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Synopsis of entire reboot, with mood chart (ED)
This guy, who could no longer use a condom successfully due to porn-induced ED, applied the recent scientific findings about how superstimuli can numb the pleasure response of the brain to his use of today's hyperstimulating porn. He decided to allow his brain to "reboot." Although each person's rebooting experience is different (recoveries range from 4 to 12 weeks), his experience was typical and his data especially thorough. Here are excerpts from his blog.
[Week 2] So, I just completed 10 days of no PMO (porn/masturbation/orgasm). The first 5 days were difficult, but astonishing. I got extremely horny, probably as my brain was trying to get me to jack off, like I've been doing every day for 20 years, maybe longer. Erections just looking at girls, very hard to resist kissing a girl I was talking to in a bar.
Then after 5 days, it all went away, completely. Since then, I've been flat, numb, nothing. Occasional sparks of sexual spirit, but also a kind of glum, flat, nothingness. I wouldn't say depressed, because I'm optimistic about the future, and I'm happy with the path I'm on, and committed. But more like empty, null. Girls that I was desperate to get with a week ago, now I don't even feel like texting. I almost feel hostile, angry. The prospect of sex is not appealing.
I think my brain has accepted that I'm not going to be jerking it, so it has stopped the cravings. On the other hand, it doesn't realize yet that porn is no more, and so it still is not allowing me to get excited by girls in real life. I think that's going to be a very gradual process, and I'll probably get intermittent flashes of horniness and arousal, and then absence again, as things gradually rewire.
I'm super-excited to be at day 10. I never even knew there could be a day 3! I thought it was physically impossible for me to not jack off that long. And actually the porn is at day 16, because I stopped looking at it a week before I stopped jerking it.
[Week 3] Earlier today I was getting pretty impatient with the lack of progress in the resensitization department. I mean, it's only been a once a day habit, right? Why am I taking so long to get over it? But then I did the math. 20 years, 365 days a year, most of those including P - that's more than a staggering 7,000 PMOs. Now I see why it's possible that I have some habituation to get over.
[Week 4] Still getting the occasional REALLY STRONG flashback to some of the appealing images from P days. At first I was annoyed that a side effect of this process is getting these flashbacks and annoyed at having to resist them. Then I realized that it's not a side effect - this IS the process. Every time you successfully resist, that takes you one step nearer to being free of them. That's how progress is made in this crazy game.
Been driving a lot - late night driving has been one of my solaces in this crappy process. When I come home and I'm full of horn, I get in the car and drive for a couple of hours - on a twisty road, up in some hills, occasionally just on a freeway. Doesn't really matter. Just sitting there a little preoccupied seems to soothe me somehow. Anyone else do this?
[Week 5] I was in such a good mood today. I literally don't think I have been in such a good mood in 7 years. And I don't mean because anything particularly great happened, but just for no reason at all. It's been so long since I've had that buoyancy. I used to have it, and I haven't seen it for 7 years, and had more or less got to thinking maybe life is inherently gloomy and uninteresting. Historically, I've been a very positive person, and the last 7 years have been so weird because it felt like nothing I did would make me feel cheerful inside. Patches of joy here and there, but always short-lived. Today, finally, I was socializing with people, chatting with people because it felt good to connect, to commune. I've missed that so much, and I only realize how much now that I've had a taste of it again.
I'm 100% sure the problem was the PMO thing. Quite simply, it made everything else boring. The M by itself was bad enough to make me lack-luster since I was 18 probably, but the broadband P I think finally killed any chance any real-world stimuli had of capturing my interest. Maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but not that much. I've been going through the motions of being sociable and interested for the last 7 years, knowing how it was supposed to look, and doing it because I felt like I should, but all the while not giving a shit inside.
So yeah, the last few days, I've been getting little dribs and drabs of positive emotions, like when you think you feel a drop of rain every now and then, but you're not sure. Today was the first day where I had a mood that was really sustained and didn't disappear after a couple of hours. More like 8 hours and I'm still feeling it. I'm sure there will be lows again (not to be negative, but I've seen the neurochemical pendulum in action for long enough now to know this), but right now, this feels pretty damn good....
Stay strong, everyone. This is totally worth it. It may not be the only piece in your puzzle, but if you've been doing PMO, then it almost certainly will have been having major unsuspected effects.
[Week 6] A milestone reached the last few days. I actually feel back to normal. I'd got so used to feeling craving, or sad for no reason, or unbalanced, or anxious, or massively horny, or completely dead, or combinations of any of these at one time the last 40 days that I'd forgotten that I hadn't always felt that way. Then 3 days ago it all just stopped. Just like that. In my journal two days ago, I wrote "Wow - I feel what I can only describe as 'normal' today". That feeling has stayed with me, and none of the craziness has returned.
Now, just because the craving is gone doesn't mean that I've healed my brain yet. It also doesn't mean that I am safe from relapse! I've been fighting hard these last 6 weeks against the beast, and I've shut it out, but that doesn't mean that it won't come knocking subtly at some stage and try and get in again. I need to maintain lifelong vigilance. My motto: Real women only. For good.
I'm still pretty drained by the whole experience, physical partly, and massively mentally. I'm going to give myself a week or so of brain convalescing (maybe I'm being a wimp, but I really feel like I've been through something), and then I think I'll feel restored enough to start pushing myself again in other areas of life, which have pretty much been on hold the last 6 weeks.
[A couple of days later] Really depressed today. Angry, bitterly critical of the paths I've taken in life, and where I'm at now, and of my abilities to go forward.
While I've eliminated a false pleasure from my menu of options, there is nothing there yet to replace it, because the other options still lack much power to please me. Also, I'm pretty mentally tired after all this PMO resistance, and I don't have the strength to be buoyant today. But the cravings really have gone - I feel level headed, just "level headed grumpy" today.
I guess the other thing bothering me is that there definitely was a very significant improvement at the end of week 6, and I thought that meant all this bullsh*t was over. Apparently though, it just meant the crazy period was over. Now it's replaced by sexual frustration combined with a dull, missing ache, that's making it hard for me to be winning with women, I suspect because I'm communicating an inner sadness.
[Week 7] "Stupid glumness - 50 days and still missing PMO" To miss P for a few days, fine. But to be missing it 7 weeks later - what a baby! There's also a second fear - that maybe the glumness is nothing to do with the PMO, and it's just that my life is f*cked. Except that I don't think it is, but the fear is still there, because it seems like a rational explanation for glumness.
So, those two demons combine and taunt me. One says, "You baby! Fancy being glum because you're missing your P!" Then the other one says "Or maybe it's not the P! Maybe you're just a loser and you're glum because you can't get a decent life together!" Back and forth between them for hours at a time. So I try and prove them both wrong. I go out and meet women. I can hear myself talking to them, aping buoyancy, aping inner feelings of success and normalcy. But the second the performance is over, the dull monotonous drone is back. Glum.
