness of our cabin. It was very clean, and well-stocked with everything we needed for a 4-day stay!! =) Everything was clean! The kitchen was well equipped!! The woods were beautiful!!! =) We will definitely be making our way back up to Cuddle Up cabin rentals!! The service, the friendships, the love, and the pride you feel when your up here doesn't even compare to the four seasons!!! =) We had an awesome time at this cabin and didn't want to say goodbye! The cabin is beautiful. We really enjoyed staying here! Being in the mountains was a fun and new experience! Falls Branch Falls was wonderful!! The peace and quiet was great! We loved the bird feeders and the hot tub!! The views were amazing!! Everything was beautiful and enjoyable!! Outdoor enthusiasts will be excited by the close proximity to biking, hiking, boating, golf, shopping, horse-back riding, and fishing in several of Americas top yearround trout streams.all less than 15 minutes from the cabin. Beautiful Lake Blue Ridge is five minutes away, and offers a full service marina. Birders will enjoy bountiful walks along the knoll, and the daily on site visits by the many finches, songbirds & warblers that feed about. Cyclists will especially appreciate being so close to beautiful, thrilling rides in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia. From the Devils Backbone to Blairsville, or the bicycling adventures in Aska, the two wheelers will have a blast.whether motoring or pedaling! And, of course, there's shopping everything from antiques to haute couture!

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Stunning hand-painted artwork at 70% off Give bored walls some love with stunning artworks from Global Art Direct! Just $89 scores you a hand-painted piece measuring 90cm x 60cm! And it comes delivered stretched and mounted! - Give your wall a splash of colour with a huge 90cm x 60cm hand-painted oil painting from Global Art Direct for only $89! - Choose any 90cm x 60cm oil painting from the "abstract" or "decorative" range, valued at $299, - Choose from hundreds of decorative and abstract artworks. Check them out here: - All artworks are 100% hand-painted oil paintings on canvas! So you know you’re getting quality! - For an extra $30, you can you upgrade to art from ANY category on the website (this is directly payable to Global Art Direct) - Includes FREE delivery to anywhere in Australia and comes to you stretched and mounted! So it’s ready to hang! Much like a child, a piece of art without a good home is not admired for its individuality, collects dust and stares wistfully out the window on sunny days. So do your bit and give a piece of art the home it deserves! The art connoisseurs at Global Art Direct are offering one huge 90cm x 60cm oil painting, normally valued at $299, for the measly sum of 89 bucks! This means you save a whopping $210 on an exquisite hand-painted oil painting from Global Art Direct online, which houses one of Australia’s finest collections of 100% hand painted oil paintings on canvas. To view the range go to: and choose from the "abstract" or "decorative" sections. So forget Leonardo Da Vinci, Monet and Rembrandt because today’s offer will allow you to choose ANY 90cm x 60cm oil painting (valued at $299) from hundreds of artworks in Global Art Direct’s decorative and abstract categories. And all you’ll have to fork out is $89! Of course, if you’re more a fan of flowers, landscape or pop art works, Global Art Direct is letting you upgrade to art from ANY category on the website, for an extra $30! (Please note $30 upgrade is directly payable to Global Art Direct.) There’s no doubt these artworks are high in quality too as Global Art Direct doesn't print on the canvas and then paint over it like other art providers. Instead, they have hundreds of artists from all over the globe creating 100% hand-painted oil paintings. Even better, this offer includes FREE delivery to anywhere in Australia and comes to you stretched and mounted. This means the canvas is already stretched on an inner frame and is ready to hang! Good homes are hard to find, so give one lucky painting (or as many as you want!) a chance to transform your wall into a work of art and save a massive 70%! Global Art Direct have a hand-picked team of hundreds of artists located all over the globe to create an array of artwork from abstract to flowers, streets in Paris, landscapes and more. Unlike other art suppliers, Global Art Direct do not sell prints, canvas transfers or lithographs and do not paint over printed canvas. They sell 100% hand-painted oil paintings on canvas. - Website - - Offer valid for one month from 20th July 2012 - Includes delivery to anywhere in Australia, stretching/mounting and freight - The $89 price option is valid for any piece from the abstract or decorative art categories only - To redeem, please go to, select "How to redeem your Voucher", select your product and enter your Cudo voucher number - During redemption, customers have the option to choose from any of the other art categories on the site for an extra $30, directly payable to Global Art Direct. (i.e. detailed landscapes, Buddha, Venice, still life, flowers etc. – these are normally $50 - $150 extra) - Buy as many vouchers as you like - Vouchers are not redeemable for cash - Vouchers are not valid with any other offers or promotions

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Updating your Wardobe – Your Fashion Editor’s Guide to Keeping it ‘Fresh’ this Autumn/Winter So the summer sunshine has somehow paved it’s way to different climates, and the winter is upon us – fear not, Autumn and Winter make way for a bright, cosy and wonderful array of eye catching apparel. This season focusses on a specatacle of blockbuster trend in mix wardrobe tweaks, beauty tips and an uplifting party mood. Here are your Fashion Editor’s top tips for Style this Autumn Winter – From the return of glamour and glitter, to clothes you will never get lost in. Belt it Up. One trend that stands out for this season is the belt-cinched waist. Perfectly accompanied with your fur coat for the Winter. The most practical but fun element to this trend is the fact that it can easily be acquired! Involving less effort outside of buying a belt or digging one out of your already, fabulous wardrobe. Burberry’s bow belt adds that little bit more character – as weall love those quirky little signature elements in our style. Owl’ing What better way to celebrate this beautiful season than to present some illustrative flavour to your wardrobe – The Owl symbol has played happy to an array of summer tees and continues to be embellished in a variety of knitwear and autumn, winter dresses. Burberry Prorsum presented an impressive collection of bead designed Owl prints on a multitude of heavy knits earlier this year – illustrating an authentic, homespun look. The Signature Jumper Here it comes – the Autumn/Winter ‘Hero’ piece – the most eye catching piece for your wardrobe has to be the multi hue Jumper. Get into the Trend game this season and aquire yourself one of these casual day to evening beauties. To qualify this trend, it’s simple. Your knits need to incorporate a substantial stitch or some kind of eye catching detail. For Catwalk inspiration, take a look at the splendid collection by Johnathan Saunders and Pringle of Scotland. Signature Jumper, approved! Glitter that Pout Our continuing celebration of all things vibrant and 80′s proceeds forward this season with a touch of pucker sparkle. What better way to compliment this coming season with that much warranted need for vibrance and dazzle than to execute a generous amount of lip decor.Fear not, this look was not only triumphant for Spring/Summer – in keeping with the trend of glitter in knits, this look will be at it’s most popular this season. Who said sparkle was just for the catwalk? If you’re feeling brave, get the full glitter-lip look, as seen at Kinder Aggugini, with a temporary lip tattoo from violentlips.com Dip to ‘Dye’ For That’s right, gone are the days of meticulous one tone colour hair – From the ‘withering heights’ of Kate Bush and the continued love for 80′s style comes the rock and roll style of dip dyed hair. A great trend style for this season – think warm brunette meets the rustic, raw colour of autumn leaves or lilac blonde meets orange glow. Dip dying is in full play this season, and as always, out designer counterparts showcased this look at a variety of Runway shows this year. Most notably Pringle of Scotland’s hair stylist Paul Hanlon, dip dyed all the models’ locks in hues that contrasted the collection, beautifully. This is a simple yet effective look, that can enhance your style with minimal effort. Print It! Being one of this year’s most sought after trends, this season sees a continued admiration for printed dresses. Aztec took our fashion world by storm earlier in 2012, with our global catwalk’s presenting a range of muti print embodied shift, paisley, skater and chiffon inspired dresses. This season we see a myriad of floral, geometric and map designed prints on a range of shirts, midi’s, chino’s, jeans and leggings. In play with sheer chiffon shirts in pastel colours, this is a perfect way to create that much aquired seasonal look of ‘loud meets minimal’ – so chic. Rock those Jewels This season is ALL about being rough and raw, with texture and surface being of poignant importance. In perfect balance with the ‘earthy’ raw meets vibrant style of the season, why not embrace the natural landscape of hidden treasure and celebrate the earth’s bounty from below the crust! The Bigger the Better – Keep the more minimal, understated pieces from your jewellery box under wraps for now, instead, steer your style focus on oversized jewellery; eye catching geometric shaped earrings and geometric shaped heavy neck pieces. Rings with ‘stand out’ appeal - celebrating the beauty and infectious look of precious metal. - Kyle Hilton's TV and Film Inspired Paper Dolls: Women’s Fashion Tips For The Winter Season | SMARTBARGAINS.COM OFFICIAL BLOG

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Members Directory Share your ideas, showcase your work, create your own blog, participate in forum discussions and network with thousands of members! Connect with other members of the culture360 community who share similar interests with you or live in the same city or country. Sort by clicking on the alphabetical listing below or on the headline for name, country or city etc)

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Tumalo Farms, located near the Cascade Mountains in Oregon, was started by Flavio DeCastilhos, who became inspired during a trip to Brazil's wine country. Flavio, who had a very successful career within the IT world, became fascinated with the local cheese industry. Starting a farm and a business from scratch gave DeCastilhos the opportunity to build a state-of-the-art cheesemaking operation. He spent two years researching and learning about cheesemaking and farming, during which time he became interested in producing traditional Dutch and Italian cheeses, and in experimenting with local ingredients to develop new recipes..

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comes with lists that are ready for your to-dos: What do you want to do Today? What are the tasks you want to get to Next? And what do you want to Schedule for a later day? Everything has its place. When entering new to-dos you can quickly add all important information: enter the title, notes, and due date. You can also tag to-dos so you can find them more easily later. Things remembers everything so you don't have to. The Daily Review lets you see everything that needs your attention: to-dos that are scheduled for today automatically appear at the top of your Today list, together with to-dos that have become due. Never miss something. No matter where you are, or what you want to focus on right now, Things makes it easy to find exactly the right to-dos. You can add tags to your to-dos, like "Home", "Errands", or "High". Use them for the things you want to do at home, when running errands, or when something is very important. Later, when you're ready to get them done, easily find these to-dos by filtering your lists by those tags. Projects are an easy way to group and view relevant to-dos together. Whenever you want to work on a project, simply open it in Things, then focus on getting it done - one to-do at a time. You can even group multiple projects and to-dos together into Areas: "Family, "Work", "Hobby", "Health", or whatever makes sense to you. Things makes it easy to stay on top of all your responsibilities in life. Things strikes a balance between ease of use and powerful features. Its polished user interface and attention to detail make it a delight to use. It's hard to find anything quite like it. “Things sets itself apart in flexibility and ease.” “Things definitely tops our list of GTD applications for the iPhone.” “If Things sounds simple, that's because it is. Other to-do list managers I've tried have, quite honestly, gotten in the way of me getting things done. Things doesn't do that. And I wouldn't have it any other way.”

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This post is long overdue but oh well. I’ve received many questions about my studio apartment tour in the Everygirl (mostly about my pink ikat rug!), so I wanted to share a few more photos and provide some of the sources too. My favorite place to shop for my apartment is Home Goods (and Craigslist too), so a lot of those things can’t be sourced. But if I left out anything, leave me a comment and I’ll tell you where it’s from. Ikea dresser (old) | cube | Home Goods mirror | lamp | DIY art | Osborne and Little wallpaper I love my little “dressing area” when I step out of bed onto a soft flotaki rug. Desk | Ghost Chair | Notebooks | lamp When I actually do sit down to write at my desk, it’s a fantastic place to work. But let’s be honest, I’m mostly blogging from my bed or couch. Blogs and Coffee print | framed Missoni pansy fabric | framed yearbook cover Kitchen Aid Mixer | Apron | Measurement Print | my own lemon paintings My mixer’s name is Ruby and she’s fabulous, isn’t she? West Elm Tray | Home Goods wine rack | Crate & Barrel champagne flutes (old) | Paper Source paper that I put behind some of the cubes | my own art Ikea Table | Chairs | Bookshelf | Bar Table from Home Goods which I spray painted gold My apartment is never this clean btw! Ikat rug | Flokati Rug | Duvet A wall of windows really provides great light in my apartment and makes it feel so much bigger than it is. French pillow | Coffee table and side table: found on Craigslist | Couch: passed down from a friend | Gray fleece chairs: Bloomingdales from the 1980s | metallic pillows from Urban Outfitters (old) For my wallpaper entry, I tore out full pages of magazines with images I love – food (the fired chicken photo might be my favorite), fashion, interiors, cute boys, colorful designs – and using double sided tape, I put them up in rows. I think there’s about 150 pages up on the wall. I can easily remove one image if I find another one I like. Also, how embarrassing. I forgot to clean up that messy area above my fridge where I store bags of chips and pans. Oops. :) If you haven’t already, head over to the Everygirl and read more about my apartment. Oh, and if you want to see something hilarious, check out this post from 2009 where I share some photos from my then brand new apartment. It feels nice to look back and see how both my apartment and I have grown.

