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The Beauty, Pain & Truth of Turning 40. ~ Carrie Bloomston
"Be a lantern, or a ladder, or a lifeboat."
~ Rumi
Sometimes, the truth is so real that no Instagram filter could possibly make it look better. Sometimes, life hands us more than lemons—potent, sour fruits that could easily melt our hearts. But if we can find a way to be comfortable with the uncomfortable and not run away, we can make some pretty kick-ass lemonade.
Turning 40 helped this blogger, artist, designer and mama share the real truth on her blog and in her life.
Turning 40 got me thinking. Among many other things, I pondered the spectacular Instagram-style filters we lay over our blogs and our lives and our social media to make it all seem so appealing. To make us feel good enough. To show the world that we are perfect.
I am not a fan of perfection, and, as a general rule, I am not a photo-shopper. I try to live in my life in the messy, imperfect, beautiful way that it is.
But, a lie of omission is still a sort of lie, right?
In March of 2010 when I began blogging, it was a bold move to make a beginning. It was a tiny speck of dust, a throat-clearing, a squeak that I spoke into the immensity of the internet. I didn't know where it would take me, but it was a start.
My blog was a place to put my favorite stuff from the web and to showcase the things I was sewing, painting, and designing. I was healing, so I was following my bliss. Then, I started my company, SUCH Designs, and the blog became a vehicle for marketing and branding.
All the while, my blog was still a place to put my favorite stuff. Therefore, there were omissions in the story I told there. Favorite means favorite. Favorite included the things that inspired and interested me, but excluded the hard parts of my life: the pain, sadness, fear and anxieties of a human life… of my life. My blog was anathema to that stuff, yet not a fantasy or a lie or a glossed-over version of my life.
My blog was just a space with boundaries. A place to share certain things, but not everything.
I did not include the story of my son's rare illness, the egg-sized tumor in his hipbone, diagnosed when he was not quite two years old. I did not include the port they put in his chest for injecting his vinblastine, the year of chemotherapy and how it perfectly healed his beautiful body, but unraveled me emotionally.
Yet, it made me stronger. While at the same time, it sent my husband running behind a smokescreen so nothing could get in. I didn't tell the story of how my husband's father had a port in his chest at the same exact time as our son—and how he was receiving chemo also, but for something else. How he succumbed so quickly to his fierce disease.
I didn't share that the next year, our blue Weimaraner, Solace, died in my husband's arms. After his body gave out, how our 16-year business collapsed with the economy. How my husband fell into the bottle, many bottles of craft beer and Rhône-style wine and single-malt Scotch to "drown the sparrow in his chest."
I didn't write that when he did that, he nearly drowned the songbird that lives in mine.
I would have never believed in love and marriage again if we weren't blessed with the resources to get help. So he went to rehab and he healed his traumas, new and old, in a flurry of Kleenex and letting go.
He came back. We worked with an army of therapists to clean up the mess of sadness that had laid waste to both of us as we walked through the pain of our lives. We healed and are still healing the sadness of that time, just a few short years ago. He is vibrant, now—a loving and present father and husband. He has been sober ever since. He is now studying counseling psychology.
I have learned things, and changed. I know new things. Mainly, that I am not in control and am much happier not trying to be. I have learned that gratitude is my guide and my best friend. It helped me walk through those fires without being burned.
Every night during those hard times, I would lie in bed and list every single thing I could think of to be grateful for, otherwise, my mind would spiral into pain and sadness and fear. I let go of thinking that any of us has a picket fence, glossy-photograph life. There is no such thing. We just pretend to make ourselves feel better.
The writer Sue Monk Kidd wrote in Traveling with Pomegranates that women who have faced obstacles become a sheltering umbrella for others. I know exactly what she means. When one has walked through fire, one is much more able to unflinchingly hear with one's whole heart the stories of the lives of others.
One is a better friend and listener because there is a foundation for knowing things—the things that can't be taught, but which inevitably come to us during the course of our lives and change us forever. Those things age us in an instant in visible and invisible ways. Frankly, there are many worse things than what we went through, and I know that.
Now, I find that my relationships have an easy depth and connection. Often, I'll see an old friend and ask, "How has your year been?" And some will say, unblinkingly, looking into my eyes, "Hard. Very hard." And I understand just what they mean, with no further explanation. I don't feel uncomfortable because of their pain, just empathy from that understanding. I say, "I am so sorry; I understand."
And each time, a beautiful flower of conversation blossoms from that connection. Each time my heart grows, the love in me pours out and surrounds us, and I do whatever I can to be right there, full of love, and listening. That is all we can do, really: listen and love, and be honest and authentic about our lives.
So, I didn't write much about all of this until I turned 40, but I did post the whole story on my blog. This story is the backbone of my blog, my life, my business, and the radiant joy and gratitude that fills my blessed life with my beautiful family. In many ways, turning 40 feels just right.
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10 Responses to "The Beauty, Pain & Truth of Turning 40. ~ Carrie Bloomston"
40 has such a stigma attached to it that many, so many miss the magic inherent in growing toward and through the milestone. I'm grateful not all of us lose ourselves in trying to stay young. Or perfect. Or "happy" for the camera. Thank you for the constant inspiration, Carrie. Your words always seem to bring me to grateful, empathetic tears.
Thank you, Karen! SO much magic.
Carrie's article is as touching and poignant for all of us at or approaching 40 as it is remarkable. We all have our stories in life, the pain and hurt and angst that each of us is dealt. Carrie chose to get through her pain one day at a time while living in the moment and being grateful and not forgetting the good stuff that still goes on during the dark times. I love her writing style, I love how she so genuinely and honestly speaks about her life. Want to hear more from this creative mmomma!!
Sucha nice comment, Deb! Thank you for your support.
Love this Carrie and love you. Thanks for sharing your heart, being so open and for creating an environment for people to do the same. Hugs!
Big love, Latifah! Right back at ya.
Unexpectedly good. Far more than I thought I'd get.
