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Breaking News in Kampala, Uganda
Yesterday gun shots, rioting, car burnings, trash cans burning and war cries and drums rang out as the Katikkiro the Prime Minister of Buganda was blocked from visiting one of the areas belonging to the Kabaka king by police officers. This was a slap in the face to the Kabaka (King) and to those wh oand honor his rulership which is more important than the role of the President of Uganda.
The Kabaka represents at least 40% of the Ugandan people because he is the "King" to the Baganda ethnic majority group in Uganda. So, to deny his "Prime Minister" access to his land that culturally belongs to him is a major offense. Hence, the youth have rebelled against the ruling presidential authority represented by the army and police. In retaliation, the youths blocked roads, burned tires and police stations, while innocent civilians and police officers were petted with stones, robbed and many physically harmed many, according to the Daily Monitor News paper on Friday September 11, 2009.
I just happen to be in Kampala for some professional meetings yesterday so when it began, I was stuck at Makerere University for over 3 hours. I heard the rapid gun shots, I saw the smoke from the distance and I listed as the sirens of the police and ambulance raced through the streets to carry the wounded from the riot. While waiting for the mayhem to settle, I listened to the elders comment on how the rioting was the worse they'd witnessed in the city since 1966, the year I was born. Everyone at the dinner table were worried about the safety of their family members traveling safely from the city to their place of abode.
Today, there are still pockets of places where rioting is still occurring, and it is predicted to get worse tomorrow, since the Kabaka is scheduled to return to Mukono Township to cross the bridge to his providence there. If the Kabaka himself isn't allowed to reach, I pray for the people of Kampala, because who knows the fate of either the people of Buganda, or Mukono along with the police.
When oh when, will Ugandan's learn to live in peace, instead of tearing their country to pieces?
This is horrible!
Thank you for sharing my dearest Edonna. As you know Nalubega adopted me in her Buganda Empeewo clan. My goodness! I can' believe this tragedy. I should write her soon. I have been so immerse in my classes, my teaching, my students, my many academic responsibilities that I have almost lost contact with the real world.
My heart is in Kampala right now.
I will write you very soon.
All my love.
Your soul sister Ara
thanks for posting
Wow, it sounds like quite a day there! I can imagine how it must feel since it is hard sometimes to figure out how to make the youth feel vital and included in things and give them a purpose they can respect and believe in. Too often they find a "cause" instead of a solution.
I hope things are much better and the people can begin to repair and rebuild the damage to both their buildings and their hearts.


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I'm rather proud of the graph I did in 2006 that traced the trendline of HZDS representation in parliament and extended it to 2010…where it crossed the X-axis precisely around June. I can't exactly do the same thing this year since extrapolating it t0 2014 out puts HZDS at negative fifteen seats. But as I […]Read the rest of this entry »
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A quick calculation. Even at current levels (which include the absence of MKP-SMK, which is looking increasingly likely), a Smer-SNS coalition would have just barely enough to sustain a majority. If Smer loses even 4 points from its current level (down to 34%) or Smer loses 3% and SDKU gains 1%, then Smer loses its […]Read the rest of this entry »
With 35% of precincts in, Smer is still in a commanding lead with 37% that is way above what the exit polls predict, while SDKU is considerably short of the predicted 18% (in the FOCUS poll) and MKP-SMK well short of the 5% threshold at 3.2%. But we need to take the process of reporting […]Read the rest of this entry »
I have lived my entire professional life with HZDS, frequently visiting its offices, often taking it to task for what I regarded as serious accountability violations. And with this set of results for the SUSR, I think it is gone. (I think it is the first time HZDS has ever fallen below 5% in any […]Read the rest of this entry »
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NYX • Stick Blush (All) • Blush
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scm240 on 10/22/2014 2:19:00 PM more reviews by scm240
Age: 25-29 Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Neutral Hair: Other Eyes: Other
Shade: tea rose
-surprisingly long-lasting. Survives the work day even better than some of my powder blushes.
-compact, twist-up packaging (slightly double the circumference of two lipsticks)
-easy to apply: either lightly dot it on your cheeks, or I dab my elf small stipple brush over it and lightly swirl it on
-not sticky or tacky at any point in application
-get along well with my NYX HD translucent powder
-more expensive per ounce than the Maybelline Master Glaze twist up cream blushes. These contain 0.13 oz.
I use this everyday for work and plan to purchase more.
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janis13 on 9/14/2014 8:57:00 PM more reviews by janis13
Age: 44-55 Skin: Other Hair: Other Eyes: Other
LOVE! Hibiscus and Waterlily - First one on the brightening apricot side; second is a little more plum/rose blend.
Use the brush, pinch the end of the bristles a little, sweep across the product gently and apply. Otherwise, putting on directly from the stick is too much. Blends very nicely. Stays on all day, very flattering, and does not settle into pores, pits, lines. $5.99 at Ulta. Have used as a lipstick too!
Prefer to powder that does not stay on so well and can be exceedingly drying. This is NOT oily nor does it wipe off easily. Truly a remarkable rouge.
