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Benefits of exercise you may not know about
We all know about how exercise tones you up, is good for your heart and lungs and is great for that feel good factor, but there are other not so obvious benefits…
Good for your hearing
A study showed that people who exercise regularly had improved hearing in the short term and it showed that it preserved good hearing in the long term, compared to non-exercisers.
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Regular exercise does increase your libido – 8,000 women in a study experienced greater arousal, had sex more often and achieved orgasm more easily.
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Being active in the day does help you sleep better at night – it can make you fall asleep quicker and get a better night's sleep.
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weeks and weeks ago, I had all but stopped checking in here...I got all involved with my DD, her DH and my 2 grandbaby girls...
as heartbreaking as it was, to have them move to Ireland, I did finally get to a point that I started to check in here, to at least see what was going on and new projects being pumped out.. just about the time I had resigned myself to the fact that they were making a new life over there...(he's born and raised in central Ireland) and I missed the littlest one's first birthday and seeing her take her first steps and other things...I have just recently been emailing and talking on phone with DD... they've decided to move back home here... yesterday was 5 months, to the day they got on that plane at Sea-Tac airport....leap year day, they left. one week from right now, they will be landing back at Sea-Tac and coming back to home here.... this is the place that I'll be checking in on again... maybe with something in the works, maybe just as an observer .... this is a comfortable and inspirational place to spend time. I'll be around here, from time to time. maybe with a lap full of 2 grandbabies.... DD is carrying home an extra few pounds...another grandbaby is due in early January! Becky ;(*_*); |
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Oh Becky, what wonderful news!! Can't think of a better way to spend time than with a lap full of grandbabies. Look forward to hearing (and seeing) more from you. Have a good one! Ann |
What happy news for you! Hope your home is soon filled with munchkin's laughter and stuff you create from broken pieces! |
We miss you too. I am happy for you and the great news. Don't stay away so long. |
Becky, you don't even know me I'm sure, but I'm going to tell you I've thought of you SO many times after reading your earlier heartbreaking post about them moving! I am delighted with your news! HURRAH! |
- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Thu, Jul 31, 08 at 16:09
SEA: I'm so glad you're back and so glad to hear the good news. This place hasn't been the same since you and lots of others have left, but it's still a wonderful forum. Get busy, cuz when you have that lap-full, you'll not have a whole lot of time to mosaic. Make something to commemorate this event. WELCOME BACK!!! |
- Posted by lovemosaics (My Page) on Fri, Aug 1, 08 at 5:13
How exciting for you! Don't know you yet.......but am so happy for you! I'f my Daughter ever took my little grandaughter from me.......I would just die..... she is my life right now. I alway feel so thankful no "great" jobs have taken my kids from me. I just wonder all the time how long before a damn job will steal my life away. Being a mom is too damn tough......you can let them go, but we never intended to let them go that far!! Good luck to you! |
- Posted by seaglassic (My Page) on Fri, Aug 1, 08 at 11:07
thankyou, all of you I had forgotten about the post, when I learned they were going, for real. until daisyme mentioned the earlier post, I didn't even realize I had 'cried' here. I searched for it and found it.. Slow, you were the first one to reply and you gave me hope of them returning, being disillusioned and returning soon.. others of you had the same encouragement.. I thought at that time, it was going to be a certain change. so many of you knew the possibility, when I was blind to it. and having the babies back...that does give more chances of dishes getting broken...lol Becky ;(*_*); |
- Posted by curbdiver1954 (My Page) on Fri, Aug 1, 08 at 18:07
So glad you're back with us!! Missed your work, as well as your observations on the work of others! Have thought of you many, many times and wondered/hoped/prayed things were working out for the best for your entire family....so thrilled to hear they are coming "home"! Pat |
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One area pastor said drug and prostitution problems are taking over the streets of Brookshire, and he has a plan to "take back the streets for good, decent people who are scared to come out of their houses after dark."
Pastor Mike B. Nolan addressed last week's Brookshire City Council meeting and told them he wanted their support in holding a "Taking Back the Streets of Brookshire" march this Saturday.
Nolan said the idea of the march came after he learned many residents actually fear leaving their homes after dark or letting their children play outside because of drug sales and prostitutes on the streets.
His awareness of the problem began several weeks ago when he drove a parishioner home. As he was leaving, Nolan was approached by a man on a bicycle soliciting money.
"He told me he needed $5 for drugs," Nolan recalled. "He told me I could have his mother for $5. He also said he would have sexual contact with men for the $5."
Nolan said he took the man home and told his mother about the encounter.
"His mother started crying," Nolan said.
That led Nolan to investigate the drug issue further, including driving around Brookshire late at night to get an idea of the scope of the problem.
He said he learned that mothers are afraid to allow their children play outside or go to area parks and many residents fear venturing out after dark for fear of drug dealers and prostitutes. Police are hampered because residents fear retaliation if they report the problems.
"We have a problem in Brookshire," Nolan told the council.
Nolan said he "had a dream about Brookshire" and that was when the idea of the march came to him.
"I saw (Brookshire) in the state that it is in and I saw it the state it could be. Citizens will no longer be scared to come outside," he said. "Drugs and prostitution are the problems. We just want to help."
Nolan said he wants to lead a march this Saturday, Nov. 14, beginning at 5 p.m. to send a message to drug dealers and prostitutes that the community wants to "take the streets back" for respectable residents. He also asked the police department to lead the marchers.
"We are going to ask all the pastors from the ministerial alliance to walk and pray with the marchers. Together, we can run the devil out," Nolan said. "It's a demonic problem. If we don't all attack it for what it is, we're going to lose."


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When it comes to testing out a cooling setup, the primary concern is all about processor temperature. With this thought in mind, I have found that the simplest way to see the effectiveness of a cooling solution is to run the processor through a burn-in that uses 100% of the processing power while monitoring the temperatures. Before we dig any deeper into performance, though, lets take a quick look at the test system.
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Testing will consist of monitoring temperatures at both idle and at load. The processor is running at default speeds but still manages to put out a good deal of heat. Voltage of the CPU is 1.55v and testing ambient temperature was a consistent 22C.
I'll be using a Thermaltake POLO 735 and the asetek VapoChill Micro with both the High End and Low Noise fans as comparison models since both have done a very good job to date of producing excellent results during all kinds of testing.
