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"I am interested as a back up if someone drops out or if I can be added, thanks." I would be paying via paypal money is waiting if you have a spot!
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"I am interested as a back up if someone drops out or if I can be added, thanks." I would be paying via paypal money is waiting if you have a spot!
REOPENED the list, re-read first post.
GREAT, I'm in the list...
Thank you so much ZIA... !!! let me know when you get the final PRICE, and when you need the payment ;)
P.S. dont forget about my other requests please ;).
I think there are some folks on the legion boards who might be interested. Were you thinking of directing them here to the TDH?
I won't do it... cause it's your baby ;)
Crap, I don't know what I should do. There is a maximum that I can only handle, so I need to figure that out too, and soon. If they are interested, they can find their way here I guess. I only have so much space in my house to handle cutting the fabric etc. You have to understand, I am only one person handling what should be in a clean sewing warehouse type of job. It's not easy. Even though people make it onto this list, I might have to have another minimum or maximum, due to constraints on shipping and making the numbers even out on how the lycra shrinks and neoprene sheets line up etc. If you are all want to guesstimate how much shipping and insurance is, you can calculate about 12 lbs from zip code 20708 for a 6x6x72" box. www.usps.com
thanks for adding me to the list, my wife is thrilled! when can we pay you? i figured out the postage and have the money to give you...just LMK as soon as your ready....I dont want to miss out on getting this
Hi Yvonne,
I am glad that you have re-opened the list. I am sorry but I am going to have to pull out of this run. :( I have been lucky enough to score some of your first batch, and really don't need anymore.:thumbsup
I would still like to get the greeblies though. I will send you a PM to organise payment and shipping address.
Good luck with all the hard work, and also to all the future Zam's coming on board.
Kraig & Wendy
I haven't figured out the actual cost yet, because everytime someone adds or subtracts from the list it fluctuates the entire order cost and the amount of fabric. That is why, once it closes in September, you are committing yourself to at least the estimated cost and shipping. I may give a one week in September to give notice for any final changes in people and price, then you all will have to pay up after that week is over. Once I have received all the money, then the manufacturing process begins.Lycra order, Dyeing the material, Tricot lamination, ship to me, cutting, ship to you all. Please do not put me in a situation where you "hope to have the money in by etc, etc." It's not fair to hold things up for the other people on the list that have waited so long already. Plus, it's all going on my account. I might have to do a lab dip coloring test that will also be incorporated into the cost if they don't have my custom color anymore - it's been 2 plus years. And, they got mad at me because I asked them to cut something during the dyeing process. So, if another company has to be used, then I will have some more timing problems. Let's hope the lycra doesn't shrink during the dyeing process. Then I would have major problems with the order. Sigh... I am nervous about the whole process all over again. Gawd, I want to cry.
Don´t worry Yvonne... let's do all step by step...
Now, the list... then the list is closed. then payments, and so...
I think is impossible to tell a FINAL price, if we dont even know HOW many fabric you will order, isnt it ???
So, guys, let's give a break to Yvonne.. and dont press her too much !!! ;)
She is our only HOPE !!!
ZIA... it will be all right... :D One step at a time... deep cleansing breaths inbetween ...
And... if anyone messes this up for you, we'll just have to find a Bounty Hunter to take them out! ;) Do we know anyone like that? Someone like Zam, Jango or Boba?? :lol
Just got a quote on width. It used to be a different width of fabric, so now, it's at 60" width for the nylon and the neopreneinstead of 54" for the nylon, so you will have more area of usage width-wize. Manufacturing neoprene costs have gone up since the gas hikes, so we'll see how much 3 years worth of inflation and fuel and shipping costs will do to my estimated price ;) I think it should be somewhat close. If everyone stays on the run, it will help costs stay lower.
I'm in !!! Give us more info when you get it please ;)
Same on greeblies... (and if possible, in the other lower armor pieces as well :$).
Thanks for doing all of this, ZIA!
And thanks for your email on that other matter :)
Thanks for the post Kim!
I just edited my site to include all the old neoprene info. PLEASE READ IT If you have any questions please post here, as tomorrow is the closing day!
List is closed, I have some work to do, I forgot to send the swatch to the dyeing company last week. So, I will be doing that today.
I just sent some stuff to the neoprene co on tuesday, and the swatch to the dyeing co, and got some price quotes, but can't get a final estimated price until I get the neoprene company to talk to me about several adhesion factors. Should come up with the US price without shipping sometime next week after he talks to me about his adhesion test, don't forget, shipping and handling charges are different for different parts of the world. So, I'd have to figure out each person and get the actual total for each person individually.
edit ** Please read: my blog#2
edit** I just wanted to give ya'll an understanding of time frame. I will get the double fabric (lycra to nylon only) next week. This entire list could be revamped depending on the new adhesion of the double fabric, which could mean several more weeks of proofing (resending and discussing swatches and making sure that things are correct) and reediting the list. So, I may have to reopen the list to have everyone sign up for #1 just the original tri-cot (lycra, neoprene, nylon) material OR #2 just the double fabric~ if the lamination goes well. If the double fabric lamination doesn't go well, then we will stick to the original list and I will get to all of you, your prices including shipping, hopefully within a week and a half. I will also hopefully recieve from you all, the funds within a week after that. Then I will have the stuff manufacturered. There should be a 2 1/2 month turn around on getting the fabric to you. The reason I say OR, is because I am not sure that I can do both runs as a bulk run and meet both fabric requirements. Neoprene comes in sheets, therefore, I need a certain amount of people for that run. If everyone bails but just a couple of people, then I can't do the bulk neoprene run. AND, it might be cheaper if the double fabric lamination comes out well. However, the "dressing the Galaxy" book says it was a neoprene like material. So, that's the dilema here ;) Please post questions in this thread for everyone to see. And read the blog first!
Oops, editing doesn't do justice with bumping the thread.. I will be posting pics up later if you don't understand my blog or why I am fooling with a thinner material.
