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DEAR GOD I AM SO SORRY! I never meant for this hiatus to last so long; even now I'm having a hard time finding time to write after months of putting off writing. But now, I only have eight days of school left and then I'm free!
To let you guys know that I am not dead and neither is this story, here is a little teaser. It's not long, so it's a 'part 1', but it's something to let you know this story has not concluded yet.
Expect more in the next week or so!
Betty Ross saunters through the dimly lit hall with long, even strides, her hardened eyes set dead ahead. Hidden security cameras mark her every move, but she pays them no mind. She's doing nothing wrong at the moment.
She approaches a large, broad door; at one side is a scanner, which she approaches. Placing her hand upon the pad, she remains still while her prints are taken. Then, she leans in and lets her eyes suffer the same treatment. When she leans away she moves towards the door, ready to walk forward, when suddenly a computerized voice speaks up.
Betty freezes, but it is a momentary hesitation in movement which gives away nothing. But she is stalling; the longer she waits, the more suspicious it seems. None of the plans had mentioned any passwords, none of Ross's documents or emails had mentioned this particular safeguard. How can she move forward?
In her panic, she did not immediately hear someone approaching from behind, which is why she startles when a hand comes upon her shoulder.
"New around here?" The stranger, a short and somewhat stocky woman with voluminous black hair, smiles at her. "Don't worry, everybody freaks out about the password thing. It's one of many of the director's new ideas since that first base was attacked." Patting her shoulder, the stranger approaches the door, speaks the password, and the doors open. The only show of surprise on Betty's face is her slightly widened eyes.
The woman holds out a hand. "Name's Darcy. You're Betty Ross, right?" Ross nods slowly, analyzing this newcomer slowly. "Jane told me all about you. Dr. Foster, that is. She's the one you're here for, right?"
"That's right. And please, call me Betty." She makes a show of smiling and that seems to please Darcy.
"Sure. This way." She nods her head towards the door, and Betty falls into place beside her as they begin to walk. "This whole thing's freaky, isn't it?"
Betty keeps her expression cool. "Freaky?"
Darcy shrugs and looks around, as if gesturing to their surroundings. "This whole base and everything. We were brought here to be kept safe months ago during the invasion, but the invasion's over and we're still here." Snorting, Darcy takes a turn towards one hallway and Betty follows. "They keep telling us it's for our own good. But come on, Jane's area of expertise isn't exactly what they're looking for here, and I'm a college undergrad, what the hell can I do?" Sighing exasperatedly, Darcy let her eyes roll up and then towards Betty. The woman realizes she is being looked to for support.
"I see what you mean. But, tell me… what exactly do they have Dr. Foster doing here?"
"Beats me." Darcy admits. "They won't let me see her, most of the time, and when they do she always talks like people are listening. Screw them, I don't give a shit who's listening!" She shouts the last part at the ceiling, glowering at it as she did. Betty fought the urge to scowl at the foolish, blustering action.
"You don't trust them?"
"Not really."
Schooling her features, Betty turns ahead. "I don't blame you. I can only imagine a few reasons why they would do this to you, and well… they aren't pretty."
Confusion clouds Darcy's face. "What are you thinking?"
Betty pretended to appear apprehensive, before divulging her secret. "Did you know that the Asgardian Thor had returned to Earth?" By the sudden widening of her eyes, the answer appeared to be no. "I see. They didn't tell you – do you think they told Jane?"
"No – no way, I'd know if they did." Darcy seems sure, so Betty left it alone. "Why wouldn't they tell us?"
"Seems to me there's only one reason to keep the close friends of Thor in a government building, under close guard, with no contact with the outside." Betty speaks slowly; trying to make sure the point is made. Then, she turns to Darcy. "They want leverage."
"Wait, you're saying… we're blackmail for Thor?" Darcy stops where she is, mouth agape. Betty slows to a halt.
"Or for the entire Avengers team. It seems to me the government would be itching for such a thing, given the attack on that army base a few weeks ago."
"Attack?" Darcy approaches quickly, eyes narrowing. "Who attacked?"
"The Avengers did – they disagreed quite vehemently with some of the military's more secretive experiments and weren't afraid to let them know it. I'm afraid that will only work once. Now, the long arm of the law is sure to find something to hold over the Avengers head's to make them toe the line."
"And you think we're it?" Darcy whispers. Betty does her best to look nervous, unsure. Inside she is smug.
"I can't say for sure… but that's what it looks like." The woman's face hardens and her eyes flare with anger.
"Thanks." She mutters, fists clenching. "Look, um… no offence, but I have to go." She storms off, leaving Betty behind with a smirk on her lips.
Mission accomplished. If the two women were as smart and resourceful as reports made them seem, they would be gone from the base within the week, leaving 'Betty Ross' with fewer heads looking over her shoulders. Straightening her back, the woman turns and goes to the office she was meant to report to, feeling a sense of pride and almost elation at her so far successes. If all went well, she'd soon be on her way to discovering what this project really is, and Betty Ross's role in it.
Phil Coulson almost feels like himself again. It's not due to the fact that he can sit up by himself now, or that he's strong enough to stay awake longer. It has everything to do with his renewed friendship with the agents who knew him best.
"So what's the plan?" Clint said from his place beside the man. They were meandering through the halls of the school, Phil moving his chair by running his hands over the wheels, Clint sauntering by his side.
"For once you get out of here." Clint shrugged and glanced ahead. "There's no way you're returning to S.H.I.E.L.D. when they'll just order you back to the bastards who had you in the first place. And you can't stay here unless you want to be driven out of your mind by small children." Clint recoiled slightly as two such children ran past him, laughing and playing.
Clint is being ridiculously overprotective, and nothing could make Phil happier. For the first time since he awoke, his friend seems to truly be returning to himself. His eyes are brighter, his pose less haggard, his mood no longer eternally trapped in the morose. It will take more time than this for the wounds to truly mend, but this gives him hope.
Clint might think he's hiding it, but Coulson knows him too well. It doesn't help that it's always been his job to know things other people want to keep hidden. Guilt pours out Clint's skin like sweat, permeates the air around him, shows itself in the way the archer never meets anyone's eyes. His friend is saturated in pain and the only thing that's given him any relief is seeing Coulson recover.
Coulson has been glad for his help; ever since he showed up in the hospital the first time, Clint's been spending more and more time with him. Each subsequent meeting has improved their dynamic, and Coulson's health. Soon, he hopes to be independent again, so that he might return the favor for his friend. It's been long coming, and Phil knows that no one, not even Natasha, could truly pull back the masks and repair the hidden damage beneath. Not like Phil could.
He can imagine the thoughts racing through that head, and the pain hidden in that heart, and the only things that make Coulson feel better about it is the memory of Loki being flung back by that gun on the helicarrier.
"I think I'll have to call upon Tony Stark's compassion for a while." Coulson shrugged. "What am I saying? That's a terrible idea."
