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The Unlikely Defenders is an alien invasion novel weaving together disparate stories of, well, some unlikely saviours of the planet, when a race of aliens attempt to take over the earth to colonize it as their own.
While this book made a valiant effort of trying to tie in all the stories of each character, some fell off the rails entirely, while others felt unneeded and unwarranted.
The major problem with this book was the characterization. The author attempted to introduce us to and then bring together a lot of characters. Way too many characters in fact. It was about the quarter of the way through the book until Hamworth was actually done introducing us to each character, and by that point, I had forgotten 75% of their names. A lot more can be done with a lot less. Because of the massive amount of characters in this story, there was no opportunity for me to learn to empathize or dislike any particular one. I never felt invested in any one story.
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I agree. If she really wanted to give helpful information to spouses about their decorum, she wouldn't have posted it to r/military but a spouse community.
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To be fair, I found this community through that post. I've been looking for one on reddit for awhile now, and didn't know this existed! She might not have known either. However, I still disliked the overall tone of the post and thought it was pretty distasteful. It's just perpetuating stereotypes, which is exactly what we don't want.
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/r/military has a description on the right side of it's subreddit, like most of them do, and near the bottom it has links to related subreddits.
I hated that she heard about a few spouses acting up and decides to make a rant directed to all of us.
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Yeah. Especially since that whole thing she was apparently upset about was just drama she heard about... only perpetuating the military SO perpetuating drama stereotype, I guess...
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Looks to me like a 34 point turnaround.
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It really does not matter with McLovin (you try to show him the forrest he'll see the trees and vice-versa) so thank you
JuliusJones (another Pastner critic) for at least correcting McLovin's lack of NET effect math skill- I too made a posting error but was trying to show in general terms the impact of:
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3) The fact that EVEN championship coaches are dramatically impacted (of Note: FLA's leading rebounder came off the bench is out with a season ending knee injury (similar effect to UK's Noel).
McLovin though (similar to you Julius really) appears (LOL) to hold U of M coach Josh Pastner to another subjective standard not accounting for 9 of 11 ranked games were road/neutral or players (for all reasons GAMES MISSED) and early season impact of NBA early departures.
The Tigers HOME record at FedEx Forum speaks for itself and in the next few years will rapidly equalize the ranked wins disparity.
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iagree The only MEGA fish I've taken out of that river were whitefish....and actually, a good proportion of the "trout" I've caught there were probably steelhead smolts. Thus I don't fish the river on a regular basis anymore unless it's open for SH. On the other hand it could just be my general lack of fishing skills that account for my inability to connect with SUPER trout in that system....I'd probably have to be Arnold "Schwartzenangler" to land one of these BEASTS anyway. In fact after thinking about it, now I'm kind of scared to even try and fish for one of these guys........knowing there are MONSTERS lurking in the Methow, I may never be able to wet wade there again!!!! :rofl:
When I first read this thread and the other one on this same river I thought it was hype to get me to buy that magazine. But after you all said the Methow I was kinda disappointed as to where this river of big fish were at. It is true that it would be a long drive for nothing as I can find just as many places to fish on the wet side for fish. But where I go is anybody's guess as I don't even plan things anymore I just pick a place and go. But as it stands now lake fishing is just about done for as river fishing now takes over. And somebody mentioned places to go or rivers to fish. Well here's a few, they are all on local maps,all you need to do is drive to them. Lets see there is the Beckler,Foss,East Fork Foss,Rapid,N/F Sky,S/F Sky,Tye. These all have summer runs in them and Cutts. Then there is the places that don't get big fish like the N/F Sky,Barkley Creek,Money creek,Upper forks of the Miller River. There I listed 12 different places to fish. It will take you a short time to learn where to go on these but you might be suprised and what you catch out of them. While these are the head waters of the Skykomish River. There are others head waters that could stand some looking into. But I ain't going into them right now. I could tell you more places but this should hold you all for a while. And while I didn't tell you what rock to stand on,that you will have to learn by your lonesome. And if you care,you have all of the little tribs that run into these places and some of them will suprise you. Thank you all for asking for places to fish I couldn't be happier giving away all the places to go to,to fish. After all I did waste a lot of gas to find these places. But I've been fishing in them for over 45 years now and am still finding places to fish in this area. All them little blue lines on the maps are running water. Just pick a few and go hit them. Jim
Sadly, that kind of hyperbole is just what the entire industry depends on to sell its products or services to the marketplace. Everyone has an ax to grind and it's almost always about money in one way or another. Damned near every ad in every enthusiast magazine is carefully designed and written to imply that unless you buy their latest hyper-modulus, ultra-fast Boron-Titanium XRPii rod or their newest large arbor reel lovingly computer-crafted from spacecraft-grade magnewsium, you won't be able to cast nearly as far or catch nearly as many fish. It's a wonder people ever even managed to catch a fish without all the can't-live-without-it shit that's being stuffed down today's marketing pipeline. I'm amazed at how much flyfishing has become like the women's fashion industry. No matter how much of the latest gear you buy or the newest hot spots you visit, you'll always be one step short of the 'cutting edge'. About all that's missing is an article on how Paris Hilton has taken up flyfishing and her latest honey hole complete with fish porn . . . K
So it was the Met. That really boils my blood. Its the only local river NCW folks really have to fish. Its small, there aren't that many fish, and its already too crowded. I quit buying those mags a couple years ago after some of my old haunts in MT got ratted. People that want to write about fishing should stick to the experience aspect; the River Why not the River How. just my 200 centavos
"Super whiners, mega-whiners... It's all the writers fault. Forcing you guys to read all those magazines. In high school, these same guys probably forced you to do drugs. Gimme a break. I will say this, it's too bad that magazine doesn't have a letters section. I was surprised nobody here went on a panty raid about last issue's "Wild Browns" article.
