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So far 2013 has been a difficult year for me… I lost my mum in January, got divorced, and moved to a new place. Lots of new (beautiful and good things too) are happening in my life.
But all these life changing things have lead me to a big decision: I'm closing my shop in Copenhagen after 8 good years. Time for something new!
Blog-vice it looks like you guys have to be continuously patient with me for a while. But I promise you that I'll be back again when things gets settled.
I sorry about being so distant at the moment… I have been here with my jewellery, hats, pillows, sunglasses, dresses and wallpapers for a while. Early mornings and late nights of work leaves very little computer-time…
I am reorganising the shop these days. All the things you can see above will be available in my shop from Monday (not my webshop, -my shop in Copenhagen)
See you… -b
This is Amanda. She is a new friend of mine. I met her back in 'tivoli' at Christmas where she had a little shop just like I had. She has a jewellery shop in Copenhagen as well.
Exactly 8 years ago today, I opened the doors to my shop! To celebrate the occasion I'm gonna give you an overload of shop pictures the upcoming days.
I feel like a complete loss of freedom when my bike is out of function. I love my bike. This morning I had to go to work by bus.
Picture 3 is the view from the window in my yellow bedroom.
I paid my brother a visit today… pictures are from his apartment.
Vilja is milkshake-crazy…. I pad and milkshake-crazy.
My new bedroom is yellow… almost like gold.
Feels like I have a million things to tell you and yet I can't get passed posting about food all the time…
Wee, light in my kitchen…
VIljas daily life has been changing quite a bit lately. She is in a new kindergarten too… It's a great place close to my new flat and she loves it. But when we get home in the afternoon, she is very tired.
Last night I made her a risotto dinner but before it was ready to be served, Vilja was asleep… Zzzzzz….
Since Anders and I parted ways a few months ago he has been living in our old flat. The apartment has been sold now and we are wrapping things up… what a weird feeling.
Anders is looking for a new place to live (in Copenhagen of course), if you should have any suggestions please tell?
I had some lovely ladies visiting the shop today. Beautiful baby-bellies all over the blog these days…


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New chip aims HD video at iPhone
Imagination Tech punts a scorcher
Posted in Hardware, 12th January 2009 23:08 GMT
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England's Imagination Technology [1], designer of the PowerVR MBX [2] hardware that powers the iPhone and iPod Touch, has announced its latest and greatest graphics processor IP core, the PowerVR SGX543.
The four-pipeline SGX543 is the first iteration of Imagination's fifth-generation Series5XT architecture and is "available in both single core and multi-processor solutions", according to a statement released by the company.
Imagination has attracted attention recently as much for its investors as for its chip designs. In mid-December of last year, Apple purchased [3] a 3.6 per cent stake in the company - 8.2 million shares - for a cool $4.8m. A week later, Intel added [4] 934,422 shares to the to the 6 million they acquired [5] in October of 2006.
Apple's investment was widely seen as an indication that a member of Imagination's PowerVR SGX line would some day replace the PowerVR MBX technology in the iPhone and iPod touch - or, possibly, appear in some other handheld device that Apple engineers might [6] be tinkering with in Cupertino.
If such prognostications are correct, the SGX543 would be a good candidate.
The new chip design improves upon Imagination's Universal Scalable Shader Engine (USSE) that was first incorporated into earlier PowerVR SGX designs. According to the company, the new technology - prosaically dubbed USSE2 - is a "multi-threaded GPU shader processing engine" that's incorporated into each of the design's four pipelines. USSE2 "incorporates a major upgrade of the data path to deliver vastly improved vector processing performance and overall throughput."
Being a universal engine, USSE2 can theoretically achieve higher throughput than can separate polygon and shader engines. Imagination claims that the SGX543 can achieve "real-world" performance of 35 million polygons per second and a pixel fill rate of one gigapixel per second when running at a relatively power-miserly 200MHz.
Performance at this level should be more than burly enough to support fluid HD-quality video and graphics. The technology also provides "advanced colour space handling and gamma correction" to ensure that each of those polygons and pixels are displayed in vivid and accurate color - or colour, depending upon your location.
As with all members of the PowerVR SGX line, the SGX543 supports the OpenGL ES 2.0 [7] standard for programmable 3D graphics.
Speaking of open standards, Imagination is a member of the consortium that recently released the OpenCL 1.0 [8] spec for standardizing APIs for GPGPU [9], which is acronym-speak for general-purpose computation on graphics-processing units. Simply put, GPGPU is a scheme in which general-purpose applications, especially highly parallel tasks such as media processing, can be offloaded from a device's CPU to its GPU.
The original OpenCL proposal came from Apple, and it's scheduled to be a marquee feature in the company's upcoming Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard [10]. Meanwhile, Imagination is busily hiring [11] OpenCL engineers. Seeing as how the iPhone and iPod touch run a streamlined version of Mac OS X, it's a good bet that OpenCL-enabled Imagination-designed chips will find their way into future Apple handhelds.
Unfortunately, Imagination hasn't yet disclosed one important piece of information about the PowerVR SGX543: its TDP [12] or thermal design power, a spec that suggests the maximum amount of power a chip will require at maximum normal load.
Knowing Imagination's target market and the low TDPs of its existing line, we expect the SGX543's TDP will be well within a handheld's capabilities. The company plans to release more information about the SGX543 at the Multicore Expo [13] in March.
