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I need either a Nuzleaf / Seedot or if you can just catch a Hippotas and teach it TM Roar that would be great.
wow. i have a nuzleaf and a hippopotas.
and... ok.
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also, i'm doing this:
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Kirby make a Pokemon
Ok I must be doing something wrong because this isn't working out.
The next egg I am getting with the Magikarps is passing the HP stat of the female and the Special Attack and Speed state of the male to the baby.
So using that same potential, I breed a perfect IV HP female Tentacool with a perfect IV Special Attack and Speed male Tentacool together and only got a Tentacruell baby with perfect speed.
Yeah its not working for me Leo I did exactly the following:
1. Make Magikarp egg, didn't take it: saved
2. Made another one, accepted and checked, didn't like it
3. Reset, made the egg again, rejected it: saves
4. Repeated until I got female HP and male special attack and speed
5. swapped out magikarps, but in male tentacool with 32 special attack and speed, female with HP
6. keep on getting 31 speed tentacool
it worked for me. Time Machine steps are simple:
1. Breed 2 magikarp (one must hold destiny knot and the other an everstone). check stats of parents at Battle Institute
2. Breed Magikarp and decline the first egg and save.
3. Accept the second egg and hatch. Determine which stats were passed down from what parent. (reset game)
4. Remove Magikarp and replace them with new Pokemon you want to breed. (one must hold destiny knot and the other an everstone)
5. Hatch egg!! IV's should have been passed down.
if you don't like the stats that were passed down return to step 2.
Restart Time Machine:
1. [4. Remove Magikarp and replace them with new Pokemon you want to breed.] Instead of replacing them allow another egg to be made.
Decline again (now save)
2. Accept second egg and then determine the stats at the battle insitute when it hatches.
3. Repeat these steps if you don't like the stats. If you do, return to the original time machine steps.
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Simply put. The first egg you decline determines the pattern for the next egg.
If you decline that second egg, then a new pattern is made for the egg right after (3rd egg).
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Anyone have a jolly froakie with protean? I want to try and do a physical greninja
Nevermind my girlfriend found one for me
i forgot this thread exists
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I already maxed out its attack and speed EVs by the way. Horde battles help so much
You're a lucky man, celery. I tried to horde train my ex but she couldn't learn surf.
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Keller Williams plays more than 100 nights a year nationwide wowing crowds in various formats and has been a consistent live draw for more than 15 years despite no radio play, no buzz and precious little media coverage.
So how does he do it? Just like he did Sunday night at The Canyons. That's how. Williams relies on strong playing, word of mouth and by continuing to improve his capabilities as a guitarist, bassist, vocalist and entertainer.
Playing for about 500 people on an early fall night at the revamped Park City venue, Williams kept a majority of the crowd dancing for the duration of the two one-hour plus sets. The songs and grooves intermeshed, crashed into each other and provided a tempo as brisk as the plunging temperature.
Relying chiefly on his own songbook, but throwing in spirited, dramatically altered covers ranging from Nirvana to the Grateful Dead, Williams used his voice acoustic guitar, bass, oversized drumsticks, a drum pad, and an on-stage mixing board to play and then loop as many as seven different sounds going simultaneously. Williams generates more music by himself than many rock quintets and does so in creative, funky patterns.
Whether it's singing "Freaker by the Speaker" while playing only the bass, improvising scat vocals or hammering drumsticks onto his thighs to record the rhythm loop of "Breathe," Williams is a blur of motion and musicality. And he knows how to play to a crowd. With PC locals serving as the majority of the audience and playing at the base of a ski hill, Williams made sure to include "Floating on the Freshies," a not-so politically correct ode to snowboarding while under the influence of a certain banned substance that seemed to be in no short supply Sunday evening.
Second-set highlights included another stoner tale of woe and worry, "Doobie In My Pocket," "Porta Potty," which is actually about falling in love and a spirited re-imagining of the Dead's "Shakedown Street." Maybe the real treat of the night was his first-set take on Nirvana's "All Apologies," which he sandwiched inside his own "Up In My Cadillac."
The 40-year-old Virginia native has played Utah multiple times over the years, but Sunday night's concert was a real treat - thanks in large part to the friendly environs at The Canyons. It was also announced prior to the concert that next summer will see more pay shows at the revamped venue, presumably in addition to the Saturday afternoon freebies that have become a fun staple of summer.
One small complaint - it would have been great had this show started before 7 p.m. - in light of the you-better-bundle-up weather and that Sunday's a school/work night for many. The summer shows start at 6, it would have been terrific if this gig had launched around 5 p.m., but taken as a whole, Keller provided the musical backdrop for a fun farewell to good outdoor music this summer.
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Nick Saban apologizes for "professional mishandling"
Not to pick at old wounds, but Nick Saban apparently feels like apologizing for the way he left the Miami Dolphins.
It takes him awhile to get around to it, but the Alabama coach eventually does apologize in a new interview with Sporting News.
"Well, honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character," Saban tells the magazine. "Those are words that we use all the time. I think that in an effort to protect our team at Miami — because I had not talked to Alabama and did not talk to them until the season ended — I express that (character is important) to (Alabama) through my agent and said it was up to them whether they wanted to wait and that I would not make any promises. I would talk to them then, [and] I would only reassess my circumstances and our situation as a family at the end of the year.
"But I kept getting asked about this over and over and over, and in trying to defuse the interest and leave the focus on our team in Miami (long pause) . . . I had a responsibility and obligation to the players on that team, the coaches on the staff, and I didn't want that to be the focus of attention.
"So would I manage it differently? Absolutely. I would still have the same integrity for our team, but I just would not answer any questions relative to Alabama. . . . I do apologize for any professional mishandling that might have occurred."
Saban also appears to be in denial about his disappointing two-year tenure in South Florida, insisting he wasn't that far from a breakthrough before skedaddling back to the college game.
"We had an opportunity to get a quarterback in Drew Brees or Daunte Culpepper and we probably missed out on the physical well-being of those two players; we took the guy that we felt was more healthy, and he wasn't healthy," Saban said. "No disrespect to him; he did the best he could, Daunte Culpepper. Drew Brees didn't have any problems and ended up having a great career. Had that been different, I think we'd have made our team a lot better.
"We didn't have a quarterback the second year, and it affected our ability to be successful. But we made improvements as a team; we made improvements on defense. So I don't really feel like I took one on the chin. I don't really feel like we failed."
OK, what's everyone think about these comments from Coach Satan? He did fail with the Dolphins, didn't he? Can anyone dispute that?
I mean, anyone who isn't feeling like a crimson-wrapped football god after delivering a long-awaited national championship to the good people of Tuscaloosa?
Oh, and do you accept his apology? Think I know the answer, but just thought I'd ask anyway.


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Not a list ISU wants to be on.
25 Universities with the Worst Professors - Yahoo! Finance
Their basis for that list was ratemyprofessors.com. So, yeah, that's not a real list.
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RateMyProfessors.com. is used seriously? I remember reading that in college and a prof would get 5 stars if she was easy on the eyes and a 1 star...well you get my point.
I could see this based on my friends experiences in the engineering school.
The Official Paul Rhode's Salt Truck Driver.
Does ISU have too many old fogies that grade tough or what is the theory?
Noticed Des Moines U was rated much higher than ISU, UI, UNI.
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Originally Posted by CyArob
Their basis for that list was ratemyprofessors.com. So, yeah, that's not a real list.
So it's a top 25 list of whiniest students?