"Super whiners, mega-whiners... Well, now that we've gone of the deep end here, I'll let you in on a little secret. Going off about super whiners is the same as being one. And no one forced me to do drugs in high school, I tried 'em all willingly... :clown: So, didja wanna share something about "Wild Browns"...? BTW, where would you like that break?
I love that magazine and believe that in general they are a responsible bunch, but a few years ago they also ran a story about targeting "giant dollies" on the OP during the summer. Several well-meaning people wrote in and pointed out they were protected in the drainages referred to and NW Flyfishing ran a few of the letters, apologized, and said that they did not endorse targeting endangered species. Of course, an apology paragraph in the letters section is a lot less visible than a cover story on giant dollies, but still they printed a retraction. I suspect that if someone who knows the Methow river and fish wrote in a well-formed letter to the magazine talking about how the fishing being described was a risk to other protected species, the magazine would print it. And thoughtful people would read that and add it to their consideration of fishing the Methow. It seems that a real response letter in the magazine is the only productive course of action here if that's what people believe in. As for writers, I don't have any problem with someone "scooping" a river. I think it's pretty absurd to think that a river is not public domain, and that a writer or a guide or a lodge or a magazine can't use that public resource to further their interests. If it means the rest of us have to keep looking for more quiet spots, then so be it.
Ya know, the only thing that I have learned is to not get pissy about this stuff, or the internet, or people on the internet. But I will anyway, so here gos: Flyfishing has become so big that none of this matters anymore. But it is suprising to see people make comments of how lame everything is, but they work in a flyshop and hype up the marketing BS themselves, oh, but not that river, or that product. Frankly, the flyfishing industry is such a lame industry, behind the scenes its such a joke. Everybody hates everybody else, guides hate other guides, this shop hates that shop, its so true, but they keep a straight face on in front of the customers to sell, sell, sell. I've watched people who have no business doing it, promote themselves as god's gift to the sport. It's true, and the bottom line is that it doesn't even matter. Sheer numbers game, with so many people getting into flyfishing, it totally works, the new guys don't know any better, your selling it, their buying it. So don't hate Probasco, when you were a newbee, you liked it, you thought his mag was sweet! But now you got some game, been around long enough to know the difference, and are calling it how you see it. And what you see is that Washington is really a totally messed up place to go fishing, but don't worry, their gonna keep sellin it, and people will always buy it. But heres a real winner of a plan, sweetest idea yet: get a guides lisence, its like 300 bucks, Then call all the manufactures you can think of and tell 'em how sweet you are, and they'll give you such a fat deal on gear you'll be in hog heaven. Start a website, to make it look legit, and in no time you can be in the big game! Dude, its sooooo been done, you'll have all the newest crap at half-off! booya! Go fishing once a week, write some BS article, now you have street cred, sure the haters are gonna hate, but so what, look at you, your the man, your so fly, all the fly honeys are knockin down your door. And more, and more, and more, soon your at Jim Teeny status, doin all the big shows, promoting the sport, and then the next generation of peeps come callin, this is where the real dollars start rollin in, they have no idea about the past or the history of your "beloved" sport, but your selling it, and their buying it. Its called capitalism, and this country was founded on it. And if they didn't do what I just described to you, somebody else would. So stop all this nonsense, just go fishing, life is short and a bus could hit you at any minute, so take a deep breath, make a cast, and hope for the best. YT
Don't you mean... "Stop all this nonsense, just go fishing, cause you could get hit by the short bus any minute... by my mom, so take a deep breath, make a cast, and hope for the best." :rofl: :rofl: Good post YT
Thanks fellas, I'm kind of a mess right now so I don't know where that all came from. But its out their, I kinda agree with it all, but I kinda don't, I just hope its a good read. YT
To put it in a nutshell, it's all about the commodification of all that we hold sacred to outselves, the commodification of our own desires--and our own buying back into the process we distain. People have to realize that this is the metaphysics of capitalist culture. Kent hit it on the nail, and people shouldn't put down Windtickler for pointing out our hypocracy for participating in Capitalism's economics of desire while bumming out how our own personal paradise got paved-over for a parking lot or a WalMart. We are all making a buck off the system--whether you choose to admit it or not--while at the same time damning it. I may be a socialist at heart, but I don't fault a man for trying to make a buck--it's how anyone gets ahead in the belly of the beast we live in. If you work iron, you have to consider that your livelihood might depend on a strip mine somewhere over your own personal horizon. I once worked on crude oil tankers while being quite aware of the affects of the Exxon Valdez, global warming, environmental pollution, and all the rest of the junk that surrounds petroleum. At the same time, that was the best job I could find that could put me through college without going too deeply into