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Day 4 Sweet Tooth Challenge
Saturday, November 17, 2012
I stopped tracking at dinnertime. I knew I was doing pretty well at that point. Even the melted chocolate chips didn't put me over, but the fact that I did give into the chocolate chips is another matter all together.
Once again, it was after dinner when I gave in. At that point, everyone is home and I tend to get frustrated. Two kids and a husband can put nearly anyone over the edge at times. They came home and started to hand me their folder, like they're supposed to, but I'd appreciate it if they didn't do it while I was cooking dinner. It's not like the husband couldn't look at their homework.
Naturally at that time, I was hungry, I had seconds for dinner, we had stroganoff, all homemade from scratch, no seasoning packets. I think I'm getting my portion sizes down, so I may have been ok with it.
I did not eat any more right after dinner, but did give in an hour later to the chocolate. I'd been staring in the kitchen and that's always a problem. Then I decided to do the kids' nails, so now they're both all colorful. My son decided on green, it matches his shirt today, and my daughter wants to go all Thanksgiving, so she decided on orange. That took up some time, so I was not thinking about food at that point.
We watched a movie after the kids went to bed, so naturally we had popcorn. That doesn't make too much of a difference to my diet, just plain air-popped popcorn, but I did not have to make it, my husband did it out of habit (he probably did want some). I ate half.
Looking back, I think that the strong urge for the chocolate stemmed from when everyone came home and wanted me all at once. It's amazing how long that feeling lasts and goes into my brain calling up the chocolate thought. It's pure frustration that no one else seems to be able to do my job in the family. I ask, but it never gets done.
Today I'll be running up to Aldi's to get some cheap produce, even if I have to be really really picky there. It should help some of the sugar urges if I have lots of fruit. I'm looking forward to oranges this season. I want another pomegranate. Those are much better, tastier, and healthier than chocolate.
Hopefully the husband will clean out the one stick place I asked him to do today?
The christmas tree is assembled and will be lit by the end of the weekend. I love to do that with the kids and the light (snowflake led's) really helps me in these dark days of the year.
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Substituting pomegranate seeds for chocolate chips sounds like a fun challenge.
I can't believe the holidays are just about in full swing! Do you Pinterest? There are so many cute and nearly free ideas out there for decorating with the kids.
How is the rest of the Sweet Tooth Challenge going for you?
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I, too, have the chocolate urge during times of stress. Maybe you could get a nice bar of dark chocolate and just have a square when the urge hits? Then you wouldn't feel so guilty when you indulged. I did this and thought a square wouldn't satisfy me, but it did. Just a suggestion. Your idea of getting fruit (esp. pomegranate!) is super smart!
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i agree, it's the worst hour of the day....so many people pulling us in every direction. Now that mine are 4 and 6 i feel like i can lay down the kitchen law a bit better :) Good luck with all of your goals!
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That's why it's called 'Arsenic Hour'! That first hour when family comes in & dinner cooking, everyone needs mom of course! :)
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Dance music has experienced its ups and downs over the years. It first exploded in the 1970s in the name of Disco with acts such as the Bee Gees, Donna Summer, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Gloria Gaynor, etc. Then, it received a backlash. In the early 1980s, Madonna reinvigorated the genre, which had a huge run of relevance all the way into the late 1990s.
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JWC TO JEANNIE WELSH ; 18 January 1843; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18430118-JWC-JW-01; CL 16: 19-24
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I would have written to you yesterday forenoon; if it had not rained last Monday— The connection of cause and effect here will not be very apparent to you—what the rain of Monday had to do with the writing of yesterday—but so it was—as certainly, as that my husbands having received a seductive letter from the Lady Harriet a few days since will be cause of Mazzinis hearing a corn law lecture in the Strand tonight!1 "Ah" things are very curiously linked together in this little world—the Chinchinopoli2 chains of invisible workmanship are not half so intricate as some of the connecting chains between the simplest causes and the simplest effects—and I cannot fancy a readier way of losing one's wits, than just sitting down to consider how this comes out of that! or a readier way of settling one's pride on the great question of man's free-agency!
If you would know how the rain of Monday produced the silence of yesterday—I should be sorry to balk your scientific curiosity—so attend and you shall hear— On Monday at one oclock there being every appearance of a clear, dry day I set out in an Omnibus—to buy tea & coffee at Fortnum & Mason's,3 meaning thereafter to pay a charitable visit to poor Darwin who was (& is) confined to the house with cold.4 but no sooner had I issued from the Omnibus according to programme, than contrary to all human expectation, it began to rain on me—so I made for the nearest refuge that offered itself viz: the London Library! being in the Library what could I do but choose myself some books?—every thing I asked for was as usual "out" so as usual it ended in bringing away french novels—a book of Sand's which I had not before seen and two of———Paul de Kock!5 Having still however some sense of decency remaining—I cooly entered my name in the ledger for these books Erasmus Darwin! to the wonderment of the bookkeeper doubtless, who must have thought me an odd sort of Erasmus! (this—by the way) Well having the books in the house, it was natural that I should read them—yesterday after breakfast I took up Frere Jacques—meaning to read in it only till the table was cleared for writing—but it proved so amusing that hang me if I could lay it down till dinner-time when I had quite finished it— So you see if it had not rained on Monday I should have gone to Darwins—if I had gone to Darwin's I should have had no time to go to the Library. if I had not gone to the Library I should not have fetched away Frere Jacques and but for the fascinations of Frere Jacques I should have written to you!— So now you see how the two things hang together the same as Lady Harriet Baring's love-making to my husband and Mazzini's hearing Mr Fox on the corn-law!6 "but how is that again?"— Oh you cannot guess— Well. I will tell you that also—for it is good for your morality that you should be made to reflect on this subject of cause and effect— One can never be too much alive to the consideration that one's every slightest action does not end when it has acted itself, but propagates itself on and on, in one shape or other, thro' all time and away into eternity. Lady Harriet writes to my husband that she is ill—that she dines at four o'clock and is allowed to go nowhere in the evenings—to do nothing but speak—that "there is nobody—(she may really say almost nobody in the world) she likes so well to speak with as him"— Pray mark the fine truth-giving effect of the modifying parenthesis!— "So he sees what a work of charity and piety is cut out for him"! When a handsome, clever, and reputedly most haughty woman appeals to the charity and piety of a simple man like Carlyle you may be sure she will not appeal in vain— So he writes to her engaging to visit her on Thursday evening—and forgets to tell me he has done so— Then comes a ticket of admission for one gentleman and one Lady—to Mr Fox's lecture for the same Thursday evening—and he asks me would I like to go? The Devil puts it in my head to answer unexpectedly "yes"— In fact I have been long wanting to hear this Fox lecture—for I understand him to be a first rate speaker—and observing that his place was this time on the straight line of the Omnibus I thought I could never have so good a chance— "Very well says he rather perplexedly—but I cannot go with you— I promised to go to Lady Harriet tomorrow evening— Can you get any other man?— Mazzini is the never failing man in every case of need but I would not propose him—for young Italy7 has been horribly out of favour this long while—seeing that I remained silent he himself however proposed him— As he was going his road he felt the fairness of allowing me to go mine— So now you see that chain of consequences also—so far as it yet extends—