You may have noticed that I used some rather high-end coolers in our example. The main reason for this is that a majority of our readers tend to fall toward the enthusiast category. Besides, why would we want to compare a cooling a solution against some low performance rig that most of us wouldn't use anyway?
So we planted a couple of decent air coolers in the system and also the Corsair Nautilus 500. When everything was finished up we see that while the numbers show a good deal higher than solid air cooling models, they aren't out of range. When considering this product, you'll want to make sure that you know how your system will be used. If you're into hardcore overclocking, then you might want to go ahead and work yourself into a full blown water system and not an external model. If, on the other hand, you're looking at a first time water solution to get the hang of things, AND you don't have any plans on heavily overclocking the system, then this model would work just fine. After all, even at high fan speeds the noise was hardly more than a high speed VGA card cooler at low RPM.
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Hi, i get very confused by fertilizers and rarely use them. i think however that i need to fertilize my vine maple and giant chain fern. We've got osmocote, a 4-4-4, azalea fert, citrus fert and rose fert on hand. Are any of those suitable for maple or fern? |
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Recommended for vine maple: only a top-dress of compost but the Osmocote slow-release with low N-P-K numbers will have a similar effect. Don't fertilize chain fern. They resent it. |
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^You can top-dress the chain fern with compost. But I wouldn't bother with anything else. |
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At Thursday's Budget Committee mark-up, Sen. Jeff Sessions offered an amendment to prohibit any further funds from being expended on the controversial U.S.-Mexico food stamp partnership, which allows USDA to advertise food stamp benefits in foreign consulates. This commonsense amendment was voted down unanimously by the panel's Democrats.
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE !?!?!?!??! WE DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS…..WE CAN NOT FEED THE WORLD !~!!! WHAT THE HELL ABOUT US LIVING ON SS# FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT ! NOT BEING ABLE TO GET AHEAD. MORE TAXES TO GIVE TO WHAT YOU WANT TO GIVE TO WITH MY MONEY !!!! i'M GETTING FED UP WITH THIS S H I T !!!!


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The Hospital's allopathic programs include primary care, internal medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and psychiatry. The primary care internal medicine residency program is a free-standing independent program of the Internal Medicine Department of St. John's Episcopal Hospital, affiliated with the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn (SUNY). The programs in physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine and psychiatry are conducted by SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn.
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Watch Eleanor Friedberger's new video for "My Own World" now at Rolling Stone
Today, Eleanor Friedberger premiered the music video for Personal Record's "My Own World" on RollingStone.com.
According to director Scott Jacobson (The Daily Show, Bob's Burgers), the music video aims to portray, "the other side of being alone, which is feeling isolated, and in particular being young and on your own in a big city."
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"This is my fourth collaboration with Scott Jacobson, and we were lucky to have Ted [Travelstead] and Kate [Lyn Sheil] act in it. Kate did an amazing job portraying the isolation expressed in the song and Ted provided the perfect comic relief. As always, Scott managed to lend a touch of humor and playfulness to an otherwise somber song that is essentially about the fear of interruption."
Eleanor has shows in Boston, Portland and New Haven coming up this weekend! Be sure to check out her incredible live show before the year's end – dates are below.
Eleanor Friedberger's Personal Record is available now on CD, LP and digital as well as the special Eleanor Friedberger bundle in the Merge Holiday store.
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Breakfast Topic: 'Every female WoW player has healed at least once' {WoW}
Mar 12th 2012 9:32AM My priest: Healed one Deadmines at level 17 (the original). Didn't like it. Healed one attempt at Kurinaxx in Vanilla. Not sure it counts because the tank was fed up and Leeroy'ed it before we were set up so it was an insta-wipe. Healed one painful H Slave Pens. My male friends pretty much told me, 'Don't try any more, play what you like.' Healed several group quests, mostly by spamming the tank with greater heal in shadow spec and hoping for the best. And disc'ed some arena/bgs in WotLK. That's it. 11k+ achievement points, more than 5 years of raiding. I'm currently 2/8H DS. My current raid group includes 4 female dps and 3 male healers. Three of us female dps have never healed in WoW. Sweeping generalizations are stupid.
Choosing the group role (for the hot engineer sex) {WoW}
Apr 29th 2008 8:28AM Hmmm ... I rolled a priest to be a healer (ended up shadow at 40 and never looked back). Rolled a druid to be a healer (currently has over 30,000 armor). Healing just isn't the role for me -- stresses me out. But I find as a tank, that people whispering me for heroic lfg -- "Are you geared?" gets tiresome. And though tanks are in demand, for higher level stuff (like heroic mgt), all excellent players are in demand. A good tank and a healer there can't save a run, everyone has to play their class well. A great mage there really saves the day. And it is true to a lesser degree of the other heroics. So, though I could find work for my tank at any point I wanted, finding challenging instances with other good players is harder.
CC: How to run instances without a net {WoW}
Mar 17th 2008 4:09PM I ran heroic ramparts with a couple of non-cc ers the other day. Elemental shammie and ret pally I think. What we decided on -- after a few wipes -- was to have at least one burn target. I'd concentrate on a couple of hard hitting targets. They would burn a caster or the dogs. By the time they were concentrating on my mobs, they were locked down, and the healer was always safe. With pvp gear so available now, lots of different classes have a lot of hp -- my shadow priest often dps tanks a caster-type. Casting a lot of renews or similar heals across the party seems to help rather than 5 straight big heals on the tank.
Breakfast Topic: How do you distribute 5-man loot? {WoW}
Mar 17th 2008 3:27PM I don't think using the in-game system has any "noob"ish ness about it. On my server, *at the heroic level,* you need if you need, pass otherwise or greed if no de'er. De'ers either need or greed, and mostly there are rolls for each shard in pugs, but sometimes groups wait until the end. Crafting patterns and nethers someone usually calls out to need or greed. Some lower level pugs don't encourage needing -- I think because newer players don't understand always what benefits them, or what will benefit them only a touch but some other toon a lot. Many times for purple heroic loot, someone asks before needing. Or people ask if need is ok for off-spec. And sometimes, even in a pug, someone will ask if they can solo roll on a nether for a particular crafted piece, and the individuals discuss.
