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We swaddled my son at every nap and night for his first 5 months. He slept well, and was sleeping through the night earlier than his friends who weren't swaddled. I like the kiddopotamus swaddleme because the hook and loop closure didn't come undone with his wiggling.
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We swaddled our daughter and she LOVED it. She didnt sleep through the night until we started swaddling her. Then she slept like a champ!
Love Swaddling!! I have 3 of my own & as much as they're all different, they all loved to be swaddled! Even the babies of friends I've babysat loved it.. Seems to calm them & comfort them!!
I have 4 children. I swaddled all of them when they were newborns because they slept better. 2 of them liked the swaddling so I kept it up until they were too big to swaddle. The other 2 learned how to get out of swaddling as soon as I put them down.
There are some great swaddling videos on youtube...(bc I don't think I can verbally describe how I swaddled them)
I don't do it at all my daughter HATES it she likes to be able to kick around while she sleeps. I was also reading a new study that's says swaddling may actually be bad for babies' hips.
I swaddled my son until he was 3 months. I had to stop because he had learnt to roll over and kept getting stuck because his arms were wrapped up in the blanket. Before that he couldn't sleep without being swaddled, even in the hot weather we were experiencing. Thank goodness for air con! Once he started to roll over, i weaned him from being swaddled by just lightly putting the sheet around him enough so that he could wiggle his way out very easily.
Swaddling was the only way we could get our newborn to sleep for the first 3 months...but I was always very nervous about it because the hospital told us not to swaddle at home due to the SIDS risk. My advice is just be sure that the baby does not get too hot and the the blanket is away from their face.
I am the mom of 5 that learned how to swaddle my children from day 1 and I am thankful that I did. It made it easy for me to make sure that they weren't sleeping on their backs or stomachs and they seemed to enjoy it more than without the swaddling. My oldest and middle children were summer babies and we just swaddled them with receiving blankets . I tried to just lightly cover them and they were jumpy so we went back to swaddling. I wrapped the corner of the right side over them, tucking behind them and making sure not to have it too tight around their little arms, then brought the bottom up and tucked it along with the first side. Bring the left side over and around them and you're done. If you need a little extra because it's cold just don't fold the top corner over as far. Worked with square and rectangle blankets.
Love swadlling and love Swaddle Designs as the blankets are so big that allow you to swaddle as your infant grows. It resembles the womb to your lo and, as a result, they sleep better, deeper, and longer!
I also loved the miracle blanket. It kept my boys swaddled all night long!
I didn't do it much, but when my youngest was really fussy it helped. I was never taught to do it with the older 2, but after my little one was born my hubby and i went to a video workshop hosted by WIC and that was one of 5 tricks highly recommended for fussy and even colicy babies to help them feel safe and comforted. You think about it, they spend 9 months confined in the womb, thats al they've ever known and they are perfectly happy and cuddled, and then all of a sudden they are expected to be happy with no confinement at all! As we know with discipline appropriate boundaries are comforting to a child to help them grow until they can handle freedom, so physically babies can need the assistance for transitioning into physical freedom so to speak. Some do, some don't, but it can be very helpful if you are having trouble settling an infant, particularly around 6 weeks when crying tends to peak.
My daughter hates being swaddled, shhates her hands and arms being covered!
We tried to swaddle both our son and our daughter, but they didn't like it. They liked their hands to be free, but my nieces and nephew loved it.
I have two boys, and both of them were swaddle babies. It's just like curling up tight with a blanket, which I still do as an adult.
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Wheat germ-coated pork cutlets are topped with a delicious savory and sweet apple-infused sauce to create a perfect weeknight main course that's special enough to serve for guests.
Serves 4
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound pork loin, cut into 4 4-ounce slices
1/4 cup Kretschmer Original Toasted Wheat Germ
1 egg, lightly beaten
3/4 cup panko crumbs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon oregano
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 tablespoons chopped shallots
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
2 small branches rosemary
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 cup boiling water
1 package Alpine Spiced Apple Cider
1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
1 teaspoon flour
2 teaspoons unsalted butter, divided
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/2 medium apple, cut into thin slices
To prepare pork, preheat oven to 425° F. Line a baking sheet with foil and brush with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Using three separate bowls, place wheat germ in one, egg in another and combine panko with salt, pepper and oregano in the last.
Working with one piece of pork at a time, dip pork slices in wheat germ to coat evenly. Then coat pork with egg and finally with the panko mixture. Place on prepared baking sheet. Repeat process with remaining pork, discarding any leftover dip ingredients. Transfer baking sheet to oven and cook 30 minutes, turning pork over halfway through cooking, until pork is no longer pink on the inside and the crust is crispy. Remove from oven, cover and set aside.
