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I have recently installed the iDeneb 10.5.5 x86 on my laptop. The laptop has a broken LCD screen, and you can only see the top left corner of it, but i figured this would be fine because i have an external monitor hooked up to it. the installation went fine. when i try to boot up the first time, the white screen with the gray apple and loading circle shows up on the external monitor for minute, then the screen turns light blue, then it turns off and switches to the broken LCD. But if i look at the LCD, all i can see is a black pointer because i only have that top left corner. I cant figure out how to get the display back to the external monitor. I have tried options at the boot up such as -x, -v, cpus=1, arch=x86, platform=X86PC...none help or change the outcome.
If it helps, the laptop is an Acer Aspire 5315 with 1gb of RAM and 8MB of video memory.
I appreciate any help possible and thank anyone who can help in advance
Please help me. external video
Started by matt.g5158, Apr 23 2012 12:47 AMiDeneb acer aspire 5315 acer aspire 5315 10.5.5 external video help me external video
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try some default OSX switch display shortcuts: http://superuser.com...rroring-and-and
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Deutsche Bank Q4 Net Profit Drops 76%
Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) reported a 76% drop in its fourth-quarter net profit.
Deutsche Bank's quarterly net profit declined to 147 million euros ($194 million), from €601 million, in the year-earlier period. However, analysts were expecting a net profit of €556 million.
Deutsche Bank shares fell 1.46% to $43.87 in pre-market trading.
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This week, a bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, MD urging him to reject the Medicare Home Health Pre-Claim Review Demonstration and replace it with a more effective program to tackle Medicaid fraud.
The letter, which was signed by twenty-seven members of Floridaâs Congressional delegation, including Senators Bill Nelson (D) and Marco Rubio (R), called on CMS to put the breaks on PCRD ahead of its scheduled implementation date on April 1st. The program was first rolled out in Illinois last August and resulted in numerous technical issues and improper care denials across the state. Because of these issues, CMS initially delayed PCRD from taking effect in Florida and several other states for many months in order for it to be improved. However, it is clear that no serious effort was made to fix the underlying problems with PCRD during that time.
âWe support efforts to combat Medicare fraud and protect taxpayer funds, but we are concerned that the PCRDâs current parameters are too broad to reduce fraud and improper payment rates,â the letter reads. âWe encourage you to consider an alternative approach that would achieve these goals and ease the administrative burden and additional implementation costs for smaller home health agencies, and ensure timely patient access to services.â
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Malaysian court rules Christians cannot use 'Allah' to refer to God
October 14, 2013
An appeals court in Malaysia has ruled that Christians cannot use the word "Allah."
Reversing a lower court's ruling from 2009, the Court of Appeals said that the word "Allah" can only be used by Muslims, although Christians in the Asian country have traditionally used the word to refer to God.
"The usage of the word 'Allah' is not an integral part of the faith in Christianity," the Court of Appeals ruled, in arguing that a ban on use of the word by non-Muslims would not violate the religious freedom of the Christian minority.
Father Lawrence Andrew, the editor of the Malaysia Herald, told AsiaNews that the Catholic newspaper would appeal appeals court's decision to the country's federal court. The controversy over the use of "Allah" had begun when government authorities threatened to strip the Herald of its license to publish because the paper used that term. The Herald won an earlier court decision to continue publishing, but angry Muslims protested that decision and have continued pressing the government to enforce a ban on the use of "Allah" by non-Muslims.
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- Malaysia: court setback for Christians on use of "Allah" (CWN, 8/22)
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Why does the Maylasian Church need to find another word? The Arabic word "Allah" ("the God") predates Islam. I have heard Eastern Catholics using it in liturgies in Israel. Why should we WILLINGLY abandon the common Arabic word for God? Next, we can abandon "Dios," "Gott," "Dieu" and even "God," since other non-Christian religions also use these terms.
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Some Christians believe--contrary to VCII--that Muslims are pagans and that their Allah is actually a moon god, just the only god they pray to. VCII taught that they pray to the same God we do, but deny the three persons. It looks like the Malaysian church needs to find another word.


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FEATURE VIDEO: GoPro footage of massive mothership supercell in northeast Nebraska on June 16, 2014 to the west of the earlier Pilger supercell that produced the "Twin Tornadoes".
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Cherry Garth is a 19th century traditional Lakeland house situated in Ambleside village in the heart of the Lake District. Cherry Garth is family owned and run by sisters Amy and Viv and is superbly positioned less than five minutes walk from both the centre of Ambleside and Lake Windermere. Guests benefit from a sunny south-westerly aspect with wonderful views over the surrounding Lakeland fells. The guest house has a large private car park at the bottom of the garden, just off the main road into Ambleside. Cherry Garth is a non-smoking house which welcomes well behaved pets. All rooms have tea & coffee making facilities and flatscreen TV with built in DVD. The landscaped garden features level lawns, attractive sitting areas, an ornamental pond and a wide variety of mature flowering shrubs and bushes. The house and garden are floodlit each evening, allowing guests to take in the view and watch the sun setting whilst sitting outside enjoying a drink. The guest house can also offer walkers a packed lunch, for a small charge, that includes a sandwich, crisps, breakfast bar, fruit, drink and biscuit. It is asked that these are pre-ordered as they are freshly prepared. Flasks can also be filled with tea or coffee, free of charge.


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5 Ways to Handle Your Alcoholic Teenager
Having a teen son or daughter involved in alcohol abuse can create a tough situation at home and school to deal with. Not only is teenage a delicate phase of life for kids, but it is also the time when they are most vulnerable to such vices. Here are a few things you can do to deal with your alcoholic teenager.
1. Know your teen's alcohol consumption habits
If you want to devise strategies to deal with your alcoholic teenager, you will have to first know about your teen's alcohol consumption habits. Does he or she drink excessively only at parties? Does your teen drink because of peer pressure? What kind of liquor does your teen drink? Have you ever found bottles of alcohol hidden in your teen's bag? Knowing all these things with help you to know what the intensity and nature of the problem is. It will give you invaluable insights in dealing with the problem in an effective manner.
2. Confront your teen
Sooner or later, you will have to confront your teen about his or her drinking problem. It is better that you do it at the earliest to nip the problem in its early stages. Sit down with your teen and try to get to the root of the problem. Get to know what the reason for his or her alcohol addiction is. Tell him or her about the ill effects of consuming excessive alcohol and how it can destroy his or her career and social life. Don't expect to drive home your point in just one conversation. You will have to keep at it continuously.
3. Narrate the real life case of an alcoholic you know personally
If your teen's alcohol addiction is beginning to get chronic, you can handle it by pointing out a real life example from your friends of family. Tell your teen about all the troubles that person had to go through and how much effort it took him or her to overcome alcoholism. When you narrate a real life example, your teen will be able to relate to it better than anything else.