Shifting Perspectives: Bear Tanking Strategies Part 2 {WoW}
Mar 12th 2008 1:26PM I adore John's work and have learned a ton from him ... but want to emphasize to new tanks the value of pvp gear. (Since I know he doesn't like to pvp). While you're grinding away at those badges, endure as little as 3 arena games a week (with understanding friends) ... and look into sexy items like season 2 shoulders, or s3 chest or head (the last two both have hit rating and other wonderful tanking stats). I only wish the movement speed increase worked in more instances! And the bg gear is a great place to start too to get a foot in.


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Nestled in the rolling hills of southern Indiana, Floyd County Indiana is home to the first public high school in the state – New Albany High School, founded in 1853.
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In the beginning, words and images were created by hand. The process was slow and difficult, and written documents were expensive and highly prized.
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Breezy, the leading provider of secure mobile device print solutions, has been added as a sponsor to the AirWatch Connect 2013 User Group Conference this week in Atlanta.
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Two recent surveys confirm what many IT managers have long suspected: if employees are unhappy with company policies on mobile devices or strict mobile security policies that they see as hindering their ability to get work done, they will find a way around the policies so that they can use unsecured devices to access company files.
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Forrester Research Analyst Michael O'Grady says that if you don't own a tablet yet, you probably will soon. In a new forecast on the tablet market, O'Grady and his team predict that 6 out of 10 consumers in North America will own a tablet by the year 2017. Worldwide, the report predicts sales of tablets will reach 381 units in 2017, resulting in a global installed base of 905 million units.
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On the evening of December 6th, the Kentucky Bluegrass Chapter of Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) will present the $1000 Bailey/Zimmerman Scholarship, and $1000 Kentucky Bluegrass Chapter Scholarship. Students eligible are undergraduate agriculture or natural resource students enrolled in a college or university in the KY Bluegrass Chapter region during the fall of 2013.
The Bailey-Zimmerman Scholarship is in honor of Dr. Harry Hudson (Hank) Bailey (1990) and William (Bill) Zimmerman (1994) for their contributions and service to the SWCS Bluegrass Chapter. In addition, to being an active member in SWCS, Dr. Bailey was also a member in several other professional organizations including agronomy, soil science, and agricultural societies, both national and international. In 1986, after 31 years of service, Dr. Bailey retired from the University of Kentucky as Emeritus Professor of Agronomy. Bill Zimmerman was a past Bluegrass Chapter President (active in SWCS at the local, state, and national level). He retired from Soil Conservation Service, worked with the Kentucky Division of Conservation, and was a conservation district supervisor. In offering this memorial scholarship, the members of the KY Bluegrass Chapter of SWCS realize and appreciate their achievements and years of dedicated service to agriculture and natural resource conservation. The KY Bluegrass Chapter Conservation Scholarship is given by the chapter to further the student's education and enhance their opportunities to positively affect the conservation ethic.
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The ice cream truck just passed my house like it does everyday, blaring the same warbly tune we all remember as kids. My 3 boys stare out the window to watch all the neighbor kids running out to buy their treats. I'm fairly certain the ice cream man doesn't carry a Dairy Free, Dye Free version of anything, and my heart sinks a little knowing my kids feel left out.
I can still remember what I picked out as a kid… an Orange Creamsicle. Do you remember those? It was the Orange Popsicle with the white cream center. I haven't had one of those in years, but if I close my eyes, I can still remember exactly what they taste like… and the artificial ingredients they're made with.
Determined to re-create a healthy and non-allergenic experience my own kids will remember, I set out to make a Raw, Dairy Free, and Sugar Free version of my favorite childhood treat. After a couple of batches, I think I've come pretty darn close. My kids absolutely love them, and now I keep a batch in the freezer to pull out when we hear the music coming down the road.
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- Liquid Stevia – I like the Alcohol Free, Vanilla Flavor
- Pure Orange Extract – I use an Alcohol Free Orange Oil
- I buy almost all of my supplies from Nuts.com or Amazon.com – they are both AWESOME!!
If you don't already have a VitaMix, I strongly encourage you to check out what this machine is capable of! For more information about VitaMix you can go directly to the VitaMix website. For free shipping, be sure to use: Coupon Code: 06-004166
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Raw & Natural Orange Creamsicle in the VitaMix – Dairy & Sugar Free!
This recipe makes approximately 64 ounces, since we like to drink a cup of it before freezing the Popsicles… but feel free to scale it in half if you don't need so much.
All ingredients I used in the video were Organic.
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- 4-5 Pitted Dates – Soaked for 1 Hour (then drain)
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- Juice from 1/2 Lime
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- 1 Teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 8 Drops of Liquid Stevia (or to taste)
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2. Start on Variable Speed 1, working your way up to 10, then to High.
3. Once everything is completely smooth, add in Ice.
4. Blend again (using the VitaMix Tamper if necessary) until all ingredients are running smoothly through the machine and everything is well blended.
5. Mixture should be runny, but smooth and creamy.
6. Pour into your favorite Popsicle Molds and freeze 4-8 hours or until completely frozen.Yields: Approximately 64 ounces (8 cups)
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Conesus Golf Club is a breathtaking course located in the hills of Conesus, NY. The 35 year old full service golf and banquet facility features an 18 hole, par 71 golf course, a recently remodeled banquet facility, full bar, and all grass driving range. Known for our speedy pace of play, you'll have time to enjoy it all!
Centerpointe Golf Club checks off an important milestone in 2014?its 50th anniversary. Showing no signs of old age?no greying fairways or crow's feet around its fringes?the club continues to treat players to enjoyable games of golf, no matter their skill level. The wide fairways zigzag across an L-shaped plot of the Canandaigua Lake region, adding up to 6,787 yards?long enough for skilled players but not so long as to turn away those with less experience. The course also prides itself on a snappy pace of play that allows most groups to squeeze their rounds into around four hours.
Course at a Glance: * 18-hole, par 71 course * Total length of 6,787 yards from the back tees * Course rating of 72.3 from the back tees * Course slope of 124 from the back tees * Four sets of tees per hole * Scorecard
Located in central New York, just off New York State Thruway exit 40, midway between Rochester and Syracuse, sonorous moos and sloshing tins of milk once echoed across this idyllic nine-hole course, which James and Dee Ball converted from their family dairy farm in 1968. Since then, Meadowbrook Golf Club has seen a slew of proprietors, each of whom have added their own distinct touch by installing automatic watering, improving the drainage system, or building a 40'x80' pole barn to house equipment and botched Dorf clones.