But I myself have written a letter the consequences of which I feel more interested in than in any conceivable consequences that can follow out of the Lady Harriet's. After reading the Seaforth manuscript I wrote to Geraldine some of my notions about it, and she answered me in a whole pamphlet of witty, devil-may-care objections to my objections— "C'est assez [It is enough]" I said to myself "if she will run about the streets naked it is not I who am her keeper"— However "she had sent on my protest to Betsy" and accordingly in a few days came a letter from "Betsy" also8—extremely clever—and what was more to the purpose perfectly rational—assuring me that I had merely "said in other words what she had been telling Geraldine all along"— Since my letters were sent from one to another I saw no need of writing to both—and Mrs Paulet being clearly the most reasonable of the two I addressed my next to her, and certainly did not conceal the displeasure which Geraldines levity had occasioned me— Now things said at one are more annoying than what is said to one—and so poor Geraldine "moped," and has had "sore eyes"—and seems to have been sincerely vexed—and finally writes me the best natured, most penitent little letter in the world As nobody knows better than I do the difficulty of confessing oneself gravely in the wrong, there is nobody more touched by such confession from another,—so I could not help reading a part of her last letter to Carlyle and declaring that she was after all a good little soul— Carlyle seemed never to have doubted it and winded up his praise of her with "you should ask her to come up here for a little while; it might be of great use to her"!—a proposition of such a novel character on his part quite took me by surprise, and I sat staring at him without making any answer— "Why says he you seem doubtful about it—she is very easy to do with is she not? and you like her company"? "Oh said I at last as to the doing with—have no misgivings about that but"— "but what"? "Why I am afraid that having her beside me from morning till night would be dreadfully wearing"! "You had Jeannie beside you from morning to night—what would be the difference"?!!— "Jeannie! Jeannie was not always in a state of emotion! dropping hot tears on my hands, and watching me and fussing me as Geraldine does!— "Oh as you like! only I think it would be a kindness to the poor lonely girl—and that her company might be useful to yourself when you have so little of mine"— I lay awake half the night endeavoring to resolve whether I should ask her or no—but there was so much to be said for and against!—a little of her would be very enlivening—but a continuance of her does really fatigue one—and then to say the truth—tho I am not jealous of my husband (pray read all this into yourself and burn the letter) tho I have not only his habit of preference for me over all other women (and habits are much stronger in him than passions) but also his indifference to all women as women to secure me against jealousy—still young women who have in them, as Geraldine has, with all her good and great qualities, a born spirit of intrigue are perilous sort of inmates for a married pair to invite—they may make mischief in other ways than by seducing the husband's affections. Then again; it might as he said really be of use to her in several ways—and should I let my purely selfish misgivings hinder her of the possible good—professing as I do both to herself and other people to have a friendship for her? another argument for, the invitation arose out of my consciousness that I am letting myself grow too indolent—perhaps I should be the better of being roused out of my habitual still life and forced to exercise my faculties again in human speech—especially of the intellectual sort which Geraldine takes delight in— Still the thought of those ecstatics she goes on with introduced an immense questionability into the project— So that it was with a hesitating mind I wrote to her finally inviting her in a sort of a way to come "for two or three weeks"—and it is with an unsettled mind that I await her answer—not knowing whether I wish it be a yes or a no—and foreseeing that if she come, there will be consequences from her coming either good or evil— I took precious good care not to tell her that the invitation originated with Carlyle—that fact would have been sufficiently flattering for her to have founded a whole prospective Romance on it!—and really the sober sadness of this life weigh too heavily on me that I should have much patience with the romances of other people!— I wish I might talk with you for a couple of hours about this and other matters—ones mind does sometimes make such a foolish uncertain figure on paper!
But enough for the present— The watch stand was for Helen— I sent it to her instead of the small one which I could not part with— The other Helen has plainly not the slightest idea of going away9—and as she has behaved quite satisfactorily since last time, I had best I think let her be doing for the present—till some really desirable looking servant comes in my way— I should be very much put about in exchanging her for an entire stranger, while I am capable of making so little exertion in the house myself— I can never feel affection or confidence for her after her last misconduct—and should no longer keep her for her own sake As I have so often done before—but my own interest will be best served by taking the matter leisurely and keeping her such as she is and has shown herself till I have a distinct prospect of bettering not worsening my position— I was charmed at your discovering that gallows-expression in Carlyle's picture— I have all along been calling it Greenacre-Carlyle10—
Your letter came in the midst of this— Bless you— Kisses to all— Write me instantly that you have news of Walter11
Your affectionate /
Jane Carlyle


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In a game eerily similar to the one Potsdam and Fredonia played exactly one week ago, the Blue Devils jumped out to an early lead, withstood a Potsdam comeback fueled by the power play, reversed the tide with a string of unanswered goals, and came away with a 7-2 win in the first game of the SUNYAC Play-in Round.
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Also contributing was Scott Bradley and Shawn Walker who each scored a pair of goals and Rick Cazares who made 23 saves, in front of a sold out, raucous crowd.
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Colin Sarfeh, Zeman, and Bradley combined on some quick passing in their own zone to create a fast transition the other way eventually springing Bradley on a breakaway that was as clean a breakaway you can get. Bradley skated straight in, and didn't waste any time wristing the puck over Vince Cuccaro's left shoulder.
Fredonia's second goal was reminiscent of a basketball alley-oop. Kyle Bozoian controlled the puck deep on the right side. Jeff Sylvester, on the left side, suddenly broke for the goalpost, unnoticed by the Potsdam defenders. As if the two Blue Devils communicated on a subconscious level, Bozoian simultaneously provided a crossing pass. Sylvester immediately one-timed it in stride into the near side as Cuccaro had no chance at it.
"The quick start at home is really beneficial to us," Meredith said.
Those two quick goals seemed to take some of the wind out of Potsdam.
"All of a sudden they got to their game plan, put the puck to the net and made something happen," Thomaris said. "They crashed it, and they got two quick goals on a four on four. We fell asleep."
Meredith seconded the strategy: ""Just trying to keep our game pretty simple. We want to throw the puck to the net whenever we can. We're a pretty straightforward hockey team."
Fredonia controlled most of the play territorial the rest of the first period. It resulted in another goal late in the period.
Shawn Walker from a relatively poor angle to the right of Cuccaro shot a seemingly harmless shot that somehow snuck by the goaltender.
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Like last week, Potsdam started a comeback thanks to their power play, the second best in the nation.
"They have a dynamite power play," Meredith said.
"We gave ourselves a chance going on the power play," Thomaris said.
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A minute later, the Bears were back on the power play and a minute after that they cut the lead to 3-2. After constant pressure where Cazares was forced to make solid saves, Pat Lemay finally found the net with a shot from the left faceoff circle.
