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Max Page, the little boy who won America's heart in 2011 as the little Darth Vader who used "the force" to start his family's Volkswagen, has been facing big challenges all his life. He was born with a congenital heart defect and on Wednesday (June 13) will undergo his eighth heart surgery in seven years. The goal of the surgery is to repair a hole in his heart and replace his pulmonary valve.
Dr. Michael Silka of Children's Hospital Los Angeles tells "Today" that the artery that carries the blood between the heart and the lungs is almost the size of an infant's artery – he likens it to trying to pump gas through a straw.
"Doctors have told us Max has not known how good he can feel … so this is going to enable him to become even more active, which is hard to believe," Buck Page, Max's father, tells Ann Curry in an interview.
Jennifer Page, Max's mom, also has shared via press release what Max has said about the surgery: "Mom, I don't have a choice. I have to go through it. I don't like it and it's still scary, but I have to, so I think I might as well go through it with a good attitude."
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Ebony Lugo, 23, a switchboard operator at a college in New York City, turned her weight-loss journey into a savings plan.
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Three months later, she got up her courage and went to the gym. She started with cardio machines — treadmill, stationary bike, elliptical trainer, stair stepper. And she began changing her eating habits, using the free website sparkpeople.com for nutrition guidance.
She knew her dining-out habits had to change. She frequently grabbed breakfast on the way to work and ate lunch out, often spending $100 a week on those two meals. And she and her boyfriend went for dinner three times a week, which cost them $120 to $160.
So Lugo did an about-face on dining out: She started eating breakfast at home. "I bought the big box of oatmeal, and that thing lasts forever. I started bringing lunch to work instead of buying lunch out. No more big burgers at night."
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Editor's note: A.J. Foyt document his team's season in the Izod IndyCar Series in an exclusive online diary for USA TODAY. This is his final entry of the year:
All's well that ends well. That sums up our week in southern Florida and might even sum up our season in the Izod IndyCar Series.
Before I go further, I'd like to congratulate Dario Franchitti on a helluva run in the final stretch to win the IndyCar title. He won the A.J. Foyt Oval Championship in Japan and I gave him the trophy in Homestead. Even though he comes from a road racing background, he is a great oval racer. And I think it's because that smooth precision that makes him superior on the street and road circuits, makes him so hard to beat on the ovals. I was real proud to present him the first trophy.
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We began our week in Florida testing our ABC Supply Dallara/Honda at Homestead-Miami Speedway on the Monday before the race. We tested in the afternoon and into the evening along with several other teams. While we got the car handling to Vitor Meira's liking, it just wasn't real fast.
We were scheduled to get a fresh engine for the race weekend because the one Honda had given us for Japan was mileaged out after the test. I was keeping my fingers crossed.
I decided to stay in Florida for the week rather than fly back and forth to Texas. I'd been going at it pretty hard on my ranches since Kentucky so I was looking forward to the break. As it turned out, it rained on Tuesday and Wednesday so I did a whole lot of nothing.
On Tuesday we were at the track and we decided to go to Islamorada for lunch. It hadn't started raining yet which was good since it was an outdoor restaurant. About halfway there, it started to rain so we turned around and began looking for a place to eat in Key Largo without much luck. Then my good friend Jimmy Greer remembered a nice restaurant and the name of it — the Ocean Reef Club. Well, it'd been about 30 years or so since he'd been there so when we pulled up to the gate, we found out it wasn't open to the public anymore. We started working on Plan C, which took us back to Homestead.
By now our lunch was turning into dinner. We drove around Homestead to three different restaurants using my GPS and I didn't like the looks of any of them. I'm funny that way. If a restaurant doesn't appeal to me on the outside, I don't bother going in. We went to my old favorite The Capri, which is where I always eat because the food is good. I had thought we might try something different but after three hours of driving around, we ate a mile from our hotel!
Our plans to drive to Key West the next day didn't make it past the weather report — it rained all day. I was getting real tired of having nothing to do.