When they do, we'll be sure to fill you in. ®
- http://www.imgtec.com/corporate/index.asp
- http://www.imgtec.com/powervr/mbx.asp
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/18/apple_buys_into_imagination_technologies/
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/22/jobs_and_imagination/
- http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/02/intel_invests_in_powervr_producer/
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/01/jumbo_ipod/
- http://www.khronos.org/opengles/2_X/
- http://www.khronos.org/opencl/
- http://www.gpgpu.org/
- http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/
- http://www.imgtec.com/corporate/techvacancies.asp?VacancySector=Technology
- http://www.cpu-world.com/Glossary/T/Thermal_Design_Power_(TDP).html
- http://www.multicore-expo.com/


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QUEENSLAND has embraced Hollywood legends Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones, and the pair are returning the love for the Sunshine State.
But there's one Australian destination the stars of Driving Miss Daisy won't be visiting while they are Down Under.
"I don't want to go to Alice Springs," Lansbury said yesterday. "It's too hot."
Lansbury, best known for her long-running role in Murder, She Wrote, said Miss Daisy was a role she has been longing to play.
"It is a role that any actress would give her right arm to play," she said.
"This is a role that I have been keeping on a backburner. (James and I) have discussed it over the years, we have read it together, done pieces together but the opportunity to work together along with (co-star) Boyd (Gaines) when it came along, I just said yes."
Earl Jones said it is still as important a piece of theatre as it was when first written.
"This might have been one of the earliest pieces of art that dealt with segregation," he said.
"There is no reason for (young people) to know about things like segregation unless they see things like Driving Miss Daisy."
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SACRAMENTO - California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined ten states in announcing that Anheuser-Busch will discontinue its popular alcoholic energy drinks, including Tilt and Bud Extra, and will not produce any caffeinated alcohol beverages in the future.
"Anheuser-Busch, the largest brewing company in the United States, has taken an important action to protect young people from attractive alcohol advertising and marketing," Attorney General Brown said. "Other major alcohol manufacturers should follow Anheuser-Busch's lead and eliminate dangerous combinations of caffeine and alcohol from the marketplace."
Alcoholic energy drinks are prepackaged beverages that combine alcohol and caffeine, guarana, taurine, ginseng and other ingredients associated with non-alcoholic energy drinks. Brown asserts that Anheuser-Busch marketed Bud Extra and Tilt in violation of state consumer protection statues by:
• Making misleading health-related statements about allegedly energizing effects of Bud Extra including increased strength and increased ability to stay up all night after drinking the products
• Failing to disclose its effects on consumers, and ignoring potential consequences of drinking alcoholic beverages that are combined with caffeine or other stimulants
• Directing advertisements of Tilt and Bud Extra to consumers under the age of 21
In November 2007, researchers at Wake Forest University of Medicine found that the combination of caffeine and alcohol sends mixed signals to the nervous system, causing the effect of a "wide awake drunk." Students who consumed these energy drink cocktails were twice as likely to be involved in alcohol-related accidents and injuries than when drinking alcohol alone. The combination of alcohol and caffeine can be dangerous because individuals may not feel impaired even when blood alcohol levels are very high.
California, along with ten other states, asserted that Anheuser-Busch made misleading health-related statements about the energizing effects of its caffeinated alcohol beverages. Marketing that promoted the alleged energy component of the drinks made the drinks appealing to teens. The company advertised Bud Extra with taglines such as "You can sleep when you're 30" and "Say hello to a night of fun" and utilized MySpace, YouTube, and other Internet sites popular with underage youth.
In addition, the packaging for many of the alcoholic energy drinks was similar to that for non-alcoholic energy drinks, leading to retailer and parent confusion.
Anheuser-Busch cooperated during the investigation and agreed to reformulate its products to exclude caffeine. As part of the agreement, Anheuser-Busch will discontinue two of its popular alcoholic energy drinks, Tilt and Bud Extra, and will not produce any caffeinated alcohol beverages in the future. Under the agreement the company will:
• Stop manufacturing and marketing all caffeinated alcoholic beverages, including Bud Extra and Tilt as currently formulated
• Reformulate its alcoholic energy drinks so that they do not contain caffeine or other stimulants that are metabolized as caffeine, such as Guarana
• Eliminate all references in advertising to caffeinated formulations and remove any reference to using Bud Extra and Tilt as mixers for other drinks.
Anheuser-Busch also agrees to immediately discontinue the current Tilt website www.tiltthenight.com without hyper linking or directing visitors to a new site. Any new Website may only to promote the reformulated Tilt without caffeine.
Other states which joined California in reaching an agreement with Anheuser-Busch include: Arizona, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, New Mexico, New York and Ohio. A copy of the multi-state agreement is attached.
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Commenter: | Charles Livingston |
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Subject: | Trade Regulation Rule on Telemarketing Sales |
Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 310 |
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No No No, Do not provide a loophole for pre-recorded marketing messages. They are programed to run automatically and are a constant nusance. In order to opt out you must listen to the whole message to find out how. Some messages are quite long causing you to hang up in order to pursue what you were originally doing before the intruption. This is actually an invasion of privacy as you have no control to initally opt out. Much better would allow the consumer the option to opt in thus avoiding the multiple recorded messages of no intrest to you personally.


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During his time as the first black president in the White House, President Obama has occasionally been criticized by a group he once belonged to as a U.S. senator — the Congressional Black Caucus — for not doing more to ameliorate the difficult lives of many African-Americans.
The local food movement has a powerful new poster girl.
More glowing than American Gothic, Oprah Winfrey and her pal, Bob Greene, appear on the cover of the June issue of The Oprah Magazine, standing in what looks to be a field of kale.
"Oprah's New Farm!" reads the headline splashed across the pair's checkered shirts. "How She's Growing Healthier — and You Can Too."
