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Must have a book coming out soon.
Why did he choose to let it all out? "Because we [MS sufferers] need to stop lying about ourselves. We lie about the pain we're in. A lot of the reason my relationship with my wife, Grace, came apart was because I tried my best to pretend I wasn't in pain. I didn't want to say I needed help.
"I also knew that before anyone writes about this, about me and my disease, I better do it myself. It also gives me the opportunity to get the message out there - it's not a shame to be ill. It's not a disgrace. No one in my family had anything like this, anything neurological before, and yet my daughter has epilepsy, also neurological. We need to stop lying-no matter what the cost."
And the cost can be high for a star with a disease - especially a potentially debilitating one. "But even to say this, to admit [how seriously ill] I am, puts me and my career in jeopardy," he said.
"Talk-show host, fine - the [company] has accepted me [with my disease], but other projects? 'Uh, uh. He's got MS, get someone else.' " It is Hollywood, after all.
"I have extreme neuralgia. If I'm standing outside and someone brushes up against me - how do I describe it?-it's like when you strike your crazy [funny] bone. Take that feeling and times it by 100. Wherever you touch me.
"I used to want people only to see me at my best - now I don't. [When I'm in extreme pain], I tell my friends please, don't touch me. Please. Thank you. I can be sitting in the movies with someone I really like, and the popcorn bag brushes against me and I'm in torture. So I excuse myself and go to the bathroom - anything to not scream. The worst part, however, is what I do to myself sometimes. I can sit here for 14 hours straight and drive myself crazy waiting for it to come on."
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Oman's share index rises marginally
Muscat Securities Market (MSM) general index on Monday added 3.10 points, comprising a rise by 0.07 per cent to close the trading session at 4,689.66 points, compared to the last session, which stood at 4,686.56 points.
The trading value on Monday stood at OMR3,074,137, comprising a rise of 29.7 per cent compared to the last session, which stood at OMR2,370,308.
The report released by MSM pointed out that the market capitalisation declined by 0.278 per cent to reach about OMR17.63 billion.
The report added that the value of shares bought by non-Omani investors reached OMR307,000. The value of shares sold by non-Omani investors reached OMR313,000 and the net non-Omani investment declined by 0.21 per cent to OMR6,000.
GCC markets
Saudi and Qatari stocks were up in early trade on Monday, helped by support from banking stocks, as Gulf markets showed signs of recovery from jitters last week over the US decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.
The Saudi index was up 0.2 per cent as Al Rajhi Bank rose 0.5 per cent and Samba Financial Group gained 0.6 per cent.
The Saudi market has seen a recovery after it dipped below the 8,000-point level on May 10 on profit taking after sharp gains this year on foreign fund flows on expectations of an upgrade of the stock market to emerging market status.
In March, global index compiler FTSE Russell decided to upgrade Saudi Arabia to emerging market status, and MSCI is widely expected to make a similar decision in June.
Saudi stocks are up 11 per cent so far this year, but this month the index is down 2 per cent.
Gains in Qatar National Bank, which was up 1.4 per cent, provided support to the Qatari index which traded 0.3 per cent higher in early trading.
The Dubai index was up 0.1 per cent, as market heavyweight Emaar Properties rose 1.2 per cent.
Shares of Al Salam Bank Bahrain were up 7.6 per cent in Dubai trading after the lender reported a 10 per cent rise in first quarter net profit.
There was little trading on the Bahrain bourse in this stock.
In Abu Dhabi, Dana Gas fell 0.9 per cent on profit-taking after it surged 3.9 per cent a day earlier on news that the company had struck a deal with creditors on restructuring $700 million of sukuk, potentially bringing to an end a nearly year-long legal row that spooked investors in Islamic finance.
However, the Abu Dhabi index was up 0.3 per cent, supported by a 0.4 per cent gain in First Abu Dhabi Bank and one per cent rise in Aldar Properties.
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If you were freaked out by Emmerdale's Moira Dingle sharing another kiss with her nephew Pete Barton this week, the worst really was still to come tonight.
Yep, that's because the pair actually slept together in a surprising story twist that show bosses had kept under wraps.
The truth was only revealed in the closing moments of Thursday night's double bill (December 22), as Pete urged Moira to keep quiet about what really happened between them this week.
Moira had earlier spilled the beans about their passionate encounter in front of Cain and Leyla at The Woolpack, but Pete stepped in and saved himself in front of his girlfriend by insisting it was just a kiss.
We thought so too, until Moira's decision to storm off and drink-drive led to both Pete and Jacob being injured.
When Cain took the blame for the accident to protect Moira and Pete went along with the lies, it was time for a conversation about much more pressing matters.
Discussing Cain's risky move, Moira asked Pete: "Do you think he would do this for me if he knew what really happened between us?"
Pete replied: "Yeah well he can't know, no-one can. I've just covered for you with the cops, so you can't say anything. Please Moira, I don't want to lose Leyla."
Moira asked: "Then why sleep with me?" (Good question!)
Pete told her: "Unfinished business maybe. I don't know, what do you want me to say? I know that I can't ever be with you. Look, we both screwed up. But you just have to put this behind you. While we've both still got something to lose."
Well, it could be worse on the 'icky' scale - at least Moira and Pete aren't biologically related!
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With the Kinect, Wii, Move and the iPad, Hardcore Console Gaming is Dead
What Does the XBox Kinect, Playstation Move, Wii, and iPad have to do with destroying hardcore gaming?
The XBox 360, Kinect, Playstation Move, Wii, and iPad have formed a perfect storm of delivery devices poised to decimate the sales and future of hardcore games, like Half-Life, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Gears of War, and Call of Duty.
Games for the casual player, like Wii Bowling, will dominate development teams, as innovative tools will dominate the marketplace for games. The hardcore gamer is actually not the game demographic that sells the most units. Newcomers, and casual games dominate the market. Angry Birds, by Rovio, has sales figures that would make an Assassin's Creed fan weep.
Even hardcore games require external elements plugged into Facebook, and the iPad to make sure the different gaming brands survive the transition to new media channels. The console, and the hardcore game is dead.
With Motion Control from the Kinect, Playstation Move, and Wii, console games are party games
The first time I saw the Kinect, I knew I was soon going to be out of work as a game designer. I had been working on a hardcore game targeted to the core gamer demographic of males, eternally trapped in a long adolescence. When our gameplay lead pulled out the Kinect, and began to dance with his avatar on the screen, I thought that our hardcore console project was going to get shrunk, maybe canceled, to reallocate company resources to this new device. After that, I believed the flood of out-of-work game design talent was going to flow away from hardcore games, towards the iPad and Google Android.
My prophecy was correct. The project is gone, swallowed up in pre-production hell, and the team shrank with two waves of lay-offs. I went with it. Most of my fellow designers have moved on to designing games for the Google Android, Apple iPhone, and the iPad. Hardcore, console gaming is not going to last the shift towards physically interactive games. The glory days of Halo 2 multi-player and marathon sessions of Grandtheft Auto will never return. The epic narratives of Assassin's Creed and Dragon Age are going to fade away until all that remains are quirky games that want people to get up and jump around like gibbons to eternally-cheerful encouragement by avatars that will never get as winded or as weary or as bored as the gamer.
Motion control games are not hardcore games. Imagine playing Wii bowling for ten hours straight. It doesn't quite have the same allure as ten hours of headshotting your stupid cousin that always jumps out of cover the moment he sees motion over XBox Live with your sniper rifle, does it? The story will not be as engaging as Neverwinter Nights, in motion control gaming. Even relatively early motion games, like RockBand had a story so thin you could smear it on toast without noticing any juicy story nuggets in the thin, thin paste of becoming the greatest air guitar cover band to ever grace the pages of Tiger Beat.
What alternative is there for the hardcore gamer? The computer still hangs on to Sid Meier's Civilization series, but the talent and the money are flowing towards companies like Zynga, dedicated to making browser-based games to toy with gamer psychology without any sort of gameplay or narrative or... What is it exactly you do in Farmville? You click on things to harvest them? Really? That's it?
The talent in games is falling away from the hardcore console games. A few stalwart studios cling on, releasing the rainiest version of LA in the history of the desert city, and a game about jumping through portals while a computer is taunting you. (Okay, I actually love Portal... But it's still a dying breed!)
More game studios are designing iPhone and iPad games and starting-up to do so, than are working to design RPGs for the computer. Personal computing has dramatically changed. No longer the driving force of computer processing power, gamers are moving towards cloud computing, the app store games, and Rovio's Angry Birds.
Rovio seems to have created the next generation of hardcore game. It's ridiculously easy to play, but ridiculously difficult to play well. Demonstrating skill by hurtling various birds against various bricks and pigs is the same gamer impulse that led to the success of the Tony Hawk series of games. As soon as Rovio figures out multi-player, teenagers will be up late at night, hurtling birds at each other instead of RPGs. They'll do it on their iPads. The software will cost .99 cents. It will have no narrative. The production values will remain as ridiculous (polished, but cartoonishly simple!) and no one will ask for more.
Next Christmas watch for a flood of new games for the Kinect and the Playstation Move. Watch for the release of the Wii 2. Notice that there will not be as many successful titles that do not utilize these motion controls.