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miniequalcrzy on 8/16/2014 1:17:00 PM more reviews by miniequalcrzy
Age: 19-24 Skin: Oily, Tan Hair: Black Eyes: Green
I have this in pink poppy which is the ugliest shade ever on nc40 skin. I don't remember why I bought it but I wish I didn't
The lasting power is quite good, the pigmentation is okay, it's moderately pigmented but it will still show up quite well on the skin.
The downsides are that it's hard to blend. Even more so if you live in a colder climate or store ur makeup somewhere that it's kind of cold. It'll make your foundation slide off ur face while you frantically try to make it look like you aren't actually a clown, and stare at the mirror, horrified at your reflection.
You probably can tell why I gave this 3 stars.
Overall though, if you are fair skinned most of these will look great on you, and if you have darker skin, as long as you can find a good shade you'll be fine.
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PlanetAmour on 8/14/2014 5:05:00 AM more reviews by PlanetAmour
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Green
I found these very hard to blend. I don't like pushing on my skin that hard to get a color blended. I prefer their cream blush to the sticks. Wouldn't recommend.
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ashli185 on 8/5/2014 1:47:00 PM more reviews by ashli185
Age: 25-29 Skin: Other Hair: Other Eyes: Other
I got this in hibiscus. Very pigmented & long-lasting (when set with a powder). This is my goto winter color. I used it almost everyday from sept-march & have barely made a dent.
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raspberry90 on 7/24/2014 11:41:00 PM more reviews by raspberry90
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Brunette Eyes: Brown
I have this in the color Tea Rose.
I honestly got it because it was $1 at Urban Outfitters. I had no idea what it was, how to use it, or any idea about the brand or what a stick blush was (apart from it being a blush, of course).
I get red very naturally and this is a great color to compliment my skin tone without accenuating my redness. I dab 2 or 3 applications on the back of my hand and then use a face brush to take it from my hand to the apple of my cheeks. It gives me just enough color. I don't think this is how you're supposed to use it, but if I applied it directly to my cheeks I know that I'd look like a clown, no matter how much I blended it in.
So anyway, highly recommended from an accidental buyer.
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GillianRose on 6/27/2014 6:37:00 PM more reviews by GillianRose
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Normal, Medium Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
I purchased the shade Pink Poppy and although it's a very gorgeous color, I would not recommend getting it again. Obviously it's a creme blush and if you have oily skin you shouldn't be buying any creme formed products but even if you had dry to normal skin, i still would not recommend it. It leaves off a very shiny and cakey finish and feels uncomfortable on the skin because of how sticky it feels. That's just me though, haha.
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MN48225 on 6/21/2014 1:41:00 PM more reviews by MN48225
Age: 30-35 Skin: Acne-prone Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
I'm a huge fan of the Tarte cheek stains so this purchase was a no brainer. I know some of the reviewers say it's a bit drier (though, not chalky) which is fine by me. My skin is incredibly oily so anything with too much "slip" ends up disappearing. I got Hibiscus and loved it. To me, it's a nice warm pink. And, I also got the Orchid which is coral with gold shimmer. The shimmer is visible but it's not too much. Subtle.
The packaging is standard for a blush stick. Though, I don't see the point of the outside coloring. It definitely doesn't match the inside and they're all really similar.
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amnasaeed on 3/13/2014 8:31:00 PM more reviews by amnasaeed
Age: 19-24 Skin: Other Hair: Other Eyes: Other
The orchid color is so pretty! Definitely one of the best blushes I've ever used. After foundation I just directly apply the stick to my cheeks while smiling then blend it with my fingers. It gives you such a pretty natural glow. LOVE IT!
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*TOP REVIEWER* PiMehMeh on 2/22/2014 2:37:00 AM more reviews by PiMehMeh
Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Brown
A great, well-pigmented, comfortable and affordable cream-stick blush. I purchased two of these in Hibiscus and Orchid. Hibiscus is a warm neutral color and Orchid is a beautiful duotone pink with gold shift, with Orchid easily being my favorite blush color of any blush I've ever worn.
The blush stick comes with a fairly generous amount of product for $6, more than many drugstore blush products. The packaging looks and feels of cheap plastic, but the blush stick is sturdily adhered to its case and the packaging matches the color of the blush, so it's easy to identify without opening and twisting up. The pigmentation of the blush may also seem a little intimidating but these sheer out to a flush of color when blended, and only about an inch-long line of application is needed on the apples of each cheek. A little goes a long way, and with powder these last nearly the entire day.
The only downside I find to these stick blushes is that they're not as creamy as higher-end stick blushes like Clinique's Blushwear Cream Stick or Josie Maran's Argan Lip & Cheek Color Stick. On application they feel a little dry and drag on the skin if directly applied to the skin, but it's the only thing I can do without wasting product rubbing it on the back of my hand to warm it up and make it creamier. When it's blended on the skin, the warmth makes it so easy to sheer out.
These are definitely more pigmented than my other favorite blush Maybelline Dream Bounch Blush. Since the NYX Stick Blushes are more cream-based and heavier though, I think I will stick to them only for the colder seasons when I need more moisture on my face, and switch back to Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush during the warmer seasons, since the Dream Bouncy Blush is a more lightweight cream-to-powder formula. Great drugstore blushes!
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|27 Dec 2009
Windows 7 is drive F
Hello, I have read most of the postings here and cannot find a solution.
