Questions About Shed Plans Free

What would be a good low dander dog, that can be outdoors?

We want to get a dog, unfurtunately my boyfriend is allergic to dogs.
So I am trying to find a breed that is not known for being bad for allergy sufferers, such as a german shepherd or a shar pei. But, I know there is no truely allergy free dog, so I am not so fond of getting a “hypo-allergenic” dog. I dont want to get a small dog that would not be able to handle living outdoors, if it did not work out for him/her to be living indoors with my boyfriends allergies. So we have decided it would be best to just get a dog that we plan to keep outdoors in the first place. So I dont care about the whole shedding thing, but I want a dog that is not known to be horrible for allergy sufferers, for when the dog does need to come inside for whatever reason. I want a dog that is capable of tolerating the outdoors. any ideas?

Will Obama Defense Cuts Will End US Safety?

The Pentagon should be pushing “bold new moves” to protect the country’s interests instead of its perilous new plan to reduce troops dramatically and slash spending, a Heritage Foundation expert says.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the new strategy today, calling for greater U.S. military presence in Asia, pulling troops from Europe, and cutting spending by nearly half a trillion dollars.

The Heritage Foundation’s James Jay Carafano writes that the new strategy amounts to pulling “the safety net out from a global security architecture that has protected U.S. vital interests worldwide since 1945.”

“The Obama Administration’s strategy by wishful thinking will not be sufficient to keep the nation safe, free, and prosperous in the year ahead. Rather, Congress and the White House should be making bold moves to restore America’s capacity to protect itself,” Carafano writes on the foundation’s website.

The Pentagon should invest in more combat planes and stealth fighters, ramp up production of Navy vessels, and put the missile defense program on the fast track, Carafano maintains.

He also insisted that it was a mistake for the Pentagon to reduce ground forces.

“Shedding the most qualified, combat-experienced, volunteer ground forces in the nation’s history would be like Apple canceling the production of iPhones to save money. It makes no sense,” he wrote

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Is enlightenment imagining (using the imagination)?

I got the idea after reading a Buddhist koan (story) telling how Emperor Wu achieved enlightenment. It also made me remember that as a child I was always imagining tremendous things around me & it made me feel wonderful. I’ve posted the story below if you want to read it & provide your interpretation.

BODHIDHARMA’S VAST EMPTINESS

Emperor Wu had two unusual experiences that changed his life. These essentially inward events led him to certain achievements that are remembered today, more than a millennium after his death. The first experience happened when his armies had to repel an invasion of horsemen from the northwest. The horsemen carried with them whatever they owned, and they weren’t afraid to die. The emperor had himself ascended to the throne in the standard way, by overthrowing the previous, weakened monarch, and he believed that he understood the riders. To steady his troops he visited the front lines and sat in the firelight on a small hill. This is when the emperor had his first peculiar experience.

Banners whipped loudly overhead and the wind felt as though it were inside his chest, tearing and banging. Something of the desert’s tedious immensity was conveyed to him. The wind cleansed him of any anxiety and also took away other things the solidity of which he had never questioned before. It took away his august rank and his name. He stopped planning, and he also stopped thinking about the outcome of the battle. When everything he usually depended upon was gone, he knew immediately what to do. In the predawn, just before the nomads liked to attack, he sent horsemen into the center of their camp and immediately pulled them back again. As the pursuit came, the center of his line kept falling back. The nomads rode into the vacuum he had opened and he closed on them from both sides.

After his return, while the ministers celebrated, the emperor went into the garden to be alone. On the hillside, he had felt quite certain that he was going to win. At that moment, in the wind and the vast land, he was small and unimportant, and this sense of his unimportance allowed him to be clear about what needed to be done. Being important now seemed to him to be just a prejudice that confined him.

Once he forgot about having a special point to his life, he felt remarkably free for an emperor. There were some complications. On certain days he considered leaving his room but couldn’t find a reason to. He still gave interviews at court before dawn but was sometimes beset by a sense of unreality. Shedding his old beliefs had not been so hard. He hadn’t done anything to achieve his new way of seeing things; it was a gift from wind and war. Having opinions about life — ideas about being an emperor, about his own dignity and the motives of his ministers, having to dislike this person and admire that one — pained him now; he could feel these familiar attitudes as walls crowding around him. Yet some understanding, he was certain, eluded him. He did what was necessary out of duty and didn’t mourn his old certainties, but he lacked delight. There had to be more to life than the freedom of pointlessness.

The emperor sought hints from the world. He noticed that he had remorse about the murders involved in his ascent to the throne. His qualms, as he thought of them, were the beginning of a new curiosity about his own life. At the same time he began to entertain famous teachers who passed through. Sometimes they were helpful. They usually praised him and gave carefully bland advice, often involving diets. Sometimes it was even good advice, but the question he had was something like a feeling — a mingling of excitement and uneasiness hard to formulate — and advice didn’t seem to touch it.

Then the emperor heard of a sage from India. The man was himself a legend; it was said that it had taken him three years to make his way over the seas. The emperor knew nothing about the sea, but he imagined waves as the grass of the steppes in a high wind. He tried thinking of China as an ocean that he passed through, and nomads as pirates with horses. Though his own obligations prevented him from undertaking such journeys, he respected this kind of solitary accomplishment.

What to do if in laws wont discuss holiday plans?

My sister in law usually has us over for dinner on christmas. We have been trying to figure out if she wants us to come or not so we can plan our holiday accordingly. Now my parents would like to see us for part of the day (they dont care when and will work around our schedule). But its getting to the wire and i dont want my parents being left in the dark for much longer. Also I need to make plans with my one sons father (who is really being great and also letting me wait till i know whats going on with my sister in law). What can i do to get an answer out of her? Weve already flat out asked her what she would like to do.

I suggested to my husband we spend the day at my parents then my son can go to his fathers christmas ening/nightish and we can tell his sister were free all day christmas eve if shed like to do something. He said he hated this idea and needs to see his nieces on christmas. (okay i can get that)

Also inviting them to our house is out of the question as “they perfer not to travel with the entire family” (theres five of them)

How should I solve this so all are happy?
Its hard to make plans because my husband refuse to agree to do anythign with anyone else til he knows when he can see his sister and nieces.

Is it okay if I do a hot oil treatment after I take my braids out and then do a protein treatment?

I plan on having my hair in braids for two months..I know my hair will shed a little bit naturally. So I know I will need a protein treatment. I was thinking to do a hot oil treatment, then a sulfate free shampoo and then a protein treatment. I just want to make sure I do this in the correct order.