"Probably right, but at least you'll have me and Natasha around." Clint smirked at him, and Coulson smiled back.
"I suppose that's enough incentive to deal with Stark."
That's not the only incentive. The past few weeks have endeared him to quite a few of the Avengers, especially the Captain. The agent's face grew red at the memory. Not only had Captain America helped save his life and rescue him from his prison, but he'd immediately leapt out of bed and… and…!
Unconsciously, his hand drifts up to his pocket, and he falls into memory. The first week of his return, perhaps only a day after he'd awakened, he'd been surprised by two visitors.
None of the Avengers had been due to see him then, so he was doubly surprised to see Thor and the Captain standing at his bedside, covered in mud and filth and who knew what else, looking relatively tired but mostly upbeat for some reason. Confusion had marred the agent's face even as Steve Rogers beamed at him. Having your hero look at you like you were a hero was certainly something.
"I, uh…" The Captain grew nervous then, but held his hand out. "These are yours. I'm really sorry about their condition, I – I didn't know." That seemed to be all he could say, as he grew red and clammed up just then.
Trembling hands reached out to take the cards in Steve's palm, cards Coulson knew all too well. His cards – covered in blood and dirt and, was that mildew!? The agent had been shaking in abject horror and building rage, when suddenly his eyes had trailed down to the bottom corner. There, at the fraying edges, he saw see something that sent his mood spiraling back upwards and made him gasp.
The Captain's signature, on every single beaten card. That made them worth more than any pristine set out there, mildew or no.
In real time, Coulson smiles and trails his hand over where the cards are kept in his jacket, his sole possessions in this world. Everything he used to own, all his clothes and bank accounts and his home, are gone; passed on to relatives or the state or otherwise divvied out as his will had instructed.
Given that he can't walk up to his loved ones, say "Honey, I'm home" and take his things back, he'll have to start over. The idea is more than overwhelming, given that he doesn't even own the clothes on his back. All he has is a set of signed Captain America trading cards, tarnished and half ruined, much like how he feels himself. If the Captain were around he imagines the man might make a corny comparison about the value of the cards as a metaphor for his own worth; though he's not around to say it, Coulson still hears it in his head, and can't help but chuckle.
Yes, he feels worthless and ruined and desperately afraid, but it's not over yet. He's lost his job, his family and friends, his life, but he's not completely lost.
"Hey?" Clint's voice cuts through his reverie, concerned. "You still with me?"
Coulson glances up, smiles, and in a move that seems to surprise the archer, reaches out and takes his hand. "Yeah." He states with a nod. "I'm right here."
And this time, he's not going anywhere.
Pepper Potts prides herself on always being on time. It was one of those things she strove for in an effort to make up for Tony's faults, back in the good ole days when they were constantly working together. She won't admit it aloud, but she misses those days.
The point is, Pepper is never late, but if her conniving Russian girlfriend gets her way, that streak is about to break.
"Natasha, I have to go!"
Her hands are handcuff to the bed frame; not in any explicit, kinky sort of way. They'd tried it once and found it was too similar to Natasha's work for her to enjoy, and that Pepper was simply very vanilla. No, the handcuffs are just there to keep Pepper from going to work.
"I don't think you do." Natasha's sly voice echoes out from the bathroom, unconcerned. Pepper keeps pulling on the cuffs, for all the good it does. "According to your records, you have more than a month's leave built up and I think it's time you use it."
With one last frustrated tug Pepper grimaces and slumps against the bed. "You can't just decide I'm on vacation!"
Natasha walks in, two cups of coffee in hand, shrugs and gives her girlfriend an uncaring look. "Why not? Left to your own devices, you never will."
Pepper has to admit that's true. While she's tried to learn from Tony's mistakes, overworking seems to be something engrained in her that she can't let go. All those years of keeping up with her workload and Mr. Stark's have left their mark.
Still, she can't give up without a good fight. "Natasha…" Her whine does her little good; Natasha raises an eyebrow at Pepper's pouty lips.
"Are you going to be good or must I keep you locked up?"
Damn. "Fine." Grimacing she nods. "Fine. Have it your way, you… you…" She is trying to think of insults, but soft lips are tracing the line of her jaw as a hand goes up to her cuffs and unlocks them.
"Vacations can be quite… charming." Natasha whispers into her ear. "I promise I'll show you their merits very thoroughly."
Suddenly a few weeks off doesn't sound so bad.
It's been two weeks since Betty Ross left and Tony has been both thoroughly relieved and absolutely terrified.
He doesn't think Bruce has figured it out, or at least he desperately hopes so. Bruce hasn't known Tony long enough to tell when he's head over heels, idiotically in love. Sadly, there is someone currently staying in the Avengers Mansion who does know Tony well enough, and is not afraid to laugh at him for it.
"Banner?" Rhodey asks incredulously. "Of all the people on the team, you go for Banner?"
Tony is not embarrassed. Tony Stark does not do embarrassed. The heat in his cheeks is leftover from working in the sweltering mess of the garage, and that's it. He storms away from his friend without giving him a response. Rhodey, undeterred, follows with a big grin on his face. He's still chuckling about it and that part of Tony that won't let him not respond to provocation finally escapes his mouth.
"Yeah, Banner, what's the big deal?" It's not his most eloquent reply in the world, but he honestly doesn't care enough at the moment. He needs coffee, and maybe a replacement best friend. Or at least a staircase to shove him down.
"It's just so out of character." Rhodey states, and Tony will give him that, it really is. "Agent Romanov I would guess you'd be all over – and given the inevitable rejection which would have occurred, I would have seen you trying Thor next maybe. He's a traditionally handsome, vapid jock type. You used to eat people like him for breakfast, lunch, and dinner."
"Okay, one – Thor's not an idiot." Tony actually stops and spins around, pointing at Rhodey and feeling more vehemence in his tone than he'd expected. He's… surprised. This sudden surge of protectiveness feels out of place on his tongue. "Secondly, I resent the idea that all of my conquests were vapid jocks. Some of them were vapid cheerleaders."
"Nevertheless, you've never tried dating anyone who could match you intellectually besides Pepper, which I still don't understand why that didn't work!" This is an old argument Tony doesn't want to get into, so he sighs and returns to stalking towards the kitchen. Rhodey follows. "You two did so well together! There was UST flying through the air for years –"
"UST, what the fuck, Rhodey?"
"Unresolved Sexual Tension, yes, it was there!"
"You sound like a teenager talking about Supernatural." They turn into the kitchen side by side, still bickering, but Tony honestly hasn't felt this relaxed in weeks. He's been on edge ever since his own realization, and his edginess has made his new friends wary. Rhodey, so used to Tony's moods, doesn't give two shits if Tony's on edge or not.