debt for a degree that could never pay for itself. Do you drive a car? Does it have a high green rating for low emissions and does it get good fuel mileage, or are you driving a monster that sucks gas (and your wallet) like it's going out of style while adding oil drops to the machine-made runoff into our local rivers, streams, and lakes? And what about your job? So what part are you playing? But all that is basically didactic. Face it: Most of us can't afford to buy the latest ride that barely sips gas or diesel and hardly exhales a fart. Most of us have crummy jobs that dictate that we commute and pollute. Most of us work doing something that contributes to the problem. Personally, I wish I was like Kent, who once admitted to being a male escort (Naturally, you were joking...?). Of course it ain't what it's all cracked up to be, but at least that job ain't justifying pumping oil out of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge--it's only a different kind of pumping for dollars... At least it leaves a smile on that natural momma once your done. What it all comes down to is being honest about the part you play in the scheme of things. It's only after that can you begin to make honest choices towards doing the right things--that are within reach--and not pointing fingers at others before owning up to the crummy parts you really play a part in. What it comes down to is having a little humility and working from there.
That article kind of reminded me of a post on the Cedar 6/2 indicating hooking 40 fish and 10 were over 20". Haven't seen any report like that since
I've just pulled an article that STS had accepted for publication. It was actually about a fishing technique, and not a specific place, but of course the general area (sort of "rivers around Forks" generality) got a big plug with plenty of grip and grin trophy shots . . . just the sort of thing the locals hate. (And it's certainly true that the real experts on any given river system are never the ones who write about it. Just the guys who fish with them and look over their shoulders and say, "Hey! That's a new angle I've not seen written about!") Previously, I had one article published and it's fun to get your name in print, but the economics of writing for publication somehow are beyond me . . . 12-15 hours to write an article that you sell for $300 bucks and in the process you're selling out someone else's techniques or secret honey holes or something of value that you didn't originate yourself (unless you're Lee Wulff, and he doesn't publish often these days). One of the few consolations of being a kiss-and-tell writer on a technique is that very few people actually apply exactly what the author of the article describes. Sort of 3/4 or half do it . . . doesn't work . . . back to the old ways. * * * * * So I guess I'm all for the Roderick Haig-Brown writing and less enthusiastic about seeing a map of the Zipperlip hotspots published in STS. Of course, I still subscribe to STS because you never know when there's going to be an article that maybe helps me catch more fish . . . . hypocrisy begins at home . . . now where's my fluorocarbon tippet spool got to? :beathead: PS YT, good stuff.


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CANTON — St. Lawrence University earned national recognition for its achievements in sustainability.
The University received a rating of "silver" from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education based on its score in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS).
"Achieving a silver rating is a significant accomplishment for the entire campus and something we can build on as a part of our collective commitment to sustainability," said St. Lawrence Sustainability Coordinator Louise E. Gava. "The report gives us a clear picture of the areas where we're strong and the areas where we need to focus more attention."
STARS is a self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure and compare their sustainability performance across a number of areas using a common set of measurements and data. Various publications and other groups use the information to list and rank the sustainability efforts of participating institutions.
In addition to academic achievements, administrative efforts in information technology and the grounds department's work surrounding sustainable landscaping and water management also had a significant positive impact. The University scored strongly for its practices in computer purchasing, limited printing, water consumption, and its bicycle-sharing program.
Gava said the campus rallied to gather the information needed to complete the STARS report under tight deadlines.
To learn more about sustainability efforts at St. Lawrence University, visit http://www.stlawu.edu/green.


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Burlesque Showcase at Sisters Nightclub
Last year, CultureMob's Maria Christensen wrote an article discussing the Rise of New Burlesque and how this renaissance is spreading across the land like an epidemic…a sexy, flirty epidemic. And now this epidemic has infected Philadelphia. Hot on the heels of the success of her last show, sex edu-tainer Dr. Timaree Schmit is going to present Burlesque Showcase this Friday at Sister's nightclub.
In between writing her widely popular column, Sex With Timaree, and teaching group fitness at Sweat Gyms, Timaree has been hard at work uniting the burlesque community in the Philly area. According to her, "The burlesque scene is really blowing up right now, but there's not a lot of conversation between groups…and I wanted to open up the lines of communication."
Hence her Burlesque showcase, which premiered last November and attracted a sizable crowd. Timaree predicts that if this event is equally successful, fans can look forward to bi-monthly performances at Sisters going forward.