In May 2008, PGA golf professional Trey Walewski and his wife, Tina, took over the Meadowbrook. The golf club remains a family owned and operated business with Trey and Tina, and their daughters, Taylor and Sydney, taking on the operations of the course, practice facilities, pro shop, and bar and grill.
Built in 1993 by owner Neil Comstra, Eagle Ridge Driving Range has since expanded from a practice facility to a fun center with mini-golfing and go-karting action. While putting guests try their hand at the 18-hole mini-golf course, players rehearsing teeoffs on the 300-yard driving range can take aim at a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle and the mechanic trying to start it. Guests can transition to a different kind of driving by hopping into a single- or double-seated go-kart for a spin around the oval slick track. In between races, range time, and mini-golf games, youngsters can continue playing in an oversized sandbox or join adults on the facility's picnic tables or in the shade of a custom-built gazebo.
Staffed by experienced golfing professionals and computers that have sworn allegiance to the three laws of golfing robotics, GolfTEC uses motion sensors and high-speed cameras to monitor your swing and break down your form on a high-definition video display. GolfTEC's certified teaching professionals point out your flaws and strengths and coach you on how to permanently improve your game, from tee to green. Sensors chirp with approval whenever you execute a perfect stroke or crack an especially witty golfing joke.
At Webster Golf Club, not one but two 18-hole championship courses invite golfers to frolic among their twining streams, sandy bunkers, and devious doglegs. The par-72 east course, designed by James Harrison and Ferdinand Garbin, has welcomed cleated feet for more than half a century. Water impediments guard the putting greens on six of its fairways, including the fourth hole, where golfers must set model ships afloat to ferry their orbs across the stream that bars the way to the green. Small, fast greens and an emphasis on iron play challenge golfers as they swing their way through the course. The east course's younger sibling, built in 1973, is the par-70 west course, where strategically rooted trees spread their leaves to block second shots.
Players looking to hone their skills head over to the Webster Range and Learning Center, which stretches out over 17 acres. The lighted center combines a 4-acre, all-grass tee, a 2,500-square-foot putting green, two practice traps, and four target greens. One hundred hitting stations at the driving range ensure that entire musical casts can bond together while whacking spheres.
East Course at a Glance:
18-hole, par-72 course
Length of 7,100 yards from the farthest set of tees
Course rating of 71.2 from the farthest set of tees
Slope rating of 121 from the farthest set of tees
Four sets of tees
West Course at a Glance:
18-hole, par-70 course
Length of 6,003 yards from the farthest set of tees
Course rating of 66.6 from the farthest set of tees
Slope rating of 106 from the farthest set of tees


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April 22, 2012 - By CalWatchdog Staff April 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes State employee discounts are getting ridiculous. Despite the fact that California state and local government employees are among the highest-paid in the country according the latest U.S. Census Bureau, they receive all kinds of crazy discounts. I was shoe shopping over the weekend at DSW, a huge shoe retailer. As I was making my purchase, the clerk made a comment about me working for the state. It seemed like a strange comment, but then I realized that my wallet was sitting open on the counter and my Capitol press credentials were visible. Before I could tell her that I did not, she had already keyed in a 20 percent discount on my purchase. And, she didn't hear my answer anyway, as she was talking to another clerk. Apparently my Capitol credential was good enough to receive 20 percent off.
I don't work for the state, but I support the state through excessive taxes. I asked her why DSW was offering state employees a discount. The clerk said that they offer the discount as a promotion, and had recently offered a discount for school district employees. It's Good To Be the King State employees receive all kinds of discounts–free and discounted bus and light rail passes, travel discounts, health club membership discounts, cell phones discounts, business discounts during the furlough, Apple computer discounts, Disneyland discounts, and even See's Candies discounts. There is a website dedicated to State Worker Deals, which advertises many different food and travel coupons and discounts available to state employees. "State Worker Deals was created by a former State Employee," the website states. "Our founder always felt that State Government Workers are underpaid and work hard with sometimes little thanks. Our founder wants to provide State Government Workers and Retirees across the USA an opportunity to save more money and live a happy and profitable life."
The days of state workers being underpaid in thankless jobs are long gone. But hey – discounts on shoes are always good. It's just too bad DSW doesn't offer small business owners or manufacturers the same 20 percent discount.
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South Africa's First Lady of Space and environmentalist Elizabeth Klarer's testimony of extraterrestrial contactee events remains the most trusted version of its sort to date.
The prophetic message that she brought back from the planet Meton, via her supposed lover Akon and his people seem more valid now than it could ever be then.
Never before were our current environmental dilemmas raised with such conviction...from another planet.


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JAIPUR: Almost five months after a notorious criminal, Bhanu Pratap Singh, was gunned down along with two policemen by armed assailants in Bijolia village in Bhilwara district, the police have arrested the kingpin and three of his accomplices from a hotel in Mcleodganj in Himachal Pradesh.
On April 19, five policemen were taking Bhanu Pratap, a history-sheeter, from Udaipur Central Jail to Jhalawar for a court hearing when the assailants rammed their SUV into the police vehicle. They surrounded the police vehicle and fired several rounds at the poorly armed cops. Two constables - Prakash Chand and Sohan Lal were killed along with Bhanu Pratap.
Later, investigation has revealed that the attack on the dreaded criminal was a revengeful act from one Shivraj Singh gang. It was contended by the police that since Bhanu was involved in killing a kin of Shivraj in 2008, the later was conspiring to kill Bhanu for a long time.
After a thorough investigation, Bhilwara police recently got a tip-off that Shivraj Singh along with his accomplices were staying at some hotel in Mcleodganj in Himachal Pradesh.
"A team was sent just a week back and they stayed in the same hotel like ordinary customers to keep a tab on the activities of Shivraj and his accomplices," said Umesh Chandra Dutta, superintendent of police, Bhilwara, talking to TOI.
On the arrests, the SP, said, "The arrested include Shivraj Singh (45), Giriraj Singh (35), Harinder Singh Tomar(35) and Arvind Singh alais Allu."
Police said that all the accused were arrested on Monday and were produced before a local court in Dharmshala in Himachal Pradesh to seek a transit warrant.
"Usually an accused after arrest is supposed to be produced before the court. Because of the distance between Himachal Pradesh and Bhilwara, we can't produce them at the court in Bhilwara. In such circumstances, police needs to show the official arrest at the spot from where the accused were picked," said a senior police official.