[A few days later] Mood swings:
1) There's a woman that I'm progressing towards. One day I'll think about her and think that she is sweet and fun. The next day I don't give a crap about her. Repeat until thoroughly confused.
2) One day I'll be really up, great mood, gold is flowing from my lips unbidden. The next day, I'm a tiresome dolt, who gives a crap about no one and about whom no one gives a crap. Repeat until self-image completely unstable.
3) One day I'll think I'm a cool dude, with tons going for him, and really getting a great life together. Next day, I'll feel like a poor deluded fool, who thinks he is swimming, when really he's just scrabbling around in the dust. Repeat until really fed up.
[Week 8] The biggest difference that quitting PMO makes is that it gives you incentive to be brave, to go out and meet girls. If you are whacking it every day to porn, and a real woman barely registers with you, why on earth would you even make the effort to go and talk to her? What do you have to gain? Nothing. What do you have to lose? The possibility of rejection, of humiliation, maybe even hostility and anger from her.
But imagine that you saw a woman that you liked, and I offered you $1,000,000 to go and talk to her - say anything, it doesn't matter what. If you really believed I would pay up, you would find the courage to talk to her, even if you thought she might laugh at you. What's changed? She's going to respond exactly the same way she would have done without my $1m offer - it's just that now you have an incentive.
[A couple of days later] You built a harem.
You know those science fiction comedies where a couple of teenagers somehow build themselves an ideal robot woman in their basement and fall in love with her? PMO is like that, except that it's just one guy, and he's built himself a whole harem of unfeasibly hot women. So when this guy goes outside of his basement, in the normal world, he is not interested at all in the normal women he sees because he's got a harem of uber-hot women back home. Getting back to them as soon as possible is all he can think about.
Just like those kids in the movie, we have fallen in love with that harem. It is as simple as that. Your brain thinks the harem is real and is behaving accordingly. When you are at home, you are desperately excited to bang girls from your harem. When you are away, you are excited to get home.
You have to break up with the harem.
This process is so tough because it involves BREAKING UP WITH THAT HAREM. Your brain has to accept that you are saying goodbye to all those girls, never to see them again! Your brain fights you for 8 straight weeks, because IT DESPERATELY WANTS TO KEEP ITS HAREM. It will make you sad, angry, miserable, depressed, horny as hell, numb, null - it will drag you through the worst kinds of hell it possibly can to get you to go back to your harem, because it loves them so much. Look at my mood chart (above) - my brain put me through horrible bullshit for 8 straight weeks.
But then, just like when you break up with a girlfriend (well, in fact exactly the same because it is the same), you wake up one day and the fever is gone. The brain says "OK. I get it. *sniff*. I guess they're really all gone and I'll never see them again. *sniff*... Hey - that woman waiting in line at the bank is cute though! Hey baby!" And you are healed. You are back in real life, and you have no magic, robotic harem at home.
I will share something embarrassing/amusing but also really important. Exactly a week ago, I had massively strong feelings of missing - you know those feelings you get after a break up with a girl. There's a song that kept playing in my head, that one that goes 'I ain't been missing you at all - no matter what my friends say'. I played it on YOUTube, and listened to it on headphones. I cried for two hours straight, playing it over and over, while memories of all the girls I liked in all the porn I'd seen over the years - my favorite girls, the ones I felt closest to - scrolled around in my head. I was saying goodbye to them. It was like looking through photos of you with your ex-girlfriend after she broke up with you. So yeah, I cried for two hours, maybe more, doing that. Afterwards, I felt a huge sense of calm, peace, closure. They were really gone.
That night out in bars I got 3 numbers, and went out on a date with one of the girls I met the next day.
Eventually, your brain accepts.
So when you ask if it's hard to continue to not PMO these days. No - it's really, really easy. My brain knows that those girls are gone. It has accepted. It has given up trying to make me go back to them. It has moved on. Now when I'm at home, my brain knows there is nothing sexual there at all. When I go out, my brain knows there are fine women around that it might want to get with, but that the only way that anything sexual will happen is to have sex with them, because M is no longer on the menu, no longer an option.
But it took 8 weeks to get to that point. In the meantime my brain was screaming bloody murder. And sometimes it stopped screaming, but it's only so that I got used to it not screaming, so that it could shock me even better when it started screaming again.
That's also why I say cut out TV. If you're at home, and a fine woman comes on the TV, your brain says "Hey! There's a girl from my harem! I guess my harem didn't disappear after all! Hummana-hummana-hummana." And you get all excited again. Home has to be dead of women to you. Nothing there. No glimpses, no faces, no bodies, no nothing. World outside: women. Your home: boring as f*ck. That's the only way your brain gets the message it needs, which is that the harem is no more. Gone.
[A couple of days later] I've been scoring my mood on a 0-10 scale: 0 is absolutely shitty, 10 is completely awesome. 8 is solidly great. Imagine you're driving a BMW at 80mph down the freeway. You can hear its engine purring away happily and powerfully, cruising, but knowing it could easily push up to 120mph if it wanted to. 8/10 is when your engine feels like that engine - powerful, happy, cruising.
My mood has not dipped below an 8 in the last 6 days! The blues, the doldrums, the lack, the despondency - all GONE! This, to me, is amazing. Even reading other peoples' reboot reports, I had a worry that even after rebooting, mood would still be up and down, especially in the absence of masturbation.
For clarity, I'm not saying I haven't got frustrated this week, or briefly angry - I have. But it's been normal frustration, responding to things that you would expect to be frustrating for anyone. There has been a core, immutable power and energy even in frustrating moments. It has felt remarkable to me, almost unbelievable, as I've been so used to the PMO ups and down (and of course the numbness before starting this process). But there it is. Solid great mood.
[His final mood chart from shortly after this post is at the beginning of this post]
[Week 9] Day 57 of no MO, day 64 of no P. Successful, great, 'normal' sex, with condom.
History: I've never liked using condoms. Frequently never got around to sex because I'd lose erection even thinking about having to get one out and use it. Frequently lost erection putting the condom on. Frequently lost erection once inside.
Last night: Stiff :-) Stayed as stiff while getting condom out, putting condom on, while starting sex and finding we needed lubrication, through getting the lubrication, putting the lubrication on, having sex. All with exemplary stiffness :-) My erection was just so natural, and correlated with being turned on, and felt so right, that somehow I just knew that it would stay with me through the condom shenanigans.