I was glad to get to the track on Thursday. I went over the set-up with our engineer Jeff Britton so the ABC Supply No. 14 was ready to go on Friday.
In the first practice, Vitor noticed the difference of the Honda engine right away. He was in the top five or six for most of the practice. We ended up ninth and were pretty sure we'd qualify in the top 10.
Not sure what went wrong but Vitor qualified 21st. It had us puzzled but I think we figured it out in the final practice. It seemed the tire sets were inconsistent and we had sets that worked well and ones that didn't. And we weren't the only ones.
It proved to be true in the race, too. We had good stints — where Vitor was able to pass cars inside or outside — and we had bad stints — where he was holding on. At one point (around halfway) Vitor said whatever you did to the tires, keep doing it because it was good. I told him we didn't do anything to the tires they just gave us a good set!
What was consistent? Our pit stops! Our ABC Supply crew was fast all night long.
Our strategy was working good too; we ducked into the pits at the end of a yellow on lap 146 that gave us track position for the final stint. But we gained track position when the other leaders had to pit. We took fifth on lap 182 but couldn't hold back Ryan Briscoe, but neither could his teammate Helio Castroneves. Hell, if it had stayed green for the final 40 laps, we were looking at third because I seriously doubt Scott Dixon (who won the race), Helio or Ryan could have gone the distance without stopping for a splash of gas!
We finished sixth which was our second-best showing of the season. What made me proud is that we came from behind and worked together to get it. Jeff gave us a good race set-up, our ABC Supply crew gave us fast and solid pit stops, Vitor drove a strong race and my son Larry made good strategic calls. It's a good way to end a season that has shown this potential throughout but always derailed before the checkered.
Having some of ABC Supply's top executives there to see it in person was icing on the cake for our team. I'm told that we had our ABC guests — 250 of them — cheering for Vitor every lap!
We also gained a spot in the points to finish 12th in the IndyCar Series — not the top-10 we were aiming for but still our best finish in the last seven seasons in a series that gets more competitive each year!
As I said before, all's well that ends well.
I hope you have a good offseason. For our ABC Supply team, 2011 has already begun.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
[The only thing that could make this sign better is if it showed the doggie in action...unless that is not a tail - in that case, it must eat like my mutt.]
Why? Well, ideally it means that a lot of people are living there and walking their dogs. The two cities that immediately come to mind as the most notorious for doggie doo doo are Paris and Rome. I'm sure many other large, livable cities have similar reputations.
[La Defense is so uninspiring isn't int? Perhaps the point was to contrast it with the beauty of the rest of the city. Clever Architects.]
As for Dallas? Well, I've mentioned before in the Olfactory Map of DTD about the smell of dog piss and the presence of dog shit in the little pocket doggie park at the DP&L building. This is one of the very few places in DTD dedicated to doggie defecation [if you think I'm letting this alliteration thing go, you'd be wrong].
In all of downtown, there is currently about 5,500 residents. Naturally, some will be douchebags and not pick up after their dog. I can't recall if I've ever seen anybody deliberately not pick up their doggie diarrhea, but the presence is there. That's fifty-five hundred people potentially using a 5,000 sq.ft. patch of knobby grass.
Even some like to let them go in their building of residence without cleaning up after their pikey mutt. I have even cleaned up some in my hallway just to avoid any potential blame addressed at mine. I reflexively (and probably incorrectly) like to blame spoiled SMU coeds who have never lifted a finger for their little Sparkles or Sprinkles or whatever lame name they heap upon their little Maltese, probably get their rent covered by Daddy, and in all likelihood made a mistake moving downtown, don't fit in, and CAN'T WAIT to get back to uptown where all is sweetness and light, with gumdrops falling from the trees, oh and the serial rapist there. [Has that dude ever been caught?]
