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One of the biggest challenges in a virtual team is establishing trust among remote employees – particularly with team members who are just starting out on a new project. Given the lack of face-to-face interaction, one major challenge for project managers is conducting team building activities that help accelerate the bonds needed for a more productive team. Enter Prelude, a game that helps accomplish just that. It's a virtual game that was created by Howard Esbin, who completed his Ph.D. in Education and has worked as a senior manager in international development, philanthropy, and the private sector.
"MaRS is a Toronto based business incubator that works with an extensive network of partners to help entrepreneurs launch and grow the innovative companies that are building the future… MaRS Future Leaders is a unique immersive and experiential program for 13- to 18-year-olds who are interested in both learning about entrepreneurship and gaining hands-on experience. This week long program enables high school students to invent, test and pitch an original business idea, supported by one-on-one mentors, successful entrepreneurs and dynamic teachers. Students learn skills critical for future success while in a cohort of peers their own age. Collaborating and Communicating
As we journey through our day, we are engulfed by waves of social and mass media. It is easy to get lost in this ocean of noise while moments in time drifts past, unnoticed. At 10seconds.nl, we capture slices of life, blended together into an experience for the eyes, ears, and soul.
Greenlight Research Institute's new white paper by Keith Ferrazzi – Rules of Engagement In A Virtual World – is particularly cogent and worthwhile reading.
"When it comes to creativity two facts are clear. First, it tops nearly every "Twenty First Century Skills" list ever made. The skills our children need to thrive in the future? According to the Partnership for 21st Century Skills—a collection of 250 researchers at 60 institutions—creativity. The quality most desirable in a CEO? According to a global survey conducted by IBM of 1500 top executives in 60 countries, creativity is again the answer."
Author Sarah Lewis discusses some counterintuitive pathways to breakthroughs. Overcoming failure is the subject of bromides and commencement speeches. At FailCon events, startup founders swap tales of not succeeding. So what's different about your discussion of failure? There are failures of very different magnitudes; I'm not even sure I would call some Silicon Valley failures failures. I think of failure as the gap between where you are and where you want to go. The larger it is, the more you call it failure, and the smaller it is, the more you call it having something to improve upon, or needing to pivot. You can have a series of failed entrepreneurial feats, and that feels very different from having your entire life feel like a failure. I'm thinking [instead] of the importance of structures that let people go deep with their failure while letting it be an entrepreneurial endeavor if they like, or an innovative discovery . What's an example? Andre Geim, a physicist who is based at the University of Manchester, was not seen as someone who would ever win the Nobel Prize, because his experiments could be so outlandish. He won theIgNobel Award in 2000 for levitating a live frog with magnets—and then [won the Nobel] for isolating graphene 10 years later. He was dealing with failure: the psychological frustration that can come when people don't quite take you seriously was difficult for him to endure, required a kind of courage. And he did [the graphene work] through a process of Friday-night experiments: times where, in the laboratory, they felt free enough to fail, and therefore made these groundbreaking discoveries. He's a good example of what it means to allow the generative process of failure to help you, through these Friday-night experiments.
"Making eye contact even with a character on a cereal box inspires powerful feelings of connection," said Brian Wansink, a professor at Cornell's Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and the director of the school's Food and Brand Lab, and one of the study's authors. This follows a flurry of recent research on the magnetic and mesmeric nature of eye contact and its essential role in developing emotional stability and social fluency. Studies show that newborns, even with their blurry infant vision, instinctively lock eyes with their caregivers.' … Even the brains of legally blind people have been shown to light up when someone looks them in the eye. It's a sort of primal awareness and why you sometimes feel someone is looking at you before you turn and see them. … In other words, eye contact makes us more socially aware and empathetic. It allows us to make sense of our relationships and social orientation. So avoiding eye contact out of fear or insecurity, or breaking eye contact to read a text, check email or play Candy Crush degrades your social facility and emotional intelligence…."
The goal of the Venture Hack Network is to provide a collaborative environment for entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of their new ventures, working together to develop them into full business plans via "Hackaplans". This is a listing for all the active venture projects so you can browse through them and reach out with partnership offers. Once you join the Meetup group you can also join in the discussion list, to help collaborate on business ideas, by sending emails to: email@example.com
"Leo Tolstoy, the Russian novelist, famously wrote, "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
Dr Howard B Esbin looks at the primal origins of play, and its increasing relevance in modern collaboration.
"Aided by technology, telecommuting is becoming more common, and while it has its challenges, studies show that it tends to create happier, better workers….And the phenomenon appears to be growing. The annual survey last year by the Society for Human Resource Management found a greater increase in the number of companies planning to offer telecommuting in 2014 than those offering just about any other new benefit."
It'sreported that several hundered million people use PowerPoint. This includes 6 million teachers. This Microosft product has garnered 95% of the presentation software market. However, a great many users dislike PowerPoint; hence popular expressions like 'Death by PowerPoint' and 'PowerPoint Hell'. However in many cases this is due to a lack of design skills… |
Our civilization has long understood the meaning of 'trust'. Its ancient root meaning is 'dru' for tree. In medieval England, the word for 'tree' and 'true' were the same: triewe. In this light, the old English expression 'steadfast as an oak' takes on new significance. It's also worth nothing the peace tree traditions of several societies. For example, the Six Nations Confederacy in North America used the peace tree to seal treaties between enemies. Weapons would be ritually buried under the tree. A similar tradition exists among the "three great traditions of East Africa – the Bantu conglomerate of cultures originating from West Africa, the Nilotic from the Nile corridor and the Cushitic groups from the Red Sea region…These trees fostered civil values in a variety of contexts … Till today, groups from each of these three streams evoke the olive tree, the fig tree and the acacia in their prayers for peace" (Sultan Somjee, 2001). Putnam (Bowling Alone) undertook a comprehensive study of the relationship between trust within communities and their ethnic diversity (2007). He found that as trust goes down so does empathy, philanthropy, volunteering, and cooperation. Perhaps it's time to for us all to take a walk in the woods and touch a tree together …
The Myers Briggs Temperament Indicator and the iStar share deep roots. Both self-assessment tools are informed, in spirit and design, by an ancient but still vital current of thought and practice. It's called "the four-fold model of personality" and was first developed 5000 years ago. This model correlates the elements with corresponding human character trait: Fire – Choleric, Air – Sanguine, Water – Melancholic, and Earth – Phlegmatic. This is why an MBTI Report and an iStar Report offer comparable insights.