"Listen, Tone, I'm not trying to be a dick or anything…" Sighing, Rhodey runs a hand over his forehead. "I'm just trying to understand. This is huge. I mean, you and Pepper just ended it a few months ago and that was honestly the first time you ever tried having a real relationship. Are you sure you're ready to try again?"
His chest feels so tight it's like he's not breathing. His hand pauses midair as he'd been pouring coffee, and he only just notices when the cup is about to overflow. "Yeah. That's why I'm not telling him."
Suddenly the conversation is not as light-hearted as it had been. "Tony…" Rhodey moves closer, a hand coming to his friend's shoulder. "I'm not saying you shouldn't try. Just… warning you it won't be easy."
Tony resists the urge to pull away because he knows Rhodey knows his tricks and will just follow him. "I can't, Rhodey. I can't screw this up." He's being surprisingly candid and he blames the exhaustion and the fact that he's been dying to say these words to someone, anyone, for weeks. "He needs somebody bad, Rhodes, somebody he can rely on and that's sure as fuck not me." Tony's the one who relies on other people to keep him together, to keep him whole. He can't be relied on, not for anything.
Rhodey's hand squeezes his shoulder then falls away, and nothing more is said. Tony returns to his coffee, taking his first few sips and letting himself stew in the darkness his thoughts have become. When he turns around, Rhodey's gone.


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Pineapple Sheet Cake
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Recipe by Olive
Here is a cake for your sweet tooth. I got this recipe from a co-worker in the 1970's. It is a rich, moist and delicious sheet cake. Serving size varies.
Top Review by Barb in WNY
I made this for PAC Spring '09. I didn't use the 1 cup pecans because my husband doesn't like them. This is very good similar in taste tp pineapple upside down cake but easier to make.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups crushed pineapple, juice & all
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup pecan pieces
- 3⁄4 cup butter
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄3 cup evaporated milk
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a jelly roll pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together the eggs and sugar.
- Add the flour, soda, and pineapple; mix well. Pour batter into the greased jelly roll pan; set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar and nuts.
- Sprinkle on top of the unbaked cake.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes.
- When cake is done, remove from oven and pour on the topping while the cake is still hot.
- To make the Topping:.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the butter, sugar, & evaporated milk and boil for 2-3 minutes.
- Pour on cake while cake is still hot.
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The man who lent Anita Roddick pounds 4,000 to help found the Body Shop 20 years ago, sold a 3.5 per cent stake in the company yesterday, netting pounds 12m.
Ian McGlinn, a former garage owner, sold 6.7 million shares priced at 180p to the Aeon Group, one of Japan's largest retailers. Aeon is also the Body Shop's head franchise operator in Japan where it has 70 stores.
Mr McGlinn's sale will still leave him with a 23.8 per cent stake in Body Shop, worth pounds 82m. The company said Mr McGlinn had told them he has "no current intention of making any further reductions in his shareholding".
Body Shop said it did not know why Mr McGlinn had decided to sell the shares. However, pounds 12m is enough to buy more peppermint foot lotion and moisturising shaving gel than any man could ever need.
Though Mr McGlinn has been gradually reducing his stake in the company, he has been a loyal supporter. He first encountered Anita Roddick when he was running a garage in Littlehamptonn and he used to eat in the Roddicks' restaurant. When the young Roddick was turned down by the bank for a loan, Mr McGlinn stepped in with a loan in return for a 50 per cent stake.
The business went on to become one of Britain's best-known companies with stores across the world. While Ms Roddick is one of Britain's most high-profile businesswomen, Mr McGlinn has maintained a low profile.
Body Shop said its new Japanese investor had not disclosed its reasons for buying the shares. "They know our business quite well. We view it as a positive move."
Body Shop's shares have been under a cloud because of difficult trading in America. Its trading statement at its annual meeting last week showed like-for-like sales in America still falling and flat in the UK.
Gordon and Anita Roddick had hatched a plan to take Body Shop private but later abandoned the move when new of their intentions leaked last year. It has since tried to woo the City with a more progressive dividend policy.
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Frugal Fun Day Mixed Case
Your Frugal Fun Day mixed case includes:
Black Fox Cabernet Sauvignon
With its flavors of raspberry, cherry, with hints of cassis, and cedar, Black Fox dances on your tongue with its vibrant tannins, light mouth feel, and a finish that doesn't linger too long.
Brannan Zinfandel
A rich, full-bodied red wine with nearly as much character as its namesake and inspiration, Sam Brannan, California's first millionaire and 1800's bon vivant. The Napa Valley, especially Calistoga, owes a debt of gratitude to Brannan, who was a pioneer, dreamer and dauntless scoundrel. While his business practices and ethics were frequently questioned by his 19th century contemporaries, Brannan's ambition and colorful legacy enriched the valley and its history. The 2012 vintage Zinfandel is a muscular, yet restrained Zinfandel displaying the essence of blackberry bramble and raspberry jam balanced by a thread of licorice, leather, cedar and exotic spice.
Kepe Tempranillo
Full of ripe fruit right from the outset. Raspberry, strawberry, plum and black currant notes can all be found, even on the nose. These flavors continue through the palate to the finish. This wine aims to be one that can be opened anytime and pair with your favorite everyday foods like pizza, pasta, and grilled meats.
Qapay Reserve Syrah
Maule Valley is an area wrapped in traditional winemaking techniques. Most winemakers in this region hold true the ideals of making wines using methods of farming that are still used in Bordeaux today. Things like dry-farming and growing organically with many vineyards being certified for decades. This Syrah from Qapay produced with fruit from this region showcase these practices. Flavors of blueberry, blackberry, and boysenberry, accompanied by allspice, fresh herbs, and white pepper come together in a harmonious balance, providing a truly terrific tasting wine.
Sierra Trails Old Vine Zinfandel
Coming to us from some of the oldest Zinfandel plantings in California, the Sierra Trails Old Vine Zinfandel is a complex wine offering aromas of ripe berry, dried plum and red currants. These remarkable fragrances are echoed in the flavoring where a hint tobacco, black pepper spice and sweet oak lifts the fruit and carry them through a lingering finish.
Rivers End Reserve Merlot
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Cachil Reserva Sauvignon Blanc
Produced in what is to be considered the most prestigious region in Chile, Colchagua Valley was 2005 wine region of the year by Wine enthusiast magazine, and for great reason. It's climate and soil, combined with modern technologies mixed with traditional methods, produces wines of superior quality. This Sauvignon blanc, with bright with layers of citrus fruit, freshly cut grass and vibrant acidity, makes for a wonderful drinking experience for any white wine lover.
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Flavors of apricot dance with lemon zest, floral and lavender aromas making this a tasty treat. This wine drinks smooth with a light amount of vibrancy and a pleasant finish. Enjoy this wine today with friends as it requires no food to pair but would go great with citrus kissed fish and grilled romaine salad.