Good news, but more waiting. Just got off the phone with the neoprene company, he said he'd give me the info sometime soon on whether the double fabric lamination worked. The great news is, that when they dyeing company dyes the fabric, I can get them to stretch the fabric a little, so that we can have it "hang over" for the pants edge in either case (tricot or double fabric).
If the double works, put me down for that. Neoprene + Me = BAD idea. Failing that... I'm getting an industrial sewing machine this month. Have I just become everyone's new best friend, or what? :)
Thanks so much for doing all this, Yvonne. You're my hero. It'll all work out, we have faith.
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The way I see it:
Tricot Pros:
*Color matches picture swatch in Dressing a Galaxy Book
*Accuracy point: Dressing the Galaxy Book says "neoprene-like fabric"
Double fabric pros (if lamination goes well):
*Color matches picture swatch in Dressing a Galaxy Book
*Will probably wrinkle more like the FIDM material with probably "just enough" bulk, rather than over bulky
*Easier to sew-less needle breakage, because no neoprene. Those of you looking for tailors, won't have as much problems. And, you could probably use a regular sewing machine.
*No heat exhaustion to wearer- because no neoprene. I didn't drink enough liquids either, though, but why run the risk?
*May cost less
Okay.. my question is... how different is the FIDM book color match from the original run of fabric?
Other than messing up my whole color scheme :lol - the lighter fabric sounds pretty darn good to me! (Arizona ain't no place to wear neoprene if you don't have to! ;) ) If it's the exact same color I could kinda mix'n'match pieces I suppose.
There is no difference in color from the dressing the galaxy book picture swatch from the original run. There should be no mess up in color scheme. The book and tricot material first run color is the same to me. Moncal even said so in some other thread. No noticeable hue or gray differences either.
I am not going to make the second run with the same colors as the ones as the FIDM/MOM costume, but rather, just the same color as what was done the first time (also same as what's in the Dressing the Galaxy book), cause getting more custom color lab dips would cost extra $ and time and my pictures with all the bad lighting would probably not do me justice at guessing the right colors a second time around. And frankly, I want to get this done before C4. They should be the same color as your tricot. I told them that it was a must. Mix n match double fabric vs tricot fabric -hmmm... possibly, but remember, doublefabric will have tons more ease than neoprene. You are dealing with a possible whole new set of patterning. Streching is different. I don't know the difference in negative ease.
Just called the dyeing company and they are sending me the test color via regular mail today. *Crosses fingers* hope it's the same match as what I sent and their eyes are that accurate ;). Sigh. Sorry guys, but the lamination company thought that they had put in our double fabric test last week, but it didn't happen until monday and will continue to cure until Friday. Friday is the earliest I will know if the double fabric came out ok.
If double fabric works, then, the whole list will open again for switching things around, and if people would like to drop/add to the list. Once locked in, I will need three days to compute prices. And hope that everyone will send me payment within a week and a half after the close out date. I am shooting for 5 yards per person. Then 2 1/2 month turn around for fabric. The best made plans of zam and men... I will also post pics for all of you of the test run. The nylon backing will hopefully be black instead of royal blue on the real run. This goes into a small cost difference too. Which will help us out with the chaching$$ :)
I have tons of personal issues to deal with this week, as two close friends died, so if I don't get to call this Friday, I will try to call Monday. Just a heads up.
Sorry to hear about your friends ZIA! :( Don't worry about the fabric for now!
Glad that the color will be the same though... and since I don't have a pattern yet anyway... ;) Gads, I'm so unorganized.


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I have an image in my mind, of a river, along its banks I see the rotting bodies of salmon, and I hear a voice speaking: the salmon feed the forest, bringing the vast wealth of the ocean far inland, the salmon feed the life that feeds their soon-to-hatch babies. The salmon, rotting, falling apart, barely held together, on this one you see a chunk of its back missing, its spine exposed, but still it pushes and swims upriver, only to spawn and die, feeding the world in its death.
I find this notion unspeakably beautiful. I can't imagine anything more perfect or more profound. I feel sometimes that my life has shrunk to a tiny pinprick of irrelevance, not for some innate reason specific to my own nature, but rather the opposite…the thing that my body hungers to die for, the thing that my heart hungers to bleed for, I haven't done this thing. I don't do this thing. I watch. I wait. I let this thing pass.
For the first time today, I really learned something about the salmon, by watching a DVD on their lives here in the Pacific Northwest (obviously a real world experience will teach me even more). I feel like I've come to the edge of some great abyss of unknowing knowingness, some vast well of transformation. I've studied and watched animals and their sign for several years now, yet I've always avoided the in-depth study of fish and aquatic life. They just didn't seem to matter.
I come by my foolishness honestly, at least. A fool, convinced to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, who can blame this fool when he continues to watch the pretty show on display, instead of digging, asking, questing for the root.
Well, I've found the root, or a piece of it. The salmon's lives ring to me of Marv's life in Sin City: The Hard Goodbye. Given a body, given strength, and finally given love and a purpose: who wouldn't do absolutely anything at that point? Absolutely anything, as one's body rots away around them, in unbelievable pain, pulling themselves closer to the place where they can finally feed the children in their death.
I wonder sometimes how domesticated I've become, and how I can possibly escape it. I usually think of myself as a wild and iconoclastic thinker, one who gets out of the box as easily as breathing. I've always noticed the flip-side to this…the dull grinding daily ache of finding the box still there, all around me, and what have I done exactly?
What have I done to nourish the Earth, and my Grandchildren, exactly? I feel like I play with toys, broken toys, made of repellant day-glow plastics. I want to break them further. I want to break out of this heaving nightmarish prison, and reclaim a life worth living, or losing. Maybe right there I've said it: I want a life worth losing, a life that has earned real feelings of loss when it goes, rather than simply fear and hollowness from resistance to change.
I want to go out with a "bang", as they say, a bang that may amount to no more than a richly joyful extended family, connected to all life, full of sorrows and celebration, who needs no masters to tell them how to live, or what to think, or sing, or do.
