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[utterfrivolity] and [Ava] should expect presents within the next couple of weeks.
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There will be an open house on Saturday at CEC. Check it out.
Tickets are $5 and go to charity.
We might be able to hit that up, but in the event that we can't, we might be holding an emergency contest for tickets. Keep your eyes peeled.
The big story yesterday that you might consider relevant to us is the release of the Reebok Women's "Champagne" jersey. We actually don't know anything about this, believe it or not. We're generally of the opinion that if you don't think a jersey in the style that the players wear is attractive enough for you, your priorities as a hockey fan are way off. But the NHL keeps forgetting to ask for our seal of approval on things. We might have to issue them an official reprimand at some point.
A lot of big talk has been going on about NHL contracts and the policing of them, etc. Again, we basically believe that if a guy wants to play for a specific team for the right reasons, and the team is amicable to that, the agent, GM, and player will all get together and make it work in a way that isn't shitty. We will judge a player by his contract. A shitty or sneaky contract often belies what we perceive as personal issues on the part of the player or the negotiating GM. Which is why we appreciate the "non-awful person rule" that Ray Shero has made regarding people who he will seriously talk numbers with. Ilya Kovalchuk is a bag of dicks, his contract showed that, and the NHL recognized–not in a consistent or classy fashion, but they did it nevertheless. When we get some consistency, we will be a better league for it. In the meantime, dicks will be dicks. People who want contracts like Kovalchuk's aren't people we want on our team.
Part of our strategy for 2010-11 should definitely be Beating The Devils, though. We can't afford to be wet blankets again, especially with Girl Jeans Ilya streaking down the wing six times a year. Vomit.
Basically "people are assholes" is all we're trying to say and we don't deal with that.
In this final (painful) stretch of summer, try to remember:
New arena.
Seriously upgraded defense.
Chances are you have AC in your car.
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Importance Smoking is a risk factor for cataract development, but the effect of smoking cessation on the risk of cataract is uncertain.
Objective To examine the association between smoking cessation and the risk of cataract extraction.
Design, Setting, and Participants A total of 44 371 men, participating in the Cohort of Swedish Men, aged 45 to 79 years, who in 1997 completed a self-administered questionnaire on smoking habits and lifestyle factors. The men were followed up from January 1, 1998, through December 31, 2009. The cohort was matched with the Swedish National Day-Surgery Register and local registers of cataract extraction in the study area.
Main Outcomes and Measures Incident cases of age-related cataract extraction.
Results During 12 years of follow-up, we identified 5713 incident cases of age-related cataract extraction. Smoking intensity and cumulative dose of smoking were associated with an increased risk of cataract extraction (P for trend <.001). Current smokers of more than 15 cigarettes per day had a 42% increased risk of cataract extraction (rate ratio, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.28-1.58) compared with never smokers after adjustment for age and other potential risk factors. Smoking cessation significantly decreased the risk for cataract extraction with time (P for trend <.001). After more than 20 years since stopping smoking, men with a mean smoking intensity of more than 15 cigarettes per day had a 21% increased risk of cataract extraction (rate ratio, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.06-1.39) compared with never smokers. Among men who smoked 15 cigarettes or less per day, the effect of smoking cessation was observed earlier, but more than 2 decades after smoking cessation, the risk of cataract extraction did not decrease to the level of never smokers (rate ratio, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.04-1.24).
Conclusions and Relevance Smoking cessation seems to decrease the risk of cataract extraction with time, although the risk persists for decades. The higher the intensity of smoking, the longer it takes for the increased risk to decline. These findings emphasize the importance of early smoking cessation and preferably the avoidance of smoking.
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We also know that Google has said that it tries to identify sites purchasing links and will discount those links/votes when found. There has also been the discounting of cross linking between sites.
My question is about using Google's Webmaster Tools for multiple sites. If you claim multiple sites, whether or not you upload sitemaps, does Google discount the links/votes from one of these sites to the other? (i.e. Does using these tools hurt your/mine PR and SERP?)
From my experience, it appears that Google is already using the Webmaster Tools to identify sites that are controlled by the same person(s) and then devaluing links from one to the other. I have a very popular blog (PR6 with high internal PR rankings) that links to another ones of my sites. These links used to appear in Google as backlinks for the other site, but about 4 months after "claiming" them both in my Google webmaster tools, the backlinks disappeared from Google. Has anyone else seen this?
I wonder how much of an issue this will be in the future.
Now, if your trying black hat techniques and attempting to take shortcuts against google guidlines that would be a different story....
If you have one site that does well and has a lot of trust rank and one that does not, may be putting them together and letting google know you have multiple sites may be some trust rank will pass.
Food for thought....
Most of my sites rank very well, maybe it even helps the other (i.e. new) sites to inherit trust from the already established ones.
edit: @trinorthlighting: maybe I should read _all_ posts before writing my own :)
I hadn't thought about the combo of them possibly helping the one with higher trust bring up the trust of a lower trust site, but that could also work in the opposite way. I would hate to combine them into one Google webmaster tools account to risk it based on the roll of the dice.
As to blackhat versus whitehat, I'm not trying to scam Google or the others. I have multiple sites with well established followings/communities that likely all have good trust level, as they rank fairly well for their respective terms.
Matt Cutts from Google has said that Google discounts links known to be advertising (i.e. paid text links). That makes me feel as though since google is looking for unbiased "votes" for your site that they may also discount the value for a link if they know you control site A that links to site B.
Not sure about that. Do not use adsense - prefer other avenues that do not support the Google beast. The sites or rather small groups of the sites are on different servers with different class C IPs. The whois is set to anom.
They are white hat, but this is still a concern.
If I were Google, I would be more likely to devalue what appears to be deceptive interlinking, than open interlinking between sites acknowledging the relationship between the sites. Google knows that lots of us have multiple sites. Hell, Google has multiple sites that they link between.
I guess I'm just too lazy to go to all the effort of trying to hide the relationship of my sites.
Tell me it ain't so.
