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I will tell you, this has been a very slow process. Sometimes it's frustrating. But I just have to keep looking at the positive.
I've had days where I've felt great about my progress and others where I almost break down (i.e. the time I went to Target looking for shorts and nothing looked good on me or fit right).
This is definitely an adjustment. I am not sure what to put on my body. I walk into my closet and about 80% of my clothes are unwearable. And I don't want to go out and buy a ton of new things because I am still losing (albeit slowly).
There have been some successes in this process, however. The other day I was able to button up some of my pre-pregnancy jeans! Granted, those were my "fat" pre-pregnancy jeans and they were tight as all get out. Even my husband commented that I probably shouldn't wear them out of the house. It still felt like an accomplishment, though. I'll take anything I can get!
I had another accomplishment - actual weight loss. I'll get to that in a second.
I was feeling so frustrated at the scale. I know what you're going to say. "Stop looking at the scale!" But it's tough. And it stares at me, teases me and taunts me. And I'm a little obsessive. I weigh myself almost every day. I know that's bad, but it's really interesting to see how much my weight does, in fact, fluctuate. I was stuck at that 15 pound mark since April. Now, that is especially frustrating to see when you are eating right. Then all of a sudden I lose a pound. And the best part? One week later, another pound! That seemed like a LOT seeing how I had zero loss for about two months!
So here I am. 12 pounds left until my pre-pregnancy weight. It's probably more like 10 because my boobs are ridiculously huge. This is definitely something to celebrate (the weight loss, and perhaps the boobs, too)!
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I obviously cannot go on any kind of strict diet or cleanse, since my body needs the calories for breastfeeding. I especially cannot eliminate carbs because it will kill my milk supply. I am not doing any strict calorie counting, just trying to eat cleaner. More veggies, lean protein, and whole grain. Lots of water. I think of it this way - I want my baby to have the best nutrition so I am putting good things into my body. I cheat sometimes, especially on weekends, but I make it a point to not overdo it.
I know I am doing the right thing with my diet, simply because Kennedy is still exclusively breastfed and is in the 70th percentile for weight (this was at her 4 month check up). She really is a big baby. The chunker can fit in 9 month clothes and even a few 12 month things! Haha! My body is a baby nutrition machine, and I keep telling myself that any time I feel down about my weight. That is something to be proud of!
Finding time to exercise was becoming very difficult during the school year. I parted ways with my yoga studio for the time being so I could get serious about getting back in shape. The main reason was because my yoga studio doesn't offer childcare, and the gym does. Even doing DVDs at home was getting to be difficult because Kennedy requires much more attention nowadays. I reactivated my gym membership and have been going every weekday in the morning since summer started. My feelings are since Kennedy doesn't want me to sleep in, I might as well use that time doing something productive while my husband is working. That way we can be together in the evenings and I don't have to rely on him to watch the baby.
Getting to the gym in the morning has been fun for not only me, but Kennedy, too! She is a ham and the girls in charge at the kids club love her. Kennedy loves being around a lot of people so it's a great time for her to interact, observe, and play. It takes a lot of pressure from me to figure out when to work out.
I don't know how fast I will lose weight from here on out, but at the end of the day, I am doing everything right by eating right, exercising and breastfeeding. It's just about all I can do at this point.
At the end of year Theatre Banquet at school. This is actually with 15 pounds left to lose. |
Moms, what helped you stay focused and on track when you were trying to be rid of your baby weight? Please share your tips!


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Understandably, couples faced with the decision of choosing an egg donor typically have concerns about the donor's genetic makeup. Fortunately, there are options available to help a couple identify any genetic disorders their donor might have and reduce the risk of passing these traits on to the child/children born from the donation.
There are two approaches when it comes to donor genetic screening, which are not mutually exclusive. The first and more traditional approach begins with genetic counseling. The genetic counselor will take a detailed family history from the donor and recommend specific genetic tests based on this history (and the ethnicity of the donor). Though this is still considered the standard approach in the industry, it has two potential flaws. First, the donor may be unaware of a specific genetic disease in her family or, worse, may choose not to disclose it. Also, single gene testing can be very expensive, especially when it comes to the "Jewish Panel" (performed on Ashkenazi Jewish donors), which can cost over $2,000!
