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DAILY DOOM ANTIDOTE: Ten Things to Know About Denver Debate 10/4/2012 R
Kevin DuJan
Last night I did a Live-Stream-Transcript of the presidential debate from Denver, which you can checkout HERE if you want to catch up. Megan Fox and I did a post-debate recap show too that's a quick listen this morning…click HERE for that.
I want to hear all about what YOU thought of the debate in comments below, especially anything your coworkers or friends and family say about Barack Obama's performance today. In short, Mitt Romney did what he needed to do…which was to stand there and look presidential and show people that, yes, watching him for the next four years would be a good thing and would push aside all of the weirdness and malaise we've experienced lately. It was very much a Reagan-Carter moment for a lot of people and I know of a few Obama supporters here in Chicago who went on TV and said that after last night's performance there is no way they are voting for "The One".
Here are my Top Ten Things to Know About the Denver Debate Last Night:
10. Obama was injected with amphetamines or something before the debate and they wore off about 20 minutes in. Here in Chicago, word on the street for the last month has been that Valerie Jarrett was specifically tasked with getting Obama off coke and other drugs before the debates so that he would not embarrass himself on stage for an hour and a half. So, word is that Obama's been detoxing since at least September. This explains how haggard he's looked and how prickly he's acted for a while now…it's what addicts look and act like when they're cut off from their drugs. Remember that a President can have whatever drugs he wants. The Secret Service are not there to keep the president from breaking the law, they are just there to keep him alive. Obama's main drug suppliers are the junior staffers who work in the White House who go to Lafayette Park and buy him whatever he wants…and he also gets special deliveries from his friend Bobby Titcombe in Hawaii, who brings him "fish and poi" to the White House (that's Hawaiian slang for "weed and coke"). To get through the almost two hours of being on TV, Obama looks like he needed a big injection of beta-blockers and/or amphetamines. If you noticed at the beginning of the debate he was talking fast, acting erratic, and blinking like CRAZY he was still jazzed up by whatever they gave him. About twenty minutes later, it seems like the adrenaline in his system from being in front of the crowd might have caused the uppers to wear off…and his energy levels collapsed after that. By the end of the debate, Obama looked like he was aching for a new fix. This could be the reason Michelle Obama rushed him off stage and skipped the traditional "let's waive to the crowd for a while" schtick. She could tell he needed to get out of sight because he totally lost it out there.
9. Obama was rumpled and sloppy and looked like he slept in a halfway house last night. Remember when Chris Matthews used to wax on almost pornographically about Obama's creased pants and how sharp he looked? That was a long time ago, sister. The man who was out there on stage last night looked like he got his clothes from a consignment shop or the lost and found bin of a discount dry cleaners. He was rumpled and honestly looked like he might smell a little of urine. What on Earth was he doing immediately prior to arriving for the debate? Mitt Romney looked crisp, prepared, and responsible. Barack Obama was a walking mess. It was almost disrespectful to the audience that he showed up looking so disheveled.
8. Obama smirked a lot, behaved like a bratty child at times, and when he wasn't speaking stared down at the floor like he was thinking "What the heck am I even doing here?". This was just weird. When he wasn't talking, Obama would droop his head down like he was napping for a while. Sometimes he would giggle or smirk. When Romney would say something criticizing the bizarre and destructive things that Obama has done as president, he'd smirk or grimace. I didn't see a president up there as much as I saw a bratty child who was making faces while being scolded by the teacher.
7. Moderator Jim Lehrer did a piss-poor job, clearly favored Obama, and yet Obama was STILL trounced. Lehrer repeatedly interrupted Romney but didn't do that to Obama. It turns out that Obama got to talk for a full four minutes longer than Romney. When Obama was stumbling and in trouble, Lehrer rescued him. Romney had to actually debate Lehrer many times when Lehrer pressed interrogations of him. Obama was treated with kid gloves as usual. One of the best moments of the night was when Romney told Lehrer that he'd end the subsidies to PBS and Lehrer recoiled like a vampire doused in holy water. I just loved that. At the end, Lehrer oddly remarked that he had not done a good job as moderator…and Obama jumped in and said "You were fabulous, Jim!" and Romney just shook his head at the two of them.
6. Mitt Romney had one of the best and most destructive lines I have ever heard in a debate: when he compared Obama talking to things his five sons would say when they were small children and tried to get him to believe their lies. This was wonderful. I've never seen a grown man humiliated this way before…being compared to small children and not being able to give any sort of retort because it was totally accurate. Romney did this after Obama kept insisting that Romney would raise taxes by $5 trillion or some nonsense. Romney kept saying that Obama was wrong and told him to stop repeating that. Obama wouldn't, so Romney had to finally tell him that just because he keeps saying something doesn't make it true…and then Romney said, "you know, I raised five boys and they'd often keep saying something until they thought I'd believe it and it never worked". Obama put his head down after that and didn't try that $5 trillion thing again. Romney totally scolded Obama and Obama had no retort for it. It. Was. Epic.
5. Without a TelePrompTer for a crutch (that he has depended on for four years) Obama could barely string two sentences together without rambling, looking out into the crowd lost, and seeming disoriented. Remind me again why this man was supposed to be the greatest orator in the world and the most eloquent and soaring political speech-giver? Because he was a dull stumbling bumbler last night. I don't even think Chris Matthews or Keith Olbermann could masturbate to that debate performance Obama gave. Maybe Anderson Cooper, though.
4. Obama's hands were skeletal, his face was twitching, his eyes had deep dark circles around them, and he generally looked like death walking. In Chicago, most people on the ground think Obama has 'The Slims", which is black slang here for AIDS. I personally think he has Parkinson's disease…which is actually related to cocaine abuse in black men. Obama shakes, his face twitches, and he's gaunt these days. This is more than just severe drug abuse in the White House…this is illness. The man is not well, and it's showing. Is it 'The Slims" or is it Parkinson's? You be the judge. But someone with a five-star chef living downstairs, access to any kind of food that he wants, and nonstop vacations and "golf outings" should not look like a desiccated corpse walking around on stage in Denver. Something is seriously wrong. Of course, his medical records are kept hidden and not released to the public (unlike any president before him). I used to volunteer a lot with AIDS charities here in Boystown and would deliver holiday meals to shut-in AIDS patients who looked more robust and alive than Barack Obama did last night. Minitrue won't talk about it…or even mention it…but THAT was not a healthy man up there. That was someone who will be in a wheelchair or be bed-ridden soon.