"penalize" may be a little tough, but Google has made it very clear both from MC comments and the support pages.
[google.com ] �Keep in mind that our algorithms can distinguish natural links from unnatural links. Natural links to your site develop as part of the dynamic nature of the web when other sites find your content valuable and think it would be helpful for their visitors. Unnatural links to your site are placed there specifically to make your site look more popular to search engines. Some of these types of links (such as link schemes and doorway pages) are covered in our webmaster guidelines.�
As Google considers each link to your site as a vote for your site/page for the given anchor text (greatly simplified), they are trying to avoid counting any links/votes that you have control of. This includes paid links, link farms, reciprocal links, signature and links on pages/site you control.
I do not buy into the belief that Google already knows about my sites being under my control. For some of them they do, but why should I go ahead and tell them to make sure that they know and can avoid counting those links. With that said, there is still a potential traffic benefit to cross linking between your sites; it is just whether you would like at least he potential for Google to count the backlink.


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I decided to get a sample of this from Sephora after watching Lisa Eldridge rave about it on YouTube. I am so happy I tried this product, it has definitely become a HG. I use this sunscreen as a primer/moisturizer/sunscreen and it has worked wonders. I get oily on my T zone and this sunscreen keeps my shine under control, no product before has ever done that. I love this sunscreen!!!
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This stuff is really good. So weightless, no shine, no oily face. I can use it as a primer.
Hard to spread, I dont want to tug on my skin, maybe its too uber dry, lol. I like max all day moisture better.
This is stuff is freaking amazing! I brought it after researching paulas choice reviews for a body sunscreen as I've moved to northern California and HAVE to protect my arms and neck daily. It is completely weightless and I really can't tell I am wearing anything. I only wish you could get a bigger bottle. Things have come along way from the thick white sunscreen my mum used to plaster over me as a kid at the English seaside!!
The Good:
- Lightweight with a matte finish. This is definitely a plus since most of the sunscreen I have tried has left my face with an oily residue. It almost feels like it's not even there!
- UVA/UVB protection. What's the difference? UVA is responsible for the skin aging and wrinkles whereas UVB is responsible for the skin burning and sunburn which is responsible for skin cancer. Protection from both is simply a MUST! Just make sure you are not allergic to any of the active ingredients.
- Minimal or no breakouts. My skin has been acne prone for some time but after using this sunscreen, not much breakout occurred during the day. I would recommend this for those with sensitive skin like me.
- Nice bottle application. The bottle allows for precise amount of sunscreen to be applied to the finger without too much of a mess.
The Bad:
- Expensive. This product is $26 in Amazon and a similar price in Ulta and other beauty suppliers. It is quite pricey, but not so much when compared to other sunscreens, especially Dermalogica's sunscreen which I lucked out of buying.
- SPF 30. This is the highest I could find, but then again, I have read that anything above SPF 30 is questionable. I just want to make sure I am getting the best protection I can.
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perfect just perfect....as I am very fair and have a acne prone skin I was afraid of all the sunscreens because they are all oily and made me break out..but this is perfect since I have switched my mustela oil free lotion to this and first you do not feel the product on your face it is better any kind of a moisturizer and gives you sun screen..it is not ithcy or caused any redness and made my skin oil free.also it not expensive ..totally a HG
This is a nice matte sunscreen, but it balls up under makeup. I'm keeping it, as it will be good for summer due to its matteness/light feel and with a powder foundation, but it does not work with liquid foundation - makes me look as if I have face dandruff. Yuck.
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This is in my top 2 sunscreens. It really does leave a matte finish and does not feel greasy at all on my skin. I've used two bottles of this so far and have had no issues with breakouts. It doesn't ball up on me when layering over moisturizer and wears great under makeup. There's a good amount of product for the price too so it lasts a long time. The only reason I don't give it a 5 is because I prefer a higher PPD and I only use this in the winter and use higher protection in spring/summer. Definitely recommend and will re-buy.
EDIT-Downgrade to 2 since I found out this is not stable s/s. There's no octocrylene to stabilize the Avo in this. Too bad, I love the texture and finish of this one, but I want my s/s to protect me :-(
I was initially against trying this sunscreen because of the negative reviews but I decided to give it try after I stood in Sephora trying every sunscreen they had and getting a whitish cast on my skin.
Of course I was trying them on the back of my hands but I digress.
This was the only one that didnt leave me looking like I had ashy hands so I purchased it.
I'm really glad I bought this sunscreen. Its really mattifying and leaves no ghost shadow on my face. I have super oily skin and all the other sunscreens I've used leave me super greasy and ghostly.
Even Neutragena Dry Touch left a little shine but that was the best I could find until now.
This is my new sunscreen.
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This product is better than other sunscreens for oily skinned people like myself but still leaves me quite oily. Sometimes I think this works for me and other days it's appears very greasy like I put butter on my face. I'm going to finish the bottle I have now and then will try something else as I am looking for the perfect sunscreen for super duper oily skinned people like myself.
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Phys Ther 90:1453-67. 2010..Acute care physical therapy is a rapidly evolving practice area, but little is known about the skills, knowledge, and behaviors necessary for a clinician to be most effective in this area... - Development and validation of the Function In Sitting Test in adults with acute strokeSharon L Gorman
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Finding an Apartment in Centerton, AR
With a population of fewer than 10,000 people, Centerton, AR is anything but hustling and bustling. There's a lot to do in Centerton, it is simply far and away from the fast-paced life of the city.
The town has a population of around 809 people per square mile. Far from lonely, but with plenty of room to breathe. If you want to enjoy a quieter lifestyle, without quite heading for a shack in the hills, Centerton, Arkansas may be just the right place for you.
The small size of Centerton means that there aren't a ton of apartment buildings in the area. Luckily, the town's proximity to Bentonville means that you can also rent an apartment there while working in Centerton.