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What is the Movie Called The Cure for Insomnia Author: Solution Finders What It was first played in its entirety at The School Of The Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois from January 31 to Feb. 3, 1987 the movie Cure For Insomnia was released January 31, 1987. The Cure for Insomnia is the longest movie ever made at a total running time of 87 hours. Cure for Insomnia consists of L.D. Groban reciting his own poem, inter linked with X-rated film footage and music videos.ChaCha! The movie was directed by John Henry Timmis IV and he wrote and directed the 1987 movie "The Cure for Insomnia". It's runtime is 5220 minutes. That's 87 hours! Do you know what happens in the brain when you have narcolepsy? Okay now pay attention, this is deep and if you have doubts at all, You really should be asking a professional other than me. with that said, here are the basics Narcolepsy means you have no orexins, no fighting genes against sleep. researchers think this is caused by our auto-immune systems destroying them during the fetal development of that particular part of the brain, possibly in response to exposure to a virus. our brains are missing a particular peptide (amino acids) called hypocretins or orexins. (those born in march have a higher rate of being born with this, partly because the mother is in her second trimester during the big cold/flu season...while those born in later September have the smallest, which puts the pregnant mom in her second trimester during a low cold/flu time of year.) Not in Flu season, So the resistance is low. These orexins regulate functions like the body's ability to keep its self up and stay awake. Vigorous excercise several times a day, Caffeine, ephedrine, pseudoephedrine are the over the counter stimulants for Narcolepsy. The circus of ever sprouting medication for sleep disorders are only part of the cure. The real cure is your life's work. Do and perform your life's work. In The movie LD Groban (poet L.D. Groban) recites his own poem of 4,080 pages. His life's work should reprogram biological clocks for insomniacs and for that matter narcoleps so you can order your bodies natural sleep cycle again. Don't take medication geared towards mental health issues lightly. You don't want to get in to all that if you can help it. Do and perform your life's work. Many of these drugs are addictive or they have very serious side effects. This includes antidepressant Elavil, which is WAY too strong for many. It makes many terribly drowsy and lethargic, not good for someone with narcolepsy! Tofranil (generic: imipramine) which works well for some because its an antidepressant. and Ritalin is disliked by all. Tamiflu is prescribed for insomnia.All of these medicines should be subscribed by a doctor. Just say no if you can help, and you can. Do and perform your life's work. Now with insomnia Your body should adjust to the new wake up time and let you go to sleep when it needs to. Set your alarm to one time (the time you want to wake up each morning) and follow it strictly. Ironically the cure for insomnia perhaps is the same cure for narcolepsy. Do and perform your life's work. -To help you get to sleep/and stay up just enough and to give the body energy to disipline the mind to sleep enough is as follows from all diagnosis: -make sure there is no noise, no light, smells fine and the room temperature is a cool 65 --degrees and your comfortable in bed. -exercise in the morning to help you get to sleep/and stay up just enough -during the day get lots of sunlight -take a warm bath and have a warm glass of milk or cup of chamomile tea before sleep don't have any caffeine. be sure to drink plenty of water throughout the day. -don't have a big meal before going to sleep but also don't go to sleep on an empty stomach. have a small snack, such as yogurt (which also contains tryptophan). - don't watch tv or use the computer for at least a half hour before sleep. Instead do something in a dimmer light to help you get to sleep/and stay up just enough to help you get to sleep/and stay up just enough By making small lifestyle changes like having a fixed daily routine, relaxing and eating properly, insomnia can be cured. Insomnia (sleeplessness) is due to stress, dietary and medical problems. Achieving discipline, order and rest control means you need to go to bed at the same time every night regardless of whether you feel tired or not & once in bed - minimal tv,reading. Sleep is all about developing a schedule to maintain a normal cycle. Your body needs to establish that the bed is for sleep & nothing else. No matter what you decide to do, you need to have a professional observing the effects the drug has on your brain and your body. The people answering your question on this site, cannot make these observations even if they know what they are talking about (don't take that for granted). TALK TO A PROFESSIONAL!!! Today prepare to fight. Prepare to fight to do your life's work. fight who? fight the urge and the compulsion to self destruct and to stay the same. stop the urge and the inclination to tell yourself that "You can't sleep" or "I just fall asleep out of no where". Fight your own inner creative battles. what do you love to do. what are you passionate about. Wher do you go when the world seems like it just disappears? What is your spot in this world and what is your territory.TALK TO A PROFESSIONAL!!! and then do what you can do naturally which is do your life's work. Would you watch this AWESOME movie? The Cure for Insomnia? Tsk tsk. Probably not.* Has anyone watched the movie ,The Cure for Insomnia ,which runs for 87 hours.? and if so whats its storyline . Really? There’s a movie like that? is it possible to get a copy of the movie “the cure for insomnia” and if so where?… Is a good cure for insomnia watching an old Ronald Regan movie? I actually bought one a long time ago. Tried to watch it twice. I could not get past the first 15 or so minutes and even that was a chore. It was bad, very bad. Critics said he was a grade B actor, I think they were being kind. It will either put you to sleep or put you in a coma. lol Where to find the cure for insomnia? My friend and I just read about the worlds longest movie “The Cure for Insomnia.” It’s like 85 hours long and we’re destined to watch this entire movie, but dont know where or if we can get it. If you know where we can rent/buy/steal this movie please let me know. And I guess just go ahead and tell us we’re lazy and we have no life and we should find something better to do for 4 days, I don’t really care. yeah i know its just this dude reading his 4080 page poem. and its got like random inserts of heavy metal videos and x rated footage. but i’ll still watch it. if he spend over 4000 pages, the poem can’t be too crappy Ok, first move your mouse to the corner of your internet explorer where your google search section is (or other search engine) Type in “The Cure For Insomnia” Most of the results will help you, me i’m off to bed because I agree with Chris!

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ain's relationship with Israel increasingly fraught source:... found New Labour to be a friendly force in an uncertain world but has been caught off-guard by the distinct new tone the Coalition is bringing to the Middle East Peace Process. Comments best characterised as blunt have emanated from David Cameron and William Hague at regular intervals. Israeli diplomats had expected Nick Clegg and his Liberal Democrat colleagues to provide awkward moments as the centrist party catered to its supporters views. But the Conservatives were supposed to be different. Instead Mr Cameron visited Turkey and called Gaza a “prison camp.” The words sent a shiver down the spines of Israeli officials, who by and large have not retorted in public, but cannot hide their disbelief. In theory the Right-wing party should fall for the tropes of the Israel lobby just like their counterparts in America. But the Conservatives long tradition of nurturing Britain’s historical ties to the Arab world has a firm advocate in Mr Hague. The Foreign Secretary has close links to the Gulf and other Muslim states. His philosophy of building ever stronger ties involves listening to his counterparts. Their views that the region will be ridden with problems as long as peace is in abeyance in the Holy Land gets a more sincere hearing in Whitehall under Mr Hague. For Israel this is an uncomfortable new development. It hardly helps that the Israeli government’s own strategy is to use regional unrest as a pretext for not taking the uncomfortable path of compromise with the Palestinians. Mr Hague says Israel's “belligerent” tone is partly responsible for the faltering peace process. Only Tony Blair now wholeheartedly reflects the Israeli point of view. His dark warnings of the rise of Muslim fundamentalists in the winds of change shaking the Middle East are the only message Israel really wants to hear from British representatives.... - trut The Brits are tired of getting screwed over by Israel,maybe you can listen to Finkelstein sometime. - 2 years ago reply - freecrack not news at all, unless i walked into a time warp and its 2008? - 2 years ago reply - trut Well carry on then, no need to put your 2 bits in. - 2 years ago reply - freecrack says the king of drive by troll commentary. apparently, if ones goal on current is the proliferation of information, thier is a need for me to stop by, as you on this very page are asking questions that have long since been answered here. no need to thank me for sharing them with you.just glad i could help. - 2 years ago reply - trut Cameron called Gaza a "prison camp"? Wow, I don't think you'll hear that main stream media. - 2 years ago reply - toyotabedzrock Rachel might cover it if Egypt doesn't obscure the entire news hour. - 2 years ago reply - freecrack i guess you just aint lookin. 2008 britan issued an arrest warrant for israel's minister of defense, and israeli government officials havent traveled there since. it was also the brits who were pissed at israel over the mosaad using irish passports for the assassination in dubia. and of course shimon peres's rebutal to cameron.... i guess you dont know how to search current huh? - 2 years ago reply

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tagged w/ heart attack. Food That Can Kill You InstantlyThe hit blog This Is Why You’re Fat, a showcase of the world’s unhealthiest cuisine, is now a svelte little book. Author Jessica Amason talks to Rachel Syme about the Gross-Food Movement.The hit blog This Is Why You’re Fat, a showcase of the world’s... more - atomiclegion - added this - 3 years ago - | Unlocking the Benefits of GarlicOctober 15, 2007 Garlic has long been touted as a health booster, but its never been clear why the herb might be good for you. Now new research is beginning to unlock the secrets of the odoriferous bulb.. Who knew?October 15, 2007 Garlic has long been touted as a health booster, but its never... more - covelogibbs - added this - 5 years ago - | - 1 comment

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tagged w/ Media Propaganda Progressive Media Suffers Losses In The Fight Against the Right-Wing Media MachineMajor progressive media stars have recently lost their platforms, while the Huffington Post eschews progressivism -- both worrying developments in the media war with the right.Major progressive media stars have recently lost their platforms, while the Huffington... more - Leen61 - added this - 2 years ago - | - 168 comments 1,000 birds fall from the sky in BeebeSaturday.Saturday night, ringing in the New Year took on a whole different meaning for the... more - GLOBALPOLITICAL - added this - 2 years ago - | - 45 comments Confronting the ‘futuristic’ branding of geoengineering:Lately, we’ve seen a massive marketing make-over of environmental modification... more - GLOBALPOLITICAL - added this - 2 years ago - |. Read More: was founded in an attempt to escape the oppression of not only religious... more - GLOBALPOLITICAL - added this - 2 years ago - | GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING: Mainstream Media, U.S. PropagandaProp. RELATED ARTICLES: Where Has Journalism Gone? So-called Alternative Media Are Wannabe MSM Cowards READ MORE: is something you might expect from a dictatorship government but what about... more - GLOBALPOLITICAL - added this - 2 years ago - | - 1 comment The anti-Venezuelan Election CampaignMark Weisbrot General. US neocon editorial board of the Washington Post (aka DC, if I try to broadcast on an FM radio frequency without a legal broadcast licence, US delegitimise the government, they gave up winning probably at least 30% of the legislature. At the time, most of the media – and also the Organisation. picture: ()Mark Weisbrot Venezuela has an election for its national assembly in September, and... more - peterzylstramoore - added this - 3 years ago - | - 20 comments YouTube vs. CNN on the Clean Coal DebateA: A new YouTube video raises the question of whether CNN's coverage of the clean... more - onechance - added this - 4 years ago - | - 20 comments

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This Web site was designed using Web standards. Learn more about the benefits of standardized design. This year’s Golden Honors ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 23rd at 7:00 P.M. at the KC Hall in New Berlin. According to its statement of purpose, “This program proudly recognizes students from the student body of New Berlin High School. The Golden Honors Awards typify a combination of high academic achievement, character, leadership, and skill, and have as their objectives the encouragement of meaningful education . . . read more Last day of school is May 31st / 2:21 Dismissal May 30th 8th Grade Promotion May 31st High School Graduation / 7:00 PM read more 6:30pm Board of Education Meeting 7:00pm Last Attendance Day for Students / 2:21 Dismissal High School Graduation 7:00 p.m. Back To Top

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Yes, I know Lost is almost concluded; and here I am starting the first season. My only excuse is that I was waiting to make sure it would have a conclusion, before I got involved. My favorite part of the show is Jack, one of the main characters, who is a surgeon. The writers seem a little confused about what kind of surgeon he is; in the first episode, he refers to having learned not to fear when dealing with a potentially catastrophic bleed during an operation on the cervical spine of a young woman. Characters who don’t like him refer to him as “the spine surgeon.” However, halfway through the season, his most serious conflict with his father, previously the chief of surgery at the same hospital Jack worked at, is revealed to be related to an incident in which his father operated while drunk on a young woman with abdominal trauma from a car accident, and Jack was forced to scrub in to help, but ultimately was unable to save the patient, due to an error his father had made. So I’m not completely sure what a spinal surgeon is doing as the pinch hitter in a trauma laparotomy; but he’s certainly very talented. Maybe he’s double boarded in general and neurosurgery. Or maybe he specializes in young female patients. . . Apart from that, and the typical cluelessness about medical protocol (horribly incorrect CPR on multiple occasions; the OR is pitch dark; etc), this is only the second realistic TV portrayal of a doctor I’ve ever seen (the first was the murdered fiance, a cardiothoracic surgery resident, in the first season of Damages, and he was killed off, which I didn’t appreciate). And boy is it realistic. I can completely picture a doctor, and especially a surgeon, behaving exactly the way Jack does, with a hero complex obliging him to attempt to rescue every one, no matter what kind of disaster has occurred, and with a penchant for leadership which really holds the community together, although it also antagonizes some people. Also, most of his medical activities are fairly possible; supposing a plane to actually contain all the useful implement and drugs which he finds, the wilderness medicine he practices doesn’t seem too outlandish. But the truest part is Jack’s perpetual flashbacks to medical tragedies which haunt him, and drive him on a perpetual mission not to lose another person for whom he feels responsible. I can’t believe the writers had any idea of how true this is, since even the medical dramas, with medical advisers, don’t capture it; but without being lost an a magical island, all doctors are haunted in this way, and this is the most vivid portrayal I have ever seen. April).

