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Arthur Dwight "Buck" LACKEY was born on August 15, 1908 and lived on his family's farm in Hiddenite in Alexander County, NC.[1] He was the youngest son of Huron and Addie LACKEY. When Buck was 17 years old, he married Bonnie Fay BURGESS (age 16) on March 14, 1926 in Taylorsville.[2] They had one daughter named Lillian. There are no known photographs of Bonnie but there are several of Lillian. One photograph of a three or four year old Lillian is dated February 22, 1930.[3] There is also a photograph of Lillian in what appears to be a wedding dress.
On the 1930 census, Buck, Bonnie and three-year-old Lillian are listed as living in Stanly County. The family was renting a $12-a-month house in Badin Town, a factory village for the workers of the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa). Buck was working as an electrical operator in the aluminum reduction plant.[4] Buck's brother Olney was already living in Stanly County and working at the aluminum plant in 1920.[5]
Bonnie divorced Arthur during the February Term of Court, 1945 in Alexander County. According to the judgment, Arthur and Bonnie had been living separately for more than two years.[6]
Buck was inducted into the US ARMY at 33 years old on April 7, 1942 as a Private first class (Pfc) of the Medical Department. Buck drove a medical truck. He served 2 years, 4 months and 3 days in foreign service in the campaigns of Algeria-French Morocco; Tunisia; Normandy; and Northern France.[7] Buck broke his leg and was moved to a Veterans' hospital in Florida. Buck also served in Sicily, Germany and England.[8] Buck was honorably discharged from the service on August 6, 1945 and received the EAME Campaign Medal.[9] World War II ended nine days later when the Emperor of Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945, V-J Day.
Buck met his second wife, Maude Beatrice JOLLEY, at a boarding house in North Wilkesboro where she worked. They had corresponded during his military service and Bea went to Daytona Beach, Florida to marry Buck on January 16, 1946.[10]
Bea, daughter of William Lester and Grace Pennell JOLLEY, was born October 13, 1914 in Caldwell County, North Carolina.[11] She was 30 years old when she married Buck. Buck and Bea had three children: Arthur Franklin, Ronald Taylor and Lydia Beatrice. Buck and Bea first lived in Hudson where Buck worked for the Mooney Pluming Company and volunteered as a fireman with the Hudson Volunteer Fire Department. The family was active in the First Baptist Church in Hudson. The family later moved to a brick home at the JOLLEY homeplace in King's Creek, NC. Buck worked as a plumber and janitor for Caldwell Community College and Bea was a housewife.[12]
Buck suffered a heart attack while working in his garden and died at the age of 70 on May 1, 1979.[13] They had been married for 34 years. Bea suffered a debilitating stroke and lived with her daughter Lydia KANUPP in Mill Spring, NC. Bea died of another stroke on March 20, 1992.[14] Both Buck and Bea are buried in Grandin Baptist Church Cemetery in Grandin, NC.


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'One Story' Names the Top 10 Short Stories of All Time
As a fitting finale to National Short Story Month, we asked the talented crew over at One Story to name their ten favorite epigrammatic tales. Tanya Rey, the managing editor, explained via e-mail that their choices are in no particular order, so anti-Salingerists are advised to not get all huffy just because JD leads the list. Tanya writes, "Certain authors (e.g., Cheever, Moore, Johnson, Barthleme) were nominated more than once, for different stories, so we tried to choose the most 'classic' of those stories. This was not exactly a scientific or objective process." However, we stand behind the choices because they're some of our favorites as well. What do you think, dear readers?
"For Esmé – with Love and Squalor" by JD Salinger
"For Esmé – with Love and Squalor" was originally published in 1950 in the New Yorker to great acclaim; it was later included in the collection Nine Stories. In "For Esmé…", an American soldier is looking back on his encounter with a clever 13-year-old singer named Esmé who entreats him to write about something vile. (Lemony Snicket fans might remember Count Olaf's fashion conscious, diabolical girlfriend, Esmé Squalor.)

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The title of the UNDP's latest Human Development Report (HDR), published just a couple of months ago, proclaimed 'The Rise of the South'. The wording was designed, no doubt, to catch the headlines, and it did so very successfully.
It also has to be said that the report told a good and very important story. It argued that 'the rise of the South is unprecedented in its speed and its scale'. It was 'the story of a dramatic expansion of individual capabilities and sustained human development progress in the countries that are home to the vast majority of the world's people'.
At the heart of this process was the performance of the three leading economies of the South, Brazil, China and India, and the fact, advertised prominently in the report, that their combined economic output is now equal to the total GDP of the longstanding industrial powers of the North, namely, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. But other countries had made great advances too, including Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey, and a number of smaller economies, such as Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Mauritius, Rwanda and Tunisia, had also notched up 'substantial progress'.
All in all, the HDR identified more than 40 countries in the South that had experienced since 1990 significantly greater gains in the Human Development Index (HDI) than would have been predicted based on their previous HDI performance. A fascinating scattergram presented in the report plotted the performance of these countries on the basis of a comparison of 1990 with 2012, dividing them into a 'highlighted 18', other 'big improvers' and the rest. This was the UNDP's evidence, in a nutshell, for the claim that something really important and exciting has been going on over the past 20 years or so across the South as a whole.
I don't quibble at all with the evidence and even less with the implication drawn from it, which is that a lot of poor countries are now generating wealth that can be used to underpin human progress. But I do wonder about the language that is still being deployed by UNDP.
The terminology of North and South dates back to the first report of the Brandt Commission published in 1980. It deployed that metaphor to capture in simple, binary, geographical terms an analysis of the global political economy that was rooted in a perceived division between a rich, exploitative, Northern core and a poor, exploited, Southern periphery. Since then, the term South (or, more confusingly still, the Global South, which is after all a contradiction in terms) has always been used to lump together for ease of reference a whole bunch of countries and peoples who are said to fit into the world order in a disadvantaged fashion and suffer the consequences of doing so.
HDR 2013 shows unequivocally that this is an utterly out-of-date portrayal of the world. This is great news, both analytically and substantively. But why not go the whole hog, as it were, and draw the further, and surely obvious, conclusion to be discerned from the evidence, which is that the South has now disappeared, precisely because it has grown. By the same token, what is the 'Northness' of a North characterised by financial crisis, slow growth and in many parts of the EU continuing recession?
The point is that both these terms are completely irrelevant. As I wrote in my own SPERI blog a few weeks ago, 'we are all developing countries now!' In the context of globalisation all countries in the world, whether in the past they were deemed to be 'developed' or 'developing', now have to find a niche in the system that permits them to chart a course of development that might work for their people in building prosperity and collective well-being.
It's just a bit odd to me that the UNDP would not want to recognise this, especially since it has for 20 years or more sought to compare all of the countries of the world in respect of their human development. If the UNDP won't break out of this old and outdated language, who will? So, say it loud and clear: the South has risen so far and so fast of late that it has completely disappeared as a valid category of analysis.
Tony Payne is Professor of Political Economy, University of Sheffield, UK, and Co-Director of The Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI)
The HDialogue blog is a platform for debate and discussion. Posts reflect the views of respective authors in their individual capacities and not the views of UNDP/HDRO.


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Real Housewives of New York star Carole Radziwill stepped up to defend herself following her co-star Aviva Drescher's claim that she used a ghostwriter for her bestselling novel, What Remains.
Radziwill, who's been a journalist for 28 years, told E! News that Drescher's declarations were completely false.