And the sex felt as great as sex used to without a condom. I suspect it was because of the increased drive and increased sensitivity down there. I'm really excited about having sex with a condom with her again, which has never happened before. Sex without condom used to be exciting enough for me to want to repeat. Sex with condom fell the other side of the line and wasn't worth it. But now I'd be more than happy to repeat the experience, several times :-)
Orgasm itself: very strong and pleasurable. None of the things I worried about happened. I was able to keep from coming for a perfectly acceptable length of time. In fact, I didn't even really think about it, it just seemed like a normal, healthy sexual interaction. When I did come, my head didn't explode and I didn't rupture any blood vessels anywhere and I didn't bellow '8 FUCKING WEEKS!!' in her ear like I thought I might. In fact, it was just beautiful, intimate, very pleasurable sex :-)
Guys, stick at this. The goal that you are striving towards is real and amazing. I guarantee that it is 100% worth the effort and will not disappoint. Allow yourself to believe that this place is worth going through 3,6 even 12 months of misery and bullshit, because it is. It won't take you that long. It should take 2-3 months. But if it did take a year, hell 5 years, it would still be worth it. Good luck, fellow cock soldiers :-)
[A few days later] Actually having sex and having more opportunities on the way has vastly cut down, maybe even eliminated frustration. But also, I think that my brain has adapted, has changed its expectations. Part of the reason that you get so frustrated post-PMO is that the brain has been used to a HUGE diet of 'sex' (OK, actually wanking to porn), so it thinks that level of stimulation and sexual activity is the norm. After it has thrown its temper tantrum for a while, it gives up and adapts to the new amount of sex in your life, i.e., once in a while
Yeah, I blew some opportunities through desperation because I wasn't used to having that much desire. I almost couldn't stop myself trying to kiss girls I was talking to, but you learn to control, and be grateful for, the extra drive.
In summary - your life changes because you are inspired to meet more girls, PLUS your brain adapts to the lower frequency of sexual activity after a while, PLUS you modify your social behavior to take into account the stronger sexual desire you are feeling, so you still come across as cool. It's a process, i.e., it takes time, but trust me, TOTALLY worth it.
[Subsequent post, a couple weeks later] I feel a little bad about airing my private business, but at the same time I want my brothers in cock to have the positive evidence I am in a position to provide so: Yesterday, sex with a girl. Once with a condom.
Today, sex with another girl. Twice, with a condom, only about 30 minutes apart (I'm 40, people). So strictly speaking, with 2 condoms. All erections very nice and hard, maintained with no problem at all, condom put on in full view of girl (always used to be a danger point for me), even taking my time putting it in once the condom was on (I used to get it in as soon as possible hoping to regain the rapidly flagging erection).
This is miraculous. And I am definitely cured.
Oh, and the sex felt really great. I could happily use condoms for the rest of my life. It felt just like sex without one used to. I'm sure I have more sensitivity in my cock now that I'm not gripping it tightly and boffing it around every evening.
For those asking about ED: I guess I used to have pre-emptive ED. That is, I knew I would get ED, especially if I knew I'd need to use a condom, so I wouldn't even go for sex, well actually I wouldn't even pursue a girl. Two months ago, however, I did end up somehow in bed with a hot girl and no erection, which I found humiliating. That's when I found my way here. Short story - yeah, probably would have had more ED if I hadn't avoided sex through fear of it.
Thanks again so much to everyone who has shared their stories/thoughts/wisdom!
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Hi mmkarimi,
I was spending a lot of time trying to figure it out and finally just decided to RMA it back to Asus to have them figure it out. In about 3 weeks it'll be 2 years since I purchased an Asus laptop and I have yet to actually get to use it. I may be jaded against them now but I figure I'll let them spend the resources to figure it out instead of spending days doing it myself. I did however help them out and sent them a note on what causes the crash (thanks to you). I'll post an update to let you know what happens when I get the laptop back.
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hope that they change some hardware for you with a new ones, as i told before, i had such experience before, but the good point is they just change the devices with a new one,
for me it took about more than two weeks to get it ready, hope it take much less for you
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Well, I just got the laptop back. They marked it as repaired and checked off "replaced system board," "replaced hard disk drive," and "replaced power cable." I don't know what this last one is since I didn't send them my power chord... maybe they're talking about some cable in the laptop. Frankly, I call BS on this because almost every single one of my RMAs (10 to date) has had the system board replaced. Right...
Anyways, they also removed my OCZ Vertex2 SSD drive (OS drive) left it out of the laptop. Instead, they installed Windows 7 on what I was using as my storage drive (750 GB SATA). Generally the G74S comes with two 750 GB SATA drives, but I had one of mine upgraded to the SSD drive from XoticPC, which is where I originally purchased it.
They put a ton of bloatware on their installations so it runs extremely slow, however, there is no crash upon the return from Sleep Mode.
Since they removed the OCZ drive, I just put it back, made it the primary boot disk, updated the firmware on it, did whatever updates I could and tried the sleep mode again. It crashed. Looks like the OCZ drive is not compatible with the laptop. That's strange... I didn't realize an HD could be incompatible with a computer.
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Windows 7 enterprise 64 bit, Windows 7 Pro 64 bit ,Windows 8 64bit
Unfortunately Hojoko the problem with OCZ is that they are incredibly fast but highly unstable from what I have seen here on the forums. Nine times out of ten if a personhas an OCZ drive and they are getting BSODs that involve some sort of hard drive error it is being cause by the OCZ SSD. Like I said great speed but the trade off is terrible stability.
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FIFA World Cup Semi Final Match Ups
The semi finals are now wet with Brazil, Germany, Argentia and Netherlands advancing out of the last round. I finished 2-2 in the last round as my hope for Colombia and France faded in two closly contested match ups against Brazil and Germany.
First Semi Final: Brazil v. Germany
The big controversy of the World Cup to this point had been Luis Suarez's affinity for biting opponents but that was trumped in the Colombia v Brazil match when National Hero, Neymar broke a bone in his back after having been kneed in there by a Colombian player. Leave it to the Sports world to provide the best reality dramas on t.v. today. Will Brazil collapse without their Super Striker? Or will the team find inspiration and relief do to lowered expectations and surge into the finals by defeating a German team that became the first team in World Cup history to reach the semi finals four World Cup tournaments in a row?
I like the way both teams have played. I just wonder if Brazil will lose their flare and lose heart without Neymar. I think this game really hinges on the first half. If Brazil is even or ahead at the half I don't see them losing to Germany. The confidene gained with a first half lead or goal less tie will be enough as the home crowd carries them the rest of the way. If Germany can score an early goal then I think we might see the Brazilians succumb to the stresses that have weighed upon them for a good deal of the tournament and lose by 2 or 3 goals.
Prediction: Germany 2 Brazil 0
I think that the loss of Neymar is too much to overcome against a solid and experienced German team that has been here often and will not feel the pressure that Brazil will in front of its home crowd with a berth in the World Cup Finals at stake.
Second Semi Final: Argentina v. The Netherlands
The Netherlands were a finalist last World Cup and have a talented group of players who are chomping at the bit to get back to the finals and bring home the countries first World Cup championship. They have several accomoplished players who can put the ball in the back of the net of their opposition. I think that the number of dangerous offensive players on the Netherlands team gives them an edge over Argentina.