I have xp and windows 7 dual booting and all appears to be working well except 1 thing.
xp was alreading installed and I already had a free partition. I installed windows 7 onto the free partition. My problem is that windows 7 is on drive F and xp is on drive c. It does not matter which os is started, they always show as xp on C: and 7 on F:
Everything works but most programs like to install themselves on c drive.
When I have dual booted in the past whichever os was startewas automatically renamed to C:.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to make it so that when I start XP it is on drive C (as it is now) and then when I start Windows 7 have it be on drive C
Thank you
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|27 Dec 2009
Windows 7 Professional x64
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Go into Device Manager and right-click on the partition whose drive letter you want to change. Then select Change drive letter and paths.
Hope this helps,
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|27 Dec 2009
Drive Letters
Drive letters don't normally change like that they are set and would only change if a device was removed.
From the sounds of it you had XP installed as C: along with a couple of optical drives which would be D: and E: and then you had another partition put into use afterward which would have been assigned as F:
This should work fine if you are having trouble installing programs look for the option when the installer starts to change the install directory to the drive you want the program installed to.
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|27 Dec 2009
You will be fine leaving the letters as they are.
I chose to have my first o/s partition as C , my second o/s partition as D , my third o/s partition as E, etc.
They stay consistent whichever I boot into.
There should be no problem with installers.
Have fun with 7.
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|28 Dec 2009
I would like that c: is always the drive I boot from. Some programs always install somewhere on the c-drive. Some of them do not give you the option to change.
So when I am in Win 7, (F drive) it will start putting stuff on my XP drive (c drive)
Would really like to have the following when I'm in Win 7:
c: Win 7 drive
F: XP drive
When I am in XP:
c: XP-drive
F: Win 7
When I had Linux on my system years ago it worked this way.
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|28 Dec 2009
Win7 x 6 PC's
Starting around RTM, Win7 started making drive letters relative on some installs, so that it always sees itself as C: when you're in 7, while Vista also sees itself as C: when ur in Vista.
I believe there is a way to force it to do that but would involve reinstalling, possibly both OS's.
Someone may know for sure or come across it.
I believe your problems with drive lettering will be minimal. SIW2 says so, and he is one of the smarter guys around here.
|My System Specs
|28 Dec 2009
Drive Letters
The drive letters will not change like that.
Once you assign a letter to a drive it does not change in that manner, it does not matter what partition you have booted to they are still the same C will always be C and F will always be F.
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|28 Dec 2009
Windows 8 Pro (32-bit)
It wuld probably be tricky to change the driveletter of the booted partition without reinstalling - I once used gparted to extend my D: partition which was reset to C: and cause that partition to be unusable.
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|28 Dec 2009
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How to Save Money on Your Internet Access
Internet access is a practical necessity these days, but in many areas there are only a few choices of providers, all of which are expensive. Here are some ways you might be able to cut your Internet bill.
Be a Perpetual New Customer
I got this idea from a Facebook post. In his case, the cable company offers a special "introductory deal" for new customers, which is almost half the cost of the regular rate. To qualify as a "new customer" you have to be off the service for three months.
So, what he does is switch the service to be in his name or his roommate's name every year (alternating every year). He says he's been doing this for years successfully!
Find a Cheaper Plan
If these options don't work for you, ask your Internet provider about a lower-cost, lower-speed option. For example, Time-Warner's Standard cable Internet package costs $44.99 for 15Mbps, which is overkill for most home users, but that is what most people get because that's what the cable companies push. Time Warner's Basic package is $29.99 per month for 3Mbps and their Lite package is $19.99 for 1Mbps. That might sound slow, but right now, I have crappy DSL, which is only 1Mbps, and I can still watch videos (although they are sometimes sluggish). So even if you only go down to the Basic 3Mbps package, you will save $180 per year with probably no noticeable speed difference! If you go down to 1Mbps (which is what I have on DSL), you'll more than cut your bill in half and save $300 per year!
Just Ask for a Discount
Another thing you can do is call your Internet service provider and ask for a discount. This is especially effective if you have a lower quote from a competitor or if you threaten to leave. I've heard this works 90% of the time. This worked for me with my cable company when I cancelled my cable TV. They immediately offered to lower my rate if I signed on for a year. It can't hurt to ask!!
Stop Paying the Modem Rental Fee
Some Internet providers charging a monthly "rental fee" for the modem. This is really outrageous and you should protest and threaten to buy your own if they don't waive this fee. Cable modems cost around $60 so after a few years of rental fees, they will be making pure profit at your expense. So, go to your cable company's website and look for a list of approved modems (or just Google it), then buy it yourself on Amazon and save the monthly fees!
Tether Your Android Phone
If you have an Android phone with Internet access, you might be able to "tether" it to your computer, basically allowing you to get Internet access for your computer through your phone. I wouldn't use this technique to watch a movie or anything like that. It will work for normal email and light web browsing. Check your carrier's policies about bandwidth and total download amounts. You could eat through any limits pretty quickly by doing this and actually spend more if you have the wrong kind of plan. But, if you have a data plan with lots of GB of data, or unlimited data, go for it.
Here are some articles that describe how to do it, either wired or wireless.