"Let's just say what Aviva calls 'silly show drama' or whatever -- however she characterizes it -- the entire legal community calls slander," Radwiwill said. "So no, I wasn't happy to see that on television."
During Tuesday's episode of RHONY Drescher and Radziwill got into a heated argument about writing their memoirs. It all began with Drescher asking Radziwill for writing advice as she completes her first book, Leggy Blonde. But things took a turn for the unexpected when Drescher switched gears and hinted that the journalist might have used a ghostwriter to pen her bestselling novel.
The argument gave birth to the hashtag #BookGate in social media, with Radziwill herself using it to share her thoughts on the events of the day.
Wow, do you think it is appropriate for Aviva to spread lies about my writing career? #bookgate #rhony @bravotv— Carole Radziwill (@CaroleRadziwill) March 19, 2014
"Aviva is on a reality show, she got a book deal and she hired a ghostwriter. It's not that complicated. I do not use a ghostwriter. I never have. I think it's clear in the show that she has little understanding of publishing and very clear that she has little respect for single, working women", Radziwill said. "She doesn't know the difference between a writer, an editor and a ghostwriter...She has very little understanding and rightly so, it's not her profession. I don't know why she went on the show claiming to suddenly be a writer. Still, to this day, I don't understand that. I don't know what her problem was with me."
RHONY airs Tuesday at 9/8c on Bravo.
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The art of networking Bennie/Johnnie-style
Grads counsel students at annual CSB/SJU Career EXPO
November 28, 2012
By Mikayla Mages '13
CSB and SJU students experienced first-hand the power of an informal professional network known as the Bennie-Johnnie connection at the fifth annual Career EXPO on Nov. 7 at the College of Saint Benedict.
The EXPO, sponsored by Career Services, is a daylong full immersion of career exploration available to all students first-year through senior. One hundred ninety-one alumnae/i attended the event, sharing their career experiences at panel presentations, a career fair and an evening networking reception. Amid the exchange of crisp business cards these graduates impressed upon students the value of networking and repeated that message throughout the day.
"It's not what you know, it's who you know. Try to find a Bennie-Johnnie connection and reach out to them," said Angie Krtnick Complin '04, recruiting manager at Saló Search in Minneapolis.
Derek Tamm '04, chief development officer at Northwestern Mutual in Minneapolis, told students, "You've got to be out meeting alums, doing these events, networking."
Sarah Jansen '02, senior business training consultant at Wells Fargo, repeated the mantra. "I think most of the jobs people have gotten lately have been because of the people they know," she said.
What makes the Bennie-Johnnie connection so special? Aaron Anderson '94, senior project manager at The Toro Company in Bloomington, believes it has to do with loyalty.
"Part of what you buy when you buy an education here is the network with it. There isn't this kind of loyalty at other schools in the area," Anderson said.
Students also heard advice for how to market their liberal arts education when applying and interviewing for jobs or internships and writing resumes.
"The name speaks for itself. We're known for providing well-rounded students," Complin said. "It's important for students' resumes to have those skills outlined."
Each year, student attendance at EXPO has increased. Last year the event drew 513 students, but this year's number jumped to 651. Typically the senior and sophomore classes have the highest attendance, but Career Services encourages all students to attend.
"We've got to get them out of the sense that they don't need to do anything till they're a senior or junior," said Heidi Harlander, director of Career Services.
"Students need to know how to interview, apply and get the experience."
That message resonated with first-year Frantz Soiro, a biology and chemistry double major and pre-physical therapy student.
"I know it's kind of early for me as a first-year but I kind of wanted to get a head start. It's a good way to get out there just in case I want an internship or job opportunity," Soiro said. "A lot of jobs are pretty complex but I guess that means there's experience I need to gain. They (alumnae/i) are very good at explaining their jobs so you're not lost in the whole concept."
Soiro also experienced the magic of the Bennie-Johnnie connection.
"The best piece of advice I actually received was from a senior. She said I have time to gain as much experience as I can. She said don't stress it and that I'm getting a good start."


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Finance guru Dave Ramsey appeared on "Good Morning America" to talk about how people can get out of debt.
He gave some tips for how people can manage their finances and pay down their debts.
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Viewers have written in to ask Ramsey about their individual finance questions. Here are their questions and his answers.
Patricia McFarlin from Las Vegas, Nev., wrote:
Hello, I would like to know: I work for the federal government and every payday I buy EE and I savings bonds. In your opinion is this a good investment or should I put my money only in TSP [Thrift Saving Plans] investment funds?
Answer: TSP is better. Make sure you are debt-free and have three to six months of expenses in an emergency fund. If you're debt-free with cash in the bank, you can totally focus on investing. Sell the bonds and put the money in a TSP.
Kymberlee Ricke from Chicago, Ill, wrote:
I've heard that negative items on your credit report that are more than seven years old can be removed. Is this true and how can I do it?
Answer: You can only have inaccuracies removed from your credit report. The credit report clears all credit information seven years from the date of the last activity. If a debt is unpaid it will be on your credit report until the creditor stops reporting it.
Roopa wrote:
I have two kids -- a 9-year-old and 7-year-old. I want to put aside money for their education. Currently I am putting aside $400 every month, in a regular savings account in my name. I have gotten conflicting advice about 529 education plans and custodial accounts. How should I save for my kids' education?
Answer: I recommend Educational Savings Accounts, ESAs, funded in a growth-stock mutual fund. ESAs grow tax-free when used for higher education. Some 529s are good but the ESA is better.
Joyce Fowler from Monrovia, Calif., wrote:
What affects the CD rates and when do you foresee them going up? I feel like this is the only safe place to put my cash but the return is ridiculous.
Answer: The bank determines the CD rate. I call them certificates of depression because they are terrible investments. CDs are OK for short-term savings but money market accounts are better. For long-term investing, mutual funds are still the way to go.
Cynthia Hawkins from Irvine, Calif., wrote:
I have been unemployed since the end of Oct. My 401(k) contribution stopped and I have no other retirement savings occurring. I feel uncomfortable not saving for retirement (I am 49) but feel that I need to conserve my cash until I get another job. Is this the right thing to do?
Answer: For right now you need to put any investing on hold and just save your cash. Go into emergency mode and focus on your necessities only. When you find another job you can focus on investing again but now is not the time.
Michael Goldin of Stratford, N.J., wrote: I'm [a] retired government [employee] currently working for the state of N.J. Approx[imately] half of all my financial instruments are invested in a New Jersey municipal bond fund. Is this the right thing to do?
Answer: You need to diversify -- spread your investing around. I always recommend mutual funds spread across four types of funds: 25 percent in growth funds, 25 percent in growth and income funds, 25 percent in international funds and 25 percent in aggressive growth funds. If you are closer to retirement you may want to consider more conservative funds.
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by Mark Jagord, sports information assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College women's basketball team (14-5, 7-5 PBC) scored 50 second-half points and won by the biggest margin this season over the University of Montevallo (6-13, 3-9 PBC), 87-52 Wednesday at the Centennial Center. The 35-point margin was four points more than an early-season non-conference win in the Nighthawk Classic Tournament in November.
The Bobcats got 41 points from the bench, sank a season-high 25 points from the charity stripe, and were one shy of matching a season-high in steals at 13.
Junior Shanteona Keys (Roswell, Ga.) led the team with 19 points, seven boards, four assists and three steals. Keys moved one point ahead of Beth Heyer (97-01) to No. 8 all-time in Georgia College scoring with 1,148 points. Keys' four free throws also moved her one ahead of Carla Hull (85-89) to No. 6 all-time in Bobcats history at 244, and her one three broke a tie at No. 10 with Karen Nunn (89-93) with 126 total career threes.