I've had some good profs and some bad profs. I feel that a person does poorly in a class and takes out their rage on ratemyprofessors.com
I've stopped using the site for that reason and just ask friends who have taken the course or had the professor before. You'll get a much more sincere response
Lots of engineering/tech schools on the list. I think that's probably a factor.
yeah the list was stupid. Using RMP as your source is ridiculous....especially when, like the article pointed out, you have a high percentage of science and engineering schools on the list. Not exactly easy classes, so you'll have more students ********.
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Lots of engineering/tech schools on the list. I think that's probably a factor.
Yep, Rensselaer was high on the list and it is supposedly a good engineering school.
That being said, my son has had some truly awful ISU engineering profs. His Calc 3 prof was just terrible and he wrote a scathing review of him even though he got a good grade in the class. Luckily Calc 3 is much easier than Calc 2 according to him.
I hated the one's that simply read from the book. Sometimes I would skip the class and spend that hour with the book for that class as that was a better use of my time.
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I hated the one's that simply read from the book. Sometimes I would skip the class and spend that hour with the book for that class as that was a better use of my time.
I never skipped as an undergrad, but I had one class I still regret attending. The prof started with "This textbook is written at a 7th grade level, so most of you will need to read it several times to understand it."
I got it all in one reading. His lectures just covered the highlighted terms in the book. Attending that really wasn't worth much time.
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From the link:
"It's notable that some of the universities that landed on the worst professor list are schools that specialize in science, technology and engineering, which are academically challenging."
Like, yah!
Whiny would be accurate. For instance, Calc is part of the Math department...
Great, now those trouser stains over at HN will think they're Harvard 2.0...
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A very sad article from the New York Times, but I can't say I'm really surprised. In the ultimate irony, in many cases throughout America it is actually parents that are forced to move in with their kids due to the piles of student loans taken out on their behalf. We are officially a nation of unemployed debt slaves. Aren't you glad we bailed out Wall Street?
From the New York Times:
It has been six years since Ms. Fitzgerald — broke, unemployed and in default on the $18,000 in loans she took out for Jenni's college education — became a boomerang mom, moving into her daughter's townhouse apartment in Hingham, Mass.
In the first three months of this year, the number of borrowers of student loans age 60 and older was 2.2 million, a figure that has tripled since 2005. That makes them the fastest-growing age group for college debt. All told, those borrowers owed $43 billion, up from $8 billion seven years ago, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Almost 10 percent of the borrowers over 60 were at least 90 days delinquent on their payments during the first quarter of 2012, compared with 6 percent in 2005. And more and more of those with unpaid federal student debt are losing a portion of their Social Security benefits to the government — nearly 119,000 through September, compared with 60,000 for all of 2007 and 23,996 in 2001, according to the Treasury Department's Financial Management Service.
The consequences of such debt can be dire because borrowers over 60 have less time — and fewer opportunities — than younger borrowers to get their financial lives back on track. Some, like Ms. Fitzgerald, are forced to move in with their children. Others face an unexpectedly pinched retirement. Still others have gone into bankruptcy, after using all their assets to try to pay the student debt, which is difficult to discharge under any circumstances.
I don't know how much abuse people will take before they start fighting back. We'll find out in the coming years.
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Although guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Devon Allman shares a surname that will ring familiar to rock and roll fans, Devon has cultivated a sound all his own. He's mindful of his family's storied musical legacy and the contributions of other venerable rock pioneers, but also has an ear for what's next. The son of Allman Brothers Band founding member, vocalist and key player Gregg Allman, and nephew of virtuoso guitarist Duane Allman, Devon records and performs in blues-rock outfits Honeytribe and Royal Southern Brotherhood. Earlier this year, Devon wrapped recording sessions for his solo debut, Turquoise, scheduled for release in February 2013, and is currently on tour in the United States. Recently, Devon visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, and took time to share his thoughts on being an Allman, his influences both old and new (and familial), making music on his own terms, highlights of the Museum's collection and seeing the instruments played by Gregg and Duane Allman.
Rock Hall: What was your first memory of rock and roll music and what about it resonated with you?
Devon Allman: Driving to the south Texas beaches, age 5 with my ear against the back speaker in the car. I was small enough to lay across the dash listening to the local rock station and soaking up the sun. The first time I heard the sensual, otherworldly sax line on Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" I was smitten from that second forward.
RH: In the sphere of rock and roll, the name "Allman" commands a great deal of reverence. Have you ever felt added pressure or expectations given your famous father and uncle?
DA: I try to keep my head in the game and on my business. I'm much more concerned with becoming the best musician I can be, and what I can actually give back to music as a whole than to think about pressure, expectations or comparisons. It's counterproductive. It doesn't affect me in a negative manner. I'm my own musician. (pictured, right: Duane Allman's 1959 Gibson Les Paul, on exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)
RH: How would you characterize your father's influence on you as a vocalist and songwriter?
DA: I look up to his voice and songwriting just as I look up to others from his era. They pioneered that fusion of soul and rock. I feel very fortunate to be of the next generation to help keep this all alive. I have not let his influence deter what my path is however – that would cloud my intentions of being a person that makes music. I simply am a huge fan of the timbre of his voice. It's one of the best on the planet – being my father or not.
RH: Who are some of the artists that have most influenced you – as a guitarist, a performer, songwriter…
DA: Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, B.B. King, African jazz, ZZ Top… the list goes on and on.
RH: Are there any classic albums that you never tire of listening to? If so, which ones and why?
DA: Curtis Mayfield's first solo record, Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers, Derek & the Dominoes' Layla... This list is long – got a few days? In all seriousness, it's because these resonate with a timeless feel.
RH: What newer acts are you listening to?
DA: I really love the Shins, the Civil Wars, Frank Ocean, Lucero, and many, many more.
RH: What can fans expect to see and hear on your current tour?
DA: It's a cool show. I'm doing it in two sets with a short intermission. First set is a good chunk of the new solo record, Turquoise, which drops February 12, 2013. Throw in a couple Honeytribe songs from earlier in my career, a Royal Southern Brotherhood song (my current band) and some surprises along the way. Second set begins acoustic and rolls through some "chill-axable" material, and then we rev-up the end.
RH: What were some of the highlights of your visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum?
DA: Seeing Curtis Mayfield's guitar and hat, the Tom Petty lyrics for "Stop Draggin My Heart Around" and definitely seeing my pal Billy Gibbons' Eliminator car and without a doubt Muddy Waters' '58 red Telecaster. (pictured: Devon Allman (far right), son of Hall of Fame inductee Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers Band, visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday, December 3, 2012.)
RH: What's it like seeing Duane Allman's '59 Les Paul and Gregg Allman's Hammond B-3, both of which are on exhibition in the Museum's main exhibit hall? Stir any emotions, memories?
DA: It's bittersweet. I never knew Duane. People say I look just like him; my Dad says I remind him of Duane, and I'm just so proud – from more of a family perspective – of how many lives he truly touched before the age of 24 with such amazing music and very profound sense of himself and of the need for peace. He is sorely, sorely missed.


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Days of Thunder is a perfect comparison. Excellent perspective to take on the season thus far. Good work CW.
I agree with your thoughts on Tech, too bad Sonny Dy-kes was likely their best bet and he's already headed West. I don't think the locals deep down would be very comfortable with handing the reigns to Kingsbury without him holding a head coaching position somewhere else.
Tommy was a poor fit and choice for TT. Hopefully they do even worse this time around.
"Fit" is exactly right, it's the most important thing when hiring a coach, but it seems to take ADs a while to figure that out. Big sexy names are hard to pass up.