3. Michelle Obama (dressed up like Grimace from McDonaldLand) stormed the stage when the debate was done and angrily dragged her husband offstage as quickly as possible, upset with his poor performance. I think Michelle Obama was MAD. She knew Obama lost big. She practically dragged him off the stage. There is no doubt in my mind she shouted at him the whole limo ride back to wherever they went afterwards. I'm sure after that Obama called Reggie Love on the phone to blubber to him about how mean Michelle is being. Their whole relationship is based on the simple fact that Michelle married him to be his beard and that he then would give her everything she wants in life as she keeps his secrets. Last night, he didn't keep his end of the bargain up. And Michelle was STEAMED! And did you catch the bit in the beginning where Obama called her "Sweetie" when he talked about it being their anniversary. It was so strange and forced…more awkward than Al Gore's bizarre attempt to kiss Tipper in 2000. This was totally something consultants told him to do so he'd seem human and appeal to voters…but it just ended up looking icky.
2. Even the Ministry of Truth (Minitrue, for short) that is the corrupt, vintage media had to admit that Obama's performance was a disaster. Chris Matthews had to admit Obama bombed. Andrew Sullivan called it a disaster. Other members of Minitrue claimed "it was a tie or draw". Yah, right. Obama's sorry, disheveled clock got CLEANED last night and everyone knew it. I have no idea how they will spin this but know today will be enjoyable watching them try. I doubt even Minitrue can rewrite history enough to award Obama a retroactive win here.
1. Romney succeeded in drawing a stark contrast between himself and Obama and offered voters a real choice that did not present Obama in a good light. Mitt Romney has really grown on me. For an hour and a half I watched a man take every punch that Jim Lehrer threw at him. Obama was there too, but he was kind of irrelevant. Lehrer was fighting for Obama and trying to land the punches on Romney that Obama just couldn't. So Romney had to hold his own against TWO people…with one of them being the moderator. And Romney succeeded impressively. He is knowledgeable, quick on his feet, and came across as reassuringly competent. And he was handsome, too! I'd never really noticed that before…but he's very handsome, strong-looking, and is the kind of president that in a movie or TV show would triumph over space aliens and successfully manage whatever natural disaster is coming. He exudes confidence and instills in me a belief that with him at the helm we can get everything back on track. Meanwhile, Barack Obama looked like a low-rent drug addict who was jonesing for his next fix and was totally disinterested in being there.
It was a fun debate to watch. I think it convinced a lot of people that it's time to let Obama go so that he can retire to that estate in Hawaii that Penny Pritzker and his other supporters are buying for him. Perhaps he needs a visit to Betty Ford before he moves to Honolulu but his time in the White House is limited at this point and everyone, including himself, knows it.
Can you collect some good reactions to the debate below in comments? I am especially interested to see if any of the Tokyo Rose conservative writers out there like Erik Erikson, George Will, or Peggy Noonan attempt to breed Eeyores today and claim Obama did well or that Romney didn't do "well enough". These guys usually like to write something contrarian just to get attention…but they are also paid a lot of money to demoralize conservatives at every turn, so I wonder if they will be out doing damage control on Obama's behalf today.
What else are people buzzing about today?
I'd especially love ground reports of local reactions to what happened last night.
What else is on your mind today?
This is an open thread, as is usual for your Daily Doom Antidote.


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CUSTOM3 at Unison
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
By John Dugan
Photos by Debbie Carlos
We're already big fans of Unison's textile products here at Design Bureau—I doze off nightly on the couch under a printed organic cotton blanket I picked up at a Unison warehouse sale a few years ago. This month, Unison hosted an event to show us a different side of its fabrics: Reupholstery.
At this month's Custom Cubed event, we saw the result of a collaboration. Three local companies Unison, Eli Wyn Upholstery and Furniture Revival teamed up to restore vintage furniture by Jens Risom, Knoll and various unknown '70s designers, using Unison fabrics. It turns out that Unison fabrics, hand-printed on the East Coast on sailcloth or slub duck, are ideal for upholstery—they hold up to commercial coatings like flame and stain retardant, for one thing. At the event, furniture lovers talked custom upholstery and restoration projects with the experts while perusing and buying one-of-a-kind cubed ottomans made with Unison fabrics. The line of unique restored furniture pieces was also up for sale.
Photographer Debbie Carlos documented the project behind-the-scenes—see the chairs go from ripped vinyl to new cloth in the photos at left.
Find out more about upholstered vintage furniture at unisonhome.com
The Jens Risom Chairs (first photo), $1200 each
Knoll Club Chairs, $750 each
17x17x17 Ottomans made with Unison Fabrics, $275 each
Sofa reupholstered in Unison Stitch Black fabric, $2000
Chaise Lounge in Lush Olive, $1400
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In the totally overblown intro (sorry, that's like complaining that a cow moos), Ryan Seacrest seems to insinuate that there will be a shocker of a cast-off tonight. That can only mean it's Adam Lambert, because any of the others are expected to go at some point. And finally when the show is actually endorsing a gay winner; in the Ford commercial, a vehicle shoots rainbows. Eek!
Taylor Hicks is in town, as is Natalie Cole. And Jamie Foxx is performing his single "Blame It." But first we get a standards medley from the Top 5, which is well-served by four of them being guys. The group sings actually start to sound better with fewer contestants, which is weird; usually the fewer voices, the more awkward. Guess the lip-synching was a good move.
The Idols ruin a perfectly good kitchen trying to make birthday cakes for Allison and Danny. Their landlords hired a maid service to clean up, bill totaling an infuriating $6,000. Seriously, the Ace of Cakes cake that tab could have bought…
The Verdicts
Ryan recaps the performances individually, dividing the group into two. They are Kris and Matt, and Allison and Danny. Adam has to choose which group he belongs to, and remarkably, Adam actually makes a choice. And he chooses wrong. Adam joins Kris and Matt in the Bottom Three.
Natalie Cole is a fox! Season 5 Idol Taylor Hicks is a country singer? And he stands like he has to pee.
Back to business! Kris Allen is safe.
Jamie Foxx is very lucky someone invented Auto-Tune.
And finally, the shock that is not: Matt Giraud is indeed going home. In his reprise of "My Funny Valentine," he again employs a Megan Joy vocal quality that truly earns him his one-way ticket back to Kalamazoo.


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1. Q: Tell me about your new book. How did you come up with that (story, angle, idea)?
"Amidst Traffic" is a collection of interconnected short stories. Most recently it won the International Book Awards in its category and placed as a finalist twice in two other major independent publishing book awards.
