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Thursday, January 5, 2012
three things thursday
Sore spot aside, I obviously still haven't learned that walking around in my Kinvaras make my shins ache from a lack of support. I lifted in them on Monday afternoon and then was on my feet for most of the rest of the day, and was completely shocked to wake up Tuesday morning with extremely sore/tight lower legs. Sigh. It will make me sad if I have to completely remove a pair of hot pink shoes from my closet, but clearly recurring shin pain that lasts 2-3 days isn't teaching me anything. A couple of days in supportive shoes and compression socks always fixes me right up, but I have enough problems with ghost injuries without adding another from sheer stupidity.
ALL of these things aside, I'm actually doing quite well in the injury department. My hip flexors are behaving, my butt is behaving, my cranky shoulder nerve thing let me swim almost 25 miles last month, and my legs in general seem to have adjusted pretty well to all the shoe changes I was playing around with all summer and fall. I'm not sure that I can remember a time in my life where I've been this active for this long without a debilitating injury, but I'm certainly going to embrace it and hope that I can keep this streak alive.
2. I still have a pretty weird love affair going on with the pool. I used to completely hate it and dread swimming, but the past few months...I don't know. I'm not a swimmer, and I still get roasted by all the super fast people I swim with, but I just really like it. It's peaceful. Especially now that I can do flip-turns without cracking my skull on the floor.
3. Run...swim...I guess the third thing Thursday must be the bike? I hate the trainer with an all-consuming passion. My speed/cadence sensor thing isn't calibrated right and I can't fix it, and I KNOW that there's just no way I spin my brains out for 90 minutes and have only gone 14 miles. Plus I still have a really hard time getting my HR up while inside, although I am sweating buckets as soon as I go over 100. I don't have any of these problems outside, so I'm trying to focus on the fact that I'm doing the work and ignore some of the numbers. Soon enough it will be spring, and I can get my sunrise ride back on, and then it'll be hot and time to climb hills and I'll be complaining about that, instead. These are the days of our lives.
Happy Thursday, everyone! What are you complaining about today?
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I have been really enjoying swimming lately too. I find the pool really calming even with other people splashing around me.ReplyDelete
Approve of the new look (and planned migration to WP?) and the revised About Me :)ReplyDelete
The trainer is stupid. Fact. I'd rather have hills and heat to complain about than sweating my brains out all over the floor, so, good thing my trainer lives in your basement!
I need to find a pool to train in and try to become one with the water... My main issue is breathing - I like to do it but can't breathe under water.ReplyDelete
My trainer rides got infinitely better when I took speed off the sensor (You're going zero miles per hour. Fact.) and started longer warm-ups with a few bursts. I can't get my HR above 115 in the first 10 minutes without that, but afterwards I can do a workout like normal(-ish).ReplyDelete
No skull cracking? WIN! It's the little things.ReplyDelete
While you're not doing sunrise rides, perhaps you'll join me + Emily (yay, she's in, too!) for some sunrise YOGA? Hmmmm?
the shin thing happens to me when my shoes lose their fluff (or become what i like to call flat tires). back when i had all the dumb shin issues it turned out to be tendonitis too and now i know not to panic but it's still hard not to. glad you are good over all. :)ReplyDelete
also, i had to get rid of my fave tri shoes b/c they weren't right and hurt my shins but i still have them and look at them lovingly. sorry pink shoes might need to go if they are hurting you...
longest. comment. ever.
Hey Kandi - only fish can breathe under the water, you're good.ReplyDelete
I'm complaining about the fact that my back has gotten jacked up again for no good GD reason and I can feel my spine and hips tilting the wrong way which shortens my right leg and so my left butt/hip hurt like hell - and I'm getting on a transatlantic flight tomorrow night. Anyone selling Ambien?
At least you have a new pair of pink shoes to replace the ones that you are sadly retiring!ReplyDelete
I'm actually not complaining about much, and enjoying rotating agility/strength workouts with runs with actual skiing ... I am not complaining about the pool because I, um, haven't been there. Swim some laps for me, would you?ReplyDelete
Sorry to hear about your phantom shin pain. Thanks for complaining about it, because I'm using you as my test case for whether minimalist shoes are worth trying myself considering my own ghost injuries (posts about phantom shin pain make me think the answer is "probably not.").
You'll get there w/ the Kinvaras. Just ease into it. 'Cause pink shoes are worth it!ReplyDelete
I've got nothing to complain about today! A rare day for me, but it's a really good day!
I'm worried that my Kinvaras are the source of my leg woes too. But i refuse to stop running in them. They are just too pretty!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 5, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Hope the shin feels better soon, I had similar issues when I tried to switch the Kinvaras full-time!ReplyDelete
I would love to learn a flip-turn in the pool! None supportive shoes are just plain bad. I'm leaving the minimal 4mm drop shoes out of my marathon training for sure!!!ReplyDelete
'Sticked the bejesus', too funny!ReplyDelete
"sticked the bejesus out of it for a few days" - So much for keeping this a family friendly blog.ReplyDelete
Don't give up on the Kinvara! They are my favs!
As for the bike, check out www.trainerroad.com. They have a free 30-day trial to check it out. It works best if you have a USB Ant+ stick from a Garmin watch, but you can use without to see what it is all about. I absolutely love it and can't wait to be done marathon training so I have more time for the bike.
#3: Buy a power meter (I know! You are adding another family member) and do intervals!ReplyDelete
- Craig BarrettJanuary 5, 2012 at 8:00 PM
I am so happy for you! Injury free AND loving the pool? :) Oh. And I bitch and piss and moan. All year.ReplyDelete
Hooray for an injury-free streak! Hopefully it will continue throughout Ironman training!! I completely agree with you on the swimming part - it has become my favorite of the three lately.ReplyDelete
You changed your blog! I like it a lot though.ReplyDelete
It seems that you, like me have a newfound love for swimming lately :) yay
Also what kind of trainer do you have? Im looking to purchase one but I know next to nothing about them.
I'm digging the pool this winter too. Do you count your strokes? when I got "fast" before the ironman it would only take 14ish strokes to get across, last night I was counting around 19 strokes per length which is inherently less efficient. Still pretty quick (1:25 / 100) and long (2900 yard workout) but the efficiency thing bugs me. That's where real speed in the pool comes from. and I lost it.ReplyDelete
I still need to learn how to do a flip turn *sigh*ReplyDelete
I'm with you on that the trainer sucks like no other!
And I like the new blog lay out :)


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Now this is a post I should have done a while back but am finally getting round to it (better late than never!!).
We work our way through secondary school striving to get the best grades possible to get into the University and degree course of our choice. Once we get there we "graft" away aka:
- Attend the first few weeks lectures
- Go to numerous parties each week often meaning that you miss the bulk of lectures in the middle of term.
- Attend all lectures just before the end of term in preparation for exams (hoping the lecturer may drop a hint or two)
- Cram everything you should have learned during term time like your life depended on it and pray that it all comes out during the exam.
Admittedly things may be different for today's students given their comparatively astronomical fees, but the above was my reality. Anyhow I digress, so we work our behinds off to get that good degree classification in order to get that "good" job. Having done all that, for me it was a bit of an anti-climax. Sure, I was getting good money and working for a reputable firm but there was this feeling of "so this is it until age 65"?
I just felt that there had to be more to life than the 9-5 routine, (or the 9-1am as was often the case in my field), then living for the two days at the end of each week. Some may claim this is the so-called millennial sense of entitlement, but I call it belief in having a life/freedom to spend your time as you choose, as opposed to living to work. Having read a number of Personal Finance books I had been introduced to the concept of making money work for you to produce passive income but it still felt like something unattainable. Many of the things I'd read were focused around using property as a vehicle and I had nowhere near the required amount for a deposit (the no money down days were well and truly over post-2008).