Top Neighborhoods in Centerton, AR
Centerton is a fairly safe little town with a pretty low crime rate. Being a small town, you get to know your neighbors and there isn't much of a dangerous element here. Some neighborhoods are better than others, but it's hard to find a bad neighborhood in Centerton. That said, some neighborhoods worth checking out include City Center, Hiwasse and the Route 12 area. Most of the areas in Centerton are surprisingly affordable, so it shouldn't be hard to find something that is both in your price range, and in a good area.
Centerton is the perfect place if you want to get away from it all without giving up the amenities and conveniences of modern living. You'll be near the countryside, you'll be able to enjoy fresh seafood, but you can still grab a cheeseburger from the value menu at McDonalds if you don't have time to wait for some slow-roasted ribs to cook. Convenience and serenity, peace, quiet and accessibility, Centerton really does offer you the best of both worlds. Somewhere between urban and rural, you'll find Centerton, Arkansas.
Weather in Centerton, AR
If you've ever lived in Arkansas, then you know that the weather here is pretty humid, and surprisingly mild. We do get all four seasons, but they don't go to the extremes. Highs in most areas of Arkansas range in the seventies throughout the year and lows rarely go below thirty. The humidity is ever-present, so if you don't like muggy weather, you may want to see if you have any friends in other states willing to put you up for the Summer, but generally speaking, Arkansas is quite pleasant, especially if you have an air conditioned car to get around in.
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Due to the smallish size of Centerton, you don't have a lot of options for public transportation. If you want to get around easily, you'll want a car or a bicycle. Being just over 11 square miles, Centerton is quite easy to traverse by bike. The biggest transportation advantage in Centerton is that the Arkansas Highway 102 cuts right through the center of town, which makes for easy travel to nearby Bentonville and Decatur. If you want to get around the greater metro area, you'll want a car, but a bike can get you around town quite easily.
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While Centerton is a fairly small town, it's big on food, just like much of Arkansas. If you want barbecue, soul food, or seafood, you're in the right place. For some of the best ribs you'll have in your life, check out Smokin' Joe's Ribhouse. Ron's Hamburgers and Chili offers some of the better down home style cooking in the area. There are even some great world cuisine spots like Taj Indian Cuisine on South Walton Boulevard. And of course, you can always find Subway, McDonalds and others when you just want a little fast food.
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The man charged with causing the crash, 48-year-old Melvin Oscar Marry, has seven prior DUI convictions, according to prosecutors.
Troopers with the Montana Highway Patrol investigated the wreck and learned from witnesses that the driver of a Chevrolet Corvette, identified as Marry, failed to give right of way at the intersection and hit an SUV, causing multiple injuries.
A trooper reported that Marry admitted drinking a "few beers." When Marry was being given a breath test at the county jail, he asked if the test would show that he had taken two shots of whiskey, court records say.
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As Otakultura's pet uke, I was tasked to attend a yaoi convention called BLush last December 9, 2012. For you fellow gentlemen out there, "BL" means "Boys' Love." I'll leave that to your imagination. Anyway, this event was held at the Events Pavilion at 500 Shaw Zentrum in Mandaluyong City. I didn't really know what to expect from a yaoi con, but numerous pleas from my fujoshi friends pressured me to go. Also, I was kinda curious what happens in a yaoi con.
Having been with many fujoshi friends for a while, I've grown quite tolerable to yaoi, but most of the fujoshi I've met there were quite surprised why I straight guy like me would go into a convention full of BL.
When I got to the event, the line was pretty long. I wasn't really sure what was taking so long, but they could've at least set a separate lane for those who had pre-order passes. The convention hall was sparsely populated for almost two hours because all of the attendees were still in line. Nevertheless, I was eventually able to get in to help my friends with their booth.
BLush is a fujoshi's (or fudanshi's) paradise. Several booths were selling BL doujins and other kinds of merchandise, and there was a BL library in one corner of the con. My friends brought me to the BL library because all of the doujins were in Japanese, so I read some to them, and hilarity ensued. There were many cosplayers at the event, too. Characters from Gravitation, DRRR!!!, and Kuroko no Basuke were portrayed excellently by the cosplayers. And thus, every fujoshi had her shippy moment.
One thing I missed was the Butler Cafe. I wasn't sure what time my friends were attending, but it turned out they got the 3:30 slot, and I got the 2:50 slot. I asked the secretariat if there were any available slots for 3:30 so I could join my friends, but they told me I could only go to the 5:00 slot, and I couldn't go at 5 because I had to go home by 5. I didn't want to go to the butler cafe alone without anyone I knew, so I ultimately didn't go. Later, when my friends came back from their cafe service, they told me there were still some vacant seats at their table that I could've occupied because the other attendees during their service were no-shows. This was my biggest disappointment, and it felt like I didn't get enough value for my ticket. Nevertheless, my friends told me the butler cafe service was really great.
There were also several interesting panel discussions about BL that lasted throughout the whole afternoon. I heard the pairs cosplay competition only had three couples who participated because many of the attendees had already gone home by the time it started.
The event isn't for those easily offended by sub-cultures that enjoy seeing a different form of expressing sexuality and love. However, Blush Con makes its mark in the Philippines as the premiere go-to event for yaoi fans.


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The US killed 15 foreign terrorists from a Central Asian jihadist group during an airstrike in northwestern Afghanistan earlier last week.
The Turkistan Islamic Party said that 15 of its members, including 13 Uighurs and two Turks, were killed during a Predator airstrike in Afghanistan. The al Qaeda-linked groups made the claim in a statement released on a website associated with the Turkistan Islamic Party, according to the SITE Institute.
Although the Turkistan Islamic Party did not specify where the fighters were killed, a senior Afghan police commander reported that a strike killed 15 Taliban fighters in Badghis province on Jan. 19.
"We got information through intelligence report about Taliban meeting in Khatawaran village of Balamirghab district and passed it on to international troops. NATO-led forces carried out air raids and killed 15 rebels," the Afghan police official told Xinhua.