When asked what people can expect when they come out to the show this Friday night, she tells us, "For the money, a well-done burlesque show rivals any concert, live theater, or movie. You've got people looking for something new and different to do than just the regular ole bar scene."
We also asked her how she thinks burlesque in its current incarnation is different from Burlesque old-school. "There's a lot more to compete with in terms of alternative entertainment. It has to be witty, sultry, and generally hold the attention of people for an extended time. The old school had a lot of creative performance ideas; coming out in a balloon suit and popping them one at a time, cute set-ups that function as mini plots, etc. And we're really seeing a revival of that creativity, making an elaborate production of a single song."
She also had an opinion about the appeal of burlesque for the current generation. "You've got your classic draw of girls in little clothing. But you've [also] got people who are looking for entertainment. They appreciate the artistry of the dance, the creativity of the set-up, and the beauty of the costume-ry. We put all of our stuff together ourselves. Randi Warhol, who is a local performer, constructs some amazing things by hand."
Featured performers who will join the stage on Friday night will include Louise LaTease, Melissa Bang-Bang, and an incredible double-act by International Pole Idol, 2010 USPDF National Champion and 2009 USPDF "Miss Sexy" title winner Alethea Austin.
Burlesque Showcase will be at Sisters Restaurant Nightclub, Friday, January 28th. Doors open at 9pm, show starts at 11pm. Admission is $6 ($1 off by telling them how you found out about the show).


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bigdaddy76 said: Wow! Ya'll seem to play a LOT more than I can. 45 mins. a day is about it for me. Every once in a while I am able to squeeze off a couple hrs, but not that often....too busy! ===================================================
TheoDog said: What are some odd hour practice tips for plays with kids? Anyone use a heahone amp or iPad to do early morning practice while family is asleep? What about acoustic practice at times that volume may be an issue? (we don't have a basement) ===================================================


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Growers' Market & Arts and Crafts Fair
The next market will be held on Saturday, December 14, 2013, from 10:00 A.M. - Noon
6718 Rio Grande Boulevard NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107 in the tennis court parking lot
Holiday Cheer
- Holiday Cheer tradition of complimentary cookies and hot beverages - stop by and wish the Mayor and others Happy Holidays!
- Gift baskets, stocking stuffers
- Jericho will have wreathes, trees, and holiday plants
- Book signings
- Business Spotlights: Joliesse Chocolates, Kelly Jo Designs and Jillipeppers
- Los Ranchos 4-H Club will hold their annual fundraiser - selling ornaments and other handmade items
- Great local produce and products
Holiday Orders
- Nancy's Jams and Jellies: Taking orders for jams/jellies: email@example.com, 505-345-7117
- Geri's Catering: tamales, posole and baked goods: email@example.com, 505-459-4030
- Jeffrey's (Hand to Mouth Foods) sweet and savory pastries: eat firstname.lastname@example.com, 505-265-5991
- Randy's (Little Ranch Creamery) pies and ice creams: email@example.com, 505-897-2197
- Cravin' Cookies: email@example.com, 505-298-2597
- Old Windmill Dairy: goat cheeses, firstname.lastname@example.com, 384-0033
- Corrales Chile: blue corn products, firstname.lastname@example.com, 505-314-6391
Music by Rob Roman
Market Vendor Specials Could Include:
- John and Barbara: lamb, wool products, 4 varieties or arugula, napa cabbage, oriental cabbage, chard, collard greens, endive, mixed greens, beets, radishes, cilantro, boo choi, spinach
- Fishhuggers: beef and salmon
- Sunchokes: Mary Moses and August
- Lewandowski: carrots, potatoes, onions, and leeks
- Root Cellar Farms: parsnips, rutabagas
- Dried flower arrangements, paper white and amaryllis
Holiday Shopping
Many of the vendors will have holiday gift boxes, and specials for your holiday giving including stocking stuffers.
- Corrales chile will have blue corn ornaments and gift baskets
- Joliesse Chocolates - yummy chocolates!
- Jillipepper salsas
- Luque Bison sauces
- Soaps, cards, ornaments, lavender packages, dried herb mixes, pottery and more!
Market Tables
Despite the cold weather, there is still a lot of choices of fresh, local produce and products. Market tables feature fresh, local produce with great selection and quantities including assorted greens, micro greens, brussels sprouts, potatoes, beets, radishes, onions, carrots, turnips, parsnips, rutabagas, edible flowers, fresh herbs, eggs, pecans, jams/jellies, goat cheese, lamb, grass-fed beef, Luque bison meat sauce, various breads and pastries, cheese, honey, biscotti, tartlets, home-made granola, pesto, pintos, and more. Also forced bulbs, seasonal plants, herb plants, house plants, dried herbs, culinary herbal mixes, burritos, pastries, hot coffee, and much more!