Junior Enisha Donley (Loganville, Ga.) added 17 points with an impressive 6-of-8 shooting from the floor, and 5-of-6 from the foul line. Senior Brandi McKinney (Cincinnati) just missed a double-double grabbing nine boards, while contributing 11 points and a team-high four steals. Senior Abby Slocumb (Suwanee, Ga.) had her fourth three-block game this season and is now just two shy of the century mark.
Senior Thresia Elskamp (Potosi, Wis.) led the team in rebounds with 10, and added four points, three assists, and two steals. Sophomore Kayla Upchurch (Alpharetta, Ga.) had a career-high nine points, and a game- and career-high six assists in 25 minutes from the bench. Also solid in relief was freshman Christina Thomas (Augusta, Ga.) with two points, four assists, two boards, and one steal.
Upchurch's three-pointer seven minutes into the game started an eight-point run and gave the Bobcats the lead for good. Georgia College would add two six-point runs before taking a 13-point lead into the intermission.
The Bobcats opened the second half with an 11-2 run that established a 21-point lead, and continued to pour it on all the way to the buzzer.
The Falcons were led by Caise Carrington and Shay Bonner with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Georgia College improves to 7-5 in conference play, remaining in fifth in a tough Peach Belt Conference West Division, where five of the seven teams have winning conference records. The top four in the division advance to the PBC Tournament in March.
The Bobcats' next matchup will be against Georgia Southwestern State University (8-11, 3-9 PBC) Saturday, Feb. 8 for a PBC tilt starting at 1:30 p.m. at the Centennial Center.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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UN Security Council Could Meet To Discuss Jerusalem
The controversial move by President Trump for the U.S. to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital has led to 8 countries calling for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. U.S. allies Britain and France were among the countries that demanded the meeting which could happen as soon as Friday. Trump made the announcement Wednesday and also said the U.S. will be moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. That process could take years though.
The U.S. recognition is opposed by Palestinians, other Muslims and some U.S. allies who believe it could derail Mid-East peace efforts.
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1994 brought many changes to BMW, most obviously by the introduction of the "R259″ series twins and the elimination of the old standby "Airhead" twins that had been BMW's trademark for seven decades. While it is interesting to look at all the technologies introduced during the 1994 to 2004 time block, it is also exciting to look into what was going on as far as changes in BMW more esoteric than measurable. In this author's opinion there were unspoken changes in BMW's mindset and philosophy. BMW had forged it's reputation for long lasting, simple machines built to the highest standards and quality; aimed at a dwindling, older (OK, Jeff, more mature) market of enthusiastic but eccentric riders. They built motorcycles that were easy for the owners to maintain and modify to fit their specific wants. BMW had always built their bikes their way; often it seemed like they did so in spite of what the younger and upwardly mobile riders were looking for. By 1994, the airhead was simply not a sellable motorcycle; the buying market was younger and wanted performance in line with what the Japanese products offered at much lower prices. The K 75/100 series that were so far ahead of their time in 1984 when they were introduced were also showing their age. No doubt, BMW knew this was coming many years before the new "Oil Head" was introduced. They knew that the riding community had reduced its mean age substantially. The younger riders had money to spend on a bike that had to be BMW, yet had to be totally more modern both in performance and in perception than what BMW had been selling. Thus, the R259 was born. The Birth of the R259 Twins The new BMW corporate mindset, if you will, was no longer concerned with selling motorcycles that would be handed down from one generation to the next, nor was BMW concerned about ease of maintenance with standard hand tools. Although the new bikes were still able to outlast the riders, the concern for building units to last a quarter-million miles was not so much in the forefront of the design. The new models would have to be powerful, fast, handle better than anything on the road; they would need to offer a standard of technology that the Japanese would never build. They should be complex pieces of rolling art. Most obvious, though, was that they would build a product aimed at an entirely new market of riders who would likely not be interested in maintaining the bikes themselves or really understanding the nuances of design. The new customers BMW was looking for were serious riders who were more interested in the fun and excitement of riding than they were in savoring the history of the older designs


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I have a theist friend who thinks I'm too quick to blame some of the world's ills on religion. After all, he was raised in religion. He believes in god, and he doesn't care if anyone else does or not. He isn't trying to force it onto anyone else. He isn't writing to legislators to ask them to incorporate his beliefs into laws that impact anyone else. And none of his friends or family has ever done anything like that, either. Christianity isn't impacting U.S. policy. I'm simply imagining things.
My friend is an example of what Sam Harris discusses in his writings when he describes how moderate Christians act as a buffer—a safety net—for fundamentalist Christians who are pushing their agendas into public policy and legislation. To criticize such a Christian agenda insults moderate Christians (like my friend) who are quick to defend that their religion should not be blamed for public ills. After all, what moderate wants to be held responsible for harmful public policies and legislation?
Say that religion is at the root of such a problem, and you get shot down before you're even out of the gate (if I can mix my metaphors)—not by overzealous fundamentalists, but by moderate, liberal Christians—like my friend. Point out where religion harms society, and you're met with the shout down—from moderate, middle-of-the-road Christians—that you're guilty of painting religion with too broad a brush. You're cherry picking lunatics and fanatics and trying to impose that dysfunctional mess upon all Christians, who are, for the most part, socially benign.
To be honest, I have no idea if the majority of Christians are "moderate"—in the sense that they have personal beliefs they don't try to spread around or impose on others. I have no aversion to assuming most Christians fit that bill. Certainly most believers I have met personally aren't any different. But whether they have majority numbers or not, it's the fanatics that are running the program, invading politics, and shaping law and policy in this nation to bend it to a fundamentalist Christian agenda.
If a silent majority doesn't like being represented by a squeaky-wheel faction—I recommend they should learn to speak up against their brethren whom they condemn privately as "lunatics" and "fanatics." Instead, from what I can see, moderates would rather use their collective, "majority" voices to speak out against anyone else who condemns their fanatical members publicly. And here I have to excuse (and applaud) more responsible, moderate Christians—few though they may be—who do actually counter fundamentalism publicly, such as Barry Lynn Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
But it can no longer be denied, by any reasonably informed person, that public policy is being shaped by Christian agendas—whether it is the work of a fanatic, but highly politically efficient, minority of Christians or not. And if the moderate middle rebuffs criticisms of their more fanatic brethren, denies there is any problem in their midst, and refuses to join anyone in confronting the negative elements within their own camp—how are they not part of the problem? These moderates aren't just guilty of letting the fundamentalist element run roughshod while they sit silently by, they're actually protecting fundamentalist actions against legitimate criticisms by throwing the accusation "gross generalization" and "prejudice alarmist" at anyone who dares claim there even is a problem to criticize within the Christian ranks.
In the editorial section of this morning's Austin American-Statesman, there are two articles that address the statistically observable supreme failings of Texas' abstinence-based sex education in public schools. One article, "Learning Sex the Texas Way," has this to say:
"Gov. Rick Perry's office said he is comfortable with the abstinence-based approach. 'We oppose any sex education other than abstinence until heterosexual marriage,' said his spokeswoman."
Make no mistake, Perry has won re-election in the past. I cannot claim that he is unpopular. And I'm guessing he knows who his supporters are. What politician doesn't? If he put forward policies not backed by the majority of voting Texans—how would he remain in office? Any thinking person might legitimately then ask, "what constituency would support failing programs and policies that put their own children at risk of deadly STDs and unwanted pregnancies?"