The Myers Briggs Temperament Indicator (MBTI) is used in over 10,000 companies, 2,500 colleges and universities and 200 USA government agencies. As well, tens of thousands of coaches and consultants hold MBTI certification. It's been administered to about 50 million people since the 1960s, which is about 1 million annually. While not an immense number, this is a disproportionately influential user base. Yet academics and psychologists continue to disparage MBTI as a 'sacred cow' with 'cult status'. "It's about belief much more than scientific evidence," says Adam Grant, a professor of industrial psychology at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Professor Grant is concerned by "the cultlike devotion of many consultants and practitioners to do it without the examination of the evidence." This concern is echoed by Brian Little a Cambridge professor of psychology." "To raise questions about [Myers-Briggs's] reliability and validity is like commenting on the tastiness of communion wine. Or how good a yarmulke is at protecting your head." "It's like religion. Believe what you want. Get out of it what you want" notes Barry Edwards, a senior training manager at government contractor CACI. Professor Grant decries "the taboos about MBTI in academia – don't praise it – and in corporate America – don't criticize it. One "can't poke a hole in their sacred cow." "There is almost a 'rite de passage' to taking the Myers-Briggs, and it's becoming a very symbolic thing," says Professor Little. This critical language is loaded with spiritual terminology i.e. rite of passage, faith, devotion, communion, cult,and sacred cow. Why so? What is it about MBTI that provokes this particular criticism? Let's examine what lies beneath this charged dichotomy and debate. In doing so, we will unearth the primal roots from which MBTI has sprung and is still nurtured. For more read the White Paper: MBTI Roots Unearthed
All fields using virtual teaming – Corporate, Medicine, Military, etc – have developed best practices for virtual teaming and leadership. Our research has identified twenty emerging best practices in virtual team management drawn from several fields and academic studies. They are about engaging and connecting the whole person and team emotionally in an integral way at the very start of a project. To accomplish this, these best practices employ the transformative power of play, games, and creativity. http://playprelude.com/V2/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20-Virtual-Teams-Best-Practices-1-Serious-Game.pdf
The five-point star is a universal symbol of excellence. Over 35 nations – Islamic, Communist, and Democratic – fly flags with such stars. Police wear stars to uphold the law. Heroes get them as medals for courage and sacrifice. Children receive report cards with gold stars for good behaviour. We all intuitively understand the star represents excellence. However, we've forgotten why this is so over centuries. The reason is rooted in antiquity. Ancient philosophers, like Pythagoras, believed the world was made up of the four elements. They also believed that when these elements are in harmony a fifth element appears. These early mathematicians used a geometric five-point star as its symbol. To them, the apex represented Quinta Essentia, or Quintessence. This represents the purest concentrated absolute best something can be. It is the epitome of human imagination, intelligence, striving, and attainment….
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"Win-win games emphasize the importance of cooperation, fun, sharing, caring and overall group success in contrast to domination, egotistic behaviour and personal gain…"
The news media regularly reports on yet another famous individual caught out in inappropriate, injudicious behavior. This includes leaders in industry and government as well as 'stars' in entertainment and sports. These individuals, despite their brilliance, talent, wealth and power, are shown to have feet of clay. This metaphor is from the Book of Daniel, written over 2000 years ago. Clearly we've known about our self-destructive capacity for a very long time. These dramatic instances of poor behaviour are both fodder for tabloids and for great enduring literature. Today we ascribe this self-defeating behaviour as a lack of social and emotional intelligence. EQ, also known as Emotional Intelligence, has four broad dimensions – self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. It's a natural complement to Cognitive Intelligence, or IQ (Intellectual Quotient). Like IQ, EQ is also needed at all life stages. EQ has four broad dimensions – self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. Our collective "EQ Gap" plays out in our own lives at school, work, and the community. While it usually doesn't become a news story, the consequences are just as dramatic and destructive….
"When teams are diverse, meaningful innovation is more likely to happen." "We know intuitively that innovation goals are well served by cross-functional "SWAT" teams that are diverse in their membership. As Andy Zynga argued in an earlier post, diversity is a means to overcome the cognitive biases that prevent people from seeing new approaches or engaging them when found. But while this seems only logical, is there empirical evidence to support it? When such diversity is enforced can we expect it to produce results? How do we know "more is better"? Stanford professor Lee Fleming and his colleagues have been working on these questions by looking for patterns in the teams behind patents. They find that higher-valued industrial innovation (by its nature also riskier) is more likely to arise when diverse teams are assembled of people with deep subject matter expertise in their areas. Other interesting findings in Fleming's body of work include the observation of a bimodal distribution of outcomes for diverse teams (that is, a relatively high rate of failure and high rate of big successes, with not much middle ground); and the discovery that different kinds of communications networks foster different levels of diffusion of innovation. Fleming focuses on cross-pollination in the context of "big D" Development, which often involves recombination of existing knowledge to serve commercial goals. Along similar lines, Ben Jones and colleagues at the Kellogg Business School of Northwestern University published a paper in Science last year focusing on diversity in the production of new knowledge, as reflected in the research literature. Looking for patterns across some 17.9 million papers indexed in Thomson Reuter's Web of Science, they demonstrated that the most influential papers (most highly cited) were those that exhibited an intrusion of interdisciplinary information. They also found that groups were more likely to foster these intrusions than solo researchers. This is entirely consistent with Fleming's findings for industry, and his attempts to dispel some of themythology around lone inventors. (One difference in the studies is that, thus far, Jones hasn't observed the bimodal distribution that Fleming does; there is apparently no cluster of papers with abnormally low citations which also feature intrusions of outside knowledge.) Taken together, the studies led by Fleming and Jones make a good case for assembling that SWAT team that can bring multiple disciplinary perspectives to bear on a problem. It isn't always obvious how to do so, but we at NineSigma can point to an instructive example at AkzoNobel. AkzoNobel is a multi-national, multi-divisional manufacturer and distributor of coatings systems, or more simply put, paint. But paint is really not as simple as just paint; for example, coatings for automotive applications are very different from decorative finishes. Among AkzoNobel's divisions are more and less conventional manufacturers of chemicals and polymers. Having grown by acquisition, the company has the typical silos, with organizational and geographic boundaries inhibiting the diffusion of knowledge…."
The definition of wisdom may be hard to pin down precisely, but for those who have it, aging will be a pleasure.