Argentina has the best player on the planet though in Lionel Messi and virtually every goal that the team has scored this tournament has been directly off the foot of Messi or an assist from Messi to one of the other Argentinians. Messi's importance can not be understated. Can the Neterlands come up with a game plan to keep him in check and force the other Argentinian footballers to step up? Will Argetina be lifted on the capable shoulders of Messi Dependence and complete the much anticipated Brazil v Argentina final so many were hoping for?
Prediction: Argentina 2 Netherlands 3
I think that what has been a high scoring tournament thus far will prove to carry out to form in this semi finals match up. Messi will have an impact as he has all tournament long but that the Netherlands talent up front will provide just enough fire power to counter Messi's star power and get them a return visit to the World Cup Finals. The Netherlands will then have their eyes and hearts set on the country's first World Championship in a battle against Germany. The all Euro final may disapoint the South American fans but fate struck a cruel blow to the Brazilians chances and Argentina will need to depend on someone else to step up alongside Messi if they hope to add a 3rd World title to their ledger.
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Cardiff began as a Roman fort. The Romans invaded Wales about 50 AD and about 55 AD they built a fort on the site of Cardiff. In the late 1st century the fort was reduced in size as Wales was now at peace. However in the mid-3rd century the fort was rebuilt and strengthened to defend South Wales against Irish raiders. Yet in the fourth century Roman civilisation declined. Towards the end of the century the Romans abandoned the fort.
The town of Cardiff was founded when the Normans conquered Glamorgan. A Norman called Robert Fitz Hamon conquered the area. He built a wooden castle within the walls of the old Roman fort. (The castle was rebuilt in stone in the early 12th century).Soon a little town grew up in the shadow of the castle. That often happened in the Middle Ages as the castle's garrison provided a market for the goods made by the craftsmen of the town. Cardiff had a population of between 1,500 and 2,000 in the Middle Ages. Towns were very small in those days, especially Welsh towns.In Cardiff there were weekly markets. After 1340 Cardiff also had 2 annual fairs. In the Middle Ages the fairs were like markets but they were held only once a year and they lasted a fortnight. Buyers and sellers would come from all over Glamorgan and even further away to attend a Cardiff fair. In Cardiff there were the same craftsmen you would find in any Medieval town like butchers, bakers, brewers, carpenters and blacksmiths. There were also leather workers like shoemakers and glovers. Cardiff was also a busy port in the Middle Ages. Ships were loaded and unloaded at a town quay. In the early 12th century a wooden palisade was erected around Cardiff to protect it. In the late 13th century this was replaced by a stone wall. Then in the 13th century the friars arrived in Cardiff. Friars were like monks but instead of withdrawing from the world they went out to preach. There were 2 orders of friars in Cardiff. The Dominicans were called black friars because of their black costumes. The Franciscans were known as grey friars because of their grey costumes. Although they have long since disappeared from Cardiff the grey friars live on in the street name Greyfriars Road. In 1404 Owain Glendower burned Cardiff. That was an easy task as most of the buildings were made of wood with thatched roofs. However Cardiff was soon rebuilt and it flourished once again.
CARDIFF IN THE 16th AND 17th CENTURIES
In the 16th and 17th centuries Cardiff remained a small and quiet town. In 1538 Henry VIII closed the two friaries in Cardiff. They were cannibalised for building materials. In the 16th century a writer described the town: 'The river Taff runs near the town walls in the west part of the town and washes the walls but somewhat too hard for part of it is thereby overturned (undermined) and the sea flows to the walls where, at the west angle, is a fair quay to which both ships and boats resort'. Another writer said: 'The River Taff runs under the walls of his honours castle and from the north part of the town to the south part where there is a fair quay and a safe harbour for shipping'. In the 16th century, for the purpose of collecting customs, the port of Cardiff officially extended from Chepstow to Worms Head. In those days there were many pirates operating from Cardiff often with the connivance of local officials. The navy finally took decisive action to suppress piracy in the early 17th century. In the 16th and 17th centuries most of the foreign trade of Cardiff was with France and the Channel Islands. Coal and some iron were exported. Salt and wine was imported. There was also a thriving coastal trade. (In those days it was difficult and expensive to move goods by land so merchandise was often transported along the coast from one part of Britain to another.) Goods from Cardiff were taken to Bridgewater, Minehead, Bristol, Gloucester and London. The main goods were farm produce such as cheese, salted butter, wool, grain and skins. Some coal and iron was also transported from Cardiff to other British ports. Tanned leather was brought from them to Cardiff along with malt, which was used in brewing. In the late 16th century 16 ships operated from Cardiff. In 1607 Cardiff suffered from a severe flood. Then in 1642 came civil war between king and parliament. At first most of the townspeople supported the king. However by 1645 the king was losing the war and he lost support Cardiff. In 1645 Cardiff was captured by parliamentary troops. The civil war ended in 1646 but in 1648 there was a rebellion in South Wales. However the rebel army was routed in a battle on the site of Fagins Drive. Afterwards Cardiff returned to being a peaceful port.
CARDIFF IN THE 18th CENTURY
In the 18th century Cardiff remained a small town, no larger than it had been in the Middle Ages. In 1762 Water Bailiffs were appointed. They charged tolls for the upkeep of the town quay. There were also 3 private wharfs in Cardiff. In 1774 an Act of Parliament created a body of men called the Improvement Commissioners who were responsible for paving and cleaning the streets of Cardiff and lighting them with oil lamps. In the 1780s East, West, North and Blounts Gates were demolished because they impeded traffic. From the late 18th century Wales was transformed by the industrial revolution. At that time increasing amounts of iron were exported from Cardiff. However it was difficult to transport iron to the port by land so in 1794 a canal was built. In 1798 a sea basin was created with a sea lock to allow ships in where they could be loaded or unloaded from barges or from the wharf. In 1796 a writer said: 'The inhabitants of this town and neighbourhood carry on a considerable trade to Bristol and send thither great quantities of oats, barley, salt butter and poultry of all kinds and from this town there are not less than 8,780 tons of cast and wrought iron shipped annually to London and other places'.