A new alternative that has become more prevalent in recent years is Universal Genetic Testing (UGT). With UGT, a single saliva or blood sample can be analyzed for the presence of multiple recessive genes at a relatively low cost. Currently, the first such test available is called "Counsyl." This test costs $350 and evaluates 100 recessive traits, including the Ashkenazi panel).
If a serious recessive trait is discovered, the intended father needs to be tested for that gene, or the donor should be excluded. Most doctors tend to encourage the latter choice.
Critics of UGT are uncomfortable with its "shotgun" approach. Detection rates for diseases not common in specific ethnic groups can be low, however, these women would not ordinarily be tested for these diseases so not much is really lost. In contrast, the cystic fibrosis screen in Counsyl contains more mutation than most of the traditional single gene tests currently available. Also several less-serious diseases (that do not have life-threatening affects) are included in Counsyl, and finding such a disease may unnecessarily create anxiety on the part of the recipient couple. Some doctors have started customizing the panel to exclude such conditions. One genetic disorder not included in the Counsyl panel is fragile-X. Women carrying this mutation can produce boys with severe mental retardation and autism. Fragile-X is the most common cause of mental retardation in boys and one of the few proven genetic causes of autism.
Both the traditional approach and UGT are appropriate options for screening egg donors. I personally recommend Counsyl and fragile-X testing on all new donors. If for some reason Counsyl is not desired, Caucasian non-Jewish donors are screened for cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), fragile-X, and Tay-Sachs enzyme. I also recommend that a complete blood count be donor to screen for thalessemia. As always, your doctor and genetic counselor will be able to help in deciding which genetic tests are most appropriate for your donor.
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Bikeability is a three tier training scheme to teach you how to cycle safety and confidently on the road with respect for other road users. The three different levels are as follows:
- Level 1 - conducted in a controlled environment away from roads and traffic. Cyclists are usually trained in groups of 3-12 riders, although individual training may be available. Provides the basic cycle control skills including, starting and pedalling, stopping, manoeuvring, signalling and using gears.
- Level 2 - On-road training for those who have completed Level 1 and are ready to progress; it gives real cycling experience and makes trainees feel safer and capable of dealing with traffic on short commuting journeys or when cycling to school. Training is mainly in small groups over a number of sessions.
- Level 3 - develops the basic skills and trains riders to make journeys in a variety of traffic conditions competently, confidently and consistently. Cyclists reaching the Level 3 standard will be able to deal with all types of road conditions and more complex situations. The course covers dealing with hazards, making 'on-the-move' risk assessments and planning routes for safer cycling.
In schools Levels 1 and 2 are often delivered in years 5 or 6 and Level 3, where it is available, in Y8 or 9.
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At McLaren Lapeer Region, patient safety is a top priority. One of the many ways we work to prevent potential errors is the use of standardized color-coded patient wristbands. The same colors for these specific alerts are used in more than 25 other states. The color-coded wristband is a visual "alert" for all staff members, and helps everyone provide the best care possible. The meaning associated with the specific color is written on the wristband to reduce the chance of confusion.
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We want to prevent falls at all times. Your health care team will determine if you need extra attention in order to prevent a fall. Sometimes, a person may become weakened during their illness or because they just had a surgery. When a patient has this color-coded alert wristband, it indicates this person needs to be assisted when walking or they may fall.
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Patients and family members need to be involved.
Please share information about allergies with your caregivers. This includes foods and pollens, as well as medication allergies.
If you have a tendency to lose your balance, tell your nurse. If you feel faint or unsteady after a procedure or following sedation, inform your caregiver and do not try to get up without assistance.
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Eastwood plays Gus, an aging baseball scout who is about to be put out to pasture. With his critical eyesight failing, estranged lawyer-daughter Mickey (Amy Adams) joins him on what could be this last scouting mission. Justin Timberlake plays a rival scout.
Eastwood still effortlessly tears up the screen. And Amy Adams is a good fit.
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Keane's Army wrote:Posh wrote:Name a better left midfielder in the US pool ....
Anyone that has better pace is a better left midfielder. Good with the ball and in his service, but that alone shouldn't get you to the field in the World Cup. He isn't dynamic enough to make a different.
