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2010 129 minComedy, Drama
Heather Storr, Mike Leigh
David Bradley, Jim Broadbent, Karina Fernandez, Lesley Manville, Martin Savage, Michele Austin, Oliver Maltman, Peter Wight, Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 22 wins & 53 nominations.
A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.


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NHS Digital has reached an agreement with software firm VMware to provide NHS organisations with discounted access to VWware Cloud on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
It is said that the new model will help Trusts, CCGs and other bodies to move their IT services towards cloud-first data centres, saving organisations money on traditional network storage. NHS Digital has already begun migrating data across to the cloud and will continue to move more cloud services across as part of a cloud-first initiative.
Rob Shaw, Deputy Chief Executive of NHS Digital, says: "The uptake of digital services in the NHS is accelerating so the NHS and social care's IT backbone must be up to the job.
"With VMware Cloud on AWS, we're providing a resilient platform to support digitally-enabled care today and in the future. We now have a commercial framework in place to enable NHS and public sector organisations to confidently use the cloud. Together we can benefit from the economies of scale and cost efficiencies of this model."
Mike Flintoft, Associate Director for Platforms and Infrastructure at NHS Digital, adds: "It's easy to move solutions across the different environments and it's easy to run and manage. We built a virtual data centre in the AWS cloud in less than three hours. That speed and agility is just what we need to harness innovation and make the best digital services available for the NHS and social care sector."

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In the summer of 2018, our community here at Shambhala Mountain Center became deeply shaken, as we learned that the spiritual leader of Shambhala, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, had been accused of clergy sexual misconduct.
Shambhala International hired Wickwire Holm, a law firm based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to conduct a third-party investigation of the claims. In February 2019, Shambhala International released the findings of the investigation. You can read the full Wickwire Holm report here. In summary, the independent investigator found enough credible claims to establish a pattern of clergy sexual misconduct.
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NASA leaders have launched a Rift Valley blueprint for what will deliver in the region. The people of Rift Valley also raised up their concerns about the Government that they have been sidelined, farmers have been struggling to make ends meet after 50 years of independence.
Exploitation of Dairy Farmers and inability to revive KCC due to conflict of interest in Rift Valley will be a major concern as the private companies taken monopoly.
Subsidizing quality Maize seed and fertilizer for food security and Revamping of AFC and ADC to its life. People in the area during harvest time are not paid according to the international standard. The Opposition leaders said that the first thing after harvest is to buy their produce at a good price and subsidize it to the Kenyans.
In Kapsabet, the NASA-Pentagon has unleashed South/North Rift Economic Development plan that will be implemented fully when they take over after August.
Rift Valley farmers have been taken for granted by Jubilee, The governors and the NASA government will cater for their needs in each county and region. The Rift Valley economic blueprint will enable the government to follow each region with its blueprint to make all regions equally.
NASA government will empower every part of Kenya as per the economic belt of every region. "All factories and companies will be revived to make sure that there is enough employment to our youths. People will make sure that the government follows the blueprints through their respective Governor" Said Raila Odinga.
"We will have regional projects and county projects. For example, the people of the Central region have their cash crops so NASA government will revive and build companies for those crops. Enough storage areas and enough Government food for an emergency. The emergency food will be stored in respective regions." he added.


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Discussion questions – Scarlet Pimpernel: Chapter XV
Chapter XV
1. What two animals are likened to the Scarlet Pimpernel and Chauvelin?
2. Whose name sounds strange and unfamiliar to
Lady Blakeney? Why? (Think!)
3. Why is Lady Blakeney irritated with Lord Fancourt?
4. Why does Marguerite think she and Chauvelin have failed in finding the Scarlet Pimpernel?
5. Does Chauvelin think they have failed in finding him?
6. What confirmation does Chauvelin need in order to positively identify the Scarlet Pimpernel?
7. Who does Marguerite say is Chauvelin's "master"?
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Just wanted to share really quick of things in the making. My current painting is still in progress and I'm not happy at all with the way it looks. I still need to keep working on it, but thought you may want to have a little peek.
I just started laying rough oil sketch on linen tonight for my next painting. DH took a bit video of it. It was weird working on something knowing you were being watched *loner mentality*
The other one is a little oil painting. This one should be really fast (I think)


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NAI Partners Arranges 64 KSF Houston Industrial Sale
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- May 08, 2018
NAI Partners has arranged the sale of two industrial assets in Houston, totaling 63,750 square feet.
NAI Partners Senior Vice President Nick Peterson, Partner & Industrial Division Leader John Ferruzzo and Vice President Ryan Searle represented the seller, Vallourec Tube Alloy LLC, while Clark Gaines Properties Principal Justin Clark and Partner Nathan Gaines represented the buyer, H&B Development and Construction LP, in the sale of 14333 Sommermeyer, a 54,750-square-foot industrial warehouse.
Travis Land, partner with NAI, represented TLCC Investments, while Boyd Commercial Broker Robert Alinger represented the seller in the transaction of 14790 Park Almeda, a 9,000-square-foot industrial office and warehouse. According to the firm, the property is in the South Belt Industrial Park and is available for lease.
In another recent deal, the company arranged three subleases totaling more than 11,000 square feet on behalf of AccessData at The Willowbrook Building located at 7915 FM-1960 W. in Houston.
"The glut of sublease space has been the underlying story in the Houston office market since the oil downturn began to manifest in late 2014," said Nick Terry, senior associate at NAI Partners, in prepared remarks. "Moreover, these transactions are reflective of the recent 140 basis point decline to 14 percent, which measures the amount of sublease space as a percentage of total available space in Houston."
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The evolution from engineer to entrepreneur
Qussai Marashdeh came to Ohio State in 2001 to pursue a graduate degree in electrical engineering. By 2006, he had completed his master's and PhD. In 2009, he added a master's in chemical engineering. He was far from finished in Columbus.
In between those achievements and earning his MBA at Fisher College of Business in 2012, Marashdeh launched a company with Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor Liang-Shih Fan. Justifiably, he won Ohio State's 2012 Student Innovator of the Year award. Ten years later, Tech4Imaging is the world's leading developer of non-invasive imaging technology for commercial and industrial use.
Tech4Imaging's foundational technology, electrical capacitance volume tomography (ECVT), was born of a highly interdisciplinary effort to solve complex multiphase problems in chemical and process engineering by utilizing electrical engineering solutions. The company specializes in developing instrumentation and advanced sensing solutions to unique industrial conditions that often render standard instrumentation inoperable, inaccurate or entirely unfeasible.
"Wherever there's a factory, there are pipes helping transport solids, liquids and gases—multiphase flow," Marashdeh said. "But no one's very sure what's going on inside. So if something goes wrong with a pipe, operations stop to investigate the problem. Downtime costs money." Tech4Imaging's ECVT provides a 3D, real-time image of what's going on inside a pipe.
"We have working relationships with research institutions and companies involved in the oil and gas, chemical, geothermal and food industries," he added.
And because Marashdeh sought and then found an ideal faculty advisor—Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Fernando Teixeira—when he first arrived in Columbus, Tech4Imaging serves as an Ohio State model for an industry partner.
The company now employs 21, almost half of whom are Ohio State interns pursuing a variety of engineering degrees. Eight full-time employees are former Buckeye engineer-interns.