Let's examine that question.
At the American Family Association (AFA) online, in their article, "Abstinence-Only Education Proves Effective," it states, "there is no logical reason why abstinence-only education would not be effective in reducing sexual activity among teens."
Logical or not, we come pretty close to abstinence-only in Texas—and it's not working as it "logically" should.
Just to cement that this is a Christian organization, in their section "Does AFA hate homosexuals?" the site states:
"The same Holy Bible that calls us to reject sin, calls us to love our neighbor… AFA has sponsored several events reaching out to homosexuals and letting them know there is love and healing at the Cross of Christ."
Make no mistake AFA is a Christian coalition.
Another supporter is The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. On their site is an article "Support Abstinence Education," that says, "Don't let the Senate jeopardize the future of abstinence education. Call or e-mail today!"
Do I need to keep going? The religious right has code words as well, such as conservative, family values, traditional, moral, and so on. They have less overtly religious organizations as well, such as the National Review—which bills itself as a "conservative" media source. Not every group is an outright Wallbuilders. But the more you educate yourself about these issues, the faster you begin to recognize the words that equal "Christian." Doubt me? Try following a few of these sites for a month to see if you don't start seeing particular words and phrases that begin to stand out as secular, yet repetitive.
Why use codes? Why not simply say, "This is my religious belief, and I'm going to do all I can to promote it in public policy and legislation"? AFA pretty clearly does this—so why not all organizations with a Christian base?
There is one clear advantage to hiding a religious agenda. Ask Intelligent Design proponents. When the courts tell you that teaching Creationism in schools is using the government to promote religion, and you can't do that, you are forced to find more subversive, secular-sounding means to reach your goals. You take out "god" and put in "Intelligent Designer." (Just make sure to double-check the search-and-replaces in your documentation really well before going to court.)
Still, today I realized something different and new and as enlightening as it is disturbing. I realized that even powerful mainstream critics of these religious fundamentalists have learned to pretend that this is actually a battle between secular ideologies—Republican vs. Democrat—and religion plays no part. In both opinion pieces, religion is oddly absent—as is any mention of who might be promoting such policies. Why call out Perry alone? Yes, he's a politician, and his performance should be examined in the paper. I can't deny that. But is a public official who has won re-election really the cause of bad policy or is he merely the elected representative for it? Again, without the support of the majority of voting constituents in Texas—he could not have won re-election. Perry is doing the will of the (voting) majority in Texas. And when his office can issue a statement such as the one quoted earlier—can there be any doubt it's a Christian Right majority he intends to please?
What would happen if the paper
published an editorial critical of the "Christian" agenda to promote abstinence-only education? In addition to raising the ire of far right groups like AFA, Wallbuilders, Liberty Commission, and so on—they would upset, as well, huge numbers of "regular" people—like my friend—who would cry "foul" at being lumped under the umbrella of the fundamentalist "lunatic fringe" who are causing this harm.
But if I say Christians are at the root of the abstinence-only policy, I'm not generalizing any more broadly than if I were to say that horses run in the Kentucky Derby. The group promoting these policies consists of self-identified Christians. And the animals running in the Derby consist of horses. Do all Christians support these policies? No more than all horses run in the Derby. So, what's the problem? I don't care if some Christians—even most Christians—aren't supportive of these policies. It's no less true that the policies are, by the largest margin, Christian created, promoted and supported. But if we say that, nobody will hear—not because the Religious Right will shut us down, but because religious moderates will.
My friend made this point loud and clear. "There's nothing religious in those articles. It's just about the schools and education. Where do you see religion even mentioned?"
He's right that I don't see religion even mentioned. But I have to ask if he sees any mention of who is at the root of these policy directives? Does my friend imagine Perry just made this up himself?
Fundamentalist Christians use public policy and legislation to push their religion onto everyone else. Anyone who criticizes the far right source is immediately shot down by the moderate middle. And, for the most part, we all pretend religion has no bearing on public policy—to the point that many people actually believe this is true. Anyone who says otherwise is just an overly excited alarmist. And the fundamentalists proceed, without mainstream majority opposition or interference, to push their religious agenda onto everyone else, with absolute gratitude toward their moderate brethren—the ones who would never do anything to push their religion onto anyone else.


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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Finding A Groove
How is it that some people seem to be able to do this while others flounder and struggle constantly just to lose a few pounds? I mean, I dropped weight pretty quickly and consistently there for awhile. But I didn't keep losing. I have been doing the lose/gain/lose dance for 6 months. WHY?
I see those other people who say they just cut out ALL sugar and ALL junk because they were determined to get the weight off. They seem really strict to me. But I admire them so much. I have nothing bad to say about them, because for the most part they are succeeding in meeting their goals. And I know it's because of their level of discipline, which is so much tighter than mine is at the moment. Sometimes I feel like I should be able to do that: just get up one day and make promises to myself that I will NOT eat x, y and z and I will exercise every day and I will just be disciplined and do everything in my power to lose weight NOW. Because we all know, if you stick with your program the pounds do come off... at least that's what I have found.
But like so many other people, I seem to fall into the trap of, "oh that looks so good... I haven't had that food in so long... I will just have one serving and then TOMORROW I will have a perfect day." And I do this every day, so that the net result is no weight loss. Sure, I'm not gaining, but that's not my goal here. This is "Escape from Obesity," not "Stagnate in Obesity." I know I'm not alone. This behavior isn't all that different from how I behaved when I was 278 pounds and "wanted" to lose weight... but wouldn't make myself stick to anything long enough to see results. This isn't so different from all the other fat people out there who "want" to lose weight but don't. It's about choices. Caramel popcorn, or a pound gone on the scale tomorrow? Give in enough times, and you stay fat.
Apparently "wanting" to lose weight just isn't enough. It takes action. I've let a lot of things sidetrack me: sickness, stress, worry, other people offering me food. Why can't I be like those other people who just stay on plan 100% and drop 100 pounds in a few months? I dunno. I wish I knew.
Sometimes I get down on myself for the state of my weight loss lately. But it's funny, when I was dropping weight consistently I got a lot of comments from fat folks saying, "I wish I could be like you. I wish I could stick to it and lose weight. It's just not that easy for some of us."
Guess what? It's not easy for me, either. It never was. It takes a lot of focus and determination and hard work to see results like that. And I didn't lose all that weight because I am some kind of superperson or weight loss goddess or dieting guru. I am just like everyone else, and we all have the ability to lose weight (on our own schedules at our own rates) or stay fat. In fact, I've chosen to stagnate for awhile... somewhat subconsciously, for my own reasons. I'd rather lose it slowly enough to get my head around it and KEEP IT OFF than drop it so fast that I don't recognise myself in the mirror and go nuts eating bon bons to get my familiar self back. Don't get my wrong; I'd lose weight NOW, I'd be thin NOW if I could. I don't LIKE not losing. But I accept it while not endorsing it. Does that make sense? I mean, I am okay with myself as far as my struggles go, but I am not accepting this weight. I am not going to stop, give up, make excuses, stay fat. I'm not.
I think it's a matter of finding our groove. A groove is kind of like a rut. We've all been stuck in a rut at times... you get in the same habits and struggle to "pull yourself out of the rut" to do something different and improve your situation. But a *groove* is different... it's something positive. A positive rut. If you can get in a groove/rut where you habitually eat healthy, exercise and lose weight, the result is a lighter body. That's my goal. Instead of skipping around like a scratched record, I gotta get into a groove and STAY THERE. And that takes discipline.