If he is in that role it's going to be a brutal world cup for the US. He would be asked to stay with the likes of Theo Walcott, James Milner, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ashley Young and Aaron Lennon. Not happening. And he isn't going to be central with Bradley, Feilhauber, Edu, Holden and Jermaine Jones in there.
It should be Rodgers, Adu, Torres or a resurrgent DeMarcus Beasley on the left.
stlouissoccerfan1615 wrote:A little sensitive, are we? Simply stating a fact. If you claim you should have won 5-0, you won 1-0, that is not a good sign. If someone from CB would have posted the same thing, and I have no idea if they too should have won by a much larger margin, then the same could be said for them. Let the boys play and we'll see how the season progresses.
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I have a confession to make. I use Gentoo Linux. My colleagues at the various Linux User Group meetings I attend think I'm nuts. Everyone knows that Gentoo is a source-based Linux distribution. Gentoo's reputation (in large measure pushed by the people who develop the distribution) is that it's for people who want super crazy optimizations, and it really is suitable only for those who use desktops. In truth, Gentoo is ideal for a whole bunch of other, unexpected, reasons. Much to my surprise, people actually are using Gentoo in production environments for these very reasons.
Because there is binary compatibility across all the descendants of the original i386 processor, the other Linux distributions (not to mention everyone writing software for Microsoft Windows) can ship prepackaged binary versions of their software compiled for the generic i386 platform and take advantage of the fact that it'll work everywhere. The other side of this is that these distributions are unable to take advantage of any new optimizations your fancy CPU might offer, which is a pity.
Gentoo is a built-from-source distribution; however, you are able to specify compiler flags to be used when building software for your system. GCC in particular allows one to specify the kind of CPU on which the code will run. By specifying the processor type, such as Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon Thunderbird, the compiler is able to generate processor-specific code that, in theory, results in better, faster machine code.
Is a Gentoo system faster? Anecdotal evidence is mixed. It seems that a Gentoo system runs somewhat faster than an identically configured system running one of the more popular distributions. But, any minor performance advantage is squandered completely if the system is not installed, configured and tuned correctly. Because many of us don't know how to do that, and because Gentoo offers so much latitude to do your own thing, it's easy to lose the benefits of slightly faster programs if you do something silly.
So, from a speed perspective, it really doesn't matter whether you use a build-it-from-source distribution or a binary-package distribution. If improved speed is not a reason to use Gentoo, why would you want this built-from-source thing?
People get annoyed at their computers for a variety of reasons. The one we focus on here is the newer version problem, and modern operating systems run into it in two ways. The first way is when users need a toolkit, utility or other item that is not included in the distribution. As a result, the users need to roll it themselves. The second way is when a newer version of an application or tool is available than what is included in the prepackaged distribution.
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Gentoo really shines, however, when a user needs a newer version of a piece of software. Let's say I'm using the bluefish HTML editor, for example, and a bug is annoying me. A newer version of bluefish might be available in Portage, Gentoo's software package management system, so I might be able to ask for the upgrade. Gentoo has a handy command called etcat that can determine what's available:
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interesting article
An interesting article. I've been thinking of playing with Gentoo for a while. The idea of easily being able to build customized packages appeals to me, as it's seems to be like rocket science on Debian...
no so hard
Just 2 commands for any standard source (./configure based) :
dpkg-build -rfakeroot
Nothing else...
I have seen debian boxes tota
I have seen debian boxes totally corrupted by this kind of installation
Debian is particullary picky about extern packages, gentoo will build any package acording to your new choice if needed.
What if you do that for kdelibs ? gtk ? glibc ? the system will suffer, not on gentoo !
Another overlooked benefit is
Another overlooked benefit is Security. Gentoo Hardened includes tons of excellent security features including SELinux, and you are not limited like other security-focused distributions. You can install basically any software on Linux, and the binary is automatically hardened; just check the configuration.