While pork is in the oven, prepare sauce by heating 2 teaspoons olive oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add shallots and mushrooms and saute for 2 to 3 minutes until mushrooms are softened. Add rosemary and pepper and saute 30 seconds more.
Dissolve apple cider in boiling water and add to skillet along with chicken broth. Bring to boil over medium-high heat and simmer 8 to 10 minutes until mixture has reduced by about half.
While mixture reduces, add flour to small bowl. Remove a large spoonful of liquid from skillet and whisk it gradually into the flour to make a slurry. Once the skillet mixture has reduced, discard rosemary branches and slowly whisk slurry into the skillet, adding in 1 1/2 teaspoons unsalted butter and mustard after slurry is thoroughly combined. Bring sauce back to boil and simmer about 5 minutes until sauce has thickened. (You should have about 3/4 cup sauce.)
Melt remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons butter in small skillet over medium heat. Add apples and saute, stirring often, about 5 minutes until apples are lightly browned and softened.
To serve, top each slice of pork with about 3 tablespoons shallot and mushroom sauce and 1/4 of the sliced apples.
Here's a crispy, crunchy oven-fried chicken recipe that won't leave your guests feeling liked they missed out on the real thing. We've double-dipped it—first in wheat germ and then in crushed corn flakes—to give it that nice, crunchy outside that makes traditional fried chicken irresistible.
Makes 8 pieces
2 tablespoon vegetable or canola oil
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
3/4 cup Kretschmer Original Toasted Wheat Germ
2 eggs, lightly beaten
4 cups corn flakes, crushed
4 large chicken legs, skin removed (about 1 pound)
4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs (about 1 pound)
Place rack in upper third of oven. Preheat oven to 350° F. Oil a baking sheet with sides.
In shallow bowl, mix together salt, pepper, paprika, cayenne and wheat germ. Pour buttermilk, whisked eggs and corn flakes into three separate shallow bowls (4 bowls total).
Taking one piece of chicken at a time, dip it first into the buttermilk, then wheat germ, then egg and finally the corn flake crumbs, patting with your fingers to make the crumbs adhere. Place pieces on prepared baking sheet.
Bake until chicken is crisp and golden, 40 to 45 minutes. Serve immediately or at room temperature.
This sauce can be served hot or cold. Use it as a cool dipping sauce for grilled salmon or top salmon with it before broiling.
1/2 cup 2 percent plain Greek yogurt
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
1/4 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
1 tablespoon Kretschmer Original Toasted Wheat Germ
4 4-ounce fresh salmon filets
2 teaspoons vegetable oil, for grill or baking sheet
To make sauce, mix yogurt, lemon juice, mustard, dill, garlic and wheat germ in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Meanwhile, to grill salmon either on the barbecue or in a grill pan, heat grill or pan until very hot. Brush grill or pan with vegetable oil. Brush both sides of salmon with thin coat of oil. Place fish skin side down on grill, reduce heat to medium, cover and cook without moving until skin side is brown, well marked and crisp, 3 to 5 minutes. (Try lifting fish gently with spatula after 3 minutes; if it doesn't cleanly lift off, continue to cook, checking often, until it releases.) Flip fish and cook, covered, until centers of fillets are opaque, 2 to 6 minutes longer. Serve with prepared yogurt sauce on the side.
To broil salmon, preheat broiler. Line baking sheet with foil and lightly grease with oil. Place salmon filets on baking sheet. Evenly spread 2 tablespoons sauce over each piece of fish. Broil for 5 to 7 minutes or until desired doneness.
Note: When broiling, if the sauce is browning too fast and fish is not cooked through, move the baking sheet to the lowest rack in the oven to finish cooking the fish.
These flavorful burgers will satisfy even the red meat lovers in your family. They're filled with mushrooms, Parmesan cheese, wheat germ and Dijon mustard. Cook them on the grill or in a grill pan on top of your stove.
1 teaspoon plus 1 tablespoon olive oil, divided
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 1/2 cups chopped cremini mushrooms
3/4 pound lean ground turkey*
2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
In medium skillet, heat 1 teaspoon olive oil over medium heat until shimmering. Add garlic and mushroom and sauté for 3 to 4 minutes until mushrooms are soft. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
In large bowl, mix together turkey, wheat germ, Parmesan, mustard, black pepper and cooked mushrooms. Form into 4 patties or 8 sliders. Grill on the barbecue or in a pre-heated grill pan until cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Brush with 1 tablespoon olive oil and serve immediately with all the fixings: buns, sliced tomatoes, lettuce and pickles.
* This recipe works best using lean ground turkey that is not 99 percent fat free.