And Marashdeh has continued the relationship by supporting current graduate students in Teixeira's lab with collaborative research projects that advance ECVT capabilities and applications. The professor and former-student-now-CEO also have five patents together.
The bulk of the projects are funded by federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants, but the first collaboration came in 2013 when Marashdeh asked Teixeira if he could fund a graduate student to work on Tech4Imaging R&D. In some ways, Marashdeh explained, Teixeira's lab is Tech4Imaging's R&D department.
Recently the company donated money for Teixeira's lab at the ElectroScience Laboratory to purchase 3D simulation software for students to use on campus and while interning at Tech4Imaging's headquarters in Columbus.
"This software is so helpful for research," said Marashdeh. "We try to co-author with Dr. Teixeira's and Dr. Fan's groups and publish as much as possible."
He added that many of Tech4Imaging's clients discover them through published papers. He fields inquiries from around the world.
Their current product is a custom-built R&D model, primarily purchased by universities. The next generation model under development is for companies to purchase and be trained to use themselves.
"We're starting to penetrate the industry market," Marashdeh said. "That's when we'll really take off." He is confident the Ohio State relationship will continue to deliver benefits as Tech4Imaging scales up to meet industry needs.
"It is not uncommon for a company to reach out to us after they learn of our connections to Dr. Fan and Dr. Teixeira."
From Teixeira's perspective, the benefits of collaborating with a former student's company are mutual. "My advice to fellow professors is to invest in your mentorship of graduate students when they're here and recognize their talents," he said. "The trust and relationship you build may lead to productive collaborations with them once they begin leading in industry, like Qussai."


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"Him therefore I hope to send
Presently, so soon as I shall see how
It will go with me."
Philippians 2:23.
Paul was a Prisoner in Rome – at the time of the writing of this letter to the Church at Philippi. He had no idea what would happen to him. In a moments notice he could have his head severed from his body. Life was tenuous. He must have been scared of what his future would be – beyond the next year.
Even though he was super concerned about his own welfare, this man of God wanted the Church to understand he was looking forward to a future time when he would see and visit his fellow Christians.
Paul may have been in chains or he could have been under House Arrest. It really does not matter. He could not leave to go to Philippi. There was one good thing – though. He had his friend Timothy with him.
There are certain signs of the times which tell us what will happen. Judah gives us a quick picture of what takes place when wicked leaders are in control of a nation.
In recent weeks, we have been shown the evil that men are capable of doing. Have you noticed that it's the older men who are in position of power and prominence that seek to grope, pat, and rape young women? In some cases this is bolstered by telling the females this is how they can advance their careers. Sometimes, the females see that this is the only way to do it, too.
Two different venues are guilty of this: entertainment and politics. Once this truth has been established – then these creeps should be made eunuchs or killed after proof of what they've done has been established.
The only thing these evil men ever say is: " I am sorry" or "I apologize" Ha!, Ha!, Ha!
The rulers of Judah would be evil – then godly. The results were the same as it is right now. The leadership had been diluted and weakened, until finally it affected the military might. The morals and the economics shriveled up after the leadership became befouled.
This happened to us, In our own armed forces when the queer and transgenders were allowed into the service. This definitely weakened us. China, North Korea, and Russia will know what do then. The great super power – the United States, will be weakened.
When President Donald Trump called Washington D.C. a swamp, he was wrong. That place is a cesspool. A swamp does have some redeeming factors such as trees, water fowl, and fish.
A cesspool has no redeeming factors. This is a place where horrible smells rise and decay is within.
That describes Washington D.C. This place fosters the following:
- Special interest groups,
- Laws for the powerful,
- Hidden money passed to the law makers,
- Fornication is a way of life, and
- Alcohol becomes like water
Wicked men always produce war and peace is not possible. Jeremiah 7:8, is simple and direct.
"Behold, ye trust in lying words,
That cannot profit."
War and disruption will happen again. George Bush and Obama pushed us into these states of armed conflicts with Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The inheritance of evil precedents and their bureaucrats have become a way of life.
War is inevitable for our nation. As our nation continues making the ungodly decisions then it will be less powerful. You can expect less and less respect from other nations.
Another area of the future events will be economics. Recently, there was published an article on how the millennials favor socialism; but they really favor communism. The percentage was 40% plus. All we need to do is observe the way people obtain finances. It is not just those who are between the ages of 18 to 35. The over 50-Set want government-give-aways, also.
Now, here are some of the thefts taken and given to the great masses of people. All of these are Socialist induced:
- Medicare,
- Medicaid
- Social security,
- Grants,
- Free hospitalization,
- Tax benefits to the wealthy,
- Two tiers of justice, and
- School loans.
They are all merely socialist-schemers that take from the rich and middle class and then distribute it all to those who claim to have nothing. This is only a plan to rob the working class. The politicians have perfected this method of stealing and committing fraud. People believe in socialism.
A default is inevitable for this nation. The debt for this nation is over $20,000,000,000. There is another debt which cannot be calculated but it is estimated to approximately $200,000,000,000 This can never be repaid. The future is either in a revolution or in cutting back the payments.
It is up to the body of Christ is to see that the poor be fed. The government is not God. Acts 6:1-2, informs us how to handle the needs of people.
"And in those days, when the number
Of the disciples was multiplies,
There arose a murmuring of
The Grecians against the Hebrews,
Because their widows were neglected
In the daily ministration.
Then the twelve called the multitude
Of the disciples unto them, and
Said it is not reason that we should
Leave the word of God, and serve
Another development of the future that can easily be told is what will happen to Controlled Substances. It would be possible to set out that each of the drugs used by the teenagers and now, by supposed sick people makes one shake their head in amazement.
It flaunts the federal laws. The state of Colorado openly sells and distributes "pot" to the public. The Federal authorities do nothing in Colorado to stop this. Why? This is a gift from Obama. All the Senators and Congressmen do nothing. Money is paid to them from the Cartels by various means.
This is what the future holds for we citizens. Drugs will be sold in various commercial areas. These will include, but not be limited to: liquor stores, convenience stores and grocery stores. As soon as the Democrats gain authority over the government – it will happen in some states.
This will cause tremendous health issues. Here are some of the physical issues brought about by drug use:
- Loss of teeth,
- Brain modification,
- Lung destruction,
- Heart issues, and
- Lack of concentration of the mind.
All of this will bring about a dictatorship because chaos will reign. Health issues are inevitable. As the saying states "A blind man could see this happening".
Do I think it will change? NO!
Philippians 1:20, tells us as was Paul not ashamed for our bodies.
"According to my earnest expectation,
And my hope that in nothing
I shall be ashamed, but that with
All boldness, as always, so now also
Christ shall be magnified in my
Body, whether it be by life or by
Our bodies are really temples that are to be used for the worship and glorifying of God.
There is one final prophecy to be made by this author. The Church will become less and less a force in the United States. When evil carries – the pulpit will not speak in condemnation of evil and sin. The people of the pews do not want to hear about sin and so the ministers will not talk openly about evil.
The message for the present-day people is eating, holidays and entertainment. The reason for this because of the age of Church members. The older women need to color their hair and the men are white-headed or bald. Some think that we should build a building for the young people. REALLY? This is just another example of, "Let's give more to the millennials." The attitude of commitment has been weakened.