The stories are darker in tone (you have a woman tattooing scribbles all over her body, a man digging a hole just to escape nightmares and people who hear voices or see visions of the future). In it of themselves, each story is intended to feel a little chaotic and unsettling. But as they come together, the reader can see connections not only in themes but between storylines and characters. The book aims to represent how chaotic and twisted life can seem when we look at it at a microcosmic level (in the moment). But if we had the ability to step back and look at the greater picture, there's a sense of order and purpose that exists beyond the chaos. Many of the stories intentionally tackle Christian themes, but none of the stories come across as "conversion stories" or "preachy."
I wrote the stories over a four-plus year span, but I didn't get the idea of reworking them to have all of the connections form until mid last year.
2. Q: Who is your target audience?
It's tough to say because the main genre for this collection is definitely literary, so I want to appeal to a college-type audience or readers who aren't afraid to use stories as an opportunity to think. But at the same time, because of the themes that drive a lot of the stories forward, I could see Christians who consider themselves intellectual really loving this collection.
3. Q: How did you get interested in writing books?
I first wrote one of the stories in this collection when I was 16 years old. Years later, I realized how terrible it was and I practically rewrote the entire thing. I got into writing in high school because we had to do a book report on a chosen author. I picked Stephen King, and I was surprised by how alive his stories are and how believable his characters are. It blew my mind that I could feel such strong emotions over fiction, so I fell in love with the spell of it and I thought that I might give it a shot myself. I wrote my first novel by the time I graduate high school and then published it about a year or two later.
4. Q: What kind of research did you do for this book?
"Amidst Traffic" wasn't born so much out of research as it was born out of a response to existentialism. In college, we read a lot of contemporary literature that revolved around existential philosophy, and I found the idea to be such a fraud. I found it so ironic that all these brilliant authors wasted portions of their lives to create beautifully-written novels only to reveal a message of meaninglessness. I found that movement so self-destructive. So I wanted to respond with a collection where meaning exists beyond the boundaries of the pages. Meaning exists beyond the presence of a single story. Meaning exists beyond our egotistical selves and our individual experiences. That's really what Amidst Traffic is about.
5. Q: What's a typical working day like for you? When and where do you write? Do you set a daily writing goal?
I usually write in huge chunks, just like I eat my meals. Lately, when I set myself to write a new short story, I explode with 3,000 words almost all in one sitting. Then I walk away. When I set my goal to finish and publish "Amidst Traffic" I could only dedicate one day out of the week to writing, so every Tuesday night I pushed through as much as I could and still finished the book two months ahead of schedule. But my challenge is that I do too many things right now. I work full time for the Army, I have a wife, a two-year-old baby and a photography business. Plus we are moving to Chicago in a few months so writing has been almost non-existent lately. But I'm not afraid because I know myself. I know that once I set myself on schedule again, I'll persevere and complete my next novel without problems.
6. Q: What is the hardest part of writing for you?
I really have to be in the midst of writing to think about my story. When I walk away, I have a hard time developing plot ideas or characters or even dialogue. Once in a while, a bit of inspiration will appear out of nowhere while I'm not writing, but usually I have to immerse myself and I become pretty antisocial. I don't really get bothered by "writer's block" because I'm always doing something. If I have to take a break from writing because my mind isn't in it, I'll find something useful to do instead.
7. Q: What's the best thing about being an author?
There really isn't anything good about being an author other than the false allure. We like to pretend we are these clever magicians with mystical power of words and invention, that we can change worlds (or at least create them) … but really we're just delusional. Think about it. What other profession allows people to create lies, perfect them, believe in them and convince others that they are real. Plus we are constantly looking for attention, praise, justification of our worth. Authors are pretty odd creatures. But we love what we do. We just love it. So even though we are constantly seeking glamour and praise, in reality we start this profession called writing because the desire is inside of us and we want to express it.
8. Q: What are you working on now?
Right now I'm working on a Christian novel called "Jump." It's a bit inspired by John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" and written as a desire to explore modern Christianity and man's perversion of it. We have so many denominations and so many contradictions of practice in today's Christianity that I wanted to take a novel's approach to that question and create a character who would go on a journey of faith. This novel scares me because it's going to force me to do some serious biblical research and soul searching and additionally it's going to require me to call out "false" Christianity in our modern world. And who am I to do that? I don't even have a seminary degree. So hopefully if this novel turns into a Goliath, God will provide me with more than a slingshot to bring it down.
9. Q: What advice would you give to aspiring young writers?
Stop. Now. While you're ahead. Find something else. Don't do this terrible thing called, "Becoming an Author." No, no, I'm kidding. I say if you want to be a writer, do it because you have a personal desire. Do it even if you had NOBODY read anything you wrote ever. Do it and pretend like there's never going to be any money or praise in it at all (which is mostly true). If you still want to write out of internal desire and not out of some false external idea, then push through. Learn quality writing and don't settle for cheap sentences. Write every sentence like you had to fight an editor for it. Don't muddle through a scene. And don't be lazy. There's nothing wrong than a lazy writer. Man, I'm starting to sound pretty nasty right now. That's what writing can do for you kids!
10. Q: Do you have any favorite authors or favorite books?
My favorite short story author is Richard Bausch, though I haven't read much of his stuff in a few years. I'm trying to explore and discover as many independent authors as possible at this time. My favorite novelist is Cormac McCarthy. He writes so simply and yet every word he puts to paper carries such weight and emotion and complexity. It's an amazing experience to read his work.
11. Q: What are you most proud of accomplishing so far in your life?
In 2008 I deployed to Iraq with the U.S. Army public affairs as an Army journalist and got to cover stories of all kinds about Soldiers working overseas to rebuild a country in the midst of war. For that work, I received the Army Journalist of the Year award and received a coin by Honorable Pete Geren, who was the Secretary of the Army at the time.
Telling the stories of Soldiers is always a very emotional and touching subject for me. Every time I see Soldiers being welcomed home or returning to their families after a long deployment, I feel it in my heart. I know how it is, and I feel like I'm reconnecting with my own family, my fellow citizens every time.
To get recognized and awarded as a journalist for telling their stories for a year is always really touching when I think about it.
12. Q: If you were writing a book about your life, what would the title be?
Right now I actually have a short memoir out titled "Child, Hold Me" which revisits the loss of a baby my wife and I experienced when we were dating in college. The book is intended to give a male, compassionate perspective to the topic of miscarriage, pregnancy and even abortion. It's tough to expose your real life events so openly to the world and publish it for people to read. I don't think I could ever write a full-length memoir about my life. There's too many sins that I wouldn't want anyone but God to know about.
I would like to thank Michel for taking the time to do this interview. If you would like to learn more about Michel Sauret and his books, visit his official website, check out his books on Amazon, and follow him on Facebook.