Cannery Row Chardonnay
Cannery Row is a stylish, delicious, classic California Chardonnay. Its fresh fruit aromas lead to flavors of apple, nectarine and ripe juicy melon. A hint of toasty oak and vanilla from oak aging adds depth and complexity, while a balancing acidity keeps it refreshing.
MYTH Viognier
When you discover the power of Viognier's persuasion, you won't look back. If you love wines that are fruity with nice vibrancy and a beautifully floral nose, then MYTH is a Viognier you want to try. Flavors of peaches, apricots, Meyer lemons and hibiscus are paired with a nice minerality and lush finish. MYTH will make you fall in love with Viognier.
Tied Knot Riesling
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Vila Nova Vinho Verde
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How to Text message with the Samsung Galaxy I7500
This video will show you how to send a text message with the Samsung Galaxy I7500. Just follow these simple steps to start sending text messages from your Samsung Galaxy I7500: From the home page, tap the messaging icon. Select "New Message" Tap the "To" field and enter either the name or the number of the person you wish to send a text to. Type in your message, and when you are done, tap the "Send" key.


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Create a world from recycled boxes
You can take a recycled box, join your recycled box up with others and make a recycled box world for your children to play in. SO simple!
The other day Maddie (aged 4) and I, created a small box city to play with inside our house. We used the smaller boxes out of the recycling bin, (which we always have plenty of) and I made a printable sheet of windows and doors that she could use to further her cutting skills. The kids loved it!
It was a glorious day outside the other day, so I thought that taking our small box world out onto the deck would be a fun way to extend the play. After setting up our little box city, Maddie decided that some extra buildings were required, so I had a quick scout around for a few more larger boxes. With the kids standing by waiting, these boxes had to become buildings very quickly with no time for paint to dry.
- Cardboard boxes (any shapes or sizes you have will do)
- Thick permanent marker
- Glue (or tape)
- Paper (coloured is good but plain or newspaper is fine)
- Scissors
- Paint (optional)
- Printable doors and windows (optional)
- Sticky notes (optional)
There are so many different ways that you can transform your recycled boxes into a fabulous city. Some of the larger boxes I quickly stuck some coloured paper on and either drew in the windows or stuck some squares of paper on for windows.
Some we painted and stuck little doors and windows on and some were made simply by adding a few sticky-notes with lines drawn on them. Simple! How elaborate you go depends on how much time you have, the materials you have available and how you'd like to involve the kids. Maddie made all our smaller painted buildings and I quickly whipped up the paper-only ones.
To complete our recycled box world I set the boxes outside on the deck with some masking tape roads and added in our Play-Doh Diggin' Rigs Recycle Rowdy truck and some Play-Doh.
The kids had a great time being giants in their recycled box world. We use recycled materials a lot in our activities so they are familiar with the concept that things that have been used for one purpose can be re-used again, often for a different purpose. It is great for children's creativity to be able to see the possibilities in items and that with a bit of imagination, anything is possible.
Using Play-Doh in the experience really added to the fun. The children were able to turn "trash" into "treasures" right then and there. You can also use Play-Doh to make items and people to add to your recycled box world.


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Started Feb 18 2011
Tried basic primal and almost everything else in pursuit of IBS control, mood stability, and weight loss.
Journalling here
Lots happening here - the renovation is about at its halfway mark. The walls are up and almost stopped - another coat to go, some sanding, and then the plumber and electrician can get back in. There's still a couple of doors to frame and hang, too.
Work is pressured, to say the least. I instituted a 'computer free' zone at the weekend, to stop work from leeching into all other areas of my life. It worked . But it also meant I couldn't read or post here! However, stress management is high on my list of priorities right now.
Food - not so good. I have been getting more belly aches, lots of bloating, and back ache. I'm wondering whether I have a gall bladder problem, and am considering whether I need to go to the doctor. In the meantime, while I consider it (their first line of treatment is still to take it out and see if that resolved the problem. I'm not thrilled with that approach at all! It often doesn't work, for a start) I'm back to elimination and challenge to see if there's a problem with my food. I'm hoping it'll resolve with the basic diet of meat and selected veges and herbal teas. I've had a bit more fruit than I'm used to, although it's tended towards the low fructose end. Also increased tomato products - stewed, paste etc, and more onions - those are natural changes with the winter season and more stews, casseroles etc. So, another tweak is in order. I decided to avoid the small changes, since I had trouble evaluating those. Wish me luckStarted Feb 18 2011
Tried basic primal and almost everything else in pursuit of IBS control, mood stability, and weight loss.
Journalling here
Cripes, it's been weeks since I was here! The renovation is almost complete , and I can't wait til it's all over. The carpet goes down on the 13th August, so we still have a couple of weeks of living in chaos - all the non-essential furniture is out in the sun porch. There is still some touching up to do, hanging one set of curtains and making another set (what a mission! Our bedroom curtains involved 2 drapes, each 7.5 metres wide and almost 3 metres high, with lining. Making them took a 15 hour marathon, with Tony helping to measure and pin). I also desperately need to get into the garden and get the roses pruned/moved and generally taken care of. There's just been no time!! I've fitted in a few visits to the babies, too.
The plan for this weekend is to hang some pictures and the spare room curtains, and get into the garden. There's also a greyhound gathering on Sunday, on a fully fenced farm. That'll be fun - I love seeing them run just for the sheer joy of it .
Food has been better than OK, not up to perfect. Trips away have been the main trouble points, mostly when we have visited older relatives. That's fine, though - life is settling down again. I seem to be very prone to FODMAP symptoms - more than I was before, I think.
In these last very physically and emotionally demanding weeks I have been 100% grateful for my new healthy state. A year ago I couldn't have climbed ladders (3.5 meter stud = bloody high!), concentrated, and stayed cheerful day-in, day-out. It's still new enough to be amazing. I do want to get to the next stage of weight loss and strength - in fact I'm looking forward to it. I'm thinking that everything will be stable by September, to maybe increase my focus and make more demands on myself. First, though, I need a calm home space.
Yeehaa - it's Friday!Started Feb 18 2011
Tried basic primal and almost everything else in pursuit of IBS control, mood stability, and weight loss.
Journalling here
Damn, this journal is looking like someone ripped pages out of it . I'm having a life though, so that's good.
Renovation is still going on, but the lists are down to 2 now .
I've been pretty terrible at planning my food for the last few weeks (or months) with the result that I've had some less-than-ideal meals. IBS isn't as well controlled as it was, and the sugar craving is back, too. Dammit. I'm back to logging my food, but am doing it in a journal rather than on the computer. I'm just not spending as much time procrastinating as I used to - and that was my journalling time, lol. Anyway, it's not a big deal; it just means I need to adapt what I'm doing to fit with my current life. The meal planning will fall into line with the journalling - it always has in the past, anyway. Once I'm thinking again, I get to planning. It's a whole positive reinforcement cycle . We've had some gorgeous steak lately - I think our supermarket might have changed suppliers. Just melt in your mouth deliciousness. My lack of planning has reinforced that potatoes make my feet hurt, so I'm back on the kumara. And rice, while it does make my belly bloat up, doesn't do any systemic damage or last more than a day. Also, no matter how much coconut milk/cream I add, a breakfast of banana and blueberries will not last more than about 2 hours before I start thinking of food again!!