The success of motion control titles is not based on the hardcore gamer. Hardcore gamers have proven time and time again how much they hate moving. No, the success story will be parents buying more active games for their kids, and adults experimenting with the goofy, casual-style of gameplay that motion control favors. Games won't last more than a few minutes, when played, and gamers won't demand more from their games, because people, like gamers, generally don't like to move.
Netflix will surpass actual gaming on all these devices, followed closley by LastFM or Pandora.
Hardcore gaming is dead.
As a designer, I've already gathered some mates for an iPad game. If anything can presevse narrative in games, it's the low-fi technology of the iPad with the simple touch interface. There's simply less moving involved. I specialize in story-based games, and I know for a fact that it's hard to appreciate the nuances of a narrative experience when the game wants you to jump up and down for ten minutes to get to the cut scene, where all you want to do is take a moment to breathe, sit down, and maybe get something cold to drink, because jumping up and down like a hyperactive gibbon for ten minutes is bloody WORK!
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SASS how to add styling to all classes that preceed with X
I saw this on a Treehouse lesson earlier and wanted to keep it in mind for my future CSS code. What it does is add my chosen styling to all the classes that preceed with the chosen markup.
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In addition to starting new dance classes, Romily has also started going to a six-hour session at playschool on Fridays. As they're there for so long, the kids have a 'rest time' after lunch. They have to take a little cushion along to lay their heads on while they're having a rest. While we almost certainly had something suitable here, I decided it was the perfect opportunity to procrastinate from study...er, I mean do something crafty, so I dipped into my stash and whipped up a cute little patchwork cushion for her.One side is red and the other aqua. Each side is pieced, with appliqued and reverse appliqued stars in each quarter. (Click any of the images for a closer look) I blanket stitched around the reverse appliqued stars with two strands of embroidery floss. Upon closer inspection, it turns out I should have also stitched around the other stars, as my raw edge straight stitching wasn't. Straight, that is. So I had better do a bit more blanket stitching before next Friday!
Do you think she likes it?
The next project is a set of party bags for Romily's birthday party next Saturday. The lucky girl will have two cakes this year, as her actual birthday is on Wednesday. She's stoked!
Tristan continues to be as cute as a button. Look what he started doing! This is with no prompting from me. He has been watching Romily 'play telephones' and decided that he can do it too. How cute are they at this age? So funny, adorable and they don't talk back and give you attitude. My mum is right, nine to eighteen months is just a fabulous age :)
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Stars in her eyes
Posted by Lily Mulholland at 10:51 pm
Labels: Quilty goodness, Romily, Tristan
5 comments:
- Gillian said...
I agree with your mum!
- 8:31 am
- Joyce said...
They just keep getting cuter. Kids and crafts. Lol.
- 8:47 pm
- nicolette said...
The star cushion is adorable!!
Enjoy those two young rascals!
- 8:47 pm
- A Spoonful Of Sugar said...
Great cushion design - love its reversible sides!
- 12:01 am
- Cathy said...
gorgeous cushions - love the colours. Your little Tristan is quite the little boy now. How cute is that photo!
- 11:14 am
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Italian Afternoon<3
It was a rainy day, i usually would go to a coffee shop and get a comercial biscotti and a chai latte, but today i decided to make my own favorite snack to make me feel warm. I found this recipe and i loved it! very easy and fast to make. I hope you guys enjoy it too.<3<3


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Maia came to me in a dream, not just once... but many times. She had lots of stories to tell me, stories of her world and stories of her life.
Maia is the eldest of the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades. The Pleiades are an open cluster in the constellation of Taurus, comprised of approximately 500 stars and measures 12 light years in diameter. The Nine brightest starts of the Pleiades are named after the Seven Sisters and their parents, Atlas and Pleione.
Maia spoke softly, like I would imagine how an angel would speak, and told me about her parents.. Her father's name was Atlas, a Titan, who's job was to hold up the Sky. Her mother was an Oceanid lovingly called Pleione. She was the Protectress of Sailing. One day Pleione and her daughters had a chance meeting with the well known hunter, Orion. Orion became obsessed, and soon the Seven Sisters and Pleione became the object of his pursuit.
Day in and Day out, Orion pursued them all over the Earth. He pursued them until Zeus intervened. Zeus transformed the sisters and Pleione into doves and placed them in the heavens and it is here that they remain.
Maia, being the oldest of the sisters, is the most nurturing. She loves to be a guide, shining as brightly as possible for all to see. She encourages travelers to have courage on their journey and to trust their instincts. She whispers "Follow your own Star" softly, asking you to trust your star...the one that resides inside your heart.
The next time you are looking up at the stars, see if you can find Maia. You will know when you see her, her star shine will let you know.
I created Maia, as one of my Wisdom Keeper Art Dolls. She is a cloth and clay Folk Art Doll, bringing the stories from the sky to life.
Maia is listed in my Etsy shop here
Maia Seven Sisters Art Doll on Etsy
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JAMES GOSS will be signing THE PIRATE PLANET at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 5th January from 6 – 7pm.
Featuring Tom Baker's Doctor, THE PIRATE PLANET is a novel based on a long-forgotten draft of the script found in the Douglas Adams archive in Cambridge. Unseen for 40 years and vastly different from the classic TV show, this is a work by The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy author that no-one has ever read…
The hugely powerful Key to Time has been split into six segments, all of which have been disguised and hidden throughout time and space. Now the even more powerful White Guardian wants the Doctor to find the pieces. With the first segment successfully retrieved, the Doctor, Romana and K-9 trace the second segment of the Key to the planet Calufrax. But when they arrive at exactly the right point in space, they find themselves on exactly the wrong planet – Zanak.
Ruled by the mysterious 'Captain', Zanak is a happy and prosperous planet. Mostly. If the mines run out of valuable minerals and gems then the Captain merely announces a New Golden Age and they fill up again.
James Goss is the author of the novelisation of Douglas Adams' City of Death, as well as several other Doctor Who books. While at the BBC James produced an adaptation of Shada, an unfinished Douglas Adams Doctor Who story, and Dirk is his award-winning stage adaptation of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. He won Best Audiobook 2010 for Dead Air and his books Dead of Winter and First Born were both nominated for the 2012 British Fantasy Society Awards. His novel Haterz has been optioned as a movie.


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The New World Order is coming! Are you ready? Once you understand what this New World Order really is, and how it is being gradually implemented, you will be able to see it progressing in your daily news!!
Learn how to protect yourself, your loved ones!
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NEWS BRIEF:"Hillary Clinton says imaginary talks just 'intellectual exercise', The Providence Journal Bulletin, Tuesday, 6/25/96, p. A3. "Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday her imaginary conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt were merely an 'intellectual exercise' … Trying to douse what she called 'sensational' speculation, the first lady rejected inferences that psychic researcher Jean Houston, who led her in several White House sessions, was her 'spiritual adviser'."
"In a written statement, Mrs. Clinton was firm in her denial that there were any psychic or religious overtones to the sessions. 'The bottom line is: I have no spiritual advisers or any other alternatives to my deeply held Methodist faith and traditions upon which I have relied since childhood.' "
"Mrs. Clinton met with Houston several times from late 1994 until March of this year, according to a new book [by Bob Woodward, 'The Choice'] that says Houston led the first lady through imaginary conversations with her hero, Mrs. Roosevelt and Indian leader … Ghandi … Mrs. Clinton said she engaged in hours of 'freewheeling discussions' with Houston."
NEWS BRIEF: "First Lady's 'adviser' says she's not a psychic", The Providence Journal Bulletin, Tuesday, 6/25/96, P. A3. "Jean Houston says that the exercises she coached Mrs. Clinton in are much like what is practiced at many corporations."
Mrs. Clinton and Jean Houston both characterized these several "brainstorming" sessions as just intellectual brainstorming, just "visualizing" what Eleanor Roosevelt "might have said" in several situations in which Hillary currently is facing. On the face of this explanation, there does not seem to be too much offensive in what Hillary and Jean Houston did. After all, it is not like they were engaged in actual witchcraft, in actual seances. Right? They were just visualizing. Right?
And, they certainly were not involved in any type of weird or "alternative" religion. Right? Hillary specifically stated that she had no other religion or other spiritual guidance than her Old Fashioned Methodist faith. So, there is nothing about which to worry. Right?
All these 'explanations' from Hillary Clinton and Jean Houston are simply and only "Spin Control". There is much about this entire story that is very disturbing, and very enlightening, once you know what it is that you should be looking for in this story.
Let us begin with the assertion that Hillary was not engaging in any spiritual activity, certainly not spiritual 'guidance'. To do this, we need to closely examine Jean Houston. Houston is one of the more popular New Age leaders today. She has written eleven (11) books, and has coauthored four (4) more. She is co-director of the "Foundation For Mind Research". New Agers have always been entranced with the workings of the human mind, and have always sought to understand it and control it. They subscribe great "potential" to the human mind, even believing that the human mind can create solid matter simply by proper focusing. In other words, they can create matter through thought. Now, that puts mankind on the level of the Biblical God, Who simply spoke and this universe was created (Genesis 1).
As strange as that sounds, New Age adherents believe this with all their hearts. Remember this fact shortly as we discuss what Jean Houston and Hillary Clinton really were doing in the White House during their several sessions.