I have a personal quandary, albeit a minor one. Use a permanent grocery getter bag [the obviously more sustainable choice] or collect the plastic bags? Considering that the doggie digger upper bags are never stocked, I choose to stockpile my plastic bags in a drawer that I always carry around whilst walking my pooch. Mine tends to like to hop behind bushes to be lady-like, so I often am taking her to other lesser utilized green spaces.
Fortunately, before the end of 2009, Main Street Gardens will open downtown replete with doggie run. Certainly, it will have similar issues of insconsiderate owners, but at this point, let's just be glad we have dog owners downtown because even some of the best cities in the world face this problem just because it's a product of people (not directly, from their dogs - well, in Dallas can also be from the people - which yes, I have seen) living there.
We could use the people and all the problems they bring with them.
[The street I lived on in Rome. Littered with merda, no doubt.]
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...by this pap smear.
I used to be Catholic...and I don't get it. ::
Well then, count yourself fortunate in blissful ignorance of the gynecological world.
I get the gynecological reference (pap), but am out in limbo at the thread title...
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Churchill's family unites for Winston's daughter's 90th birthday.
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By The Evening Standard staff reporter
THE EVENING STANDARD, 18 September 2012—As Winston's last surviving child, Mary, celebrates her 90th, her daughter Emma Soames gathers the clan for a birthday power portrait.
It's quite something when your mother hits the great age of 90. The desire to celebrate is overwhelming — even when she has five children, 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren scattered across the globe, who all had to be rounded up for this auspicious day.
The first problem was to find a dining table long enough to seat 27 rather large people. Luckily my "baby" brother Rupert and his brilliantly long- suffering wife Milly have just the place in Buckinghamshire where we all repaired for a majorly noisy, joyous lunch of Soamesian proportions.
The menu included beef bred from Rupert's herd (the bereaved mother gazing mournfully through the garden fence) and the guest list included my daughter's new fiancé, and my niece's smart boyfriend, who has whisked her off to live in Hong Kong, as well as dogs of various ages, sizes and standards of behaviour. The only absentee was Harry Soames, Nicholas's eldest son, who sells yachts to oligarchs in Monte Carlo.
It was an occasion where we all realised how lucky we are to have such a benign, loving mother and grandmother who has lived an extraordinary life wherein she still mixes fun and duty with charm and aplomb.
She is a woman for whom the word matriarch was coined. But also we realised how blessed we are to all like each other. A lot. There was no aggravation about who should sit where, no tantrums, just a bad moment when one of the dogs made off with what was left of the birthday cake. And as we drank our mother's health there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
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1. Mary Soames, 90
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2. Nicholas Soames, 64
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3. Emma Soames, 63
Daughter of Mary, former editor of Tatler, the Telegraph Magazine and now editor-at-large of Saga Magazine
4. Jeremy Soames, 61
Son of Mary, chairman of an insurance company
5. Charlotte Peel, 58
Daughter of Mary
6. Rupert Soames, 53
Son of Mary and the baby of her five children — he is CEO of Aggreko, the temporary power hire company
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8. Susanna Soames, 55
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9. Will Peel, 63
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Daughter of Clementine, likes Tom & Jerry and playing in the garden
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I agree ! I see many people talking about having/carrying a gun without any training or very little a looong time ago.
You are right, they view the gun as a magical device
This is a discussion on Interesting range discussion within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I was at the range the other day and spoke with one of the other shooters. She was there checking out her pistol after some ...
I was at the range the other day and spoke with one of the other shooters. She was there checking out her pistol after some maintenance in preperation for teaching a concealed weapons license class last weekend.
The subject of being practiced with your chosen firearm came up. I think I have found a good statement to sum up the way some people feel that just having a firearm makes them safe.
Carrying a firearm without being proficient with it means it is just a talisman. It will ward off evil all by itself without you having to be capable of proper proficient use.
But if you are authorized to carry a weapon, and you walk outside without it, just take a deep breath, and say this to yourself...