To be original, you need messiness and magic, serendipity and insanity. Here's how John Lennon wrote "Nowhere Man," as he recalled it in an interview that ran just before he was murdered in 1980: After working five hours trying to craft a song, he had nothing to show for it. "Then, 'Nowhere Man' came, words and music, the whole damn thing as I lay down." Here's how Steve Jobs came up with the groundbreaking font selection when Apple designed the Mac: He had taken a class in the lost art of calligraphy and found it "beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture." Ten years later, it paid off when Apple ushered in a typeface renaissance. And here's how Oscar Wilde defined his profession: "A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave." We've bottled lust. We've refined political analysis so that nearly every election can be accurately forecast. And we've compressed the sum of education for an average American 17-year-old into the bloodless numbers of standardized test scores. What still eludes the captors of knowledge is creativity, even though colleges are trying to teach it, corporations are trying to own it, and Apple has a "creativity app." But perhaps because creativity remains so unquantifiable, it's still getting shortchanged by educators, new journalistic ventures, Hollywood and the company that aspires to be the earth's largest retailer, Amazon.com. An original work, an aha! product or a fresh insight is rarely the result of precise calculation at one end producing genius at the other. You need messiness and magic, serendipity and insanity. Creativity comes from time off, and time out. There is no recipe for "Nowhere Man," other than showing up, and then, maybe lying down. The push for Common Core standards in the schools came from colleges and employers who complained that high schools were turning out too many graduates unprepared for the modern world. That legitimate criticism prompted a massive overhaul affecting every part of the country. Now, the pushback, in part, is coming from people who feel that music, art and other unmeasured values got left behind — that the Common Core stifles creativity. Educators teach for the test, but not for the messy brains of the kids in the back rows. At Amazon, the quants rule. Daydreaming, pie-in-the-sky time and giving people room to fail — the vital ingredients of creativity — are costly, the first things to go at a data-driven company. As a business model, Amazon is a huge success. As a regular generator of culture-altering material, it's a bit player.
"We just completed a major study of human capital trends around the world (Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends, 2500 organizations in 90 countries) and the message is clear: companies are struggling to engage our modern, 21st century workforce. This is a worldwide issue. Gallup research shows that only 13% of employees around the world are actively engaged at work, and more than twice that number are so disengaged they are likely to spread negativity to others. ...And when we asked companies to evaluate their management practices they were particularly critical of the way they manage performance, leading us to the conclusion that performance management is broken. (Read The Myth of the Bell Curve for more on this topic)…"
John Michel's curator insight,
March 16, 2014 12:22 PM
Now is the time to think holistically about your company's work environment and consider what you can do to create passion, engagement, and commitment. It may be "the issue" we face in business over the next few years. |


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NATIONAL NEWS (CNN) — A bomb threat shut a major tunnel between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit on Thursday, triggering traffic backups as drivers on both sides of the border were rerouted.
Employees at the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel received an anonymous phone call around 12:30 p.m. from someone saying there was a bomb in the tunnel, Sgt. Matthew D'Asti with Windsor police told HLN.
Neal Belitsky, president and CEO of Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, said the threat was called in to the Canadian side.
Authorities were treating it "as a non-specific anonymous bomb threat," said D'Asti. The tunnel was evacuated.
When D'Asti spoke with HLN shortly after 2 p.m. ET, no bomb had been found.
It was unclear how long the tunnel would remain closed, but Belitsky said it may reopen by 3:30 p.m.
Authorities were working together on both sides of the border to investigate and search the tunnel, D'Asti said.
The tunnel is one of two international crossings between the cities of Windsor and Detroit. The other is a bridge.
Approximately 27,000 to 29,000 vehicles pass daily through the tunnel, which opened in 1930.

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I bought a AMD cpu for first time off newegg I got it within two days and I try setting it up in my mobo. I check the pins and everything looked to be just as fine, the CPU never posted and I return it back to newegg. They looked at in and email me back saying the pins are bent to unrepairable status and told me come here. I also want to say that I have yet to get my CPU back from newegg to see how bad the pins are bent but I looked at warney info and it stated not cover for bent pins. Just want to ask if anyone thinks I can try get it repair by AMD? Or I should just go out back and shoot myself and wait save up more money for another CPU?
Ya I don't know how badly the pin / pin(s) are, not sure if it just one simple pin bent little off or mulitply of them. I know for fact that none of them where bent when I sent it back newegg. Saddly cause I know mobo wasn't dead and the CPU went into the slot perfectly no force or pressure needed.
Also another note if its just one pin would it be easy to fix it? No problem with start posting or performance?
This is my first pc after coming back from deployment, poor 6200. My cerent cpu is a Duo core intel, so that 6200 is upgrade for me
One lesson hard learned is to ALWAYS remove the Heat Sink from a CPU just after it has been turned off. Never remove it from a cold system since the TIM is not very maliable
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I have been lucky as I historically used foam sheets for old CPUs but the AM2 up use a small plastic clam shell that is convenient.
I noticed single CPU clams were cheap and I also found trays that can hold several processors.
Bent pins can be straightened with a mechanical pencil that has its graphite removed.
The old Sempon is now in clam safe. I trashed the old heat sinks as cheap new fans have have better thermal capacity. Neither HSF however failed as AMD uses ball bearing fans. I use the same type for my chassis fans as they last for years.
I might buy a CPU tray as it would complement the set of RAM trays I use for storing memory.
Thanks for info everyone, very helpful. Just got my CPU back from newegg looked at it and notice two pin were bent not really badly. Took out my tool kit and credit card got them looking perfect got mobo out. Carefuly place it in cpu spot took it out again check pins and put it back in. Got it to post and everything. Ran test is running like a dream
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We're excited to announce that we'll be partnering with a number of top education resource sites and institutions to provide teachers with quality professional development resources.
I always get excited when the topic of education is discussed – whether I'm having that discussion with students, teachers, or some of world's most innovative educators and government leaders. This week, I'm in London for the Education World Forum (EWF) and the British Education Technology & Training (BETT) Show, two of the most important education events of the year. I will be sharing information from both the EWF and BETT throughout the week, both right here and on Daily Edventures.
On Sunday, January 18th nearly 100 top-level education leaders gathered in London, representing Argentina to Zimbabwe and 33 countries in between. They attended the Education Leaders Briefing at the Cardinal Place Immersive Classroom, Microsoft Executive Briefing Centre. These decision makers engaged in dialog with colleagues and experts about transforming education with 1:1 and mobile learning programs.
Today we announce that Microsoft, in partnership with certified Moodle partner Remote-Learner, is working to make tasks like managing calendars, creating content and improving workflows easier and more efficient for teachers.
Over the last 5 years, thousands of volunteers from the tech industry have brought their technical knowledge and real-world experiences directly to students in more than 130 schools across the US. Read how computer science teacher Michael Braun brought learning to life as part of the Microsoft Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS) program, a non-profit being incubated as part of Microsoft YouthSpark.
The state of Maryland is committed to increasing access to new technology and prepare students for future careers. "Today we are taking a big step forward in the tools we offer to students statewide. No matter where students attend school or what their economic situation may be, all now have free access at school and at home to Microsoft Office 365, the latest applications for collaborating and creating. In addition, we're also unveiling 25 new IT Academy Program for schools across the state that will bring industry recognized technology certifications and skills to the students of Maryland," shares Dr. Lillian M. Lowery, Maryland State Superintendent of Schools. Read more in this guest post by Dr. Lowery.
