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Oh! We're having a heatwave, a tropical heatwave
The temperature's rising, it isn't surprising
–Irving Berlin
It's hot and you just don't feel like cooking. Salads and fruit are the obvious choice. But sometimes, you gotta have warm food.
Here's a quick and easy recipe for a one-dish pasta meal that minimizes time spent at the stove.
pasta, any shape you like
1 large tomato or two vine-ripened tomatoes
1/2 onion
1-2 cloves of garlic
1 small Chinese eggplant
Spices: we recommend salt, pepper, red pepper flakes and dried oregano
Put a pot of water on to boil. Keep the lid on so the steam doesn't escape and heat up the kitchen.
Hint: If you use fresh pasta, it takes less time to cook.
Chop tomato, garlic, onion, and eggplant.
Open a bottle of chilled dry Italian white wine to keep you cool while you chop.
While you wait for the water to boil, put a little olive oil into a frying pan and sauté the onions and eggplant until soft. Spill in a little wine, add the tomatoes and garlic. Season with salt, pepper, red pepper flakes and oregano.
When the pasta has cooked, drain and add to the frying pan. Add a little more olive oil, or a pad of butter if you prefer, and toss over the heat until all ingredients meld together. This should only take a minute or two.
Divide into serving bowls and enjoy with the white wine.


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Its Sunday night after an 11 day vacation. My alarm will go off at 5am tomorrow…if the kids let me sleep in that long. The week before vacation we were up be for 5pm but then on vacation they "Slept in" till about 530. The good thing was that we could take the day slow at our pass. So what is the good thing about going back to work getting back on routine! Much needed!!
I had high hopes for the week of vacation to get so many projects done. well most of them did not get done till today. I was finally motivated and at a point with everything else that I could take the time to do it!
I started this morning with cleaning out all the cupboards in my kitchen!
My seasoning cupboard was out of control. I had so many duplicates and baking items with the others. I took everything out and started over!
Then I moved onto the pantry and did the same thing
you can see everything!
The kids helped me with the bowl cupboard we took out anything that didn't have a lid and any lid that didn't have a bowl! this was how tyler wanted to stack them!
Even my baking closet got a makeover.
I feel so much better, there are a few things still on my to do list. Like the hall closet (I did clean the mudroom closet on Friday), the basement, the laundry room, cleaning Tyler's dresser and the bin of clothes I have to sort out. Thankfully the laundry is done!
Now I did make use of my extra baking soda! I have all these extra socks with holes in them. I poured banking soda into two of them that had been doubled up. I used a cup to help me pour the baking soda into them.
now I can slide these into my gym sneakers after my workouts and they can absorb that great smell! it was so fast and easy. I only doubled them because of the holes, but I think they will still be able to work because they are not thick. These are my work dress socks that are so thin.
Also on my to do list was running. We are going to the indoor water park in 33 days. 33 freaking days. I am excited but nervous. In 2010 I lost 50 pounds. But I am still overweight and still not where I want to be. Especially for a bathing Suit. I just feel when people see the photos they will be more judgmental. "She lost 50 pounds and still looks like that"?" So then what did I do..I tried on my bathing suit. Yeah just to add to my lack of confidence. it fits the small one from 2 years ago but I just want to look better. So here is where running comes in. my 2011 bucket list has "run a 5K" so I figured I would give it a try. I ran 2.2 miles in 30 minutes that is like a 15 minute mile. that really will not cut it. I need cut that time down some to about 12 or 11 minute. I think I did a 10 minute mile in high school once. On my fridge is a count down to the water park with big letters "Do you really want to eat that?" just to make me keep that door shut. I would hang up a photo of me in the bathing suit but I don't want to scare the kids!
Well I need to go make my very healthy lunch. I will be eating very clean and well the next 33 days. and I will be working out any chance I can!

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It's been six weeks since I went to the gym. I've been off 'cos of a nasty chest infection. But hopefully, next week I will get back into the way of things properly.
One thing that has improved is that I am starting to eat slightly more sensibly. Yesterday, for instance, I had two portions of fruit, one of pineapple and one of mixed fruit including kiwi, melon, mango, and blueberry. Then for tea I cooked some pork and mashed potato. And I am trying to cut down on caffeine as well. So what is for today?
Ah well, tonight three of us are going to the Odeon cinema to watch The Hunger Games so we have arranged to meet at Frankie and Benny's for dinner. But I am going to try to stick to the healthier options…
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Maxine E. LeNoble, age 82, of Clintonville passed away on Monday, August 1, 2016 at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center, Appleton.
The former Maxine Vollmer was born on March 28, 1934 in the Town of Larrabee, Waupaca County, Wisconsin to Max and Lorraine (Henschel) Vollmer. She was united in marriage on October 15, 1952 to Jerome R. LeNoble at St. Rose Catholic Church, Clintonville. The couple lived a short time in the state of Massachusetts and returned to Wisconsin living in Clintonville, New London, and several other cities in the Fox Valley. They owned and operated LeNobles Lanes bowling alley in New London from 1967 – 1972. In the late 1970s the couple returned home to the Bear Creek area and in 2004 settled in Clintonville. Maxine was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bear Creek. She was most proud to be a homemaker, a devoted wife, and a loving mother and grandmother. Maxine especially enjoyed babies and small children, whether they were her grandchildren or even other people's kids. She was an accomplished seamstress making and mending clothing for the entire family. Maxine's other hobbies included quilting, embroidering, and reading. She was an excellent cook and always had to have homemade cookies in the house.
Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Jerry; and six children, Donna (Steven) Doede of Clintonville, Cheryl (Tom) Nash of Combined Locks, Richard (Kim) LeNoble of Bear Creek, Ronald (Faye) LeNoble of Marion, Mark (Darlene) LeNoble of New London, and Karen (special friend Jeff Moericke) LeNoble of Clintonville. There are 16 grandchildren, Lora (Adam) Ferg, Christopher (Michelle) Paulson, Erin (Luke) VanNuland, Kyle (Andrea) Rathsack, Courtney (Tyler) Stuebs, Brandon LeNoble, Shannon (fiancée Crystal Teachout) LeNoble, Rebecca (Martin) Forsberg, Rachel (Brian) Heineman, Jennifer (Shannon) Prochnow, Matthew LeNoble, Andrea LeNoble, Briana Salzman, Ashley Salzman, Alexus (fiancé Brandon Carlsen) Gilliam, and Amber Gilliam. There are 14 great-grandchildren, Arabella, Julianne, Layla, Landon, Leo, Vincent, Charlotte, Violet, Abraham, Jack, Joseph, Gabrielle, Skyler, and Caylee. There are two brothers, Robert Bernard of New London and Leon Bernard of Bear Creek; one sister, Marlene Zempel of Wausau; one sister-in-law, JoAnn Vollmer; and numerous nieces and nephews. Maxine is further survived by three brothers-in-law, Jacob (Margaret) LeNoble of Phoenix, AZ, Marvin (Ann) LeNoble of Eagan, MN, and Robert (Ann) LeNoble of Union City, CA; and four sisters-in-law, Margaret (Norman) Lenz of Appleton, Mary Desmond of Neshkoro, Ida Krause of Kaukauna, Bonnie Laux of Greenville, and Kim LeNoble of Embarrass. She is preceded in death by her parents; an infant daughter Mary; her in-laws Jacob and Margaret LeNoble; three sisters, Lois Bessette, Frieda (Vernon) Rydberg, and Meta (Elmer) Ritchie; and three brothers, Art, Roland, and John Vollmer. Maxine is also preceded by eight brothers-in-law, Don Zempel, John LeNoble, David LeNoble, Frederick LeNoble, Joseph LeNoble, Wayne Allen, William Desmond, and Tom Laux; and four sisters-in-law, Ida Bernard, Lucille Bernard, Carol LeNoble, and Julia Allen.
Mass of Christian Burial was held on Friday, August 5th at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bear Creek. Fr. John "Jack" Mullarkey officiated and burial followed in the parish cemetery. Friends called on Thursday from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Beil-Didier Funeral Home, Clintonville, and on Friday from 9:30 a.m. until time of mass at the church.
Our lasting memories of Mom are simple: a hard-working, passionate figure of strength who never waned in her support or love of her family, and who soldiered on, even when times were tough. Mom, thank you for everything you've given us – and the warmth we shared during your precious time of earth. God bless you.