Can Dan McCarney rescue TT?
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Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
Would've liked to hear some musings on how our team prepared (or didn't prepare) for Iowa to press and also on the starting lineup going forward considering 2 starters were benched for the first time this season on Sunday. Day of Thunder was a good movie though.
Good comparison, and from what I've seen from Freddie, it's almost like he treats the non-conference season as an experiment:
Let the guys play and see what their strengths and weaknesses are.
Toy with the lineup with guys in various groupings and positions.
Teach and learn from the successes and failures.
Place much greater emphasis on the Big 12 season than non-conference.
It just seems like last year, like this year, we were all over the place in non-conference, and when the Big 12 hit, we had the bugs worked mostly out, and got right down to business.
I thought the Wizard of Oz might also be a comparable movie....we are not in Kansas anymore, recruits...we need to go off to find the wizard, CFH.
Two words: Iowa's superbowl
Originally Posted by ribsnwhiskey
Two words: Iowa's superbowl
Did Fran go with posters in the lockeroom like Kirk, or just pics of Thug Life?
Originally Posted by RayShimley
Would've liked to hear some musings on how our team prepared (or didn't prepare) for Iowa to press and also on the starting lineup going forward considering 2 starters were benched for the first time this season on Sunday. Day of Thunder was a good movie though.
I heard from the radio announcers during the game, the team had expected the press and practiced it, Hoiberg thought they had done well in practice. That is what I remember hearing. I think this was in reaction to the Cyclones having trouble with the press.
"Cómo te va", dijo el murguista a la muchacha. Que lo cortó con su mirada indiferente
Le dijo "Bien" y lo dejó como si nada
Nuevamente... La princesa... Se perdía entre la gente (Jaime Roos)
Friday was some bad bad basketball. Hope these guys can Day's of Thunder this thing. Right now the clones have been beat every time they have played a worthy opponent. I do not see much fire from this team. Its playing too sloppy and too soft to be competitive. It was tough to watch the hawks throw all the punches Friday night. IMO the clones got out played and out worked by an inferior opponent. Man Up! Cyclones
Smoke um if you got um
I didn't think their press was a concern at all. Our mistakes and turnovers were mostly self inflicted.
I hate to admit this, but I liked the way Fran had his team playing on both ens of the floor. It's a rivalry again. I agree that Korie and Will need to step up. Not bad mouthing them as they sat out a year and this is a work in progress so it is to be expected. We need to develop a team identity of toughness and hustle, a la Tyrus McGee.
Days of Thunder is a great Movie. My analogy would have been teen wolf. A team coming to grips of its identity as a beast, then dunking like a mad wolf.
Tommy is still on his way back to the SEC. Tech should hire Kingsbury. Big 12 has great Coaches. Such a tough time to be Coaching in this league.
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When Trent Alvey was in junior high, she loved writing poetry as Miss Sisemore, dressed in her usual cashmere sweater and stiletto heels, turned up the Bach in her classroom.
"Back then, I'd never had a 'Miss' teacher, and certainly not one in spiked heels," says Alvey, a mixed media artist. "Miss Sisemore was clearly my first significant female role model—creative, smart and stunning."
Years after she left teaching, Claudia Sisemore became known for her documentaries on Utah artists, like portrait artist Alvin Gittins and contemporary artist Lee Deffebach, as well as local performing arts companies, such as Repertory Dance Theatre and Children's Dance Theatre. She is also a painter, known for her geometric color field style—large fields of color spread across a raw canvas. But she really started shaping the local art scene nearly 50 years ago at Hillside Middle School.
"She set the tone for my whole life of creativity in that class," Alvey says.
And Alvey isn't the only artist Sisemore inspired at such a young age. Local artists Layne Meacham, Carol Edison and Ann Williams were also in her classes. "She was very strict, and she devoted her life to her students," Williams says. "Now I'm a painter, and it is in great part due to Claudia. She accepted me for who I was, she opened my mind and made a safe, challenging place—a nest for us to become strong and then learn to fly."
Sisemore earned her bachelor's in English from Brigham Young University, and after teaching for a time, received her master's in filmmaking and painting from the University of Utah. During her teaching days, she taught creative writing, drama and English, along with an experimental creative arts class, where students read literature beyond the junior high curriculum, learned to write poetry and organized school plays. Now, she runs her own production company, Canyon Video, and displays many of her paintings at Phillips Gallery.
Sisemore's continued focus on creative endeavors is what prompted Alvey and other former students to organize an exhibit in her honor last summer at the Rio Gallery. Along with Sisemore's paintings, the gallery featured work from her fellow artists, former students and friends, such as Bruce Smith and David Chaplin. "It was an incredible show," Sisemore says. "I'm glad to have known all of these people."
She met and filmed many of the gallery's artists over the past 40 years, shooting more than 20 documentaries. This past summer, she completed films on Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company and is finishing films on Denis Phillips, owner of Phillips Gallery, and sculptor Angelo Caravaglia. In fact, Sisemore's little black book reads like a who's who list of prominent local visual and performance artists: Edward Bateman, Kaziah Hancock and even the late Virginia Tanner are among her long list of professional relationships and friendships.
And Sisemore, who is in her 70s, plans to continue her art well into the future. "As long as I can shoot and paint, I'll do it," she says. "I can't stop. I love it too much."
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Do What You Can to Ease Side Effects of Treatment for Vaginal Cancer
Anemia (low red blood cell levels)
Your health care provider will take blood samples throughout your treatment to check your red blood cell count and other blood components. Red blood cells carry oxygen throughout your body. If your body doesn't have enough oxygen, you may feel tired. Decreased red blood cell counts can be caused by small amounts of blood loss, due to bleeding, chemotherapy, radiation, or by the cancer itself.
If your health care provider tells you that you have anemia, take these actions to feel better:
Take short rests when you're tired. Avoid long naps during the day so that you can sleep well at night.
Add mild exercise, such as walking, to your daily routine. It may help you sleep better.
Balance activity with rest. Save your energy for important tasks.
Drink plenty of water. Dehydration adds to fatigue.
Talk with your health care provider about medications or treatments that may help manage your anemia.
Anxiety and depression
Many people may feel blue, anxious, or distressed after being told they have cancer. These feelings are normal and may continue or come back throughout treatment. Taking these actions may ease your mental stress:
Talk with your family or friends.
Consider joining a cancer support group or finding a cancer "buddy" who can help you cope.
Ask your health care provider about medications for depression and anxiety.
Appetite changes
If you eat well during cancer treatment, you are more likely to maintain your strength, be more active, and better able to fight infection. It's important to remember that your body needs energy to heal itself. Maintaining your weight is a good way to know if you are giving your body the energy it needs.
When you're being treated for cancer, a diet high in calories and protein is usually best. The problem is that side effects of treatment, especially chemotherapy, can make you not want to eat. Some chemotherapy treatments can change the way food tastes to you. If this is the case, focus on getting a balanced diet and increasing your activity level. Ask your health care provider for a referral to a registered dietitian if you are having trouble with your appetite or your weight.
Also, try these tips to stimulate your desire to eat:
If you can, eat foods high in protein several times a day. These foods include milk, cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, meat, fish, eggs, beans, peanut butter, and nuts. Protein helps build and repair tissue, and cancer treatments cause you to use more protein than usual.
To maintain your weight, eat high-calorie foods, such as margarine or butter, sugar, honey, jams, jellies, cream cheese, dried fruit, gravies or sauces, mayonnaise, and salad dressing.