Arts and Crafters
Colorful yard art made from recycled materials, bird houses, walking canes, wind chimes, benches. Wide variety of jewelry, spa soaps, lotions and candles. Original T-Shirts, women and little girl clothing, handbags; scarves that are knitted, tie-dyed or embroidered. Traditional tin work, decorative and functional pottery, tiles, carved gourds, stained glass, watercolors, mosaic tables. Fabric projects and work done with wool felt. Greeting cards, origami, detailed paper-cuts; all handmade by NM artists.
Upcoming Winter Markets: January - April, 2nd Saturday of the Month, 10am-Noon
- Saturday, January 11, 2014, 10am - noon
- Saturday, February 8, 2014, 10am - noon
- Saturday, March 8, 2014, 10am - noon
- Saturday, April 12, 2014, 10am - noon
Inclement Weather
WINTER MARKETS ARE THE SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH FROM 10:00 A.M. - NOON, STARTING WITH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 . Winter Markets will be held in the parking lot. In case of inclement weather, the markets will be held in the barn...just steps away.
Contact Information
The Los Ranchos Growers' and Arts/Crafts Market has been operating every season since 1992. For vendors who would like to participate in the 2014 season:
- Growers: Contact Sue Brawley at 890-2799 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
- Arts/Crafts: Contact Josie Mohr or Rita Ryan at the market, or visit the website at www.losranchosartsandcrafts.com
- Facebook: Get the latest information about the Los Ranchos Growers' Market by becoming a fan on Facebook.
The market's regular season is from May through mid-November. Hours are 7:00 A.M. – Noon between May – August. Hours are 8:00 A.M. – Noon between September – mid-November.
The market's winter season is the second Saturday of the month and is from 10:00 A.M. - Noon. Please visit the Village's calendar, refer to the posted signs at the Growers' Market, pick-up a Los Ranchos Village Vision Magazine, or see the contact information above if you would like more information.
This wonderful event is sponsored by Affordable Solar, Village of Los Ranchos, 770 KKOB News Radio, the Weekly Alibi and the New Mexico Farmers' Markets. A great local resource is the Middle Rio Grande Council of Governments Agriculture Collaborative.
Map to Market
*Markets will be held outdoors unless there is bad weather then the markets will be in the community barn.


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*Knock on Wood* I have some days where I feel half way normal again, yay! Though yesterday I was back to feeling like death, but hey, I'm thankful for the few good days I get!
So, I did a very brief mini session with Luke for his 3 year portraits. I'm two weeks late on that, but it's better than never. Lasted maybe 15 minutes, LOL! He hates the camera!
Also had a family session with two kids on Sunday, though I haven't edited any of those yet. It felt good to be behind the camera again though, and I'm happy with how they came out.
Anyway long story short, here's my first edit from Luke's pictures. You can see how thrilled he looks with the process. CC welcome of course:
f/3.2, SS 160, ISO 400, Natural light
And to make myself feel good (LOL!) here's a shot from last year that I took right before his second birthday. OH THE HORROR!!! Granted, these aren't sRGB or sharpened for web (b/c I had no clue about that stuff last year), but it's still AWFUL!
I've missed you gals!
I'm so glad you're feeling better!!! Can't wait to see some from your shoot, I've really missed seeing your work. And while Luke looks less than thrilled, he's as cute as ever. I think it's a nice shot! I'm cracking up at last year's picture, you really have come a LONG way! But it's great to see, ya know? I mean, there's nothing like comparisons to show growth.
Thanks gals! Yes I really need to do my one year post (one year was mid September--I suck so bad that I haven't done that yet!). Newtomom (sorry I don't know your real name!) of course there is hope! This board is such an amazing place to learn--I hope you stick around!
I was just about to ask you your lighting setup and then saw NATURAL LIGHT? Wow, it looks great. I have that same seamless color and cannot get it to look anywhere close to that. Way to go on your growth in the last year! He is ADORABLE, even with the less than thrilled face, it shows his little personality!
Now a dumb question...what is sRGB? I sharpen for web, but no clue what sRGB means?
Glad to hear you are feeling better! Sounds like you have had a rough first tri!
Thanks! I edit in Adobe RGB, which doesn't look right on the web. So I convert to sRGB (which I read in Kelby's books is the correct profile for web viewing) before I resize, sharpen and upload. If you upload an Adobe RGB the colors get wonky and washed out.
Yes I still love his little face here! I have a bunch to edit (even some with smiles, yay!) but this was one of the first ones I saw and I had to edit it.
Looks great Meagan. Sorry you are still feeling sick now and then. I get days like those too, and I am half-way. Hang in there. Luke is getting really big!
-El mommy to B & A
Just chug-chug-chugging along.
Wow!!! What a difference a year makes! I LOVE the new shot, but you knew that already


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Posted by inpainagain (U13752306) on Thursday, 7th May 2009
Anyone else with arthrititis and cheese...I know it sounds daft but I suspected that when I had eaten cheese my arthritis flared up.