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14.2 Adjustment and forfeiture of groundwater allocation – urban water system
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Total forfeiture for both urban water supply licences is the forfeiture reported on 31 March 2012.
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Market Rallies Getting Weaker and Weaker
This is a commentary on the SP 500 index and the broader NYSE index. As I often mention here for Partners, we try to work in probabilities and then plan accordingly with our investing and trading. I look at Elliott Waves, Fibonacci levels, oversold and overbought patterns, cycles, and other indicators to give me some clues. Today, we look at an indicator called The Force Index.
The Force Index: Developed by Dr Alexander Elder, the Force index combines price movements and volume to measure the strength of bulls and bears in the market. The raw index is rather erratic and better results are achieved by smoothing with a 2-day or 13-day exponential moving average (EMA).
- The higher the positive reading on the Force index, the stronger is the bulls' power.
- Deep negative values signal that the bears are very strong.
- If Force index flattens out it indicates that either (a) volumes are falling or (b) large volumes have failed to significantly move prices. Both are likely to precede a reversal.
That last explanation I bolded because we may be under that type of condition. Below are two charts, one with the SP 500 and the other is the NYSE composite index. Recently, the NYSE composite has managed a light 45% re-tracement of the Jan/Feb decline, whereas the SP 500 has managed a stronger 67% re-tracement of the prior decline. Some have surmised the SP futures are being manipulated most every monday morning by strange and heavy futures buying in pre-market. 22 of the last 25 weeks this has been the case, yet the overall internals of the market are not showing as being very strong if you look at the Force Index. They especially show up weak if you view the larger NYSE composite index, which would be much harder to "paint" as it were.
My point on these charts is to look at the brown color for the Force index as it relates to the market movements over several months. As that brown graph gets weaker with each rally, it means the bulls have less and less power and volume and money pushing the market higher. Most recently, this last market rally has been the weakest in months according to The Force Index indicator, and again, helps to provide me with clues that a C wave down is still due.
This may help you all understand my apprehension near term on the broader markets and why we have positioned or recommended positioning in the EDZ and/or the TZA ETF's. The market may bounce a bit higher early in the week to complete the zig zag bounce from the Feb lows, but I expect a re-test of the Jan/Feb lows to commence. If I'm wrong, it won't be the first time nor the last...
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Call it a bubble car as Ross Lovegrove does! But this designer concept-car is multifunctional as it turns into a 'Car on a Stick' during day time and streetlight at night. The idea is to make less use of parking space by placing the cars on the top of telescopic poles, which then behave as street lights. This green built-up automobile concept is a right platform for all solar power driven cars that navigates using GPS technology.
It can accommodate four people and is transparent, very human, subtle, mild, non-polluting and doesn't produce any noise. I am waiting for the day when this concept would turn into reality.
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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "A Whole Flock of Cheese" Chet has gone on a cheese craze, replacing everything in the doghouse (including the furniture) with cheese-inspiring Ruff to send Emmie on a cheese-themed challenge. Meanwhile, Ruff is searching for his long-lost parents and decides to employ the help of a carrier pigeon. He sends Jay and Rubye out to learn about carrier pigeons and then compete in a race against one!. D
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Arthur "Binky Barnes, Art Expert/Arthur's Lucky Pencil" Arthur and Buster have to work with Binky on an art project, but what does a bully like Binky know about art? A lot more than they do, it turns out. In part two, Arthur discovers the secret to success -- a pencil that brings good luck to whoever possesses it. But pencils get shorter when they're sharpened, and soon, Arthur's entire future rests on a small stub of lead. D
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The Harder the Better
i love the hard, fast, hair pullin, *** slapin, make-me-your-**** kinda rough sex. im also a bdsm sado-masochist, so that adds to it a bit. down side, i bruise easily so people always think im in some sort of unhealthy abusive relationship.
I just love a spanking before and during sex!
i love that kinda hard ******..but only with the niggas i **** with ..never my husband. my main one (SHANK) takes a belt to my *** every now n then n ***** slaps me hard across my face..and i love it! hell spit in my face and even in my mouth sometimes when im ******* cuz he knows i dont like that but he can get away with it when im cummin around his ****,hes a sneaky bastard,but i love his sneaky *** lol.
i'm deff a fan of rough sex i love my *** being smacked being talked dirty to sometimes even getting lightly choked i rather be rough with my partner though because i love being in control so i rather smack him in the face or talk real drity to him pull his hair while im riding him. sometimes even spit in his mouth ..haha idk i'm weird.
I've really had only two experiences.

One. A girl who loved her face slapped...in fact while ******* her, the slap across the face would bring her to ******.

Two, and girl who loved having her head pushed down as she sucked my ****. Would love me to hold her head with both hands and force her down as I ****** her face.
Fortunately i do'nt bruise easily. I love a belt and riding crop on my bare bottom.
I love it too a lot and I bruise easily also. I went to an alternative school during me senior year of high school from getting into trouble and being a naughty girl and my boyfriend would always punish me for being that naughty girl which is awesome. Anyway I went to school with a lot of street fighting type people so there was always two cops on duty during school hours and one of the cops pulled me aside one day and asked me why I had so many bruises on my arms and if someone was beating me up. He didn't even know me but was pretty concerned. After I told him that my boyfriend and I like rough sex and I bruise easily I never heard another word out of him about it. The look that he gave me after I confessed that to him was like "I wish my wife would do kind of kinky **** for me". It was funny.
Hi Danny,

understand you.

Yes, in context of control and consensus.

The greater the mutual trust....and courage..the more possibilties.

Like rough play too. Of course in a trusted atmosphere, in appreciation and mutual respect.

Kind of basic instinct which is only unhalthy when not rightly communicated.

I like it too, but only when I initiate it. :) It's good to be loved hard by a Masterful man that you love.