Life rips us apart, whether we reveal it or not, open to it or not. It's a beautiful thing to read your revealing of this in your life.
Thank you.
What a nice thing to read. Thank you for your kind words.
Amazing article! This really made me reflect on turning forty with a whole different perspective. Thank you sharing your story! Very inspiring and heart-warming!
Thank you Carrie! There is something about sidling up to middle age that can be freeing, and you embody it with your words. Life is messy, and sharing the beautiful mess gives other people permission to be authentic… thank you for this!


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The investigators intend to perform a large prospective study looking at the predictability of the random urine protein-to-creatinine ratio compared to the gold standard 24-hour urine protein collection. Furthermore, the investigators plan to investigate whether analysis of proteinuria at shorter time intervals (4 and 8 hours) within the overall 24-hour collection period is predictive of the 24-hour sample. Lastly, the investigators plan to determine whether a combination of the random test with a shorter collection interval is comparable to the 24-hour collection.
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|The Predictive Use of Spot Urine Protein/Creatinine Ratios and Decreased Sample Collection Time in the Diagnosis of Preeclampsia
- To determine if protein excretion determined by spot urine protein-to-creatinine ratios are equivalent to the gold standard 24-h urine protein collections. [ Time Frame: 24 hours ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To see if total protein excretion obtained from shorter timed urine collections of 4- and 8-hours duration or a combination of the two tests are equivalent to a 24-h urine collection. [ Time Frame: 4 hr, 8 hr, 24 hr ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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Patients who are admitted for the evaluation of preeclampsia
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Preeclampsia affects approximately 5-8% of pregnancies in the United States with approximately 10% occurring before 34 weeks gestation. The diagnosis of preeclampsia is determined by the presence of hypertension with proteinuria after 20 weeks gestation. The gold standard for measuring proteinuria is a 24-h urine collection for total protein. In the non-pregnant patient, a random urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio has been shown to be a reliable indicator of significant proteinuria. The reliability of this test remains unclear in the pregnant population. Because there are relatively few studies in the pregnant population and many of these studies were poorly designed, limited by sample size, or confounded by other variables, further research in this area is still necessary. The purpose of this study is to determine if there are alternative diagnostic tools for the quantification of total protein excretion in 24-hours to aid in the diagnosis of preeclampsia that can be performed more quickly and efficiently than the gold standard 24-hour urine collection. We intend to perform a large prospective study looking at the predictability of the random urine protein-to-creatinine ratio compared to the gold standard 24-h urine protein collection. Furthermore, we plan to investigate whether analysis of proteinuria at shorter time intervals (4 and 8 hours) within the overall 24-h collection period is predictive of the 24-h sample. Lastly, we plan to determine whether a combination of the random test with a shorter collection interval is comparable to the 24-h collection. The goal would be to make the diagnosis of preeclampsia in a more timely fashion to aid in the prevention of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality including eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, acute renal failure, pulmonary edema, DIC, IUGR, IUFD, intracranial bleeding and stroke, Additionally, an earlier diagnosis could also impact patient care by reducing hospital stay, nursing demands, and eliminating the need for cumbersome and likely inaccurate patient 24-h home collections.
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Pregnant women between 24-42 weeks who are being evaluated for preeclampsia.
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- Pregnant women over the age of 18 between 24-42 weeks who are being evaluated for preeclampsia with a 24 hour urine protein
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- Patients with pre-existing proteinuria (>300mg)
- Renal disease
- Evidence of a current or recent (within two weeks of admission) urinary tract infection
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00870428
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|Long Beach Memorial Womens Pavillion
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|Univeristy of California Irvine
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|Deborah A. Wing, Univeristy of California Irvine
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|NCT00870428 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|March 26, 2009
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|March 26, 2009
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Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
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LOL! Housewives' Lisa VanderPump Impersonates Kim Richards
Kim Richards isn't quite ready to face the ghosts of Housewives' past.
On Monday's all-new episode of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Kim drags her feet on confirming her attendance at sis Kyle's seance party. Why? It's -- wait for it -- against her religion!
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"I'm afraid something might come to me and won't leave me," she argues in a preview clip from Monday's episode. "I don't understand the whole seance thing. It's against my religion. It really is. I don't do this sort of thing. I just don't."
Stunned by her sister's admission, Kyle is at a loss for words. Lisa VanderPump, on the other hand, has plenty to say in regards to Kim.
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"This girl has an excuse for everything," VanderPump laments before launching into a spot-on impression of Kyle's sister, complete with her raspy drawl. "'I can't come because of my religion, I've got laryngitis, I'm moving...'" she intones as Kim. "What is this? It's constant!"
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here is a picture after mowing last week, I got rid of the broadleaf now. Its actually pretty green, its just hard to get a good shot on a bright day. overall, its not so bad now.. I'm glad i didn't use straw.. In the past on overseedings where i'd use straw i remember how annoying the straw germination would get by spring.. I didn't want to deal with that. I just kept the seed bed damp everyday, and it seemed to do fine.
It is a little bumpy from the tilling, but nothing to bad.. it was the easiest route to take for me.. that soil was pretty compacted. I spent time with a landscape rake trying to level it after tilling.. it didn't settle all that uneven like i was thinking it might.. I mow it with my exmark 36 floating deck and it mows just fine, as well as with my honda 21". just slightly bumpy, but not a nightmare to mow or anything.
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Let's be honest– there is no such thing as a 'perfect' boyfriend but watching these guys try was damn funny.
This lady was sick of dating around so she found a way to make the men come to her by holding a 'casting call' for a perfect boyfriend role but actually just wanted to find a new guy for herself. I love women– we are so awesomely deceptive.
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Ford to Raffle Unique 2015 Mustang 50 Years Convertible for Charity
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Pivoting off Romney's gaffe, Larry Bartels looks at how the recession has impacted income classes:
The average real income of middle-quintile households declined from $50,766 in 2008 to $49,309 in 2010, while the average real income of households in the top five percent of the income distribution declined from $298,437 to $287,686. The latter change is larger in percentage terms, and much larger in absolute terms, but may not entail nearly as much human cost. The average real income of households in the bottom quintile declined from $11,803 to $11,034; that sounds like struggling to me, with or without a safety net.