Happy Readings,
Casey Sean Harmon


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A British silver fox has moved into the Belle Court Retirement Center, and octogenarian amateur sleuth Viv Kennedy is crushing on him hard. Unfortunately, he appears singularly unimpressed with Viv's overnight adoption of every British phrase she knows (and a few she's, admittedly, unclear on.) Maybe if she and Salem Grimes can solve the murder of the hotshot TV reporter Peter Browning, she can catch his eye. The fact that Peter's death has not been ruled a murder is a minor consideration.
Salem is certainly willing to help Viv land Nigel the Brit. After all, it will make her best friend happy. It will also make her husband happy — Tony is under the impression that if Viv finds a man and settles down, Salem will stop chasing bad guys down dark alleys with her. But Salem doesn't know if that will make her happy. She knows she isn't really a private detective. Shoot, she isn't even any good at the chasing bad guys down dark alleys part. But after a lifetime of floundering, she's finally found something that makes her feel like she's contributing to the world.
As Salem and Viv do their durndest to tighten a noose around a killer who may or may not exist, along with working "crikey" into every conceivable conversation, Salem finds herself wondering where her gifts are and what God's plan for her life could possibly be.
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"Okay, now I want you to lift up tall… breathe in… aaaand…lift up tall tall tall."
I lifted up tall in my triangle pose. Or rather, as tall as I could, given that I am only of medium height and that I was also trying to keep one hand wrapped around my ankle. I shifted my feet on my yoga mat and tried to find my center of balance. Where was that crazy thing?
I glanced over at Viv, her lean legs in bright pink and yellow tie-dyed leggings, her bare feet planted solidly on her own mat beside me.
I couldn't decide what was worse: the fact that I, a young, healthy woman in the prime of her life, was bad at yoga, or the fact that my best friend, Viv, who was somewhere in her eighth decade of life, was so good at it.
Sweat poured out of every cell of my body, and I felt like my face was about to catch fire.
"Mmmm…this pose is a fantastic stress reliever," the instructor purred.
"Fantastic," I grunted under my breath. My feet were sweaty and felt like they were going to shoot out from under me, sending me into involuntary splits. I struggled to keep them on the mat.
"Just relax and focus on your breath. In… and out. In… and out."
I prayed for it to be over.
"Okay, now, one more breath. That's it. Relax into it."
For the life of me, I could not understand how anyone could relax into this. I felt like my ribs were breaking. Was I supposed to feel like my ribs were breaking? This couldn't be right.
I ducked my head and looked at the other people in the class. No one else seemed to be on the verge of cardiac arrest. I must be doing it wrong.
I checked Viv again. She had never looked more serene.
"Okay, now we're going to go down to our mat, on our shins."
I silently said a prayer of gratitude and dropped to my knees on the mat.
"We're going to go gently down to our mats," the instructor said with a pointed look at me. "On our shins and then down to our forearms."
I cringed, but did as I was told and tried not to imagine how wide my posterior must look to the row behind me. Note to self: always claim the back row in yoga – and everything else, if possible.
"Now, I want you to just relax your heart into your forearms–"
What? Relax my heart into my forearms? How did that…what?
"And breathe into your kidneys."
I started to draw in a breath but stopped. Breathe into my kidneys?
I thought about that for a moment, then noticed that the rest of the class was moving on to a different position. I hadn't even figured out how to breathe into my kidneys yet! Wait!
Everyone else seemed to be lifting in that triangle thing, with their palms and feet on the floor, their booties in the air. I floundered around and finally got my hips up, rocking precariously back and forth before I caught my balance, spread my feet a little further apart, and then tried my best to maintain the pose. The backs of my thighs screamed.
"If you want, you can bring your legs in a little bit closer to your body, and drop the backs of your feet closer to the ground for a deeper stretch."
I was on the balls of my feet, and I felt like the stretch was quite deep enough, thank you. The blood was rushing to my head. My lungs felt buried under every other organ in my body.
My head hung between my shoulders. I tilted it just a bit. Viv's bony feet were flat on the ground. She turned her head and smiled sweetly at me.
I gave her a flat smile in return. "I will not forget this," I promised her.
After the class ended and I could summon the strength to stand, I rolled up my yoga mat and slung it over my shoulder. I could feel that my face was red as a clown nose and dripping sweat. Sweat rolled down my neck and the small of my back. I had been thoroughly disabused of my assumption that yoga was going to be relaxing and easy, kind of like stretching be-fore you get out of bed.
Viv, on the other hand, looked positively dewy as she pulled her jacket on over her form-fitting yoga outfit.
"This is going to get easier, right?" I mumbled as we followed the other students to the parking lot.
"Oh, sure," Viv said with a wave of her hand. "In a couple of weeks, you'll really get the hang of it and love it." She stretched her bony arms over her head and did a tree pose.
"Mmmhmmm," I said, because I was fairly sure that, even with my recent weight loss, my body would never be as limber and flexible as Viv's. It seemed patently unfair that she had that willowy, lithe body at 80-something years old while I was stuck with my basic fireplug structure. But it was what it was, and I didn't have enough energy left to do anything but accept it.
"I wonder why Tri-Patrice didn't make it."
Tri-Patrice was my childhood friend Trisha, who had decided to change her name to Patrice when she became a high-falutin' anchor on the local NBC affiliate, KBST. I'd tried to make the change, but my mouth always said, "Tri-" before it remembered she was Patrice now. So, I gave up and went with it. To me, she was either Trisha or Tri-Patrice, and we'd both come to accept it. Much as I'd accepted my fireplug body.
I opened the passenger door on the Monster Carlo and tossed my yoga mat and gym bag inside. As soon as the bag hit the seat, my phone beeped.
"Sorry," I said. I took the phone out of the bag. "She just sent me a text. She probably got stuck at work."
Trisha did the six and ten o'clock news, which was a pretty demanding job. To some people, it looked like she worked for an hour and a half every day, but I knew she put in some in-tense time at the station.
"Sorry, can't make it (obv). I think they found Peter. Not good."
I flipped the phone around and showed Viv.
She peered at it, then said, "Crikey."
"It's a word. I wonder what's not good."
Peter Browning was a hotshot reporter on KBST. He was pretty high profile, even for a big fish in a small pond like Lubbock. He had a reputation for hard-hitting investigative interviews, like the one a few months prior about the collapse of an elementary school following an earthquake that might have been caused by fracking for oil in the area. Or something like that—to be honest, I hadn't paid much attention. I knew there was a little girl who'd been crippled; Browning had gone after the guy who designed the building; and, not long after that the guy had been found dead. Browning was soon show-ing up in interviews with major networks as some kind of ex-pert on damages caused by fracking-related earthquakes.