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A Tap on the Glass - Vol. 53 - One More Time Steven Wright, famous comedian and social commentator, got it correct about change when he supposedly said, "I have a microwave fireplace at home. You can lay down in front of the fire all night in eight minutes." Sometimes we expect microwave fireplace results when it comes to improvement and change, not only in ourselves but at our work or in people that we interact with. But improvement is never fast is it? It depends on putting out effort for creation and realization of new possibilities. THAT can never occur without some amount of trial and error. Generally, I think everyone has some sort of unrealized potential. Improvement is about understanding and capturing ideas and possibilities, reworking those ideas into a usable form that makes some sense to you and then turning them into actions and behaviors. This unrealized meaning of this story. There are some wheels within wheels spinning here and some important lessons on perspective, leadership and creativity methinks. So stop for a moment and consider the story again. I’ll wait… (whistling…) Okay. It may seem like what John McEnroe said on losing to Tim Mayotte in a professional indoor tennis championship: "This taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is." I've heard the caterpillar and butterfly story a few times in the past, but had forgotten it until I had a phone call one day with MY old mentor. What I remember from it is that people almost always "get it" as I did when I first read it. But there is also a major paradox in the story as it applies to personal growth, managing change, and leading performance improvement. I can state it as: It's Dangerous to think you know "The Answer." When I first heard this story about the caterpillars and the butterfly, I assumed that it was about resistance -- a single answer. Seemed logical to me. Maybe that’s how you read it too. And the first time I heard a room full of people talk about the meaning of the story in a training seminar, I was shocked by their answers, since most were not about my answer but focused on other themes. - Caterpillars have no need to fly. They are well-grounded! (always a clown in the group) -. But change will occur, inevitably. - We can choose to be active participants in change. Or not, maybe. (?) - We go through stages of development and butterflies are one stage closer to death. (I think this guy needs therapy) -! (she was sitting in the corner. Go figure…) and my favorite answer: I'll NEVER be a butterfly; My mother was a moth. How many times do we self-limit our perception of what is around us and our thinking because we "know the answer" and thus don't even think about considering possibilities? I think this is a very common trait. And one deserving of some reflection and analysis. It's all about trying to look at the BIG picture and how your activities and actions affect your job and people around you. (an English Professor would slap me for that one). - Caterpillars focus. Our growth as an Association is rooted in the same pretext. Now here is another paradox: YOU now have a framework that you can use with other people in the hope that they will understand this paradox of knowing the answer. A challenge is now given to you to find a possibility of sharing this with another person and broadening some thinking. That is the "training" part of this article -- you now have a new tool! How might you apply this to a new potential employee or student considering you? Let's continue to illustrate my thinking on change with a few facts and another story. - and offices everywhere. - One moth native to South America has a foot-long proboscis that it uses to sip nectar from deep-throated flowers while another moth has a proboscis that pierces the skin and can drink the blood of animals. Thus, we've all now learned more about caterpillars and butterflies. Can we apply it to managing issues of change? A few years back, in a telephone conversation, Ron Frieze (my old mentor) asked me, "Do you know about caterpillars and butterflies?" Being somewhat an expert on the subject after all my research and well aware of Ron’s penchant for dangling a hook at me, I of course said, "No." Ron then shared a great quote and training punch line and what makes a wonderful transition to issues of personal and organizational change. He said: "In the change from being a caterpillar to becoming a butterfly, you're nothing more than a yellow, gooey sticky mess." (Ron is a very deep spiritual guy when he’s sober) We need to deal with the gooey glop that most people find uncomfortable in our day to day business of getting people into, through and out of school. But you have to “change some type of So, we have the sensitivity to be extremely perceptive. But we typically block our sensitivity and it goes unrealized and underutilized, just like most of our other capabilities and potential. Applied to personal growth and change, we often limit ideas and possibilities for improvement because we already "know the answers." (ahhh…we’ve come full circle!) And by limiting our thinking, we are limiting our possibilities that come from successful accomplishment of change and the rewards of self-improvement. Our "beliefs" make it difficult to see what is obvious, and that prevents us from improving. Make it a point to believe in yourself today and realize what you're capable of. Just because it’s always been done one way, doesn’t mean it’s the right way. 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“:1-5. Recently, I was going through some photographs and memories of my grandmother on my father’s side. She was 88 years old when she passed away in Somerset, Kentucky in 1978. I was privileged to conduct her funeral. Among her things, I found a couple of booklets. One was by Jacob Gartenhaus; a minister of the gospel who was a converted Jew. It was on the second coming of Christ (click link). The other was a booklet distributed by her church, the Baptist Temple in Brooklyn, New York. It was What Saith the Scripture?, by John W. Aitchison. I believe these were the only two books, other than her Bibles, among her belongings she left behind. Her family Bible was revealing in many ways. It likely was passed down from my great-great-grandmother. I probably would have much difficulty finding out my great-great-grandfather’s name had it not been for this Bible. It was a crumbling edition that dated back to the early 1800’s, but the intact family entry pages helped me immensely. I had overlooked the other Bible, my grandmother’s personal one, until I picked it up recently. One of the passages she has marked is: Psalm 119:9 “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.” This touches me greatly when I remember that she often prayed for me when I was young, and I was a very wayward sinner. I was able to tell her and my maternal grandmother that both their prayers were answered in November, 1963 when I was saved at 21 years of age. Praise the Lord! The little booklet from the Brooklyn church was enlightening in another way. It has an entry page that shows my grandmother, Lillian A. Taylor, being baptized at the Baptist Tabernacle in Atlanta in June, 1902. The pastor there was Dr. Len Broughton, a rather famous preacher, who later pastored a church in London, England. He may be best known for founding, almost single-handedly, Georgia Baptist Hospital (now Atlanta Medical Center). Lillian, and my grandfather, Charles B. Woodruff, were married four years later on May 8, 1906. Charley, as he was called, was tragically killed in a railroad accident on October 27, 1910 when my father, Theron, was only two years old. His older brother Sam was three. Grandmother remarried a few years later to Sgt.W.C.Sievers of Kentucky, a career army man. That is how she wound up in New York for a few years. He was stationed there. I have other memories I could share, but I must move on. In verse five of our text, Paul saw in Timothy the value of having a godly grandmother (Lois), and a godly mother (Eunice). They had a great influence on him. His faith was unfeigned (real, without hypocrisy, see Strong’s Concordance entry: Greek #505). John R.W Stott in his commentary on 2nd Timothy titled Guard the Gospel (IVP, 1973), says on this verse: “The most formative influence on each of us has been our parentage and our home. Hence good biographies never begin with their subject, but with his parents, and probably his grandparents as well. True, no man can inherit his parents’ faith in the way that he inherits facets of their personality. But a child can be led to faith by his parents’ teaching and prayers.” (Emphasis mine) This is true. It should both humble us, and put fear of God in us for ourselves, and our children. Oh, I know some rigid, philosophical, Calvinist will decry this “not depending on the sovereignty of God.” My friends, God is sovereign, absolutely in control of all things. Yet God says: Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Even Mr. John Calvin himself said: “Timothy was reared in his infancy in such a way that he could suck in godliness along with his mother’s milk.” (The Epistles of Paul to Timothy and Titus, p.292; John Calvin, written in 1548, quoted by Stott; op. cit.) I was blessed to have two Christian grandmothers who set good examples for me. My maternal grandmother, Inez Biddy Smith, was also an inspiration to me. I was around her more than the other grandmother. She was not in the least shy about laying a hickory on my backside when I misbehaved either! I believe the only serious mistake she and my grandfather made was calling me a good boy! I probably wasn’t worse than other kids, until my early teenage years, and then I became plain mean! I was a sinner in need of a savior! The Smiths were old fashioned country people from Cartersville, Georgia, who never had very much money, but they both loved their grandkids. I do remember, after I was saved, and called to preach, she liked for me to read the Bible with her. We would discuss it some. She would always listen to Brother Maze Jackson, and Brother Edgar Thomas (two well-known Georgia preachers), on the radio. When she got bedridden, and was unable to attend church, she would often talk about going home to be with the Lord, especially after my grandfather died. We called him Big Daddy. He was a pretty big guy. He had big hands. But, somehow the name Big Mama, though that was how we knew her, was a bit incorrect. She was not a big woman, at least all the time I knew her. In her final seven years on earth, I called her “my miracle grandmother”. You see, the doctor had given up on her, because her kidneys were bad, and other things. He called the family in. My mother and her sisters met, and decided to contact a funeral home in Acworth, Georgia to pre-arrange everything. I tried courteously to talk them into waiting, but my Aunt Judy, who handled all Big Mama’s business affairs then, insisted on planning it then. I admit she looked bad, like “death warmed over” as we used to say. I (and I am sure others), had special prayer for her. I held her little hand. I earnestly implored the Lord not to take her yet. I knew death was coming, but I didn’t give up on her yet. We stayed, and watched, and prayed much of the night. The next morning, there seemed to be a little improvement, but I don’t know who noticed it besides me. I was exhausted, so I went home and slept. I seem to recall that I did not return the next day because of commitments, but I checked on her. She had improved slightly. I saw her again a couple days later. She looked better. We prayed again. She told me she wanted to go to be with the Lord. I asked her to hold on a while, because we would miss her so much. Then she said, “Charles, I want you to preach my funeral.” I said “Big Mama, I would be honored, but only if you wait a while. We are not ready to send you off yet. But, God’s will be done.” She improved day by day. In a week or so, she was able to go home, and lived seven more years! To God be the glory for her life and example! She passed away on April 8, 1988 at 84 years of age. I preached the funeral as she requested, but a few years later than we thought! We were simply going by what the doctor had said. The sisters are all gone now, except Aunt Jessie who is 89. Mom passed away in April 2005, at 82. I want to talk about her now. Exodus 20:12 “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.” My father was 36 years old when I was born. Perhaps that kept us from being closer in spirit, because when I was 13, he was 49. My mother, Vertie Lee Smith, on the other hand was young. She was only 16, nearly 17, when they married. I was born three years later, when she was 20 years old. Mom was born in 1922. I was born in 1942. Chuck, my oldest son, was born in 1962. I always thought this was interesting. One of the earliest memories I have is going to Sunday school and morning services at Gordon Street Baptist Church in the Cascade Heights area of Atlanta. I delighted in learning Bible verses, and singing the old hymns, such as Holy, Holy, Holy, Crown Him with Many Crowns, and He keeps Me Singing. Mom always went with me, but Dad didn’t. Dad was a good provider, a good father, but Dad was a drinking man during the time I was growing up. I’ll explain how that changed later in another article. I made a profession of faith, but, I don’t believe I was really saved at 8 ½ years old. They thought I understood, and was ready, I thought I understood and was ready, but apparently not. Anyway, I went forward, made a profession, and later was baptized. Mom had made a profession herself, and was baptized, and perhaps I just wanted to do what she did. I can’t be sure. The invitation system itself creates an atmosphere for premature professions of faith. That is just a fact. Almighty God is the only being in the universe that can tell you that you are saved. Let no man deceive you! Let me be clear here. Even though I may not have been really convicted, and saved then, I would not discourage parents taking their children to church from infancy. I learned much during those days that was pretty sound Bible teaching. I continued to go to church regularly until my rebellious teen years. I still remember some of the teaching I received in several Atlanta Southern Baptist churches as we “moved our letters” when we located to a different area of the city. I believe the greatest thing Mom ever did for me, was expose me to the Bible, Sunday School, and gospel preaching! The value of this in my life cannot be fully measured! But, this story is not really about me, it’s about Mom, yet as far as her relation to me, it is impossible not to say things about myself. So bear with me a little. When I started to school in kindergarten, and the first grade, guess who walked me six blocks to school? Mother! When I got my lip severely cut on a broken swing chain after falling out of a swing at about five years old, guess who cared for me, and took me to the doctor? Mother! When, as a teen, I got in trouble several times, who was the main person who believed in me, and tried to help me? Mother! Things with me got worse and worse, including burglary and car theft, and I was going to be sentenced to reform school at age15 until I was18. Who do you think pleaded with the judge, and got my school Principal, Mr. DeVaughn, at Brown High School, and my pastor, Dr. O. Norman Shands of West End Baptist Church, to write letters to the judge, stating that I was a good boy? Mother! That was a close call, so I had a bit of a reformation. Although I quit school at 16, and left home, except for drinking and fighting, I stayed out of major trouble. No felonies, although if they had caught me bringing in Dexedrine, and other illegal drugs at the Mexican border at Tijuana in 1959, I would have likely done hard time! I got married in January 1962 to Sandra, and our first child, Chuck, was born December14th of the same year. In early November, 1963 (about three weeks before President Kennedy was shot), I was finally saved for real at a dear Christian friend’s home. Guess who didn’t believe her ‘good boy’ needed saving? Mother! But, she soon saw that I had indeed changed. We started going to Maranatha Baptist Church in the Bolton area of Atlanta. The pastor, Jack O. Cole, was young and a fireball. It was real different from the more staid setting in the churches we had attended when we were much younger. We were sad when Jack left after a year or so. After a couple years of being cold in heart and unsure where to go to church, we got involved in Grace Baptist Church in the Cabbagetown area of Atlanta. This was about a mile from historic Oakland Cemetery where my Great-Great-Grandfather is buried. Garland Odom preached the gospel straight and true. He believed if God called you, God would prepare you. At Grace Baptist on March 15, 1968, I surrendered to preach the gospel. After the service Pastor Odom asked me to preach in his stead on April 7, 1968. I thought, “Oh, please God! That only gives me three weeks to prepare!” I did try to prepare. I saw a man’s tattoo in the Walgreens where I worked. It said Born to Lose! This stirred a theme in me. As natural men, we are sinners, and are born to lose, unless we are born again by God’s grace. My text was Ecclesiastes 1:2: “Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.” I think I have preached better since then, but never more sincere. I could sense God’s presence in a special way. Mother, Dad, and my brother and sister were there. I think my grandmother was there. Some of my aunts and uncles, and cousins were there. Some of Sandra’s relatives were there. We all were in that little church in a mill village! Including regular members, it was rather crowded. There were two professions of faith, as I recall. That’s in God’s hands. But the striking thing, my mother and my dad were there! Guess who always encouraged me in my ministry after that? Mother! Many years and many miles have passed since then. I wish I could say that Mom stayed close to God all those years. After Dad died in 1984, she quit going to church regularly. She, who had sung in the choir, and was faithful to church for a time seemed to lose interest. There were areas where I wish her life had been different. She did some things that were not right in those years. She got more materialistic. We still discussed the Bible, but it wasn’t the same. Mom started to physically decline about ten years ago. It was Alzheimer’s. How fast that terrible disease seems to take its toll. Her memory got down to nothing. She would repeat things over and over. It got worse. Then, in October 2004, she fell and broke her hip. After that, she declined rapidly. Sadly, we had to put her in a nursing home. She developed a severe infection in March, and she died in Forsyth, Georgia on April 19, 2005. She was 82 years old. We miss her. I always loved her and she loved me, I know. Time moves so quickly, and I have not always been where I should be with God. But God is faithful. Mom, like all of us will be, is in the hands of a just and almighty God. “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this the judgment” Hebrews 9:27. In memory of Vertie Woodruff, Lillian Seivers, Inez Smith, and, also, Chuck Woodruff. You all made a difference in my life! Thank God for you! Originally written on May 12, 2006, revised May 7, 2008, May 9, 2009, May 8, 2013. Mary, the Mother of Jesus How could we fail to mention the mother of our Lord? The scripture says “Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb” (Luke 1:42b). She is to receive honor as no other woman, but she is NOT to be worshiped! As a matter of fact, she herself worshiped the savior. She knew she was greatly honored, and blessed, and said so in the Magnificat (See Luke 1:46-55), yet she knew she was a sinner herself, and needed this savior that she bore in her own womb (verse 47). She knew she was NOT co-redeemer of the human race ready to receive our prayers and intercede on our behalf with Christ. There is nothing of this lying Popery in the word of God! Mary was a humble woman, chosen of God for the greatest motherhood of all time. She was a godly woman that all women could model after in character. She is to be honored, remembered and taught about -- but not worshiped. If she was on earth today, she would be saddened by those misguided souls who pray to her and worship her. She would point to Jesus Christ and say “worship Him who is the true savior”. (See John 14:6). She loved Him as her son, sure, but loved Him more as her “Saviour which is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11). Mary is truly the most honored mother in the Bible. The most honored mother of all time. Published by Charles Woodruff- email: oursong2000@yahoo.com And we are regularly adding new audio sermons online at:

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Access For All, a student group promoting disability awareness, is making the month of October Disability Awareness Month at the UMD campus. Help us kick off our month of awareness by joining us for a panel discussion on disability. Tuesday, October 9 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Kirby Rafters Free & open to the public

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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883438385641886374.post6475389184450058237..comments2011-11-22T10:47:24.030-06:00Comments on Daffadowndilly's: Where in the World is Carmen San Diego ( opps, I m...Cammie. Am. Drooling. ;-D robelynI. Am. Drooling.<br /><br />;-D robelynred.neck chic drooling!! Hugs SueAnnDefinitely drooling!!<br />Hugs<br />SueAnnSueAnn great junkin' places! I am so looking ...Really great junkin' places! I am so looking forward to the next issue and I hope you had a great time in Des Moines (you were in my neck of the woods).Tricia @ Vintage No. 35

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I rotated the sketch to the right and changed the dimensions. PTI retro background was stamped on blue cardstock with versamark to create the pattern. It was inspired by Debby's card. I also used the colors from Color Cue {15}. Thanks for stopping by. Supplies:Paper: Bazzill Stamp: PTI retro background, PTI mega mixed message Ink: Momento dye ink in Angel pink, tuxedo black, Versamark Other; Twinery twine, cricut Pin It 7 comments: Beautiful CAS card for the sketch, Chun! The color combo is so eye-catching and delightful! So glad that you play with us at CAS-ual Fridays! Brilliant card, love how you've shrunk and turned the sketch. Jenny x Gorgeous!! That flower element is just stunning and the subtle stamped background is perfection! Thanks so much for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays. Looking forward to having you play with us again! Awesome work! Great take on my sketch! Thanks for playing at CAS-ual Fridays! Laura Lovely CAS card! The color combo is fab, great take on the sketch :) Thanks for playing this week at CAS-ual Fridays! Oooo! Lovin' that take on the sketch, and a beautiful combination of the colors, too! Thanks so much for playing along with our Color Cue this month! Amazing color choice and a great CAS design. Like the unique take on the sketch. Thank you for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays this week.