Now I had cheese tonight on a baked potatoe and 20 mins later my fingers have swelled up and are very painfull, I have not had very much pain at all for over 2 weeks that was when I stopped eating cheese.
Tonight my OH made the tea and of course I forgot all about it but now I am suffering again.
hi, its been known for a long time that it is best to avoid blue cheese when you suffer from arthritis.
can i suggest that if you enjoy cheese, but certain ones cause a problem.
try having coffee with cheese. this is the reason behind coffee at the end of a meal as i understand it.
iin certain sports, tri-athlets, bodybuilders, power lifters etc.
when they eat cheese also take coffee, caffine coffee, is also a stimulant.
not de-cafe, which is what people with arthrits should be taking.
the coffee stops the fat being absorbed by the body, but you still benefit from the calcium. as i understand it.
the cheese (strong/mature), acts as a stimulant which can stimulate inflamation, hense the pain. george
There can be lots of foods that make any illness worse - everyone's body is unique. I'm made worse pain, mood and energy wise if I eat wheat or dairy, and have multiple true allergies to other foods.
Thank you very much George, I have as I have said been unsure about the cheese connection with arthritis, now I will leave it out alltogether, it just isn't worth the pain.
But I am happy that I have found this out and I will be checking other foods to see how I react to them....thanks again.
there is another thread running.
but the foods that cause stimulation, nice foods are the ones normally cause the problems, foods that stimulate taste buds and the brain can stimulate infamation, hense you flush when eating certain foods.
obvious is, spices, chillis, citric fruits etc.
less obvous but in the same category, brown sauce etc.
but strawberry and raspberry jam, not necessarily the fruits their self, but when made into a preserve,
due to the pectine used.
the new 'super jam' being produced buy a young guy from his grannies recipe, is supposed to be ok.
tomato's one of the worst foods for causing inflamation to joints from my understanding. & experience. (acidic) george
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Posted by Wizard of Ouch - host (U1726404) on Friday, 8th May 2009
You read it here first ... if you drink coffee after each meal, you won't put on weight. Extra extra
Do we have percentages? Like ... is it 10% efficient? Or will it stop you absorbing, say, 25% of fat?
What we need here, for many disability reasons, is for someone to create a cheesy coffee drink.
wizard of ouch. correction.
you & some others read it here first!
some people like me were pointed in the direction of the technique and read it many years ago.
in my case by a nutritionist recomended by a sports injury doctor.
but helping the breakdown of fat and the passage of it from your body, is not to do with loosing weight.
the context that the subject is being raised here is regarding the possibility of reducing pain when eating cheese.
but gaining the nutricional benefits.
the certain athletes that know of its benefits regarding preperation for particular type of events,do so for different reasons.
before mocking, it may be best for you to do some checking on the subject. george
incase you are wondering about the science, its the effect of caffine,on the rennet, which is used or its enzymes, used for the coagulation of milk, essential in the cheese mazing proccess, but which can have adverse effects in the production of lactic acids when exercising, but benificial amino acids for healing and stamina.
please be aware that coffee can be harmfull to some medical conditions, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis etc.
but the effect on the metabolism can be of benefit for some with exercise. many differing opinions on the subject.
some for's and againsts here.
sorry i dont know how to add link. george
tomato's one of the worst foods for causing inflamation to joints from my understanding. & experience. (acidic) george
I completely agree. My ankles are soo painful if I overdo it on tomatoes and I don't have even have arthritis in my ankles.
An osteopath told me that tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and aubergines can each cause inflamation. Apparently they are related to each other. I tried cutting out all of them and when I reintroduced tomatoes, found that was the was causing the pain.
I don't understand why drinking coffee after eating cheese will stop the cheese causing inflamation when coffee is also supposed to cause inflamation too. Would someone please explain it to me.
I have arthritis but it's supposed to be osteo and psoriatic, though not severe, and I've found that milk products can inflame it, although I'm ok with small amounts. I don't get an immediate reaction in my joints, it takes time. I used to drink a lot of milk and eat quite a bit of cheese and butter, and when I stopped, my joint pain massively reduced. It has taken time and experimentation to discover that the occasional mini-pizza or a margarine with a bit of buttermilk in it won't cause too many problems.
I also get a catarrhal and asthmatic reaction to it, so it seems to be a general milk product thing. In my case, I've no idea if it's the sugars or the protein that I have a reaction to because I've never taken the trouble to get tested.
I think that if you have any sort of atopic (allergicky) condition, it's well worth trying to exclude different foods one at a time to identify any that cause problems. Beware of doing what some people on the net and in books recommend and cutting out lots of stuff all at once. For example, some people suddenly cut all dairy products and meat out of their diet at once without substituting any other protein such as combinations of grains and pulses.