Then a few days ago, he'd disappeared. Half the town had been out looking for him. His wife, a pretty young thing with an eight-months-pregnant belly, was on the news several times a day, pleading tearfully for information.
_I think they found Peter. Not good._
"It could be anything," I said. "Maybe they found him in Las Vegas, drunk out of his mind and blowing all his money on show girls."
"I saw a story about a woman whose car had gone off a bridge, and she was trapped in the bottom of a ravine for three days before anyone found her. It could be something like that."
"Exactly. Or maybe he got mixed up with the mob and he decided to go incognito—dyed his hair, grew a moustache, changed his name."
"Clearly, we need more information. Let's go up to the station to see what Patrice knows."
I wasn't surprised. Viv lived at Belle Court Retirement Home, and on Tuesday nights she usually found a reason to be gone because of Taco Tuesday. "You can't imagine what they consider a taco there," she said once, and shuddered. "I'd rather eat my own hair."
"I need to check with Tony first. He has Stump tonight."
"You have shared custody of your dog now?"
"No," I said, rolling my eyes at her and pulling on my own jacket now that the early-November chill was starting to hit my sweat. Viv knew about Stump's separation anxiety and why I could never leave her alone at our place in Trailertopia. "Frank is out of town and I didn't want to miss this class—which you promised would be fun –" I slapped her lightly on the arm with the back of my hand. "So, I took her over to Tony's."
"Well, he might as well get used to her if you're all eventually going to be one big happy. Listen, there's no sense in taking two cars. Let's take yours."
"Sure, but only if you'll drive."
"Oh, okay," Viv said, pretending (badly) to be a little put out by the idea. Viv was seriously envious of my 1974 Monte Carlo. Apparently, forty-years-ago Viv had wanted a Monte Carlo like Sue Ellen Ewing drove on Dallas and had been de-prived of that experience. She was the one who had talked me into buying the ancient metal monstrosity in the first place, and I expected any day now she was going to offer to buy it from me. She just had to come to grips with the idea that the Cadillac she bought around the same time I bought the Mon-ster Carlo was a lemon, at over twenty times the price I'd paid for her dream car. She appeared to still be in the denial phase of her grieving process.
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Content Filter Wish List
As we kick off 2017, rather than making a New Year's Resolution focused on my own improvement, I'm here to spell out my hopes for someone else: my favorite social media frenemy, LinkedIn.
Clearly, the good folks at LinkedIn have ignored my previous suggested remedies for getting back on track, and continue to morph into "FaceBiz." If Facebook can tailor its "news" feed to the biases of its users, perhaps LinkedIn can help me tailor my feed to only those things that give me actual business value.
Therefore, LinkedIn, please consider my fantasy list of content filters below, and give me the option to block:
- Any graphic illustrating the differences between a "boss" and a "leader" (am I the only one who reads those and thinks, "being the boss sounds awesome?")
- Any photos of a well-equipped cubicle awaiting the new employee
- Any photos of training class attendees sitting attentively in a training room
- Any photos of trade show attendees having discussions at a trade show booth
- Any photos of business professionals sitting in airplane seats en route to a training class or trade show
- Any picture of an inspirational message written on a whiteboard, easel pad or tablet
- Any request to "like" the notice of a dying child, an aging vet, a deceased spouse, or any other deeply personal tragedy to which the word "like" should not apply and that could not possibly benefit from a random list of gullible mouse-clickers.
Perhaps, if I had these options, I would be motivated to grow my network, rather than pare it down, as I am actively doing now.
As a software developer, I know that the logic to implement the above filters is quite difficult. Therefore, I will propose a very easy alternative. LinkedIn offers several choices to react to content, including "like"and "share."
- Like: Tell the author that you appreciated the content
- Share: Tell your business network that this is content worthy of consideration.
However, my feed shows both types of activity from my network – I see all of your "likes" and your "shares" equally in my content stream.
I will henceforth reduce my wish list down to one request:
- Only show me what my network "shares" and not everything they "like"
I will gladly take it from there, using the "Unsubscribe" option on anyone in my network who actually "shares" how many pens their new intern is getting.


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This 'gift', found waiting on the seat of every fashion editor, stylist and buyer attending the Autumn/Winter 2004 Lagerfeld Gallery presentation last week, is not really a present born out of altruism. The credit-card-sized, black, plastic Canderel dispenser is more a directive from Karl Lagerfeld to his audience: 'lose some weight'.
Unlike most front-row freebies - usually make-up in unimaginable shades, vulgar shoppers or neckerchiefs that barely span the neck of an average nine year old - the Lagerfeld Canderel Dispenser bears no trace of the fashion in the show it accompanied. Rather than communicating visual information about the colours, textures or proportions of the designer's vision for the oncoming season, the piece shifts focus away from the models' bodies onto the famously diminished physique of the German designer himself.
Save for the logos of each brand, the only decorative touch on the stickers attached to each side of the case is a silhouetted portrait of Lagerfeld, sporting his signature ponytail, shades and newly-sculpted chin and throat. Neatly timed-in with the launch of 'The Karl Lagerfeld Diet' (published by Metro since January 2004), the dispenser simultaneously announces the designer's staggering weight-loss (a reported 42 kilos) and asserts that this gruelling route is the only way to attain fashionability this season.
One might assume that such a flagrant act of narcissism and an inflammatory comment on the politics of size could only be made in jest. Yet with designers such as Balenciaga making fewer and fewer garments in sizes as 'large' as a UK 12, Lagerfeld is only saying what his contemporaries are thinking. Turn the dispenser side-on and you notice that it is roughly a third of the width of an ordinary Canderel box. Lagerfeld's message to us is clear as day: 'The dispenser has lost weight, I have lost weight, so what's your excuse?'
Canderel dispenser, part of a set, by Lagerfeld Gallery at Colette Paris +33 1 55 35 33 90
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Fall is here! At least in New England we have fall weather, perfect for jackets and sweaters, and the leaves are starting to change colors! There is very little that makes me this happy about any other season.
I love the gold leaves of this J. Crew window display. They didn't photograph as well as I would have liked {I was in a different mall than normal during daylight hours, and I'm pretty sure Paul Blart fell out of one of those skylights} but it's pretty nonetheless.
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Carpet Shopping
Recently I was carpet shopping at a local showroom and spotted this cutely patterned, nicely textured carpet. It was much too rough of a wool to use in a place where bare feet are present but I do love the warm colors and the pattern.