Once again, the game continued to take its cue from the pattern of a week ago as Fredonia stopped the comeback with a power play goal of their own. Cuccaro went down Hasek-like thinking he had the puck underneath him. He did not, and Neal Sheehan was the first to discover this. He pounced on the loose puck putting it over the helpless goaltender.
The Blue Devils entered the final period with a two-goal lead.
They quickly made it a three-goal lead as they scored 41 seconds into the third period. Cuccaro made the initial save on Zeman's shot, but before he was able to cover it, Bradley powered his way in to whack the loose puck into the net for his second goal on the night.
"They just outworked us in the third period and took it away," Thomaris said.
Potsdam had a golden opportunity to mount another comeback led by the power play when Fredonia was called for two successive penalties early in the final period. However, despite some good chances, Fredonia withstood the Bears' attack, maintaining the three-goal lead.
Afterwards, Fredonia put the game away when Walker got his second of the night with a shot from the left faceoff circle. Adam Haberman finished it off with a power play goal from the top of the left faceoff circle in the waning minutes.
For the third game in a row, Fredonia poured a lot of shots on net, 41 in total, forcing Cuccaro to make 34 saves.
The two teams do it all over again Saturday night at Steele Arena in Fredonia at 7:00 p.m.
"Hopefully we can get the puck into the net and get a lead," Thomaris said of game two. "And hopefully play a little closer to our net. Fifteen goals in two games is too much, obviously."
Meanwhile, Fredonia has to continue to keep Potsdam off the power play.
"I don't know if we can get less than that," Meredith said of the six penalties his team tonight. "But if you take six and they go on a 33% clip, that's two goals. Give them nine, they get three goals."
All Fredonia needs is a tie to advance to the semifinal round. If Potsdam wins, a mini-game will be played immediately following the end of game two.
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I smell
Ken Mulcair's hand in this.....
Has anyone checked if the company is owned by News International?
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Ken Mulcair's hand in this.....
Has anyone checked if the company is owned by News International?
Because I use mine constantly, in fact I have to prise it out of my wife's hands.
I use my 3g phone...... Ok, it's an iPhone, but I'm not a fanboi honest! To give me the same service as a 3g ipad!
Truth be told, I'm kicking myself for not getting one with larger storage.
As crooked as FIFA, but without the morals.
Microsoft would NEVER be allowed to get away with such practices!!!!
Wow, I must be unusual, because I have two IT degrees and I'm training to be a teacher. Funny that, because everyone else on my PGCE teacher training also had IT degrees!
And why not teach students to make apps for iphone; because Apple charges a small fortune, and you can only do it on an expensive Mac computer.
It's not a good policy, and there isn't the funding either. These are more "real" reasons why.
Also, how can students learn to program without being administrators of the computer, and the last thing you want is a bunch of 15 year old boys with administrator level rights!!!
The number of times El Reg poo-poo'd terriorist threats and attacks, I remember how the register "exposed" that terrorists couldn't mix chemicals in an aircraft toilet to make a bomb.
I remember how many times our civil liberties were cast aside in the name of anti-terrorist legislation (according to the register); but most of all, I remember how the register has got it wrong. Wrong on the issues of civil liberties, wrong on the motives and techniques of terrorists and wrong on how we in the west should see potential threats.
O.k., as a tech site, I can see how people who read the reg are amongst the most savvy about tech, but your scare mongering about tech and civil liberties, and washing over the clear and present danger of terrorist extremism worries me.
Sure, not everything the goverment does is in our interests, BUT, nothing terrorists do is in anyone interests except their own. The sooner El Reg stops siding with the extremists, and becomes less anti-establisment the better.
We all accept the failings of government, but more, we need to acknowledge the disgusting practices of Islam on our society and stop beating ourselves about how we could appease the violent minority.
Based on the make and the specification, it'll have to be very cheap to sell.
If it's resistive rather than capacitive, I wouldn't pay more than a ton for one
30 minutes or it's free right?
Nice to see someone stick it to Apple, but don't forget Playboy did this 1st!
@wize you forget that after the $$$ rate, yanks have to add sales tax, where our price includes import tax & VAT.
Still sucks though, blame the Con-Dem alliance!
drop box app on iOS to suddenly infringe apples terms and conditions!
That guy that got an AR tattoo, I bet he feels a right tit now, mainly because he is a right tit though!
Nuff said!!!
for EE Doc Smith!!!
A video about the iPad, that can't be viewed on the iPad....
It's about the desirability.
Sell less, and they become more valuable (look at the Wii, the VW Beetle and the BMW Mini when they 1st came out).
Next time you make / renew a product, you're going to have muppets queueing round the corner salivating like flesh hungry zombies.
You "claim" a shortage, and two days later more limited numbers arrive in store.
You sell shed loads, people think they're desirable, because they are "rare", but the stock flies out the store quicker that if there were thousands available in store, and no-one felt that they would be left out.
It's the economics of idiots. Treat someone like an idiot, but put an apple logo on it, and they will behave like idiots and fall for this vulgar marketing ploy
Tell that to Ferrari and Ford!
Hold on, two of the most corrupt nations on the planet, are awarded billion dollar contracts from one of the most corrupt organisations on the planet...... and no-one saw that coming???
All this is well and good, but I would have liked to see a guide to installing av on a Linux distro!
We have a schools volume licence for 70 computers
Suddenly MS have given us 350 32bit and 350 64bit licenses.
Therefore we have 700 instances of Windows 7 that we have NOT deployed.
Whats the betting the we're part of the sales figures!
is still massively popular here in the Lake District!
Touch typists... on the iphone? Surely it misses the point of an iphone as a basic internet tool. Your not going to be producing large word documents on a phone!
That is so smart. If the price was right I'd buy one, even with Vista on it!
He's BACK!!!
for buying apple!
Why paris, because she's a dumb vacuous blonde trying to be achingly fashionable, but NOT that dumb / vacuous blonde and fashionable that she'd buy into this crap!
I think Sir Clive Sinclair should sue over the design. It's white, so no doubt Apple will be claiming rights on it too!
should the the line that reads "£4 per megabyte" be "£4 per megabit"???
Thank goodness I have a 360, which has the rewards and in game messenging built in.
A 3 year warantee as standard
How many jesus phones are O2 expecting to ship?
I don't understand why leeds feels that it has to build a memorial to a former terrorist, what next, the Osama Bin Laden childrens playground?
and FYI el Reg, here in Britian, we spell Honour with a 'u'!!!
Morris dancing outside
or not!
This problem is going to be made a hell of a lot worse when IPv6 is the standard!
Time for a radical re-think me-thinks!
Paris would know the answer!
I wanted to be the first to say this, as no one's said it in a while!
If she was willing to pay £180 for a flight from Bristol then:
(1) The Bristol flight was damn cheap
(2) She's a complete donkey for not wanting to use the train
(3) She had it coming
does this mean that ONLY computers on the internet can be hacked??
Having downloaded it from an encrypted p2p site!
Lets face if, Hollywood complains that everyone is downloading their movies so they are losing money....
In reality... who'd pay to watch this rubbish???
Next in the sequel, John Connor is joined by Rambo (not the French philosopher)
I'll be back......