Among the accused, Harinder Singh Tomar had allegedly executed the whole plan varying from arranging for the vehicles that intercepted the police vehicle at Bijolia to arrange for the weapons. "The other accused Allu alias Arvind Singh is the sharp-shooter who fired at the police vehicle," the SP added.
According to Bhilwara police, with four more arrests, the number of those arrested has risen to 10.
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During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health care, he would "have insurance company representatives and drug company representatives at the table. They just won't be able to buy every chair." Now is a good time to look at just what kind of seats special interest groups are having at Obama's table and what they're doing to bring the public around to their ways of thinking. This is the tenth of an occasional series of posts that will analyze their activities and how the media are covering them. The entire series is archived here.
It was only a matter of time before we heard from the business community. While the press has focused largely on the insurance industry and its opposition to the public plan option, other oppositional groups have also been hard at work. "The non-insurance business community is going to be in the middle of this," says Harvard pollster Robert Blendon. "But there's been very little coverage." Anyone who thinks that trade groups representing American business are snoozing in their tents is sorely mistaken.
At the National Journal, Bara Vaida has done her homework on business lobbyists and has produced a good, in-depth story explaining what the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is up to. The group, a sometime ally of the insurance industry, doesn't like a public plan because it represents government intrusion in the private market. Nor does it like the idea of its members being required to offer insurance to their workers. The business community will say reform is going to have "terrible implications" like cutting jobs, and the public will be sympathetic to that, Blendon says.
Big business has similar complaints. In a recent message to its members, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as influential a trade group as there is, asked them to "tell Congress to oppose flawed health care proposals." In particular, the Chamber is upset over a public plan; any requirement that they provide employees with health insurance—the so-called employer mandate; and a minimum benefit package, which is emerging as a sleeper issue.
Reform advocates have hoped that legislation would force insurers to offer minimum benefits, as a protection against the skimpy coverage that is becoming commonplace. The Chamber says that a minimum coverage package, like the one offered through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, "will bankrupt employers and workers" and won't appeal to younger workers. Instead, it's advocating something like a high-deductible plan that includes preventative care. No surprise here.
Last week, the Chamber sent a letter to Sen. Edward Kennedy and Rep. Michael Enzi, outlining its objections. A public plan, the Chamber said, "must not be included in the legislation," and "an employer mandate would exacerbate the already difficult situation of employers and workers." Looks like Blendon is spot-on here. The Chamber also encouraged the committees, chaired by Kennedy and Enzi, to consider other provisions not included in legislative proposals. One would allow people enrolled in federal health programs to take vouchers and use them to buy coverage from private insurers.
On June 17, the Chamber also announced a campaign against the president's health plan, asking its members to "push back" against Democratic bills emerging on Capitol Hill. Within three days, the Chamber's member organizations had sent 36,000 letters, e-mails, and faxes to the Senate health and finance committees, expressing their opposition. More will be coming. "It's just beginning because you ramp up. If done well and done quickly we're adding some political leverage," the Chamber's executive vice president, Bruce Josten, told Bloomberg News.
The Chamber also plans a "sustained national media, education, and grassroots advocacy campaign to defend and advance America's free enterprise values in the face of rapid government growth and attacks by anti-business activists." The campaign begins in the fall, right when Congress is supposed to vote on health reform. It's a safe bet that the Chamber will have health care in mind as it revs up its Free Enterprise Campaign.
The Chamber's effort is significant. Not only can the group mobilize businesses in every Congressional district, it also has a history of generous Congressional campaign contributions. Over the last ten years, the Chamber has spent more to influence Congress than any other lobbying group. Now that's clout!


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Neptunian Reality II
In a previous post, I set out to explain something important and/or serious about experiencing and living according to the parameters of Neptune. Today, I am incapable of any such thing. Instead, I'll share a story that had me unable to breathe through choking laughter last night that is all about Neptunian reality.
A few days ago, my girlfriend wanted to go out to see a 3D movie. She picked "The Lorax." I asked her when she told me this if it is a cartoon (because I usually don't go to see cartoons in theaters and I like to be prepared to be bored), and she replied with the question, "Are you serious?"
So, we went to the theater and it turns out it is a cartoon. I ended up getting into and enjoying it. There were a few scenes and images that stuck with me, too.
Last night we were watching another movie at home (it's Neptune's domain over here in some ways). The story attempted to be serious and heavy, about a young man who goes home to his mother and estranged twin sister after his father dies unexpectedly. Opportunities for healing abound and stuff like that. But at one point there is a shot of this character opening the fridge and you can see like six sticks of butter in the door behind him. I started laughing and kept going till I was almost choking.
In the cartoon, there was a shot of a cute little bear character in a fridge sliding a stick of butter into his already-engorged mouth/self. But what had me laughing is that last night I remembered that the day after seeing "The Lorax," I realized it was a cartoon.
Now, I remember being prepared for the possibility that it could be a cartoon and then seeing the opening of the film and seeing that it was indeed a cartoon. And then I got lost in the world presented to me and, frankly, forgot about it being a cartoon. Its world became real.
And then I had forgotten that I had forgotten.
Sort of a long story to say something essential about Neptune: cartoon bears hiding in fridges love butter.
But the point could be: When you do the Neptunian thing, the normal bounds of your consciousness take on those of the environment in which you find yourself. In a darkened theater for me the other night, it was the cartoon world of "The Lorax." But it's true of each of us – no matter where we are – when we open to being Neptunian.
In the last two-ish years especially – since I began channeling a lot – I've been a bit affected when leaving a theater. I usually go to matinees because they break up mornings filled with client work or writing, and so I am usually emerging from the building into the bright light of day (especially here in Tucson). Often I make sure I'm in my body before I head out into traffic and even then sometimes I notice I'm not all the way back from the world I soaked up from whatever movie I've just seen.
Again, though, we all do this all the time. We are affected by the energies we surround ourselves with. I might be a little more Neptunian or so in some ways more than some other people. But everyone has Neptune, Pisces, and a 12th house in his or her chart. Each of us, therefore, has the ability to adapt the flow of our awareness and consciousness to something outside the self that seems bigger, more complete, or seductive in some way.