Fast forward a couple of years and I came across this Forbes article about Mr Money Mustache, who had retired at 30. He had done it without a lottery win but by putting his earnings to work. Having discovered this movement in my late 20s it was a bit late for me to aim for retirement by 30 but it got me wondering what I could do if I started putting 50% of my income to work.
Having embarked on my own course of Financial Education ever since, I have found myself having to bite my tongue when people say things like:
- They've just purchased a £25,000 brand new car on finance.
- They can't afford to save (despite earning almost twice the national average salary).
- They're going on holiday funded by debt because "they deserve it".
I guess it's difficult to go back to wasting money and accumulating debt once you've been woken up to the reality of that situation. As a result this blog is my outlet, serving to provide tips on all things personal finance to those who want to take control of their financial situation but are not sure where to start. Particularly my fellow Millennials hitting/heading towards their third decade and thinking it's too late to start.
For me the blog also serves as an accountability factor pushing me on in my journey, whilst developing new posts/insights for my readers. As they say variety is the spice of life so you will often find Lifestyle posts and the odd random ramble thrown in for good measure.
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Listen, 66% of your body is your torso--from the top of your shoulders to the top of your pelvis.
You move naturally from there--but, we've forgotten HOW to DO that. 8-percent is your mind, by the way. The rest make up your arms 12%, legs, hands & extremities. You get the idea.
Here's quote taken from: www.naturalhitting.com :
"Natural Movement involves the entire body working as a whole, and it comes from an innate desire for the body to move. We don't have to learn to control the different parts of our body by consciously thinking about each part or muscle. Natural Movement is initiated simply by a thought.
Natural Movement uses the main part of the body, which is know as the Torso, Center, or Core, along with the legs and arms to move the entire body. When applied to athletics, Natural Movement results in a much more powerful movement than that produced by mechanics alone, but with seemingly less effort. "
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July-August 2009
Status Envy: The Politics of Catholic Higher Education. By Anne Hendershott. Transaction Publishers. 249 pages. $39.95.
In times past, when Catholic universities were the envy of the world, they were run by religious orders for students with religious values. Now many have succumbed to postmodern moral relativism -- a conversion that Anne Hendershott attributes to an inferiority complex. Her new book, Status Envy, focuses on leadership: "Faculty are reminded of the perceived inferiority of Catholic colleges and universities each year when the U.S. News & World Report surveys on higher education include few of the 224 Catholic colleges and universities ." Even after decades of aping secular institutions' politically correct progressive agenda, Hendershott asserts that Catholic academics still blame their schools' lower ratings on the Catholic brand.
Hendershott's richly researched background material offers the cultural upheaval of the 1960s and Vatican II as motivating Catholic faculty demands of "autonomy and academic freedom in the face of authority of whatever kind, lay or clerical ." University leadership was ceded to independent boards of trustees pledging just that. Hendershott also highlights the influence of moonlighting leaders in secularizing their institutions -- e.g., the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, president emeritus of Notre Dame, whose success on boards of secular organizations "can be viewed as stemming from his ability to distance himself from the authority of the Church and sometimes from its teachings." The papal document Ex Corde Ecclesiae (1990) called for theologians on Catholic campuses to obtain mandates from local bishops testifying that their curricula were in communion with official Church teachings. Theologians Fr. Richard McBrien of Notre Dame (a media darling) and Daniel Maguire of Marquette rejected it out of hand. One of Maguire's shocking nostrums proclaims that "the Church not only allows abortion, it celebrates it by rewarding with sainthood those who are pro-choice."
A good portion of Hendershott's book details intellectual pluralism's romp through theology courses. If Catholics think that elements of numerology, witchcraft, Kabbalah, astrology, Buddhism, radical feminism, and Marxism are absent from theology courses on Catholic campuses, they should think again. Hendershott's study of radical feminist theologians on Catholic campuses highlights their claim that Jesus inaugurated "a proto-feminist movement that venerated female leaders like Mary Magdalene." The radicals vilify St. Paul as a sexist and a homophobe, and their "alternative feminist canon" approves abortion, same-sex marriage, and women priests. The Jesuits' departure from their founding purpose "to defend Church and papacy" presents a sad saga. The order's extremist comrades embrace a quasi-Marxist liberation theology and have allied with the Sandinistas, Fidel Castro, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Soviets. Fr. Robert Drinan, S.J., convinced Catholic politicians (the Kennedys, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, et al.) that they could support abortion with a clear conscience, and in 2006 Georgetown University created a human rights chair in Fr. Drinan's honor.
Hendershott's round-up of federal fund-seekers reveals Catholic academic elites troubled by campus "sectarian purposes." They contract schizophrenia during financial campaigns, assuming non-sectarian postures for public funds and then genuflecting before bishops and Catholic donors. Marketing materials laud "peace and justice" and inanities like "multiculturalism," subverting the true purposes of education -- teaching and learning. Remarks from Prof. Gerard Bradley of Notre Dame render a reality check: "You do not set up a university in order to do soup kitchens. You do not keep a university going so that young people can go on retreats."
DePaul University, cited as one of the "Top 100 Best Campuses" for homosexual students, is the first Catholic university in America "to offer the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer studies minor." Hendershott sees such gay campus cultures and the clergy sex-abuse crisis as decimating Church authority: "While the issue of homosexuality has taken on a life of its own on Catholic campuses and within seminaries and parish rectories it is simply a symptom of a much bigger problem. The real problem is the failure to recognize that there are indeed rules -- and a natural law basis for such rules ."
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus lamented the "crisis of faith" on Catholic campuses, but Hendershott would add that there's also a "crisis of leadership." Since the Vatican has "responded punitively on only a few occasions" to radical priests and bishops, her work outlines grassroots prescriptions for the way forward, notably through confrontations like the Cardinal Newman Society's "ongoing protest against inappropriate commencement speakers and honorees at Catholic colleges and universities." She sees hope in a new generation studying at Christendom College, Franciscan University of Steubenville, and Thomas Aquinas College -- schools recognized among the "best" colleges by U.S. News & World Report in 2007 -- which she describes as "orthodox Catholic colleges." Is the ancient Faith devolving into formal divisions like Judaism -- orthodox, reformed, secular? That answer eludes us now, but Anne Hendershott's splendid exposé of Catholic academics' false doctrine -- secularization for status -- leaves no doubt about the devastation wrought by politicizing Catholic higher education.
- Mary McWay Seaman
Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning. By Jonah Goldberg. Doubleday. 496 pages. $27.95.
Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism is, as the title suggests, an explanation of why fascism is a dysfunction of the Left rather than the Right, as is popularly believed. His premise is simple: The totalitarian horrors visited upon humanity in the 20th century were ideological descendants of "progressivism" that flowered in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He ably demonstrates how FDR, Hitler, and Mussolini were socialists -- on the Left. The only difference between ours and theirs (including Stalin, Goldberg neatly explains) is one of degree and technique -- i.e., an American "soft-core" fascism versus the more traditional hardcore version implemented in Europe. In short, yesteryear's American progressives are today's liberals, and they are leading America to a socialist utopia and full-blown fascism.
Liberal Fascism provides substantial evidence to expose and eviscerate American liberalism, with only minor snags, such as Goldberg's use of the Enlightenment as the benchmark for judging today's political antics. "Without the standards of the Enlightenment, we are in a Nietzschean world where power decides important questions rather than reason," and "enlightenment notions of universal humanity are routinely mocked on the academic left." Yes they are, but such notions were around for some time prior to the so-called Enlightenment, courtesy of Christianity. Goldberg ignores a millennium of prior history, which was neither socialist nor Nietzschean but Catholic, and which provided the same Western civilization now in decline.