Ever since the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. search for a coherent counterterrorism strategy has revolved around three basic questions:
1. How do we locate suspected terrorists?
2. Once located, how do we go after them?
3. If captured, what do we do with them?
In a major speech at the National Defense University in Washington on Thursday, President Obama addressed all three questions that have been the source of shifting policies and fierce national debates for over a decade.
The tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., Monday destroyed some 12,000 homes, according to Oklahoma City Police. And for one family, it was the second house they've lost to a tornado in the past 14 years. Rena and Paul Phillips say that the recent loss won't make them move.
The Phillipses told their story to Rachel Hubbard of Oklahoma member station KOSU, who reports on how they're coping with the loss — and the search for belongings in the rubble of their home — for Thursday's All Things Considered.
Originally published on Thu May 23, 2013 8:23 pm
Authorities in Moore, Oklahoma say that 12,000 homes were damaged in Monday's tornado. In this next story, we're going to meet one family that was affected, and not for the first time. The Phillips lost their home in a tornado that hit Moore on May 3rd, 1999. They loved the community and bought another house two miles away, a house flattened by Monday's tornado.
Rachel Hubbard, of member station KOSU, toured what's left of their home to try to understand how a family can cope with such a loss twice.
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It's not every day that a 9-year-old girl chastises the CEO of one of the world's biggest fast-food chains.
Yet that's exactly what young Hannah Robertson did Thursday morning at McDonald's annual shareholders meeting in Chicago. When the meeting opened up to questions, Hannah was first up at the mic with a pointed criticism.
"It would be nice if you stopped trying to trick kids into wanting to eat your food all the time," she told McDonald's CEO Don Thompson.
Author and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka is just 35 years old, but he's already published 20 books, including the popular Lunch Lady graphic novel series, NPR's Backseat Book Club pick for May.
With memories of last year's Superstorm Sandy still fresh, NOAA is warning East Coasters and those farther inland to brace for another active Atlantic season, predicting that as many as six major storms will develop between the beginning of June and the end of November.
In the film What Maisie Knew, Julianne Moore plays a troubled rock star whose young daughter witnesses her parents' volatile behavior as they argue over custody during their rocky separation.
On the surface, Moore's character, Susanna, might seem to be an entirely terrible one — a self-involved person and inappropriate mother who's not paying attention to her child. But Moore makes her more complicated than that.
Scientists have completed the first assessments of how readily the H7N9 flu virus in China can pass among ferrets and pigs. The mammals provide the best inkling of how dangerous these bugs may become for humans.
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There were few things that made my dad cringe more than the practice of topping trees. He would scratch his brow and shake his head at the thought of a homeowner paying to have their trees butchered. It was slightly less offensive if utility companies butchered trees because it could be rationalized: Downed limbs create a hazard and cause power outages, whichcan cause more than just unhappy customers, as we have seen over the curse of the last six months.
The Cynthiana-Harrison County United Methodist fellowship service to benefit the Scholarship Fund will be held March 15 at 6 p.m. at Lair United Methodist Church.
The speaker will be Dr. Steve Moses, a former recipient of the fund. Come to support this worthy cause.
Does God Care? A series starts Sunday, March 15, at Mt Carmel Christian Church.
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TUESDAY: Pancakes, bacon, syrup, juice choices, choice of milk.
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THURSDAY: French toast, bacon, syrup, juice choices, choice of milk.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Murphy of Richmond announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Rebecca Jean Murphy, to Michael Anthony Colligan, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Colligan.
The bride-elect is a 2000 graduate of Madison Central High School and a 2004 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Health Science. She is employed by the Madison County Health Department as a Senior Health Environmentalist.
Remember this name: Mordecai Ham. I'll tell you at the end who he is.
Meanwhile, let me tell you about Phil Munsey, a guy I heard on the radio the other day.
He wrote a book last year called "Legacy Now: Why Everything About You Matters."
The point of his book is that big or small, everything in our lives matters and everything we do has eternal consequences.
Due to the dramatic increase in popularity of the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP), Harrison County was realigned into a new 8th region this year. It may have been a different region but the outcome was the same.
The Harrison County Phase I committee (Ag Development Committee) reminds everyone that a signup period for six programs is available now. The period to signup will last the entire month of March and will include the following programs:
Genetic Programs; Forage Improvements; Diversification; Sheep and Goat Diversification; Fencing Improvement; and Cattle Handling.
Feb. 27 at 7:27 p.m. -- non-injury, Elmarch Ave. North, Brandon T. Stephens, 22, Cynthiana, driving a 2005 Toyota Corolla struck Jeremy Martinez, 18, Cynthiana, driving a 1997 Plymouth Breeze.
Feb. 28 at 1:30 p.m. -- injury, US 27 North, John A. Bobb, 24, Falmouth, driving a 2003 GM Sierra, struck John D. Moore, 59, Cynthiana, driving a 1990 Chevrolet Malibu.
Feb. 26 at 11:38 p.m. -- injury, US 27 South, Timothery Habern, 21, Cynthiana, driving a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am.
To the editor:
A study by the American Energy Alliance estimates that, over a thirty-year period, businesses could create 1.2 million new jobs, generate $2.2 trillion in total tax receipts and add $8 trillion to our economy by permanently lifting the ban on offshore production in the Outer Continental Shelf. When the price of oil goes back up (as it undoubtedly will) would it not be better to pay ourselves instead of foreign oil cartels?
Nov. 16 -- Snappy Tomato Pizza, 97%, corners need repair on the walls, floors need cleaning under storage shelves, tile repair is in progress; all mops and brooms should be stored in maintenance closet.