But, for now, let us return to the discussion as to who Jean Houston really is, and what she believes. Jean Houston has a Web Site, which when I visited it, was quite instructive as to who she really is. For those of you who surf the Net, her address is:
http://www.lightworks.com/LightsOnline/Jean Houston/index.html (this site is gone since 1999, but you can go now to http://www.jeanhouston.com/ althought it changed quite a bit from what is shown here)
At this site, Jean Houston proves to be purely a flaming New Age Adherent. She offers Astrology, her own New Age Online Magazine, called 'The Monthly Aspectarian', Astro Weather, and hyperlinks to other New Age Sites. I clicked on the June, 1996, issue of The Monthly Aspectarian and discovered some very revealing articles:
- "From the Heart — From Toleration To Embrace" — This is exactly what we Christians have been warning about for decades now: What one generation tolerates, the next generation embraces.
- "Spiritual Medicine" — New Agers claim the ability to heal with the mind
- "In Mystic Worlds Where Shamans Dream" — A Shaman is a witchdoctor. Or, as the New Age Dictionary defines him, "Spiritual guide and healer in a primitive society". (P. 178) While Jean Houston is too refined and sophisticated to agree to call herself a Shaman, this is the role she plays within the New Age community, i.e., spiritual guide and healer. Just a quick perusal of her related Web pages –, especially her online magazine, her bookstore, and her links to other subjects — will reveal that this is the function which Jean Houston has carved out for herself within the New Age community.
But, a Shaman is much, much more, as we see when we read the definition further, in the New Age Dictionary. "A person who enters an altered state of consciousness at will to contact and utilize an ordinarily hidden reality in order to acquire knowledge, power, and to help other persons." Wow!! Now, let us apply this definition to Jean Houston helping Hillary Clinton contact Eleanor Roosevelt.
- Houston aided Hillary to get into the properly advanced state of "Altered Consciousness" so she could contact Eleanor Roosevelt.
- Eleanor Roosevelt is that "ordinarily hidden reality" whom Hillary wanted to contact. Houston simply aided her in that quest. Remember, New Agers believe that you can travel back in time, and can enter into an historic event, because once you enter into that time frame, you are participating in whatever is happening. Remember all those movies where time travel backwards was the predominate theme? This belief is, literally, that historic time is constantly passing on, in a parallel path to the present time. Houston simply might have aided Hillary in getting into that parallel time path, where she could interact with Eleanor Roosevelt. (One of the books Houston has authored is entitled, "Public Like A Frog: Entering The Lives Of Three Great Americans". While I have not read the book, I can almost guarantee you that Houston is claiming that you can go back in time, via an 'altered state of consciousness', to enter into the lives of these three great Americans. If this is the case, Hillary might well have called on Houston to 'accomplish' this feat with her, allowing her to "enter into the life of Eleanor Roosevelt".)
- There is one more part of the definition of a shaman in the New Age Dictionary. "Having at least one, and usually, more 'spirits' in his or her personal service". (P. 178). Now, we may be getting closer to the truth. All New Age adherents are taught spiritual meditation, where they are taught to empty their mind, while chanting mantras over and over. This action will cause a person to go into an altered state of consciousness, where the mind loses its conscious association with the body. At this point, the mind can be manipulated by spirit beings, without the person ever being aware as to what has happened.
Suddenly, in the midst of this mind-emptying meditation, the person will suddenly see one or more "Guiding Spirits" appear in their mind's eye. These "Guiding Spirits" will be seen as clearly as one would see images on a TV screen. The "Guiding Spirits" will all identify themselves, sometimes with a first name only, sometimes with a full name. And, they may even be historic figures, such as the Virgin Mary, George Washington, or even Jesus Christ, and they will look exactly as they are expected to look if they were these famous persons from historic times. These "Guiding Spirits" will explain to the New Ager that they have been sent to help this person cope with life, to enable them to fully develop their human potential, and to provide general guidance and support. Isn't this exactly what Hillary Clinton wanted from Eleanor Roosevelt? General guidance and support. I believe it quite possible that one of Hillary Clinton's "Guiding Spirits" has always been Eleanor Roosevelt, since Hillary has been admitting for some time now that she regularly talks with Eleanor.
Why would she need Houston? Since Jean Houston is a "more advanced soul" along the path to human enlightenment, perhaps Hillary wanted her to be there to aid in Hillary's conversation with Eleanor. Or, perhaps Hillary wanted Houston's help in communicating more effectively with her "Guiding Spirit", Eleanor, just as Houston recounted in her book, above.
Do not be deceived: When a New Age adherent receives their "Guiding Spirits", that person is demonically possessed. They will object most strenuously, saying that this cannot be so, because they feel so uplifted and so full of happiness from these spirits, that, surely, it cannot be evil. What they do not understand is that Satan is the great deceiver, a superhuman being that can turn into "an angel of light" in order to deceive.
Before we go any further, let us address the question as to whether Houston is a psychic, because she flatly denied it, in the above news article. New Age Dictionary offers two definitions for a psychic. 1. "A trance medium" (There is no evidence that Houston was performing as a 'medium' with Hillary. They denied they were involved in a seance; a medium is required for a seance.) 2. "Realm of the paranormal, occult, or astral" (Bingo! According to this definition, Houston is a psychic. And, we only have her word, and Hillary's, that they weren't actually involved in a mediumistic situation. You don't always have to have candles glowing in the dark to be performing a seance.)
In the second NEWS BRIEF, above, Houston is quoted from several of her books. In her book, "Life Force", Houston says, "The book points the way towards humanity's evolution into planetary consciousness — a time of balance between mind and body, masculine and feminine, society and individual — and new partnership with the whole Earth". Since none of you probably understand what Houston just said, let me examine it for you, part by part.
. "… the way towards humanity's evolution into planetary consciousness …" All of humanity is developing a new consciousness, one that changes the values and attitudes of people throughout the world, to the point where the New Age Christ can appear and lead the entire world into a new, much higher level of consciousness. In other words, the attitudes and values of peoples throughout the entire planet are being changed so they can accept the Antichrist when he appears. This is what they are really saying here!
There is one more bit of meaning in the words, "planetary consciousness". New Agers have always been taught that there are other, more spiritually and technologically advanced, societies in the universe. These more advanced societies in outer space want us poor earthlings to catch up to them in our spiritual understanding, and they want to help us achieve this. Remember those countless UFO sightings during this century? In the majority of cases, UFO aliens are portrayed as being benevolent, just wanting us earthlings to recognize our "potential", to "raise our planetary consciousness". If you read what these alien beings are telling the humans with whom they have had contact, they are telling them that the New World Order which is coming is wonderful, and should be accepted with open arms. They are teaching that a World Teacher will arise and will lead the world into a millennia of peace, and that he will be called The Christ. Finally, they teach these humans occult arts, such as telepathy, levitation, and contact with the dead. A great resource on this issue comes from a secular scientist, Jacques Vallee. Vallee writes these books from the perspective of a scientist examining an issue empirically, dispassionately, and without prior prejudices. His first book, published in 1979, is entitled, "Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts & Cults"; his second book, published in 1991, is entitled, "Revelations: Alien Contact & Human Perception". Vallee's conclusion, particularly in his second book, is the phenomenon of UFO's and alien beings is a spiritual hoax. They are well worth reading.
"Planetary Consciousness" is a code word, containing all the meaning to which I have ascribed, above. Yet, the average person would pass right over these two seemingly innocuous words. If Hillary Clinton is concerned about achieving "Planetary Consciousness", she is very interested in the coming New World Order and its Christ.
. Houston says, above, " .. a time of balance between mind and body, masculine and feminine, society and individual — and new partnership with the whole Earth". This is the teaching of witchcraft for centuries, currently renamed New Age. According to this concept, everything is balanced and opposite, mind/body, masculine/feminine, Ying/Yang, society/individual. The proper way to maintain good health is to maintain this balance. And, Earth is viewed as a living, breathing Goddess named Gaia, an entity that is to be worshipped. The major drive to clean up pollution in our rivers, lakes, and air, stems from this worship of Mother Earth (Gaia). Now, I believe that Christians should be very concerned about exercising good stewardship over the earth and everything on the earth, since God gave man dominion over it, and will one day demand accountability as to how man has performed.
But, this is a far cry from worshipping Mother Earth. By the way, 'cleansing' Mother Earth will be used by The Christ (Antichrist) to kill two-thirds of mankind immediately after he assumes control. Throughout New Age literature, euphemistic references abound to 'cleansing' the Earth of all 'pollutants', chief of whom are Fundamental, Bible believing Christians. If you are laughing now, you won't when the 'cleansing' begins. This is simply another parallel with Nazi Germany!
. Finally, Houston is quoted as saying, "Presently we are living at a time of extraordinary insight into both the microphase and macrophase of the phenomenal world. With the concomitant expansion of our ways of knowing, a new story is finally beginning to become available in its basic outline." Woe!! Jean Houston has just confirmed everything I have been saying for a long time about the rapidly approaching New World Order, but she did it all in code.