Other comments are puzzling too. For instance, Goldberg says, "Now, when I say that the politics of meaning, and Hillary Clinton's ideas in general, are fascist, I must again be clear that they are not evil." Yet, as his book's cover indicates, evil doesn't always show itself with a Satanic snarl but more often as the benign smile of a Nurse Ratchet. If Goldberg's implication is correct, that fascism is evil, and if Hillary's ideas are fascist, they logically must be evil too, even if in a more palatable form.
It is also difficult to understand Goldberg's classification of the movies Braveheart, Gladiator, and 300 as fascist. Maybe I missed something, but each film's theme was the resistance to fascist powers that sought to control a free and self-governing people. Each "bad guy" represented traditional, masculine, European fascism -- Edward, Commodus, Xerxes -- desiring absolute paternal control of his subjects. Goldberg points out that "the clans of the Scottish Highlands were hardly constitutional republics." Well, no, but does that excuse English subjugation?
Goldberg favorably compares George W. Bush to Woodrow Wilson a few pages later: "Bush's democracy agenda -- which I support -- has become synonymous with a kind of neo-fascism . It's a curious irony that the most Wilsonian president in a generation is seen as a fascist by many people who would bristle at the suggestion that Wilson himself was a fascist." This is more than a little curious because Goldberg devotes an entire chapter to persuasively arguing how Wilson was the most fascist president of the 20th century. With Bush uttering words close to Wilson's "make the world safe for democracy" prattle, Goldberg's favorable view of Bush is perplexing.
Goldberg concludes by targeting Pat Buchanan as a conservative fascist who's racist and anti-Semitic. He sees no difference between Buchanan's sounding the alarm for race suicide and the progressives' historically racist view of immigrants: "Conservatives should ask themselves how such sentiments are any different coming from Buchanan."
I have, and the answer is simple: In contrast to the progressives' racism, Buchanan rightly fears the actual extinction of Western peoples of all races due to the twin evils of contraception and abortion, which have already caused noticeable declines in Western populations.
Likewise, Buchanan's alarm over our porous border with Mexico, which Goldberg implies is racially motivated, gets him called "an immigration restrictionist horrified by the influx of Hispanics into the U.S." Again, a legitimate concern for national security would be a more logical conclusion. Any nation that cannot govern her borders doesn't remain a nation for long.
Goldberg also claims that Buchanan "pushed his boss [President Nixon] to attack east coast elites, often in code, Jews," alleging him "to have a dismaying problem with Jews," though Goldberg cites no examples. As Goldberg should know better than anyone, "east coast elites" is not code for Jews but for liberals. The fact that a disproportionate number of them may be Jewish does not make the one who notices it anti-Semitic. Thus, suggesting that Buchanan is anti-Semitic is troubling because it's right out of the liberal playbook: any criticism of a liberal will be met with accusations of racism or anti-Semitism.
Regardless of its shortcomings, Liberal Fascism remains a timely and superb work. It is a must-read for anyone who wonders how, in the span of a century, America became a de facto socialist nation. It also explains how a people elected a community organizer as the next FDR-type president.
- Clem Dawkins
Last Rites. By John Lukacs. Yale University Press. 187 pages. $25.
In Last Rites, John Lukacs, a Contributing Editor of the NOR, past president of the American Catholic Historical Association, and author of some two dozen books, reflects on the "twilight" in which we live, the end of an age that has lasted 500 years. Though his tone is elegiac, Lukacs writes with charming candor and self-deprecation, even as he mourns the loss of our great Western civilization. While the "ruling ideas" of the past half-millennium were "not entirely wrong" -- ideas such as progress, evolution, enlightenment -- "the acceptance of their formulation as absolutes" was indeed so.
After World War II came a general and profound crisis that, Lukacs contends, climaxed in 1969. There was a strange "duality" in the 1960s -- clamors for the protection of rights of privacy coincided with the loss of "even the desire of personal privacy." Among the symptoms of our dying civilization were the disappearance of intellectuals as a class, the decline of liberalism, the multiplication of "rights," and the rising "tide of cynicism" among educators who underestimated the intelligence of American students. Lukacs especially laments the loss of beauty in our time: "Having liberated mankind from all kinds of fetters, having declared the end of slavery, emancipation of women and of children, entire liberties of speech, of print, of pictures, etc., men's images of men and women are more sordid, more ugly, more desperate than ever."
With regard to American politics, Lukacs sees little difference between conservatives and liberals in manners and morals. He finds both self-contradictory: Liberals fight for "the extension of limitless human freedoms'" while clinging to "Darwinist categories of evolution and progress'" that run counter to the defense of human dignity; conservatives extend American power across the globe while embracing a thoughtless belief in the endless benefits of technology that runs counter to every conservative view of human nature and its limits. One of Lukacs's most amusing quips is that American presidents today travel with a retinue that dwarfs King Louis XIV's. He also sees recent presidents as cultivating a new, aggressive nationalism, instead of a traditional, defensive patriotism.
One part of his book is devoted to his two American wives, for whom he expresses deep gratitude. Each converted to Catholicism on her deathbed, and Last Rites is dedicated to Fr. Francis X. Meehan, who received the second, Stephanie, into the Church. Lukacs expresses gratitude for having lived 54 years in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and, among other things, mourns the decline of Philadelphia. Lukacs also writes lyrically about "old Hungary," which he fled at age 22 in 1946. After the fall of communism, he traveled to Budapest every year for 17 years, and on his 80th birthday was moved to tears at hearing on the radio, by chance, a reading in Hungarian of part of his book Confessions, about his Jewish grandparents.
The most important part of Last Rites is where Lukacs expresses his conviction that history is larger than science, because science is part of history and not the other way around. Some historians may think that the purpose of history is to attain a definite and final establishment of truths, but for Lukacs history is like memory, incomplete and fallible. A recognition of its limits only enriches us.
So far so good, but one must disagree with Lukacs when he turns admiringly to Werner Heisenberg's Gifford Lecture of 1955, in which he said that science by its interventions can alter the objects it investigates, and that methods and objects can no longer be separated. Lukacs embraces Heisenberg's thinking, and upon it grounds his new "anthropocentric and geocentric view of the universe," because "the universe is such as it is because at the center of it there exist conscious and participant human beings who can see it, explore it, study it." He rallies Niels Bohr and the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics for support, declaring that "the human observer cannot be separated from the things he observes."
He is mistaken. This interpretation of quantum mechanics has been shown to be false by the brilliant physicist-theologian Stanley L. Jaki, also of Hungarian background. The late Fr. Jaki exploded the errors of Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Copenhagen school in several of his works, particularly in the chapter "Determinism and Reality" in Patterns or Principles and Other Essays. Fr. Jaki shows plainly the illogic of Heisenberg's claim to have "definitively" invalidated the law of causality by quantum mechanics. The penalty for his blindness was that he fell into "anthropocentric subjectivism." Sadly, Lukacs follows him.
But not entirely, since Lukacs is a serious Catholic for whom it behooves "Christian believers to think that the coming of Christ to this earth may have been the central event of the universe." He is a Catholic for whom the "Church, my church must remain a single, lonely lighthouse of human comprehension, of wisdom, a proponent of love. For God's (and their own) sake, Christians must steel themselves against temptations of popularity and success." For these statements and for most of his thought-provoking, elegiac work, one may be thankful.
- Anne Barbeau Gardiner


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I thought from everything I heard that I would loose weight. I have gained 4lbs! Not awful.
Hodgkin Disease Questions
Have you had weight issues after your diagnosis? I know it's either the steroids putting it on, or the chemo taking it off.