Four free virtual training offerings are coming up in a professional learning webcast series for teachers. Join us as we explore more about teaching with 21st Century Learning Design, Windows 8, Office 365, and OneNote. Discover how technology in the classroom can save you time, and improve student success by registering to attend.
The OneNote Class Notebook Creator, the incredible app for education, is maximizing classroom potential. Learn how to start using this app to provide true classroom collaboration, e-resource, student personalized workspace and notebooks with OneNote. Read tips on how to start using OneNote Class Notebook Creator.
Recently, we brought together some of the brightest educators and school leaders in the Americas at the Microsoft Global Forum in Miami, Florida from November 5-7. The 2014-2015 Class of Education Innovators were announced at the Forum. While there, educators explored new technology that has the potential to revolutionize both teaching and learning and to discuss the next wave of innovation that promises to reshape education from top to bottom including how to use technology to enhance creativity and humanity. Sir Ken Robinson, a keynote speaker at the Forum, explained, "The real virtue is not in the tools we create, it is in how we use the tools to create, how creative we become with the tools. The challenge with technology is not a technological one, it's a spiritual one."
One hour: that's all it takes to get a student excited about computer science. The week of December 8th is Computer Science Education Week, and as part of the celebration, the Hour of Code is going global.
We've enhanced OneNote Class Notebook Creator to make it even more powerful. We've added localization in ten languages, full notebook access for co-teachers, student teachers or substitutes when you add them to your notebook, easy-to-find links in Office, and faster performance.
It's officially the season of giving, and Microsoft is giving in a big way to teachers and students around the globe. I'm pleased to announce that the popular Office 365 ProPlus Benefit is now available worldwide to all students and educators. This means that any eligible organization – anywhere in the world – can provide an Office 365 ProPlus subscription at no extra cost for all students, faculty and staff.
Every student brings his or her own unique experiences, talents, and challenges into the classroom, including those students with special education needs. December 2nd marks Special Education Day in the U.S. — because each child's learning style is different, teachers must strive to support their students' unique learning styles while balancing the demands of larger classrooms, standardized testing and changing curricula. With this in mind, we're sharing stories of teachers and educators who are using technology in inventive ways to instruct students with a variety of learning styles and disabilities in recognition of Special Education Day.


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I've harvested the Fuggles hops off of a neighbor's vines (with his permission!) and dried them out. What can I brew (AG) this weekend that would benefit from these lovely smelling gorgeous hops? Recipe suggestions anyone?
English ales - almost any of them except maybe an IPA. Fuggles isn't necessarily something I want a lot of.
Ordinary Bitter I just kicked the keg and loved every pint of it.
Brew a brown ale.
I'd go with an English Pale.
Remember one unassailable statistic, as explained by the late, great George Carlin: "Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!" "I would like to die on Mars, just not on impact." Elon Musk
I would definitely go with a bitter. One of my favorite beers...of course I always go with EKG, but if you have the Fuggles, why not? Start with about 8 pounds of Maris Otter, add a pound of Crystal 40, 1 ounce Fuggles at 60, .5oz at 30, .5oz at 10. Use and English Ale yeast....done and done. Of course there are a bunch of other things you could do here. Maybe a little Carapils, maybe some biscuit, whatever.
I'd go with something you know the AA on for the 60 min bittering addition and then use your harvested hops for flavour and aroma.
They work well in any dark english beer.
My feeling would be to use them in a porter or an ordinary or standard bitter.
I would like to talk to your neighbor, buddy of mine grew a vine of Fuggles and one of Cascades. We were not expecting the Fuggles to Produces as much as the Cascade anyway but it only produced like 7 flowers (WTF) The Cascade Vine went absolutely bonkers. This is an organic garden that produces enough to sustain he and his family for the summer. It's pretty darn big. I just threw that in there to say that when it comes to the garden he know what he is doing!
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On 22 June 2010 22:03, Mike Auty <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: [...] >> I still think "introspection" is easier to grok. It's unlikely that >> it's going to be used in a completely different sense by other >> packages in the future, so let's stick with "introspection" please. > > Gintrospection gives more information (things starting with g are > generally gnome related, which this is), and grepping for introspection It is not a GNOME-only flag. It affects several non-GNOME-only packages as well (udev, upower, udisks, dbus, gstreamer, other freedesktop projects, pulseaudio). > will still turn it up. It also solves the concerns that all the people > on this thread have voiced about introspection being too generic. I Which should not be an issue since any library that has some sort of introspection can use this flag (and the use.desc can be changed appropriately at that time if it does not use gobject-introspection). -- Arun Raghavan http://arunraghavan.net/ (Ford_Prefect | Gentoo) & (arunsr | GNOME)
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OKLAHOMA CITY, May 25, 2012—The two teams that have dominated the playoffs so far and most had predicted would meet will face off the in the Western Conference Finals. The San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder will begin their series on Sunday, May 27th.
It is appropriate that these two teams would meet since the Spurs have been a model franchise for over a decade, and the Thunder have modeled their franchise after the Spurs.
Each have their own big three in Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili for San Antonio, and Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden for Oklahoma City.
The Spurs haven't lost a game, regular season or playoff, since April 11. They have swept each of their post-season opponents, the Jazz and Clippers, four games to zero.
The Thunder have not had quite a streak, but have still been impressive in the post-season, sweeping the defending champion Mavericks and beating the Lakers four to one.
While the Spurs have been more impressive in their victories, the Thunder have had a tougher road to get here. If the Thunder were to defeat the Spurs, then they would have beaten every team that has represented the Western Conference in the Finals since 1999.
Duncan is playing out of his mind right now, and the Spurs look better than they ever did in their previous four championship runs. If the Thunder have a chance against them they will have to be consistent in their outside shooting and minimize turnovers. Harden will have to outplay his counterpart of Ginobili and Westbrook will have to try and contain Parker.
In the regular season the Spurs were 2-1 against Oklahoma City, but Ginobili didn't play in any of the contests.
The Spurs look unstoppable, but the young Thunder have the ability to beat anybody. Can they beat the Spurs four times? Spurs in six.
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Last night I was watching the Chicago Blackhawks and Nashville Predators battle out a close game for big points, and something made my jaw drop.
It shouldn't really do that anymore, but man – Patrick Kane is nasty.
Before I talk about his move, check it out below. Oh, and note the situation – it's 3-3 with under 12 minutes to go in the third, and he's got ZERO defense behind him if he turns this over.
The move he makes on the first forward is nice and all, but the play after that is the type of cocky shinny stuff that I just can't believe he's got the stones to try in the NHL. And, it's awesome that he does. (He ended up with two goals and an assist, for what it's worth.)
The basic idea of the chip move is that the defender is going to be approaching you, so instead of pulling the puck all the way over to your backhand (the puck can still get poked on the way over, and now it's on your backhand if it doesn't), you chip it back through his "triangle," which is the area between his skates and stick.