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I agree ! I see many people talking about having/carrying a gun without any training or very little a looong time ago.
You are right, they view the gun as a magical device
The first rule of a gunfight: "Don't be there !"
The second rule: "Bring enough gun"
jfl (NRA Life Member/Instructor - GOA - IDPA - GSSF - ex-IHMSA)
Agreed x .45
An excellent statement of truth that is.
So good, and truthful, that I'm going to add it to my signature.
- Janq
Edit: Dang. Too many characters between it and my current to keep both.
"Killers who are not deterred by laws against murder are not going to be deterred by laws against guns. " - Robert A. Levy
"A license to carry a concealed weapon does not make you a free-lance policeman." - Florida Div. of Licensing
Add to that that being a good marksman does not necessarily guarantee your success during a real shooting.
Selection- folks pick out a pistol to carry
Carry- they even carry it
Deployment- when and how to get it out under the worst circumstances, the missing link in most firearms training
Use- being able to hit a target when both of you are moving and how to run the gun
Having a race car in your garage does not make you a race car driver.
Excellent points bigiceman and mercop.
Adding my own .02 cents, I can't tell you how many times I see people train on a square range on their own time or for quals and draw from every conceivable (and easy) way other than how they actually carry their firearms on a day-to-day basis which does nothing for preparing someone for a fight.
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To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.
Training means learning the rules. Experience means learning the exceptions.
How does that old saying go, "Owning a firearm doesn't make you well defended any more than owing a piano makes you a musician.", or something like that.
I'm too young to be this old!
Getting old isn't good for you!
I see guys & gals buying 642's and simular revolvers for EDC but are unwilling to shoot lots of rounds down range because of the comfort level.
While people are saying "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, ... and they will not escape. 1Th 5:3
True words, indeed! It's smilar to what Tangle said above: How do you get to Carnigie Hall? Practice, practice, practice!
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch; Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
-- Benjamin Franklin
Ditto...and I get the feeling that a number here rarely practice. No doubt practice will save my life if the fan gets hit.
"Carrying a firearm without being proficient with it means it is just a talisman. It will ward off evil all by itself without you having to be capable of proper proficient use."
OK I'll play Advocate Of The Devil here.
Based on the reported cases every year that a firearm is displayed but, not actually fired or used in self-defense (not even factoring in the number of incidents that go completely unreported every year) - a person could make the very valid argument that in most potentially deadly situations (where a firearm is involved) the sight of the firearm alone IS enough of a deterrent and in reality does act somewhat like a very effective talisman.
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Stay armed...abra cadabra...stay safe!
I think I'll stick with practice...
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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I think overall it really depends on one's mindset. If I ever raise a firearm in defense I will be prepared to use it and have decided, ahead of time, that I will take another life to save my own or my family's. If the BG runs, well, that's his choice and I obviously won't fire. But I was prepared to take decisive action.
But if one is of the mindset "well... I *guess* that if it *really* came to it I *would probably* pull the trigger, maybe just to maim, you know? Hopefully, I really *hope* that he will just run away!" then all that will result is constant hesitation.
To me, its very important for someone to seriously "have a discussion with themselves" as to whether they could actually ever take the life of another in self-defense. It doesn't mean disrespecting life in any way; in fact, I'd say it means just the opposite - truly realizing that we're talking about a *life* here.
Anyway, this is sort of moot for me since I do not own a firearm at the moment unfortunately, but it is something that I think about. Hopefully when I'm in a better financial spot I'll be ready
It is a fact that some poeple do think just having a gun is enough and just the mere sight of it will cause a perp to mess his drawers. Sometimes it doesn't work and we read a story of a homeowner having his gun be the weapon that killed him which is never an article I like to see. I personally will train to the best of my abilities and budget. If I ever need to draw my gun to defend myself and the perp flee's thank god but I would not bet my survival on the fact. However most people with the mindset that training is not esential will not take the time to seek it out, If you want to help them I would say be an ambassador to a range session or even an IPDA match.( or an activity similar)


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It seems that the ma900 has done a great exposing the smaller sound stage on the hd650 for me. After moving back to the hd650 for a few days I find myself wishing for the sound stage of the ma900. Some have said that going balanced would expand the sound stage quite a bit on the 650. I'm not willing to spend the cash on converting my system over to balanced. It will much more economical to pickup the ma900.