CARDIFF IN THE 19th CENTURY
In this century Cardiff grew at a phenomenal pace. In 1801 the population of Cardiff was less than 1,900. By 1851 it was over 18,000. By 1871 it was almost 60,000. By 1900 the population of Cardiff was over 160,000. Exports of coal and iron from Cardiff boomed. The export of grain also flourished. In 1839 Lord Bute built a dock, which became known as Bute West Dock. East dock was built in 1855. Roath Basin was dug in 1874. it was followed by Roath Dock in 1887. The railway reached Cardiff in 1841 which fuelled the growth of Cardiff. In the 19th century there was a shipbuilding industry as well as a rope making industry. Other industries included iron and steel, brewing, milling and paper making. There were many improvements to Cardiff in the 19th century. From 1821 Cardiff had gas street lighting. In 1835 a covered market was built. In 1853 a new Town Hall was built. In 1886 a Coal and Shipping Exchange was built. It was followed by the Pier Head Building in 1896. Furthermore Royal Arcade was built in 1856. Castle Arcade was built in 1887. The castles living apartments were rebuilt in the 1870s. Despite these improvements, like all 19th century towns, Cardiff was overcrowded and extremely dirty. Disease was rife and 383 people died in a cholera outbreak in 1849. But conditions improved in the second half of the 19th century and sewers were built. Cardiff also gained a pure piped water supply. In 1823 a dispensary opened where the poor could obtain free medicines. In 1883 an infirmary was built. The first public library in Cardiff opened in 1861. The University of South Wales was founded in 1893. Roath Park opened in 1894. It was followed by Victoria Park in 1897 and Cathays Park in 1898.
CARDIFF IN THE 20th CENTURY
In this century population growth in Cardiff slowed. The population of Cardiff was about 160,000 in 1900 and reached 280,000 in 2000. That was a large increase but not so large as the one in the 19th century. Amenities in Cardiff continued to improve during the 20th century. From 1902 electric trams ran in Cardiff. (They stopped running in 1950). Duke St Arcade opened in 1902. In 1901 Splott Park opened.Then in 1905 Cardiff was made a city. A new City Hall was opened in 1906. Queen Alexandra Dock was built in 1907. The National Museum of Wales opened in 1927 and the War Memorial was built in 1928. The Temple of Peace was built in 1938. In the 1920s and 1930s the first council houses were built in Cardiff. During World War II 355 people were killed by German bombing. Large parts of Butetown were destroyed as was part of city centre. But after 1945 Cardiff was rebuilt. The Central Bus Station opened in 1954. In 1955 Cardiff was made the capital of Wales. In the 20th century the port of Cardiff declined drastically. The old manufacturing industries also declined but they were largely replaced by new service industries including tourism. Sherman Theatre was built in 1973. St Davids Shopping Centre was built in 1981. It was followed by Queens West Shopping Centre in 1987 and Capitol Shopping Centre in 1990. The National Ice Rink opened in 1986. A new Central Library opened in 1988. The Millennium stadium opened in 1999. Then at the end of the 20th century it was decided to revitalise the docklands by dedicating them to shopping and leisure.
CARDIFF IN THE 21st CENTURY
At the beginning of the 21st century Cardiff is a flourishing city. Attractions in Cardiff include the new Mermaid Quay, which is famous for its restaurants, the Oval Basin and the Atlantic Wharf Leisure Village. Today the population of Cardiff is 305,000.


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I'm not new to CGI, however, I'd never had to rig and skin a character up till now. I'm using 3ds Max and CAT (well, I've finally found out why I keep hearing not to use CAT in the first place... ) and I'm stuck at a problem with animating. I create the rig itself, but when I add a CATMotion layer, it just sort of blows up the rig's default pose and it ends up like something I would define as a zombie trying himself out at breakdancing. (I hope that illustrates the problem at hand...) Afterwards all the animation gets calculated for that distorted rig. Obviously enough, the same thing happens when I have the character mesh attached to the rig. Could anyone please help me with this? I'm just out of ideas. Of course, I my understanding of CAT may lack some fundamental piece that makes this issue a trivial one. If so, please point it out to me.
Thank you ever so much
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Egor Demin
Modeller, VFX artist
Moscow, Russia
This is strange... did you changed one of the existing rigs for your model (it's best course of action) or make one from scratch? did you used scale tool when creating rig? I learned hard way that it is MANDATORY to use scale tool ONLY in sub-levels of objects and never ever on object itself. also, default walk preset in CatMotion layer is always bad. That's normal. You must tweak it until you get something you like.
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Thanks! Yes, I tried to use scale for fine-tuning... now I know it was a bad idea. Actually, I found that ANY scaling has the potential to mess up the rig, and that I should just forget it after creating the rig itself.
So, basically, it's going to be okay only if I get the exactly right height when I create the rig. Now that I know this, it's understandable, I just never thought the problems could come from there.
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"If I really wanted to pray I'll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone, Or in the deep, deep woods, And I'd look up into the sky—Up—up—up—into that lovely blue sky, That looks as if there was no end to its blueness.
And then I'd just feel a prayer."
~~Anne Shirley,
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
The Prayer
The narrow door opens wide
Just room enough for one
Just room enough for one
To step inside the damp stone walls
And say a prayer to God
The air falls quiet all is still
No bird is heard, no sound at all
Neath the hushed and silent trees
This sacred place begs bended knee
Words are offered to the sky
With gratitude and humble heart
Spoken softly though they are
Spoken softly though they are
They carry up to heaven
Stirring from the quiet place
Stepping out to all I see
The feeling of the prayer goes on
In stones and earth and tree
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Bag of Bones is a 1998 novel by Stephen King. It focuses on an author who suffers severe writer's block and delusions at an isolated lake house four years after the death of his wife. It won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 1998, and the British Fantasy Award in 1999.
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An observatory that's bigger on the inside
Duncan Kitchin is an amateur astronomer in Oregon. Like many of us, he has a telescope that's kind of a pain lugging outside (my old 'scope was the same size and shape as a water heater, leading to much hilarity as it sat in the living room). Duncan got tired of dragging it out when it was clear, then hauling back inside when the observing was done.
What's a guy to do?
Well, if you're an astronomer and a Doctor Who fan, the solution is obvious: pour a concrete pad, install the permanent mount for the 'scope, and then make yourself a protective shell around the whole thing… shaped like the TARDIS!
FanTAStic. How flippin' cool is this? It's an excellent replica, and it's functional (hmmmm). The side with the handles comes off, revealing the mount; the rest of the TARDIS is on wheels and can be rolled back, leaving just the 'scope itself to bring out and install:
That makes for a much easier night of observing. Duncan notes it's designed to keep water out. I hope it keeps water in as well, in case of any mishaps with the Doctor's pool.
I want one of these (and that telescope, a very yummy Takahashi FSQ-106ED) SO BAD! And Who wouldn't? After all, it may look small on the outside, but it has access to the whole Universe on the inside.
Images courtesy of Duncan Kitchin.
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– Blastr: My favorite TV scientists
– Space Girl
– Dammit, Jim, I *am* a Doctor!
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OMG THAT IS SO AWESOME… ehem… sorry…
I can't believe you would post something so inaccurate! This just goes to show the kind of shoddy research your blog is known for!
…EVERYONE knows the TARDIS's pool got deleted like a month ago in "The Doctor's Wife".
Seriously, though, this is awesome. I would have to hook up the light so it could pulsate properly. Oh, uh, and nice scope…
If my area wasn't so murky with light pollution I would build one of these. The idea is Brilliant!
I want one of these (and that telescope, a very yummy Takahashi FSQ-106ED) SO BAD!