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In Memory of
Violet Marie Aguillard
October 4, 1934 - July 4, 2012
Lake Charles- Violet Marie "Aggie" Aguillard, 77, was called home July 4, 2012 surrounded by the love of her family.
Ms. Marie was born to Alvin and Annie Mae Perkins. She was married to Louis Aaron Aguillard. Marie devoted her life providing love, faith, strength, joy, passion, humor, and happiness to her family.
Ms. Aguillard worked at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for 29 years before retiring. Her retirement years were spent enjoying her family and her sweet dog "sugar baby" at her side.
Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Lawana Kay Pettefer and husband, Charles, Kathy Baham and husband, Thomas; her son, Aaron Dale Aguillard; eight grandchildren, four great grandchildren; brothers, Alvin Perkins, Jr. and wife, Connie, Harry Gene Perkins and wife, Sammye, Dewayne Perkins and wife, Marjorie, Charles Perkins, Terry Perkins and wife, Janice; sister, Ann Perkins.
Ms. Aguillard is preceded in death by her parents, and husband, Louis Aguillard.
Her Celebration of Life will be at 10am, Saturday in Hixson Funeral Home of Lake Charles. Pastor Glenn Massey will officiate. Visitation will be Friday 5pm-9pm at the funeral home and resume 8 am until service time. A graveside service will be at 2pm Saturday at West Cemetery in Elizabeth, LA.
The family would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff of 7 tower at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Extended care, Dr. Ben Thompson and Dr. Broussard for their kindness and excellent care.
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A Monaco Story: Mika and Nico Chats in Monte CarloClarissa May 23, 2012
Surely you have already seen two or more people bumping at each other in a random place, maybe in a coffee shop or an elevator, and it is not unusual anymore.
In this video, it shows how Mika Hakkinen and Nico Rosberg sort of bumped into each other in Monte Carlo. You shouldn't be surprised, as they live just a few floors apart.
Mika Hakkinen has long history with Mercedes-Benz. In 1998 and 1999, he won the world title riding the McLaren Mercedes. Nico Rosberg is driving for the third season since Silver Arrows returned.
In the video, you will see how long they've been 'together', it was long before Rosberg started in motorsports. He was just 11 years old when he met Mika, because Keke Rosberg, was the leader of his management team.
Watch the video and hear how these two motorsports champion got in the game and stayed in it, and how they also got in their friendship. For the full story and the gallery, you can see it after the jump.
Race Preview Feature Five: A Monaco story: When Nico met Mika
Mika Häkkinen was the first Mercedes-Benz world champion of the modern era, and a two-time title winner in 1998 and 1999 with McLaren Mercedes; Nico Rosberg is the first man to win a Grand Prix at the wheel of a Silver Arrow since the great Juan Manuel Fangio, in the third season of the return of the Silver Arrows. On the eve of the race around their home streets, the two men met to discuss their experiences as part of one of the most spectacular events in world sport.
The histories of Mika Häkkinen and Nico Rosberg have been intertwined for more than twenty years, when Nico was just a young boy and Mika worked with Keke Rosberg, who led his management team.
"I don't remember when we first met – maybe Mika does!" laughs Nico when the question comes.
"Well, I started working with Keke at the end of 1987," recalls Mika. "I think the first time we met must have been down here in Monaco in the early '90s. I was visiting Keke, and you were playing in your room! It's possible I was his first sponsor in karting – do you remember that?"
"Yeah, sure," laughs Nico. "It was 1997, I was 11 years old and competing in the French go-karting championship. I had a poster in my room with all my sponsors on there, and one of them was you!"
"My son is eleven now," says Mika, picking up the thread. "I'm sure I did a contract with Keke that one day, when Nico will win races and be world champion, he has to start supporting my son Hugo!"
If the early stages of Nico's career were supported by Mika – who today himself is a partner with Didier Coton in Aces Management and has, among others, young Finn Valtteri Bottas under his wing – the parallels between the two have only grown stronger as time has passed. Both Mika and Nico had to wait until their seventh Formula One season before climbing the top step of the podium – Mika after 96 races, at the 1997 European Grand Prix in Jerez; Nico in his 111th start, at this year's Chinese Grand Prix. And both in their third seasons driving Mercedes-Benz-powered cars.
"Your first victory in Formula One always feels like it is a long time coming," explains Mika. "And especially in my case – but when it arrives, the feeling is just amazing. But problems are part of life, and winning or losing, they don't disappear. You need to keep understanding the cause of disappointments and where you and the team can improve. There is no point having your face upside down for one week – it's better to pick up the phone, travel, see people, talk, organise yourself. Then you know that at the next event, you will be stronger – and if not the car, then yourself; you can always be better. Because the day when you have a car to win, you have to be ready. If not, it's too late. I knew that one day I was going to win, it just took a long time."
"I had exactly the same feeling – Ross, all the guys, kept telling me that the win would come, I just needed to stay patient and take my opportunity," agrees Nico. "Of course, you get frustrated if it doesn't go perfectly, but time takes that away and you keep going, follow the development, communicate constantly with the team."
"Nico did a perfect weekend in China and deserves full credit for that win," emphasises Mika. "It was not depending on circumstances or luck, but purely on his hard work. As a Mercedes-Benz ambassador, it was great not only to watch his achievements, but to enjoy seeing Mercedes-Benz back on the top step of the podium."