Asked by GregP_WN on Thursday, May 30, 2013
Have you had weight issues after your diagnosis? I know it's either the steroids putting it on, or the chemo taking it off.
If you have had trouble, what kind of changes did you make to get to and maintain a healthy weight? Do you have any practical tips on how others can get to their healthy weight?
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Did I have weight changes! First I lost 20lbs through the diagnosis and treatments, then I gained it back plus 10 lbs. because of the steroids and the fact I didn't exercise, so I joined weight watchers almost a year after my last treatment. I wanted to give my body a chance to recover. So I lost 40 lbs.!
My advice would be to give your body a break while you are going through treatment, Eat healthy because you will feel better, but some of us can only get certain things down!
Worry about the weight when you are feeling better.
I agree with Heidi--don't worry about the weight during treatment. I gained 10 lbs from the steroids, but was fat to begin with. Now I'm down 25 lbs, mostly due to exercise 5x a week at least l hour each time and eating more healthfully--no processed foods--mostly fruits, veggies and fish or chicken. (AND NO COOKIES!) I feel a lot better at this weight and can't imagine what I'll feel like when I'm 50 lbs lighter! Cancer is an "itch-b" but it has spurred me to take on this new lifestyle, and that's a positive thing!
In my case I have lost 11 kilos in only 02 months an a half which kept me with 45 kg for 1,70 meters.......because of mucositis I could not eat at all and even water was very difficult to drink. I was hospitalized twice and finally changes my chemo protocol.......in order to be able to eat during the worst phase, doctors gave me analgesics (similar to those used by dentists) so I could not feel my mouth and them I could eat liquid foofd, nothing too hot, so I used to eat processed soop of pasta and cheese and any other caloric foof to gain weight such as milkshakes and others.....Baby food also played an important hole in this recovery process. Some people told me about cannabis but I have not taken it because it is not allowed in my country, so I am not sure if it helps or not.....as soon as I got better, I came back to my routine of eating every 02 or three hours, caloric and the most healthy possible foods.....make some exercises such as walking my dogs and yoga helped because they used to make me hungry so I used to eat more......till now I have recover 05 kilos during almost 05 months which I guess is good because I am still on chemo......hope that helps...God bless you
After surgery and my first week of chemo/rad treatment I lost 25lbs over a period of 5 weeks. My medical care team wasn't too happy with me losing almost 10lbs in a week after my first treatment. I tried to eat more and was able to gain back some weight. If you don't eat you will lose weight and that's not good because your body needs to be fed to stay strong. Fortunately I have been able to maintain my weight. It still always fluctuates by 5 lbs or so, especially the week right after chemo. Just try to eat things that will benefit your body even if it's just a little per day. Use those anti nausea drugs as prescribed because it's hard to want to eat anything if you are nauseous and dry heaving. I read from someone here on Whatnext to think of food as medicine. We are so used to thinking of food as something that needs to be enjoyed.....but unfortunately, going through treatment, the joy of eating is sometimes nowhere to be found. So for some days eating will be as enjoyable as drinking some nasty tasting medication but there will be good days when you have a good appetite, not nauseous, taste buds aren't all wacky and you will enjoy a yummy good meal. :) Keep fighting on everyone! :)
I've had weight issues before, during and after chemo. While on chemo I lost close to 50 pounds. Once I completed chemo, I put it back on plus some. Since joining the Livestrong Group at the Y, I'm down about 50 pounds and feel FANTASTIC!!!
Boy, do I!! I lost 20 lbs last year pretty easily and thought it was because I changed my diet slightly. Turns out that's one of the symptoms of my lymphoma (that weight came off a lot easier than I expected it to). I've gained about 15-20 lbs since starting chemo in January. That may not seem like too much but I was already overweight to start with.
Now your second question is more difficult. Half the time I say I want to be happy and eating this right now will make me happy and I shouldn't have to worry about my weight while still on chemo. The other half I say losing weight will make me happy so I shouldn't eat that. This has pretty much been a struggle for me my whole life.
Anyway my oncologist and pulmonologist both want me to lose weight (as do I, of course). I'm joining the gym tomorrow and debating doing this group "personal" training weight loss program (debating because it's expensive!) or just trying to start working out by myself. I'm extremely out of shape!
I gained weight after my surgery and it keeps going up no matter what I try because of the medications and the fact that the doctors have now figured out my thyroid isn't functioning properly. Hopefully now that summer is here and I'm in the pool swimming laps, the weight will start to come off so my cardiologist will stop yelling at me about my weight. Plus I have switched the fruit I eat from watermelon to fresh berries. I thought eating fruit was good for you but it turns out I was getting too much natural sugar with the watermelon. As long as I can still have my strawberries I'm happy. Take care.
I lost 10 pounds after surgery (weight of the tumor). Then, chemo caused weight gain of 15 pounds. I am finally done with hardcore chemo and looking forward to no steroids. I still have,a year of Avastin to do, but I plan on getting back into the gym and eating healthy.
Whether you have gained weight since you've been diagnosed or lost it, I have two articles you may want to check out.
Here is an article on getting back up to a healthy weight if you have lost it through treatment: https://www.whatnext.com/blog/posts/have-you-lost-weight-because-of-cancer-ideas-on-how-to-get-back-to-a-healthy-weight.
Here is an article with ideas on how to lose weight after chemotherapy treatment: https://www.whatnext.com/blog/posts/losing-weight-after-chemotherapy.
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The following Eastern Elementary School students were named Good Citizens of the month for December. The character trait that was to be displayed was kindness:
First grade - Rayanna Ford, Devin Wagner, Araina Wigfall, Kaliona Kemp, Skye Poulin and Hailey Grace.
Second grade - Chloe Nines, Johnny Abreu, Sumaiyah Ali and Ammar Masood.
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TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 462 in Smithsburg welcomed a new member to the chapter. Good luck, Jim, on reaching your goal. The chapter is behind you all the way.
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Tsakos Group of Companies has selected DNV GL to assist in preparing a cybersecurity management plan for its fleet and on shore facilities – the first such plan developed by a shipping company. Developed in cooperation with DNV GL's Maritime R&D and Advisory unit in Germany, the Greek shipping organization will implement a comprehensive system of safeguards and procedures to protect their assets from cyber risks.
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Recently published guidelines on marine cybersecurity by the Round Table of international shipping associations had called upon shipping companies to further enhance the security of their IT systems. One of their key recommendations was for shipping companies to develop a cybersecurity management plan to ensure that they not only have a broad overview of the cyber and information security risks which may occur during their assets' lifecycles, but also formulate and maintain sustainable and resilient procedures to protect vessels and their systems against cyber threats.
Tsakos has been working with DNV GL to create an information security management system which will provide a comprehensive framework in assessing cyber vulnerabilities and implementing the necessary measures for mitigating risks and responding to potential system breaches. "We follow a pragmatic approach based on a thorough risk and gap analysis. The resilience of the resulting procedures and management system will then be verified through penetration testing carried out by the DNV GL Group company Marine Cybernetics," explains Nikolaos Kakalis, Manager of DNV GL's Maritime R&D and Advisory in Greece.
On board vessels, the navigational equipment and systems like the Electronic Chart Display and Information System(ECDIS), control and automation systems, as well as communication networks are considered of high vulnerability to potential cyber threats, making them, along with user awareness, key focus areas in the development of cybersecurity management plans.
"Within the context of further reinforcing our Company's preparedness and capability to effectively keep secure our information assets we are planning to take the next step and apply for the Information Security Management Systems certification (ISO 27001)" adds Sokratis Dimakopoulos. ISO 27001 constitutes the only auditable international standard which defines the requirements for an Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) to ensure that sufficient security controls are instituted by the certified organizations. To achieve compliance with the ISO 27001 standard, companies need to demonstrate a process-driven approach for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining, and improving their information security management system TCM will be one of the first shipmanagement companies worldwide to apply for certification to ISO 27001.