I thought, you already had a bigger one!
Don't forget that as an added advantage the telescope will already be at outside ambient temperature throughout, allowing the optics to work far better straight away.
Well done to Duncan!
Ok that is just too cool. I want one.
Ok that is just too cool. I want one.
light pollution can be dealt with, with a suitable camera and narrowband filters – I'm actually in a very heavily polluted area. You can still do stuff like this:
Perhaps one can also do this with a Dalek? What to make of that?
Maybe I've missed it, but have you blogged lately on Season 6 and quality thereof?
I do astronomy now…Astronomy's cool!
That´s a uberkewl solution!
I like it.
A lot!!
Now I have to something to top this when I´m gonna make something more permanent.
On the other hand. I want to be mobile. So maybe a mobile observatory. A van of sorts.
Dragging scopes is a…. ehm… drag.
Grab and go. Hrmppffff. Sell babble talk.
There is no grab and than go when it comes to scopes. The scope might be grabbable, but the tripod etc is an other thing.
That's badass.
This is sweeet. I've had ideas for doing a police box storage closet/book shelf or front door (or at least a room's door). This is wunderbar!
[Hmph, I haven't seen "The Doctor's Wife" and so I didn't know the pool is gone.]
That is so awesome. I want one, too.
It's bigger on the inside!
Good for storing a telescope! I wonder if it's difficult to get at the telescope?
That's quite geekily sweet, but kunniget: what does "IFOS" mean exactly?
Anyway, living in light polluted Calgary (the added proximity to the mountains that can breed MAJOR weather screw-ups notwithstanding) is kind of a drag for this young space fanatic – and while I have managed to identify a very suitable stargazing site south of city limits it's still over 100 km away, and even there a prominent dome of light to the north easily identified the city's location. Because of this, plus the facts that a) I still haven't practiced driving at all, and b) our whole family is VERY hard pressed on time constantly, we've only ever been able to go on out-of-city stargazing about once a year, during the summer (for the past few years it's been around the date of the Perseids, although I've never seen the actual shower). This scheme has it's benefits of course, but it's drawbacks as well – what I'd give to see the winter sky from such a dark location… But still, last summer's trip was absolutely amazing – you have know idea how much fun it was being able to see the nebulae in Sagittarius with your naked eye, seeing objects you thought you wouldn't see with just a cheap 8-inch dob (which hopefully isn't irreparably damaged after I made the mistake of trying to GENTLY clean its primary with a Swiffer duster), and seeing our galaxy spread across the sky literally clear as day.
Sad thing is that, even though I know all those points of light are suns vastly bigger and brighter than our own, all those dim gaseous wisps are really distant nebulas that are so huge and rich they could form thousands of these suns, and all those fainter ovoid smudges are really cities of stars, often bigger than the one that encompasses the whole night and so much more I can't see even with magnification; galaxies so utterly far away that I'm seeing them as they were since long before humanity even breathed and could barely reason its way around the simple tool – even though I know all of these things and they're all hugely awesome facts, I've know it since early childhood. I've seen all the pictures, and while they're all very beautiful I'm not truly wowed by them anymore. And it breaks my heart to think that I've looked at those real galaxies with my own eyes, but never truly felt even a hint of their real size and existence – they're just images and mental facts. Like all things, I once felt the wonder and newness of these awesome facts, but now they're just facts – they no longer impact my soul as they used to. That's the fear – all the things that were at first unknown and stirred our souls and passions seem to become less impacting and stirring as I learn more about them. I've lost the wonder, and I hate that I have. However, it's probably just because I don't get outdoors and see the REAL universe that often – all my time is spent reading these blogs and contemplating the universe without really SEEING it. I can say that I felt a pleasantly simple, refreshing joy being able to see what I did and relish in my childhood-and-lifelong love (space and all things related!!), and I want to feel it again as soon as possible
Wasn't there a story about a girls stolen Tardis recently?
WANT! I couldn't, on my meager income, afford the telescope (but a boy can dream, right?), but I think I could build a TARDIS to house my less impressive telescope. Or maybe I should buy a big Dobsonian just to have an excuse to build one of these. Oh, I would have to make some fancy electronic lock that is opened with a sonic screwdriver. And, of course, my Tom Baker-era Doctor Who costume would keep me warm in those fall and spring months.
So much awesome. One day I will also own a garden large enough for my telescope….
It really is bigger on the inside. You can put the entire visible universe in there.
Well done, sir. A Tak on an Atlas! Schweet!
It looks like the scope stays indoors until the Tardis is rolled back.
Try doing some outreach with kids. That should restore your sense of wonder.
What could be more appropriate than this to cover an honest-to-FSM time machine?
Telescopes -ARE- time machines after all…
Keith Bowden:
[Hmph, I haven't seen "The Doctor's Wife" and so I didn't know the pool is gone.]
Not to worry; it's not a major spoiler. (Short version: they find themselves needing extra thrust. If you've seen "Logopolis" or "Castrovalva", you can guess how they get it. "The Doctors' Wife" is entirely watchable for new viewers, but it has LOT of candy for old fans.) And anyway, the TARDIS interior is reconfigurable; the Doctor can always program up a new one. 😉
Nice! What does the brass plate say on the front of it? How deep in the ground would the base have to be to stay level? Great job! Always wanted to knock a hole in the roof and put in a spiral staircase to a platform.
the brass plate has the latitude and longitude engraved on it – it's kind of handy when I need to type it in to the hand controller…
As for the footing depth, it depends on where you live. You need to find out how deep the frost line is in your area, and then dig 6 – 12 inches below that to prevent "frost heave". In my case, the frost line is only 12 inches deep, so I didn't have to go down very far.
One more thing I should have mentioned – the footing is much wider than the above ground part – about two feet square – there's actually about 3/4 ton of concrete in the pier, and almost all of it is below ground.
Pffft! One of my friends built his *telescope* to look like the TARDIS.
My guess: IFOS = It's Full Of Stars
3/4 ton! wow! Thank you for the reply.
Sam H: –
Woof is right. 'IFOS' is shorthand for 'It's Full of Stars!' – a '2001: A Space Odyssey' reference. Rather apt, in this case.
Classic! Love it! 😀
Hope its either not quite to (outside) scale or it is really bigger on the inside than out though or it'll be rather cramped. 😉
I would have added rails to pull away the shell – that should make the housing last much longer (although it would make mowing the lawn a nuisance and some would complain about how ugly the rails are).
And you pull to open – The Tardis will be pleased!
@Simon (#38) Darn it, I was going to say that! I scrolled all the way to the bottom to find that I'm two posts too late.
Wonderful ! Can I have the blueprints for your Tardis ? I would love a Tardis?
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First and foremost: Happy New Year to everyone. Let's make 2013 an amazing year! Having said that, let's start this year off with a continuation of our Office Art series. This time we're pretty much focusing on the various wildlife around the office.