Dec. 22 -- Edwardo's Pizza, 97%, can opener needs cleaning, outside of hand towel needs cleaning, equipment handles need cleaning.
Dec. 22 -- Edgemont Manor, 95%, vent pipe needed on top of dish machine, area under and adjacent to dishwasher needs cleaning, need to use commercial grade food containers.
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The one challenge I hear most from my clients is that they don't have enough time in their day. However, they typically take an "all or nothing" approach to getting things done. This is unrealistic, because most of us don't have large chunks of time available to knock out big projects in one fell swoop. A more realistic approach is to chip away at large tasks in the small bits of time we do have available (see my prior blog posting on this topic). In order to do that, we have to break projects down into smaller components first. Then, when a small segment of time appears (such as when we're waiting for the proverbial pot of water to boil) we can tackle one small task.
Like many of you, I'm often challenged by a nonstop schedule. However, when I put my mind to it, I'm amazed at how much I can get accomplished in even just 15 minutes. Two key concepts help me capitalize on these 15 minute time oases. The first is setting a timer: I set it for 15 minutes and challenge myself to be as focused as I can to get as much done as possible before the timer goes off. The second is keeping a list of quick tasks so that when a small chunk of time does become available, I can refer to the list and get something purposeful accomplished.
For example, I used to struggle with finding time to write my blog or my monthly newsletter until I adopted the strategy of taking advantage of small chunks of time. I might spend the first five-minute chunk determining what topic to write about and coming up with the title. Then I chip away at each step: writing each sentence, editing, finding an appropriate photograph, spell checking, etc. until before I know it the article is ready to go.
You can apply the same technique to your organizing projects. You may not have a block of the several hours it will take to organize a particular room, but if you spend 15 minutes a day on it, over a period of time the room will be organized. And that's certainly a better outcome than not even starting because you don't have one block of multiple hours available.
Here are some ideas of what you might be able to accomplish in 15 minutes:
Laundry: Empty the dryer, fold all items and put them in baskets according to their owner; sort dirty clothes and put a load into the washer; put away a laundry basket of clothes.
Mail: Go through the day's mail and decide on the next action you need to take on each item.
Planning: Schedule your day, week, or vacation.
Energizing: Take a walk around the block; do some yoga or stretching; lift some weights; meditate; go to bed earlier than normal.
Reading: I never seem to make time for this, so I've started setting aside 15 minutes at the end of my day to read a chapter of a book, a magazine article, or scan a few pages of the newspaper.
Writing: Send off a long neglected thank you note; prepare the week's grocery list; send a quick note to let someone know you're thinking of them.
Calling: Make that phone call you've been avoiding.
Connecting: Spend time with a child, family member or friend.
De-cluttering: Clean off a kitchen counter or table (or a portion of it); clean out a drawer; clean off a bookshelf; clean out your purse, wallet or briefcase.
There are plenty of other things you can do in 15 minutes. Go ahead, set the timer, and let me know what you've discovered you can accomplish.
Wishing you simplicity, harmony and freedom,


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OTTAWA — There was a dinosaur rush in the early twentieth century as museums all over the world sent expeditions to Alberta and Montana in search of old bones.
From Kansas came the Sternberg family, among the best dinosaur hunters in the field. The father and three sons delivered hundreds of samples to what is now the Canadian Museum of Nature and worked for other museums too.
Up and down the Red Deer River they dug out bones, wrapped them in burlap, and sealed them shut with plaster for transport and storage.
A century later, some 200 of these samples in their plaster "field jackets" are still stored at the museum. What's inside is often a mystery.
Now visitors to the museum can vote on which case should next be cracked open for study.
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Dino scientist Jordan Mallon, an Ottawa native and graduate of Carleton University's vertebrate paleontology program, hoped the contest would dispel the image that museums are "stale."
Whatever is inside the plaster, it will contain a mix of fossilized bones and the rock that has held it for 65 million years or more.
There's a number on the plaster and a notebook entry that matches the number. But the notes don't reveal much.
One big chunk is described as the jaw of a big meat-eater, but that's all. Maybe some kind of tyrannosaur, Mallon figures, but that's a big family. The jaw is at least a metre across, maybe 1.5 metres.
"It's got to be from something big." Gorgosaurus? Daspletosaurus? Can't tell yet.All five have cute names for the Idol contest: Stumpy, Regal Ed, Headrosaur (because it's a skull), Mystery Jaw and Canadian Club.
All will be on display for museum visitors during the contest.
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"A lot of people think that we dig up fossils and put them on display and we don't do anything else."
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His own field is dinosaur ecology; his PhD was about how different diets separated dinosaurs into different ecological niches.
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Mallon is hoping one of the field jackets will reveal a new species, but would be just as happy if there's a new and different example of a species already known — a younger version, for example.
The Dino Idol contest runs from Feb. 16 to March 17, with the winner to be announced March 19. There's no cost to enter, but it's open only to museum visitors.
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Former Mayor Pete Murdock goes back years in Ypsilanti city politics. His flip-flopping (Mitt Murdock?) on the city income tax issue is a betrayal of many of his loyal supporters. After leading the fight against the city income tax in 2007, the anti-tax voters of his ward helped him return to City Council in 2008. But now, in 2012, Pete is leading the pro-tax campaign!
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Posted: 01 Dec 2012, 09:26
I keep craving sweets, always have. No matter how well I eat at the end of the day I still crave chocolate, cookies, candy etc. What could I possibly do?
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Posted: 01 Dec 2012, 11:46
Get mini dark chocolate pieces, personally, I love Hershey's Bliss Rich & Creamy Dark Chocolate. Have one piece (one serving is 6 pieces) when you can fit it within your daily calorie limit.