If you pull it off, the puck is past the guy and back on your forehand, no big deal. And don't worry, it works nearly 15% of the time!
Kane has to know two things before he attempts this: A) that he has a long-ass leash from coach, and B) that he's very, very good.
So cocky, so talented, so….Kane.
I like a pissed-off Joe Thornton. Who doesn't?
Remember when he tried to go Getzlaf off the draw in playoffs (and then actually got him to the next game)? That stuff is awesome.
Well, last night Joe was pissed that his team got beat fairly handily by the Rangers in MSG, so he drop this beauty quote on them:
How much do you love Tortorella's response too? That was either a "wonderful, coming from him that doesn't mean much," or a "wonderful, Joe doesn't say that stuff often, it must be true." Or, possibly both.
Either way, it surprised me to hear it come from Thornton, but I don't think there's anything wrong with answering questions like that. Joe's been a target before, he knows how to play around being a marked man.
But let's be honest – he knows they don't see the Rangers in MSG again this year. So why not mix in an honest, slightly dickish quote about your opponent?
I missed writing about this yesterday, but please….can we let the refs (or at least A ref) have something in their ear to communicate with someone watching the game on TV? We get replays two seconds after a given play in slo-mo, and it's not fair that we know the right call while the ref guesses.
Here's how I see it working:
Guy watching the game off-ice: "Hey, Smitty, that chip definitely hit the glass, no penalty."
Ref: "Sweet, problem solved, thanks."
By the way, if that catches the glass solidly Tavares is in behind that defenseman and the puck would've landed near his feet (as my unsubtle Isles bias leaks in…).
The point is, refs want to get calls right too. They don't want to have a negative impact on the game. I'm sure they'd welcome some quick fix like that.
It just doesn't seem that hard – as I said to Pizzo in our podcast: I can watch games on my cell phone. With technolgy today, you telling me it would take a lot of time to get that information to the refs while they're huddling up discussing "did it hit the glass or not?" Every hockey fan on Long Island knew it did.
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Joy. I hear that word today and all I can think is "there is no joy in Mudville tonight. Mighty Casey has struck out."
My soul aches with the heartbreak of loved ones. People around me are complaining and kvetching about something as ridiculous as the weather. The dirty, left-over snow that persists even on this second day of spring. While those I love are dealing with harsh realities of life. Broken, struck out life.
Mudville - an entire town's hopes for joy pinned to one man and his bat. And he didn't deliver. Human. Imperfect. Joy struck out, struck down by one wrong swing. A poor choice. A pile of hurt.
Mighty Casey - all our human efforts - can't deliver joy. Joy is born out of hope, and all our human striving can not produce hope.
And in the midst of this gray, ice-encrusted non-spring day, a visitor stops by with a vase of daffodils and I'm reminded that this season WILL pass. That there will be spring. New life. Hope. Joy. Because there is One. One who loves perfectly. One who forgives fully. One who redeems all. One who draws near to the brokenhearted. One who saves the crushed in spirit.
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saves those who are crushed in spirit. ~ Psalm 34:18
He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds. ~Psalm 147:3
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The Kansas City Chiefs find themselves in a position thought impossible following the team's last loss to the San Diego Chargers in week 3, with a 0-3 record. The Chiefs find themselves with the opportunity to grab a share of the AFC West division lead with a win over the Chargers on Monday Night Football, Halloween edition.
Previously written off as dead by fans, national media and "experts" and late night talk shows alike, the Chiefs have found life behind head coach Todd Haley. A superstitious man, Haley has reverted to his trusty 'ol ball cap, as dirty as it may look, the ball cap now has 14 consecutive wins when worn on game day. Haley has also vowed not to shave his beard until the Chiefs lose another game (as pictured in his Oct. 28 press conference above), another strategy which seems to be working well, as the Chiefs find themselves sitting at 3-3.
Superstitions are all nice and fun when a team is winning, but the biggest turning point in the 2011 NFL season for the Chiefs was the week 4 argument on the sidelines between Todd Haley and Matt Cassel. At that point, it seemed as if the entire Chiefs roster woke up and realized how poorly they were performing as a unit.
I'm on board with the rally beard… Not as gnarly as Haley's, but my neck sure does itch… A small price to pay for a Chiefs victory!
On to the reasons the San Diego Chargers could beat the Kansas City Chiefs…
The Semi-Talented Mr. Cassel
Matt finds himself on this list once again. As a Chiefs fan, I really don't know what to expect from him. One week he plays as if he actually deserved to be an AFC Pro-Bowl QB in 2010, the next week he plays as if he doesn't deserve a roster spot in the AFL.
Matt, you showed signs of leadership when your team had zero, one and two wins… Now, prove you can lead when it really matters.
Cassel has five TDs and six INTs against San Diego in five career starts. He had a mini breakthrough in week 3 in San Diego, throwing for 2 TDs, but has generally struggled against San Diego. Cassel has thrown for 200 yards just once in five starts against the Chargers, and that came when he was a member of the New England Patriots in 2007.
Antonio Gates and Chargers Red Zone Offense
Gates is back and fully healthy. Maybe not fully healthy, but Gates is one of the biggest red zone weapons in all of football. Gates, coupled with the breakout of Ryan Matthews and Mike Tolbert's goal line TD vulturing ability, reminiscent of Tommy Vardell & Jerome Bettis, means this San Diego offense will be tough to stop when/if they reach the 20 yard line.
Note: The Chiefs have allowed 12 passing touchdowns, 3rd most in the NFL.
Field Yates, Thoughts from the Field: I believe the Chiefs will win, but Monday will be a difficult match-up. The Chargers are a tough match-up for any team in the red zone, and Antonio Gates can cause any secondary strife
Ernie Padaon, BoltBeat.com: He (Antonio Gates) was missing in the games prior and he looks like he is back to full strength and he will be the threat in the red zone that was missing. With his return, we (Chargers) will be able to put up points again.
John Gennaro, BoltsFromtTheBlue.com: Ryan Mathews is really, really good (but might be hurt)? And Antonio Gates is back (but might be hurt)! Also, don't forget that Philip Rivers is one of the league's 5 best QBs (but might be hurt). Seriously though, each of those guys is healthy enough to play and could have a big game. If all three of them have big games, the Chiefs will need a small miracle to keep pace with the San Diego offense.
Dexter McCluster
If you couldn't tell by my post earlier this week, "Are the Chiefs a better team without Dexter McCluster?," I am starting to get annoyed with the amount of time game planning and the amount of plays the Chiefs regularly put into a player who does not actually produce while on the field. With approximately 1/3 of the weekly plays designed for a player who gives the team 38 yards per game, maybe this is one of the reasons Matt Cassel looks so horrible at times.