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The Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) has begun assessing Employer Medical Assistance Contribution (EMAC) supplemental payments for the first quarter. This post proposes a grounds for appealing DUA determinations that would serve employers well: employers that offer affordable, major medical coverage to their employees should not be assessed an EMAC supplement for any full-time employee who has coverage under ConnectorCare. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) makes these employees ineligible for subsidized coverage.
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I've thrown my planned post out of the window today to highlight the amazing book that accompanies sell-out Broadway success Hamilton. It's a book that tells the story of how the musical came to exist; shares insights from cast and political pundits alike; and spells out a stark, clear message about the historical prominence of protest, rebellion and revolution in the political legacy of the United States.
Vice-President-Elect Mike Pence attended 'Hamilton' yesterday (Saturday 19th November 2016), and it provided an immediate cause for regret and a public relations mess. Or it was a handy distraction away from Trump's begrudging settlement in the Trump University lawsuit and the fact that he sent Ivanka Trump to sit in on a meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister. You decide. Either way, the positive thing to take way from this is the way that the cast behaved in these difficult circumstances, and the graceful but powerful message that they sent out:
Brandon Victor Dixon, speaking for the cast as a whole, read out a statement to Pence:
"We are the diverse America, who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights. But we truly hope this show has inspired you to uphold our American values, and work on behalf of all of us."
VP-Elect Mike Pence is, of course, now infamous and rightly reviled for his position on LGBTQ* conversion therapy and HIV:
"Congress should support the reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act only after completion of an audit to ensure that federal dollars were no longer being given to organizations that celebrate and encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus. Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior." [Source]
For reference, the Ryan White Care Act was the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV or AIDS. It was named in honour of an Indiana teenager who contracted AIDS when being treated for haemophilia. You can find out more on the HRSA website.
This week I wanted to use the Sunday Non-Fiction Spotlight to highlight Hamilton: The Revolution, affectionately known by its authors as the #Hamiltome. This isn't your usual publicity book that you might get after seeing a museum exhibition or a stageshow. Instead it contains an enormous amount of personal insight from the show's creator Miranda. This can be found, in particular, in the form of hundreds of funny, personal footnotes that accompany the full text of the musical. The book also tells the story of how the show came about, and features accounts from other people involved. Physically, it is a beautifully put together book, full of glossy photographs and with deckle-edging to lend an aged quality. I'd always called this 'rough-cut' edging, but who am I to argue with Wikipedia?
Interestingly, Hamilton also tries to place the show within a political and historical context. Drawing on the legacy of political revolution and protest that defies the type of regimes that are home to people like Pence, Lin-Manuel Miranda demonstrates that the best stories, the most important and rewarding stories, are about the outsiders and the fighters; the people who take chances and bring change to a world that would otherwise see them silenced. He reflects on the continued importance of protest and defiance in all forms, be it tried and tested political protest of old or newer socio-cultural statements for the twenty-first century.
In the list of recommended reading below I've included other non-fiction books on the history and continued relevance of protest in the US. There's also the specific biography of Alexander Hamilton that seems to have been part of the inspiration for the musical. Finally there are two books from two American radicals, one from history and one actively campaigning now; Henry David Thoreau, most famous for Walden, and Micah White, most famous for 'Occupy Wall Street.'
If, like me, you're in the UK and desperately want to see the musical then don't worry- 'Hamilton' is coming to London's West End in October 2017. It will open at the Victoria Palace Theatre, currently undergoing renovations. More information is available on the BBC website.
Other non-fiction books that I recommend this week:
James M Jasper – The Art of Moral Protest: Culture, Biography, and Creativity in Social Movements
Zoe Trodd – American Protest Literature (anthology)
Ron Chernow – Alexander Hamilton
Henry David Thoreau – Civil Disobedience
Micah White – The End of Protest: A New Playbook for Revolution


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Lady Gaga stunned a newlywed couple when she crashed their wedding photo shoot at a New York park on Monday (24Oct16).
The singer-actress was visiting Central Park's Strawberry Fields with a film crew on Monday afternoon, when she saw a Japanese couple posing for snaps in their wedding attire at the John Lennon memorial.
Video obtained by TMZ.com shows the Born This Way singer, 30, arriving at the popular photo spot, where she proceeded to greet the tearful bride with a congratulatory hug.
The musician, who was wearing the light pink 'Marianne' hat featured on the cover of her new album Joanne and a matching dress, wished the couple well in her best Japanese and posed for pictures.
Gaga signed off by quoting the title of Lennon in one of The Beatles' most famous songs saying, "See all you need is love, right?"
She then made a swift exit on the back of a bicycle ridden by one of her team.
The Strawberry Fields memorial was dedicated to Lennon in 1985, five years after he was fatally shot outside his home in New York's Dakota Building.


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George Epp, who went on to become the sheriff of Boulder County, describes his elementary school days at Whittier Elementary School to student interviewers from the Whittier Student Historians' Club. Topics include favorite subjects and teachers, recess activities, an amusing … Continue reading
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Interview Date: 1994
People: Clyde Gelwick, William Allison, Jack Bartholomew, Claude Bonham, Joseph S. Cowgill, John D. Gillaspie, Carl Gilman, Howard H. Heuston, Kayo Lam, Merle Lefferdink, Chris Martin, L. E.Maurer, Frank McClone, J. McDonald, Bill Saunders, John Sayer, Byron R. White. … Continue reading
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I started Jeffsbiketour website when I first rode my bike from Lisbon to Istanbul in April 2013. A lot has happened since, I married and divorced Natasa, I lived in Slovenia for 3 years. I've been bike touring for 45 years and still enjoy it, yet in a smaller daily mileage. I travel to have fun. Now I stay several days at least where ever I am.
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If you've been putting off organizing your closets for months -- if not years -- you're not alone! Since closets are not usually a "high visibility" area of the house, cleaning them often ends up being relegated to the bottom of people's priority lists.
It's easy to postpone tackling the project because you can simply close the door and forget about what a disaster area it's become!
There are, however, several sound reasons for bumping it up on your "to do" list.
While it may seem as if cleaning your closets is a monumental task that makes you feel physically and mentally drained just thinking about it, the hardest part is getting started -- taking those first few steps. By picking one closet to organize and setting aside just an hour or two to do it (and creating a semblance of order), you'll be amazed at what you can accomplish in just one session!


text: So we are stilll in full swing puppy season and the amount of stupid people doing stupid shit still astounds me. If you have a mutt or mongrel puppy, no one in their right mind is going to pay $500+ for it. According to the AKC, a mutt is a mix of 2 recognised breeds, and a mongrel is 3+. These guys are available at any shelter or rescue. Yes, your dogs may be cute, but that is a terrible reason to breed. What kinds of genetic issues do these dogs have? Are you mixing 2 different kinds of breeds? Whenever i see an add for mixed puppiez that says "best of both breeds" i really want to scream. These people clearly don't understand genetics. You get a grab bag of traits from both parents. Putting two names together to make it sound cute does not change the fact you're trying to make a quick buck off being too lazy to fix your dog. Blargh.


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A California woman has been charged with killing her 8-month-old baby and hiding the body in a storage shed for more than a year, authorities said Saturday.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office found the boy's remains in a Bloomington, Calif., storage facility Thursday afternoon.
Maria Torres, 31, of Bloomington, has been charged with murder, CBS Los Angeles reported. She is being held without bail.