Else try making fruity ice candies and have one. Use fruits and flavors of your choice.
Two good recipes are
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Posted: 02 Dec 2012, 00:28
I always have a craving for meat!
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Posted: 02 Dec 2012, 00:48
Tell me more.
Love your food or risk failure. No quick fixes, this is a lifestyle change. No extremes are needed just consistency.
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Posted: 02 Dec 2012, 19:15
Cravings can be emotional but it can also be needing a vitamin or mineral. For sugar cravings, take a B complex or extra protein (plain yogurt that you add your zero calorie flavorings to is really good for this). For chocolate cravings, you are looking at needing magnesium, I go between taking a supplement for that (no calories) or getting cocoa powder/stevia sweetener/nonalcohol vanilla (all zero calories) and adding that to whatever I am already eating. If you want the additive with the chocolate, this will be completely unhelpful fyi. I found that Acai powder feels like I am eating what I like about chocolate, if you are looking for a taste and not magnesium. I add that to a fruit smoothie. I only use stevia these days whether powder or liquid and it is sweeter than sugar used to be. If you are craving these because of the preservatives in what the items held, then these supplements won't stop the cravings. I have no suggestions on handling that except time and eating distracting type foods---that is when I began adding new tastes like acai and stevia and different textures. The adventures of figuring us out...
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Posted: 03 Dec 2012, 16:30
Wow thanks you guys! Some of these sound really good!
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Posted: 03 Dec 2012, 20:03
A couple people I know are strict on their diets 6 days a week and eat whatever they want on the 7th day and they claim they still lose weight. My husband also used to do this. I don't know why he stopped. I think it was because he was getting so much exercise that he didn't need to watch what he ate as much. 25 years later now he does need to watch what he eats. I have not tried this, but when my weight is down I think I will try this.
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Posted: 05 Dec 2012, 18:39
Yeah I done this after having my second child, I lost a ton of weight. I went from 5'1 140lbs to 108lbs. And I counted calories and exercised, weight lifted, my matabalism was pumped up so I was burning crazy calories. I have 20 or so lbs to lose before I will take a day. Cause I have a chocolate problem. And when I get stressed out I end up eating so in time I will be there.
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Posted: 05 Dec 2012, 20:41
I buy sugar free chocolate pudding and make it with skim milk then put a dollop of whipped cream on top normally does the trick for me.
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Posted: 10 Dec 2012, 13:52
I still treat myself in the evening. I buy the miniature versions of candy bars I like. (Milky Way/Twix/Reese's) and allow myself to eat only 2 pieces. Usually that's about 80 - 100 calories. It keeps me satisfied which in turn keeps me going and it's never hindered a weight-loss yet =)
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Posted: 10 Dec 2012, 16:03
There's so many great recipes on the web that you can eat without feeling too guilty!! I'm on pinterest a lot and have a whole folder full of healthy desserts. This vegan cookie dough is one of my favorites!! Definitely recommend checking it out!
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Posted: 10 Dec 2012, 16:32
As for sweet treats, there are lots of sugar free puddings that I find delicious; my favorite is Jello brand creme brulee flavor rice pudding (I usually put a little sprinkle of walnuts on top for crunch and for flavor contrast).
As for the cravings themselves, check how much of your diet is carbs. Carbs want carbs, and by eating bread or rice or something else carby you are almost certainly creating these sugar cravings. Cutting back on your carbs will make your life a lot easier on the cravings front.
I just took a quick peek at your food diary, and in the admittedly brief look I saw that most days your net carb intake is in the 150g-200g range, while the highest I ever saw your protein was right around 60g. Trust me, I am a true carb lover and I came to this conclusion extremely reluctantly ...but I DID come to it: you will feel a lot better and have way fewer (and less intense!) of these cravings if you significantly increase your protein intake and cut way back on the carbs. Having 3-4 times as many carbs as protein is a perfect way to create this cravings scenario you're describing!
Luckily it's not a hard thing to do, it just takes a little thought and preplanning and a slightly new perspective. You can do it!
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Posted: 11 Dec 2012, 08:03
I have a massive sweet tooth too.
I found that subbing out sweets for sweet soft fruit helped loads! the natural sweetness of the dried fruit fills my sugar craving and the fibre and vitamins in the fruit is better for me than the chocolate etc in sweets. x
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Posted: 12 Dec 2012, 08:37
These are all very interesting takes on our cravings. I do not have one answer fits all situations. M&Ms are my downfall. I cannot even have them around. Blueberries and raspberries really do it for me. I will also make treats like take raisins and/currents and drop them into melted 95% chocolate sweetened by me with cyclamen-saccharine tablets. Knowing how tasty these are, I WILL make them if I really want to helps me say "No' to those overly sweet and fatty choc covered raisins in the stores. I cannot imitate M%M tho. I also make a mix with natural yoghurt and beaten eggwhites sweetened by me. Doing my sweetening I see that I prefer things not so sweet anyway. This way I step away from the escalation occurring in the food industry, where they add more and more sweetners in our foods. I was shocked the last time I visited the States to see how much oil and fats are in commercial granola cereals. Here they juggling of percentages of sweetners by breaking them up into barley sweetner, malt syrup, converted corn syrup etc. It is a mine field.
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Posted: 12 Dec 2012, 09:37
I have read that when you crave certain foods your body is missing or low on a mineral/vitamin. In particular, when you are craving sweets, you are supposedly low on vitamin C. I had a HUGE sweet tooth and I know when I upped the dosage of my daily vitamin C it did help curb it down a little.