Potato pancakes aren't just for special occasions. Make them as a side dish at dinner or for brunch on the weekend. Try serving them with smoked salmon and Greek yogurt for a savory dish, or go more traditional, pairing them with yogurt, apple sauce or even some maple syrup.
1/4 cup olive oil
1 pound baking potatoes, such as Idaho, peeled and shredded with a box grater or food processor (about 3 small)
4 tablespoons Kretschmer Original Toasted Wheat Germ
1/2 small onion, peeled and finely shredded
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Preheat oven to 450° F. On each of two rimmed nonstick baking sheets, brush 2 tablespoons olive oil to evenly coat.
In large bowl mix together shredded potatoes, wheat germ, onion, salt and pepper. Add egg and stir until well combined. Scoop a generous tablespoon of pancake mixture and place on cookie sheet. Gently flatten pancakes with the palm of your hand.
Bake in preheated oven 18 to 20 minutes, rotating trays and flipping pancakes over with a thin spatula halfway through baking time. Remove pancakes once golden brown and crispy. Serve warm.
Nothing beats a homemade baked clam. We've left the clam whole and substituted wheat germ for the bread crumbs. You'll see how delicious and nutritious they are.
Makes 12 baked clams
1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 dozen small raw clams
Fresh lemon juice, to taste
Rack of lamb exudes elegance but is surprisingly easy to prepare. Serve it for your holiday meal and share the secret wheat germ ingredient in the crust—it adds nutrients and a nice crunch.
Serves 8
1/3 cup Kretschmer Original Toasted Wheat Germ
1/3 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1/3 cup finely chopped fresh mint
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
1/2 teaspoon black pepper, divided, or to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
3 1-pound frenched racks of lamb (about 8 ribs per rack), trimmed of all but a very thin layer of fat, then brought to room temperature
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
Stir together wheat germ, parsley, mint, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and garlic in bowl, then drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil and toss gently until combined well.
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat to 400° F.
Season lamb with remaining 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Heat remaining tablespoon oil in large heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown lamb 1 rack at a time, turning once, about 4 minutes per rack. Transfer to 13 x 9-inch pan with sides, arranging fatty sides up.
Spread fatty sides of each rack with 2 teaspoons mustard. Divide wheat germ mixture into 3 portions and pat each portion over mustard coating on each rack, gently pressing to adhere.
Roast lamb until thermometer inserted diagonally into meaty part (do not touch bone) registers 130° F (for medium rare), 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer to cutting board; let stand 10 minutes. Cut into chops and serve.
Makes 8 servings
Instead of the same old pan-fried chicken, try a twist on tradition with this nutty, crusty, slightly sweet chicken dish. You'll love its flavor as well as the nutritional benefits. Serve with Key Lime Sauce.
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup plain panko crumbs
1/2 cup Kretschmer Original Toasted Wheat Germ
1/4 cup sweetened coconut
1/4 cup finely chopped dry-roasted, unsalted pistachios
1 large egg
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
Add flour to medium bowl.
In another medium bowl, mix together panko, Kretschmer wheat germ, coconut and pistachios.
Crack egg in medium bowl and whisk until combined.
Dip chicken into flour, shaking off any excess, then dip into egg and then crumb mixture, making sure to press crumbs into chicken.
Place prepared chicken on a large plate until ready to fry.
Meanwhile heat large nonstick pan on high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil and spread around the pan. Add two pieces of chicken, turn heat down and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until crispy but not burned. Flip over and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes or until chicken is cooked and no longer pink inside. (Note: Cooking time will vary depending on the thickness of the chicken.)
Remove chicken from pan, wipe out crumbs; heat pan again, add oil and cook the remaining chicken.
Key Lime Sauce
1 shallot, finely chopped (about 1 tablespoon)
1 clove garlic, finely chopped (about 1/2 teaspoon)
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon key lime juice
2 tablepoons finely chopped parsley
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/8 teaspoon pepper, or to taste
Mix all ingredients together in bowl. Drizzle over chicken slices or serve alongside. Makes a generous 1/2 cup or about 2 generous tablespoons per person.
Serves 4 (2 pancakes each)
Whip up a batch of these pancakes on a lazy weekend morning or even on a school day! Use fresh fruit in season, but frozen fruit works just fine, too.
1. In medium bowl, mix together pancake mix, Kretschmer wheat germ, walnuts and cinnamon.
2. In small bowl, whisk together egg and milk; add to dry ingredients, stirring until combined.
3. Stir in blueberries or fruit of choice.
4. Heat large non-stick pan over high heat. Add 1/2 teaspoon oil. Once the oil is hot, pour about 1/4 cup of batter into the pan. Then pour another 1/4 cup batter into pan, allowing space between each pancake. Add two more pancakes if there is enough room in the pan and cook until pancakes are crispy but not burned on one side, about 1 1/2 minutes. (You may need to adjust the heat so pancakes cook properly.) Flip pancakes and cook for another 1 1/2 minutes until pancakes are no longer raw on the inside.