She is also under investigation for fraudulently obtaining money donated by a local church for burial expenses.
Authorities did not say how the baby was killed.
Torres told neighbors her baby died about a year ago from high potassium complications, the station said.
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For the last few months I have been working on a photography series titled, "Somewhere Only We Know" for my final in Color Photography at UVU. For this series I chose fairy tale characters and assigned them a color that I felt best represented their story. I wanted to display only one image per character in a pivotal moment that was crucial to their story. I was influenced heavily on Henri Cartier-Bresson's "Decisive Moment," Anne Leibovitz's Disney photographs and a touch of Gregory Crewdson. Mix it all together and you get my series.
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The Prana Women's Elixir Bra is a soft bra for yoga day after day. Supplex® nylon blended with Lycra® Spandex is soft against the skin and stretchy for all the right bends and twists. The straps at the back create a racerback shape with criss-crossing detail for a little fun. Under a tank or on it's own, it'll help you through your next workout.
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We will be holding a show of original hip hop music. From 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM there is an open cypher for anybody who wants to spit on the mic. It is free admission into 2720 Cherokee that night, with the arcade upstairs, people freestyling downstairs, so much talent put into this place! What better way to fill your Wednesday night other than FREE chance to hang out and experience a good time with amazing people!
Just show up and you can be a person in the crowd or have your chance to get on stage, if you so chose.
Spread the word to your friends, this is a new trend we are trying to start to shed some light on the Hip Hop artists in our city.
This weeks featured artists may include, but not limited to
Nick Fozzy aka FoZ
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Blast off! Papercrafts magazine card
Thursday, May 28, 2009
I'm so excited to share this card! The problem with publishing work is that you have to keep things a secret for a while until the magazine releases the issue, which is NOT easy, believe me. The most exciting thing (for me) about this particular little cutie is that it was a special request. Papercrafts magazine asked Close to My Heart to send me some papers from the new summer catalog, really early. Like, a couple of months before the papers were released. Can you imagine how excited I was to find out that PC wanted little ol' ME?
The card is in the July/August 2009 issue -- wait, isn't it still May? They do release pretty early, don't they? Fine with me, less waiting time so I can share now!
The supplies used in this card include Animal Cookies level 2 papers, rocketship sticker from Stardust My Stickease, swirl stamp from Free Spirit set, and letter stickers from Color-Ready Alphabets.
17 comments:
- Sarah said...
Wow Tresa congrats!!!! Lil ol you indeed LOL You are a superstar!
this card is ROCKIN!!!! Totally awesome.
Your music is rockin too LOL...Elvis is singing right now and my DD came running over to see what music it was. We are bopping here.
- May 28, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- Lori said...
I saw your card in the magazine last night and was in awe. You did an awesome job. Congratulations.
- May 28, 2009 at 12:16 PM
- Dawn said...
I loved this card when I saw it in Papercrafts. I should have known it was your creation right away. You do terrific work!
I love that you included a My Stickease image here. I know I don't use mine nearly as much as I could.
Love your playlist! Perked me right up on this very rainy day!
- May 28, 2009 at 12:45 PM
- Leslie said...
I am so happy for you. The card is GREEEEEEAAAAAATTTTT. Every time I pick up a magazine I look for CTMH products/artists first. So glad that you are out there. Hope to see more. We need to give the competition a run for their money, ya know what I mean?
- May 28, 2009 at 2:33 PM
- HaleyD said...
Once again, you ROCK!!!!!!!!! Your card is out of this world! LOL
- May 28, 2009 at 3:55 PM
- Laurel said...
Wow, it is fabulous! No surprise that Papercrafts wanted you! I'm still waiting for my issue though so I can see it in there!
- May 29, 2009 at 6:40 AM
- Misty said...
Love this! You are amazing, no wonder PaperCrafts would want you!
- May 29, 2009 at 7:42 AM
- Stampin n da Hood said...
Blasted my socks off!
Stankin Cute!
- May 29, 2009 at 7:49 AM
- Tanya said...
How exciting for you! I love it!
- May 29, 2009 at 2:21 PM
- Sharli said...
What an exciting card!!! Congratulations - and well deserved - I'm so proud to know you!
- May 29, 2009 at 7:42 PM
- Dawn said...
Congratulations sweetie,I am so happy for you. You are so talented and we are so proud of you giving CTMH a boost.
- May 29, 2009 at 8:11 PM
- Amy Schultz said...
Congrats on the honor of being asked to do this... you do great work so I am not surprised! Thanks for always inspiring us CTMH girls!
- May 31, 2009 at 5:37 PM
- Helen Onulak said...
How EXCITING to be chosen and to get products before they're released...I taught at Convention and had the priviledge of seeing new things too. It's fun getting a sneak peek.
Tresa - I left a present for you on my blog :-)
- May 31, 2009 at 7:15 PM
- Traci Godbee said...
I saw this card and LOVED it- didn't even dawn on me that the paper was brand spankin new and you'd have had to get it early!! lucky you!!
- June 2, 2009 at 4:25 AM
- Jane ... said...
Wahoo! Congratulations! It's great to see a CTMH sister featured and published. Thanks for sharing the super card!
- June 3, 2009 at 10:24 AM
- Crafty Jenn said...
When I flipped through my Papercrafts mag, I stopped at one page and thought, "Hey! I recognize that paper!"...."Hey! I know who Tresa is!"
Congrats! What a luck lady to get the special request. You're a great artist and deserve it!
- June 5, 2009 at 7:32 PM
- peggylee said...
Wonderful card and good for you, you go girl.
- June 12, 2009 at 1:23 PM


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How Hair Transplants Can Boost Confidence {0}
There are many reasons why people would wish to have a hair transplant, but the foremost of these is alopecia and cancer. Alopecia can occur at any age and is in many cases un-treatable. If you are a man you may decide that the Yule Brynner look will make you have a greater sex appeal to women, but as a woman the thought of a bald head is in almost all cases abhorrent.


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GSLL offers an array of opportunities for engaging with the German, Slavic, and Uralic cultures.
From Kaffeestunde and Popoika to German Club and Spektakl', there is something for every level of student.
Study Abroad
The department encourages students to study or engage in internships abroad to maximize their linguistic and cultural proficiency—particularly once they have acquired sufficient language skills to benefit most from this immersion experience. Students may participate for a whole year, a single term, or a summer. For more information on study abroad opportunities, visit the Web site for the Study Abroad Office.
A weekly casual meeting in room 413 of Dey Hall. All people wishing to practice speaking Russian are welcome! Попойка is held every Friday from 3:30 until 4:30pm. Refreshments are provided. Come join us! For more information, contact Natasha Chernysheva. View the poster here.
A weekly casual meeting in the Dey Hall German department. Anyone wishing to practice speaking German is welcome! Kaffeestunde is held every Wednesday from 2:00 to 3:00pm in the German department Reading Room: Dey 413. Come join us! For more information, contact Nathan Drapela. View poster here.
German Club
The German Club seeks to offer students at UNC opportunities to practice and develop their German speaking skills. In addition, the club also seeks to provide students with various opportunities to meet others who share a common interest in the history, culture, and language of German-speaking nations. The club encourages the use of German during its weekly conversation hours, however all levels of proficiency are accepted. Elementary learners are highly encouraged to join in order to practice their German; Upperclassmen are frequently involved in coaching beginners in order to provide helpful learning tips and to help them hone their pronunciation, grammar, and comprehension skills. Dependent upon the semester, German Club also organizes different events outside of the classroom such as lectures, theater visits, film screenings, and more.