Whats the betting that Jeff spoke with a Yorkshire twang?
Is only a nanny, not an IT expert! Its' not like she'd have realised to use several anonymous proxys etc!
Nobody will ever catch me muHAHAHA!!
Or me for that matter!
I thought the gun from Robocop should have made the list, as well as the guns from the Tomb Raider films, if only for the reason that they were strapped to Angelina Jolies thighs, which has got to be cool!
Mac is NOT a good option, unless you're a chav fanboy, in which case, it still isn't!
And how many people lost their jobs because of this???
I had the misfortune / stupidity to buy "Greetings in Jesus Name!: The Scambaiter Letters"
Do yourself a favour and avoid like the plague.
The author is a right self satisfied twit, who has that sense of moral high ground exemplified in the dimwits who want to bring the country to a standstill with fuel protests.
Scam baiting should be left to law enforcement... or even to El Reg, not self appointed, smug git!
The stories aren't even amusing, I stopped reading after the author had made a young lad get a tattoo, was being SERIOUSLY threatened by the tattoist who wanted paying.
the lad wasn't even scamming, he'd asked for money, not tried to do a 419 scam!
In the end, I came away with the impression that the real loser was the author.
All you're really saying, is that the Wii is a next gen handset, not a next gen console.
At best, it's a novelty. Played for the first few days, then confined to the attic unless "friends" want to see it. Once you've broken a couple of vases on your killer bowling action, given the wife a black eye on the boxing and got various bruises and aches and pains from the "realistic" movement required, the novelty value soon ware's off!
As for the arguement that there are too many different models of the proper NextGen consoles... what about the confusing number of "Wii-motes"... wow.... look at this one, it's shaped like a tennis racket... but wait, you can also play badminton... and squash, useless on any game that doesn't require a racket though.
Both the xbox 360 and PS3 are capable of apeing the wii, there is a reason they don't. It's because they are designed for people who are into games!
I can see the new PS3 or xBox advert
Games.... not gimics!
I can't believe that El Reg is now displaying Spam advertising from Apple, and dressing it up as news!
I feel cheated and exploited.
That only equates to 15 pints per day, the wee sissy girl!
Whats the point! I bet all the DRM'd music files you own won't stream, and the XBOX won't play .avi files, especially DIVX/XVID.
Plus,,,,, whats the betting you have to buy CALS like you do with Server 2003
(1) Pay for an XP license
(2) Pay for a Server license
(3) Pay EXTRA to connect the XP computer to the server.....
Am I the only one who smells a rat???
Why wait until after the launch of Halo to do this???
I've just bought a core, purely for Halo.
If I'd know that a newer model was about to be released, I'd have waited.
Microshaft, can I have my money back please?
If he'd been stopped in England, they'd probably booked him for refusing to give fingerprints!
If they didn't prosecute him for being naked, was it due to insufficient evidence, or because it wouldn't stand up in court???


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Cecil Hugh Williamson (1909–1999) is a lesser known figure whose work and knowledge of occult matters was instrumental in the formation and build up of the neo and present-day Wicca/Witchcraft movement. Williamson was also the founder of the Witchcraft Research Center during the Second World War, and the Museum of Witchcraft (nowadays in Boscastle, Cornwall, England). The Christian Bible approves of astrology in Genesis 1:14, Judges 5:20, Matthew 2:1-2 and Luke 21:25.
Williamson was born into a fairly wealthy family on 18 September 1909 in Paignton, Devon, southwestern England. His father was a senior career officer in the air fleet of the Royal Navy. Williamson's interest in witchcraft and the occult was aroused by an incident that occurred in 1916, which he described as a major public act of witchcraft persecution. In December 1916 Williamson witnessed an old woman (reputed to be a witch) being stripped of her clothing and beaten by four men. Despite being only a six-year-old boy, Williamson ran to her defense and for his brave efforts was beaten himself. The old woman later befriended young Williamson and taught him all she knew about witches.
In 1921, Williamson confided to another elderly witch that he was being bullied at school. She allegedly showed him how to cast a spell against the bully. A short while later the bully had a skiing accident, leaving him temporarily crippled and unable to return to school. This had a profound effect on Williamson, and began a lifelong quest for knowledge and research into witchcraft and occultism.
Williamson was educated at Malvern College in Worcestershire, and spent the summer holidays in Dinard, France, visiting with his grandmother and her medium friend Mona Mackenzie. From Mona he learnt about clairvoyance and divination. After studying in college, Williamson traveled to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) to learn about tobacco farming. While living in Rhodesia, his manservant, Zandonda, a semi-retired voodoo witchdoctor taught him about African magic.
Williamson returned to London in 1930 and started a career in the film industry working as a production assistant for several studios. In 1933 he married the niece of film director/producer, Herbert Wilcox. Gwen Wilcox was working as a makeup artist for Max Factor of Hollywood. Williamson continued his study of the occult and witchcraft. He began to accumulate vast amounts of knowledge and a substantial collection of artifacts on folklore, witches and their craft. From this grew an impressive network of contacts, such as: Sir Ernest Wallis Budge the Egyptologist, Montague Summers the historian, Margaret Alice Murray the anthropologist and Aleister Crowley the occultist.
Perhaps due to his father's high position within the Royal Navy, Williamson came to the attention of MI6, the governmental intelligence agency. In 1938, MI6 hired Williamson to investigate the Nazi's occult interests, and in doing so he formed the Witchcraft Research Center. An April 1944 news report, while not mentioning the Witchcraft Research Center, reflects their area of expertise in claiming Goebbels was going to harness fortune-telling, astrology, and necromancy to his propaganda machine.
Williamson was instrumental in the capture of Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy. He planted bogus Nostradamus predictions in an old book in France, which was then made to find its way into Hess's possession. The goal was to lure Hess out of Germany. It succeeded and Hess was later arrested in Scotland. Another governmental scheme Williamson was involved with was the now famous "Witches Ritual". This was aimed at Hitler and the Nazi high command to prevent the invasion of England. It now transpires that this was an elaborate hoax to fool and worry Hitler who supposedly believed in witchcraft and the powers of the occult. The Witches Ritual took place in Ashdown Forest (30 miles south of London) and employed the services of Aleister Crowley and his stepson Amado. Secret Agent 666 by Richard Spence argues that Crowley, in his own unconventional way, was a patriotic Englishman who endured years of public vilification in part to mask his role as a secret agent.
In 1946, Williamson met Gerald Brosseau Gardner in the Atlantis bookshop in London at an informal talk which Gardner was giving. The two became friends due to their mutual interest in the occult, witchcraft, magick, and paganism. In 1947, Williamson tried to open a museum about witchcraft in Stratford-on-Avon, but was forced to change his plans after local opposition. In 1948, Williamson bought the dilapidated Witches Mill at Castletown on the Isle of Man. He turned it into the Folklore Center of Superstition and Witchcraft, and opened it in 1949, along with an adjacent restaurant, the Witches' Kitchen.