Every time you refuse to let your needle skip out of the groove (by saying no to a cupcake, or forcing yourself to exercise), you make the groove a little deeper... a little more stable. After awhile, you just don't skip out of your groove anymore.
You know, we can all do this. We might not be perfect but I believe we are capable. I honestly believe that for most of us... the ones who don't have our groove yet... it's all a matter of not giving up. As long as we keep working towards our goals we will get there. I'm running at about 80% lately. My goal for the coming week is to run at 99%. I won't ever be perfect but I can give this my best effort, regardless of what life throws at me. So can you. We will get there. Just don't give up.
37 comments:
- Ella in an Elephant Costume said...
This post has perfect timing! Thanks!
- February 7, 2009 at 9:10 AM
- Jessica @ Pudget: Losing Weight On A Budget said...
Everything you just said I have thought and done before. You just reminded me how much I love the groove thing. I am getting there. Still struggling a little but it is getting easier to say no to those cupcakes every day. :) Thanks for the reminder to keep working on the groove thing.
I love this post!!!
- February 7, 2009 at 9:19 AM
- Camevil said...
Lyn, like you, the initial stage of my weight loss journey was met with great success. I was over 250 pounds and when I started my weight loss commitment, the weight came off with just a little exercise and changes in diet. However, as we come down in size, it takes more adjustments to keep losing weight. It is frustrating when you lose momentum and hit a plateau or, worse, start gaining again. Boy, do I know that firsthand. However, the only way to get over the hump is to decrease calorie intake and/or increase exercise. Doing the same thing everyday (sticking to the same calorie range, exercise routine, etc.), but expecting different results is, as they say, insanity.
Fitness and healthy eating isn't easy. But it's not too difficult, either. We do things everyday we don't enjoy or which aren't easy, but we do it because we HAVE to. Jobs. Child wrangling. Laundry. Kitty litter sifting. We are a priority and are deserving of the same attention as the less-desirable stuff we have to do.
So why do we put it off? Why do we wait for enlightenment or for motivation to find us? Why do we over-analyze and engage in complicated self-reflection when the answer to weight loss is so simple, so crystal clear? I don't know. But what I do know is that only way I, you, or anyone else can meet real success is to be more proactive, suck it up and just do it. Don't wait to find a groove next week. Your brain might not be on the same page with you by then. Dig that groove today. Otherwise, you're just making goals for the purpose of making more goals.Exercise the body--you're brain has been exercised enough already. If you're knees are too sore to bike, then pick up some weights and just do it.
Keep fighting and keep moving!
- February 7, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- VNR said...
Thanks for this!
- February 7, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- Lyn said...
excellent comments! I totally agree, especially about not waiting to "find" a groove next week. It's a daily, minute-by-minute process to create our own groove by every single choice we make. It's that waiting until tomorrow/next week/next month that ends up keeping us fat. No more procrastination! Every moment does count. And while it really can be difficult at times, getting into good habits helps so much, and ocne you're in your groove it is far, far less difficult.
Thanks so much for your insights!
- February 7, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Graciela said...
FABULOUS POST...Thank you. This is exactly what I need to do.
- February 7, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Ouch. I just read the last commenter and was so saddened that somebody would throw stones like that. For what it's worth, Lyn, I see you as far from lazy as one can get. You persevere in spite of physical and emotional difficulties that would derail a weaker person. I so admire your courage and your basic human decency. You are one of my heroes... not because of your size (whether that is 250 lbs or 150 lbs), but because of your compassion towards yourself and others. You go, girl!
- February 7, 2009 at 10:52 AM
I have been checking on this blog for a while (since I saw it won an award), but I have never left a comment. I really don't like the comment above from the reviewer who said you displayed "the typical American attitude." You are really struggling with your weight and being really honest about the struggle. Losing weight is not about just deciding to do it and having willpower. You have to find a way to do it that works for you.
At the same time, I do feel that you have been in a bit of a rut for the past several months, and I sense that want to try to take some steps to emerge from this. I have no magic solution to offer, of course. There simply isn't one. I have some suggestions, though, as someone who has been through this for some time, but has successfully lost a good deal of weight (several times throughout my life, but have only recently, at age 45, felt like I have done it in a sustainable and workable way). First, have you ever consulted a nutritionist? That was the beginning of my successful weight loss journey, and I found the $200 I spent for a couple of sessions tremendously beneficial. Here are some of the things I learned: (1) I was not eating enough earlier in the day, and I ended up feeling very hungry later in the day. Just eating more at breakfast and lunch made a huge difference; (2) I was eating some very empty calories -- or rather, make that drinking -- the couple glasses of wine I was having were adding calories to my diet that were not useful (not sure you are doing that); and (3) Fat in the diet is not necessarily the enemy -- I don't buy all of what I read on this website, but I do believe in some of it. http://www.westonaprice.org/
Also, you have probably seen it, but a real inspirational website is at http://100lbs.typepad.com/ I just found this from reading the NY Times. Best wishes to you in your journey!
- February 7, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- Lyn said...
no worries, I just delete the abusive comments. I figure some people are very sad/hurt/angry about whatever is wrong in their own lives, so they get mixed up and take it out on strangers. Thank you for your kind comments, I appreciate the support! I hope I can always be a positive person and help others in some small way.
Those are some good website, thank you. I have indeed seen a nutritionist, several times, as well as taking nutrition classes. I definitely have the knowledge I need.
When I post my thoughts like I have today, it's just that: my thoughts. I lvoe writing whatever is floating around in my head. And it's always nice to get feedback :)
As I said, I am about 80% of where I want to be (groove-wise) and am so thankful for the improvements in my health since losing the weight. I am excited to see where all this takes me!
- February 7, 2009 at 11:42 AM
- moonduster said...
This really hit home for me, especially now when my weight loss is starting to slow down.
You CAN find your groove, and so can I!
- February 7, 2009 at 12:12 PM
You are amazing and inspiring, Lyn. I have just started reading your blog, and your honesty and your journey really speak to me. Keep it up!
- February 7, 2009 at 12:48 PM
- Kalexias said...
Great post! I can really identify with what you said.
- February 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Lyn, once again an "oh yeah" post. You are totally right about the groove. When you get out of it, something disrupts your weight loss, whatever--it's just sooo hard to get back there. I'm trying to find my groove again...
- February 7, 2009 at 1:32 PM
- Andrew is getting fit said...
I try to find a balance...strict in the week...slightly less so in the weekend. But it's hard keeping that balance right sometimes.
- February 7, 2009 at 2:43 PM
- antgirl said...
I cut the junk gradually. I don't miss it. Some mistake my diet as being strict, but it's just the way I prefer to eat now.
Find healthy foods that are just as tempting. That's what I did. It helps a lot. Then over time, it gets easier as the palate adjusts and the body adjusts. I don't put anything off limits. If I want it, I have to plan for it though. That's the rule. :)
- February 7, 2009 at 3:00 PM
- bbubblyb said...
Lyn, I sometimes think people get mental blocks about a certain weight or at a certain point in their life and the block can come and go. I think some of us just think more than others too. I do think weight loss can be simple and it is calories in/calories out but it's also a huge mental game. When we are feeling good mentally it does seem so much easier. I call it the "click" (or groove like you said) and I have it sometimes and other times I flounder. I don't always understand why but like you said as long as I don't ever give up and keep on trying I will eventually get there. I've also come to realize that the weight will come off if I just keep going and even if it takes me 3 or 4 yrs (I'm on month 19) I'm ok with that because I know I'm working on my self and I'm feeling healthier than I ever have in my life. I'm also going to therapy and working on the mental part so that I know I can keep the weight off this time. I think it's about loving ourselves enough and feeling worth it. I can promise you every large person you see doesn't have the love for themselves they should. I hope I will find the love within myself I need, I know I'm worth it. You are worth it Lyn and I enjoy reading your words and I'm glad you're here in blogland with me.