Get plenty of fluids to help control your body temperature and keep your bowels moving. In addition to water, fruit juices, and other liquids, try gelatin, pudding, soups, fruit bars, and ice cream.
Eat small meals throughout the day instead of 3 large ones.
Keep snacks handy to eat when you are hungry.
Eat with friends or play your favorite music at mealtime to boost your appetite.
Eat your biggest meal in the morning. Many people getting treatment for cancer find that this is when their appetite is greatest.
If you can, increase your activity level. This may boost your appetite.
On days when you don't feel like eating at all, don't worry about it. Try again the next day. If you find your appetite doesn't improve in several days, talk with your health care provider.
This may be a side effect of chemotherapy or some pain medicines. Constipation may include difficult or infrequent bowel movements. It can range from mildly uncomfortable to very painful. Taking pain medications can lead to constipation, so it's wise to take these preventive actions before you have problems. These same steps will give you relief if you are already constipated:
Drink plenty of fluids, especially water and prune juice.
Eat foods high in fiber, such as cereals, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.
Take stool softeners or a laxative only as prescribed by your doctor.
This is one of the most common side effects of chemotherapy. Diarrhea, which includes loose or frequent bowel movements, or both, may lead to dehydration if you don't take these precautions. Many drugs can cause bowel changes:
Avoid milk and milk products.
Avoid gas-producing vegetables, dried fruit, fiber cereals, seeds, popcorn, nuts, corn, and dried beans.
Eat low-residue, low-fiber foods, such as those included in the BRAT diet (bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast).
Drink more fluids, such as water and broth, to prevent dehydration.
Ask your health care provider about medications that may help.
Dry or irritated skin
This may be a side effect of radiation therapy:
Protect your skin from sun exposure by wearing sunscreen of at least 15 SPF (sun protection factor). However, check with your health care provider before applying sunscreen to make sure it's okay.
Ask your health care provider what kind of lotion you can use to moisturize and soothe your skin. Don't use any lotion, soap, deodorant, sun block, cologne, cosmetics, or powder on your skin within 2 hours before or after radiation treatment. They may cause more irritation.
Wear loose, soft clothing over the treated area. Cotton underwear can help prevent further irritation.
Don't scratch, rub, or scrub treated skin. After washing, gently blot dry.
Don't bandage skin with tape. If you must bandage it, use paper tape, and ask your nurse to help you apply the dressings so that you can avoid irritation.
Don't apply heat or cold to the treated area. Bathe only with lukewarm water because it's less dehydrating.
If you must shave the treated area, use only an electric shaver because it is less irritating to the skin. Don't use lotion before shaving and don't use hair-removal products. Both can irritate your skin.
Keep your nails well trimmed and clean so you don't accidentally scratch yourself.
Hair loss
Losing your hair (called alopecia) can be upsetting, because baldness is a visible reminder that you are being treated for cancer. Chemotherapy can cause hair loss. Keep in mind that your hair will most likely grow back after treatment (though it may look different than it did before).
Try these coping tips:
Consider cutting your hair before treatment starts.
Think about getting a wig, hat, or scarf before your hair loss starts. That way, you can get a wig that matches your hair, and you'll be ready with head coverings if you choose to use them.
Because your scalp may be more sensitive to temperature and sun, protect it with sunscreen and hats or scarves.
Hot flashes
A hot flash is also called a hot flush. It is a sudden rush of warmth to the face, neck, upper chest, and back — with or without sweating. It can last from a few seconds to an hour or more. Hot flashes can occur with chemotherapy. Some women have mild symptoms, while others have more severe ones. In many cases, hot flashes stop when treatment stops. To ease hot flashes, try these tips:
Limit your intake of hot drinks, caffeine, alcohol, and spicy foods.
Avoid strenuous exercise.
Layer your clothing so that you can add or remove as needed.
Stay out of environments with very warm temperatures.
Use sprays or moist wipes to help lower skin temperature.
Ask your health care provider about relaxation training or acupuncture.
Ask your health care provider about medications you can take to ease symptoms.
Your health care provider will take blood samples throughout your treatment to check your white blood cell count, among other things. Many types of chemotherapy can cause low white blood cell counts. A decrease in your white cell count is called leukopenia. Neutrophils are a special subtype of white blood cells that help stave off infection. If your neutrophil levels are low, you are neutropenic. Without enough white blood cells, including neutrophils, your body may not be able to fight infections.
If your health care provider tells you that your white blood cell count is low, take these actions to stay healthy:
Avoid crowds or people with colds.
Wash your hands often or use hand sanitizer throughout the day to kill germs.
Call your health care provider right away if you have any of these signs of infection: a temperature of 100.5° F (38.0°C) or higher, severe chills, a cough, pain, a burning sensation during urination, or any sores or redness.
Insomnia (trouble sleeping)
Insomnia can be caused by anxiety, depression, or your cancer treatment. Use these tips to improve your rest:
Keep a regular bedtime schedule.
Use your bed only for sleeping, not for watching TV or using your computer.
If you don't fall asleep within 15 minutes, get up, do something else, and try again later.
Avoid stimulants such as caffeine and tobacco, especially close to bedtime.
Don't eat, drink fluids, or exercise close to your bedtime.
Avoid long naps during the day since they can interfere with your ability to fall asleep at night.
Menopausal symptoms
Some types of chemotherapy can damage your ovaries. They may cause menopausal symptoms if you have not yet reached menopause. These symptoms include hot flashes, vaginal dryness, mood swings, and weight changes. Periods may become irregular or may stop, and you may not be able to get pregnant. For some women, the loss of a menstrual period is permanent:
If needed, talk with your health care provider about birth control before treatment begins.
Talk with your health care provider about ways to manage menopausal symptoms, such as using lubricants for vaginal dryness, exercising, and talking with a therapist about mood swings or signs of depression.
Report any unusual bleeding to your health care provider.
Continue with regular pelvic exams.
Also see hot flashes and weight changes.
Mood swings
It's normal to experience emotional changes, both during and after cancer treatment. Even if cancer treatment is successful, many people experience fears about what the future holds. Talk with your health care provider or nurse about ways to manage these changes and try these tips:
Be as open as you can with loved ones about your fears.
Remember that exercise, sleeping, and eating well can greatly improve your mood.
Get a referral to a psychiatrist, psychologist, or other counselor.
Join a cancer support group.
Mouth sores (mucositis)
Some types of chemotherapy may cause mouth sores. These may hurt and make it hard to eat.
To prevent sores in your mouth, take these actions:
Brush your teeth after meals and before bedtime; floss every day.
Keep your mouth and lips clean and moist.
Use sugar-free candies or gums to increase moisture in your mouth.
To ease the pain if you get sores in your mouth, take these actions:
Avoid alcohol and mouthwashes containing alcohol because they may irritate the sores.
Avoid hot, rough, or spicy foods because they may irritate the sores.
Avoid tobacco because it may irritate the sores. Smoking can also make you more susceptible to sores.
Ask your health care provider about topical mouth medications.
Take over-the-counter pain medication, such as acetaminophen (Tylenol), if necessary.
Call your health care provider if your temperature reaches 100.5°F (38.0 C) or higher
Nausea or vomiting
Nausea or vomiting as a result of chemotherapy or radiation treatment for cancer may range from barely noticeable to severe. It may help you to understand the different types of nausea:
Acute-onset nausea and vomiting occur within a few minutes to several hours after chemotherapy. The worst episodes tend to be 5 to 6 hours after treatment, and the symptoms end within the first 24 hours.