When you first enter the older of the two HostGator buildings in Houston, generally speaking your first stop will be the 4th floor reception area. In order to get to the 4th floor, an elevator ride is necessitated… our infamous elevators are a story unto themselves. In fact I wouldn't rule out yet another blog post dedicated entirely to our elevators at some point, but I digress. Once you exit the elevators into the lobby, just outside of the reception area you will be greeted by this full-sized alligator:
If you recall the HostGator Lego sign from our previous Office Art posts, this gator resides directly beneath that sign:
He seems to have been in a fight or two in his day, as he's missing a couple of toes and a tooth or three, but this all just adds to his character. It's not unusual to find a myriad of objects in his mouth, spare change and such. On the day this picture was taken, he seemed to be gnawing on a logo of the Florida Gators football team and a few stray kernels of popcorn:
Once you face this initial gator and brave your way through the glass doors, you enter our official reception area. The particular Snappy shown here had it's story told in this recent post, but more often than not this giant-sized fella will be there to greet you upon your entrance to our inner sanctum.
Our final exhibit here isn't necessarily art, per se, but it does fit in with the overall theme of this post. Our fish tank is also located in the reception area, and contains a vast collection of aquatic life. It's very similar to the popular fish tank screen savers, except it's actual fish:
Only one of the fish herein actually has a name, Cupcake. Cupcake can be identified by the small black spot on her (we're assuming Cupcake is female) nose. All the other fish are aptly named "Cupcake's Friend(s)." As it turns out, it's rather difficult to get these particular fishies to hold still for a picture:
Looking further into our fish tank here, you can find yet another gator, this one un-named, prowling at the bottom:
I think the gator there needs a name, though. Please help us name this little gator by leaving a comment with your suggestion. We'll announce the winner via our FaceBook.
Nice Office, wish to visit your office and I think "Hidden Gator" will be the perfect name for that gator.
is that real!!
2 January 2013 at 4:27 pm
All the pictures on this post are actual pictures of things around our office, yes.
"Staystill McGill"
7 January 2013 at 6:18 am
"Staystill McGill" won our FaceBook poll for the best name suggestion. Well done, Chris!
dats SNAPPY'S sister SNEAKY :P
Stealth Gator!
I'm here again with the new name suggestion for that gator, I think the "Gharial" is the better name for that gator than my previously suggested name.
Snappy or Steve (Steve Irwin – Crocodile Hunter) or even Gnasher
It's a MiniGator !
'Lil Bit. I can see the stories now about "Lil Bit, Cupcake and Friends" goin on an adventure :)
H.G.; Hosty McGator; CodeMan; The Tankinator; El legarto; Chief Executive Gator
Dundee is the best name for the little gator or croc! He/she is certainly "down under"!
Using Hostgator has been a great experience when it comes to the techs. Looks like a really fun place to work.


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Thinking' going by its definition has mainly two objectives.
1. To generate ideas or find solutions to existing problems, and
2. to formulate the generated ideas or solutions into plans or strategies that can be implemented. Combining these two objectives, the essence of thinking is to birth new ideas or find solutions to existing problems and converting the ideas generated or solutions found into workable plans. This is the sole essence of thinking; anything short of these two is worrying. If after thinking you are unable to draw up a plan of action based on the ideas or solutions you generated, then you've just finished worrying' and have not been thinking.
THINKING vs WORRYING
"Worry is like rocking a chair it gives you something to do but won't take you anywhere." Unknown
Worrying is "thinking" aimlessly; not having a definite purpose or objective in mind. It's focusing on a problem and all its negative attributes rather than focusing on possible solutions. When we worry, we keep going round a particular problem and never being able to arrive at any possible solution. We think of all the other things associated with a problem, except its solution. Rather than looking beyond the problem to arrive at a possible solution, worrying' looks inside the problem so that it can come up with any suitable explanation. Worrying is a negative emotional state. Thinking is a rational process. One has a negative outcome, the other a positive outcome.
Worrying has never been known to solve a problem; rather it enlarges them. When you spend your time focusing on the negative side of an issue or problem, looking at things only from the unpleasant angle; then you are worrying and not thinking. If all you ever do is pointing accusing fingers or looking for explanations for your inactions and predicaments, then you are worrying.
Thinking leaves you motivated, inspired, eager and refreshed; worrying leaves you depressed, de-motivated, sorrowful, and angry with yourself. Thinking is searching for options and solutions; worrying is searching for excuses and explanations. Thinking liberates – it sets your passion loose, it ignites your creativity. Worrying depresses it shuts down all your creativity, weakens your passion and awakens all your negative emotions. You can never come out of worrying' and feel better than you went in; You will always feel worse than you were before you started worrying. This is because worrying is counter productive, it's a negative exercise. It can never produce anything fruitful.
Thinking is productive, it's an attempt to generate answers or solutions to problems and not an attempt to create more problems or find excuses for the existing ones. While thinking aims at finding a way out of a problem, worrying tries to find a way to justify the problem by putting the blame on something or someone else. Thinking is progressive; it leads forward and gives you a new direction. It focuses on lessons learned from mistakes made; it's ever ready to accept corrections. It's projective opens up new ways. Worrying is regressive; it always leads backward trying to justify your present condition or situation. It's starting with the things you cannot do or have limited resources to do. Worrying is refusing to change; doing the same thing over and over, but expecting a different result. It's thinking about the good old days'. Worrying focuses mainly on one's weaknesses, keeping records of all the things one is unable to get, the things you don't have. It's playing the blame game; "if only this , then . That".
Within every problem lies both a difficulty and a possibility; thinking is searching for the possibilities while worrying is searching for the difficulties. This is what clearly differentiates thinking from worrying; because the former produces a course of action (solution), while the later finds a reason for inaction (conclusion).
There are two ways to tell whether you've been thinking or worrying. First, by asking yourself this; "what exactly am I focusing on, the problem or a solution"? If your focus is totally on the problem; then you are worrying, but if your focus is on finding a possible solution; then you are thinking. For example, if a person's problem is that he doesn't have a job, thinking' would be to search for a possible solution "how can I get a job?" while worrying would be to try to justify the situation "why is it so hard to get a job?". The emphasis here is on result, what exactly do you want, a solution to the problem or an explanation for the problem. The second way to tell whether you've been thinking or worrying is by looking at your mood. If you've been thinking, you will feel very excited, uplifted and energized, you will have a strong urge to immediately implement the ideas or solutions you've been able to generate. And if you've been worrying on the other hand, then the opposite is the case. You'll feel weak, upset, downcast and self pity will immediately set in. Rather than generating ideas or solutions, you'd have succeeded in creating more issues to brood over.
I think that this quote by Dale Carnagie sums it up. "It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about." Make sure that you think productive thoughts to enrich your life instead of worrying about it.


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Celtic Crosses: Circles of Light
Beautiful, Margaret.