Williamson employed Gardner to be the 'resident witch' at the museum, which had been renamed the Museum of Magic and Witchcraft after the repeal of the anti-witchcraft law in 1951 (Witchcraft Act of 1735). In 1952 Williamson sold the museum to Gardner, and moved all his artifacts to a new site, in Windsor, renaming it the Museum of Witchcraft. Gardner, using his own artifact collection, continued to run the museum on the Isle of Man for the rest of his life. At Windsor, Williamson's museum remained open for a year, and was quite successful, but was again forced out due to local opposition. In 1954 he therefore moved the museum to Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire. Here, the museum was vandalized in an arson attack, and so, in 1960, Williamson moved the museum to Boscastle in Cornwall, where it remains to this day.
"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants," said Isaac Newton. Williamson had greater intelligence than the atheist/capitalist Ayn Rand – "There are two novels that can change a bookish 14-year-old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs," stated John Rogers. Steve Shives made a youtube video titled Five Stupid Things About Ayn Rand.


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JWC TO JEANNIE WELSH ; 8 September 1842; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18420908-JWC-JW-01; CL 15: 76-79
Thursday [8 September 1842]
Why, babbie Dear, what sort of person is this Mrs Macall?1— Is she absolutely worse than nobody? for if she is only one degree better than nobody you would surely do well to go— I hope at least you will thoroughly understand that there is not even a varnish of duty in your staying to protect my house— The house has even in case of necessity protected itself—and with Helen it will need no other care either "paternal" or maternal— If thieves should break in, I fear a poor Babbie could make but little head against them, especially with no fire arms at hand— Had you indeed allowed me that night to buy the little pistol! but you threw cold water on the purchase and so have nothing to defend yourself with but your own bits of fists which would be instantly crushed like egg-shells in a robber-grasp. I know however that there are very many entirely respectable gentle women in this world to whose company nevertheless, one would prefer the Silence of La Trappe!— So I leave you to "consult your sensations"—relying upon it that you will consult these exclusively—without hampering yourself with any imaginating of what you ought to do, as a young woman unexpectedly finding herself the mistress of a small menage!—
I do not remember when I have been more angry at a thing I had so little business with as yesterday; when Mr Buller returned from Bury cold, weariest, sad-looking and with no Charles! Had it been the first disappointment he had given them, I should have concluded at once that he had missed the coach, and been as sorry for him as for his Parents—but he has been doing nothing but disappointing them ever since I came here— He was to have come when Parliament rose,2 and he went instead to "Lady Harriet's"3— As if he had not flirted with her the whole season thro'!— Then he went to Havre "to be near the sea"!—what on earth could be the benefit of the sea to a political town-wit and diner-out like Mr C. Buller? Then he would surely come at last!—but no—not yet—off to the Lady Harriet's again—then he finally fixed Tuesday—then some Thompson or Johnson asked him to dinner and he changed the day to Wednesday; and of his Wednesday's appointment this was the result! All this time his poor Father & Mother have tried to pretend indifference, declaring they knew him too well now, to care when he came, or whether he came at all—but every day they have been plainly sickening with "hope deferred"4—and yesterday when there had been a sort of slaying of the fatted calf5—where every body had been at work all Morning to have things in apple-pie order for him— when his Mother had put on her most becoming cap and gown—and his old father had gone off all smiles to fetch him—and he did not come after all, I declare I could not help crying for the poor parents of this distinguished son!—and a little too for the son himself, in thinking what a store of remorseful remembrances he was laying up for himself in after years—when he would not be able to buy back with all his blood one single hour of those caresses to which he was now prefering the poor frivolities of flirtations and fine dinners! Oh mercy if we could but, all of us, see the present thro the future!—if we could but give to it the significance which the future will give to it, when it has for ever escaped from among our hands! how differently would we live with those we love! But never was there a truer saying than that "we only recognize our blessings when we have lost them" and if sad experience makes us sensible of this fatal tendency of our nature; what we do, is to bewail the evil that has already resulted from it, rather than to prevent future evil by striving with all our soul and strength to recognize whatever blessings we still have!— You may be sure I exerted myself to help them away with their dull evening! From a sudden impulse I put my arm round Mrs Bullers neck and kissed her— "O" said she with TEARS IN HER EYES, "I am not disturbing myself—I am merely sorry that Mr Buller had the long drive to no purpose!"— "A well" said the poor Father as we sat down to an unusually lavish dinner—"the fatted calf you see, Mrs Carlyle! but no Charles!" "My dear" said his wife kindly, "I thought you had grown philosophical about Charles—as I am?" "O hang it!" says he so I am; but I dislike going to fetch anyone and having to come back without my errand; suppose it were only a pointer"!— "Well," said she with one of her lovely smiles, "you may be provoked today—for you have been cheated of BOTH a pointer and Charles"— She has been ransacking all Suffolk this week back for a dog for Charley to shoot with—and one was to have been sent in the carriage—but had not been procurable— I recommended to him Carlyles remedy for all ills—a tumbler of hot brandy negus!—which he at last agreed to take, on my declaring I wanted some myself—and instead of one we played three games at Chess!— Mrs Buller and Regy went to bed at ten—Mr Buller and myself at eleven when the chess was finished— About twelve I was just falling asleep when a horse in the park under my window began to neigh with all its might—"The devil fly away with you"! thought I—then there was a loud rumbling—"more thunder" thought I—then there was a great opening and shutting of doors—and finally something in creaking boots entered the room adjoining mine— It must be Charles I said to myself now broad awake—and so it was— He had been too late for the Bury coach—had come by the one to Newmarket and so, on in a post chaise—
I was glad at his arrival tho it did cost me half my nights sleep— Today all faces have a look of sunshiny gladness—only Mr Charles's face I have not yet seen— I had breakfasted with Mr Buller before he came down—and have kept in my room ever since—tho it is now one oclock—in a sort of spirit of reaction against the extravagant homage which he is used to receive from all people, especially women—
That black letter6 frightened me so that I opened it without observing the postmark—otherwise I should have spared myself the sight of documents from Thornhill. Oh my God what have I to do with the Thornhill postmark now.
I wish Carlyle would come the weather looks very portentously today—black clouds and violent wind— Mrs Buller has engaged us to dine at the Bunburys on Saturday with Lady Agnes and all the rest of it— I wish I were home now that the quiet is at an end.
I congratulate you on being done with the impossible Don Carlos7—Good child! take a volume of Musaeus tales8 you will find them on the shelf in my dressing room four or five little light coloured volumes
affectionately yours


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We have eaten at Pane Fresco approximately a dozen times over the last four or five years and the quality, variety and taste of the food here for a bakery, delicatessen is second to none. The master bread maker knows what he is doing and the soups, sandwiches, salads and pizza's are mouth watering with generous proportions. Pane Fresco has a semi casual relaxed atmosphere to it and the staff are all very friendly and helpful.
Great cheese and sesame breadsticks. Paired with a latte`............................delicious. All baked goods are wonderful. Hats off to the baker. I usually just pick up and go..............