Let me decode it for you. "Presently we are living at a time of extraordinary insight into both the microphase and macrophase of the phenomenal world." Presently, the peoples of the world are gaining "extraordinary insight" (spiritual insight), i.e., "raising our planetary consciousness" into both the universe as a whole (macrophase) and of the individual within the universe (microphase). These terms are very similar to the words normally used to express this concept, "Macrocosm" and "Microcosm", respectively. Houston attaches the word, "phase" to the core part of the word Micro and Macro, to refer to the phase in which they view the world going through right now: We are in the phase of time immediately before the appearance of The Christ. We are passing through the entry way doors; soon, we shall be inside the New World Order. The term, "phenomenal world" simply means that external world observable by the human senses.
"… With the concomitant expansion of our ways of knowing …" simply means, "with the peoples of the world having raised their level of spiritual consciousness". In other words, she is saying that the attitudes and values of the peoples of the world has now been sufficiently changed to allow the appearance of The Christ now.
"…a new story is finally beginning to become available in its basic outline." A new story is code for the New World Order! Now that the peoples of the world are mentally and spiritually ready to accept the appearance of The Christ, we can finally see the New World Order in its basic outline. We will not see the full reality of this coming New World Order until The Christ is here and can physically lead us into it, but we can see its basic outline now.
This is what Jean Houston is saying. It is all code pertaining to the coming New World Order. This is the kind of person Hillary Clinton brought into the White House several times, for consultation and leadership advice. Hillary is a New Age believer. She tries to deny this fact by appealing to her "deep Methodist" roots and faith, trying to make her sound like she is a Bible believing Christian. The truth is that the entire Methodist Church has strayed far, far away from the Truth of the Gospel. Their Church is deeply immersed in the current global Ecumenical movement, a spiritual group of heretics leading the world directly to the New World Order Religion. I will devote more time to this issue later.
Several years ago, I debated one of the leaders of the Methodist Church here in North Attleboro. She had told me that she and several other ladies were meeting regularly to "Channel". When I immediately informed her that "Channeling" is the old fashioned occult art of "Mediums", she protested greatly, but grew quiet as I described what being a Medium was, because she realized that I was describing exactly what she was doing. The Methodist Church has strayed wide and deep from its Godly, Biblical roots. They are Christian no more.
Hillary, and Bill, Clinton are both strong leaders in the drive to the New World Order. Bill's credentials as a Rhodes Scholar immediately places him within the circle of New World Order proponents. Now, Hillary has placed herself there. What does this mean, exactly, and how does it fit in with our major premise that you can see the advance to this New Order in the daily news?
- Bill Clinton is the current President of the United States. This position means that he is the first amongst equals in NAFTA; the others are the Prime Minister of Canada, and the President of Mexico. When NAFTA is changed from a strictly economic entity to a single political entity, the President of the United States will become the leader of NAFTA. This is critically important because NAFTA is Nation #1 in the Plan to reorganize the entire world into 10 Super Nations, exactly as Scripture foretold in Daniel 7:7-8, and 2:41 and Revelation 17:12-17. (See NEWS1002 for more information concerning the Prophetic implications of this reorganization)
- In Revelation 17:12-17, we see that God clearly states that the 10 Rulers of these Super Nations, which occur only at the very End of the Age, have developed a Plan that delivers the power of all the nations of the world into their hands. Once they get this unprecedented power, they will immediately turn it over to Antichrist (The First Beast). Therefore, these 10 Rulers will be of the same spiritual persuasion, and practice, as the Antichrist. The Bible clearly foretells that Antichrist will be an Adept in Black Magic Satanism (Daniel 8:23-25; see NEWS1017 for details) and that he will institute this global government in great secrecy and deception (verse 24). This deception is critically important, because people would not knowingly support anyone whom they believe is going to rule over them with the heart of Satan! Therefore, unparalleled deception is absolutely required. Jesus warned about this kind of deception in Matthew 24:24, and Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3, that people will accept this global government of Antichrist gladly at first thinking they have finally achieved "Peace and Safety".
Bill and Hillary Clinton are the current occupiers of the White House, and are currently the de facto head of NAFTA. Therefore, we Christians should expect that he will be occultic, deeply so. This little incident over Hillary seeking the counsel of a known New Age leader is only proof of what we should have known all along. As close as we are to the New World Order becoming reality, no man will be allowed to serve as President, or even to run for that office, if he were not also occultic, also fully in step with the Plan to stage the appearance of Antichrist.
Think, for a moment, of the known occultism of the men since FDR to be President.
- President Clinton — Rhodes Scholar
- President Bush — Adept in the "Brotherhood of Death" secret society at Yale, known as "Skull & Bones". "Skull & Bones" is the same kind of Black Magic society as was the Thule Society which trained Adolf Hitler.
- President Reagan's wife, Nancy, consulted an Astrologer to get the best times for him to set his schedule. President Reagan became an "Honorary Freemason" after he left office.
- President Carter was flaming New Age, and appointed Zbigniew Bzrezinski as a member of his Cabinet. Bzrezinski was one of the leading New World Order leaders at the time, having authored a very insightful book, "Between Two Ages".
- President Ford was a Freemason
- President Truman was a Freemason
- President Roosevelt was a 33 Degree Freemason
Do not be deceived. Our current leaders are deeply occultic, and are thoroughly committed to the establishment of the New World Order. We should not be surprised to see strong evidences that our current leaders are occultic.
A spiritual battle is under way for your soul as we get close to this New World Order, but it will be nothing compared to the battle that will commence once the Antichrist makes his appearance. Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones?
The sword is coming, and coming both quickly and with enormous power. But, most people, including most Christians, do not see it coming. Will you be a "Watchman On The Wall" with us? (Ezekiel 3:17-19, God's most solemn warning)
God bless you, and may He maintain a "Hedge of Protection" around you and your family.


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PWS Public Safety Update
PWS Public Safety Alert
Gell River Fire update 14 January 2019 4.00 pm
Work will begin this week on a major upgrade of the Fortescue Bay boat ramp on the Tasman Peninsula.
The boat ramp will be closed from Monday, 9 April 2018 until construction is complete, which is expected to be in July 2018.
The jetty and boat ramp were damaged during a storm event in 2016, and a new structure has been designed to provide improved launching capacity for boats and kayaks and to better withstand future severe weather events.
The upgraded jetty and boat ramp will complement recent improvements to visitor facilities at Fortescue Bay, including a new amenities block at the Banksia campground and day use shelter with barbecues, picnic table and seating.
The work has been timed to avoid the busy peak summer-Easter period, but before winter conditions limit the ability to undertake the work.
The jetty and boat ramp project is being undertaken by the Parks and Wildlife Service in partnership with Marine and Safety Tasmania.
Alternative boat ramps on the Tasman Peninsula are available at Pirates Bay and Garden Point (Port Arthur).
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a unit of the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment This page was last modified on Thursday, 19 July 2018


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Big man stays close to home
Shaker's 6-foot-9 Seymour commits only days after offer
Just a week ago, Shaker High senior forward Sloan Seymour had planned to spend next season at a prep school in New Hampshire.
That changed when he got a phone call last Sunday from new Siena men's basketball coach Jamion Christian.
Seymour, a 6-foot-9, 200-pound forward, visited Siena on Wednesday and announced Sunday night he'll play for the Saints next season.
"The coaching staff was great," he said by phone. "They showed me the fit I'd have in their offense."
Seymour said Christian eyes him as a "stretch 4," a term for a power forward who can play away from the basket in an offense that spreads the floor.
Seymour also said Siena's campus was "the perfect size."
Seymour said there are no plans to redshirt him as a freshman, though he plans to gain weight.
Seymour had visited South Florida and also had heavy interest from Saint Joseph's and UMass, according to his father, Steve, who was a Siena assistant from 2001 to 2004.
"It's pretty surreal," Steve Seymour said. "It (Siena's offer) came out of the blue and it came quickly."
Steve Seymour said his son had caught Christian's attention when Christian coached at Mount St. Mary's.
Sloan Seymour becomes the second recruit to commit to Siena in less than a week since Christian was hired. The other is 6-4 guard Jalen Pickett of Rochester, a former teammate of Seymour on the AAU City Rocks.
Seymour will be the second Section II scholarship player on Siena's roster. Thomas Huerter (Shen) is the other.
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Shylah's birthday is the 16th of August and Tyren's is the 27th, so this year we combined their parties because the same people would be at both. A little cheeky but it worked out great so that's how we have a Fairy first birthday with a little side of superhero's.
The Inspiration – Tyren likes superhero's so his side was easy! Shylah on the other hand is 1, her favourite thing at the moment is shoes, so I got to decide for her. Pinterest was my go to. Typed in fairy and hello ideas. Once I got a feel for the look I was after the ideas flowed in. I could have done so many things and kept going and going because who can stop when there is fairy's and magic to be made.
The food table- I used pallets. Where did I find these gorgeous things? GUMTREE! That's right they were all for free, some guy advertised them on the side of the road. I rang my dad and off he went to collect them. Bunnings will also give you a couple for free too so asking them in advance will be handy. All mine were the same size bar two which I used for the back drop.
Flowers- Who needs to spend a cent when you can go and pick your friendly neighbors flowers. That's right I'm that girl. Got some from mum, Nanna, my sister in law and I may have advertised on gumtree and a plant page for anyone who was willing to share their beautiful flowers. You will be surprised at how many people offer. The purple flowers are Geraldton wax in a few shades, the vines; English ivy and the yellow beads are geisha girls. I did buy two packs of carnations for the cake. Only because I needed safe flowers to put on top.