The Church of Tomorrow will be weaker than it is now. Revival will not come unless some crisis comes upon us. My prophecy for this church is it will decrease in influence in the next 10 years. After that I do not know.
The ministers refuse to speak about these things from the pulpit:
- Hell,
- Judgement to come,
- Death,
- Righteous life, and
- Reading the Bible.
The Church of Christ will become less and less in the next decade. Look at our past leadership. George Bush hardly ever went to church. Obama the socialist-progressive-muslim-leaning liar practiced little of any form of Christianity.
Less Christ is inevitable within ten years.
There has been listed in this blog certain remarks about the ignorance of the future beyond 2017, within the United States. God has disallowed that we should know much about the future. Yet, the only way we can know anything about the coming events, is to look and to examine the past.
"Those who forget History are condemned to repeat it."
The following are reasons why God withholds our knowlege of the future.
First, we would know when and where and, the circumstances of our own death. This could be very disconcerting.
Second, God has allowed only Himself to foresee all things because even Christ did not know the time of His second coming.
Third, from reading the Holy Bible – it appears that the heavenly beings do not know the future either.
Fourth, any knowledge of future sufferings would disqualify us from our present enjoyments. Christ understood that his death on the cross had to be put into a proper perspective.
Joy and happiness are to be a part of our life on earth.
When the future is uncertain – that is when we need to trust in God the most.
No government should ever be trusted. You should think on these items:
- Cast all your cares on God,
- Be careful about nothing,
- Commit thy way to God, and
- He sees and knows all.
As you observe the possibilities – never forget that the forces of God will overcome the future. The Gates of Hell will never prevail.
- Avoid presumptions of the future.
- Be humble and observant.
- Rely on God.
- Never trust any government.
May God Save Our Republic.
"Come, every soul by sin oppressed
There's mercy with the Lord
And He will surely give you rest
By trusting in His Word.
Only trust Him, only trust Him
Only trust Him now
He will save you, He will save you
He will save you now.
For Jesus shed His precious blood
Rich blessings to bestow
Plunge now into the crimson flood
That washes white as snow.
Only trust Him, only trust Him,
Only trust Him now
He will save you, He will save you,
He will save you now.
Yes, Jesus is the truth, the way,
That leads you into rest
Believe in Him without delay
And you are fully blessed.
Only trust Him, only trust Him,
Only trust Him now
He will save you, He will save you,
He will save you now.
Only trust Him, only trust Him,
Only trust Him now
He will save you, He will save you,
He will save you now."
Gerald K Fugit
December 3, 2017


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Asylum of the Daleks~
The Doctor, Amy, and Rory are kidnapped by the
, who explain that a planet they use as an asylum for mad Daleks must be destroyed, but to do that its force-field must be disabled. The field has already been ruptured due to the crash-landing of a precocious young woman, Oswin Oswald (
Jenna-Louise Coleman
) one year previously. The Daleks provide the three with bracelets to protect them against the planet's defense system, which will convert any visitors into Dalek puppets. Although they are guided by Oswin, who has hacked into the planet's systems, the converted remains of Oswin's crew steal Amy's bracelet. The Doctor goes to find Oswin, as she claims to be able to disable the planet's force-field, and Oswin hacks into the Dalek
psychic link
and erases all memory of the Doctor from the Daleks who had started to advance on him. The Doctor discovers that Oswin has herself been fully converted into a Dalek, yet she still believes herself to be human. She ultimately realises the truth of her situation, but lowers the force-field and the Doctor, Amy, and Rory escape via teleporter before the planet is destroyed by Daleks. The Doctor returns to the Dalek Parliament to find they have no memory of him due to Oswin's interference.
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship~
The Doctor attempts to prevent the destruction of an unmanned spaceship with a cargo of dinosaurs alongside Rory's father, Brian (
Mark Williams
Queen Nefertiti
(Riann Steele), and big-game hunter John Riddell (
Rupert Graves
). The Doctor and his companions discover that the ship is a Silurian ark designed to carry the reptilian humanoids to a new planet along with flora and fauna from their time period. The Doctor, Rory, and Brian are escorted by two robots to a human called Solomon who was injured in a raptor attack. Solomon, who had boarded the spaceship and killed its Silurian inhabitants in order to sell the dinosaurs on board, threatens the Doctor into repairing his legs and into giving him Queen Nefertiti after seeing her value. Missiles are fired from Earth to stop the ship from crashing into it. The Doctor disables Solomon's robots and rescues Nefertiti before he tricks the missiles into targeting Solomon's ship and detaching it from the Silurian ark, whereupon the missiles destroy his ship, killing Solomon. Meanwhile, Rory and Brian pilot the ark away from the Earth. With this done, Brian has gained a sense of adventure; he now travels the world. The Doctor, in the meantime, has taken the dinosaurs to their new home, Siluria
A Town called Mercy~
accidentally lands in a town in the American West c. 1870 where the TARDIS crew discovers an alien, Jex, acting as the town's doctor, who is being sought by the Gunslinger, a cyborg. The Doctor discovers Jex was a scientist who experimented on volunteers to create cyborgs to fight in a war on his home planet; the Gunslinger is seeking revenge for what was done to him. To prevent the deaths of the townsfolk, he then offers Jex to the Gunslinger, but Amy talks him out of this. However, while the Doctor still believes Jex must answer for his crimes, when the town marshal sacrifices himself to protect Jex from a blast fired by the Gunslinger, he has a change of heart. Seeing that the Gunslinger can track Jex by his facial mark, the Doctor creates a distraction by having the townsfolk paint the mark on their faces and run about; Jex can reach his spaceship and escape with this occurring. However, when it would appear the Gunslinger would follow Jex and involve others in his vendetta again, Jex commits suicide by blowing up this spaceship. Without a purpose now that his vendetta has been completed and because he is nothing more than a weapon of war, the Gunslinger prepares to self-destruct. However, the Doctor talks him out of it and makes him the new marshal of Mercy.
The Power of Three~
Amy and Rory begin to wonder whether they should choose between normal life and "Doctor Life"; when they go away with him they become a part of his life, but the Doctor hasn't been around long enough to be a part of theirs. This all changes when several black cubes appear around the world. Because they are inactive and pose no threat the Doctor begins going insane with boredom; he goes away for a while leaving UNIT in charge of keeping an eye on the cubes. An entire year goes by and the cubes suddenly begin activating random features before stopping the hearts of one third of humanity. The Doctor eventually tracks the cubes to the Shakri, the self-proclaimed "pest-controllers" of the universe; they are eliminating humanity before they can colonise in space, believing them to be an infestation. The Doctor reverses the electric pulse used to stop people's hearts and brings back those who were killed by it, blowing up the Shakri ship. At Brian's urging the Doctor takes Amy and Rory back as full-time companions.