The Turkistan Islamic Party, which is also known as the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party or Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement, operates primarily in China's western province of Xinjiang as well as in the Central Asian republics. The group seeks to establish an Islamic state in the region. The Turkistan Islamic Party has training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan and is known to operate in both countries.
The Turkistan Islamic Party has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, the United States, China, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan.
Abdul Haq al Turkistani, the leader of the Turkistan Islamic Party, is closely linked to al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Haq, who is also known as Maimaitiming Maimaiti, became the leader of the terror group in late 2003 after Hassan Mahsum, the group's previous leader, was killed in Waziristan, Pakistan. Haq was appointed a member of al Qaeda's Shura Majlis, or executive leader council, in 2005, according to the US Treasury Department, which designated him as a global terrorist in April 2009. The United Nations also designated Haq as a terrorist leader.
Haq is considered influential enough in al Qaeda's leadership circles that he is dispatched to mediate between rival Taliban groups as well as to represent the Shura Majlis in important military matters. In June 2009, Haq was spotted in Pakistan's tribal areas attending an important meeting with Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistan's overall Taliban commander who was killed in a US airstrike two months later. Haq and a senior delegation of Taliban and al Qaeda leaders traveled to Pakistan's tribal areas to discuss the Pakistani military's operation in South Waziristan. Among those in attendance were Siraj Haqqani, the military commander of the deadly Haqqani Network; and Abu Yahya al Libi, a senior al Qaeda ideologue and propagandist.
The Treasury Department said Haq has sent operatives abroad to raise funds for attacks against Chinese interests both at home and abroad. He also is involved in the planning and execution of terror attacks, recruiting, and propaganda efforts. In early 2008, Haq openly threatened to conduct attacks at the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Haq ran a training camp for his recruits at al Qaeda's camp in Tora Bora in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province prior to the US invasion in October 2001 [see LWJ report, "The Uighurs in their own words"]. He later reestablished camps for the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party in Pakistan's lawless, Taliban-controlled tribal areas. Although the Chinese government has pressured Pakistan to dismantle the camps, they are said to be still in operation.
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Posted by Adam Sadik at January 24, 2010 9:36 AM ET:
Links between the Taliban and ETIP (restyled in 2000 as TIP) date back to the late 1990's as seen in CNN video footage of Hassan Mahkdum fighting alongside the Taliban and claiming that by the grace of Allah, they are in Afghanistan for jihad and when finished in Afghanistan will take jihad to other countries that used to be Islamic.
Hassan Makhdum is about 30 seconds in. He is the round faced fellow with the big beard and the white turban hugging people by the tank.
That's in addition to the Turkestan Islamic Party video released through Islam Awazi in January 2009 that praises martyrdom as the highest reward a Muslim can receive, celebrates the death of the infidels and apostates (that's you non-Muslims) and calls China just another front in the war between Islam and the West? Featured speakers in the video: Hassan Makhdum and Abdul Haq who an the camp for Hassan Makhdum that the Uyghurs attended. The video also purports to show ETIP training at a camp in Afghanistan that includes heavy weapons training and ETIP fighters rolling around on a T-62 main battle tank.
Did ETIP have multiple camps in Afghanistan or only the single camp that the Guantanamo Uighurs attended?
Hassan Makhdum and Abdul Haq are easily identifiable thanks to the subtitles that provide their names. A rough translation of the
video, with time reference points, is available here:
Posted by Taikonaut at January 25, 2010 5:55 AM ET:
The BBC and various Western media outlets for years claim that Uighurs were innocent people suppressed by the China and accuse the Chinese of wrongly laballing then as terrorist. Did you know many western media including the BBC has largely ignored this news because it confirms there are Uighurs involve in terrorism and killing US and British soldiers.
Posted by Zeissa at January 27, 2010 6:03 PM ET:
You would do well to impress my Motherland, China, with more than hellfire missiles in your many bombings.
Honestly, as a half-western person and a capitalist half-Chinese I find it rather annoying that Washington stopped sending money to South Vietnam and stopped short of securing the Yalu river crossing. Both NK and Vietnam annoys China these days, though Vietnam is changing from the south.
My point being, if you'd shown more strength in Korea there wouldn't have been Chinese support in Vietnam. As it is it broke the Russo-Chinese friendship pact. More strength and China might be another weak democracy with many nifty civil rights.
So yes, keep up the bombings. Do not care what your spoony friends say about blood that comes off 'civilians' (Al Qaeda support troops or family clearly, which in their culture is as good as support troops anyway). Blood impresses those of us in charge over here in the East. There are hundreds of millions of us who think you kill innocents, but a neo-autocracy doesn't depend on those idiots.
Posted by Zeissa at January 27, 2010 6:07 PM ET:
Mhmmm yes, actually we do suppress Islam (we let them have half an hour's prayer max per day and government officials are not allowed to practice at all), but it is justified for numerous obvious reasons. It is good that we control our old frontier region. Another fifty years and it will no longer be an ethnic frontier. By now we are already in the majority, though Muslim rioters tend to be more organized. Thankfully the army and police backs us up.
I am a Christian, and Christianity is only mildly suppressed in China by now, because Christianity is patriotic by nature. Also we are 10% and growing stronger. PS. I live in a special area region, that means I don't have to use proxies. ^^
My point being... there is a reason Islam is sat on by an anvil rather than a fat man.
Posted by Zeissa at January 27, 2010 6:08 PM ET:
Though truth be told a lot of the Uighurs are really nice, and they kinda look western - which is rather pretty.
Too bad some of them are poorly programmed religiously speaking.


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Much to my dismay, a squirrel clipped off about a 10 inch section of a combo of last years and this years growth on one of my fig trees. This clipping had a breba on it, and the bandit then snipped or broke the growing tip, about 4 inches, and left it behind. The breba is long gone (it was a quite plump one, too). This was discovered about a week ago, and I placed the tip into a cup with well aerated medium, and into an inverted peanut butter jar for humidity. Since this is all this year's growth, does it have a chance of rooting? It currently looks healthy, not drooping or dehydrating. Has anyone rooted this tender of a cutting before? If so, are there any pointers that you can share?