5. Repeat by adding other 1/2 teaspoon oil. Let pan get hot and pour out 1/4 cups of batter to make the rest of the pancakes.
6. While the pancakes are cooking, place the all fruit jelly in microwave-safe bowl and heat on high for about 30 seconds or until jelly is completely melted. (Times may vary depending on your microwave. If you do not have a microwave, place jelly in a small pan on the stove and heat until liquid, about 3 to 5 minutes on medium-low heat. )
7. Serve pancakes with warm jelly sauce divided evenly on top of pancakes.
Using wheat germ in place of bread crumbs results in a tender meat loaf that's both flavorful and nutritious.
Heat oven to 350° F.
Combine beef, wheat germ, 1/4 cup barbecue sauce, onions, egg and seasonings in large bowl, mixing lightly but thoroughly. Shape meat mixture into four individual loaves, arranged in a 9-inch square baking pan.
Bake 30 minutes or until center is no longer pink (160° F). Spoon remaining 1/4 cup barbecue sauce over tops of meat loaves.


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Yesterday, CTA's Next Generation made a move that marked the next turning point in its history. The Next Generation, more familiarly known as NextGen to its members, officially rebranded itself as CTA 20/30 on August 15, 2010.
The renaming of the young adult ministry of course begets the question: "What is the significance of a name?" In this case, it is more than a cursory label or a brand. In a Catholic understanding, it factors into the group's identity and its place in the greater CTA family.
Call To Action (CTA), founded in 1976 as a lay movement in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council, holds conferences annually. CTA, as a progressive organization, continues to work towards its value of social justice and its goal of internal Church Reform. The organization tackles a milieu of social issues plaguing both contemporary society and our Church. In years past, conference has focused on anti-racism, sexism, LGB issues, and ecological concerns.
The name change could not come at a more appropriate time. From November 5-7, 2010, CTA will present an intergenerational theme at its conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Faithful Prophets: God Alive in Every Generation. NextGen has always had an important presence at conference, however the new CTA 20/30 will have a more involved role this year with a theme intended to bridge the generation gap.
Part of the impetus for the name change was that "Next Generation" was not an accurate description and created presumptions about the younger generation. The name implied that our time is "up-and-coming" as opposed to "now". It also presupposed that we are a follow-up to the older "wisdom" generation.
In reality, CTA 20/30 is designed as a young adult ministry and a safe space for young adult progressive Catholics. It is intended to complement its mother organization, not supplant it. The Millennial Generation and Generation X are equals at Christ's table along with the Boomers and beyond.
The young adults of Call To Action needed a name that reflected our identity; who we are and what we are. The better part of 2010 was spent in the name search process. While the NextGen Leadership Team spearheaded this project, it did rely heavily on input from the greater NextGen membership.
Through the NextGen list-serve and web 2.0 applications such as facebook (a sign of our generation), NextGen opened the lines of communication. The greater membership was instrumental in providing its feedback on what it believes our ministry to be.
Not only did membership provide reflections, but also took part in voting for what our ministry will thenceforth be called. The name change process was not a top-down approach, as we often experience with the hierarchy in our institutional Church. The process was hands-on and democratic; it reflected the Church we hope to be.
Once the votes were tabulated, pursuant to a final discussion from the Leadership Team, we became CTA 20/30. This name conveyed our identity by stating the essentials: we are young adults and we are members of CTA. We are Catholic and we are progressive. We work for justice in our Church and in our society. Our mission is the same as the mission of all CTA membership: to invite all God's children to the table.
When considering the importance of this process, two instances in scripture immediately came to mind. In Genesis, God renames Abram and Sarai as Abraham and Sarah respectively. This divine renaming is indicative of their covenant with God and the remarkable shift in the paths their lives would take.
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus asks His follower Simon as to who he believes He is. When Simon responds that Jesus is the Christ, Jesus acknowledges that Simon has been inspired by the Holy Spirit and calls him by the new name of Peter, or "rock". This moment was significant for the progenitors of our Catholic tradition.
As with Abram and Sarai, this is a time of transition as we become CTA 20/30. The mission has always remained the same, but may we see that mission with new eyes, as Simon did. In this time of rebirth and reinvention, may we heed our call to action.
Reinvigorated with our self-identity and sense of purpose, we hope to continue the move for progress within the Church and within our world. CTA 20/30 will celebrate its unveiling at the annual conference in Milwaukee on November 5, 2010. We hope you will join us at the table.