Some carriers allow tethering on iPhones, but you'll have to pay an extra fee for it (perhaps $20). But hey, it could be a good solution for you. Check with your carrier and be careful about data limits that could really raise the cost.
Free Dialup Internet
There are some Internet providers like Net Zero and Juno that give ten free hours of dialup access (remember that screeching noise when connecting?) per month. Obviously, these services are going to be slow because they are dialup, and they have big ads which make them even slower. They can be hard to connect to during peak times. Cancelling can be a bit of a pain, sometimes requiring a phone call. But, if you really can't afford anything else, these services can be a last resort if you just want to hop on the Internet to grab your email and things like that. It won't be very fun though.
Net Zero and Juno also have low-cost paid dial up services start for around $10 per month.
Your Public Library
You could go to Starbuck's for free Internet, but if you have to buy a coffee every time, that can be more expensive than just getting home Internet. Most public libraries (remember those?) offer free Internet access if you get a library card. Yes, it's not home Internet, but it might work if you only need it occasionally and get Internet on your phone the rest of the time.
Low-Income Plans
Some cable companies have low-rate plans for people with low incomes. Comcast offers a $9.95 per month plan if you have a child eligible for the National School Lunch Program. Check with your local provider to see what they offer.
Free Community Wi-Fi
Some cities are starting to roll out free Wi-Fi to their residents. Check your city's website to see if you're one of the lucky ones.
Cut Cable TV
You can cut the cable TV portion of your service while still retaining cable Internet. If you live in an area with TV broadcast stations within 30 miles, and you have a modern flat TV, you should be able to get most of the network channels for free using an antenna. Check out disableMycable.com for more info on this!
Any other ideas to save on Internet access? Please leave a comment. – Brian
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How can I get wireless without a cable company? Live in Columbus, ga. Retired
All local stations stream their broadcast over the internet nowadays on PC, tablets, or smartphones
I like to watch TV when I want it so use TIVO. Is there any way to use the internet for recording both internet and local TV? Any "box" to intergrate Internet, Local and TIVO?
This is a year without internet. I quit before i found this site. You have given me a lot of new ideas and most are easy to do. I have a roku running plex and can get some content that way, plus amazon prime. I wish i had saw the site for antennas i bought a very large one and get about 32 channels off the air. if i put a turning device on it i could get maybe10 more. i spent about 200 bucks total and the only thing i pay for is the internet and amazon. i had twc and they just went up to 49.99 and that's with me buying my own router. but i'm saving 70 bucks a month now over cable tv. Thanks for all your help and incite. It really has helped me tweek things. i used a dish mounting after i removed the dish and inserted a 12 foot fence pole. Work great but the trees get in the way in the summer.. i found on amazon a digital converter with a pvr Homeworx HW 150pvr, with a 1080 hd pass thru for 35 bucks
. It works great and no monthly fees. after setting it up it has worked like a charm. it records to a usb or hard drive thru a usb port. It might help someone else. looking for a cheap way to record ota tv. Thanks for all your helpful ideas
http://www.hulkusaa.com/watch-msnbc-live-streaming/ to watch msnbc or fox on cable
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Rabbit tv to watch a lot of broadcast and cable shows such as Comedy Central, history channel, and others
Thanks for your wonderful website! You've inspired me to stop complaining and start saving. Just ordered a Mohu leaf for the tv. Next, call verizon. Thanks again!
Brian, I have lupus, so I am often sick, huge medical bills, but I work full time, race in triathlons, and love only the first dozen channels on tv. My goal is to brutally slash expenses to pay off our student loans and retire with tiny expenses. I only use the internet to look up stuff, listen to pandora, Facebook, email, and watch Netflix, and for lupus support groups. No gaming or art. And I want to get rid of our home phone. We both have cell phones. We live in Summerfield, NC, and my mission is going to be zapping my time warner Bill, which is now 203 per month for phone, internet, and cable. No more! Anyway, sorry for the length of my post. I just wanted to thank you, because at least now I know where to start.
Thanks for a great site with so much research and well outlined opinions on this very popular topic.
I have been doing my own research and have one "smart" TV and another with a Ruko 3 unit. The smart TV was a great appetizer but the Ruko has me thinking I might be able to ditch my cable service and just use Comcast for internet.
Here is my question, I just can't see myself without CNBC and/or Bloomberg Financial in the morning. Because CNBC is Comcast content I can't expect them to ever broadcast over the internet, but if there was somewhere else I could get a live feed similar to these channels I think I can work around all the other details.
I used some of your suggestions to see what my TVs would pickup without the cable boxes and I was shocked at how many HD channels come flying in without anything between the cable and my TV. I am in a rural area where over the air is not really an option. I would still like to try a Chromecast and see if my laptop can give me the quality I demand. I have a 47 and a 55 flat panels and unless the quality is at least 720 it really looks like crap. My laptop is 3 years old and I didn't expect to ever watch movies on it so I didn't get one with top tier video support so I am not sure if this will limit the quality of media streamed from it to the Chromecast unit.
Thanks a lot for all the work and for putting together a great site.