Although the club is oriented toward majors and minors within the GSLL department, non-majors as well as members of the Chapel Hill community are also welcome to join conversation hours and other events. From celebrating Oktoberfest together in the fall to cooking traditional German meals and playing German card games, the German Club seeks to offer members a wide variety of interesting, fun, and entertaining cultural experiences.
Make sure to join German Club on Facebook: UNC German Club. For questions, inquiries, or to be added to the listserv, please email Lillian Zhu at firstname.lastname@example.com or Matt Delmastro at firstname.lastname@example.com .
Weekly Events:
Conversation Hour: Fridays at 5:00pm at Linda's Bar & Grill except on the first Friday of every month, when it will be held at TRU Deli & Wine Bar. Look for the German flag!
Beginning German Group: The UNC German Club is now hosting Beginning German Group. This is in addition to our regular Friday conversation hours and is geared towards those just beginning to learn German who would benefit from having a more learning geared experience.No German experience is necessary. It will take place on Mondays at 5:30 in the 4th Floor Dey Reading Room. The meetings are intended to deal more with conversational German, though what is actually discussed and learned will reflect the interests and skills of those who attend regularly.
Upcoming Events:
October 14 @ noon – Okotberfest @ Milltown restaurant in Carrboro
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I didn't want to use these up too fast, so for swatching purposes I did skittles. I don't remember which bottle was which, but I did write down the colors when I put them on my nails (over Wet 'n' Wild Black Creme); top to bottom it's Red to Green, Gold to Green, Blue to Green, and Red to Green again.
Look what happens when I tilt my hand just a bit—do you see the green peeking out from the orange-red on my index finger? The hints of gold showing up in the green on my middle? The rich blue on my ring finger?
Outside in the winter sun, the sparkles in these flare up like whoa!
Here I managed to capture the green side and the orange-red side of the polish at the same time (top and bottom nails below):
Then I went back inside and aimed the flash at my fingers and that got the gold in the green/gold to pop out (middle finger below):
I spent the rest of the time I wore these wandering around my house and wiggling my fingers around; here they are in the sun coming through my bedroom window.
These are great fun, and I'm curious to try to them over other colors. As always, it's a matter of finding the time. Too bad swatching isn't a real job that someone will pay me to do.
UPDATE 05-June-2012: These are now being sold on my friend's Etsy shop, Lilacquer Polishes. Look for Lycanthrope, Kitsune, and Selkie; they may be out of stock temporarily but so far they've always come back in.


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As a middle child, I supposed it is normal to try to entertain oneself. I was always a busy little bee. It all started with my mom's scrap piece of fabric, pie dough or whatever else she was working on. At one time, I was completely obsessed about drawing ballerinas.
Eventually, in college, photography piqued my interest. My first camera was a film camera (yes, it was before the digital era!! lol). I am thrilled about having my digital camera though. I cannot wait to come home to look at my photographs every time I go on a shoot and be mesmerized allover again. I love finding things/moments that take my breath away: couples in love, excited children, a yummy plate of cake or a certain look on a person.
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Your wedding day is one of the most important days of you lives, and i take the responsibility of capturing your special memories very seriously (whilst still having a laugh of course!). I have invested in the best quality equipment and carry two of everything to cover all eventualities. I have full public liability insurance as required by almost all wedding venues.
Your wedding photos will be cherished for always, and i invest a great deal of time and care making sure that i provide the best set of wedding photos that i possibly can for you, from the moment we meet to final delivery.
Following our initial contact, i'll meet up with both of you about a month before the wedding, to discuss all the fine details and timings of the day, and agree any special photos that you may require. Weddings are a time when relatives and friends come together for a celebration, and usually there are guests that have travelled a long distance to attend, or relatives that you may not meet up with regularly, so its always nice to discuss this prior to the wedding so i can ensure that i get all the special photos that you require.
During the wedding day i always try and stay as 'in the background' as possible, as i believe that the best expressions are captured when people aren't aware that they are having their photo taken! Of course, i will organise all the 'formal' group shots, and spend time with the Bride and Groom capturing some beautiful images of you both, but for much of the day i try and stay as unobtrusive as possible whilst capturing all the memories of your special day.


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Mentoring Program Overview for Current Faculty
The current UD COE faculty mentoring program is focused on tenure–track faculty. The COE recognizes that faculty members at all levels should have a variety of mentors/coaches and should seek a wide diversity of input. No one person knows or can communicate all aspects or needs. The members of this mentoring team will have different duties and provide various forms of input.
Types of Mentoring Roles
1. Evaluative
- Department Chair input through yearly evaluations.
- Department P&T committee through two and four year reviews
2. Procedural/Mechanics
- A Senior faculty member from within the department – appointed by and monitored by the department chair.
- This individual should meet formally monthly with the mentee and go over policies and procedures of the University, College and department.
3. Professional Life
- A senior faculty member preferably from another institution – preferably within the candidates research area. This individual can directly recommend funding opportunities, external opportunities, national/international research opportunities and can give an outsiders view of events.
4. Other (as the mentee deems appropriate)
- The mentor in this role may possibly be a senior faculty member from another department within the university who may have cultural, gender, international or other similarities with the mentee and thus can act as a conduit for specific local information and advice.
- This individual's vale, among others, is that he/she is not influenced by departmental politics.
*This web site deals primarily with items 1 and 2.
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Comic is MagicPosted: September 3, 2013 in Anime Girls, Art Book, Childhood, Comic, Creative, Manga
The Japanese fashion label, OriginalFake, is closing shop in May 2013. But, featured in its final like is a limited edition Boba Fett vinyl figure, designed by Brooklyn-based street artist, Brian Donelly, a.k.a. KAWS. The designer toy was released Jan. 26, through its retail locations in Tokyo.


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"Underneath everything we are, underneath everything we do, we are all people. Connected, interdependent, united. When we reach out a hand to one, we influence the condition of all. That's what it means to LIVE UNITED."
United Way of Delaware is a second family to our employees. You will experience an environment of mutual trust, shared values and a commitment to being the best — an environment where you will be proud of what you do. United Way is committed to recruiting, developing and retaining a diverse workforce representative of our diverse partners and communities.
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Working with the Chief Development Officer, the Assistant Director, Research. and Data Analytics is responsible for maximizing the organization's software (e.g. Andar) to collect, organize, analyze, evaluate, store, retrieve data and monitor the system to effectively and efficiently distribute, present and communicate results data to end users… READ MORE
Loaned Executive
Each year, United Way of Delaware is thrilled to welcome new faces and energy, courtesy of the Loaned Executive program. Loaned Executives (or LEs) act as account managers who work with UWDE staff to plan and implement the annual Campaign. Corporate partners and colleges such as DuPont, AstraZeneca, Delmarva Power, Bank of America, Wilmington University and Delaware Technical Community College have loaned several valuable staff members to UWDE. These Loaned Executives become part of the daily operations of United Way in a variety of campaign fundraising roles, developing their professional skills while contributing their expertise to improve our communities.
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- What is Home Emergency Cover?
Home Emergency Cover provides protection for a wide range of common but unexpected emergencies that can affect your home such as burst pipes, blocked drains, heating system breakdown, drainage problems, electrical wiring, property security, roofing and pests. We will arrange for an approved contractor to attend and take action to stabilise the situation and resolve the emergency.
- What is covered under Home Emergency Cover?
You are covered against domestic emergencies related to:
- Plumbing and Drainage
- Boiler and Central Heating
- Gas & Electrical Supply
- Home Security
- Pest infestation
- Roofing failure
- Once I report an issue when can I expect a contractor visit?
You can expect a contractor visit within 2 hours of contacting us.
- Is there a limit per claim ?
Up to £500 (incl VAT) cover per claim dependant upon cover level taken per claim. There is a limit of 5 claims you can make per policy period.