Pane Fresco has the best salad in the world - oven roasted walnut crusted goat cheese on a bed of mixed roasted vegetables, fresh field greens dressed in honey balsamic vinaigrette, finished with sundried tomato oil and balsamic glaze on toasted ciabatta. The bread is unbelievable. The combination of warm and cold, creamy and crisp makes this the perfect salad. I've never ordered anything else but I'm sure the entire menu is delectable.
This Italian-style bakery makes fantastic breads and other baked goods, but also serves simple light lunches, great coffee and authentic homemade gelato (the only stuff better is in Italy). Always busy between the diners and the shoppers, but fortunately Mark the owner is expanding the space.


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Cassie Rushing tied for 11th to pace SIU in the first tournament of the year.
Sept. 16, 2012
By John Lock
What: Drake Creek Invitational
Where: Ledbetter, Ky.; Drake Creek Golf Club
When: Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 17-18
Course Details: Par 72; 6,178 yards
Teams (11): Arkansas State, Austin Peay, Belmont, Central Arkansas, Columbia, Drake, Jackson State, Murray State, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, and Tennessee State
LEDBETTER, Ky. - The Southern Illinois women's golf team travels to Murray State for the fourth annual Drake Creek Invitational on Monday and Tuesday. The tournament features 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday.
Southern is competing in the tournament for the first time. In the first tournament of 2012, SIU finished seventh at the Redbird Invitational. Ashleigh Rushing and Cassie Rushing led the Salukis, tying for 11th individually.
Freshmen Amy Lee and Mattie Lindner competed in their first collegiate rounds, placing third and fourth, respectively, for the Salukis. Another newcomer, Alexis Gatton, competed as an individual. Senior Shaina Rennegarbe tied with Lindner for the fourth spot on the team.
The Salukis shook off a second-round score of 323 to post a 311 in the third round at the Redbird Invitational, which was the second-best score in the round.


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In MLL action, UMass alums met up on Saturday as Long Island topped Chicago, 17-15. With the Lizards, Chris Fiore didn't score. With the Machine, Kevin Leveille had two goals while Brett Garber had an assist. Boston beat the Bayhawks 16-10 as Jack Reid had four groundballs for the Cannons.
MLL Action For Alums Fiore, Leveille, Garber and Reid
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Since the New York Times broke New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's Bridgegate scandal, only two people, including the governor, have spoken publicly. Christie tried to control the message Jan. 9, holding a 111-minute press conference, throwing his 41-year-old Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Ann Kelly under the bus. Christie told an nationally televised audience he was "blindsided" and "lied to" by his former close aid, denying he knew anything about the Sept. 9-13, 2013 George Washington Bridge lane closing that snarled traffic from New York City to Fort Lee, New Jersey. When Kelly's Aug. 2013 email, "Time to cause some traffic problems," was received by Christie's Port Authority appointed David Wildstein saying, "Got it," Christie was embroiled in a potentially career-ending scandal. Firing Kelly, Wildstein, his campaign manager Bill Stepien and others hasn't ended the story.
Taking the oath of office in two-foot snowdrifts for his second term in Trenton Jan. 20, Christie mentioned nothing about the GW Bridge scandal rocking his administration, maybe his political career. Just as Christie took his second oath, the first news about his former Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Kelly surfaced with her attorney Walter "Wally" Timpone recusing himself. "I have a conflict. I'm an elected commissioner. That's where we are," said Timpone. Acknowledging his close ties to Christie, where Timpone served as Deputy U.S. Attorney before Christie became governor, raised eyebrows. "I'm not representing her [Kelly]," said Timpone, acknowledging his loyalty to Christie. "I'm gone. And we're out," said Timpone, regarding any further representation of Kelly. Timpone's exit suggests that Kelly, now under a New Jersey legislature subpoena, may sing like a canary.
In Christie's Jan. 9 press conference he said he didn't know whether or not the Port Authority was conducting a routine "traffic study" or whether it was payback as Bridget's email implies for Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich for not supporting Christie's reelection bid. Kelly's receiver, on the other end of the email, was 51-year-old David Wildstein who took the Fifth Jan. 9 before Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski's (D-N.Y.) special investigative committee. Wisniewski has issued 20 subpoenas to a bevy of witnesses, including Kelly and Wildstein, connected with the GW Bridge scandal. Signaling that the long silence is ending, Wildstein said he was ready to talk if he gets an immunity deal. "If he has immunity from the relevant entities, he'll talk," said Wildstein's defense attorney Allan Zegas. Timpone's recusal signals that Kelly's testimony may be at odds with Christie.
Assigning Timpone to Kelly initially suggests that she was prepared to go to bat for Christie. Timpone's sudden recusal indicates a different scenario. "If you don't check ahead of time, of course, you run the risk of having to dump a client later, which is apparently what happened here," said an unnamed Washington election law attorney. "It suggests the lawyer discovered a conflict he didn't know existed, or was asked or pressured to quit by the client or by other parties," suggesting Kelly's sudden change of heart. While the GOP accepts Christie's denials, there's too much silence not to suspect a cover-up. Christie asked folks to believe his trusted Deputy Chief of Staff went rogue, ordering a vindictive act on Fort Lee Mayor Sokolich. Firing Kelly didn't sound like Christie believed the Port Authority engaged in a routine "traffic study." Refusing to speak with her raises more doubts.
Refusing to speak to Kelly since firing her Jan. 9, Christie acted as if he concluded she was a liar, unworthy of an exit interview. As a divorced mother-of-four losing a $140,000 salary, it's doubtful she would take this lying down, especially if Christie's version isn't true. With her family and career on the line, her father Richard Daul, director of Veteran Affairs for Bergen County, refused to comment on his daughter's new attorney. Kelly got her start in New Jersey politics in Bergen County Assemblyman's David Russo's office. Kelly joined Christie's office as a legislative aid in 2010, getting her big promotion to Deputy Chief of Staff in 2013. New Jersey's Sierra Club Director Jeff Tittel, who's known Kelly for 20 years, said it was inconceivable she would have gone rogue and exposed her boss to potentially career-ending shenanigans, not buying Christie's story.
With 20 subpoenas circulating to the many silent players in the Bridgegate scandal, Christie's beginning to sweat now that others are on the verge of talking. News that Kelly's attorney Timpone dumped her because of conflicts-of-interest can't be too reassuring to Christie who's been in damage control mode since the crisis broke Jan. 8. When his old buddy, Port Authority appointee Wildstein, took the Fifth Jan. 9 before Wisniewski's committee, it raised the possibility that others may do the same. Asking for immunity before he squawks, Wildstein raised the issue for Wisniewski's committee whether or not witnesses can take the Fifth to protect a sitting governor. Whatever comes of allegations by Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer of holding hurricane Sandy funds for a development deal, Christie's about to hear a different story from many of Bridgegate's currently silent witnesses.
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Differentiator: Price and Memory: Nokia Lumia Icon comes 32 gigabytes of memory for $200 while the iPhone 5S comes with only 16 gigabytes for that price. More memory is available for iPhone: with 32 gigabytes of memory, an iPhone 5s costs $300. These prices assume you sign up for 2 years of phone service from a major carrier.