Thank you, Barbara |
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Figs are a very robust tree specimen that tend to survive many mishaps (including squirrels). My (naive) squirrels, so far, do not seem to bother my figs. Others have had less luck. Not sure if/how to permantly get rid of them (squirrels tend to keep coming back). I did have a loosing battle with them with the wild bird |
- Posted by danab_z9_la 9 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 30, 10 at 14:59
......both gun lead and peanut butter bon-bons (equal parts of peanut butter and plaster of Paris) will PERMANENTLY get rid of any fig eating squirrels. It will be very difficult for you to root that particular tip......just not enough energy reserves in rapidly growing "this year's" tender wood. Maybe someone will have a better answer for your question. Best of luck to you. Dan |
I have heard of that peanut-butter/plaster paste solution before...what it does really is a good 'plug' at their rear-end. |
- Posted by danab_z9_la 9 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 30, 10 at 15:30
The moisture inside of the animals stomach is absorbed by the dry plaster of Paris. This causes it to harden and solidify.....completely blocking their intestinal tract. The peanut butter is used for its smell attractant and the oil in the peanut butter is what keeps the bon-bon balls soft. Gotta really hate squirrels to get rid of them by this route. However; many get so angry having their fruit and vegetables stolen, that they use it as a last resort. Got to be real careful that dogs and cats do not eat it..... Dan |
- Posted by fatnsassytexan 9 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 30, 10 at 20:16
I like that squirrel bonbon idea! Hurricanes Rita and Ike decimated squirrel populations here. We previously had so many that the birds being fed on the driveway could hardly get to any seed. This town was built on what was once a huge pecan orchard and there are large pecan trees in almost every yard in town, hence the large squirrel population. Now, if it'll work(the bonbons) on the neighborhood feral cat population, I'll be a happy man. I own a cat too, but it's not allowed to run wild. Tim |
Dan, thats a good idea for those having to deal with mice. |
- Posted by justfigured 6 PA (My Page) on Sat, May 1, 10 at 8:19
My goodness, some of you have quite an "evil twin" side! LOL I do not know if I have the heart to do that to the squirrels over one fig/fig branch - but I guess I should reserve judgement until I see what happens to my main crop! We have a couple of live traps, and usually my husband gets them out once or twice a summer and busses them about 10 miles away. Our neighbor used to trap them and bring them across town, and the little varments would beat him home using their version of the El (telephone wires). He didn't believe me, and he spray painted the tip of one's tail and found out that I was right! I will keep my fingers crossed concerning the green tip, but I suspect that you are right, and the energy reserves just are not there. I will update you either way. Barb |
- Posted by danab_z9_la 9 (My Page) on Thu, May 6, 10 at 11:15
Paully, I had not thought of using bon bons for mice....but, that is really a GREAT IDEA. Those of you who wrap your fig trees for winter protection might consider putting some small peanut butter bon bons for insurance against those pesky rodents. I'm betting that it would work. Dan |
Before diverting the use of your household supply of peanut butter from your kids' sandwiches to all the neighborhood varmints, you might want to take a look at this: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fruit/msg0911021522891.html |
- Posted by danab_z9_la 9 (My Page) on Fri, May 7, 10 at 20:38
I love the controlled experiment that these guys conducted. That is the way things should be done. I'm glad someone took the time to test the bon bon theory. Funny to see the actual pictures of those plaster of Paris squirrel poops. They were huge but managed to come out the back end. Thanks for posting. Dan |
- Posted by justfigured PA 6 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 1, 10 at 11:50
After a particularly awful week where everything seemed to go wrong (including the computer dying), I sat down on the porch Friday morning and picked up my inverted peanut butter container with my cutting inside and opened it up. As I have become accustomed to doing, I tugged on it, almost absentmindedly, and before I realized that it resisted, I pulled out the cutting, along with about 30 1 to 1/2 inch roots attached to it! I had checked it not 4 days before and there was nothing there! This little cutting was completely this year's growth and only about 4 inches long at that, with one leaf. I now have a new little plant. Needless to say, it put a smile on my face. It took just 5 weeks, with absolutely no signs of anything the weekend before. Finding out that I had 2 days left on my DELL warranty when the computer died also helped! I am back up and running, with essentially a new computer in an old box. Barb |
Hi fatnsassytexan, I know cats that are loose can be pests and put footprints all over one's car and all, but consider this--They kill rats, mice and squirrels. The cat who lives next door is a skilled huntress and I wouldn't want her to be kept inside. We don't get any rats or mice because of her. Snowball is getting so old and is showing her age. She won't be around much longer. There are a couple other cats who patrol the neighborhood at night and some of them are young. It's been a blessing to have Snowball living next door, though. During the time of the bubonic plague, it was then that people killed all the cats they could find. The plague was spread by the fleas on the rats and the rats ran rampant and it caused the epidemic because the cats were not there to kill the rats and mice. We still have pneumonic and bubonic plague in this country and also hanta virus and who knows what else. I'm not saying that an overpopulation of cats is good, but cats are very useful creatures. One needs to be aware that cats can carry rabies, but raccoons and skunks do also. Always avoid an animal that is acting strangely and call animal control--Especially if it's a nocturnal animal that is out in the daylight hours. Just MHO, for what it's worth, Vivian |
- Posted by justfigured PA 6 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 23, 10 at 23:34
This little fig was potted into an 8 inch pot of pine bark, pine park fines and perlite, and it now has four new leaves (five total with its original). This little guy appears to be very robust, despite its less than ideal beginning. I am very surprised at how well it is doing. Barb |
Hi Barb, I'm glad your little fig tree tip seems to be doing well. I stuck a tip into regular soil in a clay pot in April and it's been putting out new leaves and a couple of sprouts since then. I have no idea if it has any roots and am resisting trying to repot it into a clear cup so I can track its progress for fear that I'll kill it. The leaves on it are so tiny that I can't believe it's doing well, or even has roots. Good luck with your baby, noss |
- Posted by italiangirl74 6 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 24, 10 at 6:25