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New money - and tough questions - for native arts05/19/2009
The Ford Foundation recently announced that it is endowing the first permanent arts foundation for the art and culture of American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native artists.
"This," says Saybrook psychology faculty member Stanley Krippner, "can be a bonanza for indigenous arts."
Krippner is just one of Saybrook's many community members who have done extensive work with America's native peoples, and many of them are thrilled the prospect of native artists finally receiving ongoing support and recognition.
But they also warn that there's a big difference between "appreciating" native works of art that are preserved behind glass, and supporting the living, breathing, cultures that create today's native traditions.
The first is easy, they say. The second is far more complex and challenging.
Healing into Possibilities05/19/2009
Seven years ago Alison Shapiro was the picture of a healthy 55 year-old. A happy life, a successful career; no health issues, no weight issues; her blood pressure was normal. She was in the middle of living out a lifelong dream, illustrating her first children's book. She had three of 17 pictures finished.
Then she had a stroke. Twenty-four hours later, she had another.
You may think you've got problems, but probably not like Alison had.
The two strokes struck her brain stem – the most lethal place for a stroke to hit. Fifty percent of brain stem stroke victims die; others suffer from "locked in" syndrome, where they are fully conscious – and fully paralyzed. By the time the strokes were over, Alison's left side was mostly paralyzed, and her right side was wildly uncoordinated. She couldn't swallow, she couldn't sit up, her speech was heavily slurred, her eyes wouldn't focus, she couldn't walk.
It was the kind of event no one is ever prepared for.
"There I was, in that hospital," she says. "I was completely stunned. It's a very sudden event, it's like a train wreck: one minute your life is fine, the next minute you can't move. When it happened, I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do. I had no idea how to face it."
But don't feel bad for Alison: she figured out how to face it. And she wants you to know that when you have to face it … or any other adversity … that you can, too.
Today Alison is healthy, active, and engaged with life again: a fully functioning person who has published her children's book. In fact, she says she feels more empowered than she ever has before.
And this month Alison, the Chair of Saybrook's Board of Trustees, is seeing the release of a book about her recovery experience.
Nationally renowned health care leaders to discuss new trends in medicine05/19/2009
What do health care providers need to know to stay current?
The field of healthcare is changing dramatically.
Hospitals, clinics, and patients have new needs and expectations. Do you know what you'll need to know?
Learn more about trends in medicine and the new skills that will be essential to 21st health-care practitioners at a special presentation featuring:
- Dr. James Gordon, MD, Dean of Saybrook Graduate School's program in Mind-Body Medicine and Director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, and;
- Heather Young, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., the Associate Vice Chancellor for Nursing U.C. Davis and Dean of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Together they'll cover the ways that medicine is moving away from traditional roles in which the professional talks and the patient listens and towards a dialogue in which the patient's participation is seen as crucial for good health.
"Knowledge" is easy; "learning" is hard05/19/2009
Will file sharing, easy downloads, and a universe of experts all posting on Wikipedia make universities irrelevant within 15 years?
Yes, says David Wiley. Information will be free, and that means universities will have to radically restructure to accommodate that … or else face irrelevance.
Wiley, a leader in the "open content" movement and professor of psychology and instructional technology at Brigham Young University, made that prediction recently in the wake of student bodies more inclined to download than watch TV … and universities putting more and more class lectures online.
Between Facebook, Google, file sharing, YouTube, and universities putting lectures online, Wiley says, all universities have to offer paying students is a credential – and at some point that will be provided by other means, too.
Or will it? Eric Fox, Saybrook's Dean of Instruction, says that he had a great time reading the article about Wiley's prediction – but doesn't think the future will pan out just that way.
That, Fox says, is because having "access" to information isn't the same as "learning."
Saybrook to co-sponsor Existential Humanistic Institute's annual conference05/19/2009
Saybrook is proud to announce that it is co-sponsoring the annual conference of the Existential Humanistic Institute, which will be held November 19-21st, at First Universalist Unitarian Church and Center in San Francisco.
The topic of the conference will be "From Crisis to Creativity: Necessary Losses, Unexpected Gains."
"The theme of our conference reflects the paradoxical nature of life and our times," says EHI Vice-President and Saybrook faculty member Kirk Schneider. "In order to change and grow, a familiar way of being must end, so that a new way of being can develop. Letting go can be a terrifying process, filled with anxiety and confusion. But if we find the courage to let go and begin a new journey, down a new path, the possibilities of unexpected gains will be revealed."
The roster of presenters is now being finalized, and there will be many significant names in the Existential-Humanistic therapy participating.
Turns out watching YouTube at work is NOT goofing off!05/05/2009
Do you ever worry that maybe you spend too much time updating your Facebook status at work?
Don't. An Australian study suggests that, in fact, your office should be encouraging it.
According to the research out of the University of Melbourne, people who use the Internet for personal reasons at work are nine percent more productive.
According to Wired Magazine, "'workplace Internet leisure browsing,' or WILB, helped to sharpen workers' concentration," so long as it took up less than 20% of their time at the office."
Wow – who knew YouTube could be a productivity tool?
"This made me smile," says Nina Serpiello, a PhD student in Saybrook's Organizational Systems program and a human factors research designer at IDEO. "A traditional company might not encourage goofing off without having a business reason for it, like cultivating creativity for innovation. If a company is interested in empowering employees to offer ideas to outsmart the competition, then it also should promote activities that stimulate creative thinking."
Life without universities05/05/2009
Students posted about it on their Facebook pages; faculty sent links back and forth; at Saybrook's San Francisco offices, administrators asked one another about it. Everyone in the community, it seems, has an opinion about last week's New York Times op-ed by Mark Taylor, "End of the university as we know it."
