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The first year of mother-hood is accompanied by vast physical, hormonal and emotional changes. The female body undergoes remarkable transformation during pregnancy, the most obvious change being the growth of the abdomen, stretching to accommodate the growing fetus. In fact, studies show that during the third trimester around 70% of pregnant women develop a condition of over-stretched abdominal muscles (Boissonnault & Blaschak, 1988). This over-stretching is medically referred to as Diastasis-Rectus Abdominus (DRA) and occurs along the linea alba, the tendon that cuts through the middle of your "six-pack muscle."
DRA is most commonly identified by measuring the space between the two inner edges of your rectus abdominus muscle (six-pack muscle). This is referred to as Inter-Recti Distance (IRD). In a clinical setting, finger widths are often used to measure this space. An IRD of two or more fingers widths is considered to be a DRA (Noble, 1982). However, IRD is not the only measurement to consider when diagnosing DRA. More recent studies have been focusing on the tension that one is able to generate along the abdominal wall and the linea alba. What that means is that the distance between your six-pack muscles is not the be all and end all. The ability of the abdomen to generate force, fully contract and maintain its structural integrity is more relevant than finger widths.
Identifying Diastasis-Rectus Abdominus
Let me be perfectly clear, DRA is a normal change that occurs during pregnancy. Your lower ribs will flare, the pelvis will broaden and your abdominal wall must expand to accommodate the watermelon-sized uterus underneath. It is the persistence of a DRA in the postnatal period which is not ideal. This is because the lack of abdominal tone, endurance or integrity can lead to dysfunctions elsewhere in the body. Many of the symptoms reported by women during their first year of mother hood can be explained by an underlying DRA. Some of these common symptoms include low back pain, pelvic area pain, stress urinary incontinence and urogynecological discomfort. Researchers Parker, Millar and Dugan (2009) found that 74% of women seeking care for low back and pelvic pain had a DRA. Multiple pregnancies very close together, previous abdominal surgeries and a mean maternal age greater than 34 years old have been shown to increase one's risk of developing a DRA.
Currently, postpartum care consists of a six-week follow-up with a family physician. Granted there are no complications with delivery, surgical incisions or perineal sutures, the majority of women are cleared by their physicians at six weeks to resume all regular activity. Sperstad, Tennfjord, Hilde, Ellstrom-Engh and Bo (2016) observed a DRA present in 60% of the women at six weeks postpartum. Diastasis-Rectus Abdominus is often overlooked by physicians, although the awareness around the condition is growing, it is important for women to advocate for themselves and ensure they are getting the right care.
Steps to Core Restoration:
In the case of repairing Diastasis-Rectus Abdominus it is vital to strengthen the deep core muscles and to establish functional thoracic and pelvic floor mechanics. Diaphragmatic breathing and correct kegel work are important places to start for new moms looking to fix DRA. Following your six-week check up with your physician, I would recommend booking with a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist. They will help you to restore all the muscles of the pelvis and pelvic floor, which are often significantly impacted by pregnancy and birth. It is well understood that the maximal contraction of the transversus abdominus muscle (your deep corset-like abdominal muscle) relies on the full contraction of the muscles of your pelvic floor. In other words, you can perform plenty of Rocky Balboa-style crunches (strongly NOT recommended) without actually engaging the right muscles because your pelvic floor has not fully recovered. Osteopathic manual therapy can offer additional relief and restoration by increasing the mobility of the thoracic spine, thoracic diaphragm and pelvis.
Florence is due to begin her research on "The effects of global osteopathic treatment on diastasis-rectus abdominus in postnatal women" in the fall. If you are interested in participating in her research or learning more, please contact her via e-mail at: email@example.com
Florence was first introduced to alternative therapeutic modalities in her teens, as a dancer and competitive athlete. After high school, Florence furthered her dance training and obtained her Honors Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from McMaster University. Teaming up with the artistic director of the McMaster University contemporary dance company, she developed introductory dance classes for children and teens across Hamilton. Inspired to further her teaching skill-set, she obtained her yoga teacher certification in Hatha yoga. Florence teaches across the city and combines her knowledge of human kinetics, dance, strength and conditioning, and yoga. Teaching movement to pre and postnatal women, and coaching as a birth doula, she gained a unique perspective into the supportive systems available to new and expecting mothers. Florence has an affinity for the holistic approach to women's care. She is passionate about the assimilation of progressive knowledge to educate and empower women at any stage of life including: pre-conception, pregnancy and recovery after birth. Most recently, Florence completed her five years of study at the Canadian College of Osteopathy in Toronto. As a manual therapist, she believes in having her patients actively participate in their healing. She currently is working to complete her thesis which will examine how osteopathic treatment effects diastasis-recti abdominus in postnatal women.
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Character descriptions for Captain Marvel have arrived, possibly teasing some of the Skrulls that Carol Danvers could be going up against in the film. With Captain Marvel set to shoot early next year, more and more information about the film has been pouring in as production gears up. Since this summer, we've known the film would take place in the '90s and use the Kree-Skrull War from the comics as its backdrop. Furthermore, but Samuel L. Jackson is supposedly returning as a young Nick Fury to help bring the film's new hero up to speed. The past few weeks, meanwhile, have seen a number of big announcements regarding the cast of the film.
After word broke recently that Ben Mendelsohn was cast in the film, we learned this week that Kree warrior Yon-Rogg will be the Captain Marvel villain. Mendelsohn has denied the casting, but multiple sites seem sure he's attached to the film. On the heroic end of the Kree spectrum, we learned last week that Jude Law is playing Mar-Vell in movie, who predates Carol Danvers as the original Captain Marvel. We're not sure what his role in the film will be yet, but he's said to be a mentor to Brie Larson's character. Of course, the Kree won't be the only aliens in Captain Marvel, as the film will finally introduce the Skrulls to the MCU.
RELATED: Ben Mendelsohn Plays Coy About Captain Marvel Villain Role
That Hashtag Show has uncovered some character descriptions for Captain Marvel, which they believe point to some of them main Skrulls we'll meet in the film. Check them out below along with speculation as to who they could be from the comics.
[Alpha] Female, 20-49. Fight experience. Dance or gymnastics preferred.
[Delta] Male, 20-49. Must be over 6' tall, broad shouldered and muscular.
[Supporting Male #2] Male, 35-45, a chiseled, cocky guy who is large in stature, but not as big as Delta.
THS seems fairly certain that Supporting Male #2 is Titannus, a powerful Super Skrull from the comics. We already saw what's assumed to be concept art for a Super Skrull earlier this year, and that could very well be the large character described above. The character also has an arc that sees him head to Tokyo to fight the Avengers, something that could play into Avengers 4 which we know is shooting partially in Japan.
As for Alpha and Delta, THS believes they could be Princess Anelle and Dorrek VII, respectively. Both were crucial players in the Kree-Skrull War from the comics, with Dorrek ruling his race and Anelle his daughter. Anelle also had Mar-Vell's child in the arc, which kicked off the whole war between the longtime rivals in the first place. Given the information available and the plot of the story in the comics, it seems a safe bet that both Anelle and Dorrek will be in Captain Marvel. And if these descriptions are for the main Skrulls in the movie, it's likely they refer to the two comic characters. With more information coming out weekly as Captain Marvel heads towards it production start date, we should have some definitive answers soon.
NEXT: The Comic History of Jude Law's Mar-Vell from Captain Marvel
Source: That Hashtag Show

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Native plants offer beauty, value and ease of care.
Beauty: The sensuous curves of the Gumbo Limbo, the golden shimmer of the two-toned Satin Leaf trees and the wonderful flower color and shape of the Jamaican Caper just begin to touch on the wonder of the native plants of Florida. Remember that Ponce de León named this peninsula "Florida" for its flowers, long before we imported the many exotic plants we find in our landscapes today.