HI Brian- I am sick of paying so much for cable but live in the boonies of New Hampshire-I have apple products (iphone and Ipad) and I wondered if I bought Apple TV, can I still get news coverage? I love to watch the local and national news every evening at home.
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• A comprehensive range of testing functions can be carried out
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• Supplied with shock resistant case and batteryA highly specified cost effective digital multimeter for the serious amateur and electronics engineer. This superb multimeter has a comprehensive range of facilities including an autoranging frequency function, capacitance, and a transistor test function that is ideal for selecting transistors for matched pairs. A spare set of test leads, (GW92A), are available separately.
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Device worked ideally in all of its modes and provides exactly what is required for my electronic competence working almost solely with DC equipment. The biggest nuisance is that, when the device 9V battery runs out you have to completely disassemble the device in order to get at it. After the battery was replaced the reassembly became a nightmare. Upon refitting at least one surface mount capacitor was dislodged and the device no longer works. Whether this is poor solder contact or a break due to something being out of place on refitting it should not require a full electronics suite of equipment to replace a battery...
I bought one of these about 20 years ago - the battery has been changed several times the 0.5A fuse more than once, but it still goes strong. My biggest criticism is that there is no auto-off feature, I have lost track of the number of times I have left it switched on by mistake and come back to a flat battery. PP3 are not the cheapest to replace either!
The product seems good but I feel that the instructions need to be fuller as terms are used without indicating the symbol that is used for them on the meter itself. In places more detail of how to use the various features would be useful, especially those not found on many more basic multimeters. No doublt, for a professional user of all the features would present no problems. I chose this meter as many digital multimeters do not have AC current capabilities, unlike my old analogue one that has finally 'given up the ghost'.
The item arrived on time, it has done all that I have asked it to do so far, and although it will probably be years before I try everything it is capable of I will not worry too much about the rest. A very reasonable cost to boot.
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The holiday season is a wonderful time to snuggle by the fire with a great romance novel. These love stories are the perfect accompaniment to a mug of hot chocolate—or a hot toddy!
Successful romance author Dakota Laurens attends a writers' conference as a scheduled lecturer but gets more than she anticipated when she meets the handsome doctor Walt Eddy. Both Dakota and Walt are slotted to use the same classroom, and the accidental double booking leads to shared drinks, conversation and mutual attraction.
This month's best new romances feature an introspective historical novel, unexpected passion between reunited friends and the first in a sizzling new paranormal series.
A sobbing 4-year-old bride. A disinterested 12-year-old groom. Married in a rural Indian village 20 years ago at the behest of a tyrannical grandfather, this couple doesn't seem destined for a happily ever after. That is, unless you ask Mili Rathod, the irrepressible heroine of Sonali Dev's charming debut novel, A Bollywood Affair.
Romance veteran Jill Shalvis' immensely popular Lucky Harbor series is coming to a close this month with One in a Million. In the final Lucky Harbor book, a jilted and jaded former-bride resolves that falling in love just isn't worth the risk, but when a beautiful deep-sea diver arrives to her small town, she questions her decision.
Jill chatted with us over email from her Sierra Mountain home about the beauty of a small town, finishing up a beloved series and of course, cookies.
This month's best romances feature a saucy courtroom affair, a paranormal fairy tale and a Scottish spinster who finds an unlikely match in a charming prince.
This month's best new romances feature an estrangled couple seeking a reunion, a rip-roarin' paranormal adventure and a contemporary story with a Gothic-inspired hero.
This month's best new romances include a friendship taken to the next level, a romantic suspense featuring NSA black ops and an earl tries to find love without his title.
Once you find true love, life is supposed to lead into a happily ever after—at least that's what the fairy tales promise. But real life and love come with the risk of real loss, as Holly Jefferson learns just six months after her wedding. Since You've Been Gone is a truly bittersweet story about a second chance at love, a debut novel by turns charming, funny, inexpressibly sad, and finally, hopeful.
Sarah Morgan's latest novel, Suddenly Last Summer, is our July Top Pick in Romance! A quiet, snow-capped resort town in Vermont heats up when a successful, yet commitment-phobic young surgeon returns to help his family in a time of need. But soon the resort's fiery French chef, Élise, seems to be occupying most of his thoughts, and their no-strings-attached arrangement may prove difficult to keep casual. We chatted with Morgan about her early literary inspirations, the Romance community and more in a 7 questions interview.


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4 day trips that will have you packing a bag for the Magaliesberg
The Magaliesberg is on the back stoeps of both Pretoria and Johannesburg. The mountain range, once known as the Kashan Mountains, is said to be 100 times older even than Everest. It extends from Rustenburg in the west, to the Bronkhorstspruit Dam just east of Pretoria – a montage of deep gullies, impressive kloofs, clear mountain streams, pools and waterfalls, well wooded slopes, rocky outcrops and a series of sheer quartzite cliffs.
A weekend's break in the Magaliesberg takes little more than a phone call and a bag on the back seat. But we've made it easier for you by designing 4 day trips in the Magaliesberg that include a little of this and a little of that (something for everyone, in other words). You can either choose one day trip and do it as is (we've tried to keep each day in a particular geographical area), or you can mix and match attractions until you have the perfect day for your friends and family… Continued


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Lost 39.4 pounds so far...