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Posted: 12 Dec 2012, 09:42
Hyperflavor foods that are processed are also designed in the lab to make you want more. Sugar,salt, etc.
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Posted: 12 Dec 2012, 09:46
I cure cravings by having steak and eggs. If I eat anything with flour or sugar the cravings come back. My whole program is just basically the elimination of grains and sugar. So I mostly eat salads, nuts, and vegetables, but I also make certain I get protein in the form of fish, meat, or eggs every day.
I have also noticed that my hunger is much lower and my energy levels are much higher. Now I don't even think of sugary refined stuff like donuts as food. They are more like Alcohol. Not really any nutrition in it.
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Posted: 12 Dec 2012, 11:24
Ladd wrote:
I cure cravings by having steak and eggs. If I eat anything with flour or sugar the cravings come back. My whole program is just basically the elimination of grains and sugar. So I mostly eat salads, nuts, and vegetables, but I also make certain I get protein in the form of fish, meat, or eggs every day.
I have also noticed that my hunger is much lower and my energy levels are much higher. Now I don't even think of sugary refined stuff like donuts as food. They are more like Alcohol. Not really any nutrition in it.
Absolutely. My boyfriend, who is not dieting, could eat a whole bag of marshmallows when he gets a craving for one, or a whole bag of potato chips, or of corn chips with salsa. But if I made him eat a steak and veggies at that point, the cravings would just stop.
We need to take responsibility for our eating habits, to learn that if the first craving isn't satisfied by eating what we craved, following ones won't be either. When I crave cheese, I have a little piece. If I want more, I eat meat and stop craving the cheese.
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Posted: 15 Dec 2012, 04:18
To satisfy my craving for sweets I plan for and eat a cup of Greek yogart after my last meal of the day. Works every time for me and it is healthy.
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A few of his co-workers at the Smart Furniture offices on Market Street chuckle. Another, walking by staring at a laptop, stoops to pick up the ball and toss it back to the competitors.
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I had a breast augmentation with mastopexy, subpectoral silicone implant and bilateral capsulectomy.
Simply put, I had my old saline implants that were placed over the muscle removed and replaced with the Natrelle® Silicone Gel implants, under the muscle with a breast lift and removed the scar tissue that developed around my old implants. My procedure was performed by Dr. Daniel Shapiro, at the Paradise Valley Cosmetic Surgery Center.
Why I am sharing my personal story.
I struggled with the decision to share my experience of having a breast augmentation. This is kind of a private issue, but I decided that I have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed that I had a breast augmentation. I know that there are plenty of people that are opposed to cosmetic procedures, and they are quick to pass judgment on those that choose to have surgery. I think some people have created a stereo type in their mind of what type of person would have cosmetic surgery. I have read some comments on other blogs sites, that are insulting, ignorant, cruel and even hateful toward people that have cosmetic procedure. Obviously, I work for a plastic surgeon so I have some insight to the type of person that has cosmetic surgery. First of all, most of the people that have surgery do not fit the high maintenance stereo type some people might imagine and they are certainly not all rich. The truth is, there is no "type" that has cosmetic surgery, however mom's often desire to regain their pre-pregnancy body. That's why the "mommy makeover" has become so popular. Society does not seem to have any problems excepting the changes that pregnancy can do to a woman's body, so why should we feel guilty for wanting fix what we can. Maybe you were genetically blessed with naturally great breasts, that have not been affected by age, gravity or pregnancy, and you can be grateful for your assets. If pregnancy has caused your breast to droop, sag, or deflate and you have learned to love and embrace your body as it is, then that is simply what works for you. What ever the case is, it is not fair to pass judgement on those that choose to have a cosmetic procedure. If you are thinking of having cosmetic surgery, you should not feel embarrassed, it is natural to want to look good.
My First Breast Augmentation
Yes, I said my first breast augmentation. I had my first breast augmentation about 12 years ago. I was young when I had my first child and when you are in your 20′s your supposed to have perky, cute breasts, but pregnancy left me "deflated". I knew that I might have more children in the future, but not for a long time, so I decided to go ahead and have a breast augmentation without a lift. I had a Transumbilical Breast Augmentation also known as (TUBA), because it didn't leave any scars. This procedure seemed "trendy" at the time and I even paid about $1000. extra to have my implants put in this way. During a Transumbilical Breast Augmentation, the surgeon makes an incision in the belly button and the breast implants are put in empty with an endoscope and then filled with saline when they are in place. The endoscopic equipment creates two tunnels underneath your skin and the implants are placed, and then filled, through these tunnels. The advantage is you don't get scars, but unfortunately you can only do this procedure with saline implants. The tissue along the tunnels rarely do, but can leave visible tracks and because the incision is far from where the implants are placed, there is a greater chance for error, especially in the placement of the implant.
My recovery wasn't that bad except my entire abdomen was black and blue, swollen and very sore. It felt like I had done a million sit-ups. They also fill your abdomen up with a gas, so your abdomen is distended for a while. I had little to no pain in the chest area, probably because my implants were placed over the muscle and I didn't have any incisions in that area.
For the most part I was happy with the results of my first surgery, except they were placed lower than my natural breasts were, so although I didn't have saggy or deflated breasts, I did have large breasts that made my torso look shorter. I was willing to except this because I was going to have more children and I knew I would need another procedure in the future when I was done having children. I think a lot of women need a breast lift, but choose to have large implants put in instead, because it is less expensive and they don't want the scars of a lift. Some women can get away with simply putting in implants without having a lift and still look good.