In it, Taylor suggests scrapping traditional fields of study in favor of real-world problem solving clusters; abolishing tenure and replacing it with seven year, renewable, teaching contracts; replacing academic papers, and even dissertations, with scholarly multi-media presentations; and training academics for careers outside of teaching.
It's not the first time the death of the modern university has come up (link), but this time it's engaged the Saybrook community like no other.
Here are some student and faculty reactions. Please continue the conversation by leaving your own responses in the comments section.
Eugene Taylor:
Psychology faculty Eugene Taylor found the document "Orwellian" – and product of the very type of thinking it wishes would end.
"(Mark Taylor) might be more optimistic if he were more person-centered. The very thing all his emphatic points miss is the spiritual side of learning." Eugene Taylor wrote.
Ruth Richards receives prestigious APA award05/05/2009
Ruth Richards was thrilled to discover she had won the prestigious Arnheim Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Psychological Association – but she was less excited for herself than for her field.
This award, and the fact that it specifically cites her as one of the pre-eminent scholars in the study of creativity, is a major recognition of the field she's devoted much of her scholarly life to.
"Everyday creativity may seem obvious, even a necessity for any of us to survive in this crazy world," says Richards, a member of the psychology faculty at Saybrook. "But not everyone gets it yet. Clearly (the APA) committee did, and this award helps make our work much more mainstream."
The study of creativity, Richards points out, goes back to the founders of humanistic psychology: both Abraham Maslow and Rollo May wrote a great deal about it. Her contribution has been to take the creative out of the realm of the artistic, and instead show how it operates in daily life.
What the Dalai Lama's dialogues can – and can't – teach us about the mind05/05/2009
Last month His Holiness the Dalai Lama held the 18th of his celebrated "Mind and Life" conferences – inviting notable neuroscientists to India in the hope that when Buddhist epistemology and western neurology compare notes, the results are educational for everyone.
It's the sort of communication that Saybrook faculty say they'd like to see more of: different intellectual approaches coming together to get a bigger sense of the picture.
"Exchanges between spiritual understandings of consciousness and scientific understandings can be mutually enriching," says Amedeo Giorgi, a Saybrook faculty member in psychology who is a major figure in contemporary phenomenology. "Such exchanges can only be helpful."
They have born fruit in the past, according to an article in the London Guardian:
(C)onferences have spurred the development of research programmes that examine the effects of Buddhist contemplative techniques and how they might be applied more widely to benefit humanity. They have, for example, been instrumental in the work of Richard Davidson at the University of Wisconsin, whose brain imaging studies found that experienced meditators show increased activity in the left prefrontal cortex of the brain, an area associated with emotional well-being, as well as having stronger immune systems.
But Saybrook psychology faculty Stanley Krippner, long at the forefront of the exploration of consciousness, says he always has mixed feelings when he hears about the Mind and Life conferences – because he thinks they could be taken to the next level.
Explore "Creativity, Leadership, and Wisdom" with the Saybrook Dialogues05/05/2009
The Saybrook Dialogues, a new series of conversations for networking, exploration, learning and making meaning of our personal and professional lives during uncertain and challenging times, presents its next program in early June.
"Creativity, Leadership and Wisdom" will explore the ways we can allow the creative process to inform our leadership, our work, and our lives. It will be led by Steven Kowalski, Ph.D. and Marc Lesser, MBA.
Marc Lesser is the founder and president of ZBA Associates, a company offering coaching, consulting and facilitation services. Currently conducting executive training programs for Google, he is a board member of the Social Venture Network and the author is the author of Less: Accomplishing More by Doing Less.
Steven Kowalski has over 25 years expertise in the field of creativity and innovation, and is the founder and president of Creative License. Since 1995, Steven has facilitated, coached, and trained clients in the U.S. and Europe to activate creativity and ingenuity of leaders, teams, and entire departments. He currently provides executive development solutions to impact performance and business aims at Genentech.
The Dialogue will be held Thursday, June 4, at 7 p.m., at the Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center's San Francisco offices. Seating is limited. A $25 donation is requested.
To reserve a seat, RSVP to Terry Hopper at 415-394-5220, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Center for Mind-Body Medicine to offer spring programs in cancer treatment and food for health05/05/2009
James S. Gordon, the Dean of Saybrook's Mind-Body Medicine Program, and the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, now affiliated with Saybrook, are pleased to offer two training programs this summer. "CancerGuides II," and "Food as Medicine.
CancerGuides II, which grew out of a conference that the New Yorker called "the most important alternative medicine meeting in America," teaches health professionals and patient advocates to create safe, effective, individualized programs of comprehensive and integrative care for people with cancer and their families.
World leaders in integrative care and CancerGuides practice will help participants put their work in a larger social, historical and ecological context. Plenary speakers will offer a vision of cancer care that is fully consonant with the principles of integrative medicine, a vision which we believe will be reflected in policies the Obama Administration will implement.
"Food as Medicine," a comprehensive clinical nutrition training program for healthcare professionals, will focus on sustainable nutrition, nutrition in practice, digestive healing, longevity and the aging brain, family nutrition, community nutrition, herbal remedies, and more.
Both programs will be held June 11 – 14, in Washington D.C..
For more information, or to register, visit www.cmbm.org.


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Welcome to our Men's Health section. You will find information and resources on a variety of topics. If you still can't find what you are looking for, we invite you to ASK US ANYTHING, and we'll do our best to help.
Immunizations, physical exams, routine prescriptions, removal of skin lesions, and more are available at the Student Health Clinic, Moscow Family Medicine, and other local medical providers. As you get settled in Moscow, it is a good idea to establish a local medical provider so that you have someone to discuss your health concerns with as they arise.
If you are sexually active, and especially if you have multiple partners, or have had unprotected sex, it is important to get tested regularly, even in the absence of symptoms. The Student Health Clinic provides STI testing, treatment, and counseling on campus. For assistance off campus, Moscow Family Medicine, Moscow QuickCARE, Planned Parenthood in Pullman, or WISH Medical.