Philip Rivers and the over/under 7 whines caught on camera
With as much as I like to joke about Rivers's propensity to complain to officials, teammates and opponents, I do think he is one of the best QBs in the NFL, despite his slow start in 2011. Year after year, the Chargers start the season slow, but by the end, they are at or near the top of the AFC West. Early in 2011, the Chargers have been winning games, despite not playing well overall. If the Chargers start playing well, while already holding a division lead, the AFC West could be locked up early.
Ernie Padaon: He can't continue on this decline that he has been. He had been playing decently in the games prior to the Jets game and just was not able to punch in the ball in the Red Zone. If he was able to put up more points, then there would be no talk about this struggling team.
Time of Possession (ToP)
The Chargers lead the NFL in time of possession at 33:56 per game. ToP is not something I normally put a ton of weight on, however, while looking over the Chargers's defensive stats, I noticed the Chargers are 3rd best in the NFL against the pass, allowing only 175.7 yards per game.
In general, these types of stats are skewed. Many times, when a team doesn't allow many passing yards, it is because teams are running the ball extremely well against them and controlling the clock, rather than attempting to throw.
Teams have only attempted 165 passes against the Chargers, least in the NFL. Naturally, I looked to the defensive rushing stats – Chargers are 21st against the rush, allowing 121.7 yards per game and a 4.7 yards per carry average, 7th highest in the NFL. 4.7 yards per carry allowed is a pretty large number, so I decided to look at the Chargers time of possession, and there it was, the Chargers lead the NFL.
If the Chiefs find themselves behind late in the game, there may not be an opportunity for a comeback on Halloween night.
My Chiefs v. Chargers Prediction
BetUS.com currently has the Chiefs as 3 point underdogs.
Through many conversations with San Diego bloggers, writers and sports radio personalities this week, it seems the Charger fan base has no faith the team can win this game… That seems odd to me, but then again, San Diego sports fans have always been known as some of the most fair-weather fans in the country.
Christopher Ello, Xtra Sports 1360 AM, San Diego: There aren't too many people around here in San Diego who think the Chargers have a chance in hell to win this game…..
Chargers CB Antone Cason received a 3 TD beat-down from Plaxico Burress and the New York Jets in week 7… Dwayne Bowe is better than Burress. If Cason did not required psychological help after week 7, he will most definitely need it after Bowe administers round two of the beat-down… Bowe will well-outperform Burress's 4 catches for 25 yards. Topping 3 TDs will, however, be difficult.
The Jets laid the groundwork for the Chiefs… And although the Chiefs do not really posses a strong two tight end set, fans may have already gotten a glimpse of the Halloween night game plan, as Jonathan Baldwin was used as an H-back in week 7 against the Oakland Raiders.
Although relatively unsuccessful, I liked the early aggressive down-field approach from the Chiefs offense against the Raiders in week 7. The Chargers, unlike the Raiders, are a team who can move the ball through the air. Aggressive offensive play calling early could be the difference in this game for the Chiefs.
On Halloween, I like the Chiefs to get their 4th win and a tie for the division lead.
Kansas City Chiefs 27 – San Diego Chargers 21
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I'll bet I totally forgot to post a link to that thread. My brain is a sieve lately. I'll try to find it today. Sorry. Welcome, welcome! Yes you you can join and YES we can help you! You need to decide what healthy eating plan you want to go with (I don't like the "d" word). Weight Watchers, South Beach, or calorie counting with one of the on-line groups are all possibilities. Take the time to do some research and find a plan that you feel that you can live with... because that is exactly what you need to do.... live with a plan for the rest of your life if you want to be truly successful. Sure, we all have days/weeks when we totally fall off plan and go a little crazy, but KNOWING that there is a plan to jump back on when we need to is what keeps us going for the long haul. Find some exercise that you can keep up with. Maybe you need to start slow with just some walking or maybe you are ready for something more. Whatever you decide, start doing it and KEEP MOVING! Cardio, weight training, resistance, whatever. Thirty minutes a day for AT LEAST three days a week would be about the MINIMUM I would recommend. Check out some of the other threads here on the WISH board where we do a LOT of talking about different exercise plans, exercise DVDs, etc. Keep checking here whenever you can. THere are lots of fun, helpful, knowledgeable people ready to give you a hand. Quote:
What kind of journaling are you trying to do? Are you doing it online or in writing? Are you writing all of the foods, or just the points? Maybe you need to change it up. I was keeping my food journal on my computer for about 4 months. But it got difficult to run to the computer every time I ate something, so I reverted back to the old fashioned method of pen and paper. I keep a cheap spiral bound notebook and pen on the kitchen counter. I try to write everything BEFORE I eat it. When I pack my lunch in the morning for work, I write it before I even leave for the day. If I am going away for a day or two, I grab the notebook and bring it along. I also journal my daily exercise minutes (what I did and what time I did it), and my COW points. Plus if it was an unusual day for some reason I make note of it and I keep track of TOM in there. Then, if I have a particularly great (or particularly bad) week, I can really look back and see what might have made a difference. Maybe you are trying to write too much. Try just making a tally mark for every point you eat to start with, and maybe a star at the top of the page for every healthy guideline you get in. It would be quicker than trying to write down all of the foods. Maybe tape a chart to the fridge or the cabinet door. Keep trying until you find something that really works for you and then STICK WITH IT! You can do this. I know you can. Here is the broccoli salad recipe for anyone who was interested. 1 bunch broccoli crowns 1 red onion 6 oz. grated cheddar cheese 1/2 lb. bacon 1/2 C chopped celery 1/2 C sugar 1 C mayo 2 Tb. vinegar Cook the bacon until crisp. Drain and chop. Clean broccoli and chop into chunks. Chop the onion. Mix the last four ingredients together in a large bowl or Tupperware with a lid. Add in first four ingredients and toss well. Chill overnight. Store in fridge. **Broccoli is NOT cooked. ##Here is what I do to modify the calories. I usually double the amount of broccoli because otherwise this is a very saucy recipe. I use low fat cheddar cheese, turkey bacon, Splenda instead of sugar or half Splenda/half sugar (I really don't care for the Splenda aftertaste quite frankly), light mayonnaise. This is definitely better if it sits for at least 24 hours in the fridge. Happy Memorial day to you all! Let's all take a moment to remember the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Let's remember what Memorial Day is about. There is supposed to be a national moment of silence today at 3pm. I'm going to try hard to keep an eye on my watch and spend that moment in prayer for our current troops fighting overseas. Well, I'm off to make french toast that I won't even be eating. DD had a friend sleep-over so I need to make a nice breakfast. But I'm sticking with steamed veggies and egg whites myself....................P
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Today's QOTD...
I didn't want this to get lost in my long post, so here it is..