My Second Breast Augmentation
I know that I am done having children, so I feel like I can finally make an investment in my body. Working for a plastic surgeon gives me a unique advantage, I get to see the results of different surgery's. A lot of my client's have had breast augmentations with Dr. Shapiro and they are happy to show me the results and I am always impressed. (I also get to see the work of other surgeons too.) One client was on her third surgery, (the first two were with another surgeon) she had her first surgery before children. Her second surgery was after children, but that surgeon put in huge implants instead of a lift and she wasn't happy with that look. Her final surgery was with Dr Shapiro and he put in smaller implants and did a lift. She showed me her results and they looked great and the scars had already started to fade. I can't tell you how many people I have met that got large implants instead of a lift and then wish they had done a lift. So my advice is, if you need a lift, get one. I know it is more money for a lift, but the cheapest procedure is the one done right the first time. I also know that people hate scars, but the truth is they do fade with time. It takes about a year for scars to fade and there are also products and procedures you can do to improve scar reduction. Dr. Shapiro has a full staff of highly experienced medical estheticians and nurses that can work with you, to reduce your scars.
The Consultation
During my consultation with Dr. Shapiro, I explained that this time I wanted to have a lift, have my implants placed under the muscle and switch to the Natrelle® Silicone Gel implants. I had saline implants, and honestly they were fine, but I wanted to switch to the new silicone gel implants because they feel more natural and they are less likely to cause capsular contractor and rippling. I also told Dr Shapiro that I have a short torso and that my original implants were placed so low that it made my torso shorter, he agreed and said we could place them higher. We also discussed size, I was okay with my current size, but thought I would actually like to be a smaller. He assessed the size of my frame, and said we could go a little smaller, but suggested that I probably would look better if I didn't go too small. He also explained that when you place implants under the muscle they look smaller anyway. I had one other concern, like many other women, pregnancy caused the areola to spread and I wanted to make them a little smaller. We discussed all my concerns and I felt confidant that Dr. Shapiro could create the look I wanted. I must add that a good plastic surgeon is like an artist, and I think Shapiro has a good eye for aesthetics and knows what looks good for each person. I don't know if this comes from experience or is just a natural talent, I suspect it's both. So, although I had an idea of what I wanted, I also wanted his opinion of what would look best for my body type. I'm kind of a control freak, but I respect and trust his opinion.
Day of Surgery
I arrived at the Paradise Valley Cosmetic Surgery Center an hour early, so that I could be prepped for surgery. When we got to the surgery center I was impressed with how nice it was. The waiting room was warm and inviting, however my husband and I were quickly escorted to a private room, that was also very comfortable. A nurse came in to prep me and start my IV, then Dr Shapiro came in to go over any last minute questions and mark me for surgery. The entire ambiance made me feel relaxed, like I was at a nice hotel or spa. It is always cold in a surgery room but I was put on to this warm cushioned surgery table and covered with warm blankets. I remember thinking "wow, this is so nice" before slipping off to dream land.
During surgery Dr Shapiro discovered I had developed bilateral capsular contractor, which is scar tissue that can form around breast implants and may even cause the breasts to harden. This wasn't visibly obvious, my breasts didn't feel hard, and nothing showed up in my mammogram. I'm guessing it's because I had a lot of dense natural breast tissue, but I am only guessing. Dr. Shapiro had to spend an extra hour to do a corrective bilateral capsulectomy. A Capsulectomy is the surgical removal of a Capsular contracture or the formation of tight scar tissue that can develop around the implants. I would like to apologize to whom ever was scheduled for surgery after me, but I am so grateful that Dr Shapiro took the time to do the job right. He obviously cares about his patients and takes pride in his work.
Capsular Contracture Around Breast Implant
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After surgery you are moved back into a private recovery room. I appreciate the special attention to privacy. I have had outpatient surgeries before in a hospital, and they only have little cloth curtains between patients and when you wake up and you can see and hear the nurses, other patients and their family's in the recovery area, which means they can hear your conversations too. I remember having to go in to a hospital surgery center and I hated thinking that other patients could hear my conversation with the nurse about my post-op care. It was already a very difficult time and I had hoped that they would be more discrete.
The Recovery
I only took a week off work to recover. I am only two weeks post-op and am starting to feel much better, however having implants under the muscle is much more uncomfortable than over the muscle. The muscle feels tight and sore, like you did a strenuous work out, but worse. I seem to feel fine during the day, but first thing in the morning, when I am getting out of bed, my breast feel heavy, they are probably swollen. If I have pushed myself, trying to do to much, I find I am more uncomfortable at the end of the night. I have had all my stitches removed, and have to wear a sports bra for 6 weeks. Dr Shapiro's nurse Pat has instructed me on how to massage my breasts to keep them soft. I must warn you there are instructional video's online, for breast massage, however some techniques may not be appropriate for you. Always, follow your surgeons instructions.
The Result
I know you shouldn't judge results until about 6-8 weeks post opp, because the breasts are healing and swollen. When the implants are placed under the muscle, the muscle pushes on the implant and the muscle will relax with time and the breast will look and feel softer. However, even at this point I can tell they look great. Dr Shapiro and I were joking that I owe him big, because they look so good.
(Plus he had to work so hard to reconstruct and correct the damage I had) It is a little strange that they are smaller, I even felt a little sad for a moment, because I was use to very large breasts. I had mixed feelings because my larger breast made me feel a little National Geographic, and matronly. I tried on one of my old bra's and I am actually not much smaller, it just looks that way because they are firmer and lifted. I have noticed a lot more women coming in and switching out their large implants, and now I know why. It really looks better and believe it or not younger. I feel like although my breasts are a little smaller, they remind me of how I looked at 18 and I feel motivated to start working out so the rest of my body can match, soon as I am recovered. When I was about 25 I joked with my husband that I would look better at 50, than I did in my 20′s. Clearly I was crazy, but maybe Dr Shapiro will help get me close. I will not share my personal photo's, but you can go to Dr Shapiro's website and see a few before and after photo's or schedule a consultation in the office.