The Angels take Manhatten~
The Doctor takes Amy and Rory to Central Park. While the Doctor is reading Amy a novel about a character called Melody Malone, Rory is taken by a Weeping Angel on his way back from getting coffee. In 1938 New York City, Rory meets River Song, posing as a private investigator and, as the Doctor discovers, the author of his Melody Malone novel. The Doctor and Amy use the novel to break their way into a time-locked 1938 and find Rory, while he and River investigate the Angels' takeover of Manhattan. At the Winter Quay hotel, they find an aged Rory on his deathbed, confirming Rory's fate. The Angels created the hotel in order to keep their victims and maintain a constant source of potential energy on which to feed. To escape his fate, Rory and Amy jump off the top of the building to their deaths, creating a paradox that erases the Angels and their hotel. Waking up in a graveyard with the TARDIS, all seems well until Rory is transported by a surviving Angel. Rescuing him with another paradox would rip New York City apart. As the Doctor begs Amy to come back into the TARDIS, she bids him a tearful farewell and allows the Angel send her back to Rory, creating a fixed point in time. Later, the devastated Doctor reads an afterword by Amy in the novel, telling him all is well and asking him not to be alone, as well as requesting he visit young Amelia Pond as she waits for him in the garden.
The Snowmen~
After the loss of Amy and Rory, the Doctor, depressed, hides himself on top of a cloud in Victorian England's London, vowing never to save the world again. Meanwhile, the "
Great Intelligence
", a form of "memory snow" which can mirror the thoughts of anything around it, hatches a plot to create an army of ice people. While Strax drives the reluctant Doctor around, they both run into Clara, a barmaid. The Doctor refuses to investigate the snowmen and returns to semi-seclusion in the TARDIS, which is parked in a cloud above London, accessible from ground level via a staircase. By following the Doctor, Clara finds the TARDIS, but leaves, without talking to the Doctor. However, Clara soon returns to her regular job as a governess and learns of an imminent danger to her wards and possibly all of humanity. She turns to the Doctor for help and, motivated through Clara's charm and an interesting set of coincidences, the Doctor takes action. Together with Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint, and Strax, the Doctor and Clara are able to defeat the Great Intelligence and its human servant, Doctor Simeon, using ingenuity and the pure energy of a family crying on Christmas Eve. In the process, the Doctor regains his enthusiasm for adventure and heroism, deciding to take Clara on as his companion. However, before the enemies are defeated Clara is thrown off the edge of a cloud and falls to her death, though the Doctor was sure she would survive. At the end of the episode, the Doctor discovers Clara's full name – Clara Oswin Oswald – and comes to the realization that Clara is the same person as Oswin Oswald from the episode "
Asylum of the Daleks
". He concludes that she is more than likely still alive in some other place and time and leaves in the newly-redesigned TARDIS to find her.The doctor then visits the same graveyard where her 19th century counterpart is buried.
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Fetus-in-the-Womb Samskaras and the Lonely Samsaric Soul
Maria: And I have one other thing to ask you or rather to formulate aloud so that you could tell me if I understand it correctly.
I am still dealing with the relationship/sex vasana. It is "the fetus in the womb" one for me. So I keep in my mind all the satsangs we've had and all the others I've read on the site. This "the fetus in the womb" description is so true; I am working it out in due time, observing the shape of the vasana (previously, I thought there is no line between me and the vasana) and the mechanism that sits behind it, only to let it go when I can. I tried all the techniques you've said, but Isvara decided to teach me mostly by my "womaning up."
Sundari: You have the right attitude, Maria, there is no way to force this samskara out of the unconscious, the "womb," before it is "ripe," so to speak. Until then, see it as your teacher, and sin as intelligently as possible, if necessary. There is no "line between you and the vasana" as the Self, because the Self does not have vasanas.
All vasanas are mithya and "belong" to Isvara, the causal body, the collective unconscious. "Your" vasanas are part of the prarabdha karma for this jiva incarnation, and there is nothing the jiva/ego can do to remove them. "Fruition" will come when Self-knowledge removes the ignorance that keeps them in place.
I think I have sent you this teaching regarding samskaras before, but in case I have not, here it is again:
Observing the mind and how the vasanas play out in the light of Self-knowledge is the main step towards rendering the vasanas non-binding. What this entails is to track the mind and see what the trigger was for the disturbance, whatever it is, what guna was in play and what value underpinned the guna. Ignorance works the same way every time, so it should not be difficult to track. Sometimes though, when it comes to deeply entrenched samskaras like the love/need relationship, it can take repeated observation and determination to render them non-binding because they are so hidden but all-pervasive. There is not a single thing in our lives that deep samskaras do not affect – like bacteria, they creep in everywhere, causing inflammation and dis-ease in the psyche – and in the body, which is an extension of the mind.
Thus samskaras will take time to go away. They will fade more quickly when they are fully understood. Applying the opposite thought works because it objectifies the anxiety/need, if one can remember to think the opposite thought when in the grip of this desire. Karma yoga works when worry is there; it is perfectly designed to destroy samskaras. However, the nature of desire, rajas, is such that the tamas (denial, blindness) that accompanies it causes one to feel that one does not have "time" to deconstruct the desire/fear on the spot! The doer forgets that it is now an inquirer and that it is supposed to free the mind of the like/dislike through Self-knowledge, not to get the object in the world. It thinks that the results of the action will free the mind, which they will temporarily, leaving the samskara carefully concealed and intact, however. The doer acts to correct the situation instead of turning around and correcting the thinking behind it.
To ameliorate the effect of a samskara, it is very effective to dismiss the present thought by taking the line of reasoning it represents to its logical conclusion, thus defusing the power of the samskara in the moment. The key to most samskaras is the word "time." Time represents the pressure of the samskara. When it is operating, the thought/word "time" is meant to refer to something real, something substantial. But all it refers to is "I want." We know what is behind that: "I am insecure, I am afraid, I am incomplete," etc.
Samskaras are never about what they purport to be about. An unnamed fear lurks behind them all. No matter what you do or don't do, it is there attaching itself to an action. One needs to be sick and tired of the mind it creates. Yes, one can walk away from various situations relatively easily, but walking away from the belief that worldly results like a relationship are necessary for peace of mind is the real renunciation because it amounts to renunciation of the doer itself.
Prarabdha karma plays out the way it plays out, and Isvara gives us the karma we need to see what we need to resolve when it is time to heal. The psyche has a drive for wholeness because it knows it is the Self and suffering is not natural. But the effects of ignorance have been there for a long "time" and mostly do not dissolve overnight. Karma yoga and jnana yoga are the only solution. The final stage of self-inquiry, nididhyasana, often takes the longest. The essence of nididhyasana is resolving all our conditioning through contemplation, assimilation of the knowledge and transformation of its habitual patterns (vasanas/samskaras/pratibandikas) through Self-knowledge.
Maria: So now, to clear my mind from unhelpful thoughts in the light of the teachings of Vedanta, I know that there is no need of seeking the relationship (nor of avoiding one). I am full and complete being on my own, and serving other people when it is needed, basing on dharma rules. The "woman role" is only a role, I don't need to stick to that idea (I mean that a complete woman is the one who has a husband and kids), because it is a cultural construct, only a thought. And even if I stay alone (all-one, as you put it) it will be okay, that there is no need to change anything, because it is okay.
Sundari: Excellent.