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I'm going in a couple of weeks to get my Mirena IUD taken out. How long did it take you to get pregnant after removal? I would like to start trying right away, but I understand that I should wait a full cycle. If it matters, we conceived our daughter on the third month trying…
You can start trying right away. The only reasons doctors sometimes say not to, is because it is handy (for them!) to know the date of your last period when you come in for prenatal care. Well, that's why they invented ultrasounds, because you can also determine how far along you are that way, even better. There is no medical reason to wait.
It is POSSIBLE to conceive within the first month. Women on Mirena usually get their cycle back straight away after removal, not like the pill where it can take a few months. But that doesn't mean you WILL get pregnant right away. The average 6-12 months it takes a healthy couple to conceive still applies.
I myself got my cycle back pretty much instantly when my Mirena was removed. It also was normal straight away, although 'normal' for me has always been pretty irregular. We have been TTC for 19 months now. It doesn't always happen the way you plan, but having been on Mirena has nothing to do with it.


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Time: 3:15 p.m.
Place: Hulman Memorial Student Union 227
Present: Chairperson H. Hudson, Vice Chair S. Lamb, Secretary Sr. A. "Samy" Anderson
S. Davis, J. Harper, N. Lawrence, R. Schneirov, V. Sheets, J. Tenerelli
Ex-Officio: President Benjamin, Provost Maynard
I. Minutes of the December 16th meeting were approved. (Davis, Lawrence 5-0-1)
II. Administrative Report
President Benjamin reported:
1) scholarship opportunities and procedures for awarding them are being researched;
2) he and ISU Board of Trustees President, Barbara House, attended the Commission for Higher Education meeting that provided updates for trustee presidents that took place last week;
3) the official turn over of the Prudential Building by the Foundation to ISU will occur at this Thursday's Board meeting.
Provost Maynard noted:
the upcoming Board meeting this Thursday and the Campus Retreat on January 23rd and 24th .
III. Chair Report
Chair Hudson:
1) reported that the Board of Trustees agenda this Thursday will include the grievance policy revision and the insurance revisions.
2) reminded the Committee of the upcoming open forums on January 21st and 22nd where the Indiana Commission for Higher Education's Framework for Policy and Planning Development for Higher Education and the Education Roundtable's Indiana P-16 Plan for Improving Student Achievement will be discussed.
IV. Old Business
Academic Affairs Special Purpose Faculty and Part-time Temporary Faculty Recommendation, December 16, 2003; removed from the table. (Davis, Lawrence 5-0-1)
After lengthy consideration that included page by page editorial revision, the document was approved. (Lawrence, Schneirov 7-0-1)
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V. Fifteen Minute Open Discussion
Questions concerning the appropriateness of an Administrator in the School of Nursing taking courses within a department for which she has responsibilities were raised. The discussion will continue next week.
A question concerning the appropriateness of the Dean of the School of Technology disregarding a faculty-approved representative to the consortium Doctoral Program and replacing the faculty-approved individual with the Dean's own choice was raised. Further discussion will ensue after additional facts are gathered.
The meeting adjourned at 5:55 p.m.


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School readiness bill passes in Legislature
State's existing Preschool Open Doors program expanding
The Hawaii Legislature has passed a bill to spend millions on a new school readiness program to prepare 4-year-old children for school.
The bill's passage is a victory for Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who has been pushing heavily for the program.
The final bill sets aside $1.16 million in administrative costs and $6 million in subsidies to help 900 children.
It expands the state's existing Preschool Open Doors program in the Department of Human Services.
Abercrombie originally sought more than twice what was set aside to help thousands of kids who will lose services when the state's junior kindergarten program expires.
The Legislature also passed a bill Tuesday proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the state to fund a full-fledged preschool program.
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Martin County Commissioners want 18-month ban on truck stop site plans
Editor's Note: The second paragragh has been changed. Commissioners adopted the ordinance.
MARTIN COUNTY — County commissioners voted unanimously to approve an 18-month ban on truck stop site plans Tuesday.
County residents requested the ordinance after a controversy surrounding the proposed truck stop off Interstate 95 in Stuart.
"We're not going to stop working," said Joe Rizzolo, the property owners association president for the nearby Florida Club neighborhood, to county commissioners during public comment. He was one of the petitioners for a truck stop ban. "Thank you very much for listening."
The temporary truck stop ban prevents any master and final site plans for truck stops, said County Senior Planner Clyde Dulin.
The original project that spurred the ban on truck stops was proposed on the southwest side of Kanner Highway and I-95 at the intersection of Jack James Drive. It would have accommodated 83 overnight truck parking spaces and a new, 9,689 square-foot building, county documents show. Developers originally planned for 87 spaces but reduced the number after the county requested more landscaping.
Project opponents have mobilized residents at communities in the Tropical Farms area. About 400 of them showed up at a recent meeting with the project developer. They said they are concerned Stuart 95 Travel Center would increase crime, traffic, noise and pollution in their neighborhood.
The application for the project was eventually withdrawn in July.
The purpose of the ordinance, according to the staff report, is to give commissioners time "to complete an analysis of the impacts of truck stops and propose amendments to the Land Development Regulations for the regulation of such uses."
"The legal justification of a moratorium is a balancing between the rights of property owners and the ability of a local government to consider proposals and do study to further evaluate a use or a series of uses that may have been composed or suggested for which the local government thinks that further review and study is necessary," Senior Assistant County Attorney Krista Storey said. "The (18 month) study period is allowable and is in the legislative discretion of a local government to pursue these kinds of issues and study and make appropriate determinations."
Robert Stevenson, who wanted to buy the vacant property from Bruner Parks to expand his business into a truck stop, told county commissioners he was in support of the temporary truck stop ban, but urged commissioners to keep in mind his rights as a property owner.
"Let's not lose sight of property rights, and the rights that I have with my family in owning that property," Stevenson said. "I am all for this moratorium ... I'm willing to work with the county in any way to meet the requirements and meet the objections."
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
© Copyright 2015 Albany Herald
Getting to know Kenneth Hurley
Q: What's your favorite food?