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Our ground floor apartment is a holiday home and is situated in the small Spanish village of Algorfa on the Costa Blanca. It has two bedrooms, one double and a twin. It has everything you will need for a self-catering holiday. The lounge has twin and triple sofas. The kitchen has ceramic hob, fridge freezer, microwave and washing machine. The bathroom has a bath and shower. There is English TV.
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Based on the positive response I received to my recent post, Close Encounters of the Awkward Kind: Voicemail Messages , I thought it only fitting to extend the "Close Encounters" series to discuss yet another situation that makes me want to crawl into a hole and die: the office kitchen.
While in theory put in place to make office life more comfortable, I'm convinced that overall the office kitchen does much more harm than good.
First, the space itself is always a logistical nightmare. Moving around in there makes me feel about as graceful as Kate Gosselin on Dancing with the Stars.
No matter where you go, or what you try to do, someone is always in your way, causing both of you to apologize profusely and shuffle around in an awkward manner. Then, when the person moves out of your way, they somehow always end up directly in front of the thing you need to use next. This happens with such regularity that I'm convinced the whole thing is orchestrated by psychologists lurking behind a one-way mirror somewhere, gauging our reactions and saying things like: "the subject is becoming agitated" into little handheld tape recorders.
That's why I always try to be kind in these situations.
Secondly, the office kitchen is a veritable breeding ground for awkward conversations and painful small talk.
Being a creature of habit, every morning, I make a bowl of instant oatmeal for breakfast. These two minutes spent waiting for my oatmeal to finish cooking are invariably the longest of my life. Since talking to my coworkers like a normal person is clearly out of the question, I am forced to find other ways of occupying this time. Usually, I spend the first 20 seconds getting my spoon and napkin ready. Then, I might kill another 15-20 by filling up a glass of water and drinking it, pensively. After that, I'm out of options. The remaining 1.5 minutes are usually devoted to either (a) arbitrarily picking things up and putting them down, making it look like I'm doing something; or (b) reading the same damn sign about the dangers of microwaving plastic tupperware for the 85th time this week, while praying no one approaches me.
I've tried fleeing the scene- waiting out these excruciating two minutes in a nearby bathroom stall… but oatmeal, as it happens, is a bit of a precarious beast. If you don't watch over it carefully, you face the possibility of that sh*t boiling over in the microwave and exploding all over the place. Then you've gotten yourself into a situation that is 10 times worse than had you just stayed there in the first place, as you struggle to clean up the sticky mess with industrial paper towels in front of a live audience.
For me though, the worst part of the office kitchen is the fact that you're putting your food on display for others to see, and opening yourself up to potential judgment. Although what someone chooses to eat is a very personal thing and no one else's business, for some reason other people seem to have both a strange fascination and unbridled curiosity about it.
While in the office kitchen, I have been asked more questions about a single bowl of oatmeal than I thought were humanly possible:
"oooh is that maple and brown sugar flavour?"
"have you tried the organic kind?"
"do you eat the same thing every single day for breakfast?"
Ummm yeah I do b*tch, any other questions??
For this reason I have taken to treating other people's food like an eclipse- I try never to make direct eye contact with it. And I definitely don't ask them any questions about it. I advise you all to do the same.
In all fairness, my office kitchen- and the people who frequent it- aren't all that bad. If I left anything in the fridge there, I'd like to think it wouldn't get stolen. I once worked at an office where people would leave passive-agressive notes when someone took their food, like these ones. I actually kind of miss these. They made life a little more interesting, while at the same time giving everyone something to hypothesize about.
I'm thinking about starting that initiative here… but instead of food-stealing, targeting some other melodramatic office problem…. like that menace to society who keeps leaving forgotten jobs in the print tray. (I know it's you, Linda…and don't think I haven't noticed all of those extra post-it notes you've got kicking around your office, either..)


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NFL Game Recap: Los Angeles Rams (24) vs. Oakland Raiders (21) - Date: 8/19/2017 Aug 20, 2017 OAKLAND, Calif. Derek Carr threw two touchdown passes for Oakland in his first game since breaking his leg last season and Jared Goff led three scoring drives for the Rams as both first-team offenses were sharp during Los Angeles' 24-21 exhibition victory over Oakland on Saturday night. Marshawn Lynch returned to the field for the first time since retiring following the 2015 season and once again declined to stand for the national anthem. He delighted the hometown crowd in Oakland when he burst through the line for a 6-yard run on his first carry and added another 4-yard run before calling it a night. ''It was awesome,'' Carr said. ''It was really loud, I'm not going to lie. It was really loud. That was good for the home crowd to see. Honestly, it's good to be home again,''Lynch said he decided to come out of retirement after the Raiders announced plans in March to move to Las Vegas for the 2020 season. Lynch wanted to give something back to his hometown fans in Oakland. While some fans in Oakland have expressed bitterness, the Raiders are sold out for the entire season despite being lame ducks and drew a sellout crowd of 53,659 for their first home game of the preseason. Sports Picks Today. The most outward anger from the fans came when Goff led the Rams on a 88-yard drive to open the game, capped by a 23-yard TD pass to Cooper Kupp . Goff, who struggled as a rookie after being drafted first overall last season out of California, played extremely well in his return to the East Bay. Goff finished 16 for 20 for 160 yards, leading another TD drive that was capped by Todd Gurley's 2-yard run and a field goal drive late in the first half. Carr, who broke his leg on this same field during a Christmas Eve win over Indianapolis, played his first game of the preseason and looked in midseason form with the exception of one miscommunication with Michael Crabtree that led to an interception by Trumaine Johnson. Carr capped the first drive with a perfectly placed 19-yard touchdown pass to tight end Lee Smith and ended his night with a 13-yard score to Crabtree , who juked Troy Hill on his way into the end zone. COMEBACK WIN: After Oakland's Connor Cook led a go-ahead drive capped by a 17-yard pass to Johnny Holton with 6:30 to play, Sean Mannion answered for Los Angeles and threw a game-winning 20-yard pass to Josh Reynolds with 1:11 remaining. ANTHEM DOINGS: Lynch wasn't the only player to make a stand during the anthem. Teammate Shalom Luani kneeled down during the start of the anthem and Los Angeles linebacker Robert Quinn raised his fist in protest. Lynch also sat last week and told coach Jack Del Rio he has done that throughout his career. Lynch has not publicly said why he is sitting for the anthem. WHERE'S WATKINS: Sammy Watkins got his first action for Los Angeles since being acquired in a trade with Buffalo this preseason. Watkins converted a third down on his first catch and added one more reception. Watkins nearly had a TD grab but could not come down with a deep pass from Goff with Sean Smith in tight coverage. MACK ATTACK: Reining Defensive Player of the Year Khalil Mack also got his first action of the preseason for the Raiders and delivered one sack, three quarterback pressures and two tackles for loss in three series. STEPPING UP: Rookie receiver Cooper Kupp is showing he's more than capable of making the transition from FCS to the NFL. Kupp, who set FCS records at Eastern Washington with 428 catches for 6,464 yards and 73 TDs, caught six passes for 70 yards and a TD while playing with the starters. ---More NFL: pro32. ap. org and twitter. com/-NFL
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Directed by Zack Snyder
Emily Browning - Baby Doll
Abbie Cornish - Sweet Pea
Jena Malone - Rocket
A young girl is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her and her friends escape from the facility.
I found out a day before I saw the movie, that the movie in theaters, is not the movie director Zack Snyder wanted to put out. The movie Snyder filmed had musical numbers in it that were axed out completely as well as other scenes, some small and others big, that had bits of information in it that was meant to help the story with some of the more questionable happenings in it. For a movie this hyper stylized you need to let the director put out the movie he wants to put out. When a studio gets it's hands on a movie it doesn't understand you get movies like the theatrical versions of Brazil and Superman II. Two good movies, that got so much better once the true version, the director's version of the film got out. So how do I explain this movie that I know now isn't the true version of it or review it fairly knowing this.
This film is beautiful. I had to get that out of the way as that is the only way to describe this movie. This movie is so stylized that each scene has it's own vibe. Even though most of the scenes in the movie are heavy CG based, the movie doesn't suffer from it one bit. The action pieces in this movie are so fricking cool. From a dragon chasing a WW II aircraft bomber to a showdown with robots aboard a speeding train, each of these scenes are just fun. Yet the standout set piece was the second one set during WW I where you have trench warfare against steam and clockwerk resurrected German soldiers. I was in love with everything that was going on in these fantasy world settings dealing with retrieving five objects to help the girls with their escape.
But the movie is flawed though thanks to its story structure. There are scenes that don't match up with the what was going on by the way of story. Also, the main character might not actually be the main character, but a figment of another girls imagination. Or it could be said that all the other female patients that accompany Baby Doll are just figments of her mind. I'm putting it this way cause at the end of the film when a person was explaining what has happened they left out a couple of deaths, but yet mentioned one that wasn't shown instead. The story has massive plot holes that need filling that were filled in by the cut dance sequences for each of the main actresses. The story does get really dark toward the end of the movie as you truly find out how twisted one of the characters are, and what length he'll go to keep control though.
The movie itself is amazing to watch and get lost in visually. Just the first deep fantasy sequence is enough to sell me on the movie almost as it's like watching a live action anime, it's that amazing and cool that I got goosebumps. Yet I know that the movie could have been so much more than what was there. Yet, there is that nagging in the back of my mind telling me that the original "hard R" rated cut of the movie is the real film and what we got was a easy to digest version that has more in it than what the studios thought but cut out the explanations of those scenes. If you stay and watch the ending credits (only JeNee and I stayed through to watch them) you get to see one of the musical numbers, from Blue, interspersed with scenes from the other cut musical sequences. I'm pretty sure Blue's musical number can be placed toward the end of the movie before the escape and it added so much to the character of Blue that it's a shame it was cut. Now the wait starts for me for the home release of it with the cut 35 plus minutes put back into the film with any luck that will actually make this movie whole and not the beautiful mess that it is right now.
The crushing death of the lead Nazi by a giant mech.
To reach your own paradise. Just let go.
The name of the movie in different countries vary from Angel Wars in Japan to Mundo Surreal in Brazil and Portugal.
The two banners beside Scott Glenn's character as shown in the trailer are a famous couplet from 'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu: "Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain." This was later made into a famous battle standard by the Japanese warlord Takeda Shingen.
The main girls in the film were told to deadlift up to 210 pounds (95 kg) for their roles. For this Damon Caro, who worked on Snyder's 300 and Watchmen and the Bourne film series, was brought in for training, fight choreography, and stunts.
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The recent decision of the CJEU, effectively denying the VAT exemption on investment management services to UK workplace defined benefit (DB) pension funds, is a setback to pension schemes, who were hoping to assuage their VAT burdens.
I. VAT and pension schemes — where are we now?
This article is intended to summarise the effect of recent legal developments on the VAT costs incurred by pension funds, and to look to what might happen in the near future.
Most of the case law is in the European Court of Justice ("CJEU"), and the developments are being closely followed in a number of countries, especially the Netherlands, Ireland and Denmark, as well as in the UK.
II. Investment vehicle or insurance product?
In broad terms, a pension fund would be some form of aggregation of shares, securities and other investments invested to provide benefits in retirement. These "funds" take many forms — in the UK, occupational pension schemes are usually structured as a trust.
Costs are incurred, such as expenses towards administration and investment management. The key question for such an investment vehicle is to what extent these costs are exempt from VAT and, if to the extent they are subject to VAT, whether it can be recovered by the fund as input tax.
Many pension schemes provide for scheme administration and fund management to be carried out by permitted insurers under a contract, so such services are exempt from VAT as part of the provision of insurance within Article 135(1)(a) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC (the "Principal VAT Directive" or "PVD").
The wide scope of this exemption for investment management and administration of pensions in an insurance "wrapper" means that most of the issues dealt with in the rest of this article are not of a concern to such schemes.
In the case of Winterthur Life UK Limited v. HMRC (VAT Decision 17,572), which concerned a Self-Invested Personal Pension ("SIPP") product, HMRC considered that the service provided in relation to that part of the scheme that involved self-selection of investments by the policyholder was taxable. However, even in such a structure, the UK VAT and Duties Tribunal held that the appellant was at all times providing an exempt service as an insurance agent acting in an intermediary capacity.
III. Investment vehicle — does it have an economic activity?
A fund vehicle can only recover VAT on its overheads if it is registered for VAT as a "taxable person", which it can only do if it has an "economic activity". The mere holding and selling of investments is not an economic activity. However, the CJEU has held that the management of collective investment in transferable securities using capital raised from the public is an activity that "goes beyond the compass of the simple acquisition and the mere sale of securities and which aims to produce income on a continuing basis, constitutes an economic activity within the meaning of Article 4(2) of the Sixth Directive." — (Banque Bruxelles Lambert SA Case C-8/03).
By analogy, it should be the case that the investment activity of a pension fund could constitute an economic activity, and this is HMRC's current policy, despite the decision in Wellcome Trust limited (Case C-155/94). However, the VAT on its overheads can only be recovered to the extent it is attributable to the making of taxable supplies (or supplies outside the scope of VAT but with credit for input tax). Since a major part of the activity is likely to involve the exempt sale of shares and securities, the recovery of VAT from such activities of a pension fund is likely to be low……
Via The VAT cost to pensions | Global Tax Watch.