The question then becomes will the 650 start collecting dust? Only time will tell.
how old is your HD650? silver or black screen? do you have new pads? are they deformed?
Could you elaborate more? say that music/recording you tried to compare with it, which aspect did you liked more on MA900 :)
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August 16, 2016: Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald
Boz Scaggs is a pioneer in fusing rock and roll with R&B, with hits that include "It's Over," "Lido Shuffle,"and "Lowdown," which won a Grammy for Best R&B Song in 1976. His later hits include "Breakdown Dead Ahead," "Jojo," and "Miss Sun." In the mid-1970s, Michael McDonald joined The Doobie Brothers and helped the band redefine their funky R&B sound with Top 40 singles like "Takin' It To The Streets," "It Keeps You Runnin'," "Minute By Minute," and "What A Fool Believes." A successful solo career followed, resulting in hits such as "I Keep Forgettin'" and "Sweet Freedom." McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winner. Tickets $65-$90. 7:30 PM
August 19, 2016: The O'Jays and Chaka Khan
The O'Jays have been performing with electrifying energy for over 50 years. "Lovetrain," perhaps their most memorable single, rose to #1 on both the R&B Singles and the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Other chart-topping hits include "Backstabbers," "For The Love of Money," and "Use Ta Be My Girl." Chaka Khan's powerful voice and show-stopping stage presence have sustained her 40-year career. She is a ten-time Grammy Award winner with ten #1 Billboard songs, eight RIAA certified gold singles, and eleven RIAA certified gold and platinum albums. Tickets $83-$108. 7:30 PM
August 23, 2016: Rick Springfield with special guests Night Ranger and The Romantics
Grammy-award winning singer, songwriter and musician Rick Springfield has sold 25 million albums with 17 U.S. Top 40 hits, including "Jessie's Girl," "Don't Talk to Strangers," "An Affair of the Heart," "I've Done Everything for You," "Love Somebody," and "Human Touch." Night Ranger is celebrating 34 years with more than 17 million albums sold, and more than 2,500 live shows. Hits include "Sister Christian," "Don't Tell Me You Love Me," "When You Close Your Eyes" and "(You Can Still) Rock in America." The Romantics are known for having scored hits with "That's What I Like About You" and "When I Look In Your Eyes." Tickets $65-$75. 7:30 PM
A variety of ticket, dining and lodging packages will be available for the concerts. Tickets do not include or require estate admission (add $25 to spend the day and tour the house). Performers and dates are subject to change.
For more information, go to the Biltmore Estate Web site or call 1-866-336-1255 to reserve tickets.
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Tips For Concerts
All sales are final; tickets may not be exchanged if better seats open up at a later date.
- Ticket prices are for the concert only and do not include admission to Biltmore House. Concert tickets may be upgraded to include daytime estate admission for the following day.
- Your concert ticket permits estate entry at 4:30 PM, unless you have dinner reservations for an earlier time. Arrive in time to stroll through the adjacent Biltmore Gardens!
- Dining reservations and picnic options are available; call toll-free 866-336-1255 for more information.
- Seating for general admission is on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 6:15 PM.
- Shuttles to the concert area are available from the parking lots.
- Children must be age 10 or older.
- Accessible seating for scooters and wheelchairs is available on the Library terrace. Scooters and wheelchairs are not permitted in the general seating area due to safety concerns
The sunset behind the Blue Ridge Mountains provides an amazing show of its own.
For more information, go to the Biltmore Estate Web site or call 1-866-336-1255 to reserve tickets.