Maria: Before, my mind was a bit agitated by one thing you've written: that if I stand as awareness I'll be successful also in terms of relationships. And I've understood it that it is my fault that I am unsuccessful. As you can imagine, it resulted in suffering of my jiva, that it is doing something wrong and cannot change it. But I realized that there must be something wrong with my thinking, as Vedanta is all about being free of suffering, not to leave one with a helpless feeling. And now my jiva gave up the idea that it is in charge of anything, and I just go with the flow, as one could put it. ☺
I'd be grateful for your comments on my observations.
Much love to you and Ramji!
Sundari: What I meant by the statement "if we stand as awareness, we are successful also in relationships" is that when you know who you are as the Self, all relationships automatically improve because there are no more emotional hooks for yours or the "others'" likes and dislikes to attach themselves. When you know you are the Self and stand firm in the knowledge, everyone is attracted to you because the Self always recognizes itself. It's not like people fall at your feet or you have a need to be loved/liked. You don't. Apart from the Self recognizing itself, our personal unconscious reads the unconscious minds of others, whether we are aware of it or not, because it is all one field. So people will not know why they feel good in your presence; they just do.
You no longer get upset when things don't go your way, because it is just a preference, not a need. Nothing adds to or takes away from you, so fear of loss is gone too. You have zero tolerance for being unhappy, so when an agitating situation arises, it dissolves almost instantly in the knowledge. It cannot hold up in the light of the Self, because you see that it is not real. You accept others' relative nature as well as your own, but you never get sucked in by either again. This applies to all relationships, not just love/sexual relationships. It also becomes completely unimportant whether you have a love relationship or not, and your identity is never affected by being "successful or unsuccessful" in or out of relationships, because NOTHING validates you. You validate everything. The thought that something outside of you could validate you never enters your head; it is known to be utterly ridiculous.
The thoughts that produced suffering for you arose from the need samskara, the belief that there is something lacking in you that could be remedied by a relationship, which you know is not true. Nothing and nobody can give you what you think you lack, because you don't lack anything. The only true success possible in life is to realize the Self; there is no other lasting success or remedy for the lonely samsaric soul.
Maria: Dear Sundari, thank you. Once again, your/Vedanta's words go right into the main issue!
I will contemplate them for a while now, but I can find in your description the reflection of things that are changing in relations of my jiva with the world. It never stops to amaze me to realize how precisely Vedanta works.
And the great villain – "the time" – I know you've addressed this issue previously, but to be honest, there are things I need to hear more than once because they not always stick for the first time. So thank you for repeating them for me, and forgive my jiva for forgetting them. ☺ It is amazing how time is mostly about waiting and not getting what you want right now. I need to contemplate it more. Thank you and stay blessed!
Sundari: You are always welcome, Maria. You have such a great attitude to your sadhana and being taught, take a bow! You are making great progress. As unreal as "time" may be, it does seem to "take time" for the teachings to fully assimilate. That is just the way Maya works, the great trickster that it is! Karma yoga is the sane way forward, always surrendering all results to Isvara. You are on the Vedanta bus, and have no worry, it will do the work of removing ignorance as long as you stick to your sadhana.
~ Many blessings and much love, Sundari


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IF AN invading zombie army is staggering towards your front door, don't worry: a fingerprint-activated door lock could save your bacon. That's because one group of researchers has worked out how a biometric scanner can keep the undead at bay.
OK, so they weren't specifically trying to stop zombies, but there is genuine concern about dead flesh being used to spoof fingerprint scanners. Severed fingers and even fingers cut from corpses can be used to give the bad guys entry to secure facilities, to steal cars or log on to computers.
It sounds outlandish, but the first reported case was in March 2005, when thieves stole a biometrics-activated Mercedes in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Initially they took the owner with them so he could start the car, but they soon tired of his presence – and hacked off his digit before dumping him at the roadside.
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Kirstin90 posted a topic in Troubleshooting your Whole30Hi I'm on day 26 and my skin has gotten progressively worse. My skin was never that bad and it looks worse than ever before, mainly on my chin. The other places where I don't have breakouts, my skin definitely feels better but I am so confused by these breakouts, I never get these I was wondering if I could maybe have an issue with eggs? I HATE eggs. But I've been eating them every day because of whole30 - 2 a day and recently have had a dish with eggs in it (whole30 meatloaf). I never ever eat eggs in my normal life other than if it's baked into something. Is it possible it could be the eggs? That's the only thing I can think of..
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jennieokc posted a topic in Whole30 ReintroductionPLEASE HELP I did the Whole30 in September 2016. Shortly after I completed the Whole30, I started getting hives every time I would work out. I started at a new gym at the same time so I thought for a long time that I was allergic to something they were cleaning the gym with. It has taken me until now to realize that the Whole30 could have uncovered something I am intolerant to and I still get hives every single time I work out. It takes somewhere between 1-2 hours for the hives to go away. Has anyone had a similar problem? I'm sure it's a food allergy, but the fact that it's only triggered when I work out is what is stumping me. Any advice is welcome. Thank you!
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Dave01 posted a topic in Troubleshooting your Whole30My wife and I did the Whole30 in September with no issues, but started to get bad eczema within 48 of finishing. She's 40 years old and the eczema started on one eyelid as a red rash and has progressively gotten worse, with both eyes lids red, puffy and itchy (as well as the areas around her eyes). She's tried eliminating gluten, alcohol and dairy and things seem to get marginally better (the redness turns to almost flaky, dry skin), but it continues to come back and has become a real issue. I've seen some posts about similar issues related to the Whole30, and would love to know if anyone else has been able to pinpoint causes or solutions. The fact that this was triggered for the first time in her life immediately following the Whole30 is hard to understand. We're trying to figure out if the shift for 30 days triggered a food allergy, or some sort of bacterial change in her stomach that we need to reset. She did have more fermented foods on the Whole 30 (sugar free Kombucha, Kimchi; curious if you can have some type of probiotic overload). She has started a food journal but we haven't gotten close to pinpointing the cause. It does seem that red wine and sugary foods trigger it more quickly than others. She has also had less frequent bowel movements during and after the Whole30. She's currently trying to eat gluten free with lots of fruits, chicken/fish, veggies, eggs, nuts, etc (although we saw that eggs and nuts could be triggers). Some things we read seemed to point to the Whole30 triggering a Histamine intolerance but that would involve severe and debilitating diet changes so we are hoping to identify someone who has solved this and reverted it. Thank you for any help or pointers!


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So I guess I have a recurring theme this week. Time. I went to Costco earlier this week and time stood still there. Getting to the store, through the store and home in an hour. On top of that I seemed to find a lot of time in my days getting everything I needed to do and almost everything I wanted to do, done. It was honestly weird. And WONDERFUL. And DEFINITELY out of the ordinary. I rode this strange happening happily all week KNOWING that it would all come to a screeching halt eventually. And it did. Today I set out to run a 10k. Nothing official, just me running 6.2 miles. Anyway, there are a lot of runs that I will purposefully use an app that won't have any voice prompts that tell me my distance or pace. The days I "run by feel" are often the most rewarding to me and they also allow me to see where my pace is really at. Today was a "run by feel day" and I have to say that I felt great. I enjoyed the heck out of my run. So much so that I lost track of how many miles I thought I had run. I got so lost in my run that I had no concept of how much time had passed. I just knew that I had been out there having a good time and figured I just HAD TO BE close to 6 miles. I sooooo wasn't. I was only at 4 miles. What had worked for me all week was suddenly OVER. HA!