Really a feast for the eyes Margaret!
Wow, that is gorgeous! Beautiful colors.
Hypnotic :). Beautiful, as usual.
I love the colors – beautiful!
Thanks for linking up your WW post and sorry for the late reply! Motherhood has def. gotten more hectic with my 9yo's new school 🙂
I am so glad you stopped by my blog allowing me to find yours. Your work is beautiful!!! I may have to purchase one of the necklaces. I am excited to explore more.
Oh Wow! Simply breathtaking!
This is really, really gorgeous. I love your work. Stunning!
Hello Margaret!
Thanks for having stopped by my blog the other day, because now I can see your beautiful work!
Stunning really : – )
Very pretty !! love the detailing and the colours 🙂 it's so 'alive' … makes me think of a peacock for some reason .. could be the colours
Happy #WW don't forget to share your linky on my blog 🙂
Welcome Amber! So glad to have you come explore! Here's my latest pendant! http://www.etsy.com/listing/61739921/blue-violet-patchwork-mosaic-pendant


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Knights of Oakham is a family run electrical retailer on the main Oakham High Street, and we have been serving the local community in Rutland and Leicestershire since 1934.
We offer a wide range of electrical equipment across our 2 floor showrooms ranging from TVs , DVDs, audio products, washing machines, tumble dryers, fridges, freezer, dishwashers, cookers, cleaners, and small domestic appliances. We are able to supply free standing, integrated and semi integrated appliances.
We sell a wide range of brands from the leading manufacturers such as Bosch, Dyson, Hotpoint, Morphy Richards, Belling, LG, JVC, Electrolux, Panasonic, SMEG, Toshiba, and many more.
We pride ourselves on our fast and friendly and service. We offer free delivery within Rutland and a 15-mile radius of our store in Oakham (including the towns of Stamford, Uppingham, Melton Mowbray and Corby) wherever possible on the same day on stocked items. We also offer an installation service from our team of engineers. We will even take away and recycle your old appliance too if required.
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Knights of Oakham is located on Oakham High Street. We are half way along Oakham High Street, opposite Nat West bank.
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Thank you to everyone at Knights for everything they did yesterday. Our guests reported a fault with the TV, within an hour of calling Knights, the engineers were at the cottage to see what the issue was. Three hours later a new TV was installed and up & running with FreeSat and we have a shiny new 32 inch TV with 200 channels. Fantastic service, thank you to you all.Puddle Cottage, Edith Weston 23 Sep 2014
Thank you for saving the day when my fridge/freezer died....delivered new one within the hour. Brilliant service!Jayne 16 Apr 2014
What amazing Service - 9am in Knight as the dishwasher, fridge freezer and washing machine all went bang together - 2pm the same day all installed and old taken away - with a smile and the two loveliest chaps working in a confined space. Now that is what I call excellent customer service thank you so much Kevin Sarah and the team.Freya Lister 1 Nov 2013
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But this year is different.
"I've already lost 18 pounds," she said, "and maintained my diet more consistently than ever. Even more amazing — I rarely even think about snacking at night anymore."
Ms. Irish credits a new wearable device called Pavlok for doing what years of diets, weight-loss programs, expensive gyms and her own willpower could not. Whenever she takes a bite of the foods she wants to avoid, like chocolate or Cheez-Its, she uses the Pavlok to give herself a lightning-quick electric shock.
"Every time I took a bite, I zapped myself," she said. "I did it five times on the first night, two times on the second night, and by the third day I didn't have any cravings anymore."
As the name suggests, the $199 Pavlok, worn on the wrist, uses the classic theory of Pavlovian conditioning to create a negative association with a specific action. Next time you smoke, bite your nails or eat junk food, one tap of the device or a smartphone app will deliver a shock. The zap lasts only a fraction of a second, though the severity of the shock is up to you. It can be set between 50 volts, which feels like a strong vibration, and 450 volts, which feels like getting stung by a bee with a stinger the size of an ice pick. (By comparison, a police Taser typically releases about 50,000 volts.) ...
Despite the potential for pain and the lack of science backing a long-term effect, user feedback on Facebook groups and message boards has been enthusiastic about the device, especially as a last resort for problems like overeating and binge drinking.
Bud Hennekes, 24, a blogger in St. Louis, said he had used Pavlok to kick a nearly two-pack-a-day cigarette habit. "When I tried to quit before, I still had the craving to smoke," he said. "When I used Pavlok, the cravings completely went away. I don't know if it's science or a placebo effect or what, and I don't really care because it worked."
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SPRINGFIELD — The first time her new Motorola Q phone went on the fritz, she thought it was a fluke. When her phone had to be replaced a second time, she got frustrated.
When it malfunctioned a third time, Rep. Susana Mendoza was fed up.
"I thought something had to be done about this. Then I thought: Wait, I can do something about this," said Mendoza, a Chicago Democrat who is sponsoring legislation to create a cell-phone lemon law.


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For each person:
1 crisp dessert apple, peeled, cored and diced
3 slices of brioche or spiced bread
1 tsp butter
2 tsp honey
2 tsp maple syrup
1 tbsp double cream
Icing sugar
A scoop of ice cream (vanilla, cinnamon or marmalade)
- Preheat the grill. Trim the brioche into triangles, dust liberally with icing sugar and grill until golden. Turn over and repeat on the other side.
- Melt the butter in a wide, heavy based pan. Add the honey and maple syrup, and bubble until they smell lightly caramelised.
- Stir in the cream and apples, carefully as it will splutter. Heat for 2-4 minutes, until the apples start to soften around the edges and absorb the sauce. Add a splash of apple juice if it seems too thick.
- Shape the ice cream into a cone on the serving plate. Stick the triangles of brioche on the ice cream to make a pyramid. Spoon the apples and sauce around, and serve immediately.


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Mi Peru
In the heat of the summer, if it was possible to exist solely on ceviche I would. So when Mi Peru opened, I was pumped about the first Peruvian restaurant in Durham to not just carry the albeit great classic rotisserie chicken, but also classic Peruvian ceviche.
A family venture, Peruvian couple Edwin Vergaray and Gladis Muñoz with the help of their daughter opened Mi Peru just behind the Target shopping center and across from G2B.
We stopped in on a Saturday night and tried the Chorlos a la chalaca (green lipped mussels mixed with tomatoes, onions, corn and lime juice ($7.99) and the Ceviche Mixto (shrimp, calamari, bay scallops, mussels, octopus, tilapia in lime served with corn and sweet potatoes ($15.99). Fresh and bright, the ceviche mixto was the perfect summer dish.
Bonus, the plantains, classic fried corn nibbles (canchita) and the ubiquitous two-litters of Inca Cola of all Peruvian restaurants serve.
Mi Peru
4015 University Drive, Suite 1
Monday-Saturday: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday from noon until 9 p.m.