Do you make separate meals for yourself and your family in order to stay on your "healthy" eating plan? My answer is... I am trying to make healthier meals for EVERYONE, but sometimes that is hard. If I am making something much more fattening for the family (like last night's sirloin tips), I try to make extra vegetable so that I can fill up on that. So NO, I don't usually make separate meals, but I try to make some adjustments in the meals so that everyone is happy. (Plus DS has significant food allergies, so sometimes I can make something separate for him already anyhow.) Last night I ate 3 oz of the meat (DD's friend was a little baffled when she saw me weigh my meat.... it is such a habit to me, it never occurred to me it might look odd to someone!), and a half-cup of the potatoes, but I also made a large batch of stir-fry so that is what I filled my plate with.. and I skipped the rolls altogether. Since I intend to stick with this for LIFE, I know that I need to find ways to make it work in real life. Cooking multiple meals every night is NOT the way it is going to work for me, so I am trying eat modified versions of the real meals. .............P
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Do you make separate meals for yourself and your family in order to stay on your "healthy" eating plan? I try to make the same meal for everyone, the excpetion would be for DH when I might make him fish instead of other meats. I realize the need to be concious of what we consume and to set healthy guidelines for our girls, so we've been trying to eat healthier. Does that mean that I eat as healthy as my kids, no. They're actually better about it than me But I'm trying. Now that summer is here it means more fresh fruits and veggies for all of us. Yum. Plus our garden has started to grow.
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I'm coming back with my tail between my legs. It has not been a good weekend. To make the contrast worse, my dh did a Half marathon yesterday, mowed the lawn, weeded and poisoned, and took ds to see "Night at the Museum". I laid around and read books... I know I need to just get back on track. Holiday weekends are not good for me. I look forward to them, but I just don't follow through with exercise or eating right. I guess I need to schedule a race so I will have to do what I need to. Today I'm doing , general straightening and cleaning, and I'm going to walk 4 mi later. I had a vitamuffin and tea for breakfast, I'm going to have a salmon burger and corn on the cob for lunch. For those of you who do WW -- I remember a few years ago you could "jump start" your weight loss by eating fewer points for a week -- does anyone know what the minimum is you should have? I'm supposed to get 25 pts per day -- I was thinking if I cut that back to 20 for a week, it would be ok? I'm open to suggestions. I usually work out for an hour most days, running or walking. I just need to do something drastic to get the scale moving down. I've been stuck losing and regaining the same 3 lbs for the past 3 weeks. TIA! For the QOTD: -- We have a different arrangement in that my dh does most of the cooking. It is not uncommon for us to have 3 different dinners. He always makes something healthy for me, and then something ds will eat -- and then he usually has a combo of my food and ds's for his dinner. It's not as much work as it sounds -- when we cook off the grill (which we do for most of the summer), I'll probably have a salmon or turkey burger with veggies, ds will have a hot dog or hamburger with chips, and dh will have a combination of most of the above. Maria
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QOTD: Nope, live alone so only have to cook for myself. The problem is....actually DOING it. Since starting WW I've been doing more home prep, but I've still got to kick it up a notch!
....off to the grocery store..... .
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Do you make separate meals for yourself and your family in order to stay on your "healthy" eating plan?
Not really, DH and I are both good cooks (we think!) and everyone eats what we make. However, we are doing low carb and we don't want our skinny kids to lose weight so they get buns with their burgers, tortillas for soft tacos if we're eating taco salad, etc. They also usually get dessert and we don't (usually an ice cream sandwich or something, I don't usually make dessert.) |
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QOTD: Uh-oh, I have a lot to say on this matter. I don't cook twice. It's just too much of a hassle. But I will make different things kind of. So if we're having hotdogs, I have Ballpark white smoked turkey hotdogs, and the kids have regular hotdogs. But even burgers anymore, everyone gets the same 93% lean mixed with turkey & onions mixture.
Last weekend I had 20 year old guys over (the worst eaters on earth, ya know?) and had tacos. I made the meat with turkey (they didn't notice.) The tortillas were actually whole wheat wraps from Aldi's (they loved them cause they were big and easy to fold) and homemade salsa and Baked Tostitoes (which were totally gone by the end of the night.) The two exceptions were I bought regular sour cream for them & dh and I used the fat free and I made a totally NOT low calorie dessert. That was my only concession as my dh REALLY wanted a certain dessert & I caved in to him (& then regretted it as I ended up eating some too.) It's been my experience that if you take the time to truly learn to cook all over again, and yes, it is a HUGE hassle, you will be better off in the long run. If you want to lose weight once and just maintain, you need this to be your life. I started my ongoing journey 7 years ago and I'm so grateful that I took the time to re-learn to cook at that point. And I'll tell you this, my kids aren't skinny (not fat either.) I'm just saying that I'm happy to feed them my way of veggies, fruits, lean meats, whole grains & no pop at home most of the time because it seems like every day there is other stuff for them to eat that is not great. In the last 7 days they've had cotton candy, movie theater popcorn, skittles, chips, pop, snow cones, cream cheese pretzels, etc. Most of that was at school! Would they be overweight if they didn't eat "lite" at home? I have to say probably. And we're active too. America is just a dangerous place for your kid's waist lines to live. In my case, I feel like at least my own dinner table is controllable. Somewhat. OK, I'm folding up my portable soap-box.
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Hi Everyone! I have had a pretty good weekend. Saturday I went to a carnival with my mom, nephew and kids and had a good time. I had a pretzel (no salt) which I shared with my son. I also went for a walk down to the beach after the kids were in bed since my gym was already closed. On sunday I did some gardening and puttering around the house and then the whole family did a costco run...spent waayyyyy too much money but got a lot of healthy foods which I then took home and portioned out with my handy dandy scale. Food wise was fine. Yesterday we went to a friends for a dinner party. I ate very little points wise before the party because I knew she was making one of my favorite dips...she's a vegetarian, though, so everything was made with things I am not used to...even the cheese wasn't really cheese, so figuring points was hard. I did my best to guess and I did well with not taking too much food. However, I think I am catching a cold...my throat really hurts!