Delayed-onset vomiting develops more than 24 hours after treatment.
Anticipatory nausea and vomiting are learned from previous experiences with vomiting. As you prepare for the next dose of chemotherapy, you may anticipate that nausea and vomiting will occur, as they did previously. This triggers the actual reflex.
Breakthrough vomiting occurs despite treatment to prevent it. It requires additional treatment.
Refractory vomiting occurs after taking one or more antinausea medications — essentially, you're no longer responding to antinausea treatments.
To help prevent nausea, take these actions:
Ask your health care provider about getting a prescription medicine to control nausea and vomiting. Then, make sure you take it as directed. If you are vomiting and cannot take the medicine, call your health care provider.
If you have bothersome nausea and vomiting, even though you are taking your medicine, call your health care provider. Your medicine can be changed.
To help ease nausea or vomiting, try these tips:
Try eating foods and drinking beverages that were easy to take or made you feel better in the past, such as when you had the flu or were nauseated from stress. These may include bland foods, sour candy, pickles, dry crackers, ginger ale, flat soda, or other choices.
Do not eat fatty or fried foods, very spicy foods, or very sweet foods.
Eat foods that are cold or at room temperature. The smells from hot foods may make your nausea worse.
Ask your health care provider if he or she can help you learn a relaxation exercise. This may make you feel less anxious, more in control, and decrease your nausea.
Ask your health care provider about using acupressure bands on your wrists. These may help to decrease your nausea.
Numbness, tingling, or muscle weakness in your hands or feet (peripheral neuropathy)
If you have numbness, tingling, or weakness in your hands and feet, you may have nerve damage called peripheral neuropathy. This can be a side effect of chemotherapy. Other signs of this problem are ringing in your ears or trouble feeling hot or cold. If you have any of these symptoms, your health care provider may adjust the dose of your chemotherapy. He or she may prescribe medicine or certain vitamins that may help relieve your symptoms. You should also take these precautions to protect yourself:
Take extra care walking and moving so that you don't fall. Wear only well-fitting shoes that help you maintain your balance.
Use warm — not hot — water for bathing to prevent burns. Consider using a shower chair or a railing to improve your stability.
If your daily activities become too difficult, ask your health care provider for a referral to an occupational therapist or a physical therapist. They can help teach you new ways of doing things so that you can stay as active as possible.
Take extra care when driving (you may have trouble feeling the gas and brake pedals). Ask friends and family to drive you places.
You may have pain following surgery. Try these tips to ease pain:
Over-the-counter pain medication can help with mild to moderate pain in many parts of your body.
Take your pain medications regularly; don't wait for your pain to become severe. (Take steps to avoid constipation, a common side effect of pain medications.)
Change your activity level. See if you feel better if you rest more or move around more — either may help.
Distract yourself with music, funny videos, or computer games.
Use heat, cold, or relaxation techniques, such as yoga, meditation, or guided visualization. Ask your health care provider where you can learn more about these.
Talk with your health care provider about your pain and get help. Do not accept pain as a normal part of having cancer.
Sexual changes
Vaginal cancer affects your sexuality. The vagina often becomes less elastic following radiation, making intercourse painful. Surgery (partial vaginectomy) may change the size and shape of your vagina, making intercourse uncomfortable. If you have scars, they may affect how you feel about yourself or about how you experience sexual pleasure. If you have a partner, you might be afraid of how your partner will react to these changes. Talk to your partner and health care provider about your concerns.
Whether the changes are short term or long-lasting, you can find ways to feel good about yourself and to be intimate with your partner. Remember to be patient and give yourself time. Be creative. Below are some ideas on how to cope with these changes:
Focus on physical recovery, including diet and physical activities.
Ask your health care provider about maintaining or resuming sexual activity. Include your partner in discussions.
Use a water-soluble lubricant (Astroglide, K-Y Jelly, Lubrin) if needed. Make sure you use enough of it.
Report vaginal discharge or bleeding, fever, or pain to your health care provider .
Choose a time for intimacy when you and your partner are rested and free from distractions.
Create a romantic mood.
Try different positions until you find one that is more comfortable and less tiring for you.
Use pain medications, if needed.
Remember that cancer is not contagious.
Remember that being intimate will not make the cancer come back or grow.
Talk about your feelings and fears with your partner. Listen to your partner's concerns, too.
Explore different ways of showing love, such as hugging and holding, stroking and caressing, or talking.
Consider alternate forms of sex, such as oral sex.
Swelling (lymphedema)
If your health care provider removes lymph nodes from your groin, you may have swelling in your legs or genital area. This is more likely if you also have radiation therapy to this area. Swelling may occur right after surgery, or it may happen much later. It is caused when excess lymph fluid collects in tissue. Swelling can also lead to pain and fatigue.
To reduce your risk or to reduce swelling, take these actions:
Wear support stockings or special compression devices.
Clean the skin of your leg daily and use moisturizing lotion. This helps prevent cracks in skin that could lead to infection.
Do not use elastic bandages with tight bands.
To increase circulation and reduce fluid buildup, do not sit in one position for more than 30 minutes.
Watch for signs of infection, such as redness, pain, heat, swelling, and fever. Call your health care provider immediately if any of these signs or symptoms appears.
Do your prescribed exercises regularly. If you have swelling, keep your affected leg raised above the level of your heart, when possible.
Use the force of gravity to avoid or reduce swelling: Do not stand for long periods of time. Elevate your legs while sitting or lying down.
Keep regular follow-up appointments with your health care provider.
To avoid injury and infection in your leg, take these precautions:
Try not to cut or tear toenail cuticles. Even small wounds may let in germs that cause infection.
Use sunscreen.
Clean cuts with soap and water, and then use antibacterial ointment. Use gauze wrapping instead of tape; do not wrap so tightly that circulation is cut off.
Talk with your health care provider about any rashes.
Avoid extreme hot or cold such, as ice packs or heating pads to avoid damage to your skin.
Thinking and memory problems
You may have mild problems with concentration and memory during and after systemic chemotherapy. Being tired can make this worse.
Taking these actions may help:
Make lists and write down important information.
Use other tools to help organize your life, such as calendars, pill dispensers, or alarm clocks.
Tiredness is a very common symptom and side effect of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. You may feel only slightly tired, or you may suffer from extreme fatigue.
Taking these actions may help increase your energy level. Fatigue can last for months after treatment ends:
Save your energy for important tasks.
Take action to treat a poor appetite, because eating improperly can make you tired.
If your fatigue is severe or chronic, ask for help with routine tasks that can drain your energy. These may include grocery shopping or housework. Some people reduce their hours at work.
Follow the tips under anemia.
Talk with your health care provider about how the fatigue is affecting you. There may be a medical reason for why you are feeling tired and it may be something that can be treated.
Urination problems
You may have problems with urination following radiation therapy. This could lead to bladder spasms and frequent, urgent, or burning urination. Trouble controlling the flow of urine is called incontinence:
Keep track of your symptoms so you can report them to your health care provider. This might include how frequently you urinate, how many incontinence pads you use, and the kind of activity that leads to incontinence.
Ask your health care provider about medications, exercises, or other options to prevent spasms or incontinence.
Try to urinate regularly — about every 3 hours.
Avoid drinking caffeinated beverages because caffeine causes the kidneys to make more urine and irritates the bladder. Spicy or acidic foods, such as orange juice, may also irritate the bladder. Try to avoid them.