I need to find a breakfast that is mainly protein, includes some carbs, can be pre-cooked, and doesn't have any dairy. I don't like eating within the first couple of hours of getting up - my digestion just hasn't woken up, and I feel out-of-sorts digestively for the rest of the day. If I do it for several days in a row, my digestion just shuts up shop and refuses to co-operate for the rest of the week. So, a breakfast that can be eaten at my desk or in the car if I'm driving is what's needed. Weekends I've been having bacon, eggs and banana - totally delish, and keeps me going til dinner time with no effort whatsoever. I want to replicate that in a fast-food kind of way!
I'm heading up to Darwin for a conference in 2 weeks - can't wait! I'm really hoping it'll be sunny, because this end-of-winter season is just crap. Better write my presentation this week, thoughStarted Feb 18 2011
Tried basic primal and almost everything else in pursuit of IBS control, mood stability, and weight loss.
Journalling here
OK, the food journal has 'exposed' my way of thinking as pretty much a diet mentality. Shit, when did that happen . Not that it's showing up in low calories or anything, but it's more about what I can't eat than what I can eat. That could be why I'm struggling a bit - too many 'can't haves' holding my attention. Knowing that is fuel for a lovely big refocusing experiment!
I'm having the next 3 days as 'meat and veges' days. Well, high quality protein (including eggs and fish) and non-starchy vegetables - but it doesn't roll off the tongue quite the same . I say 3 days because that's tolerable in terms of low carb-induced sleeplessness and mood drops, while also being long enough to see a difference in bloating. After the three days, I will probably reintroduce kumara, bananas and blueberries.
I've had 3 scrambled eggs for breakfast, in coconut oil. I have a tomato based beef stew with lots of broth and some winter veges for lunch, and a whole box of peppermint tea-bags. Hospital water tastes truly terrible, but keeping hydrated will be the key to staying focused today.
Last night I experimented with just having a very light blanket all night. I've been having night sweats for the last couple of months, with just the occasional restful night. I woke up cold sometime in the early hours, so pulled the duvet over me, but apart from that I felt great. It's still quite winter-ish, and the duvet isn't a heavy one by any means, but I seem to heat up when I sleep. I'm feeling very relaxed this morning . Nice!Started Feb 18 2011
Tried basic primal and almost everything else in pursuit of IBS control, mood stability, and weight loss.
Journalling here
I rounded off the day with chicken drumsticks and some greens. Felt good, energetic and cheerful. Not very focused, though - I seemed to race from one thing to the next, with nothing being finished or resolved.
Today I'm working from home, and just as scattered. I have a vague headache, and a fairly unfocused desire for something to eat alongside a faint feeling of nausea. I had more beef stew for breakfast - am totally over meat already. I couldn't finish the bowl, so the hounds will have a nice addition to their dinner tonight! Sleep was OK. Bloating and tummy ache are reduced already - I'm so focused, usually, on being comfortable that deliberately feeling uncomfortable is quite difficult to get my head around.
Later edit: it's 5pm, and I don't think I'm doing very well. I've had about 6 marinated mussels and a couple of glasses of water. I'm hungry, but can't face the thought of meat or eggs. Dammit. I'm very tempted to have a banana or some kumara with dinner, but then I won't have had the stones to even low carb for 2 days!! God, that's pathetic. I've emailed Julianne Taylor (paleo nutritionist) for a consultation to help me work through this and decide what is worth suffering for, and what's just stupid.Last edited by Jac; 08-09-2012, 09:56 PM.Started Feb 18 2011
Tried basic primal and almost everything else in pursuit of IBS control, mood stability, and weight loss.
Journalling here
Today is the end of day 4 of low carb. My bloating, spasms and back pain have almost completely gone . I weighed this morning for the first time in ages - 89.5kg. Pretty good. I'm also quite relaxed about what to do when the low carb part of my 'diet' is done - I haven't regained at all on the usual primal/PHD fare, so that's brilliant.
My metabolic flexibility is way better than I expected - I thought all the kumara, bananas and slow gluten/sugar creep would have wrecked me again, but the damage isn't too bad. I was getting to the point of not skipping meals without irritability and shakes, and getting hungrier more often - now I'm able to wait to eat, and to keep doing things like painting etc with no more than an awareness of being hungry. Excellent.
I'm ordering some ketostix, and will try different foods and timing etc to get into and stay in ketosis. In the meantime, I'm also monitoring my mood - if I end up with several days of no laughing and a bit of shittiness I'll eat some kumara at dinner.
I have a few other things racing around in my mind - but I want to have a long bath and relax before I go to work tomorrow - I'm teaching the next 2 days, so they're always a bit challenging to my stress levels .Started Feb 18 2011
Tried basic primal and almost everything else in pursuit of IBS control, mood stability, and weight loss.
Journalling here
Beginning of day 6 of low carb - actually, probably very low carb. Yesterday I had very little breakfast (I fried some leftover chicken in coconut oil, but it turned out to be still dry and yucky, so I didn't eat much), then didn't get lunch simply because I forgot to take it. I think it beggars belief that in a hospital cafe you can't get any kind of high quality protein at all, and no veges that haven't been drenched in commercial dressings. Blech. So when I got home around 4 I had some mussels and a coconut milk custard. Then about 7.30 I had steak and veges. All in all, the food yesterday was badly timed, and didn't taste wonderful at all. I've been multitasking too much and letting things cook for too long. Better luck today!
Another teaching day, and I'm sitting in the dark sipping on cocoa with coconut milk. I have another custard for lunch. Wish me luck!!
Edited to add that I feel very odd. I don't know whether it's to do with stress, just plain tiredness, or what I've been eating. Or a combination of them all. I'm a bit light headed, my tummy can't decide whether it's nauseated or hungry, and my mood is, to put it bluntly, grumpy . I've had a couple of nights of poor sleep, partly because of the renovations coming to an end, and partly because I've been wakeful and hot. The carpet went down yesterday, and although we're pacing ourselves with putting furniture back in now, until last night everything has been rush-rush-rush. The upside of this is that I don't feel adrenaline fuelled today. Maybe a focused work day and a night of pottering about making the house pretty will help.
I find it very strange that carbs and sugars aren't calling to me.Last edited by Jac; 08-13-2012, 01:25 PM.Started Feb 18 2011
Tried basic primal and almost everything else in pursuit of IBS control, mood stability, and weight loss.