Value: Native plants are the foundation of our ecosystem. They provide food and shelter for our wildlife, help filter our water supply and cool our communities. In our landscape they help to connect us with the natural processes of South Florida and encourage our sense of place. In spite of their value, we have eliminated over 90% of the Pine Rock Ridge forest in South Florida -- originally the largest dry land ecosystem in this area. South Florida is home to 68 species of Federally endangered or threatened wildlife and plants and the state lists 298 south Florida plants (Lake Okeechobee and south) as threatened or endangered.
Ease of care: Native plants are adapted to the soils, rain patterns, temperatures and pests of South Florida. By replacing exotic plants in our in our landscapes with natives, we are able to conserve water, reduce fertilizer & pesticide use and attract birds and butterflies to our gardens.
The Florida Native Plant Society elaborates further on this issue on their website.


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What kind of reporting is this?
Is Benedict Mander trying to hide the fact that this supposedly socialist government is taking way over 10% of Venezuela's GDP from the poor people who have nothing and giving it to those citizens who have a car?
As a former Executive Director of the World Bank I know that the columnists of the Financial Times have more voice than what I ever had, and therefore they might need some checks-and-balances. For more see "A Blog is Born" at the very bottom.
Would a child shouting out "the Emperor is naked" have his observation published in FT? Would he now need a PhD for that to happen?
For more see "A Blog is Born" at the very bottom.
Let's face it, globalization is awfully hard to discuss when "like most of us do we try to have our cake and eat it too and Martin Wolf's "How to preserve the open economy at a time of stress", May 21, is but another example of it. I agree with it all, full-heartedly, yet I have not the faintest idea of what I really have agreed with. It might be that we need to simplify the whole globalization equation in more manageable pieces.
Martin Wolf mentions for instance "redistributing the spoils of globalization, not sacrificing them" and which sounds a quite sensible thing to do. But that would have to start by identifying the spoils and perhaps wake up to the fact that the spoils are not to be found in a faraway country but in your own neighbourhood, in your own friendly neighbours courtyard.
Trying to speculate about where the non-obvious spoils are to be found, as those arising from higher prices of commodities are easier to identify, I frequently end up making two questions that might indicate possible new direction, exactly the purpose of questioning.
The first is. Is it logical that profits made by competing nakedly cost to cost in an efficient market should be taxed at the same rates that profits derived from an activity to which society has provided special shelter, like intellectual property rights?
The second, much more mundane, is why should a sportsman that earns a fabulous amount because he plays in a franchise with global reach pay income taxes based on where he slugs or kicks it out? Should he not pay it to his homeland or proportionately to where his audiences are?
Sir Robert Kagan writes about "The case for a league of democracies" May 14, and of course there is such a case, as long as we are talking about real democracies. Many citizens around the world pray for the existence of a club where only governments that show their own people their utmost respect could be members, and where not belonging to it, helps to send an unequivocal shaming message.
Now for this to be a true example-setting club, it should not be possible to become a member by sheer political wheeling and dealing, but only by meeting a set of very strict criteria that go much further than just having a popular vote.
For instance Venezuela though presumably having a popular elected government, should not be able to be a member of such club since though it is a very polarized country it yet has a Congress that includes 167 members who are in favour of him who wishes to be called 'Commander', and none, zero, zilch, of those many who are not the least in agreement with that. Additionally Venezuela, as an oil cursed country that by centralizing the revenues from the oil in the State has a government that is wealthy and powerful independently of its citizens, should obviously not be admitted to a club of real democratic leaders.
Some very few regulators thinking they were capable of managing the bank risks of the world, caused and are still causing immense sufferings, and you Sir are refusing to help holding them accountable for that.
Bank regulators, dare to debate with me the silliness or the wisdom of your regulations... come on don't be shy
On October 1 2009, the Economist Forum gave me some FT voice again publishing "Free us from imprudent risk-aversion"
And I very much appreciate it.
And on July 12 2012 Wolf also wrote that when "setting bank equity requirements, it is essential to recognise that so-called "risk-weighted" assets can and will be gamed by both banks and regulators. As Per Kurowski, a former executive director of the World Bank, reminds me regularly, crises occur when what was thought to be low risk turns out to be very high risk."
And that is something that I of course also appreciate, but that yet makes me curious on why Wolf does not follow up on it.
English is not my mother language so bear with me and you'll probably note when my letter has been published in FT by its correctness. Swedish is my mother language but I have not written anything serious in it for about 40 years and last time I tried, they just laughed their hearts out because of my démodés. Polish is my father language but, unfortunately, I do not speak a word of Polish, much less write it. Yes Spanish is my language, as I am from Venezuela and although I trust I write in it with great flair, I would still never dream of publishing an article in Spanish without having it edited by my wife.
And so friends here is my Tea with FT blog with my old and new letters to the editor. I hope you will share them with me now and again, and then again and again.
Welcome, and cheers, as I believe they say over there.
PS. Just so that FT does not get too cocky and believe it is my only window to the world, I will now and again publish a letter sent to the editor of another publication.


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2625 Marys Lake Road, Lodge Haus
Arrowhead Lodge Haus
4BR/3BA | Condo | Lake View/Mountain View | Sleeps 10 | Estes Park , Marys Lake, The Peaks at Marys Lake
LocationEstes Park , Colorado: The Peaks at Marys Lake in Marys Lake
What You'll Love
- Mountain views
- Fireplace
- Private stacked washer/drier
- Single cabin/house for large family gatherings
- Due to weather conditions, the shared hot tub, fire pit and pool are now closed for the season. They will reopen Memorial Day Weekend - weather permitting.
- Personal Chef Services Available - Additional Charge
- 3.8 miles / 8 minutes to downtown Estes Park restaurants and shopping
- 3.3 miles / 7 minutes to the Beaver Meadows (South) entrance of Rocky Mountain National Park
What To Be Aware Of
- No Central AC - Fans provided
- No private hot tub
- Ceiling fan in living room currently under repair.
- Age Restriction: The person who books the reservation must be at least 25 years of age, and will also stay in the vacation home.
- BEARS in the area, please secure all trash and you will need to lock doors and windows each time you leave the property.
- Our office hours are Daily - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. MST.
- On-call staff is available after hours daily to respond to urgent issues that threaten the health or safety of guests, or the property itself; such as a gas leak, a broken furnace, or broken water line. Non-urgent issues will be handled on the next business day.
- We provide a complimentary starter set of household items such as bath tissue, paper towels, and dish soap. We do not re-stock these items and if needed, additional supplies will need to be purchased locally by the guest.
- This is a pet-free home. Pets are not allowed. You will be charged a $1000 cleaning fee for non-compliance.
- Absolutely no smoking, including marijuana, inside this home. Cleaning for cigarette or marijuana smoke will result in a $1000 cleaning fee.
- Parties are not allowed. This is a quiet neighborhood with strict noise restrictions. Quiet hours begin at 10 pm. Thank you!
Sleeps 10 in all beds (max occupancy) | Sleeps 8 in 'real' beds | 4 total beds (Click for bedroom detail)
- Master Bedroom w/King Bed
- Guest Bedroom 1
- Guest Bedroom 2
- Guest Bedroom 3
- Living Area w/Queen Sleeper Sofa
Key Info
|# Full Baths
|Lake View, Mountain View
|Property Type
|Sleeps (max occy)
|Sleeps in Beds (not counting temp beds)
|Hot Tub
|Other Amenities
|Wifi, Exceptional View, King Bed, Flat Panel HDTV, HDTV, Fireplace
|Antiquing, Bird Watching, Boating, Bowling, Horseback Riding, Miniature Golf, Paddle Boating, Photography, Scenic Drives, Shopping, Sight Seeing, Sledding, Walking Paths, Water Sports, Wildlife Watching
|Children Welcome, Minimum Age Limit, No Smoking, No Pets
|Sports Availabile
|Horseback Riding, Cross Country Skiing, Cycling, Basketball Court, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Freshwater Fishing, Golf, Hiking, Kayaking, Mountain Biking, Mountain Climbing, Rafting, Rock Climbing, Roller Blading, Sailing, Swimming, Tennis, Tubing, Whitewater Rafting
|Private Full Size
|Total Beds
|King Beds
|Queen Beds
|Twin Beds
|Queen Sofa Sleepers
|4 Spaces
- Magnificent and inspiring mountain views
- Walking distance to Marys Lake fishing
- 2 private decks with plenty of space for family gatherings
- No Central AC - Fans provided
- This condo does not have a private hot tub
- Due to weather conditions, the shared hot tub, fire pit and pool are now closed for the season. They will reopen Memorial Day Weekend - weather permitting.