Inevitably, the conversation soon turns to the unique challenge of racing around the Monegasque streets, which have been home to both of them for more than 20 years. For Nico, the tunnel was once the route to school, in the passenger seat next to his Mum or on the school bus. And that 'local' feel is one that Mika says remains throughout the weekend.
"I had some great victories in my career, but Monaco was something special," remembers Mika. "I have lived here for 20 years and the thing you realise is that the people who work on the race track are also the people who live and work in Monaco – the police, the pompiers. In everyday life, these are the guys you see in the street and they say 'hi' as you walk past. To win in Monaco is like winning in your home streets, and you recognise faces all through the weekend."
"It's home for me too, of course," picks up Nico. "I've grown up here, all my friends are here and my family, I know everybody and it's very special to race here. Mentally, it's quite a demanding weekend. You have a lot going on, a lot of PR events and appointments. Plus on track, too, it's a bit more intense – but not so much. You need to be super concentrated at every circuit."
"That's true. But what changed for me was that, when I got a car that I would win races with, Monaco became more important for some reason. When you are hunting pole position in Monaco, your mind changes; you put yourself in a higher power, even though you think you are doing it already. When you are fighting for P11 or P12, you always think you are doing your maximum. But when I started fighting for pole, it just happened that I was working even harder to reach my goal – but not purposely. And of course, we changed the car, too: the steering lock, and the seating position to sit higher in the car, because the aero was not so important and we wanted to see the Armco properly."
"That's interesting, because we definitely make changes, too," says Nico. "But I don't think it's common practice, even today."
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British Grand Prix: Hamilton breaks records, surfs crowd, Vettel breaks tyres
Lewis Hamilton won his fourth consecutive British Grand Prix to cut Sebastian Vettel's championship lead to a single point after the Ferrari suffered late tyre problems.
The first few laps were key in a race that was disappointingly free of rain. Lewis Hamilton got away well in his Mercedes as the Ferraris had to cope with the lurking dangers posed by Max Verstappen's Red Bull; and the Brit stayed focused after an early safety car, pulling away once more and staying in the lead until the end for his fourth consecutive British Grand Prix win.
It was a disappointing show from Sebastian Vettel, who struggled in the closing laps, overtaken by Valtteri Bottas and then clocking relatively slow laps.
To add insult to injury, Vettel and Raikkonen picked up punctures practically simultaneously, meaning they both dropped down the pack - and the German had his championship lead cut to a single point with a seventh-place finish.
Sebastian Vettel's punctureGetty Images
Five stars out of five. A nice Sunday stroll for Hamilton. He complained about tyre blistering towards the end, but it was a problem only noticeable to him; perhaps he was simply bored and looking for something to keep him interested, with then-closest challenger Kimi Raikkonen a good 13 seconds behind him at that point.
He celebrated in style by staging an impromptu crowd-surf around Silverstone.
Meanwhile, the men who shared the podium with him were sitting in a big room, looking horrendously bored as they couldn't get their press conference under way without the race victor.
Valtteri Bottas does not want praise or congratulations. He just wants a place on the podium.
A great start by Max Verstappen, noting on the grid that Sebastian Vettel had flames and smoke at the back of his car, and then promptly pushing him at the start, into the first couple of turns and sliding into third.
Difficult to pick one of Daniel Ricciardo's brilliant moves. Starting from the back of the grid after turbo failures across the weekend, the Red Bull driver carefully carved his way through the field. His slice past Kevin Magnussen on Lap 36 was simply beautiful - what an incredible achievement to finish in fifth after a dismal few days.
Red Bull pitted Max Verstappen twice. He was undercut by Ferrari early on, as they got Vettel into the pits and back out on track again during their duel and then did not stop him again - it turned out to be a massive risk that did not pay off as the championship leader's tyres began to fall apart.
"What happened to Sebastian is exactly why we pitted you," Verstappen's race engineer told him. It all made sense in retrospect.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen at the British Grand PrixGetty Images
Renault's Nico Hulkenberg finished in sixth, staying out of all the drama and getting himself some useful points; the team will be pleased too what with Jolyon Palmer's failure to even start the race.
Toro Rosso, what on earth? Daniil Kvyat veered wide, smacked into Carlos Sainz, taking him out. Not the day anyone wanted. Sainz was livid, and understandably so. Kvyat managed to keep running after having his nose cone replaced. He got a drive-through penalty for rejoining the track unsafely, which was probably justified.
There was a legendary boxer as a guest of Williams at Silverstone.
There were also plenty of stars who are happier on two wheels rather than four, with Jason and Laura Kenny there too.
And someone who gave a voice to a four-wheeled star...
And some high-flying guests...
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Jessie D. Phelps, 75, of Mt. Orab, died July 21.
He worked as a laborer at Ford Motor Company.
Phelps was preceded in death by parents Norman T. and Verna Mae Phelps and grandson Anthony Wayne Wood.
He is survived by wife Loretta Phelps, children Darry L. (Angela) Phelps and Robin (Gary Dunn, II) Phelps, grandchildren Brittani Landers, Ashley Fajardo, Matthew Wood, and Casey Phelps, and great-grandchildren Taylor Landers, Ethan Landers, and Isaac Fajardo.
Visitation held 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 25 at the Cahall Funeral Home in Mt. Orab, followed by funeral service at 1 p.m. Interment at Mt. Orab Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Hope, 215 Hughes Blvd, Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.cahallfuneralhomes.com.