Journalling here
Day 7 - weight is 89.1kg. Still vlc, but I don't know about ketosis - I ordered a blood test kit yesterday. It feels different to be doing vlc with an actual plan for ketosis. I've tried it before, using urine sticks, but was rarely in ketosis according to them and didn't lose weight predictably. I also got constipated and miserable, so it never lasted long! Weight loss has never, ever been predictable for me, and nor has energy or symptom control.
Yesterday I ended up with a few episodes of diarrhoea, but managed to hold onto dinner and today I feel fine. Hungry again, and a bit light headed. Breakfast soon!
Mood - fine. Yesterday was stressful +++, and I still was happy and able to focus when I got home. Not crashing is a good measure of how things are. No signs of depression.
IBS - well, the diarrhoea complicates that a bit, but I didn't have any spasms or bloating. Maybe it was a detox thing. I'm wearing jeans today at work, which is a good indication about the lack of pain and bloating . My wedding rings were actually rotating on my finger last night - another good sign! Oh, one other positive sign - Tony rubbed my feet last night, and they didn't hurt!! When IBS is flaring, the tops of my feet feel like they're on fire, and one rub across the top of them feels like I've been attacked with sandpaper. Last night - nothing!!
Weight - down. Might have been the empty-out, though. I need a pattern before I can say that it's working that way.
House - lovely!! We're replacing the furniture very slowly; cleaning, organising and decluttering as we go. We did the lounge furniture last night, and cleaned all the building material out of the hallway. Still have the bedroom to do, and then will have to tackle the office . . . but one thing at a time!Started Feb 18 2011
Tried basic primal and almost everything else in pursuit of IBS control, mood stability, and weight loss.
Journalling here
OK, I have no idea of what this means, but my ketones measurement at about 9am today was 0.3mmol/L. I had bacon and eggs for breakfast, in coconut oil, at about 7.45am. I'll have to keep reading to figure out whether that's OK or not. It's certainly not 'in ketosis' though.
Yesterday was a bit tough - I had mince and veges for breakfast at about 10am - all good. I didn't eat a lot of it, but it was satisfying. Then I went out for lunch and ordered the steak and egg with salad greens. I was hungry, but lost my appetite when I found a slug crawling across my plate. I stopped eating, and was still a bit hungry but not enough to ask for another meal (that one was free, after that little discovery). From that moment on, I was really hungry. I could have eaten anything by the time I got home, and (unwisely) had about 6 squares of 80% chocolate. Then I had a pork steak, a sausage, and some stewed tomatoes. Then I had a sweet hot cocoa - I put stevia in it, but it also had some sugar in the mixture. By that time I just didn't care. Then I had the last 2 sausages from dinner.
One explanation is that I didn't get enough fat - I'm not so sure about that, as the mince was fatty, and so were the steak and egg (I had probably 2/3 of it before I found the livestock). The other explanation, which I find more likely now I think of it, is that the lunchtime salad dressing was sweetened. If so, that's a pretty dramatic illustration of what an insulin surge can do when you're trying to eat for ketosis. I don't think there were any other variables yesterday.
On the bright side, I had a great sleep, woke before the alarm this morning, and started with a good breakfast. Now it's lunchtime and I find I've forgotten the leftover bacon I had packed to bring to work. Sigh. Fasting again today I guess! I think I'll stop on the way home, though, and get something spectacular for dinner. I'll need it, lol.
Edit: I found this explanation about ketone levels
Fed state: 0.1 mmol/L
Overnight fast: 0.3 mmol/L
Ketogenic diet: 1-3 mmol/L
21 day fast: 10 mmol/L
Uncontrolled diabetes: more than 25 mmol/L
There's the sweet spot I'm aiming for.
Edited again: I understand that consuming sugar can knock me out of deep ketosis for up to 3 days. If that's the case, then that reading wasn't too bad. I probably need to change to testing at a less variable time, though, like first thing in the morning before I eat anything. I imagine that the blood reading is much faster than the urine one.Last edited by Jac; 08-15-2012, 07:36 PM.Started Feb 18 2011
Tried basic primal and almost everything else in pursuit of IBS control, mood stability, and weight loss.
Journalling here
03.mmol/L again this morning. I thought it would have moved!! That was taken immediately on waking. I'm really getting into this - it's a much more direct measurement of how my body works than anything I've tried before. I think it should get more intense over a few days.
Weight: 88.9kg I haven't been that weight since about 2005, when I did a brief and horrible diet that was 100g of completely lean protein, with lettuce, as often as I wanted. I lost about 8kg on that, and also lost the will to live. That was my last ever diet - I gained 15kg or so after that and went up to a size 22. Tony did it, too - he got down to about 85kg, but was too tired and miserable to keep it going. His memory of that time is of being so exhausted he didn't want to move. At the end of this little trip down memory lane, I'm delighted to report that my primal weight loss since Feb last year is now in excess of 17kgs. Hmmm, for the last few months I've thought it was about 11kg, but I started at 106kg. So, I now get clothes from the 'normal' racks .
Mood: pretty darned good .
IBS is OK, too. I'm getting a FODMAP pain after I've eaten veges, but that's lower abdomen and doesn't have the huge bloating, so I tend to not worry about it too much. However, I need to check the list of low fodmap veges and rearrange what I'm eating a bit.
Edited to add that I read one of Mark's posts on ketosis. He suggests that the range I'm in now is just fine for losing weight. However, it's a completely normal reading at that time of the morning. I think I'd be best to test after dinner to see if I maintain light ketosis through the day. Maybe. More reading to do!
Edit 2: This site says, among other things
One of the speakers at the Nutrition and Metabolism Society meeting in 2011 was Dr. Adam Hartman, who is an expert in the use of ketogenic for the control of epilepsy in children. He made an interesting comment on the timing of testing for ketones. When eating the typical mixture of foods that people normally consume in our society (a mix of proteins, carbohydrates and fats), ketones are highest in the morning. This makes sense because the least flow of carbohydrates in from the digestive tract is overnight, so the body burns some fat in the night. When eating a ketogenic diet, on the other hand, the most exposure to carbohydrates is overnight especially towards morning as the liver produces glucose to keep your brain fueled and to prepare you for getting up. Therefore, if you are eating a very ketogenic diet, the blood ketones go up during the day as you burn more fat for fuel.
Last edited by Jac; 08-16-2012, 02:19 PM.Started Feb 18 2011
Tried basic primal and almost everything else in pursuit of IBS control, mood stability, and weight loss.
Journalling here
Still reading and figuring things out. That level of ketosis could mean that my liver is still insulin resistant and isn't working as it should. That's a possibility. The other is that I need to test later in the day to see if I stay in ketosis when a 'normal' diet would have taken me out. Yet another thing to think about is that as long as I'm not fuzzy headed and tired, and as long as I'm losing weight, then I'm doing fine.