The open living area provides guests the use of a Queen sleeper sofa, plenty of comfortable seating, a TV, well equipped kitchen, and deck. The spacious and comfortable bedrooms are: Guest bedroom 1 has a Queen bed. Guest bedroom 2 has two Twin beds. Guest bedroom 3 has a King bed. The Master bedroom has a King bed, fireplace, kitchenette, and private deck.
This lovely unit accommodates up to 10 people and will be your perfect mountain home away from home!
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|Planet of origin:
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|Feline humanoid
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|Male and female
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Fur, tail, feline features
Emblem of the Caitians
The Caitians were a species of felinoids native to Cait (Regulus V), or as they called it Ferasa. They also settled on a number of colony worlds and were members of the United Federation of Planets. (ST references: Starfleet Operations Manual, The Worlds of the Federation, The Federation)
Caitians were bipedal, ranging from two to three meters in height, and feature a thick orange mane, a tail, and large golden eyes which gave them excellent night vision. Their fur ranged in color from tan to reddish-tan. They also had excellent hearing with a frequency range beyond that of most humanoids which made them ideal candidates for communications officers. Caitian voices often resembled the purring of Terran cats. (ST references: The Worlds of the Federation, The Federation)
Caitains had a reputation for being one of the most cooperative and intelligent members of the Federation. (ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation)
Caitian names did not follow a gender pattern, so no name was distinctively male or female. (ST reference: Starfleet Operations Manual)
Caitian culture emphasized a love of beauty and a focus on personal loyalty. Loyalty, both within the individual and between individuals, was highly prized by all Caitians. The interlocking individual and clan relationships that existing in their society were the main cause of this focus on loyalty. Most Caitians prefered a vegetarian diet and were not carnivorous. (ST reference: The Federation)
The Caitians were believed to be the descendants of an ancient Kzinti colony. (ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation)
They made first contact with the Orions and the Ferengi, and met Federation ships for the first time in 2249. Within a few years, such good relations existed between the cultures that they entered the United Federation of Planets. (ST reference: Starfleet Operations Manual)
Four other planets in the Federation had Caitian populations: Havelind, Hochlor IV, Macadarna, and Narval (Whether they were colonized by the Caitians before joining the Federation or after is unknown. Regardless, all four were either full-status members or associate-status members of the Federation). Also, Caitians composed 35% of Riviera's population (with the remainder being: Human 30% and Other 35%) and 15% of Commissariate's population (with the remainder being: Andorian 35%, Vulcan 20%, Human 15%, and Other 15%). (ST reference: The Federation)
By 2363, Caitains had also settled on the planet Kirisha, near the Alpha Persi Cluster. This planet was near the outer borders of the Regnancy of the Carnellian Throne. A brief war broke out over the Caitains' reluctance to become "slaves" of the Carnellian Throne. When the unusual Carnellian use of the word "slave" was understood, the Caitain colonists agreed to become Cohorts of the Throne. (TNG novel: The Buried Age)
In 2370 a party of Caitains visited Deep Space 9 to witness the Illumination of The Prodigal. (DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky)
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Cait formed its world government c. 2050 (Graham/Mandel timeline) and were admitted to the United Federation of Planets in 2181 (Star Trek Maps)
Following the destruction of Cait during a war between the Gorn Hegemony and the Kzinti Patriarchy the Caitians constructed four artificial planetoids around 15 Lyncis to serve as home for the surviving refugees. (Starfleet International)
Caitians and other felinoid/ailuroid races such as the Vedala, Eeauoians and Kzinti, as well as Lyrans, may be related.
Average heights for Caitians are 1.7 meters (males) and 1.5 meters (females). Average weights are 80-95 kgs (males) and 50-65 kgs (females). Normal body temperature range is 101-102.5 Fahrenheit. Normal pulse range is 110-130. Nornal respiration is 100. Normal blood pressure is 110/80. As of 2289, the normal life expectancies were 39.8 Terran standard years for males and 42.6 solar years for females. (Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual Supplemental), although that life expectancy had been almost doubled by medicinal advances in the 24th century. (Star Trek: Daedalus: "...Old Enemies")
During the late 2260s, M'Ress, a Caitian, was assigned to the USS Exeter and USS Enterprise as a communications officer. (TAS, Star Trek: The Animated Series Comics)
A Caitian Starfleet flag officer was seen among members of the Federation Council when that body levied charges against James T. Kirk in 2286. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
Siandierra Anjulee Beautelier, captain of the USS Sovereign (NCC-75000), and her grandmother, Kyra Songseer, captain of the USS Sovereign (NCC-2505), were both Caitians. (Starfleet International)
Hrithrarr, captain of the USS Tethys (NCC-80121), is a Caitian. (Eighth Fleet RPG)


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"Every Muslim likes to know and he must know about the members of the family of Nabi SAW. Therefore, a short account of their lives is given in the following pages. The Muhadithin and historians all agree that eleven ladies had the honour of being the wives of Nabi SAW"
- Saidina Khadijah RA
Saidina Khadijah RA was the first among them. At the time of her marriage, she was 40 years old and Nabi SAW was twenty- five. She gave birth to all his children, except a son Ibrahim. She was first supposed to be married to Waraqah bin Naufal, but this marriage could not take place. Her first husband was Atiq bin Aa'iz. She had a daughter from him, whose name was Hind. Hind grew up, embraced Islam and had many children. On the death of Atiq, Khadijah RA was married to Abu Halah and got two children from him viz. Hind and Halah. Hind lived up to the time of Ali's Caliphate. On the death of Abu Halah, Nabi RA married Khadijah RA as his first wife.
She died in Ramadhan of the 10th year of the prophethood at the age of sixty-five. He loved her very much and did not marry any other woman during her lifetime. Even before Islam, she was popularly called Tahirah (Clean and pure). Her children from other husbands are therefore known as Banu Tahirah. Her virtues and privileges have been mentioned extensively in the Ahaadith. Nabi SAW laid her in the grave with his own hands. Till then, there was no janazah solah.
- Saudah RA
Sauda bint Zam'ah bin Qais RA was previously married to her cousin Sukran bin 'Amr . The couple embraced Islam and shifted to Abysinnia. Sukran died in Abyssinia. Saudah RA, now a widow, returned to Makkah Mukarramah. Nabi SAW, on the death of Khadijah RA (in Shawwal of the same year), married Saudah RA. We know the devotion of Nabi SAW in his solah. Saudah RA once stood behind him in Tahajjud. The next day she said to him: "O, Nabi of Allah! Last night you took so long in your Ruk'u that I feared bleeding from my nose." (As she was heavy, the strain might have been too much for her).
Nabi SAW once intended to divorce her. Meanwhile Aishah RA had also been married to Nabi SAW. Saudah RA said:"O, Nabi of Allah! I am ready to give up my turn (with you) in favour of A`ishah RA, but I don't like to be divorced by you. I wish to be one of your wives in Jannat." Nabi SAW agreed to this suggestion. She died in about 55 A.H. towards the end of the Khilafat of Umar RA . There was another Quraish woman of the same name. She was also a widow having about six children. Nabi offered to marry her, but she said: "O, Nabi of Allah! You are dearer to me than any other person in this world. I do not like my children to be of any trouble to you." He appreciated this and withdrew the offer.