I find the work inherent in that goal unfathomably immense, however, and I have no idea on god's green earth how I'll get there. None.
I think back to Powhatan's family, his people, in the movie the New World. How do we get there? How do we build that life again? I know some might hear that as "going back" instead of "going forward".
Well, hell. If I simply needed to "go back" to accomplish that, I'd do it in a heart beat. Just going back? Just try it. Just try to build a life a fraction as enriching and full as that. We can't go back, not because we've "advanced" too far, but because "back" didn't wait for us to go to it. I've read and listened and discussed enough on this to know that the treasure-house that native peoples (our ancestors included) possessed held human riches beyond the imaginations of the most earnest anthropologists. We had so much. And we have to put it back together again, for our own sake, and the sake of life as we know it. And everything in this culture wants us to forget that.

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Has anyone tried using Linspire live instead of actually loading an os on the HD? Just wondering and if so how did/does it work for you? Or have you tried anything similiar where the OS is on CD instead of the HD?
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I wouldn't do that just because it takes so much longer for the OS to boot up. if you don't want to damage the files on the hard disk mount it as read only. If you have your heart set on using a live CD I would suggest using Damn Small Linux. it is a really small and will boot fast.This post college life is a real drag
If you have the right hardware Pycar is a bootable CD, it boots in a few seconds.-pkg
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I've written a custom bootcd linux and it takes 30 seconds before it starts playing music, and about 1 minute before the interface is useable. This is on a p4 1.7 also. From the harddrive it takes about half as long, but it's far easier to just change a cd when I make a new version, rather than going to the trouble of ripping the drive out and installing it.
In reality about 10 seconds (including bios) is definitely achieveable if you only support specific hardware and write everything with only music in mind. Mines a little more generic than that.
I don't have my heart set on anything really. Just thinking about security and thought if I have the OS on a cd and take the out with me then the system is really no good unless the person knows what they've got. Just idle thoughts really in the middle of the night. I was just wondering if anyone had done it or is doing it and how well it works. Thanks guys.
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Mumbai: The much loved B-town celebrity, none other than Shahrukh Khan has been injured. From what we have been able to find out, it seems that the popular actor has suffered a leg injury. As you may know, the popular actor has been very busy lately filming for his productions 'Ra.One', the super hero flick and with 'Don: The Chase Continues', the action thriller. The actor hurt his leg and suffered the injury after he managed to get stuck in a puddle in recent times.
It seems that Shahrukh Khan was present at the music launch of his upcoming home project 'Always Kabhi Kabhi' this Wednesday. The super star looked rather chic in a black shirt and formal trousers. Even though he did manage to walk straight a little discomfort was seen on his face. When he was asked by reporters about his condition, the Bollywood celebrity answered that his meniscus got ruptured during the accident. "I have hurt my leg. I wish I could say it happened during the shoot of Ra.One or Don. But it happened when my leg got stuck into a puddle recently. I turned my leg to take out my foot and the meniscus (cartilage) got ruptured."
There is no secret to anyone that the actor is indeed a sports fan and like working out ever since his school days, so accidents and injuries have been part of his life. During the time that he was working in movies, the actor first had a hairline fracture on his knee cap. This took place while filming for the flick 'Koyla' in the 90s. After that the accidents kept on coming, as SRK tore a shoulder muscle, had a back injury and even has undergone surgery as well. But from every injury he recovered quite well, so this recent one should not be a bother to him.


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3- I like to make out with my brothers Jimi Hendrix and Sue
4-I run up and down the hall and talk to myself a lot....well that's what mommy thinks...I actually am talking to Hendrix, Navin and Buffy ...they like to visit me
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This morning was exciting. I found a large spider that I had to save Mommy from. She saw me chasing it across the floor. I flipped and batted it and she shrieked in terror!
Good thing she ran down the hall and did not witness the gristly demise of mr. spider. I ate him. He was crunchy and a bit tangy. Not really my cup of tea, but I had to do it out of respect. Anything smaller than a mouse gets eaten. I am well-versed in the observation of feline etiquette.
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Prime Minister John Howard has refused to sack Health Minister Tony Abbott for a tasteless joke following former NSW Liberal leader John Brogden's apparent suicide attempt.
Mr Abbott today apologised to federal parliament for telling a Liberal Party function last Wednesday that the government would be as "dead as the former Liberal leader's political prospects" if it took up a particular health proposal.
Mr Abbott also told a second function on the same day that he had never pinched a woman on the backside, made an inappropriate joke or made inappropriate gestures to women.
Mr Brogden was rushed to hospital last Tuesday night, a day after resigning as state Liberal leader for making inappropriate approaches to two female journalists and for calling former premier Bob Carr's wife Helena a "mail-order bride".
Government backbencher George Brandis said Mr Abbott's comments were disgusting, while the Labor opposition tried unsuccessfully to have Mr Abbott censured by parliament.
Mr Abbott, who has responsibility for mental health issues, says his jokes were insensitive and attempted to telephone Mr Brogden today to apologise personally.
"I did the wrong thing and I have apologised," he told parliament.
Mr Howard said Mr Abbott had his full confidence and he would not ask for his resignation.
"I believe the minister for health and ageing has been an outstanding minister and I have no intention of terminating his commission," Mr Howard said.
But Opposition Leader Kim Beazley said Mr Abbott should quit.
"Quite clearly he doesn't have the appropriate mindset to handle the issues of mental health when he's prepared to make cracks like that in the circumstances which emerged for his colleague Mr Brogden," Mr Beazley said.
He said Mr Howard would not sack Mr Abbott because, in the midst of federal leadership tensions with Treasurer Peter Costello, he did not want to lose a supporter.
Mr Abbott said he had no plans to step aside.
"I would be the first person to admit that I have many flaws but I think I am doing a reasonable job as health minister," he said.
Opposition health spokeswoman Julia Gillard said the only thing Mr Abbott was sorry for was that he had been caught.
She said Mr Abbott had failed to uphold his own words of June 2000, when he said he hoped the suicide death of Labor backbencher Greg Wilton would show politicians the need to try to be more generous to each other.