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Thanks for posting your experiences and I look forward to reading the rest of your posts! I know it must take a lot of courage to admit that you had a problem and be willing to share it with everyone… but I'm sure it will help others who might be in similar situations. Good luck with your training and I hope you achieve all your goals!
I had a very similar experience to you, running in college, having an eating disorder, and not really able to identify myself as such. It is tough because I thought I was eating a certain way to benefit my running, but in the end I was always sick or injured. Now that I realize I did have an eating disorder, food is no longer an enemy. Food fuels my body for running. I still have some anxiety when going out to eat, or not knowing exactly what goes into my food, but I am getting to a healthier place with food. I think what you are posting is great and a real look into athletes and disordered eating. Keep writing :)
Even call it.
I was a weight loss counselor for several years before I got married. Counseling others on healthful eating habits and monitoring their progress was therapeutic in dealing with my own eating disorder and obsessive-compulsive exercise (more that we have in common). Your blog is a highly valuable contribution in so many respects and will reach out to a wide variety of age groups and genders even vis-a-vis the honed perspective. I'd venture to say that the experience of blogging will continue to be a cathartic experience for you. Best of luck in your journey of self-discovery and self-management, and keep on writing!
This sums up everything that I have felt for the past 3 years. Thank you for sharing this. It's great to know that I am not alone and that it is possible to grow towards a path of recovery. Again, thank you for posting.
I found your blog through runnersworld.com and it is breaking my heart. I have suffered from severe anorexia/bulimia since I was 9 years old (I'm 32 now), and only in the past year have truly been able to let go significantly of the grips of the disease. I have been through many hospitalizations and counseling, and really only credit my recovery (in progress) to finally realizing my own happiness and potential in life.
Reading your blog stirs up so many painful memories of being absolutely possessed by my eating disorder. One thing that struck me in particular is your 20th birthday story, where you brought your own special foods to your friend's house, and refused to believe you could eat like your friends because your ED convinced you that you were somehow different from them. Being injured on top of that — wow, can I relate! I, too, am a competitive and somewhat obsessive runner, and it is when I can't run that the ED really rears its ugly head. Your words speak to me on a very intimate level, and I thank you for being so candid. I truly hope you are on the path to wellness now.
I do caution you, however, that by including exact height/weights, and listing specifically what you eat day to day may trigger other sufferers or worse, allow them to exploit it as "thinspiration." Though I appreciate your honesty and understand your reasoning for including all of these specifics, I urge you to include some kind of a warning on the blog about this being a potential trigger. I see you have a disclaimer about the raw diet, but this seems like more of a "don't mean to offend" rather than a warning. Of course, this won't completely prevent triggering or exploitation, but it may help a bit. I'm sure you would agree that we need to protect other sufferers.
Thank you again and like I said, I hope you're on the road to recovery. Here's hoping I stay there, too :)
Reading your blog has been such a treat! I just wanted to say that your a great writer and you seem like an amazing person. I'm in a very similar position as you right now. I'm actually a male runner in high school (going to be a senior next year) and developed an eating disorder a couple years ago. It has been a very rough roller coaster and things are still very far from being perfect. I'm still trying to develop a healthier relationship with food but it's been quite difficult. I had lost so much weight (I got down to about 90 pounds) but since then I've gained most of it back like you. Reading your story has made me feel like I have someone to connect to and seeing your recovery is very inspiring. I would say that we're in quite similar positions right now and I'm so glad that you created this blog. Thank you so much! Keep writing!
I just wanted to say "Thank you" for taking the time and effort to share these intimate details about your struggle. I have no doubt that many, many people have benefited from your words. I know I have. :-)
Sorry for this informal way of reaching out, but I couldn't find an email on your blog. I'm currently working on a piece regarding eating disorders in male runners. I thought you, through the community you've created and the insight you have on the issue in general, might be able to help me out.
If so, let me know a place where I can get in touch and provide more details.