A: "Chicken, fried chicken with hot sauce.''
Q: What's your favorite movie?
A: "Finding Nemo, because Nemo is a little guy and everyone is picking on him. That's the way it was for me growing up, kids always picking on me.''
Q: Who is your favorite entertainer (movie star, comedian, singer etc)?
A: "Rapper, Chief Keef.''
Q: Who is your favorite NFL player?
A: "Ray Lewis, because he motivates everyone on his team.''
Q: If you were stranded on an island, who would you want to be with you?
A: "Nicki Manaj."
Q: Who is the person you owe everything to?
A: "My parents. They motivate me every day.''
LEESBURG — It wasn't a promise, not even a vow, and it sure wasn't a prediction or a guarantee.
It was more of a want-to — if that's what you even call it.
But Kenneth Hurley meant it when he said before the season started that he wanted to break the Lee County record for rushing in a single season.
Sounds silly coming from a guy who gained 600 yards last year, but this is Hurley, a kid who heard all his life he couldn't play football.
He gained 200 yards on opening night.
Heck, he gained 175 yards in the first half and scored three touchdowns before the break, picked up another 25 yards and averaged 14.28 yards per carry, racking up one-third of what he gained all last year in just three quarters. Then he sat out the fourth quarter and just smiled — smiled like never before.
"I don't cry about football any more,'' said Hurley, who darts like a bullet and cuts like a Ginsu knife. "I'm smiling now.''
That's what the players at Lee will tell you about Hurley, whose tears flowed like the Flint River when he was a kid.
"He's got a great smile, and he's got a laugh,'' said wide receiver Casey Hightower, a senior who has known Hurley for years. "What a laugh. Every time I hear him laugh, I have to laugh. He's hilarious. His laugh cracks me up.''
"He keeps everybody laughing,'' added Andrew Stroud, another senior receiver who knows Hurley well.
Hurley, a Herald Dynamite Dozen player, was laughing all the way into the end zone in Lee County's 49-32 opening night win against Dougherty last week, and he is always keeping the kids at Lee loose.
"He's always smiling. He never gets down on anybody,'' Hightower said. "He picks everyone up.''
Hurley might just help lift Lee County to a region title. He looked that good in the opener, and not even the coaches at Lee know how big of a season Hurley could have.
"We're going to use him a lot,'' said Lee County coach Dean Fabrizio, who likes to spread the field and throw the ball. "We're going to use him at receiver and tailback and running back kicks. We're utilizing him all over the field because of his experience.''
That sounds almost ludicrous, considering when Hurley arrived in Lee County he had no experience at all, and when the Trojans handed him the football last year, Hurley had never — never in his entire life — carried a football in a game.
"He is unusual, the rare kid who didn't play running back,'' Fabrizio said. "Usually when you're a running back, you've been a running back since you were 5 years old. Usually, they have all played running back coming up and when they get to high school you have to move them somewhere else. It was an unusual thing.''
Hurley had never carried the ball.
He just carried the heartache.
"When I was 10, I wanted to play on a (pee wee) team, but I had a bad attitude, and my mother took me off the team,'' Hurley said. "I was mad. I was upset with myself. But it taught me a lesson. But then when I was in sixth grade I wanted to play. We lived in Terrell County, and I wanted to play on the sixth-grade team there in middle school. They told me I was too little to play for them.''
It crushed him.
"I was so mad. I was so depressed,'' Hurley said. "I didn't want to play football any more. I didn't want to have anything to do with football. Every time I looked at a football game on television, I would just get under my covers and put the pillow over my head and cry like a baby.''
He dried his eyes when he came to Lee County, and the door opened for Hurley, who is still a small tailback at 5-8 and 150 pounds but as dangerous as anyone on the field.
"My mother gave me the confidence to play,'' he said. "My parents really motivated me. When we moved to Lee County, my mother told me this was a new school and a different team, and they would give me a chance. When I went out for the eighth-grade team I was playing right away. I was the happiest person in Lee County.''
He felt like he belonged in eighth grade and felt he needed to do even more as a freshman.
"When I was in ninth grade they put me at free safety, and I felt I had to prove to everybody that I should be playing,'' Hurley said. "Everybody got to see that. I had to prove my point.''
By the time he was a sophomore, Hurley was starting for the varsity team at Lee County High School, the year the Trojans turned the program around and reached the playoffs. He didn't just start, he made an impact and had three interceptions, including two game-saving picks.
"He made two interceptions at the end of games to seal the victory for us when he was a sophomore,'' said Fabrizio, who could see even then that Hurley would be his tailback some day. Denzel Echols, an Albany Herald All-Area player, was the electric back who gained more than 1,000 combined yards rushing and receiving that year.
"Hurley would have been Denzel's backup as a sophomore,'' Fabrizio said. "We could see that in spring practice, but he was too good to be a backup. We had to have him on the field, so he was a starter at cornerback for us.''
Hurley started to make his move last year, rushing for 600 yards and picking up another 200 yards in receptions in Lee's throw-first offense. Now, he might be ready to explode as a senior.
"Without a doubt, he's a different player,'' Fabrizio said. "He's a different kid. His confidence is up, and his strength is up. And his toughness is different. He's tougher and able to handle getting the ball more because of his toughness.
"We knew he was going to be very talented, but his confidence level has really changed and his ability to see things has really improved. Just his vision for seeing blocks is so much better this year from last year.''
His blockers rarely see him.
"We will be blocking downfield and we will be 30, 40 yards ahead of him, and he just goes right by us,'' Stroud said. "You don't even see him. He's so fast.''
Hurley leaves them shaking their heads at Lee.
"He's quick as a cat out there,'' said Tavarious Hall, a senior running back. "He looks like a cat — you know how quick a cat can run. That's him. The sky is the limit for him. He can do anything he wants to do.''
Hurley's quickness was more than evident in the opener last week, but he didn't surprise Fabrizio.