- February 7, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- Lucrecia said...
You are so right - if it wasn't so damn hard we wouldn't call it a battle. I'm one who has to give it all up. I can't do things in moderation (if I could, I'd not be where I am I guess). I admire people who can eat just a few bites of something and walk away. If I were to have a bite of ice cream right now I think I'd eat a whole gallon. So those people you see, they may not eat those things out of fear - not some wonderful will power or devotion! You are not losing sight of the goal, at least!
- February 7, 2009 at 4:04 PM
- Michele said...
This was great timing Lyn, I have been thinking along the same lines all week. Thanks for reminding me that I just need to find the groove. Keep up the great job!
- February 7, 2009 at 4:25 PM
- Lady G said...
Yep I reckon finding your groove is what it's all about. It doesn't have to be the perfect groove - it does have to be one that you can go along in for the rest of your life. I reckon cutting out all sugar, all alcohol etc. might be something that people do on a temporary basis. When they stop, they haven't learnt how to eat SMALL amounts of cake and just ONE cookie - it might an all or nothing thing.
At least, always trying to improve my own habits without expecting myself to be 100% perfect is what works for me! Just got to keep going!
- February 7, 2009 at 4:36 PM
- Michelle said...
I love what you said about wrapping your head around it. How true!!!
You are doing amazing keep up the good work.
- February 7, 2009 at 4:37 PM
- kristisummer said...
Camevil is right! It isn't easy but variety and increasing exercise and decreasing caloric intake is the only way to keep losing. Try adding weight training to your exercise regime if you haven't already. Weight training has a greater after burn then cardio, and speeds up your metabolism.
- February 7, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Hey Lyn,
Just wanted to know I found this blog about what triggers binges, not knowing what the trigger is, etc.
She also talks about her child abuse and while it is much different from what I've experienced or possibly what you have, I think you might like some of the posts.
- February 7, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Dear Lyn, I recently found your blog and am so glad I did. I am just now for the past few weeks back "on the wagon" after falling off about a year ago. Then I had a health scare and am now more committed to finding something ONCE and for ALL to end this weight gain nonsense.
I have always struggled with food and body issues from a mental standpoint and have had ALL of those same thoughts as you, mostly, "It's not faiiiiiir. I want to eat X! How come they get to eat X?"
I just found this book called the Beck Diet Solution which actually made me cry because it is ALL about that question you asked, how come some people can?? My husband is like that. He decides to lose 10 or 20 pounds and just DOES it, because he wants to. No struggle, no angst, just boom. I have major drama over everything.
This book is not about food plans or diet or calories, it's about dealing with the endless dialogue in our heads that always sabotage us. I highly recommend, and have also set up a Yahoo group to discuss and do the (writing) exercises in the book together. You (and anyone else) who want to try following this book, are welcome to join.
- February 7, 2009 at 11:09 PM
- A Diva On a Diet said...
good post! i wish i was that person too!
- February 8, 2009 at 12:49 AM
- Lesley said...
I think a lot of the reason it's so hard to get going is that you still secretly WANT the bad stuff. So, maybe the idea is to train yourself NOt to want it any more.
I'm in the process of doing this using Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and a book called Diet Solutions By Judith Beck. I'm seeing some early sucesses in adjusting my thinking and wanting to snack less and take less food and exercise more. It's certainly making a difference in my mindset.
You might want to check it out??
Good luck chuck.
Lesley x
- February 8, 2009 at 3:30 AM
- Vickie said...
I am someone that gave it all up (slowly over time) and exercises a lot. I don't think of myself as losing quickly. My loss process took two full years. I am finishing my second year of maintenance. So, I am starting my fifth year of mindfulness. But I guess in blog land - two years might seem quick.
I loved your posting. I loved the comments attached to it! Thank you for writing it.
When I read postings, I rarely read ALL the comments attached, but with this one I did. And you have some really good ones!
I didn't start out to 'give it all up'. It was a learning process, an evolution.
I started with eating at meal time, eating portions, eating more evenly from the food groups. (I was a CARB machine before). And my food just kept getting cleaner and cleaner as I went. I think that this is a pretty normal process for many people that are successful in maintenance. We didn't (tend) to start out with where we are now in mind - we just progressed to where we are now.
Two defineable things happened on the way that got me (personally) to where I am now:
1. I got sick of counting calories and figuring percentages (fat/protein/carbs). You might say - why were you figuring percentages? because at a certain point - total calories doesn't cut it any more (in my experience). It has to be the right kind of food/balance to continue to lose weight. In the beginning - just controlling calories is enough - the further you go - in my experience - it is not. (side note: And I think that fact is why many people can't/don't get all the way to goal.) And as I got tired of the math. I figured out that if I ate whole foods (one ingredient) and ate evenly from the food groups and ate portions (think mutritionist schedule) - I didn't have to count - it sort of balanced itself out automatically. On first glance this might give the appearance of strict - but it totally freed me of all tracking!!!
2. I stopped getting sick. My knees totally stopped hurting. I stopped having pain all over my body - every day. I stopped having asthma/allergy trouble. I stopped getting migraines. My skin cleared up totally. So, at that point - it was totally MOVING TOWARD HEALTHY and not at all giving up anything (food). I pick healthy and feeling GOOD every single day over junk/processed. I have not had a cold or the flu in several years now. And when I get a migraine - I can figure out what food (or combination of food/weather) gave it to me. And what my exercise/strengthening has done to help all my body parts is amazing!
In my experience the people who eat as your post starts out to describe ("I see those other people who say they just cut out ALL sugar and ALL junk because they were determined to get the weight off. They seem really strict to me.") might not FEEL strict at all. I do not. I FEEL free from pain. I FEEL very free in my food.
I stock the house with what I eat and am slowly moving my family into eating as I do.
And do you know what is happening with them?
They are not getting sick either. My kids and husband have not been ill in several years now. (watch the whole house will have the flu now that I said that).
A lot of all of this is getting the taste buds to adjust. When they have adjusted to REAL food - and are not responding to all the additives - what happens is that the processed does not appear attractive. It starts to have the same UNappeal that cigarettes have. When the taste buds are used to the over taste of processed - they have to kick in and be able to taste again - and it takes a while.
- February 8, 2009 at 4:03 AM
- Michelle said...
What I do when I see something that looks SO good that I NEED to have is I tell myself, "okay, if you want it so bad, you'll still want it tomorrow. If you want it tomorrow, you can have it."
Rarely do I want it the next day - it's just an impulsive eating problem. Once I cut out my impulsive eating, it was a lot easier to treat myself (because they were more planned) and I stopped feeling the guilt at eating something on impulse.
- February 8, 2009 at 4:54 AM
- TNelson said...
Thanks for a well-written very thoughtful post. I have saved it to go back and re-read again and again. I need to understand and make this concept a part of my life. As I've said you are a wonderful writer - I think you should consider a book!
- February 8, 2009 at 5:05 AM
- new*me said...
beautiful, thought-provoking as usual Lyn!
I was one of the "perfect cases" for the first 3 months........and I lost weight fast. But, I think that had a lot to do with the fact that I stared at 307 and hadn't been exercising. It shocked my body.