This is one awesome forum post. Keep writing.
I love reading through the comments on here and seeing how many lives you have touched, Rach! It always gives me goosebumps. You are a rock star! Love you!!
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Highly detailed look at Joel Kinneman's Robocop in the remake from director Jose Padilha
Ah, the ever-controversial ROBOCOP remake! If you're still on the fence about the new look of the titular character from Jose Padilha's remake of the 1987 Paul Verhoeven classic, then perhaps these new set pics may sway you...or push you further away. These are the most highly detailed pics we've seen of the new "stealth" armor look of ol' Murphy and give a very intricate look at the design of his new duds.
I'm not blown away by the look, but I think it does look pretty cool. The profile view is especially interesting, which you can get a good look at in the below pics, which basically cover 180 degrees around the cyborg cop, giving you the best look yet of what this character will look like onscreen.
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In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy (Kinnaman) is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit. After he is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp utilizes their remarkable science of robotics to save Alex's life. He returns to the streets of his beloved city with amazing new abilities, but with issues a regular man has never had to face before.
ROBOCOP, starring Joel Kinneman, Michael Keaton, Samual L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Abbie Cornish, and Jackie Earle Haley is set to bring justice to theaters on February 7, 2014.
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Chapter One
The Show-Off Cure
It was a beautiful morning. A bluebird sat on a small branch in the flowering cherry tree and swayed gently back and forth. A crocus pushed his golden head through the tender green grass and blinked in the sudden sunlight. Mrs. Carmody hummed as she laid slices of bacon in the black iron skillet. "Spring is my favorite time of year," she said to Mandy the dog who was lying in the kitchen doorway scratching a flea and waiting to trip somebody.
Mrs. Carmody plugged in the toaster, got out the raspberry jam then went to the front hall and called up stairs to her husband, "Jordan, breakfast!" and to her little boy, "Phillip, are you up?"
Phillip who was ten years old and still under the covers, called out sleepily, "Practically all dressed, Mom. Be right down."
Constance, his sister who was eleven and three quarters, yelled from the bathroom where she was testing how lipstick would look when she was thirteen, "Phillip isn't even up, Mom. He won't be down for about ten hours."
Phillip shouted, "Old spy. Tattletale."
Constance said, "Be quiet, little boy. You bore me."
Mrs. Carmody called again louder, "Phillip get out of bed this instant. Connie, wipe off that lipstick. Hurry, Jordan, dear, while the toast is hot."
She went back to the kitchen and gave the percolator a little shake to hurry it up. Then she walked over and stood by the open back door breathing deeply of the fragrant early morning air. Her pleasant reverie was suddenly broken by Mr. Carmody who came grumpily into the kitchen, tripped over Mandy and stepped heavily into her water bowl which was onthe floor beside the stove.
Mrs. Carmody grabbed the sink sponge and began wiping up the water.
Mr. Carmody growled, "Well, that's certainly a nice morning greeting."
Mrs. Carmody said, "Oh, Jordan, dear, I'm so sorry. Did you get wet?"
"It doesn't matter, " said Mr. Carmody mournfully. "Nothing matters any more."
"What do you mean 'nothing matters any more'?" asked Mrs. Carmody as she squeezed out the sponge.
"Just that," said Mr. Carmody sadly pouring almost the whole pitcher of cream on his shredded wheat biscuit.
"Are you sick?" asked Mrs. Carmody peering anxiously at him.
"No, I am not sick," he said. "Or at least I'm not physically sick. just sick at heart."
Mrs. Carmody buttered the toast, put the plates in to warm, stirred the eggs, lifted the bacon on to a paper towel to drain, checked the color of the coffee, refilled Mandy's water bowl, then said, "What in the world are you talking about, Jordan? You don't make sense."
"He makes sense to me, " said Connie flouncing into the kitchen. "Because I feel the same way. I'm so ashamed I could die."