(3) A`ishah RA
A`ishah RA was married to Nabi SAW in Shawwal of the 10th year of Nubuwwat. She was born in the 4th year of Nubuwwat and was married when she was six, but was actually sent by her parents to live with Nabi SAW, after his shifting to Madinah Munawwarah, when she was nine. She was eighteen at the time of the death of Nabi SAW. She died on the night of Tuesday, the 17th Ramadhaan, 57 A.H., at the age of sixty-six. She desired at the time of her death that she might be buried along with other Ummahat-ul-Mukminin, in the public graveyard, though she could be buried by the side of Nabi's SAW grave, which was in her house.
She was the only wife of Nabi SAW who had not been married
previously. All the remaining wives had either been widowed or
divorced, some quite a few times, before they became Ummuhat-ul-
Mkminin. To be married in Shawwal was considered a bad omen among the
Arab women. A`ishah RA says: "I was married and sent to live
with Nabi SAW in Shawwal. Which of Nabi SAW wives has been more
blessed with his love and Allah's other favours than me?"
On the death of Khadijah RA, Khaulah bint Hakim RA came to Nabi SAW and said: "O, Nabi of Allah! Don't you like to marry again?"
Nabi SAW: "Whom can I marry?"
Khaulah: "I know one virgin and one widow."
Nabi SAW: "Name them."
Khaulah: "The virgin is A`ishah, (the daughter of your bosom friend Abu Bakr and the widow is Saudah bint Zam'ah."
Nabi SAW: "All right! You may make the proposal."
Khaulah RA then went to A`ishah's RA mother Umme-Ruman RA and said to her: "I have
come with good news for your family."
Ummi Ruman RA : "What is that?"
Khaulah RA : "Nabi SAW has sent me to seek A`ishah's RA hand in marriage for him"
UmmI Ruman RA: "But A`ishah is like his niece. How can she be married to him? Let me talk to her father."
Abu Bakr was not at home at that time. When he came, the proposal was placed before him, and he expressed the same difficulty. Khaulah RA returned to Nabi SAW and informed him of their difficulty.
Nabi SAW said: "Abu Bakr is my best friend and brother-in- Islam, but this does not stop my marrying his daughter." Khaulah SAW went and informed Abu Bakr RA accordingly. Abu Bakr was extremely happy to call Nabi SAW to his home and perform A'ishah's RA Nikah with him. A few months later, when Nabi SAW had emigrated to Madinah Munawwarah, Hadhrat Abu Bakr said to Nabi SAW: "Why
don't you have your wife A`ishah RA living with you?" He said: "I have to make some preparations, etc., before I do that."
Abu Bakr presented him with some money, with which necessary things were arranged. A`ishah RA then started living with Nabi SAW from Shawwal of 1 or 2 A.H. She shared the bed with Nabi SAW for the first time in Abu Bakr's house. These are the three marriages of Nabi SAW before Hijrah. All the remaining wives were taken by him in Madinah Munawwarah.
(4) Hafsah RA
Hafsah RA, the daughter of Saidina Umar RA, was born in Makkah Mukarramah five years before Nubuwwat. She was first married to Khunais bin Huzaifah RA , who was one of the very early Muslims. He first emigrated to Abyssinia and then to Madinah Munawwarah. He participated in the battle of Badr, and was seriously wounded in Badr (or in Uhud) and died of the wound in the year 1 or 2 A.H. Hafsah RA had also moved to Madinah Munawwarah with her husband. When her husband died, Saidina Umar RA went to Saidina Abu Bakr RA and said: "I want to give Hafsah in marriage to you."
Abu Bakr RA kept quiet and said nothing. Meanwhile Ruqayyah RA, the daughter of Nabi SAW and the wife of Saidina Uthmaan RA died. Saidina Umar RA went to Saidina Uthmaan RA and offered Hafsah's RA hand to him. He refused by saying, "I don't have the need to marry presently." Umar complained of this to Nabi SAW. Nabi SAW said: "Can I tell you of a husband for Hafsah better than 'Uthmaan, and of a wife for 'Uthmaan better than Hafsah."
He then took Hafsah RA as his next wife, and gave his own daughter Umme Kulsum RA in marriage to 'Uthmaan RA. Saidina Abu Bakr RA later said to 'Saidina Umar RA : "When you offered Hafsah's hand to me, I kept quiet as Nabi SAW had informed me of his intention of marrying her. I could neither accept your offer nor reveal Nabi's SAW secret to you. I, therefore, kept quiet. If Nabi SAW had changed his mind, I would have gladly married her."
He then took Hafsah RA as his next wife, and gave his own daughter Umme Kulsum RA in marriage to 'Uthmaan RA. Saidina Abu Bakr RA later said to 'Saidina Umar RA : "When you offered Hafsah's hand to me, I kept quiet as Nabi SAW had informed me of his intention of marrying her. I could neither accept your offer nor reveal Nabi's SAW secret to you. I, therefore, kept quiet. If Nabi SAW had changed his mind, I would have gladly married her."
Saidina Umar RA says: "Abu Bakr's silence over the offer was in fact more shocking to me than Uthmaan's refusal." Hafsah RA was a very pious woman who devoted herself to Solah. She would often fast during the day and spend the night in Ibaadat. Once Nabi SAW was displeased with Hafsah RA for some reason and said the first divorce to her.
Saidina Umar RA was naturally very much shocked over this. Jibraeel came to Nabi SAW and said: "Allah wants you to take Hafsah back, as she is often fasting and spending her nights in Solah, and also Allah wants it for Saidina Umar's sake." Nabi SAW therefore took her back. She died in Jumadil Uula, 45 A.H., at the age of 63.
(5) Zainab bint Khuzaimah RA
(5) Zainab bint Khuzaimah RA
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After her death, Nabi SAW married Ummi Salamah RA.Ummu Salamah RA.
(6) Ummu Salamah;
Ummi Salamah RA was the
daughter of Abu Umayyah. She was first married to her cousin
Abdullah bin Abdul Asad known as Abu Salamah . The couple accepted
Islam in the beginning and because of being troubled by the Quraish,
they shifted to Abyssinia. A son who was born to them in Abyssinia,
was named Salamah. After returning from Abyssinia, the family moved
to Madinah Munawwarah. Ummi Salamah's RA story about her journey to
Madinah Munawwarah has already been given in the early part of this
blog. After reaching Madinah Munawwarah, Hadhrat Umme Salamah RA had
another son 'Umar and two daughters, Durrah and Zainab RA. Abu
Salamah was the eleventh man to accept Islam.
He participated in both the battle of Badr as well as in Uhud. He got a very bad wound in Uhud, which did not heal for a long time. He was sent by Nabi SAW on a journey in Safar, 4 A.H. When he returned from the trip, the old wound started giving trouble and he died because of it on 8th Jumadil-Akhir, 4 A.H. Umme Salamah RA was expecting a child at that time. Zainab was born to her after the death of her husband. After she had completed her Iddat (the waiting period), Abu Bakr proposed to marry her, but she refused. Later, Nabi SAW offered to marry her. She said: "O, Nabi of Allah! I have quite a few children with me and I am very sensitive by nature. Moreover, all my people are in Makkah Mukarramah, and their permission for getting remarried is necessary."
Nabi SAW said: "Allah will look after your children and your sensitiveness will disappear shortly. None of your people will dislike the marriage." She then asked her eldest son Salamah to be her guardian and give her in marriage to Nabi SAW. She was married in the end of Shawwal, 4 A.H. She says: "I had heard from Nabi SAW that a person struck with a tragedy should recite this prayer, then Allah would accept his prayer. I had been reciting this prayer since the death of Abu Salamah RA , but I could not imagine a husband better than him, until Allah fixed my marriage with Nabi SAW." A`ishah RA says: "Umme Salamah RA was famous for her beauty. Once I made a plan to see her. I found her much more beautiful than I had heard. I mentioned this to Hafsah who said. "In my opinion, she is not as beautiful as people say."
She was the last of the wives of Nabi SAW to die. It was in 59 or 62 A.H. She was 84 at the time of her death. She was born 9 years before Nubuwwat. Nabi SAW married her after the death of Zainab bint Khuzaimah RA. She therefore lived in Zainab's RA house. She found a hand-mill, a kettle and some barley in an earthen jar, lying in the house. She milled some barley and after adding some fat cooked a meal, which she served to Nabi SAW on the very first day of her marriage with him.