Vaginal narrowing or other vaginal problems
Vaginal dryness, narrowing, and discharge can result from surgery or radiation. This may cause difficult or painful intercourse. Vaginal infections may also occur more often. You may briefly experience bleeding and discharge after surgery. When you talk with your health care provider about these problems, make sure he or she knows you've had cancer. Try these methods to ease symptoms:
Use sanitary pads for bleeding or discharge, if needed.
Use over-the-counter vaginal moisturizers and lubricants.
Before sexual activity, use water-soluble lubricants.
Apply vitamin E oil to the area to ease irritation and burning.
Ask your health care provider about products that may help replace estrogen vaginally, if needed.
Try over-the-counter antifungal creams as relief for infections, but see your gynecologist for symptoms that do not go away.
If you received radiation therapy, your health care provider should should give you instructions on how to use a vaginal dilator to prevent narrowing of your vagina.
Weight gain
Weight gain may partly be a result of going into early menopause following treatment with chemotherapy or removal of ovaries. Take these actions to help manage your weight:
Increase the amount of your daily exercise. Strive to be active every day.
Eat a balanced, low-calorie diet.
Increase the amount of fruits and vegetables you eat. Drink more water. These can help fill you up — and are good for you — without adding a lot of calories.


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A Middletown man who was wanted by police was tasered Feb. 15 after he fought off the officer trying to take him into custody.
Anthony Miller, 23, who resides in the 200 block of Liborio Drive was stopped by police in the Middletown Shopping Center on North Broad Street when officers became aware that he was wanted on an outstanding capias.
The officer approached Miller's vehicle in the parking lot and ordered him out of the car, police said.
Police said that Miller became combative with the officers as they attempted to take him into custody, and that he struck an officer several times.
The officer had to use his department issued Conducted Electrical Weapon to subdue Miller.
Miller was transported to the Middletown Police Department headquarters where he was charged with resisting arrest with force, offensive touching of a police officer, possession of drug paraphernalia and disorderly conduct.
He was released after posting a $1,000 secured bond.
Miller had been wanted to failing to appear in court for a previous drug violation.
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Please find below an excerpt from my latest novel which is now available on Amazon Kindle, thanks for looking and hope you enjoy!
Losing Arabella by Claire Blaney
©: 2006 Claire Blaney
Years after they were cruelly separated, Arabella Fortesque and Mark de la Haye are once more thrown together. Long suppressed feelings are instantly re-ignited but will their love prevail? Or will the gentleman's rakish past and the lady's determination to remain aloof keep them apart once more?
Set against the colourful background of Regency society this is a tale of love, lust, revenge and a desperate search for redemption.
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Why did you do it Bella? he rasped Fortesque was richer at the time to be sure, but I didn't think such things would weigh with you, you never struck me as the mercenary type. He gave a harsh laugh at her silence. You are a mere flesh and blood woman after all then. It is my own fault for putting you on a pedestal I suppose.
I trusted you but you're just like the rest. Bella's voice became high and harsh. You were the one who was supposed to believe in me, understand that I was forced into it. I wrote to you begging for help, yet you didn't even respond! What was I supposed to do? Stay locked in my room for the rest of my life? Retire to a convent?
If necessary Mark stormed I certainly wouldn't have considered my own comfort above your love, I would have died before betraying you Arabella.
Even as the words passed his lips he knew he was being unfair, but then another thought struck him. I didn't receive any letters from you.
Colour flooded the lady's pale complexion. Well I'm not spinning any Banbury Tales if that is what you are suggesting?
I tell you I didn't receive any correspondence from you, none at all.
And I am telling you sir that I sent it! she furiously flicked back her dark curls. Whether you received my letter or not, you should still have come to my aid.
Why? he asked in amazement I didn't have the slightest idea that you were in trouble! At first I thought you were patiently awaiting my return and then I believed you happily married to the man of your choice. It certainly wasn't my inclination to pursue a fickle heart!
Oh no! Heaven forbid you swallow your pride!
The years of anger and disappointment were at last unleashed, tears flooded Bella's face. Irrational it may be, but at that moment she knew there was a part of her that believed Mark had failed them both by letting go so easily.
You blame me he stated hollowly.
The moment stretched out between them as they stared deep into each others accusing eyes, desperate to hurt as they had been hurt themselves.
You could have saved me from so much misery she managed at last.
He gave another mirthless laugh. Yes I daresay you wished me to put a bullet through your husband's black heart, but you made your bed...
No you are wrong Mr de la Haye Bella fumed. What I wished was for you to go to the devil!
On furious impulse Mark leant forward and pulled her into a rough embrace, his anger almost instantly turning to passion as he inhaled her sweet intoxicating scent. His arms banded around her tiny waist, his mouth possessing hers as his tongue parted those soft lips, probing, stoking her to a spiral of scorching longing. Bella's arms wrapped hard around his neck, knotting in his thick hair and pulling him all the closer, drawing them both against the rough bark of the ancient oak tree a small moan escaping as she felt the hard response of his desire move against her and his lips tracing the line of her pale neck.
I am lost indeed she thought, gasping for air and reason.
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Here are the highlights from the workshop "iPads for ELLs: Enhancing Critical Thinking†which we co-presented at the 2011 Long Island Tech Summit on October 18th.Â
The workshop focused on three essential questions and provided a brief overview of the iPad and how it can help ELLs reach their full academic potential.Â
 How can educational iPad applications strengthen and support critical thinking for English Language Learners?
When the the right educational iPad application is integrated into a content rich lesson, it provides multisensory access to that content, facilitating comprehension and allowing ELLs to participate more effectively in academic discourse. Apps can be used to scaffold activities that may otherwise be difficult for ELLs to understand. In addition, using multimedia apps to deliver content enhances traditional methods of delivery that are largely text-based. This opens up the door to critical thinking by lowering the language barrier and channeling the instructional focus to academic content.
The following quote sums up the need to provide content-based language instruction that challenges ELLs to think critically in order to attain academic parity with native English language speakers.
 "Merely using the language and knowing the meaning is not enough. To become proficient in a language, learners need to use creative and critical thinking through the target language.â€
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 How can teachers integrate iPads into their classroom toolbox?
Before selecting an app for use with students, educators must first identify the  instructional goals and objectives of the lesson, not the other way around. Instead of discovering a fun or exciting app and trying to build a lesson around the app, take a lesson that has proven to be successful and find apps that can be integrated into the lesson to scaffold the content, differentiate the instruction and enhance the outcome.
For example an interesting project idea "The Alternate History Project†was showcased at a poster session at ISTE 2011 http://tinyurl.com/whatifhistory . Integrating social studies apps such US History Tools or On This Day as well as a graphic organizer app like Popplet and a digital media app such as Discovery Ed Streaming (Mobile.DiscoveryEducation.com) can help ELLs meet the goals of this project successfully.
How can iPads, digital media and Web 2.0 tools remove boundaries and promote academic achievement for ELLs?
Finally, it is important to explore the bigger picture of using instructional technology and to identify the purpose for using iPads in the classroom. Consider the following list of pedagogical goals in order to identify how this device can help promote equitable educational opportunity for ELLs.
- For Intervention (RtI)
- For Enrichment
- For Assistive Technology
- For Digital Literacy
- For Reading
- For Organizing Resources
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The new method, to be detailed in the Nov. 5 issue of Nature Publishing Group's Scientific Reports, screens for pairs of affinity reagents that bind with target bacteria, toxins, or viruses in under an hour. Normally such screening requires costly equipment to purify and analyze the affinity reagents, which can number in the hundreds and as a result take weeks to months to complete.