Rick Beitman is a third-year member of the CTA 20/30 Leadership Team. — This is now a blog of CTA 20/30.


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Between the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip is known to be the more adventurous eater. But there is one food that the couple both dislike – oysters. In Dinner at Buckingham Palace, a book based on the diaries and personal recollections of royal servant Charles Oliver, the rules about how to entertain the royals are explained.
"Inevitably there are one or two things the Queen and her husband do not like, and the hosts are duly warned in advance," an extract reads. "The palace instruction states only: 'Neither the Queen nor the Duke of Edinburgh like oysters. The Queen often drinks a glass of red or white wine with her meals as well as orange juice. His Royal Highness prefers gin and tonic or lager to champagne before meals or during the day."
Neither the Queen nor the Duke of Edinburgh like oysters
The book, compiled and edited by Paul Fishman and Fiorella Busoni, also reveals that the Queen's hosts are normally issued with written instructions from the palace before their royal visitors arrive. With regards to seating at public lunches, "the host should have the Queen to his right and the Prince to his left" and "the next most important male guest must be seated to the right of the Queen". The extract also notes: "For more informal meals the palace advice is: 'The Queen and Prince Philip like to sit opposite each other across the table.'"
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Darren McGrady, former chef to the Queen, has previously spoken to HELLO! about the royal family's likes and dislikes. Darren revealed that the 92-year-old monarch is not really a foodie at heart, whereas her husband Philip is more of an adventurous eater. "The Queen never was a foodie," he revealed. "She always ate to live rather than live to eat. Prince Philip was the foodie. He'd want to try any new dishes all the time and got excited about new ingredients whereas the Queen, if we had a new recipe, she'd have to look at the whole recipe before saying, 'Yes ok let's try it.' But for the most part she stuck to the same dishes week in week out."
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Darren added: "She is absolutely a chocoholic. Anything we put on the menu that had chocolate on, she would choose, especially chocolate perfection pie. For a main course she loved game, things like Gaelic steak, fillet steak with a mushroom whisky sauce, especially if we did it with venison. For a first course she loved the Gleneagles pâté, which is smoked salmon, trout and mackerel. She loved using ingredients off the estate and so if we had salmon from Balmoral from the River Dee, she'd have that, it was one of her favourites."
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in Inspirational, Quotations Tags: co-operation, Dalai Lama, friendship, harmony, honesty, Love, peace, self-interest, trust, understanding
We are driven by self-interest, it's necessary to survive. But we need wise self-interest that is generous and co-operative, taking others' interests into account. Co-operation comes from friendship, friendship comes from trust, and trust comes from kind-heartedness. Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there's no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation.
-Dalai Lama
07 Jun 2012 1 Comment
in Inspirational, Quotations Tags: compassion, Dalai Lama, inner space, patience, peace, self-control, wisdom
"The practice of patience protects us from losing our composure. In doing that it enables us to exercise discernment, even in the heat of difficult situations. It gives us inner space. And within that space we gain a degree of self-control, which allows us to respond to situations in an appropriate and compassionate manner rather than being driven by our anger and irritation."
– Dalai Lama
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in Abstract, In-sites, Inspirational, Moi, Photography, Recent Posts Tags: abstract, age, birthday, compassion, Jeremias Gotthelf, journey, judgement, Life, Love, Lucille Ball, peace, photography, serenity, strawberry, truth, wisdom
3-1 approaches: there are a few things i have come to realize, if not more.
we will never be where others want us, or doing what they want, or be able to make them [all] happy all the time. the more we attempt to do so, the more we will lose ourselves and consequently the less happy (and more stressed) we will be. Lucille Ball was quoted as saying "love yourself first and everything else falls into place." when we love ourselves first, only then will we be putting that energy out to be returned for us and to us. we should be accepting of others, forgiving of their potential mistakes or wrongdoings.. simply let things be as they are -and accept that. the less judgement we have of others and the way they live their [own] lives, the freer we will be to make sure we are doing what we want with our own.
the moment i find my mind wandering into possible judgement of the older woman with the weird tattoo on the back of her leg, or the mother who is teaching her young daughter that other people should bend over backwards to serve her, i catch myself: that woman may have gotten the tattoo in memory of a lost loved one, and the mother with her daughter is simply doing her best; i will never know the truth about them if i simply judge. i myself have been judged (many call me weird. weird! lol), but i have also learned that if you go about life with a truly open mind, it not only allows you to let go of the pressure that would potentially cause anger at someone, but it allows space for you to evaluate the most important person you should know: yourself. when you create space between judgement of other people, their lives, their appearance, etc, you can truly get to know yourself better. we are all on some kind of journey, and none of us are in any position to judge another.. once i clear my head of judgement, i find myself able to sincerely ask the woman about her tattoo, or to set an example of humanity and compassion to the mother and her young daughter simply by being genuine and kind to her, regardless of how i view her parenting style.