"Perhaps there is no worse test to fail than your own," Ms Gillard said.
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Americans living longer, with unhealthy lifestyles: report
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(Reuters) - Americans have longer, but not necessarily healthier, lives due to high rates of preventable chronic disease, according to an annual report on the nation's health released on Tuesday.
Gains in life expectancy contrast with Americans' unhealthy behaviors, which have led to a 28 percent adult obesity rate, a diabetes rate of nearly 10 percent and a high blood pressure rate of more than 30 percent, according to United Health Foundation's 2012 America's Health Rankings.
All three conditions are considered risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Since 1990, premature deaths have declined by 18 percent, cardiovascular deaths have fallen 35 percent, and cancer deaths have slipped by 8 percent, the report said.
Americans' life expectancy was 78.5 years in 2009, 1.7 years above the level in 2000, the report said.
"As a nation, we've made extraordinary gains in longevity over the past decades, but as individuals we are regressing in our health," said Dr. Reed Tuckson, a medical adviser at the United Health Foundation and chief of medical affairs at the UnitedHealth Group.
Among the 24 different metrics involved in calculating the nation's health are a variety of factors such as smoking, violent crime and a lack of health insurance.
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Kratos. The ultimate anti-hero Greek god who cares for nothing but two exceptions: the haunted memories of his family and getting vengeful satisfaction on all the Greek gods of Olympus.
His nickname "Ghost of Sparta" can be attributed to his ghost-like white appearance and the fact that he's an empty shell, detached and a terror to all that meet him.
Though Kratos' decisions are always morally questionable or even downright brutal, we feel a certain amount of sympathy for him and side with him to succeed in his quest of carnage.
- God of War PS2(2005)
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- God of War: Chains of Olympus PSP (2008)
- God of War III PS3(2010)
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- Also available: God of War Collection PS3 (I & II)
With a lowest rating of 9.3 from IGN for any of the games from the God of War franchise, Kratos is only a star of highest quality.
- Blades of Chaos - His symbol of servitude, the chains are bound to his arms
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- Blade of the Gods
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- Barbarian Hammer
- Spear of Destiny
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- Blades of Exile
- Bow of Apollo
- Claws of Hades
- Nemean Cestus
- Nemesis Whip
- Poseidon's Rage - obtained in the Ageon sea from the god Poseidon. Kratos is encircled with electricity and lightning.
- Medusa's Gaze - the head of medusa that will turn enemies into stone.
- Zeus's fury - Kratos can summon bolts of lightning and throw them long distances.
- Army of Hades - Kratos can summon souls of Hades to fight for him.
- Cronos' Rage - from the Titan Cronos, it emits orbs of lightning that attack enemies.
- Head of Euryale - can turn enemies to stone
- Atlas Quake - can summon earthquakes
- Rage of the Titans - Kratos's body surges with flames increasing his attacks.
Each weapon has a magic attacked to it.
- Divine Reckoning (Blades of Athena) - the blade is thrust into the ground damaging all enemies in its range.
- Army of Sparta (Blades of Exile) - summons Spartan soldiers that surround and protect him.
- Soul Summon (Claws of Hades) - summons the souls of enemies he's killed along the way
- Nemean Roar (Nemean Cestus) - creates an explosive wave when smashed to the ground
His story: Kratos has a tragic history. One would need to in order to complete a mass murdering of people and gods to exact revenge. He was a fearless warrior serving the gods and leading the armies of Greece to many victories, until one day when a loss was evident, Kratos prayed to Ares to give him the power to overcome his enemy. In exchange, for the gifts Kratos was bestowed, he would need to live in servitude for Ares, the god of war.
To make Kratos the strongest warrior possible, Ares tricks Kratos, and the events that result from this deception leads to tragedy for Kratos's family. The plan backfires and Kratos is enraged and sets off on a journey to destroy Ares for his trickery.
The events that follow lead to Kratos becoming the next god of war, and when the other gods alienate him he realizes his job is not done.
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Crawl space retaining wall advice needed
In the course of digging cleaning up for spring and working on some regrading to control some drainage, I pulled away some ivy against a corner of my house to discover something a bit unsettling. A mound of earth that I presumed was up against a solid wall was in fact up against dry stacked bricks that were lined up against a deteriorating lathe and stucco wall that encloses a crawl space area. Pulling the bricks up revealed that they were stacked about 6 or seven bricks deep and were on top of cinderblock. The bottom of the cinderblock is about 8"-12" below level flat grade, and 18" below the top of the mound adjacent to it.
Here is a picture of the general area as well as some details of the "excavation".
Now, the mound needs to stay as it prevents water from entering into the crawlspace are (which has a vapor barrier all around, over bare earth). I'm working on a few drainage improvements and may, along the way, create a raised flowerbed here with a retaining wall. Either way, I need to replace/repair the stucco wall so that I can grade the dirt up against it.
I have enough bricks now to build it from brick, but I'm not looking forward to building a footing for that. I was hoping someone might have some advice on the most efficient and relatively sturdy solution. How it looks is not so much of an issue as it will be concealed by either dirt or plants.
Thanks for your input.
I'm not an expert on footings so hopefully someone else will chime in....
But, regarding your stucco....The old 'established' method of stucco was to take it down below grade....that is how my house was done....
However....now, it is prefered that your stucco goes to the start of the footing where you have a weep screed and the stucco stops there. The old method was causing moisture to wick up from the ground and/or moisture that naturally comes down the wall between the stucco and tar paper and get stuck in this 'no mans land'....in freezing climates, it was breaking out the stucco....in my house, the constant moisture and caused cracking and deteriation of the stucco in that area.
Thanks. I think this stucco part, the tan area, was added later. We believe that the area above was originally a summer porch and that is why it is on piers (brick piers at the corners).
I'm leaning towards cutting all that deteriorating stucco and lathe out and then building a new wall in that area. The primary concerns are: supporting the graded fill that will but up to it, keeping weather out, keeping varmits out. If blocking on the piers and the underside of the floor joists and then paneling with hardiboard would do it, I'd be all over that but I"m wondering if that would support the earth against it.