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I am looking for a female dreamworld dratini can anyone give one.
PM me if you have one
I am looking for a female dreamworld dratini can anyone give one.
PM me if you have one
I am looking for a DW Female Dratini or any of its evolutions. Trading DW Female Vulpix with a Thunderstone. Pm me if you want to organize a trade.
Edit: Thanks, trade complete.
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I am looking for a DW female dratini with marvel scale.
Have some DW pokemon
Pm me for more information
i have dratinis with extremespeed,and also regs ,pm me ^^
Just looking for a dratini nothing special
Looking for a female dream world Dratini. Have female DW Vulpix and Magikarp, bred to trade. Also have male Dratini with Extremespeed available. PM me.
Edit: Received DW Dratini. Still offering Extremespeed Dratini.
Last edited by Theonlyadroit; 29th January 2012 at 6:04 PM.
EDIT: Got it, thanks!
Last edited by Red Antares; 13th February 2012 at 5:46 AM.
Looking for a Dratini, preferably level one, I'm not bothered about gender or anything like that. Offering a level one Larvitar in return
I have a female dream world Dratinii with adamant nature aand 31 Iv in attack to trade cheaply if anyone is interested.
I'd be looking for a whismur or wurmple or zigzagoon in return. Or I may just give it away for free if no-oen can offer one of those
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Pokemon Y: FC: 4124-5059-9608
Safari: rock type: Dwebble; Corsola; Barbaracle
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White 2 FC: 0648-3793-7071
White FC: 2193-9266-1731
Singles Battle Subway Team: Record: 52
Doubles Battle Subway Team: Record 120 RMT Here
I have DWF, some Legendaries (not RNG or good IVs) and IV bred pokes for trade. I can also RNG and can offer subway items.
Pidj i'm interested in your dratini don't have what your looking for exactly but got plenty of others i'd give you for it
Offering a male LV. 51 Dratini, will trade for
It's official. Pokemon B/W 2 has the BEST sprites.
Need drantini male or female. Don't have many Pokemon to offer
White 3697 4537 6565
Hey guys, I'm looking for a shiny dratini, any level, preferably untrained. Can offer an event celebi in return
looking for a female dw dratini lv 1-10 dragon pulse if possible, i have lv 1 dw vulpix and lv 1 eevvee's yawn, wish, baton pass. pm me for fc
IIIIIIIIIIIIIII want a dw female Dratini/Dragon(air)(ite). I have a shiny swellow still, as well as a couple dream world females and some well bred pokemon. hmu if you got one
Pkmn W: 3181 5617 3649
Pkmn W2: 1464 4040 1673
i have two female adamant dratini up for trade. i need either a pikachu, treeco, cyndaquil, or bulbasaur or any of those evolutions. pm me if you want one
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White 2(use this unless i say otherwise) - 0004 2322 3585
Need extreme speed male dratini ASAP! PM or VM me! Offering BIG!
EDIT: Got it ;3
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Looking for a Female DW Dratini. I can offer Female DW Gligars and Magikarp in return. I have plenty of options of things I could offer. Just PM me.
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Looking for a Dragonite or a Dragonair close to evolving. Got a few legends that I wouldn't mind trading. PM to talk...
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I need a DW ability Dratini, untrained, PM me your offers. I'll give away pretty much anything, except extremely outrageous offers.
Trading a Japanese Shiny Dratini (Jolly but non-DW) with Flawless IVs. PM me for offers.
What I am looking for in particular: A flawless IV (except that attack stat doesn't matter for this one) Chansey/Blissey (shiny would be preferred) with Seismic Toss and the ability Natural Cure (non-DW ability). Other offers might be accepted though if I like it. xD
DW: Larvitar, Lickitung, Mawile, Mankey, Slowpoke, Wooper, Tentacool, Vulpix, Eevee, Dratini, Magikarp, Girafarig, Bagon.
Legendaries: Kyurem (Jolly), Cobalion (Bold), Flawless Virizion (Timid), Flawless Cobalion (Jolly).
Other: Happiny, Hoppip, Wooper, Aron, Budew, Wurmple, Ralts, Togepi, Charmander, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Treeko, Chikorita, Mudkip, Totodile, Snivy, Oshawott, Tepig, Panpour, Pansage, Pansear, Shroomish, Gastly (got it from the Dream World but either way it only has one ability), Nincada, Snorunt, Rotom, Gligar and maybe some pokemon I'm forgetting about...
Also have Pokerus and 1 Master Ball for trade.
Looking for a dratini, dragonair, or a dragonite (any gender, any level, any name but preferably unnamed) don't have much but I can offer Panpour or Servine. Sorry for the terrible offer, but I've been looking a while ^ ^"
Looking for a dw Dratini,pm me i have other dw females for tradwee
Looking for a flawless dw dratini/dragonair or dragonite with dw ability offering shiny UT channel Jurachi with berry for it