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London-based designer Yanko Tsvetkov, through his site alphadesigner.com, has taken the art of mapping to a new level! His work is amazingly insightful and displays such a good knowledge of idiotic nationality stereotypes and cultural biases from so many cultures. And the humor – it is good, I mean, seriously good! This guy shouldn't be a designer – at least he should write political or cultural cartoons as well as design.
I was laughing out loud all the way.
I mean, just look at some of these oceans: Nazi Submarine Ocean, Ocean of Europe, Noodle Ocean… Seriously, we need to change a name somewhere and really have an "Ocean of Europe" – that's too good.
And the countries: WTF?, KQDFRCPQSFKZTAN + 2, OFFSHORIA, Evil Federated Empire of Europe, Wasn't this Russia?, Definitely Not Europeans, Semi-France, Best Friends, Italy/Ethiopia/Somalia, Europoor du Nord/Europoor du Sud, Mars/Jupiter/Mercury, the World (Switzerland); in 2022: Greece (owned by China), Merkelreich…


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Minnehaha Falls Hike
The first day of summer break, we took a family hike at Minnehaha Falls. It was wonderful to explore the creek, falls, and the Mississippi river as well! The kids enjoyed throwing stones into the river and checking out the sandstone cliffs. We had the backpack ready for Anja, but she barely used it. She wanted to do it all herself and seemed to really enjoy all of it. We can't wait to go back again. It was a great way to kick off summer break!


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Monday, December 21, 2009
The girls quilts were easy to decide, they had no decision in them. I made them and decided who would get them. My mom's on the other hand had requirements. You see I had made my mother in laws quilt. My mom reminded me " So when do I get a quilt, everyone else has?" Not quite true but I knew I needed to get started. Well, I bought most of this material last year with her in mind. So I got it out and she told me a simple quilt, no patchwork for her, blue, white and yellow, a large queen, not to heavy. Luckily there was enough material, smiple pattern, smiple quilting, and there you have her perfect quilt. She bragged on how snuggy it was and that dad didn't get to hot.
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Object of Mercy
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And so we are to work with all our might, seeking and applying wisdom. And applying wisdom takes wisdom because we live in the mist. Even Jesus, Who is Wisdom Incarnate, came into this world of folly knowing that He must entrust Himself fully into the purposes and will of His good Father. These words should come from our lips as well – "
not my will, but Yours be done
," not in despairing submission, but rather with a fierce hope in God and not in this world "
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|Kane, our 11-month-old puppy, looking up at Steve for direction.
You can see the small prong collar nestled into his ruff.
UPDATE: Kane turned one on January 19, 2014.
We had switched to a Halti collar, but he still yanked and growled. We would step on the leash, if we could -- recently, he'd started pulling so hard that I would have fallen over if I'd lifted one foot off the ground. And even if I could gain control, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't try again 30 seconds later.
I thought it was getting better (by avoiding wide open areas), but then on Friday, I took him out -- and he was doing quite well -- until he saw the open space of the park (which we were bypassing), and then he lost it. It was about half a kilometre from home and we alternated with his pulling me and my pulling him, long after the park was out of view. He was growling and nasty, and I hated him.
We got home, I put him in his kennel, and I contacted Cher Wood at Streetwise Canine. I felt like I was calling SuperNanny - and my desperation was not that far off. If we could not resolve this situation, I would have to stop walking Kane. This was completely unacceptable.
When Cher showed up on Saturday, my back and shoulders were still stiff and sore from the prolonged tug-of-war.
Once Cher took the leash, within five minutes -- FIVE MINUTES -- she had Kane heeling. The rambunctious, rebellious dog we'd been fighting with for weeks was suddenly submissive and cooperative.
Can you believe it? Here are the mistakes we were making:
1. The prong collar we had at first was too big and too loose.
2. We were giving him too much leash.
3. I had the wrong objective for the walk.
The Collar
|The apple is to give you a sense of scale.
The prong collar on the left is the one that Kane came with; the one on the right is a MUCH smaller one, fitted by the trainer. Kane's fur really masks a much smaller neck, and the larger collar kept flipping around so that the prongs were at the back of his neck. The prongs themselves were also too far apart.
The way the prong collar works is by gently putting pressure onto very sensitive points around the dog's jaw and skull. Because Kane's collar flipped around and lower onto the large muscles of his upper back, the prongs were not delivering the message.
They do not press on the trachea. And they are blunt-tipped. Here's a close-up.
When the collar is properly fitted, it takes just the gentlest bit of pressure -- I wish I could show you -- just a tap, really, to get the dog's attention. Cher likened them to the little nip that a mother dog would give her puppy.
Too Much Leash
We had been spoiled by Scooter, who was such a well-trained, submissive dog that she would never have yanked us. We allowed her to run ahead of us. We let her off-leash (when there were no other dogs or youngsters in the park). Even off-leash, she stuck close.
With Kane, I gave him about four feet of leash. Most of the time, that leash was pulled taut. Occasionally, he would let it slack, and I would rush to praise him, trying to reinforce this position.
Cher had us hold the leash such that Kane's head was right by our thigh. Because I'm short, that means holding the leash about six inches from the collar, maybe less.
If the dog starts to tug forward, you just give a gentle tug - not a yank - equal in pressure to what the dog was giving. You don't need to say anything. You don't need to give treats. The objective is to keep the dog as calm as possible. So no excited "atta boys."
Previously, that little stick on the ground would've been hoovered into Kane's maw within seconds. The short leash does not allow it.
And lest you think this is unpleasant for Kane, I would have you look at that happily wagging tail.
The walk ends up being a gentle series of pinky-strength adjustments, rather than full-body battles.
Objective for Taking the Dog for a Walk
I was so concerned that this breed (black Labrador retriever and border collie mix) needed lots of exercise that I thought he really needed to be given as much free rein as possible.
While he does need exercise (and so do I), the main point of the walk is to bond with each other. For Kane to learn that I am the alpha in this pack. With that in mind, it is imperative that we (the humans) set the ground rules. His behaviour was doing the opposite of helping us bond!
You'll notice in the top picture that Kane is looking attentively at Steve. Before, we would release him from his sit or down whenever he seemed to calm down. Cher pointed out that he needed to be looking at us for cues -- for everything! When to eat, when to walk, when to release his sit.
|Now that IS a good doggy.
In a loud voice, I said, "No!" That didn't work. Sit!" That didn't work, (though it had one time previously). "Lie down!" Kane just looked at me like it was part of a game. HIS game. And I was losing. I didn't even bother trying to offer him a treat, as I knew that would have zilch effect.
I tried pulling firmly up on the leash, but that just had him dancing on his hind legs and he pulled me off balance quickly enough that he was able to get back onto all fours. I couldn't stomp on the leash. I handed Cher the leash.
Her reaction was immediate:
"STOP IT! THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!" she screamed at him, and gave a really sharp, strong yank on the leash that tore it out of his mouth. Then, holding the leash close to his head, she put him into "a down" and waited until he had pulled himself together.
I honestly can't remember if he tried it again with her. He did try it with Steve, but got the immediate unequivocal response.
Eventually, Kane will respond to the gentler version, the sharp "no," but he is one willful, strong, and large dog who wants to be alpha, and he must learn that he cannot "go primitive" on me or he will be put immediately and sharply in his place.
So I've spent the past 24 hours sounding like a really mean lady, whenever Kane does something unacceptable, like barking in the house (a little woof isn't so bad) or growling at anyone (never okay). He's smart. He'll get it eventually, and then he'll earn more freedom. But for now, he has not demonstrated that he is ready for more.
This morning, Steve took Kane for a walk, and there was no tug-o-war. This afternoon (just after I took the pictures with Steve), I took Kane for a walk. He was GOOOOD!
He's still learning that if I put him into a sit, we won't start walking again until he looks up at me for permission. At any threshold (like crossing a street), or if I find I'm having to tug on the collar a little too frequently, I put him into a sit and wait until he calms himself down.
It is kind of amazing, folks, isn't it?
I'll close with this.