Fasting blood sugar has been below 100 for 21 of the past 23 days...
Been averaging over 100 fitness minutes a week since the first of the year, and that only counts walking and strength training...
Been staying within my calorie range most days....
Decided it looks like I'm going to stick with it....
Took a couple of positive steps in the 'committment to a healthy lifestyle' direction.
Last night, I checked out the weight limit on the Total Gym that's gathering dust downstairs. It wasn't my purchase, but it's there, so I figure someone ought to use it. I now have another major weight loss goal. When I lose another 75 pounds, I can use it. I'm pretty confident I can make that by the end of the year.
Tonight, went to walmart.com and bought "The Gold's Gym Total-Body Fitness Kit" which includes the following items:
Speed Jump Rope
2 Short & 2 Long Resistance Tubes (Light and Medium)
Stretch Resistance Band (Medium)
Stretch Resistance Tube Ring
2 Comfortable Tube Grips
Door Strap Attachment
Mesh Carry Bag
Exercise Guide
Workout DVD
I wondered for a moment if the two hours I spent sitting like a lump at the computer and browsing the web for the best deal negates the accomplishment of actually convincing myself and believing in myself that I will use it. I decided it doesn't because I *WILL* use it, and for a lot more than two hours.
I'm a wee bit sceptical about the 'speed' jump rope...what? It's motorized? Doesn't the 'speed' depend pretty much on the weight of the rope and how fast the jumper swings it???
I'm also disappointed that it's just plain black, or maybe dark grey. It's kind of hard to tell from the picture. I kind of wanted to reclaim a bit of my childhood with one of those brightly colored beaded jump ropes like we had on the playground when we were kids. You know the kind, with the cheap nylon cord threaded through inch-long plastic tube beads that hurt like the devil and left welts when you got smacked with one doing double-dutch, and sometimes, when the ropes got old and frayed and broke, the beads turned into mini-missles, flying across the playgorund like buckshot, putting out eyes and....
Ok, I exaggerate, maybe it is better that this jump rope is a plain cord after all....
And maybe I will keep an eye out for a nine-foot beaded jumprope anyway.
Also drank all of my water again today and got in thirty-five minutes of body weight and dumbell (filled liter water bottle = 2lbs) exercises.
if I went overboard with the emoticons. What can I say? Simple minds are easily amused.
Small steps, still, but going in the right direction.
Am I the only person who sometimes finds it hard to have compassion for some of the posters under the panic button?
Please understand I have done all of the foolish things I have described in the following rant. I am not judging anyone for doing them, because that would mean judging myself. I am just hoping my hindsight can help make others more aware of their current behavior and help motivate them to change it.
A few days ago, a panic button poster was talking about how they had no support from their family. Apparently the other people in the household like to bring home fast food, ice cream and other things not conducive to a healthy lifestyle. The poster didn't mention any effort to weigh and measure portions, said nothing about cutting back sweets drinking water, watching fat or sodium intake, eating fresh fruits and veggies, or anything. Not one "I am trying to�" Just complaining, "I get no support," and asking for advice.
I checked the person's SparkPage, and there was almost nothing there. Just two lines basically saying I used to be fit. Now I am fat. I want to lose weight. This person had been a member of SparkPeople for seven months but had never posted a blog, never updated a status, never designed a ticker, posted only a dozen times to the message boards, never set goals, filled out their profile, designed a program, set any SparkStreaks, or joined any teams.
I couldn't respond to the message board post because the only thing I could think of to say was DO SOMETHING!!! How can anyone support you when YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY EFFORT???
Now, I realize that some people don't need to use every tool that Spark provides, so this person may have been doing things that just weren't recorded. I also get that you can keep parts or all of your SparkPage private, so this person may have been doing and tracking things that I couldn't see, but access to the page wasn't completely blocked, so I definitely know that there was a lot that he or she *wasn't* doing.
I also understand being overwhelmed, paralyzed, so weighed down, if you will pardon the pun, with the amount of weight you need to lose and the VAST changes in your life that you need to make to get there. Maybe you feel like you can't afford the healthy food and basic fitness equipment you need to eat right and work out. Maybe you feel like you can't do it; like no matter how hard you try, you won't succeed; like maybe you don't deserve to succeed because you let yourself get so out of hand in the first place. Maybe you even feel stupid and worthless.
I've been in that spot, more than once. I have tried and failed to lose weight in every decade of my life. I joined SP in August of 2008, lost 30 pounds, hurt my knee, and quit. Knee got better, but I didn't come back until just this year, after a stint in the hospital with a serious cellulitis infection, three weeks on IV antibiotics, 2 weeks of physical therapy, diagnoses of Type II diabetes, hypertension, and anemia, and no medical insurance. So, believe me, I understand feeling bad and sad and miserable and resigned to a future of more of the same.
I also understand that if I'm doing NOTHING, then there is NOTHING TO PANIC ABOUT. DO SOMETHING. If you don't see results after a few weeks of concentrated effort, THEN maybe there is reason to panic.
A lot of panic button posters complain about trying but not seeing any progress. I can't tell you how many posts I have seen with this vague complaint. WHAT are you trying? Are you trying to 'eat better,' 'eat healthy,' 'eat smart,' 'eat right,' 'eat good food,' 'eat less'? If you said yes to any or all of these, do you have any idea how vague that is?