I use gentoo on every compute
I use gentoo on every computer i got on my home, If you want an easy to install gentoo based distribution with graphical instalation you should check Vidalinux Desktop. Is based on gentoo but is using Redhats anaconda to install everything. http:://desktop.vidalinux.com :-D
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Minimum Supported Configuration:
AMD Athlon XP or Pentium 4 compatible processor, 1.0 Ghz; 10-GB hard disk; 256-MB RAM; 800x600 screen resolution
Recommended Configuration:
AMD Athlon XP or Pentium 4 compatible processor, 2.0 Ghz or faster; at least 20-GB hard disk; at least 512-MB RAM; 1024x768 screen resolution or better
where gentoo's minimum system requirements are:
Hardware Requirements
CPU i486 or later
Memory 64 MB
Diskspace 1.5 GB (excluding swap space)
Swap space At least 256 MB
does anaconda really take this much power?
I've been using Linux for ove
I've been using Linux for over 10 years and Gentoo was the distro to pull me away from Win32 for daily use. It's takes a little work for the initial install and the larger compiles like kde. Once installed its great. Easy to use, maintain and update. Seems you have what you need in the version your looking for, including its dependances.
Great Distro. Next Debian & Slackware (Slack being my 1st Linux distro) then Mandrake and Suse. All Great.
The main thing is to Enjoy Linux no matter the distro!
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - To understand how real the NFL returning to Los Angeles is, you have to travel back five months and 1,929 miles to the Minnesota state Capitol in St. Paul.
A stadium proposal to keep the state's beloved Vikings in Minneapolis was teetering on collapse, the House Government Operations and Elections Committee voting 9-6 against a deal previously struck between the team, the governor, legislative leaders, and the mayor of Minneapolis.
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With the Vikings' lease at the outdated Metrodome already expired and Los Angeles looming large with two viable stadium proposals in place - not to mention the plane owned by Vikings owner Zygi Wilf parked at a Southern California airport - the possibility of the club fleeing Minnesota for California seemed as real as January snowfall in the Twin Cities.
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"`If you don't get this deal done, there are other viable markets that will come after your team,"' said a source with intimate knowledge of the meeting.
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"With the conversations indicating if there is fallout, if (the Vikings stadium deal) doesn't get done or you're ready to throw in the towel, we're ready to sit down and talk to you about coming to Los Angeles," they said, according to the source.
Within hours after Goodell and Rooney's visit, the stalled debate was miraculously jump-started. Less than a month later, the Minnesota Legislature approved a final bill for a $975 million stadium in downtown Minneapolis.
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It's no longer a matter of if the NFL returns to Los Angeles for the first time since the Rams and Raiders left in 1995, but when.
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The NFL is taking notice at the highest levels, not only in words but in action.
Last July, the commissioner issued a league-wide memo laying out specific instructions for any team interested in re-locating to Los Angeles, making it clear any move would be a cooperative effort between his office and the team, while setting a Jan. 1 to Feb. 15 deadline for clubs to express intent to move in time for the 2013 season.
Then last month, Rooney predicted a team would be in place in Los Angeles within five years and possibly sooner - echoing the same feelings as Jones, who also sits on the NFL stadium committee - and did not rule out two teams eventually moving to L.A.
Meanwhile, league sources indicate it's a foregone conclusion the NFL will be back in Los Angeles sooner rather than later, the consensus being with a new collective bargaining agreement ensuring labor stability for the next 10 years and long-term television contracts in place, the league can now shift its focus back to L.A.
"Getting back to Los Angeles is a very, very high priority," said a high-ranking NFL official.
And one the league is growing more and more excited about.
"Stadium development in Los Angeles has advanced to the point where the prospects for a new facility are better than they have been in many years," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said.
So what is the holdup?
Well, with the NFL holding firm on maintaining the balance of a 32-team league with eight evenly split four-team divisions, adding one or two new teams through expansion is not an option at this point.
That means an existing team, or teams, must relocate here. Then there is the matter of Anschutz or Roski hammering out a deal with the club and NFL that makes sense for everyone involved.
And that is no easy task considering the millions and millions of dollars at stake.
"To be sure, there are hurdles to clear," said an NFL source, who made it clear he expects the NFL back in Los Angeles in the near future.
Or, as Jones put it bluntly this week: "It's going to take a bold financial commitment."
Identifying the possible teams might be the easiest part.
With the Vikings out of the picture, the three most likely clubs are the San Diego Chargers, St. Louis Rams and Oakland Raiders - with the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars lingering in the background.