I downloaded Phinney's book on low carb eating - it's got a lot of detail, and is really useful for understanding what's happening. I've been wondering about having a high fat diet, though, if my plan is to use body fat as fuel. I'll get to that soon I guess. It's heartening to read that it can take the body weeks to get fully fat-adapted, especially if you've been a high carb queen! (That's my own phrase, not theirs ).
I've had pork chops and 2 custards of egg and coconut milk with vanilla and some stevia. Now I have a stomach ache, with gas and bloating. Too much coconut? Too much food? Hopefully it'll pass soon . . .Last edited by Jac; 08-16-2012, 10:16 PM.Started Feb 18 2011
Tried basic primal and almost everything else in pursuit of IBS control, mood stability, and weight loss.
Journalling here
Saturday afternoon. There's good news and some not so good. The latter first - I have a freaking stomach ache, still!! I forgot to add to yesterday's food that I also had 1/2 avocado - which is something I haven't had for years. It's a fodmap food - wonder if that's the culprit? It's the only new food I've had. The other possibility is that the dressing I had on Wednesday had milk solids in it but that seems very unlikely. For a start, it was completely clear so I didn't notice it on the salad. There is still the possibility that it's some kind of tolerance thing with the coconut, but I've tended towards simple diarrhoea and a bit of nausea in the past when I've overdone it. This is now 24hours old, waking me in the night, and I'm over it!! I haven't taken any pain relief - I just don't want to give in to it. I'm back with the very plain food, so it'll pass soon enough.
Better news - I measured ketones at 9pm last night, and they were 0.5mmol/L. This is great, because I'd eaten all day and they were higher than my morning fasting levels. Excellent! I had a few squares of dark chocolate last night, and a glass of diet lemonade (this was comfort food, I think) so will be interesting to see what they are tonight.
In other good news - I weighed 88kg exactly this morning. I'm not getting too wound up about it - I often weigh less in the weekend because I stay in bed longer and tend to have peed twice before I bother with the scales. I have to admit a quiet woot, though .
I'm a little . . . concerned isn't the right word . . . aware?? that I'm going to a conference in Darwin this week. I leave home on Tuesday morning to work in town all day, stay overnight in Auckland on Tuesday night, and check in to the airport at 4.15am Wednesday. I fly home Sunday, arriving at 12.05am Monday morning. In that time I'm staying with a friend who is very dairy intolerant, so from that angle I'll be perfect. However, she's a low fat eater and doesn't eat much protein either. She'll be happy for me to have eggs for breakfast, but lunch is going to be difficult as it's conference food. My plan to be completely dairy free, and get my fats and protein where I can. I'll be grain and sugar averse and see how I go. I'm trusting that my body is flexible enough that I'll be back in ketosis within a couple of days of getting home. I won't measure while I'm away.
Again with the cheerful - it's about 32degC during the day over there. Mary (the friend I'm staying with) tells me that they last had rain in March and are confidently expecting another shower by November! I can't wait. It's been a rainy winter here, so I'll be sooo happy in the heat! I plan to soak in it every day. I also had to go shopping to get a couple of light tops, since all mine are floppy and tent-like . I realised that if I lose another dress size, I won't be able to shop at my favourite 'big girl' store any more!! I'm now a small in their sizing, and they don't have many choices in the XS range. Talk about a problem.
Food last night was chicken drumsticks. That's all I had for dinner. Then the aforementioned chocolate and lemonade - which I don't feel bad about at all. It was lovely. This morning we went out for breakfast and I made a spectacle of myself by ordering 1/4 of a chicken (the leg part), and having a small tomato with it. Lol. Yummy!! Dinner will be pork shops and veges - a few too many O-6's, but that'll even out in the next couple of days when I have a huuuuge beef rolled roast to cook and enjoy.
Mood and energy are both bloody marvellous!!Started Feb 18 2011
Tried basic primal and almost everything else in pursuit of IBS control, mood stability, and weight loss.
Journalling here


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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Ana Ivanovic's hopes of a return trip to the Australian Open final fell apart in a barrage of mistakes Friday as Russia's Alisa Kleybanova ousted her 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 in the third round.
With 19-year-old Kleybanova constantly aggressive, fifth-ranked Ivanovic lost her serve nine times and finished with 50 unforced errors to just 23 winners.
When it was over, Kleybanova dropped to both knees, pumped her fists and blew kisses at the crowd. Ivanovic appeared to be nearly in tears as she walked off court.
The Serb's loss came on a day that the late match between second-ranked Roger Federer against former No. 1 Marat Safin — which the Swiss star won in three sets — was supposed to produce the biggest news.
Instead, ethnic violence erupted between nationalist fans after Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the defending men's champion, beat Bosnian-born American Amer Delic.
One of several thrown chairs hit a woman and left her briefly unconscious though not seriously injured. Police said about 30 Bosnian and Serbian youths were ejected from Melbourne Park. Two men were charged with riotous behavior and a third was fined on the spot.
This was what organizers had feared when they announced before the tournament that they were instituting a no-tolerance policy for disruptions.
They wanted the focus on tennis — such as Kleybanova's upset victory, Andy Roddick's 22 aces while winning in straight sets or top-ranked Jelena Jankovic and No. 3 Dinara Safina advancing.
Instead of talking about how defending champion Djokovic reached the third round with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory packed with drama and good sportsmanship — the 21-year-old Serb and Bosnian-born Delic were mostly quizzed about the chaotic scene that followed, when their supporters clashed outside near a big-screen TV showing the match.
"There's absolutely no place for that here. This is a tennis match," said Delic, who attended the University of Illinois and lives in Jacksonville, Florida. "As I'm sure you all saw at the end, Novak and I are friends. We're both competitors. In the end it was a fair match, and there was no reason for such things."
Before finally asking reporters to change the subject, Djokovic lamented that players can't control their fans. Delic had earlier used his website to ask his backers, who were boisterous to the point of disruption in the qualifier's first two matches, to tone it down.
Djokovic next plays 2006 runner-up Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, who beat American Mardy Fish, the No. 23 seed, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in a match that didn't end until 1:13 a.m. Baghdatis is unseeded and ranked 97th after playing in only 12 tournaments last year due to wrist and back injuries.
And that wasn't even all of the day's drama — a man was arrested after dancing across a court, naked from the waist down, as Serena and Venus Williams won a second-round doubles match.
The rematch of the 2005 men's semifinal here, won by Safin en route to the championship, was dominated by Federer, who again looked sharp in his pursuit of a 14th Grand Slam title that would tie Pete Sampras' record, winning 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (5).
Federer never faced a breakpoint, and the mercurial Safin's growing frustration nearly boiled over when he was called for a foot-fault on his second serve. That gave him a double-fault and Federer a 4-1 lead in the third-set tiebreaker. Safin rallied to lead 5-4 before Federer ran off the last three points, the last on a backhand winner down the line.