Ciao, I am glad your greentip is growing well for you. I have rooted hundreds of figs with the green 8+ inches of newly grown wood, they have for the most part, 95% o them grown into healthy rooted thriving trees that are being enjoyed all over the country. I just make sure that the growth is thicker. Once you take these tips off to root, then it produces more branches and actually speeds up the fig growth. This is my observation which I rarely ever talk about, but has worked wonderfully with me! I just also stick them into a clear quart cup with a mixture to keep them moist and bury about 75% up the branch.. I do cut in half any leaves that may be near the tips except the ones closest to tips and remove the ones further back, Good to bury them at least 4 nodes. Ciao |
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Due to the frequent power shortages we get in these parts, I'm fed up running extension cords through the back door and windows of my home. Just tossing around some ideas in installing a generator service panel outside. I can see two options, 1/turn off the main breaker just in case power restores, then turn off baseboard heaters then tap in to the 3 mains in my panel w/3wire #8 connected to the 240v generator option. Disadvantage: human error and a possible fried generator. 2/ better, install an additional "generator" outlet beside the existing wall outlets for the components that I'm interested in, and lead all the wiring to an outside panel mounted out of reach and locked from kids. I need only a few components has cooking and heating are already taken care of through wood stoves. I have a two home unit has I have a granny suite connected to our home. 2 fridges. (one in each kitchen). 120v
and finally, 1 outlet for a light in granny suite. 120v This is serviced by a sears 5600/(8600peak) 10hp generator.(this works and the generator doesn't appear to be loaded.) The outlet for the well would be a dryer plug system on a 12 gauge 3wire run at short distance. On every power outage I'd remove the plug from the house socket and plug it into the generator outlet. This way I don't need to worry about flipped house panel breakers and the like. Is there a package or equipment already available for this type of setup.? thanks Andy |
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- Posted by ronnatalie (My Page) on Mon, Nov 22, 10 at 12:56
#1 has a number of personal safety issues for you and for the power company workers in addition to the strong possibility of killing screwing up the generator. #2 will sort of work but is a pain. If the particular devices are isolated on receptacles going back to a common point, you can put them on a panel and put in either a manual or automatic transfer to switch them over to the generator. |
The reasonably safe and legal "2 options" are- Continue to run cords or Install a proper transfer switch. |
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0Posted on Oct 12th, 2009 | re: New Death Cab For Cutie Video - "Meet Me On The Equinox" (23 comments)
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just singing a song is probably the best song he's done since the 70s
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what's a shame is that his voice sounds to be in its best shape in 10 years.
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well Ram is the original indie rock record
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how can anyone shit on a song that has someone playing a bass with a slide?
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ok that's amazing. they should've called it Microsoft Wesley Willis.
anyone else notice that the girl is using a mac?
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i love the love you guys have for fleetwood mac
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you're forgetting the horrific rock around barack by pearl jam
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Profit was $1.14 billion, an increase of 44 percent from $792 million in the third quarter of 2010. Sales and revenues of $15.7 billion, an all-time record for the company, were up 41 percent from $11.1 billion in the third quarter of 2010.
"I am pleased with how we're performing and optimistic about demand for our products, and that is why we are moving forward with needed investment in our business to support our long-term growth opportunities," chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman said in a statement.
"This was the best quarter for sales in our history, and our order backlog is at an all-time high," he added. "We were pleased to be able to continue adding jobs — about 4,800 in the third quarter, with more than 2,000 in the United States — as demand for our products and U.S. exports continued to improve. This is a continuation of Caterpillar's strong hiring over the past couple of years. In fact, since the beginning of 2010 we have added more than 30,000 jobs to our global work force, not including the impact of our acquisitions and divestitures."
The outlook for 2011 sales and revenues and profit has improved, the company said. Total company sales and revenues are expected to be about $58 billion in 2011. The previous outlook was a range of $56 billion to $58 billion.
The profit outlook also has improved, and Caterpillar now expects 2011 profit of about $6.75 a share. The prior outlook was a range of $6.25 to $6.75.
"Although there is a good deal of economic and political uncertainty in the world, we are not seeing it much in our business at this point. We believe continued economic recovery, albeit a slow recovery, is the most likely scenario as we move forward," Oberhelman said.
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Caterpillar said it expects sales and revenues next year to improve 10 to 20 percent from the 2011 outlook of about $58 billion.
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Humanity's golden age came to a sudden and violent end on Emergence Day. Within 24 hours, a quarter of all human life on Sera was wiped out, and billions more were lost in the conflict that followed – an unending war that has reduced the planet's surface to a smoking ruin. Now, one final desperate stand is all that remains to prevent the total annihilation of the human race. Gather your team. You are humanity's last hope.
Fantasy Flight Games is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of Gears of War™: The Board Game! This fully cooperative design by Corey Konieczka pits 1–4 players against a cunning and relentless foe, and is based on the wildly popular series of third-person shooters by Epic Games.
Build your team from any of four COG soldiers and face an intelligent game system in one of seven randomly constructed scenarios. In Gears of War: The Board Game, you'll relive classic moments from Gears of War™ and Gears of War 2™. Roadie Run into cover, spray your enemy with blind fire, or rip him in half with your Lancer's chainsaw!
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Teamwork is essential in Gears of War: The Board Game, as you and your fellow COGs will secure areas in an ever-expanding and randomized map, lay down suppressing fire to support each other's movements, and rush to the aid of fallen allies – all in an effort to complete your mission objective.
Also essential is the careful use of the tools at your disposal: a range of tactical options and devastating weapons. Your hand of Order cards represents your COG's spectacular battle prowess, and on each turn you'll discard one to either use its listed ability, move across the map, or attack.
You can even hold on to these versatile Orders, discarding them to dodge or guard against incoming attacks, or to follow closely behind a teammate. Communication is key, and the most successful COGs recognize that together, they form a deadly machine.