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Alumni donors Julie ('78) and Al Paulus have funded a scholarship for the McNair Scholars Program, which helps first generation and low income students to pursue their career goals through graduate school education. This year, Aaron Lewkowicz has been selected to receive this scholarship.
A Clinical Lab Sciences major, Aaron worked for five years as a lab assistant in a hospital in Minneapolis before enrolling at NMU for his degree. He recently completed a six month Medical Laboratory Technician internship at the Organization of Saint Francis Hospital (OSF) in Escanaba. Aaron writes that "I met many wonderful people there, from mission focused staff to patients who were willing to share their experience with me. While at OSF I was able to volunteer at a health fair held at a local casino to raise diabetes and cholesterol awareness. I will be joining OSF again at the upcoming UP State Fair with the same objective."
Aaron's McNair funded research will involve developing a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) assay for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus. As Aaron explains, "LAMP is similar to the popular Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique, in that it can be used in laboratories to detect small quantities of specific DNA. LAMP technology is about 15 years old now and it is starting to gain notoriety in the scientific community. The LAMP procedure is less expensive, simpler, and as accurate as the traditional PCR used today. This is exciting because embracing this simpler technology could help bring affordable, fast, and accurate tests to virtually any healthcare entity around the world."
Aaron writes, "I will begin research this 2016 Fall semester and hopefully I will finish my project around December. I would like to use this project to show graduate schools what I am capable of ………. This fall I intend to apply for a summer internship with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, or the National Institute of Health. They do not take a lot of interns, but I believe that if I can get the opportunity it would help me understand my passion."
After graduation, Aaron is interested in pursuing a PhD in medical research or becoming a pathologist. His McNair research mentor, Dr. Paul Mann, described Aaron as "a phenomenal student who is intelligent, inquisitive, and dedicated. He consistently scores the highest on every exam or quiz in the courses I have taught that he has taken. These are difficult Clinical Laboratory Science courses where the class average is usually in the low 70s and Aaron consistently scores in the mid to high 90s. He demonstrates a high level of mastery of the subject matter both in the classroom and in a laboratory setting. Aaron possesses a level of intellectual curiosity that far exceeds that of his peers in the classroom. He consistently asks thoughtful and insightful questions that are relevant to the material being taught."
The Paulus scholarship is the first scholarship that Aaron has ever received. As Aaron wrote in thanking Mr. and Mrs. Paulus, "Your generosity permits me to focus on my education, and it serves as a personal reminder to me of the type of person I would like to become. I am able to be here today because of the time and care of others, and I hope someday I will be able to help someone in the same way."


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The body of law given to Israel as a nation and as the visible expression of the church is covenant law and thus is unique. This makes it more difficult for modern Christians to properly analyze it and use it for today's society. When we think of civil laws in a modern nation, we think strictly in terms of legal actions related essentially to political and criminal laws. We think of laws being broken that involve police action, law courts, judges and civil sanctions. While such things are part of the judicial law in Scripture, one must not restrict the judicial laws within the Mosaic code to the modern conception. In this section, we are going to look at a number of things related to the moral case laws in an attempt to have a better understanding of biblical law and how we can use these moral laws today.
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First table foosball game on virtual reality!
We have prioritized the release and decided to start with Steam store and support Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets on Windows OS.
*Regarding Playstation VR we plan to evaluate technological capabilities of this platform later on based on registered customer interest.
Foosball VR comes on Steam Early Access – on 9th of February 2018. What does it mean?
As an early access member you will have:
- lower purchase price,
- big impact on the game evolution path,
- the opportunity of being one of the first people to play the game.
We strongly believe that early access program is the way to go for us and for our game fans.
This Steam Early Access game is currently not a finished game and may or may not change significantly over the course of development. To learn more about Steam Early Access, please visit http://store.steampowered.com/earlyaccessfaq/
We offer three levels of AI skills – easy, medium and hard. Each of these layers differs in terms of AI reaction time, reaction speed, execution speed etc. All those elements combined will alter the level of player's challenge.


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While it is accepted around the world that the first word that a child utters is 'mother', it is also a universal fact that it is the father towards whom almost every child looks, as his/her hero. He is the person who asks you to smile when you fall down from the bicycle the first time and surely he is the one who asks you not to drive the bike beyond the speed of 60 km/hr when you grow older. In themselves, our father and mother comprise of a whole world for us. And, it was with the aim of honoring the great man that we call dad that the holiday of 'Father's Day' came into being. It provides us with an occasion to say 'Thank You Dad', through various actions and gestures.
Father's Day is the day to make your daddy, and all the other men who have played the father figure in your life - say grandpa, stepfather and even elder brother, feel really special. It is the time to let them know how much you love them and care for them. Father's Day is celebrated on different dates across the world. In many countries across the globe, including USA, UK, India, Singapore, Mexico, Malaysia, Japan, Greece, France, China, and so on, it falls on the third Sunday of June. Then, there are countries like Australia and New Zealand that celebrate it on the first Sunday of September and places like Russia that have a fixed date for its celebration (February 23). Let us know more about Father's Day date i.e. when is Father's Day, in the coming years.
*Abah, TAHNIAH kerana mmenjadi salah seorang penerima Bintang Kebesaran Negeri Sabah - sempena Hari Jadi Rasmi TYT Negeri Sabah Tun Ahmadshah Abdullah ke-64 tahun 2 oktober lalu:)
p/s: Prof Madya Dr Kasim Md Mansor (ASDK) – Timbalan Naib Canselor UMS pun antara penerima pingat Bintang Kebesaran..
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- Wedding: June 2014
Hello bees,
We are planning to visit Maine for our minimoon this August. Does anyone have suggestions for a good location to just relax on the beach one day, and then be able to and get some hiking in while we're there? My fiance is an extreme hiker (he did the Pacific Crest Trail after college) and I am a mere day hiker. Any BnB (airBnB works, too), restaurants, cafes, and airport/flight suggestions would be most helpful!
In case anyone else finds this post, here's a search link for other posts on this topic! http://www.weddingbee.com/find/?search=honeymoon+in+maine#axzz2y26BInBX
Have heard good things about Rockport during the Lobster Festival, Bath, and Bar Harbor areas.
Happy weekend!