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As if Jennifer Lopez hadn't gone through enough after spending more than a decade fighting her money-grubbing first husband's attempts to smear her reputation…now she's acquired a new foe. A short-lived former employee has threatened to reveal damaging information about the star, and Lopez is fighting back.
On Friday, Lopez filed a $20 million suit against Hakob Manoukian, claiming he engaged in "blackmail, extortion, and related acts." It seems he worked for Lopez for a month last year before quitting after a dispute with the singer/actress's manager Benny Medina.
Manoukian has since filed a complaint that he was demoted from his original job as Lopez's chief of security to a lower-paying gig as her driver and denied "production pay."
According to the suit by Lopez, Manoukian's then-attorney "made written and oral demands that unless Manoukian was paid $2.8M, he would disclose sensitive and personal information that he had allegedly heard while driving Ms. Lopez."
That sounds like blackmail to us, especially since Manoukian had signed a confidentiality agreement when he went to work for Lopez.
Let's get real here—both sides are blowing smoke. If this guy had $20M sitting around, he wouldn't be trying to extort money out of J.Lo, and she knows you can't get blood out of a turnip. This one is likely to play out with either Lopez giving him a small settlement to go away, or the whole thing will sit around the courts for years before both suits are dropped. Either way, this ex-employee isn't likely to score a major chunk of J.Lo's millions.


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anyway, we decided to leave after seeing all the animals. the mosquitoes were crazy and HUGE. and with the dengue scare, you won't make me stay longer either. before going to eden, i made them taste durian. it was fun. eduard was brave enough to finish 1 seed but hans gave up after tasting it. he told me that durian smells like baby poop and when he tried eating it, he can't help but think of baby poop. oh well, to each his own. but they did like mangosteen.
here are some of my photos:
we had lunch at eden and they were both impressed with the food and its taste. as usual, we just took the shuttle tour around eden and waited for our ride to pick us. it was fun knowing their culture and i hope it was fun for them too.


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What Catholic calls himself a "Roman Catholic"?
The Episcopalians call them "Romans" in order to distinguish them from the "Anglo-Catholics", and other protestants call them "Roman Catholics" to distinguish them from "catholic" small-c meaning "universal".
I suspect this is one or two people who have given themselves a fancy name, sort of like that "Catholics for a Free Choice" group.
Plenty of us do and my dog tags, which I still carry with me everyday, state my religious preference as ROMAN CATHOLIC. While it can be used as a pejorative by Catholic bashers, there is no shame in calling oneself a Roman Catholic.


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On August 2014, I started out as a L1 engineer supporting core VMware Product, ESXi and vCenter. At the end of 2015, I started the epic journey of supporting Backups and Recovery solution, vSphere Data Protection. End of Q3 2016, I started supporting Site Recovery Manager.
Currently, at end of 2016, I am in VMware Storage and Availability BU, working on SRM and VDP issues. Currently I act as a lead supporting L1 and escalated L2 issues on vSphere Data Protection.
I am self taught in Bash and like automating things or formatting information at multiple locations into one single space.
Apart from this, I work on vRealize Orchestrator and a little bit on vRealize Log Insight, I tend to draw more interest towards EMC Avamar and Data Domain, grabbing all the necessary opportunities to learn more about it.
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I have had an enjoyable and busy two months or so setting up the new TripleGem (TG) enterprise. This has a website at http://triplegem.terapad.com. I investigated various technologies for websites and decided that terapad offers a good package for a blog and news based website. The terapad incarnation of TG will serve as a good proof of concept platform.
Hopefully TripleGem is going to be more that just a website. Hopefully it will act as a catalyst for a range of activities. Quite what these will be I do not know. I have described TG as a think tank since this provides plenty of scope, but I hope that TG will partner with charitable initiatives, as well as act as a focus for discussing news and issues that impinge upon Buddhism in the UK and the West.
Even though as Buddhists we are taught to regard words and concepts as uncertain, we are still very much conditioned by them. I am sure that the mental image conjured up in some minds by 'think tank' is of some intellectual, opinionated and pushy pressure group. If TG does go down this path it will fail, and I would not want to be part of it. Others perhaps see it as a long-overdue initiative which cuts across Buddhist traditions and which might flesh out some initiatives and plans for applying Buddhist approaches to contemporary issues.
But I trust in the good sense and wisdom of those who engage with TG to guide it along the middle way between... what? Perhaps indulgence in theories, ideas, conventions and structures on the one hand, and indulgence in emptiness, vacuity, impulse and randomness on the other. Or indulgence in worldly concerns at one extreme and indulgence in avoiding the world at the other extreme. We can get attached to just about anything...like the belief that Buddhists should not think. Or that we should not attach to anything. It is easy to fail to realise that non-attachment means that we do not attach to non-attachment either.
So If you want to suggest activities or ideas for TG to consider, or you want to get involved, have a look at the website http://triplegem.terapad.com and make contact.


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so many nice things at neëst, a new web shop. i especially like the house-shaped cutting boards.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Labels: house + home
1 comment:
- Piou said...
Thankyou for the link, Lola... I'm glad that my shop please you, i'm flattered. See you soon ! Sandrine.
- July 6, 2010 at 2:27 PM
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HYDERABAD: Lateefa is one of the facilitators at the Child Care and Learning Centres (CCLCs) set up by the NGO Aide et Action (AeA) for migrant children.
Talking about the pathetic condition these children are in when they arrive to the city along with their parents, Lateefa said, "They live in utter poverty. Most of them are malnourished, in tattered clothes and are vulnerable to all kinds of diseases. They just travel with their parents, who, in search of livelihood travel across states. They are neglected because the only thing on the parents' minds is to earn money and survive the day," said Lateefa, who works at Aparna Hill Park in Chanda Nagar.
She was at the state-level consultation meeting - Care, Learning and Healthy Environment for Children of Migrant Workers, where various stakeholders discussed issues of migrant labour and their children. Once on work, the parents are not in a position to think about the child's status. "Their well-being is a far-fetched thought for parents. They rush to work to make ends meet. Most of them have to clear debts back home as they migrate from Odisha, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and other states. Some of them have small patches of land but many mouths to feed," added Varalakshmi, another facilitator with AeA's CCLC in Aparna Grand, Gachibowli.
Children aged eight years and above can be often seen collecting scrap left at construction sites. "They sell the scrap and buy snacks till their parents return in the evening as their parents don't have the time to cook," said Varalakshmi.
With no one to take care of them, these children spend their time loitering near the construction sites, often exposed to many dangers. "There are so many hazardous things on the construction site. Then, there is no time for hygiene. Children are susceptible to all kinds of diseases," pointed Saritha, who is a facilitator at Sri Sai Rama Towers in Hafeezpet.