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The seven included missions deliver a range of objectives, from placing a sonic resonator deep in the Locust-infested earth to escaping the attack of a raging Berserker. What's more, each mission is randomly constructed every time you play, using an ingenious map creation system to ensure that no two games are ever exactly alike.
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Gears of War: The Board Game, designed by Corey Konieczka, is based on the wildly popular third-person shooter by Epic Games. One to four players take on the roles of COG soldiers cooperating to destroy the Locust horde, and must work together to complete missions against an ingeniously challenging and varied game system.
figures looks great! Cards+ dices ~ somethings from Horus Heresy and Earth Reborn or Doom.
only three - four week and we will test this conceptions personally :)
I'm really happy. this game on PC was very awsome - boardgame is good idea
this is nice, co-op at last, i am getting this
Nicely sculpted models, indeed, though the map tiles seem too abstract.
I see some similarity to LNOE but as the bad guys are not controlled by a human mind, it may provide completely different experience. For better... or worse.
I think this sounds kind of tired, actually. For me to pick this up, it'd have to contain features that differentiate it from its competitors. In my opinion, Last Night on Earth is still the best cooperative board game experience. Probably in part because it's not 100% cooperative -- you still have a player to compete against, even if the central mechanics are based on the heroes.
This just sounds like a cheap rehash of an old game, really.
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! and its SOLO play!!!! can't wait to get this !!
Co-op? Co-op Doom? Co-op Doom that isn't Ravenloft? By Corey?
The mind boggles.
Big heaping dose of "How can this possibly be good?", but diluted in pool of great hope.
FINALLY!!!!! I thought I was dreaming at first! This should be Cool!!! ;-)
Holy crap!
Wasn't this game sitting in the "In development" phase for about three years?
Fantasy Flight Games should take on the motto: "Fantasy Flight Games: We may not be the timeliest, but by God, we'll get it to you eventually!" ;)
Will probably buy it. Also, will make an Aliens mod for it (was originally planned for Doom, but I accidentally deleted the file and also it works better in a coop/solo game anyway).
Amazing how some Green Boxing in BGG could manage to provoke reaction :)
Spiritual successor to Doom or completely different?
Absolutely amazed its coming though, honestly though it was never gonna happen.
Glad to this game coming finally. I suppose the release of the Gears 3 beta 3 weeks ago and the approching release of the game as a whole has sped it up.
As a big GoW fan from the beginning, I must say co-op seems a good choice for this game. Reading the designer diary and the product description, one can feel Mr Konieczka definitely got the feeling of it.
I nevertheless would crave for a VS alternative rule. I mean, the AI system may be good (it has to !) but what about a system for 2-4 players, with 1-2 players controlling Gears and 1-2 players controlling the Locusts ?
But I fear the system is clearly different from this, and would require too much rules redesigning.
By the way, I hope we'll see more material soon. More maps (6 is not enough and, well, it's just my opinion, but I'm not convinced by the look of them). I hope to see more minis too. Those ones are great, let's see how much Berzerkers, how much Theron Guards we'll have.
And how much Gears of course. And above all, who the heck are those guys ? Anyone recognizing Marcus, Dom, Dizzy ? Even one of the Carmine bros ?
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Hi- I am taking an on-line course in this program, and part of it involves creating a website. so far so good, have done that, hyperlinks work etc, but I can't upload it to my server in the proper place- I get an url which is the proper one, plus the filename twice more! shaw's techies are useless- "Ma'am, if you aren't writing your own HTML of course you won't understand." being a typical reply. Does anyone make websites using MS Pub? It saves a .pub file with every 'save a website' file- how do I only upload the web files, not the .pub too? I feel incredibly stupid- |
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I'm sorry no one has been able to help with your problem. I use Netscape Composer to design my webpages, but cannot upload to my server by using the "publish" option in Composer. I had to download a different program, WS FTP, which was the program that my server suggested. Maybe that is what you will have to do with M. Publisher. |
- Posted by jackofroses (My Page) on Sat, Nov 23, 02 at 0:37
i used to use mspub way back when , to make business cards , forms , and the like ....to be honest , i had thought it was a thing of the past....i tried making a web page on it ....it came out HUGE....i later found out that it likes to use GIF files instead of jpg.....and churns out miles of redundant code..... maybe the version you are referring to has improved in those areas... when i tried to upload on it , they wanted me to purchase webspace in thier special location........i would suggest bugging the people supplying the course for help..... changes are you can email your page to them as an attachment..... writing your own html isnt very hard ... and there are many |
- Posted by Ray_Scheel (My Page) on Mon, Nov 25, 02 at 11:05
Since Publisher is *intended* for uses heavier on block graphics and line art that photographs, favoring GIF formats is a good thing. JPEGs are only a good choice for color photographs. I had a client give me a publisher file as a source document when desigining his web page. Of what I recall, it actually made decently clean code, but didn't link itself together well - you couldn't go from side on to side two of the fold out brochure, and it got the column order confused. However, I was able to copy and paste the code into new documents without the usual problem of all the M$ XML garbage that Word likes to include. After getting that pasted into the right places, linking the files was simple. The truth is, a web page has a differnet structure than most of what Publisher is geared for, so it wouldn't have been able to figure out the right arrangement anyway. Export the HTML, then use Composer or another non-MS Freebie editor to look at every HTML document it churns out, and copy and paste the text into new files you create in a differnet directory tree, and link those together as you need to (and move copies of teh graphics files to the new directory to link in from the new pages. I didn't notice an easy way to "save" the generated HTML files, they were too scrambled. |
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Im one of those sentimental souls who cant be in the presence of a marching band without experiencing a lump in the throat. So when Dick Lindner and his troop of Winona Municipal Band campaigners (some of which grizzled veterans I remember from my days of service with that outfit) went by, my eyes as well as esophagus swelled with the recollection of a younger, more limber version of myself, gasping down the main street of Arcadia on a sweltering Memorial Day, with a heavy load of bass drum strapped painfully over my shoulders.