I'm lucky that I live in a city with a wonderful range of foods available so it's easy to substitute different foods for anything I leave out.
hi, coffee is a diuretic, which is why it can reduce the absobtion of essential minerals, vitamins, calcium into the blood stream, which is why people with arthrits shoild not take to much coffee or smoke, which has a similar effect.
the cheese and coffee, has the reaction on rennet in cheese that i mention in the earlier posts, but also it can stimulate your metabolism. and stimulate digestion.
so its swings and roundabouts.
bad for you,
but in moderation it can be good for you.
not all coffees have much caffine, and if its taken with milk (calcium) this can be good for calcium intake,
but then coffee is diuretic so the benefit can be lost, and taking sugar with your coffee can be bad, if its a weight or diabetic issue.
so, its mixed up and difficult to access, but worth looking into i think. george
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Posted by ProfessionalCripple (U13715341) on Friday, 8th May 2009
What we need here, for many disability reasons, is for someone to create a cheesy coffee drink.
One Gorgonzola Cappuccino, coming right up!
Coffee also wards off Parkinsons www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
and Alzheimers www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
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Posted by ProfessionalCripple (U13715341) on Friday, 8th May 2009
An osteopath told me that tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and aubergines can each cause inflamation. Apparently they are related to each other. I tried cutting out all of them and when I reintroduced tomatoes, found that was the was causing the pain.
These are all members of the "Solanaceae" family of plants - sometimes called the Nightshades.
Many of the plants in this genus are known to cause allergy, and some people can suffer an informatory or allergic response if they are eaten. This is not surprising as this group of plants is a main stay of Pharmacology and medicine and includes naturally occurring forms of Alkaloids - and many medications used to day are derived from this group of plants.
Many folks have found that removing all this group from the diet can bring improvement.
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Posted by arthriticankles (U14003909) on Sunday, 31st May 2009
YES - since years I have noticed that my various arthritis problems are exacerbated by eating hard cheese of any kind, particularly with bread.
I then regularly (once or twice a year) tell myself that is ridiculous, and try again since I love cheese and it sounds so far fetched.
Now that my left hip is needing an operation which I hoped to put off for a year - suddenly it flared up so badly, that I literally couldn't put my left leg down without searing pain - and just remembered that I ate a delicious ham and cheese sandwich the day before.. (it always seems to take a day to react to).
I almost always have coffee with my lunch - can't remember, but would suspect that I did have one - and really don't think that that helps cancel out the cheese - for me anyway.
Just thought worth replying so others don't think they are crazy when they relate their pain to cheese intake!!
I have a friend whose bad back is exacerbated by eating dairy products; she now avoids them.
message 16,
the suggestion of the function of having coffee with cheese is not in relation to reducing pain as its main function, its related to fat absorbstion. or the reduction of.
as to eating bread & cheese,or cheese & crackers etc.
this is the digestive order world wide really & has gone on for as long as human beings have eaten meat, or cooked meat.
for very sound reasons.
combining carbohydrates & protiens in one meal.
tatties and mince,beef cobbler, hotpot, steak pie, fish and chips, curry & rice, pasta & tuna,
unleavened breads, coos coos, flour doughs and eaten all over the world as a meal, where meat is not available it will be with other available fats, possible in the form of dairy products which are mostly high in fats and protien.
so nothings new, the bodies requirements just kind of get provided for without people knowing its happening. george
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Apr 11, 2012 • By David Murray • 8 CommentsWalter Isaacson is frustrated. Reviews of his Steve Jobs biography have focused mainly on what he wrote about Jobs' weirdness: his faults, flaws, rough edges, idiosyncrasies, extreme emotionalism, etc.
Jobs did not deny his weirdness, and in fact instructed Isaacson to write it into the book. (Maybe he didn't think Isaacson would take him so literally!)
However, Isaacson wants people to focus on Jobs' focus; his ability to cut out not only bad things, but even the good things, in order to focus on the great things. Two examples:
When Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, it was producing a dozen versions of the Mac and a random array of numerous peripherals:
After a few weeks of product review sessions, he'd finally had enough. "Stop!" he shouted. "This is crazy." He grabbed a Magic Marker, padded in his bare feet to a whiteboard, and drew a two-by-two grid. "Here's what we need," he declared. Atop the two columns, he wrote "Consumer" and "Pro." He labeled the two rows "Desktop" and "Portable." Their job, he told his team members, was to focus on four great products, one for each quadrant. All other products should be canceled. There was a stunned silence. But by getting Apple to focus on making just four computers, he saved the company. "Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do," he told me.
Jobs also took his top 100 people on retreat every year. In front of his beloved Whiteboard, he would ask, "What are the 10 things we should be doing next?" When the group came up with their top 10, Jobs would slash the bottom seven and announce, "We can only do three."
Near the end of his life, Jobs met Google CEO Larry Page, and in a rare display of goodwill towards his great rival, he told him to pick five Google products out of Google's smorgasbord and focus on these alone.
Focus is one of the hardest things to achieve in ministry and in Christian service. Whether we are pastors, elders, deacons, or church members, there is not only so much to do; there is also so much opportunity to do it. There is such huge need around us, and we could (and often do) attempt to supply each and every need to some extent.