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Due In Sept 2012 Chat Thread
Started by ~A2~ , Apr 16 2012 09:46 PM
101 replies to this topic
Posted 16 April 2012 - 09:46 PM
Hi all
New thread (combined again).
Previous 1st - 15th Sept thread
Previous 16th -20th thread
Posted 16 April 2012 - 09:52 PM
Our Due Dates!
September 1st
Name : Sharon
Age : 35
Location : Perth girl living in Spain
Sex of baby : Boy!!!
Other children : 3 (DS 11; DD 8; DD 6)
Miss S
Name: Susan
Age: 38
Location: Perth (North)
Other: DH 40, 1x DS 19, 1x DD 2.5
September 2nd
Name Teresa,
live- Melbourne SE going to Monash
Age 37,
other kids- DD 3.5years
September 3rd
Name: Simone
Location Canberra.
Sex: We r thinking boy, but will know more at 20 weeks.
One other child, dd, 3.5.
McBaby's Mum
Me:31 years
Husband: 30 years
First Baby
Country Victoria
Age: 37
Location: Sydney
Sex: I'm hoping for a girl.. no sense either way. We've decided to find out at 20 weeks scan.
Other Children - 0
September 4th
Name: Becky
Age: 42
Location: Bega
Sex: girl!
Other: N/A
Name: Leanne
Location: Rural South Australia
Sex: I'm guessing a girl, DF wants a boy.
Other Children: N/A
Name: Sally
Age: 31
Location: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs - going to Monash
Sex: Everyone thinks a boy... I have no idea
Other Children: 2 gorgeous girls - 7 & 5
September 5th
Name: Simone
Age: 32
Location: Melb
Sex: I'm guessing boy but my friend thinks girl and she is a little psychic so we'll see
Other Children: None
Name - Nikki
I live in Perth (Fremantle area)
Age - 33
No other children..
September 6th
Name: Jennifer
Location: NT
Age: 26
Sex: DH is positive its a girl but I'm waiting for the gender scan
Other: DS1 is 4 and DS2 is 2
Name: Bell
Age: 39
Location: Sydney
Sex: Not sure at all, no vibe this time but my DP thinks girl.
One DD aged 8 months (yes, I am absolutely freaking out at the small age gap, just trying to keep telling myself that we can do it...)
September 7th
September 8th
September 9th
Name: Dimity
Age: 28
Location: Sydney - Sutherland Shire
Sex: Our guess is boy
Other Children - 0
Name: Kristie
Location: Sydney - Northern Beaches
Sex: My vibe is girl @ the moment
Other Children: n/a
September 10th
Name: Rachelle
Location: Sydney - Eastern Suburbs
Sex: My instincts say a girl
Other Children: N/A
Name: Nat
Age: 33
Location: Melbourne
Sex: Strong instinct it's a girl
Other children: DS 11 months
September 11th
Age: 36
Location: Perth
September 12th
Name: Sonia
Location: Perth
Sex: No idea but will be finding out through scan.
Other children: DS 4
September 13th
Name: Sarah
Age: 25
Location: Sydney
Sex: Unsure
Other: N/A
September 14th
September 15th
September 16th
Name: Ingrid
Baby no. 4
Ds1: 4 turning 5 in June, DS2: passed away at 11 days, DD: 1 turning 2 in November
September 17th
Gender: Boy
Other Children: DS 2
Age: 33
Location: Brisbane
Sex: WE can't decide if we want to know! Scan next week
Other Children: n/a
Name : Emma-Kate
Age : 26
Location : Brisbane
Sex of baby : TBA (find out on the 26th April - my husband and I can't wait!!)
Other children : 0 (this is our first child)
September 18th
Name: Katrina
Age: 26
Gender: Unknown
September 19th
Age: 33
Gender: ?
Other Kids: Hannah 6; Jack 3
Name: Ella
Age: 31
Location: Sydney, Inner West
Sex: Waiting a couple more weeks to find out, I think it's a boy!
Other Children: n/a
September 20th
Name: Katherine
Gender: Surprise
Location: Sydney
September 21st
Name: Bec
Age: 25
Gender: Unknown
Location: Katherine
Age: 28
Gender: Strong feeling boy
September 22nd
Name: Lauren
Gender: People Guessing boy, having gender scan
Name: Camille
Age: 34
Sex: Will find out at our 3 May morphology scan
Other kids: None
Name: Michelle
Age: 32
Location: Queensland
Sex of baby: unknown - scan 8th May
Other children: DD - aged 6 yrs
September 23rd
scheduled 39 wk c-section
Name: Mel
Other Kids: Twin DD (3)
Location: Qld, GC
Sex: Can't wait to find out! (Next scan 9/5)
Name: Dee,
Gender: Surprise
Location: Newcastle NSW
Other kids: DS 13, DD11, DD9, DS 4 and DD 18months
Name: Rach
Age: 42
Sex: TBA (find out in a couple of weeks)
Location: Brisbane
2 other Children
Gender: surprise
Other children: 2 and 4 year old
Location: Sydney
September 24th
Name: Tricia
Age: 24
Gender: Boy
Name: Michelle
Age: 31, OH 40
Other Children: DD9
Gender: ?
September 25th
September 26th
Location: Sydney
1st Baby
September 27th
September 28th
Name: Jess
Genders: Surprise
September 29th
September 30th
Our Angels
***I have removed all the UN-updated names. If you want on the list just PM me or write it in your post in the chat. There were just too many names I haven't seen in a while and its hard to format with so many but I am more than happy to add you. I just wasn't sure who isn't participating anymore or who has suffered losses. If anyone wants to be added to our angels PM me.
Edited by PinkSurvivor, 25 April 2012 - 05:23 PM.
Posted 16 April 2012 - 10:35 PM
Hi Pink,
Thanks for updating the list - I guess I should fill in some more details!
Name: Becky
Age: 42
Location: Bega
Sex: girl!
Other: N/A
It seems I may be the oldest! Yikes.
Posted 16 April 2012 - 10:38 PM
Catirving - not that it really counts I guess but the mod might be older
Posted 17 April 2012 - 12:04 AM
I don't know that we had a detailed one in the other group...
I'm Theresa, due 19th sept with baby #3 Hannah is 6, jack is 3. I'm 33 will know gender of this one next week! I'm in Perth.
Edited by tinkster23, 17 April 2012 - 12:05 AM.
Posted 17 April 2012 - 12:27 AM
Hi I'm Tricia
I'm due 24th Sept with a baby boy (found out in a 3d scan recently)
Age - 24
Posted 17 April 2012 - 03:08 AM
Hi, I'm Lauren, 25, due 22nd of september, first child, will find out gender at scan in a couple of weeks but everyone is saying boy.
Posted 17 April 2012 - 03:27 AM
Hi Pink
Name: Ella
Age: 31
Location: Sydney, Inner West
Sex: Waiting a couple more weeks to find out, I think it's a boy!
Other Children: n/a
I'm due 19 September!
Edited by ejfingerscrossed, 17 April 2012 - 03:28 AM.
Posted 17 April 2012 - 04:49 AM
Hi girls!
Just a quick note from me for now, but I just had to say that I'm glad to see that the two Sept. Due In groups have been combined! Our threads do tend to get a bit quiet... combining the two should breathe some life into them!