Eat better. I'm going ask for lettuce and onion on my cheeseburger. I'll squeeze in a veggie if it kills me.
Eat healthy. I'm going to eat whole grain crackers with my soup instead of ordinary saltines. I might eat half the box, but they're WHOLE GRAIN.
Eat smart. Fish is brain food, right? I'll go to Long John Silver's instead of McDonald's.
Eat right. I'm going to fill 50% of my plate with spaghetti and garlic bread, 30% with meatballs, and 20% with alfredo sauce. I might fill it three times, but everything is in the correct proportions, so I am eating right.
Eat good food. A medium pizza with sausage, green peppers, mushrooms, onions, and pineapple. I've got grains, meat, dairy, fruit, and veggies. All five major food groups. That's good.
Eat less. Ok, I'm going to get a Whopper and *small* fries with only a *medium* sweet tea today.
If your goals are not specific, you will never know if you achieve them. If you don't have benchmarks along the way, you won't even know if you're getting close. If you have no clear idea of where you should be on your journey right now, where you want to wind up, and how you are going to get there, then you have no idea if you are succeeding or failing, and you have NOTHING TO PANIC ABOUT.
When you don't have clear goals, I can understand a vague sense of anxiety making it hard to do anything, but if you're in that situation and don't seek to change it, you're just maintaining the status quo. Things aren't changing for the worse, they're staying the same. You aren't failing anything if you're not trying. That's no reason at all to panic.
Instead of panicking, turn that energy into something useful.
Set a goal: Lose ten pounds in the next 30 days.
Make a plan: Weigh and measure my food, log everything I eat, eat within my calorie range, drink 8 cups of water daily, exercise 3x/week.
At the end of the month, check your progress. Did you stick to your plan? Did you achieve your goal? Did you come close? Did you make some progress? If you answered yes to the first question and no to all of the other three, then, and ONLY then, MAYBE its time to panic.
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Sorry folks. I promise it was sarcastically funny, but now that I have vented about the idiots I work with, I don't feel like rewriting it. Maybe another time.
So, I was reading this message board post about how our parents' eating habits affect us: www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/messageboard.asp?imparent=26827040&imboard=1 and it got me to thinking.
In my reply, I indicated that my parents tended to have a lot of meat and potatoes, cheap starchy dishes, fried foods, and processed snacks and sweets.
I also mentioned the huge garden we had when I was a kid which every year yielded more lettuce, onions, radishes, carrots, green beans, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, peas, potatoes, sweet corn, red beets, zucchini, watermelon, pumpkins, patty pan squash, and one year, peanuts than we could use. I can remember sitting in front of the TV snapping a grocery bags full of green beans that I had helped pick or skimming little green worms off a five-gallon bucket full of fresh broccoli and water to help prepare our produce for freezing.
Then there were raspberries and blackberries growing wild in the meadows on my grandfather's farm, elderberries we got from the edge of the woods, and the plums, nectarines, peaches, cherries, blueberries, apples and pears my Dad brought home from his work at the orchard where he worked. When they were too ripe to ship/store/sell he got them free and we preserved them by canning or making applesauce, jam, and jelly. Many's the time I helped peel and pack seven quarts of peaches make a couple gallons of jam between breakfast and lunch. Sometimes, when there hadn't been any freebies for a while, dad would a half-peck of whatever was in season just to have it around the house.
Mom also encouraged us to try new things. Every time we went to the store, one of us kids got to pick something we hadn't had before. I was the one who got us eating kiwi and avocadoes.
My parents worked hard to give me all the tools I needed to eat right and live a healthy lifestyle. What they lacked between working minimum-wage jobs (I remember when Mom had 3 part-time jobs and sold Fuller Brush on the side and Dad worked 80 hour weeks making apple cider from September to January), caring for my grandparents, and providing for five kids was the time, energy, and know-how to teach me portion control and encourage me to have a peach instead of a cupcake or six.
I was the youngest of five, seven years younger than my youngest sibling, fifteen years younger than the eldest. By the time I came along, they were tired. They were struggling to feed and clothe three teenage boys and a first-grader. As long as I wasn't hungry, wet, or tired, I was a happy baby. Mom had to go back to work six weeks after I was born and my sitter spoiled me rotten. She gave me whatever I wanted. Tea and toast was a favorite snack, usually with four slices of toast.
Banning cupcakes, ice cream, and other treats from our house didn't make much sense when only one child had a weight problem, but I would often eat a whole box of pop-tarts or Kandy-kakes instead of just one. The more my parents tried to teach me limits, the more I was determined that I would have everything I wanted. If there wasn't any candy in the house, I would stir together peanut butter, oatmeal and honey for a sweet treat and eat it from the bowl with a spoon.
I suppose, if my parents could have afforded for one of them to quit working and stay home to play food police and teach me better eating habits, I might have grown up healthier. Then again, I might have grown up with some serious food issues because I was always very stubborn and the simple act of saying I couldn't/shouldn't do something was enough to make me determined to do it just to show you that what you said didn't matter. Sort of a 'you're not the boss of me' mentality.