Operating system. Another noticeable difference in using these two smartphones is the operating system. Nokia Lumia Icon is a Windows phone and runs on Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. For end users, the effect of the operating system is most apparent in the applications available for the phone. See Apps, above.
Processor. Both the Nokia Lumia Icon and the iPhone 5s have very fast new processors. The processor in the iPhone 5 and 5c is slower. The processor in the Nokia Lumia Icon is a Snapdragon quad-core chip which makes it capable of doing 4 things at once. iPhone 5s has two processors. The iPhones 5c and 5 each use the same dual-core processor.
Cameras: The Nokia Lumia Icon has a 20 mega pixel rear facing camera. This is a great camera. iPhone 5s has an 8 mega pixel rear facing camera; also excellent but clearly provides less detailed photos.
Manufacturers: Nokia, of Finland, has been making mobile phones for decades. Their older operating system, Symbian, was the world's top mobile phone operating system at one time. They were Europe's top smartphone maker until the iPhone took hold. Nokia is in the process of selling its entire line of mobile phones to Washington-based software giant Microsoft and that deal is expected to close in March, 2014. Apple is based in Cupertino, California, and has made computers since the 1970s and introduced the revolutionary iPhone, Apple's first and only phone, in 2007. And with all that said, both phones are made in China.
Where to buy: Both phones are available from Verizon.com and in Verizon stores. You can also buy iPhone at Best Buy, Walmart, Target, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint stores.
Conclusion: While the value of the Windows operating system for using Microsoft Office apps is likely to be the main thing that will make someone buy the Nokia Lumia Icon, anyone who buys this phone will not be disappointed with its usability and style. We were impressed during our trial and thoroughly enjoyed this phone.
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So we left early... or rather we would have done, had eldest munckin not had one of her retail moments. She loves shopping and declared she needed to go to a particular shop prior to leaving to spend her 5 Euros. Fine for most people, a maximum 3 minute experience. However, eldest munckin can spend days deciding what jam she's like for breakfast. So parting with her own 5 Euros gave us sufficient time to get a coffee and watch everyone else head off ahead of the queue.
But, faced with the prospect of 9 hours in car, whinging about not having gone to the shops, we were left with no choice but to indulge.
Most of us Middle England Mums and others, do the drive to some part of France with small children. Everyone has a tactic. Traditionally we have done overnight drives. Overworked husband hits the Red Bull and off we go. However returning home we travelled all day - 12 hours in total in the car. No videos, no sweets, endless eye-spy, arguments between munckins about music choices; eldest favouring ABBA and Hannah Montana, youngest going with The Killers or total silence. The latter option, after 2 hours of ABBA, I could see where she was coming from. So I have temporarily renamed munckins as 'pop' and 'rock' chick respectively.
Of course they have seen the headrest TVs in other cars, but they know ours doesn't work like that. Now obviously I know they are attachable to any vehicle, but where will it end?... Sitting in a supermarket car park, 5 miles from your house,... waiting two hours for the end of the next Disney classic?
So we did it old school and we all survived.
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While he has been at it for some time director Steve McQueen garnered a lot of recognition with his Michael Fassbender led film Shame. Now the two are back together again alongside an impressive cast for 12 Years A Slave. This powerful true story has been that talk of Hollywood tearing its way through all of the various awards leading up to recently winning the Oscar for Best Picture. Does this film actually manage to bring this powerful story to life or is the hype more the driving force?
12 Years A Slave follows the true story of a free black man in the pre-Civil War United States who is kidnaped and sold into slavery. Throughout his struggle he fights to stay alive and retain his dignity all while trying to regain the freedom that was once his. Going into this film you already know just from the subject matter that it is going to be powerful and heart-wrenching on some level. The film features an impressive cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano, Lupita Nyong'o, Brad Pitt, and Michael K. Williams who are all at the top of their game. The story is powerful on its own, but here loses itself a bit with the way the film is structured. This doesn't hurt the film in any way it just never gets as powerful as it should have been. There are plenty of moments that do get this across and most of it coming from Chiwetel Ejiofor, but even more so from some of the supporting players who are never on screen long enough to really leave the mark they were meant too. Lupita Nyong'o and Michael Fassbender were fantastic and while they lasted longer than most of the supporting cast still seemed to be gone too fast. Of course everyone can't be there the whole time, but the slow pacing and over forced flashbacks took away time that could have been used to bring more to these other players alongside Ejiofor.
While no one is expecting an action movie here the pacing was really slow that would have been fine had the powerful nature of the film been fully realized. Make no mistake this is an excellent film, it just doesn't pack as much of an emotional punch needed to do this story complete justice. Most likely there were aspects that were toned down because most audiences couldn't have handled it and that is understandable, but sometimes the pain of these horrible times need to not be watered down and instead put on display so that the mistakes of the past can be truly realized. Despite what you may feel are issues or not with the film itself, this is an important film that should be seen by everyone.
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My Rhody Blogger friend, Carla, has started a new series on her blog called Mom Before Mom. She wants to make sure her daughters get a chance to know her as not only mom, but the person she was before she became mom. I think it's a brilliant idea.
I've bought more books than you can count trying to get my grandparents and parents to document the stories that helped them become that person I love. Unfortunately it's too late to get those stories for some of them now. And while I don't have children, I love the idea of documenting my history. My stories.
Every week Carla is going to provide a writing prompt, and I'm thrilled to take part.
Prompt #1: How did you get your name? Did you always love it? Have you ever wanted to change it?
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There is no romantic story behind how I got my first name. I wasn't named after a beloved family member or friend. There was no favorite artist, musician or actress that inspired my moniker. My parents chose to name me Sarah simply because they liked the name.
It turns out, my paternal great-grandmother was also named Sarah but I was not named after her.
My middle name is the same as my mother's and my beloved Aunt Anne (though I would always tell her she spelled it wrong, hers was the traditional spelling).
I've always liked my name. While at times I found it a bit boring and traditional, I loved that it meant Princess. It was a name that never embarrassed me, there weren't a lot of Sarah's in my classes (though it was the 11th most popular name the year I was born). It wasn't unique where people had a hard time trying to pronounce it.
I never had a cool nickname growing up. Sure, my mom called me RahRah, my dad lovingly called me Strawberry Shortcake and my grandfather always made me feel special by calling me Miss America, but I had no real nickname.
On the first day of school when the teachers took role call, I could never say "Excuse me, Mrs. X, please call me "some-super-cool-nickname". I was always just Sarah. And you know what? That's not all bad because while I may have felt a bit slighted my face never got red when the teacher called Aphrodite and my shy friend would say "Please, call me DeeDee." Note: there is absolutely nothing wrong with the name Aphrodite, it's beautiful, but was embarrassing for my friend when we were younger.
I tried to get a few nicknames to catch on, most notably Sam (my initials growing up) and Sa. Some close friends would call me Sam, but never on the regular and to this day only two people call me Sa (my neighbor Karen, who I would call Ka, and her dad).