Log Decors- we are lucky to live on a bit of land and so are mum and dad. Matt cut down a tree which was hanging out of place in our driveway and dad took a couple of branches from a tree in his yard and hello fairy logs! Matt and Dad just cut them into a range of different sizes so I could place around the table and teepee.
Teepee- again very lucky dad could grab some branches from his yard to build it for me. So, any four sticks and some rope will get you a teepee base. I then bought some old lace curtains from a lady off gumtree and sewed them together to go over the sticks. The matt underneath the teepee was one I had at home and the cushions also were from home.
Fairy Decorations – most of the fairy statues were from red dot but there are plenty of places around that sell them. The little handmade fairy houses, hanging faries and mushrooms were from Charmed Gardens. Each piece is hand made and designed and theire were a huge range to choose from. The little fairy toppers were from Earth Fairy in Kalamunda. Some of the pieces in the fairy garden were from Zanthoria Nursery and I made a few bits myself out of sticks.
Fairy Wands – With some old lace, a piece of card and sticks from the yard I made the wands. I hand drew some stars, glued the lace on and sticky taped the stick to the back. and added an extra little piece of twine to the base.
Other Table Decorations – All the clear vases were jars from home, plus two I bought from Kmart for $3 each. The silver teapot was an item I grab from some markets years ago and the pink candles again were left from Shylah's baby shower but original bought from Kmart. Glitter rocks, a can of spray glitter and some rocks from the garden.
Balloons – Every party needs balloons, and I was lucky enough to find the most amazing store on Instagram just by searching "balloons" in the hashtag. I selected the rose gold/ blush pink bunch with an additional large rose gold ball balloon (which is still up two weeks later). The Balloon Fairy offers delivery in the Perth metro area so I chose that option and they were delivered first thing Sunday morning.
Centre Pieces – I had two center pieces in honor of Shylah, the most beautiful birth poster created by the Zeroprint. This has all her details of her birthday and is true to her length. Such a gorgeous piece which is now hanging in our home. We also have one of Tyren and I love the fact that is reminds me of their birth whenever I look at them. The other most divine center piece was a handmade initial S created by My Name Keep Sake. The S is framed and can be hung or placed on its stand. Inside the box frame is a gorgeous arrangement of paper flowers and a little butterfly. The gorgeous piece is now placed in her room.
Shylah's Fairy Outfit- Searching for fairy items on Instagram I found Arabella's Vintage Wardrobe who handmake bespoke fairy wings, wands, head pieces and magical things. Located in Ellenbrook I took a drive with mum and could hand pick her wings and wand. Each piece is amazing and no two are the same. They are bendable with clear straps. Because Shylah is so tiny I safety pinned her wings to her leotard (which was from Kmart) so that they always sat perfectly in each photo. Her tutu was from Tutu and Tassel another beautiful handmade piece. Shylah's head crown was from Thailand and her shoes best and less.
Entertainment – For the babies and there are ALOT in our group, we had the Mila and Chloe snow white ball pit and it was a HUGE success. A gorgeous hand made white lace and foam outer layer with all white balls. Super stylish. All the kids played in there so nicely, even the older kids jumped in. Because it was a joint birthday party, I decided for the older kids a Spider-man bouncy castle would be the perfect entertainment. I found a vendor off gumtree who was offering a winter special. It was a huge hit and a great surprise for Tyren. I had bought prizes for games but didn't know what would grab the kids' attention, so one of the other mums helped run musical statues and musical bobs to kids' movie music. Finally, I had a piñata that doubled as the kids lolly bags.
Food – I've done a few parties and always over cater so this time I decided less food and basically anything easy. I bought 5 packs of mixed party pies and sausage rolls (30 per pack), one pack of 62 spring rolls and pack of quiches (30). Mum made 3-layer finger sandwiches consisting of ham and cheese, curried egg, turkey and salad. I can say that all of it got eaten bar one pack of party pies we didn't cook. For drinks we had water bottles, soft drink, pink cordial and juice boxes and had a lot left over.
Desserts and Sweets – I had a lot of sweet foods as I find it is easy to make in advance and freeze, then decorate the day before. I made chocolate and vanilla cup cups, honey crackles, sugar cookies in stars and super hero faces, fairy bread, two-layer vanilla cake for Shylah and a two-layer chocolate cake for Tyren both with butter cream icing. The cupcakes and cakes I made in advance and froze, then decorated on the Saturday, I find preparing early makes it less stressful on the day. I did make jelly cups too BUT I forgot to bring them out (whoops). I also had a small selection of pink lollies just to add more texture to the table
Advice – Screen shot the style you want, then write a list of everything you need. Advertise on gumtree for things people may be able to share with you. Search on gumtree or buy and sell pages for second hand items. Spend money on a couple of feature pieces and get some help from family and friends on the day.
Favourite Thing – I loved that all the little girls were dressed up as fairies, it added to the atmosphere. I was also so pleased all the food was eaten. I'm also extremely grateful we had beautiful weather, no rain! The sun was out and it was the perfect temperature.
For more photos head to @life.with.odeas on instagram.
* This post is in no way sponsored. There was a mutual collaboration with Mila and Chloe, The Zero Print and My name keep sake. All thoughts, words and ideas are completely my own*


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Source: Flickr: US. Department of State
In another contest this picture would be totally irrelevant and in fact it is silly just to mention its existence but it seems to have spread like wild fire on the net. As the purpose of this site is to highlight hot trends and this author is from Spain I found it adequate to show the image to remind our politicians that unfortunately there are still certain protocol rules. I voted for you Mr. President. Harmless as this picture might be, the fact is that it shouldn't have been published, with all due respect. On the other hand, I support these teenagers' vindication completely.


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In Washington, D.C. it is common to see a tourist posing for a photo, trying to create the illusion that they are holding one of the monuments in the palm of their hand. A similar kind of photo was prominently displayed as a party gag at a birthday party for a friend.
The man celebrating his birthday was shown in the photo talking with his hands. In the background of the photo was a bikini-clad friend, creating the illusion that he was cupping her breast in his hand, in effect groping her. Hilarious, right?
The man being roasted by his friends acted sheepishly, but he was not really embarrassed. After all, he was depicted as being in control and the dominant figure in the photo.
The female friend who was also present at the party was mortified and left the room angry and close to tears. Overreacting, right? No sense of humor.
Perhaps another person would have laughed it off in an attempt to regain equal footing with all the other party guests, but then none of us would have recognized this for what it was — one of "those situations."
She purposely had not been consulted about the use of the photo because it was suspected she would object to her body being used as the brunt of a sexist joke. Her friends, a group of men and women, thought she shouldn't mind too much because she looked good in her bikini, but that was not our decision to make.
In that moment when the photo was revealed she went from being a peer to a prop. We were using someone else's body for our own entertainment and satisfaction at the expense of their dignity. We had put that other person in a position where they couldn't object before the fact and would feel bullied into not objecting after the fact. There is a right and a wrong. The only matter of perspective is whether we see it.
Jean Jianos is a local freelance writer.


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Pump Up Your Muscle Building Plan With These IdeasAnytime you want to start building your muscles, you need to know the best, safest ways to do so. It can be a straightforward process, but you have to take the precautions and do what is safe, what is effective, and what you feel good doing. Here are some tips to help you do just that.
Focus on working out your largest muscle groups. Concentrating your efforts on large muscle groups such as the back, chest and legs will help you to build muscle faster. Exercises such as squats, pull-ups, bench presses, and dips are ideal for this. These kinds of exercises are generally more intense, and will help boost your protein synthesis.
When you are formulating a diet to aid in your muscle-building efforts, do not neglect carbohydrates. Carbs are vital because they will help you to get the energy that you need so that you can have a great weight training session. If you do not consume enough carbohydrates, your body will begin to break down protein to use as energy. Consume enough carbohydrates so that you can function and make it through all your workouts.
While training hard to build muscle, make sure to consume plenty of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates provide your body with the glucose that it needs for energy. When you're working hard you need energy to survive. Failure to consume enough carbohydrates can result in your body breaking down muscle to provide it with the protein and carbohydrates that it needs to survive.
When link web site , high reps and a good number of sets will show the best results. For example, do 15 lifts and then take a break of one minute. This will enable the lactic acids to flow and stimulate the growth of muscles. Repeat this during your regular number of sets for optimum results in your muscle development routine.
You need to be focused on what you are striving to achieve when looking to build your muscles. Do not train for endurance and focus on cardio when trying to build muscle mass. Cardio and weight training are a great combination, but they will contradict each other if you have excess cardio in your muscle development routine.
If you choose to take any supplements to aide in your muscle building routine, do so cautiously. Many supplements are a complete waste of money, and some can even be harmful to your health. Discuss any of your supplement plans with your physician or a licensed dietician to make sure that you are not harming your body.
Do not attempt extreme cardio training with weight training. Done within reason, this combo can be truly beneficial for your health, but when done in extreme fashions can contradict one another minimizing the results that you see from either one of them. Pick one to focus on and stay committed to working on it regularly.