The method—which has worked with crude extracts of E. coli bacteria—allows scientists to make complete stop-gap tests to any given biological threat in days, including the one-hour screening step.
"It had to be simple and self-contained as we eventually needed it to work in the space-suit lab or hot zone," Andrew Hayhurst, Ph.D., a Texas Biomed virologist, said in a statement. "The great thing about this test pipeline is that it can be applied to almost any target of interest including markers of diseases like cancer."
He said Texas Biomed, formerly the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, could potentially license the method to diagnostics developers focused on specific medical conditions, environmental monitoring, or acceleration of in-house research programs.
Dr. Hayhurst and colleagues at Texas Biomed are now working to reduce the entire testing process to a single day.
According to Texas Biomed's 2011 annual report, Dr. Hayhurst and colleagues were focused on producing a stopgap test to detect an unknown threat within 48 hours using inexpensive and widely-available laboratory reagents, using Marburg virus as a model target. The annual report called the method a response to an "Andromeda Strain" scenario, citing the Michael Crichton book and movie about a researcher team's effort to rapidly investigate a deadly organism that nearly kills all of mankind.
Research on the new method was funded primarily by Texas Biomed and the San Antonio Area Foundation, and in part by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and NIH.
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©2002 Eckhart Tolle; (P)2002 Sounds True
"Excellent resource"
This is a perfect companion to the best-selling books, and by far the best value when purchasing from the large range of Tolle audio on offer. I found this most useful to just meditate with, or have on in the car. Don't expect a narrative or, really, any sense of structure here. This is, for want of a better word, him rambling. But the rambling is very useful. Once you accept the pace and tone of the lectures, you can relax into it, and enjoy the moments of great humour and insight. Like any of Tolle's work, you either get it and instantly revel in it's genius, or feel completely frustrated by it and find it to be nonsense. I felt the former.
"Simply Profound"
Eckart Tolle is a modern age spirtual teacher, with a good sense of humor. Of course,depends on your taste in humor. However, his teaching, where he does not hestitate to borrow from various conventional religious teachings to the more obscure are easliy undertsood - putting them into practice you will find is not something you can 'plan to do'. Read and find out...
"A retreat"
I love his live recordings. His voice is quiet, you hear him clear his throat and you hear the audience which makes these recordings feel real - It's like I am at the retreat myself, listening to powerful teaching and I can go to the retreat as often as I want, over and over. I am utterly grateful for these resources and listen to them almost everyday.
Just to set the record straight, I reviewed Meditation and Psychotherapy accidently as another book I got, unfortunately it will not allow me to change anything but the stars, Audible said you cannot change it or delete. the book is AWESOME! Tara Brach is Awesome! The book I was rating I returned and was aweful. sorry
"Good information"
It is similar to most of his teachings but as with most of his teachings, he has the same basic teachings, he is not trying to add anything to the listener. The purpose of his teachings is to point to the truth. Once you recognize the truth, no matter which book of his you listen to. There have been a couple of his teachings that brought me to awakening. This was my first Eckhart Tolle audio. I had to listen to several others such as the Power of now, but it took listening to practicing the power of now for me to "get it"
It is similar to all of his teachings. I recommend practicing the power of now as it gives most of his message as well as some meditations included.
"Finding joy in quiet"
I really enjoyed Eckhart Tolle as he shows us how to slow down and enjoy the true joy in silence. Enjoyable and worth the time to listen and learn.
"Not for Casual Listening"
Yes, if they were interested in meditation and spiritual development. Just like any subject you have to have an interest in it, otherwise it could be an excruciating experience. With Mr. Tolle I recommend borrowing one of his books to determine whether what he teaches resonates with you before purchasing his audiobooks.
I suppose anything written by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche or the Dalai Lama because there are kernels of truth within the writing that guide you to be a better human being.
I believe it does. Mr. Tolle's voice is very soothing. He allows for frequent spaces in his discourse to both digest what is being taught and to be "naked" in the moment, as it were.
That we are constantly creating the story of "me" moment by moment. And we love to tell it to ourselves and others.
A word of warning - do not purchase this with the expectation of being entertained. Mr. Tolle does not talk excitedly nor enthusiastically about his subject. He is very calm, quiet, and soothing. He often produces significant gaps of time with no talking. He is sometimes funny. This is all for the purpose of bringing you to a calm, light, almost meditative state.
"a compulation of his work and very interesting"
in his style of audio you become very relaxed and mellow listening to his voice and it almost has a hipnotic effect as his voice and style and humor entertain and captivate the listener
all his little jokes and his style of laughing at himself and his whacky observations
so many points that it would take a notebook to fill
looking forward to getting a collection of his audio books to study and learn
"Inner quiet"
Yes. Eckhart Tolle always generates a feeling of quiet and peace in me when I listen. He sometimes offers practical advice that is very helpful. Overall, his message is to stop and notice this moment right now and that's it. Simple. Peaceful.
"Love Eckhart but the Recording Needs Some Work"
Hearing Tolle speak.
I love the compilation which includes some of Tolle's greatest words of wisdom. But between each recording is the publisher's message which becomes very annoying after the second repetition.
"amazing, a true spiritual leader for today."
thank you Eckhart for you simple words. you have done the impossible and removed all the gumf of religion and taught us a clear way towards salvation. xoox
"Classic Echart Tolle"
Echart Tolle at his best, talking with wisdom and clarity
"Very good but…"
annoying laughter in the audience by one particular man…. All the way through the seven and something hours really did require you to use every bit of skill learned from the great Eckhart Tolle. Worth getting but not one to listen to whilst lolling of to sleep
"This isn't for me"
I have tried on and off for 8 months to get into this recording and haven't managed to do so - I do find Eckhart Tolle's voice quite difficult to listen to. I enjoyed his book, the power of now, but found these recordings didn't appeal to me at all.
"Great material delivered badly"
I HATE to do this to a man I admire more than any other but this audio collection is impossible to listen to. I have heard hypnosis tapes with more verve and delivery. Tolle is a genius but his work is best absorbed via the written word because he has the delivery of a zombie - sorry Eckhart !!
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ZF-5689: ArrayOf<Type> in wsdl - Zend_Soap_Autodiscovery
I guess it is a bug.. if I use Zend_Soap_Wsdl_Strategy_ArrayOfTypeSequence and write docblock for method like this:
* @param string $session_id
* @param string[] $type
* @param string[] $status
* @param string[] $registrar
* @return object
I get in wsdl:
only first string[] argument has wsdl type ArrayOfString other have 'string[]'. That is also true for int[] and other arrays.
Can you please verify that this has been fixed in ZF 1.7.4? I closed a similar bug for this release, see Ticket ZF-5430
Yes, it's OK in 1.7.4. Thanks.
I noticed one more thing about arrays that comes from client request. This is part of soap xml that client send to my zend soap server:
<type xsi:type="web:ArrayOfString">
<!--Zero or more repetitions:-->
<item xsi:type="xsd:string">1</item>
<item xsi:type="xsd:string">2</item>
<item xsi:type="xsd:string">3</item>
and for $type argument of my method I get:
stdClass Object
[item] => Array
[0] => 1
[1] => 2
[2] => 3
but if client send this xml in request (only one item):
<type xsi:type="web:ArrayOfString">
<!--Zero or more repetitions:-->
<item xsi:type="xsd:string">1</item>
I get this for $type method argument:
stdClass Object
[item] => all
So in the second example [item] property is not an array. I guess it should be, like in first example, only with one element cause I expect array from client. Maybe this is intentional, but I always have to check if [item] is an array and if not convert it to array cause my method expects array as argument which can be, for example, passed to foreach loop.
sory, in comment above last stdClass object should look like
stdClass Object ( [item] => 1 )
not 'all' as value for [item]
this is indeed strange behaviour, but the parsing of WSDL structure and building of requests and responses of it is done by the internal PHP SOAPClient and SOAPServer we only wrap convenience functionality around it.