Pink - I've been thinking of you... I know you've been having a rough time of it lately.
AFM - I'm mostly laid up in bed atm with a nasty case of gastro. Will post again soon.
*hugs* to all!!
Posted 17 April 2012 - 07:19 AM
Hmm didn't even think about my dets
Michelle 31
Baby Due 24th Sept
Posted 17 April 2012 - 07:44 AM
Hi Ladies, I'm Katherine due with first baby on 20th September. I'm 35 and we're not going to find out the sex. Even though I'm dying to know! I'm in Sydney - City.
Posted 17 April 2012 - 09:41 AM
Bec, 25, Katherine NT. EDD is 21st September. Sex unknown.
Posted 17 April 2012 - 10:31 AM
Hi Ladies
Dee, Baby #6 EDD 23rd sept. Won't be finding out sex. Live in Newcastle NSW. Other kids DS 13, DD11, DD9, DS 4 and DD 18months
Posted 17 April 2012 - 11:01 AM
QUOTE (Catirving @ 16/04/2012, 10:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It seems I may be the oldest! Yikes.
Another 42 yo here
Name: Rach
Age: 42
Due: 23rd September
Sex: TBA (find out in a couple of weeks)
Location: Brisbane
This will be my 3rd baby but DFs first - he's so excited and scared at the same time.
I've just had my worst couple of days with tiredness and sickness so far, but I think that's because I may have a touch of flue as well. Making the kids lunches for school is hard because just walking into the kitchen makes me want to vomit
eta: location
Edited by Rach42, 17 April 2012 - 04:50 PM.
Posted 17 April 2012 - 11:12 AM
Hi all
havent responded in awhile but been reading...
Confirmed for the 3rd time baby boy Super exciting to go with our two girls. My US went well evrything as it should although I am still 2 kgs lighter than when I got pregnant so bit concerned about that but I have a pot belly and huge boobs so I think the weight will come.
My DP proposed friday night so I now have gorgeous bling and I was so surprised and excited - Such an exciting year!!
I am exactly half way today and am wishing time away... cant wait to meet my little boy. I have been able to feel him moving for aqes and my daughters and partner can feel too so thats been really nice.
Hope you are all starting to feel moevement and enjoying this time.
Also anyone going to Monashin clayton?
Posted 17 April 2012 - 11:47 AM
Hi everyone. Im 28 and Our baby is due 21st September and as much as we want to, we are not going to find out the sex but I have a strong feeling it's a boy!
Posted 17 April 2012 - 11:57 AM
Hi everyone! I'm 23 and or baby BOY is due the 17th of September and We have a DS who is 2 😃
Posted 17 April 2012 - 12:33 PM
Yay a new thread and it's busy.
Pink - If you get stuck with the list closer to your birth or things just get too hard for you just let me know and I'd be happy to take over. Thinking of you and hoping everything is ok.
I have posted before but if anyone is interested in joining the FB that has been set up just PM me. Please don't feel you need to join though I'm sure this thread will be just as busy but just another way of communicating (post pictures privately etc) with each other when things get busy. It has been set up as a secret group for privacy.
I'm exhausted. Again. I thought I was getting some energy on the weekend but yesterday I crashed and burned again. I thought you were supposed to get more energy in your second trimester. I went to the Dr today for a check up and get my referral for my scan (11 sleeps to go) I also asked her to check my iron levels when I get my next bloods done. My next appointment will be at the midwives clinic in 2 weeks.
Posted 17 April 2012 - 03:34 PM
Catirving - yay for the all clear on the amnio! And I'm feeling the bladder pressure too, but no movements just additional pressure and need to go all the time.
Morti - goodness, pelvic floor reconstructive surgery sounds really scary...hope all continues to be well and you get the natural birth you are after. Hope the gastro goes away ASAP!!
MummatoA - I hear you on cleaning out the spare room - ours too has been the junk room in my tiny house so lots of things going into the bin or being donated! Hope you get some energy back soon too!
McBaby's Mum - hope the scan goes well this week!
ayla2008 - how did your scan go?
sg290780 - Congratulations!!!!! So exciting that your DP surprised you
Well had my 20 week scan today and it was ace! Looks like I'm keeping the trend going - we are having a boy!
I didn't really mind what we were having for our first child but excited its a boy actually - it makes it feel more real somehow and I feel like it helped me bond that little bit more. It also means that my DH gets to pass on the family name, his dad's family has no other boys and DH is one of 2 and his brother had all girls. The sonographer was a bit surprised that I asked her to see of she could get a 3d image of the genitals!! She said she hadn't had that request before and I was like really? I thought everyone who wanted to know gender would ask that! Anyway she couldn't get a good 3d shot so we went the old 2d instead. Got a cute 3d of the face though - will post to the other thread.
Hi to everyone else, look forward to getting to know you!
Posted 17 April 2012 - 05:03 PM
Well I have 2 daughters and I am expecting Twins on 28th Sept. We wont be finding out the sexes dont think my hubby could handle it if it was another 2 girls so he can just accept it on the day! Have been so sick the whole way through Im so over vomitting! yet I weighed myself to day and I have somehow managed to find 4kgs in the last 2 weeks!
Posted 17 April 2012 - 05:12 PM
Hi all
Im due 23 Sept with #3, I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old.
We arent going to find out the gender this time (if we can resist, it will be hard!). We have one of each so whether this one is a boy or girl it will be win win
Im in Sydney.
Posted 17 April 2012 - 06:25 PM
Hi all!
Loving that this thread is moving. I've got 2 spare minutes so I'm even going to attempt personals!
Morti-I hope you're feeling better. A friend of mine had gastro a few weeks ago and rang me and asked why the hell I was having baby #3 (I've had hyperemesis each time and she's yet to have one) she said she couldn't do this for any length of time, and sure as hell not 3 times
rach42- I have days where I can't go in the kitchen as well, acutally, I have weeks like that...but DH is getting better at cooking, so it can't be all bad!
sg290780- congratualtions on your engagement!! I've only just started feeling babe move and my dd is SO excited for when she can feel the baby!
want-to-be-a-mummy- Well done on not finding out, I wish I could, but it'd drive me nuts! (now I've said that baby will probably not give up the goods!)
mumma to a- I've been feeling the exhaustion lately. I think as my hyperemesis finally seems to be turning that corner my body has realised how tired I am.
tauruspregnant- congrats on your boy, they are lovely creatures (well, mostly )
jess1980- twins! how lovely!
tibs- I've got one of each too, expecting a tie breaker!
AFM- as I said, hyperemesis seems to be easing, still spewing most days but not feeling that god awful nausea all day and night now. We've got our scan next week and I can't wait to find out who's hiding in there
Posted 17 April 2012 - 08:26 PM
Hi everyone
Age: 33
Location: Brisbane
Sex: WE can't decide if we want to know! Scan next week
Other Children: n/a
Thanks Pink, I've been thinking of you of late and all you're going through
Congratulations 'sg290780' ! Are you planning a Wedding pre-baby arrival?
I'm finally not nauseous and vomiting all day and am off the Zofran but still on 1/2 a Restavit in the mornings.My back is now an issue so am seeing the physio each week and am currently taped up to hold me together
Posted 17 April 2012 - 11:44 PM
Hi All!