we will never know what another person is thinking. the more we can love and accept ourselves, the more honestly and clearly we ourselves will be able to speak and communicate with others, which in turn will allow them to show their true side to you. love can be found, lies uncovered, true intentions brought to light, even if the another attempts to hide it. you will find those who respect you, support you, who truly love you, who want to see you smile and shine, as long as you are true to yourself. –actually, they will find you.
i'd like to think that i am older and wiser, and perhaps i am, but there is still so much more to learn! i know that in another couple of years (or less) i will look back much as i do now, and think "sheesh, i was so young and stupid," so i am accepting the fact that while i may be wiser than i was when i turned 21, i still have quite a-ways to go in the wisdom division –giving myself credit where credit is due.
what matters most is loving yourself. when we are strong and brave enough to love ourselves, the rest does actually fall into place. it's a very calm, serene place… it opens a space that will allow the world to bring to you what you truly need (not necessarily only what you may want). be gentle, be soft, be forgiving and loving of yourself, and always be able to laugh at yourself : ) it takes strength, courage, and tolerance.
try it for even just one moment: stop what you are doing. take a deep breath, and let go. What do you feel?
"It is great and beautiful, to be happy from the little things" – Jeremias Gotthelf
time to ring in another good new year : )
ps – if "no one is perfect," wouldn't it also be true that we then are all perfect?..
06 Apr 2012 Leave a comment
in For your entertainment, In-sites, Inspirational, Quotations Tags: Dalai Lama, emotions, happiness, kindness, Love, peace
"Disturbing emotions not only disturb our own state of mind, they also disturb the minds of others. Self-centredness gives rise to fear and insecurity, which in turn creates distrust. This is why having an altruistic attitude brings a great sense of happiness and peace of mind."
-Dalai Lama
Let's do our best to keep things peaceful, and our words impeccable.
Happy & safe Easter weekend everyone!
10 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Recent Posts Tags: Bubble bath, calm, peace, relax, serenity
Bubblebath….. is there anything better than one lit by candles with good background music?
(1) Clean Bathtub
(1) Lighter
Hot water
Candles of various favorite scents
Bubble Bath (shampoo works well too)
If you really wanna go wild, add some great background tunes (recommended!) and an iced coffee or glass of wine 🙂 btw guys, this is a really simple treat for your lady….. and one that will be very much appreciated (for best results: stay out of sight and sound –but not too far that you don't hear if she needs something like a towel or a tune switch)


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Saints Fall to Gordon State, 77-66
Gainesville, FL – The Santa Fe Saints traveled to Gordon State College for the Gordon State Classic on Friday evening and took on the home town Highlanders, falling 77-66.
The Saints trailed by just four points at the halftime break 30-26 but struggled to stop Gordon State in the second half, surrendering 47 points. The loss is the first of the season for the Saints and drops them to 3-1.
Santa Fe played without starter and third leading scorer Jake Dawkins (13.0 ppg). Alsean Evans led the team in scoring with 16 points, D-Juan Taylor-Hodge had 15 points, Darrel Jones 13, and Malik Morrow had 10.
The Saints will continue in the Gordon State Classic against Atlanta Metro College on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. The next home game for SF is on Tuesday, November 14 at 7:00 p.m. against Victory Rock Academy.
For complete schedules, stats, and more information please visit www.santafesaints.com.


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Why It's Hard to Change
Breaking bad habits take practice and discipline. There are things I have been working to improve when it comes to depression. You get comfortable doing things a certain way so when you look to change habits you tend to give up quickly. It's like you don't feel right doing the same task in a different manner. You tend to lose focus on why the change was implemented in the first place and how the end result will be better for you.
Change can be a good thing and in my current situation it's needed. It's just a matter of how to go about the process. Planning for it helps but what happens when things don't go as well as you planned? Sometimes you plan things the way you want or see them happening in the future. As you go through your plan you may find that you have to make a few adjustments. Making changes around decisions you didn't have a say on is pretty difficult. I know this may get somewhat confusing so I won't go into too many details but I have had to re-think things over. As I evaluate myself on things I'm working to change for the most part things are slowly improving.
My current job situation is really putting pressure on what I want to do and I just hope in the end I have made the right decision. This was not an easy choice to make it still makes my head hurt. Breaking bad habits is just the beginning of what changes I need to make. But making it blend in with abrupt changes is going to be hard since its happening so fast with not much of a plan.