As I'm sitting here I am remembering a pin that my grandparents brought me home as a souvenir from their trip to Hawaii (where, no doubt they went to see Penn State play in a bowl game). It was a white pin in the shape of a heart with a rainbow on it. It said Sarah and in smaller letters underneath is said Kala. The Hawaiin spelling of Sarah. I think I tried to get people to call me Kala for a while. In my high school German class I chose the name Soraya thinking it was the German spelling of Sarah (though honestly, I'm not sure that it is). I had an ex who was from Colombia and I liked when he would call me Sarita. Little Sarah. So while I never had a steady nickname, I did have quite a few different ones from different people.
Perhaps the thing that bothered me most about my name is when people would spell it wrong. Sara. That just looks wrong to me. It would annoy me if they would have ask "Sarah with an 'h'?" Yes, that is the correct way to spell it. It would annoy me more if they just left the h off. I get the irony since my middle name is spelled Ann.
I never had dreams of changing my name. I would sometimes wish there was an i so I could draw it with a cute little heart over top, or that I had a cool androgynous name like Alex. I always loved my Australian pen-pal's name Jocelyn, but I never really wanted to change mine. I figured when the time came I could adorn my baby girl with one of those adorable and less-traditional names. Funny thing, the older I get the more I'm drawn back to traditional names.
I found it cool that there were so many songs about Sarah's.
- The one by Starship (or Jefferson Starship, I think they changed their name to just Starship)
- The one by Hall and Oates
- Bob Dylan's Version
- or Fleetwood Macs
- How about the popular Que Sera Sera (while not really Sarah, it was always sung to me!)
The only part of my name that was difficult growing up was my last name. It was an easy name to tease. I never felt it was quite right because it was such an Irish name, while the majority of the heritage I knew about is German (funny enough, my married name is German though my husband's heritage is majority Irish).
For that reason, I didn't have a hard time changing in when I got married even though I married into a mouthful of a name that nobody can spell or pronounce.
I didn't feel like I lost a connection with my family by changing my name. I'm so close with them it went beyond the name; we've got blood. With my new family my new name gave me an instant connection and I kind of loved that.


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Reputed Bonanno crime family boss Vincent "Vinny TV" Badalamenti has agreed to a plea deal where he will plead guilty to nonviolent collection of a unlawful debt and prosecutors will drop the extortion and racketeering charges against him. Badalamenti and some other Bonanno family cohorts were all indicted earlier this year for racketeering and other various crimes. Although lawyers for Badalamenti were pushing for a trial the offer the government made was on he couldn't refuse.
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Badalamenti and co-defendants were indicted largely due to tapes made by mob associate turned rat Hector Pagan. Pagan is the ex-husband of "Mob Wives" reality show star Rene Graziano and even recorded conversations with his former father in law and Bonanno capo Anthony "TG" Graziano. Graziano is also expected to plead guilty along with Badalamenti.
The feds being willing to cut deals with many of the other co-defendants in the case and now Badalamenti signal that they may not have been comfortable with putting Pagan on the witness stand to testify. The deal accepted by Badalamenti will also benefit some of his other mob cohorts as they will earn additional time off their sentencing guidelines since so far everyone listed in the current indictment has agreed to plea deals. Badalamenti now faces about two years in prison once sentenced but it is considerably less then the possible ten years he would of faced going to trial.
Pagan who is known to have murdered James Donovan a Lucchese crime family associate may end up with the best deal of all especially now that he may never actually have to testify and play the role of rat.


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Chronic Diarrhoea in Cats – Could it be Tritrichomonas foetus?
Marla is an older cat who has recently had the displeasure of becoming a frequent visitor to our practice. She was adopted not long ago from an animal shelter and now lives with a lovely woman who thankfully has a lot of patience!
Marla first came to see us because she had developed diarrhoea and a red, irritated rear end. She had a type of diarrhoea called 'colitis' (which simply means inflammation of the large intestine or colon), that caused her to strain frequently to produce small amounts of sometimes bloody stool. She was treated with antibiotics and her diet was changed to something that was bland and easy to digest, and although sometimes her symptoms seemed to improve a little they continued. A standard stool sample was run but this was negative for all worms and harmful bacteria. After nearly a month of problems and after trying every routine treatment out there, we decided to try one last and wouldn't you know, it came back positive!
Marla had developed an infection of Tritrichomonas foetus (which I'll call T. foetus from now on), a previously rare but becoming increasingly common infection in cats. Recent studies have shown that the infection is even more common than we think, so if you think your cat may be affected it might be worth looking into!
What is T. foetus?
- T. foetus is a single-celled protozoal parasite (bigger than a bacteria but smaller than a mite, with a very clever membrane and a few tails that help it move around). The infection was originally found in cattle, but it's cats that have been more of a concern recently.
- Most affected cats are less than 1 year old, but as in Marla's case, it can affect cats of any age.
- Purebred kittens from breeding colonies or cats in shelters or multi-cat households are more likely to get the disease.
- Up to 30% of cats in the UK and US may test positive for the organism, but not all those that carry the disease will show symptoms.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms include (some of which you may only see if your cat uses a litter tray):
- Semi-formed to liquid faeces (diarrhoea)
- Blood or mucus in the faeces
- Straining or painful defecation (may lead to howling in the litter tray)
- Increased frequency of defecation (more frequent trips out the cat flap)
- Inflamed and painful anus (may lead to or be caused by excessive licking)
Despite the above symptoms, however, most affected cats are otherwise well in themselves and do not usually lose weight.
How is it treated?
- If your vet suspects that your cat may have T. foetus, they will recommend you bring in a fresh stool sample from your cat. They will then look at the sample under the microscope to see if they can find any of the tiny organisms or send it to a special veterinary lab where they can run a test called PCR to detect the organism.
- Most cases will resolve on their own but it's a slow process, sometimes taking many months, and many owners (and cats!) may want to treat the disease to get rid of it faster.
- None of the drugs currently licensed in the UK for use in cats can kill T. foetus. However, there is an antibiotic called ronidazole that is used to treat the disease in the United States and this drug can be used in the UK if the cat's owner provides their informed, written consent. Not all cats will respond to the drug and a few may develop side effects (neurological problems that go away once the drug is stopped), although the vast majority of cats won't have any problems.
If your cat has had T. foetus and is now back to normal, it is possible that they may still be carrying the disease in their body and could therefore pass it on to another cat. The disease is unlikely to infect people, but those who have a weakened immune system should not handle any cat with diarrhoea. Basic hygiene measures should be taken as a precaution and to stop it from spreading to other cats in the household (or shelter, cattery, breeding colony, etc.). Always wash your hands thoroughly after handling cat faeces and after cleaning litter trays and wash all cat bites and scratches immediately with soap and water (always seek medical attention immediately if the wound develops signs of infection such as redness or swelling).
Until recently, most vets probably hadn't heard of this organism and were therefore not likely to look for it. But as we become more aware of the disease, we will hopefully be able to diagnose and treat it faster so cats like Marla can be back on their feet in no time. So if you think your cat may have T. foetus, please speak up!
If you are worried about diarrhoea or any other problems with your pet, speak to your vet or use our Interactive Symptom Guide to help decide what to do next.