Anyone? I really need some help here. I have no idea what is the best way of handling thing and what is appropriate.
If I read correctly the exterior grade is 18" higher than the floor of the crawl space. Is that correct?
You might benefit from doing a search on Preserved Wood Foundations (PWF) or Permanent Wood Foundations.
Thanks Marvel! That is exactly what I was looking for. I don't know why but I was assuming that you could not get pressure-treated plywood and had assumed I would need to use some concrete material.
The top of the mound, or the top of whatever planting area that I construct there, will likely not be more than 10" above the level of the dirt in the crawl space, which is generally level with the retaining wall for the step leading down into the basement that you can see in the first picture.
The material(s) involved are not simply standard pressure treated. You need to ensure that:
1. Local authorities accept this technique.
2. You pay special attention that the "sheathing and studs" is/are certified for this use and pay attention to type of fasteners permitted and construction practices involved.
3. You may require the services of an Engineer notwithstanding that the wall height is minimal.
Lots of reading on the Web for you on this topic.
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The Tim Hortons Brier Tankard, the most legendary trophy in the curling world, will be on tour throughout the community at a number of Tim Hortons locations. Everyone is invited to stop by and pose for photographs with the trophy that symbolizes excellence in men's curling.
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LeLacheur was still in possession of the drugs when police made contact with him, and following a search warrant additional narcotics were allegedly found in Castro's vehicle, according to police.
Castro is charged with sale of a narcotic drug, possession of a narcotic drug and two counts of possession of a narcotic drug with the intent to distribute. He was being held on $75,000 cash bail pending an arraignment on Monday at the 9th Circuit District Court in Nashua.
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Stephen Olson, executive director of the Boy Scouts of America is here to tell us all about the exciting prospects for young gentlemen in the area to learn such things as how to start fires with only one match and how to tie knots in ropes and escort old ladies cross streets whether they want to go or not.
Just kidding, if there is a store on the other side, there is no such thing as an old lady who doesn't want to cross the street.
Robert Baden-Powell started the Boy Scouts in 1910, in England. The movement came here in the early 1900s and the rest is history, not the least is the fact millions of boys joined. One of the earlier troops, 29, started right here in Lodi. It was an urban troop and the first meeting room was an abandoned pool hall and bowling alley. The first leader was Mr. Swinney, a highly respected CPA here who taught us stuff we would never have gotten in the regular scouts, like how to tie a bowline after only 20 tries, and mental tests such as how to remember all the things in the dime store window (out of a possible 25,000).
Boy Scouting, one of the traditional membership divisions of the BSA, is available to boys who have earned the Arrow of Light Award and are at least 10 years old or have completed the fifth grade and are at least 10, or who are 11, but not yet 18 years old. The program achieves the BSA's objectives of developing character, citizenship, and personal fitness. The kids are expected to subscribe to both the law and the oath, which is a good thing.
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On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country
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To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.
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A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly,
courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty,
brave, clean, and reverent.
The beauty of the whole program was the fact there were kids in the country who actually aspired to these noble goals. People who try such notions now are rare indeed.
The Scouts have undergone some trials in recent years in an effort to maintain the Law and the Oath above, but there are people who actually want to sully such notions in various ways, so the least any of us can do is give the Scouts our most ardent support. Mr. Olsen will tell you how these aspirations are to be pursued and maybe a word or two about the people who feel the Scouts are a tad biased about such things as God and Country â€" Can't have that.
This is where I should invoke the new little prayer I literally heard for the first time less than a month ago, "Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.â€A
You guys are undoubtedly surprised that, when push comes to shove, push being the ACLU and shove the Boy Scouts, my sympathies will invariably gallop in the direction of the Scouts. It's natural, I suppose, that when I was a kid, I was brainwashed to think the Scouts had only honorable motives even when they thought the Boy Scouts should essentially include boys (and only boys) of high moral fiber. At least my parents gave the whole movement their unmitigated blessing. It had to be right. My old man was never wrong, neither was mom.
Next week, Nancy Beckman will be here to tell you about the Lodi Visitors Bureau and what goes on there to make Lodi visitors thankful they chose our fair city.
While we are being high minded, by the way. We still need to talk about a Rotary Project and all the ways we can think of to bring the membership and attendance up to a lever that will make each of us proud and happy. I will accept unsigned recommendations.
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dynamically generating options
I would like to generate options for the differential equation solver
dynamically. For example, in an n-body system where I don't know
ahead of time how many bodies are in the system---the equations for
the integrator are generated based upon how long the list of objects
I would like to create the following option in NDSolve:
Method->{"EventLocator", "Event"->{x[1][t],x[2][t],...,x[n][t]},
But, after many different attempts I'm stumped. The delayed rule
causes some problems, the "Sow" or "AppendTo" (which I used before)
also causes problems because it evaluates when I generate the table
for the "EventAction"
I can't get this to work and am currently just doing it by hand on a
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New Independent Periodical "in the style of" Amiga Power
I have been spending the last month working really hard on putting together a magazine to be published regularly, hopefully monthly but possibly bi-monthly or quarterly depending on how we go producing the first couple of issues.
The Power Magazine is a publication for SteamOS gaming. Although obviously any SteamOS games are also available for Windows, so any PC gamer should be able to get something out of our pages. And also we cover vintage systems as emulation is one of the main ways Linux users traditionally play games on their system.
Indeed the Amiga will feature quite heavily in the first issue to be published in April, as well as the special edition issue zero which is due in just under one week from now. We have adjusted our release schedule to the first of every month. So this news is quite relevant to the Amiga.
Especially considering that for issue one we plan on releasing a real Amiga coverdisk, which will also be available for download as an ADF and possibly LHA as a tribute to our heritage.
Please not that the actual cover for The Power Magazine issue zero may vary. For example the "outrageous claims" will most likely appear inside the magazine and not on the cover.