text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - I hope making many friends. Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in I hope making many friends. Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Making Friends View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message kim mi raeJoined: 09 Jul 2003Posts: 4 Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2003 5:12 pm Post subject: I hope making many friends. Hi~!! my name is [kim mi-rae] am...I'm from korea, busan. I don't English verry well.. I like all~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~music!! verry verry~love!! and...I like reading book. Especially commission talk book(?) like it! am... what you like it?? may be..you and I ...to be the same?????? wow~~~!!! I'm verry verry verry~~~~~~happy~!!! prease reply me we'll be good friende!! I hope to hear from you soon. oh~~sorry, I don't thinking that!!! My useing e-mail.... e-mail=([email protected]) thank you~ Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Making Friends All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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Managing school educational visits
NPW has secured a license for schools to use an online planning and management system (EVOLVE - Educational Visits Online Verification Engine) to manage the coordination and administration of school educational visits.
EVOLVE is used to collate all necessary educational visit information on one simple platform, where involved staff can update and add documents and information as the visit planning progresses through to evaluation once the visit has taken place. It is an online management tool and can be accessed when and where an educational visit finds you (you can even access it from your mobile).
The EVOLVE system
- All the information for your educational visits is stored and accessible from one online platform, where it can be updated. This reduces concerns about losing paperwork and ensures that everybody involved has all the necessary information where and when they need it.
- The site is overseen by NPW, fulfilling an advisory role and providing technical support (in conjunction with the team at EVOLVE).
- As an online platform, guidance and confirmation can be sought from the NPW EVOLVE team who will be able to access and monitor the visit documents from the platform, providing you with up-to-date advice.
- Schools selecting the service will have an individual profile, maintained by the EVC or nominated administrator, and individual users for all staff involved in educational visits at the school. With varying levels of access, information and documentation can be shared with all the users involved in the visit or only those who are leading or managing.
- With Ofsted requiring schools to provide data on the number and type of visits undertaken and whether learning aims have been met, the EVOLVE Report function can provide organised report information instantaneously for an inspector.
- EVOLVE is managed day-to-day by Alan Merry, Geetha Unnithan and Jonathan Parr. We operate a phone help-line to resolve queries and maintain the platform.
Educational Visit Coordinator Network
EVOLVE is an extension to the EVC network, run by Alan Merry. EVOLVE now forms part of the agenda at the twice yearly meetings. This gives users the chance to voice concerns and ask questions.
Contact Alan to sign up to the Network, to find out the date for the next meeting or book a place to train a new EVC.


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In 2016, Kirkistown Racing Circuit will award a prize to the driver with the Fastest Race Lap at each National Championship event taking place at the Co Down track.
Kirkistown, situated near the fishing village of Portavogie on the picturesque Ards Peninsula in Co Down has been home to the 500 Motor Racing Club of Ireland since 1953.
Amongst the visitors to Kirkistown are many famous motorsport names including the likes of Peter Collins, Ken Tyrrell, Paddy Hopkirk, John Watson, Martin Donnelly, Eddie Irvine, Derek Daly, Michael Roe, Kenny Acheson, James Hunt and Eddie Jordan. Several of these ended up in Formula 1.
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Don't you hate when you have Internet problems? We were down and dead for a good day and a half and thought we were gonna die! How did we ever survive without Internet before?
The good news is there is still time to join in the Paper Pretties challenge which is Red, White and Pink colors.
I used LoveBug for my card. Colored with copics and kept the card very simple to show off the image.
How to Enter: If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword PWC297.
Don't forget to include a link to your card on the Paper Pretties Blog, so everyone can see it too. You don't have to use Paper Pretties stamps to play, but of course if you have them we would love to see you use them. One random participant will receive a Paper Pretties Stamps set … see the Paper Pretties Blog for more details.
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Birthdays and Celebrations
The company I work for celebrates employee birthdays by buying a cake and gathering everyone to sing Happy Birthday and eat said cake. There have been five birthdays in the past month alone. Every time, at least four or five people will offer me cake. I always politely refuse and when questioned say that I do not want cake because I have diabetes. This seems to spark a whole uproar where people try to force me to take a slice of cake, saying "one piece won't kill you!" or "you can go off your diet once in a while, right?" Sometimes people think it's rude and get offended when I refuse the cake and ice cream. My question is, why the hell do these people think it's acceptable to try to get me to eat cake or ice cream or pie or bagels or whatever carb loaded, sugary thing they bring into the office?! I am always polite when I turn down their offers, but it really gets to me sometimes. Now, my coworkers are questioning what they can bring for my birthday. They ask, "well, what CAN you eat?" Like I'm reatricted to celery and water or something crazy like that. One person even went so far as to suggest they bring a veggie plate for me and a cake for everyone else! I'm just so frustrated with constantly having to explain my food choices and defend myself against their ignorance. Does anyone else deal with this stupidity? What do you say to people?
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If you are so polite why can't you tell them what you can eat? I did and they had gluten free and sugar free cupcakes for me and the other diabetics as well as the people who are gluten free. There was also regular cake.
Part of this is your fault. You can't blame them entirely. Simply explain to them what diabetes really is and tell them what to bring so you can be a part of the festivities. Sometimes diabetics bring problems onto themselves by hiding diabetes from their coworkers or not educating them when they ask.
They gave you an opportunity to tell them what to bring for you. That was an opportunity. If you didn't say anything and the person offered to bring a veggie tray why get upset about it?
This is why I try to avoid people with diabetes in real life as much as possible. They either don't want to talk about it, are offended when people ask or don't use the opportunity to share informed information. Maybe if you educate them they will know what kinds of foods to bring so you could join in.
We had carrot cake at the office once and an employee said she didn't understand why they always got carrot cake. She was told that she never offers to chip in when we had a small party or she never offered a suggestion when asked so don't complain about the end results. She was offended by what was said to her so the next time she chipped in and offered suggestions. That way she didn't have to feel left out any longer. It seems you co-workers were trying to work with you so that you could be a part of the festivities and you seem to over react. I always point my finger at the one who created the problem. If you don't tell them, they won't know.
Joyce, I really think you need to withhold your judgement of other diabetics, and me, before getting all the information. I have repeatedly told my coworkers that I have diabetes and choose to not eat cake because it does terrible things to my blood sugars. They make fun of me for not eating the way that they do, poke fun at the things I do eat and wave sweets in my face like the bullies in school. How dare you assume I brought this on myself. Would you tell a child being picked on at school that she brought it on herself by being different? No.
Yes, my coworkers offered to bring me a veggie plate, but they also made it very clear that they would not share the veggie plate with me on my birthday and bring cake for themselves. I found that to be terribly rude. I feel that I have every right to be upset under the circumstances and your comments to me are just as rude and hurtful as the crap my coworkers say to me.
If you don't like talking to other diabetics about the trials and hardships of having diabetes, why are you posting on this website? Go sit on a cactus, Joyce.