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After sweating like a beast at the gym five days a week, eating more green veggies than you ever have in your life, and drinking water like it's your job, you would expect that any extra weight would drop off faster than you can say, "burpees." But, if you've ever tried to lose weight before, you know that's not how it goes down. Weight Loss Challenges: Advice from Real Women for Overcoming Difficulties Losing Weight - Women's Health
Make sure you are eating enough food to support new muscle growth. Many people struggle with not eating enough to support the kind of growth they are trying to achieve. If you are trying to lose weight and build muscle at the same time, make sure you are eating protein rich foods to help with muscle growth.
Aim to maintain a journal when following a workout regimen. Jot down the exercises that you do, the number of sets and reps you do, and anything else concerning your workout. You should write down how much rest you get each night and even how you feel during workouts. Writing down http://quiverend4hallie.blogzet.com/here-are-some-fantastic-tips-to-assist-you-reach-your-weight-loss-objectives-3830924 that you can allows you to better keep track of how you are doing every single week.
Calculate your dietary intake to coordinate with muscle building workouts, for faster and better results. On the days you workout, eat well and eat plenty. Taking in the best foods about an hour before your workout will maximize the effects, but make sure not to overeat or consume unhealthy foods as this will be counterproductive to your muscle development efforts.
If you are unsure of what exercises to do more often, throw in more dips, push-ups and chin ups. These exercises have stood the test of time in their proven ability to build upper-body mass. Nor are they likely to be replaced by other possibilities in the near future.
Make use of your own body when you are working out. Bodyweight exercises, which include push-ups, pull-ups, lunges, and dips, can cause you to experience additional muscle and strength gains. Because of this, these types of exercises are a very important component of a solid workout program, and they should be included.
Some moves should not be done with excess weight, so be careful which ones you choose to do with heavy loads. Dips, neck work and split squats can involve unfavorable joint positions where you really risk serious injury. Instead, focus on workouts that include rowing, bench presses and regular squats.
Protein is an extremely important nutrient on the menu of bodybuilders, and tuna is a great source of protein. In addition to being very high in protein, tuna also provides some of the good oils a healthy diet requires. Convenience is also a consideration, and tuna can be eaten alone or mixed in a salad or fill a sandwich.
Ask your friends to join you at your workout sessions to help boost your motivation. They are there to offer you positive encouragement and will give you adrenaline which can help maximize your potential. This added boost of energy produces more muscle.
Skip the stair climbing machine at the gym. Instead make use of a real set of stairs. This can help you stay motivated, give you fresh perspective and give you a much-needed change of scenery. These things can help you to extend the time that you spend running the stairs and get more out of the time spent working out.
Building muscles may not be easy, but knowing what to do makes it a lot easier. After reading this article, hopefully you've got a better idea of how to get started. Choose your favorite tip and apply it today so that you can begin building the body that you want to have.


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The Analysis of Hand Movement Distinction Based on Relative Frequency Band Energy Method
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BioMed Research International - Volume 2014 2014, Article ID 781769, 8 pages -
Research ArticleThe Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering, Ministry of Education, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, China
Received 25 February 2014; Revised 15 August 2014; Accepted 4 September 2014; Published 5 November 2014
Academic Editor: Ivo Meinhold-Heerlein
Copyright © 2014 Yanyan Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
For the purpose of successfully developing a prosthetic control system, many attempts have been made to improve the classification accuracy of surface electromyographic SEMG signals. Nevertheless, the effective feature extraction is still a paramount challenge for the classification of SEMG signals. The relative frequency band energy RFBE method based on wavelet packet decomposition was proposed for the prosthetic pattern recognition of multichannel SEMG signals. Firstly, the wavelet packet energy of SEMG signals in each subspace was calculated by using wavelet packet decomposition and the RFBE of each frequency band was obtained by the wavelet packet energy. Then, the principal component analysis PCA and the Davies-Bouldin DB index were used to perform the feature selection. Lastly, the support vector machine SVM was applied for the classification of SEMG signals. Our results demonstrated that the RFBE approach was suitable for identifying different types of forearm movements. By comparing with other classification methods, the proposed method achieved higher classification accuracy in terms of the classification of SEMG signals.
Autor: Yanyan Zhang, Gang Wang, Chaolin Teng, Zhongjiang Sun, and Jue Wang
Fuente: https://www.hindawi.com/


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Hello again. I have discovered that it is therapeutic to write articles for the LANET news so this my fifth attempt at cranking out an article. These articles have been beneficial to me because I have stopped answering when I talk to myself about the mysteries of Netware, DOS, and Windows. I hope you find this material interesting. I can be reached via: 1) e-mail at: firstname.lastname@example.com 2) fax at: 310-332-1358 3) messaging via the LANET BBS (when they get it running again--more on that later.) 4) voice mail at: 213-600-1235 5) "snail" mail at: P.O. Box 2548, El Segundo, CA 90245. I will incorporate any messages, that I receive, into these columns, without disclosing the names, clients, or employers of those who correspond with me, unless I am given explicit permission to do so. FICTION ?? Various gossip columnists have also cast skepticism and doubt on Microsoft's 8 megs minimum RAM spec for Chicago. My best guess is that is will be slower than molasses on a cold day on 8 megs of RAM and usable at 16 megs of RAM. The latest scuttlebutt regarding Chicago will ship on time in August with a zillion problems and unknown glitches but that of these problems many will be rectified in the 1.1 version which already exists and will ship 2 to 3 months later. Since the tolerance for and existence of problems with operating systems depends on a complex interaction between specific hardware/software configurations and end-user attitudes/tolerance, I, for one, at this time, do not wish to go out on a limb to recommend the upcoming 1.0 version of Chicago to anyone. However, I remain fascinated by the amount of income-generating work that the advent of Chicago will generate for me and others who make a living by supporting this stuff. We will make honest money, performing upgrades, fixes, and patches to hardware and software--at both the server and client level. And, yes, those are dollar signs that you see in my eyes. I pursued further the rumor that a great deal is available for LANET members from Novell and discovered the following: There is a "NUI Benefits Package" that any member of LANET can order for $49.95. It includes the following: 1) 2-user version of NETWARE 4.1 on CD-ROM 2) 3-user version of GROUPWISE on CD-ROM 3) NSE Pro on CD-ROM 4) 2-user version of "PERSONAL NETWARE" on CD-ROM 5) 3-month trial subscription to APPLICATION NOTES 6) INFOCENTRAL personal information manager on CD-ROM 7) ENVOY portable document publisher and viewer on CD-ROM 8) DOOM shareware network game on CD-ROM 9) CNE CLARKE TEST demo on CD-ROM 10) NUI T-SHIRT size XL only on CD-ROM Call the following faxback numbers if you are interested: 1-800-228-4684 or 1-801-429-7177, select option 4, press 1, then enter 700. Sounds like a super deal. I will order one during the upcoming month. I get a good laugh whenever I am installing a input/out card for a ISA-bus, IBM-compatible PC and the manufacturer of the card states in their manual that if no interrupts are available, you should pick a non-standard one for the COM or LPT port. It is usually as good a piece of fiction as any. Way back when in the early 80's, when IBM invented the first PC's, they specified various default IRQ interrupts for the COM and LPT ports. All bios makers support these default values and all is well when one uses these values. Now, try to install a I/O card or a card with I/O ports and try setting it for nonstandard interrupt settings and you will encounter the most vendor-specific mess in the computer world: different bios vendors support different non-standard interrupt mappings for different COM and LPT ports and these allowed configurations often differ between different bios versions within the bios' provided by the same bios maker. I will give more examples and more practical advice on this matter in next month's article. Fortunately, a new technology called "Plug and Play" should solve this mess in upcoming years. For now, it's "plug and pray". FALLACIES ?? In previous month's I have reported that VLMs are more grief than the panacea that Novell would like us view them as. This month, there is more for me to discuss regarding the on-going epic saga of my trials and tribulations with VMS's: After experimenting more with VLMs, I finally convinced the Netware 3.12 client version of VLMs to load successfully onto an XT/8088 clone. This humble XT only has the traditional 640k of RAM. And this lowly XT is plenty more bloated RAM-wise when I load the default set of Netware 3.12 VLMs than when I load the old 3.11 NETX requester/shell--but at least it is successfully connecting to the associated Netware 3.12 server. This same XT continues to fail to load VLM-based "Personal Netware". What I have determined is that the "VLM.EXE" file that is provided as the client piece of Netware 3.12 is not the same as the "VLM.EXE" that is provided with "Personal Netware". Woe be unto she who gets the two mixed up. If you substitute one of the "VLM.EXE" 's for the other, it will be error message and lockup city when you try to connect with a server or peer workstation acting as a server. But I will not be taking any of Novell's 4.X classes for a while, so I will not get the "VLM's are great" brainwashing that they provide--for a while yet. You will know that that I have been "born again" when I start singing the praises of VLMs in these articles. FACTS ?? I greatly enjoyed reading Jerry Parsi's article in the last issue. His comments reminded me of the fact that whenever I deal with the various vendors of on-site support services for LAN's, I am reminded of the joke/lament about the guy who dies and is shown 2 doors by Saint Peter: in one, people are relaxing in bliss. After this guy picks that door, he gets thrown into it and finds himself in a burning inferno. He then asks Saint