- Zainab bint Jahsh RA
She bowed down before Allahin thankfulness when she
received the good news about this revelation. Nabi SAW arranged a big feast (Walimah) for this marriage. A goat was slaughtered and mutton curry with bread was served to the guests. People came in groups, and were served till all of them were fed.
Zainab RA was very generous in spending in the path of Allah . She earned by working with her hands and spent all her wealth in charity. It was about her that Nabi SAW had said: "My wife with long hands will be the first to meet me after my death." The wives took this to mean the actual length of their arms and began to measure their arms with a stick. When measured, the arm of Saudah RA was the longest. But when Zainab RA died first, they understood the true meaning of "long arms" (i.e the most generous). She fasted very often. She died in 20 A.H. 'Umar RA led the Janazah Solah. She was fifty at the time of her death.
(8) Juwairiah bintul Harith RA
Nabi SAW agreed to pay her ransom, set her free, and offered to take her as his wife. She was very glad to accept this offer. She was married to Nabi SAW in 5 A.H. and as a result of this marriage, the prisoners of Banu Mustaliq (Juwairiah's ( tribe) numbering about a hundred families, were all set free by the Muslims. They said, "The tribe which was honoured by Nabi's SAW marriage should not remain as slaves."
Juwairiah SAW was very beautiful and attractive. Three days before she became a prisoner in the battle, she had seen in a dream that the moon coming out from Madinah Munawwarah and fell into her lap. She says: "When I was captured, I began to hope that my dream would come true." She was 20 at the time of her marriage with Nabi SAW. She died in Rabi-ul-Awwal, 50 A.H., in Madinah Munawwarah at the age of 65.
(9) Ummu Habibah RA
|Maqam Ummu Habibah RA
She was so happy with the good news that she gave the bracelets and other jewellery that she was wearing to the woman in delight. King Negus represented Nabi SAW in the Nikah ceremony and gave her 400 dinars as dowry and many other gifts. He also gave a feast and dinars as gifts to all those who were present in the ceremony. Negus then sent her to Madinah Munawwarah with her dowry and other gifts suchas perfume, etc. This marriage took place in 7 A.H. Her father was not a Muslim then. She most probably died in 44 A.H.
(10) Safiyyah RA
Nabi SAW paid a reasonable sum of money to Dahya as ransom, and said to Safiyyah RA: "You are now free; if you like, you can go back to your tribe or if you wish you can be my wife." She said: "I wanted to be with you while I was a Jew. How can I leave you now, when I am a Muslim?"
This is probably a reference to the fact that she once saw in her dream a portion of the moon falling into her lap. When she mentioned her dream to Kinanah, he slapped her face so hard that he left a mark on her eye. He said: "You want to become the wife of the King of Madinah Munawwarah!" Her father is also reported to have treated her similarly when she related the same or similar dream to him. She again saw, in her dream, the sun lying on her breast. When she mentioned this to her husband, He said: "You seem to be wishing to become the Queen of Madinah." She says: "I was seventeen when I was married to Nabi SAW. She came to live with Nabi SAW when he was camping at the first stage from Khaiber. Next morning, he said to the Sahabah :
"Let everybody bring whatever he has got to eat." They brought their own dates, cheese, butter, etc. A long leather cloth was spread and all sat around it to share the food amongst them. This was the Walimah for the marriage. She died in Ramadhaan, 50 A.H., when she was about 60 years old.
(11) Maimunah RA - The most pious among them all.
|Maqam Saidina Maimunah RA in Makkah Mukarramah.
Many years later she died and was buried exactly at the same place in 51 A.H. when she was 81 years old. This is a strange coincidence that at a certain place during one journey she is married, at the same place on the return journey she starts living with Nabi SAW, and at the very same place during another
journey she dies and is buried. A`ishah RA says: "Maimunah was the most pious, and the most mindful of her family relations, among Nabi's SAW wives."
azid bin Asam says: "She was seen either engaged in Solah or in household work. When she was doing neither, she was busy making Miswaak." She was the last woman married by Nabi SAW. Certain
Muhaddithin have, however, mentioned one or two other marriages of Nabi SAW.


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Chris Oddo asks ten very good questions about Wimbledon.
Tennis Channel is showing Wimbledon classics this week. Today, both the 2004 and 2005 women's finals were featured. Unfortunately, I was not able to watch them, but I did see the last parts of both of them. So many memories...a 17-year-old Maria Sharapova taking it to Serena Williams, and the thriller Venus Williams won against Lindsay Davenport. Those are both unforgettable matches.
Venus Williams and co-author Kelly E. Carter will release their book, Come to Win: Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries On How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession, on June 29.
Daniela Hantuchova says that the grass court season is her favorite time of the year.
Before traveling to England, Jelena Jankovic spent her post-French Open time practicing on indoor carpet.
And finally, just in time for Wimbledon, here is Clive James' "Bring Me the Sweat of Gabriela Sabatini."


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It became painfully clear that my income will pretty much be non-existent these next two months, if not longer. It will cover insurances, but that is literally it.
Luckily, I have been hoarding cash so I can last a good four months if I don't get any income by only paying the cash-only items, but that also means my credit cards will be maxed out by then. Let's hope work turns around soon and that I get some supplemental income from somewhere. So I made a plan and have started executing it.
I applied for a part-time job that will hopefully fit in the little time I have during weekdays and give me a preschool discount. It only works if I can bring one of my kids with when I work. Since my oldest is already there two half days a week, it shouldn't be a problem.
I have also applied to six every-other-weekend jobs. If I don't hear back from any of the others by next weekend, I will also go and apply at low-pay retail. That just involves going to locations and I do not have time to run around until then.
I also applied for eight online work-from-home-when-you-can jobs and have another two in the works. They are website testing, transcription, and data entry work. They won't pay a lot, or frequently, but it will be something.
I am plotting what I want to list on Craigslist to sell. I should be able to start listening next weekend. I have also joined Swagbucks finally. It is kind of a pain, but I already have 700 points in five days. Every bit helps. I hope to use those cards to counter my household costs.
As for expenses, I actually tracked every penny for January for discretionary items. I typically generally do this, but I went down to the penny this time.
$124.24 for gas (my new car and filling up my mom's twice after I borrowed it)
$429.42 for groceries (me and my two toddlers - they are on a gluten-free, dairy-free, and picky-eating diet)
$55.90 for dining out (one "family" meal, two fast foods)
$275.52 for "household" (I group all else into this since most of my shopping is Target and I am typically too lazy to split it out. I did split it out this month - $144.87 on medicines and supplements, $83.65 on diapers and wipes, $47.01 on gifts (a birthday), charity (only $10), and surprises (preschool all by himself reward- a very big deal for us!))
February, thankfully, is a short month and will be low spend. Dining out will be gone. My household budget needs to be slashed by a lot. I should be stocked on diapers and wipes to last through the month. And there is no reason for gifts or surprises. I will need more medicine here soon, no way around it, but we should be done with antibiotics and inhalers. We basically have been sick all month. With my oldest starting preschool, I am not surprised.
Groceries will go down a bit, but we typically do not buy too much extra or waste. They have extremely picky/specific diet, so I cannot just shop deals, switch brands or cut back much. Gas is pretty much dead on. Might decrease a little, but probably not much, especially if I start driving to a new work.
My fixed expenses are my $210 car lease, $30 cell phone, and... that's it, actually. Preschool is covered by child support. The lawyer bills will be going on credit cards still to deal with later. Luckily I do not have any housing costs right now since I am living with the parents. I will forever be grateful.
So, that is where I am at... not a good place, but with a plan. I can make this work! I always do.
Tighten the Belt
It became painfully clear that my income will pretty much be non-existent these next two months, if not longer. It will cover insurances, but that is literally it.