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The Power CoverDisk competition
much like our parent publication we will feature things like cover media and giveaway competitions. So I though i might as well offer an early one:
I will give one copy of the coverdisk to the first Australian (or person who can collect a package delivered within AU:) person who can spot the typo contained in the above image.
Post your answer here and claim your prize via PM, thankyou.
You will of course have to wait until after 15th of April 1st of May of course, as the disk will feature more than just the Tanks Furry game, we intend to fill every last track with content. And it is not the CoverDisk for issue zero, but issue one.
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Looks great! Good luck man, can't wait to give it a look!
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I have edited previous posts with updated news regarding our release schedule, so though this may be worth a bump so that anyone who had taken note of the original release date may be kept up to date.
Of course this is just a draft layout, we have a dedicated art editor giving this the professional DTP treatment. This page features three reviews, one from each of our writers, all for games which might be wise to avoid.
I might note that you can most likely expect at least one positive review from each of us, but you'll have to wait (or look at my Steam Store reviews:) to see what those titles are.
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Well, it is now the first of the month, and as promised we have officially launched.
You will still have to wait a few weeks for our actual magazine to be finished.
Much like we would expect from a games developer we believe it is better to delay release until the product is of a quality which we would be proud to put our names to than to rush another mediocre product out onto the market.
But all the information you need to know about this fledgling magazine is there, although there may be some small website updates between now and the publication of our first issue. The intended content for issue 0, which is due to go to the printers on April 15th, has pretty much been finalised.
You can expect a paper magazine of around 45 pages with cover-mounted USB for use on your Linux system with a large percentage of issue 0's cover media contents also usable with an Amiga.
Also available in PDF+data download.
While we have not yet 100% committed to the idea of printing a monthly periodical, and may even go bi-monthly or quarterly if it simply takes us too long to compile a magazine of suitable quality, our current monthly time-table is to announce the contents on the 1st and publish our magazine around the 15th.
And finally our Staff list
Rob O'Malley - Editor
Troy Wilkins - Staff Writer
Shane Holding - Technical Editor
Krzystof Matys - Art Editor
We really need another couple of contributors to make this project work as well as we might intend it to. But we have enough of a team to make something substantial. So watch this space.
If you were to examine the site's contents you may find that we are actively seeking contributions. Indeed a handful of you have already been contacted in regards to our cover-media, it probably won't take much guesswork who I have been talking with in order to promise an "exclusive bullet-hell demo" to accompany Tanks Furry in May for example . Nor would it be difficult to ascertain the username of anyone I might be asking about producing a patch for Tanks Furry to adjust the colour palette to suite a variety of displays as I have found that the colours would bleed a bit on my composite TV display.
So I will announce here that we are currently seeking someone to take on the task of compiling our cover HDF. I will do this myself if I have to, but if someone wants to take on the task for me then that would be greatly appreciated to the point of the possibility of you being financially compensated for your time.
While our main writing staff are all Australian we are accepting international staff for other positions. All major positions on our publication are paid positions. And Coverdisk Editor is definitely a paid position.
So if you don't mind spending 2-8 hours a month compiling our cover-media package then there is a small but reasonable amount of funds to pay you for your time. We are really looking for someone with experience crafting HDF files right now. But if you also have experience with Linux then this could be an ongoing arrangement and the rate of pay would be proportionate with our rate of growth.
And if you are Australian and want some free games, mostly for Steam, but sometimes C64, Amiga, MSX, etc. As well as the opportunity to be a founding member of a "start-up" operation. Don't hesitate to get in touch. Even contributions of 1 or 2 small reviews a month are appreciated at this point.
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Here is an 1875 rare full plate Ferro-Chromo tintype of a young man with a slight pink tinge to his cheeks. I believe the ferro chromo process was developed in 1875 by C.S. Harley and E.Braby in Arlington MA. This tintype has the original paper label on the back which says:(registered in the patent office, Ferro chromo, October 19th 1875, copied by C. S. Harley & Co. Arlington MA., Sole investors C. S. Harley & E. Braby) The entire frame measures 14 1/2" by 12 1/2", The inner matting and tintype measure 9 1/2" by 7 1/2" and just the oval tintype measures approx. 7 3/4" by 5 3/4". This all original piece of photographic history is in good condition with the exception of distress to the frame (see pix), and wear commensurate with age
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Dodge Repair Questions? Ask a Mechanic for Answers ASAP
With this p-code and the symptoms you describe, the most common problem is going to be the rear wheel speed sensor located on top of the rear differential. This sensor is where the PCM reads the speed from, and when faulty will set a Brake and ABS light.
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Hmmm. That's odd. Tell you what, let me opt-out and forward you to another Tech that may have a better idea as to what's going on here. Sit tight one sec, someone will be right with you...
Hello my name is XXXXX XXXXX I will take a shot at this. The ABS controller may have failed. Do you have a scan tool that can communicate with the ABS controller?
Ok, that is fine, but what I would like to know is if the mechanics were able to communicate with the ABS controller. Not the PCM (engine computer). You see if the ABS controller is not working, then the PCM will not get a speed signal from the ABS controller. This would cause that P0501 code to be set in the PCM. So we need to check that next.
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Lily Collins: Mechanical Bull-Riding Babe
She's created a successful career making great movies, and now Lily Collins wants to prove she's not just a one-trick pony.
The "Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" babe posted a silly photo to her Instagram account this week, and it turns out she can wear Chanel and ride a mechanical bull at the same time.
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- 3 cups loosely packed basil and flat-leaf parsley leaves
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- 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 6 skinless, boneless chicken cutlets (about 6 ounces each)
In a food processor, combine the herbs with the garlic, pine nuts, capers, vinegar and 12 cherry tomato halves; pulse until chopped. Add 3 tablespoons of the olive oil and pulse just until pureed. Season with salt and pepper.
Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons of the remaining olive oil in each of 2 large skillets. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and cook over high heat, turning once, until golden on both sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a platter, cover loosely with foil and keep warm.