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EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Jordan Swing scored 19 points and Preston Purifoy hit a go-ahead jumper with 51 seconds remaining as Alabama-Birmingham edged UTEP 61-60 Saturday night. Purifoy's basket put the Blazers (9-13, 4-5 Conference USA) ahead 61-59. He was also fouled on the play but missed the free throw. Gabriel McCulley got the rebound for UTEP and was fouled but made just 1 of 2 free throws. He had tied the game at 59 on a pair of free throws with 1:02 remaining. A missed jump shot by Swing with 9 seconds left gave the Miners (10-13, 3-6) one more chance, but Michael Perez's 3-pointer at the buzzer was off the mark. Purifoy had 12 points for the Blazers, who were 9 for 21 on 3-point attempts. Cameron Moore added 11 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks. UTEP got 22 points, eight rebounds and four blocks from John Bohannon, and 16 points from Julian Washburn. sign out Welcome, (edit)

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Blind dates with an oenophile, financial whiz, and surgeon sounded promising. But the wino, cheapskate, and Dr. Handsy did not make for happy endings. Perhaps you can get one at The Cinema Club. Starting next weekend, the preview movie society will host Sunday morning screenings and discussions of on-the-verge American and foreign films at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema. Film titles aren’t revealed until the house lights go down, so we’re in the dark about upcoming events. (If past sneak peek screenings of then-little-known flicks like Two Lovers, Slumdog Millionaire, and Then She Found Me are any indication, we’re in for a treat.) Author and Emory film prof Matthew Bernstein moderates a postshow conversation, and anyone’s welcome to chime in. Even the likes of the peanut gallery. The Cinema Club at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema, 931 Monroe Drive (202-679-3456 or thecinemaclub.com).

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The Baylor Bears are knotted up 14-14 with the West Virginia Mountaineers after one quarter. Bears quarterback Nick Florence was undeterred after throwing an interception on the second play of the game. He later hit Terrence Williams across the middle, who ran it down to the Mountaineers 14 yard line for a gain of 49 yards. That set up a Jared Salubi one yard touchdown run that gave the Bears a 7-0 lead. After holding Heisman candidate Geno Smith in check during the first drive, the Bears let the Mountaineers quarterback get loose on West Virginia's second drive. Smith led the Mountaineers on a nine play, 75 yard drive that was capped off by a Andrew Buie touchdown run. The Bears came right back, marching down the field behind the arm of Lawrence and legs of Salubi and back up running back Glasco Martin, who scored on a seven yard run up the middle, putting the Bears up 14-0. Smith then led the Mountaineers back down the field in less than two minutes to tie the score up on a seven yard pass to J.D. Woods. Cornerback Demetri Goodson was seen walking to the locker room with his left arm wrapped up. There is no word yet on whether he will return to the game. There are 0 Comments. Add Yours. Shortcuts to mastering the comment thread. Use wisely. C - Next Comment X - Mark as Read R - Reply Z - Mark Read & Next Shift + C - Previous Shift + A - Mark All Read Live comment alert: Hide it!

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Tony Romo threw five interceptions, two of which were returned for scores, as the Dallas Cowboys lost to the Chicago Bears Monday night, 34-18. The Dallas defense allowed Jay Cutler 275 yards and a 75 percent completion rate, but with Romo turning the ball over four times in the second half the game was quickly out of hand regardless of defensive efforts. Romo's final line on the night was 31-of-43 for 307 yards with five interceptions and one touchdown, and he was benched late in the fourth quarter in favor of Kyle Orton. Romo didn't get any help from the ground game. Demarco Murray was completely unable to get anything going and finished with 24 yards on 11 carries. Jason Witten managed to avoid the drops that had haunted him in earlier weeks, catching 10 passes for a total of 72 yards. Only Dez Bryant had more for the Cowboys, finishing with 105 yards on eight catches. With the loss Dallas falls to 2-2. They next head on the road to face the Baltimore Ravens, another defense likely to be a strong test for Romo. There are 0 Comments. Add Yours. Shortcuts to mastering the comment thread. Use wisely. C - Next Comment X - Mark as Read R - Reply Z - Mark Read & Next Shift + C - Previous Shift + A - Mark All Read Live comment alert: Hide it!

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Posts filed under ‘Strategy’ Rebranding of FOWA Ryan Nichols gives an overview of their rebranding of FOWA (Future of Web Apps). The breathless result was not by accident, but was very process driven. Great work. September 10, 2007 at 10:27 pm Leave a comment The BBC’s Fifteen Web Principles The BBC’s Fifteen Web Principles 1. Build web products that meet audience needs 2. The very best websites do one thing really, really well .. 13 more August 10, 2007 at 12:21 pm Leave a comment The 4-Hour Work Week Timothy Ferriss runs a thriving business — and spend more hours on sports than work, thanks to simple time management techniques that reduces his work week to only 4 hours. August 10, 2007 at 12:07 pm 1 comment 17 New Rules for Successful E-Commerce 17 New Rules for Successful E-Commerce July 24, 2007 at 9:38 am Leave a comment Using Flickr for SEO & Traffic Using Flickr in your SEO & Traffic Building Strategy. July 4, 2007 at 9:28 pm Leave a comment What Makes People Buy Bryan Eisenberg of GrokDotCom asks “What Makes People Buy?” They have come up with 20 so far. Edit: A comment linked to the following “Wants make the world go ’round … saleswise” which features a nice cartoon about how projects are badly run to figure out customer wants. June 27, 2007 at 1:25 pm Leave a comment Typography – 20th Century Timeline Interactive audio timeline of Typography in the 20th Century. June 27, 2007 at 1:00 pm Leave a comment Human-to-Human Design Sharon Lee lists 5 strategies for creating a Human-to-Human Design based on “two basic truths—that the internet is an interactive medium and that the end user is in fact human.” They are - Respect me - Tell me a story - Engage me - Inspire me - Enchant me June 26, 2007 at 10:36 am Leave a comment Tracking the Growth of Competing Sites Aaron Wall gives a list of tools one can use to track the growth of competing sites for SEO. June 26, 2007 at 10:10 am Leave a comment Create an Irresistible Free Trial for Your App Sam Nurmi from Pingdom gives basic pointers on how to create an irresistible free trial for your app. April 9, 2007 at 8:11 pm Leave a comment

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The Online Store, SkinCareRx, located at skincarerx.com offers special deals which we post regularly here at the DSL Market. Some merchants offer coupon codes, some sales items, or dicounts, and rebates. The terms which SkinCareRx are: acne scarring, anthelios, zits, acne, pimples,obagi, colorescience, acne home remedy, acne scar, acne treatment, acne medication, skinceuticals, mama lotion, adult acne. As SkinCareRx offers new promotional items, the DSL store listing will update this page automatically as promotions change on this cosmetics page. With each purchase the DSL project receives funding.

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MAN page server - suggestions please Forum: Apps Topic: MAN page server - suggestions please started by: john.martzouco Posted by john.martzouco on Nov. 27 2007,02:14 I read a message on this forum a day or two past and it mentioned that DSL uses network MAN pages. Then I read another message that said the network MAN server is no longer up and running. Can I tweak a config file and point BusyBox to a different MAN page server? Or, better yet, install MAN pages on my own machine and point BusyBox there? Thanks, john Posted by roberts on Nov. 27 2007,02:39 The internet man page server is working fine here. The complaint had to do with the actual man page sever when a command's manpage was not found. Originally DSL used olemiss university man page server. That server is down. If you are running old versions of DSL which still point to olemiss then no manpages are displayed. When olemiss went missing, John decided on man.he.net, Hurricane Electric manpage server. When a command is not found on this server, it responds with an adverstiment for their ISP products. Since DSL uses busybox most man pages are not correct for busybox, so John wrote the script to first determine if the command was a busybox and if so display a busybox man page. So it is not a striaght forward fetch and display. If one is offended by Hurricane Electric, then change the manpage server in the script at /usr/local/bin/man. If you are on a traditional hard drive install with gun-utils loaded then no busybox. Also there is a manpage extension that can provide local manpages. Ikonboard © 2001 Jarvis Entertainment Group, Inc.

http://damnsmalllinux.org/static/act-Print/f-14/t-19428.html

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DNA PRESENTS FRAMEWORKS, a semi-annual program of innovative new works of choreography for the camera on Sunday February 13, 2011, 3:00 pm. Where: Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway in Lower Manhattan (entrance is on Chambers Street), phone: 212.625.8369 The series is founded and produced by Michael Bodel, out of an interest in challenging the field, cultivating dialogue between disciplines and providing a reliably high quality platform for the presentation of new dance films from around the world and right here in New York. This program will feature six films, all ranging between three and twelve minutes in length, two of which will be presented as looped video installations, preceding & following the screening. FRAMEWORKS is proud to announce the selected films: Sleeping with Frank, Lily Baldwin. A slice of morning in Queens in which choreographed gesture reveals a potent underbelly to the lacquer of domestic normalcy.Greece Piece, Michael Bodel. World Premiere. Three tourists scramble in search of the perfect beach. Set on the island of Ios, Greece Piece is an effusive gestural approach to paradise, tourism, and loss of place in the Greek Islands.For Water, Natalie Metzger. World Premiere. A collaboration between dancers from Indonesia and America that follows a pilgrimage of five spirits to a sacred place to perform their centurial ritual for water.Story Case, Ne Barros. U.S. Premiere Story Case documents empty places and people with no history. Bodies move in and out of a charged stage environment, set to an electric guitar soloist.Gaffe, Marisa C Hayes & Franck Boulegue. U.S. Premiere. An impressionist response to NASA's gaffe in accidentally deleting documentary footage of Armstrong's first walk on the moon.Tissue Lattice, Courtney Gannone & Lindsay Wolfe. U.S. Premiere. The by-product of stealthy discomfort and distaste, where cinematic and human motions fall off-center.· Body/Traces, Sophie Kahn & Lisa Parra. This seven-minute single-channel video installation asks, "what happens to the body when it becomes a still image?" And, "what becomes of that image when it returns to motion?" Hi-tech or lo-fi, each film forges new territory in the field of dance film, capturing the power of human motion through the camera's eye. Submission is free. A rotating panel selects the films on the basis of merit and originality, regardless of their budget. FRAMEWORKS returns to DNA for its 5th screening, and will be accompanied by a new workshop series "Cinematic Gestures: Filmmaking for Choreographers" in Spring 2011. Cost: $5.00 online, $10 at the

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here). A person asked, "What was the name of the ice cream stand on W. 21st Street in Lorain, Ohio during the 1960's and 70's? It was located just past the Westgate shopping center and on the same side of the road. It is now for sale and from the picture it looks like the name on the large cone says Dairy Twist. However, we lived nearby and patronized it often but remember the name to be Dairy Isle. Can anyone refresh my memory?" That's a great question. I thought about it, and even though as a kid I rode my bike there a couple of times from Skyline Drive, I couldn't remember what the name was originally, or even what it was when it closed. So I dropped by the library Wednesday night to find out. It turns out that the official name of the ice cream stand when it opened around 1971 was Westgate Dairy Isle, at least according to the city directory. It kept that name all the way up to about 1994, when it became Mr. Twister. It's kind of interesting that whether you enjoyed eating ice cream here, or at Lorain Creamery (like my family did) you had the train tracks running right alongside for entertainment. Anyway, in case you have a hankering to run an ice cream stand, here's the link to the real estate company that currently has the business at 2910 West 21st Street listed for sale. It comes with two Taylor Ice Cream machines and a pizza oven! 3 comments: -Alan here.... When we lived in Leavitt Homes in 1966-67, it was Dairy Isle; my favorite was the chocolate dipped cone. Your memory's trumped my research 2 days in a row! I couldn't find it before 1971 in the books. Maybe they didn't have a phone! I remember the Dairy Isle, but I also remember a soft serve place near where the Arthur Treachers was and they had the best soft serve. We lived on Meister Rd and my dad used to take me there. Anyone remember that place? Chuck Short

http://danielebrady.blogspot.com/2011/10/from-e-mailbag-3-westgate-dairy-isle.html