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February 6th, 2017 at 09:29 amCoincidently, Lucky Robin's mentioned making bread and I too enjoy making bread but have not yet attempted Gluten free. Making bread is a wonderful process for thinking through ways to solve here and now problems It's a very cost effective DIY, my family loves home made breads but there is always a downside... it too easily shows up on my waist and caboose.
February 6th, 2017 at 10:41 amIf you are already working during the week, I understand how picking up a second job adds to the difficulty. Hopefully it will only be temporary, to give you some breathing room. Perhaps if you find the right job, though, it may become a more permanent thing and help get the family ahead. Particularly if your parents are there to help during the hectic times.
February 6th, 2017 at 11:15 amEli I'm reading this and I'm cheering for you that you get some permanent family friendly income! I'm hoping there's a side business with your name on it!
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February 6th, 2017 at 04:28 pmWishing you all the best!


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There used to be this regional band that I loved back in high school called Fern. Fern had a song called "Sentimental Lovely Day" and every time the weather finally turns and the sun peeks out, that song gets stuck in my head for weeks. It's actually a bit annoying after a while, but today it was perfect. Hope was out of school early and the day was gorgeous, so we set out on a little Blythe adventure. Here are a few highlights of Blythe shooting:
I finally fixed my sewing machine last night, so that polka-dotted skirt Willa is wearing was my first attempt at Blythe clothes.
Here is my little partner enjoying the day with me:
After shooting it was fun times on the trampoline. "I know, Mommy," Hope said. "You can take pictures of me while I jump."
This wasn't the first trampoline photo session, and I know it won't be the last. I'll spare you the millions of action shots, but will share my favorite of the day:
It actually looks a bit like fall, but the dollar store baseball sleeve tee, patched and ripped pants, and overall color of this picture make it one of my favorites ever. I hope you all got to enjoy the day, whatever the weather in your area. Happy Wednesday, I'm off to watch Demetri Martin and the Whitest Kids You Know...
P.S. I'll post some of Hope's pictures tomorrow. That kid seems to have an eye for shooting. Well, I was impressed...
Wednesday, February 25
It's a Sentimental Lovely Day
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Oh! I need to give my poor girl some attention and do a shoot. I spent the last few days updating my scrapbook. Maybe I should make an art/dolls one!ReplyDelete
Cute pics :) I got my Blythe out of the closet and am having fun with her again now that I'm more confident with my sewing machine, I bought another Blythe today, eep!ReplyDelete
Any who this site is awesome for patterns. So far I've made the t shirt and pants and they were pretty easy.
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|A beautiful Louisiana sunset
But a love of looking at and contemplating art did not translate into a desire to work in the art world. As graduation loomed large before me as I was beginning my senior year I decided to invest in some practical training and enrolled in massage school during my last semester.
|Cat massage (photo from twitter: @lifeonearth)
|A journey grows
Massage school was so fun. We sat in circles on the ground, learned through touch and sharing our experiences and the ways we process the world. It was so refreshing to have this immersion into holistic perspective after years of living through the linear methodology of the academic system. We studied a variety of massage styles always with a focus on learning to blend them into our own massage dance. The main modalities were Swedish, Neuromuscular, Shiatsu and Polarity therapy and we also got doses of reflexology, sports massage, trager and more. I learned how to create a healing space and navigate interactions with clients, start a business and manage my income.
Most of all I learned so much about how my body works and learned to really listen and experience who she is. Our bodies are brilliant things built to be in blissful relationship with the natural world.
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I love being in that luscious healing energy which emanates from bodywork. Learning to develop my own healing practice has been an invaluable tool for maintaining my own health and sanity and I'm grateful to be able to share in that journey the people who have been my massage clients. Every session is different and I'm always learning new layers of depth in my healing practice.
My professional bodywork practice has waxed and wained over time. Sometimes it's my full time work, other times it's more of a hobby. At the moment I have a part time position working for a company which staffs the chair massage station at the Whole Foods in the New Orleans area.
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I didn't think I would like chair massage as much as I do. It's a nice compliment to my art business as this situation does not require any more preparation than showing up and being ready to work. People bring some real healing needs to my chair either for restoration, maintenance or recovery work. Unlike making art, which has a long span of time between my actual art making and any pay off of attention or money, massage give me a quick feeling of accomplishment and service.
My bodywork training has deeply influenced my art making practices. I make my color choices in my painting with half an mind on its aesthetic quality and the other half on how it may influence the quality of my bodies energy system. Im drawn to make work that inspires and supports people in their personal healing practices. My voice as an artist is constantly working to articulate the wisdom I have gained from my holistic health teachers.
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A freshly-minted prosecutor with the Brooklyn DA's Office, Tim Redmond thought he'd left his life as a Green Beret behind him as he rumbled into the World Trade Center train station the morning of September 11, 2001. Three months later he was back with his old A-Team and gearing up for the fight of their lives in Afghanistan.
Follow this team of Special Forces soldiers on their raucous, brawling, hilarious journey to inevitable doom. Soldiers determined to live out their peculiar belief that "The future is always tragic, but to be a man is to laugh in the face of that tragedy." And watch the survivors return to a home they can no longer make sense of.
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What do anastrozole tablets do?ANASTROZOLE (Arimidex(R)) blocks the production of the hormone estrogen. Some types of breast cancer depend on estrogen to grow, and anastrozole can stop tumor growth by blocking estrogen production. Anastrozole is for the treatment of breast cancer in postmenopausal women only. Generic anastrozole tablets are not yet available.
What should my health care professional know before I take anastrozole?They need to know if you have any of these conditions: • liver disease • an unusual or allergic reaction to anastrozole, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives • pregnant or trying to get pregnant • breast-feeding
How should I take this medicine?Take anastrozole tablets by mouth at the same time each day with or without food. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Swallow the tablets with a drink of water. Do not take your medicine more often than directed. Do not stop taking except on your prescriber's advice.Contact your pediatrician or health care professional regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses. If you vomit after taking a dose, call your prescriber or health care professional for advice.
What other medicines can interact with anastrozole? • androstenedione • any medicine containing estrogens (This may include some herbal products and some birth control pills) • DHEATell your prescriber or health care professional about all other medicines you are taking, including nonprescription medicines, nutritional supplements, or herbal products. Also tell your prescriber or health care professional if you are a frequent user of drinks with caffeine or alcohol, if you smoke, or if you use illegal drugs. These may affect the way your medicine works. Check with your health care professional before stopping or starting any of your medicines.
What side effects may I notice from taking anastrozole?Side effects that you should report to your prescriber or health care professional as soon as possible: • any new or unusual symptoms • difficulty breathing • chest pain • leg pain or swelling • vaginal bleeding • vomitingSide effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your prescriber or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome): • back or bone pain • cough, or throat infection • diarrhea or constipation • dizziness • headache • hot flashes • loss of appetite • nausea • stomach pain • sweating • weakness and tiredness • weight gain
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How Not to Examine a
An excerpt from
Dancing With Elves
I've seen a
professor examining a newborn baby to show a student how to do
it. The baby is lying on the table, waving his arms and legs,
looking around, opening and closing his mouth, yawning,
sneezing, doing everything. Then here comes the professor! He
wants to look in the baby's mouth. He takes a tongue blade and
puts it in the baby's mouth, and the baby promptly clamps his
jaws together, so the professor has to force the baby's jaws
open to look in the mouth.
Then the
professor wants to look in the baby's eyes with his light, so he
takes this real bright light and he shines it right into the
baby's eyes and baby clamps his eyes shut. Then the professor
has to take his fingers and pry those little eyelids open.
You can gat
a baby's eyes to open spontaneously by turning off the lights.
You don't have to pry their eyes open.
mother knows how to get a baby to open their mouth. One mother
in our practice knows that her baby likes to suck on his own big
toe, so she puts his big toe up there and he opens his mouth.
There are
so many different ways to do anything. You're only limited by
what you can think of.
professor wanted to look at the baby's palms, so he pulled on
the baby's fingers. What happens when you do that? The baby
makes a fist. Then you have to pry the fingers open to see
what's going on.