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Today wasn't exactly a bad day, but it certainly wasn't a great day. I liked being off work. I really liked sleeping in. I enjoyed editing photos, and I ate great food. However, I had two appointments today that were less than thrilling.
I started off my day at the gynecologist's office for my annual stab 'n' jab. This being my fifth time going, I was pretty sure I knew what to expect mechanically. But, as is typical of my life, I got to see yet another new doctor. Nothing quite as much fun as showing your most intimate bits to a complete stranger, right? I was pretty nervous about meeting the new doctor, but she was fantastic. She didn't rush me through or make me feel stupid even once, and though the whole "scraping my brains out from down below" part wasn't fun (is it ever?), it was my most pleasant annual exam ever.
Until she determined I needed to have a tetanus shot.
Yeah, that pretty much kills a day right there.
The "nice" shot lady came in with her little needle full of serum, an alcohol wipe, and the cheapest looking band-aid I've ever seen. Beautiful. She hiked my sleeve up to my ear, wipey-wiped my arm from shoulder to elbow, and started chatting me up. Which is good, I guess, to get to know someone before you fill their arm with antivirals. She asked if I'd ever had the HPV vaccine, and I had, so she informed me that this shot was way less painful. You know how when someone tells you "this won't hurt a bit!" and you kind of want to punch them in the nose? Yeah. Wanted to. But thankfully my brain-to-fist filter was working. She rammed that needle into my arm, smushed all the goo into my muscle, and smeared more of that burny alcohol wipe all over the hole she'd just poked. It hurt. My arm hurt. She was right, though, it wasn't as bad as the Gardasil shot, not even close. And I'm good for another ten years.
I rewarded myself with lunch out because, well, what do you do after having a stranger shove her hand up your hoo-ha and another stranger shove her pokey thing in your arm? Lunch.
The afternoon was quiet until I had to go see my eye doctor. I usually like going to the eye doctor. That's where they give me things that help me see better. And by better I mean at all. I sailed through the exam, not needing a different prescription for once! This is huge news considering the slow decline I've had since I was seven years old. The doctor requested that I allow him to dilate my eyes, something I am usually okay with, but after a tetanus shot and that other procedure from this morning, plus having friends over tonight, I wasn't exactly willing. He insisted. I gave in only because I knew it was a painless procedure.
I sit here, about three hours later, my eyes so huge that only a sliver of gold is visible on the edge of my iris. My head is pounding, my vision is completely wonky, and I just want to sleep. The Man will be home soon expecting me to make dinner. My arm is starting to ache. And I was hoping to be able to play some video games or quilt or do something--anything--productive tonight.
Thankfully we're having ice cream sundaes tonight. I think that means the day is on the upswing.


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For years I have been telling Wargaming to fix its matchmaker. At first it was simple, pleasant, requests. As time has gone on, however, my nice, respectful comments have devolved to "fix your crappy matchmaker already," or some other variation of that sentence.
I finally got fed up. No matter what I did, no matter how hard I tried, how much I looked into tank play and reading strategy about each map, I would lose ALOT more than I would win.
So, for the last few days I have just not cared when I get into a match. I am rather proud of my losing streak. It has not been an easy task, but at the same time, it's not been all that hard either. I just feel bad for the other 14 people on my team that get the loss too, but hey, Wargaming must not like you much anyway if it's gonna put you on a team with me.
Now, if you think what I said about is a horrible way to look at the game and you would not want me on your team, then tell Wargaming to fix their matchmaker PROPERLY this time. the fact that one player (me in this case) can affect the team's ability to win or lose is proof that player ability needs to be weighed just as heavily as the tank they are using. I'm not shooting my own team. I'm not blocking people or pinning them in the line of fire. I am simply just not playing the role my tank was meant for, and that penalizes my team so heavily that I can guarantee a loss for my team. What about all the players who do the same thing out of ignorance? He may not be getting the nasty comments in game chat or nasty private messages after matches, but he is having the same affect on the game.
Simply, the matchmaker needs to take into account player ability in the tank they are currently queued to play with. It needs to tank the tank's ability into account past it being just a light, medium, or heavy tank, artillery, or a tank destroyer (a B-C 25t =/= a Maus). It also needs to stop treating medium and heavy tanks the same (come on Wargaming....a tier 6 medium tank =/= a tier 8 heavy tank).
So, until this stuff gets addressed in the matchmaker, on behalf of wargaming, enjoy your losses when I am on your team!
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text: There is a cute Mermaid Love embroidery kit that is truly unique and makes a great gift, framed treat or even a great starting point for a handbag! The best part is that you can personalize the ribbon to say what you wish! Make the gift special, make it your own!


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John Galt is that ethereal character Ayn Rand writes about in "Atlas Shrugged'.
She was asked "Who is John Galt?" to which she replied, "We are!"
Who is John Galt? John Galt is a character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged (1957)
Or is it in health information technology.
ONC recently posted the "Update on the Adoption of Health Information Technology and Related Efforts to Facilitate the Electronic Use and Exchange of Information." The report provides updates on the adoption of health IT from January 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013. The report also describes CMS' and ONC's efforts to facilitate the nationwide adoption and exchange of electronic health information, identifies and discusses barriers to the adoption and exchange of electronic clinical data, and how HHS' programs are helping to address those barriers.
Here's the full PDF report.
If you read the report the glass is filling up, albeit slowly. What the report does not show is the 25% leak,or so who drop out of meaningful use and forfeit the incentive after year one and MU 2 came into existence. The glass may be filling up but it is also 'leaking' from the bottom.
This occurred either because an unrealistic deadline prevented compliance, or a demonstrated lack of ROI for the medical practice, even with penalties for non compliance. (sounds a bit like the model for the Affordable Care Act.
The implementation of M.U. is complex, and dependent upon software, which constantly requires updating placing a financial burden on vendors and providers alike.
Since current incentive payments barely cover the cost (users do not receive the full amount, only a portion thereof for each step in M.U. the full expense is assigned to the provider (which is considerable for small size practices.
HHS should be responsible for the cost of M.U. upgrades.
Then again billions have already been spent in the effort to startup HIT, EMR, and HIX. What will happen when the money stops. Who will pay for maintenance, upgrades, and increased HIT operation.
Silly question…………….you will