- Is there any call–out or excess charges?
No, we do not charge excess fees and all costs up to £500 are covered for each and every call-out
- Is Home Emergency Cover similar to Home Contents insurance?
No, home contents insurance covers general household contents but it does not cover actual emergencies such as mechanical or electrical faults. Home Emergency provides on demand assistance to resolving emergencies
- Are your contractors fully approved to carry out the work?
All contractors are fully vetted and must belong to a recognised trade association and have the relevant certificates covering Gas, Electricity and Health & Safety where appropriate. Once approved, all contractors are subjected to regular audits and there are strict Service Level Agreements in place which must be adhered to at all times.
- What are the exclusions of this policy?
A complete list of these exclusions will be in the Terms and Conditions which are in the policy wording. Some of the general exclusions are mentioned below
- Boilers more than 15 years old
- Properties with more than 5 bedrooms
- Failure of any services outside the boundary of your land
- You cannot claim within the first 14 days of your policy (unless this is a renewal)
There is no excess fee to pay should you have to make a claim
- How do I sign up for Home Emergency Cover?
You can call our customer service team on 0345 812 0030 or buy online.
- How do I pay for Home Emergency Cover?
You can pay for your policy by Direct Debit on a low-cost monthly basis or you can make a one off payment by Credit/Debit Card (Visa or MasterCard only)
- When will my policy begin?
Your plan will be activated immediately once we have issued your policy certificate but no claims will be allowed for the first 14 days of the policy
- How do I make a claim?
To make a claim please follow the instructions on our home emergency claims page.
Please note: Major emergencies which may result in serious damage or danger to life or limb should immediately be advised to the public supply authority or in case of difficulty to the emergency services.
Suspected gas leaks should always be reported to National Grid UK on 0800 111 999
- What happens if I change my mind?
If you're not happy with the policy or change your mind within 14 days, we'll happily refund your premium.
- How do I cancel my policy?
Please inform us about any cancellation requests in writing via a letter or an email quoting your policy number and the reason(s) for the cancellation.
- Can I get a full refund if I cancel my policy?
If you cancel your policy within the 14 day cooling off period all money collected will be refunded back to you as long as you have not made any claims. After the cooling off period if you are on a monthly payment plan we will stop the payments immediately so no further payments will be collected. If you have signed up for Annual payment than you will get a refund on pro rata basis less a £20 admin charge deducted from your repayment amount.
- What if I relocate within the period of insurance cover?
You can call us on 0345 812 0030 to confirm relocation details and we will be happy to update your new property details for continued cover at that new address
- How do I change the details on my policy?
You can call our customer service team on 0345 812 0030 and inform us about the changes you would like us to make to for you
- Do you offer home emergency cover in Northern Ireland as well as the mainland UK?
Yes Home Emergency cover is available for customers in Northern Ireland but not the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
- Do I have to pay the contractor?
We will arrange payments for the contractor as long as the cost falls within the £500 policy limits
- My property has been empty for over 30 days, can I still make a claim
You are not able to make any claim or event where the property/home has remained unoccupied for more than 30 days.
- What constitutes an Emergency
Emergency - means a sudden and unexpected event which, if not dealt with quickly would, in the reasonable opinion of the helpline:
- (i) have resulted in a breakdown of the boiler or
- (ii) render the property unsafe or insecure; or
- (iii) damage or cause further damage to the property and/or any of your or your tenants belongings forming part of or normally contained within the property or
- (iv) cause personal risk to you or your tenant;
- What if my boiler cant be repaired?
Where your boiler/system is in our view is uneconomical to repair, we will pay at our discretion a contribution towards the cost of a new boiler (once we are in receipt of a Gas Safe registered authorised engineers invoice for the fitment of a replacement boiler) less any outstanding premium, in line with the following allowances:
Systems/Conventional Boiler Combination/Condensing Boiler £250 incl. VAT 1-5 years £250 incl. VAT
- I am a Landlord, can my tenant report an emergency?
As a Landlord you are deemed to have given your tenant permission to claim directly in the event of an emergency or breakdown and/or failure. In order for us to verify the cover you or your tenant should have your policy number ready to quote when you call us. The authorised contractor may also ask the tenant to produce their tenancy agreement upon arrival at your property.
- Some room at my property are unoccupied, is this a problem?
At least half the rooms at the property must be used for normal living purposes
- CoverCloud Service:
If you wish to lodge a complaint against any aspect of CoverCloud's service in the sale of your policy please contact us as follows: In writing to Acumen Insurance Services Limited, Tourism House, Woodwater Park, Pynes Hill, Exeter, Devon EX2 5WS or
By telephone to 0345 812 0030 or
By email to firstname.lastname@example.com
Home Emergency Insurance FAQ
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A picture is worth a thousand words but only if you can find the camera cable and your home computer doesn't spontaneously shut down every few minutes. As J says, would I rather he spent time fixing the locks or fixing my computer, because he would much rather devote the time to fixing the computer but there is a lot that needs to be done around the home.
So I will have to be descriptive with my language.
Still settling in. The cats are finally "legal"; the new registration tags having come in the mail. After a fortnight of whining, they were finally able to go outside, where they gingerly poked around for a few minutes before demanding to come back in. OK...
There are all these expenses when one moves that can add up to a frightfully large amount, a few hundred dollars at a time. So far they have included carpet cleaning, new locks; new door handles, two ceiling fans, a kitchen hutch/dresser (paid less than half price due to a few scratches and bumps), a new sofa and chair (indulgent, but a worthwhile quality investment that will outlast cheaper models), extra lights and a tv antenna booster so we can consistently access the news.
J's become - much to my pleasant surprise - very house proud. He's set up the living room beautifully and has even pulled out the vacuum cleaner without me saying anything. We are eating our meals in a very civilised manner at the new kitchen table, rather than on the couch watching TV (J even seems dubious about the risk of us taking coffee into the living area), and while we have heaps still to unpack and sort out, we seem to be more on top of things in the new place.
I haven't quite worked out the best way of managing all my travel; I have to discipline myself to leave on time from work as an extra 30 minutes of mucking around can mean arriving home up to an hour later than need be. Sometimes I'm so tired I nap on the train; other times I read or knit. I think it's just a matter of getting used to my new routine. I love our new place and the area and don't regret moving for a moment.
And by the way, I wasn't compalining about our new council's green policy - I agree with it entirely - but that doesn't mean that it isn't diffiuclt to change the habbits of a lifetime. And there is a limit to how much one can reuse all the packaging used in moving. We will eventually put the cardboard boxes on Freecycle - we'll have to use the general Melbourne site; funnily enough for such a green precinct there is no Freecycle group for our specific region.
In knitting news, I'm getting close to the end of the BSJ. I hesitate to say this, but I'm finding all the garter stitch a little boring. But I hate trying to do lace as I have a tendancy to miscount and hate having to either fudge or frog rows of lace. J is very keen for me to crochet a throw for our couch - I think he has no idea of just how much is involved in this. He want's it one or two colours but I am seriously tempted by the Babette Blanket - it's one way to burn through some of my stash and will be a lot easier and more entertaining than just doing 100-plus identical granny squares.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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Amanda Korth, Sue Chaney, Allison Schultz (Head Librarian), and Janet Kamke
Bonduel Public Library
Established 1934
-Branch of the Shawano City-County Library
-Member of the Nicolet Federated Library System
-Member of the Outagamie-Waupaca Automated Library System
The History of the Bonduel Public Library written by Kaira Kamke.
Contact Us
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Phone: (715) 758-2267
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Items can be checked out with a library card. Don't have a library card? It is free to sign up for one. If there is something that you want and the Bonduel Library does not carry it, it can be ordered through the library system.
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