The Chargers and Raiders have fought for years to get new stadiums built in their cities but have met with resistance from state leaders relative to public assistance. Neither is any closer today to getting a new stadium than when they began their fights more than a decade ago.
The Chargers have a three-month window each year from Feb. 1 to April 30 in which they can buy out their lease at Qualcomm Stadium - an escape clause that fits snugly with Goodell's relocation deadline and makes the Chargers the only team in position to move to L.A. for the 2013 season.
The Rams, meanwhile, have a clause that stipulates the Edward Jones Dome must be in the top quarter percent of NFL stadiums in 15 separate categories or they can terminate their lease at the end of the 2014 season.
The team and St. Louis officials vehemently disagree over how much money is needed to facilitate the necessary upgrades and have agreed to use a binding arbitrator to help close the gap, which is estimated at close to $600 million.
Depending on what the arbitrator rules - and the case is expected to run through the end of this year - the Rams could be a strong candidate to return to Los Angeles.
Their owner, Stan Kroenke, was among the bidders to buy the Dodgers, and insiders suggest he has strong interest in operating a team in the country's second-biggest market.
The Raiders are running a distant third, with league sources indicating the NFL is so mindful of putting a fail-safe team in place in Los Angeles they might block any attempt by the Raiders to move to L.A.
The equally significant issue is negotiating a deal that mutually benefits the stadium developers, the team and the NFL.
And while Aiello said the league wants back in Los Angeles as soon as possible, he also stressed: "Only under conditions in which we can be successful."
The actual stadium issue is nearing completion, with the City of Industry project cleared for construction and Farmers Field, which has already secured a $700 million naming rights deal, on target for complete clearance by the end of the month.
Albeit with two different business models.
Under AEG's proposal, Anschutz will foot the entire $1.3 billion to build the stadium while asking to buy part or all of the relocating team. For a template, consider the deal AEG made with the Lakers when Staples Center opened in which Anschutz bought a 25 percent stake in the Lakers and the majority ownership it has in the Kings.
Roski, on the other hand, is reportedly offering the 600 acres he owns 22 miles east of Los Angeles to any team interested in moving there, although the team would then have to pay for the stadium itself with Roski purchasing a piece of the team.
Both groups stress they are keeping all options open and that there is enough mutual motivation to bring football back to Los Angeles a suitable deal benefiting both sides will be negotiated.
With the league intent on returning to Southern California, multiple teams in desperate need of upgraded facilities and two stadium proposals in place, Los Angeles is as well positioned as ever to get pro football back.
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Computer Generated Image from Micro-MRI, actual size of embryo = 6.0 mm. This image offers a left-sided perspective of the internal organ development of an embryo at the beginning of six weeks. The age is calculated from the day of fertilization. The most prominent organs displayed are those of the cardiovascular system which continue to develop at a rapid rate during this phase. The heart (seen here as a bright red rounded structure on top of a dark red bulge) is the first functional organ to develop in the human embryo. It begins its existence as two simple tubes that quickly fuse to form a single chamber or heart tube that is busily pumping blood by the 23nd day. At around the 25th day, it exhibits four slightly bulged areas that represent the earliest heart chambers called sinus venosus, atrium, ventricle, bulbous cordis. During the next three weeks of development, the heart tube undergoes dramatic contortions so as to change its structure to become a four-chambered organ capable of acting as a double pump. This image depicts the heart at the 36th day of development. The tubes have undergone the aforementioned changes and the heart is divided into its four definitive chambers. They will assume their adult positions in just one more month. This image also offers a clear depiction of the vessels that convey blood to and from the heart and brain. By the fourth week of development, the heart is pumping blood through the rudimentary vascular system. The blood largely bypasses the liver (seen here as the dark red bulge posterior to the heart). The umbilical vessels (posterior and anterior to the heart and liver) convey blood between the fetal circulation and the placenta where gas and nutrient exchanges occur with the mother's blood. Once the fetal circulatory system is formed, few vascular changes occur until birth and the umbilical vessels closed. In the eye region (as represented by a red dot surrounded by a green ring) the lens is almost completely closed and are starting to undergo retinal pigmentation. The growing nerve endings around the spinal cord are indicated in white. The brain is also undergoing rapid differentiation as the irregularly shaped vesicles continue to form. The prominent uppermost bump in this image represents the future cerebellum. Continual development in the brain will bring about three major components, the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain.