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ERIC Number: ED038660
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1969
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Drug Abuse Education Program. Drug Abuse Education, Grades 5,7,9. Bibliography Included.
Baltimore City Public Schools, MD.
A drug abuse education program was implemented in grades five, seven, and nine in the Baltimore City Public Schools. Unit plans outline the curriculum content and learning activities for each of the three grades. The major objective in grade five is to familiarize pupils with various medically used drugs and to develop an understanding that they may be both beneficial or harmful according to the way they are utilized. In grade seven the pharmocology of drugs is studied in greater detail and an understanding of the sociopsychological aspects of drug usage is developed. The role of effective interpersonal relationships in preventing drug abuse is also stressed. In grade nine drug abuse is studied as a community problem and the topics include: (1) a description of medicinal uses of, and abuse reactions to depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, narcotics, and solvents; (2) drug dependence and tolerance; (3) drug laws and regulations; (4) rehabilitation; and (5) decision-making processes. Throughout the program the students are recognized as participants and are encouraged to share ideas, think logically, and arrive at valid conclusions. Particular stress is placed on teaching young people how to make wise decisions. A bibliography for further reading on the subject is included. (RSM)
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popular Internet hunt engine, closed its $3.1 billion
acquisition of DoubleClick Inc. after European regulators said
the purchase wouldn't harm competition in the online advertisement market.
Google said it completed the trade after the European
Commission, the 27-nation EU's antimonopoly authorization in Brussels,
approved the dealing without conditions. Google announced
the purchase in April to support gross sales of Internet advertisements that
include images and videos.
''This gives Google an first-class beachhead into the display-
ad marketplace and units of ammunition out the merchandises they can convey to their
clients,'' , an analyst at Canaccord Sam Adams in New
York, said in a telephone set interview. He urges buying Google
shares and doesn't ain any.
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Corp., which expressed concerns that the combination would hurt
competition in the $40.9 billion planetary online advertisement market. Microsoft complained to U.S. and europium functionaries that it may be
shut out of the concerted company's advertisement network.
In December, the U.S. Federal Soldier Trade Committee approved the
deal, the greatest in Google's nine-year history, without
imposing plus gross sales or other conditions.
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platform,'' Google Head Executive Military Officer said in
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revenue from merchandising text-based advertisements that look adjacent to search
results. DoubleClick's two chief merchandises aid Web publishing houses and
companies pull off online advertising. The software system manages so-
called show ads, which include artwork or animation.
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planned acquisition would give its challenger more than 80 percentage of
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percent. Microsoft have 9.8 percent, while Yokel have 22.2
percent, according to January information from Reston, Virginia-based
research house ComScore Inc.
The committee said in a statement that Google and
DoubleClick ''were not exerting major competitory restraints on
each other's activities and could, therefore, not be considered
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five ingredient friday - kale and potatoes
I believe this is a Portugese dish. I made it because everything came fresh from the farm on Tuesday. It was delicious.
1 bunch Kale chopped small (not fine)
10 new red potatoes, cooked and cut in half
1 large onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, diced
2 C. broth (I used veggie)
Sautee onions and garlic in olive oil (okay that six but really do we have to count that?
When onions and garlic are softened add potatoes and sautee until slightly browned
Add broth and bring to a boil
Add kale and bring to a low boil until kale is cooked (about 10 minutes)
Serve and enjoy.
This made a great side dish with sausage, tomato salad and fresh corn on the cob.
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WARNING: those sensitive to "womanly things" should steer clear.
I have been through so much over the past few years, medically speaking. Throughout all of my pain, I have found a severe lack of information to help me though it all. Few to no medical postings, no testimonials, almost nothing to help guide me. I've seen well over twenty doctors with varying specialties (in the past 2 years alone) and, until recently, I have not gotten sufficient answers. I cannot even begin to describe how depressing and worrisome the ordeal has been. I am thankful every day that my medical anomalies are not (to my knowledge) life-threatening or terminal, but the heartache, the worry, the anxiety and the breakdowns that I have suffered, have been harrowing. If I can be the one google search that pops up, the one story that is passed on, the one ray of hope for some that may have experienced or (is experiencing) something similar, than this blog will have served its purpose. No one should ever be made to feel like a freak of nature, a crazy person, be tossed around from doctor to doctor, to feel as though there is no help, or experience the amount of frustration I have the past few years. No one. Over time, I hope to share my whole story, piece by piece. Hopefully I will be able to end with a true recovery and some answers.
And so, with several years time to catch up on, I shall begin.
Since the day I "became a woman" I should have known that I was doomed. For a minimum of a week a month, I was bedridden and in excruciating pain. Never the same week each month, but for seven days or more every time. When I was fourteen, I discovered a lump in my breast and had to have a lumpectomy to remove it. The tumor was benign, but the doctor informed me that I needed to be fully examined to make sure that there were not other complications with other parts of my anatomy. When I was seventeen, I gained to courage to go to the local Family Planning office to get examined (a cause I support whole heartedly, especially now) and discovered I had a tilted uterus and an abnormal cervix. The doctors did not seem concerned, but still had me undergo an ultrasound where they learned I had a tilted uterus and my anatomy was primarily aligned to the left. The doctors put me on Depo Provera birth control to help with my abnormal and painful periods, and, to my surprise and joy, the periods stopped entirely after a few months time. I thought nothing more of these things until I got abnormal results on my first pap smear at twenty years old.
The results of my pap were made available not only to Family Planning where the test was done, but also to my primary care physician (PCP). My PCP told me that I needed to have a colposcopy done to make sure that the cells were not pre-cancerous. Family planning told me that recent studies were released that stated that a colposcopy was not recommended for anyone who had not been sexually active for more than 3 years because of the bodies sudden possible exposure to HPV (I had not been at the time, and since then every OBGYN that I have seen has agreed with the aforementioned studies). Being a scared teenager, I had the procedure done by my primary care physician. The colposcopy came back negative for pre-cancerous cells. I was relieved.
But then the pain after the procedure didn't go away.
Since the first vaginal exam that I had at seventeen, I have been told I have a "weird" cervix. It is not in the right place, it is not the normal shape, it does not have a normal opening, and it is very hard to find. Every single doctor has told me this. The colposcopy only made things worse. I had never experienced such excruciating pain in my life. The next doctor that I had seen, an actual OBGYN this time, was when I moved to Connecticut almost a year later because I started having severe abdominal pain and painful, heavy periods again (I had stopped the Depo around the same time because I had missed a couple of shots and had to restart the medication three times, which did not agree with me hormonally). When I saw my new OBGYN, he stated that my cervix was very "weird" and almost entirely scarred over (likely from a poorly executed colposcopy). He ordered an ultrasound to explore to see if my abdominal makeup was abnormal as well. My ultrasound lasted for about an hour while the ultrasound technician looked for a left kidney that did not seem to be there. My doctor ordered an MRI to find if this was true. Around that time I was in the process of moving back to Maine and then my insurance ran out as I turned twenty-two, so I did not have the MRI. Before I left his services, though, he informed me that the chances of me conceiving a child with a scarred, flat, dimpled, half cervix were almost impossible without surgery and that I would likely need to undergo fertility treatments. This was a heartbreaking thing to hear at twenty-one years. I was not planning on conceiving soon, but I wanted children.
Another year passes. My fiance deployed to Afghanistan, and I did not notice the abdominal pain as often. He returned, and the pain returned with a vengeance. Legislation was passed that extended the coverage of a parental insurance plan until the age of twenty-six and my medical journey began again.
I returned to Family Planning once again because I had experienced trouble obtaining a referral to a gynecologist from my PCP in a timely manner. That is where I heard, for the first time, "has anyone ever told you that you have two cervixes?" No. I had not. And the nurse practitioner decided that maybe she was wrong. She referred me to a gynecologist in a timely manner. I did not receive a pregnancy test because she did not think it was possible for me to be pregnant.
I went to the gynecologist. He ordered an MRI to confirm that I congenitally had only one kidney. He also thought, that given my "weird" cervix and the potential that I had just one kidney, that I may also have what he referred to a Mullerian Anomaly. Specifically a unicornuate uterus, potentially with a bicornuate horn. Apparently, the kidneys and the female reproductive organs form from the same tissue at the same time in the womb. Generally speaking, when there is a problem or absence in one area, there is in the other. I had no idea what that would mean for me, but i was terrified and google searches did not help. Again, I was given no pregnancy test because the doctor did not think it was possible.
I eventually had the MRI and was sick with worry. I had done so many google searches, and all that I could find online was that the chances of ever having a successful pregnancy were slim to none. I was twenty-three years old. I had already been told that I would need surgery and potentially fertility treatments to get pregnant, now it looked as though even if I were got pregnant, I would not likely be able to carry the baby full term. I was twenty-three years old. I was terrified and devastated and I hadn't even gotten the results back yet.
Finally the MRI technician called me. I was nervous. Listening to the sound of his voice, so was he. Panicked, he informed me that the final report had not been written, but he discovered something troubling.
I was pregnant.


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A homeless couple has been forced to move from Argyll and Bute after a council housed them hours from a hospital equipped with the HIV facilities they need.
Peter Munro and his partner Jay Turner, who are both HIV positive and require frequent life-saving treatment, take a ferry and two trains to Gartnavel Hospital in Glasgow - a journey lasting as long as three hours.
In September 2009, Turner's CD4 blood count dropped to a dangerous level of just 30. He was admitted to an intensive care unit and his condition has deteriorated since.
Now, the couple claim that their accommodation issues are aggravating the condition.
"My partner is in a critical condition, he uses a walking stick, becomes very breathless and can barely walk. The council have failed to appreciate this fact when they housed us on a remote island," Mr Munro said.
"Hospital transport cannot always be provided due to our geographical location. Jay and myself have missed very important appointments and we become more isolated everyday."
In response, Argyll and Bute Council advised the couple to terminate their temporary tenancy contracts and seek accommodation from a different local authority. The council confirmed it will help facilitate a move to Brighton, as recommended by hospital consultants, where Munro has family to care for them.
But a spokeswoman for Argyll and Bute Council said there had been "no shortcomings" on their part.
She told us: "The Munro and Turner case has been handled professionally and sympathetically. Social workers have dedicated significant time and resource to find a solution in what has been a challenging case and we will continue to work with Mr Munro and Turner to facilitate their move to Brighton."
However, Munro claims that after providing 28 days' notice to terminate their temporary tenancy - as requested by the council - the housing team has been unable to secure them accommodation in Brighton.
"Due to the fact that we handed in our notice, we gave our carpets away and our belongings are all packed but we strongly feel that the social work team within Argyll and Bute Council are simply not doing enough to help us find a home," he said.
A spokesman from Brighton and Hove Council said the demand for housing was "very competitive" in the South-East. Jason Warriner, clinical director at the Terrence Higgins Trust, said: "Common sense dictates that travelling by ferry and then trains is detrimental to the treatment required for HIV patients.
"Choice is a right in terms of NHS facilities. Unfortunately, in rural and remote areas of Scotland this right can not always be exercised."
He continued: "Where hospital transport isn't available, individuals should look to claim expenses for private travel when there are simply no other alternatives because of where you live, or where you have been housed."
Rochester Row under threat of closure
Dying rough sleeper found alive and well...
Homeless comic strip to raise laughs and questions
Squatting outlawed in The Netherlands
Making Invisible People visible
Rough sleeper found murdered in Darlington
Government plans widespread changes to benefits
Homeless couple forced to move on
Newsman's homeless days in new autobiography
Shelter Scotland responds to interest rate news
Street Shield 15: A diamond in the rough