I do this Neptunian movie thing to break up how I normally experience my conscious self. I work, do readings, write, and teach, yet that escape can punctuate the day. It's also true that I experience time moving incredibly slowly now, after having my consciousness "stretched" to be able to channel how and what I do, and so being entertained is something I appreciate because it uses time when I can't do anything that seems productive.
So, what do you surrender your consciousness to?
And perhaps more importantly, why?
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But the population boom in the northwest Denver suburbs, coupled with a growing desire for alternatives to regular public schools, has conspired to unload minivans full of kids smack in the middle of this tranquil neighborhood. "The noise goes on seven days a week," Rapier says. "It starts early in the morning and goes late into the evening."
Parents drive from as far away as Golden to bring their kids to Jefferson Academy Charter School, and for good reason: The school, with its back-to-basics curriculum, is renowned for its education achievements. Last year, 87 percent of its third-graders scored at the advanced proficiency level in reading on the Colorado Student Assessment Program test.
As a result, enrollment has surged since 1994, when Jefferson Academy opened as an elementary school with 189 students; two years later, it successfully applied for another charter to add a middle school. This year is the first that a high school will be part of the campus, and 650 kids now attend kindergarten through eleventh grade; grade twelve will be added next year, bringing the total enrollment up to 730. The school has a waiting list of more than 2,600 names. Because Jefferson Academy can't satisfy the demand, its founders have helped establish two similar charter schools in the area -- Lincoln Academy and Woodrow Wilson Academy.
In fact, Jefferson Academy has become the jewel in the state's charter-school system -- and a favorite of Governor Bill Owens, who last week presented the school with its third School of Excellence Award, an honor he and the Colorado Department of Education bestow upon only a few schools each year. Owens pointed to schools like Jefferson Academy last spring when he unveiled his controversial new education-reform plan that calls for public schools that do poorly on the annual CSAP tests to be converted into charter schools. As one of the original proponents of charter schools as a state senator, he has also continued to work to increase funding for them since he was elected. In fact, of the state's eighty charter schools, 29 have opened since fall 1998, when Owens was elected.
But neighbors like Rapier say the school's success and its ties to the Owens administration -- Jefferson Academy board president Denise Mund works as a consultant for the state Department of Education -- have enabled it to break rules that anyone else would be punished for. They assert that the school got away with adding the new high school and an athletic field without permission from Jefferson County authorities. Now they are suing.
The trouble started this summer, when the 28,000-square-foot high school and an adjacent athletic field were being built behind the elementary school; without informing nearby homeowners, construction crews began working early in the morning, and during pre-season sports practices and scrimmages, the noise from the field was so loud that people had to shut their doors and windows just to hear the evening news.
The increased traffic from the new high school has also turned the area into a jumble of cars in the morning when students arrive, in the evenings when they leave and on weekends, during sporting events. One morning last week, Rapier and some of his neighbors stood at the three inroads to the school and counted 518 cars. They convinced the county to install no-parking, no-standing and no-stopping signs along their streets; parking-by-permit-only signs are on the way.
At Jefferson Academy's first high school varsity-football game on September 9, Rapier brought a sound-reading device over to his next-door neighbor's lawn, which is directly across the road that runs behind the football field, about fifty feet from the area where the visiting team stands during games. Rapier says he recorded noise in the 82- to 90-decibel range; the county says the sound level should only be 55 decibels at the school property boundary.
Rapier and Cheryl Holliday, who lives on 99th Avenue, which runs alongside the school, say the field wouldn't be such a problem if there was a proper buffer between it and their homes; instead, they say, too much is being crammed onto only fourteen acres, which doesn't allow enough space for sound to dissipate.
But rather than applying to Jefferson County for a site-plan review -- a standard process of safety inspections and assessments of neighborhood impacts that is required of any builder before permits can be issued -- the school went ahead and built the high school and athletic field, complete with a press box and scoreboard, without any county oversight.
Rapier is convinced that school officials purposefully skirted the process because they knew their plans would be closely examined by the county. Once residents discovered the absence of a site-plan review in May, they complained to the county planning and zoning department, which promptly issued a cease-and-desist notice that stated: "The Jefferson County zoning resolution requires site approval for public facilities." At the end of the notice was this warning: "Due notice to desist and abate the above violation is hereby given. This will be your only notice! Failure to comply with the zoning resolution within 30 days shall result in immediate legal action."


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Thank you for this recipe. It's hard to find an all fruit smoothie that doesn't have milk or peanut butter or chocolate or weird ingredients like flax seed. I used diet sparkling lemonade in place of the orange juice because I'm diabetic. It was very good and portion sizes were large.
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This was delicious! I was just making one serving for myself, so I modified it slightly. I used one banana, 1 cup of frozen mixed berries (blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries), and half a cup of pineapple juice. As I made it, it made a 12 ounce smoothie with 230 calories, 57 carbs, and 36 grams of sugar.
This was good, but I think next time I'll leave the strawberries out and replace them with more blueberries. The banana was a very nice addition and added needed sweetness.
I added a cup of spinach to this for a green smoothie!
Instead of using blueberries, I used rasperries and added strawberry syrup, Lawwwwd, this taste delish!
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Liverpool is the largest department store retailer in Mexico.
Liverpool Polanco, a freestanding store built in the 1970's, was one of the company's first flagship stores. The store had experienced partial renovations but needed a complete update to embody the new brand positioning of Liverpool - a store that is fashion forward, international in its approach yet still reflects the family style of the Mexican heritage and culture. To accomplish this core objective a unique design solution was developed that incorporated four key elements: international represented by white architecture, fashion using black as an accent and on details, feminine architecture through use of the curved shape of the foot print of the building and masculine architecture through design and details empathizing vertical elements.
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Sun, Sep 11, 11 at 23:03
I've never quilted embroidered blocks like this redwork I'm just finishing up. I've quilted applique with no problem but now I have to figure out how to quilt over redwork embroidery.