"He's got the ability to stick that foot in the ground and make those cuts on a dime,'' Fabrizio said. "He's fast. He's got very good speed, but he's got great game speed. He runs faster on the field than on the track. He's got 4.5 speed, and when he's in the game he just gets quicker. When he gets on the field, he's coming to take it.''
His size and quickness go hand-in-hand for Hurley,
"I've seen him get through a hole this big,'' said Stroud, holding his hands about a foot apart. "He's just so quick. He can go through it. I've seen it happen.''
Even after his big night— a 200-yard eye-popping opener — all Hurley wanted to talk about was his blockers.
"They gave me every yard,'' he said.
Those are the words from a kid who appreciates everything that happens to him on the field.
"I am a better person for going through what I went through growing up and not being able to play football,'' he said. "It motivated me, and it made me appreciate football a lot more.''
He could feel all that and more on his big runs, which included a 70-yard TD, against Dougherty.
"I was just smiling so big every time I heard the crowd on those runs,'' Hurley said. "I've never heard the crowd that loud. It was amazing. I never expected I would run that much. It felt amazing when I broke into the open field and heard that crowd.
"I really wanted to prove something,'' he said. "I wanted to prove that I had made it. I cried so much when I couldn't play. I thought about it every day, thinking, 'How can they do this to me, because I was small?'
"But I was smiling all night, even when I came out of the game and was on the sideline, I just kept smiling. I just couldn't stop smiling.''
More like this story
- 3RD ANNUAL PEOPLE'S CHOICE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Kenneth Hurley, Lee County ( January 26, 2013 )
- NATIONAL SIGNING DAY: Herald People's Choice POY Hurley heads to Benedict ( February 6, 2013 )
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My Sirius radio in the truck is on the blink. (OK, i had a little accident with the antenna.) Terrestial radiosucks even worse than i remembered.
How do these people get record deals? And who listens to this crap?
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The London Wasps duo will undergo the biggest test of their young careers when they face the mighty All Blacks for the first time in their careers, with openside specialist Rees going head-to-head with Richie McCaw.
The All Blacks skipper was this week singled out by All Blacks assistant coach Steve Hansen described as the greatest New Zealand flanker of all-time. Quite an accolade in a country that gave the game Michael Jones, Josh Kronfeld, Ian Kirpatrick, Graeme Mourie and Waka Nathan.
The 23-year-old Rees knows the enormity of the task ahead of him at Auckland's Eden Park on Saturday and, just like Haskell, he can't wait to put himself to the ultimate back row test.
"There's no getting away from the fact that he's been the best openside in the world for the last few years - probably the best back rower, full stop," said Rees.
"He keeps getting better. It's fairly daunting going up against him for the first time, but that the sort of thing I want to aspire to.
"I'm fully aware of the challenge and it's not going to do be any good if I sit in my room quaking. Then he'd have the upper hand on me straight away."
Rees has nine caps compared to Haskell's six, but they have both arrived in New Zealand with some pretty good endorsements after helping McGeechan's Wasps side win the Guinness Premiership final.
As Haskell attempts to take over the England mantle that belonged to his recently retired Wasps team mate Lawrence Dallaglio he has been described by one legendary All Black as being "a bigger, faster and stronger Dallaglio".
Those words of warning to New Zealand fans and players came from Craig Dowd, now forwards coach at Wasps and will no doubt have pricked up the ears off McCaw's back row colleagues, Rodney So'oialo and Jerome Kaino.
"It was great to finish playing alongside Lawrence with him winning the Guinness Premiership final because he is one of my heroes," said Haskell.
"I loved his sayings, his mentality and we will miss that, even though he won't be too far away."
He won't be in New Zealand, though, to help his two young colleagues through their first tilt at the All Blacks,


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Getting a Divorce and Having Sex rocket101: Is it really bad that my wife and I are getting a divorce and are still having sex? We've come to a place where our marriage now longer brings out the best in one another, and at times, it bring out the worst. We've had about six months of counseling and cannot seem to find a way to make the marriage work. We're getting a divorce.
Although it's difficult to pin point reasons why the marriage isn't working. It's easy to see we are unhappy. Neither one of us have hard feelings towards one another, and it's been a few weeks since we decided it is time. We are also having sex with one another while we figure out the dissolution.
I don't think it's bad, but is it? This is my first time getting a divorce.
2be: Welcome and sorry to hear what you are going through. Divorce is never easy, though it is good you two are being amicable about the situation. As to your question, I'm not sure you're going to get definitive answers. What feels right for you?
My situation was so different... my X and I hadn't been intimate in like 8 months before we decided and our intimacy problems were part of the issue. This is just my opinion, so take it as you will: Sex for me is so much more than just sex, so I couldn't just have sex with a woman whom I'm splitting from. But like I said... my situation was different... she caused so much hurt with her cheating and other issues, I don't think I COULD be intimate with her.
But if you two are able to do still be intimate, then by all means do what you want to do. Again, welcome and keep posting... this place is full of widsom.
Bea: I personally wouldn't be able to do it. Sex is intimate, you share it with someone special (well... let's put one night stands aside for a while). I think sex is what only a couple shares and if the love or the understanding are gone, then what's left? Emptiness, holding on to someone physically while feelings are dying. Kinda sad.
Also, in my opinion, sex during divorce is one of the most dangerous things you can expose yourself to. But what do I know? It didn't happen to me. I did, however, want to sleep with my EX for one last night the day before we signed the separation agreement. I was looking for intimacy to try to deny something was going on. It never happened and I'm glad it didn't. The emotional burden would've been too much.
Sorry you had to end up here, though. Pay attention to the boards, you learn a lot from people here.
newts: I think having sex with a ex is fine as long as there is boundaries and the want of getting back together is over. Both parties must be ready to accept that either one could and will move on and when that happens that will really test the true feelings of this relationship.
It can be very dangerous sometimes so be careful.
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Also consider they could be having sex with someone else or even more than one other person. Who's to say?
So the one you once trusted and may not have used "protection" with b.c they were your spouse may need to be considered risky, in that sense, as well.