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And Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news brought to them. And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me." Luke 7:22-23
Hearing Jesus talk about his healing work reminds me of the extravagant nature of his ministry. Jesus is not doing anything in small measure. This is not a man who holds anything back. I don't imagine he ever looked at the task in front of him and said, "The job is so huge, I don't know where to start--maybe I'll just go back to bed." I have.
Yet I am uplifted by the knowledge that I am not alone in making Jesus' vision of the world a reality today. With my brothers and sisters in the body of Christ, we can continue in Jesus' healing work, so that one day we can say: "Go, tell the others what you have seen: HIV/AIDS is cured, the children's bellies are full, the mothers survive childbirth, parents can provide for their children."
Please God, let me share in your extravagant vision!
-Margaret Trezevant
This meditation, taken from the 2012 Lenten Meditations provided by Episcopal Relief and Development, really spoke to my heart this morning. How often do I quit things before I even begin, letting the task build up like an insurmountable object before me? Too often. In fact, I had that thought yesterday, in the Ash Wednesday service of all places! Self-examination and repentance, prayer, fasting, and self-denial, reading and meditating on God's holy Word. How am I supposed to add all of that to my already busy day? How selfish of me.
23 February 2012
17 February 2012
Lenten Discipline: Gluten- and Dairy-free diet
This Lent, Spencer and I have decided on an elimination diet. We will be going gluten- and dairy-free for 40 days. The main purpose is to test for gluten sensitivity and heal any digestive disorders we may have. We are loosely following the "rules" of the GAPS diet and The UltraMind Solution (pdf links here and here) and are looking to eat real, whole foods instead of relying on gluten-free substitutes. We've done a pretty good job eliminating processed foods from our diet, and we'd like to keep it that way. To that end, we'd appreciate any recipes or meal suggestions you may have, especially for breakfast and lunch.
I recently ordered two books on following a raw foods diet. I was hoping it would have some new and different ideas, since I know they follow a gluten- and dairy-free concept. Unfortunately, 90% of the recipes require the use of a dehydrator, which I don't have. I know that I can use my oven on a very low setting instead, but that would require the oven to be on for 8 hours at a time, and I'm just not willing to do that. So frustrating!
Do you have a Lenten discipline?
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Wal Mart and Publix mini Trips... saved 87% on Christmas and donations!
Also, The Similac is for the Food Pantry. Retail $5.49 less the $5/1 MQ means a $0.49 donation!
Now, On this side, We have the Publix deal! The similac was $0.99 ($5.99 less the $5/1 MQ), The Olay was $0.99 ($2.99 less the $2/1 MQ) and the Yakisoba was an $0.11 overage! ($0.89 w/ a doubled $0.50/1 MQ)
I love FREE!!
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Would I be a total sell-out if I caved and bought Hunter rain boots? I mean, just the thought of spending $140 on rain boots is ludicrous. But every now and then I see them on sale. And me thinks they'd be the perfect addition to my rainy day fall outfits. Helllooo, football games.
(I had to choose purple. Huskies, duh.)
If I'm going to be a sell out, then I might as well do it all the way…go big or go home, right? I've wanted this bag since, well, pretty much forever. Somebody puh-leeaasseee buy it for me?
Well I'll be hot damned, if this isn't the perfect fall nail color, I don't know what is.
Ooooobviously this list wouldn't be complete without some booties…
And last but not least. This watch. Ugh, I know. It's not even a "fall" watch. It was on my summer wishlist, but as it turns out, Santa Claus doesn't visit in the summer. So it's just going to stay on my wishlist until Santa brings it for me.


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Here are the rest of the cards for my aunts from fun on-line challenges. The first one is for the Caardvarks' challenge to use pink. That's certainly not a problem for me. :)
The last card uses a sketch from Di Hickman (and is for my Aunt Di)!
Have a great Sunday, ladies!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
2 comments:
- SmilynStef said...
Love how you tore and inked your sentiment & the polka dots with stripes ... great pink card.
- June 29, 2008 at 12:53 PM
- Di Hickman said...
Love your cards! I'm an Aunt Di too!
- August 4, 2008 at 7:24 PM
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I need your help choosing a photo…
by nmskylla
I need your help choosing a photo to be considered for an exhibition.
A good friend told me about a call for artists and encouraged me to "Go for it!"
So here I am, agonizing over which photo to submit, framed, for consideration.
I can't decide! I need your help, pretty please 🙂
If you could take a look at what I've narrowed it down to, and then vote in the poll below them, I would really really appreciate it! You can click on the images to enlarge them.
Thank you so much!


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Car collides with ore train near Geraldton/
Two people have been hospitalised after their car collided with a train at a crossing on Rudds Gully Rd in Narngulu early Saturday morning.
Police said it appeared the vehicle went through the boom gate crashing into an ore carriage. The car was then dragged along the track for several metres, suffering significant damage.
News.com.au reports that "the driver, a 37-year-old woman from Deepdale sustained injuries to her ankle, wrist and knee as well as internal injuries" and the passenger "a 37-year-old man from Narngulu suffered injuries to his chest and abdomen and possible internal injuries."
Police are investigating the circumstances of the crash.


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The journey of the soul is stored at a vibratory level called the "Akashic Records." Also referred to as "The Book of Life," these records give us access to our past lives and the varied experiences that makes us each unique. Join Mystic Salon as we welcome Rhonda Leifheit and learn how past lives can influence our present relationships, careers,… Read more →
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Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aries, by The Police (2008): I'm not sure if this really qualifies as an "album," per se, as much as a couple of bonus discs from a concert DVD. Originally available exclusively from Best Buy, Certifiable was a 2DVD (one for the concert and one for the inevitable behind the scenes doc) and 2CD set covering a concert from the band's reunion tour recorded at River Plate's stadium in Argentina. I was bummed that The Police never got close enough for me to check out this tour, as I'd heard good things about it from the beginning and this document doesn't disappoint. The guys showed an admirable desire to mix things up by folding, spindling, and mutilating some old favorites. The playing's tight (for the most part) and, amazingly enough, everybody looks like they're having fun. I'm sure it was all temporary, though, or it just wouldn't be The Police.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Album of the Day
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A new analysis of the residential real estate market through June by Redfin real estate brokerage shows more than half of new listing homes sold in the metro-Tacoma market exceeded their asking price.
This would be the fifth most competitive market in the country, trailing San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland and Seattle in that order.
Additionally, Tacoma's 12.2 percent price growth again places Tacoma in the top four nationally, trailing Fort Lauderdale, Nashville and Seattle.
Across the whole U.S., home prices rose 7.3 percent in June to a median sale price of $298,000 – the highest price recorded since the company began keeping track in 2010. Nationally, more than a quarter of homes sold above their listing price, compared to 52.6 percent in Tacoma.
"Month after month, new records are set for the pace at which homes are going under contract," says Redfin chief economist Nela Richardson. "This market is unlike any we've ever seen before."
To read the full report, complete with data and charts, visit this link.


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So, I'm sitting IMing (can that even be used as a verb??) my buddy PEEJ in Boston tonight and she is accusing me of "allegedly" asking hard questions here on "Cheese"...she was referencing Thursday's post about "How Big Is Your Character?" Apparently this post caused some brain strain for ol' PJ. LOL
And, in the course of a bit of computer laughter and discussing whether or not our MS CAN define us as people, my brain once again began to randomly wander off track a bit (as I'm so prone to do!). Somehow in this IM conversation, I started thinking about the clients I work with, otherwise known as "The Mentally Ill". The rusty cogs in my brain began grinding together as I started comparing how their diagnoses often "define" their characters...I also started thinking about how often in the mental health profession the PROFESSIONALS begin defining a client based on their diagnosis!
This led me to yet another tangent (as so often my mind does)...I started recalling when I used to train new staff in psychiatric hospitals year's ago and one of the training tools I used to provide to make a point. Now, mind you, most "new" staff who are hired in psychiatric hospitals are barely wet behind their ears and fresh out of college (if they've made it that far)...let's face it...the burn out rate and age for inpatient psychiatry is about 25-30 years old. After that age of working in the "bin", you have either figured out what your own problems are that LED you to working in psychiatry or you have become a PATIENT! Or, like some of us, you become referred to as "management". LOL
Anyway, I digress (again, typical)...I used to do a presentation on psychiatric diagnosis and symptoms of diagnoses. Riveting crap, I'm sure...but, to make my initial point, I would bring in two canned food items. One would be a lovely can with a label of fruit cocktail and the other would be the most grotesque label of spinach I could find on the market. I would set these two cans out in front of my unfortunate captive audience and ask them to pick which of the cans they would be willing to eat right now? Oh, yes...I came with spoons and forks too!
There would, no doubt, always be many questions about "why" I was asking this or was this request covered under their new health insurance, etc. But I would only respond with requesting they choose which can was most appealing to them and which they would be willing to eat RIGHT NOW. Inevitably, one poor suckered, over-achiever, too quick to please would volunteer to choose a can and eat it. I would quietly hand them the spoon and fork and the can opener.
Once the lid was successfully removed, the unknowing "specimen"/employee would grimace and look at me with absolute horror (or hatred...it was really hard to interpret) and I (with a smirk) would ask them what was the matter?
This trick worked EVERY time I presented this class...my newfound employee would ALWAYS choose the can with the fruit cocktail label and probably thought they were getting a free snack. What they DIDN'T know is, I had previously switched the labels...the can that was opened was the gross and slimy spinach and the new employee believed they would HAVE to eat the can to save face!
I never made them eat the contents...instead, we would engage in a "table" discussion about labels, how labels are used (i.e., diagnoses), how they are misused, how we prejudge the contents of a person based on their "label", AND how sometimes labels (diagnoses) can be wrong as well as HURTFUL and HARMFUL...or at the very least, NOT Palatable!!!
So what's my friggin' point? (Even I have almost forgotten THAT!) Well...my point is once again, when we define ourselves by our "labels", or dare I say our MS diagnosis, we become what our label says is in our "can". The MS label can be as slimy as grotesque spinach if we let it be...it can also be PREJUDGED by others to be grotesque spinach, when in fact, what's inside of us is lovely fruit cocktail...we have just been "mislabeled" by our friends/family/coworkers, etc.
For me, I am working toward my MS NOT being necessarily what is in my can OR the label I choose to display to the world...I don't want it to define my contents as it has seemingly been doing this past year. I want to know and feel what I have inside is that lovely fruit cocktail, even if my "label" may say something different to the world.
I'd like to be able to surprise that risk-taker who chooses to look inside me for my contents...who chooses to look beyond my label and really get to know what's inside me. My MS is a part of me, but it is NOT my contents.
Now, go treat yourself to a snack or something...I'm finished here...LOL