We try to do way too much and end up doing nothing really well. We end up like Google instead of Apple.
When Martyn Lloyd Jones heard the much-loved Scottish Pastor Douglas Macmillan preach, he sought him out afterwards and said, "Douglas you are a fine preacher. Keep off the committees!"
As Steve Jobs said, "Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do."
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I always enjoy Matt Perman on this topic. Here's an interview with him.
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- WD40 lubricant got its name because the first 39 experiments failed. WD-40 literally stands for "Water Displacement–40th Attempt.
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- Apple founder Steve Jobs ascribes his present success to reevaluating his life after three setbacks: dropping out of college, being fired from the company he founded, and being diagnosed with cancer.
- J.K. Rowling lost her marriage, parental approval and most of her money. But then, with nothing left to lose, she turned to her first love – writing. "Failure stripped away everything inessential," she said. "It taught me things about myself I could have learned no other way."
- Michael Jordan said: "I have failed over and over and over again, and that is why I succeed.
- The American chess master Bruce Pandolfini, who trains many young chess players, said: "At the beginning, you lose – a lot. The kids who are going to succeed are the ones who learn to stand it. A lot of young players find losing so devastating they never adapt, never learn to metabolize that failure and to not take it personally. But good players lose and then put the game behind them emotionally."
- Philip Schultz wrote a book of poems about his writing failures. Entitled, Failure, it won a Pulitzer prize!
If we have learned to fail well:
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- We will not resent or envy the "success" of others, nor will we get caught up in trying to imitate them.
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- We will emerge from our failures humbler and weaker, but wiser and happier too.
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Sian is our Finance Director and Huw's sister. She qualified as a chartered accountant in 1995 with Ernst & Young in London and then spent several years working in the finance team at GlaxoSmithKline before joining the Thinking Traveller team.
Debbie has worked in the travel business for nearly 25 years, at the helm of several of the UK's most successful specialist tour operators, as well as playing a part in setting up an airline! We are delighted that her enormous experience and knowhow are at the service of Think Sicily.
Katy first fell in love with Italy (and more specifically a Sicilian!) during her last year at school, prompting her to do a degree in French and Italian at Oxford University. After completing a Masters, her love of food led her into management at Carluccio's but the allure of Think Sicily and Think Puglia soon proved too much!
After graduating in Spanish and Italian, Vicky moved to the north of Italy where she spent three years teaching English. During her time there, she travelled the length and breadth of the country and knew that her future career would be in tourism: at The Thinking Traveller, she combines her passion for travel with her love and knowledge of Italy!
Clare studied Italian and Music at the University of Birmingham and the Universita' degli Studi in Bologna, where she cultivated her love of la dolce vita. The resident Thinking Traveller yoga fanatic, Clare will be able to suggest the best place for your holiday sun salutations!
Laura, who is Italian, has a BA in Tourism Studies and an MA in Tourism Management from the University of Technology, Sydney. After spending a few years travelling between the UK and Australia she joined The Thinking Traveller: the perfect place to put her expertise into practice!
Our French Client Manager Poppy spent the first few years of her life in Yorkshire before moving to France where she grew up and studied for her Baccalauréat. After completing her degree in French and Italian at Lancaster University she subsequently spent three years in Naples teaching English. Despite being back on home soil Poppy's passion for la dolce vita is undoubtable!
Having completed her degree, Ruth spent over 13 years working on several different continents, including 9 years in Italy. She joined our team in 2005 and has since travelled to Sicily and Puglia more times (and eaten more bruschetta!) than any of us can remember.
Originally from Venice, Michela graduated in Arabic and English before moving to the UK for her MA in Postcolonial literature. She has travelled extensively throughout Europe and the Middle East but her passion for all things Italian knows no rivals.
Rosie received a 1st Class honours degree in Modern Languages at the University of Essex and spent her Erasmus year in Lecce (Puglia), after having fallen in love with the region and its food on a family holiday. She recently enjoyed a week eating her way around Cefalù (Sicily), and is keen to explore all of Italy's culinary delights!
Joe graduated from The Nottingham Trent University with a degree in Business and Marketing and subsequently completed a diploma in Integrated Marketing Communications with the IDM. A devotee of the arcane pleasures of watching Crystal Palace, Joe's next sporting challenge is to ski on Mount Etna!
After graduating from Oxford University with a BA in Modern Languages (French and German), Lucy spent a year learning Japanese in Fukuoka, Japan, before completing an MA in Interpreting and Translating. Having worked as a public service interpreter and translator in Germany since 2011, Lucy has now joined The Thinking Traveller where she can bring together her passion for travel and love of languages.
Dhavish has lived in Mauritius, India and finally London, where he qualifed with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and completed an MBA in finance. An avid traveller and food enthusiast Dhavish is always looking forward to the next trip to our destinations!
Naeema qualified with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 2004 and joined The Thinking Traveller finance team in 2007.