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On a recent trip with Brooke to Deseret Industries (DI), the local thrift for goodwill store, I came across this little beauty.
Brooke and I have caught the bug to decorate our front porches, but we'll tell you about that later.
Actually it didn't look nearly as cute when I first saw it at DI. In fact I completely overlooked it the first time I saw it due to the used-to-be-in-style-I-think painting on it. This is what I originally saw; a wood table refinishing project if I have ever seen one.
Someone a few years ago probably had a wonderful time painting purple lilac type thingies on it to match their floral-everything decor, but thank heavens that is out of style now and thank heavens they didn't bother repainting it themselves, instead donating it for charity.
I paid $10, which is a little higher than I would normally go, but I justified it to myself that all the money goes to humanitarian causes. With that in mind, and seeing how good it looks now, I almost feel guilty I didn't pay more…almost.
Two coats of black spray paint later and I have my new front porch table. The spray paint was around $3 a can but was used for other things like the baskets also in this picture, so I'd estimate about $1.50 in spray paint cost.So for a total cost of $11.50 and about three minutes of spray painting, I now have a great little table for my front porch. I love my new planters/baskets too. They were other DI finds I'll tell about later.
If you have a fall front porch decorating idea, I'd love to know about it. Put a link in the comments or send me an email. If we get enough I might do a link party.
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Monday, December 28, 2015
Good Woman Adopts 11-year-old Cat and Then Returns to Adopt The Cat's Elderly Buddy
Cat shelters are hard places for any cat but for an elderly cat they are particularly hard because a lot of people don't like to adopt an elderly cat. They get left behind, sometimes euthanized. People are wrong though because elderly cats make wonderful companions. The only problem is that you may have to deal with illness which of course I recognise to be a difficulty but the rewards are there.
The 11-year-old cat's name is Mojo. The 16-year-old's name is Max. There are now together in a loving home the way it should be. The lady said:
"The idea of him living out his life in a cage just broke my heart."
If an elderly cat is not euthanized at a shelter they can sometimes go downhill through illness because of the stress of being in cage and a shelter. There are many cases of shelter buddies being split up, leading one to being left behind who shuts down after losing his best friend. It is wonderful that that did not happen on this occasion. We must praise the lady but I don't know her name.
This is a cross-post from the main website because it is such a good story. My thanks to Elisa Black-Taylor who wrote the story on examiner.com and originally to Tracy Campion I believe found the story in the first place.
The shelter is the Anne Arundel Shelter.
Sunday, December 27, 2015
China Tests Cosmetics That Are Manufactured outside China on Animals
The question which now remains is whether these companies such as Revlon and Estee Lauder are in breach of European Union regulations despite the fact, as mentioned, that they are not testing their products on animals. It is bad enough allowing the testing of products other than cosmetics on animals such as medicines. But there is absolutely no justification whatsoever to test cosmetics which are products to enhance the appearance of humans on animals. It can only be described as immoral and unethical and actually it's quite depressing to think about it.
Clearly there needs to be representations to the Chinese on this subject. There won't be, as usual, because the West is dependent upon products manufactured in China to feed the greedy consumer in the West meaning Europe and North America. We don't want to upset them do we? We need their money don't we? We need the Chinese to invest in the West. We need their money to help build our facilities in the UK. The last thing that we want to do is to upset them on the matter of animal welfare. This is depressing.
Search results on PoC for "cosmetics".
This is a cross-post with the main website.
Friday, December 25, 2015
A Quarter of UK Pet Owners Would Give up Their Pet If They Had a New Baby
However, I don't have an example of domestic cats hurting babies. It is a fallacy that the domestic cat presents a danger to a baby. The opposite is nearer the truth. Some people believe that a cat's faeces are a hazard to the unborn baby. I have written an article about that sometime ago which can be read if you click on this link. The hazard is extremely slight and can be protected against quite easily. The danger is certainly exaggerated.
If a person wishes to adopt a cat while at the same time carrying an intention to have a baby in the not too distant future then they should not adopt a cat. Surrendering a cat to a rescue centre should be the very last option and only taken under very severe conditions. Cats are not throwaway creatures to adopt and discard at a person's whim. We know that.
A study also reported that 30% of UK dogs are abandoned in the months just after Christmas. This once again is another aspect of the rather careless, throwaway mentality of some cat and dog caretakers.
The same study reported that 8% of the 2000 pet owners participating had admitted that they had surrendered a cat or dog in the past when they had a newborn.
About 40% of people in a relationship stated that they had not made any plans as to what would happen to their cat or dog if they split up and went their own way while only 34% said that they would try to keep their cat or dog if they separated from their partner. That does not indicate a fantastic attachment between person and pet.
According to the UK's main dog adoption website, 67% of rescue centres said that the surrender of dogs was on the increase.
The famous London animal shelter, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, said that there been increase in people wishing to surrender their pets to their rescue centre in order to go on a summer holiday because they were unable to afford a boarding kennels or find someone to look after their cat or dog. Clearly this is shocking once again and indicates a lack of proper connection between pet and person. These people should not look after a cat or dog. That is obvious. Today there are too many people in the UK and I suspect anymore else in the world who are not suited, if we are honest, to be a responsible caretaker of a cat or dog.
The research comes from Co-op insurance and a poll conducted by One Poll.
Friday, December 19, 2014
Beautiful clouded leopard in Borneo rainforest
This video gets absolutely no views but I like it because there is a mysterious/ghost-like quality. It was taken with a camera trap. It shows the shape of the clouded leopard very well and particularly the extraordinarily long tail (and it is thick too). The tail is used for balance because this cat is arboreal - a tree dweller.
You probably know that the name is after the cloud-like shapes of the spots on this cat. This is a medium-sized wild cat species but at the top end of the medium-sized group.
Cat tails are used for balance. For the domestic cat it is also used for balance but also as a form of communication such as tail up for a friendly greeting and swishing side to side when the cat is indecisive.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
All UK council cleansing departments should check for microchips in cats found dead
Often these cats will be killed on the road and sometimes they will crawl and stagger under a bush beside the road to die but sometimes they might be picked up by the local councils. It has to be said, by the way, that a lot of cat owners don't really seek closure and don't care that much when their cat fails to come home. But the majority do.
That said, it would not take much in the way of resources and effort for the local councils to ensure that their cleansing departments carried microchip scanners which could check whether the dead cat on the road was microchipped and if so identify the owner. They could then pass on the information.
Traveling vet helps to control cat colonies, protect public health