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but all in all, the reason this blog became what is it today was pretty much because of this resolution, and last sunday i completed yet another year of what i had set out to do on january 1st. (if you dont recall, i gave up potato chips for my n.y.r. of 2009. dumb, dumb, dumb. that has completely backfired on me as i now go through at least a mini bag of chips per day. no joke.) will this blog end here and now? HA! weve still got a wedding to get through... 22 days!!! i couldnt (& wouldnt!) leave ya’ll hangin like that! and ive got some fun plans coming for next year. i think ill stick around. so without further adieu (ive never used that word before... figured id start now), here is my ultimate "12 in 2010" review… the good, the bad, and something i learned from each race. ive also added the link to the race recap report incase you have any interest in seeing more pics and randomness from each race. january- frozen 5k 23:54 (7:42) date/time/weather: 1/10/10, 1:30pm, 20 degrees… really freaking cold, oh and there was wind too. wind is so awesome. the good: an afternoon race! got to sleep in. always a plus. the bad: 20 degrees. wind. enough said. something i learned: sprinting in freezing temps does not allow for quality breathing but it does mean you wont be out running in the cold as long. one lonely tshirt just waiting for some friends... february- mid winter classic 10 miler 1:26:08 (8:37) date/time/weather: 2/7/10, 9:45am, 11 degrees… miserable. the good: does anyone else run 10 miles the morning of the superbowl? allows for extra beers and chicken wings with no added guilt. the bad: little to no sleep the night before (i ended up on the couch watching kardashian reruns at 2am), wind, ankle bracelet timing chips. its 2010 right? get with the newer technology thanks. something i learned: this race had a huge impact on me (i didnt PR, down to the very second of my previous race). it helped me realize not getting a PR was insignificant and not to take anything in my life for granted. thats maine talk for "hardcore". this moose knew whats up. march- irish road rover 5k 30:38 (9:53) date/time/weather: 3/7/10, 11:00am, sunny & on the warmer side for march in maine the good: the weather was awesome, ty ran with me, aaaand we all went out for beers post race! cant go wrong with that combination. the bad: i found nothing bad about this race. i asked ty what he thought was bad about this race: "all of it". he really loves running. something i learned: i dont hate 5k’s as much when im not running them in an all out sprint am i irish? nope. is it still fun to wear cute shamrock socks obviously. april- great bay half marathon 1:58:15 (9:02) date/time/weather: 4/11/10, 11:00am, 64 degrees. warmer than i thought it was going to be (apparently i thought 64 was cold) the good: this is a truly beautiful and challenging course the bad: trying to take off a long sleeve compression shirt while running… with a tshirt over it… holding a handheld and wearing a belt… not easy something i learned: i have a love hate relationship with my handheld usually i hate my monster manlike calves... but i actually like this pic may- sugarloaf marathon 4:15:25 (9:49) date/time/weather: 5/16/10, 7:00am, mid 40’s at start, warmed up to 60's, sunny the good: my training. i worked hard for this PR and it showed. the bad: no expo, waiting too long to book hotel room so we ended up in what i can only imagine resembled a retro bomb shelter, waiting 2 hours for dinner, and 16 miles downhill…. holy quad thrasher! something i learned: apply a lot of sun block on your legs if youre going to run a marathon on a sunny day with KTtape… the tan lines arent cool. also no matter how much you train, a mile 20 breakdown/wall can and will still occur whether youre ready or not a 26.2 mile advertisement june- close to the coast 10k 49:44 (8:01) date/time/weather: 6/12/10, 9:00am, warm, humid & muggy the good: um... well... yeah, i got nothing. the race was pretty well organized, i met up with my friend betsy and got to meet her little boy :) the bad: unable to pace myself, trail running, wood chips. something i learned: i am not a trail runner july- llbean 10k 52:21 (8:26) date/time/weather: 7/4/10, 7:30am, so FREAKING HOT! the good: andreas race photo taken by sarah (see below) and jake getting a PR. there was nothing good about this race from my racing point of view. the bad: a pace of 16:45, yeah that’s walking. something i learned: even though i live by my own rules, i dont often make the best choices. changing up breakfast, new shoes on race day, different pre-race fuel... not recommended hoooooooooooottttttttttttttttttt august- beach to beacon 10k 49:47 (8:01) date/time/weather: 8/7/10, 8:05am, 49 degrees before the start (the two previous days were in the 90’s. gotta love maine!) the good: probably the most beautiful/scenic race in the world! (ok thats probably not entirely true since i havent gotten out much, but its MY most beautiful race) the bad: nothing. i heart this race. well attempting to register for the race is a royal pain. when asking ty what he thought was bad about this race, he said "all of it". see a theme here people? (see pic below) something i learned: how to pee in the woods pre race. crucial. ty (green shirt) was so excited. cant you tell? september- reach the beach 200 mile relay 28:51:27 date/time/weather: 9/17-18/10, all night long baby, rain, sun, wind, cold, hot… you name it the good: running in the middle of the night through wooded backroads with a head lamp, the white church with the old ladies making homemade chili, giddy middle school sleep over esque behavior in the van, chasing white new balance vans for silly bands. this list could go on and on... the bad: the car top carrier opening up on the highway, scattering all our belongings all over the road… and having to leave early. sad. something i learned: no matter how many times you say “ok guys im REALLY gonna try to fall asleep now”, it aint gonna happen. and i really hate port-a-potties. stolen from reach the beach photos. october- maine marathon 4:43:30 (10:49) date/time/weather: 10/3/10, 7:45am, 46 degrees the good: i love this marathon. love, love, love it. the bad: i didnt train properly. i nearly got heat stroke on an 18 mile training run. marathon personal worst time. (but really, i love this marathon.) something i learned: not training for a marathon will not kill you, but it is something i also do not recommend did i just run almost 5 hours or did i BQ? you'd be surprised. november- turkey trot 5k 24:18 (7:50) date/time/weather: 11/21/10 9:00am, brrrrr chilly and windy the good: getting together with good friends and kevin mitchell at the finish line handing out water the bad: another stupid ankle bracelet for timing and no starting mat (gun time only) something i learned: hills during mile 3 are not my friend im moving so fast i made the pic blurry! no, not really. camera fail. december- jingle bell 5k (actually 2.9miles) 21:42 (7:00) date/time/weather: 12/5/10, 10:00am, 34 degrees the good: a 5k race thats not accurately a 5k is still an official 5k online... right? the bad: the course was about 0.2 miles short something i learned: my final race of my new years resolution... i can do anything i set my mind to, just takes determination, dedication, and heart. ill never forget this year, and i couldnt have done it without the support of all my family and friends. thank you!! thats the smile of accomplishment, folks so there you have it. many people have asked if im going to do this again next year... simple answer: no. did i have fun? absolutely... thats not it at all. i set out to accomplish a goal and i did it. there were mornings i didnt feel like running a race, as there usually is. i want to do different things next year and that will be just fine with me. do i recommend what i did to others? for sure. be it with races of mixed distances like i did, triathlons, half marathons, or even 12 marathons in 12 months... its a fun thing to set out and feels really good to accomplish it. go for it. on top of the 12 races in this resolution, i ran 8 other races as well: psychic prediction 5k, polar bear triathlon relay 5k, trail to ale 5k, 65 roses 5k, maine coast womens half marathon, loco moose 5k, thankgiving 4 miler, and coming up on 12/26 ill be running 6.1 miles with a team of awesome mainah's supporting operation jack & train4autism (sign up here, k thanks). 2011 race registrations: $606.27 pairs of shoes: 3 # of miles i ran (in races): 168.65 # of PR’s: 5 dominating another new years resolution: priceless "There are clubs you can't belong to, neighborhoods you can't live in, schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open." -Nike this is such a great recap! i can't wait to see what 2011 has in store for you! :) awesome girl. Gotta ask--why wasn't "Meeting Jen at the Maine Marathon Expo" listed as THE BEST HIGHLIGHT of the year?? just asking :P Can't wait to see what kind of zany 2011 rez you got! see ya 12/26 awesomeness.

http://danielle09justdoit.blogspot.com/2010/12/12-in-2010-recap.html

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<p>Woodland Park is the largest park in Darien. The park encompasses nearly 65 acres of wooded terrain, extensive hiking rails, two ponds (Turtle Pond and Old Maid’s Pond), a stream, a footbridge, an archaic stonewall, and ornamental landscaping.</p> <p>There are two entrances to the park. One entrance is located on West Avenue; the other is on Middlesex Road, where there is a small parking lot.</p> <p>A non-profit organization, The Friends of Woodland Park, is committed to maintaining the Park as a nature preserve.</p> <p>Dogs are permitted in the park but must be kept on a leash.</p>

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Joey deVilla, defending Microsoft’s “Future Visions” concept video: As you might expect, Jon [sic] . DeVilla isn’t the only one who accused me of Apple-biased hypocrisy regarding my stance on Microsoft’s “Future Visions” vs. Apple’s “Knowledge Navigator”. It is true that when I linked to Andy Baio’s post about “Knowledge Navigator” a few weeks ago, I didn’t add any commentary. But the exact same criticism I have for Microsoft today applies to 1987 Apple. “Knowledge Navigator” encapsulates everything that was wrong with Apple in 1987. Their coolest products were imaginary futuristic bullshit. The mindset and priorities of Apple’s executive leadership in 1987 led the company to lose what was then an enormous usability and user experience lead over the rest of the industry, and eventually drove the company to the precipice of bankruptcy. That 1987 Apple was a broken company is so painfully obvious from today’s vantage point that I didn’t think it needed to be mentioned. “Knowledge Navigator” didn’t help Apple in any way. Apple never made such a product. It didn’t bring Siri to us any sooner than if that video had never been made. It only served to distract from and diminish Apple’s then-current actual products. “We’re like Apple in 1987” is not a badge of honor — it’s a flashing red warning light. Apple today, from a strategic and operational perspective, is nothing like Apple of 1987. Apple today would never release to the public a concept video speculating on what sort of products they might be making 10 or 20 years from now. The attention of the public and the media is a rare and precious commodity. Apple today uses what attention it gets to focus on actual new products, ones that you can go out and actually buy and use. Apple today is a company that, several times a year, every year, releases new products that millions of people literally line up to buy the first day they’re available. Apple in 1987 was a company that began work on the Newton, a product that nobody ever had to wait in line to buy. The Newton was a brilliant design and full of terrific industry-leading ideas. And it struck the market like a wet match. I’m not lambasting Microsoft just because they’re Microsoft (or because they’re not-Apple), and I’m not praising today’s Apple just because it’s Apple and even when Apple farts I proclaim that it smells like roses. I praise Apple for its successes, which are undeniable. Putting this “Future Visions” video in public squanders attention that Microsoft could otherwise have focused on its current and imminent new products — like Windows Phone. Take a new iPhone 4S and a Windows Phone 7.5 device back in time 20 years and they might seem equally impressive to a pair of 1991 eyes. But one of them sold more in a weekend than the other does in an entire financial quarter. Is not Windows Phone scarily similar to the Newton? Innovative design, much to praise — and but striking the market like a wet match? DeVilla writes:. That sure helped Sculley-era Apple. DeVilla then cites old examples from Sun and AT&T. Sun went out of business, and AT&T never accomplished anything in their concept video. Not a damn thing.. 1987 Apple didn’t have that focus. 2011 Apple does. Only one of those Apples releases futuristic concept videos. But you know who else does release futuristic concept videos today? RIM. Great company.

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I nightmares I still have and occasional anxiety attacks are not unique to me. There are many… many who have been through the same and are going through it now. There is a way to come out of it and find the light at the end of the tunnel. That is partly why I blog. I want people to know that they are not alone, but also that you can have a life after. Sure, you may have set backs and it never truly disappears from your past, but even survivors have multi-faceted lives. They can embrace family, sex, work, parenting, and everything else that makes us who we are even after going through so much. However, this one time I saw “violence against women” or VAW, something occurred to me. It is a simplistic thought, but it was profound to me. You would never see someone saying let’s stop violence against men or against the middle class or against… almost any other population subgroup. There are of course exceptions, but never as something as general and all-embracing as violence. There is stop cruelty against animals, but even cruelty seems fairly specific. Like we all know, as good human beings, that to be cruel to animals is to be a bad person. And, there is stop discrimination, which could include violence. But, it is also a given that those who discriminate are bigots. They are wrong in society’s eyes. Child abuse is the same. Violence against women though seems like this large unwieldy mass of incidents and events. Even I, who have been on the punching bag end of the spectrum, would never categorically think of someone as inhuman or a bad person, if they have participated in violence against women. Yes, I know, that’s awful. However, the reason I cannot is because it would include just such a large percentage of the population, especially the male population. Women, we are not supposed to be a victimized population, in these times of feminism and women excelling in all areas of our society. But, we are. The numbers are staggering. We are violated, trampled upon and demoralized. Yet, we are supposed to be successful. We are supposed to be a large voice of the American population. We are supposed to be strong and independent. Is this true though? How can such juxtaposition exist? For how much longer can violence against women be ingrained in our society as an often overlooked norm. Can that reality coexist with the rise of powerful women? Something has got to give. It has been this way for quite a long time, and I am afraid, especially with the legislature’s refusal to renew the Violence Against Women Act that when this comes to a head, the societal norm will win out. It is what we are used to. It is the existence we were born into. It needs to stop now. This is the time where we can make a difference and change the lives of our daughters and granddaughters. It is now that we will be able to turn the tide in the favor of equality for women not just in the board room, but in the bedroom as well. This seems like such a strange shift from the feminist rhetoric of the past, demanding equal pay for equal work. But, maybe it is time to start demanding equal value in the eyes of all the men in our lives – fathers, brothers, husbands, neighbors, and friends. It is those men who decide on our behalf the lives we will lead – if it will be one lived in fear or one lived in happiness. For, it is not the women who bring this upon themselves, but the men who decide to perpetrate such acts. It is time for many in our country to stop blaming women for what violence is done to them. If a car ran into a tree, you would blame the driver, not the branches. If a man beats his dog, you do not say the dog should have done something differently. So, why as a society do men and women alike still look to the victim for the answer as to why they were victimized? This is something we need to change. What are you doing to change this? And, what are the men in your life doing to change this as well? One Response to “Violence Against Women: Call to Action”

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Archive for the ‘Craigend Street’ tag Take it home and see if it works: Toilet When you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go. We spotted this loo a couple of weeks ago, on Craigend Street, at the corner of Surrey Street. You could take it home and see if it works, or you could just find out on the spot if the urge was that great. Romantic robot We noticed this lonely looking robot at the end of the right-angled cul-de-sac, Little Surrey Street, several days ago. We snapped a photo, naturally, but didn’t quite get around to doing anything more. That is, until Kym Chapple tweeted another robot sighting in the neighbourhood. He – has to be a he, right? – is on the corner of Craigend Street and Oswald Lane. There’s something I like about robots in love. It’s part of the reason I love Mari Velonaki‘s beautiful robotic creations, could be the relic of a childhood reading Asimov novels. Whatever, I like it. More romantic robots. Chalk alphabet – updated The mystery continues. More chalk on the walls in Darlinghurst. These were picked up by Allie Townsend. They’re hard to read because of the light, but both are on Craigend Street, the photo on the left is on the corner of Surrey Street. So to recap, we now have: A is for “azimuth” C is for “cephlapod” D is for “diatribe” E is for “entropy” F is for “fiasco” G is for “gyroscope” K is for “kibosh” M is for “modulate” N is for “nebulous” T is for “thought bubble” Y is for “yesterday” Z is for “zipper” Anagram, riddle, random inspiration? An update: Sushi Yachiyo We last posted about the pending opening of Japanese place, Sushi Yachiyo, back in May 2009. Well, the location is yet to prove itself un-haunted as we are still waiting for the doors to open for business. It must be soon though, as I noticed take-away menus affixed to the door, with a voucher for free edamame, when walking past yesterday. And this morning, a workman was busy inside, before 7am. Haunted corner I walk past a building on the corner of Craigend Street and Kirketon Road in Darlinghurst most days. It has an intricate facade, and a seemingly perfect location overlooking Kings Cross and the city. Yet it’s played host to a string of bars and restaurants, including the lamented Global Burgers. You might see a shadow of old vomit too. Haunted, cursed, bad feng shui? In the buzz following Clover Moore’s liquor licensing changes, a DA went through to open ‘Lotus Wine Bar’ downstairs. Seems like such a cool location. It was going to be a seven day a week, 11am to 3am place. But less than two months later, in August, the $75,000 proposal was withdrawn. Background 10/12/08 Prompted by Scot’s comment below, I checked out the background for Dale Jones-Evans’s intriguing (and, in 2004, award winning) building. It’s all here. As the architect and developer I imagined a precious, gritty little building exploding out of this tiny, Tokyo-like, 7 x 15 metre, forgotten site. A commercial redevelopment appeared more suitable to the intense nodal semiology of the Kings Cross circus, William Street Boulevard, the corner condition; the urbanity of traffic-tunnel-signage and the general prevalence of human lunacy. I think the Emily Kame Kngwarreye work’s gone though. Anyone know when/where?.