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Hi I am new to everything, but I think I am learning very fast. I am teaching myself css on my free time and html , color theory etc using a paid teaching site.
My question is this: when I have a client and they want me to make a website for them. Is it seen as "bad" by other people who know about design and web development , to just go and buy a premium theme for $50.00 and then work on changing the colors, text, style etc. and adding the information to create there site. Or is it expected for ME to actually create a "custom theme" ?
I am trying to understand what is expected of me by others ( even though my clients know nothing about websites) ?
A lot of people do it and honestly there is nothing wrong with it.
However if you do feel bad using themes and charging the same amount as a custom build you might want to say $3k for a custom build but $1k if you choose a theme you like out of this list. Easier for you and customer
If you only change the colors and heading font yes it's bad. If you customize it so much that it doesn't look similar to the original product it's not bad. Put yourself in the client's place
Always be honest and upfront with them. Tell them it is a pre built template that is being customised.
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Always be honest and upfront with them. Tell them it is a pre built template that is being customised.
+1. This is what I do, think if someday your client finds out that you used a template, he will feel like he was defrauded in some way (even if it's not true), but if you make this clear before starting the job there won't be any problems in future. Just charge what you think is fair.
Think of yourself as a chef.
You have all the ingredients,and with some magic you make a michelin star meal.
Nothing wrong with using themes, templates.
I always advise my customers that is's much faster to utilize a theme and that I provide customizations for my fee. I have never had any problems.
As mentioned, some websites could take you weeks or months to complete. With a Theme, everything is pretty much done for you.
As the Designer you are controlling the final outcome.
It is completely normal to use themes and charge for customizing them.
charlie4282 said
Always be honest and upfront with them. Tell them it is a pre built template that is being customised.
Wow guys thank you for all of the reply's and advice !
1.) Do you think $1200 is a fair price ( or do you think its to high or low) for me to charge someone to build there website And YES make a lot of customizations and work BUT use a theme?
2.) I would be doing all this by myself, is this typically done in teams?
3.) What is a typical time frame , 6 weeks ( with a theme) ?
4.) What skill level should I have ? I mean like I know CSS pretty well; html -> wordpress does pretty much automatically, child themes I know, I know how to use ftp of course, plugins, wordpress, color theory. And I am going to take a semester off school to learn functions php. ( I am studying something unrelated to design), - what I don't know pretty much is photo shop but I can do small changes using gimp shop without any issues but I am not to good or familiar with gimp/photo shop skills. But things like logos I can out source so that should not be an issue. Right now I am building my portfolio.
5.) and what do I call myself ? A web designer or web developer lol ??
So what do you think?
Again it depends on how much customization, design, modification etc is going into it. 6 weeks seems a very long time to edit a theme.
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Today is a FANTASTIC day! I get to train volunteer financial counselors at NewSpring Church. This training is called the Financial Counseling Experience, and I am PUMPED.
Here are some key reasons I am excited about the Financial Counseling Experience:
- There will be eight new f/c for NewSpring! NewSpring is growing (in size AND locations). This makes it vitally important that we continue to grow our volunteer f/c team!
- There will be eight new f/c for other churches! I love being able to train folks from other churches because most of them are going home to their church and starting their own financial counseling ministry. It is awesome that this crusade gets to be a part of that!
- The Saving Freak is assisting with the training! The Saving Freak keeps showing up at all of my events and is one of our most active volunteer financial counselors. He is passionate about helping equip others to go impact their communities.
- We will be challenged. Every time that we train financial counselors, they seem to ask super great questions that challenge us. Being challenged means that there is a great chance that we will learn new things that we can implement in our own financial counseling ministry at NewSpring!
If you are interested in attending the Financial Counseling Experience in the future, it will be hitting the road and traveling around the nation beginning in January. You can be put on our FCE contact list HERE if you want to be contacted each time new dates/locations are announced.
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Sounds like you have a system. Your wife really needs to get on the same page and get on board with keeping the doors locked 24/7.
Home invasions are serious crimes and usually end very ugly. Home invasions are also on the rise. ESPECIALLY in rural communities where law enforcement is sparse.
One thing about being a member here is that we have something like 6 or 7 thousand active members from all over the country. You will see posted frequently all the crimes going on that you won't see on your local news or newspaper. Our members are pretty good and quick to post what's going on in the news, whether its a home invasion or otherwise.
There was a rural family in Illinois in the last month slaughtered in their home. 3 or 4 people dead. Very rural farm area 90 miles from closest big city so No One is immune.
I hope you can get your wife to come around soon to the importance of being secure in the home, keeping it locked up, even in daytime. She needs to appreciate the importance of working together as a team, rather than butting heads.
I lived on 60 acres for over 12 years in a very rural area. About 5 miles outside of town. And the town had population of 144. (not a thriving metropolis) Our house set about 150 yards off the road, at the top of a hill. We held the high ground! All our neighbors in the area had houses right on the road. So, I know you can't always call the police for every situation which gets your curiosity up outside your house... But, you need to be very careful checking your perimeter by yourself. Especially at night. Don't be in a hurry to go out there. Often times, sitting still and listening for a period of time will let you know if you need to investigate further. Letting a dog outside first before venturing out yourself will usually let you know if danger is close. I know you don't want anything to happen to your dog, but his purpose is to alert you to danger. Develop a system for checking perimeter and be careful going around corners and other potential points of ambush.
Thanks for posting your situation. I think you are doing pretty well as long as you can convince your wife to be safety conscious and more serious about security.
Also, exterior lighting is always a good investment. Solar powered flood lights with motion sensors are pretty reasonably priced these days.


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This watch ships with a U Series style Sinn silicone black rubber strap with your choice of compact or standard buckle.
Comments about this watch: I'm a novice watch collector who loves dive watches. In addition to Sinn I own Panerai, Rolex, AP, etc. Honestly, U1000 is my favorite watch and it has a great story to go along with it.
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Comments about this watch: My favorite watches were always my Rolexes and Panerais. Frankly, I only expected to wear this watch on the occasional weekend, and was drawn to it simply because it was a Sinn with incredible features. Well, I haven't been able to take it off for months! This watch is stunning on the wrist. The pictures do not do it justice in the least.