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Sunday, February 24, 2008
Until this morning, when I pick up the paper to find that only eleven building permits were taken out in Jan.
Can I repeat that?
You know, everyone is so focused on the real estate market and house prices, that I think they are losing sight of the really important numbers.
Like jobs and construction. Eleven new buildings a month isn't going to employ very many people, is it? Hell, my own customer base could pretty much cover that. You other businesses? All your customers have been laid off....
Remember a year ago when someone popped up and argued the 50% drop figure in building permits? And it turned out, we were wrong -- it had dropped 50% over a two year period.
Well, whoever that was, argue this: Central Oregon building permits fell 70.6% from last January to this.
So this will just allow the overflow to be bought up? Hopefully, but it looks to me like anyone involved in the building trade is going to have to hold their breath underwater for a few years. Don't really know anyone who can do that, do you?
These are my customers, many of them. Tourism is the icing on the cake, but I live off of locals.
Meanwhile, we start to hear that office and industrial space is opening.
("Anyway, in "Commercial Property Values in for Steep Drop, Says Loan Liquidator," Financial Week offers up some insights on the next shoe to drop in the great unraveling.
Banks starting to unload distressed real estate loans; some sellers taking 50 cents on the dollar.")
Next shoe will be retail space, folks. And one thing to remember, many of these commercial buildings were built with the same sorts of dubious loans that torpedoed the housing market; the consequences are just going to take a little longer to shake out.
I worked yesterday at the store, on a Saturday for the first time in a long time, and it was very edifying. Lots of tourists, lots of locals on a lark, not a whole lot of sales per customer, but lots and lots of customers.
If you had told me a few years back that I would have 100 people walk in the door on a day in February, I would've asked: what fad took off?
Instead, our store was positioned right in the middle of all the new development downtown.
My observation was that I've done exactly the right thing by bringing in new books and games, and broadening the toy selection, and so on. I wish I had more space to display everything, but the foot traffic nowadays is to die for. Really. I can't complain about that.
Lots of young families and kids; and I find it very amusing how the adults are always surprised that THEY are the ones buying something, and not the kids. While, I'm not surprised at all -- it's how I've redesigned the store. Because the kids just aren't interested. While the parents can't quite resist the stuff their kids ignore. Very interesting phenomenon.
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Over a month ago I had a beer with a builder bragging to me that he just got a full frame bid on a 3,000 sqft home for $5k, that's less than $2sqft, he told me a year ago it was costing $15k, or $5/sq-ft.
I asked if that was material and labor and he said yes, and I immediately asked, how can they work for less than min-wage, and he said "They have to work".
He told me that when he bid out the job, not a single bid came in for over $5k. Note also that 2-3 years ago people were even paying more than $5 sq-ft.
Here's what I see from my sub-contractor friends, the time-line of the BEND sub-con collapse in wages.
2004-2005: $60/hr NWXC, lots of toys
2006: $45/hr, sold toys
2007: $15/hr, moved into small rental, drive to brasada for work
2008: $5/hr, or un-employment, or leave
Hell the whites are NOW willing to take jobs for less than what the Mexicans were getting too years ago.
We're at the bottom now dunc, there is no lower we can go.
- February 24, 2008 at 11:22:00 AM PST
- Duncan McGeary said...
People really don't 'get' Bend. One of my first jobs when people get here it to reorient them. This isn't San Fran, it isn't L.A., it isn't even Portland, or....even Eugene or Salem.
The question gets asked every day: Am I the "ONLY" game, comic, card, whatever shop. I always want to say, there are dozens of us, what do you think? Comic shop on every corner.
Just where the hell did you think you moved to?
- February 24, 2008 at 4:16:00 PM PST


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with Dr. Benjamin Lyngfelt, Department of Swedish, University of Gothenburg
Mon, April 15, 2013 | BUR 337
In the early twentieth century, there were still Swedish speaking communities in America, populated by immigrants and descendants of immigrants. They had Swedish newspapers, heard sermons in Swedish, and some children hardly spoke any English until they started school. Those days are long gone; but fortunately, American Swedish is not. It's just different.
Dr. Lyngfelt will report from field trips to Minnesota in 2011 and Illinois in 2012, where a group of Swedish linguists interviewed and recorded about 70 Swedish-speaking Americans. The results from these trips will be compared with data from earlier recordings, collected in the 1960s. Thereby, he will shed some light on how Swedish in America today differs from the varieties spoken 50 years ago. The main focus of the talk, however, will concern present-day American Swedish.
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What is 'Barriers to Migration'?
What is 'Barriers to Migration'?