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In this lesson you will learn how to update an employee record in the state directory. Steps: Click the State of Nebraska link.Step 1 Click the Interfaces Master Menu link.Step 2 Click the Agency Phone Directory link.Step 3 Click the State Directory Maintenance link.Step 4 Use the QBE line to enter information to help search for the employee who needs to be updated. The most common way to search for them is to use their employee number (Address Book Number) or their name. In this lesson we are going to use the employee number.Step 5 Click in the Address Number field.Step 6 Enter "4455871" into the Address Number field.Step 7 After entering the search criteria click the Find button.Step 8 Make sure the radio button next to the employee you need to updated is selected and then click the Select button.Step 9 You.Step 10 Click in the Electronic Address field.Step 11 Enter "ethan.a.hunt@nebraska.gov" into the Electronic Address field.Step 12 Selecting Do Not Publish Emails will prevent electronic address from appearing in the e-Phone Directory for the State of Nebraska. Selecting Do Not Publish At All will prevent an employee from appearing in the e-Phone Directory for the State of Nebraska. If both options are selected, the employee will not appear in the e-Phone Directory. In this lesson we are not going to check either of these boxes.Step 13 After making the necessary changes click the OK button.Step 14 Click the Close button.Step 15 You have successfully completed this lesson. Table of Contents Start Topic

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From home page: The MONDIAL database has been compiled from geographical Web data sources listed below: - CIA World Factbook, - a predecessor of Global Statistics which has been collected by Johan van der Heijden. - additional textual sources for coordinates, - the International Atlas by Kümmerly & Frey, Rand McNally, and Westermann, - and some geographical data of the Karlsruhe TERRA database. Openness: OPEN (?) - Most data is PD (but not all ...). Clearly intended for reuse but no explicit license given. Ressurser Tilleggsinformasjon Cite this The Mondial Database. No author. Retrieved 10:43, May 18, 2013 (UTC). the Data Hub

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My current project is related to Accessibility. Certain parts of the accessibility modules will help me and are being tested. One requested idea is to make use of a 5 button mouse. By default the 5 button mouse works per the defaults: Thumb1 does a Back, and Thumb2 does a Forward. The special need that we have is to eliminate the need to use the keyboard in combination with the Left mouse button. I'm trying to map it like this: Thumb1 = Hold_Shift_L + Regular_Left_Mouse_Button + Release_Shift_L Thumb2 = Hold_Control_L + Regular_Left_Mouse_Button + Release_Control_L This would let them make non-continuous selections and shifted selections without the keyboard. It seems like imwheel is the closest software package for this purpose, but it seems incapable of sending a physical mouse click after another mouse click. Can anyone confirm this is true? What I tried in the .imwheelrc file is this: ".*" #,Thumb1,H|E|L|L|O ,Thumb1, Shift_L|Left|-Shift_L The commented line works great, click Thumb1 and the string appears in the current window. You also can issue a Control-A to select all, works great. But when you attempt to simulate a mouse click, it doesn't seem to understand how to do that. The line below the commented line above to me should work, but doesn't work. I also tried Button8 instead of Left and that also does not work. Anyone know of another program or technique that could provide this functionality? Thanks! 1 comment: Me and my friend were arguing about an issue similar to this! Now I know that I was right. lol! Thanks for the information you post

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Another day when the phone won't stop ringing from correspondents because of a newly reported project involving language. This time it's the so-called Culturomics project, reported on 16 December in the journal Science and picked up in a half-chewed state by several newspapers and radio stations today. What has happened is that a team of researchers have collaborated with Google Books to present a corpus of nearly 5.2 million digitized books, which they think is around 4 per cent of all published books. The corpus size is 500 billion words, 361 billion being English (the others from six languages - French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Russian, Hebrew). The time frame is 1800 to 2000. This is now available for online searching, and there's a site where you can type in your own words or word-sets and see how they have developed over time. There is a report on the project here. The full report can be read in the journal Science, though you have to register first. The name culturomics is an odd one, presumably based on ergonomics, economics, and suchlike. They define it as 'the application of high-throughput data collection and analysis to the study of human culture'. Most people in this business I imagine would normally talk of 'cultural history' or 'cultural evolution'. The language side of the project is familiar, as an exercise in historical corpus linguistics. The new term may catch on, as it blends the two notions (culture and language) in a novel way. We'll just have to wait and see. The news reports have homed in on an analogy the authors make in their paper. They say: 'The corpus cannot be read by a human. If you tried to read only the entries from the year 2000 alone, at the reasonable pace of 200 words/minute, without interruptions for food or sleep, it would take eighty years. The sequence of letters is one thousand times longer than the human genome'. This has led to such headlines as 'Cultural genome project mines Google Books for the secret history of humanity' or (in today's Guardian) 'Google creates a tool to probe "genome" of English words for cultural trends'. But it isn't anything like the human genome, which is the complete genetic account of an individual. Culture doesn't work in that way. The authors themselves don't use the phrase in their paper, and rightly so. We mustn't exaggerate the significance of this project. It is no more than a collection of scanned books - an impressive collection, unprecedented in its size, and capable of displaying innumerable interesting trends, but far away from entire cultural reality. For a start, this is just a collection of books - no newspapers, magazines, advertisements, or other orthographic places where culture resides. No websites, blogs, social networking sites. No spoken language, of course, so over 90 percent of the daily linguistic usage of the world isn't here. Moreover, the books were selected from 'over 40 university libraries from around the world', supplemented by some books directly from publishers - so there will be limited coverage of the genres recognized in the categorization systems used in corpus linguistics . They were also, I imagine, books which presented no copyright difficulties. The final choice went through what must have been a huge filtering process. Evidently 15 million books were scanned, and 5 million selected partly on the basis of 'the quality of their OCR' [optical character recognition]. So this must mean that some types of text (those with a greater degree of orthographic regularity) will have been privileged over others. It's still an impressively large sample, though. So what can we look for? To begin with, note that this is culture not just lexicology. No distinction is made between dictionary and encyclopedia. Anything that is a string of letters separated by a space [a 1-gram, they call it] can be searched for - including names of people, places, etc. They also searched for sequences of two strings (2-grams) and so on up to five [5-grams]. Only items which turned up more than 40 times in the corpus are displayed. So, to take one of their example, we can search for the usage of 'the Great War' [NB the searches are case sensitive], which peaks in frequency between 1915 and 1941, and for 'World War I', which then takes over. Note that, to achieve a comprehensive result, you would have to repeat the search for orthographic variations (eg 'The' for 'the' or '1' for 'I']. A huge problem in doing this kind of thing is punctuation. I know, because I had to deal with it when carrying out a very similar string-related project in online advertising a few years ago. You have to deal with all the ways in which a punctuation mark can interfere with a string - 'radio' is different from 'radio,' for example. The culturonomists have collapsed word fragments at line-endings separated by a hyphen - though there's a problem when a non-omissible hyphen turns up at a line break. And they have treated punctuation marks as separate n-grams - so 'Why?' for example, is treated as 'Why' + '?'. They don't give details of their procedure, but it doesn't seem to work well. I searched for 'Radio 4', for example. The trace showed the usage taking off in the 1970s, as it should, but there were many instances shown before that decade. I found examples listed in the 1930s. How can that be? There was no Radio 4 then. When you click on the dates to see the sources, you find such instances as 'stereo with AM/FM radio, 4 speakers' and 'RADIO 4-INCH BLADE'. The other big problem is homographs - words which look the same but which have different meanings. This is the biggest weakness in software which tries to do linguistic analysis, and it was the primary focus of the ad project I mentioned above. A news page which reported a street stabbing had ads down the side which read 'Buy your knives here'. The software had failed to distinguish the two senses of 'knife' (cutlery, weapons), and made the wrong association between text and ad inventory. I solved it by developing a notion of semantic targetting which used the full context of a web page to distinguish homographs. The Culturomics project has to solve the same problem, but on a larger scale (books rather than pages), and there is no sign that it has yet tried to do so. So, type 'Apple', say, into their system and you will see a large peak in the 1980s and 1990s - but is this due to the Beatles or the Mac? There's no way of knowing. The approach, in other words, shows trends but can't interpret or explain them. It can't handle ambiguity or idiomaticity. If your query is unique and unambiguous, you'll get some interpretable results - as in their examples which trace the rise and fall of a celebrity (eg Greta Garbo, peaking in the 1930s). But even here one must be careful. They show Freud more frequent than Einstein, Galileo, and Darwin, and suggest that this is because he is 'more deeply engrained in our collective subconscious' thanks to such everyday phrases as 'Freudian slip'. But which Freud is being picked up in their totals? They assume Sigmund. But what about Lucian, Clement, Anna...? Linguists will home in on the claims being made about vocabulary growth over time. Evidently their corpus shows 544K words in English in 1900, 597K in 1950, and 1022K in 2000, and claim that around 8500 words a year have entered English during the last century (though of course only some achieve a permanent presence). These totals are pointing in the right direction, avoiding the underestimates that are common (and incidentally showing yet again how absurd that claim was a year ago about the millionth word entering English). The real figures will of course be much higher, once other genres are taken into account. They point out that their totals far exceed the totals in dictionaries, and - one of the most interesting findings reported - say that over half the words in their corpus (52%) are what they call 'lexical dark matter'. These are words that don't make it into dictionaries, because they are uncommon, and dictionaries focus on recording the higher frequency words in a language. Their figure is probably a bit high, as (as mentioned above) this project includes proper names as well as nouns, and nobody would want to say that knowledge of proper names is a sign of linguistic ability. (I am reminded of the old Music Hall joke: 'I say, I say, I say, I can speak French'. 'I didn't know you could speak French. Let me hear you speak French.' 'Bordeaux, Calais, Nice...') This 'cultural observatory' has given us a fascinating tool to play with, and some interesting discoveries will come out of it, especially when one types competing usages into the Ngram Viewer, such as the choice between alternative forms of a verb (eg dreamed/dreamt). There's nothing new about this, of course, as other corpora have done the same thing; but the scale of the enterprise makes this project different (though limited by its academic library origins). For instance, I typed in 'actually to do' and 'to actually do' to see whether there is a trend in the increasing usage of the split infinitive, and there certainly is, with a dramatic increase since 1980. The spelling of 'judgment' without an 'e' has been steadily falling since the 1920s, with the form with an 'e' having a stronger presence in British English [it is possible to search separately for British and American English]. Enough, already. As with all corpora, it gets addictive. 6 comments: Fascinating, especially about the semantic links. It often amuses me that if I write a humorous blog post about, say, motherhood, in which I advocate all kinds of unacceptable practices (ironically, of course) to keep a baby quiet, serious ads will pop up as soon as I publish, offering me babycare products. The sudden appearance of these ads always give me a laugh. Good post that highlights some of the weaknesses with the culturomics analysis, that being said, some of the issues your raise are, in my opinion, non-issues. “They don't give details of their procedure, but it doesn't seem to work well.” The method is very painfully detailed in the supplementary material of the paper, which is freely available on the Science journal website. “There's no way of knowing.” Although approximate, you can use the snippets provided from the Google Books search to estimate how many hits in a given year represent The Beatles or the Mac. “They assume Sigmund. But what about Lucian, Clement, Anna...? “ Their assumption makes sense in the light of the relative importance of the 2grams, (see). Furthermore, the 1-gram name analysis was not a part of the paper per se, only of the half chewing, as you so well put it. The name culturomics is an odd one, presumably based on ergonomics, economics, and suchlike. No, it's based on genomics, which has spawned various other X-omics. Thanks for these clarifications. Corpus of Historical American English. -- 400 million words, 1810s-2000s. -- Allows for many types of searches that Google Books can't: * accurate frequency of words and phrases by decade and year * changes in word forms (via wildcard searches) * grammatical changes (because corpus is "tagged" for part of speech) * changes in meaning (via collocates; "nearby words") * show all words that are more common in one decade than another * integrate synonyms and customized word lists into queries * etc etc etc -- Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), 2009-2011. Take a look at the "Compare to Google/Archives" link off the first page. Based on genome... Not the most felicitous choice of a term, it seems to me. It's bound to lead to confusion, as morphologically this ending has a short vowel, and that's how people will automatically say it.

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"Make It Werk". Here is my drama: Top Chef Las Vegas premieres on Wednesday (8/19). Project Runway premieres the next evening. WHAT SHOULD I RECAP?!? And you're not allowed to say "both". Seriously, I need your. 17 comments: Oy. Hmmm, well I guess cause TLo recaps PR and not Top Chef and I would love at least one hilarious recap of each show, I vote for Gail's Boobies! Recap PR and do a short commentary on TC and let everyone comment. Or you could choose to recap the one with the best material each week and post a short commentary on the other one. I could be a life coach. Oh, that cat is perfect! oh project runway please, and rename the cast with funny monikers thx xx my dream-wish-fantasy is both, but since i MUST choose, i choose PR of course. Damn, now that you have a life, you have become so difficult....JK!!!. LB anon I vote PR, too. Project Runway! Just because... it's been so long. In a perfect world you would clone yourself in time to recap both.....who will provide the snark? Follow your bliss and recap whichever one suits your fancy! I like Joy's idea. And Natasha wants to know where her check is since you used her likeness here. Are you kidding? Much as I LURVE your Top Chef recaps and much as I LOL every time THE BOOBIES make an appearance, it's gotta be Project Runway, baby. Love ya, mean it. Oh, dear! I would have to vote for PR as I agree with Lelio, it has been so long since the last PR. But do throw in a comment on Gail's boobies once in a while... PROJECT RUNGAY!!! PROJECT RUNGAY!!!! PROJECT RUNGAY!!!! ok, now that I have that outta my system...please recap PR...you are madly fabulous at it. and I hope Lifetime doesn't take out all the gay...ya know? PR. I'm sorry, I just couldn't get into TCM. I mean, without Gail's boobies and Padma's scar and all... Why can't I say both? I say both. Do both. Give up your life, take a vow of recapping and go to it. Maybe you could sort of combine them. Yeah, a Project Top Chef mashup. Tim Gunn in a toque and no pants. I have to go lie down now. I say : "DO AS JOY COMMANDS!!!!" XOXOXOXOXOX Your Project Runway recaps are LEGENDARY - you MUST recap it.