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Comments about this watch: This watch makes a powerful impression when you see it. It came in the typical Sinn box with a tool to change the strap.( I got the black version) Photos don't do it justice. It took me about 20 minutes to size the silicon strap, which by its dimensions, complements the watch and is very comfortable to wear. The crown and chronograph pushers all operate smoothly and the bezel clicks into place and stays there. I bought the watch for outdoors activities of all types and by its obviously solid build I have no doubt it will give excellent service in the field. Sinn says in the IB that it could take up to 8 weeks to run in completely but mine as been spot on straight out of the box. I also ordered the 757 UTC Diapal and can't wait to use it too. I have the 756 and the 142 st (which gets a lot of wrist time on trips and the weekends) and can say that the U 1000 appears to top anything Sinn has done yet. It is a tool watch, no doubt, but its quality matches anything o... - more details
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How to get nice carpet
Was wondering how people get a nice carpet of moss.. I have fluorite subtrate but don't if it would work. Would only work with sand subtrate or attach it to some mesh.. I would like to try this out and see how I do.. Thanks
Any advice and ideas.. Anything would help
Use mesh and trim to achieve a nice moss carpet
Will it rust
Depends what you use. Plastic and stainless steel won't rust.
I use the mesh from aquatic magic, i find it better than the metal mesh most people use, its cheaper, sinks just as fine, and the black looks better than bright silver.
I agree with the two posters above me. I have also used window screening.
I just used plastic regular craft mesh, but unfortunately, it doesn't sink very well, so I would advise against it. Whatever mesh you do use, cut two sheets into the shape you want, and then sow three sides with fishing line. Push in bits of moss and spread it around, then sow the fourth side closed. Worked well enough for me.
coo.. flourite subtrate is ok for it .. thanks guys. thanks yervor thats a great idea .. ill do that and see how it works out.. very helpfull..
So, even though the mesh on Aquatic Magic says "wall covering mesh" you can still do it on the floor of the tank?
if you have good lighting, co2, and supplement nutrients, and have good substrate u can just grow HC or hairgrass
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This is a great and very common question from a reader!
I'm a recent convert to Paleo and have my wife interested as well. We've been doing it for about a month now and I'm very happy to have almost completely rid ourselves of processed boxed foods. But I was wondering, seeing as how you've been on it for years, if you or anyone else has seen positive changes in their blood chemistry? I guess I'm speaking specifically about cholesterol, but also the LDL's, HDL's, trigylcerides, and ratios.There is a lot of talk on other blogs about cholesterol numbers going way up but ratios improving, and that the pharmaceutical industry is happy to keep us taking their statins to keep total cholesterol numbers down, etc, etc. I'm an engineer and I believe in examining evidence and empirical data, so I'd like to ask if you and the others in the community you've spoken to are happy with your current blood screening numbers, or at least I'd like to hear your opinion on the matter.Thanks so much!
Hi Mark,
Yes, it turns out that cholesterol – the way we've been testing it and reading it – is not a very good predictor of heart disease, and a lot of the research that's gone into it has been funded by pharmaceutical companies and very flawed. Plus, the media takes great liberties with the results of said studies and just blatantly states "Meat Will Kill You" when that's not what the results actually said at all. Anything to get people to read their stuff.
Having said all that, I've seen my heart health markers improve a lot on Paleo, and I've heard from MANY other people that they have too. I had a lot of inflammation going on and weird cholesterol numbers, but since going full Paleo all of that has settled down and normalized. I get my heart markers tested by a naturopath, since he doesn't just focus on LDL or HDL, but all the little pieces of LDL and HDL (the ones that actually matter for inflammatory reasons). And he tests other aspects of heart health. All in all, he tested:
- Cholesterol and cardiac inflammation stuff, including:
- Lipids – LDL, HDL, total cholesterol, triglycerides
- Lipoprotein particles and apolipoproteins – more heart health molecules of all sizes (small dense LDL, Apo B etc.)
- Inflammation oxidation and homocystein – markers of cardiac inflammation or oxidation (the real indicator of heart disease risk)
- Myocardial stress – detects heart stress and damage
- Genetic markers for specific diseases and malfunctions
- HbA1c – average blood sugar over last 3 months
- Omega 3/Omega 6/other fatty acids content in red blood cells – inflammation
All of which is very important in actually determining if you have inflammation in your system that may end up in a heart attack or stroke.
So, my opinion of it is that yes, sometimes people's LDL goes up, but it's not necessarily a bad thing. You have different kinds of LDL, some of which are more prone to becoming inflamed and causing cardiac events. Most of the time, people's numbers improve, especially their triglycerides, since those are so affected by how many extra carbs you're eating.
Go for it. Try Paleo/Primal out, and if you're really worried about it, ask a holistic doc or a naturopath to test you before you start and after 60 days on the diet so you can know for sure how it's affecting you.
If you really want to get into the research and literature about it all, Chris Masterjohn is the guy to read. He's a PhD Research Associate at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, who spends his life studying this, and clarifying myths about cholesterol. You can find him at?
- Cholesterol and Health Website
- Cholesterol and Health Blog
- A great interview with him and Chris Kresser
- His blog on the Weston A Price site
Hope that helps!
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I've only had my cholesterol tested once in my life, and it was a couple of years ago, after having been paleo for just over a year. My total cholesterol was 199, which I thought was high, given I'd always been told that 200 was the dividing line between healthy and unhealthy. My grandmother had high blood pressure and my father's has been on the high side, too – although dad's doctor isn't worried, as his HDL and LDL numbers are very healthy. When I asked my doctor about my cholesterol, she pointed out how my HDL and LDL were SO good, she wished she had numbers like mine! My blood pressure is always healthy/low and I'm managing my other health issues (Hashimoto's thyroiditis/hypothyroidism) with an endocrinologist, so I trust that 199 isn't the end-all, be-all of cholesterol and overall health.