This really is the scary part. Basically anytime you feel like getting it on with your STBX, keep in mind that you're sleeping (by proxy) with anyone else she's potentially been boinking.
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PASADENA, Calif.- The Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project has submitted a preliminary report to the task force studying the election in Florida. Their nationwide study of voting machines offers further evidence supporting the task force's call to replace punch card voting in Florida. The statistical analysis also uncovered a more surprising finding: electronic voting, as currently implemented, has performed less well than was widely believed.
The report examines the effect of voting technologies on unmarked and/or spoiled ballots. Researchers from both universities are collaboratively studying five voting technologies: paper ballots with hand-marked votes, lever machines, punch cards, optical scanning devices, and direct-recording electronic devices (DREs), which are similar to automatic teller machines.
The study focuses on so-called "undervotes" and "overvotes," which are combined into a group of uncounted ballots called "residual votes." These include ballots with votes for more than one candidate, with no vote, or that are marked in a way that is uncountable.
Careful statistical analysis shows that there are systematic differences across these technologies, and that paper ballots, optical scanning devices, and lever machines have significantly lower residual voting rates than punch-card systems and DREs. Overall, the residual voting rate for the first three systems averages about 2 percent, and for the last two systems averages about 3 percent. This study is the most extensive analysis ever of the effects of voting technology on under- and overvotes. The study covers the entire country for all presidential elections since 1988, and examines variations at the county level. When the study is complete, it will encompass presidential elections going back to 1980, and will examine a finer breakdown of the different technologies, and a breakdown of residual votes into its two components: over- and undervotes. A final report will be released in June. The Voting Project was the brainchild of California Institute of Technology president David Baltimore in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology president Charles Vest. It was announced in December 2000 and faculty from both campuses immediately began collecting data and studying the range of voting methods across the nation in the hope of avoiding in the future the vote-counting chaos that followed the 2000 presidential election.
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By JOHN SERFUSTINISun Advocate Reporter
The College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum has a new director.
Interim CEU President Mike King announced Tuesday that the search committee has chosen Ken Carpenter, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Dr. Carpenter also serves as chief preparator at the museum, and has worked as a consultant and adviser to various scientific publications and television productions.
He was one of three finalists who demonstrated their experience, research, and suggestions for the CEU museum in presentations to the search committee and the public earlier this month.
In his presentation, Dr. Carpenter declared his overall goals are to:
* Achieve international recognition for the facility and its scientific research;
* Increase attendance;
* Assure security of the collections; and
* Improve the quality and quantity of volunteer workers.
Turning to the specifics of attendance, he stressed that a bit more drama in displays could go a long way in sparking interest and visitor involvement. For example, he noted the that the first things visitors now see when the enter the museum are the information booth, brochure rack, and gift store. He suggested putting the Utahraptor mount in place of the booth to serve as an immediate attention grabber.
He also advised remounting the allosaurus in the sand pit because the current pose seems to portray the carnivore as a tail-dragger, which it was not.
Dr. Carpenter said has extensive experience studying the Cedar Mountain Formation, which is an important geologic and paleontological feature of this region. The strata range in age from about 100 to 140 million years ago, a period of geologic history called the Lower (meaning early) Cretaceous Period.
His PowerPoint presentation on research also demonstrated his skills as a communicator. One excavation, for instance, yielded a whole herd of gastonia - those calf-sized, armor-plated, spike-protected plant eaters on display at the museum now. His slide show demonstrated modern animal deaths as a way of eliminating probable causes of death of the herd.
It could not be predators, he explained, because predators kill and dismember one or two animals at a time. Disease, drought or starvation are also unlikely. Those animals die one at a time in different places. That leaves a probable cause of drowning, which could have happened as the dinosaurs were crossing a river or got caught in a flash flood. Geology of the site indicates some sort of flooding.
He also discussed how he conducted his own experiment to determine if bacteria play a part in fossilization. He got beef cubes from a butcher shop, then let them sit at room temperature over night to let the bacteria get going, then packed them in a tube of dry sand. Daily watering for nine months followed. Scanning electron microscope analysis at the end showed tiny deposits of calcium carbonate, the beginning of fossilization.
A control sample using sterilized sand, water and bone showed no evidence of fossilization.
The two other finalists for the position were Greg McDonald, Senior Curator of Natural History at the National Park Service, and John Foster, Curator of Paleontology at the Museum of Western Colorado in Grand Junction. All three candidate have Ph.D. degrees and years of experience in field work, research, and museum management.


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Regulars at The Wrong 'Un enjoyed an 'Adnams real ale week', at the pub in Bexleyheath.
The seven-day event showcased eight ales from the Suffolk-based brewery, with a free raffle ticket with every pint.
Prizes donated by Adnams included brewery tours, mini casks of ale and mixed beer-bottle sets.
Among the ales being served during the week were Fat Sprat, Ghostship, pale golden ale Topaz Gold, copper-coloured Southwold Bitter, light Explorer and dark ruby-red Broadside.
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A bed line not only separates the lawn from your flower beds, a well designed bed line gives form to the yard. It shows that thought was put into the beds and landscaping, and that the shrubs werent planted just anywhere. It's a great way to turn a bare corner of the yard into a beautiful flower bed. Read More
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Imagine having guests over for a bbq in your perfectly manicured backyard, but they glance down to find your deck splintering and turning grey. Realistically, your deck probably doesnt look that bad, but I wanted to provide a few general tips to help make sure that doesnt happen. Read More
Creating Privacy In Your Yard
Yards are simply an outdoor extension of your home. The front yard is like your porch everyone can see it and walk up to it. But only those invited in can see the inside of the house just like your back yard. So how do you create privacy in a yard where you have neighbors, streets, or public walkways within view? Read More
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One way to significantly change your yard is to create a new walkway. Most people think of a walkway as simply a functional part of the yard that allows you to get from point A to point B without trouncing all over the grass, dirt, flowers, etc. But it also works as an accent to your overall landscape. Read More
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