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COVER STORY: J.K. Rowling for grown-upsNovember 11, 2012 by dawnbooksandauthors Reviewed by Sheheryar Sheikh The Harry Potter series has sold over 450 million books, and has been translated into 73 languages. Upon learning that J.K. Rowling would soon come out with a novel for adults, I was eagerly waiting to see what she could come up with after taking a sharp turn away from material that had brought her such astounding success. Having now read The Casual Vacancy cover to cover in three sittings, I am convinced that this is the book I was waiting for her to write. The entire narrative of The Casual Vacancy takes place within two adjacent rural towns in England: Pagford and Yarvil. Of these, the more residential Pagford is a haven that was once pristine and untainted by council housing (read poor people’s accommodations), but has since been infiltrated by an estate where families on welfare dwell. At the beginning of the novel, Barry Fairbrother, a member of the Pagford Parish Council, suffering from a two-day headache, dies suddenly of an aneurism. This leaves open his seat on the council, and tears into the social fabric of the town. Barry was perhaps the only universally liked character in both Pagford and Yarvil. A link between families and between the haves and have-nots in the two towns, he leaves behind not just his widow Mary and their four children, but also those that counted him as a role model, best friend, coach, or even the secret love of their lives. All these bonds come untethered with Barry’s death. Three people decide to stand for election as Barry’s successor on the Pagford Parish Council. The power of the council extends to zoning the town’s territories, and the major decision of whether or not to keep the council estates within Pagford will come up for voting soon. Miles Mollison wants to be elected to add power to his father Howard Mollison’s idea of reworking the zones so as to kick out the council estates from Pagford into Yarvil. This would mean that Yarvil, not Pagford, will bear the brunt of generating the income that goes to support families on welfare in the council estates. But the deceased Barry was opposed to rezoning, and the local high school principal Colin Wall wants to be voted in so he can fulfil Barry’s vision. The last candidate, Simon Price, wants to win the election because he thinks he can fill his pockets with bribes once he is on the council. All candidates are Pagford people who haven’t tasted poverty themselves, whereas Barry was born in the council estates and raised himself out of that den of hopelessness to make a future for himself and to give hope to those still stuck there. While the election hovers in the background like a reverberating piano note, there is much more to the novel than just these principal candidates and the eventual outcome of the vote. Rowling ties together the families of these towns into a claustrophobic web. There is hardly any degree of separation between the characters that are linked in multiple ways and display complex loyalties. For instance, Barry’s main opponent Howard’s doctor is Parminder, who counted Barry as her best friend. Also, everyone drops by Howard’s deli-café in town, even though they may be at loggerheads on the council estates issue. Simon’s son, Andrew, even begins working at the café, despite Simon and Howard facing off in the election. The tourniquet-like pressure on the narrative keeps building as the elections come closer, reaching several crescendos before the last major one. Children, in fits of rage, put up notices on the council’s website against their parents — anonymous notes that shout out their parents’ darkest secrets. And the women form their own layers of diplomatic negotiations, with tensions escalating to the likeness of a shrill shriek at some dinner parties. The couples have tussles for power and intimacy. There are some secret affairs that fuel small-town gossip, as in real life. But the most interesting parts of Rowling’s commentary on adults are her dissections of marriages. Consider this one paragraph that exemplifies her skill with the pen: .” Rowling writes most of the adults well, but the book’s best segments are when she is describing what the three principal teenagers are going through. Surely seven Harry Potter books play into her heightened capacity for understanding the teenage years and portraying them well. In this for-adults novel though, the psyches of her characters are darker, more realistic, and not prone to supernatural escapes from their dangerous explorations. When we first meet one of the principle teenagers, the candidate Simon’s son, this is what we learn about him: “That’s wise, thought Andrew, with furious contempt; that’s profound. So it was Barry Fairbrother’s own fault his brain had burst open. You self-satisfied f***er, Andrew told his father, loudly, inside his own head.” That’s how rebellious teens behave when they want to dissemble. But Rowling’s got their number. The situations that Krystal, a council estate teenager, is exposed to are harrowing, and cannot come up in any children’s book. Raised by a neglectful drug-addict mother, Krystal is the one thing keeping both her mother and her baby brother out of foster care or prison. With a filthy mouth and promiscuous habits, she becomes a link between the bleakness of the council estates and the privileged class that calls Pagford home. Krystal was among those who counted on Barry as her mentor. He was her rowing team’s coach, and now that he is dead, her hope — and hope for her — is disappearing fast. There has been some criticism of the pessimism in the novel. In her quest to depart from writing for children, Rowling may just have written the bleakest possible work she could. Despite its fleeting moments of pure delight for characters that do strike a sympathetic chord, there is little to cheer about in this novel. The darkness is what resounds. Another imperfection is the narrator’s moralising tone. It may read well enough for fans of her previous fiction, but it can appear condescending in a literary novel for adults. Overall, the gripping narrative, with its several high points, including beautiful use of language, is a worthy read. The Casual Vacancy should figure among the best books of the year. J.K. Rowling, the writer for grown-ups, has arrived. The reviewer teaches communication, rhetoric and literature at Lums, BNU and LSE The Casual Vacancy (Novel) By J.K. Rowling Little, Brown and Company, UK ISBN 0316228532 512pp. Rs2,000

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I had real fun making this front page for my art journal#2, after finding my home decor sponge stamps earlier this week :D. I stamped the bee onto paterned paper and then zen doodled it, great fun on a grey rainy day!( I luuuuurve buzzy bees :D) I always associate that word with studious monks, lovingly decorating manuscript (my perfect lifestyle choice, art and rare books....mmmmmmm...) Thank you to my Butterfly Bush, for flowering beautifully, even though the weather has been so strange, and the weather for providing some of the most amazing sunsets I have ever seen :D I'd also like to take this oppurtunity to say thank you to June Mac at Dezinaworld, who 1st inspired me to have a go at collage work, and is such a generous loving person :D Challenges I am entering are; Journal Journeys challenge#01 Pink and Orange (illuminate page) Theme Thursday# Wings (buzzy bee page) Flutterby Wednesday#161 open theme(don't know if bees count) Take a word#36 Stars and Stripes(scrap layout) Linking to; I am loving the page you have done hun. I also love books so this is just fabby. Thanks for playing along with Journal Journey's this month Love Dawn xx all of these are fabulous. great bee! love the scrapbook page. is he adorable or what? absolutely love the iluminate page. just gorgeous! hugs :) These are just lovely, but my favourite is the bee. TFS! Cheers, Karen alteredscrapbooking.blogspot.com These are all wonderful- the bee is perfect for the wings theme- beautiful creativity! Wow, I thought that bee was totally stamped, didnt realise you had actually Zendoodled it!! Oh wow what a lovely list, I love your layout and your art journal pages - i'm so behind on Darcy's challenge going to spend some time trying to catch up! Hugs Wow, you've been very busy. Fantastic pieces. Have a nice weekend. gorgeous bee, love the zendoodling in it. Great Illuminate too, mine is also manuscript inspired. Could not really, livingin the north so close to the Lindisfarne gospels etc Altho as ever i am not finished and posted yet lol is rubbish at this deadline lark hahaha Mmmmmm you have been busy ... and they are all beautiful. Thank you for joining in at Take A Word. beautiful pages! xo

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Username: Password: Thanks for visiting! Day Zero is a place where you can make lists of your goals and turn them into a challenge. Find out more... charizard View Profile Sherry L ALL RECENT NOTES BBW 5 months ago Had a couple people over for Puerco ... 6 months ago NY trip- more than 3! 6 months ago 3rd museum- an art museum in Clinton... 6 months ago Strangely enough, had never played T... 8 months ago Finished book 10, Dinosaurs: A Very ... 8 months ago FInished book 9, The Bell Jar 8 months ago Super proud of myself- that's one ma... 10 months ago Finished book 8, Catch Me If You Can 11 months ago Finished book 7, Sh*t My Dad Says 11 months ago Finished book 6, The Hunger Games 11 months ago Done with book 5- 5 more to go!! one year ago Exactly 84% (according to Amazon Clo... one year ago Done with book 4! one year ago I had to get my hard drive replaced,... one year ago Took a 2 hour walk with my mom and H... one year ago Nearly done with book 4, Learning to... one year ago Finished books 2 and 3, Looking for ... one year ago Learned tens and twos at Vince and K... one year ago Went to 2 in St. Louis- the science ... one year ago Had an awesome time in St. Louis! one year ago Almost done with Looking for Alaska-... one year ago Remember to drink lots of water befo... one year ago Finishing up book two- A People's Hi... one year ago Finished book 1! one year ago Reading The Man in the High Castle b... one year ago

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@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/paams/IpinaHGMV10, author = {Karmele L{\'o}pez de Ipi{\~n}a and M. C. Hern{\'a}ndez and Manuel Gra{\~n}a and E. Mart\'{\i}nez and C. Vaquero}, title = {A Computer-Aided Decision Support System for Shoulder Pain Pathology}, booktitle = {PAAMS (Special Sessions and Workshops)}, year = {2010}, pages = {705-712}, ee = {}, crossref = {DBLP:conf/paams/2010s}, bibsource = {DBLP,} } @proceedings{DBLP:conf/paams/2010s, editor = {Yves Demazeau and Frank Dignum and Juan M. Corchado and Javier Bajo and Rafael Corchuelo and Emilio Corchado and Florentino Fern{\'a}ndez Riverola and Vicente Juli{\'a}n and Pawel Pawlewski and Andrew Campbell}, title = {Trends in Practical Applications of Agents and Multiagent Systems - 8th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multiagent Systems, PAAMS 2010 Special Sessions and Workshops, Salamanca, Spain, 26-28 April 2010}, booktitle = {PAAMS (Special Sessions and Workshops)}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {Advances in Soft Computing}, volume = {71}, year = {2010}, isbn = {978-3-642-12432-7}, ee = {}, bibsource = {DBLP,} }

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In Barcelona on Tuesday, Team USA faced off against the Spanish National Team that gave them a scare in the gold medal game of the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing. But the game wouldn't be as close as the Americans defeated the Spaniards, 100-78. Carmelo Anthony led the way with 27 points off the bench, including 23 first half points to help secure the victory. LeBron James pumped in 25 points and Kevin Durant helped break the game open by scoring 10 of his 13 points in the first three minutes of the third quarter. For Spain, they were led by Los Angeles Lakers star Pau Gasol who scored 19 points, and Oklahoma City Thunder big man Serge Ibaka -- who became a Spanish national last year -- who contributed 16 points in the loss. Stick with SB Nation DC!

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UPDATE: Now with a GIF, via Japers' Rink user dimagus. The goal by Jason Chimera during the Washington Capitals' 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes was great in one respect and a little hilarious in another. How was it great, you ask? Look at Chimera's speed getting past the Hurricanes defenders and getting in on Hurricanes goalie Brian Boucher. How was it hilarious, you ask? Well, it wasn't exactly the cleanest shot in the world. As you watch the very end of this video, notice how it barely slips over Boucher's shoulder and drops into the net. Boucher looks so confused because he has no idea where the puck actually is. Eventually, the puck landed behind Boucher, and everyone paused for a beat before celebrating. It looked like this goal would end up being decisive. It wasn't, of course, because both teams scored two goals after that. Here's the video below the jump, from our friends at CSN Washington. Visit Japers' Rink to talk about the game with fellow Capitals fans. For more on the Hurricanes, visit Canes Country. There are 0 Comments. Add Yours. Shortcuts to mastering the comment thread. Use wisely. C - Next Comment X - Mark as Read R - Reply Z - Mark Read & Next Shift + C - Previous Shift + A - Mark All Read Live comment alert: Hide it!

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How Many Countries Have Your Pajamas Seen? Published on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 4:50pm dazzled everyone with her dragon puppet Jin Jin and a plethora of magic tricks. The German Embassy also paid a visit, to join in the creation of St. Martin's Day lanterns for the Euro Festival. For Hanukkah, participants enjoyed Jewish folktales and the driedel game. Every Thursday night beginning January 7, another country awaits. Stories begin around 7pm with a snack and craft afterwards, And don't forget the pajamas!

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Friday Spotlight with Kay Dee Royal (and Lacinda) One of my favourite people on the webisphere is stepping under the Spotlight today with a super fun post. In addition, Kay will offer up some info, an excerpt and a FREE copy of her contemporary erotic romance One Plus One! Kay Dee Royal, welcome to the e-rotica blog! Thank you for stepping under the Friday Spotlight. Hello D.C., thank you so much for inviting me in to hang out for the day. Love your place…really feels like home Oh, I should probably introduce myself… Hi everyone, I’m Kay Dee Royal, an erotic romance author who writes what I love, paranormal, fantasy, and contemporary erotic romance. I’m here today with Lacinda, the heroine of One Plus One, my latest contemporary erotic romance. I’ve brought her along to explain in her own words how she ended up on a singles cruise ship;) *Lacinda coughs, blushes, and stares at the floor* Kay Dee: You’re okay with sharing this, right? Lacinda: Well, it’s terribly embarrassing…and feels a bit humiliating to say it out loud. Kay Dee: We’d all love to hear what you did to get on that ship, Lacinda. Please share it with us. Lacinda: *looks up and takes a deep breath, face even brighter red* Okay, it might be considered quite immature by some, and I wouldn’t blame them. It was Avery, my best friend’s idea. She came over one night with a bottle of wine and a survey questionnaire… Kay Dee: Yeah, go on, what kind of survey? Lacinda: She told me it was just some silly thing she’d found…she’d been insistent on coming over to fill this thing out for a couple days. I knew she’d been worried about me, not having a man in my life, and it drove her crazy. So, I agreed to do this as a bargaining chip for her to leave me alone about men afterwards. Kay Dee: Sounds like a good caring friend. (LOL) So, did you fill it out? Lacinda: After a couple huge glasses of wine, yes, we had fun with it. Avery told me it was an anonymous survey describing intimacy…in full graphic detail. She kept prodding me to use my imagination and get down and dirty about it…so, I did. Kay Dee: So, tell us more about the questions… Lacinda: I’d never seen anything like it before…asking about my favorite sexual positions, how many orgasms did I have in one day, even asked about the kinkiest position I enjoyed and why did I like it. Avery helped me describe the outrageous positions. I honestly didn’t have a clue about most of it, but once my imagination got juiced up on wine, I just came up with crazy wild stuff. Kay Dee: Come on, Lacinda, you had some knowledge about this sort of thing. Lacinda: No, not really. I led a fairly sheltered life, could only claim one relationship with a college sweetheart and my only experiences with him were missionary style. *smiles* Little did I know about the great big world of sexual gratification. *blushes – only a little* Kay Dee: Okay, so what did this have to do with you getting on the ship? Lacinda: Avery is good, I’ll give her that. After we finished off the wine, she pulled out this tiny stringed bikini and asked me to pose like a wanton whore, and she snapped my picture. *grins* Well, after going through all those explicit questions, I didn’t mind acting out a bit. I mean, what could it hurt, just in front of my friend, right? After this she’d quit bugging me about meeting someone. Kay Dee: Honey, you still haven’t answered my question ~ what did any of this have to do with getting on the singles cruise? Lacinda: Apparently, the survey was a contest entry and the winners got a three week get away on One Plus One Equals Fun singles cruise liner. Kay Dee: LOL – Oh that Avery…gotta love her for getting you and Blade together, Lacinda. Lacinda: I can’t ever, in my wildest dreams, imagine going on this kind of cruise. Talk about no inhibitions! Mazie, the director of the cruise, made sure everyone enjoyed themselves…but, I won’t go into details, you’ll have to read it to find out the rest;) Kay Dee: Well, that’s a wrap…thank you, Lacinda, for joining me today. Thank you D.C. for letting us hang-out at your lovely place…and to everyone, thank you for stopping in to visit with Lacinda and I GIVEAWAY CONTEST ~ I’m offering a PDF copy of One Plus One to one lucky commenter who answers this question: What would you name a singles cruise liner? Leave a way that I may contact you – winner will be chosen from a random drawing on Sunday 10/28. GOOD LUCK! Kay Dee Royal Bio: Kay Dee Royal writes paranormal and fantasy romance—maybe because it’s also her favorite genre her blog and find the latest on her titles from her publisher, MuseItHot. Blogs: One Plus One Kay Dee Royal Contemporary Erotic Romance – WARNING: Explicit sex scenes 18+ Tagline: Lacinda and Blade discover more than sexual ecstasy on a lust-filled singles cruise. Winners can’t be losers. Coerced by her friend, Lacinda, a woman crushed by love, winds up on a three-week singles cruise. Blade, a man of means, discovers Miss Right under the guise of a singles cruise set up by his business partner. Once Blade focuses his efforts he always gets what he’s after, until Lacinda throws his arrogant reputation back in his face. Can Blade break through Lacinda’s angry barriers? Will she ever see him as anything more than a player? One Plus One Excerpt ~ . Excellent character interview and excerpt, Kay Dee! So glad you stopped by and please come back any time! Folks don’t forget to enter the contest. I am dying to find out what kind of names you come up with. Thanks so much for visiting the e-rotica blog, Kay Dee! I know I can’t officially enter but I’ll get the ball rolling… If I could name a cruise ship, I would probably name it something goofy like Penelope or Tom. Hello D.C….fun! Penelope…hmmm – I’m showing up very late, the post looks brilliant, thank you so much for having Lacinda and I today…Now to spread the word;) Sweet interview and excerpt. The book looks like fun! Hi Julia – thanks for stopping by! Lacinda and Blade’s story was fun to write also;) I love character interviews…they really give us an idea of what we’ve got to look forward to in the book. Lucinda sounds a lot like I probably would in her–erm–position. Hello Raine – ya, Lacinda has a few of my traits as well…but, I’m not sure I ever would have stepped foot on that cruise *grins* Thanks so much for stopping by;) Totally fun way to showcase the book, and so effective I had to get me some of that! Aloha Toby Neal (author of the Lei Crime Series) Aloha, Toby:) Thanks so much for stopping in and for the kind compliment…glad you liked the intro (sort of). Boy. Hard to know what the best name would be. G spot? Book looks good, Kay Dee. Cheers, Whitley Hello Whitley – thanks so much for stopping by…love your choice (LOL) good times;) Love the excerpt! Any thing titled G Spot, Whitley, is a hit with me! And the winner/s of One Plus One are: Lorca Damon, Whitley, Toby Neal, Raine Thomas, and Julia Barrett – yes, you all won a copy – I hope you enjoy Lacinda and Blade’s story…they directed me all the way through it;) Loved the excerpt!