You can
touch the back of a baby's hand and their hand will open.
In every
case the doctor was producing the defensive reaction that made
his task difficult. He was not utilizing the feedback that he
was getting from the baby, to be a signal to modify his own
behavior. The baby was yawning, but the doctor was examining the
feet. The baby's mouth was open, but the doctor was examining
the feet! Now, it's obvious that somewhere between the first
week of life and age forty or fifty, something rather serious
happens. We stop using our feedback.
carefully taught to pay attention to the program inside our
head, instead of what's happening in the real world.
It just
doesn't make sense to trigger resistances unnecessarily.
Random Thoughts
You can't
not communicate … but you could at least try.
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Saturday was Hassalt and on account of it being a "long" drive at a hour and a half away (man I'm getting spoiled, it will be hard to go back to the US) Dad, Gavin, and I got up bright and early at 6:30am. That might not sound like much, but it feels way earlier in Belgium on account of it not getting light out until 8:00am. We hit a few unexpected snags and left about twenty minutes late so as a result I only had one lap to pre ride.
|Photo Credit; cyclephotos.co.uk
There is no "safe" way across this ditch. It's so wide running is almost more dangerous than riding. The first time across it in pre ride, I hopped it, but my back wheel slammed into the edge. I rode it again, and still my wheel slammed into it. Time was running out so it was time to move on. After that there was a few more sketchy aspects, like a corner with wet roots all over it and a set of logs that look deceptively hoppable but ground so spongy in between most everyone who tried ended up face planting into the mud.
I was pretty nervous at the start. I didn't have the course dialed in, couldn't decide whether or not to hop the ditch, wasn't sure how moving up would be possible in such a tight start, and that 180 corner was incredibly dangerous on cross tires. However, I then proceeded to have my best race yet in Europe.
|I found that while the sand was ride able, I was able to pass more people running it when they inevitably messed up in front of me. Photo Credit; Patricia Cristens.
I had an okay start, there was some severe bottleneck through the tight twisty section and was forced to stop for a few seconds in places. I hopped the ditch on the first lap, but slammed my wheel super hard on edge and decided to run it for the rest of the race. The brakes on my carbon wheels were not good enough for such a twisty course, so I pitted at my first chance in favor of Ardennes. Then it was just throttle wide open and go!
Throughout the race I tried many different lines, perfecting the course throughout the race. Each lap felt faster than the previous. With two laps to go I was in 17th place, catching Gavin's group of 14th, 15th, and 16th just seconds ahead when disaster struck.
After running over the logs while putting my bike down I noticed my rear wheel wouldn't move, the chain was stuck in between my frame and little chain ring! I tried to get the chain out while running, but couldn't and started running for the pits. By the time I got a bike change I was back in the late twenties. Also, this bike had the carbon wheels with less than desirable braking and I had to relearn the course. A few minutes later Gavin had even worse luck and I saw him on the side of the course trying to put his pedal back on.
In those last two laps I worked my way all the way back up to the group of 17th. Coming around on of the final corners I opted to run around it instead of ride (fatigue has a funny way of affecting your decision making skills) and my small gap was lost. I finished 20th (out of 50) in a four way sprint for 17th, less than a minute out of the top ten.
Despite being so close to a top fifteen, possibly even a top ten, I was just happy at the finish. For the first time yet this year, I only made one or two mistakes, and if it hadn't been for a very unlucky mechanical that would have shown on paper.
With such a great race at Hassalt, I was ready to have another great race at Asper-Gavere. Alas, it was not to be. The course was amazing, if you weren't going straight down you were going straight up. It wasn't perfect for me as the day of the race it turned into a nightmarish peanut butter-like mud that made it nearly impossible to ride any of the uphills on the course. Still, with the sheer physical and technical difficulty of the course it was looking like a good day for me.
I'll cut to the chase. This start was particularly long and fast, and right before it turned to dirt there was a quick right-left. As we hit said corner in the race, going very fast, one of the kids in front of me slipped out, hit the ground hard and then proceeded to get run over by several people. I got out of the mass pile up unscathed physically, but not mentally. Through out most of the race I just wasn't all there. I couldn't focus and kept failing at routine tasks that usually are not a problem. I was scared, and just kept playing the image of that kid getting run over again and again in my head.
|the super tricky uphill. Photo credit; Inne Segers
It was a weekend of ups and downs and I'm determined to end my trip here on the highest note yet Saturday at the legendary Koksijde World Cup.
Despite some frustrations, I had so much fun this weekend and am very thankful for the privilege to race such legendary courses! I can not thank all those who have supported me enough.
Thank you HED Cycling, Apex Physical Therapy, Challenge tires, Enzo's Cycling Products, Lazer Helmets, Cuore of Switzerland, Honey Stinger the Thirsty Pagan, the Skihut, Focus Bikes, and last but not least, Thank you to each and every person who has so generously supported me in the past or recently by donating and/or buying a t-shirt. Without you, I wouldn't be able to do this.


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Just popping by to tell you about a little hack I created recently to entertain my youngest at the table. Lucy, just recently turned 1 and until now Duplo has been something to suck, chew or generally lob at people or on the floor. I figure it was time to change this! (in a developmentally appropriate way of course!)
We have a couple of smaller base plates so with zip ties at hand I attached one of these to the top of her highchair tray. I then rested several bricks on the table next to her to take as she wished. I tried filling a bucket and attaching this but she just upended it.
I was very close to thinking this may actually not be the best of ideas when.... all of a sudden she started to build! she discovered the bricks attached and rather than destruct-a-girl she started to construct.
This video is of the first time she actually made something. (please feel free to skip. I was being a bit of a proud mum and videoed far too long! (a couple of minutes seems an age when your looking back!) She actually sat and played for an hour! I was so gobsmacked that it entertained her for that long, she was completely engrossed.
Anyhow since the video was taken Lucy has settled on one particular style, she builds lines, she claps each time in total excitement (as little ones do) It's so lovely to see creativity, even if it really is in its infancy.
One warning if you do this at home, make sure you wash any spills under a tap! I found using a wet wipe around the little bumps just made more mess!
One suggestion a friend of mine made was to glue Duplo to the base of bowls or cups to keep them in place. Think this is a fab idea (although Lucy will pull them up now and make a line with them so wouldn't work anymore).
Well that's all from me this week. I'd better get on with all my illustrating. Until then I will be popping by Handmade Monday as always to say hi.


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After a recent update of MAMP on my system, I was no longer able to load Magento sites on my localhost. The problem seems to be a PHP compatibilty issue and the solution is pretty simple.Loading up Magento sites on my local development server, I found myself greeted with a page saying:Can't retrieve entity config: core/store_group, followed by a long trace: message and
I found the solution online here: dltr.org and I'm posting it on my blog to make it easier for me to find later on!
Download a new copy of Magento from the Magento Commerce site and unzip the file.
Open Magento > lib > Varien and copy the Simplexml directory, then navigate through your sites on your localhost to the same location and replace the directory by pasting and overwriting.
Restart MAMP (or XAMP, LAMP, WAMP etc) and reload your sites.
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At least once every summer, my wife and I take the middle of a week off and drive from our hiome in downtown Ypsilanti, MI, out to my folks' home-in-which-they've-retired (yout don't say "retirement home" in their presence) in South Haven, Michigan. For those (few) of you familiar with the geography of the great state of Michigan, you can begin your seethes of jealousy. For those (substantially more) of you who only know that "Michigan is the one that looks like a hand, right?", South Haven sits on the Michigan side of Lake Michigan, which is the biggest of the Great Lakes and yes, it is (as we Michiganders like to say) America's High Five.
One of the neat things about small towns, and I'd suspect that it's true wherever you are too and that it's not unique to Michigan, are the preponderances of used book stores and antiques shops that spring up, almost as if, knowing well and good that grandson Jimmy will be moving off to the Big City one day and won't be around to mind the farm, these places spring up to sell off forgotten estates to each other one piece of junk at a time. Or, in my case, one book at a time. Normally, I make out pretty well on these vacations. My wife and mother look at the sorts of things that intrigue them and I pour over every book I can get my hands on, in search of the good stuff. Well, this year, I hit gold.