"What in the world are you talking about?" said M rs. Carmody. "Are you ready for your eggs, Jordan?"
"I suppose so," said Mr. Carmody dolefully.
Quickly Mrs. Carmody took the plates out of the oven, divided the eggs into four equal portions, added a dash of paprika, laid on four strips of bacon and two pieces of toast, carried two of the plates to the table and snapped them down in front of her husband and daughter. "Now," she said folding her arms, "tell me what this is all about."
Connie picked up a piece of bacon and began nibbling at it. "Well," she said, "if you really want to know."
"I do, " said her mother.
"Well," Connie said, "the point is that Phillip is ruining all our lives and you won't face it."
"Ruining our lives! Phillip?" said Mrs. Carmody. "Don't be ridiculous."
"I'm not being ridiculous," said Connie. "Phillip is such a disgusting little show-off I'm ashamed to bring my friends home any more. What about last night? He disgraced poor Daddy."
Mrs. Carmody gazed at her daughter intently for a minute then said, "Connie, you've got on lipstick again. Go upstairs and wash it off."
"Oh, honestly," Connie sighed heavily. "Every single girl in the whole United States of America wears lipstick but me. I'm just a freak. A poor freak with a disgusting little brother."
"Yes, yes, I know," said her mother. "Go up and wash the lipstick off."
When she was sure she could hear Connie's furious footsteps on the stairs she turned to her husband and said, "Now, Jordan, dear, what is all this?"
Mr. Carmody said, "Meg, Phillip is an obnoxious little show-off. Last night was the worst I've ever seen him, and Bob Waltham is my most important client and frankly I wouldn't blame him if he never came into this house again."
"Oh, Jordan," said Mrs. Carmody laughing. "Phillip was just trying to be entertaining."
"Do you call putting a whole baked potato in his mouth entertaining? Do you call drinking an entire glass of water without stopping, then choking and turning purple and spitting water all over the table entertaining? Do you call looking cross-eyed, touching his chin with his tongue, wiggling his ears, standing on his head, reciting the alphabet backwards and forwards and sideways and upside down, entertaining? Well, I don't. AND NEITHER DID BOB WALTHAM I"
"Now, Jordan," said Mrs. Carmody. "You know that Bob Waltham is a stuffy old bore. You've said so yourself, and after all Phillip is only ten. He's just a little boy. You shouldn't be so hard on him."
"You mean, he shouldn't be so hard on me," said Mr. Carmody angrily ripping a piece of bread in half.
"Meg, something has to be done about that boy. Now! Today I"
just then Phillip came rattling down the stairs and skidded into the breakfast room. "Hi, Dad. Hi, Mom," he said cheerfully.
"Morning," said Mr. Carmody grumpily.
"Good morning, Phillip, dear," said Mrs. Carmody.
Phillip sat down, grabbed the sugar bowl and began dumping sugar on his shredded wheat biscuit.
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This 5th floor "Paris," much like its counterpart in France, is an assembly of distinct neighborhoods, laid out as if for a culture of flaneurs, but overlaid with modern energy and drive.
This idea of a common forum for international markets became the design inspiration for Yelp's offices at 55 Hawthorne in San Francisco. Each floor springs from the textures and moods of a particular market in a city where Yelp has a significant presence.
Located on the 26th floor of one of San Francisco's Art Deco masterpieces—the old PacBell Building, built in 1925—Alibaba's new office mixes modern austerity with refinements from a more ornamental age.
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Designers Brianna and Tarryn travelled to NYC for a leather workshop. They came back with handmade backpacks and new appreciation for the depth of New York culture.
When Cisco decided to remodel its multi-structure campus in San Jose, a key requirement was to support the company's Connected Workplace model.
With the El and the Chicago River right outside the window Kimball's space at NeoCon 2015 buzzed with urban energy even before the showroom was installed.
Virginia is a licensed architect and one of the founders, with Ronald Rael, of Emerging Objects, a company that uses 3D printing to make components for building.