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I don't think I can emphasize enough that I, like every other lightworker, souled being am on my personal journey– there is no destination . And, while I acknowledge that I am in the midst of my own Masterhood–I also understand that this in itself is a journey, that there's much more to create and learn. I've come to accept that relationships, all relationships will change, some will grow closer to me, some will grow away. And, all is appropriate. I have changed, how I see things have changed, how I experience the world has change. I don't always readily understand it, but, I will always allow it. What's the recourse, hurting my brain trying to make sense of it? Hurting myself emotionally by trying to resist change? Slow it down, so that I can feel caught up? So that I feel like I have some control over it? Yeah, uh… no! Why no? Simple I tried that before, it's a time I like to call… my 20′s. And, it was a beautiful, self-inflicted hell… And, I will never do that again! Go with the flow, follow your highest self… trust yourself, you cannot fail. Life is an adventure–these are just pretty words. I know these things for sure. I've lived these things.
To be a master, you must stand on your own
I picked up my first new age book at 10 years old… It was, "You Can Heal Your Life", by Louise Hay. My mom and I saw her on the Oprah Winfrey Show back in the 80′s… My mom found her intriguing, so she bought the book, but, I was the one who actually read it from cover to cover. My first New Age movie was "Out on a Limb", it was based on Shirley McClaine's early shift into awakening and consciousness… I'm pretty sure I was either a pre-teen, or in my early teens when it was released. But, the point I'm making is this… My entire life has been about getting to where I am now. And, where am I?? I'm in the midst of my Masterhood… That's where I am.
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In my life-long quest of self expression, I've learned this for sure… I don't like cliques, I don't require approval of anything other than my own heart. I know that I can walk alone, as long as I'm happy–and, I'm happiest when I'm true to myself. I have never felt comfortable with the concept of group think–thus, I've happily sat on the fringes of a lot of organizations, groups, communities, etc… Why? I think I've always known this: very rarely does a group allow it's members to become self-empowered enough to lead themselves. The moment someone does that–the entire group turns and swarms them like angry bees. You know what I'm talking about. You've either been one of the angry bees attacking, or you've been the rebel who questioned the hive, and was attacked.
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I had a very odd weekend… It was a weekend of shifting. It was so weird, that I cannot define it. All I know is that a layer of something came off, at the same time, the ground beneath me seemed to move when I wasn't looking. My mind was in such shock, and in such a tizzy of anxiety that it–my mind, found my last nerve, and got a severe talking to. After that–I just ignored her, she gets out of hand, and it's exhausting to try an reason with her and all the stupid questions of "what?", "why?", "who?" Honestly… who fucking cares, mind?! Truly, when has logic ever worked in these scenarios?! When have you ever figured it out, while it's happening?? Right, NEVER! So, do shut up! Needless to say, I avoid people during these times… Everyone will have a bout of crazy, there's no need to take anyone with you. Hahaha!
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Another thing that has developed during this time, is mylove affair with being alone. Once upon a time, when spiritual pursuits exclusively involved mystery schools, monasteries, etc… Initiates would be thrust-ed into solitude… Whether it be spending time on a mountain alone, going on some sort of pilgrimage or vision quest. Now, spending time alone becomes this addictive luxury. Being alone with your thoughts, your changing DNA, your changing thought forms, just concentrating on breath and allowing… It becomes the new sexy. The lack of sound becomes a lullaby. What used to be anxiety-inducing thoughts of "Oh God, what if I'm alone?!" Becomes, "Oh, thank God, I'm alone! Yay!" In these times, is when you become grateful for the solitude to be, and become more of yourself. In these times, you become comfortable with the idea that all you need is you, and that's all you've ever needed, or will need.
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We've been misinformed in that we've been taught that we have to put up with eachother's mess, or fix it, or clean it up. And, then we wonder why we fight with one another. It's simple… Not everyone wants their mess cleaned up! Not every one wants to admit they are a mess. And, some people stupidly think that someone wants to deal with their mess, when they, themselves cannot stand it. Okay, I'm not a huge advocate for logic, by any means. But, that shit makes no sense. If you can't stand yourself, why should anyone else?!