Peter, "what about the nice place that you showed me" and St. Peter says "that was just the demo". Sales/marketing personnel for on-site support services have about a good a credibility to me as most used car salesman. What you hear about never seems to be what you get. It is up to the customer/client to keep actual statistics on actual time to repair in order to have some hard statistics at contract renewal time in order to counter the b.s. that is generated by hungry marketing folks--caveat emptor. The second thought that comes to mind, after reading Jerry's article: Is that large companies tend to "feudalize". Employees and their management tend to build artificial walls around their "empires". These walls are meant to protect the interchange of expertise, funding, and personnel between other similar "empires". Those within these petty fiefdoms put in herculean efforts to keep those of "outside" "empires" from accessing computer systems, paper documents, and from using the expertise of employees within the "protectorate". In many large companies, the various parts of a LAN/WAN environment can end up "belonging" to various of these "empires": the hubs and routers might belong to a "network" organization; the servers might be the territory of a "server administration" department, the network cabling might "belong" to a "telecom" organization; and, finally, the workstation client PC's and Macs might be the territory of a "end-user support" group. In some cases, these various functions might belong to various cliques within the same actual department. The end result is that end-users and network administrators a lot of grief if these various "duchys" do not coordinate their activities with one another. Let me know if that happens at the company where you work. Last month, I mentioned that the introduction of a computer in the home can cause consternation for one's spouse or significant other (SO). Last week, one of the individuals that corresponds via e-mail with me mentioned that after some tactful effort on his part, his SO is finally showing a small amount of interest in his IBM-compatible PC: the little lady has developed an interest in the DOS-based pharmaceutical drug reaction and interactions database that he . This fellow noted that sometimes his SO asks him to fire up his PC so that they can look up information on various drugs. He noted that depending on her mood, she can revert back to "computer widow" -type complaining at times, so he is not totally in the clear to use his computer at will however. But this a significant amount of progress--if anyone else makes any progress, you will hear about it here, with the usual cloak of anonymity for my correspondents. According to page 12 of the April 10-May 7 issue of Computer Currents, "Bugnet" is a "..journal of computer bugs, glitches, incompatibilities...and their fixes," [for information--F.C.] send e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 360/988-2801. Annual individual subscriptions are $25, corporate subscriptions are $50. Mention "Computer Currents" when subscribing and get a free copy of either "BugNet" 's special report on Peachtree Accounting for Windows or WordPerfect 6.x for Windows". This publication appears to be worth checking out--I will do so. Incidentally, Computer Currents is a fine publication. It is available for free at many computer superstores. AST is a fine local manufacturer of IBM-compatible computers. However, some of their earlier 486's have caused me more than a modicum of grief: AST "Premium 486'S" AND "Power Premium 486'S" have BIOS' that are OEM'ed by Phoenix, the bios company. These former top of the line PC/server computers have 2 BIOS configuration setups: 1) One that you get into by hitting the CONTROL+ALT+ESC keys during the start of the power-up bootup sequence and 2) One that you get into by booting up into an "EISA CONFIGURATION DISK 1 OF 2" that comes with the computer. The two configuration functions are for different sets of CMOS parameters. The first one is meant for the end-user and the second one is meant for the system admin/PC support person. Whenever there is some sort of a CMOS configuration problem on the PC's of these two lines of PC's, they tend to erroneously force the user into the "1)" BIOS configuration by means of an error message that states that the end user is to: "HIT F1 TO CONTINUE OR CONTROL-ALT-ESC TO RUN SETUP". The typical end-user that runs this "1)" configuration then hollers for PC support/assistance. The PC support/assistance person then has to run the "2)" configuration in order to resolve the problem. Having spent the last 6 years working on AST PC's, I am used to these misleading error messages. What I was not prepared for in the middle of April was the following sequence of sleep-robbing events: After completing a routine network card and cable card installation for an AST Premium 486, I noticed that it produced the above-mentioned error message whenever it was booted. The "1)" CMOS configuration procedure failed to clear the problem, as usual. We located the "config. disk" and booted the PC with it. After running the "Configure Computer" selection, we re-booted the PC and noted that the original error message was gone. Now, we got another error message: "No system on disk", implying that there was a problem with the hard disk. I then located a floppy disk with "system" on it and successfully booted the PC with it. At this point I noted that there was no sign of a hard drive whatsoever. Also at this point the end-user of the PC made the usual and expected profound comment about how the drive held 2 months of his life's work and he did not have a backup for those files anywhere since "hard drives were too reliable for one to waste time on backing up files to media". I would have said something equally "profound"--however the exercise of my right to freedom of speech would have caused a reduction on my income for the year. Lucky me. Even though the activity light on the ST-2383E ESDI-type hard drive was blinking at times during the bootup sequence, it was totally inoperative--C: did not exist, as far as the operating system was concerned. To make a long story short: after 13 hours of the trial, error, cuss, pray, and stay-up-all night routine, I restored most of the hard drive. Here is a chronological sequence of what I did: 1) Note original settings in CMOS for the parameters of the hard drive. 2) Look up Seagate's hardware settings for the parameters of the hard drive. 3) Noted that the settings found in 1) and 2) were different. Concluded that the Western Digital hard drive controller was doing some sort of translation. 4) Looked up the manufacturer's documentation for the hard drive controller. Noticed that the standard translation that this controller was not the same as the settings in the CMOS. 5) Located records of maintenance activities in this PC. Noted that the hard drive was low-level formatted with Ontrack's "Disk Manager" 4 years ago. Concluded that the original settings in the CMOS were probably correct because disk drives that have been formatted by Disk Manager often have parameters which are different from both the ones found in 1) and 2). 6) Used a floppy disk to run MS-DOS 6.22 Scandisk. 7) Used a floppy disk to run PC Tools 8.0 Diskfix. 8) Used a floppy disk to run Norton Utilities 7.0 Norton Disk Doctor. 9) Repeated steps 6), 7) and 9) 16 times. While running Norton Disk Doctor for the seventeenth time, the planets, the sun, and the moon were in their correct alignment with my psychic powers and the hard drive came to life. It's partition table now shows permanent unrepairable damage so that this hard drive will not boot, but the user can now boot his PC with a floppy disk that has "system" and get to all his files and applications. Of course, this user has not gotten around to backing up any of his data files to media--since hard drives are so reliable and he can pay people like me to spend the night with his computer, whenever there is a problem. Speaking of non-existent backup's for PC's, the backup programs that come the latest versions of MS-DOS--6.20 and 6.22--continue to be the most miserable backup programs on the planet. MS-DOS 3.3's backup program was just plain unreliable--whenever one tried to restore from backup diskettes, one only had about a 40 percent chance at succeeding to restore files. MS-DOS 4.0's backup was equally atrocious. MS-DOS 5.0's was slightly better. Finally the backup programs that come with MS-DOS 6.0, 6.2, and 6.22 are miserable excuses for backup programs. All are slow, compared to their competition. As mentioned in a previous article, the best backup program that I have ever used is Norton Backup for Windows-- in my tests, it is 2 to 3 times faster than any of the backup programs that come with the 3 latest versions of MS-DOS. Also, for MS-DOS 6.0's backup program, I have found that it has problems retrieving the backup directory information from backup diskettes. This can cause a bit of a panic when endusers need to restore files from a backup disk. Here is a workaround that I have discovered: 1) From a pure, non-Windows DOS prompt, Run a DIR command on the final backup disk. 2) Start the MS-DOS 5.0 backup by typing in: MSBACKUP
3) Select "restore", "catalog", "retrieve", etc. I do not know why the above procedure works when just jumping into "retrieve" fails to read the "backup directory" from the backup disk. But this procedure has "saved" more than one end-user of mine. That was a hard disk failure. But as most of you know, network equipment can also fail. A few days later, I arrived at a jobsite and noticed that all of the employees of this small company were standing around idle. The network administrator stated that no one could log in to their little 20 node Netware 2.11 network. Whenever the login command was attempted from a workstation PC, the PC's would hang and require a soft reboot. The error light at the Synoptics 3030 hub was solid for the leg of the 10Base-T hub that went to the server. After disconnecting the BNC connector from the network card at the server, the problem at the workstations remained. It was time to look for a transceiver: if there is a thinnet/BNC connection at the server and a 10Base-T hub in the wiring closet, there has to be a transceiver that converts 10Base-T to thinnet coax somewhere and it was darn suspect at this point. After locating and disconnecting it, workstations quit hanging after the execution of the "login" command. After replacing the Milan transceiver, the network was back to normal. What had happened was that this transceiver was flooding the ethernet network with garbage so that no clients could connect with the server to get to the login screen. And this little gem was doing it's dirty work all by itself--it continued to flood the network with garbage packets, even after I disconnected it from the server that it was connected before I disconnected it from the network and sent it the the round file. So beware of failed transceivers on steroids. While fighting with all these failures last month, it suddenly dawned on me that a secondary reason for having a network in the home environment is to reduce the risk of losing data to hard disk crashes: Last month, I mentioned that the primary reasons for installing a "home area network", is for the sharing of CD-ROM drives. I then gave the secondary reason as printer sharing. Having backup copies of data files