I love to see vets doing things with passion and their heart, while for a moment putting aside profit. This lady in America, Dr Becky Morrow, has a soft spot for strays which is why she conducts clinics in Western Pennsylvania to vaccinate and neuter feral cats. She also founded Frankie's Friends Cat Rescue with some friends.
|Dr Becky Morrow - Photo: Keith Hodan | Trib Total Media
"We're helping animals who don't get help, and that's what I went to vet school to do," Morrow said.Here, here. Well done Dr Becky. I wish more vets were like that but as most of them in the USA declaw cats they can't be because declawing cats goes against the vet's oath and therefore it follows it is not what they went to vet school for....
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Feeding a stray cat is effectively adopting that cat
I think it's true that if you feed a stray cat you are very close to the moment of adopting the cat. Even if you don't actually take the cat in and treat that cat as your own, you are adopting the cat, aren't you?
A journalist, Tim Kreider, writing for the New York Times made a good point. He said that people have "a reservoir of affection". People need to express their affection and in the absence of a person, perhaps child or a lover, they give their affection to a companion animal.
I'm thinking of Sarah Hartwell (of Messybeast.com) who says that cats just happen. They are just there and I'm fairly certain that Sarah Hartwell a well-known cat lover and author has never purposefully adopted a cat because it just happened.
People with this reservoir of affection see in a vulnerable kitten or cat a receptacle for their affection although they probably don't realise it.
I think it happened to me when I adopted Charlie. My mother had just died and I was at her home looking over some furniture which I could take; the usual thing. I had no intention whatsoever of adopting Charlie. I didn't even think about him but there he was looking sheepish in the corner of a room with anxiety written all over his face.
There was nothing I could do other than take him home with me despite the disruption that it was bound to cause together with the long-term responsibilities which I had inexplicably taken on. It must have been that reservoir of affection that I needed to offload onto somebody. At the time I did have a girlfriend but I guess I wasn't allowed by her to deliver enough of my affection to her.
When people have to care for a person who is ill and that caring goes on for a long time then the reservoir of affection runs dry and the process becomes work, painful and irritating. I suppose each person has a different amount of affection in their own reservoir.
You can look at this "reservoir of affection" from the other side of the coin. If we have a reservoir of affection which we need to give to others then it follows that people receive affection from others and therefore need it. They need to be nurtured.
The question is whether a companion animal can nurture a person and I am I not sure that they can sufficiently and this is where there is a possible weakness in the relationship between companion animal and person.
Do you think that a cat companion is able to fully nurture a person? Does a cat have a reservoir of affection which they wish to give to their human guardian?
I do believe though that people have this reservoir of affection and they have a need to nurture others. In fact you can go further than that and say that under normal circumstances a person needs to have responsibilities and those responsibilities extend to looking after another; a companion animal or a person.
Havana Brown: Real Name Angelique Meunier
Angelique Meunier, an Australian celebrity singer/dancer took the name of a cat for her stage name. She must have hijacked the name of a fairly rare purebred pedigree cat, the Havana Brown, which is the name of a chocolate coloured fine looking cat breed. The origin of the name is unclear. It does not refer to havana cigars but may refer to Swiss chocolate or a rabbit!
I don't know of any other celebrity who has taken the name of a cat! It is quite neat in one way but I guess only a few people know it is the name of a cat.
I am slightly peeved because when you Google "Havana Brown" you are presented with a pile of information about this female celebrity. You have to add "cat" to the search.
There are many examples of the names of wild cats being used by people. Tiger Woods, the golfer, is the standout example but many teams also use wild cat names such as "cougar" and "lion" etc.
It is a shame that none of this translates to better cat welfare.
The picture of the cat is by Rikki's Refuge on Flickr
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Is cat genome sequencing a precursor to more experimentation on cats?
We are told that the cat genome has been sequenced. The impression given is that this is a major step. What is genome sequencing? I don't exactly know to be honest but what I do know is that it does allow people to better understand the building blocks of the animal of which the genome has been sequenced and it also allows scientists to better understand the genetics of the animal, as I understand it.
In this instance an Abyssinian cat living at the University of Missoula in Colombia was the subject chosen to represent her species. A 25 man multinational scientific team was pulled together to sequence the cat genome.
It is stated on the website that provides the source of this information that one reason for sequencing the genes of the cat is to better understand disease, at least in theory. Although cats and humans don't infect each other with their respective diseases except on rare occasions, domestic cats are known to suffer from about 250 conditions which are "analogous to human conditions".
One of them is feline AIDS (FIV) caused by a virus which depresses the immune system. Accordingly, "feline infectious agents offer powerful natural models of deadly human diseases".
Those words indicate to me, possibly incorrectly, that scientists have recognised that many diseases that affect the cat take a similar course to diseases that affect humans and therefore testing medications on cats may help scientists to better understand how to cure human diseases.
I'm just throwing up a red flag to see where it lands but I don't see any reason to sequence the cat genome other than if it has some benefit to people because that is how people think. Already we know that cats are used in medical testing, although of course, far more rarely than mice, for example.
I hope I'm incorrect.
Working Cats
Let's restore a greater percentage of semi-feral cats to their rightful place in society: the working cat. Wasn't that meant to be what they were at the beginning, when first domesticated?
Not all feral cats run a mile at the sight of people. There is a wide spectrum of types of feral cat and some are quite domesticated but live outside. For instance, there is a lady in the UK who looks after "allotment cats" (allotments in the UK are gardens in a different place to where you live). These are semi-feral cats.
Cats Protection in the UK ask people to contact them if they know of cats that would suit the working cat environment such as farms, stables, smallholdings etc.
In America, the Arizona Humane Society have a page on their website where they say cats will work for mice. I like that. They ask people to give them their stray and feral cats. They say there is a waiting list of potential homes for working-cat candidates. I presume this to mean there are more people seeking working cats than there are available cats.
Arizona Humane Society provides a great start up pack to a person who'd like a working cats (applicants for cats have to take a minimum of cats).
The Society supplies:
- an enclosure
- food
- bedding
- and litter box and litter to get you started.
They make the good point that working cats are an environmentally friendly form of pest control. The benefits are enormous. The lives of two cats are saved and there is no need to put down poisons to control pests, plus you have the fun of looking after a cat which will probably be friendly as well as able to live semi-wild.
There may be some difficulties with relocating cats but if those risks are outweighed by the benefits I believe and these sorts of programs also raise the profile of feral cats in the eyes of others. We need that because too many people see feral cats as pests.