I am at the point in my life, where I am releasing relationships with people stuck in persona, and unaware of realness. To be quite blunt–I find them unattractive. It's like asking me to fall in love with the idea of someone, or the idea they'd like me to have of them, rather than the person themselves. Who can truly fall in love with anything, or anyone that isn't real? No one. –Not truly. Sooner, or later, we all must be ourselves, whether we want to or not. And, that is when the truth of who we are, and what we are is revealed. And, yes… we will all see you. So, again, why bother with the pretense, the games, the masks, the show, the persona(s)? They are just your own creations that you got lost in, and for a time, perhaps some will willing get lost with you. But, then again, there are those of us, that wouldn't bother to get lost because we refuse to engage in the first place.
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Listen… I'm a psychic medium… I advise… I clarify choices… I don't make the choices, nor do I deal with your consequences. I simply say… "These are the options I can see. If you choose this… that may happen. If you choose something else, well, then… something else may happen." But, I'm very, very, very careful NOT to tell you what to do. Why? Um… I'm not taking responsibility that doesn't belong to me. Two, your work should earn your rewards! It's all you, about you, and you should reap the benefits, thereof. But, how the heck can you do that if you will not take a chance on yourself. How can you figure yourself out, if you are too scared to be alone with your thoughts, your feelings, and yes…even your fears?
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So, this is where we wonder why it is that some of you believe that some members of your family deserve things, and others do not? Why should some have more than they require, while others do not have anything at all? Who are the designers of the idea, that your planet does not provide everything that you all need? Who benefits from this farce? This illusion? When did it all begin? And, most importantly… Why? The why, we can tell you. Once upon a time… you all knew that you were family. And, at some point, you chose to forget. So the same planet that could provide everything for everyone, now "seemingly" has a shortage of it's ability to provide food, shelter and clothing. Or, has someone realized that the withholding of those things, is a wonderful (if not horrible) way to control large groups of people?


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Page 3 of 20 Edwards remembers the year he was captain and a big lineman complained that Sullivan was slugging him. "Nobody hits me, not even my daddy," the lineman said. But Edwards wasn't about to get involved. "Besides, Bull wasn't really hitting the boy," he says. "Just in the solar plexus." "Yeah," says Bill (Sweet William) Gore, a retired postman who was Bull Cyclone's good friend. "They'd think he was killing a boy out there when all he was doin' was gettin' his attention." Bull Cyclone's attention getting took varied farms. One of his favorite tactics was to have his players practice hitting one-on-one, head on, right before a game or, when he was especially irritated, at halftime, or even during time-outs. More often than not, this was very disconcerting to the wide-eyed apposition, not to mention what it did to the bodies of the Scooba players. Often in these drills Bull Cyclone wouldn't tell his players who was supposed to be the ballcarrier and who was supposed to be the tackler. So, starting 20 yards apart, a pair of players would tear into one another. Before such drills, Bull Cyclone also had the habit of saying, "Now, I don't want to see any of you ----s standing up, and I don't want to see any of you ----s on the ground." L.C. Jeffries, who played on one of Bull Cyclone's early teams after having seen combat with the Second Infantry in Korea, says, "Sure, we broke some ribs and noses going one-on-one with ourselves at halftime, but understand that what Bull did didn't come out of cruel rural ignorance. He was a smart man and he was playing on the psyche." Although Bull Cyclone would line up all his players in their star jerseys for the pre-game head-ons, he often made sure that his best ones, especially the quarterbacks, who were inviolate in his scheme, never took a lick. When they neared the front of the line, one of the eight or nine scrubs would jump ahead and replace them in the rotation. These unfortunates Sullivan called the "gook squad." Hence when the apposition looked over to see Scooba banging heads, what it unknowingly saw far the most part was the gook squadders repeatedly laying into each other. Bull Cyclone made sure, though, that no one on the team felt safe. Sometimes he would advise his players, "I've killed more men than I can stack on this football field." That usually got their attention. One time, when he was mad at Bradberry, he said, "Bradberry, I killed seven gooks with a foxhole shovel. One more sonofabitch