Have any of you done this and what did you do? I worry a meandering through the embroidery will affect the stitching. Or, maybe just meander with invisible thread?? Linda |
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This is just my opinion, but I don't think I would quilt over the images at all. Can you SITD around them, then maybe echo stitch very close to the outer-most red stitch line? Then just tack the center? I would save the meander or other FM quilting for the border and sashing. Kate |
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I have no clue! But I love the redwork! Did you do that??? Very nice :-) Robbi |
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Good grief, Linda, your redwork makes mine look like preschool drawings and you're worried about quilting it? Ok, now that I have that out of my system, I agree with Kate....echo quilt where you can. Nice work!!!! SharonG/FL |
Nice work! I think I would stitch around the frames in each panel. I haven't done much quilting with hand embroidery, but do try not to quilt over it. I think it takes away from it. beverly |
That is beautiful Linda!!!! I agree with all above. Since it is a wall hanging I would just SITD in the shashings around the redwork. I have seen some quilting by adding embellishments to the stars, snowman etc. and it looks great. BUT I love it the way it is and it will not be washed as much as a quilt will be. Rosa |
Beautiful!! I am with Beverly, I would SID around the frames with invisable thread. I don't believe it would require heavy quilting and the frames would enhance the embroidery.MHO |
Oh yes!!! What Rosa said!!! Add a few clear or silver metallic seed beads to the stars, to the center of the spirals on the snowman, in the center of the flowers. Just a few tiny beads would sufficiently quilt the panels and add a little sparkle too! Kate |
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This trimming-the-doors thing is turning out to be a fiasco. One issue is that each hinge is slightly different, so you have to make sure you put the right hinges back on the side you measured them for. Also, the doors only needed to be shaved a total of 1/8 inch. D shaved off the smallest amount he could with the table saw, and it was still too much.
Now he'll have to move the hinges in a little to make the doors meet in the middle. Oh, the drama.
And there are 10 more sets of doors to go after this! Surely there's an easier way. We'll gladly entertain suggestions.
Wait! I just went to re-examine the hinges and take a photo from the inside, and I think I found something useful. The inside of the hinges don't appear to actually touch the edge of the door frame when the door is shut, so there's room to scoot them over a little without having to cut the doors. I think. Darwin's gone for the day, so I'll have to run this by him when he gets home.
Anyway, while D worked on the doors, I painted. It's kind of a haphazard process. Some things have been primed, some have been primed and painted with two coats, some have been wood-filled and sanded but not primed, and some haven't even made it to the hole-filling stage.
Most of the inside faces of the cabinet doors have been painted now, so when D installs the hinges, he won't have to take them back off again.
As much as I hated painting with oil in the past, I'm really loving it for this application. The foam roller recommended by the paint store guy is the perfect tool for applying it on cabinets. It goes on fairly smoothly, and then – because it's oil paint and has a little "give" – runs together or sinks together just a bit. The result is an amazingly unblemished finish. And the roller is much faster than a brush and sort of fun.
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I am wanting to plant these and wondering if they will survive in a place that gets summer sun 1 to 5 in the afternoon. almost no sun in the winter.
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These ferns would not like hot afternoon sun. |
Also, they are not a fern to choose if you want something to look at in winter, as they die back completely. |
I love the color it has. Is there a fern or fern like plant with color that is a evergreen? Thanks! Albert |
I have several Japanese Painted Ferns around a small Japanese Maple that get sun in the afternoon and they are thriving. The amount of sun depends on the time of the year, but I think it ranges from 3 to 5 hours. I do make sure the maple is well watered, so this helps the ferns too. |
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I am wrung out and recovering from the last campaign push before the election, and even though I did not win the people's seat in Albany we made a surprising showing. While Tom Vendittelli only received ~1%, his returns were above average for a congressional race. I managed 7%, and Danny Panzella managed 8%. While these numbers may seem small, consider that it was a midterm election, Danny and I spent a tiny fraction of what our opponents did, we only had four months to plan and execute our campaigns, but we still managed to get ten times the returns that Libertarians normally do.
Because of this, myself and my friends do not count this as a loss for me or my party, but rather as a victory for Liberty. Before any of us in the nascent Staten Island Libertarian Party started our campaigns, we knew our chances were slim, but we decided that the true victory would be giving ourselves the excuse to meet people from all walks of life on Staten Island, and spread the message of personal Liberty, sound money, restoration of free markets, personal responsibility, and government transparency.
Before the fruits of change can be tasted, the seeds must be planted and nurtured. By our estimates, by the time we were done with our campaigns, at least 25,000 people had heard our message.
That's a LOT of seeds – And we did it in only four months. Look for many more good things as we move ahead.
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Apologies if it's been done to death before but...
As a first-time marathon runner, my problem isn't shin splints or bleeding nipples. It's breakfast. And specifically the most appropriate pre-race breakfast.
The trouble is, I'm not somebody who can normally stomach breakfast. Whilst I absolutely understand its health benefits - and can normally chow down a couple of slices of wholemeal toast with peanut butter around 11am - I am at a bit of a loss when it comes to forcing down food before running.
I've tried various things before I've done my long training runs. Wholemeal toast and honey (bad), bagel with butter (badder), wholemeal crackers (baddest). All of which have really unpleasantly repeated on me while I've been pounding the pavements.
I suppose it doesn't help that I can't stand bananas, I don't drink milk so don't really eat cereal and fruit juice and smoothies make me want to heave.
The real problem being, I suppose, that the only thing that REALLY appeals is a bacon sandwich with ketchup or a stack of pancakes.
But that's not really appropriate pre-race fuel.
Is it?
Any thoughts, tips or links would be very much appreciated. Any advice on how to get fuelled without getting sick would be absolutely adored.
As long as the pancakes are made with literally no more than a wipe of oil on the pan to stop them sticking I would have thought they would be ok if you can stomach them.
I'd find them too heavy personally.
When is your marathon?
I've only done one marathon, and had done everything right, rehearsing the pre-race breakfast (porridge) before my long runs etc etc. On race day, I was in Amsterdam (so no porridge) - only thing I stuck to was the time, eating 2-3 hours before the race started. I had 2 brown rolls with honey and a very large bowl of muesli (none of which I'd tried before running) and that seemed to work.
I guess it's very individual but my only stomach problems have occured with Lucozade, otherwise I'm fine. I think with the marathon the days before are as important for ensuring you're well hydrated and have eaten plenty, and hopefully the race will take care of itself. If you need any more info, pop over to Shades Marathon Training thread and there will be lots more experienced people to help.
Hello Nicholas
I saw the word 'pancakes' and just had to join in
I've done 3 full marathons so far, and each time I have been away from home staying in b+b's. With each one I have skipped the full cooked breakfast / cereal / toast shenanigans they offer, and have taken my own packet of pre-cooked pancakes to eat in my room . Like you I cannot stomach cereal / milk and the thought of a big heavy fry up before 26miles just doesnt appeal....hmmmm maybe after though .