Every year the 9th and 10th of May is regarded as the Migration of the birds day. This year Barriers to Migration is taken as a topic for discussions.
If the oceans, huge mountains, deserts are regarded as the natural obstacles for the migrating birds, the huge constructions, current wires, statues, Phone polls and towers are the artificial obstacles that are created by man.
Due to these obstacles, some lakhs of birds are going to die every year. Besides this, there is also a danger of getting an end for various kinds of bird's races. Some of the international organizations are finding different ways to protect the migrating birds. By finding a proper solution for this problem through discussions an idea is been created to educate the people regarding the importance of migrating birds and their effect on the environment.


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deloitte & touche has released some findings from its 2003 global security survey, and possibly the most surprising news is that 90% of all breaches come from outside the organization. the accounting and consulting firm surveyed 80 fortune 500 financial companies to come up with its findings. previous reports had external threats somewhere between 30% and 40%.
for security experts the news is quite a shock. it has long been thought that the vast majority of all attacks came from internal users, and not outside attackers. the survey also found that 39% of the companies surveyed experienced a security breach in the past year. additionally, 80% of respondents said they had a security policy, but a mere 47% of those companies indicated the policy was embraced by functional leaders.
read more on this topic at vnunet.
christopher's opinion
i can hear people now: "well, duh!" but it isn't as obvious as it sounds … at least it didn't used to be. for those who have been working in the security arena, reading white papers, or taking exams, this is the polar opposite of what we have been told. for as long as i can remember it has been said that the you are far more likely to be attacked from inside your company than outside.
if you think about it it only makes sense. with the proliferation of the internet and every tom, dick, and harry able to download powerful hacking tools, networks have become much more accessible. it used to be you had to be internal to the network–there was no other way in. obviously, that is not true any more.
the scariest thing that deloitte and touche found was that only 47% of companies' leaders were open to and accepting of the security policy–and these are financial firms! what is it going to take for these guys to comprehend the risks to and need for it security? how many more times are companies going to be attacked before they open their eyes?
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|1st (12:47pm est thu may 15 2003)
first post! ahahahahah! all you suckers lose! i win! you lose! that's right. cow your heads and bend those broken backs. you never even had a chance so, beat feet, geek. i rule! you serve!
– by mrfirst
|here it comes (1:29pm est thu may 15 2003)
i give it one hour before the "linux rules", and "use linux, it's the only secure os", and "*nix is the only secure os" war starts. oh my head. – by heading out before
|financial community…. (1:39pm est thu may 15 2003)
the financial community isn't too fond of ms, so you can't blame this on them. most financial companies run commercial unix on all but their lowest servers. – by steven
|damn (2:26pm est thu may 15 2003)
to heading out before:
you were wrong. it took 1:10 for the linux idiots were posting. – by salaryman
|wall street community… (2:35pm est thu may 15 2003)
many wall street financial community isn't fond of ms and its security problems. remains on commercial unix or is migrating to linux. some are doing massive migrating like merrill lynch. – by more than an hour
|security is only as strong as… (3:43pm est thu may 15 2003)
…the weakest link. the weakest link in this situation is the talent and dedication of the it staff. this is a technology agnostic problem everyone. if your it staff is not qualified, and/or not on top of all the security patches/issues/exploits, then you will be vulnerable.
it's that simple folks. why do you think it pay has begun it's gradual rise as of late. expect it to keep rising, but only for truly qualified and attentive people. it will be expected to really work for their pay now, one breach means they will be looking at you much more closely.
– by the watcher
|"hackers prefer the internet now?" (12:50am est fri may 16 2003)
if you leave the port open, someone will use it.
and what is christopher talking about?:
"it used to be you had to be internal to the network–there was no other way in."
no. networking has been using the existing telecommunications network for your entire lifetime. phreakers used to get into computer environments via pots.
the internal threat idea came late in the game as it was realized that internal users had easy access to network conf information, a local shell account, and physical access to nodes (no easier crack). – by anon
|linux is the way (3:03am est fri may 16 2003)
linux pwns. i r l337 haxor and winblows suxorz – by neat-o


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JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander said a court-ordered change to a proposed tobacco tax is not enough to disqualify it from the ballot.
Kander told local election authorities Monday to continue verifying petition signatures submitted for the proposal. If the measure has enough valid signatures, Kander said he will certify it for the November ballot.
The measure proposes a gradual 60-cent increase to the state's 17-cent-a-pack cigarette tax. It also proposes a 67-cent-a-pack fee on companies that weren't part of a 1998 settlement between states and big tobacco companies.
An appeals court ruled the ballot summary prepared by Kander's office should be changed to say the fee will rise annually.
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