like you won't matter." If these remarks were hyperbolic, their substance was real enough. Sgt. Sullivan had fought the last battles of the Pacific with the First Marines, ending up on Okinawa, where he was wounded on June 16, 1945. Maybe that's why he thought he could demand so much of his players, whose sacrifices couldn't compare with those of the good Americans he had fought alongside, and left behind-and finally, as we shall see, honored. He never quite separated war and football. Flipping through what seems to be a scrapbook dedicated entirely to football, one suddenly comes to a long clipping about Okinawa, with a huge headline: BLOODIEST BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC. Once at halftime Bull Cyclone spread his players along the 50-yard line--"Team! A-ten-shun!"--and marched them to the end zone, military style, to reacquaint them with that foreign terrain. Bull Cyclone didn't always need a whistle to get his players' attention. He just hollered "Whoaaa!" and everything screeched to a halt. His language, especially in the earlier years, could wilt the blossoms in Mr. Smith's pasture. Grown men listened in awe when he cursed-"Unbelievably vile," says Charlie Box, who was a fullback and no prude. One time, Dick Potter, a referee, felt obliged to penalize Scooba 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct because of how grossly Bull Cyclone had yelled at one of his own players. But more frightening was his mere presence. He was big all over-ham-hock arms, huge feet, a melon head so large that when he decided to change his game ensemble, switching from a ten-gallon hat to a baseball cap, he had to split the cap in back to get it comfortably on his head. Virginia, a lovely woman, his second wife, who was at his side all the years in Scooba, remembers a player telling her, "Miz Sullivan, we're not afraid of Corch. Why, we reckon ten or twelve of us together could whip him." Players commonly took off their shoes as they passed his room, fearful that they might awaken him from a nap. A lot of times he would tear off his coat in the middle of a game, throw it down, stomp on it and then sort of hurl it back to the bench. Whatever player got in front of it would quickly pass it along, because nobody wanted to be holding it when Bull Cyclone started looking for his coat again. And, to be sure, nobody dared put it on the ground. So the coat would go up and down the bench like a hot potato. Lester Smith, a quarterback from Foley, Ala., recalls one game at Southwest during which the fans were "giving him fits." When the game was over and the fans were threatening his players, Bull Cyclone told them, "O.K. now, if I say 'sic 'em,' I mean sic 'em!" But he became the point man and went and stood in the stadium gate and glared at the fans until one by one they all melted away, and Bull Cyclone's team filed out, unmolested. To spice up practices Bull Cyclone would sometimes have the managers wrap old mattresses around pine trees to make blocking targets. The idea was to see if anybody could slam into a tree hard enough to knock off a pinecone. Try it. Or, if he thought things were slack during a scrimmage, he would scream, "Get after it!" and the linemen were automatically obliged to choose up and start fighting one another. From his Parris Island days, Bull Cyclone borrowed the idea of an obstacle course, adding a wrinkle of his own-a trip wire in the tall grass that the managers yanked as the weary players came through. From another part of the course, Bull Cyclone would hurl bricks at the players as they tried to regain their balance after clambering over a wall. He would miss, but barely. He did, however, get their attention. Probably his most famous gambit was to hold scrimmages at the edge of the pond, which is located at the bottom of a gentle slope, down from where Mr. Smith's pasture used to be. Bull Cyclone came up with the scheme in order to test goal-line defenses. He took his defensive unit and lined it up in the shallow water, which came up to about the players' knees. Then Bull Cyclone had the offense storm down the hill. It "scored" if the running back could make it into the water. Gerald Poole, who's still on the faculty at Scooba, was Bull Cyclone's defensive assistant the day he dreamed up the pond scrimmage. "You think your defense is tough?" Bull Cyclone roared, and then had coach Poole station his players in the water. The first two goal-line plays, off-tackle, failed to get a splashdown. On the third and last shot, Poole told his middle linebacker that he thought the ballcarrier would come right over the middle on the next assault. "If he does, I'm gonna shoot him like an old dove," the linebacker said. Sure enough, the runner took the handoff and tried to leap into the pond over center. The linebacker popped up, met him at the height of his dive, and the two players crashed into the muck, headfirst. It wasn't uncommon for the defenders to lose their cleats in the Mississippi mud. |
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