I recently had a birthday and my family was very thoughtful about wanting to celebrate but was attentive to my dietary needs. We went to a buffet where I could choose according to my own needs and taste and my daughter suggested we try cheesecake rather than the usual birthday cake. It was a good choice for me. I had a piece, expecting my glucose to be soaring two hours later but it wasn't. Once in a while I can get away with something sweet. I had a second piece later in the day and my glucose did spike that time but not nearly as high as I would expect. I could not do this on a regular basis, of course but a few times a year, it looks like I can get away with it.
to anyone who does not know you have D., just say you are trying to eat healthier, or trying to lose weight, or whatever. it makes me mad to read it really, mad at your co-workers. They mean well, at least most of them probably, but there is so much ignorance out there about diabetes. many simply do not understand. I've gotten that before, from family, even my own husband time and time again, still have nearly 6 years, he still says things like that, "oh it won't hurt you." This man even went to "2" classes with me and heard me go on and on at many meals for the first year or more, about why it was that I could not just eat whatever I wanted or as much as I wanted, etc… he STILL make the remarks and it still angers me. His parents do not understand either, and they are always saying it won't hurt me. yes it can!! diabetes slowly, very gradually over the years, hurts us. in ways many of us do not see for years! that is why so many diabetics think it is okay to just keep on eating the way they did before, if they "feel" okay, they think they ARE ok. I have told so many people this in person when they know I have it, and they say something, but fortunately, I have had to deal with very very few of these people. you don't owe them any explanation thats for sure. I am able to get away with a slice , thin small slice of cake sometimes, or some ice cream, but I never eat both. I watch my portions. on special occasions, I try to eat something really healthy at home, before going to something and then I can let myself have a little, but sometimes I still decline. I am glad that I no longer work where they bring cakes for b'days, and donuts regularly, etc… makes it easier.
I have scraped off frosting many times too. My daughter's b'day was last month and I was determined to have some cake, it is a rarity with me and I did. I got ice cream in those small cups to watch servings, and I got myself sugar free ice cream in a small cup. don't deny yourself all the time and never have anything at all, or you might binge.
And I bet if you did eat the cake and ice cream there would be someone telling you that you shouldn't be eating that.
You're so right! Every once in a while, I some Hershey kisses from the jar of candy that's always on the front desk because my blood sugar is low, or I need a quick chocolate fix. There's always someone glaring disapproval at me, yet the same people shove cake at me!
I don't really want to be the party-pooper here but Hershey's kisses are not a really good treatment for low BG's because the fat content in the chocolate slows the absorption fo the sugar and you want the sugar to get into your system really fast…I know because I used to make the same mistakes. Jelly beans, hard candies, raisins, regular soda, juices..these are better sources of fast-acting carbs that should be used to treat low BG (as well as glucose tabs or gel…but I hate the taste of those!)
I always keep glucose tabs on hand. However, I occasionally run out and am faced with an emergency. The choice comes down to the candy jar at the front desk or passing out from low blood sugar. I'm sure you can understand why I would choose to eat the chocolate in that circumstance, even though I know its not the best choice.
Actually, a sugar-free plain cheesecake is a lower carb (although not lower fat nor lower calorie) alternative to the traditional frosted (gag me with a spoon) birthday cake. (That's assuming you don't shun all artificial sweeteners.) I would steer away from a Sugar-free traditional frosted cake since they don't have much fewer carbs than the real thing. In the past, if cake was offered to me, I would scrape off the icing and decline the ice cream, eating a few bites of the cake and tossing the rest. Now, like you, I will politely decline anything that I think is harmful to my diabetes control. Keep to the high road and be true to your convictions, and, like Gabby counseled, use it as an opportunity to educate if that opportunity arises.
What you are fighting is ignorance, not really stupidity. There is a difference and that is why we need to find ways to educate people. As a rule, most people don't get the whole carb thing and just think sugar. I know, my husband, even after so many years, really doesn't understand that either. It's a hard thing to teach without making them feel guilty.
I don't know where you are in comfort of accepting small portions of high carb foods, but it can be done. Only if you choose to though, and don't make them pressure you. But a small 2inch square of cake with no icing can be fit into a day's meal plan if want it to. If you don't then all the better. Maybe you can offer to be the cake cutter so you can control what ends up on your plate.
For your birthday, maybe suggest chicken salad lettuce wraps or a nice cheese ball with a candle stuck in it with crackers and veggies so you can make good choices and participate.
The whole idea of celebrating is to, well....celebrate. The food is only part of that, and maybe a focus off the food and on the person is something you can bring to the table.
Excellent response Gabby! Could not have said it better!
I once had a party where we didn't have any food and guess what - no one wanted to come :) We often equate celebrations with food, and sometimes people just don't understand that it really is possible to celebrate and have fun without eating. Since the management wants to celebrate birthdays, perhaps they're willing to take suggestions about how each person prefers to celebrate? ~Lynn @Glucerna
That is a good idea. One of my friends recently had a birthday and she knew the office was going to celebrate with cake since they had done so for two other workers prior to her birthday. She mentioned to the planner that she was not able to eat cake or other sweets and everyone became flustered about not having cake.
Many times although the intention of the party may be for the person being celebrated little to no effort goes into finding out what foods are acceptable for the person being celebrated. What many nondiabetics do not comprehend is we do not care if they have their cake, but if the person being celebrated is diabetic at least be thoughtful enough to have alternatives for he/she to eat.


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Please remove lag compensation until it is better tuned.
HutchTouch posted a topic in Design IdeasThe issue isn't with jumping around a corner in this game, it's the jumping around the corner combined with insane lag compensation, more noticeably with high-ping players, I am frequently dying to players before they are even fully visible on my screen and if you watch the deaths in shadow-play it's crazy how prevalent it is. This is why newer players are getting frustrated and saying "corner jumping is OP" it's not the corner jumping per say, it's when corner jumping is combined with the most insane lag comp I've ever seen. I die after crouching behind cover/running around a corner more in this game than I do in any CoD. Until the lag comp is fully working as intended it simply shouldn't be in the game as it is now. At the moment players with worse connections are getting advantages they should not have. By default it was disabled in Promod on almost all servers and it should be disabled here too. TL:DR; Corner jumping is not OP. It IS OP when combined with the lag comp that's in this game and it's driving newer players away which is bad overall for the game and community. EDIT: I'm sorry some players have bad connections wherever they are in the world and it isn't fair but it's also not fair to give them an advantage and penalize players who are willing to spend more money for good connections.
Should We Remove Jump Shooting?
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