I grew up with a lot of nagging, teasing, and humiliation from family, friends, classmates, and complete strangers. I have two memories that stand out and hurt to this day. One is of my youngest brother, who taught me to hit a baseball and ride my bike, wrapping his arms around me as I passed by him with some treat in my hand, grabbing my fat belly and shaking it. He didn's say a word, but the message was clear. I was humiliated and heartbroken that he could do such a thing. He was my best friend growing up.
The other is of my dad, lecturing me when he saw me getting a cup of tea and a stack of toast. I can still hear his voice, right down to the disapproving, disappointed, borderline angry tone, "Do you want to see how fat you can get? Is that what you're trying to do?" He went on and on until I was a snotty, tearful mess. It never occured to me then to point out that he was 5' 8" tall, weight over 200 pounds, his breakfast at the time was black coffee and a couple of cigarrettes, lunch filled a six-pack cooler, and dinner was after he'd had two or three beers at the tavern on his way home from work. He was my daddy and he could do no wrong. I couldn't see what a hypocrite he was being, even if I did weigh more than him by that time. I just sat down at the table and miserably choked down my tea and toast because I'd only get in more trouble for throwing it away now that it was already made.
Mom's way of 'helping' has always been to steal food off my plate. When all it accomplished was to make me angry, she didn't care. It was so bad that once in college, when a group of us went out to brunch after church, I slapped a girl's hand when she reached to take mine for saying grace before we ate. In my defence, we had never said grace around the table when I was growing up, but to be so accustomed to having my food stolen off my plate that I would expect someone I barely knew to attempt it, well, that just shows how little respect my mother showed me when it came to my personal space and my right to make my own chices about food, for better or worse. Now that I am weighing and measuring my food and trying really hard to lose weight and stay in my calorie range, well, she only had to be told off a couple of times about how she is sabotaging me, and she has stopped. It still doesn't keep her from taking off her oxygen and lighting up a cigarette when I am on the treadmill, but that's a rant for another day.
ANYWAY, coming to the point of this little rant now...
Despite their occasional, very painful (for me) missteps, I think when it comes to diet my parents did the best the could for me, both in the sense of making their best effort to help me be healthy and in the sense of doing the best thing for me. When I was little, they didn't have the luxury of one parent taking time off work to stay home to care for me, so my early habits were determined by a babysitter who used food to cope with her stress and resentment regarding an unfaithful husband. When I was older, they could have spent more time talking to me about healthy choices and balanced diets, but by that time, I thought I knew everything. Like I told my doctor at my first checkup after being diagnosed with diabetes: I am the kind of person who has to be hit in the head with a brick to get it.
What my parents managed to do was give me a toolbox that I can reach into to make healthy choices now that it matters to me...now that I am doing it FOR ME.
They taught me to be an adventurous eater, so I am not afraid to try new things. They introduced me to all kinds of fruits and veggies, so when I fill half my plate with green beans and Brussels sprouts, I know I'm going to like it and when I want something sweet after dinner, I know an orange will taste good. They taught me to grow and preserve my own produce, so I get to control the seasonings and sweeteners that go into my canned tomatoes and peaches, my frozen peas and corn, and I get the added benefit of the exercise that comes with tilling, planting, weeding, hoeing, and harvesting. They taught me to appreciate good, whole foods, lovingly prepared, so when I want ham and scalloped potatoes I go to the pantry for potatoes, not a box, and when it's done, it tastes like potatoes and ham, not sodium and preservatives.
Thanks to my mom and dad, I have always had the tools to eat healthy and maintain a healthy weight. I can't imagine what hard work this would be had I been brought up eating out, or eating out of a box or a TV-dinner tray or if my parents had bought more canned veggies and raised less of their own. I know I would not like tomatoes or green beans or cucumbers or bell peppers if I had never picked them myself from the garden.
I have always had the tools to do this job...the only difference is that now, I'm willing to do the work.
I deserve to wake up in the morning feeling like I can conquer the world!
I deserve to be able to walk down the hill to visit a neighbor without worrying if I will have the strength to walk back up.
I deserve to be able to get down on the floor and play with my little nephews at their level.
I deserve to be able to go to the movies or the theatre or a ball game and fit in the seat and enjoy the show rather than worry about the bruises I am bound to have on the outsides of my thighs and wonder what the people beside might be thinking about how I crowd them in their seats.
I deserve to walk into a room and sit on any chair I like without worrying if I will break it.
I deserve to eat delicious, nutritious food lovingly prepared by my own two hands with no unpronounceable ingredients and nothing in it that I can't recognize as edible.
I deserve to be able to ride in anyone's car without having to worry if the seatbelt will fit.
I deserve to feel fit, strong, and healthy.
I deserve to look in the mirror and ABSOLUTELY LOVE the person I see there.
I deserve all of this and more, because I have finally realized that it doesn't matter what my parents did right or wrong in raising me, it doesn't matter how much or how little money I have, it doesn't matter how mean the kids were in school, it doesn't matter how long I have procrastinate or how many times I have put myself down, or how many times I have given up...
I deserve this because I am back, and I am trying again, and I am working hard.
I deserve this, because I WILL NOT GIVE UP!