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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has described Bota assemblyman Datuk Nasarudin Hashim's decision to join Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) as "not surprising".
"I am not surprised … but he might have his own reasons (to defect) and we should know the reasons," he said yesterday.
Ahmad Zahid who was met by reporters after the closing of the Islamic Economic Development Festival 2009 (I-Fest 09) here, said the Barisan Nasional needed to look not only into Nasarudin's reasons for making the decision, but also that of other assemblymen and MPs who intended to do the same, especially in the opposition-ruled states.
"Perhaps the problem is about allocations, where we (federal government) can help. Maybe they find it difficult to fund activities, which they often do as the people's representatives.
"So, assistance should be extended to them so that personal pressure does not become political pressure for these elected representatives," added Ahmad Zahid, who is an Umno Supreme Council member.
Yesterday, Nasarudin announced his decision to join Parti Keadilan Rakyat which he said was made after due consideration. – Bernama
So it is confirmed. Bota assemblyman, Datuk Nasarudin switched his allegiance to PKR in Perak due to not receiving enough pocket money. Another windfall awaits all Barisan representatives in government. The nagging question is what if they receive the extra money and still cross over to the opposition?


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What if your whole life had been built around the bit of fate of your birth? Oops looks like some Tools got broken. Continue reading
Yes, George, shudder. Why? Politics George. You know I don't do politics.
Wonder what the first woman Cabinet Minister of Canada would have said about my aversion to politics.
Is that fair? Don't men deserve an honourable mention?
Well there is one senator … A man … The first native man appointed.
Possibly would not have thought too highly of this Granny who doesn't even belong to a reputable … Well actually Granny belongs to no party …shame shame Granny … No loyalty … No wonder Granny never gets any nice tweaks or twitters.
She simply is not smart enough to talk politics. But knowing nothing about something! … that never stopped Granny talking before.
Besides … in this case … Continue reading
'Tis the Season … Fa La La La La
Same thing every year … The cold sets in and the seasonal pondering gets icy. Continue reading
Harpin' Without a Harper … With no Harp … The Rock Opera in Progress
January 2
A new day has dawned.
Some might say
A time for change
What was it
That old man said
Be the change?
There is in memory
From long ago
An expression
A French saying
Mette la table
The spelling might
Be not quite right
But hey!
I set my table
The best I can
The best I am able
With good wishes
Peace and joy
Justice for all
As I serve
What I gather
From Mettacentre.org
Times are changing.
2016 is almost over.
The Harper knave
Never arrived
All those years
We waited
In precarity
While all across
This great country
Ad usque ad mare
As some might say
Bad spelling notwithstanding
Even those
Who never took a stand
For or against
We waited
For the Harper
Who never arrived.
Another year has gone by
Quickly so quickly
It is now December 2016
Much has happened
We have no place
Artists and musicians
We struggle
In this place
Asking for little
Besides a safe place
To live and work.
For food they say
You must pay more
No one will tell us
Why that is.
What this world would be
Without artists and musicians.
Yes, philosophers too
And others who care …
Nobody asking questions
That need to be asked.
A Study?
Yet another study?
While we languish
These last few years
While they study
Us to death.
Integrity George? You are asking me what http://globalnews.ca/news/601708/integrity-commissioner-found-nothing-wrong-with-forced-injections-on-ashley-smith-document/
Integrity George? You are asking me what
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A proud Auntie updating for Todd and Krystal! Stella Rielle was born this morning at 6:11am she is 6 lbs 3 oz and 19.5 inches long. She is adorable and everyone is very much in love with her. Mommy and baby are doing wonderfully. I will let her tell you all the details but here are some photos until that happens!
Friday, May 27, 2011
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Most labs don't calm down for 5 years or so....they are high energy and can/will chew or eat ANYTHING!!!
Most labs don't calm down for 5 years or so....they are high energy and can/will chew or eat ANYTHING!!!
No, the little asshole hasn't calmed down. This morning he stood on hind legs and tried to hump my 9 year old. My husband and mom stated yelling at him but my husband had to pull him off of her. He's taller than her, has 25lbs on her, and got aggressive last time I took a pillow from him (which he was also jumping).
Anyone know about goldendoodles?
OMFG, Bella, this dog sounds like a complete spaz. I shouldn't be laughing but I am...Seriously, it sounds like this guy needs more time/work than you all are able to do right now and in the process he's going to wreck your place.
Come on, let's have lots of drinks.
Fuck you all, I'm going viral.
^About a year old.
^As a puppy, before her fur turned more curly and her tail more fluffy.
^After she got groomed for the first time, with her favorite toy.
^Cue "Happy" by Pharrell Williams
^Obviousy enjoying her snow suit, NOT.
^Pre and post grooming
^The 2 youngest members of our family
Warren Beatty: actor, director, writer, producer.
***** celeb
Sounds like that dog needs a single man who runs every day. This doesn't sound like a family doggy!
I didn't start out to collect diamonds, but somehow they just kept piling up.-Mae West
That's probably true. They haven't run this dog in ages! I'm a runner. The dog couldn't go a block without wanting to lay down. For a hundred reasons, I didn't even try to run with him.
Love all of the photos! I love goldens and know some have more golden than poodle traits. Can the breeders tell that early?
We really wanted to adopt a dog but maybe a puppy with no previous issues is the way to go
Bella the dog has got to go. Not only is he barely socialised or trained in even the most basic ways he has definite dominance issues that make him a risk to both you and your children. He needs rehoming with someone who has a lot of time, patience and plenty of experience of turning difficult dogs around. I know you don't want the trouble of housebreaking/training a puppy but I think you should reconsider. At least after it's done you know that the dog has been properly raised.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. Hunter S Thompson
How big would a T-Rex wang be?! - Karistiona
It's the luck of the draw. The most psycho dog I know is a labradoodle. He's always been completely uncontrollable, destructive and hyperactive. His owner has devoted a huge amount of time and effort trying to get him even halfway trained with limited success. Hes just one of "those" dogs and it sounds like yours is too bella.
I've never liked lesbianism - it leaves a bad taste in my mouth
Dame Edna Everage
Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right.
^Don't worry Kitty I thought exactly the same thing as you and wondered whether that was Bailey's favourite toy or his mother's?
"You're going to die tomorrow, Lord Bolton. Sleep well."
I had a 100 lb. choc lab. He was wonderful with us, but very anxious around my granddaughter when she was around 1 year old. He'd leave the room when she was here and if she got too close he would give her a soft growl. Made me very uncomfortable. I'm a dog lover and try to see the good in most dogs. Maybe this dog is so rambunctious because he's so happy to be in a new home/new family.
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text: Coming of Age in America: The Photography of Joseph Szabo is the first museum retrospective of this Long Island photographer whose work presents a dual portrait of adolescence on Long Island and summers on the Island's iconic Jones Beach. Szabo poignantly portrays teens on the cusp of adulthood, documenting his subjects in moments of uncertainty, reflection, longing, bravado, and exuberance. The restless teens and unselfconscious bathers seen in Szabo's black and white photographs evoke timeless memories of our own, similar teenage years and summers at the beach. This exhibition opens tomorrow January 14 at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, New York and runs until March 25 (Heckscher Museum of Art 2 Prime Avenue Huntington, NY 11743).