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The New York Design Center was the place to be last night! The What’s New, What’s Next event was a success! I was enchanted in the lovely lap of Laserow, where I met fellow bloggers and got a crash course in Swedish antiques. Founder, Karin Laserow showed me around the showroom pointing out each piece and what period it was from (they focus on Rococo, Gustavian, Empire and Baroque periods), and they quizzed me at the end! Karin has been in the business for 32 years, and her daughter Liza runs the New York Showroom at the NYDC. After sitting with them for only a few minutes, it was evident that they are passionate about this business. I was fascinated by their down to earth perspective on antiques, the chairs must be comfortable and you must be able to live your daily life with these pieces. The way they mix the antique furniture with modern upholstery was refreshing. I look forward to seeing the outcome of some of Liza’s Interior Design projects she is working on now! I was amazed by all of the beautiful/industrial lighting options!

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Other changes to extensions The following extensions can no longer be disabled during build configuration: Changes in extension behaviour, and new features: - Date and Time - The TZ environment variable is no longer used to guess the timezone - cURL - cURL now supports SSH - Network - dns_check_record() now returns an extra "entries" index, containing the TXT elements. - Hash - The SHA-224 and salsa hash algorithms are now supported. - mbstring - Now supports CP850 encoding. - OCI8 - A call to oci_close() on a persistent connection, or a variable referencing a persistent connection going out of scope, will now roll back any uncommitted transaction. To avoid unexpected behavior, explicitly issue a commit or roll back as needed. The old behavior can be enabled with the INI directive oci8.old_oci_close_semantics. Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP) and Fast Application Notification (FAN) are now supported. Oracle External Authentication is now supported (except on Windows). The oci_bind_by_name() function now supports SQLT_AFC (aka the CHAR datatype). - OpenSSL - OpenSSL digest and cipher functions are now supported. It is also now possible to access the internal values of DSA, RSA and DH keys. - Session - Sessions will no longer store session-files in "/tmp" when open_basedir restrictions apply, unless "/tmp" is explicitly added to the list of allowed paths. - SOAP Now supports sending user supplied HTTP headers. - MySQLi Now supports persistent connections, by prepending the hostname with "p:". - Image Processing and GD The "JPG Support" index returned from gd_info() has been renamed to "JPEG Support". There are no user contributed notes for this page.

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Your morning roundup for May 1, the day after Seth Meyers said Weekend Update stuff to people's faces. • Thirty-two NFL franchises passed on multiple opportunities to draft Boston College's Mark Herzlich, a linebacker who was projected as a first-round pick before he had to take a season off to battle Ewing's sarcoma. "I guess people are saying I can't play football anymore,'' said Herzlich, already preparing himself for his next battle. "Well I have heard that before and look what happened.'" [Boston Globe] (Photo H/T Scott Lewis Photography) • Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo gave up his first goal of the Nashville Predators series with 1:07 left in the third. Game went to overtime. Then, double overtime. But not triple overtime, because Matt Halischuk of the Predators scored 14:51 into the second extra frame primarily because Nashville goalkeeper Pekka Rinne played the role of every ice-skate-wearing superhero in history. [Tennessean] • The Philadelphia Flyers got the piss kicked out of them by a team with a track record of ceding three-game series leads. [Boston Bruins] • On the flip side, the first 18 pitches that Roy Halladay threw against the Mets yesterday were strikes. The 2-1 win made it the first April in which the Phillies won 18 games. [NorthJersey.com] • They say some, if not many, of the 20,245 who attended yesterday's Rays/Angels game in Tampa Bay were there just to see REO Speedwagon. Well, the opening act was a 10th inning win on a Fernando Rodney bounced-sinker wild pitch, the first such victory in franchise history [Tampa Tribune]. • Emilio "Millito" Navarro, the 105-year-old who was believed to be the oldest living professional baseball player, died Saturday in Puerto Rico. The first Puerto Rican to play in the Negro Leagues, he was the leadoff-hitting shortstop for the New York-based Cuban Stars of the Eastern Colored League in 1928. Navarro said he made $25 a week and enjoyed dancing and the occasional glass of whiskey. With Navarro's passing, Jamie Moyer assumes the oldest living professional baseball player mantle. [AP] • Former Braves pitcher John Smoltz barely missed being within 26 strokes of the cut at his debut Nationwide Tour event. He was 27-over at the South Georgia Classic. [New York Times] • That Auburn University is helping the University of Alabama grapple with a tornado-ravaged Tuscaloosa shouldn't be news, as sporting rivalries should in no way dictate someone's common decency when someone else is in pain. In an unrelated story, the fact that Auburn University is helping the University of Alabama grapple with a tornado-ravaged Tuscaloosa is news. [Huntsville Times] [Orlando Sentinel] [AP] [Etc.] • Brian Dawkins, a 37-year-old safety for the Denver Broncos, thinks drafting quality safeties makes the Broncos stronger on defense and special teams [Denver Post]. Hearing that Hall-of-Fame Broncos QB/Executive VP of Football Operations John Elway say that he's his "biggest fan" made current Broncos QB Tim Tebow feel all warm inside [ESPN]. • With the 34th pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills selected Aaron Williams, cornerback from the University of Texas, guy who posted a picture of himself holding a dead rabbit online. [BuzzFeed] • Kurt Warner on the Patriots drafting QB Ryan Mallett: "I did text Tom Brady after this pick and he wanted me to know for sure that he was planning on playing 10 more years." [NFL] • Oh, the lockout's back on so everybody from Cam Newton to Cheta Ozougwu can all just go ahead and workout on their own. [USA Today] • In football-actually-being-played news, the owner of the Orlando Predators ponied up for a billboard in advance with their Saturday night showdown with the Jacksonville Sharks. 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." Smith won't say it, but the Internet will, and it's a very unlikely name being tossed around this time. (And mom isn't involved.) So now we have a starting point for the 2011 edition of this column, if it comes to that. It shouldn't, but it probably will, and only because the Heat are two games from elimination. We knew coming into this five-year experiment that it would take just big loss to start the LeBron James doubt machine up again. It didn't matter how much was his fault — any loss automatically becomes about him. And, of course, nebulous off-court business. Listen to Smith's comments again. There's no "there" there. There's nothing. There's something he saw online, and grapevines and weasel words and equivocation and rumors of rumors and zero news, which is what Stephen A. Smith does when he's allowed to talk instead of write. This isn't passing along a rumor: it's starting one, and it's a low blow to bring it up at all to a world hungry for just this kind of bullshit about LeBron James. We can't put the genie back by ignoring this: it's too late for that. A loud man, on a hugely popular radio show, talking about the most famous man in sports? It's out there, and "legitimate." LeBron's personal life belongs to the world now. Go nuts.

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39" LED LCD HDTV, 1080p for $299.99 + free shipping Use coupon code KHE61894 at checkout. Anybody have any reviews on this TV? How is it both LED and LCD? It's an LED TV which is good - but who is TCL? LED is the backlighting technology... it still uses an LCD to control the image, color and contrast... I was concerned with TCL as a brand as well but recently bought a 32 inch (new) tv for the bedroom. So far everything has gone smoothly. I have the 40'' version of this TV that I got from Amazon two Black Fridays ago. The speakers are mediocre but everything else works great. I would definitely buy another. @bsalamon: could not find reviews for this model anywhere online! :/ It's backed by a 2-year manufacturer's warranty, by the way. "Limited warranty, 24 months for parts and 24 months for labor." I just had to laugh because who makes a 39 inch TV? :-) Somebody forgot to measure twice and cut once. Have the 40" LCD I purchased after Christmas .. No problems with this item - I prefer the sound from my receiver, but roomie is satisfied with the audio on the unit.. I just went through to purchase this and found two hidden items. First they charge sales tax on this which comes up to about $25 on a TV. The free shipping requires that you buy a $50 membership with tigerdirect. Otherwise to Georgia it was going to be about a $25 shipping fee for ground. Final price for a no-name tv was going to be about $350. Worst Buy has a 39" brand you have heard of, RCA, for about $325 that with tax would come up to the same price and you can get it the same day and have a place to take it back if you have a problem. Just my 2cents! I was in for two of these at that price till they threw the two curveballs. :) @tankstew: Shipping should be free. Make sure you select Econo shipping (4-9 days, residential only). The membership you're talking about (called Inner Circle) gives free shipping on all orders made at TigerDirect, but you don't need it because this item already qualifies for free shipping. After entering in your shipping information in step 2, check step 3 (the first option should be selected). @tankstew: Also, the RCA TV you mentioned () is a regular LCD TV (lit by a fluorescent lamp as opposed to LED's). Seems like a great price for a 39" LED not sure if its too good a price though.... hmmm it is definitely tempting. Just picked one up. I remember reading that TCL actually used a Samsung LCD in their 40" TV (you could clearly see the Samsung logo through the back vents) Hoping this is the same thing. If not, it's still a really good deal since this company also sells under the RCA name Just snaked one of these bad boys real quick! I was tempted on the last similar Newegg deal that came out, but Newegg charges CA sales tax, so no go...but Tigerdirect is $299 to the front door of any CA home. Helllz ya. The price is up to 349.99 now. @reeds101: I remember seeing the same thing on Amazon. If Samsung likes them enough to outsource to them, I'd say that's good enough for me. TCL seems like a good brand, and a great way to get a bargain on an HDTV. @avenger885: I have a 39" TV. They are pretty common :) Not sure whether to +1 @murixbob for telling us the price was raised, or -1 because I dislike that fact. +1 to you, good sir. Thanks. Perhaps we could let the OP @cornellbigred and/or @shawnmiller know and the price can be updated to $349.99? 20 Comments add a comment Sort By:

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Hooray, an outfit post! My computer is mostly better, although after I got it back from its recall the boys who fixed it told me they found malware on it. I think I have pretty insane virus protection so I'm not really sure how that happened, but I don't want to spend what they charge ($200) on getting it removed! Is anyone a computer smarty pants with good ideas on how to fix that? These photos are from a trip to Prospect Park. I have been exploring Brooklyn which has been really exciting for me; I love visiting new neighborhoods and finding coffee shops or restaurants to return to. Seeing how different the people are in every neighborhood is fun too, it's like going into another little country when you get a few blocks into every new section. Prospect Park was lovely on this day because everyone was out having picnics and birthday parties and riding their bikes. My lovely lovely friend Ginger (whose bed I am staying in before I move into my new apartment) took these photos and I think they turned out so well. It was the perfect time in the afternoon to take them, and it is so nice to have a person behind my camera, rather than a tripod! I know I've said this before but I am so jealous of bloggers who have real people to take their pictures! This is Ginger...she's so stylish! I have so much time on my hands, what with not having a real job and all that jazz. I have been writing a bit for Baeblemusic, but other than that no exciting job offers (or even boring job offers...I would settle for that at this point!) have come along. If any of you are music lovers you can check out my first review here. I think I'm going to be exploring a lot more until a job pops up! Sandals: UO; Dress: Thrifted; Belt: Thrifted; Feather and Bottlecap Earrings: Home made I am going out to New Jersey this weekend for a friend's birthday, and I'm looking forward to eating cake, taking lots of photos, and going on evening walks. I hope you have a wonderful, sunshine-filled, happy weekend! 12 comments: I love that skirt! Beautiful park too! I love exploring new places, finding the goods places and realizing where you'd never want to go again haha! Have fun this weekend in Jersey! beautiful skirt and the park looks lovely, have a great weekend in NJ aww these photos ARE wonderful, especially the last two! i miss new york dearly and i wish i could explore with you! this park looks so lovely! i love your skirt and its colors :) have a fun weekend in NJ! Beautiful photos! They are so whimsical with that lighting:) I love your skirt! iliketweet x That skirt is absolutely adorable! It looks great on you! Aww what a gorgeous outfit! love the skirt! <3 wonderful photos i wish Malaysia have more parks like this as usual u have the prettiest outfits ever and have fun in New Jersey , i bet it will be so much fun do update us ♥ your blog is wonderful! I love this photo shoot!we could be followers each other, what do you think? obsessedwithglamour.blogspot.com BEAUTIFULL!!!! Aw, you look so amazing!! Your style is honestly just incredible. I was always taken away by you when I saw you in NYC each time! Thanks for your thoughts!

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More information Become a sponsor!Sponsors contact Platinum sponsors Silver sponsors Bronze sponsors Steel sponsors Accommodation Attendees using DebConf-provided lodging will be staying in residence hall rooms at our host venue, Columbia University. For directions, you should visit the Travel Information page for logistical travel information from various locations. Be sure to also read the Welcome page for a general overview of the things you should be sure to bring, and the things that you need to know. Their Conference Housing office provides information on the included amenities. Columbia lodging cannot accommodate guests under 13 years of age due to applicable safety laws. For DebConf10 two types of rooms are available: - Single: One single-person bed per room, no private bathroom. One multi-person shared bathroom per gender per floor. - Double: Two single-person beds per room. Two rooms per suite. One shared bathroom per suite. In the "Room preference" field of the "general" tab of your penta account, please indicate your preferences for roommates and/or suitemates as well as one of the following: - Single (USD $53 per night) - Double (USD $53 per person per night) - Double for yourself (USD $78 per night) Coin-operated laundry is available. Bed sheets, pillow, pillowcase, blanket and towel will be provided. Soap and shampoo will not be provided. Information for those attendees who wish to obtain alternative accommodations is also available, including budget-friendly hostel options as well as full-service hotels. The following hostels have been identified in the Upper West Side, within walking distance of the venue: Many other hotels, of a wide variety of prices, exist. Attendees are encouraged to discuss accommodation options on the DebConf10 wiki.

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