Ok. Thanks. You can close the ticket.


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Our affectionate salute to midlife male heroes of the past half-century.
Accepts domestic duties on My Three Sons.
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At 63, he chart-tops the Beatles with Hello, Dolly!
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Is "baking bread and looking after the baby."
Legendary Lothario finally weds at 54.
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thought I saw a face up there
with eyelashes of birds.
Face? Yes, with the pouty lip of donald trump..aka The Donald
Cool photo, BOTB, but...I'm still looking for eyelashes of birds. I like your poem.
Good things come in small packages. This is a beauty, B.
I see Hitchcock, asleep.
Nice imagery, BOTB.
Oh, it looks like John Kerry, doesn't it?
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The work hours will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 17 until Dec. 21. Traffic will be shifted to the left side of the roadway, followed by traffic shifts to the right side as work progresses. For more information, visit DelDOT.gov.
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One of the most remarkable things about Salt Lake's growing reputation is a culinary haven is the amount of expertise right here. When I wrote the cover article for this month's issue of Salt Lake magazine, I interviewed four of these experts–three Certified Cheese Experts (certified by examinations administered by the American Cheese Society) and a lifelong cheese aficionado. Since that time, one of those experts has left for California, but another has stepped into the forefront.
This Saturday, you will have the chance to meet these cheesemongers at an event presented by Salt Lake magazine with SLC Mixers at Grand America. Jamey Chelius from Caputo's on 15th, Steve Rosenberg from Liberty Heights Fresh, Andy Fitzgerrell from Whole Foods and Matt Caputo's from Caputo's will present their favorite cheeses on the patio at Grand America and be on hand to chat with guests about the cheeses they've brought. And any other cheese, for that matter. All these guys are true cheeseheads and fromage is their favorite subject.
Along with the cheese, Grand America chef Tom Call will present cheesy and cheese-friendly hors d'oeuvres and Grand America pastry chef Jeffrey DeLeon will offer sweets. Guests can also enjoy a taste of the remarkable all-natural wines made here in Salt Lake by Evan Lewandowski, owner of Ruth Lewandowski Wines. Production of these unusual wines is extremely limited–although it's impressed everyone who has tried it and it's soon to be available in NYC.
Altogether a rare evening–attendance is limited, so you will have lots of time to get to know our own Utah culinary stars. There are a few tickets left Go to slcmixers.com.


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"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories." – Sun Tzu
Whenever jumping into any online industry you must first know the position of your top competition. If you are going the search engine route, the people in the top 30 positions are all considered to be your competition for your most generic word down to your long-tailed keyword.
Extensive keywords research, I mean EXTENSIVE, can take from 5 to 10 days minimum. This ensures that you have a deep rich repository of keywords and angles to "surround" the competition.
The best tactic is to fly under the radar for as long as possible until they look up and you've completely surrounded them. How is this don't online though? It's fairly simply, easy, but requires alot of hard work depending on your competition's activity level.
First I gather information from WordTracker.com, and Google's keyword tool to see what "long" long-tailed keywords can I rank for. These won't have a lot of search volume, but they will be highly targeted.
Here is an example of my levels of keywords:
Level 1 – Generic keyword: shoes
Level 2 – Generic keyword: Tennis shoes
Level 3 – long-tail keyword: white tennis shoes
Level 4 – long-tail keyword: red white blue tennis shoes
Now getting the Level 4 search engine rankings is going to be a lot easier than Level 1, but very few people realize, that Level 4, and Level 3, are highly converting keywords. They may not have high amounts of traffic, but the conversions are very high. (Conversion is the percentage traffic that turns into a sale for e-commerce or lead for services oriented websites).
Think about the persons that are in the mindset of finding "white tennis shoes", or "red white blue tennis shoes", they are more in the buying mood versus the searchers simply looking for "shoes" or "tennis shoes".
A rule of thumb, the more accurate and focused the search term, the higher the chance of having that traffic convert into leads.
So the trick here is through the 100K+ keywords you've found through your extensive research is to start ranking for the Level 4 keywords. This should be relatively quickly since most of the competition is simply going to be going after the level 1 and 2 keywords. The process can be as simple as writing an article on your site and getting it indexed. That should start sending traffic for the level 4 keywords (it won't be a lot of traffic though). If necessary, start generating backlinks us the the Level 4 keyword as your anchor text (honestly if you don't know what an anchor text is you're in the wrong place, sorry this isn't for beginners).
Next step, continue writing your articles with the level 4 keywords, but start placing anchor text with the level 3 keywords.
What do I mean?
Let say you write an article "How to find the perfect red white and blue tennis shoes", and use the keywords throughout your article, without keyword stuffing. Instead of using the article title as the anchor text at this level, simply use the level 3 version of the keyword as the anchor text, which would be in this example "white tennis shoes".
What you are going to start seeing as you write articles on a frequent basis, I recommend no less than 5 a week (Remember you are trying to destroy the competition), you will notice that your will start to rank for level 2 version of the keyword. Make sure you are using a good analytics software like Awstats or Google Analytics to see what keywords are being used to get to your site.
Next step is to start using the level 2 and level 3 keywords as anchor text, on and off style. Change between them randomly.
To truly do this covertly you should only continously use the level 3 and 4 keywords as anchor until you've got yourself a great flow of daily traffic, because now you are about to show up on the radar. Once you start seeing the Level 2 keywords in your stats, I guarantee it, the competition now knows you are there.
Now that you are on the radar, continue using the anchor text from level 2, 3, and 4 and continue building the backlinks. Remember, the more backlinks you have over the competition, the higher the search engines will value your website (PageRank).
Don't waste time trying to rank for Level 1 keywords, because the amount of energy and backlinks you need to get them is not worth it. The reason being is yes they are high targeted traffic, but not converting traffic. If you want to waste your time and for the bragging rights then start backlinking level 1 keywords, but I don't recommend it. If your competition is good, they are most likely researching your website with customized tools to see what search terms you are ranking for, and where are you weak at, so you don't have want to waste a lot of resources to rank cause you are now one of the big dogs.
The Top 30 positions is a racing, and anyone standing still will be eaten alive.
Me, I prefer to concentrate all my efforts on Level 3 and 4 keywords, so I'm completely under the radar for as long as possible, AND at the same time I am getting quality traffic that converts into leads and sales. I've got a couple of website that are doing daily Sunday through Saturday, between 12% to 20% conversions for the total traffic to the website! There are sometimes days as high at 50% conversion, I A/B Split test the hell out of each site to maximize conversion though.
Unfortunately you can't stay completely under the radar, once the major search engines start seeing you are for example ranking for 20 to 500 keywords that all involve "tennis shoes", they start ranking you for that word as well. Eventually if you are really good, you'll become a god and start ranking for the generic version, "shoes", which put you on the radar of all your competition! When you are #1, there is only one way left to go, I prefer to be the #3, and #4 positions, and let everyone else target that #1 and #2 positions, which I take over levels 3 and 4. LOL. I gotta get some sleep. Leave a comment if you have an questions.
"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win." – Sun Tzu
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