In Conclusion
Dr Shapiro has always had the reputation for doing great face lifts and specialized facial work. I know he really enjoys those procedures and people fly in from all over to have him work on their face. Based on my personal experience and what I have seen from his patients and the patients I have seen from other surgeons, I think he may be the go-to guy for breast augmentations.
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More Women Getting Breast Implants Reduced
Updated: Wednesday, 01 Sep 2010, 7:20 PM MDT
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PHOENIX – Did the big-busted look go out of style? According to a well-known valley surgeon, more and more women with big implants are getting them taken out, and going for a more natural look.
Pamela Anderson, Dolly Parton, and Heidi Montag are just some of the big names known for their big implants.
Just this week, Montag says she's getting hers out. Dr. Daniel Shapiro, a top surgeon in the valley, says it's something he's seeing more often.
"If you look at fashion and music, that kind of dictates what happens. I think people are starting to look more proportioned and the Pam Anderson look isn't so popular anymore," he says.
At age 20, Melissa Rein went under the knife and came out a large D cup. She says it made exercise and shopping hard, and now five years later, she's downsized to a moderate C.
"My back has hurt, and people have poked me and said why do you stand like that, and I say my breasts are heavy. You'd be surprised how much I lean forward and now I don't have that problem anymore," says Rein.
The procedure costs between $5,000 and $10,000 and could leave a scar, but it's a sacrifice some women and willing to make to be comfortable in their own skin.
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The food, the service, perfect. We have visited this restaurant for a few years running and always look forward to visiting again, we generally stay in Aghia Paraskevi and make this our get dressed up night out.
The food, the service, perfect. We have visited this restaurant for a few years running and always look forward to visiting again, we generally stay in Aghia Paraskevi and make this our get dressed up night out.
I have nothing but praise for this restaurant it's absolutely perfect in every way. My partner and I did not stay in Achladlies but we visited this restaurant 3 times plus we visited the one in Town (1901 Restaurant) once. It's really accessible from any part of the island - we enjoyed taking the water taxi. The food is out... More
We loved this restaurant. Not the cheapest, but absolutely exquisite food, the service was so friendly and the music was very classy and laid back, and the setting was just beautiful. The perfect evening out and something special to enjoy. We ate here twice and loved every mouthful, especially the stuffed tomatoes & chicken with cheese, bacon & MINT!! Highly... More
Good choice on menu. Excellent quality food set in a sheltered romantic gardens on corner of main road in Acheladias just a short walk from our accommodation. Good service and very good house Rose wine! Not very expensive and excellent food.
This restaurant is set in a lovely garden. We ate there twice and the food was a bit hit-and-miss. Some dishes were lovely, but some a bit oily. They also seem to use garlic from a jar in their mezes like tsatsiki and and eggplant salad, which really ruins them. The lovely Costas seems to serve the entire restaurant and... More
5 minutes walk from the Villa Apollon. The food and service were amazing. Live music while you eat, lovely surroundings, well worth a visit.
we had such a nice meal here we just had to come back, which i try not to do when on holiday. Very polite and helpful service, fantastic food , big portions at normal prices. The live piano bar kept the ambiance at a relaxed soothing atmosphere all evening. The family totally enjoyed the evenings. Top marks.
The Porta Rossa is a superb taverna in Achladies - the food is excellent and the piano player adds that 'romantic' touch. Up market compared to some but absolutely well worth it.
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Huh? Don't get it. It says 3.55 to 3.41 but you have to downgrade via dongle also?
This part's confusing me a bit...It is recommended that you downgrade the traditional way afterward to 3.15 firmware, and then upgrade the traditional way to 3.41 official firmware.
So this doesn't affect blu-ray playback?
is that mean can play online while in 3.41 !!!! and is v.3.56 released
solidpsycho you are amazing!!!
byw the way douha, what make you think you can play online with it?!
What it means, is after first downgrading with this method,you will be on a modified version of 3.41. The 3.41 PUP file was patched so the console thinks its a 3.56 PUP, this is what allows its installation on a 3.55 PS3. After downgrading, if you would like a clean unmodified 3.41 firmware, you will need to then downgrade to 3.15 official, and update to 3.41 official
the post says your PS3 will think its a 3.56 console i dont know
So can anyone explain what the "traditional" way to downgrade to 3.15 after this is?
****, always "the bad side" or "bad news" .
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This summer is heating up I tell you! But it's okay because it gives me an excuse to wear beyond fabulous maxi dresses to poolside summer soirees in Beverly Hills. London Times was awesome enough to send me this Brazilian Border maxi dress. I have to say, I was a little hesitant that I could pull off such a bold graphic print dress- but when I put it on it was surprisingly easy to wear. As far as the fit goes, the gathering at the waist keeps the dress flouncy without feeling overwhelming.
What I also love about this dress is the range of colors in it. I can see an endless pairing of accessories. For this go-around I opted for my favorite statement necklace and these tassel sandals I got on sale from H&M.
We stopped by the Greystone Mansion on our way to the Cointreau event held at The Beverly Hills Hotel. Here's my friend Melinda & I with one of the fabulous Aqualillies. If you haven't heard- synchronized swimming has made a comeback.
Brazilian Border maxi dress c/o London Times
Tassel sandals: H&M; $15
Cat eye sunglasses: Nicole Miller
Necklace: H&M
Clutch: Ann Taylor LOFT