Before that year my dad, who directed the band for years, had always been able to fish Freddie Heyer into assuming that duty, but I guess Fred must have heard the weather report for that particular weekend and run short of his usually inexhaustible fund of good humor. In the face of his refusal, and being that Jerry Gleasons strong back and expertise were indispensably required for tuba duty, the job of bass drummer fell to me. You could say I was volunteered.
In those days, the uniform of the Winona Municipal Band was of heavy woolen serge in brown and browner, with a bit of gold braid for dash. Trousers came in one size - waist 40, (which skinny people simply cinched up with their belts) and legs that had to be hacked off at the ankles, being certain to hem up the extra material so that they could be refitted for the possible giraffe upon which they might devolve next year. The coats did not fit as well as the trousers, but were equally warm enough for the long march to Moscow. If Hitlers army had been as warmly dressed, world politics would be a great deal different these days. Band members who were of age (about sixteen years and a hint of a beard was what Arcadia required in those days), might ward off heat exhaustion through massive doses of cold beer, both internally and externally, but you couldnt drink cream soda fast enough to be of any help. I dont know who my dad got to carry the bass drum the next year.
My grandfather defied a heavy weight of disapprobrium from the other members of the Church of the Brethren out in Worthington, Minnesota, by teaching his sons to play brazen instruments. But he never could go along with marching bands, summer festivals, and the attendant beer drinking. Phew, phew, phew, he would say, referring to the Worthington Band, all it is, is an excuse to go over to Jackson, get drunk, and puke all over their fancy uniforms!
I wouldnt accuse Doc Lindner and his troops of those shenanigans, but I would say that times havent changed a great deal.
Ed. Note: You can catch the Winona Municipal Band every Wednesday night during the summer at 8 p.m. at the Lake Winona Band Shell. It is now under the direction of Myron Haug.


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Inbee Parks' performance in 2013 has been record setting and historic.
She enters the LPGA record books as only the second player in LPGA history to win the first three majors of the season, joining Babe Zaharias who accomplished this feat in 1950.
Inbee has 6 victories so far in 2013. Going back into 2012, she has won 8 of her last 24 starts (including three in a row) and finished second 5 times.
Inbee now has 9 LPGA career victories (4 majors) and 12 international victories (four on the JLPGA tour).
Let's take a look at how her numbers stack up from her three major championship wins.
Money Earned in her 3 Major Wins: $1,222,500
Total Under Par in her 3 Major Wins: -28
- Kraft Nabisco: -15
- Wegmans LPGA: -5
- U.S. Women's Open: -8
12 rounds played in 3 Major Wins:
- 9 rounds under par
- 7 rounds in the 60s
Inbee hit 75% of the fairways in her three major wins.
Inbee hit 70% of the greens in regulation in her three major wins.
Inbee averaged 28 putts per round in her three three major wins.
At the Kraft Nabisco Championship she won by 4 strokes.
At the Wegmans LPGA Championship she won in a playoff
At the U.S. Women's Open she won by 4 strokes.
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Ok, so I was just browsing on this forum and I have a question. I have been married for a year and a half and my hubbie is a little out of shape (not too bad) and it has been increasing since we got married, especially since we had our son 3 months ago (sympathy weight gain!). Before we met, he played basketball in college and probably had 5% body fat, very active and athletic. Since then he is not so active, school full time and work, and all he does is complain about his body. He'll eat too much and then complain about how much he overeats and how fat he is. He is by no means fat...he is 6'6" and weighs about 245 lbs. He just needs to excerise.
How do I motivate him to exercise w/out sounding like I am unhappy with his body? It is no secret that any woman would like there husband to be in shape(and vice versa), but I will love him no matter what. I am getting very tired of hearing him complain about how none of his clothes fit him or that he looks fat in them, but then he does nothing to change the situation. It would be different if he was comfortable with his body, but he is definitely NOT! Any advice, thanks! |
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Tell him to start exercising or stop complaining, because you're tired of hearing about it. Why don't you ask him to start taking daily walks/jog with you? Exercise with him, and he should have no problem doing it. |
JMO, but I wouldn't say "start exercising or stop complaining." If my SO said that to me, I think I'd be a bit hurt. But I do agree with initiating daily walks and jogs together. What about joining a gym and going together? It's always easier to do stuff like that when you have someone to do it with. :) |
I agree with tuggle. It drives me nuts when people stuff themselves then complain that they eat to much, whine about their clothes not fitting then sit on their butts in front of the TV with a bag of chips, etc. I truly think that the only people that have the right to whine about things are the people that are actively trying to change that thing. It's the same with everything in life. If you choose not to vote then never, ever whine to me about what the govenment is doing. You haven't earned the right. I have a whole family full of people just like him. My Mom will sit on the sofa stuffing a king size chocolate bar in her face and in the same breath whine about her weight. I would say to Hubby "Honey, you know what you have to do to feel better about yourself. I can't do it for you. I will be here to love you no matter what you choose to do, BUT if you choose to do nothing then I don't want to hear one more word about it." You don't have to be mean or nasty just state the facts, and it may hurt his feelings abit but tell him that everytime he comes down on himself about his weight it hurts you too because you love him. Your marrage is just begining. Be honest with one another from the start. |
- Posted by Weeblewobble (My Page) on Mon, Dec 17, 01 at 15:18
Exercise boosts the immune system and reduces your chances of getting cancer, heart disease and other diseases. Tell him your body also releases endorphins(sic?) when you exercise which reduces stress and depression. |
Thanks you guys, very helpful and sensitive advice! |
There is a great Diet forum here if your DH needs some extra support. There are some men there that like to chat. Unfortunatly it's going to be one of the "Contributing memebers only" forums starting Jan.1 - just like this Exercise and nutrition one- but there is a lot of good advice there to read. I've had a great time on the Low Cal thread there. Very supportive and friendly people. |
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