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Have not checked in for a long time. Too much to say as to what has been going on, but the short version is: my youngest son has been sick since last February, and now will need another surgery. Five months ago, we thought they solved the problem, but we have another one connected to the old problem. And he will need yet, another test, before they really know what is causing the problem.
I was told on Father's day weekend to call hospice in for my dad. They gave him six months to live, he went downhill so fast. The called me to the hospital one Sunday this past August. Told me he was getting worse. I told him he could go home--if that is what he wanted. I told him I would be with him, and I would take care of mom. It would be alright. He died approx. nine hours later, he finally slipped into a comfortable sleep from the morphine. I tried to get him last rites, but being a Sunday, the hospital clergy were all out, my church couldn't send anyone. I cried and prayed before he died that God would call him home, I cried and prayed after he died that he would be with God and in peace. I had to tell my mom as she walked into his room to see him, that he had passed away while she was on her way to the hospital. I beleive he did not want to put her through the difficutly of watching him die. He knew somehow, that I could handle it. But I am having a hard time not having my dad anymore. I am requesting prayers for my mom, she and dad were married 59 years, and she is having a very hard time. Not only from the emotional upheaval, but a financial one as well. She is slipping into a depression, I can see it, from all the worries she has with paying for the funeral, bills, and everyday things. I know prayer is a powerful thing, and I have requested prayers before, and they are heard. Could all of you pray for mom? That God sends her strength and patience. I know things will improve in time with the finances, but I worry about her and the emotional side of being without my dad.
Also, everyone had prayed for my friend's son, who was in a horrific MVA over a year ago. It was bad, they didn't expect him to live. The last update I gave was he was doing well. Well, he is still in rehab, but he is walking with a walker, speaking much, much better than a few months ago, can feed himself. Can move around in his wheelchair. The progress is constent, and he will go even further---and I beleive that is because he had so very many people praying for him. I beleive he is a miracle.
May God bless you all, and I will keep you all in my prayers tonight. Thank you, Meemaws girl
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I have a 1996 Ford Escort, 1.9l engine. NO A/C. Once the car is started the cooling fan comes on and stays on constantly until the engine is shut off. It does not come on when the key is turned on, only after the car is started. The engine is not overheating and runs within specs. The fan that is running constant, is the high side fan. I have quickly checked the relays and wiring (for corrosion) and can't find anything wrong at this time. I have noticed other Fords do the same thing. Could I have a faulty relay or is there something wrong with the ground system going through the computer?
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Lynn, I can't remember the last time I cried about my mom. There was a wall between my heart and my memories of the brief time while I had a mom, writing this brought that time back to life in a way I haven't felt in a long time. This project has given me the strength to pick up that burden, and embrace it as my mother's final gift. You have definitely tapped into something of real value for people. ~ Will, Northern CA Willspirit.com
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In 2009-2010, the ALC with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York undertook a Mapping Study on "Peace and Security Studies in African Universities." This study had several objectives, including:
- Expanding the ALC's (and its partners') understanding of the state of knowledge building on peace and security in African Universities.
- Fostering close cooperation with select universities studying peace and security in Africa with a view to strengthening the work of the ALC and promoting its key strategic objectives.
- Using the mapping study and resulting collaboration with select African Universities as a basis of fostering closer associations with a broad range of actors in the field of peace and security in Africa including national and regional organisations as well as non-governmental entities.
The findings of that initial mapping study not only improved the ALC's understanding of the state of peace and security studies in African universities, but also revealed important gaps and informed the ALC's engagement and partnerships on issues of peace and security on the continent. Some of the conclusions and recommendations from that study pointed towards a future agenda for ALC, and other institutions seeking to contribute to peace and stability in Africa. The following questions and issues formed the core of the conclusions from the 2009 mapping study and conference, in which its findings were first disseminated:
- Defining "peace" and "security" for Africa: Given Africa's unique history, it is important to examine the relevance of externally generated definitions and methodologies. This remains a priority intellectual challenge for African scholars and institutions as well as those seeking to support peace and security efforts in this terrain. There remains a dearth of historical analysis and consistent focus on conceptual study of peace and security. Understanding the evolution of this field in Africa, the nature of the terrain in which it is being studied and practiced is central to any effort to conceptually and practically grasp this field–– in an African context.
- Defining and designing the content of peace and security courses across Africa: Is there latitude for uniformly designing courses across Africa? Or should content be determined based on the peculiarities of different national or regional environments? Overall, there is merit in looking into the development of an Africa-centred curriculum that takes the experiences of the continent into account. • Peace and security as an evolving discipline in Africa: Like other parts of the world, this discipline is unlikely to remain static. Will it evolve based on the demands placed on it by stakeholders or in response to transformations within the peacebuilding terrain? If so, how can the study of the field and curriculum be adapted in this regard?
- Developing a network of scholars, teachers and mentors: Is it possible to develop such a network across African Universities? How can we overcome the challenges posed by university governance structures? Is a "Centre of Excellence" approach along regional lines useful in the effort to develop such a network?
- Overcoming language barriers in the teaching and study of peace and security in Africa: This remains a continuous challenge in the effort to build Africa-wide networks and developing curricula and systems of engagement that connect scholars and institutions across the continent. It requires coherent, long-term strategies and engagement.
- Ensuring a connection between universities and the rest of society: This is perhaps the most difficult challenge that confronts the effort to develop a coherent and robust study of peace and security in Africa. Studying peace and security is not an end in itself. The very essence of such a project is to ensure that the network of scholars and universities remain relevant to the security and development challenges confronting African citizens and states. Only a systematic engagement with the African peace and security terrain beyond the first important step of teaching and research will ensure that relevance. At the moment, such systematic engagement is yet to occur and in the absence of this, the ideas, strategies and resources for responding to Africa's security challenges are largely externally generated alongside few isolated African voices and opinions.
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Thursday, July 05, 2012
Long time since I've written anything here of substance. Sure I've put up several links, but very little about what I've been up to.
In a word: Life.
Life is complex. Three busy kids, a (more than) full-time job, and everything else. On the bright side, things are settling into a little bit of a holding pattern (at least for me) for July; almost everything has been arranged for our trip to Scotland and Iceland in August. After my (emergency) business trip to Columbia MD last week, we then went over to the island. I got in an Island Weekend to celebrate Canada Day, then got back in town Tuesday morning. My wife and kids come back Friday, then leave for the interior for two weeks of piping and dancing Sunday morning. As a result, I've got almost three weeks to myself. Time to take a bit of a breather before the craziness of August, time to turn my focus a little back to me for a bit, and be a bit selfish.
The last couple months have taken a little bit of a toll. I've been cycling to work a lot and continuing to walk at lunch time, but I've been finding myself a lot more "snacky" and making some less-than-good choices food-wise. I more or less dropped off of SP, stopped following and reading friends' blogs, stopped following people's activity feeds, and was less than diligent on food tracking. Exercise tracking yes, food tracking no.
I'm still holding at more than 100 pounds lost since my start (101.8 pounds, to be precise) but I'm up about 5 pounds since the end of May. Nothing horrible, but when I was out kayaking Monday I got a little reminder: my wetsuit was a bit snug. (As an aside, does anyone else see something wrong with needing to wear a full wetsuit and not a shorty in July????) Not really a surprise; even though my legs are solid from all the cycling my spare tire's a bit bigger than it used to be. I'm about 15 pounds heavier than when I bought it, and probably about 8 pounds heavier than when I last wore it, so that feedback was totally fair.
So, now that I've got the breather, it's time to do something. I know what to do, and how to do it, so I'm going to focus this month on doing it. Eat less (cut down on the snacks), move more (or at least not "move less" - I'm pretty good here), track everything (accurate food tracking and regular weigh-ins).
I'm also going to try to do longer run or bike trip a couple times a week. I actually find that sustained Cardio (45 minutes or more) is a little bit of an appetite suppressor and I'm wondering if even though I'm burning calories like mad cycling to and from work 3-4x a week, that each individual bike trip is too short, 25-30 minutes.
Oh, and just because I can, here's a link that I found somewhat appropriate:
Why's it appropriate? Simple. While I was on my trip down South last week, I picked up two Galaxy Tab 2's, a 7-inch and a 10.1 inch. We have three iDevices in the family (an iPhone and two iPod Touches) and were contemplating an iPad, but given that there are five of us in the family that would leave someone out for airplane entertainment, and we were also wanting a GPS for driving in Scotland. Looking forward, we were also at the point where my wife wanted an eBook reader of some sort, and my son will need something for note taking in his new school in the Fall, and the 7-inch and 10.1 inch would do well for those two tasks. Oh, and yes, they are just plain cool and fun to play with - Apes with Apps indeed. I was able to get both of them for less than an iPad, and picked them up a day before injunction against sale of the 10.1 inch version. It was also a day before the announcement of the Google Nexus 7, but I learned long ago not to second-guess tech purchases; there's always something newer and snazzier just around the corner, and in any event we still would have wanted the bigger one as well.
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Enjoy your breather with some time to yourself.
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Enjoy your July! I'm sure you'll be missing your wife and kids before too long, though. I agree with you about the longer cardio being an appetite suppressant - I hope you find those longer workouts do the job for you. All the best!
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I'm breathless (well almost). You guys really have a lot going on.
Enjoy your me-time.
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Amazing you get time to Spark at all!
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You have been busy.
Good plan for the month.
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Sounds like a busy time for y'all. Congrats on the additions to your 'pads' collection. Down here where I live, this time of year, you definitely wouldn't even want to wear a short wet suit as it would be way too uncomfortable even if it fit properly
When I cycle outside it normally for 30 minutes or less and relatively short distances. However when I use my indoor recumbent bike, like this morning, I managed 90 minutes and 30.6 miles.
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