Now that my body is used to eating healthy and exercising, it doesn't often give off the big numbers anymore. I know I would have to start a marathon to do that. I can't really cut any more calories.
The thing I have learned is I can have a meal or a day off, but just one. When I used to go off "diets" it would be for a year at a time. This is why I know it's a change in my life this time. I think when the click in our brain happens, we are on the right page.
- February 8, 2009 at 5:55 AM
Love this post!It touches on something that is critical for me in my quest for my best me. A lot of diet advice says to reward yourself (in a non-food way)when you hit mini-goals. I never really needed rewards. Seeing the weight come off, the increased energy, etc., is the best reward in the world for me. When I am losing I feel good about myself and continue to do the things I need to in order to lose. This feeds me emotionally in a positive way. But when my loss slows down or stops I don't feel as good about myself and I start sliding in my eating and exercise. (Getting my groove on vs. being in a rut)
What I realized I needed instead of a reward when things are going well, is a boost when things are slowing down.
For me there are a couple of things that I do for a boost. First, I check to see how my bras fit. Most of us (women in general) are wearing the wrong size bra. It is amazing to me how much better I look and feel with the right bra. I am a huge advocate for getting fitted for a bra. When I feel good about me the eating right and exercise comes so much easier(getting my groove on) One of the other things I do to boost myself is to dress a little better. I love this one because it doesn't cost any money and times are tight at my house.
I am pretty much a jeans and t-shirts kinda gal. When I start sliding into the rut, putting a little more effort into how I dress can make a world of difference. And I do mean just a little effort. Wear a shirt that needs to be ironed instead of a t-shirt, put on some nice shoes, wear slacks instead of jeans, under no circumstances should I stay in my work out clothes all day even if it's a Saturday. When I am dressed better I feel better about me and then I treat myself better. Which means eating well exercising, believing that I deserve the best life has to offer. What might boost you out of your rut and into your groove?
- February 8, 2009 at 7:37 AM
- Diana said...
So true! We can't be perfect and have to allow ourself to be imperfect in order to be successful at this.
I was an all or nothing gal for a long time. This time I've accepted that I can't be 100% on all the time with food and exercise. I'm just human and I screw it up sometimes. No worries.
I think that's why this time, I know it's different. This time I will succeed because I've accepted that I'm flawed at this, I can't be perfect 24 x 7.
Great post...as always...you've got it figure out. :)
- February 8, 2009 at 8:53 AM
- lost41in08 said...
Love your blog! So many of your posts I can really relate to.
Like so many of your readers, I have struggled for years to find my groove, and last summer I finally found it.
There are 3 things that have helped me get in a groove...and stay there. We all have different things that work for us, but I hope this can help just one person:
1) Build on the small successes; don't focus on the big picture.
I began with 119 lbs to lose. That was way too overwhelming to me, too far to go to really keep on track! So I decided to divide it up into 10 pound goals. Each time I reached a mini-milestone, I reward myself with a special "non-food" item, a Bath & Body shower gel, a new pair of shoes, something that I consider a splurge. I'm now closing in on the 60 lb. mark, which is huge for me, it's the HALF WAY mark. Put one foot in front of the other, build one small success on top of another...and before you know it, you've lost a bunch of weight!
2) Cut out flour and sugar.
I know this sounds extreme, and I'm by no means a health nut, but it's made a HUGE difference this time for me!
Every time I've dieted in the past I suffered from headaches, cravings, and that feeling of 'starving'...all the time!! The carbs we eat (before I would do those 100 cal packs) feed the body's sugar craving and then it just wants more. With me, it was so consuming that at times I could hardly focus on other things, I was just hungry all the time. This time I do not have any of that. I eat a wide variety of foods (love Mexican and spicy foods!) and eat veggies, fruit, grains, protein, dairy...and I feel full and satisfied.
3)Get support for your journey!
Having someone to cheer you on is a HUGE benefit. There are lots of groups out there, I joined TOPS, a great organization, and one of the more economical ways to go. I need that weekly accountability!
Hope these help, I appreciate your blog so much, and hope this year will be really good for you, that you'll get in that groove and start losing again.
Thanks, Lyn. We're all cheering you on!
- February 8, 2009 at 9:34 AM
- Heather said...
well, as one of those people who has cut out all the bad stuff and has been pretty successful, I can say - its not easy. And it still isnt easy. there are still days that I think, what if I were to buy X when Im at the store? so the temptations are there. everyone still has their struggles and they will likely be there. but it is very true what you said about a groove. when you have it, it makes passing up those temptations easier. thats why when my groove is suddenly put in disarray like going on vacation or traveling, its hard to focus and I do get off track. but when your in it, its great!
- February 8, 2009 at 1:37 PM
- The Better Idiot said...
Thanks for your comment and nice post!
- February 8, 2009 at 1:41 PM
- Scale Junkie said...
I've found that in the past my biggest problem is that I get into a groove and then say "hey this works, I know how to lose weight" and then I lose focus all the while thinking I "know" how to do it but thats where the big fat word ACTION comes into play. Wanting isn't enough, its follow thru and taking the actions necessary to get there. Now I just need to lather rinse repeat about 250 times and the pounds will be gone.
- February 8, 2009 at 2:51 PM
YES YES YES!!!! I have finally found my groove! For months and months I kept trying to get started but I could never string more than 2 or 3 days together before I found myself at Walgreens buying their 3 candy bars for $1! Now I have completed 6 weeks and have lost 18 pounds...and have even been walking the last few weeks!!! It was all about finding that groove and now I am filled with confidence that I will keep going. :)
Lyn, your inspiration was so key in helping me get back on track. THANK YOU!!!!
- February 8, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- Ria said...
I love the groove analogy. I was in and out of my groove 3 separate times last year. During the periods when I was in, I lost weight very consistently, and when I was out I actually gained some back . . . roughly 75 aggregate pounds forward and 15 aggregate pounds back.
Accepting that this is a lifelong process with no "finish line" helped me get over my frustration with myself for not staying "in the groove" more consistently last year - even if I had, I still wouldn't be "done" and staying in my groove will take effort for the rest of my life. In case you haven't already seen them, here are links to a couple of great blog posts in that vein.
I'm with you on giving it 99% this week - you're right, we CAN do this.
- February 8, 2009 at 5:34 PM


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Antique stained glass window installed at SJU
December 13, 2013
By Tommy Benson '17
The "cold hall" in the SJU Quadrangle got a little warmer on Dec. 5, with the installation of an 80-plus-year-old stained glass window.
The window was donated almost a century ago to the Church of Saint Theresia in Donnelly, Minn., by Alphonse Mich Sr., a graduate of Saint John's Class of 1911.
The majority of the glass came from the Kokomo Opalescent Glass Company of Kokomo, Ind. This company supplied glass to Louis Tiffany and also to many U.S. cathedrals. When the church was decommissioned in 2000, the window was repurchased by Mich's two daughters, Mary Mich Rood and Joan Mich Criswell. They have donated the window to Saint John's in their father's memory.
With financial help from Paul Krump '82, a grandson of Mich, the window underwent a detailed refurbishing process. Renovation of the glass panes was done by SJU alumnus Gary Terhaar '67 at the Terhaar Stained Glass Studio in Cold Spring, Minn.
An oak frame was constructed under the direction of lead carpenter Michael Roske '77 at the Abbey Woodworking Shop. This was a challenging task as the finished product weighed over 200 pounds. A light box designed by Br. David Paul Lange, CSB/SJU associate professor of art, gives the window a charming glow.