So, before each marathon I have had about 2 or 3 of the pancakes cold, two cups green tea, and a glass of high5 protein/carb drink pre-mixed. Then a mix of Lucozade sport and water drunk on the way to the event. Has worked well for me.
My 4th mara will be Lochaber this weekend, I plan to do a similar thing as usual with the pancake / energy drink, but as the race has quite a late start this time I will probably also partake of some toast at the b+b, but will avoid the cooked stuff as it makes me sluggish.
Good Luck for 26th!
I have a friend who has done tons of marathons and races and he swears by a fry up before hand; so a bacon sarni might be fine for you. Certainly better than an empty stomach.
What about porridge made with either skimmed milk or water then a topping of your choice? Personally, I like porridge made with half milk, half water then sprinkled with brown sugar.
Nicholas, I too can't stand bananas but also like you can't tolerate breakfast (most days, not just race days) so my only trick is to eat the bliddy bananas holding my nose!
Make sure you eat well the night before also.
You could try something like Slimfast shakes.
The chocolate one is pretty nice, and the coffee one. They have a couple of hundred calories, and are quite well-balanced nutritionally.
You could tell yourself it's not food, it's just a drink!
Yes, like Cinders says, the glycogen storage in your muscles will mostly happen from the meal you eat the night before the race, and also from carbo-loading during the week before, so on race morning a light snack should suffice. If you have a pasta dinner or similar the night before, have something plain, try to avoid acidic (like rich tomato) sauces or anything spicy (although thats just me, I know some people like a good curry the night before ).
Usually I am too nervous on the morning thinking about things like getting there in time, have I got all the right kit etc, and focusing on what is ahead, eating is the last thing on my mind. I do the pancake thing because they are fairly bland, light on the stomach, digest really easily and have a good long lasting energy. They have not failed me yet .
I would be put off the bacon due to the grease factor and being harder to digest protein. It may end up just sitting in your stomach like a brick! Go for something light and carbohydrate rich.
Thats interesting Cake, I hadnt heard that before about asthma.
I do like a little flat cola occasionally during a cycle ride though...now I have an excuse its not just for the sugar content .
Thats true....I read somewhere in the older races they used to give out flat cola instead of energy drinks...sometimes I wish they still did that now, sometimes a little hit of caffeine is just what you need to keep going, but not from these over-sickly gel bars.
Usually by the end of a race I am so sick of sweet things I'm craving anything with salt in it...best goody bag I ever got had a packet of ready salted crisps in it....I was like YES, genius organisers .
Wow, thanks very much indeed for all the advice... and particular thanks to you, Tigerspaw, for the tips about pancakes. I will certainly try them out at the weekend.
As a complete carb junkie, I'm very excited at the prospect of carb loading next week. I only slightly embarrassed to admit that I have already roped off an area in our local Italian for the evening of Saturday 25th.
Nick x
LOL Cake.....okay maybe not completely sick of sweet things.
I have to add that same goody bag also contained two snack-sized Mars Bars .
Good Luck Nick, I hope the pancakes work for you too, I swear by 'em.
Booking the Italian sounds very sensible to me......I'm not quite so sure I'm gonna have as much luck finding somewhere decent to eat in Fort William this Sat, might have to be chinese as at least I have been there before and know the food is half decent.
I've heard from a veteran marathon runner that you should try to stomach 6 fl Ounzes of Honey 36 hrs before the race (friday 10pm). Apparently 4 fl oz saturates your muscles with glycogen and the other 2 oz will sit in your liver. When running, after the muscle glycogen stores have been depleted (usually about 20 miles) the liver is the next place your body will look for glycogen. This should see you through till the end.
Any one heard of this before?
Tins of beans and sausage on toast, I find they go down well and give me some real energy


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States Sue Record Industry for Thwarting Competition in Sales of Compact Discs
Attorney General Tom Miller said the suit alleges the companies committed anti-trust violations that artificially raised the price of compact discs. "The FTC estimates this activity may have cost consumers as much as $480 million over the last three years," Miller said.
The suit alleges that the five largest distributors, who sell about 85 percent of all CDs purchased in the U.S., used an unlawful scheme designed primarily to stop some retail outlets - such as Best Buy, Target and Circuit City - from offering recordings at deep discount prices. The suit also named several giant retailers as defendants, including retailers operating as Musicland, Sam Goody and Tower Records, alleging they pressed the distributors to impose the policies to squelch price-cutting by competitors.
Miller said the suit alleges a series of events that culminated in the illegal anti-trust activity starting in 1995 and 1996:
"The average CD price dropped from $15 to $10 in a short time when the discount retailers entered the market in the early 1990s," Miller said. Market share for CD sales grew dramatically for discount retailers such as Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, Wal-Mart and K-Mart.
The distributors responded by establishing minimum advertising price - MAP - policies in 1992, policies to withhold distributor reimbursements to retailers for advertising, if the retailer's advertised price was lower than the distributors' prescribed price. MAP policies were based on the practice of distributors reimbursing retailers for certain advertising expenses.
The suit alleges the initial MAP policies were legal - but were ineffective at quashing price competition. But by 1995, the complaint charges, the MAP programs became illegal when the distributors "transformed their MAP programs into blunt and effective instruments for putting an end to price competition."
Minimum advertising price policies were extended well beyond just print and electronic media and came to include even all forms of in-store displays and signs, with the sole exception of a small price sticker on the CD itself. The MAP policies penalized retailers even if their ads or promotions were paid entirely by the retailers themselves, if the retailers featured prices below those dictated by the distributors.
Non-complying retailers faced the loss of millions of dollars per year in advertising funds, the suit alleged. To enforce compliance a single violation of MAP policies by a retailer would result in the loss of all promotional funds available from the distributor for 60 to 90 days, and a violation at a single store would jeopardize promotional funds for an entire chain.
"In effect, the policies prohibited virtually all commercially practicable means of communicating discounted prices to consumers," the suit said, and "essentially ended retailers' ability to sell prerecorded music products at discounted prices." Prices for recorded music increased.
"We are undertaking this suit to guarantee competition in a $15 billion per year industry," Miller said.
The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in New York City. It was filed by 28 states and two territories. The suit asks the Court to assess treble damages and civil penalties and prohibit the alleged illegal activities.
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