Lovely to see the 2 groups joined together, as they seemed to be getting a bit quiet!!
Since we didn't have a list going in the other group below are my details:
Name : Emma-Kate
Age : 26
Location : Brisbane
Sex of baby : TBA (find out on the 26th April - my husband and I can't wait!!)
Other children : 0 (this is our first child)
So excited to be finding out the sex of the baby on the 26th April. I can finally start preparing the nursery and making the baby some clothes and a quilt!!! Very much looking forward to the future shopping trips as well!! My mum is also very excited, she can't wait to start buying the baby some clothes (though it hasn't stopped her, she has been buying both girls and boys things... I am one of six kids so many more grand children to come, so they won't go to waste!!
Has anyone else's tummy gotten really big? My tummy is quite large now, I have been in maternity clothes since 10 weeks (when I had to tell everyone as I could no longer hide it anymore...) my mum was the same, so it must run in the family. It is all tummy (like the size of a basketball) which is nice (haven't really put on any weight), so from behind I don't look pregnant... it is nice stage though as all the maternity clothes fit really well!! It is interesting at the gym now when doing pilates and yoga classes... my balance is terrible and just can't do everything they way I used to be able to too... interesting how the body changes and adjusts to the beautiful little baby growing inside you!!
I am sorry to hear all the women who are still unwell I do hope you all feel better soon!!
Well I am off to bed, to get some sleep before another big day at work, very busy atm!!
Posted 18 April 2012 - 01:06 PM
Hi everyone - Thank you for all the congratulations!
Just wanted to say have fun with all your scans!! Super exciting time.
Futureself: No wedding this year... a tiny one next year we want our little guy to be a part of the day. Our girls are planning putting him in a red wagon and pulling him around... LOL
I am tired too all those that have mentioned it... and clearing out the spare room/ ex-junk room... Hee Hee Such an annoying job. But will be so special when our little guy is in there
Still in shock that I am havnig a boy - but so so excited!!!
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Bulb Mart offers native plants, talks, as well as tulips
Betty Moody was thrilled to see a passion vine stripped bare by Gulf fritillary caterpillars recently on a plant she had squeezed between her two buildings off of Kirby Drive, in the middle of Houston's inner city. Since planting other natives, including Turk's cap, she also has seen hummingbirds.
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The word "wilding" has become trendy code for going native in the garden to support bees, butterflies, birds and other creatures whose habitats are disappearing. It's a bit of a misnomer: Gardening has always been about controlling nature's wild urges, even when all one is controlling seems to be chaos.
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While Houston-area gardeners can draw from a palette of hundreds of native plants, Katy Conservancy Development Director Ali Dodson said this particular selection offers a succession of blooms that will be attractive at various times of the year. "Many native plants bloom for a short period, then set seed," she said. The nine chosen natives are also extra user-friendly because they are widely available and can be tucked into existing beds.
Fair warning for those with truly small gardens: Some of these plants may not know they're being domesticated. Ignore them and they may overwhelm other treasures. (Indian blanket and lemon beebalm, I'm looking at you.)
But then, I swoon over Gulf muhly, which makes a dazzling specimen plant this time of year when the rising or setting sun turns the grass's pinkish plumes into a glowing, feathery fire. And I can't wait to try rattlesnake master, which I want to grow for its name alone.
The conservancy, the Coastal Prairie Partnership, the Houston chapter of the Native Prairies Association of Texas and the landscape architecture firm Clark Condon developed the list. They created a pamphlet of basic planting instructions that can be downloaded from the conservancy's website, katieprairie.org; and Clark Condon produced a booklet of planting schemes for "pocket prairies." (The partners also have planted demonstration gardens across the city, and new pocket prairies for student research have sprouted at the University of Houston and Rice University. )
The mart offers many other native and hardy plants, including bulbs for all seasons that naturalize in the Houston area, such as amaryllis, daffodils, rain lilies and irises. And it's not one of those get-there-the-first-day-or-you've-missed-the-good-stuff kind of sales: The club saves its "plants that merit attention" introductions for the second day. The proceeds support many projects, including the work of the Katy Prairie Conservancy.
Once upon a time, gardeners lined up to nab the mart's tulips and such, which can be pre-ordered. Those are still available and always enticing for spring displays. But many of those exotics are strictly annuals in the Houston area, offering little value to wildlife and just a few weeks of human pleasure, if they are properly chilled for weeks in a refrigerator and the winter weather cooperates. Definitely not for wilding people.
Susie Marten will speak about the nine natives at 10 a.m. Friday, following a 9 a.m. talk by wholesale grower Heidi Sheesley, who has helped to introduce a number of wildlife-friendly plants to the Houston area over the past 30 years.
Here are the "9 Natives":
1. Texas bluebonnet (Lupinus texansis): Yep, the state flower that people flock to see in pastures each spring can be grown on a smaller scale. Now is the time to plant this host for gray hairstreak and Eastern tailed-blue butterfly larvae. Plants grow 1-2 feet tall and need sun.
2. Scarlet sage (Salvia coccinea): A reseeding annual or perennial with tubular, red flowers that bloom from spring until first frost, this salvia provides nectar for hummingbirds, bees and other insects. It grows 1-3 feet tall and 1-2 feet wide in sun, part shade or shade.
3. Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella): A reseeding annual or short-lived perennial that can bloom from spring until first frost, this pollen provider is beloved for its zig-zag-edged flowers, which have concentric rings of yellow and red-orange around brown centers. The plants grow 1-2 feet tall by 1 foot wide in sun or part shade. They prefer well-drained, sandy soil and may need watering in summer to prolong blooms.
4. Prairie spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis): This perennial has clusters of blue or pink, three-petaled blossoms from spring through summer, growing 2-3 feet tall and 1 foot wide in sun to part shade. It's a valuable nectar source for native bees.
5. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta): A reseeding annual or short-lived perennial with dark-centered, yellow flowers from late spring to fall, it grows 2-3 feet tall and 1-2 feet wide and needs full sun and well-drained soil. A host for silvery checkerspot butterfly larvae, it also provides pollinator nectar and bird seed.
6. Lemon beebalm (Monarda citriodora): A reseeding annual with whorled lavender-pink to white flowers that appear in early summer, it grows 12-30 inches tall and 1 foot wide in sun or part shade. A nectar source, it also has an enjoyable lemony aroma.
7. Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium): A perennial with yuccalike foliage and clusters of 1-inch, thistlelike flower heads that are greenish white from May to August, it's one of the best pollinator attracting wildflowers. A self-seeder, it needs full sun and moist, well-drained soil.
8. Gulf muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris): A perennial bunchgrass with stunning pink-purple plumes in October, it goes brown in winter, continuing to provide cover for wildlife. Growing 2-3 feet tall and wide in sun, it also attracts beneficial insects such as ladybugs. Cut it back to about 8 inches in late winter.
9. Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium): A perennial bunchgrass whose dense, upright clumps of stems can be blue-green in late summer and golden rust in late fall, it grows 11/2-3 feet tall (or more) in sun or part shade and likes dry soil. Small birds love the silver-white seed, and the plant is a larva host for nine species of skipper butterflies.


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