is now the obvious third reason. As one's household becomes increasingly dependent on desktop computers, one is increasing exposed to the risk of hard drive failure. For example, at my home, all of my personal financial records, medical records, Novell education notes, college course notes, personal correspondence, etc. now reside on a couple of hard disks and I am the beneficiary of about one hard disk crash every year. This additional benefit of having a home network is only workable if the enduser reliably keeps current copies of important files on both the local workstation and on a separate PC that is acting as a server via a mapped drive for the end-user's "client" PC. The reason that having a home network is a better backup solution that archiving data files to floppy disks is that saving files on a mapped drive is zillions of times faster than saving files to floppies. Hence, it is more likely that end-users in the home will back up, when a mapped server-based drive is available than when a stacks of floppies are provided for archiving files. For years, I spend up to half an hour a day backing up files on my home PC to floppies but it was a slow process and how many people are willing to do that? In order to save even more time, I now write batch files which automatically archive my data files to my mapped server-based drive when I exit key applications. For example, I store my latest draft of the articles that I write for the LANET News in a file called LANEWS.TXT In order to edit or view this file, I run a batch file called LANEWS.BAT The last line in LANEWS.BAT is: COPY C:\LANEWS\LANEWS.TXT W:\LANEWS\LANEWS.TXT This line backs up my latest version of LANEWS.TXT to another PC is running Netware Lite and acting as a "server" when I exit out of editing LANEWS.TXT. That way, I do not have to remember to manually back up the latest version of this important file to a remote Netware Lite drive by manually executing the above command at the DOS prompt. The end result is that, with a home network, I do not have to manually archive LANEWS.TXT to a floppy--all the work of keeping 2 copies of the most recent version of this file is done automatically for me. In the current month, I continued to experiment with Paradox 3.5 and 4.0 in the Netware Lite 1.1 environment. As stated previously, to make these versions of Paradox see Netware Lite "servers", one must fire up Paradox as follows: PARADOX -SHARE I can then open and save tables and reports on any mapped remote drives that reside on peer PC's acting as servers. However, any reports that I try to run tend to cause a error message that jumps me back to the DOS prompt. The simple patch, for now, is to use the report functions by fooling Paradox into thinking that it is not on a network. To do so, one exits back out of Paradox and restarts it from the DOS prompt as follows: PARADOX I will keep experimenting with Paradox. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. I missed the April meeting because I needed to study for both my CNA exam and my Advanced 3.1X class. During that week, I passed the Drake test for Netware 3.1X Administration so whenever the folks at Novell get around to sending me the certificate, I will become a official "CNA". My impossible dream is that, some day, I will be able to keep in touch with LANET members through the messaging capabilities of LANET BBS, which would be especially handy when I miss meetings. However, the reality the situation is that LANET BBS has not been functional for the past 4 weeks-- whenever I try to access it, it's phone line just rings and rings. I hope that we did not forget to paid the phone bill for this line. In the meantime, please feel free to contact me using any of the other methods that I have listed above. Finally, here is a plug in support of our hardworking, stressed-out editor: Many fine folks will join an organization just to get a good newsletter on a subject. In fact, many people join organizations and pay annual dues just to get copies of newsletters mailed to them. So, be sure to contribute articles, letters, and comments to this publication. It helps all of us. See you next month. (The previous diatribe is solely the opinion of the author. It is provided for your amusement and neither LANET, SCNUI, NUI, NOVELL, Microsoft, or the author's unsuspecting employers and clients, nor anyone else on the planet can vouch for the validity of what was stated.)


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Objective: To compare three variants of a culturally relevant and theoretically based message to determine the most influential risk-framing approach for improving intention to place dental sealants for preschool children.
Design and Sample: A convenience sample of adult, American Indian participants (n = 89) attending a community health fair were assigned to view a gain-framed, loss-framed, or mix-framed dental sealant message.
A program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
All content © copyright 2009 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. All Rights Reserved.


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Maximum Ban by Driving Offence
Most driving offences are normally punishable by penalty points and a fine. However, some offences carry a discretionary driving ban whilst the serious offences are punishable by a mandatory disqualification.>
Will I be banned from driving?
There is a risk of a driving ban if:
- The offence can be punished by discretionary disqualification and the circumstances are felt to be serious enough to justify an instant ban, for example, very high speed, deliberate refusal to supply information;
- The offence carries a mandatory disqualification, for example, drink / drug / dangerous driving;
In addition to the points valid at the time of the offence, the penalty points imposed could take you to a total of 12+ penalty points, triggering a potential 6 month "totting up" disqualification.
Totting Up
How will I know if I face a ban?
Serious OffencesFor serious offences, it will be apparent that a ban is likely as you will be arrested / bailed.
Your attendance has been demandedFor less serious offences when the punishment is at the Court's discretion, a refusal to allow you to resolve matters by letter or confirmation that you must attend Court in person is a clear indication that a ban is being considered, as the Court must allow you the option to attend in person before a decision is made on disqualification.
Plea Online / Post
If you have have been given the option to plead guilty by post /online, if there is any risk of disqualification in your case, the Court will either issue a Notice of Proposed Disqualification or allocate a hearing date for a personal attendance following your Plea.Notice of Ban
What are the Court guidelines / maximum driving ban?
Most driving offences are normally punishable by penalty points and a fine. However, some offences carry a discretionary driving ban, whilst the serious offences are punishable by a mandatory disqualification.
When considering a discretionary disqualification, the Court will review factors indicating higher culpability as well as factors indicating lower culpability. The Court has different factors for different offences, but these may include:
- Your past record;
- The type of vehicle involved;
- The circumstances behind the offence;
- The location;
- Who else was affected, to include other road users or passengers;
- Subsequent conduct;
- The implications of a ban etc.
|Driving Offence
|Minimum Ban
|Maximum Ban
|Type of Ban
|Causing death by dangerous driving*
|2 years
|Until extended driving test passed
|Causing death by careless driving (drink or drugs)
|2 years
|Until extended driving test passed
|Dangerous driving*
|1 year
|Until extended driving test passed
|Drink Driving
|1 year **
|3 years (repeat offenders up to 5 years)
|Drink in Charge
|12 months
|Drug Driving
|1 year
|3 years (repeat offenders up to 5 years)
|Drug Driving in chage
|12 months
|Driving after refusal or revocation of licence on medical grounds
|Until Medical examination passed
|Driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence
|Until driving test passed
|Driving without due care and attention (careless, inconsiderate)
|Until driving test passed
|Driving without insurance
|12 months
|Driving when disqualified
|18 months
|Failing to provide a specimen for analysis (drive / attempting to drive)
|12 months
|3 years (5 years for repeat offenders)
|Failing to provide a specimen for analysis (in charge)
|12 months
|Failing to provide details / identify driver
|6 months
|Failing to stop / report accident
|12 months
|Seat belt offences
|6 months
|Red traffic light
|6 months
|Using mobile phone
|6 months
|Compulsory re–test
|Rehabilitation course can reduce a ban by 25%
What is a discretionary driving ban?
In cases where the offence is felt to be so severe that punishment by way of a fine and penalty points is inadequate, the Court can instead impose an instant driving ban. The decision as to when a ban is appropriate is entirely at the discretion of the Court and will depend upon the offence, past record, mitigation and any other issue that the Court believes to be relevant, for example, the likelihood of a further offence occurring. The Court is supplied with guidelines indicating when a fine and penalty points is appropriate/inappropriate but the final decision is with the Court and the discretion available can be quite wide ranging.Mitigation Avoid a Ban
What is a mandatory driving ban?
When the offence is so serious that penalty points would clearly be inadequate, the Court must impose a ban if the Defendant is found guilty. In such circumstances, the Court's discretion is limited to the duration of the ban.
What about the maximum penalty points / fine?
Please review our Driving Offences Penalties page for further details.Penalties


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Our new bunny we got from my friend Amanda. Dont mind Haus's cinamon toast face. We were giving them a snack before bed and the door bell rang. We hadnt told the boys we were getting a bunny so they were so excited.
The new baby lambs they are only a few hours old here
Warren insisted he had to read the bunny a book so the bunny would sleep good. Haus showing how he brushes his teeth
Our neighbors have a few acres and always bring sheep home in the spring so they can have there lambs here. My boys always get so excited. The other day Haus was trying to climb the fence to get to them. So my boys were ecstatic and me to see the new lambs.
My friend was getting rid of her bunny so we thought what the heck will take it. Warren and Haus wont leave this poor bunny alone. Thanks again Amanda
May 2, 2010


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Logitec's Portable USB-Powered DVD DriveBy LuckyMich
This is a new portable DVD drive from Logitec, the LDV-P8U2L Series from Logitec Japan. This USB-DVD player will be net-book ready and will work for Windows XP, Vista and has been confirmed to work on the new Windows 7 RC1 without any drivers: plug and play. Here are some specs:
- Portable type DVD-ROM – Slim and compact
- Can Boot from Drive
- Requires no external AC power adapter
- Works on Mac OS X as well
- Capable of using USB 2.0 High Speed with Mac an Windows
- Suppports DVD-RAM (Single + Dual Sided)
- Supports DVD-Dual Layer +/-R
- Supports booting from server
Check it out at Logitec Japan