Jim Dwyer '75, director of planned giving, and John Taylor '58, senior associate in SJU Institutional Advancement, facilitated the overall project. Taylor mentioned that members of the Saint John's Campus Planning and Design Committee voiced concern about how difficult it would be to change the light box on this massive structure once one burned out. They were reassured that they would be long dead before any bulb needed to be changed, due to diode lights' incredible lifespan.
After careful deliberation, the committee decided that the window would hang in the "cold hall," overlooking the beautiful Monastic Courtyard in the Quadrangle. The window was installed there by the head of the installation team, Gary Jorgenson, and was blessed by Abbot John Klassen '71 in the presence of Mich family members, as well as SJU President Michael Hemesath '81.
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This just in … New Year's Day is the second most popular holiday for car thieves.
A new study from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (pdf) reports that New Year's Day is the No. 2 holiday for car theft, with 2,286 vehicles reported stolen in 2011.
No surprise, Halloween clocked in at No. 1 — with 2,328 thefts reported in 2011, according to the NICB report.
So why the heck is New Year's so popular with car thieves?
Most experts speculate that the heavy use of alcohol at holiday parties, which makes revelers more careless about where they park their ride, is a major factor in the uptick in illegal activity.
An interesting write-up from TheCarConnection.com on the NICB study pointed out that Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day had the lowest reported thefts among all big holidays. That report pointed out that, unlike New Year's, those holidays are more family-focused and end up with revelers most like at or near their home — instead of carousing downtown.
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Escaped Florida prisoner described as 'a schizophrenic'
GRAPEVINE, Texas – The Florida prisoner who stabbed a detective and escaped near Dallas while being transported to Nevada is "a schizophrenic" who vowed not to return to prison, according to authorities and a 911 call released Wednesday.
Alberto Morales, 42, escaped Monday after using a piece from his eyeglasses to stab Miami-Dade Det. Jaime Pardinas, one of two officers transferring the prisoner by car to Nevada. The escape happened while they were stopped in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Grapevine, a community near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
Grapevine police spokesman Robert Eberling said authorities continue to search near the airport and will do so until they believe they should look elsewhere. He said the search covers "any place anybody can hide," including yards and drainage ditches.
Eberling said inmates who knew Morales in prison have told investigators that he had vowed not to return.
"He's made it pretty clear that he's not going back to prison," Eberling said.
On a recording of a 911 call released Wednesday, Pardinas can be heard breathing heavily as he tells the operator that he's been stabbed. He described Morales' height, weight and appearance and then added, "He's a schizophrenic."
On another 911 call, a bystander told the operator: "There's a guy with a gun and somebody on the floor bleeding." The caller than clarified that "the guy with the gun is helping the guy that's bleeding."
Pardinas was accompanied by Miami-Dade Det. David Carrero during the transfer. They flew to Houston with Morales and then decided to drive the rest of the way after he became disruptive on the flight. They had stopped near the Wal-Mart while waiting for a third officer who was flying in to the Dallas area join them. Department policy requires three officers to be present for ground transfers of prisoners.
Pardinas, 54, remained hospitalized in Dallas on Wednesday after undergoing surgery. He's in "delicate condition" but is expected recover, a Miami-Dade police spokesman said.
Pardinas and Carrero were taking Morales to Nevada to serve a sentence of 30 years to life for a conviction of sexual assault with a weapon.
Eberling said Morales was able to escape even though he was shackled "appropriately," wearing handcuffs and a chain to prevent him from moving his arms.
More detectives from Miami are expected to come to Dallas to help with the search that already involves the U.S. marshal's service, authorities at the U.S.-Mexico border and law enforcement officials from Miami and Nevada, Eberling said.
Police initially thought Morales might be in a vehicle stolen Tuesday morning at a motel near the airport, but Eberling said Wednesday that's not the case. He said the vehicle has been recovered in Dallas and is not believed to be connected to the incident.


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RENTON, WASH. – Major League Soccer announced the complete 34-game schedule for Seattle Sounders FC today, with five matches selected to be televised nationally. Downloadable schedule is avaiable for fans below or by clicking here.
Both of Seattle's Cascadia Cup matches against the expansion Portland Timbers will be broadcast nationally in high definition by ESPN, including the first meeting on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes on May 14 at 8 p.m. (PT) on the Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field. That game is the first of three in a row at home. Sounders FC visits the Timbers on July 10 at 2 p.m. (PT) on ESPN.
In the other two Cascadia Cup matches, the Rave Green faces Vancouver Whitecaps FC for the first time on June 11 at home. The two teams meet again in Vancouver on September 24.
All Sounders FC MLS league matches not aired nationally will be carried live in high definition on KING-5 or KONG-6/16 with Arlo White calling the action. All locally broadcast matches will also be aired either live outside of Seattle or on a delayed basis throughout Washington on FSN/ROOT SPORTS™* (Comcast channels 627 & 30). Select Sounders FC Spanish language TV matches will be aired on KOMO2 TV, Comcast channel 114, a Univision sister station.
Each match will also be aired live on the radio home of Sounders FC, News Talk 97.3 KIRO FM. All Sounders FC Spanish language broadcasts will be aired on La Gran D 99.3 FM, except nationally aired broadcasts.
Sounders FC will play three of its first five games at home, beginning with the MLS 2011 First Kick on March 15 against the L.A. Galaxy on ESPN at 6:30 p.m. (PT). The remaining ESPN2 matches are at home versus the New York Red Bulls on June 23 and on the road at Los Angeles on July 4.
Following the May 14 Portland game Seattle hosts Sporting Kansas City on May 21 and FC Dallas on May 25. Another three-game home stand begins on August 27 versus the Columbus Crew. Sounders FC plays Real Salt Lake on September 10 and D.C. United on September 17.
Five of the six trips to the Eastern Time Zone occur during the first half of the season, including back to back matches at D.C. United and Columbus on May 4 and May 7, respectively. Sounders FC visits the new Kansas City soccer stadium on August 6.
The final home game is on October 15 against the San Jose Earthquakes. The regular season concludes on October 22 at Chivas USA.
The team will later announce an additional friendly to be included in the season ticket package. Season tickets can be purchased by visiting www.SoundersFC.com or phoning 1-877-MLS-GOAL.
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Ariane 5 carrying Herschel and Planck lifts off
14 May 2009
At 15:12 CEST, at the beginning of a 55-minute launch window, the Herschel and Planck satellite pair lifted off on board an Ariane 5 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
Herschel and Planck launch
The satellites are expected to separate from the rocket about half an hour after launch, and establish their first contact with Earth about 10 minutes after separation.
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The Planck mission's data put a kink in precision cosmology
Milky Way: Serge Brunier/ESO; Gaia: D. Ducros /ESA
For as long as humans have wondered about it, the universe has concealed its vital statistics — its age, its weight, its size, its composition. By the opening of the 21st century, though, experts began trumpeting a new era of precision cosmology. No longer do cosmologists argue about whether the universe is 10 billion or 20 billion years old — it was born 13.8 billion years ago. Pie charts now depict a precise recipe for the different relative amounts of matter and energy in the cosmos. And astronomers recently reached agreement over just how fast the universe is growing, settling a controversy born back in 1929 when Edwin Hubble discovered that expansion.
Except now the smooth path to a precisely described cosmos has hit a bit of a snag. A new measurement of the speed of the universe's expansion from the European Space Agency's Planck satellite doesn't match the best data from previous methods (


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