"He gave me quite a few free points in the first two sets, but after that he got tougher," Federer said. "I'm pretty lucky I got through in three."
Safin has said he is unlikely to continue playing after this year. Federer clearly would miss him.
"I always like to play Marat," Federer said. "We go back, we like playing each other. It doesn't matter who wins."
After dropping the first set, 21-year-old Ivanovic lost her first two service games in the second, falling behind 0-3. She rallied to force a tiebreaker, where both women were pumping their fists after every point they won. Ivanovic did a three-punch combination after whacking an overhead winner on set point.
The jubilation was short-lived: Ivanovic found herself facing 0-3 again in the deciding set and never caught up. Serving at 2-5, she fell behind 0-40. She saved one match point with a high, lunging volley winner before Kleybanova hit a forehand crosscourt that went untouched to end the match in 2 hours and 43 minutes.
Kleybanova, who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon last year in her third Grand Slam, dropped to her knees in relief and disbelief.
"It was one of the most exciting matches of my life," Kleybanova said. "I will never forget this night."
Roddick had a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over Fabrice Santoro and next plays No. 21 Tommy Robredo of Spain, who beat Taiwanese player Yen-hsun Lu.
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ArmySports.com: What are your favorite things to do away from football?
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EU assistance will finance the construction of a high voltage line from Netivot in Israel to the Gaza Strip. It will also fund the installation of transformers and a power substation for the West Bank. There is also talk of building a private power station to be jointly owned by Israelis and Palestinians.
Palestinians are almost fully dependent on Israel for their electrical power. The East Jerusalem Electric Company buys and distributes electricity to Palestinians in East Jerusalem and its concession in the West Bank. Some Palestinian municipalities, such as Nablus and Jenin, generate their own electricity from small power plants.
The PA was planning to build an independent power grid after receiving a financing offer by an American-Palestinian consortium. The $100 million project was scheduled to be completed by November 2000, but was abandoned with the rise of the Palestinian Intifada in September that same year.
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Israel and Judah split apart about 920 BCE, and Amos is speaking around 160 years later. He has come from from Judah to announce a message to Israel. People in Israel will say, he's not one of us! Is he on the side of our enemies?
- Can you imagine Amos 1-2 being preached to an audience in Israel? How would they be hearing the judgement on the six other nations, then Judah, … and then themselves. (See Amaziah the priest's reaction to Amos in Ch.7. Might Paul have gotten the idea for the turn in Romans 1-2 from Amos 1-2?)
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The specific accusations in the first six sayings all have to do with crimes in war. Damascus has treated the people of Gilead with extreme cruelty, grinding them as grain is ground on a threshing floor. The Philistines and the people of Tyre have been involved in large-scale programs of deportation. Tyre has violated an international treaty, the "covenant of brotherhood." The Edomites are accused of pitiless and ongoing cruelty against a "brother" people. The atrocity of the Ammonites is especially reprehensible: Innocent civilians, pregnant women, are killed by the sword, taking two lives at one blow. If the Ammonites exterminated life before birth, the Moabites are accused of extending their atrocities beyond death, in this case for white-washing walls (the same word is translated "plaster" in Deut. 27:2, 4). [Limberg, Interpretation: Hosea-Micah, p.89]
- Is right worship expected from gentile nations in Amos 1-2? Is right behavior expected? Are only notorious outrages being condemned?
- How does the relationship between Israel/Judah and gentile nations then compares to the relationship between Christians and non-Christians today? — or between supposedly Christian nations, and others?
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Bill is Stan's CIA double. The CIA uses body doubles for its agents to act as decoys. Other known body doubles include Jackson's double who was killed by Stan and Sanders' Double.
Bill often takes Stan's place when there are things he doesn't want to go to, such as Steve's baptism or cooking classes with Francine.
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In "Pulling Double Booty", Hayley meets Bill after going to the CIA to having an argument with Stan. Mistaking Bill for Stan she apologizes which leads to them getting into a relationship. When Bill is showed by Stan of how "Hot" Francine is, Bill tries to have sex with Francine by impersonating Stan. Enraged at Bill trying to hit on Francine, Stan throws Bill out of the window, by what appears to be his genitals, and tells Bill that he cannot see Hayley again. In order to stop Hayley going on a rampage when Bill dumps her, Stan pretends to be Bill to take Hayley out on a date.
Bill, like his double Stan, was voiced by Seth MacFarlane.
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Hi Alex, Thanks for your response. I am using jackrabbit 1.3.1, but even when I switch to 1.5.6 I get the same issue. I have attached repository.xml and the generated workspace.xml for your reference. For security reasons, I have changed the db url, username and password from my original config file. Please let me know if I've missed anything. Thanks, Mona -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Klimetschek [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:16 AM To: email@example.com Subject: Re: Configuring new workspace On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Khanapurkar, Mona A.<firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >> I tried generating a new workspace programmatically using the >> following line of code : >> >> ((JackrabbitWorkspace)session.getWorkspace()).createWorkspace("my_new_ >> workspace"); >> >> It creates the requested workspace folder and appropriate >> workspace.xml within it. I then try obtaining a session on the new >> workspace like the following: >> >> session = repository.login(new SimpleCredentials(username, password >> .toCharArray()), >> "my_new_workspace"); >> >> It throws javax.jcr.NoSuchWorkspaceException. And the underlying error >> is: >> >> ERROR [org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.db.DatabaseFileSyst >> em] - failed to initialize file system >> com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.MySQLSyntaxErrorException: You have an error >> in your S >> QL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server >> version for th >> e right syntax to use near 'not null, FSENTRY_NAME varchar not null, >> FSENTRY_DAT >> A varbinary null, FSENTRY_LA' at line 1 This means the database file system for the new workspace couldn't be created, due to this SQL syntax error. This could be a misconfiguration of the db file system, ie. the wrong implementation or the wrong schema. What does your config look like? Are you using the latest version of Jackrabbit (1.5.x)? Regards, Alex -- Alexander Klimetschek firstname.lastname@example.com
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List price: $16.00Publisher: Crown Publishing GroupPublication date: 3/3/2009Binding: PaperbackPages: 304Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall Weight: 0.704Language: English
Alice Hoffman, an American novelist and screenwriter, was born in New York City in 1952. She earned a B.A. from Adelphi University in 1973 and an M.A. from Stanford in 1975 before publishing her first novel, Property Of, in 1977. Known for blending realism and fantasy in her fiction, Hoffman often creates richly detailed characters who live on society's margins and places them in extraordinary situations as she did with At Risk, her 1988 novel about the AIDS crisis. Other novels include The Drowning Season (named a "notable book of 1979" by Library Journal) and Seventh Heaven, which first gained Hoffman a broad national audience. She has also written many screenplays, including adaptations of her own novels.
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