QOTD - picnic food - I normally just bring a watermelon...healthy and very "summery" food. QOTD - Seperate foods - If a meal is actually prepared, usually everyone eats it, however because of our schedules (DH doesn't get home till 830pm most days and ds's bedtime is 8) we usually just eat seperately...I don't really "cook" often because of this. My ds's normal choice of food for dinner is a yogurt and an apple so I figure I don't have to worry too much if those are his foods of choice. HOwever, we went to my friend's house last night and he grabbed a bowl of chips and put the bowl on his belly as he lounged back in a chair in her back yard...he reminded me of those guys who watch saturday night football. Anyway, I noticed when I went to grab my snack at work today that I am eating a lot more colorfully than I used to. I had a tupperware container with 1 cup of grapes and one serving of baby carrots. I have low point options today as we are going to my moms for a bbq tonight. We are bringing dessert and some turkey hot dogs and buns. The dessert is a cobbler with rhubarb and raspberries made as light as possible...instead of sugar we use splenda and instead of butter we use extra water. It calls for jello so we use sugar free. It works out to be about 4 points for an eighth of the pan so you get a decent size portion and it is packed with flavor! Anyway, I need to work more on the exersize but am doing pretty well food wise and hoping everyone has a great holiday! Sarah |
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Do you make separate meals for yourself and your family in order to stay on your "healthy" eating plan? Not really, DH is happy with my progress. He commented this weekend, that he's noticed we're eating less pasta, and stuff. I've always sometimes not bothered cooking a potato or rice dish for dinner, and just left it at meat, salad and cooked veggies, but I'm doing that more often now. I've got the whole family into steamed edamame now! I like it so I bought it as a healthy munchy thing for me, and this weekend DH and DD's decided to try it and they all like it. Quote:
And I got a new niece last night, so I'm taking this afternoon off work, to do the 1.5 hr drive to go see the baby. I don't want to wait for the weekend, I want to see the baby in the first 24hours.
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The absolute minimum is 14 points, but that should only be on occasion. If you are looking for something to give you a push that probably isn't the way to do it. For some reason, the main thing that seems to have helped the people at the meeting I go to is to make sure they eat all of their daily points allowance (bizarre, I know). Also, drinking 1.5 litres of water a day really helps me when I need a big weight loss one week. Good luck. Hope you manage to stay on track. Intro:- Ok, I haven't really introduced myself yet so here goes. I weigh 204 pounds (not 208 as previously posted) and am 5'4". I have battled with my weight on and off since I was a teen. When I met my husband, my big appetite combined with his to help me gain 56 pounds and 3 dress sizes. When we were planning our wedding I lost the weight but gained it again shortly after. After my first pregnancy, I voed to lose it all and joined Weight Watchers. I became pregnant 3 months after my DS was born. So, I had my DD and then half heartedly did unofficial Weight Watchers. That wasn't working, so I joined Weight Watchers online. That worked for a while but eventually I lost my motovation again. I have been feeling so unhealthy and I have become so unfit that I finally started going to WW meetings. I was doing well and lost 2 pounds a week for the first 2 weeks. Then, I gained a pound. I didn't give in and lost that pound the following week. Then, I was told at work that my job was going to India. The company have redeployed me within the business but with my DH currently out of work and the stuff with my job I just binged on chocolate (my drug of choice) and haven't really stopped since. I have steadily gained 1/2 pound every week since then. I am continuing to go to WW because I know if I stop going I will just get bigger and bigger. I just can't seem to motivate myself to get going again. I am hoping joining this group will give me that push I need so desperately. It really feels as though it is now or never. I haven't exercise regularly in a long time but have a treadmill and have recently bought a Wii (and Wii Fit and Wii Active). So that's me. QOTD:- In our house everyone eats healthily. We have 2 young children (DS 2, DD 1) and my husband and I are both trying to live a healthier lifestyle. |
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Do you make separate meals for yourself and your family in order to stay on your "healthy" eating plan?
No, it is just DH and I and we are both trying to lose. |
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AMMAN, June 8 (Reuters) - Syrians fled a restive town towards the Turkish
border, fearing bloodshed as troops with tanks approached, under orders to
hit back after the government accused armed bands there of killing scores
of its security men.
Though accounts of days of killing in Jisr al-Shughour ranged from an
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The cabbage plants (real name ??) that I planted last fall did well through the winter and now have put on 18 inches of foliage. I expect they will die soon, right?
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You are probably looking at the actual flower stem of the plant which has bolted (gone to seed). That is triggered by the warm weather. Keep watch and it may flower, and then produce seed. Collect these and plant them in late summer or early fall for a new crop. There is little hope of keeping the plant or any part of it alive thru the summer. |
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And propagation by SEED is the only method that works..... |
Tom W27 and George5il: Thank you both. Exactly the information I was looking for. I'll be looking for the seeds. If you can point me to tips on collecting them and starting them off I'd welcome getting them. |
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I didn't know anything about propagation of Cabbage but in the nice Spring we have been having, I have been planting and rooting most anything so when my wife was preparing Cabbage and I saw little roots trying to grow from the stem she cut away, I took the stem and planted it in my pot garden on the front porch. It came up with 5 little cabbage plants so I dug it up and cut them apart and so far, they all seem to be surviving in other flower pots. I may not get any cabbage to eat but it is fun watching them grow. I have already bought her a Red Cabbage so that I can try this on a red cabbage as well as the green. |
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I don't mean to seem ungrateful but I am wondering why properties down the street have japanese knotweed and ours (apparently) does not?
On another note, I noticed a smooth, thick, grey woody vine with almost no branches on the way up and small leaves, reaching straight up from the ground to the canopy of a large oak without touching the trunk. It is not grape, porcelain berry, bittersweet, virginia creeper or poison ivy. Sorry, no pics. Any thoughts on what this mystery vine could be. I am embarassed that I never noticed it in four years. |
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Could your mystery vine be either a trumpet creeper or an excaped wisteria? Both have smooth thick vines and only hold leaves high up in the tree. Are the flowers on the vine compound or not? |
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There are some small vines nearby that look like trumpet creeper - maybe that's it. I had never seen trumpet creeper with a vine so thick around. The vine also looks a bit like some big wisterias I have seen in people's yards but I can't tell much about what is at the top because it is very high up in the canopy of the oak tree. |
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"This is what you love," he will say. "You've been doing it your whole life. You've trained hard to prepare for this moment. Do what you do."
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It is a "must-win" game, because even a tie against Germany or Portugal would be considered an upset.
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"It's a fight here to get elite athletes to play soccer," Cameron said. "In the rest of the world, soccer is the main sport."
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"It was closer to home and, going into my junior year, I'd played in the summer for the Rhode Island Stingrays with a bunch of URI guys."
Cameron helped the Rams reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament as a junior and, as a senior, he was voted Midfielder of the Year in the A-10 Conference.
That led to his being drafted by the Houston Dynamo, where he was a two-time All-Star (2009 and 2011). The last two years, he has played for Stoke City while also playing 23 international matches for the U.S. team.
Cameron believes his experience in the Premier League will help him cope with the pressure of playing in the World Cup.
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"As long as I'm on the field," he said, "I'm happy."
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The U.S. team played its final tune-up match Saturday against Nigeria and leaves Sunday for Brazil.
"We're going there to win," he said. "We're not going to sit back and let teams attack us. We're capable of taking it right to teams, creating opportunities, and putting the ball in the back of the net.
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