That's 12 issues of Savage Sword of Conan (mostly non-consecutive, but with a few runs in there) from the early-mid 80's (1983-5), Warlords of Mars, Thuvia of Mars, At The Earth's Core (all of those by ER Burroughs, a name not used nearly enough on this blog), Kyrik: Warrior Warlock (by the incomparable Gardner F. Fox; you might know Mr. Fox for his other work for DC Comics like GREEN FUCKING LANTERN!) and The 1972 Annual World's Best SF. Holy poop is this stuff good.
I'm sure you get the Conan stuff. It's damn good. Lots of Ernie Chung, lots of Jusko covers. That's what gets you in the door, I get it. It's the novels you're here to see, though, right? Here's a closer look:
The ERB stuff first: I've read most of the Mars stuff, and was stunned to discover these early but good-condition Of Mars paperbacks. There's no dates attached that I can discern, but the layouts and covers make me want to say 60's. For the uninitiated, The Warlord of Mars and Thuvia of Mars are volumes three and four of the Of Mars series, following hot on the heels of Gods of Mars, volume two (where my current re-read of the series is stalled out, somehow, despite it being one of my favorite volumes). At The Earth's Core was a personal coup for me, particularly because I've never actually seen it in print and the size of the volume suggests a very early printing (I'd say late 40's, early 50's if the other similar paperbacks I have are any indication, which they might not be; the art and layout also seem to be from that era, look at that logo!). Being the first book in Burroughs's Pellucidar series - a series I've never actually read - this is the ERB acquisition I was most excited about.
I might be alone in my love of Gardner F. Fox and what I see as his substantial contributions to the sword & sorcery genre. I don't know. Maybe I'm not. I just don't see a lot of folks bandying his name about talking about how dope his stories are. The novel that got me turned on to Fox was his Kothar and the Wizard Slayer, featuring his cursed barbarian wanderer, Kothar. Kyrik: Warlock Warrior, go figure, features his character Kyrik. Guess what he is? A warrior? A warlock? Naw, son, he's a Warlock Warrior! Well sign me up, Mr. Fox, I'm here for the ride. Seriously though, Fox is an Appendix N author. He's in there. He's not an Appendix N author that I see get a lot of praise though, so here goes: I really like Gardner F. Fox. He does swords & sorcery well and I think you should pay closer attention to him. Yes, sometimes his stuff comes out like Conan and Elric had a baby inside of a wizard bong, but that's shit I'd pay to see.
The last addition to my vacation haul was one of those things that, if I hadn't been primed and ready for it, I might have skipped. After all, who likes anthologies? Turns out I do, but I keep forgetting that fact. The cover here is in shitty shape, but I'm not going to let that slow me down. Cover space here goes to no less than: Arthur C. Clarke, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson and Harlan Ellison. The Table of Contents also turns up Alan Dean Foster. Right now, thanks to Man of Steel, I'm really going through a hard "sword & planet meets hard sci fi" period right now, where I really want to run Traveller (I think this happens every summer, for some reason) but I really want to do it more like DUNE and Of Mars. I realize that none of that has anything to do with these Silver Age sci fi greats, other than the Traveller part. Meh, maybe I'd do straight Traveller, who knows?
And so, there was my vacation haul. It's going to be a while for me to get through them all, but I have no fear that I'll manage. I've already started At the Earth's Core, but I think that a few shorts from 1972 are in order before I delve headfirst into Kyrik.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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Writing copy that's optimized for search engines is one of the simplest way to drive traffic to your website. Unfortunately, many of us make deadly SEO mistakes that can impede our quest for high Search engines ranking.
This is especially true for "SEO newbies" who think that simply stuffing keywords into their copy will shoot them to the first page of search results. If you want to truly make your website succeed, make sure you aren't committing these SEO cardinal sins that can hurt your ranking and traffic.
1. Keyword stuffing. As mentioned earlier, stuffing your copy with keywords isn't helping anyone. If you're targeting the keywords "dog trainers in Miami," don't include that phrase in every sentence of your 800-word blog post. Your readers will notice the repetitive nature of your post, driving them away rather than making them stick around your site.
Furthermore, Google will penalize your site and make it harder for you to raise its rank in the future. Make your copy sound natural and include the phrase where it only makes sense. That way, your readers won't be subject to choppy and forced content, and everyone — including Google — is happy about your work.
2. Not having a link-building strategy in place. In the SEO realm, high-quality content should be a top priority – there's no doubting the value of good copy. Nevertheless, your amazing copy won't get read unless you're getting a lot of incoming links to your site.
Building links is essential for high ranking (and high traffic). Luckily, there are plenty of ways you can boost the number of incoming links to your site or blog. For instance, consider writing guest posts. Sites like myblogguest.com provide many opportunities for content creators to build links and showcase their talents. You can also try link-building services like BuildMyRank.com to help increase the size of your link-building network. Be aggressive in your search for link-building opportunities.
3. Targeting the wrong keywords. You need to target words with low-to-medium competition. Going after words with a high competition is a recipe for disaster, especially if your site is just starting out; you'll never rank for those words – at least not in this lifetime. Using tools such as Google Adwords Keyword Tool can help you find the least competitive keywords for your particular niche. Once you have your target keywords, you can start writing high-quality copy around them. One of the most common reasons that new sites fail to gain traction is a lack of keyword research. Don't let that happen to you – be prepared.
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Like I said earlier, SEO is serious business. If you want your page to stand out from the millions already out there, it's important you follow the best SEO practices and avoid these careless mistakes. If you take the time to truly optimize your site, you'll reap the traffic and ranking rewards. Good luck.


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The second installment of my blog series targets at non-programmers is now live on the iPhone Life web site! In this week's post we begin the process of creating an iOS app that accesses and stores data on the web, and integrates with the iOS camera, Facebook, Twitter, and much more.
All the best!
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The Midnight Zoo
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The Midnight Zoo
The reader who savours a description of a 'voice which was like satin under a millstone, silky and bruised and ruined' is likely to be willing to pause, maybe to reread a paragraph or to allow a scene to materialise in the mind's eye. As with Sonya Hartnett's The Ghost's Child, this book requires reflective reading, for it is at once novel, poem, fable and myth; a young reader might also see it as a puzzle worth solving. As she has made clear in interview, Hartnett writes first for herself and then for those who care to listen. Since she writes to explore, then not only does the whole book read as a discovery, but so do individual paragraphs and even sentences. A simile or a single word can utterly surprise the reader's expectation.
12-year-old Andrej and his three years younger brother Tomas wander in a war-ravaged landscape, carrying their baby sister with them - Czechoslovakia, it seems – a wasteland reduced to a theatre for warring armies. The invaders, whose language 'sounds like flying chips of wood', might well be Nazis – they certainly speak German – fighting for a leader who, like all warmongers, insists, 'I will have my way'. Andrej and Tomas are Roma, children of a people whose peacetime way of life plays out its own forms of freedom. Their tribe, including their parents and much-loved uncle, have been brutally swallowed by the invasion. As the children journey through the dark into a deserted village, bombed into desolation as punishment for an act of resistance, they are watched by 'the legendary black-clad horseman who is Night', whose remote and super-human viewpoint we never quite lose. In the village, the children find one structure intact – a small zoo, with perhaps a dozen animals locked in their cages. They are never humanised, but it turns out the creatures can speak to the boys and, though they despise mankind and its compulsive violence, their imprisonment allows them to understand the boys' terrors which inhabit their own cages of mind and body.
So begins a series of conversations and stories which explore war, oppression and cruelty in contrast to freedom, love and trust. Because of the book's mythic qualities, ideas remain embedded in the narratives, to be experienced on the pulse as much as intellectually understood. The shadowed, moonlit world of the zoo is, in a profoundly serious way, entrancing. As far as I know, no-one else published for young people explores such themes through writing of this haunting quality.


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